Chapter Seventy-Two: Homecoming
"Withdrawn?"
Looking at Gundam who walked into the military tent, Meng Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, and immediately asked.
Gao Da replied: "General Qiqi Meng, in the middle of the night last night, Shi Tianze led his soldiers and horses to leave from the Guanghua army. ”
"In that case, do you know where the other party has gone?" Meng Heng asked again.
Gundam shook his head and replied, "I don't know!"
"I don't know?" Meng Hui put down the spy report in his hand, immediately laughed, and said, "If I expected it to be correct." It should be that the people of the court finally gave in and were willing to crown Xiao Feng, the commander of the Red Phoenix Army, as the king. ”
"Xiao Feng of the Red Phoenix Army, could it be that Shi Tianze's retreat has something to do with the Red Phoenix Army?" Gao Da was not surprised, and continued to ask.
"Of course. With a slight bow, Meng Heng was naturally full of smiles, and immediately replied: "After all, the Red Phoenix Army has already made an alliance with our dynasty and agreed to fight against Mongolia together. Now is the time for her to fulfill her contract. As for Shi Tianze?" His expression paused, and he continued: "I expected that this person must have heard some rumors, otherwise he would never have left so simply. ”
"Then Xiangyang City has been relieved?"
Gundam was so confused that he shook his head and shook all the thoughts out of his head.
Although he has some military force, but in terms of knowledge, he is too poor, so he can only serve as a military general, but if he wants to pacify the people and govern the locality, he is still insufficient, and if it involves a political game, it is even more difficult to parry.
Meng Hui's expression relaxed, but he still woke up with shock: "It can only be safe for the time being." After all, that Zhang Rou was still outside the city! And for so many days, he had not moved, and he did not know what he was doing. Looking at Gundam, he instructed again: "Also, after you go down, you must ensure the safety of the city, and there must be no mistakes, you know? Otherwise, if the enemy suddenly turns around and kills us, what will we do then?"
"General, the last general understands. ”
Gundam immediately replied with his head in his head, and went down with the order.
After seeing Gao Gao leave, Meng Hui's expression became solemn, but he thought in his heart: "It's just that I didn't think that this Xiao Feng used what means to make all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty surrender and be willing to crown her king?
After all, this is not unheard of in history.
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On both sides are straight peaks, one after the other, I don't know how far away.
Between the peaks, however, there is a small path, which is so narrow that it can only accommodate a cart and a horse, and there is no other road to pass.
Today, in the midst of this steep mountain, there were countless wagons creaking, mixed with the sudden sound of whips, and the pack horses immediately became excited, and their hooves fluttered, and the wagons creaked and creaked, and walked into the distance, and on top of these carriages were bags of grain and boxes of firearms, which made the wheels very heavy, and crushed the gravel with a "click".
I don't know how long I walked, and when I saw a wall at the end of the road in the distance, everyone was overjoyed.
"I'm working hard, and I'll be in Tongguan soon!"
Everyone was instantly excited, and immediately jumped down from the carriage, pushed the carriage in front of them together, and walked into the gate guarding Hanzhong.
Compared with the scene of the past, today's Tongguan is very slaughtering, on the streets of the city, except for a column of soldiers who are patrolling, there are no people, and the guns in their hands, as well as the almost indifferent face, make this city full of murderous atmosphere.
Seeing these carriages rushing in, a smile appeared at the corner of Xiao Feng's mouth, and he glanced past Qin Changqing, who was standing solemnly next to him.
Qin Changqing's body was shocked, and he immediately replied in a loud voice: "Lord Qiqi, 100,000 stones of grain, 50,000 guns, and more than 5 million bullets. All the supplies have already begun to be transported to Tongguan, and in only three days we will be able to get out of the pass and defeat the murderous Mongol army. ”
Xiao Feng's chin nodded slightly, and he said approvingly: "It seems that during the time I left, you didn't stop there, but you unknowingly saved so many things?"
According to the alliance with the Song Dynasty, after she was crowned king, she should send troops to attack Mongolia so that she could relieve the danger of Xiangyang City. And now, after Xiao Feng returned to Chang'an City, he also ordered his subordinates to start sending troops, and now the time is almost November, and it is also the time to send troops.
After all, according to the usual management, this cold day is the time when Mongolia is heading south.
