Chapter 63: The Imperial Expedition
"I just can't figure out what the hell those Warat cavalry used, why the spears and bows were unscathed in the first round of attacks, and they had to attack again or cut off their heads to kill them, I don't understand, I feel that I lost unjustly, and I was so defeated that I didn't accept it!" Shi Heng sat on the ground and said dejectedly.
Qu Xiangtian was stunned for a moment and asked: "Are those people's faces a little blue, and their faces turned rosy after you attacked, but they have already rushed to the front, and it is too late to bend their bows and arrows to launch a second wave of attacks. ”
Shi Heng stared at Qu Xiangtian with bloodshot eyes and roared, "How do you know, what's going on?" Everyone doesn't know much, but Qu Xiangtian not only loves to study the art of war, but also loves the magic weapon and the magic trick of defeating the enemy, and is busy explaining at the moment: "It is the unique evil spirit possession technique of ghosts and witches, Genghis Khan relied on this unified desert back then, and later used this technique to pioneer with Khorezm and the Southern Song Dynasty and the conquest of neighboring countries." In fact, it is to attach one person's soul to another person's body, which has reached the method of invulnerability. However, this technique has great disadvantages, the first is that it can only be protected once, which means that the second attack received is no different from that of ordinary people, and it cannot protect the head of the possessed, because once the head is also occupied, it is easy to cause disputes and confusion in the soul. The second is that it requires a lot of souls to fill an army, so it was not promoted in Genghis Khan's time, and was only used by the most elite vanguard troops. And when we went to Timur before, I heard that the Mongol ghosts and witches can now be attached to five people with one soul, and the effect is the same, if this is the case, it is really terrible, and it only needs to plunder the common people of one Han Chinese to give five battle-hardened warriors an extra life. In this way, this army can be described as invincible, unless we are also involved, it is difficult to win, General Shi does not have to be sad, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and there will be a day when you will raise your eyebrows and puff up your enemies. ”
Han Yueqiu suddenly asked, "General Shi, tell us if the emperor is the emperor himself?" What's going on? Shi Heng suddenly realized that if it was really like what Qu Xiangtian said, then the emperor was also in danger, and hurriedly said: "I heard news from the army that it is true that the Holy Emperor has personally conquered, I heard that it was inspired by Wang Zhen, you go and rescue it, this group of Warat cavalry is really terrible." It is said that there were quite a few soldiers and horses dispatched this time, and there were as many as 500,000 men. ”
Qin Rufeng asked, "When did it happen and when did you set off?" Shi Heng replied: "Hey, it is really a eunuch who misled the country, it was Wang Zhen, a dead eunuch, who advised the emperor to drive the imperial expedition in person, and launched an attack in early July, and the troops were divided into four routes, all the way to Liaodong, all the way to Gansu, the third way to attack Xuanfu, and the last route was also the first to lead the cavalry, which was the cavalry that had just attacked our Datong." When the news was received in Beijing, it was the middle of this month, and I think it would be a few months before the division could be dispatched, and the soldiers and horses had not moved the grain and grass first, and more than 500,000 people had to be mobilized for a long time. Everyone nodded, and their hearts were slightly calm.
Shi Heng cleared his throat and said, "Can I accompany you to rescue the driver, so that I can make up for it." Han Yueqiu thought for a moment and replied: "You think this is good, General Shi, you first go back to Beijing to report to the family master that the Wara army used the evil spirit possession technique, so that the family teacher can prepare for the traveling Ming army as soon as possible, and will not be subject to the same attack again." This is a great achievement, and the emperor will definitely be happy and add an official to you to the knighthood. ”
Shi Heng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Really?" Han Yueqiu nodded, Shi Heng hurriedly turned over and hugged his fists and said, "This matter cannot be delayed, don't let it go." Du Hai saw that Shi Heng was covered in blood and tired, and asked kindly: "General Shi, do you need us to send a few people back with you." ”
Shi Heng smiled and said: "Although I, Shi, have not been so badly defeated, I understand the kindness of Brother Ren." Saying that, riding away, Gao Huai snorted coldly and said, "This Shi Heng, I'm afraid that others will share his credit." ”
"Of course, but I did it on purpose." Han Yueqiu suddenly said coldly. Everyone looked at him puzzled, but heard him say: "Our master once calculated a hexagram for Zhu Qizhen in Timur to calculate today's catastrophe, but because it was too long and there was Yao Guangxiao's bell, so we didn't dare to calculate deeply. Once the iron hooves of the Wara cavalry enter the territory of my Ming Dynasty, the day of the dire situation of the people of Li will come, so we must be in front of them to calculate when Zhu Qizhen's army will set off, and what is the route to stop him before it, I think the master should also rush to the capital, and if there is no accident, Zhu Qizhen will be blocked, but we can't relax, and the two-pronged approach is more safe, do you think it's good? ”
Everyone nodded yes, and then each took out divination tools such as turtle shells and shoulder blades, and even more strange people like Fang Qingze picked up a pair of calculations, only Han Yueqiu and Lu Yunzhi Du Hai sat cross-legged, nothing but closed their eyes, and read silently.
Half a pillar of incense, Han Yueqiu opened her eyes, and her face was dead. Lu Yunzhi opened his eyes after a moment and stared at Han Yueqiu, his eyes were also full of disbelief, but Han Yueqiu nodded. Du Hai opened his eyes for the third time, his face was full of shock, but Han Yueqiu sighed, put his index finger in his lips, and made a silent gesture at him.
Everyone opened their eyes one after another, some looked blank and didn't seem to have calculated anything, and some looked indignant, Qu Xiangtian was facing five bare arrows, which were made of five materials: gold, silver, copper, iron, and wood, obviously Qu Xiangtian already knew the answer, but he didn't believe the answer and thought that he had miscalculated, just counted repeatedly until Murong Yunfei beside him patted him gently, and Qu Xiangtian released the fist that was about to clench and was about to turn purple.
Qin Rufeng suddenly screamed and jumped up, smashed the hexagram plate in front of him, and scolded while smashing: "Damn, how can this be, how can this be!" They only prepared for four days before leaving the school, isn't this looking for death? ”
Some disciples did not calculate the result, but most of the Zhongzheng Yimai people calculated the result, just today, just now the army of the imperial army set off, and the preparation time did not take months or even years as most people think, it only took four days.
Qu Xiangtian trembled and said: "Not only that, the army does not have 500,000 at all, and at this rate, it will gather more than 200,000 at most. Everyone was in an uproar, and Han Yueqiu continued: "I have calculated a location, and Wei County is near the left, what about you?" Everyone nodded, Han Yueqiu looked at Lu Yunzhi, Lu Yunzhi said: "I also count to Wei County, let's go to Wei County, we can't stay here for a long time, otherwise the sentry of Wara will find us, and it will cause a series of troubles at that time." ”
Han Yueqiu sighed, turned over and got on the horse, and when everyone was ready, the group headed towards Wei County, which also belongs to Datong, everyone's hearts were very worried, and a very uncomfortable sense of desolation crossed everyone's hearts, but no one said anything.