Feng Xi led the troops and ran wildly, running wildly all the way in the true sense.
As a former middle-level leading general, although Feng Xi can now only lead 500 people and his official position has been demoted to a captain, this does not mean that Feng Xi's own understanding of the situation will not reach the level of a captain.
After Gao Xiang explained the situation clearly to Feng Xi, Feng Xi immediately knew that Zhang He might appear in Dachangji at any time, escape the surveillance of the army, and attack Wuzhangyuan.
Therefore, when Feng Xi was transferred back to Liu Yin's tent, Feng Xi immediately suggested to Liu Yin that he would lead 500 people from his headquarters and quickly rush to Dachangji to prevent Zhang He from making a detour to attack.
Liu Yin hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.
First of all, what Feng Xi said does make sense. Based on Zhang He's rumored combat style and Zhang He's combat qualities in previous encounters, Liu Yin truly believed that Zhang He's marching speed would exceed ordinary people's expectations.
Secondly, this is actually a favor that Liu Yin sold to Feng Xi.
In fact, for generals at the level of Liu Yin and Feng Xi, there is not much difference in marching speed between leading a march of 500 people and a march of 1,000 people.
But Feng Xi needed to make meritorious deeds, and Liu Yin was willing to give Feng Xi this opportunity, so he naturally agreed to Feng Xi's request.
However, Liu Yin still kept an eye on it, and took the initiative to tell Feng Xi not to advance rashly, and to set up defenses when he arrived at Dachangji. If he discovered the whereabouts of the Wei army, he should not attack easily, and wait until he arrived before making plans.
After all, Liu Yin didn't really know much about Feng Xi's fighting style. He only knew that one of the crimes he was punished for was underestimating the enemy and rushing in. If he didn't warn him, Feng Xi would have committed an "old habit".
Feng Xizhen had an indescribable feeling. He was really not a general with a fighting style. He actually preferred a steady and steady fighting style.
But who told him that in the previous two battles, he was defeated by Zhang He because he underestimated the enemy and rushed in, and was punished for it.
Liu Yinhui warned him like this. Although Feng Xi wanted to defend himself, he really couldn't say anything and could only obey.
Then Feng Xi ran all the way.
Dachangji is only about 40 miles away from Wugong County, which is only about a day's march.
According to the memories of the village elders, the mountain road Zhang He took had to go around three mountains. The distance must have been longer than forty miles, and there were rockslides blocking the road in the middle. It would take time for Zhang He to clean it up. But Zhang He specifically needed No one knows how long it will take. We can only roughly infer that one day is not enough for Zhang He to march to Dachangji.
But don't forget, Zhang He set off from Wugong County one day earlier than Zhang Xi's army. Under this situation, Feng Xi didn't dare to expect how long Zhang He would be delayed on the road. He had to get to Dachangji as soon as possible.
Although Feng Xi failed in two battles with Zhang He, Feng Xi finally had a deeper understanding of Zhang He.
When Zhang He used troops, he not only marched in concealment, but also marched at an unimaginable speed. He was even better at creating some offensive rhythms that suited him when things were common. In this case, Feng Xizhen couldn't believe that Zhang He would spend more than two days to attack. Finish those mountain trails.
Therefore, along the way, Feng Xi had been marching quickly with the understanding that Zhang He might have arrived at Dachangji.
Feng Xi was anxious all the way, urging the soldiers to hurry up and hurry up, without giving any time to rest or drink water. Finally, he arrived at Dachangji around the end of the day.
At this time, it was probably more than an hour before it got dark.
To a certain extent, Feng Xi was really awesome. He rushed all the way and snatched up more than an hour of time.
After Feng Xi arrived at Dachangji, he did not relax his vigilance and did not enter Dachangji immediately. Instead, he finally ordered his soldiers to rest and stand by, and sent out scouts to investigate Dachangji.
At this time, there was silence in Dachangji.
This is not an unreasonable phenomenon, on the contrary, this is the most reasonable situation.
After all, there is a war in Wugong County forty miles away. No matter how desperate the businessmen are, they will not come to Dachang Market at this time. Local residents have also closed their businesses early for fear of encountering a military disaster.
But after all, Feng Xi was demoted twice and received a slap in the face. If he doesn't learn from this, he will really be hopeless.
The first failure was because Feng Xi was careless and did not send enough scouts, which gave Zhang He the opportunity to get close to him and launch a surprise attack. What if Zhang He had detected his arrival in advance this time and ambush him in Dachangji? !
Therefore, Feng Xi sent out scouts to carefully inspect the area in and around Dachangji to see if there were any ambushes.
