At dawn, the breeze comes with the morning light. When the first ray of sunlight cuts through the darkness, the huge military camp begins to slowly and get angry.

The auxiliary soldiers began to feed the horses and feed them, clean water, and the leading soldiers began to go to the river to collect water and wait for everyone to get up.

There was a busy and peaceful scene in the camp, with whistles sounded one after another, and the soldiers got up, began to pull out the camp tent, ready to continue on the road.

Wei Xingping rode his horse to the central army's tent early in the morning and waited for dispatch, but he could not wait.

My father and most of the Eastern Army defended Yizhou, but in order not to waste combat power, he sent him to lead three thousand elite troops from the Eastern Army to the north to wait for the dispatch of the commander of the Central Army Yang Hongzhao. These elite troops were also from the Lingjie Army.

Wei Xingping understood that his father's intention was to show his face in front of the coach.

However, compared to Yang Hu and Yang Jianye, he was not as good as Yang Hu and Yang Jianye followed Guo Yaoshi to attack Nanjing. This was a huge contribution. Everyone is young people who are about the same age, but he can't catch up.

Even though he was envious, Wei Xingping didn't care too much. Perhaps from childhood to adulthood, he had a sister who was better than him. He had been used to it for a long time. If he was not as good as others, he would be better than others. Just do his duty well.

After a while, the coach came out of the tent.

"Master!" He hurried forward to say hello.

Yang Hongzhao nodded when he saw him and looked at the rising sun in the sky. The red fire clouds were connected, covering most of the sky. "How long have I seen such bloody fire clouds? It seems that today will be a good weather..."

"It is beneficial to march. If this continues, you will be able to arrive in Nanjing tomorrow afternoon." He said excitedly.

Yang Hongzhao nodded: "You should not be careless at this time. When it is dawn, you will be responsible for patrol. The closer you get to Nanjing City, the more you should pay attention. Although Nanjing is controlled, the Liao Kingdom still has two armies, the Liao Xing Army and the Zhangde Army, so you should beware of sneak attacks."

"Don't worry, handsome man, I will be careful." Wei Xingping patted his chest and promised, and after saying that, he went to mobilize the troops.

As pioneer scouts, they need to set out first.

After several days of getting along, he also fully understood the character of the head coach Yang Hongzhao. This person is as experienced as his father. He is very experienced in various arrangements and camp placement during the march. But unlike his father, Yang Hongzhao is obviously more cautious, and even so cautious that he feels that he does not seek merit but does not seek mistakes.

For example, if my father was the head coach this time, I heard that Nanjing was captured by surprise, and I would definitely accelerate the northward regardless of everything and take a gamble.

But Yang Hongzhao chose to take steady steps and go north slowly.

He didn't know which one was better. The army did encounter attacks one after another along the way. As Yang Hongzhao said, most of these attacks were scattered local armed forces, and at most they were only 200 or 300 people, which was difficult to pose a threat to the army.

So Wei Xingping himself actually didn't understand whether the Grand Marshal's approach was right or wrong.

He rode his horse to the west of the camp, and after he arrived at the camp, he called everyone to prepare quickly, fed horse materials, put on armor, carry spears, knives and axes, and used a short bow.

About two quarters of an hour later, five hundred elite cavalry were ready.

Wei Xingping got on the horse and led everyone along the fence on the west side of the camp to detour the front door. Many soldiers were pulling up the camp, resisting horses, blocking and fences, as were many.

Some things can ensure that the army can resist the attacks of large troops when stationed, which shows General Yang's caution and caution.

It was more than an hour before the army could set off, so before the busiest time was at this time, Wei Xingping led his men to the main entrance from the west side of the Daying.

A mile away is the dense forest at the foot of the mountain. The trees near the camp have been cut down as firewood. According to local hunters, if you pass through this forest and climb up the mountain, you can see the city of Nanjing in the north. If you climb over the mountain, you will reach the outside of Nanjing. Ordinary people only have a day to walk, and the army will move slowly, which will take about two days.

Behind the camp was a valley, and the army entered and exited the valley bottom. The width and narrowness of the valley bottom were always changing, but it remained between three or five feet wide.

The army could not leave the valley last night, but Yang Dashen was worried and kept asking the soldiers to persevere until they left the valley and then camped. Because camping in the valley would be too long and the front and tail could not echo, so Yang Dashen was worried.

So last night the soldiers were not able to fall asleep until the second half of the night, so they started to set off for an hour tonight.

Wei Xingping greeted the soldiers guarding the gate with a smile. The other party had already been familiar with him, so he opened the camp gate for him and dragged the door outside to resist the horse.

Wei Xingping was about to take his people out when he saw a group of people rushing out of the woods in the distance and running towards the camp.

Enemy attack!

His first reaction was like this, and he hurriedly retreated and ordered everyone to close the camp gate, set up a horse-resisting horse, and the crossbowman was ready to climb the wooden whistle towers on both sides. For a moment, the atmosphere became tense instantly.

Wei Xingping also climbed up to the heights and stared at the crowd rushing towards him from afar. He slowly frowned, unlike an enemy attack. On the one hand, the formation was scattered, some were in front, some were behind, and on the other hand, many people didn't have anything in their hands.

As the figures got closer, Wei Xingping was stunned. The hundreds of people were in a very embarrassing manner, dressed in rags and messy clothes, like beggars who hadn't eaten for a few days. Soon he recognized one of the people riding a horse in front, Yang Hu!

He was one generation with him, but a few years older than him. The Yang family in Shanxi and their Wei family were close friends, so he immediately recognized Yang Hu in front of him.

"Brother Yang Hu! What's going on?" He hurriedly asked as soon as the opposite side approached.

Yang Hu said in a panic: "Most of the Liao army attacked the city tens of thousands of people, and Nanjing city was broken. We couldn't defend it, so we had to escape desperately. Open the door and let us in!"

Wei Xingping was shocked. This was not good news. He hurriedly wanted to open the door, but was pulled by the soldiers around him and whispered: "General, it is better to repay the general first."

After being reminded, he instantly realized that all major and small matters in the army must be cautious. He glanced at Yang Hu and others: "You can wait for a while, I will inform the general of the army now."

Yang Hu was anxious and cursed: "Wei Xingping! We were chased by the Liao people for two days and finally escaped. What the hell are you talking about! Open the door and let us in!"

Everyone outside the door looked anxious, but Wei Xingping ignored it and ran towards the central army on horseback. The soldiers were never tired of cheating, and he dared not make any decisions.

When he brought this bad news to Yang Hongzhao, there was no fluctuation on the other party's face, and there seemed to be no disappointment. He just nodded: "I'm going to see it." He did not order the door to open, but was about to go and see it in person.

Wei Xingping reacted, yes, for Guo Yaoshi, Yang Hu, Yang Jianye, Tong Guan and others, a surprise attack on Nanjing was their chance to make achievements and the only task they had to do well.

But for the head coach Yang Hongzhao, a surprise attack on Nanjing is just one of many feasible measures. Even if it fails, it will not affect the overall situation on the battlefield.

Because the main force of the Central Army was established, it would still be no problem when the army arrived to siege Nanjing. For Guo Yaoshi and others, it would be a complete failure to defend Nanjing, and it was irrelevant to Yang Hongzhao, but there was only one method.

That's why the general was not disappointed with this matter. Wei Xingping thought, followed him and rushed to the camp gate.
Chapter completed!