Chapter 212: Heading North
This meal of noodles lasted an afternoon, but it tasted good, but it did not disappoint everyone. As soon as the meal was finished, Li Ke issued a military order to let the army start marching towards the northern grassland, but the marching speed was not fast, in order to be able to do it realistically, he maintained a proper range with the enemy behind him.
In fact, letting Li Ke be the commander of this army was something that Ji Qingchen had no choice but to do.
Because he knew that he was facing the Liguo Iron Cavalry, and he had not been in the Liguo Army for a long time, if he wanted to say that he understood the Liguo Iron Cavalry or Li Ke was deeper than him, he would hand over the command of the troops to Li Ke this time, and another point was that Li Ke's tiger and leopard rode to King's Landing City, which was estimated to be his only armed force that could not be subject to the jurisdiction of Emperor Yan and the Privy Council, so he could not but treat Li Ke carefully.
Therefore, this way was galloped, except for asking where he was, Ji Qingchen almost did not interfere in the march of the horse team, and spent most of his time chatting with Shu'er in the carriage. It's been almost a year since he and Shu'er, and he knows that Shu'er has a lot to say to him, and he himself has a lot to say to Shu'er.
Shu'er, who was sitting in the carriage, asked Ji Qingchen, "Brother Qingchen, does your father really want to punish you when you go south this time?" ”
"Yes!" Ji Qingchen nodded, there has never been a person as bold as him in ancient and modern times, and he commands 400,000 elite cavalry in Northern Liao, and his strength is too strong, even if Emperor Yan wants to pursue it, he can't do it, because his current strength has threatened the imperial power, and with the ambition and ruthlessness of his brothers, they will not let go of their strength being too strong.
"At worst, it is to cut off the prince, deprive the military power, and demote it to a commoner." Ji Qingchen pondered for a while and said, "If it's serious, you may have to be confined in the palace!" ”
sighed, seeing that Shu'er's face showed a look of guilt, and before Shu'er could speak, Ji Qingchen said, "Shu'er, this time it's hurt you, we haven't arrived in Dayan yet?" That's how you're going to be treated, hey! ”
"But don't worry, I won't let you be wronged, this time we just suffered a little, and in the future, I will definitely let you get the glory that does not belong to you in the country." Ji Qingchen said confidently.
Telling the truth of this sentence, his face was full of confidence.
Because of this, he is absolutely able to do it. Because even if Emperor Yan deprived him of his military power first, even if he had only been in the Northern Liao Army for more than a year, his prestige in the Northern Liao Army was very high, and because of his handling of the Beirong land and the high reward, he made his image in the entire Northern Liao Army very high, and he knew that even if someone inherited his position in the future, as long as the favor given to the army was not as much as him, as long as he was asked to pay one day, the Northern Liao Army would still be his, and he would still respond to every call.
"Well, I believe in Brother Qingchen!" Shu'er was very satisfied with Ji Qingchen's promise, even if it couldn't be fulfilled, as long as Qingchen's brother thought so in his heart, she would be very happy, so she leaned her head on Ji Qingchen's shoulder, and then fell asleep deeply.
In this way, the horse team was galloping for two days and two nights, and was about to leave Fengzhou and step into the vast grassland, when suddenly a cavalry of 3,000 people appeared in front of them, which was a fine cavalry from the country.
The distance between the two sides was only ten miles, and if it weren't for the careful scouts of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, it would have been really difficult to find such a fine horseman.
The appearance of this cavalry surprised Ji Qingchen very much, because he found that at this time, the Liguo Iron Cavalry showed their ability to run and track for the first time.
"What should we do?" Li Changzheng was the first to ask, his fighting spirit was high, and he was ready to fight to the death with this cavalry.
"What does Captain Li mean?" Ji Qingchen asked Li Ke, because Li Ke is the leader of this horse team, he can't overstep his authority, this is a distrust of Li Ke.
"We're not the time to play them yet." Li Ke said, "There are only 3,000 of them, but they are blocked in front of us, and we still have such a way forward, so why do we have to follow their road?" Besides, we will delay the time as soon as we engage them, and if we are caught up by the pursuers behind us, our situation will be even more dangerous. ”
"How can I get rid of them?" Huang Taiji asked, his Beirong general, he is most familiar with the grassland war, and he is also very good at cavalry warfare, so he will ask this very essential question.
"We have both disadvantages and advantages against these 3,000 people, the disadvantage is that they have a lot of people and wait for work, and the advantage is that they don't know that we have 600 people, they think that we only have 400 people, and this is the key to our ability to confuse them." Li Ke said this, paused and continued, "Therefore, we can send a team of two hundred people to meet them in front to stabilize them, our brigade can leave immediately, and when the brigade is safe, these two hundred people can take the opportunity to quickly retreat from the battlefield." ”
"It's a lot of danger!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said, this is to feed the tiger with his body, "The tiger and leopard riding can't show up, so you can only choose people in the Xiao riding camp!" ”
"Brother Jiu, let me go!" As soon as Ji Qingchen's words fell, Li Changzheng said that no matter how dangerous the moment was, he was the first person to stand up for Ji Qingchen, and this loyalty and courage were incomparable to anyone. It's just that Ji Qingchen didn't agree to him, but shook his head slightly and said, "If you want to confuse the enemy, it's not enough for you alone, only if this king comes out in person, they will believe it!" ”
"Your Royal Highness, you-" Li Ke also spoke out to dissuade him, he didn't want Ji Qingchen to have an accident, because it was related to Princess Anle's safety.
