jdhmnovel Chapter 379: The three brothers from Southwest Road gather together, and Lu Tingen from Xueyue City
Chapter 379: The three brothers from Southwest Road gather together, and Lu Tingen from Xueyue City
Late at night on the second day after the Pofeng Army of Zhenxi Hou completely controlled Yunzhou City, the last important military town in the southwest of Beili, the three camps of border troops sent by Lu Tingen, totaling more than 6,000 people, finally crossed the Cangshan Mountain and saw the shadowy Xueyue City in the night with their own eyes.
"That city must be the Snow Moon City that the General wants us to besiege. Where are the scouts from the front line? Why haven't they reported back yet? Send two more teams over there and have them quickly investigate to find out if there are any ambushes in Snow Moon City!"
At the frontier army outpost, the sturdy captain Li Dayong stood on a steep rock wall and gave orders.
As soon as the order was given, four small teams of four lean men quickly emerged from the ranks. Unarmored, armed with hooks and daggers, and with kraft paper for drawing on their waists, they crossed the advancing front rank and quickly disappeared into the night.
The three border army camps were less than fifteen miles away from Xueyue City at this time. From Li Dayong's perspective, he could just see the gate of Xiaguan City.
After the second scout group of the vanguard army was dispatched, Li Dayong immediately asked the messenger accompanying him to bring a bamboo basket, took out a gray-white carrier pigeon from it, and sent out the news that they had arrived at the outskirts of Xueyue City.
This was something Lu Tingen specifically instructed before setting off.
No matter which team of the three camps discovers Xueyue City first, they must inform the commander-in-chief immediately so that Lu Tingen can deploy the encirclement and suppression team and combat plan based on time and distance.
Li Dayong carefully tied a roll of copper tube as thick as his finger to the pigeon's claws, and then threw it high into the sky with both hands!
The carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew into the dark night sky, following the trail of coach Lu Tingen.
At this time, Lu Tingen had just led his troops across the Lion Mountain in Wuding. After a day and night of rapid march, both the men and horses were exhausted.
After passing Lion Mountain, there is an extremely narrow and long valley. The valley is shaded by jungles on both sides and is deep and leisurely. Lu Tingen was worried about encountering an ambush in the valley, so he urged the exhausted cavalry to rush out of the valley quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, seeing that most of the Yunzhou cavalry had safely left the valley, Lu Tingen ordered the entire army to rest for half an hour.
At the same time, another carrier pigeon also delivered the news of Yunzhou City's defeat. The two carrier pigeons flew one after the other and arrived at Lu Tingen who was recuperating almost at the same time.
"Report!!"
After the messenger found the two carrier pigeons, he immediately took the secret letter from the pigeon's leg and trotted from the end of the team to the front, handing the secret letter to Lu Tingen.
"Is this news about the three major camps of the border army?" Lu Tingen asked while sitting on a bluestone by the roadside.
Before the messenger had time to open it, he handed it to Lu Tingen and said, "General, we have received reports from two carrier pigeons. I wonder if they are all news from the three major camps of the border army. Please read it!"
Lu Tingen frowned, feeling somewhat uneasy. He took the two scrolls of secret letters and unfolded them one by one...
The first one——
"Li Dayong, a captain of the frontier army camp, reported:"
"General, our troops have advanced to approximately fifteen miles outside of Xueyue City. Xueyue City is only three or four miles long and a little over one or two miles wide. The city walls are low, there's no moat, and we have no crossbows, bows, chevaux de frise, or other defensive equipment. We are currently setting up camp. Please allow the general to make the final decision on our next move."
After reading the first letter, Lu Tingen's anxiety seemed to have dissipated a lot.
The Yunzhou border troops have been fighting at the border for many years. They are outstanding in both field battles and sieges. Moreover, everyone has a pair of iron feet, and can easily march 400 meters a day and 300 meters at night!
At this time, it had been exactly two days and one night since the border troops set out. It was not easy for them to find Xueyue City so quickly and accurately.
After the border troops set up camp, the cavalry only needs to speed up their march and arrive before dawn, so that they can cooperate with the border troops to capture this tiny town in one fell swoop!
Lu Tingen silently put away the secret letter. He seemed to have a 90% chance of winning. The remaining one point depended entirely on fate!
Seeing the commander's expression soften and gradually brighten, the messenger felt a little relieved.
During this period, they were first slaughtered by Ye Dingzhi and then chased and beaten by the Pofeng Army. They were in a really miserable state. Now there is hope of breaking through Xueyue City. If it is really as the commander Lu Tingen expected, and Baili Dongjun is captured to threaten Baili Luochen to withdraw his troops, then they can return to their hometown of Yunzhou and have a brief reunion with their family.
