Volume 1 The Wind and Cloud of the Northern Plains Chapter 8 Rushing to the Aid on a Rainy Night
Although the rain was heavy, Zhou Zhe could see Wang Rui's excitement, that kind of look, except for madmen, there were only militants. Wang Rui is in between at the moment. It wasn't until the rain gradually became lighter that Zhou Zhe asked
"Wang Rui, you seem to be very excited?
"Hehe, that's different, it's Chen Dashuai who is rushing to the aid this time, the real chief general of Longquan Pass, and one of the pillars of Quan Dasheng. Wang Rui has no usual coldness and pride at the moment.
"Rush to help Chen Dashuai?" Qu Hui told you personally?" Zhou Zhe wondered.
"Of course, it's just that the whereabouts of the handsome are inconvenient to reveal in person, so I'll only tell you. Wang Rui said mysteriously. After hearing this, Zhou Zhe suddenly felt an ominous premonition, slowed down his horse speed and began to think, his premonition was not a sixth sense, but the product of long-term logical reasoning. The wolf riders hid their whereabouts and headed south from the mountain passes. And Chen Dashuai should be sitting in Longquan Pass at this moment, how could he be in danger. There must be some reason why Chen Dashuai has to get out of the customs. And perhaps, this is the reason why the wolf rider is hiding his whereabouts. If all of the above is true, then the only possibility that can be drawn is that Chen Dashuai must have brought the bargaining chips that can win or enough troops. It is possible to explain it, but what is the meaning of the rush? Sudden heavy rain? Then Zhou Zhe subconsciously asked:
"How many people did Chen Dashuai bring in Guannan?"
"5,000 heavy rides, set off at noon yesterday. If it is at a normal speed, it should be 60 miles away. Wang Rui replied without thinking, and then added:
"The rest of the hussar regiments were in all directions. After hearing this, Zhou Zhe began to be silent again, the cavalry was exhausted, and the number of wolf riders who could go south was always limited, and he had an advantage in troops. But now there is a sudden heavy rain. Thinking of this, Zhou Zhe felt that he was thinking too much, if this kind of heavy rain was man-made, what a terrible force it was, and this kind of heavy rain heavy cavalry lay directly on its stomach, and the light cavalry almost no longer had the ability to ride and shoot. The trend of strength and weakness reversed in an instant. Zhou Zhe read in fragments: "The reason why Chen Shuai had to go was reversed in an instant. "I sighed in my heart after repeating it a few times, if it is all true, even if it is impossible, it is the answer, this is a trap, and the purpose is Chen Shuai. But can people really control such heavy rain? If it is a modern day with cloudy summer weather, there may be a way, but here, there is something strange.
"Wang Rui, is it rainy in Longquanguan at this time?" Zhou Zhe's way to get the answer could only be guessing.
"Not much, it's generally autumn, the weather is dry and dry, and we have to be careful about the water, this ghost weather. Wang Rui didn't ask much except to answer Zhou Zhe's words, he could see that Zhou Zhe was thinking about it. After saying this, Zhou Zhe laughed, as if he had discovered a very interesting thing, and then said it half-jokingly
"Wang Rui, how about we make a bet?" Wang Rui was confused
"How to bet?"
"Just bet on all your military achievements in this war, I guess Chen Dashuai must have all the weapons there, and the bows and crossbows are well kept, believe it or not. โ
"Bet on it, you lose and wash my clothes for a month. Wang Rui looked like he was winning.
