Bright Spring

Only a few rangers are roaming the north shore.The bodies of the knights undulated slightly on the horseback, and they turned their heads to observe the other side of the pontoon bridge.

At this moment, suddenly there was a "swish" sound in the air, and a heavy arrow pierced through the air!A Northern Army knight was startled and kicked the horse's belly fiercely. At this time, the arrow had already landed on the hard soil nearby, and it went deep into the ground with a "poof", and the tail of the arrow feather was still shaking violently. with.

The mount was kicked suddenly, screamed "hiss" and started to run.

After a while, Yan Shizhan in the north made two loud bangs.A shell fell into the river, and there was a "plop" sound.

The lingering sound of the gunfire was not over, but the surroundings had returned to silence, as if nothing had happened, only the sound of the hooves of the frightened war horse "da da da..." remained.

... In the Xingyuan of the Central Army of the Northern Army, dozens of generals were crowded into tents.King Yan stood at the top, because if he sat down, the generals behind would not be able to see him.

As the king of the county, Zhu Gaoxu stood in the front position, and he could clearly observe the worry hidden on King Yan's face.King Yan's expression was calm, and he couldn't see anything unless he was careful.

In the Xiaohe battle yesterday, although the winner was not determined, many new casualties were added to the Northern Army.Moreover, general Chen Wen and many low-level and middle-ranking generals died in battle... Obviously, King Yan's army did not take advantage of it, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it suffered a loss.

King Yan said: "The Ping'an army chased down from Jining, and the soldiers and horses were exhausted all the way. We can't give him a chance to breathe!"

Everyone knows: the Northern Army must not be blocked in this place at this time, and must break through the blocking as soon as possible, so that they can drive southward as planned!

King Yan said again: "On the other side of the small river, to the southwest of the army's camp, there is a Qimei Mountain. The surrounding terrain is complicated. If our master can go around to the back of Qimei Mountain, and then suddenly attack the army's back, it will have an unexpected effect!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu seized the opportunity to compliment him: "My father is good at using the cavalry to attack from the back. If our division can successfully circumvent the enemy's back this time, we will definitely win a big victory!"

All the generals immediately echoed and wanted to launch a new attack, but no one objected.

"Hmm..." King Yan pondered for a moment, then said, "Tonight, we will quietly choose another place to build a bridge, and we will cross the river tomorrow morning before dawn! I will send another thousand corps to defend here, and after dawn, we will bluff and confuse the cannons. The enemy army; our army crossed the river and detoured to Qimei Mountain, and the officers and soldiers were caught off guard!"

"My lord is wise!" the crowd said.

The King of Yan then resolutely arranged the order of the generals to cross the river, with the general Li Bin as the vanguard and Wang Zhen as the queen.Zhu Gaoxu pricked up his ears and listened attentively to his order. He was ranked second, behind the pioneer Li Bin.

"Is there any objection?" King Yan asked.

None of the generals said anything, Zhu Gaoxu heard it clearly, and had no objection.King Yan waited for a while, then said: "Everyone go back to the camp and prepare!"

Everyone bowed and left, and left the big tent one after another.

When Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the big tent, he saw that the morning fog had not completely dissipated.I thought to myself: If the weather is still like this tomorrow, and the sight is blurred, and the patrolling scouts can hardly detect the movement a little further away, the success of King Yan's strategy may be great!

Zhang Wu took the knife from outside the tent, and went out with Zhu Gaoxu, and the two went back to the camp together.

Before he knew it, Zhu Gaoxu had been away from Peiping for more than four months.He has been on the march, but at this moment he doesn't know what happened to Miao Jin in the cellar of the palace...

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhang Wu rode side by side, and he was silent all the way. Sometimes he didn't pay attention to what Zhang Wu said, and just responded with a grunt or two.

He also thought of Qu Neng and his son who were imprisoned in a mansion in Beiping... It was not time to pay attention to Qu Neng, because once Qu Neng was out of the control of the Yan Palace, there was still a way to go, and that was to return to the imperial court of the capital!

There is also Yao Ji from Jiming Temple, Zhu Gaoxu is busy fighting, and really can't take care of her.Besides, seeing that Dajiang is getting closer and closer, it's better to wait until the capital is captured before looking for her.

"If Ping'an and He Fu can be defeated in this battle, we will see Dajiang soon!" Zhu Gaoxu whispered hopefully.

Zhang Wu nodded and said yes, "There are still Sheng Yong and Mei Yin in Huainan. But Sheng Yong was defeated in Jiahe at the beginning of the year, and he has no soldiers capable of fighting. The elite soldiers under his command died a miserable death..."

Zhu Gaoxu did not participate in the Jiahe battle.He doesn't know the specific situation, but he has heard many people talk about it.Sheng Yong's defeat was said to be because he was suddenly blown head-on by a strong wind... Sheng Yong was really unlucky!