"Oh!"
Just as the messenger was immersed in his dream, Lu Tingen suddenly slapped the bluestone under him!
The palm strike was really powerful. The bluestone was smashed into pieces by the force of his palm. The messenger was startled. When he looked again, the bluestone, which was more than ten feet wide, had broken into pieces!
The messenger looked at the commander in disbelief. Lu Tingen held the battle report in one hand, and the other hand was clenched into a fist with blood all over it!
"Baili Luochen! This damn old fox!"
Lu Tingen had already read the secret letter. It clearly stated that less than two hours after Lu Tingen led his troops away, the city gate was breached by a young man alone, and the defenders in the city were wiped out by the more than 800 cavalry brought by the young man.
The captain of the army defending the city was killed in the battle, and the deputy general was allocating military supplies in the city at the time. When he rushed to defend the city, he was also killed by the young man with a sword!
In the end, the entire Yunzhou City fell. Baili Luochen led an army of tens of thousands to clear out Yunzhou City and replaced it with the flag of the Pofeng Army.
Lu Tingen ignored his bleeding right hand, clutching the battle report of the broken city tightly in his hand and sighed deeply:
"I already knew that Baili Luochen would strike when the city was empty, but I didn't expect him to come so quickly! The one who broke the city was actually a teenager. Could it be Ye Yu's only son, Ye Dingzhi? Haha... He was able to break the city in a single phase. It's true that heroes emerge from youth..."
"If I had known earlier, I would have stayed in Yunzhou City, and I wouldn't have ended up with the city destroyed and no one to return to!"
Seeing their commander's dejected look, the surrounding soldiers knew that Yunzhou City had fallen and they had no backup.
But as personal soldiers, they can only guard the commander day and night, and protect the commander in front of them even if they die. This is the fate of personal soldiers.
Lu Tingen sorted out his thoughts. The only way to survive now was to break through Xueyue City and capture Baili Dongjun. This was his last trump card.
The problem is that Lu Tingen doesn't have that trump card in his hand yet. What he can't foresee is that there is a little poisonous creature hidden in Xueyue City. This little poisonous creature is even more difficult to deal with than the Pofeng Army!
"Pass my order. The rest period is shortened to 25 minutes. Once the time is up, no matter how tired or sleepy you are, mount your horse immediately!"
"It is now the beginning of the midnight hour. We must arrive at the frontier army's main camp before dawn. Anyone who slacks off will be executed immediately!"
After giving an order, Lu Tingen immediately jumped onto the horse, whipped the warhorse's hindquarters hard with the whip, and rushed out like the wind.
……
At dawn, the morning light is just beginning to shine through, and the dew has not yet dried.
Chaisang City, thousands of miles away from Xueyue City, welcomed a special guest, a young man with eyes like stars and a face like a jade.
Although the young man changed into a white cloth robe, he could not hide his noble air.
He held a long sword in his hand, led a tall and handsome horse like a white silk ribbon, and walked into the west gate of Chaisang City covered in dust.
The young man entered the west gate and walked three to five hundred steps to Longshou Street, the most prosperous street in the entire Chaisang City. At this time, the street was bustling with people as it was a bustling morning market.
The young man smiled and walked alone in the middle of the street, leading his horse. After a few steps, he looked up and saw a nanmu plaque, which indicated a tavern.
The red couplets on the door lintel have faded and the ink has faded, the window panes and green tiles have been covered with dust for a long time. I wonder how long it has been since the owner of the tavern left!
"Donggui Tavern, Junior Brother... It's been a while since we last met. I wonder where you are right now?"
The young man was looking at the sign of the tavern and muttering to himself, but he didn't know that a familiar voice suddenly entered his ears -
"Hahahahahahahahahaha, Jian San, look who's in front!"
"How is it? How is it? I told you long ago that Old Seven would come to find us sooner or later. Without me, his second senior brother, Old Seven will definitely not be able to adapt. Don't you think so?"
The young man was none other than the seventh brother mentioned by that person, the eighth young master of Beili—Young Master Fenghua Xiao Ruofeng.
Xiao Ruofeng didn't know whether to laugh or not. He stood in the middle of the street and looked at Lei Mengsha who was coming towards him with open arms.
Behind him was the unruly Sword Three, Gu Jianmen, with a scarlet dot between his eyebrows.
Gu Jianmen was unusually calm at this moment, with a faint smile on his face:
"Little Junior Brother, long time no see."
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