Chapter 287: Pegasus Ranch
Li Jing smirked, he didn't understand what the situation was now, but after seeing Ye Lingfeng's kind smile and hearing what he said just now, he understood that his good days might be coming, leading the army, which was something that so many ancestors from military generals in his ancestors had never done.
Unexpectedly, when his family was in the middle of the road, there was a big change in his life experience, this is a matter of glory to his ancestors, how can he not feel happy? Li Jing nodded in agreement, and then hurriedly knelt down to salute, Ye Lingfeng smiled and helped him up, signaling that there was no need for so many courtesies in front of him.
Seeing this, Li Jing didn't insist on kneeling and bowing anymore, but he still had the proper etiquette, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took him as a partner, but between their monarchs and ministers, he had to abide by the etiquette, Li Jing was able to control the severity, he bowed slightly, and he was grateful to Ye Lingfeng for his kindness.
Li Jing was sent to Zhengzhou by him, calculate the time, three days have passed since Yang Guang replied to him, Cheng Yanjin has probably already set off from Chang'an to Zhengzhou, they rushed to Zhengzhou by car, it takes about four days, Ye Lingfeng gave Li Jing enough coiling and silver two, so that he did not save money, and he was assured to take the official road to Zhengzhou quickly.
At that time, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Li Jing and Shen Luoyan formed the core of his personal private army upper-level generals. After Li Jing left, he took Fu Junwu to live in a guest room near Tiger Leaping Gorge for a few days, and Shen Luoyan sent a letter saying that the plan to absorb the displaced people had begun to be implemented, and at present, with his prestige as the crown prince, there were still many ordinary people who were willing to follow.
The imperial court also sent a message to Zhengzhou, and Yang Guang thought that Ye Lingfeng was still staying there. After all, Yuwen Valve was repelled by Li Valve, and they didn't know that Ye Lingfeng appeared in the confrontation with Li Shimin, even if they returned to Chang'an early, they didn't dare to report this matter to Yang Guang, after all, they attacked the Great Sui Sailor first, and Yang Guang directly punished them for a crime of rebellion.
The army of the Great Sui is already on the road to Chang'an, Zhang Xutuo personally led the whole army to prepare, this time no one dares to intercept on the road anymore, there are Li Valve and Yuwen Valve as a lesson from the past, even if some forces occasionally have different intentions, they dare not be so bold to do something to the Sui army.
Among the remaining forces in Chang'an, Yang Guang took advantage of the fact that Chang'an's troops were not restrained by the Yuwen valve for the time being, so he mobilized one-third of the 200,000 troops and rushed to Zhengzhou.
Ye Lingfeng entrusted these things to Shen Luoyan, and he had to take Fu Junwu to find a woman again, they are not short of people now, what they lack is armaments and horses, these things can be provided by major families and forces, and the Song Valve is rich and rivals, and the country will naturally not lack these things, but if he wants to support an army that has the ability to conquer the world, it is not enough to rely on the support of the Song Lord, he also needs to find another foreign aid.
In the southwest of Jingling County, the two tributaries of the Yangtze River, Zhangshui and Fushui, delineate a large triangular fertile plain, the two rivers gurgle through, irrigate the fertile fields on both banks, and finally merge into the big river, the river water is full of vitality, forming a good circulation, is a natural irrigation area.
In addition, the climate here is mild, the soil is fertile, the products are abundant, among which the field where the Pegasus Ranch is located, the pasture grass is particularly abundant, surrounded by mountains, enclosing more than 100,000 miles of fertile fields, only the east and west two gorges can be used by boats to enter and exit, the situation is dangerous, forming the natural screen of the pasture.
In this paradise like a fairyland, there are all kinds of livestock, white cattle and sheep and horses of all colors to rest, making the whole farm and pasture more colorful. On the higher ground in the northwest corner, there is a magnificent fortress, the city is backed by a steep cliff, and in front of a small river that winds like a belt, which is really breathtaking from a distance.
There is a city tower at the exit of the gorge on both sides, the pit of three zhang wide and five zhang deep is dug out in front of the building, the mouth of the gorge is crossed, the following is covered with spikes, it must be passed by the suspension bridge, there is indeed a husband when the pass, ten thousand people are difficult to cross the trend, here is the Pegasus ranch, has the most abundant armament and horse resources today. Ye Lingfeng and Fu Junwu rode to the plain, looking at the castle in the distance, and were amazed.
At this time, a cavalry army was galloping across the plain, and the three people Ye Lingfeng knew about it, Li Tianfan, Xu Shiji and Zu Junyan, they were all Li Mi's henchmen, and the three of them attacked this Pegasus Ranch, it seems that Li Mi already knew that the imperial court was going to send troops to him.
He sent these three people, mobilized 50,000 troops to capture this Pegasus Ranch in advance, plundered a large number of fine horses and military equipment inside, and then faced the 200,000 troops of the imperial court, which was used as the base camp of the reserve reserve force, providing food, grass and armaments, if the front line was defeated, you can also retreat here, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a good place to retreat.
