Chapter Eighty-Five: Difficult to Fight Back, Endless Harassment
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At this time, at this time, at the time when Yang Ling, the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army, coerced and lured Han Hong, the prince of the Western Kingdom, Han Li, and his son on the border between Boling and Anping to block the Eastern Army from returning to Jijing, in Boling, the Eastern Army had finished cleaning the battlefield, and Liang Qiuwu also saw Liu Qing, Liao Li, Cheng Yang, Dry Yang and others.
"Xiaoqing, this time it's really thanks to you......" After a long absence, Liang Qiuwu took Liu Qing's hand and chattered, during which there was no lack of gratitude.
It's no wonder, after all, if it weren't for Liu Qing and Liao Li rushing to muddy the waters of Boling, the Eastern Army might not be able to escape from the hands of the veteran Yang Ling, although she Liangqiu Dance could probably escape with her outstanding martial arts, but the ordinary soldiers of the Eastern Army under her command were obviously not spared, after all, the veteran Yang Ling was experienced, and he would never let the Eastern Army return to Jijing to destroy the good deeds of its lord Yan King Li Mao.
Being praised by Liang Qiu Wu in front of many generals, Liu Qing's little face couldn't help but blush, Nuo Nuo said, "Sister Xiao Wu praised it falsely, people actually didn't do anything ......" Saying this, she looked up at Liang Qiu Wu and said happily, "Seeing that my sister is out of trouble, Qing'er's heart is really happy." β
For some reason, her eyes were faintly red.
It's no wonder, after all, Liu Qing can be said to be a clear body now, and there are no dear relatives, although there is a Liu Yan who also flows with the blood of the Liu family of the Southern Tang Dynasty and an uncle, but in the final analysis, he has never been in contact with it in the past, in comparison, I am afraid that Liang Qiu Dance is closer, after all, Liang Qiu Dance is Liang Qiu Hao's cousin, the so-called love house and Wu, Liu Qing has regarded Liang Qiu Dance, the cousin of "Brother Chen", as the closest person since the first moment he saw Liang Qiu Dance.
At the same time, Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Xiang Qing, Luo Chao and others were surrounding Liao Li, Cheng Yang, Dry Yang and others to disturb the battlefield of Fang Cai, and there was no shortage of praise for Liao Li during the period.
Somewhat unexpected by these four generals of the Eastern Army, they never expected that Liao Li, who was just an ordinary general during the military exercise three years ago. Now he has become the commander of the Jizhou Army, and even his martial arts are also amazing to the four generals.
At that moment, Xiang Qing, who refused to admit defeat, opened his mouth to test his wrist strength with Liao Li. Who told the withered sheep to tout that this general Liao of his own house is the second fierce general of the Jizhou army?
Xiang Qing's strength is well known, this person chased Xie An to the Donggong Mansion to ask Liang Qiu to dance down, but he once stopped a frightened horse on the street alone, you can imagine his strength. But this time in front of Liao Li, although Xiang Qing couldn't talk about falling behind, he was never able to win.
The two of them were in such a stalemate, and they were in a stalemate for dozens of breaths, and suddenly they only heard a loud sound of "Kapeng", and the whole case was almost broken by Xiang Qing and Liao Li.
"Good arm strength!" Chen Gang was bandaging his wound at this time, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration when he saw this. You must know that Xiang Qing's strength is even inferior to him. didn't expect Liao Li to be on par with him.
Glancing at Liao Li, Chen Gang thought a little more highly of Liao Li.
"Brother Liao is really strong!" Letting go of his right hand, Xiang Qing glanced at the five fingerprints on the back of his hand that were pinched out by Liao Li, shook his hand disapprovingly, and said with a smile.
"Where, where! I have heard what Lord Xie said for a long time. Deputy General Xiang can carry the tripod, and now when he sees it, it is really extraordinary! Liao Li also repeated Xiang Qing's actions and praised with a smile.
Seeing Xiang Qing and Liao Li praising each other in that heroic manner, the withered sheep couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, regretting that Liao Li, whom he admired, did not win from this wrestling, but when he thought of Liao Li's true ability, it was not entirely reflected in martial arts. The mood of the withered sheep suddenly improved a lot.
Not far away, Liang Qiuwu and Liu Qing looked at these martial artists and shook their heads, you must know that they are chatting about the changes in Jijing, but these people are good, and they have leisure and ease to wrestle their wrists, if it is not a big victory, they are in a good mood. Liang Qiu Dance will most likely scold a few words.
