The eight tables are downwind and the rain is dew, and the four seas follow the sword to rest the waves.
Holding the North Pole forever, the sky is high and the sky is high.
In the history of Han family youth, where is Han Peng's contribution
"Gift to the General" Tang: Du Guangting
—I am the dividing line —
And outside Lantianyu in the southwest of Lantian County, Zhou Menan, the brigade commander of Lantian County's garrison regiment and officer of the Gyeonggi cruising team, also took a small group of riders to cruise in the snow; there was already a half-foot deep snow for them I didn't dare to let go of the speed to run, because it would easily break the horse's hoof because of the obstacles buried under the snow.
The tense atmosphere of killing from Chang'an City also spread to the Taiping Garrison in the south of Gyeonggi. Although I have not seen a trace of the enemy so far, it is an indisputable fact that the western army from Hexi and Longyou has entered the hinterland of Guanzhong. . Therefore, as they patrolled all the way, they could always see people fleeing from west to east one after another.
Some of them fled straight into the city of Chang'an, but a considerable part of them continued to go south and fled to the Dachang Pass and the Lantian Pass. In the process, they fell to death due to freezing, exhaustion or sudden illness. There are also many people on the side; therefore, as long as anyone can reach the gate, they will be temporarily taken in and treated by the Taiping Army.
In the patrol route of Zhou Mengnan and his party, there are also tasks of patrolling and ensuring that some road signs along the way can continue to be used and observed normally. If possible, they will also provide direction to the people they encounter, at least the probability that more people will survive.
Although this is a bit of a woman's benevolence, Zhou Mengnan somewhat enjoys this feeling. After all, during the original journey of following the rebels, I have already seen too many people who died for various reasons. Even after the establishment of the Daqi new dynasty, this unsafe situation has not completely disappeared inside the pass.
In contrast, the Taiping army in the south quickly settled down and rested with the people. Reflected in the obvious gap and contrast before and after the change of hands in Shangluo County, it is also the reason why he decided to abandon everything he had in the New Dynasty of Daqi after hesitating again and again, so he changed his course and took the Dachangguan to join the Taiping Army.
However, as his investment order halfway, there is also a corresponding period of observation (test) of varying lengths. During this period of time, if you want to go further, you can only find ways to make merits, and then obtain a qualification to study in the crash course of generals at the Jiangling University Lecture; this is also what he has done in the Taiping Army. Wang Xingkong, privately gave advice before transferring.
Otherwise, he can only request a transfer at his current level after his grade gets older, and then get a decent place to stay. If it was someone else, it would have been easy to jump out of the leaking broken ship of the Daqi New Dynasty, and maybe it would be satisfied.
However, he still has a hidden vision in his heart, that is, one day he will go to the grassland beyond the Great Wall and cut off the root cause of his mother's pain and depression for a long time. Therefore, he must obtain more status and strength from the Taiping Army, and perhaps one day in the future will he be able to realize such an obsession formed since childhood.
He thought back in silence, trying to chew the mixture of fried rice and fish floss in his mouth, and then took a sip of the thick tea soup with liquor and salt from the warm-keeping kettle in his arms with the straw. Then, he took out a large piece of crushed soybean meal from the saddle bag, leaned forward and stuffed it into the hot mouth of the mount.
Because there is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, the traces of mountains, rocks, vegetation are covered up, and people will feel pain in their eyes after a long time; therefore, most of the time they will tie a dark and thin piece on their face. The cloth can not only block the wind and snow, but also test to reduce the fatigue of eyesight and the reflective stimulation in the snow.
And at the next moment, it was just such a small change that allowed Zhou Mengnan to discover the clues in advance; the wooden pole markers set up by the Taiping Army on the seals used to mark intersections were cut off and fell aside. . This made him alert, and spit out the last bit of food residue, shouting sharply:
"The situation is wrong, be careful..."
Before he finished his words, many bags suddenly swelled up in the snow next to the cut down road post sign; a lot of soldiers armed with swords came out and killed them with muffled noises. Some people even shot their bows, but it was a pity that the bowstrings were obviously not resilient under the cold weather, and they just shot diagonally and landed in the snow in front of Zhou Mengnan and his horse.
Then, Xuechen, who was turned around and ridden his horse, was thrown behind him. But the next moment in the woods at the other end of the low snow hill, there were also the sound of horses stomping on the snow; but the unidentified enemy also ambushed the opposing cavalry as a backhand, and was also in the snow. He chased him all the way.
After chasing each other for a while, the gap between each other was gradually revealed.
Zhou Mengnan and his team wore iron-clad cloth visors called battle jackets, draped in a woolen cloak, and even the head, neck, chest and abdomen of the mount were wrapped in warm and protective felt; and they were dyed in a uniform blue-gray color. However, as the opponent, the clothes are much more ragged and variegated, and there are even multiple patches on the leather robe that are visible to the naked eye; the mount is also thin and I don't know how much fat it has lost.
