Chapter 1596: Supporting the Capital
Every time Qingyuan invaded, it was the same routine, the army pressed the border to attract frontal firepower, and then sent an elite light cavalry to bypass the checkpoint, break into the territory and plunder everywhere, destroy the grain route, make the Jin Dynasty army difficult to take care of, and create the greatest pressure on the court and the people.
The difference this time is that there are more than 20,000 cavalry, and if they can drive straight in, before the Jin army has time to make an effective response, it is possible to move south into the hinterland and directly threaten the capital of the Jin Dynasty.
In the history of the Jin Dynasty, it was not once that the foreign cavalry besieged the capital, although the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, but just that kind of momentum could scare the emperor Lao Er in the palace into a panic, and would immediately issue an emergency rescue order, ordering the military forces from all over the country to rush to the capital as quickly as possible to protect the emperor's old life.
The emperor's life is precious, and he knows that the enemy is just running to deter, and it is impossible for only 20,000 horses to really attack the city, but even so, it is not allowed to take risks, and there is no room for luck.
If you don't react, like you can do whatever you want, and someone else sends 50,000, 100,000, or even hundreds of thousands?
The advantage for local officials is that every time the siege of the capital is lifted, the emperor will give a big reward, and those who come to the rescue will be rewarded, and if you can't afford to give money, you will be promoted, and if you can't give you a bigger official position, you will be given many honors.
It must be the same this time, it is estimated that in a few days, the emergency rescue order of the imperial court should be scattered on all sides, not only the emperor is afraid of death, but also those important ministers of the imperial court, there will definitely be no delay in this matter.
There was no need to wait for the rescue order, and on the third day after receiving the information, Luo Chong led the team to set off and led five hundred rangers on the journey.
In this battle, the infantry is forgotten, not only is the march too slow and delaying time, fighting with the Qingyuan cavalry, more than a thousand infantry with little combat experience will not play any role, just stay in Guangling Town and guard our foundation.
The Qingyuan cavalry is full of 20,000, and we only have 500, which sounds like a huge disparity, but in fact, it is impossible to meet 20,000 cavalry, and the Qingyuan army will enter the hinterland of the Jin Dynasty, and it will also be divided into various squads to rob food and property, and when it is really impossible to fit it on horseback, it will reassemble and surround the capital to show off its prestige.
Although there are 100,000 defenders in the capital, they are all a group of aristocratic soldiers, and they definitely don't have the courage to pull out and confront the Qingyuan cavalry head-on in the wilderness.
"It's going on again. β
In the early morning of this day, Luo's mother, sister-in-law and Luo Xiu'er stood on the not-so-high city wall of Guangling Town, watching five hundred iron horsemen go away in the dust, making women, and could only sigh with emotion: What an endless battle!
The younger brother said that he was picking up credit, just as easy as picking up ingots everywhere. β
The sister-in-law could only comfort Luo's mother like this, and at the same time hypnotized herself: "He also said that after this time, it is likely that he will be transferred to the capital and become a general relied on by the emperor...... Mother, when the time comes, we will also move to the capital, the largest and most prosperous city in the entire Jin Dynasty. β
"Not uncommon!"
Luo Mu said: "Now this day is already very good, I really don't want to leave Guangling." β
In Guangling Town, our family is the largest, but when we went to the capital, we became the smallest official, an inconspicuous small family. This difference, Luo Mu still understands.
Having said that, Luo's mother won't say a word in front of Luo Chong, anyway, where her son goes, she will follow her mother, and she can live anywhere she changes, but she really can't live without her son.
My sister-in-law is young, and she still has some yearning for the bustling city, and she was touched by what Luo Chong said: The world is so big, don't you want to walk around and see everywhere?
Yes, if a person lives for a lifetime, if it is limited to more than 200 miles of the Guangling Realm, it really doesn't make much sense......
In Luo Chong's view, the only thing worth mentioning about the boring march is the personal guard of the White Tiger Girl, as a woman, every time she sleeps in the wilderness at night, there will be a lot of inconvenience.
As for the matter of unraveling, the other big-headed soldiers solved the toilet outside the military tent, and they were collectively dumped early the next morning.
She can't, for fear of being seen when she takes off her pants outside, but in the tent, she can't and pee in front of the general.
So every time, she had to make up a reason to disappear from Luo Chong's eyes, use light skills to sneak out of the camp quietly, and run far away to solve it.
Luo Chong thought it was funny, how easy it was for you to be Mulan?
As a personal guard, he has to sleep in the same military tent as Luo Chong at night, although it is the largest one in the camp, it is impossible for the bunk of the two to exceed two meters.
Of the five hundred rangers, only Luo Chong, the general, can have a folded marching bed when he sleeps, and the others are all thin bunks, and when they are laid on the ground, they will sleep without undressing.
What is cold on the ground, will you get sick, who cares about this during the march. Especially if you ride lightly and quickly, you can't bring more bags.
"It's hard to be a soldier, isn't it?"
At night, Luo Chong lay on the small bed and asked the white tiger girl lying on the ground next to him.
Don't say anything about gentlemanly demeanor, there is no preference for Ms. zΓ i in the barracks, only the difference between superiors and subordinates.
"It's bitter, really bitter. β
Xia Ningyu replied softly: "I'm not afraid of hardship, but as a woman, there are indeed some inconveniences. β
Luo Chong said: "Stay up slowly, when you become a general and there are a few female guards by your side, all the inconveniences will be gone." β
"Hmm. β
The white tiger girl whispered yes, and after a while, she whispered again: "General, you are the cleanest man I have ever seen." β
Luo Chong didn't answer, as if he was already asleep.
