Chapter 212: A Crucial Decision!
"How many soldiers and horses has His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince gathered yet?" Liu Mo asked.
"More than 60,000, not counting Gangwon Town." Tang Qingfeng replied.
Gangwon Town is less than 40,000, and there are 100,000 soldiers and horses on its own side.
"What about the prince?"
"You should ask, what about the crown prince and the eldest prince?" Tang Qingfeng reminded him.
"These two are colluding together? Aren't they on the same page? Liu Mo asked.
"The crown prince doesn't like the eldest prince, but he is more afraid of the sixth prince!" Tang Qingfeng replied, "This change is also said to be because the prince received a secret report, and His Majesty has the intention of changing the prince. ”
So the prince colluded with the eldest prince to attack first and poison Wei Guang!
"Haha, don't have that expression, you can't change anything." Tang Qingfeng continued, "The battle between the three princes cannot be avoided. ”
Liu Mo fell silent.
"Alright, that's all it takes." Tang Qingfeng smiled, "Lord Liu, take a good rest." ”
After speaking, Tang Qingfeng shook his body, escaped into the darkness, and disappeared without a trace.
Rest? How is it possible to sleep!
The evening breeze sighed softly over the narrow window. From a distance, somewhere in the corner, he heard the barking of hounds. Other than that, nothing.
The troops of the Six Princes have withdrawn from Xingluo, and Ayina is in danger! I had to save her, and that didn't need to be thought about.
However, even if I take all the soldiers and horses of Jiangyuan, I may not be Yang Yizhi's opponent.
Another one, Shi Dare is eyeing the tiger and can't get out.
Only 10,000 horses? That's an illusion, Liu Mo is sure. As long as I make a move, Yang Yizhi will definitely increase his troops.
Now, not only do I have to quickly defeat Shi Dangdang's troops, but I also have to go to support Xingluo.
And the number of troops I can command is no more than 10,000. (Bai Chengzong may borrow troops)
After thinking about it so uneasily all night, when the morning sun rose the next day, the news came that made Liu Mo even more upset.
The six princes brought an order: [The general who is loyal to him, immediately assemble his troops and go to Jizhou to support him!] But Liu Mo was the only one who was not allowed to leave the border pass. 】
Of course, Liu Mo knew the reason, but he was naturally afraid that he would be emotional, so he had to save Ayina. Second, the Zhou Dynasty is eyeing the tiger, and it is necessary to guard against it, and the border pass does need a wise general like Liu Mo.
In the morning, the town of Gangwon was loud and chaotic.
Soldiers stood on horse-drawn wagons, carrying bags of grain, buckets of flour, and bundles of newly-feathered arrows upwards.
The blacksmiths were busy leveling their swords, knocking out the dents in their armor, and giving their horses shoes. Zhu Min's subordinates were also assigned the task of sewing shoes and washing thousands of clothes.
There are also soldiers in the town who take out the grinding stones and sharpen their knives carefully.
"General Bai, you can't withdraw like this!" Liu Mo emphasized again.
"If the six princes lose, you and I won't survive!" Bai Chengzong repeated this sentence again. "In addition to you and me, there are your wives and concubines, and your children. The eldest prince has always done things to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and in his eyes, there is no baby! ”
"What about the Zhou Dynasty?" Liu Mo asked, "The border air defense is weak, that poisonous snake is not a fool, it will definitely take advantage of the weakness." ”
"Don't worry, Gangwon Town won't be so easy to capture." Li Jinliang told him, "If you are talking about Xingluo, General Ben advises you, as if you have never seen that Princess Xingluo." ”
The garrison of Jiangyuan was nearly 40,000, and according to the will of the six princes, Li Jinliang would leave behind with 10,000 people, and the soldiers and horses would follow Bai Chengzong to Jizhou to support the six princes.
She still has my flesh and bone in her belly, and she also gives up? Liu Mo said secretly.
Bai Chengzong saw Liu Mo's thoughts, so he persuaded again, "Lord Liu, do you choose Princess Xingluo's mother and son, or your five wives and concubines and children in Rongcheng?" ”
"I won't give up!" Liu Mo replied.
Li Jinliang frowned, "General Bai, you enlighten him well!" ”
As he spoke, he turned to leave.
