Chapter 19: The Prince Goes on Expedition
Cheng Buyi looked at Wang Dachuan, who was kneeling in front of him with a scar and pleaded guilty, he was silent for a long time, he knew very well that Wang Dachuan's tactics did not have any flaws, the soldiers met in a narrow way, but they had no choice but to draw their swords and face each other, who retreated first and who was defeated first, if Wang Dachuan and his comrades chose to escape, then their only fate was to be hunted by the hundred-man team of the Hu people on the Gobi Desert one by one!
"Go down and rest, Dachuan," Cheng Buyi sighed, "You didn't do anything wrong, after wrapping up your wounds, take the other cavalry in the city out of the city to prepare to avenge your brothers."
Wang Dachuan led the order, Cheng Buyi slowly walked out of the house, slowly walked under the city wall along the yellow loess road, and climbed the steps, when he stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, the sunset was sinking under the horizon, and the blood red of the sky and the yellow sand on the Gobi Desert were integrated, like a battlefield of blood and fire!
He touched the female wall of the city wall with one hand, and the already mottled wall was like a whisper in the wind and sand, telling, shouting!
Cheng Buyi looked at the blood-red world outside the city, his face was calm, after tomorrow, this magnificent and majestic land will be stained with blood, and I don't know how many men will die in this land where the yellow sand is flooded with the west wind.
The news brought back by Wang Dachuan was not very good, the battalion of the forward troops stationed at the foot of Zhutie Mountain of the Zahu Alliance stretched to ten miles away, and the cattle and sheep and forage in the camp were countless, and the thunderous hooves of the cavalry roaring in and out of the camp gate shook the sky!
It is roughly estimated that the size of this forward force exceeds 40,000 people, and the Yufang City where he is stationed is isolated outside the territory, and there are no more than 1,000 soldiers in the city.
Jade Fang City has become a Jedi, they are soldiers who are not allowed to retreat without orders, and the only thing he can do at the moment is to scatter a cavalry team stationed in the city out of the city.
Nominally, it is to let them investigate the military situation, but in fact, it is to give them a chance to live, and they do not have to be martyred for Yufang City when they can't do anything, and it can be regarded as leaving a little seed for the defenders of Yufang City.
"General, when will the people from the Zahu Alliance arrive?" The soldiers standing beside him looked at the sunset in the distance and asked Cheng Buyi, "These foreign Hu people always want to enter our homeland, and we can't let them go this time."
"We will kill those robbers" Cheng Buyi stood solemnly, his clothes fluttering in the west wind.
The next day, the forward troops of the Zahu Alliance arrived, and the Hu people sent people to Yufang City to persuade them to surrender, and an arrow was shot down in the city, and the persuasion made the surrender be killed on the spot by the arrows, and the Hu people immediately attached themselves to the siege of the city, and three days later Cheng Buyi and all his comrades died in battle, and the Yufang City fell!
The Imperial Palace at the foot of Seifuyama Ouchi, the Parliamentary Palace.
"Seven days ago, Yufang City on the outer defense line of Canglong Ridge fell, three days ago, 150,000 troops of the Zahu Alliance came to Canglong City and our Xucheng troops fought under the city, 10,000 Zahu forward troops fought with our 8,000 Western Army field army for a day and a night, both sides suffered heavy casualties and each collected their troops in the early morning of the next day, and this victory was not scored."
Jin Xiangjie, the first shop standing on the main hall, finished reading the battle report in his hand and retreated into the group of ministers standing on the main hall and no longer spoke.
"The military situation in the West has tended to be clear," His Majesty the Emperor's voice was calm and restrained, "Since the military situation is clear, then let General Nangong lead the troops to the battle."
In the forbidden army camp outside the imperial territory at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, 70,000 Dahan lined up in seven phalanxes and stood quietly on the school military field ready to go, and I stood in front of one of the phalanxes and was talking in a low voice with a young general in military uniform.
At this time, the emperor and the ministers have not arrived, and I can enter the camp as a prince, but I am also not allowed to move around at will, and I can only approach the battle formation in the name of comforting the army.
"Big brother, when did you join the Divine Guard Army's Xiao Cavalry Battalion?" The young general standing in front of the phalanx is my eldest brother Liu Qingyang!
"Didn't I tell you, little brother," the eldest brother stood in a standard military posture and looked ahead, "I joined the army of the Western Expedition this time, but I asked for my father's consent."
"I only learned the news of your joining the army from the queen's mother last night" I'm a little angry, I have the strongest friendship with my eldest brother among my brothers, in case he has the slightest mistake on the battlefield, how can I be embarrassed?
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Of course, I don't dare to leak the fact that the eldest prince of the Qingfeng Dynasty joined the army, once the enemy spy finds out that the future emperor of the Qingfeng Dynasty is also on the battlefield, wouldn't it be terrible?
As long as the people of the Zahu Alliance find him out from the battlefield and kill him, they will win the war.
"Little brother, the dragon and phoenix drums have been beaten, and the ceremony of the father's emperor ascending the altar to worship the generals is about to begin" There was a dull and dense sound of war drums in the distance, which was a sign that the emperor and the ministers of the court were about to enter the camp!
"Big brother, come back alive" I walked away from the military formation, before the military affairs, no one who has nothing to do with it must peep at the army for no reason, even if I am a prince, I can no longer stay on the school military field!
I walked out of the barracks through the side door and left, and left in the carriage prepared by He Fatzi.
Even when I returned to the palace, I could hear the shouts of 70,000 soldiers in the camp rushing to the sky!
Liu Qingyang stepped into the school military field with his comrades next to him to accept the inspection of the emperor and the important ministers of the court, and tens of thousands of pairs of combat boots made of cowhide stepped on the drum beat of the marching drum on the bluestone paved school military field, making a dull sound in the sky.
Liu Qingyang's heartbeat was like a drum, his blood was like boiling water, and the whole person seemed to be integrated with tens of thousands of comrades.
This is the life he wants, and fighting on the battlefield with his comrades can make his life reach the pinnacle, even if he goes to the battlefield and returns without regrets.
I sat in the Listening Rain Pavilion at the highest place in the Imperial Garden in the Imperial City, listening to the shouts and killings coming from the bottom of the mountain, and I couldn't calm down for a long time!
I know that the voice of the eldest brother is also contained in it, this is the choice of the eldest brother, and I sincerely hope that he can return safely.
I know that there are countless gods in the blue sky, and I have never believed in any gods, and I have never burned incense to worship Buddha.
But as soon as I learned that my eldest brother was about to set foot on the battlefield, I began to pray to them that they would bless my brother's safe return.
Can they hear it?
"What are you worried about?"
Nie Mingzhu's figure appeared beside me, and Nie Mingzhu, who realized a trace of the charm of heaven on the altar of the ghost market, was beautiful without a trace of human fireworks.
"My eldest brother has gone out with the army" I don't plan to hide the news of the eldest prince of the Qingfeng Dynasty joining the army and going out to her.
"Your Highness going on an expedition?" Nie Mingzhu was stunned, she couldn't imagine that the prince of the golden branches and jade leaves would also be in danger of fighting the enemy on the battlefield!
"Don't worry, Fengming Mountain also has eight disciples to join the Western Expedition army, as long as your eldest brother doesn't meet the people of Kunlun Ding, there shouldn't be much danger."
Nie Mingzhu couldn't find the right words to comfort me, and she could only tell me about Feng Mingshan's secret operations to increase my confidence in my eldest brother's trip!
"Really?" my mind flashed to the grim face of the Ghost City Altar.