Chapter 179: On the eve of the Great War
Yao'er followed the soldier out of the post house, but did not go to the Zhonglang General's Mansion, but walked directly to Qianmen Street, and when he arrived at Qianmen Street, he saw the tall city gate from a distance, and Yao'er guessed that Yunlang would inevitably arrange defense in the city.
Yao'er followed the soldier to the city gate, and climbed the tower along the military road, and saw many soldiers busily carrying boxes of arrows, barrels of oil, crossbows, and wolf teeth on the city, or installing and wiping.
Yao'er saw Yun Tonghu at the battlement of the city wall in front of the city tower, Yun Tonghu seemed to be giving some orders, there were several generals around him, after Yun Tonghu finished his orders, these generals left one after another, Yun Tonghu turned his head and saw Yao'er, so he walked over, Yao'er hurriedly stood still, hugged his fists and said: General Yun!
Yuntong Hu waved his hand and said: No need to be formal, I have already asked the Tiger Run Gorge guard, the information you sent is very important, although Wu Xiaosheng was too cautious and did not accept it, but your credit cannot be buried. At the same time, at the critical juncture, you can think of a way to pretend to be Wu Xiaosheng, and command the defenders of Hubenxia to return safely on his behalf, which is even more miraculous, and a certain has reported the matter to Liangzhou, and I believe it will be transferred to Lin'an soon!
Yao'er bowed and said: Thank you, General Yun!
Yun Tonghu smiled and said: The general already knows about the hundred horsemen going to the Holy Oracle to go to the north to do business, and he specially ordered someone to check the official letter about you, it seems that you have been missing for a long time, and your team leader Huang Jingrong also asked the Shanzhou Mansion to check your whereabouts.
Yao'er said: Yes, I originally went to the area north of Guzhu to collect intelligence, and accidentally broke into Di Yu. Hearing that they intended to attack Xiangwan Pavilion, they came here.
Yuntonghu said: Well, tomorrow I will send someone to escort you to Gumo. From there, what do you think?
Yao'er said: There is General Lao Yun, but I don't know where my friends are now?
Yuntong Tiger said: When the official letter came down, they were still in the Naoer water system, but where they are now is not known to the official.
Yao'er said: In that case, then I'll go to Gumo first. Others are left to rest.
Yao'er told Huang Jingrong and them that if they have military exploits, they will never swallow them alone. At this moment, if you return to Lin'an alone and throw Huang Jingrong and them in Nao'er, what is the matter, even if you want to share the credit with them, it is impossible. That's the problem.
Yuntong Tiger is indispensable: your itinerary can be arranged by yourself. General Ben will send someone to escort you to Gumo safely!
Yao'er thanked him, and Yun Tonghu said: Although General Wu did not accept the news of the Di people's attack, wasting an opportunity to prepare early, the information you heard is not useless. I want to know how many soldiers and horses came from the Di people this time, who is the commander of the army, who are the tribes involved, and what is the relationship between them. Do you know about these situations?
Yao'er said: I know a little bit below. Report it to the general and know it!
Yao'er told Yun Tonghu about the strength of some of the main tribes of the Di people that he heard about this time, especially the conflict between the three major forces of Dongdi was very detailed, and Yun Tonghu listened carefully and refused to let go of a little detail.
At this time, Mu Ye and Ye He Yuxiang had already set up a large camp in the Huben Gorge, and the felt tent was formed into a piece, stretching for ten miles.
Mu Ye and Ye He Yuxiang's men and horses were about 50,000 people, in addition to these people, there were also tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, which were their rations, and at the same time, they walked around the edge of the grassland, in circles, so that they could be fed from the tribes stationed in the local area along the way. So it's not fast.
The camp, forage field, and firewood pile in Hubenxia were all burned down by the Qi army, but Mu Ye and Ye He Yuxiang still chose this place as the camping site, because the mountainous terrain here is suitable for camping. Although this is a little farther away from the Queen Mother's Guard, it is impossible for them to surround the Queen Mother Guard right now, as they still lack siege weapons.
The Tiger Rush Gorge is located on two hillsides, and not far from the mountains and forests, where they can make a large number of ladders, nest cars, stone throwers, trench bridges, ram bars, Saimen knife carts, and other siege weapons, while waiting for another army led by Tutusa to come and converge.
Tutusa plus needs to send light cavalry to feint to attack Dingda Spring, so the arrival time will be later than them, and when Tutusa arrives, Mu Ye just made a large number of siege equipment, Mu Ye and Tutusa's design is still quite efficient.
Since Yao'er wants to tell the news to Yun Tonghu, she can't help but mention what he did in Youruo City, the information she mentioned is very detailed and very important, because she once pretended to be Ye He Yuxiang, and heard that Mu Ye was taught in person, and these secrets are not something that outsiders can learn about lightly.
Yun Tonghu is a very steady and very alert general, he not only has to analyze the information that Yao'er said has use value, but also analyzes the truth and falsity of the information that Yao'er said.
