Chapter 38: The First Snow
However, the Haw Par Battalion and the Yulin Guard also made great contributions, and the soldiers of both soldiers united as one, swearing to defend the Black Flag Pass to the death, only to repel the repeated attacks of the Rong people.
After boarding the Black Flag Pass, after the Rong people faded, Liu Xuanyuan was sending people to hurry up and repair the city wall, seeing the emperor appear, Liu Xuanyuan hurriedly bowed to the generals, Lin Feng waved his hand and reminded: "The Rong people retreat, but they should not be underestimated!" β
Looking condescendingly at the outside of the pass, Lin Feng was thinking, tens of thousands of elite horsemen of the Rong clan were buried here, would the king of the Rong clan be so angry that he blew his beard and glared in the big tent, regretting that he did not pay attention to the Black Flag Pass at the beginning, causing today's tragedy.
But the more crazy the Rong people became, the happier he became.
"Yes, the last general will order General Zhao Hongru and General Huangpu Xuan, with more than 30,000 people, to be jointly responsible for guarding the pass." Last night, Zhao Hongru arrived with more than 40,000 reinforcements, resolved the urgent need, and cooperated with Liu Xuanyuan to torture and kill the Rong people. Among them, there are more than 2,000 ironclad infantry, so that Liu Xuanyuan admired, although the number is small, but the battle is very brave, on the battlefield, it will fight with the front army of the Rong people, after a battle, there are almost zero casualties, Liu Xuanyuan was shocked, and had to be impressed.
"Hmm!" Lin Feng looked up at the gray sky, felt the snowflakes floating in the air, and said softly: "This snow, it is estimated that it will be not small!" β
"Every year at the beginning of October, there will be heavy snow on the mountain, and this year the snow came a little late, but it seems that it will continue for several days." Liu Xuanyuan nodded, explained to Lin Feng, and then said: "The last general heard that the left wing of the Rong clan was attacked last night, and Dugu Zang led people to conquer the Bauhinia Pass of the Jin Kingdom, if this snow falls, the Rong people may have to return in advance, if the Rong people are determined to attack the Black Flag Pass, we have more than 80,000 people, and we are not afraid!" β
"You still have to be careful, strengthen your defenses!" The snowflakes began to fall, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, once the heavy snow closed the mountain, he could afford it, but the Rong people couldn't afford it.
After consoling the soldiers at the Black Flag Pass, Lin Feng immediately ordered the Dragoon Guards to temporarily take charge of the Black Flag Pass guards instead of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion and Yu Lin Wei, who had been fighting hard for several days, to gain more time, so that the Tiger and Par Battalion and Yu Lin Wei had enough time to recover their strength, and at the same time, asked Liu Xuanyuan to report the casualties in the past few days to him as soon as possible.
After learning the details of the front line, Lin Feng returned to the Black Flag Pass Office, the battle was fought on this point, the Rong people could not attack, and the Black Flag Pass soldiers also needed to rest.
But Lin Feng knew that according to the urine nature of the Rong people, there was no food for the winter, and they would definitely attack the Black Flag Pass with all their might, and they would not leave until they got the food they wanted.
And he, in the face of tens of thousands of casualties of the Yan army soldiers in the Black Flag Pass, is also ready to find an opportunity to take revenge, and the current strategy has still been decided, once the ironclad cavalry recovers his strength, he will launch a life-and-death battle with the Rong people.
"Xianggong, how is the battle ahead?" Seeing Lin Feng walk in, the queen brought a cup of hot tea and sent it to him, this black flag pass is cold after all, the queen lives in the south all the year round, and she is not adapted to the cold climate for the time being.
Murong Mengfei sat beside her blankly, indifferent, and seemed to be slightly thoughtful.
