Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment, his heart pounded, then he nodded and said: "I obey." After finishing speaking, seeing that the master seemed to be fine, he quietly retreated out.
The envelope was already sealed, so of course he didn't dare to open it casually. While walking, thinking, it is said that the royal family intends to marry Yanbei, it can't be true, right? If this is the case, is Huai Song's surname Nalan or Yan? Could it be that King Taiping's assassination was really successful a few days ago
Of course, the minds of those important people are not something that a person like him can guess at will. Jiang Wu thought about it for a while, and then he stopped thinking about it. He was attracted by the smell of the kitchen and ran away to be lazy.
Xuan Mo sat in the study, leaning on the back of the nanmu chair engraved with the Nine Dragons pattern, and slowly closed his eyes.
The news of Yan Bei and Huai Song's marriage quickly spread throughout the land of Simon. In this troubled time, the marriage clearly brings the two countries into an alliance. Soon, Chen Bing, Huang Fuhai, the navy of the Huai Song Dynasty, looked at Da Xia as a tiger, and made a gesture that he would advance and retreat with Yan Bei at any time.
That night, the entire Baizhi Guan was still immersed in a cold dead silence. Since the Yanbei Army took over this pass, there was no more prosperity here.
At the second watch, a group of troops wearing black camouflage uniforms and oil paint on their faces slowly appeared under the pass.
Chu Qiao stood in the middle of the team and reiterated the rules of this operation.
First, indiscriminate sniping, anyone who might pose a threat or raise an alarm must be given the cleanest sniping.
Second, the first team created chaos in the city, and the second team drove the horses in the northeast direction, causing panic among the defenders in the city and creating the illusion of a large-scale Xia army attack.
Thirdly, other people and horses are waiting outside the city, ready to meet their companions at any time and take advantage of the chaos to pass.
Time passed by every minute, and the moment the third watch drum sounded, He Qi led the first team members, like a group of ghosts, and rushed towards the Baizhi Pass.
At the same time, the second team also set off and headed towards the horse team that had already been prepared in the northeast.
In the darkness, He Qi crawled forward with the elite soldiers of the Xiuli Army, and soon disappeared from sight. Chu Qiao waited in the dense forest with a few personal guards. She sat quietly, repeatedly deliberating the overall plan in her mind, looking for loopholes and loopholes.
Once, twice, three times.
OK, no problem. She took a deep breath and waited quietly for an answer.
About half an hour later, there was a sudden thunderous sound of horseshoes in the northeast, and the horseshoes were like thunder, mixed with the soldiers' angry shouts. The moon in the sky was covered by the smoke and dust raised by the branches tied to the horse's tail. At first glance, it seemed that hundreds of thousands of horses and horses were roaring towards them. There was an uproar at the top of Baizhi Pass, and everyone's attention was drawn to the northeast.
Soon, the northeastern city gate of Baizhi Pass opened, and two teams of scouts rushed out quietly, but before they got close, the Xiuli army guarding outside the city gate quickly killed them.
After another half an hour, the city suddenly burst into flames. Chu Qiao immediately stood up and said in a deep voice, "It's time, let's go!"
On the bank of Chishui River, the floating boat that had been prepared was pushed onto the surface of the water. Chu Qiao led a group of subordinates onto the raft, and headed towards Bian Tang along the waterway at full speed.
The Yanbei Army is entirely composed of cavalry and heavy armor, and there is no half of the navy. Hasty and indirect control of Baizhi Pass will definitely not be able to completely defend such a vast water area. In addition, there are enemies both inside and outside. At this moment, this Chishui waterway is the best channel to Bian Tang.
However, just after walking for less than a stick of incense, I suddenly heard the sound of water gurgling in front of me. Chu Qiao pulled up the strong bow and drew it to full capacity in an instant, only to hear a whoosh, and then a scream sounded in the darkness. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of torches were lit up, and about 500 warships appeared in the dark night.
A series of rapid bangs, dozens of long spears stabbed from all directions. A Yanbei officer stood at the bow of the ship, holding a knife and shouting: "Death to the traitor!"
Dozens of rows of sharp arrows were hoisted, and the sharp arrows were aimed at Chu Qiao and the others. The officer swung his saber sharply, and the soldiers pulled the triggers of the crossbows, and rows of bows and arrows were fired at once.
"Jump!" He Xiao roared suddenly, and in the next second, the Xiuli Army collectively jumped into the vast red water, and the crossbow arrows crackled, densely piercing the small boats and pontoons, but did not leave a trace of blood.
"Commander, they jumped into the river!" Someone yelled.
But soon, some soldiers shouted wildly: "General! The boat is leaking!"
Immediately afterwards, countless voices came and went, many ship bilges were smashed, and river water roared in. In the blink of an eye, three small ships sank. Those Yanbei soldiers who couldn't swim struggled in the river with driftwood in their arms, their screams echoed on the river, the torches crackled, and the surroundings were in chaos.
"They're down there!"
The general was furious and shouted loudly: "Use a stone machine, use a spear, smash them to death! Stab them to death!"
"General, no, we still have people in the river."
"roll!"
The soldier was reprimanded angrily and wanted to shout, but was pulled aside by his colleagues. The man said indignantly, "But your majesty said that he would arrest them alive!"
Others hurriedly said: "Alive? You may not be able to catch the dead, but are you still alive?"
The torches are reflected in the sky, and the boulders are emptied.
The general shouted angrily, and his subordinates quickly installed the stone machine, and rows of spearmen also ran forward. In the next second, a rumbling sound resounded in my ears, huge boulders smashed into the water, spears pierced into Chishui sharply like a rain of arrows, and waves of red mist suddenly appeared on the surface of the river, rolling bloody like red clouds.
