Chapter XVII: The Barbarian Offensive

After two days and two nights of rapid marching, Meng Yan's army finally arrived at Zhenhao's mansion.

The Zhenhao Mansion was stationed with a quarter of the defenders of the Far Northern Province, and its combat strength was slightly inferior to that of the Daimyofu.

The defenders were astonished when they saw a rushing army from afar, and they did not organize a decent defensive formation in a hurry. It behaves exactly like the Daimyo's defenders when they are attacked by the barbarian army.

The armies of the north, though brave, were less agile because they were accustomed to fighting with the barbarians. In contrast, although the army in the south is not bloody, it has an endless stream of dark and treacherous tricks, which makes everyone on the other side cry out for headaches.

Meng Yan quickly incorporated the remaining Daimyo's Mansion troops into the Zhenhao Mansion, and laid the sentry fifty miles forward in order to react.

Although due to the consistent prestige of the prince, the defenders of the Zhenhao Mansion did not say much, but they still had a lot of complaints in their hearts.

After resting for a long day, there were no barbarians coming, and many people were relieved.

Although I am not afraid of death, it is good to be able to experience the joy of life for a while.

At the same time, due to the menacing barbarians, Xu Yunshen's mission of the Qincha parade was temporarily put on hold.

Meng Yan wrote a chapter, explaining the beginning and end of the battle, and at the same time pointed out that the barbarians must continue to attack, so that the imperial court could send assistance.

It takes nearly two weeks to repeat the twists and turns, even if two heralds are desperately trying to convey it with rapid foot strength.

Among them, in Tianxin Lake, it will be delayed for a week.

Because the new type of clipper invented by Gewuyuan still has a large power plant, and the power source required is also 3-5 people, so it can only be installed on medium and above transport ships. And the heralds could only ride on this medium-sized clipper.

In fact, the boat that Xu Yunshen and Duan Qiushui took when they came was called the Black Boat, which was not officially registered. In order to make more money, some people in the private sector illegally modified the new power unit and installed it on a small boat, so as to achieve the purpose of "fast boat". This is extremely unsafe and easy to cause ship destruction and death, so the official strictly prohibits it.

But it can't stop people from getting rich. And the clipper that Xu Yunshen was sitting on, although the boat owner didn't dare to mention too much speed due to safety, it still docked in three days. And the medium-sized clippers, it takes a week, and the gap is visible!

In the two weeks of these twists and turns, what happened and what to do could only be carried out by Meng Yan alone.

If he does it well, it is his duty, and if he does it badly, the court will definitely settle the score.

This is also the other side of the separation.

"Lord Wang, ...... am I during this time?" Xu Yunshen sat next to Meng Yan.

Meng Yan hadn't gone down the city wall for three days, eating and living on it, and his eyes had been looking at the north.

He was no longer dressed in his robes as before, but unkempt and unwashed. A few days of unkempt trim made his face quickly vicissitudes.

Meng Yan rolled his stubble chin and said, "Brother Xian, you have already asked me three times, and you have to ask once a day after eating, and your ears are about to get sores." He touched his ears with his dirty hands, "You stay here first, just in time, as I flee south, it will be a parade." ”

"Why does the prince always think about defeat first instead of winning?" Xu Yunshen looked at his ears, and they were indeed frozen sores.

Meng Yan smiled: "There are no victorious generals in this world, only those who survive and fight many battles are famous generals." ”

"It's biased. Xu Yunshen shook his head.

Meng Yan slapped his thigh and said heartily: "That's right, it's just biased! Fighting, fighting back and forth, how many kings are there? Since the founding of the country, isn't there just one?" Don't look at the scenery of the North King, a young talent, he has also suffered a lot of defeats. ”

Cheng Tu, the king of Kaiwang, was crowned king after his death. Although many people say that he can be crowned king if he survives for another two years. But the Tang Dynasty seems to have a vast territory, and it can no longer accommodate more kings. Moreover, above the court and the temple, many people want him to die.

Cheng Tu also calmly went to his death.

"Has King Kai ever lost a battle?" Xu Yunshen listened.

Meng Yan glanced at him, his nose spewed out two white gases, and he disdainfully: "He has also fought, but they are all small battles." Compared with his often winning big battles, small battles don't count, so he is the founder of a hundred battles. ”

A small battle is not a loss, just like a woman who said that although she is beautiful, no one confesses to her - that is because she is ugly, or in poor condition, is not a person.

Xu Yunshen laughed dryly twice and did not speak.

Suddenly, there was a bustling shouting and scolding in the city.

Meng Yan frowned, and ordered, "Huo Shi, you go and see what's going on." ”

Huo Shi responded with his fists clenched and jumped off the city wall.

With a team of soldiers, he ran to the source of the sound to find out what was going on.

Xu Yunshen didn't reply when he saw Meng Yan, and asked, "Lord Wang, aren't you curious about what happened in the city?"

"What else could it be?" Meng Yan felt a little itchy in his ears, scratched it, and there was something more moist in his hands, "It's nothing more than a conflict between the local soldiers and the foreign soldiers, mutiny, and when the two armies were united, I saw the eyes of those little cubs in the Zhenhao Mansion." ”

"I'll tell you, there is not much else in the army, but there are many contradictions, many conflicts, and it is normal to look at each other and then fight. ”

Soon the chaos was smoothed out, and the old Jin Ge Iron Horse and the uniform sound of various training were restored.

