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63【Six Years of Jiankang】

For Wei Chi, the capital of Daqi is already very cold, but it is nothing compared to Monan?Faced with days of hail and cold rain, Wei Chi realized that although it was cold when he came, it was indeed spring.Fortunately, Wang Yunyi and his party have been fighting here for decades, and they know that it is not easy to survive in this place. Not to mention the coir raincoats and hats, the heavy weapons are also thickly coated with grease.

There is not much 'drifting wood' left, and Wei Chi is calculating how to use it every day. Those shallow ditches are not as good as when they came, and now almost all of them are full of water. The infantry and cavalry can only walk on 'drifting wood', if there is not enough There will be big trouble.Fortunately, there were only 500 people, and they were all elite soldiers. By the third day, they could already see the edge of Wa'ena.

The mudflats were covered with thin ice, and when I stepped on it, the ice slag went straight into the shoes.The mountain peaks on both sides are no longer emerald green, they are gray and frozen into one piece.Du Yun asked Wei Chi: "My dear brother, will there be fog?"

Wei Chi looked at the white smoke coming out of Du Yu's mouth, and hesitated: "Master Xu said that it's not easy to get foggy here in winter, maybe not..."

Du Cane looked around: "Is it winter here... or is it autumn?"

September, it's autumn.

Wei Chi wiped the icy rain on his face: "It should be forgotten...it's colder than winter!"

The horses slipped one foot deep and the other foot shallow, and the soldiers ate dry food for three days, and their bodies were very stiff. Wei Chi saw that the infantry under Du Ran's men were more miserable, so he thought of going out of Wa'ena to make some ginger. Tang rested for an hour.Seeing that Wei Chi's lips were pale, Du Yun couldn't help but said, "You tell your hands to move those pieces of wood, you're so cold that you're deformed."

Wei Chi smiled: "You just transformed! There aren't many, if you make a mistake, wouldn't everyone have to swim over?"

After speaking, Wei Chi rode forward, heading for the shallow ditch ahead.Du Cane was in charge of the rear of the palace, so naturally he couldn't follow, but silently looked at the somewhat thin body, for fear that the rain would drown him out.Zhang Huaiyuan snorted softly: "Wei Canling is from the mountains, don't look thinner, he can stand the cold better than you."

Du Yun was afraid of the cold, so he looked back at Zhang Huaiyuan: "What do you know, his face turned cold."

Zhang Huaiyuan set up an awning and looked into the distance: "... Poor Tang He still remembers his grudge, so he didn't give a hand."

Seeing his schadenfreude look, Du Yun gave a wry smile: "Why do you always have prejudices? He never provoked you, so why do you join in?"

Zhang Huaiyuan put his neck aside: "I'm just like this. I'm pleasing to the eye at first glance. If I don't like it at first glance, I won't be pleasing to the eye in this life."

Du Yun knew that this man was stubborn, so he had no choice but to swallow his nagging.Fortunately, the wind in the ravine was not as strong as in spring. The cold water poured through and put down some worries. Everyone simply ran freely and freely, which can be regarded as keeping warm.

While Du Yun and Zhang Huaiyuan greeted the soldiers, they checked whether anyone was left behind.After walking one section at a time like this, at noon, there was still dry food. During this half-hour rest, everyone chewed dry biscuits to rest for a while.Du Yun took pity on his horse, and when he saw a small tree, he wanted to take it to shelter from the rain.In fact, there were only a few twigs left, which were no longer trees, and the cold rain still beat on the horse.Du Yun looked up and saw a big rock that was slightly higher than the mud, not too steep. It was more comfortable for the horse's hooves to climb up, so she pulled on the rein and walked up a few steps.As soon as he climbed the mountain, Du Yun saw a black shadow flashing in the bare valley, and when he was about to take a closer look, he found that the black spots were not one and a half, but all over the slope!