"Brother Jiu, let me go with Li Changzheng!" Zuo Zongquan immediately asked for his life, how could he retire at such a critical moment? As soon as his voice fell, Huang Taiji on the side also asked for orders and said that he would face three thousand strong enemies with Li Changzheng. It's just that Ji Qingchen has made up his mind at this time, and he will not change his original intention, so he said in a stern tone, "This matter is so decided, don't quarrel, let this king and Huang Taiji go to meet them, Long March, you and Zuo Zongquan stay in the team, remember that no matter what happens, you must ensure the safety of Shu'er." ”
"No!" Seeing that Ji Qingchen had made up his mind, Li Changzheng and Zuo Zongquan, who knew him, no longer quarreled and immediately received the order.
Now that he came up with a countermeasure, Li Ke disbanded the meeting, Li Changzheng went to select two hundred fine horses for Ji Qingchen, and Ji Qingchen returned to Shu'er's carriage and told Shu'er about the three thousand people before he was about to leave the meeting, and Shu'er instinctively wanted to oppose it, but she also knew Ji Qingchen's personality, and knew that the decision he made was difficult to change, so he said a lot of things to let Ji Qingchen pay attention to safety, and personally stepped out of the carriage to watch Ji Qingchen and the two hundred fine horses disappear into the northern sky.
Ten miles away in front of Ji Qingchen's horse team was a white-clothed and white-armored cavalry, numbering three thousand people, and the leading general was a strong man who was just over thirty years old, with a thin face but sharp eyes, he stood on horseback and quietly watched the southern sky, quietly waiting for the arrival of Ji Qingchen's horse team, because the scout had already detected that a horse team was facing him.
He believed that the commander of the horse team facing him must be Ji Qingchen.
Because in his heart, in this world, except for his top boss, only Ji Qingchen dares to have such courage and the courage to break three thousand with two hundred.
However, this does not mean that he will let Ji Qingchen go, because his appreciation of Ji Qingchen is appreciation, but his mission is his mission, these are two different things He can't confuse.
And he also believed that even the Xiao cavalry battalion around Ji Qingchen was strong in combat and could be compared to the tiger and leopard cavalry, but he also felt that his 3,000 men and horses would definitely be able to annihilate Ji Qingchen's 200 elite cavalry.
Since he was able to annihilate Ji Qingchen's two hundred elite horsemen and leave the country with fame, why didn't he do it?
And he thought to himself, and when he had been waiting for nearly half a pillar of incense, he saw the scouts who had been sent coming on horseback, and reported to him that the enemy was already a mile ahead.
He was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Ji Qingchen to come so quickly, which made him a little surprised, but thinking of Ji Qingchen's various legends, thinking of Ji Qingchen's achievements in Dayan, he was also relieved, and immediately issued an order to the three thousand elite horsemen around him to prepare for the battle.
When the 3,000 army heard the order of the commander, they quickly set up an attack formation, and waited quietly for the enemy with high fighting spirit in their eyes.
Because they are also a fine horseman, and they are also a fine horseman, who have been trained the most rigorously and experienced the most brutal battles.
Their combat effectiveness does not belong to the tiger and leopard riders, but they are not as famous as the tiger and leopard riders.
This time they were transferred here from the front line, just for Ji Qingchen, for the honor of leaving the country, because they had already heard about the battle between Ji Qingchen and the cavalry around him in the capital after leaving the country, this is the shame of leaving the country, it is the shame of leaving the country, and now they have to wash away this shame.
And at this time, I saw a black line appear in the southern sky in front of me, this black line became thicker and thicker, and gradually became a team of 200 elite cavalry, this cavalry is like a black torrent, is attacking them, the knights are riding black horses, wearing black armor, holding a horse lance, and wearing a wolf blade at the waist, it is Ji Qingchen's cavalry battalion.
The departing general on the horse saw Ji Qingchen's cavalry battalion, and saw the neat pace and murderous elite cavalry in front of him, even if he was the commander of a large army, he had seen many elite cavalry, but he couldn't help but be moved. Because as a veteran of a hundred battles, he naturally saw at a glance how strong the combat effectiveness of the cavalry in front of him was, and it was definitely the one he had never seen in his life.
At this moment, he put away the contempt he had just had.
The gaze has become deeper!
And there was a solemn look on his face!
Because at this moment, he believed the rumors among the people who were now leaving the country that Ji Qingchen's second Li Qingyi.