1135 The World After the Snow
The heavy snow finally stopped slowly in the afternoon of the second day, and the long-lost sunlight was hanging obliquely in the sky at the moment, but I couldn't feel the slightest warmth.
The dazzling mountains are a little impossible to look at, and the holy world after the snow does not look as full of artistic conception as imagined, but still gives people a sense of ruthlessness and coldness.
Although Ye Qing, who finally found a shelter from the wind, has survived the most difficult moment, and no one has frozen to death because of the hellish bad weather last night, many war horses have become food for the soldiers now after falling down the mountain stream.
Slaughtering war horses that have lost their combat effectiveness to fill their stomachs is not the first time for Ye Qing or the Flower Planters, when they were in Wuzhou, it was also a snowy day, and they also fed on sick and disabled war horses.
As some of the soldiers were drunk with horse blood and began to cheerfully look forward to the time when they had wine, a team of scouts wrapped in scattered snowflakes, leaving a long ravine in the snow, quickly rushed to Ye Qing.
When Jia Shi jumped off the horse, his legs had lost his strength, and he almost fell into the thick snow, and the other scouts behind him were obviously not in much better condition than Jia She.
Jia She, who was helped up, didn't even care about patting the snow on his body, and pointed behind Ye Qing with a hint of excitement in his eyes and said, "My lord, there are people who don't look like Jin Bing." ”
Ye Qing instantly grabbed the cold Yanling knife next to him, and looked in the direction of Jia She's finger, except for the dazzling white snow on the mountain, he didn't see anything else.
Jia Shi panted, rubbed the snow and frost on his face with a basin of horse blood that was brought over, and said: "Turn around the mountain in front of you, on the mountain road that goes straight to Yanmen Pass, it is estimated that there are more than 100 people, and the marching speed is very slow...... ”
"Rest well, I'll take a look." Ye Qing didn't wait for Jia Shi to finish speaking, so he beckoned a dozen or so soldiers to jump on horseback and run in the direction Jia Shi pointed.
Although Jia Shi couldn't explain what they had discovered, Ye Qing had vaguely guessed something in his heart.
It has been seven days since they set off from Taiyuan Mansion to now, and the heavy snow has hardly stopped in these seven days, and Ye Qing and the others have not found any signs of anyone stepping into the mountains after they entered this lofty mountain.
This made Ye Qing have to think, doesn't Yanmen Pass need to supply grain and grass under the mountain?
They went straight to Yanmen Pass from Taiyuan Mansion, and did not pass through the place called Guanzhou under Yanmen Pass, so Ye Qing guessed that the team of men and horses that Jia Shi investigated was likely to be a convoy that transported supplies to the Jinren defenders of Yanmen Pass.
Guanzhou was ruled by the Song people for a short time, but at that time it was still a county dominated by military towns, and the reason why it was called a county was also because of its close proximity to Yanmen Pass, which made this place quite important to the imperial court.
And after returning to Jinren, Ye Qing didn't even have to think about it, after the name was changed to Guanzhou, I am afraid that the scale of this county will not be large, and it is likely that it will continue its traditional role in supplying Yanmen.
Dismounted and trekked in the thick snow, when he saw the long black shadow clearly, the smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth instantly expanded infinitely, it can be said that it is an endless road.
Because of the heavy snow, he doesn't know how to connect with Dong Chao in Yanmen Pass, and even now, he doesn't know where Xu Han's army is now.
And the team in front of him obviously provided him with an excellent opportunity for Ye Qing.
And just when Ye Qing finally found the prey that could save his life, Xu Han sighed at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, and the tattered map was placed in front of him, completely unable to block the sunlight from penetrating through.
Helplessly, he nibbled on a mouthful of dry food, and then grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, although they did not lose their way in the mountains, but now if they want to reach Yanmen Pass, they must reach it as quickly as possible, and they will be able to reach it tomorrow night.
The terrain here is not familiar to them at all, and now that the mountains are covered with snow, it is completely foolish to want to speed up, which means that they may not be able to join Ye Qing at all at the Yanmen Pass.
Since entering the North Hebei Road, he has been unable to get in touch with Ye Qing, and everything has to be decided by the judgment in his heart.
But no matter what, now after a short rest, he still needs to rush to the Yanmen Pass as quickly as possible, no matter whether he arrives ahead of Ye Qing or behind Ye Qing after arriving there.
The afternoon sun shone on the snow, making it a little difficult to open one's eyes, but even so, the whimpering sound of the horn summoned the two armies of Song and Jin to the wilderness.
The end of the original snow-capped world was gradually replaced by a black "skyline", as the black continued to move forward, the two armies of Song and Jin began to appear in each other's sight, the banners were hunting in the cold wind, and the mixed army of infantry and cavalry slowly moved forward in the crisp sound of the soldiers' armor.
