Before the sun rose, the Qingqi of Shanziying was ready to go. Each person carried a week's worth of dry food. As for what to eat after a week, they don't have to worry about it. This is something the Lord will need to consider. Fang Jie has already told them the destination. The cavalry is absolutely unable to carry the food and grass needed for a month.
Putting on the Zheng robe, Fang Jie glanced east when he went out.
That is the direction where the sun rises, the direction of light.
In addition to Shen Qingfan, the other two women, Mu Xiaoyao and Wanyan Yunshu, also put on armor. Mu Xiaoyao was wearing the standard armor of Qianhu from Ouchi Guards Department, red leather armor, red cloak, leather helmet and riding boots, looking very heroic. Wanyan Yunshu is wearing a chain armor with thin rings, which can effectively block feathered arrows. The cost of this chain armor is enough for a middle-level family for several years.
Giving camp, flying fish gown.
Fang Jie led more than a hundred of his cronies out of the residence and got on horses. They joined the Qingqi from Shanziying and set off. More than 1,000 cavalry seemed quite impressive. Sun Kaidao, Xiahou Baichuan, Chen Qianshan, Lu Fenghou and other generals got up early in the morning and waited outside the gate.
"Bon voyage, General!"
Sun Kaidao bowed to the ground.
Fang Jie had nothing more to say, he nodded and rushed out of the camp. The light cavalry behind slowly increased their speed and rushed down the mountain along the spiraling mountain road. This trip, because there is no Hanqiying to follow, everyone feels a little bit unsure, but they know what kind of temperament Fang Jie is, and they will not do things that will be sent to death hastily. When the army goes to war, the soldiers will unconditionally trust the general.
There are about seventy to eighty people in Feiyupao, ten people from Shiying, plus fifty people from Fang Jie's personal guards, who are Fang Jie's trusted guards, and more than 1,100 light cavalry from Shanzi Battalion behind. These elite infantry who used to be left forward have completely transformed, and now they have become qualified cavalry. They fulfilled the instructions Fang Jie gave them at the beginning, treating the war horses as if they were their own comrades.
After the team went down the mountain, they quickly got on the official road and headed southeast along the flat road.
"Report."
After walking out for less than ten miles, the scouts in front suddenly rushed back to report: "General, five miles ahead, Wanyan Chongde and his troops stopped the way forward."
Hearing these words, Fang Jie was slightly taken aback, and then smiled gently at Wanyan Yunshu. When the latter heard the news, her face was full of worry, and Fang Jie's gentle smile warmed her cold heart up again.
"Keep going."
Fang Jie waved his hand and urged the horse forward.
Turning around a forest, Fang Xie saw a group of cavalry in the distance blocking the way forward on the official road.
"You stay here, I will go by myself."
Fang Xie gave an order, picked up the horse and walked forward, Wanyan Yunshu knocked on the horse and followed, Fang Xie glanced at her but did not stop her.
Arriving in front of the cold cavalry, Fang Jie reined in his horse and looked at Wanyan Chongde.
Wanyan Chongde waited for a while before Fang Xie opened his mouth, then laughed at himself: "I just want to persuade you one more time before you leave, Yun Shu, you should know what kind of choice you made. If Father Khan knows You can imagine how angry and disappointed I will be. The reason why I didn’t go to you again last night was to give you a night to calm down. Now I have to ask you again seriously. leeway?"
Fang Jie shook his head, as if he didn't even bother to say anything.
Wanyan Chongde looked at his younger sister, but saw that her younger sister's eyes had been looking at Fang Xie obsessively.
He couldn't help but sighed: "It seems that I am unnecessary to ask this time."
He drew his saber: "But I must do something."
Fang Jie smiled gently at Wanyan Yunshu: "You go back first, and I'll take care of it."
