Chapter 133 • The Beginning
"Marshal! Marshal! Outside the camp marshal's mansion in Xiema Town, Qiu Heng ran all the way into the mansion breathlessly, and a red-letter urgent envelope in his hand was particularly eye-catching.
After hearing the voice, Hao Zifeng hurriedly greeted him, he knew that Qiu Heng had always been calm and calm, and it was the first time that he shouted so out of shape, which inevitably made people suspicious, but when he saw the eight-hundred-mile rush in Qiu Heng's hand, his heart instantly rose to his throat, and a premonition told him that something bad had happened.
Qiu Heng quickly ran to Hao Zifeng, didn't have time to catch his breath, stuffed the envelope in his hand into Qiu Xin's hand, and leaned against the pillar on the side panting.
Hao Zifeng looked at Qiu Heng, opened the urgent letter in his hand in a panic, and the next moment it was as if his whole body had lost his strength, trembling and even a shallow piece of paper seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties in his hand, he took a few steps back, and stumbled and fell to the ground, but he still looked at the letter in his hand with an unbelieving face, "Yunzhong...... Lost? ”
Qiu Heng nodded, at first when he got this letter, he was the same as Hao Zifeng, he couldn't believe that Yunzhong would fall anyway, because if Hu Meng wanted to enter Dingzhou, he had to pass under the nose of Xiema Town, but no, these days, not to mention Hu Meng's soldiers, even Hu Mengma's horse hair, I didn't see half of it, how did those Hu Meng's soldiers who attacked the clouds pass? Did they have wings and fly over? Or do you dig a tunnel to dig through?
"Where is the messenger? Can it be said that how did the Humeng people appear under the clouds? What about the Luo people? Hao Zifeng gradually calmed down his emotions, and asked three questions in a row, since there was a letter printed with Luo Xinshuai's seal in his hand, it would probably not be fake.
Qiu Heng shook his head, "The soldiers who reported the news are still resting in the post house, I just asked a few words, he also said that he didn't know how the Humeng soldiers appeared outside the city, after they received the news of Humeng's attack, before they could close the city gate, those Humeng people had already killed into the city, as for Luo Zhen, according to the soldiers who reported the letter, on the day the city was broken, he led the remnants of the army to retreat south, and he definitely didn't dare to go to the gate, and now it is estimated that he is in Dingping." ”
Hao Zifeng didn't bother to stand up, just sat like that, his brows furrowed, although Hu Meng Chen Bing was on the side these days, he never saw any other movement, he thought that Hu Meng was not ready to retreat, but the result was secretly planning to attack Cloud City.
Now that Yunzhong has been won, and Hu Meng can be regarded as opening up the situation in Dingzhou, then next, Hu Meng will definitely attack Shema Town with all his strength, because this is always a nail nailed to the throat of Hu Meng's southward direction, and if they don't pull it out, their iron cavalry will never want to gallop happily in the Central Plains.
"It seems that Shema Town is going to be overpowered by black clouds again!" Hao Zifeng muttered to himself, but his voice was not small, and Qiu Heng on the side could hear it clearly, and he thought it was true in his heart.
Outside the house, there was another sonorous sound of armor due to walking, and after a while, I saw Yan Wuji's figure coming in from outside the door, with a solemn look on his face, and the three of them unconsciously glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: "Do you know everything?" ”
"I've seen the marshal! Qiu Yingshuai! Yan Wuji saluted respectfully, with the bearing of a general, even Qiu Heng sighed to himself, and the gap could be seen from the attitude of the two of them when they entered the door just now.
Without waiting for Yan Wuji to speak, Hao Zifeng took the lead in asking, "Do you also know what happened in the clouds?" ”
"In the clouds? What's happening in the cloud? But Yan Wuji looked at the two of them blankly.
Hao Zifeng and Qiu Heng's faces became more and more solemn, looking at this posture, Yan
Wuji didn't know what was going on in the clouds, so the things he came to report were other things, but with his face, it would definitely not be a good thing.
"Tell me what you're here for." Hao Zifeng was unaware of the emotional impact of the incident in the clouds, so he decided to let Yan Wuji say it first.
Yan Wuji didn't twist either, and arched his hand: "Commander, the scout returns, the Humeng army on the side of Chen Bing has been fully marched south yesterday, and it is estimated that it will arrive at the city of Xiema Town at noon tomorrow." ”
Hao Zifeng and Qiu Heng glanced at each other, they both sighed, their faces were clear, but Yan Wuji said strangely: "Could it be that the military marshal and Qiu Yingshuai already know?" ”
Hao Zifeng shook his head, "Didn't you ask what happened in the clouds?" After a pause, he continued: "Seven days ago, in the clouds...... Captured by Humon! ”
Yan Wuji was stunned for a long time before he reacted, with his wisdom, of course, he knew why Hao Zifeng and Qiu Heng didn't have surprised expressions after hearing his report, this kind of obvious thing, of course, there is nothing to be surprised about.
"Assemble the army and prepare for war!" This is Hao Zifeng's first military order in Xiema Town.
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At the same time, outside the Hanyue Pass, the water of the Zimu River, which was originally rolling eastward, had turned into a solid layer of ice at this time, and the cold temperature paved a leap to the sky for the southward movement of Hu Meng's army.
The north bank of the Zimu River is no longer empty and quiet, and the rolling white tents blend perfectly with the surrounding snow, and if it weren't for the black-clad Humeng soldiers walking back and forth in the camp from time to time, it would have been difficult to see that there were tens of thousands of troops hidden on the opposite side.