Her words are by no means a compliment, she has been marching for several days, riding on horseback, not to mention bathing and washing her buttocks, and wiping her face in the morning can only be wiped with some water a few times. She felt that she was already dirty, and the other soldiers also had a rather strong manly smell, commonly known as the stench.
Only our general, who took off his thick military boots, didn't even have a bit of foot odor, I didn't see him wash his face, and his face was clean without a trace of dust.
Could it be that this is the legendary peak of internal strength, which has reached the profound realm of self-cleaning of the body and no dust?
That's all she can say.
With this feeling of self-shame, she felt that even if Luo Chong threw himself on himself at this moment, he would have a sense of accomplishment that he had taken advantage of him and soiled him after he was done......
One person and two horses, that is, more than 100 miles a day, it takes more than ten days to reach the capital, and on the sixth day, when passing by the post station on the way, he really received an urgent summoning order issued by the imperial court, although it was not directly sent to Guangling Town.
To put it simply, the content is one sentence: The world's soldiers and horses rush to the capital to protect the emperor!
If you want to make meritorious service, go if you want to die, don't forget, the Qingyuan Army is not easy to deal with.
The military forces in various parts of the Jin Dynasty have been corrupted to the point of indescribable Cheng DΓΉ, and there will definitely not be the kind of grand occasion of a million male divisions, and it would be very good to have a hundred thousand soldiers, and it must be able to be commanded by those important ministers in the court.
For example, the secretary of the military department sent a large group of cronies to send letters to certain local commanders and envoys: Who do you rely on to get to know today? Today, the capital is in danger, and Lao Tzu is also in danger, if you don't come to the rescue, you will be relieved of your official post when you turn around!
It is estimated that a person like Luo Chong, who does not come from the levy and wants to fight with the Qingyuan Army with the initiative will, is the only one.
On the ninth day, about 500 miles away from the capital, Luo Chong's ranger team was stopped by several guys who claimed to be the Imperial Forest Army.
"I'm Meng Danzhong, the captain of the Imperial Forest, where are you cavalry?"
Some people shouted loudly in front, and even used internal force, and several of them also rode horses, but it can be seen that the war horse has been galloping for a long time, and it is extremely tired, and if it continues to run like this, it will be exhausted to death.
Luo Chong knew that this was the most urgent special event, and the ordinary local army would definitely try to find a reason to escape, because the word emergency was directly linked to death.
Of course, Luo Chong was not afraid, so he glanced at Tie Zhu, and Tie Zhu immediately understood, and exerted his loud voice effect: "Guangning Ranger, my general, Luo Dong!"
"When did Quang Ninh have such a ranger?"
The other party muttered in a low voice, others couldn't hear it, but he couldn't hide it from Luo Chong's ears, and then he shouted again: "How many of you are there, are they all cavalry?"
"Five hundred!"
Under Luo Chong's instructions, Tie Zhu proudly replied: "They are all cavalry, the elite of the elite, dare to fight several times the Qingyuan cubs!"
"Five hundred cavalry, all elite?"
The other party's expression was obviously explaining his disbelief, not to mention the two major armies in the west and north of the town, the local military strength, whether there are 500 cavalry under the hands of a general soldier is difficult to say, let alone boast of the elite, because there is not so much money to raise people and horses and train regularly.
Due to the relatively limited width of the road, Luo Chong's team also had to leave room for the pedestrian convoy on the opposite side, and the five hundred horses and one thousand horses were drawn into a long snake formation, and it was difficult to judge how many people and horses there were at equal heights, and it was understandable that the other party did not believe it.
However, the captain of the Royal Forest could not care so much, and immediately shouted: "Let me pass, I have an extremely important matter to see your general." β
"Let him come. β
Luo Chong gave an order, and the Captain Meng also jogged over alone.
"General Luo......"
He didn't care about the courtesy, and said directly: "It is possible that tens of thousands of cavalry of the Qingyuan Army will besiege the capital, I believe you already know, right?"
"I'm here to help. β
Luo Chong nodded: "Otherwise, what is the purpose of marching from Guangling Mansion day and night?"
The captain of the Royal Forest is only a fourth-grade, half a level lower than Luo Chong, so there is no need to be so polite to talk to him.
"General Luo's loyalty to the emperor and the court is really admirable. β
Captain Meng hurried to flatter, and hurriedly said: "But now there is such an urgent matter that needs General Luo's ......."
Luo Chong was impatient, and waved his hand to interrupt: "Since it's urgent, don't make those modifiers, just say it, what do you want us to do?"
"Okay, good, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!"
Captain Meng also knew, and finally met a happy person, so he said succinctly: "Princess Yongning has been mourning Empress Yu in Muyang County for half a month, and she was trapped in Muyang before she could return to the capital. Now, the capital can't spare enough troops to escort the princess back to Beijing, so they sent me to ask for help halfway, but fortunately I met General Luo. β
"The first one met me?"
Luo Chong asked with a smirk.
Captain Meng hesitated for a moment, feeling that it was better to tell the truth in the face of Luo Chong's character, so he sighed in a low voice: "The other two teams don't mention it, they evade it for various reasons, saying that it is their duty to protect the emperor from Gongwei Jingshi, and even question my identity, no matter how much I prove it, it is useless." β
Of course, they will escape, they must all get together, there are many people, they dare to fight against the Qingyuan Army, and no team alone has the guts.
Save the princess?
Fairytale tale.
Luo Chong smiled, then nodded and agreed: "Muyang is not far away, it won't be delayed for a few days, okay, I'll go!"
(Coffee: Cervical spondylosis seems to be committed, it's okay to do anything else, I'm dizzy after sitting in a position for a long time, and I've been like this for the past few days, and today it's just starting to hurt.) The morning chapter is okay, but the afternoon chapter can't sit still. Today can only be two shifts, tomorrow if it doesn't hurt, or try to three shifts. οΌ