"Those who are terminally ill are not the people, but the dynasty."
The snow in the early morning was still falling non-stop. In the snow and wind, Chen Jiaqiao was still promoting ideological education to dissuade rebellion.
"When the dynasty falls, the world will be at peace if there is a Qingming Festival."
"If you are born like an ant, you should have the ambition of a swan. If your life is as thin as paper, you should have an unyielding heart."
"Mr. Chen, that's a good statement." Xu Mu sighed. After all, he had been with Chang Silang. There was no one else who could persuade rebellion.
"Brother Mu, we're here."
Xu Mu hurriedly stopped his horse and raised his head in the wind and snow. As Si Hu said, sure enough, in the bare forest ahead, he saw hundreds of people riding on horseback.
Gongou made a long horse whistle.
Not long after, Wei Feng rushed out with a dozen or so knights in surprise.
"Master!"
"Wei Feng, is everyone here?"
"Don't worry, boss, we're all here."
Xu Mu nodded calmly, "Let's go to Anguo Bridge quickly. I guess those Di Gou guys are about to arrive."
One day to come and one day to return. If the delay is too long, there may be something wrong.
"Cover your pockmarked face!"
More than four hundred people on horseback galloped all the way through the snow.
The scattered horse hoof prints were covered up by the fluffy snow in the blink of an eye.
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"Tenggri!"
Hu Yanche sheathed the bloody golden sword again and shouted loudly.
In order to vent his anger along the way, he killed at least hundreds of Ji people. It was a pity that he couldn't make up the number, otherwise, he would really have piled up a few Jingguan people on Da Ji's official road.
"General, if, if not, take a rest first and hurry up." The captain put on a flattering smile and patted his horse as he walked over.
"Get away! I don't trust the people from the Central Plains!" Huyanche cursed fiercely.
Otherwise, he would not have left Changyang in a hurry in the heavy snow. The mission of the envoy this time was actually very simple. It was nothing more than showing his attitude and sending a few sheep to let the 80,000 Beidi people at the border pass.
Surrender the army and return to the grassland.
Of course, the negotiations were good. The officials in the court were frightened out of their wits when they heard the angry news of Beidi Khan.
The captain calmly returned to his horse and returned to the formation.
The little captain cried all the way and was still crying, but he did not dare to open his voice and only dared to sob secretly occasionally.
"Don't cry. If you serve in the army for a few more years, you will understand that it is all like this. One day counts as one day." The captain was slightly angry and raised his whip and whipped the junior captain.
The little captain hurriedly stopped talking and wiped away the tears hanging under his eyelids.
"Five miles ahead is the Anguo Bridge. Please take someone to explore and see if there is any problem with the bridge."
The junior captain took the order and ordered six or seven riders. When passing the glazed carriage, he pinched the horse's belly twice. Unfortunately, he almost fell off the horse accidentally.
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"My boss, the dog officers and soldiers are here to check the road."
"The envoy from Beidi is behind."
"Molly first." Xu Mu was not surprised. They were hiding deep in the forest, and with such heavy snow, they should not be found.
"My boss, the officers and soldiers checking the road are approaching."
"Hide yourself."
The investigating junior captain moved slowly and didn't seem to be paying much attention. He only took a cursory look. After about half an hour, he led his people back to the scene.
In the forest under the wind and snow, Xu Mu breathed a long sigh of relief. From the looks of it, there should be no problem.
"Everyone, are you ready?"
"Just waiting to get on the bridge."
The sound of horse hooves trampling on the snow was getting closer and closer. Behind the snow curtain, when the long team of Beidi envoys approached, they finally could distinguish the general scenery.
However, after just a few glances, the faces of the people in the forest became heavy.
On the glazed carriage, which was closely escorted by thousands of Di people and two thousand Daji officers and soldiers, there were clearly hanging human heads one after another, as if they had just been killed, with a pair of eyes still bulging in fear, as if they were dead.
"Those dog officers and soldiers are still accompanying the army to escort them? I really want to chop off their heads one by one!" Wei Feng looked angry.
The Di people are certainly hateful, but these conscienceless dog officers and soldiers are even more hateful.
For example, the Qinglong Battalion had previously fought a bloody battle with the Di people in Wangzhou City, but now, these officers and soldiers actually became the bodyguards of the Di people.
How ironic.
"Master, there are so many civilian heads on that carriage..."
"Those dog officers and soldiers, are they watching helplessly?"