"Bet on what, bet on what, count me in. Liu Dabeard probably heard the key words, and immediately turned on the engine and came over. Wang Rui said to him again, and Liu Dabeard stretched out his hand and said with a grin:
"Count me in, I'll bet on this military exploit, plus, plus a month's worth of silver. If you lose, you can help me wash for a month and a half. โ
"Okay! deal! hahaha!" Zhou Zhe said with a hearty smile. Although the team of more than 1,000 people marched in the night rain, it also succeeded in meeting with Chen Yuanhou's troops 30 miles away at dawn. After the identity was reported, he was temporarily resettled in the camp. Liu Dabeard, who had walked in the camp for a while, asked Zhou Zhe with some distress and curiosity:
Although the team of more than 1,000 people of this heavy cavalry battalion marched in the night rain, at dawn they also succeeded in meeting with Chen Yuanhou's troops 30 miles away. Temporarily after the identity is reported
Placed in the camp. Liu Dabeard, who had walked in the camp for a while, asked Zhou Zhe with some distress and curiosity:
"Brother Zhou, God! This group of heavy cavalry battalions is not only equipped with weapons, but also has brought pots, I really don't know if they are here to fight or to go on an outing. Brother Zhou, how did you guess that they were so well prepared?" Wang Rui also pricked up his ears to listen.
"Under normal circumstances, the commander of the guard must not go lightly, unless there is a reason to go, this time the wolf rider hides his whereabouts and goes south, it is estimated that he may go to that reason, and the marshal is well prepared, and the light horses are densely packed around, this heavy rain comes strangely, and once the heavy rain comes, the trend of advantages and disadvantages is reversed, and I have to suspect that this is the purpose of the half-orc's strategy is the marshal. And I think that Longquanguan has a strong dispatch, and it is not mediocre to do it, and the marshal must be able to see through these and make all preparations. Zhou Zhe said, and the two people next to him almost dropped their jaws in shock. Wang Rui said hesitantly:
"When I went to the Shuai tent to report just now, Chen Shuai ordered me to wait for an hour to repair, and when it was dawn, I would go to the southeast to meet the light cavalry of General Qi Lu's headquarters, and send a message to the south to meet the princess's line. The reason you mentioned is probably that the princess went north. Zhou Zhe verified the conjecture in his heart, everything is not surprising, maybe the way of war will change, but the principle of either/or will not change. It's just curious why Chen Yuanhou didn't stay with them and had the confidence to fight against the wolf rider in this contrarian trend. Zhou Zhe looked at the barracks of the heavily armored cavalry around him, operating in an orderly manner, and thought silently. The two did not bother, but each arranged for more than 1,000 people to rest and eat.
"Brother Zhou, I'm cold. Lin Xiaoer didn't know when he had come to Zhou Zhe's side. Zhou Zhe looked at Lin Xiaoer's strange outfit, he wanted to laugh but didn't laugh, the two big heart goggles were simply hung with ropes one after the other, and he had a big helmet on his head, but he was still wearing old clothes found in Lin Village. But wet and wet.
"Go and bake the fire, and when you're full, it won't be cold. Zhou Zhe simply comforted two sentences.
"Well, I see, the grandsons of the heavy cavalry camp are so happy, so thickly dressed, and wearing heavy armor, I really don't know how the horses can be carried. Lin Xiaoer looked a little envious, jealous and hateful.
"Hey, then you don't know, the horses in the heavy cavalry camp are different from our light cavalry battalion, they are called dragon horses, and they are all of different species. Liu Dabeard came back and said. The group rested around the campfire, roasting dry food.
"Ryoma?" Zhou Zhe was curious, got up and looked at the slightly taller horses from a distance.
"It's called Dragon Horse, and the horse we ride is not a string, Dragon Horse is more powerful than the horse we ride, but the durability is not good, they can ride 80 miles a day in heavy armor is already the limit, and it is not durable, but the short-distance sprint ability is above the wolf ride. The training is also different from us, they mainly charge the formation, and we mainly ride and shoot. Then the knife that the armored wolf rode could only cut almost half, but there were not many of them, and Ryoma could eat it. "The advantage of a chatter is that no matter whether it is important or not, but it is better in detail, Liu Dabeard said a lot, Zhou Zhe can figure out the joints, this kind of army is too dependent on logistics, a dragon horse eats the top 3 ordinary horses, and the armor of heavy armor is as much as possible than light cavalry, so the mobile force of the huge Longquan Pass is more dependent on light cavalry, and heavy cavalry will only play a decisive role in the confrontation between the main forces of the two armies. Zhou Zhe, who was listening and thinking at the same time, was very quiet.
