But this night was extremely long for Lu Kang. It was not because sleeping on the sand made him toss and turn all night, but a intuition was telling him that danger was approaching, and perhaps Yan Zizui might become his last battlefield.

Looking at the Wu army soldiers who were snoring on the ground and falling asleep, Lu Kang sighed silently in his heart, "What a good soldier, the forced marching for days has almost drained all their physical strength and energy. What they can replenish every day is just a little dry food, and when they are thirsty, they drink water from the rivers, and they can't even eat a bit of hot rice."

But Lu Kang rarely heard the soldiers' complaints. They rushed to the road one by one and stepped on all their emotions. For them, obeying orders is a duty. As for the final outcome, it is not something they can decide.

Lu Kang couldn't sleep, so he patrolled the camp. The periphery of the camp was arranged by Lu Kang. These open and secret posts were all over the camp. Once an enemy situation occurred, you could warn him at any time.

Compared with those soldiers who can sleep, these posts are even harder. They are divided into two shifts for rotation. The Wu army's sleep time is only about two hours a day, and these posts have to march as usual during the day, and only one hour is left for sleeping at night.

However, the existence of these posts is extremely necessary and indispensable. Lu Kang will arrange a general to serve on duty every day to deal with any possible emergencies.

The turn of the guerrilla general Zhang Xian tonight, he is Lu Kang's confidant general. He is patrolling everywhere and happened to meet Lu Kang who had just left the camp unexpectedly. Zhang Xian was a little surprised. Shouldn't Lu Kang be resting at this time? Why did he come out to patrol?

Zhang Xian gave a gift and said, "General, you work hard day and night and work hard every day. Leave these small matters of patrol to the future. You might as well go back to the camp to rest."

Lu Kang said coldly: "Zhang Xian——"

Zhang Xian was stunned for a moment. Usually, Lu Kang usually calls him a word for a word. He will only call him by his name when he issuing an order or a formal occasion. Now there are only two of them, which is not a formal occasion. Lu Kang suddenly called his name solemnly, and Zhang Xian subconsciously replied: "The last one is here."

Lu Kang whispered: "If the Wei army suddenly attacks tonight, how will you deal with it?"

Zhang Xian said proudly: "The last general must fight to the death and protect the general's completeness."

Lu Kang chuckled and said, "You don't have to protect me. The position you are standing now is where the Wei army pursuers are attacking. I have no other requirements for you. Stay here for an hour. No matter what method you use, as long as you can stay for an hour."

"One hour? Will it be too short?" Zhang Xian said in confusion. An hour passed in a moment. What's the point of Zhang Xian holding on to an hour here? Besides, this is not difficult for Zhang Xian. If Zhang Xian came to guard the position for one day, it might be difficult for him to do it, but if he only stayed for one hour, the task seemed to be very relaxed.

"I think it's short?" Lu Kang smiled and said, "If you can stay here for an hour, I will remember your top skills. If you retreat within an hour, then I want your head. Can I do it?"

Zhang Xian bowed and said, "The General of the Last Army is willing to give a military order. Not to mention one hour, even two hours or three hours, the General of the Last Army will never retreat."

"No, it's just an hour. You only need to stick to it for an hour. Once the time comes, you don't have to stay for a moment. No matter what happens, retreat immediately. No mistakes must be made! Do you understand?" Lu Kang said solemnly.

Zhang Xian immediately bowed and said, "I will obey the orders of the general!"

Lu Kang said: "Don't think this task is easy. In fact, this task is quite arduous. In addition to the one thousand people you are taking now, I will also give you two thousand people, and they are soldiers from Shenwu Camp. When you see the river in front, you only need to guard the west bank of the river and never let the Wei army cross this river within an hour."

Zhang Xian was a little surprised. Shenwu Camp was the personal army of Lu Kang. It was the strongest combat-capable force among the Wu army. Most of them were the Danyang Mountain Yue soldiers. It was the army recruited by Zhuge Ke after pacifying the Shanyue people. There were about 40,000 people. Zhuge Ke did not take them all under his command, but assigned the Danyang soldiers to the governors from all over the country. The border of Wuchang accepted about 5,000 people and organized them for the Shenwu Camp.

Now the Shenwu Camp is the most elite force of the Jingzhou Army and has also become Lu Kang's confidant. Unexpectedly, Lu Kang would assign two thousand people to Zhang Xian this time. There is no doubt that the battle that the Shenwu Camp participated in would be a fierce battle.

Only then did Zhang Xian feel that Lu Kang had no intention of joking with him. Perhaps this one-hour battle would be the most intense and cruel battle he had faced in his life, but no matter what, Zhang Xian would not retreat at all.

It is precisely because of Lu Kang's trust in him that he handed over such a arduous task and gave him the Shenwu Camp to command. So no matter what, Zhang Xian would not let down this trust. Even if he died in the battlefield and was wrapped in a corpse, he would still have to defend this position.

Lu Kang came to the river to command Zhang Xian to deploy his position. Lu Kang was known as the last famous general of the Eastern Wu, and that was definitely not a hat worn by later generations. He had real talents.

The so-called famous generals do not mean that they can be called famous generals if they have one or two achievements. Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. True famous generals often know the slightest and do extraordinary things in the ordinary.

Along the way, although they were marching urgently and seemed to be in a panic, Lu Kang had to carefully choose the daily camping sites to avoid some unfavorable terrain.

Because the Wei army's pursuers were behind him, no one knew when they would suddenly come close. The more than two hours of camping every night were actually the most dangerous time. Lu Kang must ensure the relative safety of the camping site to avoid being attacked by the Wei army.

Therefore, when it comes to choosing campsites, Lu Kang is extremely cautious. For example, in today's campsite, Lu Kang chose a terrain surrounded by water on both sides. There is a river on the east and a lake on the south. If the Wei army attacked in the middle of the night, it would definitely not be able to avoid these water systems. The rivers and lakes have a great impact on the infantry and cavalry of the Wei army. It is almost impossible for them to bypass these water systems to launch an attack on the Wu army. This undoubtedly became a natural barrier for the Wu army and could protect the safety of the Wu army.
Chapter completed!