Du Yun was shocked!But he calmed down very quickly - the mountains on both sides are extremely high and steep, even if you look close, it will take some time to get in front of you.But because of the steepness, it is extremely difficult to see things in the valley clearly when standing in the valley. If you don't walk left and right and climb higher, you may not be able to notice it!

Du Yun didn't say anything, and hurriedly jumped off the big rock and ran along the mud slope to the field.

"Assemble! Assemble!" Du Ran shouted, and the soldiers thought they had rested, so they all got up and packed up.

Du Yun blew the whistle, and all the officers noticed something strange and moved closer.Du Yun panted and said to Tang He: "There is an ambush on the mountain! It looks like three or four hundred people, prepare to attack quickly!"

When Tang He heard it, he was shocked at first, but quickly calmed down: "Brother Du, go arrange the artillery, and I'll gather the soldiers!"

Du Yun nodded, turned around and said to Wei Chi, "Go and save the vice president, and quickly lead him out of the encirclement!"

Everyone was about to act on their own when they suddenly heard Wei Chi yelling 'no'

"I'm going to set up the driftwood! Otherwise, wouldn't it cost a lot of people to be trapped here? Let's go to Xue Zhu, the deputy commander!" After saying that, no further discussion was allowed, and he rode forward.

There is really no room for everyone to discuss any further, the first batch of arrow rain has already roared into the sky.

After all, they are elite soldiers, and it only took a moment to set up the formation.These bows and arrows did not benefit from the cowhide carts specially used by the Qi army. After the first and second batches of arrow rain passed, the enemy's attacks were obviously scattered. '.The arrows of this kind of crossbow are very long, and the tail is filled with lead and gunpowder, which can fly three to four hundred meters away.Although it still couldn't reach the enemy, the gunpowder shot the lead, and sparks shot everywhere, and it actually suppressed the opponent in terms of momentum.At this moment of respite, Du Yun's artillery had already shaken the barrel. This kind of Francois cannon had a long range, and a few shells were fired, and the enemy obviously suffered casualties.The enemy on the top of the mountain did not show weakness, and concentrated the firepower of the latter group to fight against the Qi army. They rushed to catch up with this group of Qi soldiers, just to block them here before they left Wawena, but After several times of confrontation, the enemy was surprised to find that this team was stable and not chaotic, and even the row of Driftwood's team was in order!Although they are in a disadvantaged position, they still let them move out!

Seeing the increasing casualties of one's own side, the enemy's general felt a little uncertain.So he abandoned the Chinese army and wanted to pick up the knife who paved the way.Why didn't Du Yun guess the opponent's mind, and set up two cannons to hit those who rushed forward.Several charges failed to get close to the target, the enemy leader counted the casualties and began to waver - he wanted to continue grinding, and when the Qi army's cavalry rushed to the top of the hill, wouldn't he steal the chicken and lose the rice?

After thinking about it, Tang He's cavalry had already circled halfway up the hillside.

The luggage was not blocked, the arrows were almost exhausted, and the loopholes were not exploited. The enemy army decisively chose to retreat.Tang He didn't chase, and quickly rode his horse down the mountain.

"How is it?" Wei Chi heard that the artillery fire stopped, and hurried to the Chinese army.

Tang He glanced forward and saw that although there were not many people paving the road, they did not delay the luggage and moved forward, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go to Vice Tong Geng's side."

Geng Zhuqiu poked his head out from the carriage: "Ambush?"

"It's more like chasing soldiers!" Du Yun said.

Tang He nodded: "That kind of withdrawal is like going back to pull reinforcements."

Geng Zhuqiu frowned deeply: "Most of them are Wo Tuolei's people. It seems that King Qin has lost the wind! I just didn't expect him to have infantry equipment, and he looks not bad!"

