With a crisp slap, Deputy Cheng slapped Sun He's face, grabbed his collar, and said coldly, "You idiot! Do you know who she is? Do you know her?" The relationship with His Highness? It has reached this point now, if she does not die, the two of us will wait for His Highness to come back, and take our two sacrificial flags!"
Anyway, this is the case, if you want to survive, you can only die, since you have already confirmed that it is fake, you can only admit it to the end!
Cheng Yuan felt cold and said coldly: "Western City Defense Force! All gather!"
Xue Zhiyuan was awakened in his sleep. The sound of rumbling war drums spread throughout the city. He resisted the pain in his body and got up. However, when he walked up to the west wall, he suddenly froze. He widened his eyes, listened to the familiar voice from the opposite side, glanced at the formation gathered under the city, and immediately understood, pushed away the guards, and hurried down the tower, "What are you doing? Open the city gate! That's Mr. Staff Officer Chu !"
Cheng Yuan walked forward coldly, and pressed Xue Zhiyuan's mouth. He was so seriously injured that he was powerless to resist, so Cheng Yuan lowered his voice and said in a cold voice: "If this matter goes to heaven, you The first one is doomed! Misreporting the military situation and causing riots among friendly troops, do you think His Highness will let you go? If you want to live, shut up immediately, or I can send you to the west now!"
Cheng Yuan's eyes were cold, and he strode away with a murderous look, and ordered as he walked: "Listen to my command later, we will pretend to be friendly troops and approach them first, then Sun He will lead troops to attack their flanks, and Li Lu will lead troops to attack them." In the rear, surround and suppress the city, none of them can let them leave alive!"
Xue Zhiyuan stood there blankly, his blood gradually cooling down. His expression was dull and in a trance, and he recalled many things in an instant, the hunger, cold and embarrassment when he was young, the excitement and enthusiasm when he was first conveyed the Datong thought, the hardships and hardships along the way, and the weakness and exhaustion that he was always unwilling to face reality. His beliefs, his ideals, everything about him collapsed at this moment!
His face became paler and paler. Suddenly, he staggered and ran towards the city wall. His figure was extremely fast, like a swift tiger!
Cheng Yuan came to his senses immediately, turned around and shouted sharply: "Stop him!"
However, in such an instant, he had already boarded the tower and shouted loudly: "Chu Qiao! Run!"
There was a swishing sound, and the man was shot through in an instant. The arrow pierced through his body and his shoulders, and poked his head out from his hands and feet. Bloody blood sprinkled all over the city wall. The hot blood of the young man was like drops of bright red seeds, dripping from the majestic city wall and falling on the white snow, forming tiny bright red whirlpools!
Everyone was stunned. The cold wind blew over his shirt and his promising young torso. His eyes were clear and tough, with unyielding awe. The oath he made many years ago still echoed in his ears, "I voluntarily I dedicate my whole life to Yanbei's Datong cause, no ego, no selfish interests, struggle all my life, and fight for freedom!"
The world became empty and silent in an instant, his body fell against the wind, and fell along the majestic city wall onto the icy land of Yanbei!
The civilians below the city suddenly let out a terrified roar, and the crowd left the towering city wall like a chaotic flood.
Chu Qiao was sitting on the horseback, the corners of her eyes were red, her palms were cold, her gaze was as tough as iron, but her chest was filled with magma-like heat and frenzy. Finally, she raised her palm heavily and issued a short and clear military order, "Retreat!"
The cavalry behind them immediately lined up, and the army turned around in unison, ready to leave.
The moment she was about to leave, Chu Qiao turned her head coldly, and took one last look at the fluttering Yanbei battle flag, at the densely packed defenders on the tower, and at the messy corpses all over the floor. , and Beishuo City, the young soldier who had been slapped twice by her. She took a deep breath, but felt her chest getting heavier.
"If I don't avenge this revenge, I swear I won't be a human being!"
The sun finally jumped out of the horizon, shedding golden light, and the whole land was golden. It seemed that even the gods wanted to crown this day.
With such a fast speed, even if they pursue at full speed now, they have already lost the possibility of encircling and annihilating them. Cheng Yuan's heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar. Sun He stared blankly at the cavalry regiment roaring away, then turned his head and asked, "My lord, what should I do?"
Cheng Yuan glanced at Sun He, his eyes were cold and cold like ice and snow, he turned around slowly, and strode away without saying a word.
"What should I do?" He also asked himself secretly in his heart, he wanted to find a way out for himself, he had to, definitely!
The sun in the sky is as bright as gold, and a new day has finally arrived! But an hour later, a large thick dark cloud floated over the northern sky, and there was a low-pitched roar like muffled thunder from the sky. Before breakfast was finished, an iron-gray ocean slowly appeared under the eastern horizon, like grass waves that could not be seen at a glance on the vast ice sheet, covering the sky and the sun, constantly expanding and expanding. Tens of thousands of horseshoes trampled on the ground, white snow waves entrenched under their feet, and the gray battle robes were rolled up by the strong wind, like a large group of flying eagles!
Excellent horses, hard armor, sharp knives and guns, neat military appearance, the Yanbei Second Army, which has been fighting against local garrisons all its life, really saw the demeanor of the so-called army for the first time, and a veteran soldier was scared. Sitting on the top of the wall, with straight eyes, he murmured: "The devil is coming!"