Taking the teacup, Lin Feng drank most of it, pulled the queen Rouyi, sat by the fire, and said with a smile: "It's far better than expected, the tiger and leopard battalion has been fighting for several days, and there are many casualties, but after Yu Linwei supports, the two sides successfully blocked the Rong people, listening to Liu Xuanyuan, the left wing of the Rong army was almost disabled a few days ago, and the right wing of the Rong army was burned last night." The 40,000 cavalry put on the grassland attacked the Rong camp at night and also made some gains. At present, it is almost impossible for the Rong people to capture the Black Flag Pass. Once the snow closes the mountain, it is not the Rong people who think about how to break the barrier, but how to teach the remnants of the Rong people a lesson. β
Lin Feng's expression was full of pride, the reason why he told the queen so much was that firstly, he was a little embarrassed and showed off, trying to dispel the bad impression that his predecessor had left on the queen for several years, and secondly, he also told Murong Mengfei, who was listening with his ears pricked up next to him, that the possibility of hoping that the tribe would break through the level was not possible at all.
"Ah, great, Xue'er has seen Yu Linwei trained by Xianggong, and General Zhao, who went north with us, looks very fierce with the soldiers under his hands." The queen smiled when she heard this, and under the white fox fur, her delicate curve leaned towards Lin Feng.
Seeing this, Lin Feng gently glanced at the queen, "That's the ironclad infantry, specializing in restraining cavalry, but it's not the real elite of Yu Linwei, the blade warriors I trained, five thousand people, are enough to block the fifty thousand cavalry of the Rong clan, and it will be even more powerful in the future." Lin Feng showed off unscrupulously, but he didn't lie.
"Hmph, bragging doesn't pay taxes, let you hold Yulinwei to the sky, aren't they all nested in the Black Flag Pass, why don't you dare to confront my Rong cavalry head-on?" A discordant rebuke interrupted Lin Feng's boastful talk.
Seeing Lin Feng eating wilted, Murong Mengfei intensified and said: "Dog Emperor, let me go quickly, take the initiative to ask my father Khan to surrender, and hope that my father Khan will be lenient and benevolent, and will spare your dog's life, if you don't know what to do, when the Rong warriors break through, they will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces and destroy the Yan Kingdom." "Close to the clansmen, seeing the Rong cavalry again, Murong Mengfei felt much kinder and bolder, and he would sit in the distance of the stove, wrapped in fox fur, and reprimanded Lin Feng hoarsely.
In her opinion, the 300,000 tribal cavalry, the small black flag pass is simply unstoppable, if the army goes all out to attack the fortification, it will definitely be captured within a few days, and it will break through the Yan country's defense in the north. Even if he was temporarily frustrated at the Black Flag Pass, it was just a minor problem, but Murong Mengfei was full of confidence and naively believed that the tribal warriors would eventually break through the Black Flag Pass.
Moreover, these days, she saw that Lin Feng was worried, not to say anything, she must be worried that the tribal army would go south, and as Lin Feng continued to deploy troops, it was expected that the situation at Black Flag Pass had deteriorated. Therefore, Murong Mengfei, who had no knowledge of the military situation on the front line, had great hopes for his clansmen.
Lin Feng smiled and said nothing, leisurely drinking hot tea, at first, he was indeed worried that the 40,000 tiger and leopard battalion would not be able to resist the Rong people's soldiers, and they would break through the Black Flag Pass and be unstoppable. However, after careful consideration, and after many detailed deductions, he continued to increase his troops, and he secretly laughed that he was overly nervous.
The large number of cavalry is indeed very difficult to deal with under normal circumstances, but who is he, the special forces who once made great achievements in the southern Xinjiang, knows all kinds of tactics throughout the ages, and has a wealth of knowledge, compared with the people of the new world, these are all his advantages.
Moreover, Yu Linwei's combat effectiveness exceeded his expectations, and after several days of hard fighting, all parties worked together to successfully block the Rong cavalry, and the two sides temporarily confronted each other, but the longer the time, the more beneficial it was to him.
"Dog Emperor, why don't you speak, are you afraid?" Murong Mengfei asked again, her tone aggressive.
