Chapter 434: You Go and Deliver the Letter
Xu Kun quickly put on the armor and said, "I don't have the key or anything with me, it's inconvenient to carry it on my body." Tonight's heavy rain, I'm afraid something will happen, you let Huang Ying accompany you, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back at night. ”
"Got it. Beware of yourself. Mrs. Xu took the key and handed him the headband again.
Xu Kun walked to the door, turned around and said, "Are you scared?" ”
Mrs. Xu raised her eyes slightly, raised her lips and shook her head: "Go quickly." ”
Xu Kun said: "If you are afraid, you will ask the servants to guard in the courtyard." ”
"No need. Where are the gentlemen who are not there, let Hu Cong enter the inner courtyard to guard the master's mother. ”
Xu Kun saw that she insisted, so he smiled and left.
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Rainfall in the Northland is scarce and is almost concentrated in the summer.
As soon as this storm came, it was very dark.
Su Shenci was also inexplicably a little uneasy in the Alatan barracks.
Outside the window, the rain poured down, and the rain powder rushed in through the gap in the window, and then the wind rolled up the raindrops, which made a clicking sound on the door panel.
A foreign place is not as reassuring as the Beijing Division, especially in this humble barracks and such bad weather.
"Are you scared?" Lan Mingxian turned his head to look at her beside him.
Su Shenci simply sat up with the quilt, pulled down his hair and said, "I'm not afraid, I just feel a little strange." Maybe it's because I've never been far away. ”
Relying on Qi Mi's influence, her physique has also improved a lot over the past year or so, climbing walls and trees or something, and of course she has learned a few self-defense skills.
After that, she didn't follow them to the palace to practice, but she didn't fall behind in private, otherwise she wouldn't have come over without her own strength.
Lan Mingxian lit the lamp under his cloak, then poured two small glasses of mare's milk wine from the second uncle in the evening, returned to the bed and handed her a glass: "Drink some wine, go back and sleep better." ”
Su Shenci was a little surprised: "You still drink?" ”
She smiled: "I'm not a delicate daughter, let alone drinking, I have also killed cattle and sheep with my own hands." ”
Su Shenci smiled at her frankness and lowered her head to taste the wine.
As soon as she drank it, Lan Mingxian's body stiffened suddenly, and then she quickly picked up the sword placed at the head of the bed!
"What's wrong?!"
"There's the sound of horses' hooves coming this way!" After saying that, she put down her sword and got out of bed, grabbed her clothes: "Hurry up and get dressed!" ”
Su Shenci was coldly choked by the wine in his mouth, but then he also got out of bed and dressed quickly!
Fortunately, for the convenience of riding a horse, she wore clothes that were easy to walk, and when Lan Mingxian stopped and walked to the door, she immediately followed with a dagger.
When I walked under the door and listened for a while, the sound of horses' hooves and fighting behind the sound of the rain was faintly in my ears!
"Someone's raiding?!" She asked, shocked.
"There's nothing strange about it." Lan Mingxian's face was solemn, and he opened the window to look at the rain curtain, "The Tatars like to sneak attack on rainy nights the most.
"Because the sound of rain can drown out the sound of horses' hooves, and the Yin army is obviously not as good at grass warfare as they are, and they are not as well aware of the climate of the Northland as they are.
"But in recent years, with the increase in wars, the Yin army has also gained experience, and basically at this time, they will be prepared.
"Tonight the camp must be heavily guarded, but it seems that we are unlucky, they have chosen this place!"
Su Shenci thought for a moment after hearing this, but knew that the "bad luck" in her mouth was not necessarily all a pot of luck.
When Su Peiying and Lan Zhongting were learning about the situation of the camp before dinner, she had heard that Yan Tang had left behind the 20,000 people stationed there, most of whom were left in the defensive line on the border with Beizhen, and because the camp was in the rear, only about 1,000 people were left.
The Tatars did not choose this place at random, but deliberately came to destroy the supply of grain and grass!
"Shall we go and see?" She said.
If the grain and grass are looted or destroyed, then the feeding of 20,000 people will be a problem, and the Qingshui camp is two days away, and the key is to mobilize.
Even if they don't kill people, then where will 20,000 people starve for three days and have any strength to fight?
At that time, the Wura people will take the road from Beizhen to kill, which is equivalent to cutting off the road between Yantang and Qingshui Ying, and if the Yin army will be attacked on their backs!
Lan Mingxian had this intention, and seeing that she was really not afraid, he led her to the other end of the granary.
Su Shenci's thinking was right, but the situation was not as bad as he thought.
In the open space outside the granary, it was not clear how many people were fighting under the rain curtain, and the more than 1,000 people in the camp should have been dispatched, and even the two generals Lan Zhongting and Pang Yi were also killed, which could basically stop the attack of the incoming enemy.
But it is not known how long this situation will last.
Lan Mingxian hurriedly explained to Su Shenci the sentence "You stay here", and then rushed over with a sword!
Su Shenci also wanted to go, but thinking that he might not have the ability to stop the enemy without dragging them down, he gave up.
She tugged at the corner of her clothes and looked at it for a moment, then pulled her legs and rushed to the granary!
At this time, it is everyone's goal to keep the granary, and she can't carry a gun or a sword, so find a way to set up a base on this side of the granary!
She can shoot arrows! Kung Fu is also passable!
"Where are you going?!"
The voice from the oblique moment stopped her steps, and she shouted at Su Peiying through the rain, "I'll go find a bow and arrow!" Go guard the granary! ”
Su Peiying rushed directly from the rain: "There are people guarding the granary, there are not many more of you!"
"The person who came this time, General Lan, said that there were only a few hundred people, and eighty percent of them had secretly torn a hole in the territory of Beizhen and lurked.
"We definitely won't be able to resist it for too long here, but Ah Tang doesn't know it yet!
"In order to rush for time, you immediately rode and took two soldiers to Kuha to deliver the letter, can you do it?!"
Su Shenci had never seen Su Peiying so eager, so it must not be an exaggeration.
Alatan is more than 100 miles away from the Kuha camp, and if the weather is good, it normally takes one or two hours to ride a horse.
At this moment, the rainy night, the time is naturally long, and she must not be able to bring many people in order to catch up with the speed, so it is difficult to predict what will happen on the road, it is possible that the 20,000 soldiers and horses on the border did not make much mistakes, and only put in so many hundreds of people, or it is possible that they are lost, and the people who come are still elsewhere!
She grabbed the placket and gritted her teeth for a long time, and finally nodded: "I will do it no matter what!" ”
Su Peiying saw her nodding before letting go of her hand.
She asked, "What about my brother!" ”
Su Peiying looked in front of her: "I'm Qincha, I have to stay!" ”
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After hundreds of miles of heavy rain, Yan Tang led the generals to inspect the camps twice, and then the group returned to the camp and found a grass hut to sit down and drink tea.