It's not that he doubts Yao'er's identity, if Yao'er is fake, he doesn't need to protect so many soldiers in the Tiger Gorge, so as to strengthen the defense strength of the Queen Mother's guard, she only needs to lead a few remnants of the defeated generals to escape back, and if the Di people want to come to the outside, it is useless to send one or two people in.
Yun Tonghu was worried about whether the information that Yao'er inquired about was necessarily credible news, so that Yao'er had to say the things that she pretended to be Ye Heyuxiang and was confused.
Yun Tonghu was already amazed when he heard that she looked the same as Linghua's daughter Ye He Yuxiang, and when he heard her tell the thrilling story, he was even more amazed, this time, he finally believed the news provided by Yao'er.
Yun Tonghu praised again and again: Awesome! That's amazing! The girl is young, brave and strategic, the woman does not let the eyebrows, today when she led the defenders of the Tiger Gorge to retreat, she showed a very clever art of war, so amazing, it is simply a strange woman of my Daqi!
Yao'er felt ashamed and didn't even dare to say it.
Yun Tonghu saw that she was gentle and courteous, and he had a good impression, so he couldn't help but praise her a few more words, and said: This information is very important. The beacon fire has been lit, and I believe that Gumo will send reinforcements soon, and then I will have a good discussion with the reinforcement generals to see how to use the information you provide.
Yao'er looked at the busy preparations for battle at the head of the city, and asked worriedly: The 100,000 army of the Di people is surging, can this queen mother guard be able to hold it?
Yuntonghu said calmly: In this world, there has never been an indestructible and impregnable castle. Whether the queen mother's guard can hold or not depends on the strength and combat strength of the enemy and us, the use of tactics by the main general, whether the reinforcements can go to help in time, and ...... Luck!
He held on to the battlements and looked at the vast snowfield outside the city, where there were many messy rutted hoof prints, because the sun was slanting in the west and the twilight was deep, the originally bright snow color had become dim, and the trampled place had a feeling of withering into mud.
Yun Tonghu pointed to the city and said to Yao'er: Since the Qi Kingdom built this queen mother guard a hundred years ago, so far, this place has been attacked three times and successfully defended five times! Can you hold it this time, hey! You'll find out in a few days......
Yun Tonghu's conversation and demeanor have always been quite calm, and his expression and temperament are even more majestic and gentle, only at this time, the two sneers have a bit of the ruthlessness and solemnity of the border general.
Yao'er frowned and said, "Haven't you fought back?"
Yun Tonghu took a breath of air, spit out with a cloud of white mist, shook his head and said: Di people are ferocious, but they are not reckless, there are many resourceful people among their leaders, and their soldiers are all cavalry, come like arrows, go like a string, fight if you want to, leave if you want to, chase? It's so hard!
Yao'er frowned when she heard this, and looked at the vast grassland: really...... Can you only be beaten passively?
When Yao'er left the city tower, she didn't ask Ye Zhonglang to send someone to send her, and she had already remembered the way she came.
Yuntonghu is busy in the city, it seems that he is going to stay on the city tower tonight, who knows when the Di people will come.
The snow on the street was not cleared, but a lot of charcoal and soil were sprinkled on it, so the snow was very firm and not slippery.
Yao'er walked slowly on the street, and when she came, she hurried her steps and did not look carefully to both sides, only to find that this small city seemed to have just finished the New Year, and there were still blasting rods set off during the New Year on the street, scattered on the ground and trampled by the hooves of the wheels and horses, and firmly stuck to the snow.
On both sides of the residents' houses and shop pรน doors, there are also peach charms and other auspicious objects for the festival.
There were a lot of people on the street, and they were in a hurry.
The people already knew that the Di people were going to attack this place soon, and many of them ended their business, packed up, and prepared to flee to Gumo and beyond, tomorrow. As for the Queen Mother's Guard if it is really broken, the next target of attack is Gumo, and they have no choice but to flee to the ends of the earth, and these small people can only drift in the torrent of envelopment.
There are families who refuse to leave, who have lived here for generations, where can they go? They were unable to make a living elsewhere, nor were they able to help the old and the young to leave their homes, and these people pinned their hopes on the defenders, and although they were apprehensive, they continued to live their lives.
There are many people on the road, whether they are Han people, Wuhu people, Hongdan people, Yu people...... Most of them are in a hurry, preparing for tomorrow's evacuation, including the Xidi people who live here, and when the Dongdi people enter the city, they will not show mercy because they are also Di people.
In order to fight for the grassland, there was a battle between various tribes. The same bloody killing, who cares that these Di people in the Queen Mother's Guard are their kindred, just for their own survival! They don't have the concept of nation in their minds at all.
Yao'er saw a small snack shop at the intersection, which was still open, and the steaming cauldron brought a touch of peace and tranquility to this panicked and depressed scene. (To be continued......)