In the tent of the Chinese army in the camp of Humeng, a veteran with white hair was sitting next to a campfire, rubbing his somewhat dry hands repeatedly to keep them warm.
A young Humeng general was standing aside and talking about the latest movements of the Yanmeng Liang army, "The Grand Overseer, the newly appointed Grand Commander of the Western Road Vanguard Army, Han Zan, led his troops to capture Yunzhong, and the Khan's army has also fully moved south, according to our agreement with the Khan, at the same time as the battle of Xiema Town officially began, we will also start to attack Hanyue Pass." ”
Gu Dazadu frowned, and raised his head as if out of nowhere, just like through the tent, he could also see the towering Hanyue Pass on the city wall in the distance, and said leisurely: "This matter is light, but the Hanyue Pass City has a lot of high grain, and there are 30,000 people in armor, of which 20,000 are in the camp of a hundred battles, and if you want to take it, don't say that it is the 80,000 people under the current command of the Pontus Governor, that is, the Khan will give me another 80,000, a total of 160,000 people, and I don't have the confidence to conquer it." ”
"But the Khan ordered me ......to wait," the general hurriedly added, but his voice was a little timid in the majesty of Gudazadu, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Gudazadu.
"I know that the Khan ordered us to attack, and you don't have to use the Khan to press me, the old man has become his staunchest follower when the Khan first became a prince, so when it comes to loyalty to the Khan, the old man says second, and no one is qualified to be called the first." As he spoke, he glanced at the general beside him, and said meaningfully: "You don't want to test Ponturake's loyalty to the Khan at any time, the old man is looking at the Khan's face to give you three points, but when the old man was young, he was famous for his temper, and now that he is older, although he is better, there is no guarantee when he will explode again." ”
"Yes, yes," the general nodded hurriedly, he was a cousin of Kelie, and he was entrusted to follow him to come and train, and he was also arrogant when he came
Tightly, he kicked his nose and face at Gudazadu at every turn, threatened others with Kelie, and opened his mouth and closed his mouth to say what the Khan told me to do, and what the Khan said.
Later, he was repaired twice by Gu Dazadu, but he didn't come forward to maintain it, so he was much more honest, but sometimes he still said those words unconsciously, Gu Dazadu usually didn't bother to bother with him, but sometimes he would still knock it, but overall, he was still quite satisfied with this docile little prince, at least compared to the beginning, I don't know how many times better.
"As long as you continue to keep in touch with the Khan, the old man has his own arrangements for the march and war, and you don't have to worry about it." After Gu Dazadu threw down a sentence, he strode out of the big tent, although his figure seemed to be thin, but his steps were steady and strong, one step out, he was a few feet away in an instant, and the little prince behind him was stunned, and he couldn't help but praise in his heart: "The first person second only to Meng Sheng, really deserves his name!" ”
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In the afternoon of this day, the defenders on the Hanyue Pass suddenly found that the Humeng camp on the other side of the river gradually became lively, a team of cavalry armor soldiers suddenly became busy, experienced veterans told the recruits around them: "This is the preparation before participating in the battle, overhaul the armor and weapons, the cavalry also check whether their horses are healthy, whether the horseshoe is loose, etc., this kind of inspection generally depends on the situation, if it is a small battle, it is estimated that it is to do maintenance before the battle, if it encounters a large-scale and protracted battle, this kind of pre-war maintenance, as short as three or two days, The length is seven or eight days. ”
Anyway, outside the Hanyue Pass, it will start to bleed like a river!
Cuisine, cuisine
Yan Hu's handsome mansion ushered in a distinguished guest today, is sitting in the living room with Yan Hu talking and laughing and drinking tea, this person looks slightly younger than Yan Hu's age, but the sideburns have also been slightly white, between the gestures, full of elegance, although wearing a strong suit, but elegant conversation, like a writer.
"Brother Gu, we haven't seen each other for many years." This person who was called by Yan Hu as Gu's elder brother was none other than the commander of the Northeast Army who had just arrived at Yuguan with his troops, Gu Liangchen.
"Yes, since the Second Legion and the Sixth Legion changed guards, I have met with the prince much less often, to put it mildly, it was seven years ago, when I was ordered to return to Beijing, I happened to meet the prince who went out of Beijing and returned to the northwest, and I had a quick chat with the prince." In the whole world, there are so many people who call Yan Hu Yan Shuai or Lao Shuai, but there is only Gu Liangchen who calls him the prince.
The two have known each other since they were young, at that time both of them were in Yanjing, one was a royal family, the son of King Liang, and a famous family, Gu family and grandchildren, all of them were arrogant people, and they also had the ambition to serve the country, so under the like-mindedness, the two gradually became friends, although they did not say that they were close friends, but they were also good friends.
Gu Liangchen couldn't help but sigh, these years are not forgiving, it's really not just talking, back then, they were all full of enthusiasm and lofty ambitions, but in a blink of an eye, they all became old guys with white beards.
Yan Hu seemed to hear Gu Liangchen's sigh, and couldn't help but take his hand and pat, "Let's put aside everything else today, how about not getting drunk and not returning?" ”
Gu Liangchen laughed, "Dare to disobey your fate?" ”
It's just that at this time, a Yan Hu's personal soldier walked in, leaned over Yan Hu's ear and whispered a few words, and after hearing this, the latter's expression also changed, but he didn't panic, he just turned around and said to Gu Liangchen regretfully: "I'm afraid this wine can't be drunk for the time being." ”
"Why?"
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