Wei Chi remembered that Du Qihuan once told him that there were no infantry in Monan, and there were very few, and it was extremely bad. Now it seems that Monan is not stagnant!Here, the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, so it is very useful for infantry to fight!I once heard Saul Hahan say that Prince Wotulei had ambitions before. Could it be that he really had some crooked thinking on Ulan Chabu?Or are these infantry simply prepared for their pedestrians?

Geng Zhuqiu thought for a moment, and gave an order: "We must leave Wa'ena today! The reinforcements will arrive in an hour at most! Du Yun, you led 300 people to ambush Oshio, and you must survive tonight!"

Wei Chi didn't quite understand the meaning of this, but his face changed when he saw Tang He.

After hastily explaining some details, the small meeting broke up.Tang He took Du Yun's hand and patted it, and walked towards Qianjun.Wei Chi grabbed Du Ran's arm with some unease: "Is it dangerous?"

Du Yun looked in the direction of the capital calmly: "Wei Chi, let me tell you... my parents are getting old, if there is anything in the future, please help me take care of it."

Wei Chi was shocked, and grabbed Du Ran's wrist tightly: "What are you talking about?"

Du Yun was still calm: "You help me bring this bracelet back to the capital and give it to my relatives, and let them tell my father that the girl from the Tan family will be dismissed."

Wei Chi's eyes turned red: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Du Yun tightened the bracelet in Wei Chi's hand: "Hurry up and go to the front army!"

Wei Chi recovered and realized that someone from the former army had already called him.After running for a few steps before turning back, Du Yun had disappeared. He looked down at the bracelet in his palm, and in the pale and gray darkness, it was shockingly green.

"Shaohu Lake!"

Seeing Populus euphratica's eager face, Wei Chi put the bracelet into his arms cruelly and walked forward.

Because of the battle, a lot of luggage was left behind.In addition to the usual Francophones, Yemen cannons, and fried mountain pills, there were [-] muskets, and a lot of ammunition was left behind.Because Du Ran had walked through it once, he still had some memories of this road. After traveling with the army for more than ten miles, he chose a narrow mountain pass as the blocking point.The Yemen cannon has a low muzzle and no base, so it was installed at the foot of the mountain for waterproofing.The left edge faces the right, and the right edge faces the left.Because the shells are arranged in a staggered manner, it is easy to hit your own people if there is a problem with the shells.Du Yun set the Franco cannon with a longer range at the back.It is helpless to do this, because although the Franc cannon is easy to use, the shells are not small, and the number of shells that can be carried is really limited.I can only give up the range for accuracy, and try to throw it in places with as many people as possible.

These 500 people are full-time infantry, and their abilities are also extremely strong, and they quickly built a pile in the valley.In less than an hour, even the artillery was covered.Du Yun gave Zhang Huaiyuan a push: "It's only two hours, we'll see each other in a while, you go, don't worry about it anymore." Zhang Huaiyuan glanced around again, and then said: "...be careful ,I go first."

When Zhang Huaiyuan led the [-] foot soldiers away, Du Cane ordered people to serve hot scones and broth in front of everyone: "Brothers! Even if we die, we cannot let a Monan dog pass by. It will definitely last until dawn! The Monan dog has robbed and killed my Daqi people for a long time! Even if we are blown to pieces, we can't be ashamed!"

These infantrymen were not the former members of Du Ran. Most of them were born in poor peasant families on the frontier.On that long border, from the first day they met the prairie people, they endured the plundering and hunting of the barbarians.There is no one who does not have a sad memory. At this moment, this ordinary sentence has weight, and everyone understands it!Everyone also understands that General Du is not from the frontier. He is willing to live and die with everyone without complaint or regret, which is not easy.

There was no spirits, and the three hundred people drank up the broth, regarded it as a wine bowl, and smashed it on the ground one after another.

Du Yun smiled slightly, and wiped the corners of his mouth: "Hero! Three hundred heroes! If you don't die today, you will be rich in the future!"

The turbulent cold rain hit the shirt, the steel blade, and the ice rocks of the mountains and rivers, making a deafening sound.