Chapter 549: It's also inevitable
The heavy snow that was blowing one after another did slow down the marching speed of the white pole soldiers, which made Qin Liangyu very anxious.
The sergeant of the white pole soldier is very able to endure hardships, and after encountering difficulties, he never calls tired, and the commander Qin Liangyu is needless to say, Qin Liangyu, who is sixty-three, marches on horseback like an ordinary sergeant, without any special treatment, which is the biggest incentive for the white pole soldier sergeant, but the sergeant of the white pole soldier lives in Shizhu County and other places in Sichuan, and rarely sees such heavy snow, and it is normal for it to be difficult to adapt for a while.
Zheng Xunrui said that the snow blindness, in many white pole soldiers appeared in the sergeant, Qin Liangyu found out such a situation, anxious, the emperor's decree is very clear, but also given great expectations, think about Chongzhen three years, Qin Liangyu led the white pole soldiers into the king of Jingqin, won the emperor's strong commendation, in Beijing on the platform was personally summoned by the emperor, canonized as a product of the order of the lady, Taibao, the Chinese army governor's right governor Zhendong general, and was also named the Sichuan general soldier, can be described as a very human minister, Reached the highest rank that a military commander can reach.
Such a grace will never be forgotten by Qin Liangyu for the rest of his life.
Qin Liangyu also thinks that the combat effectiveness of the white pole soldiers is not ordinary, looking at the big future, there are not many people who can compare to the white pole soldiers, even if it is the once famous Guanning Iron Cavalry, because he has not really seen it, Qin Liangyu does not particularly care.
What Qin Liangyu really admires is Zheng Jiajun.
Zheng Jiajun's strict military discipline and military regulations, and the murderous aura that burst out, made Qin Liangyu really convinced, and it was precisely for this reason that she asked her son Ma Xianglin to follow Zheng Xunrui's side and join the Zheng family's army.
This time into the king of Beijing Qin, Qin Liangyu also received the holy decree and the palace report, after the golden Tatar 150,000 people into the customs looting, the capital is in a very critical situation, after learning the situation, Qin Liangyu decisively took all the white pole soldiers, from the stone pillar, to the capital. She even took out the family's silver taels again to make sure that the army had enough food and grass.
As a powerful female general, Qin Liangyu has the courage of a man and will not be afraid of any difficulties. This disposition of hers also affected the white pole soldiers under her command.
During the march, Qin Liangyu also felt that his eyes were uncomfortable, and what he saw for a long time was dazzling white, and his eyes were a little sore. Then tears flowed, and everything was blurry.
Even in this situation, Qin Liangyu still asked the army to speed up the march and not delay time on the road.
After Wen Kun, Ma Xianglin, Wang Xiaoer and others set off from Gaoyang County, they traveled almost day and night to Changping Prefecture.
In order to be able to reach Changping Prefecture City as quickly as possible, Zheng Xunrui equipped each of them with three of the best war horses, all Arabian horses, but unfortunately people are not as good as heaven, and the speed of the march is too fast. Wen Kun couldn't bear it.
Wen Kun is not a soldier of the Zheng family's army, when he was in Suzhou, he has always been a clerk in the government, and later came to Huai'an, and he also directly entered the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, and then came to the Huai'an Mansion, and he has always been an official and a civil official, according to Wen Kun's identity, there is no need to join the military team, as for Zheng Xunrui's arrangement. That was in the future, at least for now, Wen Kun had not been tortured so badly.
One day after riding a horse, Wen Kun was like falling apart, even if he was helped to the war horse. I can't move anymore.
This made Ma Xianglin, Wang Xiaoer and others helpless.
Wen Kun also knew his own ability, he asked Ma Xianglin and Wang Xiaoer to go in front and chase after him in the back, so as not to delay time and not be able to stop the actions of the white pole soldiers, but Ma Xianglin and Wang Xiaoer disagreed. Especially Ma Xianglin, he knows his mother's temper very well, if he personally dissuades him, he is afraid that he will encounter his mother's angry scolding, and he will not even dare to open his mouth to defend himself, only Wen Kun, who represents Zheng Xunrui, will speak up, and his mother's attitude will be better.
Wang Xiaoer is a typical soldier, responsible for the safety of Wen Kun and Ma Xianglin and others, and it is impossible for him to come forward to persuade Qin Liangyu.
Seeing that time was about to be delayed, Wen Kun gritted his teeth and asked everyone to tie him to the horse.
After tying Wen Kun to the horse, everyone was finally able to set off, but in the process of marching, Wang Xiaoer found that the speed could not be too fast, otherwise Wen Kun would not be able to bear it, and it might be life-threatening to hold on.
Of course Ma Xianglin won't say anything, Wen Kun is a scholar's physique, and it is not easy to insist on it, so he can't ask Wen Kun to sacrifice his life to rush to Changping Prefecture, that doesn't make any sense.
After some deliberation, Wen Kun made a decisive decision, let Wang Xiaoer accompany him, and let some of the scouts follow Ma Xianglin to Changping Prefecture quickly, and do their best to prevent the white pole soldiers from rescuing Yanqing Prefecture.
