Chapter 263
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Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment, beat a drum in his heart, and then nodded and said, "The subordinates obey the order." γLatest chapter reading. After that, seeing that the master was fine, he quietly withdrew.
The envelope had already been sealed, and of course he did not dare to open it at will. While walking, I thought about it, and it was said that the royal family intended to marry Yanbei, wouldn't it be true? If this is the case, then in the future, will this Huai Song be surnamed Nalan or Yan? Could it be that the Taiping King's assassination a few days ago was really successful?
The minds of those big people are certainly not something that people like him can guess at will. Jiang Wu thought about it for a while, but he didn't think about it anymore, he was attracted by the smell of the kitchen, and ran to be lazy.
Xuan Mo sat in the study, leaning on the back of the Nanmu chair engraved with the Nine Dragons pattern, and slowly closed his eyes.
The news of Yanbei and Huaisong's harmony soon spread throughout the land of Simon. In this eventful time, it was clear that this marriage had formed an alliance between the two countries. Soon, Chen Bing Huang Fuhai, the Huai Song Navy, looked at Daxia and made a posture that he would advance and retreat with Yanbei at any time.
That night, the entire Bai Zhi was still immersed in a cold dead silence, since the Yanbei Army took over this pass, there was no longer any prosperity here.
At the second watch, a group of troops wearing black camouflage uniforms and oil paint on their faces slowly appeared under the pass.
Chu Qiao stood in the center of the team and once again reiterated the rules of this operation.
First, indiscriminate sniping, giving the cleanest sniping to anyone who might pose a threat or raise the alarm.
Second, the first team created chaos in the city, and the second team drove the horses to the northeast, causing panic among the defenders in the city and creating the illusion of a large-scale Xia attack.
Third, the rest of the people were waiting outside the city, ready to meet their companions and take advantage of the chaos.
Time passed minute by minute, and the moment the drum of the third watch was beaten, He Qi led the members of the first team, like a group of ghosts, to quickly rush towards the Baizhi Pass.
At the same time, the second team also set off and headed for the horse team that had been prepared to the northeast.
In the darkness, He Qi led the elite soldiers of the Xiuli Army to crawl forward, and soon disappeared from sight. Chu Qiao waited in the dense forest with a few guards, she sat quietly, repeatedly deliberating the overall plan in her mind, looking for flaws and loopholes.
Once, twice, three times.
Well, no problem. She took a deep breath and waited silently for a response.
About half an hour later, there was a sudden earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves in the northeast, and the horse's hooves were like thunder, mixed with the angry shouts of the soldiers. The moon in the sky was obscured by the smoke and dust raised by the branches tied to the horse's tail, and at first glance it looked like hundreds of thousands of people were roaring towards it. The city of Bai Zhiguan was in an uproar, and everyone's attention was attracted to the northeast.
Soon, the city gate northeast of Baizhi Pass opened, and the two teams of scouts quietly rushed out, but before they could get closer, the Xiuli army guarding outside the city gate had already quickly killed them.
After another half an hour, the city was ablaze. Chu Qiao suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "It's time, go!" β
On the bank of the Chishui River, the pontoon boat that had been prepared for a long time was pushed onto the water, and Chu Qiao took a group of subordinates on a raft and went at full speed along the waterway in the direction of Bian Tang.
The Yanbei Army was composed entirely of cavalry and heavy armor, and there was no half of the naval army. Hastily indirectly managing Baizhi Pass, it will definitely not be able to completely defend such a vast water, coupled with the fact that there are enemies attacking inside and outside, at this moment, this Chishui waterway is the best passage to Bian Tang.
However, after walking less than a stick of incense, I suddenly heard the murmuring of water in front of me. Chu Qiao grabbed the strong bow and filled it in an instant, only to hear a whoosh, and a miserable scream immediately sounded in the darkness. Immediately after, hundreds of torches were lit up, and about 500 warships appeared in the dark night.
There was a series of sharp sounds, and dozens of spears stabbed from all directions. A Yanbei officer stood at the bow of the ship, holding a knife and shouting: "Death to the traitor!" β
Dozens of rows of sharp arrows were wound, and Sen Ran's arrows were aimed at Chu Qiao and the others. The officer swung his sword sharply, and the soldiers pulled the trigger of the crossbow machine, and rows of bows and arrows burst in.
"Jump!" He Xiao suddenly roared, and in the next second, the Xiuli army collectively jumped into the vast red water, the crossbow arrows crackled, densely stuck on those small boats and floating boats, but there was no trace of blood.
"Commander, they jumped into the river!" Someone was yelling.
But soon, some soldiers shouted: "General! The boat is leaking! β
Immediately after, countless voices came and went, many of the ship's bilges were smashed, and the river roared in. In the blink of an eye, three small ships sank. Those Yanbei warriors who didn't know how to water struggled in the river with driftwood, and the terrible screams echoed on the surface of the river, the torches crackled, and there was chaos in all directions.
"They're down there!"
The general was furious and shouted: "Stone machine, spear, smash them!" them! β
"General, no, there are still our people in the river."
"Get out!"
The soldier was angrily reprimanded and wanted to shout, but was pulled aside by his colleagues, and the man said indignantly: "But Your Majesty said that he would be caught alive!" β
Others hurriedly said, "Alive? The dead may not be caught, but the still alive? β
Torches reflect the sky, and boulders are emptied.
The general shouted angrily, his subordinates quickly loaded the stone machine, and rows of spearmen also ran forward. In the next second, only the rumbling sound resounded in the ears, and the boulders smashed into the water, and the spears were like a rain of arrows, sharply inserted into the red water, and the river was suddenly flooded with waves of red mist, and the blood rolled like red clouds.
