Chapter 64: The hero of the world (2)

Hundreds of horses were riding over the autumn land of Yanyan in the wind.

The heavy rain has just stopped, and the road is slowly drying. Horses' hooves have stepped by, but mud is splashing everywhere.

This is a pure light cavalry team, one man and two horses, in addition to war horses, there is also a pack horse, which is just moving forward at the speed of a marching brigade.

If you don’t need to maneuver violently on the battlefield and raid around, the cavalry will not move much faster than the infantry. Horses are grass-bearing, and only by eating horse materials can you have the strength. Putting green is just to keep the horse alive.

Moreover, no matter whether it is war horses and pack horses, they are delicate animals that need to be taken care of. Horse hooves need to be protected, and you should pay attention to sweating and sweating. The horse's waist cannot be worn or injured. In addition, horses need to wipe their eyes frequently to prevent extravagant eyes. It takes a considerable time to take care of the horses at the end of the day.

Although more animals are more adaptable to the environment than horses and require less care, compared with the stability of horse riding, the ability to train, human nature, and the impact that war horses can provide when they explode, humans can only choose this animal that is much more delicate than imagined as the most important help for war between humans.

This horse team took a detour from the banks of the Gaoliang River to the Gubeikou area. It took about seven days to march alone.

At this time, no one knew what situation the Song cavalry was in at the lonely Gubeikou.

Across the Gumshu River, across the river bank, you can see a group of Liao people from afar, but only twenty or thirty cavalry, just falling from afar. None of the hundreds of Song troops and dozens of Liao troops had the intention to provoke each other. They were all along the river where the army gathered, and they were getting farther and farther away.

After a heavy autumn rain, the water of the sorghum River soared, as if it had surpassed the river and rushed eastward. The air was humid, and the military flag flying in front of the cavalry of the Song army had already absorbed the water in the air, but was heavy on the flagpole. The sky was also gloomy, as if the autumn rain had not yet reached enough, and was brewing a bigger storm.

Everyone's face was as gloomy as the weather.

The battlefield for making achievements is behind it. It is obvious that the lack of fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the Liao army was facing Xiao Gan's troops. And his own army, 100,000 elite Western troops, were rushing to Gaoliang River. All the elite cavalry of the entire Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition Army were concentrated in the hands of Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuanzan who rose like a comet. Xiao Xuanzan was decisive and courageous, and they were all first-class people. Following him, at least 80% of the great achievements of Restoring Yan would fall into his hands.

But at this time, he was drawn out to pick up Ma Xuanzan and the others from Gubeikou! The general who led the army was also the most inconspicuous Tang Huai among Xiao Xuanzan's confidants. This guy couldn't beat a single mess with three sticks. Among so many leading officers, he had the lowest sense of existence. The general was the courage of the army and the taciturn general, so he was less careful. The soldiers also felt a little listless when he followed him.

In the eyes of everyone, even if you are worried about the distance from Gubeikou, it would be enough for Ma Xuanzan to lead 200 cavalry to cover it. What big thing can happen? Xiao Gan led so many Liao troops to fight against the city and seemed powerless. The Jurchen Tatars were cruel to the sky, and hundreds or thousands of people came over to compete for the Yanjing city? Not to mention that the Jurchen Tatars were still trapped by our Song Dynasty with a covenant!

Those who serve in the army will speculate, especially some small officers. They are more informed and piece together some rumors, thinking that they can figure out why everyone is so unlucky.

The one under Xiao Xuanzan's command is undoubtedly the general Han Shizhong. Although Xiao Xuanzan has the Shenwu Conquering Army, the main force is still the Victory Jet Army and Baiye Soldiers. Han Shizhong was born in the Western Army, and Baiye Soldiers naturally became close to him. Han Shizhong also ordered them, and they had no objection. Xiao Xuanzan was working hard to cultivate the Deputy Du Yu Hou Envoy named Yue Fei, but he did not have the prestige and ability of Han Shizhong. How could these mud legs who dared to be a soldier from Hebei have no idea? Just set up another battlefield and exaggerate the danger ten times. At that time, it would be a full achievement - to ensure the safety of the flanks of the entire Northern Expedition Army! There is no need to fight with Han Shizhong on the main battlefield of the Gaoliang River.

Ma Kuo Ma Xuanzan, probably because of this plan. Ma Xuanzan's background was much stronger than Xiao Xuanzan. An old man from the Western Army, coupled with Xuan Shuai's favorite general, and a well-known young talent in the official family. However, Xiao Xuanzan, the man from Nangui, robbed him of Xiao Xuanzan. Without saying anything, how could he have no idea in his heart? This great contribution to Yan was already promised to Xiao Xuanzan. Ma Xuanzan had to find another way to make contributions, so he hit it off with Yue Fei and the others and found another battlefield.

Xiao Xuanzan probably turned a blind eye to their plans. It is said that during the military discussion, Xiao Xuanzan had weakened his strength and got angry with them. Now, seeing that Xiao Gan in front of him really didn't seem to be fighting to the end, he simply helped them.

That's why everyone was so unlucky. They couldn't make any achievements before them, and they all went to Gubeikou to enjoy the wind!

Such rumors spread like weeds in places where Tang Huai was invisible. The more people talked about it, the more dejected they were. On the way, they were no longer as happy and had high morale when they entered the Gaoliang River from Zhuozhou north. The mood was as bleak as the gloomy weather.

In the distance to the north, there are still dark clouds. Lightning occasionally passes through the dark clouds above the Yanshan Mountains. No one knows what the fate of waiting for everyone is under the dark clouds.

Walking at the front of the team was a silent young Song army general. Even in military uniform and a bright red cloak, there was no sign of the temperament of the general commander on him, but he was more like a little pawn who silently obeyed orders. The only thing that made him look a little different from others was the bow bag hanging on the side of the saddle and was surprisingly large. Like the soldiers behind him, he was equipped with a pack horse, and the reins of the pack horse were tied to the front of the saddle bridge, one man and two horses, just moving forward.

His appearance is even more inconspicuous than Yue Fei, who is not astonishingly beautiful as Yue Fei. No matter how you look, he is just a strong and simple farmer. Xiao Yan has been dealing with him for so long, and sometimes he wonders if his facial nerves were damaged when Tang Huai delivered his child - anyway, the hygiene level in this era is really not very good.

He always had that silent expression, lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and everything that Shangguan ordered to explain was dull and then he went to do it. This time he actually chose him to lead 400 troops to pick up Yue Fei and the others. There was no other explanation except that Xiao Yan wanted to promote and reuse his own direct troops.

Everyone's morale is so low, and following such a Shangguan to go to war is also one of the important reasons.

The low atmosphere spreading behind did not seem to affect Tang Huai at all. He just rushed to the road silently. The only difference from usual was that Tang Huai kept looking up to Yunshan north.

Brother, what are you doing now? Can we come here like this? How can Xiao Xuanzan think about your choice?
Chapter completed!