Chapter 718 Wisdom and close to the demon, the ghosts are unpredictable!
Beijing, stay at the palace.
Ji Fa has been back from Beiyu for three or four months. During his trip to Beiyu, the problem was solved very properly. In the short term, at least until he shows no signs of defeat, nothing serious will happen to the Zhou army in Beiyu.
changes.
The vigor of the two Hu and Di clans has passed, and the existence of millions of Zhou troops and the Beiyu Allied Forces has firmly resisted their march south. A familiar old saying describes it, that is, it has shifted from the strategic defensive stage to the strategic stalemate stage.
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The overall strength of the coalition forces is much stronger than that of the two Hu Di tribes, but because of the boundless prairie, it is difficult to find a chance to collide head-on with the highly mobile Hu Di cavalry. The overall situation can only be described as Northern Six.
The threat of national destruction has gone, but it is far from over.
After stabilizing the situation in Beiyu and stabilizing his own rear, Ji Fa returned to Northern Xinjiang without stopping. At that time, it was the days when the Song Army was in Shizhou. Ji Fa originally thought that Zhu Biao would not be able to escape under the 500,000-strong army.
But he didn't want Zhu Biao, who was glowing all over, to blind his eyes. A flood washed away 400,000 imperial troops, but still saved 100,000 people.
Ji Fa was a qualified superior. In the battle of Shizhou, he valued the 400,000 imperial troops, not the 100,000 people behind him. Even when there was public outrage among the martial arts circles in the Central Plains, he even sent people to Hedong to greet him.
Say it home. I want them to be careful about getting stabbed!
And this time...
"It is said that Zhu Biao can read the sky and tell the difference between cloudy and sunny. With so many cotton-padded clothes being transported here, could it be that the weather in Texas will really change suddenly?"
Yao Jing, Zhang Wentian and several other important officials of the Tang Dynasty didn't answer. They couldn't answer this!
It is not uncommon to know astronomy from above and geography from below. Several people present are among them. But Zhu Biao can accurately predict the weather, weather, wind and rain wherever he goes. It is so legendary and incredible.
.There has never been such a strange thing in the history of Wan Zaiqing! How should they answer this?
"It's a nice sunny day right now. The news from the front line in Texas also said that although there is light snow, it is far from what it was like in the coldest month of winter..." Ji Fa hesitated.
Zhu Biao, who performed miraculously and was dazzling with all his body, demanded large quantities of cotton-padded clothes and sold charcoal. He placed these two positions far above the status of food. It can be seen that he was confident that the weather in Texas was going to change and the temperature dropped sharply.
It is absolutely inversely proportional to the news coming out from our own army, and in previous years in Texas, it is rarely freezing in October. Northern Xinjiang is not the northern corner, the only really cold times are the twelfth and first lunar months...
"Your Majesty, it is better to believe that this matter is true than to believe that it is not true! Our army started fighting and was defeated by Ji County. Now there is no chance of another mistake. Besides, it has already entered winter, so prepare more cotton-padded clothes and quilts on the front line.
It is necessary to save more coal fuel!" Yao Jing reminded as he saw Ji Fa hesitate.
Ji Fa's frown relaxed. "Yao Qing is right..."
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Jizhou, in the cave behind Minghua Temple.
Song Yannan, with a rosy complexion, walked up the cliff with a pheasant in hand.
"Dad, your injury has just improved, but it's not fully recovered yet." Song Yingzhu's cheerful voice came from above.
"Dad has been lying down for two or three months, and his bones are almost rusty. Come out for some air..."
"Namo Amitabha, you two benefactors, I am so polite..." An eagle crowed in the sky. A strong wind blew down, and an old monk fell lightly as if he had no weight.
"It turns out he is the master..." Song Yannan, Song Yingzhu and his daughter said happily.
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"Congratulations to the commander-in-chief." After getting some sleep, King Song's spirit improved a lot. He didn't know much about a series of military arrangements. In the camp on the top of the mountain, when he saw cotton-padded clothes covered with canvas piled everywhere in the camp, He still didn't understand and asked: "Why did General Nangong prepare so many cotton-padded clothes?" Sun Chengmeng had made some introductions before, but the difference between Sun Chengmeng's words and what he saw in reality was huge. King Song had no idea that the cotton-padded clothes Sun Chengmeng said would have any So much.
Nangong Yu didn't know what was coming from him, but he replied seriously at that time: "To the King of Song, I wish you the best, saying that there will be heavy snow in the near future. These cotton clothes are for the army to keep out the cold."
