Xue Wei's troops have advanced forty miles north.
At this time, it was almost early morning.
This speed is not very fast, because Xue Wei needs his subordinates to maintain their physical strength.
Wan Zhong followed Xue Wei. He first led people to check the nearby terrain, then ran to Xue Wei, lowered his head and said: "General, we are just getting off the bus to town."
Xue Wei also looked around. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Pass my general's order and advance slowly in formation."
Xue Wei was a man who fought without rules in his early years, relying solely on the word "reckless".
This kind of character began to change after Shen Yi asked him to lead troops to fight against Japanese pirates in Fujian, but he was ambushed and besieged by Japanese pirates. After suffering a small loss, he began to change.
Since then, Xue Wei was still aggressive on the battlefield, but when leading troops, he was more cautious than anyone else.
This caution is reflected in all aspects.
Wan Zhong cupped his fists and said, "I will obey your orders."
Soon, the marching speed of this vanguard army began to slow down. Although they were not in formation, they were already arranged in formation.
In this case, if you encounter a special situation, you only need to give an order to quickly form an array and quickly form combat effectiveness.
Not long after the vanguard army changed its formation, Wan Zhong hurriedly approached Xue Wei and whispered: "The scouts were five miles away and found traces of the enemy!"
Xue Wei nodded silently. He looked around and said solemnly: "Stop the march and form a formation on the spot to meet the enemy!"
The Huai'an army quickly began to change its formation, but it was not a defensive formation, but an offensive formation.
The distance of five miles was only a matter of a moment for the army's rapid march. Not long after, there was a sound of cannon, followed by a burst of rapid cannon fire.
Cries of killing came from all directions.
Xue Da was not afraid. He stood on a high place, the long sword at his waist was unsheathed, and his eyes were murderous: "Brothers, the time has come to make contributions!"
"This is the first achievement of our Northern Expedition. If others want to take it, they still can't get this first share of the credit!"
General Xue pointed his sword forward and said fiercely: "Light the torch! Go north with all your strength and charge forward!"
At this moment, Xue Wei obviously knew that he was surrounded.
At this time, attacking in all directions will have no effect. Only breaking out of the encirclement with all your strength will be effective.
At this time, the people around Xue Wei, whether they were new soldiers or veterans, were basically brought up by him personally, and all of them had been on the battlefield. After hearing the order, they immediately started heading north without any pause.
At this time, the enemy from the north came south, and Xue Da went north. The two sides collided with each other after just a cup of tea. General Xue swung his sword fiercely and cut off a good head!
In the past few years, Wan Zhong's kung fu has also improved a lot, especially the battle in the East China Sea last year, which made him change a lot. Now he is commanding calmly, unsheathing his sword, taking the lead, and fighting with Qi people.
The silent night was drowned by the cry of killing!
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At the same time, Shen Yi and others were still about thirty miles behind, following Xue Wei and others unhurriedly. By the time the news of the fighting on the front reached Shen Yi's ears, the battle had already been going on for about half an hour. .
Mr. Shen and Su Ding were standing together. Su Ding was half a body behind Shen Yi. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, General Xue has started fighting with Qi people. Should we catch up immediately?"
Shen Yi put his hands behind his back and after thinking for a while, he said, "Just wait a little longer."
"As Xue Wei goes north, these Qi people will surround him tighter and tighter. The longer the time goes by, the more enemies there will be to the south of Xue Wei."
Mr. Shen lowered his eyebrows and said, "The enemies to the south of Xue Wei are the enemies between him and us."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused and said, "But don't be too hasty. What I mean is that the encirclement will be completed before dawn."
"After daybreak, they will definitely find that Xue Wei is still followed by a large group of enemies like us. It will be difficult to encircle them if they want to encircle them at that time."
Su Ding nodded, and then said: "General Xue is surrounded by enemies on all sides, but we can only surround them on one side at most, and I'm afraid there won't be too many of them."
Mr. Shen said with a smile: "There should be two or three thousand people anyway. There is no need to rush into a war. Even if it means killing one or two of the enemy, as long as we don't suffer any losses, we can wear them to death."
Su Ding nodded: "Mr. Shen is right."
He looked up at the still dark night and whispered: "Then, my subordinates, go get ready."
Mr. Shen nodded silently and warned: "Ling Su should also be marching north at this moment. Whether it is him or General Su, you must fight well and beautifully in the first battle of the Northern Expedition."
Shen Yi paused and asked, "General Su should be able to understand what I mean?"
There is resistance in the imperial court about the Northern Expedition. Even until now, the imperial court has not made up its mind about the Northern Expedition. Even Emperor Hongde himself has no way to change this situation and can only let Shen Yi "see" Hit.”
Under this circumstance, in the first battle of the Northern Expedition, there must be no victory but no defeat, and the victory must be beautiful, so that Shen Yi can gain the political capital for the next move in the court.
Otherwise, Mr. Shen may not even be able to be a lone hero, and the plan for the Northern Expedition can only be put on hold temporarily.
Su Ding felt awe-struck in his heart, lowered his head and said: "I will finally understand!"
"Um."
Mr. Shen waved his hand and said, "Go on your own."
Su Ding clasped his fists, turned around and strode away.
As for the half-assed military advisor Li Zhun, after seeing Su Ding leave, he cautiously came over. He stood behind Shen Yi and said, "Shilang Shen, the student understands your intention."
Master Shen turned around and glanced at him with a smile: "Tell me, what is my intention?"
Li Zhun said quickly: "Shilang Shen, you want to let General Xue lead the troops to the north first and attract the Qi people to surround him, because our army was almost surrounded by the Qi people when they harassed the north bank last time. This time the Qi people may join in." More troops, come and surround General Xue!"
"And my main force is to hide its movements and catch up with the enemy when they invest a lot of troops!"
"At that time, General Xue will fight south, and my main force will go north, and we will encircle the east and west, and we will be able to bite off a piece of Qi Ren's flesh!"
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes and looked at Li Zhun, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I just mentioned these things to Xue Da, and he figured it out. Now that my army is about to attack, Mr. Li can see that it is Isn’t it a little late?”
Li Zhun's face turned a little red, then he lowered his head and said: "Student...students have little knowledge..."
"Um."
Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "It's a little shallow, but it doesn't matter. It's not easy for you to understand the marching formation when you first join the army. Just follow the Huai'an army and see more."
Mr. Shen patted his shoulder.
"Sir, the art of war is dead after all. See more battlefields and experience more, and you will be able to become a master of the art of war in the future."
Li Zhun looked respectful, lowered his head and said: "Student... I understand."
"Thank you, Mr. Shen, for the tip."
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It's about to dawn.
At this time, Xue Wei and others had traveled more than fifty miles north and had been fighting with the Qi people for nearly two hours.
In these two hours, Xue Wei's troops relied on their orders and prohibitions and rich combat experience to even gain an advantage in local battles. Not only were they not narrowed down by the Qi people, but they fought ten miles north.
It's a pity that Qi Ren's encirclement is quite tenacious, and until now, he has not found a way to break out of the encirclement.
The long knife in Xue Wei's hand was stained with blood. After killing another oncoming Qi man, he looked up at the sky and then to the south, frowning slightly.
However, he quickly calmed down and shouted: "One more round, don't let these bearded bastards form a formation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a brilliant firework exploded in the night sky to his south, and fireworks flew everywhere.
General Xue was in high spirits and laughed.
"No need to rush, no need to rush!"
He laughed loudly and said: "Go back to the teacher, go back to the teacher!"
"Return to the south!"
Got stuck today...
(End of chapter)
