Chapter 649: Enemy Tracks
As soon as the Nine Dragon Cauldron was destroyed, the poisonous fog that was spreading in Yunzhou was quickly blown away by the wind. The troops of the middle army rushed to Yunzhou. After leaving Yunzhou, Jiang Xia chose to leave the pass from Heihanling Fort.
The moment you walked out of Heihanling Fort, the wind and rain had completely buried the road. Looking around, the plains outside the pass were already white, as if the heaven and earth had turned into a white world at this moment. If a person moves forward, his entire foot will be buried by the snow on the ground.
Seeing this situation, Jiang Xia was stunned. He rode his war horse and looked ahead for nearly ten breaths. Finally, he had to sigh: "God doesn't bless me."
The poisonous fog that entered Yunzhou had blocked him for several days, and the marching map was stolen again. Now he broke into Yunzhou and had to travel day and night to recover the original marching process. But now the road is completely covered by wind and snow, so the speed of the marching will inevitably slow down.
However, his marching speed slowed down, and the Tatars' marching speed was not much full. Because most of his soldiers were infantry, while most of the soldiers and horses under the Tatars were cavalry.
After barely marching for two hours, many soldiers had their feet frostbite and had to stop and rest. Seeing this situation, Jiang Xia finally had no choice but to make a decision. That is, he led the 60,000 cavalry in the 200,000 army to take the lead, and the rest of the troops were led by Gao Jia, and then followed.
Under Jiang Xia, there are many people with high martial arts skills, but there are very few real generals. Gao Jia, who was in charge of the martial arts lecture hall for Jiang Xia and cultivated many elite martial arts lecture halls, was considered a general. Jiang Xia finally could feel at ease when he handed over the army to him.
According to Jiang Xia's estimate, the Tatars should be able to gather troops between 150,000 and 200,000. If they kill 60,000 cavalry from the middle, they can completely restrain the Tatars' army and make them have no time to harass the left and right armies.
Some people may wonder, since the Tatars only have 200,000 soldiers at most, why didn’t Jiang Xia simply assemble his 400,000 army and just attack Urian from the middle.
If people who know how to march and fight will understand that if they really do this, they will suffer a loss. Because the terrain outside the pass is flat, most of them are open land. Most of the Tatars are under their command. If 400,000 troops are crowded together to advance towards the Tatars, the Tatars can completely rely on the flexibility and maneuverability of their cavalry to continuously raid the infantry in Daxia. At that time, from Daxia to Urianha, it is not known whether the remaining troops can reach 200,000 in the end.
But it is different to divide the troops into three groups. With the Tatars' forces, if he is also scattered into three groups, he can't defeat any group. But if he joins the troops to attack one group, then the other two groups can directly attack Huanglong. Therefore, this is the most cost-effective and beneficial method.
Although the situation has changed now, Jiang Xia is confident that he has brought 60,000 cavalry and uses the maneuverability of the cavalry to restrain the Tatar army, there should be no big problem. Once the Tatar army wants to attack itself, he will run around the mountains and fields. Once he doesn't hit himself, he will chase him and kill him. In short, the enemy advances and I will retreat, and the enemy retreats and I will advance.
While Jiang Xia was marching towards Urianha, the Zhu family mansion in Fuju Lane in the capital was currently organizing the full moon banquet for Zhu Zaijiang's son. The servants at home were decorating the lights everywhere, while Zhu Zaijiang was walking around in the yard with his son in his arms, looking in a good mood.
Suddenly, the butler of Fuli sneaked to Zhu Zaijiang and whispered a few words next to Zhu Zaijiang's ear. After hearing this, Zhu Zaijiang frowned and turned around and handed over the child in his hand to the butler beside him, and then hurried to the backyard.
When he arrived at the backyard, Zhu Zaijiang stopped in place and observed it. After confirming that there was no one, he quickly ran to the woodshed. Although the woodshed looked dilapidated from the outside, there was actually a large space inside. The compartment was covered with mahogany floors and red sandalwood furniture, and the layout was very detailed.
As soon as Zhu Zaijiang entered, five people in the room saluted him: "See the Emperor!"
Zhu Zaijiang nodded and waved his right hand: "Everyone is not a favor." Zhu Zaijiang walked to the chair and sat down, glanced at the five people in front of him.
These six people are the male and female poisonous saints, their biological son Hua Burial Soul, and the Jianghu Baixiao Sheng Fu Jinliu, and the Kongkongmen Elder Nangong Wu.
Zhu Zaijiang asked Hua Zanghun in confusion: "Why are you the only one coming back? What about Senior Li?"
"Report to the emperor, I rushed back specially to report this to you. The red flame poisonous miasma created by the Nine Dragon Cauldron did not stop Jiang Xia from reaching ten days. In fact, Jiang Xia had already taken people to sneak into the Yunzhou in just five days, killing all the immortal warriors and destroying the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
In order to stop Jiang Xia, Senior Li Bayi fought with him, and in the end his right hand was beheaded by Jiang Xia. Now Senior is resting in Qinghe Dian and cannot enter Beijing for the time being." Hua Zanghun reported to Zhu Zaijiang.
When Zhu Zaijiang heard this, he was shocked. Jiang Xia could break the red flame poisonous miasma and kill all the immortal warriors entering Yunzhou. Zhu Zaijiang was still acceptable, but Li Bayi's right hand was gone, which made Zhu Zaijiang unable to accept it.
You should know that Li Bayi's martial arts skills are among the most powerful of everyone. He can gather so many masters around him now, firstly, it comes from the Dragon Protection Clan that began to be cultivated in the Yongle Dynasty. Secondly, it comes from the virtues of Emperor Hongzhi. As for the third, it depends entirely on the reputation that Li Bayi made in the martial arts world when he was young.
Without Li Bayi, Zhu Zaijiang didn't know if he could still suppress these people. If these people no longer listen to him, everything about him would be over.
Zhu Zaijiang tapped the table with his hand and whispered to himself: "I couldn't hold back Jiang Xia for ten days. The Daxia marching map sent by Sikong Qingqing was of the same effect at all. If you still want to set up Jiang Xia, you may have to rely on God to bless you."
I don’t know if it’s true that God blessed Zhu Zaijiang. Since Jiang Xia came into Yunzhou and left the customs, he has always encountered blizzards along the way. The strong wind blowing with the wind and snow every time makes Jiang Xia feel like he is about to be frozen into a statue.
Fortunately, most of the cavalry brought out by Jiang Xia were led by people from martial arts lecturers. Although they encountered the storm several times, they never complained, and they never thought of giving up.
Suddenly, the horse probing ahead came back on a fast horse.
As soon as he saw Jiang Xia, the Investigator immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the enemy's traces have been found in front of you!"
Chapter completed!