Chapter 177 Mutation
Li Chi and Yu Jiuling came out of Yanshan Camp in a carriage, and the journey was safe and sound. There were so many things in Yanshan Camp that everyone felt like they were so big that they could not bear it. Yu Chaozong and Zhuang Wudi personally sent it to the hillside. Li Chi tried to persuade the people to go back.
If he didn't persuade him, Zhuang Wudi might be sending him back to Jizhou, and then Li Chi would come to see him again, and he would come to see Li Chi again. This would be a lifetime of success.
Yu Jiuling asked Li Chi a lot about the current situation. He still wanted to join the army, but for more than a year, Xiahou Zhuo never mentioned letting him go in the letter.
In fact, it was not Xiahou Zhuo who broke his promise, but because the war in the northern border has been particularly tense this year, and he fought with the black warriors every day, but there were no big battles, but small battles continued.
It seemed that he smelled the unstable state of Chu in the Central Plains, and the black warrior's fangs began to appear.
Under such circumstances, Xiahou Zhuo did not dare to let Yu Jiuling come rashly. After he arrived in the northern border, he was only a lieutenant and was not able to take care of the people he cared about.
The Divine Eagle followed the carriage for a while and then jumped up. The carriage looked up and almost raised the horse that was pulling the carriage.
The dog squatting on the back of the Divine Eagle seemed to be frowning. Although it had no eyebrows, it was obviously a little dissatisfied with the Divine Eagle's movements.
As soon as the two horses pulled the cart seemed a little difficult.
Yu Jiuling sighed, "I feel sorry."
Li Chi said: "I ate it when I go back."
Yu Jiuling said: "Is horse meat delicious?"
Li Chi: "I said to eat pigs..."
Yu Jiuling said: "Look at the fearless look of the Divine Eagle, the pigs and birds, it feels that you may not dare to offend its master."
Li Diudiu glanced at the dog: "Eat it first."
The dog gave Li Chi a contemptuous look as if he understood it.
The two drove to Qianli County. Master Changmei Taoist said that if they could not reach Qianli County before dark today, they would rush to Yanshan Camp to find them tomorrow morning.
"Li Chi, if Brother Yu really wants to be the emperor, then how long can he bear it?"
Yu Jiuling was particularly curious about this issue.
Li Chi shook his head and said, "Many people rebelled at the beginning without purpose, just because they couldn't go on, or they rebel when they saw others rebelling, or they could steal things when they saw rebels. But Brother Yu was different. He should have been very clear from the beginning what he was going to do, and he didn't want to be short-lived."
He looked at Yu Jiuling and said, "But in this world, even if Brother Yu has tens of thousands of elite soldiers and generals, he can still be a prince if he is not promoted to the emperor..."
Yu Jiuling sighed and said, "Then can we bet on Brother Yu?"
Li Chi said: "Jiuling, we are not betting on the betting. A small person like us is not qualified to bet on the betting now. Betting on the betting is the business of those big families and big forces. As long as we bet on it, we will bet on our life."
Yu Jiuling suddenly understood, and he looked at Li Chi and said, "This is also why you are unwilling to defect to Brother Yu too early?"
Li Chi nodded: "Let's take a look."
Yu Jiuling asked, "When did you see it?"
"Look at Prince Feather."
Li Chi said: "If Prince Yu can't wait, then Brother Yu will have to make some moves. He looks a little indecisive, but he won't watch Yanshan Camp be handed over by Bi Datong."
The two were chatting, and suddenly they saw a gust of dust flying up in the distance, coming from the northeast. This official road leads to the northeast to Daizhou, and there is a border in Daizhou.
Li Chi saw that the cavalry were covered in dust, each with three horses, which obviously had important military information. He changed horses and did not change people, and galloped all the way.
If it was news from Daizhou, it might be that the grassland had violated the border. If it weren't for the grassland, it might be a black warrior borrowed from the grassland.
Li Chi looked at the soldier who was about to rush over and shouted loudly: "We are under the tent of the Jiedushi of Jizhou Prefecture. Is there an urgent report from the Northern Xinjiang?"
One of the soldiers replied with a hoarse voice: "The black warriors took a detour to attack the Daizhou border, and the border war was intensified!"
Li Chi picked up several kettles from the car and threw them at the three cavalrymen. The three men were very skilled in riding horses. As the war horses ran, they all reached out to catch the kettles.
The man in the leader clasped his fists and shouted thanks, then urged the horse to continue moving forward.
Li Chi suddenly stopped the horse pulling the cart, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Jiuling, you can go back to Jizhou first."
Yu Jiuling was stunned: "What other wind do you want to smoke?"
Li Chi said: "I want to go to Daizhou to see the situation."
Yu Jiuling said anxiously: "What's the use of going to Daizhou alone?"
"One more person, one more part."
Li Chi said: "The black warriors are the biggest enemies of our Central Plains people. They took advantage of the Chinese New Year and suddenly took a detour to attack Daizhou. Obviously, they were prepared for it. If Daizhou is captured, the black warriors can march straight into the city of Jizhou."
Yu Jiuling said: "If you go alone, can you stop it?"
"We have to go without going. If no one goes, the Central Plains will be broken."
Li Chi said: "If it is a fight between the rebels, I will naturally not go. Even if someone attacks Yanshan Camp, I can't go, but it's a black warrior attacking the border... You go to Qianli County first, and then go back to Jizhou after you get home. After you get home, you can tell me and Gao Xining, and say I'll go back after the New Year."
After saying that, Li Chi grabbed his weapons, jumped out of the carriage, turned around and ran towards Yanshan.
"Li Chi!"
Yu Jiuling shouted anxiously: "You run away like this, how long will it take to get to Jizhou!"
Li Chi turned around and shouted, "I'll go to Yanshan camp to borrow horses!"
