Speaking of which, it was the first time that Ni Liang had left the wings of the little emperor and organized independent combat, and he really hoped that he could go with him. But he also knew that his mission was to protect the emperor, so it was the first time that he had made the decision to let those old masters hold him back. After all, he did not set off quietly. After walking for an hour, he saw that His Majesty showed no sign of catching up, and then ordered a rest for half an hour to eat some dry food.

"Master, Puyang River is fifty miles ahead. Although the rain has been less in the past few days, it is probably difficult to interfere in the last few days!" Sun Jin said as he held the dry food in one hand and pointed to the map.

"Well, no matter whether you can interfere or not, you must be prepared to build a floating bridge. Order the scouts to set off after a quarter of an hour and rush to the riverside to find a suitable ferry; order the engineering team to carry bridge-building equipment and then set off;" Ni Liang nodded, thought for a while and said, "Oh, free up all the pack horses that can be freed, distribute the supplies to the soldiers with light loads, and send a advance battalion to assist the engineering team in building bridges and taking charge of the alert."

"The governor, this is good. They built a floating bridge first, so we can save a lot of time. However, the individual soldiers are loading more and more, making it difficult to maintain the speed of forcing the force. We are walking on a small road, and there are no villages around that can requisition pack animals!" Sun Jin frowned and said.

"Stupid!" Ni Liang glared at Sun Jin and said, "Can the bridge be set up in a short while? We can follow up with the normal marching speed, which can save a lot of energy!"

"Yes, the general understands it, go and send an order immediately!" Sun Jin stood attentively when he saw him, and took a few steps and looked back at Du Tong. He was surprised. He actually called himself stupid today, and the sun really came out from the west.

Ni Liang hurriedly ate two pieces of dry food and drank half a pot of water, and took two personal soldiers to inspect the situation of the troops and whether anyone was behind. In fact, this habit was also developed by him and His Majesty. With his commander's army, His Majesty would walk around and take a look during the marching and resting period, and he was gradually infected by it and became a subconscious action.

Ni Liang also learned a lot in his annual island-round marching with His Majesty. For example, the speed of the marching is similar to their hiking training. At this speed, you can walk about twenty miles per hour under flat terrain and sixty miles per day. When the troops are rushing, chasing, interspersing or getting rid of the enemy, they must speed up and increase the daily marching time. This is a forced marching. Forced marching requires accelerating the pace frequency, which can travel about three miles per hour than ordinary marching.

On paper, forced marching only took three miles more than the usual marching, but for soldiers who have participated in this kind of training, forced marching is much more difficult. The physical strength consumed is twice as much as the original one. When road conditions change, the speed of marching will inevitably be affected. Mountains, wading, climbing hills, raining, etc. will slow down the marching speed and increase physical consumption.

Ni Liang issued a military order to His Majesty in front of the ministers, and he must arrive in Changhua in front of the Yingzhou army and wipe it out completely. Although it was not a hot head, he found that it was not as easy as he thought in the specific implementation. After all, the enemy was walking on Huihang Avenue. In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, he had to avoid villages and towns, and he also walked on secluded and deserted wilderness paths, and even had no way at all. He needed to open up his own paths and try his best to marches at night to avoid exposing his whereabouts. These inevitably slowed down the marching speed and increased the soldiers' physical energy consumption.

On the other hand, the Yuan army marched on its territory by the prefectures and counties, and they could requisition civilians and livestock on the spot without carrying a large amount of supplies; while they had to sneak in their own country, and could not supply supplies along the way, and they could only carry supplies on their own. In order to get lighter, they only carried weapons and ammunition and five-day dry food. All other daily necessities were lighter, and the individual soldiers had less weight. However, in recent days, they could only be used as beds on the ground, eating dry food and drinking cold water. At the same time, it was difficult for the soldiers to replenish their physical strength.

However, these are not what Ni Liang is most worried about. What he fears most is that he loses people for His Majesty. At present, not only the entire army, but also the people in the court know that he is a hard-core confidant of the young emperor. The commander of the imperial guards is the most elite unit in the entire army, with the best treatment and the best weapons and equipment. If the war is not good, the Yingzhou army will be placed in Hangzhou, which will affect His Majesty's combat plan. It will not only be his own face and the imperial guards, but also his Majesty's face.

