Linghua Canyon was ambushed by the Dayu Southern Frontier Army!
The Thousand Riders Battalion, which I have worked so hard to train for many years, has less than a hundred soldiers left!
In the study room, Ikaluo, who was sitting behind the desk, was so angry that the veins on his forehead were bulging. Looking down at Hulahe who was kneeling in front of him, he really wanted to kick Hulahe. Now that the Thousand Riders Battalion was destroyed, Hula What is he doing back here? !
Ikaluo's eyes were gloomy as if lightning and thunder were brewing.
Hullah, who was kneeling on the ground, could feel Ikaluo's monstrous anger without raising his head, and his whole body trembled unconsciously. He took a deep breath, clasped his fists and begged for his life: "Commander! At the end of the day, I would like to go to Yunmi Town to meet the Nine Kings." Even though he said that, there was a wave of fear in his heart, and he managed to escape from death. He really didn't want to I went to that place again, but he also knew that he needed to make atonement to save his life.
Ikaluo didn't speak for a long time.
His gaze was fixed on the few pieces of tissue paper on the desk, and the dried blood on one of the tissue paper was shocking.
In the eyes of the king, the life of the nine kings is naturally more important than this mere Qianqi battalion. If the Nine Kings really lost Dayu's life, even himself, the commander-in-chief, might be angered by the king.
In any case, the Nine Kings must be rescued.
No matter how high the price is, he must be saved!
Hullah is eager to make amends and will definitely do his best.
This time there can be no loss...
Ikaluo narrowed his eyes, finally nodded and said: "Okay, I will give you another chance. Hulahe, have you ever heard the saying in Dayu's military book: Ming Xiu plank road secretly hides Chen Cang?"
Hullah frowned, thinking of something.
Yi Kaluo didn't expect him to answer, and continued: "This time we will divide our troops into two groups. The commander will send 500 armored soldiers to pass through the Linghua Gorge again to attract the attention of the Southern Xinjiang Army; while you will secretly lead a thousand elite soldiers Detour to Changxia Mountain... Be sure to bring back the Nine Kings!"
This plan is very clever!
Hu Lahe felt relieved a little, although it took a lot of effort to detour to Changxia Mountain, the risk was much less.
The commander-in-chief gave him the chance to sacrifice five hundred shield soldiers, and he will definitely live up to the commander-in-chief's entrustment!
Hullah solemnly clasped his fists and accepted the order: "The last general obeys!"
Ikaluo didn't speak, but his eyes showed what he meant.
This time, success or benevolence!
Ikaluo waved his hand, motioning for Hullah to go down.
Half an hour later, one thousand cavalry and five hundred shield soldiers left the city one after another.
Ikaluo looked at the map silently in the study. He was no longer as confident as last time for Hulahe's trip, and even seemed to have a fire burning in his heart.
"Yunmi Town..."
The direction that the Nine Kings would flee to Yunmi Town was purely accidental, after all, according to their initial plan, the Nine Kings' escape route should be Xiuying Town. Even if the captured Tashi Dorje and others couldn't stand the torture and confessed their secrets, the Southern Xinjiang Army should set up an ambush in Xiuying Town.
After thinking about it over and over again, Ikaluo felt that it was impossible for the Southern Border Army to know that they would go to Yunmi Town to meet the Nine Kings!
Therefore, even though he knew that the Linghua Gorge was not conducive to marching, he never thought that the Qianqi Battalion would fall into the enemy's ambush and almost wipe out the entire army.
unless…
Unless the Nine Kings' escape to Yunmi Town was part of someone else's plan, or even the Nine Kings' escape from Luoyue City, and even the flying pigeons calling for help were part of the other party's plan... That's why the other party was able to escape in Linghua Canyon early on. The ambush is done, just wait for them to throw themselves into the trap!
Thinking of this, Ikaluo's brain went blank.
impossible! This is absolutely impossible!
Ikaluo clenched his fist and landed heavily on the desk, no one could predict so far...
Everything is just a coincidence.
yes, coincidence...
Ikaluo tried hard to convince himself like this, but he had a faint feeling that the person sent out this time might not be able to come back.
Ikaluo's eyes were gloomy, as if lightning and thunder were brewing, he picked up the teacup on the desk, and the fingers holding the teacup subconsciously squeezed slightly, even the tea trembled...
On this day, Ikaluo lived like a year, until dusk, when the scorching sun slowly set, bad news followed—
"... The commander, the last general and others were attacked by the Southern Border Army in Changxia Mountain. The crossbow arrows used by the enemy seem to have been modified, and the range is extremely far. We didn't even see the enemy's appearance... Hu General Rah ordered us to retreat immediately, but it was too late... General Hulah was also separated from us, and only 20 or so people were left to recover half of our lives... "
The centurion kneeling on the cold ground was bloody all over, especially the pierced wound on his shoulder was shocking. His face was pale due to excessive blood loss, and he intermittently reported how they were ambushed.