Wanyan Yunshu shook his head, looked at Wanyan Chongde and said, "Brother, I know that you are not happy, but I also know that you love me. But for the sake of the tribe, you must make the most correct choice. That’s what a qualified Khan needs to do, so I don’t blame you. But I won’t go back with you. I’m sorry for the people of Northern Liao, but I also have the right to choose my own destination. Brother, if you You don't want to hurt me, please get out of the way?"
Wanyan Chongde shook his head: "You are wrong..."
Wanyan Yunshu's expression changed, and a deep sadness flashed in his eyes.
Wanyan Chongde suddenly laughed: "What I said before, I came to ask you as the heir to the Khan position in the Northern Liao Dynasty. This is my duty and I must do it. But then my identity is just Wanyan Yun Brother Shu, I asked Saerbei to bring a large team back to the Hundred Thousand Mountains last night. The remaining boys are all willing to help you as friends. I am not here to stop you, I am here to protect me younger sister."
Wanyan Yunshu's nose was sour, and he couldn't help but jumped off the horse and ran over. Wanyan Chongde dismounted, hugged his sister and said with a smile: "Do you still remember what I told you when you were young, I don't want you to do it?" A beautiful white lotus blooming on Shiwan Dashan, I would rather you be a bird and be free. Now I will fulfill my promise, and I will persuade my father when I go back, but now I must be a good brother first. "
He looked up at Fang Jie: "Hey, I don't want to lose a friend."
Fang Jie smiled: "Me too."
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The cavalry dismounted and quickly cleaned the battlefield, dragging all the corpses down and pile them together.
Qilin commanded loudly: "Hurry up, take off all your clothes, bring food and grass, and a scimitar with feather arrows, and don't want anything else!"
The light cavalry and the cold cavalry dismounted, and tied all the useful things in this camp to the horses.
This is an outpost set up by the Mongols, and there are about 300 cavalry stationed there. Meng Yuan Teqin Kuoketai Menglie, the leader of the army, left hundreds of people to garrison every hundred miles or so in order to make the army's retreat unimpeded. These Mongolian and Yuan cavalry built camps on the side of the official road, doing nothing all day long. And it has been three years since they arrived in the northwest, and the vigilance of these wolf riders has obviously relaxed a lot. They are used to enjoying the food and meat sent by the rebels, and have not shown their machetes for a long time except for occasional hunting.
On the fourth day after going down the mountain, the scouts found this Mongolian outpost. Fang Jie discussed with Wanyan Chongde, and then decided to shovel it down. That night, more than 1,000 light cavalry and about 2,000 cold cavalry baptized the outpost with feather arrows, killing those unsuspecting Mongolian cavalry in their sleep. Most of the wolf riders were killed before they even had time to put on their armor. Some people knelt down and begged for mercy, but there was no chance of survival.
Although this outpost is small, it still has plenty of food and grass. For the three thousand cavalry, although they only collected enough food for three days, victory will always make people happy.
"There will be such outposts in front of us, not just the Mongolian barbarians. The further east we go, the closer we are to the rebel base camp, and the more outposts the rebels will set up. Just be careful, and the speed is fast enough to grab the food and grass If we just leave, the rebels won’t be able to catch up with us at all.”
Fang Jie unfolded the map, pointed to it and said, "However, we will pass through Fengcheng in three days. I passed by when I left Fangu for Chang'an. Fengcheng is the seat of Fengjun County. The city wall is tall and strong, and the rebels are bound to It is heavily guarded. We are all cavalry, and it is impossible to attack the city. There are only two ways to get there."
"The first is to go around the Camel Mountain. It will take about ten more days to walk. And on the other side of the Camel Mountain is the camp of Mengyuan General Baihuo. There are 10,000 wolf riders. The rebels have few cavalry, but the wolf riders The speed is not slower than ours."
Wanyan Chongde nodded: "What about the second method?"
Fang Jie was silent for a while and said, "The second method is more dangerous..."
"Tell me."
Perfect beauty and morality.
"Do you remember that people left behind the clothes and flags of the Mongolian cavalry?"
Fang asked.
