Chapter 59: Am I Going to Die?
"What does Master Hou mean?"
Bian Luo stood beside him, watching as the letter was swallowed up by the flames that had been kindled.
"According to the previous plan, if they want to attack the north of the town, I will welcome them at any time." Duan Wangchen let go of his hand, and the little bit of white paper that he was holding between his fingers fell to the ground and turned into ashes.
"Yes."
Bian Luo agreed and retreated.
Luo Jingsheng and Nian Zhaojing waited for several days, but they didn't get a response from Duan Wangchen, and they knew that Duan Wangchen had never taken the conditions they proposed to heart.
"General, since Duan Wuchen doesn't agree to our conditions, then we don't have to wait any longer." Luo Jingsheng stood in front of Nian Zhaojing and said very neatly.
"Bian Luo has always been friendly with Jin Luan in Zhennan, if we force an attack, he will definitely ask Zhennan for reinforcements, if at that time, the 300,000 army in his hand will join forces with the 200,000 army in Jin Luan's hand, we will be defeated very badly."
Nian Zhaojing looked at the sand dunes in front of him, and his brows were raised.
"Since the reinforcements in Jin Luan's hands are their main force, we will cut off this main force first, that is, cut off their back road."
This strategy was conceived by Luo Jingsheng in the past two days.
As soon as Nian Zhaojing heard it, he knew that he had an idea in his heart, "Sir, have you come up with a plan?" ”
"In the past few days, we will first concentrate our forces to make a battle to take Zhenbei City, Duan Wangchen and they will move troops to Jinluan, and then we will divide our troops into two ways, you will take 50,000 troops to deal with Duan Wangchen, and I will take 50,000 troops to intercept Jinluan. You have experience in battlefield combat, and you won't be suspicious when you go to deal with him. Luo Jingsheng took the small flag in his hand and kept gesturing on the sand dunes.
Nian Zhaojing's eyes lit up, he didn't expect Luo Jingsheng to come up with such a plan. At the moment, they are at a disadvantage, but if they can succeed in this plan, then the disadvantage of this battle will turn into an advantage.
"I will fully cooperate with you in the next few days." He took it in one gulp.
"I thank the general for believing me." Luo Jingsheng arched his hand, and his words were full of gratitude.
"Don't dare, the son is so resourceful, if he doesn't enter the court as an official, he will really waste such a piece of good material."
Nian Zhaojing's eyes looked at him, full of appreciation.
"Jing Sheng will not enter the court as an official in this life."
He bowed his head and rejected the kindness of Nian Zhaojing. Since the accident in Xiao Wangfu, he knew that accompanying the king was like accompanying the tiger, and the idea of becoming an official in the court no longer appeared in his mind.
"That's a shame." Nian Zhaojing sighed alone.
Luo Jingsheng leaned over slightly and walked out of his tent. Next, they only need to prepare for the battle wholeheartedly, and the rest must stay out of the way, and they must not be distracted, otherwise they will make a wrong move.
"Senior brother, when are you going to enter the north city of Gongzhen?" Yun Wu was guarding outside the tent, and as soon as he saw him come out, he chased after him, and couldn't wait to ask.
"Tomorrow."
Luo Jingsheng said as he walked forward. Then he stopped again and warned her, "You can't go." ”
"Why can't I go?" She was immediately unconvinced and choked him.
"If I say no, I can't." If she saw Duan Wangchen, she would have to blow up, and he couldn't let her make any trouble.
Yun Wu lowered her head and sulked, but she was silent for a long time before she spoke obediently, "Okay, if you don't let me go, I won't go." ”
"I'm serious." Luo Jingsheng warned her again.
"Hmm!"
She nodded.
After Luo Jingsheng entered the tent, she immediately pulled Yu Feng aside, "You want to help me get a set of clothes for them." She gestured to the soldiers walking around in front of her.
"What are you going to do?"
Yufeng frowned, not quite wanting to help her. Fang Cai Jingsheng had just warned her, but he heard it clearly.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense, I'll let you go." Yun Wu nudged him, very dissatisfied with his rejection of her like this.
