Chapter 198

Wei Ran was puzzled when he heard it. Before, because of the whip injury, he simply untied his armor, took off his coat, and simply wiped some golden sore medicine with the help of Li Guangsi. CHIGUO followed the march all the way with his body. At this time, the wound had already scabbed, and Wei Ran put on his clothes and armor.

"Who is Princess Shouning?" Wei Ran asked suspiciously.

Li Guangsi knew that his eldest brother's physique was different from that of ordinary people. At the moment, the injury was estimated to be almost better. He replied: "she was the six princesses most loved by his majesty. Before the drought in Hedong, she took the initiative to go to Hedong for disaster relief. Until the victims reacted, she never returned to Beijing."

"Willful?"

"Guess so, and first listen to what's going on."

Zhang Zhen loudly scolded the left behind in Luoyang and many bureaucrats. It turned out that Shouning princess heard that a group of victims she had helped took refuge in the anti thief and rebelled in Hanoi County, so she privately convened the local regiment of guards and soldiers to attack these victims who had defected to the enemy.

As a result, before reaching Hanoi County, they encountered an ambush on the way. The whole army fought and retreated, and did not know where to go. The soldiers who returned to Dongdu for help also died of serious injuries at the moment, and could not ask for more effective information.

Zhang Zhen lacks experience in leading the army. In case of such a thing, he just gives a loud order and is ready to let the whole army start immediately and go to the place where the princess falls in love for rescue.

But before he finished, Li Chengye saw it in advance, quickly took his arm and whispered, "Zhang Shuai! When marching and fighting, we should avoid changing orders day and night. We have just ordered the whole army to camp and rest on the spot. At the moment, suddenly letting the whole army move at the same time will make the soldiers wonder what is going on and panic. "

Zhang zhennu said, "it doesn't matter what the soldiers think! The important thing is that the princess may fall to the enemy! You also know the position of Princess Shouning beside her majesty. If something happens to her, you and I will have no good fruit to eat! "

Li Chengye frowned. He didn't care about the life and death of Princess Shouning. Although strategists pay attention to faithfulness, benevolence, courage and strictness, this benevolence is not the benevolence of women. If you are a mere woman and encounter an ambush, which greatly damages the lives of soldiers, it is against the benevolence and righteousness of the military family.

But at this time, he can't talk about these great principles with Zhang Zhen. Zhang Zhen talks about interests. Naturally, he can only convince each other from interests.

"There are many soldiers in the army. This March will not cause complaints in the army, but the speed of the soldiers may not arrive in time. The last general meant that instead of asking the whole army to attack, it would be better to choose 3000 elite cavalry in the army and ask elite scouts to explore the way ahead. In this way, we can not only ambush the enemy, but also quickly support the royal highness of the princess, which will not affect the morale of the whole army. "

Zhang Zhen calmed down a little and said suspiciously, "can three thousand fine riders be enough? You should know that the exile rebels gathered a small number of ten thousand people. "

Li Chengye said with a smile, "at the end of the past, the general once led three thousand elite cavalry in the army to break through the coalition forces of Tubo. It's just anti thief. Compared with Tubo, tujiwa dog is better. "

Zhang Zhen also heard about these things. Seeing that Li Chengye was so confident in the cavalry, he nodded, "is the county Marquis willing to lead the army?"

Li Chengye joined the army as a recorder and had no actual command, but now that Zhang Zhen was so generous, he certainly wouldn't refuse. He bowed his hands and said, "don't disappoint Zhang Shuai!"

Then he took the talisman, took his two sons and all his own soldiers back to the barracks, and brought out 3000 men and horses.

Seeing that the invincible God of war of the Tang Dynasty was in charge of them, the discontent in their hearts immediately dissipated and fell into excitement.

Li Chengye calmly arranged the task. He asked Wei Ran and a team of scouts to explore the way and perform two tasks.

1、 Explore the whereabouts of the princess and the battlefield;

2、 Reconnaissance of enemy ambushes and numbers;

This is the first military task Wei Ran received. Naturally, he knows that his adoptive father wants to sharpen him, so that he can act together with a group of Scout veterans. It is most suitable to convert written military experience into practical combat experience.

