It is about three hundred miles from Anyi to Pingyang. If we calculate based on a normal march of fifty miles per day, Pingbei will only take six to seven days.

However, rescuing troops is like putting out fire. If the Pingbei army rushed to Pingyang so slowly and at a normal pace, I am afraid that Pingyang would have fallen into the hands of the Huns.

So after leaving Anyi, Cao Liang ordered the march to be accelerated and doubled the distance. In two days, he traveled nearly two hundred miles and arrived at Jiangyi.

This place was only over a hundred miles away from Pingyang, so after passing Jiangyi, Cao Liang slowed down his marching speed to fifty miles per day, and at the same time stepped up his guard to guard against sneak attacks and ambushes by the Huns.

A daily march of fifty miles is a normal marching speed. At this speed, it can be ensured that the army will not be too exhausted and will have enough energy to fight if it encounters an enemy and starts a battle.

When the daily march reaches about a hundred miles, the fatigue of the army will increase greatly, and neither the physical strength nor the energy will be enough to cope with an unexpected battle.

When he first left Anyi, since he was far away from the front line of Pingyang, Cao Liang did not have to worry too much about ambushes and night attacks by the Huns. Therefore, during this journey, Cao Liang was able to fight twice as many times regardless of the physical strength of the soldiers.

OK, use one day to travel two days and get as close to Pingyang as possible.

From Anyi to Pingyang, there is almost a flat road with flat roads. This kind of path is more conducive to marching. However, most of the Pingbei Army are recruited new soldiers. Even the infantry and other fourth battalions have some old soldiers, but they are still neglected.

Training is not easy to adapt to such a long-distance and high-intensity march.

In addition to the cavalry of the Yueqi Battalion and the Tunqi Battalion, the infantry, shooting, and infantry of the Changshui Third Battalion were miserable. Many soldiers had blisters on their feet when they walked, and some even had blisters on their feet when they walked.

My legs cramped up, and when I arrived at the campsite every night, I was as tired as a dead person and fell into my tent.

Seeing this situation, Pei Xiu was a little worried about whether the soldiers' bodies could hold up. After all, they had been forced to march all the way. When they arrived in Pingyang, they collapsed from exhaustion before they could fight the enemy.

Cao Liang smiled brightly and told Pei Xiu not to worry. Most of these soldiers were from farmers who farmed the land. They must have some strength, otherwise they would not be able to pass the recruitment assessment, but they were relatively weak.

They walked less, so leg cramps and foot blisters would occur when marching in a hurry. However, Cao Liang believed that these were temporary. With the physique of these soldiers, with a little training, they could keep up with the pace of the march.

What's more, after arriving at Jiangyi, Cao Liang had already slowed down his marching speed. After two consecutive days of forced march, he returned to the normal marching speed. I believe these new soldiers can adapt to this rhythm quickly.

At that time, Cao Liang did not take the initiative to slow down because the physical strength of these soldiers reached the limit, but it was already very close to the Pingyang front line. If the Huns got the news that the Wei army was coming for reinforcements, they would probably conduct an ambush halfway or at night.

If the Pingbei army is too tired to steal a camp and rob a stronghold, it will be completely unfavorable for such an encounter.

Therefore, Cao Liang proactively slowed down his marching speed to take precautions before it happened. Not only that, Cao Liang also ordered the scouts to expand the scouting distance to a distance of fifty miles. Once any abnormal movement of the Huns was discovered, Cao Liang would

Liang can also make corresponding countermeasures.

After passing Jiangyi, Cao Liang also adjusted the formation of the army. He ordered Deng Ai to be the vanguard and lead the Yueqi battalion at the forefront of the entire team, while Shi Bao was responsible for breaking up the rear and leading the Tunqi battalion to the rear.

The three infantry battalions of the infantry, Shesheng and Changshui were placed in the central army by Cao Liang and formed a group.

Cao Liang knew that the Huns were good at cavalry, and the cavalry itself was the natural enemy of the infantry. If the infantry wanted to confront the cavalry, the only sure thing was the pikemen. The formation of pikes could effectively resist the impact of the cavalry.

Of course, the Yueqi battalion commanded by Cao Liang has found a way to break the spear formation, but for the Huns, they are better at individual combat, and the cavalry has stronger mobility. To deal with such cavalry, it is natural to use the spear formation.

array is more effective.

The Shesheng Battalion is basically made up of crossbowmen, and the Changshui Battalion is basically made up of sword and shield soldiers. One of these two arms is a long-range attack arm, and the other is a defensive arm. They use a single arm to fight against the Huns.

The cavalry will definitely suffer a big loss.

Therefore, Cao Liang arranged the three infantry battalions together. During the march, they would advance separately. Once there was a battle, the three battalions immediately formed a group.

This kind of grouping is not a simple mixture, but a hierarchical formation of three arms. The pikemen are at the outermost periphery, forming a forest of spears to resist the impact of the cavalry.

The sword and shield soldiers lined up beside the pikemen to cover the pikemen. Since the pikemen did not have protective weapons, and Cao Liang's concept of heavy infantry had not yet been implemented, the pikemen's defensive capabilities were the weakest at this time.

If it were attacked by the Hun cavalry at this time, the casualties would definitely be relatively large.

With the flank protection of the sword and shield soldiers, the spear soldiers have an extra layer of protection to defend against enemy bow and arrow attacks.

The innermost layer is the crossbowmen of the Shesheng Battalion. The crossbowmen are the weakest unit in terms of defense. Once they are caught in close combat, the crossbowmen have almost no resistance.

But at medium and long distances, the crossbowmen have powerful striking capabilities. There is a solid line of defense built by spearmen and sword and shield soldiers in front, and the crossbowmen can confidently and boldly fire arrows from behind. This

It is also the only effective means of killing infantry against cavalry.

Close cooperation between the three arms is the only effective way to deal with cavalry.

Of course, how to improve the tacit understanding of cooperation is the key. Only with a perfect formation and a skilled infantry formation can it be possible to withstand the powerful attack power of the cavalry.

In this regard, the infantry and other four battalions still need to be improved.

Only Yueqiying is the only existence that Cao Liang can rest assured, so the one who serves as the vanguard is undoubtedly Yueqiying.

Pioneer officer Deng Ai was leading the cavalry battalion at this time, walking unhurriedly at the forefront of the team, keeping a distance of three to five miles from the large group behind.

The Yueqi Battalion performed most eye-catchingly in the Battle of Hanzhong and made outstanding achievements. Five hundred new soldiers were added to Anyi this time, but this did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Yueqi Battalion at all. At this moment, the Yueqi Battalion was full of energy and fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!