Chapter 21: The Promise
One by one, the soldiers of the Feifeng battalion slipped onto the city wall. The horses marching day and night also gathered ten miles outside the city of Yangguan, just waiting for the signal to start in the city. Chang Wu, Zheng Jie, and Tian Yuan stood in the thick fog, and the three pairs of eyes looked at Xiangyangguan tightly. Suddenly, a fire burst into the sky, and with a wave of their hands, 100,000 troops rushed to Yangguan.
Mao Lingfeng stood on the city tower, commanding the soldiers to block the Xiyi soldiers who rushed over, and ordered the dark three and four to lead people to open the city gate. The soldiers of the Feifeng Battalion gathered at the gate of the city shouted, prepared to pounce on the enemy, and guarded the city gate tightly.
Li Chengkun, the second prince of Xiyi, suddenly heard that the Jin army had broken through the city gate, and he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and hurriedly put on his horse and led the soldiers straight to the north of the city. Da You was furious, and flew straight at Mao Lingfeng with a knife.
Mao Lingfeng heard the sharp blade stabbing with the sound of the wind, turned around and swung his sword to block the sharp killing move, and his heart was shocked. Such a heavy murderous spirit, such a powerful martial arts, these are all experienced on the battlefield for many years.
Mao Lingfeng didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, restrained his mind, and fought with Li Chengkun.
Li Chengkun attacked a few moves in a row, but he was opened by Mao Lingfeng, his heart was shocked, and he asked, "You are Mao Lingfeng, the female general of the Jin Kingdom." ”
Mao Lingfeng smiled slightly: "The person who came is none other than the second prince Li Chengkun." ”
"Yes, yes." Li Chengkun said: "Why did you introduce a woman to the front, I only listened to her name before, and thought it was a false rumor. It's better to hear than to see, and now I know that the rumors are true. If you are willing, I am willing to hire you with ten miles of red makeup and marry you as a concubine, and if you ascend to the throne in the future, I will allow you to be the queen. Li Chengkun said sincerely. He was really impressed by her glance. Love in the heart.
"What," Shili Red Makeup married me as a concubine. Mao Lingfeng was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Thanks to the love of the second prince, Ling Feng is ashamed and dare not bear it." "If the second prince is willing to withdraw and go back, and the two countries will be reconciled from then on, then Ling Feng will thank the second prince. If not, you can only meet each other. After saying that, the attack of the long sword in his hand continued to stab at Li Chengkun, Li Chengkun sighed and raised his sword.
One of the two is clever in swordsmanship, one has strong internal strength, one is a battlefield veteran, and one is a rookie on the battlefield.
Chang Wu and the three of them led the army to Yangguan, the sun was rising, the thick fog gradually receded, and the delicate figure in the mist was seen in the mist from a distance, and it was inseparable from the enemy general on the city tower. Chang Wu's heart tightened, he whipped hard, stepped forward on his horse, took the lead in breaking into Yangguan City, and slashed at Li Chengkun's back with a big knife.
Li Chengkun felt the sharp blade in his back, and hurriedly turned around to block, taking advantage of this gap, Mao Lingfeng slashed at Li Chengkun's right shoulder with a sword, Li Chengkun had no choice but to deviate slightly, and the long sword stabbed his right arm. Li Chengkun endured a little bit of injury on tiptoe, flew out, and saw that the Jin army had entered the city, and it was impossible to hold Yangguan, so he had to give an order, open the south gate, and order the whole army to withdraw from Yangguan.
Chang Wu led the army to pursue, chasing more than ten miles, Mao Lingfeng ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. Rectify the city defense and order the people.
The people in the city heard that the female general led 8,000 soldiers of the Feifeng Battalion, and the surprise soldiers raided and captured Yangguan overnight. They took to the streets to watch. I saw a thin figure, wearing a mask on his head, white clothes stained with blood, and a strong suit, standing on the city wall. Heroic, ink hair flying, majestic and murderous.
The people whispered, this is General Feifeng, it is really better to meet than to be famous. The female general was terrifying, and everywhere she went, the people gave way.
