Chapter 351: Chasing the Princess
Yang Xianmao didn't close his eyes all night, felt a little sleepy, and wanted to sleep for a while, but not long after he slept for a while, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming in, and he immediately woke up, but it was two maids, and said: "Sir, it's not good, General Cui said that the princess is gone." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
When Yang Xianmao heard this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and he got up and asked urgently, "What's the matter, where has the princess gone?"
The maid shook her head and said that they didn't know either, and General Cui was waiting in the living room.
Yang Xianmao walked quickly to the living room, and saw Cui Yanjin anxiously walking around the house in a circle, and when he saw Yang Xianmao coming in, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Oh no, the princess went out of the city with her maids and guards." ”
Yang Xianmao hurriedly asked, "What's going on, when is it?"
"In the morning, two maidens crossed the city wall with two maidens and left the city. The officers and soldiers defending the city wanted to stop it, but it was too late, because the distance was relatively far and there was wind and snow to cover it, so it was difficult to tell who it was, only knowing that it was three women. One of them was extremely strong, and he easily crossed the high city wall. The soldiers didn't know who it was, and then they reported it to each other. After hearing this, I felt that something was wrong, and that she could easily cross the city wall, could such a master woman be the princess's guardian snake fairy? I hurried to the princess's house to inquire, and then I learned that the princess was gone, saying that the princess had left early in the morning with the maid lark and the guardian snake fairy, and did not say where to go, so I was sure that the three who had left the morning earlier should be them. ”
Yang Xianmao couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that this princess is really stubborn, I thought he was just playing with his temper and threatening, but I didn't expect what he said to be true, and he really got rid of himself and left. She left in the morning, and it was almost noon at this moment, and two hours had passed, where could she find it?
Even if you don't have a goal, you have to find it. Yang Xianmao hurriedly instructed Li Jilong and Guo Shouwen to take the three thousand imperial forest troops he brought, and immediately follow him out of the city to find Princess Xuan'er, and told Cui Yanjin to hold on to the city and not open the city, in case the Liao army took the opportunity to steal the city.
After Yang Xianmao ordered to bring the Chiyang donkey here, he turned over the donkey, patted the Chiyang donkey on the head and said, "Princess Xuan'er is gone, we are going to look for her, can you find her?"
Chiyang donkey's little head shook, snorted, and looked at Yang Xianmao, but it didn't mean to move forward.
Yang Xianmao was a little strange, touched the donkey's little head and said, "Let's go, go find the princess." ”
The Chiyang donkey still tilted its head to look at him, snorted, and kept beating.
Seeing this, Yang Xianmao couldn't help but move in his heart, and said, "Do you want to smell the princess's scent, and then follow the smell to find it?"
Yang Xianmao had heard that if a trained hound could track a person, as long as she took the clothes of the person to be tracked and sniffed it, the hound would be able to follow the smell all the way to find the person. Could it be that this donkey has the ability to do this?
Yang Xianmao hurriedly told the maid to go to the princess's house, and brought the sheets she had slept on for the donkey to sniff, and the donkey immediately hissed into the sky, and then, throwing off its four hooves, ran out of the city.
Li Jilong and Guo Shouwen followed with three thousand imperial forest troops and came to the city gate tower.
Here, the Chiyang donkey tilted its head back and no longer walked forward, apparently having lost its smell.
Because the snake fairy girl came out of the wall with the princess, the smell was cut off.
According to the direction instructed by the officers and soldiers guarding the city, they let the Chiyang donkey smell the place where the snake fairy girl took the princess and the lark over the wall and landed, and quickly found the smell left by the princess, and trotted forward along the smell.
Because, the wind and snow have not stopped, and the smell left behind is already very light, so the Chiyang donkey stops and goes, sniffing east and west, and keeps snorting. With his nose on the ground, he walks forward sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly.
What made Yang Xianmao feel shocked was that the direction that Chiyang Donkey was looking for all the way was actually bypassing the barracks stationed in the Liao Dynasty and heading diagonally to the northwest.
Yang Xianmao was very anxious in his heart, and wanted to urge the Chiyang donkey to hurry up, but there was no way to track it quickly, so he could only follow the smell, and if it was fast, the smell would be lost, which would be troublesome, so he could only be patient and follow the Chiyang donkey to stop and search forward.
Yang Xianmao hoped in her heart that the snake fairy girl would not take them too fast, but presumably the snake fairy girl should not go too fast, because she might not be able to resist the princess's decision, and she would not dare to report it, maybe the princess would threaten her. In this way, she should choose to walk slowly forward, leaving time for herself to find.
They left footprints in the snow, but in the wind and snow, they were quickly blown away by the wind and snow. Fortunately, although the smell has also been blown away by the wind and snow, the Chiyang donkey's nose is extremely sharp and can still be detected.
Searching all the way to the northwest, they finally found shallow footprints on the ground, which had become much lighter under the cover of the wind and snow.
After the Chiyang donkey found the footprints, its steps sped up, perhaps the smell left in the footprint nest was stronger, so that it could more clearly judge the person to be tracked. According to the reaction of the Chiyang donkey, these footprints made Yang Xianmao quickly determine that they should be left by Princess Xuan'er.
