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The north wind roared past, raging across the sparse grassland, rolling up a cloud of dust and smoke.
To the north, a cavalry force of about 4,000 people galloped southward until they reached the bank of the turbulent Daling River, where they stopped.
In the river, the waves rolled and the water flowed rapidly. A long-lost moist green smell poured into the tip of Liu Ruyi's nose.
Liu Ruyi took a greedy breath of fresh air by the river and patted the horse on her crotch!
The horse seemed to understand what Liu Ruyi meant, and roared softly, turned its head, and gently rubbed Liu Ruyi's arm.
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but smile, "Xiao Hei, please be patient for a little longer. It won't take a few days before you can return to our territory!"
Xiao Hei seemed a little dissatisfied. He rubbed Liu Ruyi's arm hard, lowered his head, and 'vented' on the weeds under his feet.
On the side, Hai Lanzhu couldn't help but smile sweetly, "You are indeed a bad person, even the horses don't want to pay attention to you!"
Hai Lanzhu was wearing a one-size-larger bright red mandarin duck war coat and a silver helmet, riding on a maroon sweat-blooded horse. Although it was a little less beautiful and charming than usual, it was more
How heroic!
Mongolian women have grown up on horses since childhood. Although Liu Ruyi has been riding horses for several years, her equestrian skills are still far inferior to those of Hai Lanzhu.
"Haha! What do you know? It's not that Xiao Hei doesn't want to pay attention to me, but!" Liu Ruyi paused and glanced at Hai Lanzhu with a smile, "She thinks I didn't find a heroic little mare for her.
This is making conditions for me!"
"You..." Hai Lanzhu suddenly blushed. She still couldn't understand the meaning of Liu Ruyi's words. She turned her head quickly, not daring to look at Liu Ruyi again.
"Hahaha!" Liu Ruyi laughed loudly, but her eyes looked towards the other side of the river bank.
Hai Lanzhu glanced at Liu Ruyi secretly and found that he didn't look at her anymore, so she felt relieved.
However, then, Hai Lanzhu suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart.
He has captured me for so many years, but why didn't he touch me? Is it because he is not charming enough?
For a moment, Hai Lanzhu suddenly doubted his own appearance.
In the past, when she lived in the Qing Palace, although Hai Lanzhu was above ten thousand people, in the deep palace, there were intrigues and intrigues. Every moment, she would worry that there would be other women who would threaten her.
Location.
Especially after her only beloved son died in infancy, this inexplicable fear tortured her mind every moment.
The pain of losing her beloved son and the worry about his position made her restless, unable to sleep or eat well, and her body became more and more haggard day by day.
As the ancients said, 'A beautiful woman is destined to have a bad life!'
But how can a mere mortal be qualified to endure a peerless beauty?
This kind of woman will definitely marry into an emperor or a powerful family!
But as the saying goes, "Once you enter the Hou family, it's as deep as the sea!"
Is the deep courtyard, between the high red brick walls, really their destination?
Which one, Xi Shi, Diao Chan or Yu Huan, can get their true happiness?
What about Fan Li? This man only knows how to push women to the front desk and give them to others to enjoy, but he himself orders women to hide in the shadows and secretly fire arrows. Is he worthy?
In the five thousand years of Chinese history, among all the queens and empresses in the history, who was able to die a good death? Which one was a peerless beauty?
Only women like Bumbutai and Yehenala, who are good at using their looks when they are young and good at using their looks when they are older, will persist to the end!
But is such a woman really worth having? Is she afraid that she will have nightmares even when she sleeps?
Of course, Wu Zhao, a beauty that is rare to see in thousands of years, is naturally not included in this list!
Hai Lanzhu secretly looked at the tall man in front of him. Compared with Huang Taiji, he was much younger and more handsome!
Although he always talks badly about himself, in life, he is meticulous about every detail.
With him, Hai Lanzhu suddenly realized that he had no secrets at all. No matter what he was thinking, he could always easily guess it. No matter what he wanted to do, he could always prepare it for him in advance.
The most important thing is that when I talk to him on weekdays, his seemingly unrestrained, even frivolous and teasing words, but after I understand it, I find that what he said is so correct!
It even overturned everything he had learned in the past thirty years.
Just like this, looking at him secretly and quietly, Hai Lanzhu suddenly discovered that, from some unknown time on, he had become more and more pleasing to his eyes, and he also had a girlish expectation for tomorrow's life!
What will it be like tomorrow...
Liu Ruyi didn't pay attention to Hai Lanzhu's little woman's thoughts at this time. His eyes and thoughts had drifted to the other side of the Daling River.
This vast and fertile land on the other side was crucial to the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty!
With the Manchus and Qing Dynasties gained, Ming Dynasty and Liaodong would no longer have the power to resist!
But on the contrary, Ming Dynasty realized that the output of this land and the depth of this land can provide enough energy for Ming Dynasty to maintain the current structure.
At this time, it is time to decide the final ownership of this land!
However, Liu Ruyi was still anxious because he had not been able to get the latest battle situation on the Songshan front line!
Without the latest information on the Songshan battle situation, Liu Ruyi could not make the most correct choice at this time. He could only choose the safest path based on the existing information!