The temperature in the north of the desert where they live is too cold, if they come to the south in winter, they are easily infected with malaria, plague and other infectious diseases, and they can't stand the high temperature of more than 30 degrees Celsius, so they can only choose to go south when the weather is cold to avoid the damage caused by the plague.
"Since the independent public entered Beijing, we have known that our strength is low, and we have never rested at night, processing and manufacturing guns and corresponding bullets overnight, just for today's time. It's just that the lord, this time don't let those bastards escape again. Do you know?" Qin Changqing gritted his teeth, but he remembered what happened to him in the past.
That humiliation was not acceptable to him!
"Expelle the Tatars and restore China. Xiao Feng couldn't help laughing, and said, "This is naturally the purpose of my trip." That's what I can assure you. She looked at the mountains in the distance, but the mountains did not cover her gaze, but made her even more interested in the world beyond the mountains.
The gaze is longer and longer, not only passing the Central Plains where Chinese civilization was born, but also coming to the land of Mobei, and also seeing the nomads who chase water and grass on this vast grassland.
In pursuit of their prey, they tamed their horses as mounts, and in order to drive out beasts of prey, they made the most powerful weapons.
The two merged into one, resulting in the most powerful cavalry in the world.
The Mongol tribes, the tribe created by Genghis Khan, were the only owners of this land, and they also broke through the broken Great Wall and came to the Central Plains with their greed and desire for the Central Plains, and imposed their desire for survival and greed for wealth on the Chinese nation, and finally created one bloody massacre after another.
All this has not been forgotten.
Caught in the past thoughts, Xiao Feng was stunned in place, completely forgetting the things around him.
The days are rising and dying, and the people who came here have also come one after another, transporting all the materials to Tongguan, and when everything is ready, Xiao Feng finally put down his mind and came to the front of Dianjiangtai.
The black pressed one, and I don't know how many soldiers there are.
Once upon a time, they were just ordinary farmers, but today, they are warriors armed with sharp weapons to defend their territory.
At this time, they all set their eyes on the woman on the platform, red like a torch, but it illuminated the earth in the darkness, and also made them understand what they were doing, and they understood what they were fighting for today.
But for Xiao Feng, the scene in front of her made her feel even more nervous.
It wasn't the first time she had done so, but every time she felt nervous, fearing that she had failed to do something, and that she had let down the soldiers who trusted her.
But the way ahead is destined to be opened up.
So, Xiao Feng took a deep breath and slowly said to everyone: "Everyone. Have you ever forgotten that in Taihang, we waited for the frost and dew and the thorns to open up a trace of life? Have you ever forgotten that in Luzhou, we have gone through hardships to save the lives of the people in the whole city from the butcher's knife? And in Taiyuan, in the vast land of China, we used our hands and our feet to finally break a way in the encirclement and interception of the other party? Tell me, have you forgotten?"
The voice was not loud, but at this moment, the wind was stagnant, the insects were suffocating, and even the crowd was holding their breath, waiting for Xiao Feng's words
At this moment, they all quieted down for this, just to listen to the sincere words.
The sentence "Have you forgotten?" exploded in the ears in an instant, and everyone felt red eyes and bloodshot brains, and they all replied loudly: "No!"
"Very well, then from today onwards, we are going to take it all back. With our hands, and with our blood, we will take it all back. ”
Xiao Feng was quite calm, her voice was much calmer than the previous excitement, but even so, everyone could hear it clearly, because the leader in front of her dug out the deepest desires in their hearts and confided them in everyone.
So, they also responded with the same loud voice: "Take all this back." ”
Standing on the side, Qin Changqing sighed secretly, thinking: "Take the people's heart as your own heart, no wonder there is such prestige, even if only the body remains, it can still make his subordinates fall for it, and he is determined to resurrect it." Now it seems that this Red Phoenix Army may really have the possibility of competing in the world?"
On the other side, the king's blood was already boiling, and he also shouted in response: "Take all this back." ”
For him, being forced to leave his homeland was already quite painful, and now it was only possible to return to his homeland if the Northern Expedition was revived, and for most of the soldiers present, they were no different.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Feng felt that his whole body was boiling, and he gave an order.
"In that case, then follow my orders and go!"
With a "bang", the gate of Tongguan opened instantly, and countless soldiers and horses under her command rushed towards the distance, which was their former hometown and the place they were determined to return.