Three hundred and thirteen sons run north
This team has been in the army for more than 30 years, the knights and horses have been replaced for three generations, the people and horses are all young and strong, the Central Plains, the boundary of Jianghan, no matter how difficult and rugged you are, it has always been lightning and thunder. Such a strong force is only the private property left by Mrs. Fan to her parents and children, and only obeys the transfer of Fan Shizi, even Fan Jun cannot be moved.
Today, the Jing clan's flying cavalry made such a big move, and the momentum was amazing, attracting the common people of Fanguo to chase out of the city to take a look, and saw the horse team like a flame in the snow, and there was an amazement everywhere.
"Bang bang bang-", early in the morning, the side door of the main hall of the palace was slammed. The sound was so rapid that the hearts of those who heard it beat faster.
"Squeak-" A sleepy-eyed palace maid stood at the door, looking at the visitor with a little disgust: "Lord Ying, why did you come to knock on the door so early?" Madame slept late last night serving the king's decoction, and she hasn't gotten up yet!"
The person who came had a black face, pushed away the palace maid who wanted to block the way with one palm, and hurriedly ran inward. The palace maid is in a hurry, although she has been a dowry slave for many years, but after all, men and women are very guarded, what kind of system does it become to break into the lady's bedroom so early in the morning? The two of them had already entered the inner bedroom door while pulling, only to hear a delicate but majestic voice coming from the room: "Is it Ying Yuan?"
An imperceptible flush flashed on the man's slightly dark face, and he lowered his head and said, "Madame, the subordinate has something important to report, please retreat from the court."
I only heard the sound of my dress squirming on the ground, and for a moment, the room was silent. Behind the thin screen, Mrs. Ying's calm and delicate voice came: "Ying Yuan, you can speak."
"Madame, forgive me, the prince left the north gate this morning under the escort of the Jing clan's flying horsemen, and he should have gone to Luoyi to attend the princes' court meeting. If he is allowed to make his trip, his position among the Son of Heaven and the princes of the Quartet has been decided, and the lady's plan will be frustrated!"
"Humph!" There was a crisp sound behind the screen, when the sound of a sharp weapon being smashed: "Let him go south to guard against Jing Chu, he pushes left and right, but he refuses to go." It turned out that this idea was decided! However, this matter was expected, didn't you have already laid an ambush under the cloth of Suizaokou? And the Lion River crossing, he has to cross the river, right?"
"Madam, it has been snowing heavily for days, and the Lion River is frozen, I'm afraid that they can ride their horses for a long time!" Ying Yuan was so anxious that he was sweating.
"Then what are you waiting for, you quickly lead the army to chase after you!" Mrs. Ying was also anxious.
"But I don't have any talismans under my subordinates!" :
"When Chang-" sounded, a brass talisman was thrown out from behind the screen: "The king is seriously ill and in danger, and the soldiers of the country are here." If you are not filial to your father, you can mobilize the whole country to intercept and kill, remember, you don't have to kill anyone!"
"No!"
After riding a horse across the frozen Lion River, Jing Shi Fei galloped all the way to the northwest, and the morning dawn revealed the mouth of Zaoyang Valley. Out of the valley is an open plain, and Luoyi is in sight.
The snow is flying and blurry, and the world is in chaos. Fan Shizi suddenly heard a low shout from the horse team, and all the war horses suddenly turned into a calm trot. The sentinels of the front team flew out at the same time and rushed towards the snowy mountains, holding a shining golden arrow and shouting, "Summoning the public order arrow! Hundreds of horsemen hurried to Luoyi to participate in the important tasks of the Eighth Division of Zhou-" Before the shout fell, the traces of the men and horses were drowned in the vast snow and mist.
In a moment, a loud gong in the middle of the mountain was followed by a roar: "The horses have passed—"
In the midst of the chaos, the horse team entered the famous Zaoyang "Trench Road" in the Central Plains. The two mountains stretch and stand apart, the bottom of the valley is tortuous, sometimes there are protruding rocks and stumbling sheep intestine paths, the slopes on both sides are steep and the forests are reckless, the strange rocks are craggy, the caves are scattered and dense, let you enter the valley, you can only walk alone.
However, the Jing Flying Horse was unique, and as soon as they entered the valley, the horse team quietly became a single horse, and the sound of hooves calmly walked the horse, and all the roadblocks were deftly dodged. It was Fan Shizi himself, and under the guidance of the long pole of the leader of the horse team, Jing Feiyun, he walked very smoothly.
It was almost noon in the middle of the valley road, and the flying snow covered the canyon in a warm and silent silence, which made Fan Shizi feel a strange relief. The horses rested for a moment while the arrows were inspected, but there was still no order, and all the knights opened the forage sacks that were carried under the horses' necks. In the croaking and chewing of the war horses, the knights also untied the water bladder and dried it
Meat, silently and quickly finished the halfway war.
All the knights and horses stood still in a single row, and whoever looked at it was the back, and no one could see anyone. When Fan Shizi saw the red back of this statue in the heavy snow in the canyon, he couldn't help but tremble violently in his heart.
Passing the middle section, the valley road was wide, and the horse team immediately turned into a trot, sometimes two horses in parallel and sometimes in a row, swimming back and forth like clouds and snow, and even the extremely short wide road of a few steps and a few feet was used to the fullest. In less than an hour, the caravan had passed the northernmost exit castle and climbed over a hill that was not very high.
