"The enemy seems to be just a test..." Lu Yan also obviously saw the clue, "just to find out the truth of our side."

"If we were ordinary militia, we might have been eaten by the other party just now." Liu Tao shook his head, and three thousand people beat him one thousand, of which five hundred were crossbow soldiers. If we hadn't shocked the storm arrows, the opponent's big sword soldiers might have really broken through the defense of the sword shield soldiers.

At the same time, I couldn't help but think that Dong Zhuo came from Hedong, probably to pass Huguan and walk through Changshan Kingdom and finally enter Julu County. In history, he was defeated by the Yellow Turban Thief in Xiaquyang. Could it be that the other party used this trick?

I have thought about it before that if Dong Zhuo came from Hedong, he would really have to go to Huguan and enter Julu County through Changshan Kingdom. In the end, he would probably face the problem of crossing the river like him.

"Now more than 3,500 people from the other side have come here, and there are only more than 1,000 people when they go back. I'm afraid Zhang Bao will be more cautious." Jian Yong cares about other aspects. Care means fewer flaws, more head-on battles, more casualties.

"Be cautious, be cautious..." Liu Tao didn't care much, "Maybe Xia Quyang is our last battle to fight against the thieves. Even if the sacrifice is greater, we must defeat Xia Quyang."

In other words, if you don’t even have this awareness, then don’t just lead the troops to fight. Kill one thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself. Even if you have magic assistance, you can reduce at most some casualties. That’s all.

He hasn't reached naive yet. He can be invincible if he has a little magic. At least he still needs to have self-knowledge in the early stage.

"The last game? Why?" Zhang Fei had already come back and heard this and couldn't help but step forward.

"If we defeated General Zhang Bao, the Earth General... are you still planning to steal the heads of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang with the regular army of the court?" Liu Tao replied.

"This is..." Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard this, and then he came back to his senses.

The military order given by Lu Zhi was to let them "restrain" and in-depth interpretation, it could even be seen that the other party did not think that they could break through Quyang. So this military order could be understood as follows: drag Zhang Bao's troops here and wait for the army to go north before working together to defeat him.

There are 2,800 combat soldiers and 3,000 auxiliary soldiers. If you don’t consider the auxiliary soldiers for now, there are only so many combat soldiers. Zhang Bao’s side has at least tens of thousands of people, and at the same time he has the advantage of defending the city, Lu Zhi naturally cannot expect Liu Tao to conquer Quyang.

All he needed is to harass him, so that Zhang Bao did not dare to easily divide his troops south. If there were too many people, he would be in danger, and even if there were too few people, the officers and soldiers could eat it. Therefore, in this matter, the word "restraint" is very important.

If the officers and soldiers wiped out Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang before heading north, then the Battle of Quyang will naturally become the last battle. At least this battle is over, and some local small wars will be left to the local area to resolve.

Typical officers and soldiers eat meat and drink soup in the place. Jian Yong earlier said that Liu Tao would suppress bandits when he went to a place and would not give others soup, which was the same.

"It has been wasted almost half an hour in order to deal with the other party." Liu Tao did not speak nonsense and ordered to continue crossing the river. From the appearance of the thief to retreat, it was not very short, but half an hour had passed.

There are special time officials in the army who specifically confirm the time. Of course, after living in this era for a long time, you can guess what time it is now by looking at the angle of the sun. Although this method can only work on days with the sun.

But then again, it really rains, and it's a heavy rain, no one will fight at this time. Not to mention the enemy, the army will not be able to see clearly. If you kill yourself for a long time, you will be very happy.

"Cross the river!" Lu Yan came to his senses and quickly arranged for the soldiers to cross the river.

"Let the soldiers keep alert, no one knows whether the enemy will return!" Liu Tao added, now it is time to enter the enemy's realm, and at this time you will never know when the enemy will come.

Although there is no need to be so nervous, the wind and cranes are full of war, the necessary vigilance cannot be relaxed.

By the way, the craftsmen who have never stopped working have completed the third row of pontoon bridges and connected the three rows of pontoon bridges. Even cavalry jogging over on horseback will not be a problem. The buoyancy is really strong.

Even so, the soldiers must help carry some food and supplies to reduce the weight of the cart. The trouble is a little trouble, but safety is the priority.

After at least four hours of busyness, the five thousand troops had only crossed the river one after another, and they couldn't continue to move forward. After all, it was already around four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Shi Guan looked at the weather conditions and then came forward to report that it might rain. At this time, it was normal to rain a few days later. If it was changed to Jiangnan, there would be more rain, and there might even be one or two typhoons and rainstorms.

"Camp..." Since it might rain, Liu Tao could not let the soldiers go for one night, so he could only order the camp to set up a camp. The location was in an open area, with a good view here, and it could be a good warning with the "Wind Dragon Insight".

It was also from the past ten days that he understood why a distance of thousands of miles can be completed in about eleven days, and why it often takes one or two months.

It rains from time to time, so there is no way to march in the rain, right? Even if you can, what should you do with your armor and food? So when it rains, you have to set up camp and wait for the rainy day to pass.

If you really want to calculate that, Lu Zhi surrounded the thieves in Guangzong around mid-May, did he not be able to fight because of the rain? Liu Tao simply calculated the time and found that from mid-May (the lunar calendar), it was around the summer solstice, around the Little Heat and the Great Heat... Even if it doesn't rain in this kind of weather, can you fight?

It’s really a pity that Zuo Feng can still slander Lu Zhi for not taking the initiative. So the hot weather makes him lead his troops to fight?

The key is that Ling Emperor still believed it. I really don’t know whether Ling Emperor didn’t know the season issue, or in his opinion, even if the officers and soldiers were allowed to be corpses everywhere, he would give priority to the thieves? Considering that Ling Emperor also followed his mother to do business when he was a child, the latter is most likely!

After receiving the military order, the soldiers had already started to work hard one after another. The floating bridge was dismantled, and the wooden boards could still be used, at least the camp could be used. They dug some simple horse traps, and at the same time, bonfires were prepared in four directions to build a simple military camp.

With the protection of the fence, the soldiers felt much more stable. The Huotou Army started to bury pots and cook rice early, perhaps relying on water, and it seemed like a big soft steamed bun tonight. Unfortunately, they couldn't find fishing villages or fishermen, otherwise they could buy a few fish and add vegetables.

At the same time, the soldiers who fled back finally returned to Xiaquyang and found Zhang Bao as soon as possible.

"I sent out 3,500 war soldiers, but one thousand came back?" Zhang Bao was very dissatisfied with the results of the battle. He said that the situation was not good and fled immediately, and so many died. Especially the cavalry, the most lacking thing in Taiping Sect is cavalry.

"Enemy..." The fleeing generals must add fuel to the fire and tell the strength of Liu Tao's troops.

"Dare you dare to deceive me?" Zhang Bao suddenly heard this, "You might as well say that the border troops went south!"

But he didn't expect the thief to repeatedly guarantee that the officers and soldiers were indeed very powerful. Even if Zhang Bao still didn't believe it, he had to be cautious...
Chapter completed!