The centurion was terrified, and they set up thick shields when they were attacked, but those crossbow bolts even pierced the shields.
When did Dayu have such a terrible weapon!
Ikaluo was silent, and there was a low coercion in the study, and no one dared to speak.
Ikaluo looked at the humble centurion kneeling on the ground, and even this team was wiped out, so the 500 shield soldiers who passed through the Linghua Canyon might not be able to return.
While thinking, Ikaluo's soldiers rushed over and knelt down on one knee to report: "Commander, there are dozens of remnant soldiers returning to the city from Linghua Canyon."
Although it was expected, Ikaluo's heart sank to the bottom, and he lost twice in a row. Even if he didn't believe that someone could predict so far, he knew that it would be difficult to go to Yunmi Town to meet the Nine Kings!
Ikaluo stood up and walked back and forth in the study irritably.
For the sake of the Nine Kings, many unnecessary sacrifices have been made. Now unless he directly sends out a large army to crush the ambush soldiers in the southern border, it is possible to pass through Changxia Mountain, but he vows to pay a painful price. Moreover, even if they passed Changxia Mountain, would they really be able to meet the Nine Kings
There are many ambushes in the southern border, maybe the Nine Kings are already...
Next step, how should I go!
Yi Kaluo was in a state of confusion, he waved his hand and said, "Set them down well, let them recover from their injuries first."
"Yes." The soldier secretly breathed a sigh of relief, quickly retreated, and walked all the way to the city gate.
Near the city gate, it was a mess. There were many straw mats on the ground, and wounded and disabled soldiers sat on the ground. These people had all escaped from Linghua Canyon, and each of their faces was stained with mud and dried blood. Judging by their distressed appearance, it is obvious that they all escaped death.
The soldiers looked down at them and said, "You can step back and rest."
The remnants all responded in unison: "Yes!"
The soldiers left after giving their orders, without noticing that the remnant soldiers exchanged glances with each other, and then they stood up two by two with support, and walked towards the wounded barracks.
One of the disabled soldiers wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve, and smiled casually. It was Fu Yunhe! Looking carefully at the other remnant soldiers, they were all from the God Arm Battalion.
In fact, the armored soldiers who passed through the Daolinghua Gorge had already been wiped out...
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes from behind, which attracted several people to look over.
I saw the gate of the city was wide open, and a young general who looked like a blood man galloped in on a red horse, shouting weakly: "Eight hundred miles, hurry up, and the idlers wait to get out of the way!"
Fu Yunhe's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly stepped aside, with an expectant smile on the corner of his mouth.
The red horse was unimpeded all the way, and it rushed straight to the garrison without stopping. Before the horse stopped completely, the soldiers on the horse couldn't wait to get off the horse, and then their feet gave up, and they almost fell to the ground.
The soldiers on the side quickly supported him and went to Ikaluo's study.
"Marshal, urgent report from eight hundred miles!"
The young general's face was covered in blood, his body was covered with cuts and bruises, and the blood oozing from the wound stained his clothes red. With the support of his own soldiers, he knelt down on one knee and reported with difficulty: "Marshal, General Ailida has an urgent military report!"
The soldiers hurriedly submitted it, and Yikaluo took the military newspaper sealed with wax paint, and couldn't wait to open it. After reading it at a glance, his entire face was darkened.
What he was worried about really happened!
The Nine Kings have been captured by the Dayu people, and they are currently in Huiling City.
Xiao Yi, the son of Zhennan Prince, took the Nine Kings as hostages to ask Yanding City to surrender, but Ailida would not respond, so the despicable and shameless Xiao Yi changed the Nine Kings as a shield and sent troops to attack Yanding City.
Seeing the Nine Kings being held in front of the battle by Dayu's soldiers, Ailida and the Nanliang army stationed in Yanding City were inevitably restrained. They could only choose to defend and not attack. The Nanliang soldiers suffered countless deaths and injuries, and they struggled for a day. It is already at stake. That's why Eleda specifically asked for instructions on what to do.
Ailida did not speak clearly. In fact, everyone knows that the choices are limited. Either give up the Nine Kings, or give up Yanding City, or...
But no matter what kind of decision, Elida can't make the decision.
Ikaluo exerted force unconsciously, almost crumpling the military newspaper.
The young general said intermittently: "Commander... the southern border army has surrounded Yanding City. General Ailida sent ten teams in a row but couldn't break through. In the end, he could only let a thousand dead soldiers cover the general to escape..."
