Chapter 125 Delivery
The hazy sky, the cold wind roared, and the last few yellow leaves, which were only in shape, could no longer be stubborn, fell from the desolate and cold branches, and drifted to the wilderness where there was still snow.
The remaining snow has not melted yet, and the wind and snow have arrived again.
The carriage and horses of King Huai were already far away. Ge Boyi, Yang Maoyan and others then calmed down their melancholy and worried mood and prepared to return to Shouchun City.
"Dada..." A dozen fast horses came from the northwest.
"Where is His Highness the King of Huai? The commander of the Chushan Camp, Xu Huai, the Marquis of Jingsheng, submitted an emergency secret letter to His Highness the King of Huai!"
The visitor was stopped by the guards and could not get close to him, so he heard the intention of the visit.
"Why do people in Chushan camp do not understand the rules at all, and they want to come over directly if they scream? If they really want to treat them as assassins, Chushan will resent us to be cruel and ruthless..."
Ge Boyi looked at the messenger sent by Chushan in the distance with a gloomy face, and unintentionally summoned him to ask Xu Huai what important things were. This time he bypassed the court and directly sent messengers to find King Huai, but he laughed at the people of Chushan for not understanding the rules with Yang Maoyan and others.
Yang Maoyan knew that the Ge clan was almost broken into Xu Huai's hands, and this deep hatred could not be resolved. He thought that Ge Boyi did not pretend to be stupid and killed the messenger sent by Chu Shan as an assassin. He was already considered a good temper. He smiled and said, "A group of people from thieves, Ge Shuai hopes that they can understand the rules?"
Perhaps the guards intercepted outside told the Huai King that he had set off for Jianye. The Chushan messenger shouted again: "There are Ge Boyi and Ge Shuai, Yang Maoyan and Yang Langjun? He is Xu Yan, the commander of the Chushan camp, and if you have any questions, please ask Ge Shuai, Yang Langjun to see him!"
"Xu Huai ran to Shouchun. If I don't see him, I have to think about it. Anyone in Chushan can be a messenger. With his loud voice, I want me to see him? It's so rude!" Ge Boyi said with a gloomy face.
"These things that cannot distinguish between high and low are just to drive away. Why should Ge Shuai be angry with them?" Yang Maoyan said with a smile. The emperor accompanied Ge Boyi to the south gate. Ge Yu and other generals also watched coldly as the messenger of Chushan was driven away and chased the carriages of King Huai to the south.
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"What dog thing?"
Xu Yan was young and energetic, and was impatient. Under Chen Zixiao's command, he refused to listen to the control many times. Chen Zixiao could no longer bear it and demoted him to a small pawn and kicked him back to the selection army.
This time, considering that the enemy's scouts might have infiltrated south of the Huai River on a large scale, Xu Huai sent Xu Yan and Su Zun and more than a dozen elite troops to Shouchun for emergency contact, and asked them to gain more knowledge.
They came here on a night and night, but they didn't expect that they would be brutally driven away by Ge Boyi's guards outside Shouchun City. Xu Yan held back his temper at this time and led Su Chong to chase south with him.
Unexpectedly, the chariots and horses that caught up with King Huai were still blocked by the guards as thieves on the periphery and investigated endlessly.
Xu Yan stopped aside with anger, and Su Chong, who was more gentle in nature, stepped forward to negotiate.
Su Chong patiently handed over the seal of the verification letter and said to the head of the guard who handed over: "This time the enemy attacked Huai Shang, put Western Region artillery on the battlefield, and defeated the sharpness, which was far better than ordinary stone artillery, and was amazingly powerful. This is a great thing. I asked for a sincere man outside Shouchun City but I couldn't get it. I hope this elder brother will be generous. We must hand the letter from my Day Master to your highness in person before we can go back and hand in the work!"
The guard leader glanced at Su Chong with his eyes squinted and smiled: "Little brother, if my brother can make the decision, of course he won't stop you, but you should also think about it, don't talk about you, even if Mr. Xu is here, can you see Your Highness? People should know it yourself!"
"Su Zun, just throw Xu Huai's letter to these guys, don't talk to them," Xu Yan drove over and threw Su Zun's secret letter to the guard leader. Li Se said, "Tell this letter to King Huai. If there is any mistake, you can't afford the consequences!"
After Xu Yan said that, he didn't look at the face of the guard leader. Lasuzhong got on his horse and turned around and rushed back against the bitter cold wind.
Shouzhou and Guangzhou were placed on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Huai River, but when the defense zone was initially divided, considering that the Huai Palace led the Huai Palace from Hebei and Jingdong to withdraw troops from the south, with a large number of troops, reaching tens of thousands, the areas near the Yingshui River and Huai River, including Gushi, Geyang, and other places in the eastern part of Guangzhou were placed into the jurisdiction of the Huai Palace; and Huangchuan, Luoshan, and Xinyang in the western part of Guangzhou were placed into the Chushan Defense Zone.
The Chushan soldiers and horses were too limited, and Xu Huai lacked basic trust in the Huai Palace. Huangchuan and other places connected to Shouzhou were not in a hurry to restore the county seat, but did not even set up a higher-level inspection department separately.
Xu Huai only set up several inspection departments in Huangchuan under the jurisdiction of Luoshandu Inspection Department to monitor the possibility of crossing the Huai River from west of Huaichuan and near Yingkou.
After the situation became more severe this winter, Xu Huai even ordered the removal of the villages in Huangchuan and other places and organized all people to evacuate to the hinterland west of Luoshan New City to avoid unnecessary losses.
The territory of Huangchuan can be said to have become a wilderness.
