Volume 2 Bianliang Mistake Chapter 52 Heavy Rain (5)

Outside the Yifeng Gate in the northwest of Yanjing City, the heavy rain turned all four into mud.

Sixty or seventy horsemen, looking for a way in the rain. It was dark, and he didn't dare to open the torch and light ball. Between the marches, the degree can't be fast.

Moreover, the outside and inside of Yanjing City are all Fuliao military camps. Although this team of knights was not afraid, they were not willing to entangle with the Fuliao army and delay the trip. Therefore, sharp soldiers were sent from afar to explore the surrounding shapes. Avoid the lights of the big Fuliao military camps, and zigzag through the gaps between these camps.

It is precisely because of these various reasons that since leaving Yanjing City, it has been two hours since leaving the area guarded by the Song military camp, and seeing that the sky is not long and it will be brightened, this team of knights has only gone out for more than ten miles

This team of knights got the message from the old species, came out of the night, and rushed to Zhang Xian and his party where Xiao Yan was.

A military general came back from the front, he was the general of his own guard who was handed over to Zhang Xian by the old breed. rushed to Zhang Xian's side and wiped the rain on his face, shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang, the rain is too big, the sky is too dark, if you go on like this, you will consume the strength of the people and horses in vain, but you can't move forward much If you reach dawn and bump into a rebellious army, you won't have to suffer............ Why don't you just find a place where you can take a little shelter from the rain and wait until dawn? The way was clear, and the brothers had the strength to fight. When the time comes, I'll hit a few fights, and I'll rush out."

Zhang Xian shook his head, moving so slowly, the most anxious thing was that his old species suddenly made such a move, which showed that something must have changed in Yanjing City, and Xiao Xuanzan needed to get the news to deal with it. Although Zhang Xian didn't know what the change was, he also knew that there was absolutely no delay

Now he has only walked more than ten miles, and it is far from the time to penetrate the continuous camps of the Fuliao army. And when he left a camp on the outskirts of the Song army, he looked at the face of this old man's henchmen and guards. The garrison general also informed them of the military situation of the rebel army in the northwest.

The Song army did not defend the village to the death, the western army was fighting an old battle, even if it could not be guarded, it would send sentry spies every day to spread their guard circle farther away to find out the military situation in front of them. See if there is any increase or decrease in the enemy forces on the opposite side, and test the combat effectiveness of the enemy forces in front of you. Unlike the scattered rebel armies in other directions, the rebel armies in the northwest direction are the hardest, and the cavalry is also quite tightly arranged. The scheduling is also much more formal. I had several encounters with the Luo cavalry sentry sent by the Song army, but these Song army sentry detectives couldn't reach far. And even if he didn't suffer a loss, he didn't take advantage of anything.

The garrison general kindly persuaded Zhang Xian and the others, but if he couldn't do it, he would take a detour. I heard that these chaotic armies in other places are much softer, and a team of elite horsemen can come and go without hindrance, and it is even more like there is no obstacle to the south. God knows what the hell he bumped into, but he walked the hardest detour in front of the rebel army and delayed a little time, but it was the safest.

How did Zhang Xian delay this time, and now this old kind of personal guard will persuade him to rest in the future so that he can regain some strength, also because he muttered in his heart that the enemy army that is harder than other places in front of him. It is said that two or three hundred rakas are scattered every day. Don't suffer any big losses when the time comes.

Hearing that the general Jianyi, Zhang Xian smiled bitterly and replied: "Brother, at this moment, take a step to Xiao Xuanzan, that is, I am one step closer, I am so anxious, I really can't afford to delay it, in case I meet the enemy Luo Qi tomorrow, we will rush to the front." No matter what the opponent is, it will be crushed. If I can get to Xiao Xuanzan's place in time, I will invite my brother to eat and drink. Xiao Xuanzan must also have a generous reward"

Listening to Zhang Xian pushed him back, although he said it politely. The general's face also changed. He is the person who follows the old breed, and he is promoted and protected, and his title is far above Zhang Xian. This time, he was assigned to Zhang Xian by the old species, and he was very unconvinced. But the old breed strictly ordered the head, and he didn't dare to disobey anything, so he only went back to dispatch the team with a calm face to boost morale, and only replied stiffly: "Please don't dare to be the old breed minister to look up to you and praise you, I just listen to the dispatch." The friendship with your family is praised, I can't climb it."

Zhang Xian shook his head with a wry smile, no matter what he thought. Looking ahead, there was still pre-dawn darkness in front of me. Only the lights of the Fuliao military camps everywhere reflected in the rain and fog. Zhang Xian couldn't help but touch his chest, the important letter that the old seed entrusted him to bring to Xiao Yan was put away closely.