The attacks were round after round, and gradually, the river calmed down, and the rafts of Chu Qiao and the others were all smashed. The fragments of nearly a thousand rafts formed a pontoon bridge on the water, which poured under the Yanbei warship and piled up layer by layer.
The shouting and killing gradually stopped, and the Yanbei soldiers who hastily formed a naval army looked at the calm river surface suspiciously, and frowned: "Are they all dead?" Why don't you float up? β
"Look!"
I don't know who suddenly shouted, everyone followed the voice, and saw that behind them, on the river in the distance, countless heads were floating densely. I saw that those people took off their shirts while floating on the water, and several people gathered together, and after a while, everyone floated up, followed the current, and quickly left.
The general's eyes widened in astonishment, and he asked angrily, "What is that?" β
The well-informed veteran wondered, "It seems to be a sheepskin raft." β
"Chase!"
"General, those broken logs are blocking the way, and the ship can't go for the time being."
The general froze in place, he didn't expect that he would have such an advantage, and finally let those people go away under his nose. Nearly 60,000 sailors of the Yanbei Army stood on the huge warship, watching the figures of those people gradually disappear into the thick night, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
After meeting with He Qi and the others, Chu Qiao counted the number of people and found that more than 3,000 people died in the battle just now, of which 2,000 died under Yanbei's stone machine and spear.
However, at such a price, it is already an unimaginable victory for all the staff to pass the Bai Zhi Pass. But that's not the end of it. Although they left Baizhi Pass, they also managed to attract the attention of the Yanbei Army, and a large area of territory behind Baizhi Pass was still under the control of the Yanbei Army.
Chu Qiao made a decision and led the army into the mountains and forests. Two days later, the enemy encountered the first blockade, and within three days the two sides engaged more than 20 times, most of which ended in the victory of the Xiuli army. After all, compared to the Yanbei Army, which is good at cavalry combat, the Xiuli Army is better at field combat and close sniping. Under Chu Qiao's leadership, their team fought and ran at the same time, quickly approaching the area under the jurisdiction of the Bian Tang orthodox royal family.
However, just when they were about to leave the mountains and forests and enter the realm of Hanshui, Yanbei suddenly set fire to the mountains. The fire burned for four days in a row, spreading throughout the Qiutang Mountains, and the Zhuangzi of the people in many mountainous areas were affected, with countless casualties.
Chu Qiao had no choice but to take the army out of the mountain in advance. Because the mountains and forests were on fire, they lost their path, and when they came out, they deviated from the road for more than 300 miles. Although there were veterans of the wolf army who were familiar with the terrain, they still met the Yanbei army again in the early morning of the next day.
In the battle of Likangyuan, both sides suffered heavy casualties, Chu Qiao led 3,000 elite soldiers to attack the enemy camp, and the commander of the enemy army was unfortunately hit by a stray arrow in the battle, and his life and death were uncertain. However, the Yanbei Army deserved to be the first-class iron army on the mainland, and even when the commander was injured, it still did not mess up, and fought and retreated, and the resistance was very tenacious.
The mobility of the large army was poor, but fortunately they captured a large number of horses in several battles. After the first battle of Likangyuan, Chu Qiao divided the army into ten small detachments, each team of 4,000 people, each team was less than two miles apart, in a fan-shaped way, towards Hanshui Pass.
However, as soon as he walked to Nanli County, Chu Qiao suddenly fell ill. In fact, as early as five days ago, she noticed that she was unwell, not to mention abdominal pain, but also hot, dizzy and retching, and weak hands and feet. It was only because of the urgency of the war that she barely managed to hold on with tenacious perseverance. But now, temporarily freed from the pursuit of the Yanbei army, her spirit has become more and more weak. Ignoring her opposition, He Xiao placed his subordinates outside the city and led her into Nanli City.
Although Bian Tang launched a civil war and Yanbei also passed through this place, the degree of domestic destruction was far less tragic than that of Great Xia. Some of the larger cities have maintained their original prosperity, with little impact except for some high prices due to the impact of the war.
He Xiao sent someone out to find a doctor, but Chu Qiao, who was originally drowsy, couldn't sleep at the moment, she lay on the clean bed, quietly looking at the curtain in a daze, her thoughts were like floating clouds in the sky, drifting for a long time.
When the Yanbei soldiers were chasing and killing them, they kept calling traitors, so that means that they knew her identity. Indeed, with Yan Xun's wisdom, he should have guessed that at this time, the only one who could risk death to break through was her, the beautiful king of Li Ceqin.
That is to say, Yan Xun is murderous to her.
That's right, now that Yan Xun and Princess Jing'an have formed an alliance, she wants to lead troops to help Li Xiuyi. As the leader of Bai Zhi Pass, he naturally wants to help his allies intercept her at the pass, there is no father and son on the battlefield, let alone them?
She understands this.
Yan Xun, he is becoming more and more powerful as an overlord, he is decisive and resolute, bold and careful, and his methods are amazing. Now he is no longer the child who cowered in the Shengjin Palace more than ten years ago, and he doesn't have to look at anyone's face anymore.
The doctor soon came, and He Xiao stood behind the doctor, nervously watching the doctor check her pulse.
The white-bearded old doctor pondered for a long time, and suddenly said with a smile: "Congratulations to this father-in-law, your wife is happy." β
He Xiao was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red, and he hurriedly said to the doctor: "Don't talk nonsense, this is my wife, I'm just a guard." β
When the doctor heard this, he quickly apologized, and said with a smile that seeing that he was so nervous, he mistook him for the child's father, and hoped to forgive him.
He Xiao and the doctor were talking back and forth on the side, but Chu Qiao was stunned, as if someone had slashed the bone marrow, she opened her mouth slightly, and couldn't say a word for a long time.
What did he say? Bun in the oven? She is expecting?
Just look at the refreshing one