Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 382 Lightning Strike ([-])

The clouds hang low, the isolated city looks far away, and the wilderness is vast under the sky. Even if the day is high, there is a hazy tulle below the clouds to separate the sky and the earth, and the sun is not transparent.

The humidity in the south is beginning to take hold, and the humidity in the air is huge. Even if the temperature is not very high, the skin feels sticky. The heat seems to stick to the surface of the skin, and the oil that cannot be shaken off will not be dispelled by the wind.

If the army from the north goes south in this climate, it will definitely be very unsuitable for a long time, and it will be prone to disease and epidemics. Fortunately, the main body of the Xiaoxiang army is the Jingchu army, so they are still adaptable to this climate.

However, Yin Chongke, a fierce general from Tianshui, Gansu, was so bored that he wanted to take off his armor several times. He was also afraid that the sword would have no eyes, and it was always too dangerous to charge into battle without armor. It’s like being steamed! My whole body is soaked, if I stay for another month, I can be steamed.”

But even so, Yin Chongke did not stop attacking. As a forward, he marched quickly without stopping. As a veteran on the battlefield, he had his own judgment. He was stunned when he met a fierce opponent in a fight.

Based on his experience, he absolutely cannot stop at such a time. He has to chase and fight fiercely until the opponent is dizzy, and the opponent dare not fight. Otherwise, when they recover and adapt, it will not be so easy to fight.

Therefore, regardless of everything and the danger of the lone army going deep, he chased the defeated army's ass all the way, engulfing the defeated army to fight southeast. went!
That afternoon, the sun was high, and there was little wind between the sky and the earth. The vast fields outside Chenzhou were full of noise. Looking down from a high place, many long teams were moving eastward along the avenue outside the city.

The fields on both sides were golden, and there was bare land. The sudden war interrupted the harvest, but in the face of the war, nothing could be taken care of. In the far east, there was even smoke and dust billowing in the fields, and many people were crying bitterly in the fields.

Lu Guangtu, the governor of Chenzhou, ordered overnight to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and burn all the cooked rice in the fields that was too late to harvest, so that they could not be left for the Qin army, and became the food and grass supplies for the Qin army to march.

At the same time, a large number of blocking troops were sent to the eastern mountain pass, preparing to build a line of defense east of Chenzhou City.

When a large number of people and horses were moving, smoke and dust suddenly billowed in the eastern sky. Looking from a distance, a large amount of dust slowly floated into the sky. Seeing this, many people who were marching eastward in the wilderness stopped and raised their heads to look eastward.

Shao Lingzhong rode on the horse and covered the direct sunlight with his hands, looking to the east, trying to see clearly what was going on.

Shao Lingzhong is the commander of the Chenzhou Xiang Army. His ability to reach this position is related to his uncle Shao Tingyu.

Shao Tingyu was an eunuch, but in the Southern Han Dynasty, the emperor did not trust ministers of civil and military affairs, but only trusted eunuchs, maids and witches, so eunuchs were very powerful. As long as they were high-ranking officials in the Southern Han Dynasty, they had backgrounds of eunuchs and maids.

For example, Lu Guangtu, the governor of Chenzhou, was born in a family of eunuchs. In the Southern Han Dynasty, many people recognized the great eunuch as their father, and many people recognized the popular palace maid as their godmother.

But his uncle Shao Tingyu is real. His uncle was selected into the palace and became a eunuch when he was a child, but he did not forget his family after his success, and was grateful for his family, so he was promoted as a junior.

Uncle Shao Tingyu once served as the Inner Government Bureau Order in charge of the inner court treasury.During the Dabao period, he was promoted to be a regular servant, which was an extremely high position in the Southern Han Dynasty where eunuchs were in power.

In Shao Lingzhong's early memory, his uncle was always a serious person, so he didn't want to lose the face of his elders.

At the beginning of the war, he wanted to go to the front line, but in the end he was asked by the governor to stay in Chenzhou, because these local soldiers were the governor's relatives, and the imperial army led by Ji Yanyun, the commander of the giant ship, was not a direct descendant.

He had indeed heard about the strength of the army in the Northern Dynasties, Pingjing Lake, destroying the Kingdom of Shu, swallowing the Southern Han, and defeating Khitan. These things have spread throughout Lingnan in the past few years.

However, in the Southern Han Dynasty, many people did not have a clearer understanding of the situation in the north. Few people knew the details of the Liao Kingdom, the Khitan people, and the Northern Han Dynasty.