"Miss, the battlefield is very dangerous, and when the time comes, he will not have time to take care of you, and I will not be able to make a move." Yufeng still didn't move.
"Okay, you're a windbreaker, aren't you going? Then I'll go myself! With that, she clenched the sword in her hand and strode out.
"I'll go, I'll go." Afraid that she would cause something, Yufeng couldn't help but agree.
Only then did she turn around and smile at him, "It's better for you to treat me." ”
Yu Feng sighed helplessly, "I'll take it outside your tent tonight, you remember to come out and get it." He commanded her, and walked forward, disappearing into the tents.
Yun Wu curled the corners of his eyes and turned into his tent.
In the evening, Yu Feng came to her tent as promised, and handed her a stolen military uniform, "This is the smallest, you may be older in it." ”
"Thank you." When she had finished speaking, she put the curtain down.
Yu Feng grabbed the curtain and asked, "Have you thought of any reason to hide from your son tomorrow?" ”
"If Senior Brother asks me tomorrow, you will say that I am not feeling well." Cloud Dance smiled at him and lowered the curtain.
Yu Feng's hand holding the long sword tightened, and then he glanced at the shadow on the curtain, and walked away from the tent, his face showing a little helplessness.
Over the years, he couldn't remember how much he had done for Yun Wu privately without hiding from Luo Jingsheng. It's no wonder that she would say that day, "You treat me so well, even better than my brother treats me." ”
On the second day, the soldiers in the army who were going to go to the north of the town with the New Year's call and the fall of the mirror were ready. Luo Jingsheng glanced behind him, but he didn't see Yun Wu, he asked Yu Feng, "What about Xiao Wu?" ”
"Miss said that she was not feeling well, so she didn't come out to see off her son." Yu Feng told him what Yun Wu had told him before.
As soon as he heard this, he felt that something was not right, and walked outside Yun Wu's camp in person, "Xiao Wu, are you up?" ”
A weak voice came from inside, "Senior brother, my body is not very well, so I won't get up to see you off, I still want to sleep for a while." ”
After listening, Luo Jingsheng picked up the curtain and walked inside, and saw that she was really lying on the bed, looking weak, so he said: "Then you have a good rest, and I will come back to see you in the evening." ”
She winked at him, "Well, senior brother, you have to be careful. After saying that, "cough, cough, cough..." and coughed a few times.
"Hmm."
Luo Jingsheng nodded, and then turned to leave.
As soon as he went out, Yun Wu got out of bed, already wearing the military uniform that Yu Feng had stolen yesterday, and she took out her military hat from under the bed and put it on her head.
Taking advantage of the fact that Luo Jingsheng was not paying attention, she slipped into the group of soldiers.
Outside the city, there was a horn sound, and Bian Luo ran to Duan Wangchen, "Master Hou, they are here." He was still gasping for breath, and there was a hint of excitement in his words.
"When we come, we will fight." Duan Wangchen sat on the bench and snorted coldly.
"Tell you General Bian to come out to me." Nian Zhaojing sat on the horse, looked up, and did not see Bian Luo's figure.
"How can we see our generals if you want to see them?" One of the young generals guarding the city gate was very arrogant and did not take the New Year's call in his eyes.
"How do you talk?!" The deputy general beside Nian Zhaojing couldn't stand it, and immediately reprimanded him.
The young general wanted to scold again, but Bian Luo walked out from behind him, waved him back, his face changed, and he hurriedly walked back.
"General Nian, long time no see." He stood at the gate and greeted him.
"General Bian, if you can get lost at this moment, put down your military power and follow me back to Chang'an City to confess your guilt to the emperor, I will intercede for you in front of the emperor."
Nian Zhaojing persuaded him, after all, he didn't want to watch him fall like this after so many years in the same dynasty.
"General Nian doesn't need to persuade him, he will be born as Hou Ye's person, and die as Hou Ye's ghost. I have already betrayed the emperor once, and I will never betray the Hou Ye again. ”
In this way, he is still a principled person.
