Chapter 118 Grain Arrival
Perhaps as a disciple of one of the four monks of Apocalypse, Qingyan stood on the city wall of Zhennan Pass for several consecutive days and prayed. When the sky was really cloudy on the morning of the fourth day, and then it started to rain heavily.
"Brother, did you get rid of your mouth when you went to Zhanlu Temple? How could the rain come?"
"It's just a mistake, you believe it." Although Qing Yan was modest, he really regretted it. If he had known this, he would have set up a seven-star altar to scare them.
No, the Seven Star Hall seems to be Taoist, but fortunately I didn’t do this, otherwise my uncles and uncles would have to lose themselves.
In the past few days, Qingyan has a general understanding of the distribution of the 100,000 border troops in Lingnan. As the first and most important line of defense in Tiannan, Zhennan Pass will naturally lay out heavy troops, with a total of 60,000 troops, and then the Ghost Gate Pass 500 miles east was left in case 5,000 people.
The remaining 30,000 troops were arranged at Yaoguan in Ningzhou, northwest. Although the route to Yuzhou north is considered a huge danger, the difficulty of the people of Nanyi to attack Yaoguan was even more difficult than before.
"In the past few days, I found that the prince always mentioned his father in his words. Did they often get together before?" Qing Yan said in confusion.
"It seems to be true after hearing what you said, but he has never told me that I will ask you carefully if you have the chance."
Zhennan Pass is a typical military town. Apart from the border army, only their families are in the Guancheng. However, the court cannot support these people for nothing. Naturally, the families do some small business in the Guancheng, and over time it will be quite lively.
"Two Your Highnesses, the prince is in love."
Walking down the city wall, a junior school came forward to report.
When he arrived at the commander's tent, Dong Polu looked at the map with his hands behind his back and said without looking back: "If nothing unexpected happens, it will take three or four days for the main force of Nanyi to arrive at Zhennan Pass. Do you two have a plan to defeat the enemy?"
Dong Xian replied without thinking: "Of course, it is the guardian of Zhennan Pass. Qingyan's food will arrive soon. As long as we do not take the initiative, with the danger of Guancheng, the people of Nanyi will return empty-handedly in a short time."
"Qingyan, tell me."
"Reporting to the prince, Brother Dong's words is a clever idea, but we have no way to know how much food was transported to Nanyi two months ago. If the other party has more food and grass than Lingnan, then we will destroy it without any attack."
Dong Xian said in confusion: "No way? The food and grass of 100,000 people are huge. It would be great if the people of Nanyi can last for a month or two. Can they smuggle so much food?"
"This is just one of them. If the other party smuggles food again away from the coastline, or hoards it in advance on a deserted island near Yazhou, it will definitely not be discovered by just dozens of Mengchong ships in Yuzhou."
"Second, if we are guarding the city gate, where do you ask me to go and kill ten generals!" Qing Yan cursed with a smile: "If you really let the prince do this, then Zhao'er will be the first to stab you with Zhuri."
Dong Polu turned around and smiled and said, "If you can, you will break it. At the least, you will destroy half of his troops."
"Prince, the terrain outside Zhennan Pass is basically hilly and there are very few plains. It is impossible to set up camp outside the pass to support each other with Zhennan Pass. After thinking about it, I had only one plan to defeat the enemy."
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In the north of Guining City, a long line of troops traveled from afar on the official road. Every soldier had a haggard face, but his hands holding the food truck were tight and powerful.
Shi Zhan patted the horse to Qingyan, who had been waiting for a long time, "Your Highness, fortunately, I am honored to be humble. Apart from the cost of the military, I have not lost a single grain of food."
"You have worked hard all the way and transported the food to Guining City, so you can rest for a few days."
"My Highness, have the people of Nanyi detained the pass?"
"The spring rains in the Banshan Mountains these days, and the main force of Nanyi arrived at the camp fifty miles west of Zhennanguan at noon today. You don't have to worry, wait for a few days before rushing to Zhennanguan."
Shi Zhan possessed himself and asked softly: "Does the Prince of Lingnan have enough food for everyone?"
"I know what you mean, but Wen Lingyun has drawn nearly half of the soldiers in Yizhou's government are already taking dangerous moves. If they don't go back for a long time or most of them die in Zhennan Pass, that would be too sorry to Wen Lingyun. After transporting the food and grass to Guiningli, you will take the soldiers to camp in the north of the city and wait for them to recover their vitality and let them rebel."
"No need to transport grain to Zhennan Pass?"
"Although these soldiers in the palace are all soldiers of Nan Zhao, it is always difficult for thousands of people to travel east and west in the hinterland of the Prince of Lingnan. Don't worry, the Prince of Lingnan has already arranged the manpower and will transport the food to Zhennan Pass overnight."
Shi Zhan remained silent, as if he was hesitating about something.
"What's the point but it's okay to say it. You and me still need to hide it?"
Shi Zhan asked in a deep voice: "Your Highness, will you come out to kill the enemy when you assist the Prince of Lingnan this time?"
Qing Yan smiled helplessly, "Before I came, I wanted to hide behind the scenes and appreciate the style of the Prince of Lingnan, but I made an agreement with him a few days ago, so it would be difficult not to go into battle."
After hearing this, Shi Zhan turned over and got off the horse, and did not ask in detail what the agreement was, and came to a grain truck next to him to take down something.
"But Tianfeng Gu?" Qingyan didn't need the other party to take off the cloth and knew what was inside, so he couldn't help but be happy.