Ma Xianglin finally agreed, led some of the scouts, and hurried to Changping Prefecture.
After Ma Xianglin left, Wen Kun's expression was very serious, and Wang Xiaoer was a little strange when he saw Wen Kun's expression.
"Master Wen, are you very worried, you think that General Ma's departure will not have any effect."
Wen Kun shook his head slightly.
"I'm not worried that General Ma's trip will have no effect, but I think that General Ma may not be able to catch up, in fact, I have calculated the time, after sending information from the capital, we will set off immediately, which has been delayed for nearly a day, General Qin will set off immediately after receiving the holy decree, and can arrive at Changping Prefecture City in one day, the capital is only a hundred miles away from Changping, according to General Qin's character, I am afraid that the white pole soldiers will not have the slightest delay."
"Then it should be in time, as long as we don't waste time and hurry quickly, the problem is not very big, Changping is still more than a hundred miles away from Yanqing......"
"What I'm worried about is that after the Houjin Tartars learn the news, they may not be waiting for General Qin and the white pole soldiers in Yanqing, if that happens, then we will be too late no matter how we hurry."
Wang Xiaoer thought for a moment, his face turned a little pale, if the Houjin Tartars were the same as the white pole soldiers, they were rushing in the direction of Changping, it would indeed not take long.
"No, I don't think my lord said that such a possibility was possible."
"My lord specifically told me, if such a situation occurs, it is the will of heaven, no one can do it, General Ma is going, it is the fastest speed, if it can catch up, it is the best, if the Houjin Tartar really comes in the direction of Changping, no matter how hard we try, it will have no effect."
Wang Xiaoer was silent, since Zheng Xunrui had already predicted this, it means that such a situation is very likely to occur, as long as it is the situation predicted by Zheng Xunrui, it will generally appear.
Ma Xianglin was anxious, desperately going in the direction of Changping Prefecture, he felt very bad, he knew the temper of his mother Qin Liangyu, and said yes, if the emperor issued a holy decree, he would do it even at the cost of his life.
Ma Xianglin also has no confidence, even if he met his mother Qin Liangyu in Changping Prefecture, I am afraid that he will not be able to prevent his mother from going to reinforce Changping Prefecture, Wen Kun and Wang Xiaoer will be delayed for at least half a day or so, if the mother is not willing to wait, then everything is in vain, what Ma Xianglin can do is to accompany his mother to fight.
When he was about to arrive at Changping Prefecture City, the faces of the scouts beside him changed.
Ma Xianglin's mind was full of thoughts, and he didn't notice the situation around him at all, even the heavy snow couldn't stop his anxiety, but he still noticed the scout's face.
After a pause, he looked at the scout.
"General Ma, something is wrong."
Ma Xianglin's body shook slightly, Zheng Jiajun's scout had a different ability, he could observe the surrounding situation and make accurate judgments.
"Tell me, what did you find, why didn't I notice."
"The snow on the official road is very shallow, the snow at night is very heavy, there should be a lot of snow on the official road, I noticed it just now, a thin layer, indicating that there is a large army passing here, just now I took a closer look, there are indeed a small number of horseshoe prints, these horseshoe prints are going in the direction of the capital, that is to say, the army on this road is either from Changping Prefecture to the capital, or from the direction of Yanqing Prefecture."
Ma Xianglin's body began to tremble, and the scout's words were already very clear, there could be no army in Changping Prefecture, but there were a large number of Houjin Tartars in the direction of Yanqing Prefecture, since there were troops heading in the direction of the capital, it could only be said that the Houjin Tartars were heading in the direction of the capital.
Houjin Tartar specially rushed over from the direction of Yanqing Prefecture City, it could not be anything else, the only target was the white pole soldiers.
"Then can you tell me how long it has been since the army along the way?"
The scout rolled over and dismounted, taking a closer look in the middle of the road, while picking up a thin layer of snow.
"It's not long, about half an hour at most."
After saying this, the scout's face turned a little pale, and he found many pits of different sizes on the official road, which meant that the passing army knew a lot, and most of them were cavalry.
The scout stood up and spoke directly to Ma Xianglin.
"General Ma, my subordinates said bluntly, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up, this army should be the Houjin Tartars, and there are a lot of them, our numbers are too small, I'm afraid that before General Qin is notified, we may be surrounded by the Houjin Tartars."
Ma Xianglin couldn't understand the meaning, but at this time, it was impossible for him to dodge.
"I know, you stay and wait for Lord Wen and General Wang, and warn them to pay attention, Houjin Tartar has entered Changping Prefecture, I want to find a way to find the white pole soldiers, you don't have to worry, I am familiar with the white pole soldiers, I can find them, I will not follow the official road."
After Ma Xianglin finished speaking, he galloped wildly, he really left the official road, began to look for a trail, and lived in the mountains for a long time, Ma Xianglin was confident that he could find a shortcut, but unfortunately he never thought that a heavy snow had covered everything around him.
The three scouts quickly followed, stopped Ma Xianglin, and no matter how Ma Xianglin lost his temper, they all surrounded him and didn't let Ma Xianglin leave.
The grief-stricken Ma Xianglin dismounted and cried. (To be continued.) )