The words were divided into two sides, Liu Yu led thousands of soldiers and horses, galloping on the broad road leading to Xiangyang.
In order to conceal their whereabouts to a certain extent, the Beifu soldiers led by Liu Yu still wore the armor of the citizens of Victory Fort.
In comparison, the armor of the fortresses was not so meticulously crafted, and it also looked older and more damaged.
Fortunately, in this raid, they did not intend to fight in close quarters. They just wanted to raid. Since there was little fighting, the requirements for armor were not that high.
"Everyone, dismount!" After the long-distance attack, Liu Yu gave an order, and all the soldiers under his command dismounted. Their movements were uniform, showing the young general's growing prestige in the army.
"According to this, two of our soldiers followed us on a raid and handed the horses over to the brothers at Fort Victory."
"yes!"
Tan Ping responded happily and immediately ordered his soldiers to hand over the horses to the people of the fort one by one.
There is such a person in the world. He is born with the aura of a leader, can command everyone, and can easily gain people's trust.
It's really amazing. It just so happens that Liu Yu is such a person.
He and Tan Pingzhi started their careers almost at the same time. They defected to Beifu together and obtained the position of team leader at the same time.
However, Tan Pingzhi never regarded himself as respected, and supported Liu Yu wholeheartedly, taking him as his priority in everything, and obeying his orders.
During the two people's relationship, Liu Yu never expressed to Tan Pingzhi his intention to lead him, and he had no idea of distinguishing between high and low.
But Tan Pingzhi still followed him as always. This is the unique temperament of a leader.
"You don't need to walk too fast later, hold down the horses, wait until you see the light of fire, and then rush over to support us!" Liu Yu warned the captain of the Victory Fort.
This was Liu Yu's own strategy to divide his troops and advance. He had not discussed it with Wang Mi before. As the commander of the front line, Liu Yu had complete decision-making power on these specific offensive strategies.
"General Liu, this matter lies with our brothers. You must be careful. Di Qin is cunning and don't fall into their trap."
"The same goes for you. If you are riding a horse, you will be easily discovered by the sentries in Xiangyang City. You must see the light of the burning ship before rushing forward."
There were no signal flares in ancient times, so if you wanted to send messages remotely, you could only rely on fire. While on the road, Liu Yu once considered that Tan Ping could use his infinite arm strength to shoot a flaming crossbow to send messages.
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However, even Tan Pingzhi's secret weapon, the machine crossbow, has a maximum range of only three hundred steps and is absolutely unable to convey the message to the subsequent army.
So, we can only rely on the sky-high fire!
Everything was arranged, and without further ado, Liu Yu urged the horses again and was about to set off, but Police Shen couldn't sit still.
"General Liu, you two are going to Xiangyang to burn the boats, what about me?"
"Who should I follow?"
Officer Shen looked back and forth, feeling anxious. He felt that no matter which group of people came along, they didn't want to take him with them.
This is really unreasonable!
The information about their raid on Xiangyang came from him, but in the end, they actually wanted to get rid of him.
How could he, Shen Jing, let them get what they wanted!
"Shen Canjun, you..."
Liu Yu and Lao Tan glanced at each other. They really didn't notice Lao Shen just now.
"It stands to reason that Shen Canjun will follow us to Xiangyang." Liu Yu said hesitantly. Police Shen nodded. After all, he was a sensible person.
Lao Shen got excited and was about to mount his horse to follow, but Liu Yu said again: "However, Shen Canjun will have to make a surprise attack on foot later. The march is quite fast and very hard. I am really worried that Shen Canjun will suffer."
That's what the so-called polite refusal is.
The technology is not high-end at all. Even Liu Yu, who has not read many books, can use it with ease, which makes Officer Shen very breathless.
"General Liu, you look down on others too much!"
"Isn't it just a forced march?"
"Since I said I wanted to follow, I will never hold you back. If I hold you back, you will throw me away. I will never have a problem with it!" Officer Shen had an angry expression on his face and waved his riding whip wildly.
Tan Ping gritted his teeth, feeling that if he didn't take Lao Shen with him, he would even act up on the spot.
"That's what you said!"
"If you dare to delay things, don't blame me for being rude!" Liu Yu was not the kind of person to nudge Nini. Police Shen said arrogantly, so just let him follow.
Anyway, all the ugly things have been said before!
After deciding on this final plan, the two groups of people divided their forces and rushed forward. Liu Yutan used this tacit understanding to sandwich Police Shen in the middle.
Although he, Old Shen, had great ambitions and was not afraid of anything, the two of them still could not let Old Shen have his own way.
With the two of them holding him between them, whether it's taking him to run faster or protecting his safety, Police Shen will be safer.
Lao Shen, on the other hand, was not aware of his good intentions at all, and felt that having the two of them following him would be quite a hindrance.
Look, I can give you a thousand-mile run without any effort...
Lao Shen's ambitions were very high and his aspirations were quite grand. However, reality slapped Lao Shen mercilessly.
Although he claims to be a Wuxing knight, with unparalleled courage and strong martial arts, after all, he is old and his legs and feet are not so sharp.
Unable to bear the long distance running, the place where they dismounted was almost a mile away from Xiangyang City. Liu Yu and others had stopped at this position before entering the city to observe.
This position happens to be out of sight from the towers of Xiangyang City. If you get closer, you will be within the sight of the defenders.
At this point, they had to dismount and walk. Especially, under the command of Fu Rui, Xiangyang City also widened the turrets, making the view wider and more distant. They couldn't do it accidentally.
In fact, halfway through the run, Lao Shen was already exhausted. His steps were obviously staggering, and his mouth was sputtering and he couldn't close it at all.
He didn't want to think about it. After all, he was still a top-notch nobleman in the Jin Dynasty, and his physical strength was definitely not that strong.
How could they withstand the long-distance attack? After all, Liu Yu and others had the foresight to predict that he would behave like this early on.
Sandwiching him in the middle, supporting each other, they finally managed to keep Lao Shen from falling behind.
"You...you are right."
"I am indeed, indeed holding myself back."
"I think you can just leave me here and quickly go raid Xiangyang. I'll take a break here." Old Shen was really exhausted. Otherwise, he would never have said such a face-saving thing. Come on.
He let out a long breath, and his whole body felt like a puddle of mud, and he fell down.
"Shen Canjun, get up quickly!"
"Hold on a little longer and we'll be there!"
The route they were taking now was passed down by the divine fortune teller in the city. This was a path that could not only save time but also avoid the sight of Di Qin soldiers.
To be precise, it was from the less well-guarded area behind the tower to where the warships docked.
However, even so, in order to cover up his tracks, Liu Yu had to divide the small force of only about 500 people.
Only about a hundred people were left in each team, and they advanced in divisions, and did not advance according to the original queue-based marching method.
Instead, they maintain a certain formation and move forward loosely.
In this way, if you are lucky, you might be able to avoid the sight of the Di Qin soldiers. If you are not so lucky and are caught, you don't have to worry about the whole army being annihilated.
If you march in small groups, there will always be soldiers who can break through the siege and set fire to the warship.
Now, they were very close to the Xiangyang City Tower. They really could get there if they persisted just a little longer. In this last short stretch, Liu Yu said that he would never abandon Lao Shen.