"The general doesn't have to show mercy to his subordinates." At the end, he opened his mouth and said to the New Year.
Nian Zhaojing didn't say anything again, but they were now under the city gate, and the whole army was at a disadvantage, as long as Bian Luo gave an order, countless arrows would rain at them, so they had already suffered heavy losses.
He waved his hand back, and the soldiers behind him stepped back.
Yun Wu was mixed in with those soldiers, the hat on her head was a little heavy, and she always felt that there was a stone on her head when she retreated.
But I couldn't take it off, so I just wore it.
As soon as she raised her eyes and saw Luo Jingsheng sitting on horseback in front of her, her mood improved. Yu Feng followed Luo Jingsheng's side, looking behind him from time to time to make sure that Yun Wu was safe.
Seeing that her small figure was still mixed in with those soldiers, he was also relieved.
The soldiers behind him stepped back, Nian Zhaojing and Luo Jingsheng avoided the crowd, and the soldiers in the front three rows blocked the shields in their hands to the front, forming a copper wall.
Bian Luo stood on the city gate, watched them form a formation, and then gave an order, "Let go!" In an instant, countless arrows were shot from the gates of the city and shot at them.
The soldiers in front crouched down and blocked the sharp arrows they had fired. But the rain of arrows became denser and denser, and Nian Zhaojing knew that even this copper wall was about to be unable to hold it, so he pulled out the long sword on his waist and shouted loudly: "Kill!" The sound resounded in the sky, and the three rows of soldiers immediately rushed forward with their shields, and without this bronze wall, many soldiers who rushed forward were shot by sharp arrows, and fell down one after another.
Luo Jingsheng also pulled out the long sword in his hand, swung his sword to block the sharp arrows that were shooting at them, his skills were very good, and the sharp arrows that came were quickly blocked by him, and he also saved many soldiers who were almost shot by arrows.
His white clothes and blue sleeves floated on the horseback, which was very eye-catching.
Bian Luo noticed him at the beginning, and seeing that his skills were so good at this moment, he took the bow and arrow from the lieutenant behind him, and shot an arrow at Luo Jingsheng, and the arrow had not yet approached him, and had already been cut down by him with his sword.
Bian Luo hooked the corners of his lips, pulled out three more arrows, and shot them at him at the same time, but they were also blocked by him.
"That's interesting." He snorted coldly, Luo Jingsheng provoked his competitiveness, he took out sharp arrows in a row, and only shot at him, Luo Jingsheng knew that someone on the city gate was deliberately targeting him, so he immediately raised his head and looked at Bian Luo, his eyes were full of coldness.
However, after just one glance, he withdrew his eyes and continued to fend off the rain of arrows that fell on them.
Bian Luo slightly hooked the corners of his lips and slowly lowered the hand holding the arrow. If a person is vigilant, then it is very difficult to get him hurt at this time.
He was waiting for an opportunity, a moment that would distract him.
Yun Wu had already drawn her sword and swung it with the soldiers around her to cut away the rain of arrows shooting at them, but there were so many people that she was always squeezed around, and several times she was almost hit by arrows.
Yu Feng was protecting him by Luo Jingsheng's side at the moment, and he saw the arrow shot by Bian Luo just now, and he had to pay attention to the arrow shot in his direction.
His figure had been flashing in front of him, and he had no time to care about her safety.
Yun Wu twisted her brows, retracting the glare from her gaze, she gritted her teeth, and clenched the sword in her hand to protect herself.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, and most of the corpses lying on the ground were the generals in the hands of Nian Zhaojing, but the generals in Bian Luo's hands also suffered a lot of losses.
The soldiers of the Nian Zhaojing Belt were agile, and many of their people had gathered on the city gate, and the two sides were arguing at the city gate.
Bian Luo frowned, and he never let his guard down.
Luo Jingsheng blended in the chaotic crowd, the sword in his hand was stained with a lot of scarlet blood, and all he could smell on the tip of his nose was a hot, greasy smell of blood.
This scene was only felt strongly by Xiao Wangfu back then.
