Three hours after Guo Yaoshi, a great tycoon in the North, was killed by a crossbow arrow from Ali.
When the sound of "creak~" sounded, Zhan Xiang, who was leaning on the bedside and had not really fallen asleep at all, immediately opened his eyes.
He just followed her eyes and looked towards the door.
I only saw the appearance of Fengrui's belly, but I didn't see Ah Li, the figure with the familiar white hair and eyes of different colors.
Although due to the serious injuries, even walking is difficult, there are no war elephants participating in the "Flying" operation tonight.
In fact, at this moment, I already had the answer in my heart.
But still with the last bit of luck in his heart, he asked Fengrui in an extremely hoarse voice: "Ali?"
"They died in battle. Under the frenzied siege of the Ever Victorious Army, they had no way to break out of the Qingshi Village. Before being seriously injured and captured alive, Ali pulled the explosive pack on her body."
After hearing this, Fengrui said this result in a low tone.
However, seeing the depressed mood on Zhan Xiang's face, he still forcibly cheered up and talked about a situation that he thought was good news:
"Be happy, Ali died well.
It can be determined that Guo Yaoshi's family slave with the third surname has been killed; because before Ali and the others died in the battle, they released a shot of red sky monkeys that represented success.
Unfortunately, despite Zhen Wuchen's hard work, the victorious army failed and collapsed immediately.
However, after Guo Yaoshi, the soul figure, died in battle, Zhen Wuchen's prestige could not suppress the entire victorious army at all; so starting from tomorrow, the attacks from the ever-victorious army should also stop.
It will take at least five or six days until Wanyan Wu Qingmai gets the news and sends people to pick up the remnants of the Ever Victorious Army to complete the new formation and attack.
With these five or six days of time buffer, our situation is much better."
Sure enough, after hearing such good news, Zhan Xiang's face looked much better.
In the next five or six days, even if Hu Biao and the others cannot arrive in time, it means that they will have much less time to fight to the death.
Theoretically, with their continued resistance, they should be able to support the arrival of the Northern Expedition.
After all, they still have about a dozen 'heartless cannons', which are used as a means to suppress the situation, but now they have been useless.
To be more precise, it's not that Fengrui and the others don't want to use this powerful weapon, but they have been holding back from using it because they have too many concerns.
Jinren Yifang's ability to learn and adapt is still very strong, and he is not rigid at all.
For example, they have begun to imitate weapons such as muskets and artillery. Unfortunately, due to many reasons such as processing and materials, they cannot imitate them even if they want to.
But it was to pack human flesh with explosives. This was the first method that Hu Biao and his team used, and now they have learned it 100%.
In the previous battle to attack the mountain, it brought them huge trouble.
In the same way, if they had used the "Wolf Heart Cannon" in advance on the battlefield; this thing is just a large iron tube with a simple structure with some hoops added to the outside.
The craftsmen on the Jinren side can definitely imitate it in a very short time.
It's just that during the test, there were more accidents and more people were killed or injured; such casualties are not worth mentioning to the Jin people.
On the contrary, if used in a battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army, it would cause huge casualties to Hu Biao and the others.
Even the Jin people do not currently have the technology to artificially produce saltpeter on a large scale.
But they couldn't handle their large territory, so they just scraped the toilet walls and produced an astonishing amount of gunpowder.
This is also the biggest reason why Fengrui and the others have already made ten "heartless cannons" in their hands, but they have always kept them on hand and dare not use them.
Fortunately, if we wait until five or six days later, when the Jin people attack the mountain again, they will be able to use this powerful weapon.
The reason is simple: even if the Jin people discovered it and reported it back to Yanjing City, there would be no time to imitate it.
When I imagined a dozen large explosive packets being blasted out by the 'Wolangxin Cannon', each explosive packet exploded, and all the golden men within a radius of tens of meters were knocked down.
Even a tough guy couldn't withstand such a bombardment, so he could only retreat in a hurry.
Zhan Xiang's depressed mood got better and better.
As for the sadness of Ali dying in battle, this thing will be over after a while.
After all, as long as she completes the task, this white-haired girl can be successfully resurrected; if she fails to complete the task, everyone will die together, and there is no telling who will be sad for whom.
Seeing that Zhan Xiang's mood improved, Fengrui also raised some issues that had arisen during this operation, which could be regarded as carrying forward the excellent style of the Xuange Camp team that is constantly summarizing and making continuous progress:
"Actually, we still underestimate the ability of humans to fly. Such a scene would have such a terrifying psychological impact on ancient people.
Using a glider to throw grenades and explosive packets at the victorious army, or even rushing in directly, might have a better effect, and you don't have to work so hard to assassinate them.
That's right! The soldiers who participated in this operation saw a scene where a living person could actually fly.
There is no doubt that in a day at most, such a thing will be spread to all the refugees and everyone will know it; it can be said that it will be even more difficult to break the feudal superstition before we leave."