"I must not let Your Majesty down!" Ni Liang clenched his fists and said softly. The most important thing at the moment is to rush to the preset location in time at all costs. Intercepting the enemy is the most important thing, otherwise it will be difficult to catch them after the enemy has passed Changhua. The rest time of half an hour has arrived soon. Ni Liang ordered Xiao Ting, the third brigade, to lead a commander to break the back, be responsible for hosting the fallen soldiers and consolidating abandoned equipment, and then the entire army will go on the road again.

Night marching is an important subject in the training of the new army. This not only requires the ability to distinguish directions with the help of the stars, but also requires the ability to overcome darkness and maintain the speed of the march without raising fire. This is also a special skill in the popularization of night blindness in ancient times. In addition, in the mid-autumn season, when Jiangnan is still very hot, there is another advantage, long-distance marching on cool nights reduces physical energy consumption.

"The chief executive, the detective cavalry report, there is a village ten miles ahead, do you avoid it?" After passing through a valley between Huiji Mountain, there is an official road leading to the Puyang River Ferry in front. This kung fu business trip disappeared, and the road was far away from prefectures and counties. The marching brigade turned around and marched here. At this time, Sun Jin reported.

"There should be a delivery shop here. Send troops to take over and confiscate all the horses. Do it carefully. Don't stop the brigade!" Ni Liang took out the map and looked at Yan.

"Yes, the governor!" Sun Jin replied with a salute and immediately sent his personal soldiers to notify the vanguard of the raid to cut off the communications of the people.

"Sun General, today I ask you to change your mission, rush to Changhua and block the Yingzhou army, what are the generals dissatisfied?" Ni Liang asked.

"Report to the governor, I would like to thank you if you don't have everyone!" Sun Jin raised the reins and walked in parallel with him. "Our third brigade has not caught a tough battle since landing, and it has been beaten by the side. Shaoxing is actually an empty city and has no trouble, but intercepting the Yingzhou army is a tough battle. If they can be wiped out, no one in the guards will dare to underestimate our third brigade."

"That's good!" Ni Liang sighed lightly and reminded him, "Although it's already autumn, the weather is still very hot. Pay attention to the rhythm of the marching and don't get caught in the heat."

"Don't forget that Qiongzhou is summer all year round, much hotter than here. Even if we march against the sun during the day, we will be very happy if we catch up with such cool weather." Sun Jin replied with a smile.

"Well, it seems that there will be a rain tomorrow. We must cross two rivers tonight, otherwise once the river water surges, we may be stopped." Zhao Bing looked at the Heavenly Dao.

"Master, why don't we follow the official road to seize the Puyang River Ferry, that will be much faster." Sun Jin said.

"No, the ferry is often a place where merchants gather. Our team of people hide their tracks and needs to travel for more than 40 miles, which is not worth the loss. Therefore, after crossing the Puyang River, we must look for the ferry between Tonglu and Fuyang, and then camp and rest after crossing the Fuchun River." Ni Liang said.

"The governor, you can travel three times across the Fuchun River. You have to march for about 140 miles in a row. Now there are less than four hours before dawn. I'm afraid there is no time to rest in the middle." Sun Jin calculated. He knew very well that continuous march had very high physical strength requirements, and the number of rest should be increased in the middle and the gap should be shortened. Now they have to cross two rivers, and there are eighty miles to go.

"It's a bit difficult, but even if there are difficulties, it must be completed!" Ni Liang said firmly.

"Don't worry, the third brigade must climb to the other side of the Fuchun River even if it is climbing!" Sun Jin also heard Ni Liang's determination and immediately promised...

Thirty miles away from the ferry, the Third Brigade turned to the west and immediately went to the main road, divided into more than ten columns and marched on the field path. Due to the low visibility at night, it is easy to cause falls, sprains and falls behind. They appropriately narrowed the distance according to the requirements of the Dharma Assembly and took small steps. When the marching team passed through obstacles such as field ridges and puddles, the vanguards reminded the rear team to pay attention by passing commands to ensure the safety of the marching.