Zhang Wu continued: "The son-in-law Mei Yin claims to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but that is a joke! He has hundreds of thousands of brave men, if he really has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he would have crossed the Huai River to find us for a decisive battle!"

"Crack!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly slapped his thigh with a palm, and stared, "Isn't my uncle Wei Guogong coming?"

Zhang Wudao: "It should not be there yet. Let's do Ping'an and He Fu tomorrow, don't worry about Wei Guogong."

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, then nodded and said yes, he didn't hear about Xu Huizu during the war yesterday, so there shouldn't be any problem within a day or two.

The two rode back to the barracks where they were stationed, and saw that the cavalry and infantry inside and outside the camp were well organized and had gathered into an army.

A group of military generals rode out of the camp gate and got off their horses one after another to meet them.Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse, pointed at the soldiers and horses in the barracks, and said, "There is no battle today, except for the rotation numbers we arranged in the morning, all the other soldiers and horses have dispersed!"

"The last general waits to obey!" Everyone said one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Retire the soldiers and horses, tell everyone to go back to the tent to sleep, if you don't sleep, don't go too far away from the camp."

After he finished speaking, he patted his horse and entered the barracks.Zhang Wu said from behind: "King Gao Yang bids farewell!"

Without looking back, Zhu Gaoxu raised his right hand and waved back.

He went back to his big tent and sat down.The so-called big tents are only slightly larger than the tents of ordinary soldiers. After all, most soldiers live in places where they can't even straighten their waists, and their function is limited to sleeping.

On the curtain door of the tent, the overnight mist gathered into water droplets, which occasionally dripped.Zhu Gaoxu picked up an inkstone, connected it to the door, shook it, and took some water in.

Yesterday's ink was not washed, it just dried.He took out a brush and stirred it for a while, and the water became ink.

Zhu Gaoxu took out a booklet with "Da Ming Diary" on the cover from his bag, and wrote: October 21st, heavy fog.My father is deploying military affairs, and I ordered my subordinates to rest for a day.Thinking of "Lan", I hope she is well in Peking.And Yao Ji, it's been half a year since we parted, so I don't know what's going on now.

Chapter 125 Lan 2

"Bang!" The armor slammed, and Zhu Gaoxu pressed his hands on the bed, propping up his heavy upper body from the quilt.The voice in the dream is still ringing in my ears: selling straw sandals, selling straw sandals...

He opened his eyes and looked at the simple wooden table next to him. Under the nearly burnt candle, candle tears melted into a ball; by the candlelight, the gold inlaid on the sheath of the goose feather knife had a metallic luster.

Zhu Gaoxu let out a breath and shook his heavy head.He didn't know how he dreamed that he was selling straw sandals instead of paying off a small loan.But it will be fine after waking up from the dream, he is still the king of the county, and his wealth is still there.

He looked outside the oilcloth curtain and asked, "What time is it?"

The person on duty outside the tent replied: "Go back to your lord, it's almost five o'clock."

Zhu Gaoxu stood up, took the Yanling knife and hung it on his belt, and the gold buckle made a crisp sound.He picked up the helmet again and hugged it in his arms, opened the curtain and bent over and walked out.There was a faint soreness in his shoulders and back. He hadn't removed his armor last night, so he could only lean on the quilt and cover himself with a blanket, and his posture was not very good.

At this time, he saw a tall young man standing beside him holding a big brown horse, and he was taken aback for a moment, "Have you been waiting here for a long time?"

"The little one has been waiting for half an hour." After the young man finished speaking, his expression was a little nervous, and his voice was very strange, as if he was reciting his lines, "The little one can afford to wait for small things; the prince waved his hands with thousands of troops, and he couldn't snap his fingers if he was delayed."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and asked, "What's his name?"

The young man cupped his fists and said, "The young one is called Zhao Ping."

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the southwest direction, "You go on a horse and see what's going on in Li Bin's camp."

"Decree!" Zhao Ping said.

At this moment, Chen Dachui came over from behind the tent, looked at Zhao Ping's back, and muttered: "A few days ago, the horseshoe of the horse I was riding was loose. That kid heard the sound, so I asked him to take care of the prince. It's a big brown horse. I don't want that fellow to pat his beard and slip his horse..."

"That's all." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.He doesn't care about such things at all, after all, there is nothing wrong with people wanting to climb up.

After a while, Chen Dachui came over with a bucket of cold water and said, "Wait a minute, my lord, I will ask someone to boil hot water."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't make a sound, just scooped up the bitingly cold water and poured it on his face.

After he washed, he drank dry food with cold boiled water, and Zhao Ping came back and said that the soldiers in the forward Li Bin's camp were eating.So Zhu Gaoxu ordered his soldiers to go to various regiments and ordered the whole army to get up and cook.