"Remember to talk to Hu Biao and the others about the glider when you look back; I don't think there will be a chance to continue using it this time. If there is a chance to use it in the next mission, then learn from the lesson."
Zhan Xiang replied first, which settled the problem of using the glider incorrectly without getting too entangled.
But there is a question about how to solve the problem of "feudal superstition" thoughts and activities that are very rampant among the refugees in Yanshan, and even among the people in several nearby states.
As soon as Zhan Xiang thinks about it, he immediately gets an unusual headache.
'Feudal superstition' is like a double-edged sword. It was so easy for them to use it before, but now it is so difficult to put it away.
Apart from anything else, just think about how much trouble it will cause if some magicians take advantage of the situation here after they leave.
Fengrui and the others have been very upset recently.
Finally, Zhan Xiang slapped the edge of the bed hard and yelled: "Leave an announcement before leaving, which can be regarded as the authoritative statement of true gods like us.
From now on, no matter who promotes himself as a god or a demon.
As long as you can't do it in public, you can't survive having a Brown Bess gun put to your head and fire, or you can't survive being exploded under your feet by a five kilogram bag of explosives.
Those who dare not do this and those who cannot do these are all fakes."
"Good guy! You have completely blocked the road of pretending to be a ghost." After hearing this, Fengrui immediately gave a thumbs up gesture.
After initially solving the biggest problem of "feudal superstition" being exploited by others, Fengrui's mood became lighter.
Afterwards, he chatted with the war elephant for a few words and allowed him to take a good rest. Fengrui left with a sense of ease.
Now, they have almost done everything they can do. The only thing left is to see when Hu Biao rushes into the street and leads his people to Yanjing City...
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Speaking of which! When Fengrui, Zhanxiang, and Ali in the Yanshan area began to carry out an operation codenamed "Feitian" in order to break the situation.
When Ali led more than a hundred people, operated the glider in the night sky, and began to glide silently.
Hu Biao, the commander of Xuan Ge Camp, what was he doing at that time?
I'm yelling at you! To be more precise, this guy is because after the end of the day, the Northern Expeditionary Army only advanced 27 miles.
Now we are still over a hundred miles away from Baozhou, which is Baoding in the modern dimension; we are still over four hundred miles away from the destination of Yanjing.
Such a thing was criticized in front of the rest of the netizens.
Today is the 15th. If we continue at this rate, we won’t be able to reach Yanjing by early March.
Amidst Hu Biao's high-pitched and idiosyncratic scoldings, one by one of the netizens had an expression of intense toothache.
There is no way! At this point in the battle, the losses of the Northern Expeditionary Army's infantry can only be described as minimal.
But in terms of cavalry, the number of remaining combat personnel was less than 10,000.
If we include those who were constantly adding to the cavalry force because they could ride horses, the number of cavalry casualties in the New Army had exceeded 15,000.
Of course, after the New Army cavalry suffered so many casualties, Wanyan Mu's side also suffered huge casualties.
Even the deputy commander-in-chief Wanyan Hunqi died in the hands of Fatty Huang.
However, Wanyan Mu could not be defeated. Originally, when there were more cavalry, in Damingfu, Zhending, these large and small cities, the tactics of strengthening the walls and clearing the field were implemented.
The additional troops brought in ranged from a thousand men to two to three thousand cavalry.
Because now, Wanyan Yan Mu still has about 30,000 cavalry under her command, and her strength advantage over the new army has immediately expanded to three to one.
In this way, facing the harassment of the Jin people, the few remaining cavalry units of the New Army really seemed to care about one thing at the expense of the other.
Frankly speaking, just like today's march during the day, they were already trying their best to cover the advance of the army. The problem was that there were too many small troops that could not hold back the Jin people.
So after the Jin cavalry broke through their interception many times, the infantry of the army had to stop and form formations to prevent being rushed in and causing greater losses.
Naturally, the marching speed slowed down.
So that in one day today, we only marched 27 miles.
When we camped at night, as soon as we heard such statistics, Hu Biao exploded on the spot. After bringing everyone over, he started jumping up and down and cursing on the spot.
After cursing for a while, Hu Biao finally stopped cursing.
He picked up the kettle and poured the herbal tea into his mouth, which is said to be able to clear away heat and relieve fire.
Because of such an excruciating speed, Hu Biao was very anxious and angry. Now he had to drink several bottles of this thing a day.
But after drinking so much, it had no effect at all, and there were still a lot of fire bubbles on the corners of my mouth.
It often hurts when talking, which greatly affects his performance when swearing.
The reason is that now, even though they get together for meetings every night, they often sit there for a long time, but no one can find any good solution.
So, like a buffalo, Hu Biao drank a pot of herbal tea in one breath.
