The army is difficult to travel faster, and it only takes more than a hundred miles per day. Although the iron horse is relatively fast, the accompanying mules are not that durable. After all, the mules pull the cart slowly.

At the same time, the entire Xuzhou cavalry was dispatched to Guangling, and then turned from Guangling to Hefei. It was really not easy to march along the way, and the cavalry felt that they were all scattered.

Half a month later, the army arrived in Hefei, and the army gathered, with flags waving and horns spreading.

This time, Lu Bu made a big investment. The cavalry of Xuzhou Iron Cavalry Division was 10,000 and the auxiliary soldiers were 2,000. The infantry of Chenglian was 10,000 and the infantry of Guangling was 3,000. The infantry of Chenglian was transferred to the Chenglian Division. The cavalry of Zhangliao Division was 10,000 and the infantry of Zhangliao Division was 6,000. The infantry of Maogan and Shanyue Division was 5,000.

In addition, the number of people in Danyang County recruited was nearly 60,000.

Lu Bu is the head coach, Zhang Liao, Zhang Xun, and Cheng Lian are the generals, and the deputy generals have a strong lineup.

The reason why he led so many soldiers was because Xiahou Dun was a strong opponent.

Moreover, Liu Biao from Jingzhou also had more than 100,000 troops, and no one was easy to mess with. If you can defeat him, you must be able to defend him.

The army rested for more than ten days, and the soldiers adjusted their mentality, distributed a large number of raincoats, rain cloth and other equipment, and then began to slowly drive towards Jingzhou.

It was difficult to walk along the way, and it was all small roads. The official road had been disrepaired for a long time. Lu Bu used the Mao Gan tribe, who was good at fighting in the mountains and forests, as his outing probe, and he built the road while walking. He marched for more than 60 miles in a day.

Fortunately, there is very little rain in spring, otherwise the soldiers from the north would not be able to stand it.

Even so, several poisonous insect bites have occurred.

The northern soldiers had never seen the power of the poisonous insects in the south. They were bitten by ticks and did not take it seriously. Then they developed fever and vomited, and died of one or four diseases.

The impact is not big, but it affects morale a little.

Lu Bu called Mao Gan and military medical officer Zhang over: "Mao Jiaowei, Zhang, there are too many poisonous insects in the mountains in early spring. What are the good suggestions do you guys?"

As a southerner, Mao Gan still has a say: "There are many poisonous insects in the mountains and forests, try to enter the mountains and forests as little as possible. Whenever you go to a place, build a temporary toilet. Arrange soldiers to check their bodies frequently. Once they find ticks bite, do not pull them out with your hands. Drop a few drops of wine. After a while, the ticks will get drunk and take them down with a light pickup."

Zhang Langzhong thought for a moment: "Don't disturb the lord, the actual situation is not as serious as imagined. More than a thousand people were bitten, five people showed symptoms, and one died. I think we can appropriately improve the marching method. The front army used a long knife to clear the branches and weeds, and try to enter the woods as little as possible, so as to greatly reduce the chance of being bitten by ticks."

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Personnel Mao, your warriors are all from the south. They are familiar with the environment and work harder. Use a long knife to clean up the shrubs and weeds on both sides of the road. Sprinkle medicinal powder in the camp to drive away insects and snakes."

"Yes." Mao Gan went down.

This is still possible. Prepare a long knife, cut down trees and weeds along the road, and open up a spacious road.

Doctor Zhang also needs to take action here. In addition to disinfecting alcohol, the medical staff also had a wine bag containing Wen Houzui Liquor.

In addition, Lu Bu exchanged some flower dew and applied it to the neck, arms, etc. to prevent mosquito bites.

The army slowly walked, entering the mountainous area ahead, and the Maogan tribe had only advanced for more than 30 miles. Hundreds of soldiers waved their swords and cut down weeds and trees along the road.

Lu Bu brought people to inspect and found that the soldiers of Mao Gan tribe were nervous.

Lu Bu asked: "Personnel Mao, is this dangerous here?"

"Yes, general. There are many tigers and leopards in this mountain, and they like to ambush people. As long as they find out, it will be fine. Therefore, the soldiers are nervous, afraid that where the tigers will come out to hurt people."

I felt relieved when I heard it was a tiger, leopard, Lu Bu. It was just an ordinary beast. The Xuzhou army had many powerful bows, and the tiger, leopard was not a threat at all.

There are dozens of tiger hunting in Xuzhou every year. In fact, tigers cannot pose a threat to the army. As long as the tiger does not come to cause trouble, the army will definitely not go hunting tigers without any trouble.

The mountains and forests in the south are different from those in the north. The mountains and forests in the north are relatively sparse, and tigers can be seen from a distance.

It's much worse in the south, the bushes are too dense, and tigers are good at hiding, so they are more difficult to deal with.

While talking, I suddenly heard the red rabbit horse beside me calling out a warning. This is a situation. The horse's nose is much more sensitive than that of a human.

The situation ahead suddenly broke out. A beautiful tiger ran out of the grass, grabbed a soldier and ran up the mountain.

The Shanyue soldiers were afraid of hurting their companions and dared not shoot arrows. Lu Bu's two personal guards flew out and ran extremely fast. The tiger was holding the man in his mouth and couldn't run fast.

He was caught up in a few steps, and the horizontal knife in his hand shone on the tiger's back hip, and a tiger's leg was cut off.

The tiger turned around and wanted to bite it. Another knife arrived early. With a puff, the tiger fell to the ground and did not get up.

But it is a pity that the soldier who was taken away by the tiger had already been bitten to death by the tiger.

Mao Gan praised Lu Bu's personal guards' fighting ability is really strong and he is not afraid of the momentum of a tiger at all.

Lu Bu ordered: "Captain Mao, three soldiers in groups, one with a long knife, and the other two with short spears. Don't panic when encountering tigers and leopards, just stab them."

"yes."

"Okay, let's see your performance next."

"yes."

Lu Bu led the team back, and Mao Gan lost face. When his soldiers saw the tiger coming, they all shook their heads and shook their heads in fear.

"A group of bears, who is afraid of being timid and directly chopped down. A tiger can eat a few people, and no one should be afraid of our five thousand army."

However, Shanyue soldiers also have a way to knock on the trunk with wooden sticks. As the saying goes, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tigers. The trunks of the knocking sounded, and the nearby tigers and leopards ran far away.

There are many tigers and leopards in the mountains, but only a few young people dare to come and cause trouble for the army. Most of the others go as far as they go.

The army was much slower than the small caravan, especially the carriages of the baggage team. They had to build bridges and roads when they crossed the river. They walked for more than twenty days after 700 miles.

He reported it carefully that Xiahou Dun had already fought with Huang Zu's army in Jiangxia.

Both sides suffered casualties, and Xiahou Dun occupied the upper peak slightly, but Xiahou Dun's troops were not 20,000, but 40,000. Among them were Li Dian and Le Jin's troops, and 40,000 troops came from Nanyang and attacked Jiangxia fiercely.

Huang Zu is not easy to mess with. Although he only has 20,000 elite soldiers, he has more than 30,000 soldiers in the township and has powerful generals like Gan Ning under his command.

Lu Bu Zhongjun told everyone the situation, "If you have any ideas, just mention your opinions. The military advisors are not here, we have to think about it ourselves."

Zhang Liao spoke first: "Wait, this place is only a hundred miles away from Jiangxia, but the terrain is remote, and few people come here. Let's go on the army again depending on the situation."
Chapter completed!