Chapter 208 Scene 28: Red Armor Sets the Prairie Fire II
On the night when Wei Liang's army was blocked at Suoyang Pass, a less attention-grabbing battle also broke out outside a small village called Longshoudu, just over thirty miles southwest of Yujing.
One side of the confrontation was the five hundred Yujingtun gatekeepers stationed outside the ferry. The other side was more than a thousand elite boat divisions from Ye State.
Longshoudu is located in the upper reaches of Yu River, a strategic point that connects north and south, turning from east to west, and is the throat of the entire river. To the south is a vast jungle with mountains and mountains, and to the north is a vast forest with mountains and wild beasts.
It is a flat Dannan Plain, with great contrast.
Along the Yushui River, there are high mountains, rugged cliffs, and wonderful scenery. The river is up to three to five miles wide in some places, and several miles in narrow places. Although there are many tidal flats on the south bank, there are many cliffs rising from the ground on the north bank. If you stand on the water
Looking to the north, the opposite river bank looks like a natural city wall, almost blocking any possibility of going north by water.
But only in the Longshoudu area, the river suddenly narrowed, leaving less than ten feet. The continuous cliffs also seemed to be chopped with knives and axes, creating a gap that was a hundred steps wide. The gap was
It is like an open mountain gate, through which you can climb over the mountain ridge and reach directly to the foot of Yujing City.
There are local rumors that thousands of years before the Great Sheng Dynasty was established, a black dragon fell from the sky and landed here, where it stayed for several months and refused to leave. The dragon blocked the Yu River with its thick tail.
, depleting the lake for fishing, but it also made the people along the river miserable. Therefore, a hero named Jin Ci wanted to kill the evil dragon himself and eliminate harm for the people.
But he never thought that the black dragon seemed to have a premonition of danger, so it jumped into the sky the night Jin Ci arrived. The hero who rushed to the riverside saw the dragon trying to escape, and hurriedly threw the long sword in his hand, and it flew into the air.
He cut off the dragon's head. The long sword he threw fell down, creating a passage on the cliff.
Since then, residents along the coast have begun to build ferries next to the road. Over time, they have developed into large villages where hundreds of people live together. However, the unique landform of Longshoudu also makes the climate here unpredictable.
, elusive, known as "no wind and waves capsize the boat, a clear sky will thunder and thunder". If you are not an experienced local boatman, you would not dare to easily launch the boat into the water.
For this reason, until Bai Jiangxi demarcated the nine states in the world and built Yujing City on the north bank of the ferry, the size of this village did not increase significantly. If you are not in a hurry to cross the river, or you dare not pass the illegal route through Suoyang Pass,
Ordinary people would never choose to go north to Beijing from here.
But now, more than a thousand Ye Kingdom warriors carefully selected by Qi Ziyin, under the command of his colleague Leng Jiayun, actually drove three tiger-headed flying fish boats through the most dangerous section of waterway before Longshou Crossing, and took advantage of
A surprise attack was launched on the defenders at night.
Although the five hundred guardsmen were guarding in name, they were actually drinking, eating, and fighting, and were not doing their job all day long. Who would have thought that a troop wearing heavy armor would sneak ashore. In addition, the captain who led the guard was
, that night he actually led several of his cronies to the village to drink and gamble, unable to organize a decent resistance at all, let alone put up a good fight.
Taking advantage of the darkness of night, the Ye State army won an overwhelming victory with a surprise attack. They captured almost all the Tuenmen guards in the camp outside the village without encountering any decent resistance. Then Qi Ziyin personally led the troops and entered the village to capture the already drunk Tuenmen guards.
The captain was captured alive and brought back to the camp. When he encountered several unyielding sergeants who desperately tried to escape back to Yujing to send a message, he had no choice but to order them to be shot.
Now that the war has ceased, the young man buried the deceased's body on the spot with his own hands, and erected a monument and carved inscriptions as a memorial.
"Where did the shameless traitor come from? Don't ask for help from a cat crying like a mouse and pretending to be compassionate! Do you think that by showing off in front of me, this captain will tell you how the defense situation in Yujing City is going?"
In the military tent, the enemy general, who had his hands tied behind his back, finally woke up and stood in front of Qi Ziyin and began to curse.
The young man wearing black armor and a silver mask did not pay attention to the other party's abuse, let alone be angered by it, and just asked coldly:
"Look at the equipment you are wearing, are you the guards in Yujing City?"