Now on this battlefield, there are only twelve people left, including Hu Biao, Xu Feng, Cang Guan, Lang Qing, Lao She, Yu Hanfeng, Singer, Er Pang, Big Fish, Windmill, Gust of Wind, and the Imperial Concubine.
You look at me and I look at you, but no one seems to want to speak.
That's right! Even Chengchi Langqing, who was not dispatched at all in the battle of Zhuxian Town, also went out with the army in this Northern Expedition.
After the fight is completed, it will either return successfully or be erased by the system.
The main reason is that once the army arrives at Yanjing City, this battle will also be the final battle of this mission.
The weapons and equipment that can be prepared are basically prepared in advance. New production is more than a thousand miles away, and it is probably too late to deliver them.
Therefore, I thought that if Lang Qing stayed in Kaifeng City, it would not be of much use, so it would be better to go out together to add more strength; I asked him to complete the handover and set off with the team.
In the past few days, the minister of the Ministry of Industry has been riding a war horse and fighting with the Jin cavalry.
And as everyone looked at each other, they thought that there would be no progress in tonight's meeting, and it would be a waste of time.
An unexpected surprise suddenly appeared in front of them.
Suddenly, after hearing something in his ears, he saw the fat man with his head drooped and silently smoking a leaf cigarette.
He quickly stood up, lifted the tent flap and walked over.
After a while, when Er Pang came in again, there was already a head of sea green on his shoulders, which was Er Hei who was completely white.
The most important thing is that when Er Hei came in, the expression on his face had become very lively. It was obvious that Er Hei had brought some good news.
This is indeed the case, before anyone can ask.
In Erpang's mouth, he couldn't wait to tell the good news: "Erhei just told me that he can now distinguish Wanyan's mother's grandson."
After hearing this sentence, everyone in the venue suddenly became excited.
If the problem cannot be solved, then the people who created the problem will be solved. Hu Biao and others, like Fengrui and others, are modern people and are naturally very clear about the above point.
Therefore, like Fengrui, they had long thought about using Wanyan Yanmu, an enemy chieftain, to break the situation.
Just trying to do this seems to involve some unsolvable problems.
For example, with Erhei's abilities, he could of course find out where the campsite where Wanyan Yan Mu and his party were staying at night; it would be the place with the largest number of people around the army.
It's a pity that Wanyan's mother was so cautious.
The cavalry assembled by Hu Biao and others were afraid that if they took action, they would be discovered by the large number of rangers sent by Wanyan Yanmu, and they would be destined to be defeated.
In the daytime raids and battles, Wanyan Mu did not display a ostentatious flag. Secondly, she rarely led troops or attacked the marching troops in person.
No matter how powerful Erhei is, he is just a sea turtle.
How can one tell where Wanyan Yanmu is among dozens of teams?
Fortunately, even though Hu Biao and the others couldn't figure out how Er Fat communicated with Er Hei, and by what method Er Hei relied on, they were finally able to tell Wan Yan's mother apart.
This is not important at all, it is not important at all, just let them know that if Wanyan Yanmu leads her men to harass the infantry ranks tomorrow, they will be dead.
In the following time, everyone cheered up.
They began to put forward their own suggestions on how to secretly prepare enough manpower in advance, and plan to immediately surround and kill Wanyan Juan's mother once she came with her own men to harass her.
Here are some helpful or useless suggestions.
Let such a plan begin to gradually become more and more perfect.
The only suspense is whether Wanyan's mother will personally attack tomorrow. As long as this guy does it, there is at least a 60-70% chance that he will be left behind.
And with a 60-70% chance of success, it was enough for Hu Biao and the others to risk everything and catch up with one vote.
Even Hu Biao had a bad taste and gave this operation a codename: Diamond K.
The reason for choosing such a code name is quite simple to put it bluntly.
Before the departure of the Northern Expedition, Jin Yiwei united the East Factory and the West Factory and distributed a special deck of playing cards made of kraft paper to all participating troops in squad units.
On the one hand, it allows the soldiers to play games such as Landlords and Run Fast at night without gambling money before taking a break, so as not to be too boring.
On the other hand, it is also the most important point.
These special playing cards have an image on each one.
Specifically, after the battle in Zhuxian Town, a set of playing cards was made using the heads of the surviving Jin Kingdom executives.
For this matter, it can be said that Dongchang put in considerable efforts to collect enough realistic versions of the portraits.
According to status, threats, crimes, etc., they are arranged from high to low.
The king among them is naturally Wanyan Wu, who begged to buy such a false emperor. Wanyan Yanmu, a member of the royal family, was only allocated a 'King of Diamonds'.
In comparison, Yaoshi Guo was treated like an "Ace of Plum Blossoms" among them; in comparison, many netizens hated this hard-core traitor even more.
Of course, if I had known earlier about the huge trouble caused by Wanyan's mother along the way, I would have given this guy the status of a 'Diamond 2'.
In short, based on this point, the codename of this operation is called "Diamond K", which seems very reasonable.