It is no longer possible to decide the outcome through tactics, and the encounter under the narrow road has forced the commanders of the two sides to fall into the so-called positional war after the first encounter, and the face-to-face battle at this time is obviously no longer the time to consider the commanders of both sides to strategize, only by relying on each other's strong combat power to annihilate each other, can we win this battle.
The mournful roar of the trumpet in the wilderness aroused the morale of the rainbow, and the improvised fortifications that were built early this morning had already come in handy at this time, the catapults and powerful crossbows were pulled into the range of fire under the pull of the oxen and horses, and on both sides were soldiers armed with crossbows and spears, protecting the flanks of the catapults and powerful crossbows, and behind them were a large number of cavalry shuttling through them, and the war horses were restlessly digging the snow under their feet in the snow, but in the blink of an eye, the whole army was already muddy under their feet.
In the cold air, the catapult creaked slowly, and the stones were placed in it again, waiting for the commander's orders.
Yeluyue still ignored the cold weather, and did not follow Yeluyixue's intentions, only wore a fur coat to keep warm, like other soldiers were also in armor, even if the whole person was on horseback, he was about to freeze and lose consciousness, but Yeluyue also had to show the determination to share the same hatred with all the soldiers.
Because of the determination and perseverance of Yeluyue, a female commander, in such a cold weather, she was able to stand on horseback without moving like a mountain and fight with them, which naturally greatly encouraged the morale of the Song people.
The army of the begging stone lie gods and slaves is obviously not as complete as the Song people's side, because of the relationship between the rapid march to Taiyuan Mansion, so their army is mainly cavalry, although on the battlefield at this moment, quite In order to suit their cavalry charge, but the other side is carrying powerful siege equipment, which naturally becomes a sharp weapon that can restrain them from charging.
But under the current situation of confrontation between the two armies, the gods and slaves of Qishilie obviously couldn't take a step back, and roared at the soldiers under their command in the cold wind, as the last morale boost before the war, as the Jin soldiers also shouted no less than the Song people, the Jin people began to take the lead in attacking the Song people.
As the cavalry of the Jin soldiers began to charge slowly, as the soldiers of all ranks in the black oppressive army, their eyes were red, and they roared murderously, the atmosphere over the wilderness instantly became tense, and the killing meaning, which was colder than the winter, was overwhelmingly surging towards the Song people.
The short sound of the horn made a final order in the air, and the armored cavalry was overwhelmed, like layers of thick dark clouds with lightning and thunder, with the momentum of covering the sky and the sun, trampling on the thick snow and crushing the opponent.
Yelu Yixue raised his head and looked at the banner behind Yelu Yue not far behind him, the infantry on both sides looked resolute, and when the Jin people began to charge, they unconsciously tightened the bow and crossbow and spear in their hands, and the body that was already about to lose consciousness suddenly became enthusiastic at this moment, and the face of the Jin people was also roaring and shouting to kill.
As the cavalry of the Jin people got closer and closer, Yelu Yue slowly raised his arm, and then when he paused slightly in mid-air, in the moment of rapid rest, the banner behind him instantly pointed forward, Yelu Yixue turned his head for the first time, and shouted angrily to the soldiers under the siege equipment: "Release!" ”
A murderous command sounded overhead, and the overwhelming stones and arrows as thick as rafters flew towards the head of the charging golden man with a sharp sound of breaking the air.
The black Jin cavalry on the ground was charging forward quickly, and the arrows and stones of the Song people were in the sky overhead, covering the sunlight above their heads for the first time.
A large stone smashed from the air to the charging Jin soldiers, in an instant the cavalry of the Jin people is a person on their backs, screaming endlessly, such as the rafters of the arrow either nailed to the snow, or through the horse's belly to bring out a snowflake, when the war horse ate pain and raised its hooves neighing, blood instantly sprinkled on the snow, while melting the snow, but also splashed out a piece of weird, bloody pictures.
"Wings, charge." The begging stone martyrs frowned slightly, it was expected that the first wave of charges would be crushed by the enemy, so when the stones and arrows of the Song people fell from the sky, the original two-wing cavalry still began to slowly spread out in a fan shape, rushing towards the two ribs of the Song people.
"Charge, go straight to the Chinese army." Yelu Yue's slightly pale lips said lightly.
At this time, at the Yanmen Pass, Ye Qing and other soldiers finally found wine and other food to warm up, and the people of nearly 200 people in the col were guarded by ten flower planters, and the hijacked ox carts were trapped in place, looking at the group of people in front of them uneasily, plundering the goods they pulled.
The minfu was finally driven down the mountain by Ye Qing's order, and Ye Qing and his two hundred personal guards in the army of the flower planter had become the minfu who transported grain and grass to Yanmen Pass at this time.
After explaining a few words to Jia She, Ye Qing personally led two hundred guards, and then drove the ox cart, which was almost the same number as them, and slowly walked to the rugged mountain road leading to Yanmen Pass.