The words made King Song, who was only wearing a fur coat at the time, speechless.
Now that the King of Song saw Zhu Biao, of course he would ask about the doubts in his heart. When he arrived at the camp at the foot of the mountain, he was frozen to the bone. But that was because he had been riding a horse, so he was so cold. Those The soldiers of the Song Army, who had been running all the way on their own legs, felt exhausted rather than cold. Which Song soldier was not full of heat?
"Haha, Your Majesty." Zhu Biao said calmly: "There is an old saying - the sky is unpredictable. Zhu Biao feels that the snow is going to fall hard, really hard!"
He decisively withdrew his troops from the town because he had a premonition of the climate change in the next seven days. That might be a fighting opportunity!
The Song army climbed to the top of two mountains. Zhu Biao was reluctant to kill more than 5,000 war horses. Except for a thousand horses, he pulled them to the top of the two mountains and let the rest go.
"I know this thing is a sled, but I don't know what it is used for?" There are few sledges in the Central Plains, and I have never seen one in Kaizhou, where the King of Song Dynasty is.
The next moment, Nangong Yu was driving a horse-drawn sledge back and forth on a wide flat land. Surrounded by soldiers who were looking at it, they were pointing at this novel thing in their eyes. Some of the smart people had already thought about it. You see, this thing is completely a 'carriage' in the snow.
"Suitable for marching, not suitable for fighting!" Zhu Biao's last words sealed the coffin.
Early one morning, the biting cold pulled King Song out of his sleep, and the sound of howling wind hit his ears. When he opened his eyes, King Song found that the sky was still dark, but his intuition told him that this darkness was not the darkness at night. I hurriedly put on my fur coat and walked out of the tent. What I saw was an endless expanse of white snow, and the mountains in the sky were all white. Looking up, the dense dark clouds in the sky seemed to be frozen, standing there motionless. Heavy snow fell like snow, but it seemed like a fairy in the sky was constantly sprinkling these white but cold petals. A cold wind blew by, bringing up a burst of snow powder, which blew the nose of the King of Song Dynasty. His cheeks instantly lost all feeling.
King Song shuddered and hurriedly retreated into the tent.
Zhu Biao, who got up earlier, rubbed his cold cheeks with his hands and laughed. Finally it came. The heavy snow he had been waiting for for many days.
It has been a full day since the Song army withdrew to the mountain. The abandoned camp at the foot of the mountain the night before yesterday was occupied by a group of more than 3,000 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry yesterday morning. By last night, the number of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry that entered the camp at the foot of the mountain had reached There were seven to eight thousand people.
And the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry also appeared at the foot of another mountain. There were five to six thousand of them, and it took them a day to build a not-so-strong camp. There were already fifteen thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry who appeared at the foot of the two mountains.
There are thousands of people. Counting the previous fights, there are at most 12,000 troops riding on the 30,000 Bingzhou wolves outside the mountain.
As night approached, Zhu Biao went out to have a look in person. At the mountain pass, he found the remaining 30,000 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry troops staying there, probably around 12,000.
The general of the Wolf Cavalry did not put all his troops at the foot of the mountain, because the space in the mountains was limited and could not accommodate so many troops and horses. And they were restricted by the characteristics of the Wolf Cavalry in Bingzhou. If they did not have a wide space to display, they would be approached by the Song Army.
Great fun.
Therefore, the leader of the Wolf Cavalry sent 15,000 men into the mountain and separated into two groups. After all, this was a great opportunity to eliminate the remnants of the Song army, and he was not willing to let it go.
So cold!
This was the only consciousness left in King Song's mind. It took him a while to recover, and then he sighed that Zhu Biao was so clever and able to predict events. "Fortunately, Zhu Shuai was prepared in advance. Otherwise, he would have frozen to death in this heavy snow."
How many people have suffered from frostbite?" Even if we go to Bozhou via the winding trails in the mountains, we can't get there in a day or two.
If it hadn't been for Zhu Biao's arrangement, the army would have been annihilated if it encountered such heavy snow in the mountains. With such a cold weather and sudden drastic changes, freezing to death and frostbite would not be a piece of cake.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, and a soldier wearing a warm cotton coat appeared at the door of the tent. Regardless of the snowflakes on his head and shoulders, he clasped his fists at Zhu Biao and said: "Commander, the King of Song has invited the commander to come.
Discussion."