"Which country did the thieves come from? I didn't expect that even the trash fish who didn't know where they came from would one day rebel! Since Shuzi knew that grandpa was a noble person, why didn't he let me go quickly? Otherwise, I would wait until sunrise and dawn.
When the army changes defenses, if Shangfeng learns that Longshoudu has been attacked, he can wipe out all your ships and all the people on board with just a move of his little finger!"
The captain opposite failed to recognize the heavy armor on Ye Guojun's body that was specially forged for this trip to the north. He stared and roared. Qi Ziyin saw that the other party acknowledged his identity, so he waved his hand and continued to ask:
"Don't worry about where we come from. We are not interested in the great promotion of the government, and we have no intention to interfere. Today you only need to tell me whether a red-haired girl was brought into the city a few days ago, and you can leave safely.
go."
The captain was not ambiguous, he shouted angrily as if he suddenly understood:
"In the early autumn of last year, Zhu Rong, the guard of Cynomorium Gate, escorted a red-haired demon girl into the city and dedicated it to Shangfeng. It turns out that you are her accomplices! In this way, Mr. Gao will have more reason to kill all of you. When
Leave no one behind!”
Seeing that the other party really knew the news about Ning Yue, Qi Ziyin suddenly became serious: "Where is she being imprisoned by Gao Li now?"
The captain of Tuen Mun in front of him grinned: "You still want to save people? The demon girl has been ordered to be executed long ago, and now I'm afraid even the corpse will not be found!"
"You lied to me! She even sent me a letter a few days ago, saying that she was about to get married to Gao Li!"
As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos. Being aroused by the other party's words, the young man could no longer suppress the worries that were suppressed in his chest. He grabbed the captain's collar and scolded him.
However, the more anxious he became, the more the man opposite him added fuel to the fire:
"Why should I lie to you? The Great Sheng Dynasty has issued a decree prohibiting anyone from learning witchcraft and incantations privately. I heard that the witch used witchcraft to confuse the people in the Wannian Palace, which frightened the emperor. How can he still survive?"
As the other party spoke, there was a look on his face, and he started to threaten, "Even if the person you are looking for is still alive, if the higher-ups find out that he is secretly exchanging letters with you, even if it is the woman you want to marry,
It’s absolutely impossible to stay again!”
Only then did Qi Ziyin realize that he had unintentionally made a mistake, which might have put Ning Yue into a more dangerous situation. However, if he kills these guards at the gate now, when the replacement troops arrive tomorrow, it may be more difficult to save people.
Okay. But if you just let them return to the city, your plan this time will definitely be in vain.
Faced with the dilemma of choice, the young man didn't know how to make a decision for a while. He turned around and walked to the tent door alone, holding the newly repaired Yin Ya in his hands, as if hoping that his mentor Xiang Baili's spirit in heaven could guide him.
Find a way out.
Seeing that the rain outside the tent was getting weaker and weaker, and the sky was gradually getting brighter, he clearly realized that the time left for him was getting less and less. Suddenly, the young man turned around suddenly, and the sharp blade was already unsheathed, and again He stabbed it in accurately and hard from the side of the captain's neck, next to the collarbone.
The opponent didn't even hum, but his heart was pierced by the blade, and he died on the spot. Qi Ziyin suddenly pulled out Yin's fang again, and the spurting blood immediately dyed the white tent scarlet.
Leng Jiayun, who was standing aside, looked at the silver mask that was stained with human blood but remained expressionless, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Ziyin, you have always been compassionate, how could you kill someone so easily today? This person probably said that just to provoke you. .If you don’t want to let them go, why not take these five hundred people to the ship first——"
The young man raised his hand to signal her to stop talking:
"General Baili once said that hesitation is a taboo when making decisions on the battlefield. Fighting opportunities are fleeting. If you continue to hesitate, Yu Ningyue, Yu Jia, Brother Yu Zeming, and outside the tent will all be affected. The more than a thousand Ye Kingdom warriors who have risked their lives to follow you and me are all a huge threat!"
"Don't use Baili as a cover. Although he carefully teaches you the art of killing, he doesn't want you to use it in a place like this to kill an unarmed prisoner!"
"You are not General Baili, so how do you know what he is thinking? I am venturing north this time just to save people. Sister Jia, you should understand that if you keep this person alive now, it will be too much for Ning Yue. A variable, an additional threat! Send me an order to kill all the five hundred guards in Longshoudu, leaving no one behind!"
