"I didn't expect that you usually act like a fool, but now you really look like a general. Don't worry, it's no problem! Find me a military uniform. I can't even enter Yuguan like this." Xu Muxue, wearing a shepherd's fur coat
road.
"Okay, come here, find a set of military uniforms and bring the two fastest horses in the camp! Prepare some food and grass for one of them to ride on!" After Jiang Shuo ordered his men, he said to Xu Mu: "My
You can change the horse you ride, and throw it away when you get tired!"
"I'll bring the snow dragon horse here." He Qizhou also whispered. Although he was reluctant to leave, he also knew that only Xu Muxue could complete this matter. Although he wanted to accompany him, there was only one snow dragon horse.
He was still needed in the battle to defend the city, so he had to reluctantly let go.
"Oh, one more thing, you can seize Bailiju's goods along with the carriage!" Xiaoxue said suddenly.
"Why is this?" Jiang Shuo asked in confusion.
"Let me ask you, how many horses do you have in total? How will you take everyone to evacuate to Yuguan? I think Bailiju has dozens of cars, just in time to take you there." Xiaoxue said.
"Where's that stuff? It's tens of thousands taels! Don't you feel sorry for your own family?" Jiang Shuo asked.
"The goods were scattered on the road as they walked. The pursuers could pay several years of military pay by just picking a few items, which would slow down their advance!" Xu Mu said.
"Prodigal!" Jiang Shuo and He Qizhou muttered at the same time, but they really admired Xu Mu's clever move. It seems that he also read military books!
"What did you say?" Xu Mu asked.
"Oh, I told Xinglong to give half of the furs to Bailiju when he arrived at Yuguan, so that neither family would lose much." Jiang Shuo responded hurriedly.
"A prodigal man!" Xu Muxue scolded with a smile: "But it's settled like this, you can't go back on your word!"
"They are all rich people!" He Qizhou sighed.
"Hey, take me out of the city later!" Xiaoxue whispered to Qi Zhou.
"good."
"He Qizhou, why don't you go to Yuguan to help set up defenses first..." Jiang Shuo said.
"You have always regarded me as a brother, how could I have the nerve to run away alone? Don't worry, we will be invincible together!" He Qizhou said with a smile.
"Okay, after I win this battle, I'll invite you to Yongcuilou again when I get the chance! They all keep the wine cups you used. I heard that several girls sitting next to you have been bragging about accompanying the number one scholar..."
Jiang Shuo recalled the scene when he and He Qizhou teamed up to beat up Cheng Lin and his gang at Yongcui Tower in the capital.
"Please forgive me!" Seeing the dark clouds on Xiaoxue's face, He Qizhou became a little panicked and said to Jiang Shuo: "If you talk nonsense again, be careful I will cut off your bellyband!"
Jiang Shuo also saw that something was wrong in the atmosphere and hurriedly said: "Xu Mu, don't worry, He Qizhou has a thief's heart but not his courage. He is as reserved in a brothel as a girl who is accompanying him for the first time. He doesn't even have the courage to make a move."
"Gungun, Xiaoxue, don't listen to him. By the way, I have informed Jiang Li and Xia Tong that I am back. When you arrive, you can talk to your patrolmen and let them enter the city as long as they report their names.
I'm going to lead the horse..." He Qizhou quickly fled from the place of right and wrong.
"No problem." Jiang Shuo nodded.
Xu Muxue and He Qizhou were galloping side by side. Behind them were two horses, one empty and one with camel grass. Behind the four horses was a huge convoy of dozens of carriages. The first car had gone more than a mile, and the last car was still there.
Just after leaving the south gate, three piles of wolf smoke were burning on the west peak beside the city. The black smoke rising straight into the sky could be seen even from dozens of miles away.
The two of them walked along the winding dirt road, sometimes going uphill and sometimes into the valley. From a high place, they could see smoke burning in the south, one place, two places, three places... there were six places in total, along this hundred-mile straight line.
There are six outposts, and after the sixth outpost there should be Yuguan. But the straight line is a hundred miles, but the road opened is more than three hundred miles! The horse is jolted non-stop for three hundred miles, which is enough to beat an ordinary person.
Stunned to death!
"Are you feeling better?" He Qizhou asked. Xu Muxue, who was wrapped in a scarf, had just returned to normal with her swollen face.
"I've almost recovered by the time you carry me back to Zhennanguan. I've run for almost forty miles, so rest your horse," Xiaoxue said.
"Okay." He Qizhou stopped his galloping horse and dismounted with Xiaoxue. His mount belonged to Jiang Shuo, and it was also a rare good horse.
Xiaoxue took some fodder and fed the four horses, then approached He Qizhou and whispered: "Close your eyes."
"What?" He Qizhou actually heard what Xu Muxue said, but he was a little confused.
"Close your eyes!" Xu Muxue said sullenly.
"Shut it!" He Qizhou closed his eyes hard, and then found Xiaoxue's arms wrapped around his neck. Just when he was a little confused, a cold and moist feeling suddenly appeared on his lips. This wonderful feeling lasted for a moment, and suddenly
It just disappeared, like a dream that I desperately wanted to keep, but I couldn't catch it no matter how hard I tried.
After taking off his scarf, Xu Mu kissed Qi Zhou gently, then immediately let go of his hands and said with a blushing face: "Happy birthday!"