What Ye Lingfeng didn't know was that as early as two days ago, Li Tianfan arrived at the pass of Pegasus Ranch with his army. If it was done at that time, with the internal traitor who had already infiltrated the ranch, if it was a combination of inside and outside, Shang Xiuxun, the owner of the beauty farm at this time, was afraid that he would have been captured by Li Tianfan. The tens of thousands of war horses in the pasture and the experts who keep war horses will probably fall into the hands of the Wagang army.
But fortunately, there is the white-robed Mr. Zu Junyan to stir up the situation, he thinks that if he can capture Pegasus Ranch so easily, the future will be too easy, if such a fertile land can be attacked so easily, then where can they be allowed to attack, he thinks that there is fraud, so he blocked Li Tianfan's rapid attack and enterprising, and Pegasus Ranch escaped a catastrophe.
Shang Xiuxun, the owner of the beauty farm of Pegasus Ranch, is not incompetent, she built a strong city wall at the mouth of the valley on both sides, equipped with a longbow and a hard crossbow, and stationed heavy troops.
Li Tianfan is a good martial artist, he rode a horse to break through in the rain of arrows, then laughed, got up, jumped to the head of the city wall, he was in the stunned eyes of the soldiers in the Pegasus Ranch, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, from the flat ground suddenly jumped up to the city wall of more than ten zhang.
He shouted, came to the city wall to slash those archers, and saw that the Pao Ze brothers fell in front of him, and the defenders of Pegasus Ranch reacted, swords, shields, guns, crossbows, and all kinds of weapons went into battle, Li Tianfan jumped back and forth with his body to dodge, and he actually blocked them all without any damage.
Ye Lingfeng shouted, carried Ling Bo Weibu, and flew up with Fu Junwu in his arms, the horses of the two stayed there, and they flew up to the city wall, and fought with Li Tianfan, Fu Junwu used Yi swordsmanship, Ye Lingfeng cooperated with the six-vein divine sword from the side, and had already suppressed that Li Tianfan.
The guards and archers who guarded the city were completely dumbfounded, not knowing what to do, and they were almost silent for a while, these three people's martial arts were all good, the so-called gods fought, mortals suffered disasters, and no one dared to go up to help one of them.
A white-headed old man, with his temples bulging quite distinctively, his eyes were profound, and his martial arts were obviously superb, and when he saw three strangers fighting on the city wall, he immediately shouted: "I am Liang Zhi, the second deacon of Pegasus Ranch, who is coming?" ”
As soon as Ye Lingfeng saw that Liang Zhi had already commanded the defense on the city wall at the moment when the Wagang army was attacking the city, he knew that Shang Xiuxun was already prepared for the attack on Wagang, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Lingfeng trembled his internal force, shook Li Tianfan off the city wall with a sword, and said with a smile to Liang Zhi: "I am Yang Zhao, the son of heaven, this is my partner, the Goryeo swordsman Fu Junwu, we came to Pegasus Ranch this time to seek cooperation with the mall owner." ”
Liang Zhi looked Ye Lingfeng up and down, obviously suspicious of his identity as the crown prince of the dynasty, but at this time, he couldn't care so much, and the offensive of the Wagang Army was the key.
At the same time, two crane-haired but majestic old men suddenly flashed on both sides, which were the hidden masters Shang Peng and Shang He who heard that there were masters of the Wagang Army rushing to the city and hurried to help in the battle. This second elder is the top master of Pegasus Ranch, and he is also the close guard of Shang Xiuxun's side.
Rao is two and Liang Zhi have gone through vicissitudes of life and are well-informed, but when they heard Ye Lingfeng calling himself Yang Zhao, they also looked at each other, this is indeed the name of the prince of the dynasty, but this Yuande prince Shenlong has never seen the end of the head, and he has never shown his face in the court, so it is really difficult to distinguish the truth of his identity.
The two elders discussed: "Liang Zhi, you must protect the city wall, I will take this one to see the owner first, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status, and he will come to the remote place of my Pegasus Ranch, even if the enemy is current, we can't afford to slack off." ”
The living place of the beauty farmer Shang Xiuxun is called Flying Bird Garden, located in the middle of the inner fort, consisting of more than 30 houses of various types, surrounded by wind and fire walls on all sides, and is a brick and wood structure building group.
A woman in a beautiful black suit with beautiful black hair pouring down her knife-like shoulders like two small waterfalls, sat in the center. Seeing Ye Lingfeng and Fu Junwu entering the door, her expression moved slightly, but she soon became calm, and the second elder of the Shang family stepped forward and whispered, and her bright eyes immediately showed a look of surprise.
The elegant outfit accentuates her outstanding face and delicate sun-kissed skin, exuding a scorching youth and an enviable sense of health. Her pair of bright eyes and beautiful eyes are deep and unfathomable, exuding the unique intelligence and vitality of local ethnic women, which is very amazing.
Shang Xiuxun didn't seem to have a good impression of the Sui Dynasty royal family, although he had a smile on his face, but his tone when he stood up was extremely cold: "The Wagang thieves are attacking my Pegasus Ranch, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not enjoying happiness in Chang'an City, and he came to my Pegasus Ranch with a Goryeo girl who has a big enmity with your royal family, what advice do you have?" ”