"It is Your Highness's gun that before leaving, General Bai warned me of his humble position. If Your Highness does not come out of the formation, there is no need to take out the Tianfeng Guard. If Your Highness has no choice but to do something, he will hand it over to Your Highness." Shi Zhan raised Tianfeng Guard with his arms high and handed it to Qingyan in front of him.
Qingyan didn't expect that Bai Yi had calculated this step, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart and sighed: "With Tianfeng Gun, he will be like a tiger with wings."
"If nothing else, I will enter the city."
"Stay good rest. After the troops in the palace rebel, you will lead the Huwei to Zhennan Pass to find me."
At the same time, the Nanyi Daying Commander's tent was fifty miles west of Zhennanguan.
Du Ming, the head coach of the Southern Expedition, was not tall but very strong. His face was not as dusk as a veteran in his fifties, but rather energetic and full of energy.
"This time we attacked Zhennan Pass, our Nanyi was dispatched in full swing. The army was 100,000 and the 100 generals were the most since the founding of the country." Du Ming swept the generals in the tent: "And there was a severe drought in Lingnan in the past two years, and there must be very little left in the reserved grain. This time, we will definitely avenge our previous shame and capture Dong Polu and Xian with the king."
"Avenge your previous shame!" "Capture Dong Thief alive!"
"Avenge your previous shame!" "Capture Dong Thief alive!"
As a famous general in Nanyi, Du Ming couldn't help but feel excited at this moment, thinking that he would most likely break through Zhennan Pass this time. At that time, whether it is above ten thousand people in Nanyi or to separating Lingnan and making land kings, he would have the final say.
"The army was very tired from a long journey, so that the soldiers could rest and recover their vitality. The next day was to start and the challenge was at noon!"
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As countless grain trucks drove to the west, the stones in the hearts of several people fell down.
Dong Qi rubbed his hands excitedly, "Now everything is ready, and when his father sees this food, he will be ecstatic."
"Do you think your father will be as restless as your silly son? At most, you just laugh a few times." Dong Zhao despised his brother as usual.
"Hehe, good girl, do you know what Qingyan is in his hands?"
"You can tell that it's a gun when you look at the shape. If you think it's not bad, it's the prince's side by side." Dong Zhao looked at Qingyan's command of the grain team, very curious.
Dong Yan pretended to be mysterious and said, "I'm also curious about what this gun looks like, but you don't want to know why Qingyan, as a grain transport officer, took Tianfeng to Zhennan Pass?"
"How nervous you are today? Of course, you are killing the enemy with a gun. What else can you do? Is it a roasted gold-dried duck?"
"No, no, Qingyan did this because of a bet with his father. Do you want to know?"
Dong Zhao pulled out half of the sword of Zhuri Sword and chuckled, "I think so, of course I want to know, but I don't know if you can tell your sister, brother, what is the father bet on with Qingyan?"
"Hehe, am I about to say that Qingyan is fighting for his father to fall that day, do you know?"
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and talk about the key points."
Dong Yan said vividly: "After the father retreated the generals, he asked Qingyan if he was taking advantage of you in the palace. Guess what Qingyan was doing. When he heard this, he was so scared that he almost wet his pants. Hahaha, this is the first time I saw his expression."
"Ah? Did your father know?" Dong Zhao's face flushed in an instant, and he asked in a low voice.
"It's not just this. From the moment we met Qingyan, the father-in-law knew everything." Dong Yan gloated and said: "Then the father-in-law also beat around the bush and asked Qingyan directly if he wanted to abduct you."
"What do you say about Qingyan? Tell me quickly!"
Dong Qi was shaking back and forth by his sister, and quickly raised his hand to beg for mercy: "I...ah, cough...I'm about to say, don't strangle me to death..."
"Seeing that my father was straight to the point, Qingyan thought that he could hide, but he couldn't hide, but he couldn't hide, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. Hey! I said I'll say."
When Dong Yan saw that his sister was about to go forward and beg for mercy, he immediately pinched his throat and said, "I, Zhao Qingyan, don't say secret words! I just hugged your daughter, and I kissed her several times. Regardless of whether you agree or not, I just want to marry Zhao'er as my wife, and let her give birth to 180 fat boys for me. No one except Zhao'er can be the princess side by side!"
"He, did he really say that? Didn't he get flipped out if he contradicted his father like this?" Dong Zhao touched his pretty red face with both hands, and there were little stars in his eyes.
"It's not that. His aura was not inferior to his father at that time. Later, the father said that it was not impossible to marry you. As long as Qing Yan could kill ten generals in front of the formation, he agreed to be a relative of the royal palace side by side!"
Dong Zhao wanted to ask again, but saw that Qingyan was already riding a horse, so he quickly turned his back and fanned his face, afraid that Qingyan would see the flaws.
"Zhao'er, what's wrong with you?" Qing Yan turned over and dismounted, and was very confused when he saw Dong Zhao's behavior.
"No, nothing, it's just a little hot, maybe it's okay." Dong Zhao still turned his back to Qingyan.
"Zhao'er is really okay?" Qing Yan then looked at Dong Yan, and saw him dancing with gloating, as stupid as he looked.
Dong Jian stepped forward and grabbed Qingyan's shoulder and whispered: "Brother, I told my sister about your agreement with my father. I guess I was happy in my heart, but I was so embarrassed to see you."
Qingyan knew the whole story and said helplessly: "Why are you so restless? I want to give Zhaoer a surprise after killing the general. That's great. There is no secret to you breaking me away."
"I can't blame me. It's so enjoyable to think that my sister can tie the knot with my good brother. In addition, my brother is still the son of the king, hahaha..."
Chapter completed!