In front of him is the last isolated mountain in the wilderness, and when you climb over the hill and descend to the bottom of the slope, you will find a wide road with the golden road. With the strength of the horse's strong feet, it should be foolproof to let the horses gallop and reach the periphery of Chengzhou when it gets dark.
Before he could spit out a long sigh, there was a faint thunderstorm rolling in the valley behind him, and the sky that had just been seen suddenly became dark and gloomy. Spring thunderstorm and blizzard, odd number also! In a flash of thought, a low shout suddenly came from the horse team: "Fanguo Flying Cavalry! Quick, ten horsemen escort the prince to get out! The horses are in ambush and intercept!"
Fan Shizi was still stunned, and the horse he sat down on had already flown to the last hill like lightning.
As soon as he entered Zaoyang Valley Road, Ying Yuan understood that the people who were moving forward with the arrows of the summoning public order must be the men and horses of the prince, and there was no time to reprimand the guards who set up an ambush, after all, as soon as the arrow came out, who in the world would dare not listen to the order? Unless it's the other way around. With a loud shout, a flying cavalry of more than 300 people entered the intestines of the canyon sheep.
Walking on the narrow sheep intestine path, the center should be burning, but it is not fast. He understood that if the pursuit failed this time, Ying's future situation in Fanguo would be unpredictable.
As everyone knows, today's Fanjun is a candle in the wind, and he may blow the lamp and pull out the wax at any time, and the battle for the succession to the throne of Fanguo has entered a white heat. The son of the late Mrs. Jing is thirty years old and has become a fledgling man. Originally, the prince sat firmly on Mount Tai, but the situation in Hojing suddenly changed, first the queen of Fanji died, and then the princess's sister Zhaoguo Duchess fell seriously ill and died. Fan Shizi lost two major backers at once, and the situation was critical.
On the other hand, the young son born to Mrs. Ying, Ying is deeply favored by Fanjun and has been established as Mrs. Ying, and her son naturally becomes a son-in-law. And the wife and son, revolve around Fanjun all day long, and a heart will inevitably not deviate from the past. Although the throne of the prince has not been officially abolished, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Fanjun is becoming more and more alienated from his eldest son, and his face is not common. It is inevitable that there are people in the country who see the wind and steer the rudder, and the wind direction gradually deflects past.
If this time, the prince of the world attends the ceremony of the princes of the coming spring to meet the son of Zhou Tianzi as he wishes, then it is equivalent to the son of heaven confirming his status as the prince, and Mrs. Ying's plan for many years will be in vain, and all the achievements will fail. Thinking of this, how can Ying Yuan not be anxious?
In the middle of the journey, the entrance guard came up from behind with a thousand knights, panting, saying that he wanted to atone for his sins, but Ying Yuan was upset when he heard this, and reprimanded, "What's the use of having too many people? If you want to catch up, get out!" A whip whipped the guy and a pegasus away.
Chasing to the mountain outside the valley, the forward horse team circling the mountain road was already faintly visible, Ying Yuan sighed and his heart suddenly relaxed, and the battle knife passed down the military order in one fell swoop: "Bite the enemy horse, go out of the mountain to intercept and kill!"
Ying Yuan is a talent that Mrs. Ying deliberately put in the army, not only familiar with the terrain of Fanguo and the surrounding areas, but also has a deep understanding of cavalry tactics. There are two mountains outside Zaoyangyu that are flat hills and hills, and his flying horses are three times more than the Jing's horse team, and the speed is also comparable.
If the last mountain is surrounded and intercepted, the other party has no hope of escaping and fights the trapped beasts, and the outcome is unpredictable. When he arrives in the mountains, the opponent will try his best to escape without fighting to the death, and his flying horse will take advantage of his prey to the fullest. At present, the figure of the Jing Clan's horse team is already dangling in front of him, are you afraid that they will not be able to escape?
Seeing that he had entered the depths of the valley, the scout flew a horse to report that the forward horse team had suddenly disappeared!
Ying Yuan immediately looked at the high slope, and sure enough, he saw the mountains covered with snow, and there was no red horse team on the winding mountain road! Seeing that the sky was dark and cloudy, this was a signal that a blizzard was coming, and Ying Yuan resolutely ordered: "Hurry up the horse and go out of the mountain, and intercept and kill at any time after biting!" If he hides in the mountains, we can only go out of the mountains to defend the main road, and we can be trapped and frozen to death by blizzards
Ban Thief Pifu!"
Unexpectedly, before the arrival of the blizzard, the Fan Army Flying Cavalry encountered a strange ambush halfway up the mountainside.
This part of the mountain road is extremely peculiar. An abrupt boulder emerges from the mountainside, like an eagle's hook taking off as a turtle, forming a protruding mouth that cuts off the two mountains. A stone road less than a zhang wide coiled a boulder mountain mouth under the cliff of the volley, and suddenly took a turn. The mouth of the mountain obscured the view on both sides, and the only thing that could be seen on both sides was the volley corner that could accommodate three or five horsemen, and below it was the deep and invisible abyss of the canyon.
According to this width, most of the ordinary vehicles can pass, that is, the knights of war horses, and it is also very calm to ride three or four horses side by side. The flying horsemen had to get out of the mountain quickly, and the cavalry captain shouted a loud order: "Three horsemen in parallel, war horses and tails, pass through the mountain mouth bend as soon as possible!"
The three horsemen who were scouting immediately came out when they heard the order, and at the moment when the six horses were twisting and turning, a miserable howl shook the valley, and the three knights and six war horses floated towards the vast canyon like leaves!
"Adversary ambush! Stop ——!" The cavalry roared, and the horses all brushed to a halt.