What kind of changes have happened in Yanjing City, and what is the important thing about the letter that the old minister brought to Xiao Xuanzan? Could it be that there is already news from Bianliang?

At a bend in the south bank of the Gaoliang River, heavy rain mixed with strong winds turned the Gaoliang River into a raging dragon.

Chang Sizhao took his subordinates, jumped off his horse, stretched out to the bend of the river, and pushed out two wooden rows. The raft looked like it had only been tied for a long time, and it still had fresh branches and leaves on it. The two rafts were not very large, only for four or five people, and they were tied with piso, one on the left and one on the right. Looking at the shoddy craftsmanship, who knows if it will fall apart after being beaten by the waves in the river.

Look at this wooden raft, and then look at the raging sorghum river. The head of the eunuch who dismounted and stood on the shore shook like a rattle.

Chang Sizhao stepped forward and saluted: "Please angel board"

The eunuch's face was blue and white, and he pointed at the wooden row with a sharp voice: "This is called a boat?" It's better to ask our family to swim over with a piece of wood, our family is from Hedong, and there is nothing else to grow up in but the mountains. I don't know the slightest bit of water, which makes our family unable to serve. It's better to wait for the rain to stop and the wind to go up again. Even if we delay here, we will admit it when we encounter a rebellious army. I really don't dare to do this."

Chang Sizhao smiled, not waiting for Liu Chun to step forward to persuade him. Without saying a word, he picked up the eunuch angel and threw him onto the wooden raft in the midst of his screams. The eunuch got on the wooden raft, although he still closed his eyes and screamed, but he lay on the wooden raft tightly and did not dare to move, for fear of falling into the water. Several guards of the Forbidden Army stood on the shore, looking at this with pale faces. You must know that this mission has to endure so much suffering, and at such a risk, he would rather cut off one of his arms and retire from the forbidden army than come to this unlucky swallow land

Several armorers brought by Chang Sizhao took off their armor at this time and put it on the wooden raft. He jumped on the wooden raft in a burlap coat. One person stood behind the wooden row, holding a bead penny and waiting for Chang Sizhao to jump on it.

Chang Sizhao also disarmed there with his hands and feet, and Liu Chun asked on the side: "Brother Chang also knows water?" ”

Chang Sizhao shook his head: "The man who grew up on horseback in the northwest is a weighing stone when he gets to the water, how can he know water?" After undressing and unarmouring, it just sank more slowly, and there are some people who know how to water under my hands, maybe they can catch me. ”

Liu Chun shook his head and smiled bitterly, he didn't know how to water, and his heart trembled when he looked at these two wooden rows. At this time, there were already a few more Chang Sizhao's men who led the horses, ready to lead a few horses by one person, and take the horses across the Sorghum River. Liu Chun muttered in his heart, the Shengjie army is all military men in the northwest, and the landlubbers are almost the vast majority, but there are military men like Xu Huishui under this old man

He looked at this river bend, and finally asked Chang Sizhao: "I'm afraid that it will be dozens of miles down to the west in the direction of Yanjing here, why is there so much difference?" ”

Chang Sizhao was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "In front of Yanjing, the chaotic army is tightly blocked, not dozens of miles to the west, how can you find a place where you can sneak over?" Liu Vice Ling, I crossed the river first. Stand on the north shore and lead you to the north again. When the time comes, just follow me, the bag won't be wrong."

Liu Chun clasped his fists and saluted: "A qiē TOEFL entered Yanjing City, please drink and meat, all of them are my brother's mine." On the way, please Brother Chang you."

Chang Sizhao smiled and jumped on the wooden raft. One row in front, one row in the back, and suddenly drove into the rapids of the Gaoliang River. In front and behind the wooden platoon, there are sergeants holding pennies and controlling the direction of travel. The eunuch angel also got up from the wooden raft and sat down, knowing that he could not get off the thief ship anymore. He sat cross-legged, weeping and wiping his tears, sometimes pointing to the gray-black sky above his head and muttering curses.

Liu Chun looked at it for a while, and muttered: "But it's weird" After muttering, he ordered loudly to the knights under his command: "Pick off the turtle shells on your bodies, everyone is crows and pigs, and they are all scaled." Be neat, maybe you will be saved if you fall into the water, I know that everyone has worked hard this time, and there must be a heart in return."

Under the heavy rain, the turbid waves of the Sorghum River are rolling. This group of men and horses, one after another, carried the important will of Bianliang and finally set foot on the north bank of the Gaoliang River.