Inside King Song's tent. Zhu Biao felt a warmth as soon as he walked into the tent. When he looked up, King Song was wearing fur, and Nangong Yu and other generals were not wearing cotton clothes. After all, they all had kung fu, and they were just sitting next to the brazier.
Warm up the fire.
Along the way, there was not a single snowflake on his body. But Zhu Biao still patted himself, clasped his fists at the King of Song and said: "Zhu Biao is late, atone for your sins, atone for your sins."
"Hahaha." As soon as the King of Song saw Zhu Biao arriving, he stood up excitedly to greet him. As he walked, he said: "Zhu Shuai is a very good person. I am convinced. If Zhu Shuai hadn't had the foresight to arrange cotton clothes here,
Now, I don’t know how many soldiers of our army are about to freeze to death. I, my king, have sunk to the ground."
"No, no, Zhu Biao doesn't dare to take this seriously." Zhu Biao clasped his fists and was humble. He already had the truth, so it would be better to be more modest.
Zhu Biao sat down, and King Song did not make any pretense. He asked directly in the eyes of everyone in the tent: "Zhu Shuai, now the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, there is no food in the mountain, and there are still Bingzhou wolf cavalry at the foot of the mountain.
.Although the heavy snow caught them off guard, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was a well-equipped army of the imperial court. It was fully equipped and could not have been defeated without this heavy snow. Our army can only last for ten days at most with food and grass. I don’t know what Commander Zhu has to offer.
A good strategy?"
"It's not busy." Zhu Biao chuckled, naturally knowing what King Song and others were worried about, and said: "Ten days of food and grass are more than enough. When the snow stops in three days, everything will be clear."
The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is not an ordinary Zhou army. If it were an ordinary Zhou army, Zhu Biao would have led the troops to kill the generals. But as the King of Song said, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is an elite army carefully built by the Zhou Dynasty and has all the military supplies.
The heavy snow came suddenly, but it couldn't be beaten by them.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. As soon as Zhu Biao finished his words, King Song and others looked at each other and turned pale. Sun Chengmeng said in surprise: "Zhu Shuai said that the snow will stop in three days. How can he calculate that this heavy snow will only fall in three days?"
"Haha, three days, three days." Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment and then laughed. He really didn't have the heart to show off at all. He wasn't pretending, but he really let it slip unknowingly.
Sun Chengmeng took a deep look at Zhu Biao, looked at Zhu Biao who said he would not mention this matter, and stopped asking. He just kept this matter in mind!
Nangong Yu and Nangong Huang returned to their tents, their serious faces completely darkened.
"Third uncle, do you think Zhu Biao can really pinch him? There was heavy snow so many days ago, and the temperature would drop sharply. It's unbelievable, unbelievable..." Nangong Huang just wanted to throw his head.
Nangong Yu said nothing. He was so shocked that he couldn't control himself. If someone had told him before that there were monsters in this world, he would have never believed it. But now Nangong Yu believes it. Then Zhu Biao is a monster! " He is so wise and so close to a demon that he has unpredictable abilities!"
The strength of the Zhu family has developed rapidly. The Nangong clan, who are always paying attention to Zhu Biao, can't figure out how he managed to create a team of elite soldiers whose lethality is comparable to third-rate skills. That's real. Eight hundred people, who cooperated seamlessly and were skilled in military formation, were the Tang King's personal black armor elite cavalry, but they were nothing more than that.
The Nangong clan didn't blink for a moment, but they didn't find out the reason at all.
What is even more incredible is that the many Zhu family disciples are rising in strength like bamboo shoots breaking through the ground. According to the current data, the foundation of the Nangong family, which has been a prominent family for hundreds of years, is no longer what it was just now. The rival of the Zhu family, which has only been around for less than five years.
Is there anything so crazy in the world?
Now Zhu Biao himself is dead, and there are Zhu Zhong and Zhu Tong, two powerful generals in the army, and there are elite children such as Zhu Ming, Zhu Qiangyi, Zhu Qiangsheng, Zhu Lei, Zhu Shan, Zhu Dahai, and Zhu Changrong. The Zhu family is also from the Northern Han Dynasty. First-rate and powerful.
The Nangong clan has long suspected that Zhu Biao's adventures and the development of the Zhu family cannot be marked by one or two martial arts secret books or a treasure of heaven and earth. Zhu Biao should have encountered a treasure or some hidden world. The sect’s treasure house that cannot be left out!
The camera moves to Zhu Biao's tent.
Chen An, Zhang Nan and other generals sat on the left and right.