After the two sides had been fighting for so long, Yun Wu was overwhelmed, and the hand holding the long sword became heavier and heavier, only feeling that the thing he was holding in his hand was as heavy as a thousand gold.
A layer of hot sweat was already pouring out of her forehead. But those swords were eyeless, and they wouldn't stop, they just kept stabbing at her.
Suddenly, I don't know who slashed at her head with a sword, she hurriedly dodged to the side, but she still couldn't dodge the sword, and the sword slashed along her hat, splitting her hat in half.
The long hair fell down in an instant, and it was particularly conspicuous in the crowd. The soldiers on both sides who were still fighting around her looked at her, her face was full of anger, and she gritted her teeth to kill the enemy soldiers in front of her one by one.
When the enemy saw that she was so ferocious as a female soldier, they all ran towards her, stabbing her with sharp blades in the cold light, and surrounded her.
Her brows were twisted, but her mouth was bitten so hard that no one screamed.
Yu Feng suddenly remembered Yun Wu, hurriedly turned his head back, and saw that she was surrounded by enemy troops, and suddenly ran towards her, killing the enemy troops surrounding her, and relieving her crisis.
Yun Wu raised his head, his face was already tired, but a smile appeared between his eyebrows. The Wind only glanced at her, then protected her behind him to prevent the others from coming near her.
Luo Jingsheng sensed that something was wrong, and when he turned his head to look, he realized that Yun Wu had been following him, but fortunately, he was protected by Yufeng at this time, so he was a little relieved.
Standing on the city gate, Luo had already noticed that Yun Wu was the guard next to Luo Jingsheng, and at this moment, she was protecting Yun Wu behind her, and her relationship with Luo Jingsheng must be very close.
He raised his bow and arrows again, his eyes fixed on Yun Wu, who was protected by the wind. He could tell that her hand holding the sword was a little weak.
Moreover, Luo Jingsheng is also very attentive to her, otherwise he would not have looked back at her a few times frequently, he was worried about her safety.
Drawing a sharp arrow from the lieutenant general beside him, he set up his bow and aimed at Yun Wu behind Yu Feng. The moment he let go of the arrow, the corners of his lips curled slightly.
At that time, Yu Feng was still struggling to kill the enemy army that had trapped the two of them, and the arrow flew too fast before he could spare his hand, and the arrow had already pierced the back of Cloud Dance's shoulder.
"Hmm..."
There was a muffled grunt of pain from behind her, and Yu Feng hurriedly turned around, a trail of blood oozing from the back of her shoulder, staining her uniform red.
"Miss!" Yu Feng held her up with one hand and shouted.
Luo Jingsheng heard his voice, looked up, and happened to see her blood-stained back shoulder, and those enemy soldiers took advantage of their unpreparedness and hurriedly surrounded her.
He didn't care about anything else, he held on to the sword in his hand and ran towards them while killing the enemy, the sword in his hand was stained with the blood of the enemy, and the blood dripped along his trail.
Behind him, there was a never-ending rain of arrows, which were shot by Bian Luo's orders, and he spared no effort to dodge them.
As soon as he walked in front of Yun Wu, he hurriedly protected Yun Wu in his arms.
Nian Zhaojing roared, "Set up a formation!" And an innumerable number of soldiers stood in front of them, and made a wall of brass with their shields, and kept them from retreating.
More and more blood flowed out of Yun Wu's shoulder, staining the palm of Luo Jingsheng's hand red.
"I said I wouldn't let you come with me, why didn't you listen?" Luo Jingsheng furrowed his brows, and opened his mouth to reprimand her.
She was like this, he looked very distressed, especially when he saw her painful expression, he was even more distressed. It's just that he was most angry that he didn't take good care of her, let her sneak into the soldiers, and seriously injured her.
"Senior brother, I, I don't worry about you..." Although she didn't help much, and became a burden to them, she was a lot more relieved to see him safe and sound at the moment, and it was much better than letting her just stay in the barracks and wait for him to go back.
"Childe, let's go back to the camp first, and let the military doctor in the barracks treat Miss Yun." Yun Wu's face was terrifyingly pale, and Nian Zhaojing was afraid that something would happen to her and she didn't want to spend any more time here.