"Ignore them, Xiaoqing, you go on."
"Okay." Liu Qing nodded, turning a blind eye to the situation on Xiang Qing and Liao Li's side, and told Liang Qiuwu everything that happened in Jijing. I only heard the latter nodding again and again.
Suddenly, Liang Qiuwu seemed to think of something, frowned and said, "Wait, Xiaoqing, you just said that Li Mao has been trapped in Jijing, so he has to summon Yang Ling, a veteran of Northern Xinjiang who is in Boling, so wouldn't it be bad for us to wait?" β
Liu Qing naturally knew what Liangqiu Dance was referring to.
Thinking about it, I also know that Yang Ling saw that since Liangqiu had escaped from the predicament, where would he continue to stay in Boling, he would go directly to the direction of Jijing to support, that was 60,000 troops from the northern Xinjiang, if this powerful force intervened in the war on the Jijing side, it would obviously cause immeasurable changes to the entire battlefield situation. And the worst change is nothing more than that Li Mao, the king of Yan, used this new force to reinvigorate the army, and once again created the momentum of completely overwhelming the imperial army in terms of force.
"Sister Xiao Wu doesn't have to worry about this matter, I think the woman of Changsun Xiangyu must have expected it in advance......"
"No way!" Liang Qiu Wu shook his head when he heard this, and said, "This matter started because of me, how can it ruin the overall situation because of this?" After that, she got up and ordered, "Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Xiang Qing, and Luo Chao will listen to the order and give orders to the army, and our army will immediately return to Jijing!" β
"Present?" Xiang Qing, who was calling Liao Li a brother, smiled on his face, and asked with a straight face. The reason why he asked this was simply because it was getting late.
Liang Qiuwu naturally understood the purpose of Xiang Qing's question, and nodded in affirmation, "Yes, now!" Travel day and night! β
"Yes!" Xiang Qing hugged his fists and took his life.
"And Liao Li," turning his head to look at Liao Li, Liang Qiuwu said in a deep voice, "Before our army arrives at the Eastern Army, you will act together with our army and temporarily be under the command of this general, can you have any objections?" β
You must know that Liang Qiuwu is Xie An's lady of the long house, what Liao Li will not say and dare not have any objections, hearing this, he clenched his fists and said, "Yes, the last general will obey the order!" β
"Good! Then head towards Jijing...... Let's go! β
"Order!"
The general order was issued, and the eastern army performed its duties and marched in the direction of Jijing at dusk that day, but when they passed through the border of Boling, they noticed that the camp belonging to the western army in the distance was still brightly lit.
This means that the Western Army did not go to Jijing with the veteran Yang Ling, but continued to stay here, as for who to guard against. Go without saying.
"This Han family's father and son are dying and will not repent!" Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, the impulsive Chen Gang couldn't help but scold.
Liang Qiuwu's face sank when he saw this, and he asked Xiang Qing to ride a horse and approach the camp with a torch to shout, hoping that the Han family father and son would abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Back.
But who would have thought, before Xiang Qing got close to the camp, an arrow was shot at him, and Xiang Qing hurriedly fled back, scolding loudly in his mouth.
"These turtle grandsons, they are insidious!"
The withered sheep was puzzled, and he stepped forward very curiously and picked up an arrow on the ground, only then did he understand why Xiang Qing gritted his teeth and scolded like that.
Originally. Those sharp arrows shot from the Western Army, their arrows were blackened with ink, and they were not easy to detect in the dark night, if it weren't for Xiang Qing's excellent skills, I am afraid that they would have been on the road long ago.
"It seems. This is the answer of the Western Army to me and others! Taking the arrow handed by the withered sheep, Liao Li respectfully handed it to Liang Qiuwu.
"......" Liang Qiuwu looked at the arrow that had moved his hands and feet, and the anger on his pretty face loomed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Since this is the reply of the Western Army to our army, then our Eastern Army naturally has to express it! β
This is what I said. It really makes the people's blood boil, especially the withered sheep.
It's no wonder that this is a battle between the Western Army and the Eastern Army.
For many years, the Eastern Army and the Western Army were both one of the four towns in Jijing and had never fought each other. If the two armies face each other this time, wouldn't it be the most exciting thing?
And at this time. Liang Qiu Wu has given the order to attack the camp.
To everyone's surprise, although the attitude of the Western Army was tough, its strength seemed to be vulnerable, and it was just a matter of meeting the needs of the Eastern Army to break through the camp.
