Chapter 77: The First Pass
According to the Xuanqian Dayang Calendar, in the 21st year of the Zhuang Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Xuanqian Baili Muyun made his second personal expedition. He led 300,000 soldiers and went north from the beginning of October to the border city of Langcheng at the end of October. On the third day of the lunar month, people worshiped their ancestors, asked for fortune by divination, sacrificed their blood to flags, and attacked the Northern Qing Dynasty.
Among the people accompanying the army, besides Eryu, there was another woman, but she was Shishi.
She heard that Baili Muyun was finally going to send troops to the Northern Qing Dynasty, and she knelt outside the Qianyuan Palace for three days and three nights. Finally, Baili Muyun collapsed because of her words, "Your Majesty, I will be willful this time." She let her cry loudly, crying out her grievances and sadness, and Baili Muyun's eyes were wet and hot. He knew that his eleventh sister was back again. He finally fulfilled her wish and took her with the army to fight.
Eleven, who had been dead for a long time, finally regained her vitality. Her close-fitting armor made her look heroic, and her thick eyebrows and slightly pursed lips exuded nobility. Under the sun, she looked like a saint bathing in the holy light. It’s hard to look directly at. Perhaps this is the light that a princess of a country should have.
Although Eryu has been in the palace all year round, fortunately she improved her equestrian skills during recreation before the army set out. Now, although she cannot drive the horse fast while sitting on the horse, she can still keep up with the army.
When they met Chang Hai in Langcheng, Chang Hai was still on the riverside with his trousers rolled up, directing people to clean up the mud. Chang Hai was very reliable in his work, and he was able to dig out water channels in rivers that were originally blocked. By diverting water to the north, there should be no more droughts in the north due to lack of water.
And the canal is about a hundred feet wide. If he hadn't worked hard day and night, it would have been impossible to dig such a wide canal in such a short period of time. From now on, merchants from the north and south will travel three times faster by water than by land. From the above time, we can already imagine the prosperity of this place in the future.
When he saw Eleven, Chang Hai obviously took a step forward, but stopped suddenly and gave a standard military salute to Eleven and Baili Muyun. Baili Muyun also looked at Eleven's stern face. He didn't quite understand. But he couldn't say much about the two of them, so he had to let them go.
"Thank you for your hard work, Chang Hai." Baili Muyun sat in the tent and looked at the river map and said to Chang Hai.
"This is what I should do, it doesn't have to be hard." Chang Hai's skin became darker and darker, and he looked more honest, but the blisters on his palms were caused by hard work.
"Well, you leave the affairs here to someone you trust, and you will come with me to Beiqing tomorrow." Baili Muyun said, he didn't want to delay any more time here, and Chang Hai, a general, naturally couldn't last long. If it is left in Langcheng, the dragon will return to the sea.
Chang Hai frowned. Normally, this matter would not be difficult to handle. However, these people who dug the river channels were all special people. He couldn't tell the truth yet, so he was a little undecided, so he had to stand where he was. Let's see if the emperor has any other hints.
"It doesn't matter, you just have to choose someone you trust." Baili Muyun decided to put him in full charge of this matter. Chang Hai is a talented general, but he lacks the experience of leading troops. Baili Muyun Mu Yun always hoped that he would have an identity worthy of the status of a princess.
"Yes, I obey the order." Chang Hai had no choice but to agree, and had already begun to calculate in his mind which people would be suitable.
After exiting the tent, he saw Eleven standing outside in uniform. He was slightly confused. He was going crazy thinking about her when she was gone. What a pity that the words on the paper were not his true words. It was just that he couldn't express his true feelings.
, I can’t write a sentence. But now that I see her, I don’t know how to face her. It’s hard to even call her.
Chang Hai seemed to understand a little bit about "it is better not to see each other than to argue with each other". After being embarrassed for a long time, he held his fists and saluted: "I will see the princess at the end."
In the past, Shi Yi would have whipped her and shouted, "You are not allowed to call me princess in the army, I have to be called Vice General Eleven!" But now, Eleven just smiled faintly and took out a knife from his sleeve.
He handed the bottle of ointment to Chang Hai and said slowly: "This medicine is good for the blisters on your hands. You can take it back and apply it in the morning and evening."
Chang Hai held the ointment with eleven body temperature in her hand and watched her unruly back walking through the military tents. She didn't look away, stopped playing around, and went straight back to her own tent. She couldn't help but pull the medicine bottle tightly.
He held it tightly in his hand. He knew that the man was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Northern Qing Dynasty. He would definitely rush into the palace of the Northern Qing Dynasty, grab the man from the dungeon, cut him into pieces and eat him alive.
It was he who almost killed Eleven, and it was he who turned Eleven into this. Chang Hai has only hated one person in his life, and that was Tao He! And the more innocent a person hates someone, the more deeply he will dig out his heart!
Most people still remember that it was an excellent sunny day. Although it was a bit colder than in the south of Xuanqian, the soldiers could generally bear it. They rode horses, held high flags, and shouted with enthusiasm.
After crossing the border between the Northern Qing Dynasty and the Xuanqian Kingdom, I can’t remember how many people have been buried in other places since then, and I don’t know how many people in the spring girl’s dream have become bones by the Wuding River...
Tao He originally led his troops to garrison here. Tao He thought he had control of this army, but he didn't know that the general in this army had already been replaced by Tao Ze. Tao He was just a polished commander. But Baili Muyun encountered
The first hard bone is also here.
Langcheng is not the only city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, this one called Fangcheng is no less impressive.
The moat alone is twenty feet wide and three feet deep. The covered bridge that crosses the bridge has long been put away by the Northern Qing soldiers guarding the city. Across the river is the ten-foot-high city wall. The archers stationed on the wall, Baili Muyun
I believe that most of them are good players who can defeat the enemy at any time, let alone rolling stone log rockets.
Just this first natural chasm is enough to be intimidating. In order to capture this city, Baili Muyun's father spent seven days and seven nights, killing and injuring countless people and carving a bloody path with their lives.
Baili Muyun didn't want to use such bloody methods. Even if they really captured this city, they would suffer countless losses. If they wanted to capture other cities in the future, it would be difficult. Therefore, Baili Muyun was willing to use outsmarts.
rather than a forceful attack.
It's just outsmarting, but it's not something you can take just because you want to. Baili Muyun stood on the side of the moat, looking at the towering city wall over there. The black city wall has been baptized by many winds and frosts. It's really not easy to capture it.
Easy thing.
But if you bypass this city and find another place to start, you will have to go around for hundreds of miles. There is not much time left for Baili Muyun. At least before December 28th, the entire Beiqing will be disrupted.
The turmoil put enough pressure on Tao Ze to force him to postpone his marriage!
Chapter completed!