The dust on the official road was flying, and a cavalry force of ten thousand people marched day and night, and they finally got a glimpse of Pingyao City in the distance.
Da Gan Chao You Xiaowei, this is a cavalry unit armed to the teeth, its combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to that of the alien Leopard Division.
This vanguard force is led by King Chen Biao of Qi. Logically speaking, King Qi is the general who governs the country. He used to be the commander in charge of 60,000 cavalry outside Daxing City, but now he can only lead 10,000 troops. This arrangement by the God of War seems a bit strange. Appropriate.
But King Qi was not dissatisfied at all, because if it weren't for the military god, who was still squatting at home, he might have missed this once-in-a-century battle.
For King Chen Biao of Qi, the throne of the emperor is very important, but that will happen in the future. The most important thing now is whether he can be allowed to lead the army. As long as he can be allowed to go to war, let alone the God of War giving him 10,000 cavalry. , even if he is asked to lead a thousand troops, he will do it.
There are militants in every dynasty, and the King of Qi is this kind of person. The warlike nature of the King of Qi was brought out of his bones. The King of Qi once reported to Emperor Hongdao that he wanted to lead 60,000 elite cavalry into the grassland to give Tie Molele some color. Look, luckily Emperor Hongdao is not old and confused yet, and the God of War is still sober enough, otherwise I don’t know how big a trap King Qi can make.
Emperor Hongdao sometimes lamented that if the Qian Dynasty was still prosperous, he might really be able to rely on this son to expand his territory and make his achievements equal those of his great ancestor...
When King Qi led his army and was still five miles away from Pingyao, he saw Dugu Lie who came to greet him. Seeing that King Qi was still three feet away from Dugu Lie, he got off his horse and walked to Dugu Lie, knelt down on one knee and said: "Nephew meets uncle!"
Seeing King Qi Chen Biao performing the courtesy of a junior, Dugu Lie smiled, hurriedly stepped forward to help King Qi up, took King Qi's hand and said, "Biao'er, why are you so polite!"
Although Dugu Lie does not have a high official position in the army, behind him stands the first aristocratic family of the Qian Dynasty. His eldest niece is the dean’s favorite student and will become a saint in the future. If Qi King Chen Biao still wants to be The emperor must lower his stature and fawn over this man named Dugu.
Although Dugu Lie usually has a hot temper and scolds his ancestors whenever he disagrees with him, after meeting King Qi Chen Biao, he seemed to have changed his temper. On the way back, his smile never closed.
It’s not that Dugu Lie is shamelessly fawning over King Qi, but that Dugu Lie likes King Qi no matter what. He feels that the only one in the world who is worthy of the little princess of the Dugu family is King Qi Chen Biao. Dugu Lie is a soldier. , so the only people who can catch his eye are soldiers.
In Dugu Lie's view, as long as the marriage between Dugu Qingqing and King Qi is completed, the throne of the future emperor will belong to King Qi, and then his Dugu family will have another queen who will be the mother of the world. Dugu Lie has had many He mentioned this matter to his brother Duguxiao several times, but his brother rejected him every time.
Dugu Qingqing has already been in her twenties this year. In Dugu Lie's view, if she were a girl from an ordinary family, she would have been treated as a child long ago. She is still young, so how old is big. Therefore, Dugu Lie doesn't care what his eldest brother does in his gourd. What kind of medicine is he selling? Anyway, he is trying his best to promote this marriage.
Dugu Lie and King Qi rode together and just arrived at the gate of Pingyao City when they saw a horse riding in the distance. The cavalry on the horse was shouting excitedly all the way...
"Great victory in Taigu County! Great victory in Taigu County!"
Hearing the knight's shout, Dugu Lie just smiled slightly and thought to himself, "Taigu County only has 500 cavalrymen stationed in Shihan. What a great victory! How big of a victory can it be?"
The cavalryman rushed to the gate of the city and was stopped by King Qi's personal guards. The cavalryman dismounted and said loudly: "I am under the command of Captain Hanxiao of the division. I want to see the commander of the Dugulie Army to report the great victory in Taigu County."
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Dugu Lie rode his horse forward, looked at the cavalryman and said, "I am Dugu Lie. Please come up with your army report. If it's not a great victory, be careful!"
The cavalryman took out the military report handwritten by the division letter from his arms and presented it with respectful hands.
Dugu Lie unfolded the military report and read it out in public without any hesitation...
On May 11, the 27th year of Kaiping, 2,000 cavalry from the foreign Leopard Division approached Taigu County at Chenshi, and engaged 400 soldiers from Xunyang County at noon. Our 500 cavalry quickly provided support. Both sides fought outside Taigu County.
With the blessing of the Holy One, we will win a great victory.
In this battle, 631 enemies were wiped out and 420 horses and a number of weapons and armors were captured. Our Xunyang Prefecture soldiers died in 302 battles and Jinan Prefecture soldiers lost 115 in the battle.
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Our army can achieve a complete victory thanks to Xunyang Commandery Commander Zheng Tianqi, Xunyang Commandery Commanders Nan Gongyu and Li Taiping...
Although Shi Han was born as a horse bandit, he was trained by Nangong Jingzhi to write good calligraphy and was very good at wording. He vividly described the bloody battle on the page and made Qi King Chen Biao's blood boil with excitement.