I watched as the Western sergeants in silver armor fled forward like desperately. The officers and men of the Eastern Army laughed in their hearts.
Think about it, a silver-white armor, how conspicuous it is in this dark night. It can be said that under the white moonlight, those Western soldiers have nothing to hide.
Escape? Where to flee?
There was no need for generals to give orders, and the generals of the Eastern Army performed their duties and pursued their own targets.
What kind of fight is this, it is simply a one-sided situation, which makes the withered sheep who was originally looking forward to it stunned.
"This is the Western Army? So vulnerable? "The withered sheep is really a little dumbfounded, after all, the strength of the Western Army in front of them is not even as strong as the miscellaneous soldiers of the Taiping Army, and it will collapse at the first touch.
Not far away, Xiang Qing, the general of the Eastern Army, chuckled lightly when he heard this, and said quite proudly, "It also depends on what kind of army you encounter!" Just the group of goods in the Western Army? Fighting Taishan Kou can still fight for a year and a half, and in the end he was defeated and retreated to Jijing...... Ridiculous! β
Indeed, in the early years, when Xie An was still in Li Shou's Anle Palace, the Han family father and son suppressed the thieves near Mount Tai and exterminated them for more than a year, and there were no fewer thieves. In the end, it was Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor at that time, who privately recalled the Western Army to Jijing in order to usurp the throne.
Perhaps because they knew these things, the generals of the Eastern Army did not take the Western Army seriously at all.
However, Liao Like doesn't see it that way.
"Phewβ"
Under the surprised gaze of the withered sheep, Liao Li grabbed the reins of the horse and scanned the dark mountains around him with a suspicious gaze.
"Adjutant General Xiang, Adjutant General Xiang!"
"Huh?" Xiang Qing paused and looked back at Liao Li suspiciously.
I saw Liao Li glance at the dark place in the distance, and suddenly frowned and said, "Don't you think that Deputy General Xiang is getting fewer and fewer in the Western Army?" β
Hearing this, Xiang Qing subconsciously looked into the distance, and immediately his eyes froze, because he was horrified to find that the silver-white figures of the Western Army in the distance were rapidly disappearing at an extremely fast speed, disappearing into the continuous dark night around them.
In a short time, 20,000 Western troops disappeared without a trace.
"Hell yes!" Xiang Qing rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
At this time, the rest of the nearby Eastern Army generals obviously also noticed this extremely incredible thing, and they were at a loss one by one, and the six gods had no master. After all, the Western Army had disappeared without a trace right under their noses.
What's even more chilling is that there are bursts of wails from the nearby mountains, looming, terrifying, and making people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.
"There it is!" Suddenly, a soldier from the Eastern Army pointed to the mountain on the left and shouted.
The soldiers of the Eastern Army turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw countless silver-white figures on the hills, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
"What. It turned out to be dazzling......" One of the soldiers soothed the horror in his heart in a self-deprecating tone.
The generals of the eastern army laughed a few times and hurriedly chased after them, but before they arrived, everyone saw them. Those silver-white figures disappeared without a trace in an instant, and in an instant, on the mountains on the right, the silver-white figures of the Western Army appeared.
Immediately afterwards, the silver-white figures on the right side also disappeared suddenly, and then reappeared elsewhere, and the whole process only saw the sweat in the heads of the soldiers of the Eastern Army.
After going back and forth several times, the generals of the Eastern Army not to mention that they could not find the location of the Western Army, and even they had no way of knowing where they had chased themselves, but they only felt that there were soldiers of the Western Army everywhere.
Suddenly. There was a scream on the left side of the army, Xiang Qing subconsciously turned his head, only to notice that dozens of soldiers of the Eastern Army on the left were injured by the hidden arrow, and took a look in the direction where the dark arrow came. Xiang Qing saw hundreds of silver-white figures in the forest on the side of the road.
"Turtle son dares to hurt people with a secret arrow?!"
Scolding in his mouth, Xiang Qing personally led people to chase after him, but before he could get close, he found that those silver-white figures had disappeared.
Immediately, the right side of the Eastern Army was attacked again, and the attacking them were still those Western Army soldiers wearing silver-white armor, but when Chen Gang, who was furious, led people to chase after them and take a look. The other party has long since disappeared without a trace.
[What's going on?] Could it be that the Western Army is all changed by ghosts? Know how to move the arts? ]
The generals of the Eastern Army were a little stunned in their hearts, and they couldn't understand whether what they had encountered this time was a human or a ghost.
