Chapter 935: Encounter
Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 inforeadx;? Hearing Shangguan Xiu mention last night's incident, Yuan Qianshan immediately remembered the group of assassins last night, she shuddered with palpitations, and felt that walking with the eldest grandson Feifeng might not be a good thing, and if she didn't get it, she would lose her life because of it.
The eldest grandson Feifeng didn't hear what Shangguan Xiu said clearly, but looking at Yuan Qianshan's expression, he also guessed probably,
She smiled slightly and said, "Today, the elders of Lingxiao Palace will rush to Beiyuan, and there will be no more accidents in the next journey, so don't worry, just worry,"
Yuan Qianshan was overjoyed when she heard this, and smiled at Shangguan Xiu: "Ah Yue, let's go to Qianlong City with the county lord,"
The eldest grandson Feifeng invited again and again, and Shangguan Xiu was not good at refusing strongly, he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "Whatever you want,"
Qianshan Qianxue looked at him with such a reluctant look, and he was angry, and Qianshan asked: "Going with our young palace master, are you still wronged?"
"Don't dare," just don't dare, not to say no,
Qianshan's face turned red with anger, and the eldest grandson Feifeng groaned dissatisfiedly, and said to Shangguan Xiu: "These two maids of mine are spoiled by me on weekdays, and there are rudeness, and I hope that Shangguan Gongzi will not take it to heart,"
"The county lord is serious," Shangguan Xiu said indifferently,
Shangguan Xiu and Yuan Qianshan didn't stay in the room of the eldest grandson Feifeng, and after the two of them left, Qianshan and Qianxue glanced at each other and asked cautiously, "The young palace master just let him go,"
"Otherwise," Eldest Sun Feifeng asked with a light smile, "Prepare warm water, I want to cleanse myself,"
Qianxue responded and walked out quickly, while Qianshan knelt beside her, medicating the wound on the shoulder of the eldest grandson Feifeng, she said indignantly: "This Shangguan Yue, full of lies, last night he clearly said that there was only one antidote pill, but today he made another one, and, he ...... just now" Halfway through the words, seeing the eldest grandson Feifeng looking at herself, she hurriedly swallowed the words back into her stomach,
"Anyway, he detoxified me and saved my life, do you want me to take revenge and kill him?"
"Even if the young palace master doesn't kill him, he should be sent away, how can he still keep him by his side and let him walk with us,"
"This person is not simple," Eldest Sun Feifeng pondered for a while, and then slowly spit out this sentence, "If he is a friend, keeping him by his side will benefit us and do no harm, if he is an enemy, at least put him under his nose, so that he can monitor his every move," After speaking, Eldest Sun Feifeng sighed tiredly and asked, "Have you found out the identity of the assassin?"
Qianshan shook his head and said, "There are no clues on the assassins, each assassin has poisonous fangs hidden in their mouths, it seems that they are all dead soldiers, judging from the slaves and maids, nine times out of ten they came from the Wind Country,"
The eldest grandson Feifeng said quietly: "When they assassinated me, although they were under the banner of the Wind Country, they may not be the wind people, perhaps, he was right, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, even if they are blood relatives of the same clan, in front of fame and fortune, they can do everything, maybe, I really shouldn't have gone into this troubled water this time," After speaking, she sighed and slowly closed her eyes,
At noon that day, the people of Lingxiao Palace rushed to the barracks, the assassination of the young palace master was not a trivial matter, and there were more than 100 people in the Lingxiao Palace gang who rushed over this time, including three elders, four Dharma protectors, and the rest of the people, who were also the elite of Lingxiao Palace.
After another day of rest in Beiyuan, the next morning, the eldest grandson Feifeng took the people of Lingxiao Palace, as well as Shangguan Xiu and Yuan Qianshan, and set off north.
Leaving the central part of Ningnan, the further north you go, the more intense the atmosphere of war becomes, not only the cities and towns are heavily guarded, but even the official roads between the cities have set up many checkpoints to search for pedestrians.