The sorghum river that they left behind did not mean to calm down at all, but it rolled even harder. This storm, which seemed to have swept Yan for a year, was more violent at the end of the day

The sky had gradually brightened, and Zhang Xian and his party, who had been struggling in the heavy rain and mud for half the night, only saw the surroundings clearly at this time.

The rain still shrouded all of them, and they were walking between the two camps of the rebel army. The two camps are two or three miles apart, and I don't know whether to support each other or each other. A common feature of these camps is that they are in tatters, the height of the fence is uneven, the ditch has become a pond, and the auxiliary fortifications outside the fence are also equal to none.

Zhang Xian didn't even doubt that just their sixty or seventy horsemen were enough to enter these camps and level out all the people in the village.

But at this time, with a heavy responsibility, these thoughts can only be just thought.

These sixty or seventy horsemen, raining down in the middle of the night, were all tired at this time. Looking back, you can still faintly see a little shape of the Yanjing city wall. In the middle of the night, I left Yanjing for more than 30 miles. But the centaurs are already showing fatigue. When marching in such weather, the body loses temperature too quickly. Even if they didn't know much about modern nutrition, these armorers were already eating dry food with extremely salty content on their horses, and from time to time they were feeding their mounts a handful of salted dried beans. Mixed with rain, it can be regarded as dry and thin, soup and water, but it is just a cold lump after eating it.

The sentry in front had been sent out to clear the way for the brigade, and now there was no light to point the direction of the enemy camp in the darkness, and the only way to get around them was to rely on these sharp soldiers as eyes and ears. In the daytime, the degree did not get much faster.

Although those chaotic military camps were closed in the heavy rain, they had no interest in coming out at all. Even the people on duty at the fence were lazy to avoid the rain. But it doesn't mean that Zhang Xian and their line of work are completely unaware of the ghosts.

Between the camps of these rebellious armies, in the wilderness, wherever there is a little shelter from the rain, you can see the shacks set up by the homeless people who depend on the rebellious army to survive, a few logs, and a shelf, covered with tree branches, and leaves and grass on them. It became the most humble and shabby dwelling, under each such shack, the ragged homeless people were crowded densely, snuggling up to each other to keep warm, Zhang Xian and dozens of other knights roared past the edge of their shacks, and these homeless people, who could not sleep all night due to the cold rain, stared at them with godless eyes and watched their actions. Even if some of the homeless people still have a few crude blades in their hands, how dare they challenge these people who ride tall horses, wear fine armor, handle in their hands, and wear them on their bodies, all of them are made of sharp blades by Seiko

Even the most cautious people in Zhang Xian's line turned a blind eye to these homeless people everywhere. If the rebel army is of this level, even if it slows down due to heavy rain and rushes out of this chaotic army, it is just a matter of spending more energy to hurry

The pro-guard general sent by the old breed was chewing on dry cakes with one hand at this time, and riding a horse to catch up with Zhang Xian with the other. It seems that because of the trouble last night, it seems that there is no problem with everyone's safety during the day today, so I came to make up for the friendship with Zhang Xian. When you go out to fight, you are all people who are far away, and if you don't pull a few friends, you may be able to take care of each other one day.

After a few steps, he began to greet affectionately: "Marquis Zhang Yu, these armor soldiers under your command have come from night to morning, and they have taken turns to go to the outpost to investigate, and they can easily go deep into the enemy camp............ Straight girls and thieves, these chaotic armies are really not the same I am under the command of the old breed of ministers, and I have heard a little rumor, at this time everyone is living and dying together, and I will say what I want to do............ Yandi now has the last great work left to quell the chaos, and it seems that the old breed minister is going to focus on Guixuanzan's military horses. The old minister didn't say when we would return, so it was better to follow Gui Xuanzan and fight............ I heard that the elder brother of the Zhang family is the general of Guixuanzan's personal guards? Can you help me with a few beautiful words, Yelu Dashi didn't dare to think about it, and he was grateful for the completion of a few heads in the chaotic army............ Brother Zhang, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know how to make friends, having contacts is the long-term way, and there will be something to repay Brother Zhang's brother in the future."

Rao is now walking easily, and Zhang Xian's heart has not let go in the slightest. This old kind of pro-guard general caught up and crackled, saying such an old man, which made Zhang Xian quite a little crying and laughing. This hasn't broken through the chaotic barracks yet. This old pro-guard general thought about the matter of sharing the merits in the future. The generals of the Western Army were really sensitive and affectionate about how to make meritorious contributions, or how to get the most benefits under the greatest losses, and in a blink of an eye, they changed from calling the dispatch to calling the Zhang family brother, how can this old kind of pro-guard army look seven or eight years older than himself.