If it were a human being, how could a human being disappear for no apparent reason? If it's a ghost...... Can a man fight a ghost?
"Original...... The Western Army is an assassin, huh? Yan Kai muttered to himself.
From the side, Cheng Yang couldn't understand when he heard it, and asked suspiciously. "What did Vice Admiral Yan say?"
I saw Yan Kai's eyes glaze out, and he said in a low voice, "The four towns of Jijing have their own division of labor, the eastern army is cavalry, and the southern army is heavy infantry. The Northern Army is light infantry, but the Western Army is the most mysterious, and now I understand that the Western Army is ...... It's an assassin! β
"Assassins?" Liao Li's mind immediately appeared in the figure of the sickle Mo Fei, and said in his heart that just the hundreds of assassins in Dongling had already told the Taiping Army not to settle down when they were in Guangling, and if the 20,000 Western Army were really assassins this time, then it was not possible for the Eastern Army to eat and walk around?
Yes, during the day, in a head-to-head situation, an army of Assassins was indeed no match for the Eastern Army, but at night?
The Battle of Guangling was enough to prove how terrible the Assassins were at night.
What's even worse is that the assassins of the Western Army may not be able to tell whether they are humans or ghosts, otherwise, how could they sneak attack the Eastern Army silently and disappear without a sound?
Looking at the expressions of several generals around him, the withered sheep was a little puzzled in his heart, and asked Luo Chao in a low voice.
"General Luo, the situation of the Western Army...... Didn't the Eastern Army know? β
Luo Chao shook his head.
The withered sheep was about to ask again, and Yan Kai added in a low voice from the side, "Don't ask, we know as much about the Western Army as you do...... I've waited and never fought ......"
Liao Li on the side listened and wondered, and interjected curiously, "Never fought before?" Didn't even drill together? When we were in Jijing the year before last, didn't the Southern Army still exercise with us? β
"That's because Duke Lu loves my uncle, and his only son has passed away, and he wants to hand over the southern army to my aunt...... In the early years, when Lu Dashao was still alive, the Southern Army had never practiced with our army, let alone your Jizhou Army ......" Yan Kai patiently explained, and the Lu Dashao in his mouth was referring to Lu Gong's only son who was killed by Liang Qiuhao in the early years of Hanhan Valley Pass, Lu Fan.
"I see, that's ......" Liao Li suddenly realized, and immediately frowned and looked at the mountains that seemed to be cloudy.
He had a hunch that if no one made a correct judgment on the situation in front of him, he was afraid that the Eastern Army would collapse here this time.
Sure enough, Liao Li's hunch came true. Unlike the overwhelming superiority of the Eastern Army in the capital of Hebei when it fought against the Western Army, today's Eastern Army is struggling under the harassment of the Western Army, and almost every mile will be sniped by the Western Army.
What made the generals of the Eastern Army feel angry and frightened was that those Western soldiers who attacked them with hidden arrows seemed to be ghosts seeking their lives, and once they succeeded, they disappeared without a trace, so that they did not even have a chance to pursue.
And the worst thing is that in order to catch up with the Western Army, the Eastern Army actually came to a place with uneven and muddy roads, and also lost its way, which means that the Eastern Army has lost the big weapon of speed.
"These turtle grandchildren. Four years ago, when I was in Jijing, I definitely released the water! Stepping on the muddy and difficult road, Xiang Qing couldn't help but scold angrily. He originally thought that the Western Army was just deceiving the world and stealing his name, but he didn't want to, people did have a trick to press the bottom of the box. And this trick was displayed, and it made it difficult for them to resist the Eastern Army.
Liang Qiuwu's expression was not good-looking, after all, it was her order to pursue the Western Army, and this time the Eastern Army was lost in this dark night, and she must bear the greatest responsibility.
But now, she really didn't expect the Western Army to be so difficult.
I have to say that in the face of such endless harassment by the Western Army, the Eastern Army was unable to move an inch, so as a last resort, Liang Qiuwu issued an order to rest in place. Ordered his subordinates to be vigilant against the attack of the Western Army.
This night, the generals of the Eastern Army lived a miserable life, because almost the whole night, they were frantically harassed by the Western Army, sometimes. Before anyone was found to have attacked at all, many soldiers of the Eastern Army were killed by arrows, and the method of asking for their lives as if a ghost was seriously tormenting the hearts of the soldiers and generals of the Eastern Army.
