Chapter 43 Showdown (3)
There was a sudden sound of mud and water trampling on the other side, but Han Shizhong grew up walking towards him. The little officer who was holding the card in his hand was Yu Jiang. His red robe had long been lost, his body was mud and his legs were scratched. But Han Shizhong was pulled over weakly. Behind them were dozens of white soldiers, one serving the other, escorting a group of dejected prisoners. They were all dressed in tatters, and some people were so sick that they couldn't raise their heads and were still running, but they were washed away at any time in the heavy rain, which was not that annoying.
Han Shizhong smiled from afar and said, "This kid is slippery! He was originally capturing him, but this kid took advantage of us to touch the hut and ran away if he didn't pay attention! He chased after seven or eight steps before he caught up. If Xuan Zan had not been instructed, he would have said that he would have to make a profit in the market!"
He shook his head again: "It is said that the ever-winning army has been fighting for the rest of its life, but the two piles that have been knocked down have turned into birds? They are half dead in the thatched hut, and some people have fever and run away from their stomachs, and they are all shit and urine! They can't even touch it and jump up to resist. I can't use it in one's own ability, and I'm so hurt! Can we really expect them to succeed?"
Guo Rong's face was pale. Seeing Chang Shengjun's current scene, the most uncomfortable thing was her eldest lady. She took a step forward and said with a cold face: "You are so cowardly, it's better to kill me! Why don't you go to Yizhou to join my father? You have to be humiliated by Zhao Heshou and the others here?"
With this sound, Chang Shengjun, who could look up, looked up, and saw Guo Rong standing there, with Zhen Liuchen beside her. There were many people kneeling in the mud and water. The white soldiers around her couldn't hold back, and each voice was filled with crying: "Miss, why are you here now? Please let us live!"
Guo Rong looked ugly and said angrily: "Come to see you in embarrassing appearance? You might as well die clean!"
Yu Jiang, who was carried by Han Shizhong, looked up weakly and rolled his eyes and said, "Guo Duguan is injured and left. We can't escape. The Liao people are all cavalry. Where can we run on our legs? In this world, we are not the same commander. Who can care about our food and give us a way to live? We can only follow... Now Commander Zhao is in Zhuozhou City. The eldest lady also knows that he is a good man. In addition to the direct descendants of the Dong family, he has some savings to send to the remaining people in Zhuozhou City to the rest of the people... Guo Duguan has what it was good at that time, so he will do his best to do our ever-winning army first! Everyone has no way to go, and they can only get together and live together, their eyes are green... What's the way?"
He rolled his eyes and just looked at Xiao Yan and the others who were standing there, dressed neatly and guarded by soldiers: "Miss, are people from Song? I can help the lady touch the city of Zhuozhou! Zhao Heshou is only guarding the city, with only two or three hundred direct descendants, and I have a friendship with the guards at the door... I can come in handy! As long as the lady can include us again!"
Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile. This lazy young officer of the Changsheng Army was actually a character! He could still guess his thoughts! Those who survived in troubled times were either extremely brave or had a quick mind. The scattered soldiers of the Changsheng Army, before Guo Yaoshi died, could only be regarded as a burden, and no one knew where the wind was going. But for himself who was almost alone, he was a treasure!
He slowly stepped forward and looked directly at the little officer. Han Shizhong shouted and lifted him up. Yu Jiang faced Xiao Yan's forcing eyes in a dirt face, and finally bowed his head weakly: "It's better to kill us, but whether it's a full meal?"
Xiao Yan waved his hand with a smile, turned around and strode away: "Take them back to the camp, hot soup and hot rice, and the sick are given medicine, so be careful!"
After walking a few steps, he looked back at the little officer, his tone of coldness: "It's useless to ask you young ladies now. Your future destiny is in my hands! Remember, my name is Xiao Yan, and he is Xuanzan of the Northern Expedition Army of the Song Dynasty! Our Song Dynasty has decided to take this Zhuozhou!"
