Chapter 609: The Last Hour (2)

The coalition army sent troops abnormally in the winter of January this year, and the troops were divided into three routes to recover the three important towns of Yuecheng, Yesui and Duhui, and at the end of January and the beginning of February, they stormed Tiannan Pass for 13 days, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the coalition forces were blocked by Tiannan Pass. However, the troops were dispatched from Duhui, and with lightning speed, they entered behind Tiannan Pass, and about 250,000 people were trapped in the city. By the beginning of March, the loss of the city outside the border and the loss of troops spread the news to the front, and due to internal and external difficulties, Blundor proposed an armistice.

The coalition forces took 250,000 people in Tiannan Pass as hostages, and proposed that Su Fangyi, Gongliangwen, Bailiyan and others return to the north, release the captives, and Brenduo return to the mainland as the premise of the armistice. The news was sent in late April, and five horses were killed before reaching Temir in early May, and it was mid-May when it reached Mooney.

"It's a bad time!" Mooney said in frustration, and asked the envoy again: "Does Your Majesty know the current situation of the Central Plains people?" ”

"I know, there is another decree delivered to the two provinces of Posong and Songdia."

"That's what I said."

"According to His Majesty's envoy, only the original prisoners of war can be released, and none of the rest of the Central Plains can leave."

"That is to say, when Your Majesty ceased the war, my letter had not yet been delivered, so in March Your Majesty knew nothing about Dausundia!"

After Mooney's winter fiasco, he sent a letter to Blendot in late January, but it was not delivered until mid-April due to weather and snow.

"It's too bad now, the northerners now have hundreds of thousands of troops and a population of more than 1.3 million, and if they want to give up more than a million people, they will definitely not agree to a truce!"

"Then what to do, 250,000 people are trapped on the front line, and Your Majesty is still waiting for the result of your truce!" The messenger said.

Mooney clenched his fists and was furious, and his mood was at a low point, and he thought for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"Norengal."

"What do you command?"

"Immediately send someone to inform Bailiyan and tell them that they have won, and Your Majesty asks for a truce and peace talks."

"Your Excellency, the arrow has to be sent, as long as you give an order, we can recover the defeat, at least let us have enough confidence to negotiate with them, give up now, they will never agree to hand over the more than one million Central Plains people."

"No, they'll agree. Now that the treasury is empty, our grain must be used first to ensure that His Majesty and the army can return to the homeland smoothly, and then it will be their turn, not to mention that they can't get 3.5 million stone of grain and grass, not even 1 million stone, unless they are willing to wait another year and do as I say at once. ”

"Yes......"

Because the coalition forces knew very little about Jin Xuedi itself, after the siege of Tiannan Pass, they only thought of exchanging 250,000 people for prisoners of war of the coalition forces going south, and did not know the truth about the south, which left Blundo with huge room for maneuver at the negotiating table.

Norenga personally went to Su Hong's camp with Mooney's message to negotiate, where Su Hong could believe him, he ignored it at all, and quickly dispatched people to block the woods west of the Yabria Mountains in case of accidents. After such a delay, the time soon came to Shen.

"Your Excellency, Bailiyan has personally climbed the Yabulia Mountain, not in the large military camp, and they have blocked the passage up the mountain on the west side, so we can only send people up the mountain from the south."

"Then go quickly, let people go up the mountain. In addition, the battalions were informed to withdraw from Yablia immediately and take the unicorn away in order to facilitate the next negotiations. ”

"But in this way, we will be discredited."

"Now the situation has changed, and there is no longer so much to care about. Even if we win, the war outside the border will not end within a year, and it will not be decided at that time, and Your Majesty will not get any news from us within three months, and the negotiations on the front line will be very passive. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion outside the tent, and the soldiers hurriedly entered the tent and said quickly:

"Commander of the Qiqi Army, the smoke is billowing and the flames are rising to the sky on the mountains of Ablia, and the northerners are on fire."

When Mooney heard the news, he scolded:

"Shameless bastard, let's get out!"

At this moment, the sky was filled with thick smoke and fire, and the sudden wind fueled the fire, setting off a monstrous sea of fire, and even the culprit Bai Liyan was taken aback:

"My goodness, Fire Tornado ......"

"My lord, it's so windy!"

"Hold your back and go down the hill at full speed, quick!"

"Obedience... My lord! ”

Jiang Jie was blown to the ground by the wind and couldn't get up, Baili Yan stabbed his knife on the ground and pulled him straight down the mountain:

When the mountain top was covered with dark clouds, a thunderclap resounded in the sky, and the heavy rain poured down, and the pebble-sized hail followed like a shadow, and the heavy rain soon turned into hail, and the temperature in the mountains dropped sharply.

At this time, Mooney, who was running south, heard the thunder and couldn't help but lose color:

"What the hell does this bastard want to do!"

As soon as the words fell, the rain from the sky fell on his face, but in the blink of an eye, the fine raindrops became as big as peas, and they suddenly felt a stinging pain on his face. Mooney touched his cheek, but found that the raindrops were mixed with ice particles, and when he could see it clearly, there was a crackling sound on his helmet, but in a few moments, a huge hailstone fell out of thin air.

"Hail, hail!" Looking at the cobblestone-sized hailstones in amazement, Mooney seemed to think of something, but he couldn't believe it, and just wondered, "Is he crazy?" ”

At this time, Norenga said:

"Your Excellency, the weather is strange, let's go quickly!"

