Chapter 24 Crossing the River (1)
A few days before crossing the Baigou River south, it was all smooth sailing. Unlike what Xiao Yan expected, Guo Rong did not fight with him, and she had a dog bite a dog and a bite. She also really took on the task of guarding the team leader who returned to Song, camping, alerting, probing the road, and all kinds of marching affairs. She was arranged in an orderly manner. She took the real responsibility on her shoulders, and she no longer had the appearance of a noble girl like Xiao Yan first saw her. She also walked so hard that she could beat her, just like Guo Dalang that day.
Every day before dawn, she could see her taking a few riders forward. When everyone was having breakfast, she hurried back with dew. What was the way forward? Where was the Liao army's long whistleblower? The original route was still not enough. She had already found out that after eating dry food, everyone could form a queue to get on the road.
During the journey, Guo Rong always shuttled back and forth in front and back, following everything. Occasionally, a few orders were given briefly, and his subordinates followed suit. It can be seen that this is not the first time for Guo Rong to go out. Among Guo Yaoshi, her prestige is also very high.
The team was camping, and the last one to rest was Guo Rong. After the inspection, she watched her subordinates finish eating, mules and horses, and put them in the night whistle, and then she hurriedly ate a few bites. She didn't set up a tent at all. She lay a cowhide blanket on the side of the fire and lay a bag of arches and feather arrows, and two straight knives, one long and one short, were placed in a place within reach. Once something happened at night, she could turn over, put the bow on her back, and resist!
For such a fierce girl, I will never imagine that she will attack her bed at night in my life.
For Xiao Yan and the others, Guo Rong gave the best treatment. For so many people, only Xiao Yan has a single tent. However, everything Guo Rong said to Xiao Yan and the others was light, doing business. After that, she turned around and left without any entanglement. If it were Zhuozhou, beside her father and elders, Guo Rong occasionally had a little bit of a child's appearance and was willful in her behavior. But if she led her troops alone, these expressions would have long since retreated cleanly on her!
One morning on the way, when the sky was still dark, Xiao Yan suddenly became anxious and got up and carefully dodged the little mute curled up at his feet. When he came out of the tent, he could see a quiet scene. Guo Rong had already stood up, and there was a little dawn in the distance, and she stretched her body towards the light direction. Every turn could fully show her slender waist and long legs. The morning breeze was still slightly blowing the soft hair behind her girl's neck, so she had carefully worn two straight knives and a bow, walked to a high place, and looked around vigilantly.
At that moment, Xiao Yan had only one feeling that this girl belonged to this Yan land. She belonged to this chaotic world of killing and displaced...
In my own era, there was no such a girl with a unique temperament.
………It’s just a little too fierce.
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"The Baigou River is ahead! Miss. There are Liao people on the other roads, far away whistle detectives... We have to go over, we have to pass through the battlefield, and tens of thousands of people died, and the yin energy is heavy. Even the far away whistle detectives will not go deep... The river water has not risen much, and we can pull a cowhide rope, and both people and packs can pass!"
Several provocates on the road ahead returned and pointed and drew the situation on the ground.
Around the simple picture on the ground, Guo Rong and Xiao Yan formed a circle and looked at it silently.
The team finally reached the Baigou River at the junction of Song and Liao. As the boundary river, there was no barrier around it. The Liao brigade was shuttled here, with tens of thousands of people pressing on the front line of Xiongzhou. Even if they could hit grass valley, there were still a lot of things to be sent forward and transported. The Liao people stopped the whistle and whistle, and they were originally one man and two horses, with super powerful power. I don’t know how wide it would be to scattered along the Baigou River. Yelu Dashi is a famous general. Now the Liao people are under the disadvantaged forces and are pressing against the enemy camp in front of the enemy camp. Although they have the upper hand, they are most afraid of being caught through such a natural barrier, otherwise everyone will not even retreat! If they are not careful, they will be pushed into the Baigou River to drink water!