The temporary camps set up by the Baiye soldiers and the others were naturally far from the rag piles of the Changsheng Army. Even if they came lightly, they didn't bring much baggage. The two cavalry only shared a pack horse. However, the wealth of the Song Dynasty was reflected in every aspect. In the small camp, all felt tents shared by the two were set up. This kind of felt tent was originally used by the Western Army in the bitter and cold areas of the northwest. The snow nest was the warmest and could also prevent rain. These small tents were arranged in a circular shape, with drainage ditches dug around them. The camp was surrounded by a hill and surrounded by a layer of wooden fences. This was not a camp for war, but just a place to be set up.
Only the rice shed was built by cutting down trees. First, it was a layer of oil cloth on it, and then thick thatch was stacked, so that no drop of rain could penetrate. Four large stoves were dug out of the rice shed, and the smell of hot millet rice was emitting from it.
The Baiye soldiers and Shengjie soldiers were just guarding the camp around the camp, and everyone was wearing armor, like iron towers in the rain and fog. Outside the rain and fog, there were cavalry sentry sermons appearing and hiding, guarding the camp set up in secluded places to be airtight. In addition to this heavy rain, Xiao Yan led the more than 400 cavalry to the vicinity of Zhuozhou, but there was still no sound of the wind!
Some captured soldiers of the ever-winning soldiers were surrounded by the camp. They also built a rain shed and covered with tarpaulin. They were already better than their ragged mailboxes. A group of people just sat there bored, with their bodies full of rags. Compared with the armored soldiers around them, no one could have the intention of resisting.
Besides, if you smell the fragrance from the dining shed not far away, who is in a broken mind and wants to run away from here?
The soldiers in the camp suddenly stood up straight and saluted flat chests. Some officers led the team to the entrance of the camp. They saw Xiao Yan and the others returning on horseback, followed by dozens of prisoners. These new prisoners rushed to the innermost shed. The prisoners who arrived first stood up and watched. The sickest few were taken into the small tent, so naturally someone gave them medicine.
Someone in the shed saw Yu Jiang walking in a mess and said hello: "Are you here too?"
Yu Jiang looked up and saw that it was acquaintance. Everyone was a mess of cards in the Everlasting Army and they were not allowed to join Dong Dalang. They were also driven out to guard the farthest and let them die. They smiled bitterly: "How is this?"
While the two were talking, there were already a dozen soldiers in the dining shed over there, carrying four willow rice baskets. The rainwater poured into the rice basket, and the pile of sharp rice was steaming. Everyone didn't care about talking, but just rushed forward. Yu Jiang naturally stopped talking, but just squeezed forward desperately! Countless hands just stretched out.
The soldiers waved their hands to drive them away, put down the rice basket, and there was a small basket full of coarse bowls. The soldiers who led the soldiers smiled at these people, waved their hands and threw a small cloth bag. Yu Jiang quickly snatched them and opened them. They found that they were salt grains. Although they melted, they threw them into their mouths, which were just a long-lost fresh and salty smell!
When eating salt in Yan land, it is either the salt in Hedong or the salt in Liaodong. In the midst of chaos, these places have long been cut off. There is also a small salt field in Daoyingzhou, Nanjing, which is only enough for the court in Yanjing. The Changsheng Army has been eating lightly for a long time. Unexpectedly, he became a prisoner of the Song army and was stained with the salt smell again!
Everyone used the rice and salt grains, but they only ate them. No one else raised their heads, but Yu Jiang just ate them and looked at the Song generals. The man who claimed to be Xiao Yan was standing in the distance, guarded by the soldiers, looking at this place coldly. The eldest lady of the Guo family was just standing farther away and turned her head to the side.
…………The Zhuoyi Prefectures no longer have the surname Guo……………
Yu Jiang stopped his hand blankly, and the old acquaintance beside him came over: "Old Yu, aren't you hungry? We only had enough food when we got here! The thief, the Song people not only had salt, but also dried meat and pickles, the southern people are so rich! These armored weapons are even more undesirable. The commanders of the first battalion are probably not as good as them!"
Yu Jiang seemed to be awakened at this moment and gritted his teeth: "My thief, I'm going to be the Song Dynasty now! Don't think about the Guo family anymore! Sell your strength and defeat Zhuozhou. Maybe we will have a good day to drink spicy food!"
