"Yes, I am! They were walking on the main road. Other than being escorted by more than a thousand infantrymen, there was no other security.”Sun Shou added.
It seemed that the Cao army was a little careless. It was no wonder. Luo Jun was besieged in Chen County. The county soldiers of the Chen Kingdom had not fought a big battle and did not have a famous general. It was hard to imagine that they had the courage to attack the Cao army's grain team.
Liu Chong pondered for a moment and made up his mind. It seemed that if he wanted to force the Cao army to retreat, he would have to make an issue out of this small grain team. Thus, he turned to Dian Wei and said,"Er 'Lai, send someone to invite the station chiefs over for a meeting!”Er 'Lai was a word that Liu Chong had given Dian Wei. He had used Cao Cao's praise for Dian Wei in a moment of impulse.
"Yes, my lord!" Dian Wei bowed and promised.
In a short while, all the station chiefs came to Liu Chong's side. Although their faces were full of fatigue, they could not hide their eagerness to give it a try. They looked at Liu Chong eagerly, waiting for his orders, hoping to get a good mission.
Seeing everyone's condition, Liu Chong was very satisfied. This was the screaming troop he needed. No matter if there was a mountain of knives or a sea of fire in front of them, they would charge forward without hesitation. This kind of powerful impact was the soul of the entire team.
"Swoosh!" Liu Chong spread out a map made of cowhide. The map was densely marked with mountains, rivers, terrains, and cities. Many of them were added later. Liu Chong had asked for advice while marching and had investigated and supplemented them. It contained the basic situation of Yuzhou and Yanzhou and some nearby counties. The most detailed ones were the situation of Chen State and Runan County, followed by Chen Liu and Yanzhou. According to Liu Chong's original idea, he wanted to make a small sand table. According to his understanding, sand tables had already appeared in the army. General Fubo Ma Yuan was the ancestor who invented the sand table. This surprised him and once again sighed at the wisdom of the ancients. However, the sand table was very inconvenient to carry, so he had to settle for a map made of cowhide.
Liu Chong pointed at a small dot near Chen County on the map and said to the station chiefs,"Everyone, this is our current location.”
Everyone gathered around and looked at the location that Liu Chong pointed at on the map. Following the direction that Liu Chong pointed at, everyone saw a familiar name-Yangxia. Apart from Zhen Da and Dian Wei, they were all old guards. They had been there with Liu Chong before, so they were familiar with the place.
As his fingers moved, Liu Chong's voice rang in everyone's ears."Everyone knows that our goal is to force the Cao Army to retreat. However, with our thousand men, if we want to fight the Cao Army head-on, we are overestimating ourselves. According to Sun Shou's information, the provisions of Cao Cao's army were likely hidden here.”
Liu Chong fiercely poked Yang Xia's position with his finger, his sharp eyes shooting out as he made up his mind.
"Our goal is to find the Cao army's granary and destroy it!”His words were filled with killing intent, and everyone felt their hearts boil when they heard it.
"I'm willing to listen to Your Highness's orders!" Everyone bowed in agreement.
"Good!" After unifying their battle thoughts, the next step was to arrange the specific actions.
"I've ordered the entire army to bypass Chen County and Cao Cao's camp and secretly sneak into Yangxia. According to Sun Shou's report, there's another enemy grain transport team moving in the direction of Chen County towards Yangxia. We have to intercept them and destroy them before they enter the city. Everyone, since our army has been formed, our first battle will begin with taking down this grain transport team!”Liu Chong's impassioned tone immediately aroused the morale of the station chiefs. Not only did they not have any anxiety on their faces, but they were also excited.
"Yes, sir!" The few of them replied in unison, their voices filled with heroism.
"Everyone, quickly finish your rest. We'll set off in fifteen minutes! All the troops would hand over their supplies other than weapons to the rear guard troops. They would only bring one day's dry rations and advance at full speed towards the target. The rear guard troops would advance in secret behind them. They had to catch up with the front team by tomorrow morning.”Liu Chong ordered.
Their current location was more than two hundred miles away from Yangxia. Even with their previous speed, it would take at least twenty hours to reach. Fortunately, their primary target was the transport team that was advancing towards Yangxia. According to the information provided by Sun Shou, that team only traveled about ten miles per hour, which was much slower than Liu Chong's army. They should be able to catch up with them after nightfall. At that time, it would be the time to truly test the combat effectiveness of the troops.
On the road to Yangxia, a troop that was dressed differently from the average army began an emergency march. They had swords hanging on their left waists and a big bag on their back. It was a leather backpack, which was very simple compared to a real military backpack. Most of the things inside were crossbow bolts, and there was also some dry rations. The crossbow bolts were also placed in specially designed bags, and there were some parts that were easy to wear, such as bowstrings. They were wearing armor and leather boots. They could not expect this troop to fight the enemy like heavy infantry, and their main means of attack were bows and crossbows. In order to maintain mobility, their armor was mainly made of cowhide, but the vital parts were inlaid with iron plates to increase some protection. Some of them were made of rhinoceros skin, which were bought from the south and were very rare. Only officers above the station chief were given such armor.
In order to buy these leather equipment for these thousand people, Liu Chong had spent almost ten thousand gold. Who knew how many bison and rhinoceroses had died under the hunter's bow and arrow. It was really a sin.
"Brothers, work harder. Catch up and chase Old Cao back to his hometown!”A short and vigorous encouragement spread among the soldiers. The soldiers who were originally tired had the motivation to move forward again. At this speed, they had been marching for six hours. The sky was completely dark. According to the information from the vanguard team, the enemy's grain transport team had already set up camp and rested. It was about five miles ahead.
There was no moon tonight, and the sky was very gloomy. It was so dark that one could not see their fingers. They could only see the light from the torches. In order to prevent exposing their targets, they could only light one torch per ten. It was very inconvenient for ten people to rely on one torch to light the way.
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