They followed the footprints, quickened the speed of the tracking, and chased forward for some distance, and finally saw three people in the distance, who were heading northwest.
Yang Xianmao's eyes were strong, and she quickly recognized that the slightly taller one in the middle was the snake fairy girl, who was pulling two girls in her left hand and one in her right hand, it was Princess Xuan'er and the maid lark.
Because the snow was relatively deep, the two girls had a hard time walking, and the princess asked to hurry up, so the snake fairy girl carried them forward one by one. The speed of walking was relatively fast, and they chased for a long time before they caught up.
Of course, if the Snake Immortal Gu wanted to get rid of them, they would not be able to catch up with an eighth-level powerhouse at all, even if this powerhouse was carrying two people.
The snake fairy girl wanted to leave traces of Yang Xianmao's tracking, but unfortunately the footprints left before were covered by the wind and snow, but fortunately, Yang Xianmao had a Chiyang donkey as sharp as a hunting dog, so she followed the smell all the way to here and found them.
After Yang Xianmao caught up with them, she blocked the way, turned over and got off the donkey, and the snake fairy Gu breathed a sigh of relief and put the princess and the lark down.
Princess Xuan'er was already so cold that her face was blue, and her hands and feet were a little numb, and when she saw Yang Xianmao chasing after her, she said angrily: "What are you chasing for?" I said, since you think I'm a burden and don't want to take me, I'll go by myself, don't worry about it." ”
Yang Xianmao said: "I don't think you're a burden." ”
"Then you say, where did you go last night? Why didn't you take me when you went out? Talking doesn't count, I hate you!"
Yang Xianmao was about to find some excuse to explain, but at this moment, he felt a strong wind blowing in his face, blowing the tail of the official hat on his head to shake around, and the wind was extremely strong. He couldn't help but be stunned.
Looking up at the place where the wind was coming from, and then at the treetops above me, under this strong wind, swaying, and a lot of snowflakes fell on the trees.
The previous blizzard was a chaotic wind in all directions, and it was impossible to distinguish the direction at all, but now it was clearly blowing in one direction, and this direction was the south that Yang Xianmao had been looking forward to these days.
It's a south wind!
Yang Xianmao stretched out his fingers and moistened his mouth, holding it in the air, clearly feeling that the wind was indeed coming from the south.
Everything is ready, only the south wind is owed, and now the south wind is coming.
When the princess saw him standing there, looking up at the sky and looking into the distance, and holding out her fingers in the air, she did not know what he was doing, and said angrily, "Didn't you hear what I said? Hate, you get out of the way, I'll go by myself. ”
After that, Princess Xuan'er stomped her feet, stepped on the deep snow, bypassed Yang Xianmao, and walked forward with one foot high and one foot low.
Yang Xianmao stopped in front of her again with a shake of his body, grabbed her arm and said, "I didn't think you were a burden, I ...... last night" Saying this, Yang Xianmao pretended to be mysterious, and said in a low voice in her ear, "I went to visit the enemy camp last night." I have thought of a battle plan, I am going to fight the Liao army today, would you like to go with me to fight the Liao army?"
Yang Xianmao knew that it was impossible to persuade the princess to return to Mozhou City at this time, her stubborn character would definitely go by herself, and at this time, only a greater temptation could make her change her mind. Moreover, the south wind has risen, and it is not known how long it will last.
Although Zhang Sixun's new armillary sphere monitoring data showed that the south wind would last for a day, Yang Xianmao was not so sure, because according to the monitored data, the south wind should blow the next day, but now it is half a day earlier. And the wind monitoring showed that it was a weak wind, but now it is a strong wind, and even the snow on the trees has been blown off, indicating that the wind is really strong.
Zhang Sixun said that the accuracy of this new armillary sphere is not too high, and now there is indeed a deviation, but at least with the south wind, Yang Xianmao cannot miss this golden opportunity.
Therefore, he could not waste time convincing the princess, so he immediately made a condition that made the princess excited, - to take her to attack the Liao army.
Sure enough, Princess Xuan'er immediately cheered, and her eyes flashed with excitement, and she grabbed his arm in turn and said, "Really, you really can't lie to me?—if you lie to me again, I won't pay attention to you anymore." ”
"Let's attack the Liao army now, and you know that I won't lie to you. The army I led is going to attack the Liao army, let's go, let's ride a donkey. ”
Princess Xuan'er clapped her hands happily and said, "Okay, let's go, let's go quickly!"
"Wait, I'll make combat deployments first, and then I can attack, plan and then move. ”
Yang Xianmao beckoned Li Jilong and Guo Shouwen over, and said: "The Liao army is stationed in the northern part of the woods, and I am going to attack and burn the Liao army camp with fire. The two of you will take 1,500 men to ambush the northwest and northeast sides of the Liao army, and when the Liao army barracks are on fire and he escapes from the barracks, you will immediately attack from both flanks, and you will be able to break the Liao army. Got it?"
When the two heard this, they were surprised, happy and a little nervous, after all, the Liao army has 60,000 people, and they only have 3,000 men and horses, if it is really hard, it is definitely a dead end, but if the Liao army is attacked by fire, it has been burned into chaos, and even the horses are not heavy, 3,000 elite Imperial Forest Army should be enough to defeat 60,000 Liao troops.