At this time, I couldn't say anything, so I could only agree: "It's all in my brothers, it's all in my brothers, and now I'm still breaking through the enemy's camp, and everything is a void." When I actually arrived at Xiao Xuanzan's place, my brother helped me rush all the way over, how could my brother forget this kind of affection? ”

The old pro-guard general laughed: "How can such an opponent like a native chicken and tile dog stop us?" If an enemy comes to trouble us without knowing whether they are alive or dead, they will rush and kill, and then they will disperse. When the time comes, I will ask the brother of the Zhang family to see our methods."

As he was talking, he saw a few sentry scouts in front of him rushing back, and he reported loudly from a distance: "Further north, there is a large camp, which is ten times stricter than what I saw on the way, and I am afraid that I can't hide four or five thousand soldiers and horses." It's only three or four miles away from bumping, Deputy Zhang is the Marquis of Yu, we have to go down a little southwest at the moment to get around."

Zhang Xian agreed, immediately whistled and gave the order, and took the lead to turn to the southwest. The boss of the old kind of personal guard officer was reluctant, and couldn't help asking: "The chaotic army is like this, what is there to be afraid of?" Walking close to their camp, they may not dare to stop anything. How long will the brothers struggle in the rain for this detour? ”

Zhang Xian turned his head and looked stern: "I am concerned about military affairs, before sending the letter of the old breed minister to Xiao Xuanzan, not fighting with the enemy army at this moment, although rest assured, I know that your sons and daughters have worked hard to meet the enemy, and it is still us who rush to the front."

After Zhang Xian led the team, he turned southwest and went down a few miles, and then turned westward, planning to go straight west for six or seven miles, and then this rain and fog was enough to bypass the huge camp.

Walking so many more than ten miles in plain white, it was nothing in the past, but at the moment, it was raining heavily and it was muddy and difficult to walk. These military horses sent by the old breed were all arrogant in the Jingyuan army in the past, and they were both decent and not very hard by the side of the old breed. At the moment, everyone is really complaining. Although he had to follow Zhang Xian because of the strict orders of the old species, he complained more and more.

After walking for a long time, I don't know how long I have walked before I turned to the northwest under Zhang Xian's order. There was a hill barrier in front of me. The shape of this hill is also quite strange, almost from west to east, spreading out horizontally, like a moat. To continue northwest, you must climb over this hill.

Several mink hats who were in turn as spearheads were guarded and immediately rode their horses in front, to occupy a high place first, watch the movement around, and meet the team to overcome. But after these mink hats were all guarded by themselves, they rode their horses from the mud and spent several times more strength to get up to the high place, and suddenly saw that on the opposite side of the rain curtain, there was also a team of sentry agents composed of dozens of knights, and they were also coming immediately

Several of the top soldiers on both sides who rushed to the front almost hit each other face to face. Everyone was stunned. At a glance, Zhang Xian's armor was complete, it was the Great Song Dynasty standard armor, needless to say, it was excellent. That end is also fully armed, although it is also a mixture of iron armor and leather armor, and the blades are also varied, but compared to the chaotic army I saw on the way, it is already much stronger. And in such a rainy weather, they are still patrolling outside, which shows that they are already the only elite in the chaotic army

This is a brief moment, but it is only a blink of an eye. The two sides shouted in unison, and immediately they collided fiercely with each other on the high part of the hill, and the first few enemy sentries fell off their horses, and one of the mink hats and guards also fell into the mud. The rest of the people turned around and shouted to Zhang Xian, who was still under the hills: "Come forward, let's rush and kill for a while, stop them."

At the shouting, these armor soldiers, who were pretending to be sharp soldiers, had already hit their horses and rushed down to the high place, and rushed straight to the enemy brigade that was also desperately facing upwards with dozens of horses

This one showed them, and the rest of the mink hat armor soldiers immediately rushed out after him, desperately kicking the horse's belly, so that the mount quickly rushed to the height. This is not the time to avoid, once the opponent is condescending, it will be impacted. Only these mink hats who were beaten were guarded by themselves, all of them were carefully selected from Xiao Yan's command, and followed Xiao Yan to fight Yanyun, I don't know how many cruel and fierce cavalry battles have been fought, this level of cavalry warfare, but those nationalities who grew up on horseback are not bad. The most correct decision was made in an instant

Behind them, the pro-soldiers under the old breed were a little slower to react. Although they are well-equipped, they are not inferior to mink hats, and even surpass. Mounts are also the best rations to pick. The old pro-army, naturally there are no people who are afraid of death and war. But since the Northern Expedition, the main force of the Jingyuan Army has really not fought any hard battles, and even if it is in the west that day, there has been no major battle with Xixia for several years, and the old breed has a personal guard, what kind of big battle can he get? The old kind is not as perverted as Xiao Yan, who fights from the bottom to the top, and rushes to the front with his own guards when he has nothing to do.

