Jiaohua

Chapter 1558 General, listen to her

It is said that Wang Shang Taiyu led his troops south to Qingji Pass.

Qingji Pass has a flat terrain, is open and accessible, and is the largest and most important pass to Zhitu. Since fifteen years ago, Shang Taiyu has invaded Zhitu year after year, so Qingji Pass has been built extremely high and thick. The outer city is connected to the waist and abdomen of the mountains on both sides, and the city wall stands against the mountain, winding for three kilometers.

If Daqian's finances had not been tight, the southern wing of the city wall of Qingji Pass would have gone all the way south to form a Great Wall together with the nine major passes of Juezhou and Longchang.

King Chang Yan suddenly sent troops to Qingji Pass. The commander of the garrison at Qingji Pass, Jiang Shilian, thought that his men had made a mistake. The officers of the Zhenwu Camp, who had been at Qingji Pass for five months, were also horrified.

The Zhenwu Camp is the elite of the various barracks of the Chimen Army, but at the moment, they are short of supplies, and do not have enough winter clothes and food. Many new recruits in the barracks are not used to the sudden drop in temperature in the border climate and fall ill one after another.

More importantly, before he became the commander-in-chief, Sun Congli, the commander of Zhenwu Camp, was a deputy commander who went to the north to purchase supplies. This time, he brought a few trusted generals with him to the north, wanting to teach them how to recognize the road and how to purchase goods, but they have not returned yet and are still outside the Great Wall.

One after another, scouts went out of the pass to gather information on the military situation. At the same time, scouts from the Northern Yuan Dynasty were also riding their horses.

The giant eagle flew across the sky and landed on a well-trained military fortress. The soldier who received the letter saw the word "urgent" on it and immediately rode his horse south to chase Shang Taiyu.

After two days of handover and transmission, the letter was delivered to Shang Taiyu's tent in the early morning two days later.

Shang Taiyu, who was sleeping soundly with his beauty in his arms, was awakened by his personal soldiers. After coming out and reading the letter, he frowned at the personal soldier and suddenly slapped him.

The soldier covered his face and looked at him in shock.

"Does it hurt?" Shang Taiyu asked.

"My Lord, it hurts."

"You're not dreaming now, are you?"

"Yes, my lord, it's not a dream."

Shang Taiyu crumpled the letter in his hand and shouted angrily: "Pass my order, the whole army must prepare immediately and attack Qingji Pass at full speed! Also tell Hulandar to take his men to Zaburen immediately and dispatch Zaburen's 30,000 troops. I want to take Qingji Pass and eat the flesh of the Han people alive!"

"Yes!"

Shang Taiyu turned around and went back to the camp. The young and beautiful woman was awakened. She sat on the soft bedding and looked at Shang Taiyu in a daze: "My lord, what happened?"

"Qingquan Town was massacred," Shang Taiyu strode over to get dressed, "Ali did it!"

The beauty stretched out her hand to cover her lips: "Qingquan Town? Your Majesty, A Li... is she A Li from the Xia Family Army?"

"Who else could it be!" Shang Taiyu shouted in a loud voice. After he finished scolding, Shang Taiyu said angrily, "Very good, I originally came to Qingji Pass because of her arrogant rumors. I came to Qingji Pass to scare the Han people inside and destroy her prestige. Now, she dares to attack our people. If she kills one person from Qingquan Town, I will kill ten of her Han people! I will make her regret it, and I will make the Han people hate her!"

Soon, it was completely light.

The Xia family army arrived at Batiantel Ridge.

A river flows slowly down from the mountains, with many layers of ice floating on it.

Xia Zhaoyi ordered the entire army to set up camp here and wait for others. About five hours later, Xia Junnan's troops finally caught up.

As Xia Junnan was unfamiliar with the Beiyuan area, he had a hard time searching for the many marks left by Xia Zhaoyi.

Even though Xia Zhaoyi left soldiers to wait for them halfway to lead the way, the few soldiers who stayed behind also got lost. When they finally met, everyone was in a state of laughter and tears.