Xiao Yi!
Yi Kaluo finally understood Xiao Yi's plan. He clearly wanted to divide his troops into two groups. On the one hand, he used the name of supporting the Nine Kings to damage his own strength, so that he had no time to distract himself, and on the other hand, he took the opportunity to use the Nine Kings to fight against him. Attack Yanding City.
snort!
Xiao Yi probably didn't know yet, that Ailida would decisively send this army report to himself at the cost of a thousand dead soldiers.
When Yi Kaluo thought that he had just decided to send an army to sweep Pingxia Mountain, he felt lingering fear. Fortunately... I didn't fall into Xiao Yi's trap, otherwise Yanding City would be hard to protect.
This time, I took the lead!
If Xiao Yi dared to threaten him with the Nine Kings, then he would use his tricks...
Xiao Yiding still doesn't know that he has learned about the current situation of Yanding City, as long as he immediately leads his troops to break Xiao Yi's path with Yingwai in Yanding City, he will definitely be able to take this opportunity to take Huiling City. In this way, the Nine Kings deserved to die!
Yikaluo stood up abruptly, and said in a loud voice: "Send the order, hurry up and join the army of cavalry to support Yanding City!"
The military order was like a mountain, and Yikaluo passed on the military order, and within a short while, an army of Nanliang soldiers had assembled. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, at a glance, it was dark and dense, with almost no end in sight.
Ikaluo ordered the soldiers himself, which boosted morale, and all the soldiers were full of energy and fighting spirit.
Seeing the soldiers shouting loudly, Ikaluo was in high spirits. Their Nanliang army was mighty and good at fighting, and they were invincible. This time, he must take Huiling City.
"Bamintu!" Ikaluo turned to look at a middle-aged general beside him.
The general hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "The last general is here!"
"Yongjia City will be handed over to you for the time being. You must guard here until the commander returns in triumph!" Ikaluo ordered passionately.
"The final general will live up to the entrustment of the commander-in-chief!" Ba Mintu agreed. Yongjia City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you close the city gate tightly, plus the remaining troops in the city, even if there are tens of thousands of enemy troops attacking, you won't be able to take it for a while.
Ikaluo smiled with satisfaction, got on his horse, and rode out first, followed by 10,000 cavalrymen...
The 10,000 army marched like thunder, and turned over like a cow. Just listening to it like this made people's hearts tremble.
After nearly a stick of incense, the army gradually moved away, and the surroundings finally became quiet.
Ba Mintu immediately returned to Yongjia City and ordered the city to be closed. Without his token, no matter who came, the city gate was not allowed to open.
Those who disobey the order shall be executed!
After these five words, all the guards were shocked.
As night fell, the entire city of Yongjia was slowly shrouded in darkness, and everything was completely silent.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, before you know it, when it is approaching midnight, only the high city wall, the night watch soldiers did not rest, they walked back and forth and patrolled from time to time, lighting torches every few steps, the flames are growing in the air jumping up and down...
The night was so peaceful and peaceful.
A guard stood motionless on the city wall like a mast, looking around from time to time.
At this time, another guard came over, still a little sleepy, and took over with him: "Brother, go to sleep."
The first guard responded and was about to go down the city wall when suddenly his ears moved, his feet froze, and he turned his head and said, "Did you hear something..."
Before he could finish his sentence, there was a sound of "whoosh" piercing the air, another guard exclaimed, and a red rocket shot from outside the city, turning into a stream of light, leaving a trail in the dark night. The fiery trajectory, this arrow, is as powerful as a bamboo, as if even the air is ignited!
Canopy!
An arrow pierced the blue banner beside the guard, and then the banner burned up, was swallowed by the flames, and turned into a huge and bewitching flame flower in the dark night...
The two guards took a deep breath, bowed their heads and looked outside the city wall. Under the bleak moonlight, thousands of southern border troops had already approached the city. A black banner embroidered with the word "Xiao" in silver was dancing in the night wind. The large silver characters seem to glow.
The leader is a young general wearing a silver-white battle armor and riding on dark clouds and snow. He has a beautiful appearance, black hair and a silver-white cloak blown wildly by the night wind. He holds a heavy bow, like a god of war. Standing on the battlefield, everyone's eyes can't help but focus on him.
At this moment, another rocket was attached to the bowstring in his hand.
A guard stared at the word "Xiao" on the banner, and stammered, "This... this is the banner of the son of Prince Zhennan!"
Before the words were finished, nearly a thousand Southern Frontier troops below raised their bows and arrows at the same time, and countless red rockets pierced the night sky like meteors, forming a dense rain of rockets...
whoosh whoosh…
Several guards who didn't react were stabbed by rockets, or pierced through the heart, or their robes were set on fire, rolling on the ground in embarrassment.