"The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry will not fight to the death with us. Now that the sky is covered with heavy snow, the speed of the cavalry has dropped sharply. The others are losing their strength and we are growing. After the snow stops, they will definitely use the usual method of the rangers to approach our army with the intention of escaping and no desire to fight. So we can follow them and catch us all in one fell swoop."
"Surround three and attack one." All the generals shouted in unison.
"That's right." It's not necessarily true, it's also a matter of consciousness.
The heavy snowfall that day stopped as Zhu Biao expected. Due to adequate preparations, apart from frostbite to more than 20 sentries, the Song Army and Rang Jun did not suffer any losses. As expected, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry adopted the "encirclement" method. Using the method of "three attacks and one attack", they exited directly from the bottom of the mountain and opened up the road down the two hills.
"Surround three and attack one, leaving no way out." This was the method used by the Mongolian cavalry in Zhu Biao's previous life on earth. The art of war goes like this: attack the city and attack the heart. The Mongolian cavalry used this method to break down the opponent's desperate resistance. Not really intending to let the enemy escape!
Compared with the marching speed, the Mongolian cavalry in the previous life and the Bingzhou wolf cavalry in this life are both the fastest teams in the world of this time and space. Let the enemy escape and then chase after them, the results obtained are unknown. It is many times better than a strong attack, and the resistance it receives is also many times weaker than a strong attack. The direct manifestation of this is casualties.
"Zhu Shuai is really a god." King Song looked at the relaxed Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry at the foot of the mountain and said with admiration: "Not only can he calculate the date when the snow stops, but he can also predict the method used by Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Zhu Shuai is a truly famous general. "
"Haha, Your Majesty, thank you very much." Zhu Biao smiled.
"Zhu Shuai doesn't need to be humble." Sun Chengmeng said: "I have always called myself a wise man. I have met many famous people, but no one can compare with Zhu Shuai. Chengmeng admires Zhu Shuai very much. .But, I don’t know what our army should do next?”
"Of course we are going down the mountain." Zhu Biao said without thinking. The thousand sledges were prepared for the following.
"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go down the mountain." Sun Chengmeng said hurriedly: "Although our army has sleds, the speed can be greatly improved, but the speed of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is not slow. After our army goes down the mountain, other troops only need to chase after them, I'm afraid Not even a day had passed, but there were already heavy casualties. Moreover, even a thousand sleds could not hold all the people."
"Haha." Before Zhu Biao could speak, King Song chuckled and said: "Although what Mr. Sun said is reasonable, but if Mr. Sun can imagine it, how could Zhu Shuai not think of it? I think Zhu Shuai must be well prepared at this time. Yes. Please give Zhushuai some guidance."
"Haha." Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel proud when he heard King Song's compliment. He smiled and said, "I don't dare to give you advice, but I have already thought of a way. Someone has been sent out..."
Three days of heavy snow left a thick layer of snow on the ground, and the horses' hooves stepped on the loose new snow, leaving a long string of hoof prints. Although it was not easy for the horses to walk on the snow, it was still possible because of extensive use. The sled, so the pulling force is not heavy, and the speed is not as much as pulling the sled. In addition, the morale of the Song army did not drop because of being "surrounded on the mountain". On the contrary, because of the use of a new thing like the sled, the morale was actually higher than at the beginning. Five or six thousand Song troops came down from the two mountains, and it took only half an hour for them all to arrive at the foot of the mountain smoothly.
The sleds were riding on the snow like a fish in water. The driver shouted, raised his whip and lashed out at the horse. The horse neighed wildly, spread its hooves and ran towards Bozhou. .At the same time, Song Bing in the car also blew the horn, as if to spread some information to the outside world.
The Bingzhou wolf cavalry quickly caught up with them. Some of them recognized what the Song army was riding on. Bingzhou is on the west side of Jizhou, and there are still some sledges in winter. But they don't know where the Song army came from. After getting these things, they came down directly from the mountain. But how could the Song army transport the sledge to the mountain in advance?
Could it be that they were made in the past few days? Of the Song Army's infantry and cavalry of 20,000 to 30,000 people, why did only 5,000 to 6,000 go down the mountain? Were the rest frozen to death by the heavy snow?
The Bingzhou Wolf Riders were too puzzled. But it didn't matter. They quickly realized that although the speed of this sled was not satisfactory, it could not compare with their full pursuit. As long as they caught up, everything would come to a conclusion. Besides, this thing is not suitable for fighting at all.