Sun Congli on the side looked miserable and worried.

The further south they went, the more certain they became that King Chang Yan was going to attack Qingji Pass.

Thinking that the massacre in Qingquan Town might have reached King Chang Yan's ears, Sun Congli couldn't help but worry even more about King Chang Yan's revenge.

"General, we have to separate from the Xia family army." Ding Xue's voice suddenly sounded calmly in his ears.

Sun Congli was startled and turned to look at him: "Separated? Here?"

"Well, General Xia Junnan is here, and they should be leaving. General, let's get ready, it's time to set off. Qingji Pass is waiting for our clothes and food."

"Don't talk nonsense," Sun Congli said hurriedly, "General A Li won't go back with us? Our troops are far from enough!"

"Yes," Xia Zhaoyi came over and said with a smile, "General Sun, I will send a hundred auxiliary soldiers to help you keep an eye on these Northern Yuan people along the way. Don't worry, nothing will be lost."

Sun Congli was shocked: "General A Li, just, a hundred auxiliary soldiers?!"

"Well, I'm going to attack the entrance of Eagle Star Fort, but I don't have enough manpower. There are only more than 3,000 people, so I can't give you more troops."

This not only stunned Sun Congli, but also Qian Dahe who was standing next to him and several other soldiers from the Zhenwu Camp who met them halfway: "The general is going to attack the entrance of Yingxing Fort?!"

"Even 50,000 men may not be able to take down the Eagle Star Fortress of Beiyuan!"

"That's right, General Ali. The Xia family army is a light cavalry, not a siege force. You don't even have a catapult or a marching tower. Are you going to... attack the entrance of Eagle Star Fort?"

Xia Zhaoxue couldn't listen any longer and said, "General, we are not outside. We are in Beiyuan now."

Sun Congli paused, then turned and looked towards the southwest.

The wind was howling and snow was falling, swan feathers were flying everywhere, and his hood was dyed a frosty white.

"That's right..." Sun Congli said softly, "If we don't attack from the front, we can bypass the Eagle Star Mountains at the entrance of Eagle Star Fort and attack from the side. But," Sun Congli looked back at Xia Zhaoyi, "General A Li, the entrance of Eagle Star Fort is heavily guarded, and there are several large military areas nearby. Even if we attack from the side, you only have 3,000 people, and it's not easy to fight."

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "If you think so, Shang Taiyu must think so too. In fact, I originally had no intention of attacking the entrance of Yingxing Fort. I didn't expect Shang Taiyu to go south in the past few days. He should be very close to Qingji Pass now. He just happened to receive the news from Qingquan Town. In his rage, he will definitely go to deal with Qingji Pass, so he will definitely mobilize troops. The entrance of Yingxing Fort is close, and the nearby Zaburen Barracks will be the first to be mobilized by him."

Xia Zhaoxue said: "The Xia family army is an excellent light cavalry with strong mobility. They can fight if they can, and run away if they can't. The Xia family army will not suffer any losses. But at the entrance of Yingxing Fort, the monks can run away but the temple cannot. They don't have any initiative at all."

Qian Dahe was still worried: "General A Li, could Shang Taiyu have thought of this? You are in Beiyuan, he won't be careless, will he? What if he deliberately left a large number of soldiers or set traps to deal with you?"

Xia Zhaoyi's smile was bright and sparkling in the heavy snow: "Don't worry, I'm not afraid of traps. As for the troops, I have to thank Zhuge Pan and General Wen Lang of Song Zhiyi. With their joint efforts, Shang Taiyu believes that my troops are probably less than 2,000 people."

"And those people we let go on purpose!" Xia Junnan came over and said, "We were escorting those Northern Yuan people to the palace, and we kept talking. Those Northern Yuan people who could understand Chinese were very attentive!"

Xia Zhaoyi's eyes became serious: "General Sun, you just need to head south and don't worry about the troops and battles. I will ensure that your supplies are safe and sound and will be sent all the way back to Qingji Pass."

Xia Zhaoxue nodded: "General, listen to her."