Therefore, between the pursuits, Zhou Mengnan's team still maintained a relatively close lineup, but these pursuits were gradually being stretched and dragged away.
"Turn around, go back... Copy guys!"
After noticing this detail, Zhou Mengnan suddenly spoke. As his commands were communicated among the dozens of rides, these riders suddenly and ably moved closer to each other, and suddenly they rode their horses on the snow and turned their heads for a half circle, and slanted toward those who were a little caught off guard. Chasing soldiers.
However, these chasing soldiers also raised their swords and spears without showing weakness, and made a determined hedge. At the next moment, they were greeted by firecrackers on horseback side by side. Although most of the lead shot out was empty due to the turbulence, the remaining hit probability also made several chasing soldiers muffled. The horse fell head-on loudly.
Then, Zhou Mengnan and the others changed hands, grabbed knives and spears, and rushed to the chasing rear squad that began to scatter, and they passed by with a splash of blood and the neighing of men and horses. . . After a while, after the panting pawns also chased up, Zhou Mennan, who was steaming with sweat and man and horse, dropped the blood-stained swords in his hands again, and shouted again at the left and right. :
"Withdrawn!!!"
After that, they began to take a few wounded men fixed on horsebacks, took the captured war horses and the two prisoners who were tied up and fainted, and then trot out of the battle in front of these enemies, slowly Disappeared in the wind and snow that was blowing again. .
After another, I don’t know how long, Zhou Mengnan’s mount convulsed and trembled. Seeing that the horsepower was about to run out, and the captured horse fell one after another, crushing one of the prisoners, and towering majestically in the southern Jing group. Dachangguan Cheng between the mountains finally appeared in front of them with the wind and snow that stopped again.
After a while, when they brought back the last prisoner who was half-frozen and was finally awakened to be tortured, dozens of messengers also scattered with the flying pigeons to the outposts of Wuguan-Shangluo Road. Go to the resident. Then it passes through the signal tower located high in the mountains, taking advantage of the intermittent wind and snow to pass gradually.
It was already the next day when Zhou Huaian received the news, and he was soaking in the newly excavated hot spring sanatorium outside Jingzhou City. According to the records in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the History of the Country", "There are hot springs in the south of the city and in the northwest of the county. There are dozens of acres of fields downstream. They will be planted in December. The peculiar geographic landscape of familiarity.
Although most of the supporting museum and garden buildings have not been built yet; but in the large hot spring pool formed in the open air, even if it is extremely cold when the snow is flying, just cover it with a drape and a curtained roof. A unique color that is warm like spring and full of spring. Then slowly erect the walls with wooden boards and put up the wooden frames with beams. . .
Therefore, during the Spring Break of the New Year holiday these two days, Zhou Huaian also took his family members around in this newly-developed Tangchi, by the way, receiving reports from his subordinates across the curtain, and handling official duties with oral dictation. It was just the warning from Dachang Pass and the messenger from Chang'an for assistance, almost appearing in front of him one after another.
"That said, the Xifan people headed by the Guiyi Army have already appeared in Gyeonggi Province? But I don't know how many soldiers and horses are, and who led the way..."
Zhou Huaian gently moved the spray with his hand, and whispered to the back of the steamy curtain.
"If you return to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the situation outside the city is still unclear because the Holy Master is fully preparing for the battle to go to Beijing... Presumably Xiaoguan, Fengtian and other places cannot be preserved..."
The envoy of Great Qi behind the curtain, who came to the Hanlin scholar with a canonized edict, Chen Yunxiang said with a bit of sweat:
"Since the enemy's situation is unknown, you can first listen to my people's return?"
Zhou Huaian sighed slightly:
"Yesterday, our army was already west of Dachang Pass and found and captured several of the detectives of the Xichuan Yellow Head Army... I am afraid that Dasan Pass and Chencang are also rare to survive..."
"How can this be..."
Outside the curtain, Shen Yunxiang couldn't help but lost his voice and said in shock:
To be honest, Zhou Huaian did not expect that the Western Army and the Shu Army would launch a simultaneous attack in the severe cold this winter; according to the pre-assessment and judgment of the various groups of the staff, at least it would have to wait until the ice and snow melted in the spring to be suitable for the big army. With less logistics to maintain the cost and consumption of the combat season.
However, the Huainan Campaign, which ended ahead of schedule, caused the Taiping Army to mobilize more manpower and material resources to deal with the current situation within the pass. Then, he heard Shen Yunxiang from the outside screaming loudly and eagerly:
"I came here by the order of the Holy Spirit, and I have said: As long as the King of Chu can cope with this difficulty, he will break the soil and respect the north and the south..." (End of this chapter)