After receiving reports from the scouts and confirming that there was no ambush in Dachangji, Feng Xi felt a little more relieved and led his troops into Dachangji.
After all this fuss, it's probably almost evening.
According to military practice, at this time, the soldiers should be arranged to rest and prepare to eat and sleep.
In the wild, it would have been time to set up camp, but now in the market, Feng Xi's troops were only 500 men. The sergeants were all thinking that this time they would finally not have to sleep in tents.
Don't doubt where these soldiers will sleep. Among the feudal armies, only the Yue Family Army could do this without demolishing their houses or starving to death without robbing the people.
The quality of the military in this era can be regarded as a benevolent and righteous army if it does not rob the common people. Even to put it harshly, some people join the army just to rob the common people.
Just when the soldiers were preparing to light a fire to cook, "tidy up" the houses in the market, and prepare to go to bed, Feng Xi gave an order and called them all back.
Still dare to sleep? !
You're really not afraid of Wei Jun suddenly rushing out of the mountain, are you? !
Therefore, Feng Xi ordered that the entire army should take defensive measures first, deploy Jumu Deer Antlers inside and outside the market, arrange sentries and security troops, and set up camps in the market, so that the soldiers would be ready for night battles at any time. .
As for the people's houses, Feng Xi ordered that anyone who dared to sleep in the house would be killed.
Feng Xi did not have a high level of awareness. He did this just to facilitate timely response and command.
Dachang Market is a market. It is originally designed to facilitate everyone's transactions. There are many stalls on the streets, but the locations of people's houses are scattered. If the soldiers sleep in people's homes, once the enemy attacks, Feng Xi must first move the soldiers Only by concentrating them can we have unified command. Isn't this a waste of time?
Having been caught off guard twice by Zhang He, Feng Xizhen did not dare to be careless and let Zhang He make another surprise attack.
Feng Xizhen never thought about protecting the interests of the people. He had his limitations, but by doing so, he unexpectedly gained a little support from the people left behind in the market.
Not much, just a little, but it was enough for Feng Xi to enjoy the treatment of "eating a pot of pulp".
Feng Xi doesn't really care about the treatment of this "tank-eating pot pulp". There are wars everywhere these days, and there are many people on the wall. If you come today, the people will "tank-eat the pot pulp", and tomorrow he will come, and Baixiang will also "tank-eating pot pulp" "Eat pot pulp". It's not that I have no principles, it's just to survive in this troubled world.
But when the people in the market came, Feng Xi took the opportunity to ask the people in Dachang Market where the exit of the hidden mountain road was.
After all, more than thirty years have passed. In these years, due to the war, people are considered lucky if they can live beyond the age of thirty. There are not many people who know the old mountain road.
But fortunately, after all, there is still such a long-lived person in the market. He is only in his forties, but looking at the old man in his seventies, he personally takes Feng Xi to identify the exit of the mountain road. .
After seeing the exit of this mountain road, Feng Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
This mountain road has indeed been abandoned for a long time. The exit of the mountain road has been covered with trees and vines, tightly blocking a mountain road that is at least five feet wide.
Feng Xi sent people to try to enter the mountain road to check the details, but after walking less than two miles, the soldiers came back and said that they couldn't walk through it - there were rocks and weeds everywhere, and the sky was getting darker and darker. If you leave, you really can’t see anything clearly.
If Zhang Hejun really came through this mountain road, judging from the appearance of the mountain road entrance, it doesn't look like a large army has passed through.
In other words, Feng Xi finally caught up with Zhang He and blocked Dachangji.
But even so, Feng Xi still did not dare to be careless and asked the old man at the market again if there were other mountain roads that could lead to Dachangji, or simply bypass Dachangji? !
The old man thought for a long time, and finally shook his head to express that he did not know.
It was this old mountain road. If the old man hadn't gone into the mountains with his father to collect herbs from here when he was a child, he would not have remembered that there was such a mountain road.
As for other mountain trails, maybe there are, but the old man really has no memory of them.
The old man couldn't remember, and Feng Xi couldn't force him. After comforting the old man with kind words, he sent the old man home in person.
But even so, Feng Xi was still worried. He sent another group of scouts away from Dachangji, to the west of Dachangji, and to the direction of the main road to patrol back and forth. He was afraid that Zhang He would not go to Dachangji, but would find another way. Bypass Dachangji and go straight to Wuzhangyuan.
I have to say that Feng Xi is a bit afraid now. Once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.
But Feng Xi felt that there was no problem with his response. After all, it was the famous general Zhang He who defeated him twice in a row! ! !
(End of chapter)