The flags are raised like the sea, the swords are like forests, everywhere is covered with iron gray, gradually covering the whole plain, their phalanx is dense, neat and clear, the central army is entrenched like a tiger, the flanks are flamboyant like eagles, and the rear is full of reserve troops The regiments sharpened their knives and guns one by one, with their big furs unfurling, winding for nearly five miles back and forth, it was obvious that there were still a large number of troops behind that had not entered Huoleiyuan.
Those who have not personally experienced it cannot appreciate such a magnificent scene. In an instant, everyone showed panic and fear. Over the past hundred years, in the face of the repeated provocations of the Great Brotherhood, Da Xia has only made a few strangulations and responses. Even when he attacked Yanshi City, he only sent out the Meng Family Legion symbolically. But this time, there were four regular legions with more than 100,000 people, not to mention the follow-up wings and support troops.
Daxia was really angry. Facing the reactionary forces that dared to challenge the dignity of the empire for the first time in the past three hundred years, they swore to defend it to the death and did not hesitate to fight!
The bitter long wind blew violently across the sky above Yanbei. When Beishuo City was shivering, at the foot of Sunset Mountain not far away, the military flag of the Southwest Township was fluttering under the dark clouds. Chu Qiao sat on the horseback, faced more than seven thousand pairs of eyes, and gave such an order—
"Beishuo is about to be lost. The only plan for now is to seize Chiyuan Ferry, occupy Chidu City, and launch the second line of defense in Yanbei's inland. This is a military order! It will take effect immediately! All troops, move out!" Just in the southwest When the town government envoy raised his horsewhip and hurried to Chiyuan Ferry, in the camp of the Chinese army in Daxia, Zhao Qi frowned and marked a circle on the marching map, muttering: "The old fourteenth should arrive."
There, three tributaries converge in one place, the Lijiang River, Chixijiang River, and Wujiang River, which together form a Chishui River that traverses the entire Simon continent. A lonely small city is located on it. It has a nice name-Chidu City.
The war eagle screamed and screamed. The first Northern Expedition in history has begun. The footsteps of the god of death are coming to this cold land. The river has frozen and the surface of the river is white. military base.
The two famous generals are about to collide, and a battle for Chidu that shocked the world has sounded the horn of battle in the cold wind. The tide of history rolled in. Cao Mengtong stood in front of the Yanbei Army and waved down the sacred command flag. The old veteran mustered up his courage and shouted: "May God bless Yanbei! May we win in one battle! Warriors, For Yanbei, for freedom, let's fight!" In the afternoon, it began to snow, and the north wind rolled snowflakes and slapped the face like a knife.
Thousands of troops and horses appeared from the wind and snow, with dense figures, and the sharp blades flashed with sharp brilliance in the dark night. The horse galloped wildly at an astonishing speed, Chu Qiao's face was blown cold and numb by the wind, and Da Qiu wrapped her whole body in it. Nine hours of continuous raids have already made everyone's hands and feet stiff with cold, the cold wind is biting, and the eye sockets are red. In the midst of the hurricane, these 7,000 troops stand in the wilderness, like a house without a main beam. It is possible to be swallowed by sudden changes.
A scout rushed back, the soldier was still very young, with clear eyes, he looked no more than eighteen years old, his horse was extremely fast, he ran in front of Chu Qiao, pointed to Helan Mountain in the east, his lips trembled, he was speechless Come.
"Is Xia Jun approaching again?"
The scout didn't speak, but just nodded silently. Because of the cold, his neck was already stiff, and his nodding gesture was a bit weird, like a puppet pulling strings.
"How far? Fifty miles?"
The other party didn't nod, Chu Qiao continued to ask: "Thirty miles?"
There was still no response, Chu Qiao felt a chill in her heart, her voice was a little more worried and tired, and she said in a deep voice, "Twenty miles?"
The scout nodded silently, Chu Qiao took off her hood, and immediately bowed deeply to him, "Thank you for your hard work."
With a puff, the soldier fell off his horse. The soldiers around saw him and jumped down to help him up, but when they touched him, it was cold, and he couldn't smell his breath, and he was already dead. The weather was extremely cold, and the scouts had to bury their bodies in the heavy snow to find out the enemy's situation, and then took a small path to return. If he could persist until now, it was already exhausted.
Although the 20-mile road is a narrow mountain road, with Daxia's cavalry quality, it only takes half an hour to get here. And in half an hour, can they attack Chidu City
Chu Qiao's eyes were like sharp knives, she looked forward deeply, not far ahead was Chidu City which guarded the Chiyuan Ferry, she had already sent two parties to negotiate under the city. It has been an incense stick of time now, and there is still no news from the other side.
Her palms were wet with sweat, and the hand holding the sword was icy cold. The hope is very small, they don't have Yan Xun's handwriting and orders, no documents issued by the headquarters, no handwritten orders issued by the big peers, and she was too hasty to leave the city at that time, and she didn't even have an item to prove her identity. In other words, they don't have any way to win the other party's trust, and make the other party believe that they are also members of the Yanbei Army, and they came here to protect the safety of Chidu City.
If the Yanbei Army in Chidu City does not believe their identities and refuses to accept them into the city, then once the Great Xia troops arrive and fight against the opponent's tens of thousands of troops with 7,000 light cavalry on the wilderness plain, there is only death waiting for them One!
Chu Qiao understands this point better than anyone else!