Chapter 243: The Iron Rider of Taoyuan
In the fog, I walked with difficulty with the escort battalion.
Chen Qinglong appeared from the front and rode to my side to walk side by side with me.
"Fifty miles ahead, there is no Golden Horde. ”
Chen Qinglong said briefly.
I sat upright on my horse, groaned for a while, and said, "This Golden Horde is a bit interesting!"
We set off from Sunset Mountain yesterday because we received the Flying Sword Transmission from Qingfeng City.
This is the first time that the cabinet of Qingfeng City did not pass Tao Zhiran, but directly gave an order to Taoyuan General Xu Jinyue, that is, General Ben.
The order was very brief, requiring Taoyuan General Xu Jinyue to lead the Taoyuan army to immediately rush to the aid of Qingfeng City.
There was no request for the number of troops to be dispatched, and there was no request for time.
But after we received the order, we immediately regrouped our troops and left Sunset Mountain.
According to the plan drawn up by the General Staff Headquarters, I scouted, guarded, and instructed the three battalions to Qingfeng City, and the two battalions of cavalry were on our flanks, followed by one hundred breech guns of the Engineer Battalion, and three thousand artillerymen, and the Taozhi Battalion guarding them.
Turning his head to Wu Youliang, he said, "Order the rear to slow down and keep a distance of thirty miles from us." ”
He also said to Chen Qinglong: "Send all the scouts out, and you must find out the layout of the Golden Horde." ”
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By evening, we had come to a place less than thirty miles away from Qingfeng City, which had a rather poetic name, Smokewind Shop.
The scouts reported that the Golden Horde really only surrounded the east, south, and north sides of Qingfeng City, but only to the west where Taoyuan was located, and did not arrange a single soldier.
There was a crackling sound in the roaring bonfire, and the light of the fire reflected on the faces of the contemplative people, making them look like drunk, red-faced men.
I lowered my head, dug out a few yams from the ashes under the fire, picked one up and patted the ashes, carefully peeled off the skin, and a strong aroma of roasted yams instantly diffused.
Chen Qinglong said with a smile: "Second Brother Xu, General Xu, don't bring this, what Zhuge Liang meeting did you ask us to have, you eat it yourself, you say, you have eaten half a leg of mutton, one roasted sweet potato, and three roasted yams." ”
I took a bite of a yam while snorting for air, and said with a smile: "Isn't it cold, don't eat more to accumulate fat, what if it freezes?" ”
Wu Youliang looked at me speechlessly and said: "General, you said that Zhuge Liang was full of scheming, and said that our five or six stinkers can be worth two Zhuge Liang, I still haven't thought it through, you just tell us the answer and it's over." ”
I shook my head helplessly, ate the yam in three or two bites, clapped my hands and said, "Okay, I'll talk about my thoughts first, even if it's a brick." ”
After thinking about it, I said, "Why did this Golden Horde leave Taoyuan on this side and not do defense? I think he underestimated our Taoyuan Army. ”
Baili Jiang was about to speak, and I said, "Wait until I'm done." The Golden Horde lost 100,000 men, but did not come to retaliate, why? First, they must have learned from the defeated soldiers who had fled back that our two great victories on the Fengwu Plain and at the foot of the Sunset Mountain were not won by hard fighting. ”
Wu Youliang thought for a while and said, "Yes, in the Fengwu Plain, we took advantage of the right time and place to use water attacks to wipe out his 200,000 army. At the foot of the sunset, we used artillery to wipe out their 30,000 cavalry, the most powerful of which were in battle. ”
Lu Feisha continued: "And the Golden Horde must have fought with the garrison of Qingfeng City now, compared with the two, I feel that our Taoyuan Army is a soft persimmon, easy to pinch." ”
Chen Qinglong sneered and said, "But I just want to surround some reinforcements!"
Wu Youliang then said: "I'm afraid it's not about encircling the point to send reinforcements, he wants to finish his work in one battle and wipe out all the soldiers who can fight in Qingfeng City." ”
I smiled and said, "Has he forgotten Gao Haibo's Jingdong Army?"
Wu Youliang glanced at Lu Feisha and Bailijiang, and finally Wu Youliang said with some embarrassment: "General, since the Golden Horde has arrived in the west of Qingfeng City, it means that General Gao will either fail or surrender." ”
I was stunned for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, I figured out why Wu Youliang said this.
The current three armies of Qingfeng City, in addition to Fang Chenghe's Qingfeng Army, the other two armies, the Jingdong Army and the Taoyuan Army, are most likely no longer under the command of Qingfeng City.
This can be seen from the fact that Tao Zhiran himself can privately appoint me as General Taoyuan.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the history of the human world.
Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the release of military power with a glass of wine, and the rise of the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty can all explain the current situation in Qingfeng City.
I understood at the moment, and said with a smile: "Then you say, if we relieve the siege of Qingfeng City, will the credit go to the sky?"
Everyone looked at each other, but Lin Feihu said with a smile: "Second Brother Xu, our current merits have reached the sky!"
I was stunned for a moment, and then I understood.