"It's funny, why am I afraid, the Rong cavalry outside? The princess is too naΓ―ve, fighting is not a family, and whoever has more people on that side will win. Lin Feng chuckled, his expression was full of contempt, but he said treacherously. Since the princess is full of confidence and thinks that your tribe will win, do you dare to bet with me that the Rong clan will be defeated in this battle. β
Murong Mengfei smiled sarcastically when she heard this, as if she had heard a big joke, with a long-lost smile on her face, and she looked full of confidence. "Dog Emperor, bet on what? In front of the warriors of my tribe, the Yan army has any advantages, numbers, combat effectiveness, or soldier quality, hmph, this princess will be afraid of you! β
For a long time, she was ridiculed and sarcastic by Lin Feng, Murong Mengfei had endured enough, and today, when the clansmen and soldiers were in the city, she was also domineering.
Leaning on the soft collapse, Lin Feng stared at her with strange eyes, and sighed: "If you have the guts, if I lose, you can dispose of it, if you lose, do you dare to be willing to deal with it." β
"Xianggong!" Seeing Lin Feng's indecent appearance, the queen stomped her feet, her silver teeth clenched, and there was a bit of jealousy and anger in her tone, and then she took the maid to the bedroom.
Touching Lin Feng's eyes, Murong Mengfei's body trembled slightly, and Yutu got rid of Lin Feng's control, looking at the other party's eyes sweeping over him in confusion. Snorted: "Lin Feng, I'll bet with you!" β
"Hahaha, princess, you're going to lose everything." Walking past Murong Mengfei, Lin Feng deliberately sniffed the fragrance on her body, and said proudly.
The blood came as scheduled, and the scattered snowflakes in the sky finally evolved into goose feather snow, and in two days, the whole earth was covered in silver, a piece of holiness, covering up the blood near the Black Flag Pass, showing peace and serenity.
On the third day of coming to Black Flag Pass, when Lin Feng and the three of them were having dinner, Liu Xuanyuan paid a visit, saying that the army of the Rong people had retreated fifty miles, and he also sent a messenger to meet the emperor.
Lin Feng was stunned, stared at Murong Mengfei chattering and laughing, and asked: "Are the Rong people coming to ask for peace, it's too late, tell the envoy of the Rong tribe that Yan Guo is not easy to bully, and if you can't win, you want to escape, no way!" β
"Well, they didn't sue for peace, they said that they would discuss the matter between the emperor and their tribal princess!" Liu Xuanyuan replied.
"Hmph, pretend to be smart, beat the envoy of the Rong tribe, throw out the black flag pass, and immediately order Zhao Hongru, Feng Shihu, Hou Mingfeng, Huang Puxuan, with ironclad infantry and cavalry, and crossbow soldiers, out of the pass to advance thirty miles to camp in the village, notify Bai Yisheng, Hengbangchang and the four of them, secretly from the left and right sides to quickly move closer to the black flag pass, and form a flanking attack on the Rong camp." Lin Feng said.
"Your Majesty, the heavy snow blocking the mountains is not conducive to cavalry activities, is it -------- to hastily mobilize cavalry to fight" Liu Xuanyuan was full of doubts about Lin Feng's dispatch of troops, and out of consideration of military habits, he raised objections.
"After surrounding the Rong camp, I have my own plan for the attack!"
Lin Feng dispatched troops, deployed tightly, did not leak, and snowed heavily for three consecutive days, which was very unfavorable for the Rong people to return to the royal court in the north. At this moment, he took the initiative to send a messenger to talk about Murong Mengfei's marriage, the purpose was self-evident, and it showed more and more that the situation of the Rong people was bad.
At the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers' lives, it was not easy to hold on to the Black Flag Pass, turn the situation around slightly, and change to the side that was beneficial to him, even if it was not suitable for the current battle, Lin Feng would not let the Rong people leave happily.