"Although the monthly money of the heavy riding camp is high, the selection is also harsh, but the light cavalry camp can go to Beiyuan for spring training in spring and summer, and you can get a lot of benefits. They can only get along with the haystack in front of the pass, haha!" Liu Dabeard said, and the sergeants on the side laughed together.
"But it's not! The treatment is really good, it's not winter yet, the winter clothes are all on, I just saw the baby in our village before, the winter coat and gloves, it's almost a wool bib. A sergeant said with a little sourness. When Zhou Zhe heard this, he just thought that it was because the various arms were sour to each other before, and then looked at the heavy cavalry who did not cause the surrounding dismount patrol, and their bodies were wrapped like zongzi. I was chuckled.
"No, it's not cold enough to stretch out your hand. "If I feel it carefully, the temperature is already much colder than when it rained just now, and I have a half-sure doubt in my heart, are you ready to be so cold that the ground freezes? Ice slag and dirt and turf are mixed together, and the advantage is back? Can people really control the weather? Although they don't want to believe it, this fact has to be accepted in front of them, just as people here may not believe that there is a bomb that can blow up the whole city. And the other doubt is that the previous inference has almost been confirmed, the princess went north, Chen Shuai went out of the pass to respond, and the wolf rode to hear the wind, many people in Longquan Pass didn't even know the news of the princess going north, and the half-orcs seemed to have known that they would be so calmly arranged, and Chen Dashuai seemed to use a trick to calculate, which seems to have too many puzzles, just like two people playing cards on the table, the legs below have been kicking each other for half an hour, and the third or even the fourth person is either explicitly or secretly pushing the flames and onlookers. And Zhou Zhe was fortunate to be able to see the kicking scene and participate in it, he didn't want to be so complicated now, since Wang Rui gave him trust and respect, what he needed was to bring these people out, and bring them back, it would be better to be able to make meritorious contributions, and if he couldn't do it, it would be fine. In the end, Zhou Zhe had to sigh deeply and sighed:
"Soldiers!
The rest time was always short and hurried, and after dawn the light horsemen of more than 1,000 people set off for the southeast with a hula and a cheer. By the time I walked, a thin layer of ice ballast had begun to appear on the ground. At the same time, on the way they marched, Qi Lu and the soldiers of the princess Xingyuan met, but the situation was a little complicated. Because it was a night march, the vision was unclear, and it was necessary to avoid the scouts of the wolf riders all the way, so it constantly changed the direction of the march, and the princess who was originally scheduled to go northeast to Li Bing and Li Hao's main force of movement, but went to the direction of the west, that is, where the Qilu station was located, fortunately, at dawn, with the bright starlight, he got in touch with the anxious Qilu Department all night, and finally successfully met the division, but one was camping through a night of wind and rain, and the bowstring had to be soaked in two thousand Qilu cattle each, a total of four thousand soup chickens, and the other was a night of exhaustion in the rain and night travel, and the same exhausted and demoralized forbidden cavalryใ The team of more than 9,000 people could only eat dry food soaked in the rain on the morning of the meeting, which was almost different from the situation of the heavy cavalry battalion and Wang Rui's more than 1,000 people.