Xu Yan, Su Sun wanted to return to Xiangcheng to report her life. After leaving Shouchun, she rode her horse westward and did not stop after night.
In the second half of the night, the wind and snow were blowing heavily, and people could withstand it, but they could not bear it. Xu Yan, Su Zun and others encountered a large collapsed temple on the way, so they took people to stop to hide from the wind and snow.
Everyone picked up dead branches, lit a bonfire in the decaying temple, burned hot water, and used jerky meat and wheat cakes to fill the cakes.
Xu Xian did not care about the night watch, but he left it to Su Chong to arrange it. He and his armor were resting against the earthen wall, and soon he made a loud noise.
When he asked Su Chong to wake up, Xu Yan heard the sound of horse hooves vaguely mixed with the whistling wind, and there were still a lot of people. Seeing that the generals and soldiers who woke up in the hall were all nervously holding blades, he grabbed the long spear standing against the wall with his back hand, glared at Su Chong with an angry look, and said, "The enemy has touched it? How did you arrange for the night?"
"Send Shi Qi to guard the forest in the river beside the river to make a secret whistle, but somehow, he hasn't come back yet..." Su Zun said.
"Maybe the enemy soldiers were asked to touch them," one of them came over and whispered, "The enemy soldiers lurked and touched people very much. If you don't pay attention, you will say!"
Xu Yan lay down and heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the small temple, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "The Hu people are approaching, but they are not alert. The stone dog should not have been caught by them - they must have fallen asleep secretly in the woods, and this time they must have peeled his skin!"
"The enemy soldiers are not prepared. We can take advantage of the situation and break through the encirclement westward! This place is only 40 or 50 miles away from Luoshan," Su Zun said when hesitated, "Shigouzi has not fallen into the hands of the enemy soldiers. He will find a way to break through!"
"He has no horses around, and he is still sleeping in the woods. Once his whereabouts are exposed, where will he escape?" Xu Yan shook his head and said resolutely, "Take the horses on, let's meet Shi Gouzi!" Seeing Su Zun hesitating, he asked contemptuously, "Why, this group of soldiers came from the river bay, and I don't know how many people there are there. Are you guilty?"
"Don't look down on others!" Su Zun said angrily, "The knife in my hand may not kill less enemies than you!"
On the way to Shouchun, they also encountered scouts from the enemy who crossed the Huai River to spy on it, but they were all in several or dozens of people. Of course they were not afraid. If they hadn't had the heavy responsibility of delivering letters, they wouldn't mind harvesting a few heads and going back to get the merits.
At this time, there were about hundreds of horses coming to Xiaomiao, which should be half a hundred cavalry team.
The 100-man cavalry team did not keep enough alert and approached Xiaomiao, but this was not good news.
This means that this cavalry team is not the scouts of the Chihu people - the Chihu cavalry has crossed the Huai River on a large scale. This cavalry team should be the first to be the soldiers, but they did not expect that there would be a small elite force like them in the deserted wilderness.
Now, while the enemy is not prepared, they will break out westward and they should have crawled out of the gap between the enemy's troops. However, they must first meet Shi Qi in the north and then break westward. Even if it is delayed for half an hour, it is possible that the number of enemy cavalry far exceeds theirs will be surrounded from all directions after hearing the news.
Of course, Xu Yan said so, and the young and energetic Su Chong could not say anything that was ignored by Shi Qi.
Xu Fei led several people to secretly carry war horses and took out the pack horses. He and five good men were ambushed behind the temple gate that had long collapsed. It was also a blessing that the traces of their stay in the temple were covered by heavy snow. Even the collapsed courtyard wall was covered with a thick layer of snow. It was impossible to see how big or high the gap was. The enemy soldiers approached the temple gate and did not break in directly.
At this time, the sky was already light, and the bonfire in the hall had been quietly put out with multiple wet felt blankets. Xu Yan could see forty or fifty soldiers dismounting in front of the temple gate through the gap.
First, five or six enemy soldiers walked in without any warning. They must have seen whether the ruined temple is suitable for a temporary camp. But the moment they stepped out of the ruined temple, Xu Yan slashed the long spear in his hand and slashed at the person in front of him.
His powerful force did not make the spear blade become very fierce, but it was unexpectedly light and agile. He turned rapidly in the air. Almost a slash, he first cut open the face and throat of the two soldiers, and then turned into piercings. The sharp spear blade penetrated into a soldier's chest. The spear blade had just made the move to draw the sword, but his chest was pierced and did not die on the spot. He even grabbed the spear rod fiercely, trying to resist Xu Yan and retreat, and to give his accomplices behind the scenes to draw the sword and get the bow.
Xu Yan raised his foot and kicked it out like a heavy hammer, and the enemy soldiers kicked it out.
Xu Yan took the opportunity to pull out the blade of the spear. The next moment, he looked like a fierce tiger and went straight to the enemy soldiers outside the temple gate. At this time, every stroke of the long spear was extremely fierce and powerful, and he slashed the heads and chests of the enemy soldiers who were caught off guard.
This group of soldiers who were in the first place were all elite soldiers. When they encountered a shocking change, they pulled out their swords at the first time, but Xu Yan's long spear was extremely powerful, and they killed these elite soldiers to retreat step by step to avoid the spearhead.
Xu Yan led his men to fight out of the temple gate, while Su Chong led his men to gallop through the gap in the courtyard wall on the side, and ran from the flanks of the enemy soldiers. They flew with long spears and spears, which made these enemy soldiers not have the opportunity to take a bow and shoot arrows, and they didn't even care about horses. They could only go out to the periphery and retreat to obstacles such as the woods.
At this time, Xu Yan and Su Chong took advantage of the chaos of the enemy's soldiers and rode northward...
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