Wanyan Chongde was stunned for a moment, and then whispered: "Are you going to pretend to be a Mongolian man and just pass through?"
Fang Jie nodded: "The rebels were completely unprepared against the Mengyuan people. Because of Li Yuanshan's strict order, the rebels even worshiped the Mongolian barbarians as their ancestors. Let's change into these hundreds of sets of clothes and bring the Mongolian people's clothes. Banner, go straight ahead. As long as you don’t show your big braids, you won’t see much difference from the Mengyuan people. As long as we can enter the city, it won’t take long to rush from the west gate to the east gate along the main street. If I remember correctly, Fengcheng is less than five miles from east to west."
"What about the rest?"
Wanyan Chongde asked: "After all, we only have three hundred sets of Mongolian armor."
"The others took off their armor."
Fang Jie said: "After the Mongolian Yuan people arrived in the northwest, they wantonly plundered property and captured a large number of young and strong people as slaves. It is normal for a Mongolian Yuan cavalry to bring two or three retinues with them. As long as the weapons and armor are not exposed, those rebels will not Dare to interrogate the Mengyuan people too closely."
"It's really too risky."
Wanyan Chongde pondered for a while and said: "Once we enter the city and are discovered, the cavalry will not be able to use it at all if we are blocked in the city."
Fang Jie nodded: "Wait for the news first, I have already sent scouts to infiltrate Fengcheng to find out the news. We need to know how many rebels are stationed in Fengcheng before making a decision. Leave here first, after all, we are still far away from Fengcheng." It's three days' journey."
After the discussion, the team continued to set off, and almost no rebels were encountered along the way. It can be seen that most of the rebel forces have been transferred to the front line of Xiangcheng, and the rear is extremely empty. On the third day, the team stopped thirty miles west of Fengcheng, where the scouts sent earlier were already waiting here.
It is not difficult for the people in the flying fish robe to sneak into the city. After all, this is the rear of the rebel army. The city gate is not closed all day. Chen Xiaoru personally brought a few flying fish robes and pretended to be the sons of a rich family to sneak in, and came out after two days of scouting in the city, without any hindrance.
"There are not many rebels guarding the city."
Chen Xiaoru said: "The subordinate led people to live in the city for two days, and found out that the guard of Fengcheng is called Liu Han, who used to be the governor of Fengcheng County. When Li Yuanshan led troops to attack Fengcheng, the governor committed suicide and died for the country. Fearful of death, Liu Han led people to open the door and surrender. But this man and those rebels like Li Yuanshan are not all the same, and it is said that he takes good care of the people."
"In addition, my subordinates also found out that just half a month ago, there were at least 30,000 rebels in Fengcheng. Half a month ago, Li Yuanshan sent people to take away most of the troops, and there were only about 5,000 rebels left in the city. around people."
Hearing this news, Fang Jie frowned slightly.
Li Yuanshan has already started to deploy troops from the rear, indicating that he is starting to prepare for a counterattack. If Sun Kaidao's speculation is correct, the decisive battle will come soon.
"Get ready and enter the city immediately."
Fang Jie gave an order, then turned to Wanyan Chongde and said, "It's up to you. Your people understand Mongolian barbarian language and pretend to be Mongolian wolf riders. You and I will be at the front, and let the cold cavalry hide their big braids in the In the leather helmet and my men walked behind to pretend to be retinues."
Wanyan Chongde was unavoidably nervous, took a deep breath and said, "If you come out with you, you will be frightened."
Fang Jie laughed loudly, changed into the costume of the Mongolian Yuan cavalry, then smeared his beard, and hung up the scimitar.
"Look like?"
he asks.
Mu Xiaoyao smiled: "It looks like I want to see you with a knife."
Fang Jie hummed: "That's it. As long as the city gate is not closed, there are not many rebels in the city anyway, so let's go through at worst."
When the Mongolian flag was raised, the flying wolf on the flag was listless and unwilling.