Shangguan Xiu followed the eldest grandson Feifeng together, the only convenience was that he didn't have to be investigated, knowing that this was the team of Lingxiao Palace, and the county lord Sun Feifeng was still among them, Ning Nanjun didn't even ask, and immediately let him go,
Mingshui County, the northern county of Ningnan, it does not border the country of wind, but the location is crucial, it is the transportation hub of the north of Ningnan,
The Feng army crossed the border between the two countries, and if it wanted to go south, it needed to open up Mingshui County, and Ningnan's garrison in Duji also needed to pass through Mingshui County if it wanted to retreat to the mainland.
If the Ningnan army controls Mingshui County, it can put the Feng army in the north, and if the Feng army controls Mingshui County, not only can the army go south at any time, but also cut off the return route of Ningnan's garrison in Duji.
At present, the Ningnan Army has five corps in Mingshui County, namely the third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and ninth armies, and correspondingly, the Feng Army attacked Mingshui County with five corps, namely the second, third, fourth, seventh, and eighth armies.
The commander of the Ningnan Army is the right general Liao Ye, and the commander of the Feng Army is the rear general Wei Chi Zhen.
Qianlong City, as the county seat of Mingshui County, naturally became the focus of contention between the two armies, and it was also the key to the victory or defeat of the Mingshui Campaign.
The wind army pressed the border, the Ningnan army defended the county seat, and the reinforcements behind continued to pour into Qianlong City, saying that there were five legions stationed in Mingshui County, in fact, the total strength of the Ningnan army in Mingshui County has far exceeded 500,000, including many people in the rivers and lakes who were called by Lingxiao Palace to participate in the war.
The closer to Mingshui County, the more you can feel the breath of the war, the fleeing people who drag their families can be seen everywhere, people go to empty villages and towns abound, at present, Shangguan Xiu walked to Leping County with the eldest Sun Feifeng and his party, after Leping, it is Mingshui,
On this day, they were walking forward, and two Lingxiao Palace disciples rode fast horses in front of them to report, "Young Palace Master, Dongzhi and Yushan Second Town are being attacked by the Wind Army,"
Hearing this, Qianshan Qianxue's face changed at the same time, and the eldest grandson Feifeng was secretly surprised, she asked: "Aren't the Feng troops all in Mingshui County, how did they enter Leping County?"
The two disciples of Lingxiao Palace said: "Returning to the Young Palace Master, the main force of the Wind Army is indeed still in Mingshui County, and this Wind Army rushed into Leping County from Mingshui County overnight,"
"How many people are there in total?"
"According to the observation of his subordinates, the Feng army that attacked Dongzhi and Yushan two towns was no less than one corps,"
An elder of Lingxiao Palace frowned, turned his head to look at Eldest Sun Feifeng, and said with a solemn face: "Young Palace Master, the strength of the Wind Army is quite a lot,"
"Where is the county army of Leping County?"
"It is said that we have already set off from the county town, but to reach the two towns of Dongzhi and Yushan, it will take at least a day and a night of rapid marching,"
"If we had waited for the county army to arrive, the two towns would have been razed to the ground by the wind army a long time ago," Qianshan said: "Young Palace Master, we can't see death without help,"
"However, the Wind Army has two corps," the elder said worriedly, the two corps are 20,000 people, although they are all strong people in the rivers and lakes, but there are only about 100 numbers, how can they compete with an army of 20,000,
Another elder said, "Although the wind army has 20,000, it is attacking two towns separately, we can't save all of them, but at least we can save one town,"
Even if you go to save a town, it's against a wind army of 10,000 people,
Eldest Sun Feifeng thought for a moment and said to the elders beside him, "Elder Yu,"
"Young Palace Master,"
"The two towns have been attacked, since they have met, we have no reason to sit idly by, Elder Yu, you take everyone to rescue Dongzhi Town, remember, you must focus on attack and harassment and containment tactics, and buy as much time as possible for the people in the town to escape, and must not be able to compete with the wind army, "One hundred or ten people, no matter how strong Lingwu is, it is impossible to confront tens of thousands of wind troops head-on,
"Yes, Young Palace Master," the elder agreed, and then realized that something was not right, and couldn't help but ask, "What about ...... What about the young palace master,"
The eldest grandson Feifeng said: "I will take a thousand mountains and a thousand snows to Yushan Town to have a look,"
"Young palace master, this ......"