Although Li Jiuyang, who was decisive in killing, understood that his number of people had increased, he knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time when he looked at the horseshoe prints and ruts behind the cavalry, and when he was having breakfast with his division, he ordered his forbidden army commanders Wang Yun and Qi Lu and cattle to form a temporary "combat headquarters". In the end, it was decided that Qi Lu and the ox would guard the flank, and they did not stay long in the land of the meeting before hurrying north. Not long after they left, a wolf-ridden scout set foot on the spot where they were staying. The news soon reached Monger, and without hesitation, the army immediately pursued him. He even personally led more than 2,000 wolf horsemen of the royal tent to guard the pro-army as the vanguard of 20,000 wolf horsemen, and galloped in the direction of the princess. Different from ordinary wolf riders, the royal tent soldiers have a very eye-catching symbol, the necklace of bone fingers around their necks, and the red feathers on their heads. Like a line of fire burning towards the grassland in the early morning sun.
"Report, ten miles after the team, the wolf rode the wolf horse, and the wolf rode the pro-army, the number is unknown. When the scout was a little panicked and brought the news to the princess Xingyuan coalition army, it was already close to noon, at this time the people were sleepy and demoralized, and behind them were the wolf cavalry Praetorian Guard, no army dared to underestimate this army, what was even more terrifying was that the number was unknown, and the unknown number of enemies was even more terrifying, and the scout's panic could see their state of mind at this time.
"Don't worry about me, the generals just need to transfer their troops, even if I die here today, don't fall into my great military might. Li Jiuyang didn't interfere too much, more so
For the sake of the overall situation, let the generals let go of their hands and feet. The three generals didn't say much, looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Wang Yun was the first to speak:
"For now, we can only rely on the defense of the King Kong Formation on the carriage to delay. โ
"God doesn't help me, the heavy rain of the night can only be pinned on for a moment now. Qi Lu was a little disappointed.
"Why don't I take my light horse up and entangle them, fight to the death, and you wait for the princess to go first." The handsome's heavy cavalry should be just to the north. The scalper advocates giving up the car to protect the handsome, and he is not afraid of life and death.
"General Huang is loyal and courageous, and the palace is in his heart, but the generals. Although at the moment of crisis, Li Jiuyang still did not panic anymore, but continued after a more calm pause:
"Chen Shuai has been guarding Longquan Pass for many years, but has he ever been defeated? Even if he falls behind, when has he never caught up? This time the palace is in charge, and it is here that the enemy fights. Spread my word to all the army. Seeing that the generals were hit by a series of bad news and lost their confidence, Li Jiuyang could only make a decision in person.
The three generals agreed in unison and began to arrange the military formation to cheer up the sergeants. Ten miles away, not far away, Monge and the Praetorian Guards soon arrived in front of the coalition forces that were already waiting in formation. did not charge directly into the formation, but began to calmly arrange the military formation, which was seen by the coalition forces from afar and felt more pressure. Then Munger began to command the army formation to start a tentative charge, each time only omitting a piece from a certain flank, making full use of the mobility of the few people and the strong combat ability of the individual soldiers of the Praetorian Guard to attack the opponent, this hand was very effective, the coalition cavalry was miserable, every time they saw the flank being scattered, they did not dare to blindly pursue to prevent their own army formation from being messed up. The veteran generals commanded by the Chinese army can only command safely.
"It seems that Kitahara Flying General Meng Ge personally led the team. Qi Lu finally found the black big in the red line in the formation.
"It's Monger, but it doesn't seem to be the same way he plays, it seems to be testing something. The scalper wondered.
"He should be looking for the location of the Vajra Formation. With my third-order spiritual power, I can feel the spiritual power fluctuations of the Vajra Array, it is impossible for him not to feel it, but a few times the flank direction has almost drawn a circle, I don't understand the military array, Wang Yun, what do you think, you are the only one who is proficient in the military array and spiritual power here. Li Jiuyang asked.
"It should be, the King Kong Array is not broken, we at least rely on the number of people, and the strength of a battle, if it is broken, with the ordinary armor of the soldiers, it is estimated that the casualties will be very heavy. "Wang Yun has some
The praying man looked back at one of the carriages that had set up the Vajra Array. Although the other two carriages were suspicious tactics, they could not deceive Monge, who was also a spiritual cultivator.