After passing through the fields, we entered a hilly area. The hills here seem to be low, but they are all undulating roads, which is also the most unwilling terrain to encounter during the march. The most physically intensive process is the rugged mountain road, with many broken slopes and ditches in between, with complex terrain and dangerous road conditions. Fortunately, the vanguard left road signs along the way, and each unit sent protective posts in dangerous areas to ensure the safety of the march. All the cavalry dismounted at this time, even Ni Liang was no exception, and they had to hike over this hilly area. They held the horse reins one by one to prevent the war horse from falling off their feet and falling and being frightened, which was a little harder than the infantry army.

At the end of the afternoon, the Third Brigade successfully crossed the hills, and the sound of flowing water was clearly heard, and the Puyang River was already in front of me. The adjustment post left by the Xiantou Camp guided each department to the ferry, where a simple floating bridge that was squad-width and more than twenty meters long had been built. A torch was inserted at every distance to indicate the direction. The floating bridge looked like a python rising and falling with the fluctuations of the river.

"Why is the speed so slow?" Seeing the team crossing the river slowly squirming forward, Ni Liang couldn't hold back and urged the horse to come to the bridge and asked.

"Report to the commander, if the floating bridge is unstable, the rapid march will sway greatly, so you can only pass slowly!" said the adjustment post at the bridgehead.

"Why not reinforce it?" Ni Liang frowned and asked sternly.

"Report to the commander, there is no way to collect ships here. Time is urgent, so I can only use bamboo to build sunken cages as anchor stones and use bamboo as skeletons to build floating bridges, which is inevitable that it will be unstable." The adjustment whistle reported.

"Is that right?" Ni Liang jumped off the horse and went to the bridge head in person. He saw that the cables that pulled the pontoon bridge at both ends had collapsed tightly, and the bridge deck could still be suspended on the river surface, while the middle part had sunk into the water, which was even more unstable under the impact of the flowing water.

"Transfer backwards, stop moving forward, line up in three columns in units of the city!" Ni Liang looked at it and there were a commander standing on the bridge. There were more people rushing to the bridge behind, and when they walked to the middle of the bridge, most of the people gathered, resulting in uneven force, and the bridge body swaying. People were unable to stand steadily, so they could only hold the bridge railing and slowly pass. He found out the problem and immediately ordered.

"The distance is five steps, and you can pass quickly by walking, you must not run or compete. Violators will rectify the Dharma on the spot!" After the bridge arrived on the other side, Ni Liang ordered the troops lined up at the bridge. He remembered a story his Majesty once told, saying that in order to show off, a team crossed the bridge in a simultaneous manner, resulting in the collapse of the bridge, so he added the order.

When everyone saw that the governor was standing on the bridge head personally, he dared not fight for it. He opened the distance between them and went up the bridge. In this way, the load-bearing of the pontoon bridge was balanced, and the bridge decks were all surfaced. With no impact of flowing water, the swaying range of the pontoon bridge was greatly reduced. This seemed that fewer people crossed the bridge, but the speed was much faster. The troops crossed the river quickly assembled and did not stop immediately followed the road signs left by the vanguard. There was a wider river waiting for them in front.

During the ugly moment, all the troops crossed the river, and the sky was gloomy, and the sky fell into darkness. It was difficult to see people if they were separated by more than ten steps. Everyone has experience. In order to prevent them from falling behind, they tied white towels behind the backpack for the soldiers behind them to follow during the march. They tied their trousers tightly to prevent poisonous snakes and mosquitoes from biting them.

After marching west ten miles, it was still more than twenty miles away from Fuchun River, and it took more than half an hour to complete this journey. What Ni Liang was most worried about also happened. It started to rain lightly. When the rainy season was over, the soil was filled with water and could not retain water at all. The rainwater would soon gather into streams and then gather into the rivers, causing the river to surge and increase the difficulty of crossing the river.

Ni Liang gritted his teeth and ordered the army to turn southwest into the post road leading to Tonglu, and sent cavalry to search. All enemy troops will be executed, and those who are unknown must not be let go. All the troops must be arrested and joined the marching ranks to avoid the whereabouts of the brigade. Fortunately, this post road is remote and rainy nights, and except for them, there is no trace of people. The continuous march for a hundred miles has exhausted them, and then it is a forced marching.
Chapter completed!