Since it was a night attack, the lives of the people were not affected much, and after the sergeants cleaned up the corpses and bloodstains, the merchants went about business the next day.
Mao Lingfeng settled down the military affairs and ordered Chang Wu to stay in Yangguan to deal with affairs and guard Yangguan.
He returned to the camp with the Feifeng camp, Zhishu and Zhihua got the news, and they had already prepared hot water, Mao Lingfeng washed away his blood and sweat, didn't eat, and fell asleep. Go straight to sleep until the early morning of the next day and get up to practice swords. Zhishu and Zhihua were fascinated by the sidelines, Mao Lingfeng looked at the eyes of these two girls, and knew that the two of them were thinking, raised their eyebrows, and said: "How do you want to learn, the two of them glanced at each other, and knelt on the ground." "Miss, if you have time, teach us to practice swords!"
Mao Lingfeng pondered for a moment and said: "You are too old to practice martial arts, I can teach you simple swordsmanship and self-defense, if you train hard, you can be like Zhiqin and Zhiqi, they also started practicing at the age of thirteen." You are also fourteen years old, but fortunately, I have taught you some basic fist and foot kung fu before, and now you can still stretch out when you practice swords, and today I will teach you a few simple introductory swordsmanship. "When it's okay, practice diligently. After speaking, demonstrate a few simple swordsmanship.
The two girls happily practiced with a long sword, and even forgot to prepare food for Mao Lingfeng, and when the two of them came back to their senses, Mao Lingfeng had already arrived in Kunshan City and saw General Sun, and the old general handed over the roster with a smile on his face and said: "Tell the general, now that we are recruiting 150,000 new soldiers, do you want to continue to recruit them?"
Mao Lingfeng pondered for a moment and said: "The emperor ordered me to replenish the soldiers by myself, and I can command 500,000 troops according to my rank, but with the soldiers, the military equipment needs to be allocated by the emperor, and now the 200,000 I bring are less than 130,000 except for casualties and serious injuries, is this so?" You can recruit me enough for 200,000. Let the rest form a national guard, and when I am free, I will send someone to train it, and as soon as it needs to be replenished, I will be selected first, do you think it will be okay? ”
As for the 200,000 yuan, you can register and make a register, and wait for me to submit it to the military department, so that the military department can distribute military rations, grass and equipment. I wrote another letter and sent a fast horse back to the capital. General Sun nodded yes, and took Mao Lingfeng to the place where the recruits gathered.
Mao Lingfeng looked at the black pressure and stood there in a mess, and couldn't help but have a headache. She glanced around.
General Sun shouted loudly: "Silence, the general has arrived, everyone is quiet." Suddenly the cacophony fell silent.
Mao Lingfeng lowered his voice and said slowly: Brothers, who left their families and businesses to come to the barracks, in order to ensure the safety of the people and the peace of the sailors. As the saying goes: "Civil officials do not love money, and military generals do not spare their lives, and they will be able to make the country safe." "I can't guarantee that civil servants don't love money, but I can do it at the cost of my life. Will you follow me? Although I said that, I tried my best to achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties, but when it was necessary for everyone to fight for their lives, everyone must not be afraid of death. If you're afraid of death, it's too late to quit now. In line with the principle of volunteerism in the army, if anyone is willing to quit, please leave quickly. Once you set foot in the barracks, if you escape, the military law will be followed.
Mao Lingfeng's words were transmitted with internal force. Everyone present heard it clearly. After some whispering, there were about 300 people left. Mao Lingfeng looked at it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone hasn't quit, then follow me to the military camp outside the city to train, and everyone will line up to go out of the city." After saying that, he turned around and got on his horse and walked towards the gate of the city. The team followed Mao Lingfeng to the camp.
Mao Lingfeng selected a group of soldiers who performed well in the Feifeng camp, each with a hundred soldiers for training, and allocated a group of thousand-commanders, and captains and captains among the centurions, and ordered the three and four of them, Tian Yuan, and Zheng Jie to each receive 50,000 soldiers for training. After the arrangement, I felt hungry and gurgling, only to realize that I hadn't even eaten breakfast, so I asked Zhiqin to make two steamed buns and a bowl of white porridge to feel more comfortable.