Due to the barriers of mountains, rivers and limited development in coastal areas, the Southern Han Dynasty was relatively independent, and no one cared about the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains. The Southern Han Dynasty themselves were unable to go north, and they were severely cut off from the outside world.

Shao Lingzhong actually didn't have much idea about how powerful the Liao Kingdom was and what the Northern Han Dynasty was. He only knew about the Shu Kingdom and the Tang Kingdom to the north. Most of the news about the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Han Dynasty was told to him by his uncle.

It wasn't until last night that the front line was defeated and the news of the successive breakthroughs of the defense line by the Qin army spread to Chenzhou overnight, that he finally had his first personal experience of the terror of the Qin army.

But now looking at the movement in the distance, he couldn't help beating his heart. Could it be that Qin Jun killed him?

This is under the city of Chenzhou, how could it be possible overnight!

Standing on his horseback, he tried his best to look northward, but he couldn't see anything clearly. On the eastern horizon, he could only see a lot of dust and faintly hear noises.

Soon he saw many shadowy figures running towards this side from the east avenue.

Shao Lingzhong led the people, and the soldiers stopped a soldier who was running away in a panic, and asked, "What's the situation ahead, where are your weapons!"

The soldier panicked and shouted nervously: "Northern army, the army from the Northern Dynasty is coming, and they burned the sentry tower to the east."

The soldier shouted in panic.

"What! What about you people, there are four battalions in the east!" Shao Lingzhong was startled and angry, and asked loudly.

"I don't know, the villain doesn't know. I was standing guard at the back. When I came back to my senses, Qin Jun had already killed and entered."

Shao Lingzhong was even more furious, "So you ran away, you are a soldier! The imperial court paid you food to let you run away, wouldn't the **** fight with them, what use are you for!"

He waved his hands and said, "Come here, run away, cut it off!"

The unlucky soldier turned pale with fright, and was soon dragged to the side of the road by the soldiers next to him and stabbed him to death.

Shao Lingzhong tried to take a breath to calm himself, the worst case was confirmed
He looked back at the panic-stricken soldiers, and remembered the teachings of his uncle Shao Tingjun. His uncle was born in a common people's family, and he found a way to enter the palace by relying on his uterus. tread.

Therefore, his uncle has always been a great elder in his impression. He often keeps his books in his hands and studies hard.

"We eat the emperor's food and pay the emperor's salary. Today's event is imminent, and we can't escape. If we escape, the men, women, old and children in the city, your parents, wives and children will all suffer! The Northern Army will kill them all, rape and plunder your wives and daughters! Don't Afraid, follow me and fight against the Qin army together!" Shao Lingzhong comforted and encouraged loudly, finally Ling slightly relieved everyone's uneasiness and aroused some fighting spirit.

Then he personally led the rear machine army and headed east to face the Qin army.

To be honest, this was his first time fighting a big war, and he was in a state of turmoil and inexperienced, but now he couldn't think of any other feasible method other than mustering up the courage to fight. Experience, experience and education were all limited. He can react.

After some encouragement, he gathered his morale and continued to lead the team south along the main road.

There was more and more dust on the east side, and there were more and more fleeing soldiers on the fields and trails on both sides of the road, but at this time they had no time to take care of them, Shao Lingzhong kept reminding the soldiers around him to gather in formation, so as not to be broken.

And because of fear, the formation of the Southern Han army was indeed extremely dense. Everyone was crowded together. There were not many horse troops on the two wings, and the infantry formed a long square formation, which also made many people feel at ease. After all, there are many people. what.

Soon, with the sun above their heads, they could already see a black line steaming in the heat wave on the far side of the road, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes came along with the ground.

The black line became wider and wider. The soldiers swallowed unconsciously and clenched their weapons tightly. Soon they found that Qin Jun was different from them.

The Qin army was very fast, and their forwards were almost all cavalry in red and black armor, which became bigger visible to the naked eye on the horizon.

Second, the Qin army's formation was far looser than theirs. In addition to marching on the avenue, many of them advanced together in the fields on both sides.

The flat rice fields in autumn are when the water is dry. Although some places are also muddy, they can't stop Qin Jun's pace at all.

Third, Qin Jun's movements were as swift as lightning. The two armies looked from a distance. When they saw Qin Jun, they subconsciously stopped and paused for a while. The Chinese army was lagging behind.And Qin Jun didn't delay at all when he saw them for the first time, but immediately accelerated to come here
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