"Elder Yu, don't worry, I'm just going to investigate, and I won't fight with the Feng Army,"
When the wind army was fighting a decisive battle with the country in Mingshui County, it suddenly divided a large group of men and horses and ran to the territory of Leping County to make trouble, the wind army must have a purpose in doing this, but what is there to make the wind army plan in the east and the two towns of Yushan,
Hearing her say that she was just going to the area of Yushan Town to investigate, Elder Yu was somewhat relieved, and he assigned five of his proud disciples to protect the eldest grandson Feifeng.
Before leaving, Qianshan suddenly remembered something, and whispered in the ear of the eldest grandson Feifeng: "Young Palace Master, we have to bring Shangguan Yue with us, this person has an unknown origin, and he is plotting against him, if he is allowed to follow Elder Yu and them, he may not be able to play any tricks,"
The past few days of getting along have not dispelled Qianshan Qianxue's hostility and concerns towards Shangguan Xiu, although he has been very honest from beginning to end along the way, the eldest grandson Feifeng couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and asked casually: "Qianshan, should you be the favorite Shangguan Gongzi?"
"Ah,"
"Otherwise, why do you always think of him?"
"Young palace master, slave maid is not ......" Qianshan was anxious, blushing and about to explain, the eldest grandson Feifeng waved his hand and said: "Okay, I'm teasing you, since you are not at ease, then take him to Yushan Town with you,"
Yushan Town, is the northern town of Leping County, where the scenery is beautiful, green mountains and clear waters, picturesque, like a fairyland on earth, but unfortunately, the arrival of the wind army, broke this beautiful everything,
The wind army of a corps lined up an offensive battle formation two miles away from Yushan Town, and the corps commander led by him sat in his own formation and waved forward.
The shouts of the heralds came and went, and a group of fast horses ran out of the camp of the wind army, and when they rushed to the front of Yushan Town, the wind soldiers on the horses stopped their horses, shouted loudly, and persuaded the defenders in the town to surrender.
Bang, what replied to the Wind Army was a gunshot in the town, and the projectile almost flew past the Wind Army's helmet,
The wind army pulled the reins of the war horse, turned the horse's head, and ran back to the main formation, the commander of the wind army's face sank like water, slowly drew the sword under his ribs, and swung forward suddenly,
"Roar-" The wind army around the corps commander shouted in unison,
"Wind, wind, wind," "Wind, wind, wind-" Tens of thousands of wind troops, shouting and shouting, deafening, soared into the sky,
Ten artillery pieces, pushed out of the main camp of the wind army by artillery, in front of their own camp,
The soldiers with stones and sticks shuttled back and forth to fix the wheels of the artillery, and then the soldiers stepped back, and the artillerymen stepped forward to load the guns with gunpowder and shells.
The battalion lieutenant of the artillery battalion raised the small red flag high and shouted loudly, and the artillerymen who had finished loading responded with a roar, and after a while, the battalion lieutenant waved the flag in his hand forward and shouted: "Ignition,"
The artillerymen, holding torches aloft, quickly ran to the artillery and lit the fuses of the artillery one after another.
Boom Boom
Ten guns fired in unison, the fire sprayed, and the smoke billowed out, and after the first shot, the artilleryman with the whole strip immediately stepped forward, cleaned the gunpowder residue of the barrel, and then refilled the gunpowder and put in the shells.
Boom, boom, boom,
The shells exploded together in Yushan Town, and all of a sudden, the town was full of fires, billowing smoke rose into the air, and the battalion commander continued to raise the small flag, signaling the artillerymen to prepare for the second salvo.