At this time, Mooney's face was as pale as mourning, and his expression was already desperate:

"It's over, it's all over, it's all over......"

"Your Excellency, what are you, what are you over!"

"Bailiyan, you are the devil, I, Muni Yar Queka, will curse you forever in this life, and you will not die well......"

No matter how hoarse Moon tried to vent his anger, he was powerless and unable to change what was happening.

The Jin Xuedi people's collection of intelligence on the Central Plains can be described as extremely meticulous, but they often know what it is, but they don't know why. Mooney knew that many years ago, when the Black Turban Army attacked the Yongxing River, they tried to freeze the Xian army to death with snowfall, but they were broken by Baili Yan.

In fact, even in the Central Plains, this information is quite vulgarly described. Most of them are bystanders, but the authorities are confused, and only a few people know the causes, and when it spreads to the outside world, it becomes hearsay or even a fallacy.

When Mooney saw this information two years ago, the Jinxuedi people's usual contempt and religious superiority were only regarded as nonsense about the self-proclaimed miracles of the Central Plains.

When the "miracle" struck, Mooney woke up like a dream, but there was no way back, and the despair and pain in his heart pierced his chest mercilessly like a cold and sharp awl. There was no mercy, and there was no room to take a step back, to bury him completely.

The wind and the earth swelled and thunderbolts swept vertically and horizontally, and the fire rolled up an astonishing pillar of fire into the clouds under the impetus of the strong wind, like the god of heaven and earth, demanding sacrifices from the world, and erupting in a terrifying momentum, which was unprecedented enough to make people breathtak today.

"My... Oh my God......"

Tian Peng was stunned and looked straight at the big hole in the sky where the pillar of fire broke through, and his eyes were straight when he saw it, Su Hong was also taken aback, and couldn't close his mouth:

"This time it's fucking amazing, come on, come on!"

Not far away, the guards were busy:

"What does General Su command!"

"Immediately send an order to the whole army, change into cotton clothes as soon as it snows, and go quickly!"

The guards were stunned when they heard the news, and then asked:

"General Su, the military order is right, change into cotton clothes?"

"That's right, it's going to snow soon, and as soon as the rain stops, distribute cotton clothes immediately, this is the general's order, go quickly!"

"No!"

The cotton clothes were packed in grain bags and covered with leather, and were transported with the army by the carriages escorted by the royal passengers, so that from a distance it was grain and grass, but in fact it was cotton clothes, so that it easily deceived Mooney's ears and eyes, so that he could not detect it. In fact, if the Black Turban Army had not been rampant back then, the Xian Army might have frozen to death in the Yongxing River.

The hail lasted for nearly two quarters of an hour, the heavy rain stopped suddenly, the temperature dropped sharply, and some snowflakes fell from the thunder, which fell on the face and was quickly melted by the body temperature.

Jiang Jie was ecstatic, couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and said excitedly:

"My lord, it's snowing, it's snowing!"

While speaking, Jiang Jie kept spewing white gas from his mouth, and Bai Liyan smiled bitterly, but he couldn't be happy:

"After descending the mountain, Su Hong was ordered to pursue tomorrow, but anyone who disarmed and surrendered could live, and those who were dying should be treated quickly, and they should not be killed indiscriminately. All the captives shall be kept in custody and shall not be killed. ”

"My lord, you often say that you can't be kind to a woman, why can't you do it at this time?"

"Alas......" Baili Yan looked up to the sky and sighed, with a solemn expression: "God has the virtue of a good life, although this battle is won, but it is not the merit of war, but the power of false time, and tens of thousands of lives are injured." I am not a bloodthirsty person, and if it is not for the survival of our army, I should not take it lightly.

You have to remember that the heavy responsibility of the soldiers, the murder weapon is also, the weapon is used to resist violence, you must not kill in vain, you must not kill indiscriminately, although there are no ghosts and gods in the world, but there must be good and evil cause and effect, you must remember! ”

"Obey the orders of the adults, and the subordinates will remember them!"

"Alright, let's go down......"

Bailiyan is a staunch atheist, but that doesn't stop him from having an obsession with all things animist. There may be no ghosts and gods in the world, but the Chinese believe that good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and he easily killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people by unconventional means.

It was already dark down the mountain, the snow was falling like goose feathers, the ground was already covered with a layer of snow, and the scenery was desolate and lifeless. Although the coalition army was wearing winter clothes, there were few bonfires, and everyone's faces were blue and swollen from the cold, Su Hong, Fang Liang and others were overjoyed, and they threw themselves to the ground with the five bodies that Baili Yan admired with his divine stroke.

"General, this snow is really coming, if we encounter this danger in the future, we will win by this method, and our army should be invincible!" Su Hong said excitedly.

Baili Yan shook her head with a blue face and said:

"This time is the right time, our army can take advantage of this to use the power of the day to snow, it is impossible to have such a time every time. Let me ask you, why did the Jinxuedi people suddenly withdraw? ”

"I don't know, the last general didn't dare to chase it, so he retreated somehow!"

Mooney had promised to see the horses within three days, and tomorrow was the third day, and the army of summer retreats east of Montia was now thirty miles southeast of Ablia. Bai Liyan thought that after the snow, Mooney was probably going to come to him to settle accounts, but he ran to the garrison.

It was impossible to see through his plan in advance, but I really couldn't think of what caused Mooney to suddenly evacuate before the snowfall.