A wave of heat poured into He Qizhou's chest from his dantian, and then went straight to his forehead. He hurriedly hugged Xu Muxue with both hands, who had not yet retreated, and rushed towards Xiaoxue's lips fiercely, clumsily, jerkily, and recklessly.
, smacking, biting, tongue deep into the other person's lips, licking the warm and jade-like white teeth vigorously, and then breaking through the blockade of the teeth, entangled with Xiaoxue's tongue...
"Okay!" Xiaoxue pushed He Qizhou away with all her strength, and hurriedly covered her face that was about to burn with a scarf, and said, "If you really have to leave, remember to stay alive and wait for me."
He Qizhou suddenly understood what Xiaoxue meant. She knew that the battle to defend the city was extremely dangerous, and she was afraid that she would not care about life and death if her blood boiled up. This was to make her feel worried...
"I will be careful, and you should also be careful. I will wait for you in Yuguan!"
"Well, let's go!" Xiaoxue flew onto the snow dragon horse, never looking at He Qizhou behind her. Every time she was faster, she might save one more soldier guarding the city; she might allow the Northern Zhou Dynasty to retreat without a fight;
It may affect the entire subsequent battle! Therefore, even if she stays awake, she must get to Zhang Wei as soon as possible!
It was sunset again when we returned to Guancheng. Jiang Shuo had already asked the soldiers waiting at the city gate to call He Qizhou to look for him at the top of Dongshan Mountain, which was the highest lookout point outside Guancheng.
He Qizhou handed the horse over to the guards and galloped upward along the city wall built against the mountain. At a height of less than a hundred feet, he climbed to the top in a few breaths. Jiang Shuo, He Jing and others were looking at the loess in the north that looked like a bun on the top of a Buddha's head.
Among the hills, a team of unknown length appeared and disappeared in the loess like a thin snake. Neither the head nor the tail could be discerned.
He Qizhou took a breath of air. He had seen more than a thousand people gathered in the playground of Tianxingyuan; he had seen thousands of prisoners in the square of Tongwan City; but a team like this that was more than ten miles long was the first
The first time I saw it, I felt goosebumps in my heart.
"You're here." After Jiang Shuo greeted him, he changed his smooth tone and said in a heavy voice: "They are all cavalry. Because the road can only pass one cavalry, the team is very long. It takes a quarter of an hour.
The first horse was discovered before, and now the vanguard is still about twenty miles away from Zhennan Pass, and can enter the city before dark!"
"Approximately how many people are here?" He Qizhou asked, even his voice felt a little trembling.
Jiang Shuo had seen large armies gathering before, so he wasn't too surprised by this. But now, the difference in strength between himself and the other party was so great that he couldn't help but be surprised: "Absolutely, 12,000 riders. Are you right?"
Yes, the five hundred people in the city are indeed armored heavy cavalry. They have all changed their equipment now. It is estimated that they will attack when the cavalry commander arrives." After Jiang Shuo finished speaking, he pointed to a corner of Guancheng opposite and looked down from above.
Go, there is a square black piece at the south gate of the city.
Under the setting sun, the sky was already dark. He Qizhou looked around. After counting, he sighed: "Don't tell me I haven't noticed yet. No more, no less, five hundred people. By the way, what are those?"
Jiang Shuo said: "I don't know when that big wooden pile was brought in. It was probably hidden secretly before. There were four reinforced trucks underneath. After the two were bundled, it became a collision. Fortunately, the gate was blocked.
Even if they hit each other, they won't be able to get away! And those twelve specially-made ladders are the real threats!"
"What kind of threat?" He Qizhou was just talking about war on paper, and he didn't see many real war artifacts.
"The cloud ladder is made of hardwood covered with iron. It is divided into multiple sections, which can be lengthened or shortened. Each section is connected by iron pipes. There are iron buckles on the top according to the size of the battlements. After being buckled hard, we can't push it down when we stand on the top of the city.
Ladders. Especially when the siege ants are attached, the ladders will lock the battlements!" Jiang Shuo said.
"The ladder is so long and heavy. Isn't it easy to break in the middle?"
"Of course some people have thought of this. A ladder like this, which is more than ten feet high, will have a bracket installed almost every three feet. After unfolding, it will be supported on the ground. The heavier the ladder is, the stronger the bracket is, the stronger the force will be inserted into the soil. The entire ladder will
It will be more stable! And even if you don’t lean against the city wall, after setting it up far away from the city wall, you can still shoot arrows at the city defenders from a high position! For this reason, I spent a lot of money to equip two hundred heavy armors in the city! Don’t worry.
Come on, I have deployed boiling oil and heavy wood in Beicheng, so it is not so easy to break through!" Jiang Shuo seemed to be encouraging himself.
"Report——" Someone ran up the mountain.
"Say!" Jiang Shuo said.
"There were people from the Zhou Dynasty coming over from the east and west sides. Most of them walked around the bottom of the valley and did not engage in any confrontation with my patrol." The visitor reported.
"How many people are here and how far away they are?" Jiang Shuo asked.
"It's almost 60 miles away on both sides. If you go around, it's almost 140 to 50 miles away. It may take two days to walk. There are about 60 or 70 people on each side. It looks like
All of them are masters!" the soldier replied.
"I got it, keep letting the patrol keep an eye on you." Jiang Shuo ordered.
"Yes!" the soldier immediately retreated and gave the order.