Guo Rong sent several teams of whistle to protrude out, and he personally led a team, spreading along the river for twenty or thirty miles to explore the way, to see if there were any places where the far-distance thru-stop was not alert to cross the river at night. But you could always see the figures of the far-distance thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-stop thru-
If you can't escape from the far side of the whistle, you will not be able to cross the river. When the team of nearly 100 people crossed halfway, as long as these powerful vanguard cavalry can gather dozens of cavalry, they can give this small team devastating killing! If you don't fear death, the most feared thing is to live in the Liao army, then Guo Yaoshi will be in trouble!
No one expected that Yelu Dashi would be so exquisite!
It is impossible to detour, but who knows how many miles to go? Guo Rong cannot let Guo Yaoshi stay in linger for too long. Since he decided to surrender to Song, such a big thing will be settled one day earlier and you will feel at ease. If there is something wrong on the front line, Yelu Dashi has to be in command as Xiao Yan said. The Song army went north early but did not contact him, that would be really passive. To put forward conditions and have a future status, we must take advantage of the time when Yelu Dashi is still pressing against Xiongzhou, and everyone is brave!
The rough situation on the mud has been drawn by those sentries. The main battlefield of Baigou River occupies a large area. The east and west are crossing four or five miles away. On both sides of the main battlefield, the Liao people built four or five floating bridges, and no matter day and night, there are teams of cars and horses passing by. From here, they cross the river, which can hide traces, and the shortest straight line is from Xiongzhou, and it can reach Xiongzhou for only more than a hundred miles. As long as you can cross the river, you have to risk your tide like now, you have to go to the Liao army camp before Xiongzhou.
Guo Rong grabbed a branch, knelt on one knee, staring at the situation chart on the ground seriously, and just pondering there.
Xiao Yan stood behind her. From his perspective, you could see the girl's delicate and slender neck. It was just that the exposed skin was already covered with dust and sweat stains after working hard for several nights.
Guo Rong frowned her eyebrows and murmured to herself: "I can't get through..."
Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything. Yue Fei was calm and didn't say anything. Niu Gao, who was standing behind Yue Fei, raised his eyebrows: "Can't you get through? Haven't we come here? We are still going so far to Zhuozhou, where Zhiniang thief!"
Guo Rong threw down the branch and looked at Niu Gao coldly: "...You southerners, this battle is not unfair! A team of nearly a hundred people can compete with you six? There are so many pack horses and mules, and when they are half-floor, how can you go and avoid them? What if someone falls into the hands of the far-block? If you don't think about my father, I will recite!"
Xiao Yan just pondered and said slowly: "How about letting these pack horses go back first, select elites, narrow their targets, cross the river at night, and head straight to Xiongzhou?"
Yue Fei brigades: "That's the idea!"
Guo Rong still looked at Xiao Yan coldly: "Without wealth, can you southerners value my father? Southerners love money the most, I have already heard it..."
Xiao Yan interrupted Guo Rong with a firm determination: "In my Song Dynasty, I can't compare with any wealth! You can rest assured that the young lady is! As long as you care about the adult's book, as long as you care about the adult's daughter, it is a priceless treasure for the Song Dynasty!"
At this time, I could only flatter Guo Yaoshi with the heart to be damned. Isn’t I just trying to kill the Jurchen envoy in Zhuozhou just to fight for the past two months? If I retreat, I can’t talk about anything. I have already walked here, how can I retreat?
Since killing the Jurchen envoy with his own hands, Xiao Yan found that he was much more courageous. If he wanted to survive in this troubled world, he would think that his life was no longer his!
Guo Rong listened to Xiao Yan's words as if she was unbelievable, and she raised her head and thought for a while: "There are about a dozen war horses left, and the dead soldiers who can rush to the formation can almost have this number....................." She suddenly paused and pointed at the back: "The team can go back, what about her? Should she let her go back too?"
Xiao Yan looked back and saw the little mute coming out of the tent.
