Chapter 255 We Little People (1)
As soon as the sky is dawn, the snow fields under the sun are particularly dazzling.
From a distance, it seemed as if countless dazzling white dots were shining in their sight. Just one look made the pupils feel so hot.
An army of nearly 100,000 people stopped in the mountains and ridges of the snowy field. If you look down from the sky, the army seems to be divided into two, occupying a slightly higher terrain on both sides, leaving only a narrow passage therein.
This is a typical position where you can attack and retreat. On the position, there are all long spears, bows, arrows, muskets and cannons, infantry are ready to take shape, and cavalry are cruising back and forth.
First, a big flag fluttered high, Duke Yingguo, Fu!
Fu Youde's Goryeo garrison and the Tieling Guards also arrived.
Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!
In the military tent, Fu Youde coughed fiercely, and spitted thick phlegm in the spittoon. There was no trace of blood on his face, and there was no energy.
The veteran seemed much older, and his close-fitting armor seemed a little loose, and he even had to support him when walking.
The generals in the tent looked a little bad. Magistrate Fu has been in poor health since the beginning of autumn and has fallen ill several times. Before the Tartars attacked, they could not even get on the horse. Now they are dragging their sick body to the battlefield thousands of miles away. On the way they arrived, they experienced a storm and snow.
Along the way, Magistrate Fu did not ride a horse at all, but sat in a sedan chair carried by his personal soldiers. But even so, his sedan chair was at the forefront of the army, as if it were a pioneer of the way.
Damn! Fu Youde wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and cursed with difficulty, "When people get old, they have many problems. It hurts either this or that hurts!" As he said that, he waved his hand and continued, "Where did you say just now?"
General Liu Zhen said, "Ship Fu, is it wrong for us to stop at the horse? Are the Tartars still far away from us? And after they passed the entrance of the Huangyugou Great Wall, they are now fighting with the King of Yan...
Another general Qian Zhong also said, yes, the general, even if he wanted to stop here, he thought he should send a vanguard force first, either to investigate the reality of the Tartars, or to notify friendly forces...
It has been sent! Fu Youde smiled faintly. I have fought a war for a lifetime, so what do you need to say about this? As he said that, he smiled again, pointing weakly at the map hanging on the wall. You guys, after following me for so many years, why haven’t you made any progress!
As he said that, he stood up with the help of his personal soldiers, pointed to the Huangyugou generation and said, "This is the battlefield now, and the King of Yan is holding on. Are we the reinforcements closest to him?" As he said, look at everyone, it should be the farthest. When we arrive here, we must have arrived in the reinforcements in the capital, the two feudals of Qin and Jin dynasties and other places!
Then, the thin fingers drew a big circle on the map, and then looked at how big it was. The Tartars had more than 100,000 and the imperial army was nearly 200,000, which was a total of 300,000. Can we set it open? We went up again, and it seemed to be a siege, but in fact?
It was actually bloated! Fu Youde coughed and continued to speak. There were not necessarily many people. The reinforcements from all walks of life were not subordinate to each other and the orders were difficult to convey. They were all crowded around the Great Wall. No one could do it at that time, but instead they would be cheaper for the Tartars!
They surrounded us in front of us, we were a little far away, and the Tartars would naturally run to us if they could not defeat it, so that we could only use it! Besides, we would also go all in, and the food outlet behind him would be ignored?
Cough! Cough! Cough! He coughed a few more times and sighed, "You guys, why are you still so stupid after following me for so long? Then, look at the generals, I can teach you when I am alive. If I die, who will teach you? Ah! You have to use your brain in war, do you know?"
All the generals under his command went silent.
Send more horses to detect the enemy's movements, and set up two paths to communicate with friendly troops! After Fu Youde sat down, he wiped the sweat off his head and also had to protect the food channels. The Korean civilians recruited were not a good mess. Keep a close eye on them, stockpile more firewood in the camp, and prepare more medicine for treating frostbite.........
Fu Youde said in a nagging manner, everything was fine.
At this time, a frost-covered soldier outside stepped in and knelt down and said, "The General, the last general, met the scout of the Liao King while patrolling!"
The King of Liao was also close to him? Fu Youde asked.
The personal soldiers hesitated and spoke, "The young men met not only the scouts of the King of Liao, but also... those people were the Rangers led by the King of Liao, Qiansui, who specialized in hunting the Tartars. I heard that the general led the army to come, and the King of Liao also insisted on seeing you?"
The King of Liao is here? Fu Youde was shocked and stood up weakly with his body. Hurry up, open the middle door, and all the generals will follow me to welcome the King of Liao Qiansui!
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The Liao king Zhu Zhi was wearing ordinary lieutenant's cotton armor and rode his horse outside the tent of Fu Youde's central army.
His young and handsome face did not have the cheerful smile of the past, but was replaced by the chilling coldness. His eyes were also filled with hatred and suffering in hatred.
He looked around the army's camp and held the reins tightly. He seemed to think of something, and his shoulders trembled irresistibly. These days, he pretended to be an ordinary soldier as a prince and moved on the flanks of the Tartar army, specifically hunting the scattered soldiers of the Tartars.
A rough calculation was that the Tartars died at his hands were not fifty or twenty, but the surging anger in his heart became stronger and stronger.
Minister Fu Youde, see King Liao Qiansui! A call made Zhu Zhi wake up.
He quickly jumped off his horse and walked to the fence of the Central Army. Why should Duke Ying be so kind? Zhu Zhi did not come here as a prince, but joined forces with you to kill the Tartars... He was stunned as he spoke, and quickly helped Fu Youde up and looked up and down twice. Old Duke, why are you so sick?
Fu Youde smiled and said, "Fifteenth Master, I'm old, isn't this kind of virtue?" As he said that, he took Zhu Zhi's hand, walked away, and talked inside!
The two of them stood side by side, and the other generals were behind, and walked into the central army's tent.
Seeing the blood on Zhu Zhi's armor, Fu Youde said, "The old minister knows that you have loved martial arts since you were a child and are eager to make achievements on the battlefield. But the old minister says something about relying on your seniority. You are the prince and the prince, who is a gold-minded person. Why do you act like this? If you have any good or fall into the hands of the Tartars......
I would rather die than fall into the hands of the Tartars! Zhu Zhi's eyes turned red in an instant, and tears flashed faintly.
He was the real King of the Ming Dynasty. When he was in the vassal state, he had no palace and could only build a camp with wood on the edge of the Daling River. So when Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, sent the daughter of the Guo family to Guangning to marry him, he didn't even have a reputable new house.
His thoughts are all on the construction of military guards and castles. After years of persistence in construction, the desolate fiefdom has gained some popularity.
But the sudden attack of the Tartars made everything he had vain.
I have more than 30,000 people under my command, but now only 8,000! Zhu Zhi's voice was crying, and the Tartars fought tacitly and directly crossed the Daling River. It was gone, and everything in the Liao vassal state was gone!
The names of the children, their families, wives and daughters, are gone. Like me, they have now become lonely ghosts who only want to kill the Tartars to avenge! Zhu Zhi shouted loudly, Fu Shuai, the one who is in front of you today is not the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but the Shiwulang of the Zhu family!
Chapter completed!