This is just the beginning, step by step...
In the distance came the sound of horseshoes, footsteps, and various other sounds mixed together. The sound became louder and closer, and the rumbling footsteps shook the ground, as if even the city wall shook slightly. stand up.
The guard on the city wall looked down at the outside of the city. From his angle, he could clearly see that the dark southern border army not far away was moving towards this direction, like layers of dark clouds suddenly pressing down on the city...
"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!" The guard shouted loudly, at a loss.
"The prince of Zhennan led an army to attack!"
"..."
The entire city wall was in a commotion in an instant, shouts one after another...
Tonight, the captain in charge of the night watch went up to the city wall and saw the situation below, his heart sank: "Go and report to the general! Go and report to General Bamintu that the Southern Border Army is coming!"
A soldier received the military order, turned and ran.
At this time, the siege battalion of the 3,000-organization system arrived at the city first, and the shield soldiers holding large shields lined up and stood in front of them. Behind the shield soldiers, the siege battalion set up well-trained stone throwers device.
Large and small flying stones roared from the other side of the city wall like hail, and smashed towards the city wall densely, with crashes one after another.
Flying stones fell from the sky, with the momentum of thunder, the city tower was smashed, the military flag was smashed, and countless city gate guards fell down one by one.
whoosh whoosh…
The catapults are still throwing out groups of flying stones, mixed with murderous rockets...
After a while, the city wall was already stained red with blood. Those guards who survived by luck were splashed with blood from their faces to their bodies.
The soldier who rushed to report the news managed to get down from the city wall. He rode on a brown horse, heard the wailing, and suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and rode away.
There were no people on the street at night, and the road was smooth. After passing through a few quiet streets, the soldier drove his horse and turned right... At this moment, an accident happened. Let it go. The soldier didn't even have time to scream, and rolled off his horse.
Following a slender figure, he jumped down from a big tree by the side of the road. Although he was wearing armor, he was still as light as a flying swallow.
He stepped out of the shadows, and it was Fu Yunhe who had a smile on his handsome face.
Fu Yunhe skillfully calmed the frightened brown horse first, and then glanced at the body on the ground that had been hit by an arrow. The other person's eyes were wide open and he was breathless. It was obvious that he had been killed by an arrow.
Fu Yunhe got on his horse without hesitation, rode his horse towards the garrison mansion, and shouted at the top of his voice: "It's no good, the enemy army is attacking!"
Shouting all the way, he rode into the garrison mansion.
As soon as they heard that there was an enemy attack, the soldiers in the mansion naturally did not dare to underestimate them, one rushed to report, and the other went to meet Ba Mintu with Fu Yunhe.
Deeper in the dew, Ba Mintu had turned off the lights and fell asleep, and did not wake up until his own soldiers came to report the enemy's attack. He secretly groaned in his heart: General Ikaluo had just left the city, and Yongjia City was attacked by the enemy, and his luck was really bad.
He had been sleeping in his clothes at first, so he hurriedly put on the heavy armor and walked out of the inner room.
At this time, Fu Yunhe was already waiting outside, and when he saw Ba Mintu coming out, he immediately reported in a panic: "General, the son of Prince Zhennan led a large army to the city. Our army was caught off guard, and there were countless casualties... The gate of the city is in danger!"
The son of Zhennan Wang's son must be leading the elite of the Dayu Southern Frontier Army. Ba Mintu thought in his heart that something was wrong. The timing was so coincidental. Could it be that the other party used the Nine Kings to transfer General Ikaluo away on purpose? , and then take advantage of the emptiness of Yongjia City and wait for an opportunity to attack? !
Once Yongjia City falls into the hands of the Southern Border Army, Yanding City will inevitably face the dilemma of being attacked on both sides. Yongjia City must not be lost!
The more Ba Mintu thought about it, the more irritable he became, he calmed down and said hastily, "Follow me to the gate of the city!"
"Wait a minute, general." Fu Yunhe hurriedly stopped Ba Mintu, hesitant to say anything, "This subordinate still has confidential military reports..."
Ba Mintu frowned, and said coldly, "Since there are military concerns, let's hurry up."
Fu Yunhe stood up, lowered his voice and said: "General, actually..."
Ba Mintu unconsciously approached Fu Yunhe. The guards on the side didn't care at first, but suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the room was cold and something was wrong.
Ba Mintu was as stiff as a sculpture, and his eyes seemed to be popping out.
Fu Yunhe smiled slightly, and strode away.
Only then did the soldiers see that Ba Mintu was clutching his neck, gurgling blood flowed from between his fingers, falling on the ground drop by drop...