"General, I'm sorry." Luo Jingsheng saluted him slightly, and immediately hugged Yun Wu and turned over on his horse, and rode back to the camp.
Yu Feng also turned on his horse and chased closely after him.
As the army cleaned up, they quickly retreated, and they lost the battle, but the losses were not heavy, and the casualties on both sides were not much different.
Bian Luo looked at their hurriedly retreating figures, there was no smile on his face, and the city gate was full of corpses, not only the soldiers brought by Nian Zhaojing, but also their own people.
Moreover, the number of casualties was not small, and the losses were heavier than he estimated.
Duan Wangchen walked up to the city gate, looking at the blood-stained city wall, his eyes sank little by little. He didn't expect that such a small battle could kill and wound so many soldiers.
"Master Hou!"
Seeing Duan Wangchen, Bian Luo hurriedly called him.
"In this battle, they didn't suffer much loss." His hands were behind him, staring at the Yan Kingdom battle flag that was constantly moving away.
"It was my mistake." Bian Luo hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"No, you can't blame you for this, blame us for being too underestimating the enemy, thinking that we have an army of 300,000, so we don't take their army of 100,000 in our eyes." Duan Wangchen also knew this very well in his heart.
"Master Hou, should we take advantage of the attrition of their battle today and directly take the opportunity to attack their camp tonight?"
This was the thought that popped into his mind when he shot Cloud Dance.
Hearing this, Duan Wangchen raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on him, "I didn't expect this battle to make you realize." ”
Bian Luo also smiled, he could hear that Duan Wangchen was very satisfied with the idea he came up with.
They did not stand long at the gate, but they went down one after the other. Tonight's raid, they're going to go back and plan well.
This battle should be fast rather than slow, and if it drags on too long, the threat to them will be greater. They can still rely on Emperor Xuanyuan's remaining 500,000 troops, and they only have Jin Luan's 200,000 troops.
Luo Jingsheng's horse was fast, but it was also very bumpy, and he let Yun Wu lean on his arms, and placed a soft pillow on her back shoulder, trying to make her more comfortable and not let her wound tear too much.
"Senior brother, do you think I'm going to die?" On the way back to the camp, her vision became more and more blurred, and the face in front of her became more and more difficult for her to see.
Luo Jingsheng lowered his head to look at her, and a soft light reflected in his eyes, "No, I will definitely let the military doctor heal you." He smiled and comforted her.
"However, I want the hour to stay in this moment..."Although it hurts, her heart is sweet and warm, and she has never felt so strongly.
It was lying in his arms, and I really felt that he was afraid of himself.
"Don't be stupid, who wants to be like this forever." He smiled, very reluctantly, not that he didn't understand the meaning of her words, but that he felt sorry for her.
"I do, I really do—" She wanted to tell him, but she choked back when the words reached her throat.
Because she knew that he still had another woman in his heart.
That woman had never been erased from his heart, and no matter what she did, she would never be erased from his heart in this life.
"Actually, I'm not stupid, I'm really not stupid at all..."She leaned into his arms and muttered softly, tears sliding from the corners of her eyes into his shirt.
Luo Jingsheng retracted his distressed eyes and continued to ride his horse. As soon as he returned to the barracks, he immediately sent someone to call the military doctor in the barracks.
At that time, Yun Wu had already lost too much blood and fainted. Yu Feng stood outside the tent, waiting for Luo Jingsheng to come out and punish him.
If he hadn't secretly taken the clothes to Yun Wu, she wouldn't have been so seriously injured.
In this matter, the fault is all on him.
A military doctor rushed over and went to the camp tent to help Yun Wu treat his wounds. The arrow on her back shoulder pierced too deeply, and when his military doctor pulled out the arrow, a lot of blood flowed out, and Yun Wu, who had fainted in pain, frowned slightly, and layers of cold sweat flowed from her forehead.
By the time the medic had finished treating the wound on her shoulder, it was already night, and Yu Feng had been standing outside the tent all day.