"Detective Zhuozhou? Do we need to fight?" The old acquaintance beside him looked shocked. Yu Jiang did not answer anymore, but just buried his head in the meal.
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In the distance, Xiao Yan and the others did not disperse. The little mute just kept protruding his head and looking at Xiao Yan, but he didn't dare to come over.
After a while, Xiao Yan said lightly: "It is available."
Ma Kuo also had a deep look and whispered: "Is it enough?"
Xiao Yan smiled: "We don't have much baggage and can't afford to eat for so many people... We don't have much time! No one knows how long can Yaoshi Guo last!"
His voice did not deliberately lower. Guo Rong in the distance heard it, but just shook, but still did not look back.
Ma Kuo also forced a smile: "Are you really ready to do this?" At this point, you can't guess Xiao Yan's thoughts anymore. Even if Ma Kuo is in vain to be a hero. Xiao Yan pulled out the southern passerby in Zhuozhou at a speed of thunder, and even wanted to take advantage of this god-given heavy rain to rush to the city of Zhuozhou. He fought so hard that he would enter the city among the defeated soldiers, kill Zhao Heshou, and take back Zhuozhou in one fell swoop!
This arrangement, on the one hand, requires these defeated soldiers to be used. With Guo Rong and the miserable situation of these ever-winning troops, there is no need to consider it. On the other hand, Zhuozhou must be empty, and only Zhao Heshou has few direct troops to guard the city and put the unreliable new subordinates on the periphery. Only when two or one gets together can there be five points of success. It goes without saying that taking risks in the meantime. But why did Xiao Yan know that both of these conditions are met before all this?
Facing Ma Kuo's inquiring gaze, Xiao Yan just smiled: "What Xiao Gan did here is nothing more than to separate his achievements from Yelu Dashi and establish a lot of reputation and glory that was stolen by Yelu Dashi. This person is extremely ambitious, how could he be willing to be under Yelu Dashi? The matters of Zhuoyi and Yi provinces must be quickly fought and decided to concentrate their strength to destroy the last remnants of Guo Yaoshi in Yizhou! In this situation, how could he be willing to disperse his Xi army to guard the garrison without concentrating it in his hands? Not to mention the Khitan army, they are all eager to return to Yanjing... So Xiao Gan will not stay in Zhuozhou!"
The generals next to them were listening quietly to the conversation between the two Xuanzans. Everyone knew that since the northbound land, the most critical war was about to start! Their four hundred cavalry would have to do a earth-shaking event! Everyone was listening to Xiao Yan's analysis of the situation. The most important thing was to understand the enemy situation. In this era of cold weapons, understanding the enemy situation was the most difficult thing. As a time traveler, Xiao Yan happened to be familiar with the history of this era. His greatest advantage was to understand what plans were every hero and hero in this era!
………If I didn’t have this advantage of traveling around, I wouldn’t have been tying up the bullet and took the lead in the north like a hero…………
Xiao Yan was there, looking calm and composed Zhuge Liang, enjoying everyone's admiration, but he was thinking in disappointment.
Let these guys convince them, and they really dominate this change. I really don’t know how much brain cells want to die... Fortunately, there is a little mute who can warm his feet at night...
Yue Fei pondered and said, "What about Dong Dalang? Don't he know that Zhuozhou is his foundation, so why did he only leave Zhao Heshou's power?"
Famous generals are famous generals, even if they are in the future, they are more thoughtful than others... Xiao Yan glanced at Yue Fei and smiled and said, "Guo Dalang has been to the Xiongzhou line and knew our miserable situation. How long will it take for the army to go straight to Baigou River? No one would have thought that our four hundred cavalry would come here! In addition, it would take some lives to fill the city of Yizhou. Xiao Gan has helped Dong Dalang take down Zhuozhou, and Dong Dalang of Yizhou can watch Xiao Gan exchange the lives of the Xi army's Khitan army? If he does not have this little vision, he will not be able to succeed in Zhuozhou! Now he is tied up with Xiao Gan, and is serving Xiao Gan, just for himself. This main force must be taken away, not to mention, the person who cares most about Guo Yaoshi's life is not Xiao Gan, but Dong Dalang!"
Chapter completed!