Huo Shi walked up to the city wall and reported: "Lord Wang, someone had a conflict over cooking, and there was a dispute, and now the twenty-three people involved have been locked in a closed room. ”

"How is it?" Meng Yan glanced at Xu Yunshen and smiled, "Is it the defenders of the Yuan Zhenhao Mansion and the Southern Army of the Daimyo Mansion that have a conflict?"

"Yes. ”

Meng Yan put down the knife he often held in his hand, shook his arm, relaxed, and then said indifferently: "This kind of thing is a trivial matter, and it's okay to fight normally." At most, a little more people will be affected. Once there is a real battle, when it is time to die, there will only be one name, called Tang Jun. ”

"Okay, the soldiers have also eaten, why don't you go eat yet...... Uh, dirt. Speaking of which, in fact, Meng Yan was extremely curious, in the past few days, he had never seen Xu Yunshen eat, and he lived by eating soil all day long.

I didn't starve to death, I was full of energy.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still holding the prince's shelf, he would also want to dig a handful of soil and taste it.

Xu Yunshen smiled: "It's okay, I ate a little too much in the last meal, now I will consume my food and sit with the prince again." ”

The main thing is that he has nowhere to go.

Duan Qiushui taught Huahua all day long, telling the little girl all kinds of secular rules and concepts. Although I don't know how much Huahua listened, Duan Qiushui's hot energy was something that Xu Yunshen couldn't insert.

Xu Yunshen didn't know the others, so he could only spend time here in Meng Yan.

Meng Yan is also a relatively smart person, and Xu Yunshen also likes to talk to smart people.

The smile of the prince with a gloomy future grew, patted Xu Yunshen's shoulder vigorously, and said earnestly: "I didn't expect to see the truth in the tribulation, don't worry, brother Xian, if I survive this catastrophe, I will definitely live up to you!"

Well, why doesn't that seem right?

Xu Yun was embarrassed and touched his head.

He just wanted to talk to someone and pass the time.

If Meng Yan knew his thoughts, he would definitely choke his neck and roar: "It's useless to think that this king is a little who doesn't tend to be inflammatory, but I didn't expect you to just use this king as a tool!

Naturally, it is still an unknown question whether the executioner's knife can not be broken by Xu Yunshen's iron neck.

Suddenly, Meng Yan's expression was solemn, and Xu Yunshen also changed his face and looked to the north.

I saw a large number of barbarians coming to the distant grassland.

The scout sentry sent by Meng Yan couldn't outrun the stormtrooping soldiers at the front of the barbarian army, and they were all devoured by the "ant colony" one by one.

"Horn. Meng Yan said in a deep voice and shouted.

The sound of the horn spread throughout the city, and all the soldiers stopped their movements and quickly returned to the battle.

This time, Meng Yan was not attacked by a sneak attack, but prepared, he was about to give the barbarians a hard blow!

At dusk, large swaths of barbarians, no organization, no formation, only amazing speed and number.

"The troops of the East and West South Cities are on standby, according to the plan of the first one. Meng Yan asked Huo Shi to convey the order.

In the past few days, he has made up several sets of plans and measures against the enemy, forced all soldiers to write them down, and practiced many times.

That's what it is today.

I saw many soldiers rushing out of the city, or jumping down from the city walls, or rushing out of the city gates, or practicing outside the city.

They were armed with all kinds of weapons and stood in formation. On the walls, two rows of archers with hard bows appeared. The archers were half-loaded with quivers, so that they could shoot quickly and save some of their stamina, and then switch to melee weapons to fight the barbarians.

Part of the reason was that the barbarians were advancing so fast that most of the archers had already burst into their faces before most of the archers had finished their arrows.

"Release the arrows!" Meng Yan ordered in a cold voice.

The familiar rain of arrows, whizzing through the burning clouds, with the killing intent of the Tang army, flew towards the barbarian army.

The effect was so thin that it was like an ant colony swallowing up a rain of arrows.

Xu Yunshen let out a sigh as expected, and he looked at Meng Yan.

Meng Yan was unwavering and continued to order: "A two, attack!"

The Don Army, outnumbered twice as many as the barbarians, maintained their military formation and charged the enemy!

As the sun falls, the killing becomes more and more brutal.

......

A week later, Chang'an, a thousand miles away from here, finally received news that shocked the government and the opposition.

"Heaven-level affairs!"

"Heaven-level affairs!"

The crowd at the court meeting stopped moving.

Now is the moment when Chen Baiyi summarizes and reports on the state of the Tang Dynasty for a week, and he stands there, and he can't help but look at the two heralds who directly broke into the hall with a serious look.

Chen Ruo stood up and asked, "What's the matter, you say it first." He gestured to the one standing on the left.

"Tianbei Province has been raided by barbarians, and now the king of the north is fighting against the troops, and the estimated number of barbarians is ......" The herald swallowed, "One hundred thousand." ”

Chen Ruo's figure shook and looked at the other herald.

The herald put his forehead on the ground and said: "The extreme north province was raided by the barbarians, and the Daimyo's Mansion has been lost. ”

The content of the two bombshell news made everyone have a headache.

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