Yu Jiuling also wanted to go with Li Chi, but if both of them left and no one told Taoist Changmei and Mr. Yan, those two would be crazy.
Yu Jiuling decided to go to Qianliu County first and hand over the carriage and horses to Mr. Yan and the others, and then he turned back to Daizhou to rush. Anyway, he ran fast, so it would be no problem to catch up with Li Chi.
One hour later, Yanshan Camp.
Yu Chaozong was very surprised to see Li Chi coming back. Li Chi ran over panting, and the first sentence was: "Boss, lend me two fast horses."
Seeing that he looked so anxious, Yu Chaozong hurriedly said, "It's okay. Tell me what happened to me first? I can help you."
Li Chi told the story of the black warriors in Daizhou, and Yu Chaozong looked embarrassed.
"brother."
Yu Chaozong looked at Li Chi and said, "If it is family affairs, no matter how dangerous it is, my brother will accompany you. But if you go there, the black warrior is cruel and there is no one you know at the border, which is too dangerous."
"I know."
Li Chi said: "Brother just lend me two fast horses."
"I'll go with you!"
Zhuang Wudi stood up from the side and said, "If the border is broken, the black warriors can go south. The people in our Xinzhou area will also be slaughtered by the black warriors. Brother, please let me go too."
In fact, Li Chi originally wanted to persuade Yu Chaozong to lead troops to support him, but he didn't say it because he knew Yu Chaozong's concerns.
First, he led his troops there. If Prince Wu's army arrived, he might take the opportunity to wipe out the Yanshan Camp.
Second, even if the war is in a tight situation, Prince Wu will lead troops to support him and is unwilling to deal with Yanshan Camp, but Yanshan Camp will be excluded and may even be arranged to fight head-on with the black warriors.
As the eldest brother, Yu Chaozong really has to think too much.
"Brother!"
Zhuang Wudi said: "I only take a few hundred brothers from my base camp to help. We can help some of them. We can also be said to be a gang in Jizhou City. We spontaneously want to go to the border to help and will not easily reveal our identity."
After pondering for a moment, Yu Chaozong said, "Then you go to the armory to get the items you need now, and take as much as you can. Lao Qi, remember, first, you must ensure that you and Brother Li come back safely, and second, try to bring all the brothers back alive."
"rest assured!"
Zhuang Wudi pulled Li Chi and said, "Let's go."
Both of them were impatient and had quick efficiency. Not long after, Zhuang Wudi summoned hundreds of people under his command. Zhuang Wudi did not force it. He clearly said that he was going to the border of Daizhou to fight against the black warriors. If he wanted to go, he would go, and if he didn't want to go, he would stay.
As a result, a team of three or four hundred people was reluctant to go. Zhuang Wudi didn't say much, and took about two hundred people to the arsenal to collect weapons and equipment, and found war horses. In less than an hour, the two of them had already brought two hundred cavalry out of Yanshan Camp.
On the city wall, Bi Datong stood there watching Li Chi and Zhuang Wudi run away with the team. He couldn't help but snort coldly.
"A group of fools resisting the invasion of black warriors. If there are officials here, can you run away?"
He said to himself: "It's just a pity that my two boxes of silver are gone again..."
Li Chi and Zhuang Wudi rode together, and Zhuang Wudi asked loudly: "Have you ever thought about it? When we arrived at the border of Daizhou, the border troops in the city may not let us in."
Li Chi nodded: "I thought about it."
He replied, "Let's talk about it when you get to the place soon."
The journey from Yanshan Camp to Daizhou is not very close. If you are rushing like this, you will have to walk for at least four or five days. Things on the battlefield change rapidly, and they don’t know what it would be like if they arrive at the border of Daizhou.
At the same time, Daizhou border.
On the city wall, General Tan Qianshou was tired and gasping for breath, and once again repelled the attack of the black warrior, but his soldiers had almost reached their limit.
There are only 1,200 border soldiers stationed here in this pass. The people here have always been guarding against grassland people rather than black warriors. No one expected that the grassland people would give way to the black warriors.
"Have all the people from this sect sent out?"
Tan Qianshou asked.
"Return to General."
His personal soldiers were also gasping for answering: "All the sects have been sent out to Xinzhou, Daizhou City, Youzhou, Jizhou and other places to deliver letters. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be about 3,000 soldiers in Daizhou City that will come the fastest, and they will be able to arrive tomorrow."
Tan Qianshou shook his head: "No one may come from Daizhou."
He was incompatible with Liu Mu, the general of the Daizhou City defender, and the two were in the same situation. At this time, Liu Mu would not come first. Even if he came, he would wait until reinforcements from other places arrived before he brought the troops over.
"Have Prince Wu sent someone there?"
"Sent."
The team replied: "But Prince Wu's army should be in the south of Jizhou now. If you want to come, it will be slower than the Jizhou army."
Tan Qianshou fell silent, Jizhou Army?
The Jizhou army was decided by Prince Yu. What Prince Yu is thinking now is almost known to everyone. Most of his will will not send troops to come. He still needs to preserve his strength to plan major events.
"Count the casualties!"
Tan Qianshou stood up and shouted with support.
"yes!"
The subordinates agreed, and everyone's voice sounded so tired.
Half an hour later, the personal soldiers came back with a deep face and said in a low voice: "General... has counted it, more than half of our casualties are left, and only about 500 people can still fight."
Tan Qianshou was silent for a moment and turned around to look at the Great Chu battle flag flying on the city wall.
"Even if there is only one person left, the black warriors will not be allowed to pass through the border we are guarding."
Outside the city, the horns of the black warriors rang again.
Tan Qianshou grabbed the hard bow and shouted loudly: "The Great Chu border army!"
Hundreds of people responded neatly.
Chapter completed!