Coupled with these old guards, they are not as good as the armor soldiers from the white soldiers of the Shengjie Army. It can only be said that he can still fight on horses, but he is far from being proficient in the art of riding and fighting. Zhang Xian and the others reacted immediately, and rushed forward in a queue. When they saw the enemy, they subconsciously formed a formation. By the time the old pro-guard general reacted and urged everyone to step forward, Zhang Xian and the others had already rushed to the top of the hills

The more than 50 old guards behind him watched Zhang Xian not shouting, took off the horse lance hanging on the saddle fork, and rushed straight up with the armor soldiers around him without pause. No one shouted and greeted, and the armor behind him had naturally dispersed, with Zhang Xian as the sharp, and disappeared at the end of the hill. The old kind of pro-guard general looked up at the actions of these mink hat soldiers, and suddenly turned around and shouted: "Straight mother thief, give me a hurry up, our Jingyuan army can't give the Caili army a number of what Shenwu Changsheng army to compare to the mother, how did this Xiao Yan bring out such a strong army"

The sound of shouting and fighting resounded on the other side of the hills, but there were few voices showing them. The sound of horses' hooves was chaotic, almost at this moment overshadowing the sound of rain, and the old kind of guards would lead the army up the hill, and they were stunned to see that they had chased them to the bottom of the hill. Along the way, there were corpses of the enemy who had fallen from their horses, and empty horses ran around.

There are still more than half of those dozens of horsemen, and they don't dare to shake those mink hat guards hard, so they turn around and run. Zhang Xian was already gathering his ranks, leaving only two or three horsemen to extend a hundred and ten steps in the direction of the enemy's escape, in case they turned back. This time, except for one person who fell on the top of the hill, there was no loss in half, and in an instant, the enemy's sentry team was scattered

Even the mink hat who fell off his horse at the top of the hill also got up not far from the old pro-guard general at this time, spitting muddy water and scolding: "Straight mother thief, Lao Tzu was beaten down in front of such an opponent, and lost the face of our mink hats."

Take a closer look, it happened suddenly just now, and the two sides fought almost nose to nose. This mink hat armor soldier reacted very quickly, but it was almost too much, rolling the saddle to dodge the iron bones swung by the opponent, and the war horse under the crotch was a little tired, and the hind legs could not support it. Seeing that everyone was about to fall, he simply picked up the stirrups and rolled aside. Those who can ride horses will fall off their horses, and although this mink hat is a little ugly, it is still not hurt in the slightest

Since walking with Zhang Xian, this old family guard, who thinks highly of himself, will be a person who knows the goods, and this encounter suddenly shocked his heart. Even if Xiao Yan's old foundation is composed of the Shengjie Army and the Baiqi Army, because the Great Song Dynasty cavalry is too precious, there are few active battles in the hands of generals at all levels. Most of them cooperate with infantry formations to prevent enemy brigades and cavalry from breaking through, and belong to part of the infantry against cavalry combat system. Even if you ride lightly, you can't go far.

It turns out that the skills of these victorious soldiers and the white soldiers, this old kind of pro-guard general also knows very well. Now I didn't expect that in just half a year under Xiao Yan's command, the combat style of these Great Song cavalry troops has become so fierce and spicy, compared with the Xixia Iron Harrier I had seen before, as well as the cavalry of the Liao brigade, there is a faint tendency to surpass

The old guard general led the team to ride down the hills in such a shock, and when he met Zhang Xian, he wanted to say something to admire, Zhang Xian had already opened his mouth first: "This team of enemies is not weak in heavy rain, and the sentry can still be released, and the advance and retreat are also a bit disciplined, they are going to gather the enemy rangers, not only a little bit, we will immediately take a thing that doesn't matter, all of them will be dropped, and the dry food and horse material will only be enough to eat for one meal, and the bows and arrows will all be thrown away, anyway, it will not be useful." Maybe there will be a series of pursuits below, whether you can break through the enemy's camp or not, it depends on the next few hours."

He turned his head hatefully, looked at the outline of a huge and neat camp that had fallen in the distance in the northeast direction at this time, and snorted: "This camp must be the place where the straight thief's Yelu Dashi is in town, this Yelu Dashi, and a month's work brought him a military horse that can be seen quite well."