In this way, until dawn, the situation only improved a little, at least the western soldiers did not dare to blatantly attack the eastern army, but. The Eastern Army, which has experienced a nightmarish torture, where does it still have the energy to march? Not to mention fighting with the Western Army.
Day after day, the situation became worse and worse, and during the day the Eastern Army could not march under the harassment of the Western Army, and at night, it was simply the world of the Western Army. Come and go freely, as if they are all possessed by Liang Qiuhao, Jin Ling'er, and Mo Fei, come and go, and disappear when they say they disappear. I couldn't find the slightest trace.
If it weren't for the footprints left by the soldiers of the Western Army to prove that these people were still alive, I am afraid that the generals of the Eastern Army would have been tortured and gone crazy.
It wasn't until now that they understood why the Western Army was able to harass the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty alone, so that it could not live in peace for a moment.
Not to mention generals such as Liang Qiuwu and Liao Li, even the smart and clever Liu Qing was stumped by the Western Army that seemed to be possessed by gods and ghosts, and she couldn't figure out how those living Western soldiers disappeared without a trace under the noses of countless soldiers of the Eastern Army.
But at the same time, Liu Qing finally understood one thing.
[I see...... Is this the real intention of the woman who called me over from the eldest grandson Xiangyu? ]
At night, Liu Qing sat by the bonfire and pondered.
Some people may say that in the face of the pervasive harassment of the Western army, the Eastern army is really appropriate to light a bonfire in such a wanton manner?
But in fact, even if the eastern army extinguishes the bonfire, it may not be able to withstand the sneak attacks of the western army all the time. Lighting the bonfire can at least give the soldiers and generals of the Eastern Army some confidence in their hearts, otherwise, it will be dark at a glance, which is a kind of spiritual torment.
"Xiaoqing, what do you want?" Liang Qiuwu handed Liu Qing a small bag of dry food.
"I was thinking about the woman who was Changsun Xiangyu......" took the dry food and thanked her, Liu Qing was a little unconvinced, but she also had to say convincingly, "I thought she called me over to deal with that Yang Ling, but now I understand that it was the Western Army that she asked me to find a way to deal with!" That woman had long expected that I would be able to relieve you from the siege for Sister Xiaowu, and she also expected that the Western Army would also be here to prevent our army from returning to Jijing......"
Indeed, in fact, Liu Qing did have some doubts in her heart earlier, and she wondered more than once why the eldest grandson Xiangyu asked her to come to the rescue of Liang Qiuwu.
Is it just for the sake of the military strategy with Yang Ling, a veteran of Northern Xinjiang?
Liu Qing doesn't think so, because if it's just like this, there is no need for her Liu Qing to go out at all, and Liao Li can definitely shoulder this responsibility.
But if not, then why?
And now she finally understands that what the eldest grandson Xiangyu wants her to deal with is the Western Army! It was as if that woman had already expected what would happen after that for Liang Qiu Wu, Yang Ling, the Han family's father and son, and even everyone, including her Liu Qing.
[Wicked!] ]
Even Liu Qing couldn't help but scold in her heart.
"...... of the Western Army" Liang Qiuwu's expression was a little unsightly, after all, his Eastern Army had never been so hindered, and the strength of the Western Army greatly surprised her.
"Got an idea?" After a long silence, Liang Qiuwu asked.
Liu Qing was silent, obviously, she hadn't figured out why the Western Army was willing to do those weird things, and her heart was full of many doubts.
Seeing this, Liang Qiuwu didn't ask questions, and took care of the bonfire by himself.
Looking at the flickering bonfire, Liu Qing's head was calculating at a speed that ordinary people couldn't match, this wisdom that almost made Changsun Xiangyu deflated at the beginning, will now be folded in the hands of the Western Army?
Liu Qingke absolutely does not admit this.
But then again, what exactly did the Western Army do? How can they do that?
Liu Qing really couldn't figure it out, she stood up, called Liao Li's guards, and strolled boringly, just to relax and relieve the tension in her heart.
[If that's the guy, he's pretty good at this kind of thing, right?] Insight determines wisdom...... Is it? ]
Liu Qing unconsciously thought of Xie An, and couldn't help but feel a little lost in her heart.
I don't know how long I walked, but the shiny things on the ground in front of me caught Liu Qing's attention.
"It's ......"
She stepped forward in a few steps, crouched down and picked it up, and after taking a closer look, her face slowly showed a strange look.
"This thing...... How did it end up here? β