This day is April 25th.
At Shen time in the afternoon, the entire army had marched thirty miles westward.
Liu Yu looked back and saw that the city he had set out from had completely disappeared from his sight.
At this time, the forward exploration horse reported to Liu Yu that the nearest village was about twenty miles ahead. Liu Yu estimated that if he could travel another twenty miles at this speed, it would be completely dark by the time he arrived. .
It happened that the terrain here was flat, and there was a small river close to the roadside. Immediately, Liu Yu ordered the entire army to camp on the spot.
At this time, Liu Yu led the army independently for the first time, and he attached great importance to it, recalling the military records and the experiences of Liu Bogen, Wang Mi and others in his mind.
Liu Yu ordered to cut branches from all around to make horse stalls and fences, set up tents, light fires and bury stoves. After an hour, a simple camp was finally built hastily.
All the soldiers were separated into their own camps according to the formation. Ordinary soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were not allowed to move around at will. Each team was arranged by the team to take turns to watch the night, and each brigade commander personally led his soldiers to follow Liu Yu in turn to patrol. Whole camp.
At this time, it was already more than half of the Youshi period, and the sky was completely dark. At this time, Liu Yu arranged for the guards to patrol the camp to announce a ban on camping.
The soldiers patrolling the camp began to loudly announce the "Seven Orders for Camping" while banging their wooden sticks.
“Anyone who sets up camp at night and raises a fire without authorization will be killed.
Those who speak noisily and do not respect the prohibitions will be killed.
Anyone who leaves the tent without permission or wanders around the camp will be killed.
Anyone who enters other tents without permission from the brigade commander will be killed.
Those who spread rumors and mislead soldiers will be killed.
When the drums are called, those who hesitate and do not respond will be killed.
Anyone who is on guard duty at night and leaves his post without permission shall be beheaded. "
After three times, the whole camp knew it, and the entire camp seemed very quiet under the dark night.
Although according to the reconnaissance of the forward scouts, there was no possibility of any enemies nearby, Liu Yu felt that it was better to treat every incident as an actual battle.
Zhang Hu and Tan Xu also stayed in their tents. After hearing the ban shouted three times, Zhang Hu snorted angrily.
"Hmph, Liu Yu's status in the military camp is greater than that of Lord Yin."
Tan Xu was a little afraid of Liu Yu, especially when the "seven beheadings" ban came out.
"Liu Yu's bravery is appreciated by Yin Gong. It's better for you and me not to mess with him. As long as we arrive in time for this march and collect all the boats and pontoons on Weishui and Glue, we will have completed Yin Gong's mission." ”
Nothing happened all night.
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April 26th.
Early the next morning, at nine o'clock, the April sky was already bright.
At this time, three low conch horns sounded, and the entire campsite began to eat and break camp.
After breaking out of camp and before marching, Liu Yu asked his troops to announce a new "Seven March Orders."
Those who do not respond to their names and do not arrive at the appointed time will be beheaded.
Anyone who raises his voice and disturbs the audience will be beheaded.
Anyone who fails to respond to military orders or delays military orders will be executed.
Anyone who lags behind or goes out without permission will be killed.
Those who pretend to be ill or injure themselves to escape will be beheaded.
Anyone who hears that the drum does not advance, or hears that the gold does not stop, will be killed.
Scouts who are afraid of the enemy and who lie about military information will be killed.
Immediately, Liu Yu asked each brigade commander to take the lead and led their respective brigade to shout the seven marching orders sentence by sentence.
At the beginning, every brigade shouted sparsely for the first three times.
Finally, Liu Yu asked a soldier with a particularly loud voice to shout loudly in front of the entire army.
"Sima Youling, all the brigades, the two most orderly and loud brigades will be fed with meat! The two most languid brigades will be woodcutter for the whole army while they are fed."
Liu Yu knew these farmers and refugees of the Western Jin Dynasty relatively well. Even if they could eat with their heads raised by following the rebels, they would just starve to death. As for eating meat regularly, they wouldn't even think about it.
Suddenly, in a new round of slogan shouting contest, Liu Yu saw that all the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers blushed and started shouting after their respective brigade commanders.
For the victorious brigade, all the soldiers could not help but cheer, and their faces were filled with the joy of having meat to eat at night. For the defeated brigade, some people were upset, some were envious, and some were dissatisfied.
Seeing such a result, Liu Yu couldn't help but think that he was really grateful for the military training in his previous life. In those days, just the order of eating could make the teenagers burst out with a strong desire to win and a sense of honor. Today's temptation to "eat meat", for these It is even more attractive to poor people who cannot eat more than a few meals of meat throughout the year.
By Shenshi in the evening, Liu Yu had led the entire army to march westward for nearly 40 miles, and could already see the Jiaoshui River that had swelled due to the rainy season from a distance.
The formation and discipline of the march along the way far exceeded Liu Yu's expectations, making Liu Yu's original plan of "killing chickens to scare monkeys" a failure.
However, by this time, the order of the team was already in disarray due to a day's hard work. Liu Yu immediately ordered the entire army to stop advancing and sent out two scouts to expand the nearby reconnaissance area and prepare for the camp.
The first team of detective horses scouted the surrounding area in order to set up camp. The second team of detective horses continued to move forward, to detect whether there were enemy troops near the Jiaoshui River ahead, to look for ferries or pontoons, and to search for nearby ships.
After the first batch of exploration horses returned, Liu Yu ordered the camp to be set up on the spot. Because of yesterday's experience, the speed and order of today's camp were a huge improvement compared to yesterday.
Just when the simple camp was completed and the aroma of rice and meat filled the surrounding area, the second exploration horse sent by Liu Yu happened to have just returned.
"Silang, the pontoon bridge on the Jiao Shui River has been burned down. It should have been done by the fleeing state and county soldiers." Dong Ping, who had just returned, said.
"Can you find ferries nearby?" Liu Yu asked. If the previous pontoon bridge had been burned down, a sufficient number of ferries would be needed to re-erect the pontoon bridge.
"We didn't find a broken boat. We searched for more than ten miles along the river. However, we caught a hiding boatman. He said he knew where the nearby ferry was."
Dong Ping immediately called a young man in tattered shorts from behind.
The young man was pushed in front of Liu Yu by Dong Ping's men. The man looked at the fierce man in front of him who was wearing a helmet and armor and was more than eight feet tall. He remembered the tragic scene of being violently beaten and robbed by a group of state and county soldiers who passed by a few days ago. .
The man was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground, "General, have mercy on me, General, have mercy on me."
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. What's your name?" Liu Yu asked in a calm tone.
"The villain's nickname is Chen Li."
"Oh, Brother Chen is the boatman here?" Liu Yu asked.
"Yes, I am the boatman of this ferry." Chen Li slowly relaxed when he saw the leading official's kind tone.
Suddenly, Liu Yu, who originally had a kind tone, shouted loudly.
"Nonsense! You are a spy for a thief! Come on, take this thief outside the camp gate and chop him down!"
