With an order, more than 20 members of the second army immediately jumped off their horses, picked up their bows and arrows neatly, and before General Cui's wide eyes blinked, those sharp arrows shot away immediately, taking their feet but not their heads, All of a sudden, there was a sound of wailing, and the refugees turned pale with fright and screamed loudly.
"Give it to me!" The young man's voice sounded like a leopard growling.
The soldiers shot down one piece, deterred the people in the distance, discarded their bows and arrows with their backhands, and rushed forward with their sabers. He greeted his head fiercely, and in a short while, more than ten people fell to the ground.
"Get out of the way!"
Soldiers and refugees were fighting together. The Yanbei army in the city wall saw them and hurriedly blew their horns. A large number of troops rushed over from the city, but they were crowded by the chaotic crowd at the gate, unable to get out at all.
At this moment, in the vast snow field far away, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves, as if a large number of people and horses were approaching. He jumped up and down, his voice was somewhat feminine, but he shouted with surprising momentum: "Who is making trouble?"
More than a hundred soldiers then jumped down, and the leading small general rushed forward, glanced sharply, pulled out the shoulder knife from his waist, and said in a cold voice: "Come on! Beat up those soldiers! !"
This group of fresh troops is extremely clever, with neat movements and quick shots, all of them are powerful masters. They rushed into the crowd like tigers and wolves, surrounded the soldiers of the Second Army who were wielding knives and beheaded the people, besieged one by three or five, and subdued them in a few strokes. Seeing that someone stood up for them, the people shouted in unison, and the scene was immediately brought under control.
Thirty or forty injured civilians lay scattered on the ground, some of them were already motionless, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead. The little general frowned, and was covered in iron-gray fur. He turned his head and said in a low voice, "Call the military doctor right away to heal the injured."
"Who are you? How dare you..." Xue Zhiyuan was furious, and strode forward, but the little general didn't wait for him to finish speaking. With a slap, a crisp slap hit the man's face. Xue Zhiyuan Before he could react, the man made another backhand!
"You are a soldier of Yanbei! Your saber should be aimed at Daxia, not at the people of Yanbei!" The clear voice was like breaking a stone, and the little general snarled.
Xue Zhiyuan was furious, his eyes seemed to burst into flames, he roared, and rushed forward with a punch. Unexpectedly, the little general looked like a swift and fierce leopard, he jumped up suddenly, saw the scabbard flashed neatly, and smashed on Xue Zhiyuan's shoulder with a bang, and kicked him sideways with his legs. He kicked hard and fell to the ground.
"Tie him up! Hand it over to His Highness!" Cheers erupted from among the refugees.
The little general turned around and shouted to the people: "People, Beishuo is about to go to war, and it's too dangerous for you to be here. Our Highness built a residence for everyone to temporarily avoid the wind and snow under the Sunset Mountain in the west. There is food and cotton clothes inside, please follow my subordinates immediately."
The crowd fluctuated for a while, and several soldiers who came with the little general walked into the crowd to rectify order. After a while, several military doctors hurried out of the city. The little general stepped forward and looked carefully. He found that thirteen civilians had died in the turmoil just now. He frowned slightly, his face was ugly .
After about half an hour, the people finally headed west under the leadership of the soldiers. The little general walked into the city, the gate was slowly closed, and all the hustle and bustle outside was blocked. It seemed that even the wind and snow were no longer so violent .
The little man said a few words to the frightened General Cui, and then he walked towards the carriage where Xue Zhiyuan and the others were being held.
"General Xue, I'm sorry, I offended you a lot just now." The little general took off his hood, revealing a sharp and thin face, with delicate features and bright eyes, it turned out to be a very beautiful young girl.
"Who are you?" Xue Zhiyuan's cheeks were still a little swollen, and the place where she kicked was still hurting. He didn't want to talk to her at first, but when he first saw her appearance, he was shocked.
"This is Lord Chu from the staff office." General Cui quickly introduced, "My lord, this is the leader of the friendly vanguard of the Second Army who came to support Beishuo, General Xue Zhiyuan."
Chu Qiao's cheeks were flushed from the cold, and her lips were a little chapped. She nodded and said kindly, "General Xue has traveled thousands of miles. It's been hard work in such bad weather."
Xue Zhiyuan frowned, he didn't know where such a master Chu popped up, he stared at Chu Qiao fiercely, suddenly snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Today's matter, we can't let it go like this."
"Of course, more than a dozen people died before the city gate, and more than forty people were injured. Naturally, such a thing will not be settled so easily." Chu Qiao smiled slightly, but there was no smile in her eyes, she said lightly , "However, General Xue was eager to defend the city just now, and the battle is imminent. I will not report to the Military and Political Yuan for the time being, and hold you accountable."
"you… "
"General Xue, come here in such a hurry, you must have something important to do? If you are free, I have to leave first."
Xue Zhiyuan took a deep breath, then gave Chu Qiao a hard look, snorted coldly, and left angrily with his subordinates.
General Cui wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and said to Chu Qiao, "My lord, are you alright?"
Chu Qiao frowned slowly, sighed helplessly, and said, "If I had known that he was a member of the Second Army, I wouldn't have slapped him twice. This is going to be troublesome."