"General Li, wait!" Liu Mo stopped Li Jinliang, "Can you allow me to finish speaking?" ”
Li Jinliang stopped, "That's it!" ”
Liu Mo took a deep breath and made the most important decision in his life, "General Li, General Bai, can you assign all the elite cavalry in Jiangyuan Town to me to command one night!" ”
"What..."Bai Chengzong said in unison.
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He was still asleep a second ago, and suddenly, Shi Gangdang woke up.
What's wrong? What did I hear? Is there anyone?
Subconsciously called out to the guards outside the tent, and his attendant hurriedly came in, "My lord, what's the matter?" ”
"Let's see, is there any movement of the enemy army?"
The squire nodded and hurried away.
The prince came with the news that the emperor of Great Xia Lao'er had died, and now Great Xia was in chaos, and the three princes were about to break out into a civil war.
At this time, it was a great opportunity for the Great Zhou to move eastward and make contributions.
The defenders of Jiangyuan Town, one of the nine sides of Great Xia, also received the news and must have withdrawn most of their troops to support the six princes.
Three days, the prince's order was to start the siege after three days.
At the same time, His Royal Highness the Prince himself will send troops to Xingluo, make a detour from Xingluo, and capture Jianglin Mansion.
Out of the tent, the silent camp, the dark sky and the endless stars that could not be counted to a hundred years old. Everything is normal, nothing happens, Shi Dangdang said to himself, maybe I was too worried.
After a long time, his heart began to get restless again, "Damn, why haven't you come back yet!" ”
It turned out that his attendant had left at least a stick of incense and had not returned.
Just as he was scolding, suddenly, a strange night wind came out.
"It's cold!" Shi Dangdang said to himself in a subtle and confused tone. What he didn't notice was that a strange shadow quietly appeared on the tent cloth.
In the next second, the shadow lifted the long sword in his hand.
Shi Dangdang only had time to let out a small, rough gasp when the gushing blood blocked his throat. He staggered to the ground, large expanses of blood running down his chest, and the dark tide soon flooded his entire body.
"Big... My lord! When his attendant returned, he screamed heartbreakingly when he saw Shi Dangdang's corpse covered in blood. Yes... Someone, there's an assassin! ”
Shadows, the squire only noticed an eerie shadow.
Death fell from the sky and took Shi Dangdang's life, as swift as the wind that blew out the candle flame.
The soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty soon arrived, but no one knew where the alleged assassin was.
"Say, what the hell is going on?" A Zhou general asked, his tone mixed with anger.
"Shadow!" The squire spoke uneasily of what he had seen.
"You damn wretch, how can there be a shadow that will kill!"
"Not a shadow? That's a ghost, a haunting! ”
I don't know who shouted such a voice, and fear spread in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty.
"Shut up!" The general began to roar.
But in the next second, the situation escalated further, "Oh no, my lord, it's on fire!" ”
When the general turned around, he saw dozens of tents on fire. The night breeze was gentle, and the fire spread everywhere.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and put out the fire! ”
At this moment, I suddenly heard a "woo woo woo" military horn sound. It was the charging horn of the Great Xia cavalry!
When the sound of the trumpet gradually subsided, the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty came to their senses, and nearly a thousand Daxia cavalry had jumped over the ditch, rushed into the camp with swords and torches in hand, and slaughtered into the military camp of the Zhou Dynasty.
The leader of the general was none other than Liu Mo, who was holding a pure steel sword.
"Great Xia is mighty!" I saw him roar angrily, leading the Great Xia Iron Horse, rushing left and right.
The Zhou Dynasty army was taken by surprise, and in a panic, they did not know how many enemy soldiers there were, and they disturbed each other. So much so that Liu Mo's thousands of cavalry galloped across the camp and killed them whenever they met. The battalions clamoured, raised fire like stars, and shouted loudly.
"Don't panic, don't panic! Assemble troops, array, array! ”
But the Lord General Shi Gangdang is dead, so strange, so terrifying. Now it is another night attack by the iron cavalry, where do the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty still have fighting spirit.
"Run, run!" One of the frightened Zhou soldiers shouted, fear spread, and countless Zhou soldiers dropped their blades and fled for their lives.
"Great Xia is mighty!" Seeing this, Liu Mo shouted, "Kill, kill, kill!" ”