But for Liu Ruyi at this time, stability means being conservative, it means being unable to help the 130,000 soldiers of the Ming Army, and it means ~~failure!
This is the unbearable weight of Liu Ruyi's stunt!
He must hurry up!
At this time, a puff of dust and smoke rolled up from the west, and a dozen horses galloped towards them. The leader was none other than the Nine-Life Old Cat, the intelligence chief of the Caishi Army.
The old cat with nine lives dismounted and knelt down in front of Liu Ruyi, "General, going west from here, thirty miles away, there is a pontoon bridge guarded by two to three hundred Qing troops. Our brothers are already watching there!
"
Liu Ruyi nodded, "Let's go! Let's go!"
In a moment, the four thousand troops brought up a puff of smoke and headed straight to the west...
This is a small Qing army garrison, with a pontoon bridge about ten meters wide and made of wooden planks, extending to the other side a hundred meters away.
At this time, the edge of the fort was like a hell on earth.
Money rats who died in battle were everywhere, and the ground was stained with blood, attracting patches of black flies, buzzing around.
Obviously, the battle is over.
There was no expression on Liu Ruyi's face. Guarded by Liu Meng and dozens of soldiers, he slowly mounted his horse and crossed the pontoon bridge.
Along the way, Liu Ruyi had killed seven or eight of these Qing army fortresses, and his nerves were numb!
There are very few real Manchus in this kind of fort, only a dozen at most, but the larger ones are Han Chinese, Mongolians, Koreans and armored men!
They probably used one Niulu or half a Niulu as a system to guard the key points of the Manchu and Qing roads, fertile land, rich pastures, and generally had sufficient oil and water.
But it has also become Liu Ruyi and Caishijun’s ‘mobile granary!’
Thanks to them, Caishijun was well fed and clothed along the way, and his mental and physical strength gradually recovered.
The army quickly crossed the Daling River and took a short rest. A few demolition soldiers lit torches and burned the pontoon bridge that the Manchus had worked hard to build.
Soon, the army continued to run wildly, heading south!
Hai Lanzhu looked at the mess with some fear, but in the end, he turned his head slightly, waved his riding whip vigorously, and quickly chased in the direction of Liu Ruyi.
For her, since she has lost it, she will never come back...
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The army rushed southward.
Over the past few days, due to this high-intensity ‘migration’, many soldiers of the Caishi Army have greatly improved their equestrian skills.
Although it cannot be compared with those Manchu and Mongolian elite riders who have grown up on horses since childhood, it is relaxing and enjoyable to use horses as a means of transportation.
Two days later, the army had just crossed the Xiaoling River and was about to turn west when they encountered the Caishi Army scouts sent by Pu Sheng!
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly called him to his side, and asked Songshan carefully about the current situation of the battle.
These dozen scouts were also very excited to see Liu Ruyi and the army's triumphant return.
It turned out that since Liu Ruyi went to Shengjing, Pu Sheng led the rest of the Caishi Army and retreated to Tashan. In accordance with Liu Ruyi's instructions, he built massive fortifications and defended them to death!
But on the other hand, Pu Sheng also sent a large number of scouts to the west side of the Daling River, the north side of the Xiaoling River, and the west side, waiting for news from Liu Ruyi!
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but smile, "Pu Sheng is quite smart! Yes, very good! Brothers, you have worked hard! However, it is not the time to reminisce about the past! Datou, let me ask, and you can answer, what is the current situation in Songshan?
"
The leading scout is called Niu Datou. He is in his early forties and is a veteran of Caishi Town. When Liu Ruyi asked about it, he hurriedly explained: "General, since you left, the battle situation in Songshan has been relatively stable. However, the Qing army
Our grain and grass are very stuck! Governor Hong sent people to supervise the grain several times, but before the grain team could reach Songshan City, it was already robbed by the Qing army, and the grandsons got an advantage for nothing!"
Liu Ruyi nodded. The Qing cavalry firmly held an overwhelming advantage. These news were also expected by Liu Ruyi.
"What is the current situation in Songshan City? Has the Qing army launched a general offensive?" Liu Ruyi asked again, this was the issue he was most concerned about.
"General, these days, the Qing army has launched several waves of offensives against Songshan City, but the scale is not large and they were blocked by our brothers! However, I heard from the new brothers who went to the west a few days ago that Songshan
There is no food and grass in the city! Our brothers can only kill horses and peel off tree bark to make soup! But the food and grass have not been able to survive, and the brothers in Ningyuan and Tashan do not dare to send it to Songshan any more! Now, the situation is very critical.
Ah!" Niu Datou said with lingering fear.
Liu Ruyi nodded. Hong Chengchou has not collapsed yet, which is the best news for Liu Ruyi!
As long as the army is still there, there is still hope for everything!
"Very good! You have worked hard! Datou, I am back now. You can tell the brothers outside to withdraw to Tashan City as soon as possible. I have another important use!" Liu Ruyi patted Niu Datou on the shoulder and said.
"Yes!" Niu Datou couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to Liu Ruyi a few times. However, when he just raised his head, he slapped his forehead hard, "By the way, General! There was someone at Governor Hong's side the day before yesterday.
Several brothers have fought hard to come here and informed General Pu Sheng that I hope you will personally escort a batch of grain and grass to Songshan City!"