Xu Mu's heart ached. If this was the case, it is conceivable that this rotten dynasty would have no fighting force.
"My boss, we are going to the bridge."
Xu Mu was silent for a moment and made a cold gesture. In the forest, hundreds of people began to prepare for action.
A long team of nearly three thousand people braved the wind and snow to cross the half-mile-long Anguo Bridge on horseback. Faintly, they could still hear the Huyanche shouting something.
The head hanging on the side of the carriage filled the air with a fishy stench that was getting stronger and stronger.
"Have you covered your pockmarked face?"
"My boss, it's covered. Di Ma also has his head covered, so he can't recognize him."
The biggest difference between Beidi horses and Central Plains horses is the variegated color of their manes. As for other small differences, in this kind of wind and snow, they are not a big problem.
"Disperse."
There were more than 400 people in the forest, and a hundred horsemen and horses were separated. They picked up their reins and rode horses, galloping around to the end of the Anguo Bridge.
"Raise the bow!" Following Wei Feng's low shout, the remaining three hundred people raised their long bows one after another.
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On Anguo Bridge, Huyan Che, who was sitting in a carriage, suddenly opened his eyes that were slightly squinted.
He poked his head out of the carriage and looked around with a solemn expression.
"General, we had someone check it before and there are no problems nearby." Captain Jiren hurriedly approached and spoke flatteringly.
"Shut up, you dead Chinese people!"
Hu Yanche's eyes narrowed, trying to see through the snow curtain to see something clearly.
"General, we've reached the middle section of Anguo Bridge. We're only a few steps away—"
Before the captain finished speaking, the powerful horse suddenly raised its head and neighed. Then, the first wave of flying arrows came from nowhere.
Caught off guard, a long line of three thousand people, with one after another screaming, echoed on the bridge.
"Enemy attack!" Hu Yanche raised his golden sword and roared loudly. He also grabbed the captain in front of him and hacked him to death in anger.
Even though one shoulder was injured, under the huge force, the captain's dog head flew out of his head.
Many soldiers around him were shocked and suddenly stopped on the spot.
"The Di dog will kill me!" the former captain shouted in pain, returned his sword, and slashed at the Di man riding beside him.
In response, the Di man fell from his horse and his body was chopped into pieces.
In the past hundred years, Beidi and Daji have never been friends.
"Kill all these Central Plains people!" Hu Yanche gasped, and a ferocious aura spread throughout his chest.
He felt that even if he killed the 2,000 Ji soldiers accompanying the army, the 80,000 surrendered troops should still be released. These Ji soldiers were all weak in their bones.
"See clearly where Vulin's archers are hiding!"
"General, there are cavalry coming from the end of the bridge!"
Hu Yanche raised his head in surprise and saw a cold figure in the misty snow. He stopped his horse near the end of the bridge and seemed to have quickly dismounted. He didn't know what he was doing.
"There are people at the bridge too."
Hu Yanche cursed angrily and raised his sword to cut a Ji soldier who rushed in front of him into two halves.
Look up again.
Then he discovered the position of the bridge, and there were two figures on horseback. They reined in the horses coldly and looked towards him.
"Raise your horse and bow! Shoot them to death——"
Rumble.
Before Hu Yanche could finish his words, the entire Anguo Bridge suddenly began to shake violently.
At the end of the bridge, Chen Jiaqiao, with hundreds of horsemen, all secured their rope hooks and used the strength of their horses to drag the entire bridge down.
"General, these Central Plains people are collapsing the bridge."
"Idiot! Hurry up your bow! Go back to the bridge first, there are only two of them there!" Hu Yanche raised his sword and shouted, not caring about fighting Ji Zu anymore.
In the forest, waves of flying arrows still came through the rain curtain. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people riding Di were buried on the Anguo Bridge.
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"Si Hu." Xu Mu said calmly in the wind and snow.
Hearing Xu Mu's voice, Si Hu pressed the bamboo hat and jumped off the horse in an instant. His steady steps fell, causing a large amount of flying snowflakes to splash.
"Tell me what your name is."
"Brother Mu, my name is Si Hu."
"No, you are called the Tiger of the Great Age, and there is no one like you in the world." Xu Mu raised his hand and pointed at the Di people and Ji Zu who were rushing forward.
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Tell those bastards who is the best warrior in the world."
"Bridge collapse——"
Si Hu's eyes bulged, he roared and picked up a bridge pile, raised it high, and then it collapsed towards the bridge road.