Chapter 675 (2/2)

”Yes, old general Cheng. General Zhou arrived in Wu County from Chai sang with his troops. He was appointed governor of the city. He led his troops to Lujiang River at night. His subordinates were Xu Xiaowei's scouts. They came here to report.”

”General Zhou, no! How many soldiers and horses did governor Zhou bring here? ”

”The governor led a total of 22000 troops, with 3000 troops and horses led by Xu Xiaowei as the vanguard. Now he has crossed the Yangtze River and arrived at the north bank. He can arrive in half an hour.”

Cheng Pu and Tai Shici looked at each other, and they were all overjoyed.

”Ziyi, come out of the camp to meet Wen Xiang, ha ha.”

Tai Shici orders the Scout Zhang Feng to go down and have a rest. Then he goes out after Cheng Pu and sees out together.

After a short time, only a few soldiers from the east of Qianjiang came, carrying a big flag of ”Xu”. Although the number of this army horse was not large, the array was as usual, and there was no one left behind. It was obvious that he was an elite soldier who had been fighting for a long time. He was very tough in both physical strength and will.

To measure the combat effectiveness of an army, not only depends on the battle, but also on the March. If an army marches in a proper way, it can still maintain its array after a long period of rapid march. Naturally, it is elite troops, but after a rapid march, it will drag on, and naturally it will be scattered troops.

For example, at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty was determined to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The soldiers of the song army set a record for the rapid march of the ancient army. They traveled 1200 Li in six days, with an average speed of 200 Li per day. After arriving, they put in eight consecutive days of siege. This shows the elite of the soldiers of the song army.

In contrast, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the eight banners of Nuzhen entered Xuanda, and Lu Xiangsheng was appointed as the commander in chief and called in all the troops from the nine sides. Many of the commanders and generals had 7000, 45000 troops. As a result, only one-half or even a quarter of the troops arrived on the first day. The rest of the troops were left behind because of the rapid march. Some people simply became deserters, It would be wishful thinking to expect such an army to win.”Xu Sheng, general of the end of the war, see the old general of the process, Captain Tai Shi!”

It was Xu Sheng who came to help the army and galloped out.

”Ha ha ha, Wen Xiang is coming at the right time. Get into the camp quickly.”

Tai Shici hugs Xu Sheng, and Cheng Pu also smiles.

Xu Sheng arranged for his 3000 army horses to be stationed in the camp, and followed Tai Shici to the Chinese army tent.

As soon as he sat down, Cheng Pu couldn't wait to say, ”Wen Xiang, where is the commander of Zhou and how long will it take to arrive?”

Xu Sheng pondered a little and replied, ”the commander of Zhou is following our army. At this moment, he may have arrived at the North Bank of the Yangtze River. As long as Jiang Lang is able to take over the troops well, no accident will happen. In one or two days, 19000 troops will be able to reach Shu county directly.”

Jiang Lang, also known as Jiang Qin, and Zhou Tai were both water thieves who ran across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Later, sun CE came to join Liu Yao when he crossed the river. Jiang Qin was well versed in the command of water war, so he was appointed by sun CE as the general of Hengjiang Zhonglang, and called Jiang Lang general in the army.

”Good!” Cheng Pu said with a smile: ”in this way, my 25000 troops gather under the county seat of Shu, and the city will be destroyed.”

”By the way, Ziyi.” Xu Sheng suddenly remembered Zhou Yu's request and looked at Tai Shici and said, ”the governor of Zhou once ordered someone to come here and send out sentinels to extensively search the territory of Lujiang County to find out if there is any trace of Cao's army. However, there are few sentries in a certain army, so he has to ask his brother-in-law to help him.”

In the south of the east of the river, there are no horses produced and can only be traded from the north. Therefore, most of the troops are infantry and water troops, while the cavalry force is basically zero. Only taishici in the North has more than 100 horses, which is extremely precious.

Tai Shici said boldly: ”good to say, so and so will send out the sentry.”