Qi Ziyin suddenly raised his voice, not allowing the other party to argue anymore.
The Dongli woman took half a step forward, raised her hand to hold the other person down, her lips moved, but she could not say anything.
She originally wanted to ask the child in front of her that she had watched grow up, why his temperament changed so drastically, and instead he did the cold-blooded things that only that black-eyed brat would do. After all, she had been trying to be like Ga They were the closest people to the three helpless children in Yunzhai. Looking at them at this moment, I suddenly felt that in fact, perhaps I had never truly understood them.
The young man wearing a silver mask looked up and down with a pair of golden pupils at the woman who was still blocking him. Seeing that the woman finally slowly let go and stepped aside, he continued to order:
"There are still two or three hours until sunrise tomorrow. Send me my order to change the original plan of sneaking into Yujing through the floodway. Everyone immediately puts on the Tuen Gate Guards' armor and disperses into the city after the city gate is opened. All we have to do is rush in. If the other party can find out Ning Yue's whereabouts before they figure out what happened, then they will have a chance to rescue her!"
However, before he finished speaking, he saw Military Advisor Mo Zeming, who had never said a word, shaking his head:
"Longshou Crossing is the only way to go north from Suoyang Pass to Yujing. Now we must defend this village. Otherwise, if we defend the enemy on the plain, we will have no chance of victory."
"Defend? Could it be that brother Ze Ming calculated that the defense force has arrived?"
Qi Ziyin asked in surprise, but saw the silver-haired boy opposite him gently shaking his head: "No."
"Then, could it be that one of the five hundred people slipped through the net and secretly sent a message, attracting the defenders of Suoyang Pass? Can they be avoided?"
The boy wearing the silver mask asked again.
Mo Zeming still shook his head, then walked to the tent door, stretched out his hand to lift the blood-stained curtain:
"The enemy we are about to face is far more difficult to deal with than the 12th Armed Guard Army guarding the capital. Brother Qi, instead of asking me, why don't you come out and see for yourself."
Qi Ziyin didn't know what the other party was selling, but he still followed what he said and walked slowly outside the tent.
The pouring rain had turned into a drizzle half a moment ago. The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing the blurry outline of the clear twin moons.
Standing at Longshoudu and looking north, you can already see the tall city walls of Yujing, as well as the eaves and brackets behind the wall, and the hazy silhouettes of the buildings. However, in the darkness to the east of those silhouettes, something seems to be ready to move.
, like silver-white waves undulating in the dark night. And that place should have been just the vast and vast plains of the Imperial Capital Highlands.
Right now, sandwiched between the capital city and the silver-white waves, was the young man wearing a mask, together with a thousand mysterious armored soldiers under his command!
"Is that——Guan Ning, a soldier from Wei Liang?!"
Qi Ziyin couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He squinted his eyes to carefully confirm whether the silvery white reflecting the moonlight was indeed what he thought. The silver-haired boy also walked up to him, but he had already determined the identity of the visitor, and he spoke with certainty.
:
"What Brother Qi said is correct. It seems that even Suoyang Xiongguan cannot stop Guan Ning's soldiers from advancing."
"Did Brother Zeming not anticipate that we would be in close combat with the Luqiu family again?"
The young Duke Ye turned his head and looked at his companions, questioning. Before he thought, Mo Zeming said:
"I have already calculated the encounter between the two armies today. However, this is already the best outcome among thousands of possibilities."
"This is the best outcome!"
Qi Ziyin suddenly became angry. He pointed at the neat square formation in front of him which was becoming clearer and clearer, as well as the countless long spears standing in the formation, and shouted sternly, "Guan Ning's soldiers of this size look like they number in the tens of thousands."
Everyone. Now even the chain Yang Pass can't stop them, how can we stop them with the more than a thousand soldiers we brought?!"
"Brother Qi, please be patient and don't be impatient. For the current plan, we need to order people to set up defenses first. As for whether the result will be victory or defeat, we can only tell after having a real fight."
As Mo Zeming spoke, he turned around and pointed at the Tuenmen Guards garrison map on the table inside the tent, "Brother Qi can divide our troops into two teams of 400 people and hide them in the north of the village.
At the strategic point with the east of the village, two hundred people are left flexible. You believe me, we will not lose today's battle."
Wearing a silver mask, the leader of Ye Kingdom looked at his companions with doubtful eyes, but he had no other choice but to do as he said. However, there was still some murmuring in his heart.
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