"Ah?" General Cui was taken aback.
"Ah what?" Chu Qiao turned her head and said angrily, "If it wasn't for the Second Army, the city gate almost fell, do you know what the consequences would be if spies were allowed to enter the city at this time? There are millions of people in Yanbei The entire army will die without a place to die! Beishuo is the gate of Yanbei, but you are so negligent, even though it was wrong for Xue Zhiyuan to massacre civilians just now, you are joking about the fate of Yanbei!"
General Cui was so frightened that his face turned pale, his legs were weak, his eyes flickered, he looked left and right, like a thief who was caught as a thief, suddenly knelt on the ground with a bang, and shouted loudly: "My lord, the little one should be damned, please!" My lord, spare the little dog's life."
Chu Qiao frowned slowly, such a person was mistaken by him as the captain of the city guard, she didn't know who to hold accountable, at this moment, she just felt powerless.
"Report to the Military and Political Academy by yourself!" Chu Qiao said lightly, turned around and left, the snow was fluttering, and she still didn't have the slightest intention to stop. Opening the door, a gust of hot air rushed towards her face, Chu Qiao took off her fur, looked left and right, but did not see Yan Xun's shadow. She turned around and went to the study, and met Ah Jing who hurried back halfway, before she could speak, she heard Ah Jing gasped and said: "Miss, Your Highness asked you to go."
Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows, "Where is he? What happened?"
"The representative of the Second Army is here. Your Highness is waiting for your meeting."
Before entering the house, a drake-like voice shouted: "We have millions of troops, why should we be afraid of Daxia? We can fight them on the plain!"
Hearing this, Chu Qiao frowned tightly. During this time, her most frequently used expression may be frowning.
"Yes! We Yanbei are the teachers of justice, we are not afraid of Xiagou!"
"Report!" The soldier outside the door shouted, "Master Chu from the staff office is here."
"Come in."
Chu Qiao walked into the room, saluted and greeted everyone present, only to see that the number of people attending today's meeting was much higher than last time. In addition to those people last time, there were also military representatives from the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army. The deputy generals of the army, the elders of the Datong Association, and representatives of other frontier troops, militia troops, and self-defense troops, and representatives of the chiefs of small tribes on the Yanbei Plateau. The densely packed room almost filled the conference hall. up.
Chu Qiao knew that almost all of Yanbei's armed forces had arrived today, so she walked in with her head held high, walked straight to Yan Xun and sat down, smiled and said to everyone: "Sorry, I'm late .”
"How's it going?" Yan Xun's complexion was not very good, he was obviously very angry with this group, he looked at Chu Qiao, and asked in a deep voice.
"Everything is going well, the houses have been built, enough to escape this period of time."
"I object!" A sharp voice suddenly sounded, and Vice-General Liu Ou, Beishuo's quartermaster, stood up and said with an ugly face, "Why do we take out our military materials to build houses for those refugees? These things are obviously fine. Raising the city wall by ten feet will be very effective in resisting Daxia. Also, why should we distribute our food and grass to refugees? Does Master Chu know what situation we are in now? Daxia's army is overwhelming, and the war is about to begin It’s hard to say whether the army’s food can be supplied, but you use food and grass to help refugees!”
"Lieutenant General Liu Ou, if I remember correctly, when I built the city wall ten days ago, you did not give me the slightest support. The entire Beishuo Army did not send a single soldier, but the people nearby actively helped. Otherwise, now, Your city walls will not be increased by twenty feet. In addition, I want to remind you that the height of the city walls is regulated. Our current city walls are already high enough. If it is higher, the soldiers will not be able to shoot arrows accurately. , then our defensive advantage will be greatly reduced, so I invite people who don't understand military affairs to speak carefully on military issues."
Chu Qiao's expression was cold, and she was no longer the good-tempered person she was a few days ago. She looked at the quartermaster coldly and said, "Also, I would like to say that we liberated Yanbei for the freedom of the people of Yanbei. If the common people are all dead, then the war is meaningless."
Liu Ou's face was ashen, and he argued strongly: "I used to come here like this. Every year, there are heavy snowstorms. Daxia has never supported the people from the army rations, and the people have never starved to death for thousands of years."
"You're right, that's why Daxia was kicked out of Yanbei." The girl spread her hands and shrugged, "The soldiers stationed in Yanbei in Daxia were all dispatched from the mainland, and they all received the military pay from the army. Excuse me Lieutenant General Liu Ou, when did you pay your subordinates? Why did your subordinates follow you for free? Are you trying to make your subordinates follow you and forget their lives, and then let their parents, wives and children stay with you? Are you dying of starvation or freezing at home?"
The meeting room suddenly fell into an embarrassing dead silence, no one spoke, only the wind outside could be heard raging like a wild beast.
Yan Xun's voice was cold, and he said slowly: "Come back to business, who was speaking just now?"
"It's me." Lu Jie, the head of the Third Legion, said in a deep voice.
He is not very old, about thirty years old, with a heavy beard, a real plateau appearance, and a very red face. He said in a low voice: "I don't understand, why do we hide in Tibet? Why do we hide in Beishuo City like a tortoise?" Li? We have an army of 500,000, and the vanguard of the Great Xia has only 100,000. How can we still lose if five fight one?"