I saw Dugu Lie laughing and saying: "What a good one, Zheng Tianqi who seeks victory in defeat and dies on the battlefield! What a good Nangong Yu who regards death as home and never retreats! What a good one, the unparalleled fierce general Li Taiping! A Xunyang Xiajun, at the same time
There are three strong generals, not bad!”
The cavalryman suddenly knelt on one knee and said: "Tantai Ziyi, the leader of the Jiangnan Green Forest League, led dozens of heroes from the Jianghu to participate in this battle and bought precious time for the victory. General Shi Han said that Tantai Ziyi and other Jianghu heroes
, it does not mean that soldiers will not be reflected in the battle report, but I will definitely tell you orally so that adults know it!"
Dugu Lie nodded and said: "You go back and tell the teacher that although his contribution is not written in the battle report, I, Dugu Lie, will not forget him. I will write a new battle report and submit it to the army together with this one."
Lord God! Also, I will send two more soldiers to his tent and ask him to guard Taigu County for me!"
Seeing that the soldiers were about to leave, King Qi stopped the soldiers and said, "You are under Shi Han, so do you know the situation of Lieutenant Li Taiping of Xunyang County? Is his weapon a sword?"
Dugu Lie turned his head slightly, but did not look at King Qi. He was just curious as to why King Qi would care about a captain of the Imperial Army.
The cavalryman shook his head and said, "We have all seen Captain Li Taiping. The weapon he uses is an iron spear!"
King Qi frowned, waved his hand, and then the cavalry mounted their horses and left...
On the main street of Taigu County, the green shirts and purple clothes are very eye-catching. Especially the martial arts warriors look at the green shirts with a bit of hostility.
"Who do you think the man next to the alliance leader is? Why have I never seen him before?"
"How do I know this! But that person looks just ordinary. I think he might be the brother of the alliance leader!"
"Nonsense! The leader of the alliance is the leader of the Qiu Shui Sword Sect. Since when did the Qiu Shui Sword Sect have male disciples? If the Qiu Shui Sword Sect accepts male disciples, I will change my sect today!"
"If they're not brothers, they're distant relatives. They can't be friends anyway!"
"I agree with this. Our alliance leader looks like an immortal, but we can't look down on such ordinary people!"
The two warriors sipped the hot porridge in their bowls while chatting away...
Strangely enough, the purple-shirted and green-shirted ones, after choosing from time to time, finally chose the porridge shop where the two warriors were.
Tantai Ziyi walked into the shop first, nodded to the two warriors, then turned back and said with a smile: "How about here?"
Li Taiping looked at the shop and then said: "The shop is quite clean, but the food is a little simpler! I'll treat Ziyi to this meal today to show that you stayed with me all night yesterday. Don't be polite to me!"
As soon as Li Taiping finished speaking, he heard the sound of the porridge bowl falling to the ground and breaking. He couldn't help but look back at the two astonished warriors...
"You two, is the porridge too hot?"
The two warriors quickly stood up and said.
"Yes, it's too hot!"
"Not hot! Not hot!"
Li Taiping was suspicious in his heart, these two people must be sick. One is permed and the other is not. He couldn't help but laughed again: "Is it permed or not?"
The two warriors wanted to say that the porridge was not hot, but your words were hot, and it was very hot to the heart. The two warriors smiled awkwardly and said, "Accidentally! It doesn't matter, just leave us alone!"
Li Taiping shook his head, turned around and looked at Tantai Ziyi and said with a smile: "You were very tired from standing all the time last night, so let's do whatever is good for you to make up for it!"
Tantai Ziyi's face turned red, and he said with a smile: "Brother, you're welcome, this is what Ziyi should do, but don't treat Ziyi as an outsider!"
What were they saying? The two warriors couldn't hold it in any longer.
I saw one of them saying: "The alliance leader was with this person last night..."
It's not easy to ask some questions directly, so the words he spoke were vague, confusing even Tantai Ziyi.
Tantai Ziyi asked in confusion: "What happened last night?"
The man shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Nothing! Nothing!"
Another warrior stood up and said: "Why is it so difficult to speak! We are all children of the world, what is there to say? What we want to ask is, can we be the leader of the night alliance and sleep with this senior brother?"
Li Taiping was about to sit down, but after hearing what the warrior said, he almost sat down on the ground.
Tantai Ziyi turned red, her face was like a ripe apple...
"You two are mistaken! I accompanied my senior brother on the city wall last night to enjoy the scenery. Don't let me misunderstand you!"
Although Tantai Ziyi couldn't explain this matter, it was a good explanation, otherwise she wouldn't have to be a human being if the news spread.
But explanations are explanations, and they have to be convincing. The girl is alone and her parents are so energetic. She stayed up most of the night and said she was watching the scenery on the city wall. Who can believe this?
No matter how beautiful the scenery is, the girl next to you can still be beautiful.
At this time, two more Jianghu people walked into the porridge shop, and as soon as they saw Li Taiping, they ran forward to say hello.
I saw a fat little fat man who bowed with a smile and said: "Greetings to Master Taiping! Good morning, Master Tantai!"
The junior brother on the side saw that the second senior brother had taken the lead and couldn't help but hurriedly bowed and said: "I've seen you, uncle! Good morning, uncle Tantai!"
When the two Jianghu warriors saw this, they believed Tantai Ziyi's words...
Early in the morning, before the city gate of Taigu County was opened, a tall old man was seen walking down the official road leading a donkey, and there was also a pretty little girl sitting on the donkey with her little feet wandering around...