The elimination of 300,000 Silver Horde and 100,000 Golden Horde is probably an unprecedented battle feat among the princes of Qingfeng City.
What's more, we're still rushing to the aid of Breeze City?
He immediately smiled and said, "Okay, tomorrow, I will take the escort battalion and two battalions of cavalry to the front to give the army a ride." ”
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Early the next morning, it was still foggy.
I got up early, put on my armor with the help of Gilter, and carefully examined the two pistols under my ribs.
Then he crossed the sword with his sword on his back and came to the outside of the camp tent.
The generals of the battalions outside the tent had been waiting for a long time.
The first to kneel down was Wu Youliang.
The guy said with tears in his eyes: "General, the commander of the army should not go into battle lightly, this is the rule set by General Tao at the beginning." ”
I squinted my eyes and smiled, "The old man is afraid of death, but I am not afraid." ”
Chen Qinglong also clenched his fists and said: "Second Brother Xu, you will be the lord of Chaoyang in the future, Chaoyang Temple can't be left without an owner for a day!"
I smiled and said, ", whether the Chaoyang Collar can be established or not is it two words, and besides, there is still my eldest brother." ”
Lu Feisha knelt down in front of me with his head bowed and didn't say a word.
I smiled and said, "Well, if any of you can beat me, I won't go." Or go together. ”
Wu Youliang was taken aback and gave me a look at the envoy next to me.
Zhuerte, a guy who didn't understand the amorous feelings, nodded to Wu Youliang.
I saw it in my eyes, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please get up, it seems that you still have some doubts about my strength! Let's put it this way, my actual strength is actually on par with Brother Golden Eagle." ”
Everyone looked incredulous.
In the end, it was Wu Youliang who took the lead in getting up and said: "If the general insists on leading the army into Qingfeng City, then I suggest that two battalions of cavalry, and escort the battalion and the scout battalion, follow the general's actions together." ”
I said impatiently, "Alright then, you guys get up, the guard battalion, the scout battalion, and the cavalry battalion will follow me to attack, and now go and prepare." ”
This is, of course, just a small episode.
When I arrived at Qingfeng City, I realized that the situation we expected was not the same as the actual situation in Qingfeng City.
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A Protoss sergeant screamed and fell down the ladder.
Immediately afterwards, the ladder was ignited by the fierce fire oil that had fallen from the petition, and it burned violently, even with the dozen or so Protoss warriors who were still trying to climb up.
Countless boulders and sassalwoods on the city walls were thrown down.
The Protoss army, which had only a few shields, could not withstand the impact of the boulder sassa, either being turned into meat cakes or being killed by the feathered arrows fired by the petitioners.
Under the Qingfeng City, it is extremely tragic.
I looked at the situation on the north and south sides of the city wall, and said to Wu Youliang: "Tell the artillery to follow and enter the city as soon as possible." The two battalions of Feisha and Feihu attacked the north and south sides, first relieving the pressure on the city wall. ”
As he spoke, he led the escort battalion to rush out of the southern city.
The Qingfeng city wall is really tall and regular.
The city wall, which is more than 10 meters high, has been built into an inclined plane with an inclination of about 20 degrees.
There were battlements in the wall, and countless arrows flew out of them, and after flying a long distance, they plunged into the chest of the Golden Horde.
Those who rushed up to attack the city were actually the Protoss tribal army.
I could tell from their tattered clothes that they belonged to them.
Those who wore golden cloth shirts, golden armor over them, and helmets basically belonged to the Golden Horde.
And those who wear cloth clothes, no armor, or a few leather armors, are tribal armies.
Obviously, the people who are besieging the city now are all the tribal armies of the Protoss, which is the so-called shepherd slaves.
So under the onslaught of the Flying Sand and Flying Tiger Battalions, these tribal armies quickly collapsed.
When I rushed forward with the escort battalion, I didn't even catch a single tribal army, I could only look at their butts and eat ashes.
There were huge cheers on the city wall, and voices asked, "Brother below, which part of you are from?"
Juerte raised his head, danced the lightning flag in his hand twice, and replied loudly: "We are the Taoyuan Army, the troops of General Xu Jinyue Xu. ”
There was a noticeable silence upstairs.
I smiled and asked Wu Youliang, who had just rushed over, "It seems that the Taoyuan Army is not very popular in Qingfeng City!"
Wu Youliang said with a smile: "They probably thought that we only had 5,000 people, but they didn't know that today is different from the past, and our Taoyuan Army is very different from before." ”
I smiled, straightened up and said to the two battalions of sergeants who had surrounded me to protect me, "Everyone, are you interested in going with me to explore the reality of the Golden Horde?"
Lu Feisha and Lin Feihu took the lead in raising their arms and shouting: "Follow General Xu, advance!"
I smiled, turned the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly between my legs, and pointed forward diagonally with the dragon sword that had already been drawn in my hand, and just took the lead, chasing the defeated Protoss army.
Behind me, with the sound of rumbling hooves, the guard battalion, the scout battalion, and the two cavalry battalions, all brandishing sabers, followed me towards the Golden Horde camp.