Attacks came one after another, and gradually, the river calmed down, and Chu Qiao and the others' rafts were all smashed to pieces. The fragments of nearly a thousand rafts formed a floating bridge on the water, poured under the Yanbei warship, and piled up layer by layer.
The shouting and killing gradually stopped, and the Yanbei soldiers who hastily formed a navy looked at the calm river in doubt, and frowned, "Are they all dead? Why haven't they floated up?"
"Look!"
I don't know who yelled suddenly, and everyone followed the sound, only to see countless human heads floating up on the river far away behind them. I saw those people taking off their shirts while floating on the water, several people gathered together, and after a while, all of them floated up, followed the current, and quickly left.
The general widened his eyes in astonishment, and asked angrily, "What is that?"
A well-informed veteran said suspiciously: "It seems to be a sheepskin raft."
"Hurry up!"
"General, those pieces of wood are blocking the way, and the boat can't go for the time being."
The general froze on the spot, he didn't expect that he had such an advantage, and in the end he let those people walk away under his nose. Nearly 60,000 sailors of the Yanbei Army stood on the huge warships, watching the figures of those people gradually disappear into the thick night, unable to recover for a long time.
After reuniting with He Qi and the others, Chu Qiao counted the number of people, and found that more than 3,000 people died in the battle just now, and 2,000 of them died in Yanbei's stone machine and spear under.
However, at such a price, it was already an unimaginable victory for all members to pass through the Baizhi pass. Yet this is not the end. Although they left Baizhi Pass, they also managed to attract the attention of the Yanbei Army, and the large area behind Baizhi Pass is still under the control of the Yanbei Army.
Chu Qiao made a decisive decision and led the army into the forest. Two days later, they encountered the enemy's first attack. Within three days, the two sides fought more than twenty times, most of which ended with the victory of the Xiuli Army. After all, compared with the Yanbei Army, which is good at cavalry combat, the Xiuli Army is better at field combat and close-quarters sniping. Under the leadership of Chu Qiao, their team ran while fighting, and quickly approached the area under the jurisdiction of the orthodox royal family of Bian Tang.
However, just as they were about to leave the forest and enter the border of Hanshui, Yanbei suddenly set fire to the mountain. The fire burned for four consecutive days and spread throughout the Qiutang mountainous area. Many people's villages in the mountainous area were affected, causing countless deaths and injuries.
Chu Qiao had no choice but to leave the mountain ahead of time with the army. Because of the fire in the mountains, they lost their way and deviated from the road for more than 300 miles when they came out. Although there were veterans like the wolf army who were familiar with the terrain, they still encountered the Yanbei army again in the early morning of the next day.
In the battle of Likangyuan, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Chu Qiao led three thousand elite soldiers to attack the enemy camp. Unfortunately, the enemy's commander was hit by a stray arrow during the battle, and his life and death were uncertain. However, the Yanbei Army is worthy of being the first-class iron army in the mainland. Even though the commander was injured, they still did not mess up, fought and retreated, and resisted very tenaciously.
The mobility of the large troops was poor, but fortunately they robbed a large number of war horses in several battles. After the Likangyuan battle, Chu Qiao divided the army into ten small teams, each with 4,000 soldiers, and each team was less than two miles apart, and headed towards Hanshui Pass in a fan shape.
However, just after arriving in Nanli County, Chu Qiao suddenly fell ill. In fact, as early as five days ago, she noticed the discomfort in her body. Not to mention the abdominal pain, she felt hot all over, dizzy and retching, and her hands and feet were weak. Just because of the urgency of the war, she barely persevered with tenacious perseverance. But now, temporarily freed from the pursuit of Yanbei's army, her spirit is getting worse. Regardless of her objection, He Xiao placed his subordinates outside the city and led her into Nanli City.
Although Bian and Tang launched a civil war, and Yanbei also passed through this place, the degree of destruction in the country was far less tragic than that of Daxia. Some large cities still maintain their original prosperity, except that due to the impact of the war, some prices have been raised very high, and the rest have little impact.
He Xiao sent someone out to find the doctor, but Chu Qiao, who was drowsy, couldn't sleep now. She lay on the clean bed, staring at the curtain in a daze, her thoughts drifting like clouds in the sky for a long time.
When the Yanbei soldiers were chasing and killing them, they kept calling her a traitor, which meant that they knew her identity. Indeed, with Yan Xun's wisdom, she should have guessed that at this time, the only one who can risk her life to break through is her, the beauty king named by Li Ceqin.
That is to say, Yan Xun was determined to kill her.
That's right, now that Yan Xun and Princess Jing'an have formed an alliance, she wants to lead troops to help Li Xiuyi. As the leader of Baizhi Pass, he naturally wanted to help his allies block her at the pass. There was no father and son on the battlefield, let alone them
These, she understands.
Yan Xun, he has become more and more powerful as an overlord, his killing decisions are fierce and resolute, and his bold and careful methods are astonishing. Today's him is no longer the child who huddled in the Shengjin Palace more than ten years ago, and he no longer has to look at anyone's face.
The doctor came soon, and He Xiao stood behind the doctor, nervously watching the doctor diagnose her pulse.
The old doctor with a white beard pondered for a while, then suddenly said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Your wife is very happy."
He Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then his face flushed, and he quickly said to the doctor: "Don't talk nonsense, this is my wife, I'm just a guard."
The doctor immediately apologized, and said with a smile that he was so nervous that he mistook him for the father of the child, and he hoped to forgive him.
He Xiao and the doctor were chatting back and forth, but Chu Qiao was stunned, as if she had been stabbed to the marrow with a knife. She opened her mouth slightly, unable to speak a word for a long time.
what did he say? Are you happy? She is pregnant