Mao Lingfeng stepped up the training of recruits and was nervously busy.
After Li Chengkun, the prince of Xiyi, led his troops to withdraw from Yangguan, he retreated all the way to Shi'an County, joined the reinforcements, and recuperated in Shi'an County to prepare for war. Swore to avenge the sword. Suddenly, a holy decree came, summoning him back to Beijing.
Li Chengkun had no choice but to get up and rush back to the capital, it turned out that it was the crown prince Li Chengkun who passed on what Li Chengkun said to Mao Lingfeng to King Xiyi in front of King Xiyi. When the king of Xiyi heard this, he was furious and hurriedly recalled to Beijing. Imprisoned him in a heavenly prison.
Mao Lingfeng heard this situation: "I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, how can a prince who has been trained on the battlefield admit defeat so easily." It seems that the Xiyi court will be in chaos for a while, and it is estimated that Li Chengkun will make a move soon. This person is ambitious, how can he be willing to live in the future, and the throne will be him sooner or later, but I don't know how long it will be chaotic. Take advantage of this time to train your recruits. Sooner or later, there will be a fierce battle. However, Li Chengkun's ascension to the throne must not be a good thing for the Jin Kingdom.
Mao Lingfeng was wondering if he should sneak to Xiyi to make trouble for Li Chengkun! She was undecided. Sit in your tent and meditate.
Suddenly, Dark San came in and announced: "Chang Wu has news in Yangguan that a man claiming to be Mao Lingyun has appeared, please come over." ”
When Mao Lingfeng heard this, Huo Ran got up, went quickly, and walked out of the camp tent quickly, flew on the horse, and went straight to Yangguan. Dark Three hurriedly followed. A group of two horsemen galloped all the way, seeing that there were still thirty miles to reach Yangguan, when suddenly there was a roar, and a group of masked people blocked the way.
Mao Lingfeng frowned, and used the news of his eldest brother to ambush him halfway. She didn't say a word, drew her sword and stood tightly, and the dark three stood tightly beside Mao Lingfeng. The two of them moved back to back in the direction of Yangguan, this group of masked people was agile, unlike ordinary martial arts people, much more powerful than Liu Dashan's group. Mao Lingfeng said softly: "Don't fight, let's rush out." ”
Dark three nodded, you go first, I will protect you to go. The masked man seemed to know her thoughts, and wrapped around her tightly, Mao Lingfeng couldn't get out of her body for a while.
Mao Lingfeng's brows were tightly locked, he had to leave as soon as possible, otherwise once it was a long time, his strength would be weak, and he would not be able to leave if he wanted to.
She held the sword in her left hand, pressed her right hand on her waist, and with a bang, she saw the cold light and a phoenix sword in the cold light of autumn water. Swish... With a few clicks, the masked man's long sword broke, and he was stunned. Mao Lingfeng had already pulled Dark San out of the encirclement, ran towards Yangguan, masked man, gritted his teeth: "Chase, today is either her death or my death." "Caught up closely.
Dark Sanyi shook off Mao Lingfeng and shouted: The general is leaving, and his subordinates are dragging them down. ”
Mao Lingfeng gritted his teeth: "I don't know who lives and who dies, since I can't run, let's fight to break the net." After speaking, as soon as he raised the phoenix sword, the sword was in his hand, and the other weapons were cut off one after another, and for a while, although the masked people were numerous, Mao Lingfeng's sword was in his hand, and he was not afraid, and he froze there all of a sudden. didn't touch a single hair of Mao Lingfeng, but many Mongolian people fell to the ground, but as time went by, Mao Lingfeng's physical strength gradually became exhausted.
A slight gasp came to Dark San's ears, and Dark Three couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart, and came to Mao Lingfeng's side after slashing and killing a masked man. Said anxiously: "The general is going to leave, if you don't leave, you won't be in a hurry." ”
The masked man sneered, and none of them could leave. ”
Mao Lingfeng gritted his teeth and held on, his physical strength became weaker and weaker, and he also hung colors in many places on his body, leaning against the tree and panting.