When he set up a camp to wait for the road to investigate, he was the only one who was treated like this. The little mute stayed in this tent except for marching, sorting out Xiao Yan's things and scattering them, and rarely showed up in public. The closer to Baigou River, the more difficult it was for the little mute to come out. Sometimes when Xiao Yan was bored and she would be distracted.
Now that Guo Rong ordered to put on a pack, she naturally wanted to remove the tent. The little mute came out. She was wearing a robe with a fur collar at first sight, but she still looked so light. She was just showing gestures and asking if she was about to set off.
Damn, what should I do with the little mute? Xiao Yan suddenly thought of this problem. For him, the little mute followed him, and every time he turned his head, he could see those big shiny eyes. It seemed that he was used to it. Now he realized that he could take this risk - anyway, he chose this path himself, so the little mute could not take this risk with him!
He subconsciously looked back and Wang Gui, the most experienced in the team, raised his hand: "My equestrian is really not very good. You can follow the marching, but it's a pity to rush forward. Sir, why not let me protect the little girl... Sir, go back to Zhuozhou to wait?"
Wang Gui is indeed the most suitable candidate. He is only in his early twenties. I wonder if he was the hardest living in the village at the time. He looked like a person in his thirties. Among the people, Yue Fei was the leader, and Wang Gui was the most mature one. If Zhang Xian had such a young face, he would be really worried...
Xiao Yan closed his eyes and nodded silently.
"I'll tell the little mute... Miss Guo's family, I'm eager to go to the south, and I'm eager to go to the south! You and I know that since you have chosen the southward road and missed the opportunity, I'm afraid that it would be an unexpected disaster for you! Yelu Dashi will rush his army to retreat north at any time. If we don't have timely support from the Song Dynasty, can you use one person to be oppressed by two famous generals and important officials of Yelu Dashi Xiao Gan?"
Guo Rong sneered: "It's not a good thing you did! Don't worry, I'll just protect you from going to the south! The children of Yandi made up their minds and decided without hesitation. They are different from your Nan people! How can Dad and I not know the importance of it? As soon as it gets dark, we will set out in a separate way. You should convince you that little mute first! When you go into battle, you still have a woman, and only you Nan people can do it!"
As she said that, she took a pair of long legs and walked towards her group with big strides, selecting the dead soldiers who were walking across the river, and explaining the return matters.
Xiao Yan looked at her slender legs and strides with elasticity, and wanted to scold her, but she still held back.
You are not a woman yet? Forget it, I have nothing to worry about with you, a fierce girl...
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If you want to persuade the little mute, only Xiao Yan will do this job by himself. Everyone knows that this well-behaved and cute girl is attached to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan himself knew that every night the little mute had to hold one of his legs before falling asleep. One night, Xiao Yan wanted to hug the fragrant, soft girl doing something that shouldn't have done when she suddenly felt passionate. But she hugged her gently in her arms, but she didn't know what the little mute dreamed of. She suddenly trembled violently in his arms, and tears also oozed from the corners of her eyes, but her voice was so scared that she screamed in extreme panic!
That night, Xiao Yan could only hold her and open her eyes until dawn, and shed tears silently as he looked at some part of his energy. But he felt the little mute gradually quiet in his arms, and he hugged his neck and sprayed a warm breath in his ear.
But I also feel that this feeling of being relied on by the little mute is not bad...
………The little mute had such nightmare almost every night. Almost every night, he had to hold the little mute and slept for a while before she could calm down.
But whenever I really wake up, I always see the little mute kneeling on the bed and kicking her starry eyes, just looking at me quietly. The eyes were full of attachment.
When the little mute's parents died, she was alone in this chaotic village full of dead people, giving her rare warmth. And she also came to this era alone, and after thousands of years, it was invisible. Didn't the little mute give herself the same warmth?
Ahhhhhhh, how do you tell the little mute?
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Two updates today, above.
Chapter completed!