The scouts are at least one person, two horses, or even three horses, so as to keep the investigation range far enough. Therefore, Wei Ran also took two tall Hexi war horses and set out with these veterans.

Along the way, these veterans were curious about Wei Ran's identity. After all, Li Chengye didn't introduce him and Li Guangsi to others.

Wei Ran only told them that he was Li Chengye's personal guard and did not take the initiative to reveal his identity. They saw that Wei Ran was tall and strong, and his riding skills were very exquisite. Even with some detailed movements, they could see that he was at least an old hand in training, so they didn't despise him.

But even so, Wei Ran was still at the end of the March. He was too heavy. Even if he started this trip, he took off his armor helmet and accompanied him in regular clothes, which was a heavy burden for the war horse.

Marching towards the northeast of Luoyang for an hour and a half, they found traces of a battle next to a forest.

Looking at the dead men and horses in front of him, as well as the footprints and equipment on the ground, Wei Ran roughly estimated the scale of the war between the two sides.

First of all, the dead people and horses on the ground are basically local regiment training and Princess guards. They don't see the enemy's body, which shows that the enemy must have an absolute advantage and have time to clean the battlefield.

Then, according to the footprints, horseshoe prints and shaft prints on the ground, the enemy should be divided into two parts to attack the princess's forces.

The first part is the infantry, which is arranged directly in front of the princess's army. Wei Ran saw that the footprints left there were relatively neat, obviously in the shape of a square array. However, the neat here means that the two sides are neat and the middle is very chaotic.

This shows that the princess's army should have launched the attack first. The princess's personal guards were all cavalry. They rushed directly into the enemy's military array from the front, and the blow was effective. They gave the other party a central flower and nearly cut through it.

Wei Ran saw that the footprints in the middle of the square array were very dense and chaotic. The footprints of horses and people, as well as the footprints of human bodies falling to the ground, mixed with blood and extended to the middle and rear.

The enemy's infantry array should be very thick. There are at least ten rows. After the ten rows, there are supervision teams at a distance. The fighting will is very firm, so it was not completely destroyed, but fell into a anxious scuffle.

The infantry behind the princess army should be following, but this time

Wei Ran's eyes swept towards the forest, from where there were many horse hoof prints. They came out from the side, which should have washed out the princess's infantry formation in one wave.

Here you can see thousands of corpses dressed up for regiment training. They fell to the ground in all directions. Most of them were directly killed by sabers, and some were trampled to death after being knocked down.

The cavalry and infantry of the enemy attacked the princess's cavalry back and forth, and the battle ended soon.

Looking at the bursts of hoof prints going northeast, you don't have to guess that the two sides should run in that direction next

The name of this scouting team is Xu Er, a very simple name. People seem to be in their forties, but they are actually only twenty-eight years old. They joined the army at the age of 16 and were elected to the left Shence army at the age of 22.

This is an experienced guy. He smiled and looked at Wei Ran. "The county Marquis intends to train you. How many people are there on both sides of the war here?"

Wei lit his head and said, "the princess side is very clear. One thousand Pro guards and cavalry and two thousand regiments train troops. These regiments should be training here. There is not even a fish in the net. As for the enemy, the infantry formation should be at least ten rows and thirty columns, with 3000 people.

The cavalry rushing out of the forest, when between 1000 and 3000, is not easy to estimate, and the hoof prints are too messy. Judging from the cut wounds of the regiment practice and the princess's guard, most of them were stabbed in the head and neck, or shot in the gap of the armor. This shows that although the number of cavalry is small, they should be elite.

Well, judging from the number of fallen guards, there should still be 500 cavalry men and horses led by the princess. "

After Wei Ran's analysis, he became even more strange. Before the expedition, he investigated the situation of Hedong and Henan and knew that there were no horse farms in these two places.

The hoof prints seen in front of us obviously belong to the rebel side, and their combat power is strong, no less than that of the border forces. So where do these rebel cavalry come from?