Jiaohua

Chapter 1561: There is no such thing as love between men and women

The handwriting and writing style of this fourth letter are different from the previous three.

Instead, it was written by Ali to Shang Taiyu in her own name.

Shang Taiyu read it coldly and handed it to Ah He Luodan.

Ah He Luodan lowered his head to read it, then frowned and looked at Shang Taiyu.

"She is quite...honest." Ahelodan murmured.

Xia Erhu stepped forward to take the letter and was dumbfounded after reading it.

Just as Aheluodan said just now, besiege Wei to save Zhao.

But she said these four words so frankly.

The letter said that she attacked Yingxing Fort in order to rescue Zhao from Wei and resolve the predicament at Qingji Pass, but now, she was going to deal with Lingdai City and asked Shang Taiyu whether he would go with her.

She directly said in the letter that Qingji Pass is very important to China, but it has been occupied over the years.

Even if Shang Taiyu could capture Qingji Pass, so what? Zhitu would have nothing for him to seize.

Of course, she would be happy to see him lead his troops directly into the six northwestern states. This would save her trouble and she would not have to transport their bodies back to Zhitu over thousands of miles to comfort the dead.

But does he dare to rush in with tens of thousands of troops without any combat plan, backup deployment or preparation?

She also asked Shang Taiyu how the status of Qingji Pass in the hearts of the Han people compared to the status of Lingdai City in the hearts of the Northern Yuan people.

Shang Taiyu's face turned purple with anger.

how is it?

Can this be compared?

Lingdai City is not only important to him, but also to the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty. It is like a banner of faith and the highest honor second only to the imperial city.

If Ling Daicheng was really invaded by Xia's army, he would lose not only his wealth and family, but also all the glory he had gained in his life.

Shang Taiyu no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the army to march out.

All the subordinates had no objection.

Ahelodan's mood had always been the most stable, but at this moment his face looked very bad.

So what if he saw through the girl's tactics of besieging Wei to save Zhao? Why did she care whether he saw through it or not? She wrote to him directly and told him her purpose.

Such a terrifying and arrogant opponent, but at this moment, she was leading an unknown number of troops and was doing whatever she wanted in their territory.

When Sun Congli and Xia Zhaoxue returned to Qingji Pass with a long supply transport team, the defenders, who had just received the news that Shang Taiyu was leading his troops to evacuate Qingji Pass, breathed a sigh of relief and cheered.

Judging from the time when the scouts discovered their retreat and came back to report, Shang Taiyu and his men had been gone for at least three hours.

Jiang Shilian and a cadre from the Zhenwu Camp opened the gate to meet Sun Congli. They were surprised to see the long queue of supplies behind them.

A general of the defending army said, "General Sun, even if we collect all our money and the money from selling things, we still can't buy so much."

After listening to Sun Congli's account of his experiences along the way to Qingquan Town, everyone was shocked and started talking at once. Someone even ran to the back of the queue and said that he wanted to go and greet the Xia family soldiers in person.

Xia Zhaoxue watched them from the side, his lips raised under his lush beard.

"Ding Xue, are you laughing?" Qian Dahe asked suddenly.

Xia Zhaoxue looked at him, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "I'm tired, go take a rest."

After that, he turned around and left.

To the north, the Xia family army, who had rested enough at the entrance of Eagle Star Fort, swept the entire town, leaving nothing edible.

But Xia Zhaoyi’s next target was not Lingdai City, but Lanze City located in Sandao Donglu.

Lan Ze City is as far away from the entrance of Yingxing Fort as Hengxiang is from Hejing.

Xia Zhaoyi chose to go there because Ouyang Jun and Song Qingtang were there, and the main force of the Han people in the northwest was there. She couldn't really go to deal with Lingdai City. Taking Lingdai City would not help the overall strategic situation at all, but would make all the Beiyuan people's fighting spirit soar. Why bother?

Also, her troops were indeed not enough. She was sure that Shang Taiyu would first send more troops to defend the Golden Moon Mountain to cut off their retreat route, and then outflank them on the vast snowfield.

This is the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Even though she had obtained a complete map when she first attacked Qingquan Town, she did not know the terrain here as well as the Northern Yuan people who grew up grazing on the grassland.

If they are really surrounded, it will be very dangerous for the entire Xia family army.

On the way to Sandadonglu, the Xia family army not only accelerated at full speed, but also killed several small tribes.

Apart from this, they did not encounter any troops.

Because all the troops in this area were transferred away by Xia Zhaoyi through letters.

Not only the troops on this grassland, she also wrote an urgent report to Yi Shurong for help, saying that the Han people suddenly increased their troops by 100,000 and Yi Shurong was needed to dispatch troops to help.

Yi Shurong and Shang Taiyu had the largest number of troops among all the generals of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Shang Taiyu devoured all the remnants of the Chishukuo tribe back then.

Because Yi Shurong was fighting on the front line with the Han troops, Shang Tai Zhenli would allocate troops to him every year.

Among Yi Shurong's troops, there was also a "fake army", which was the remnant of the left-wing army of the Dading Army that had nowhere to go.

In addition, Yi Shurong also had 50,000 bandits hired from Xiyichang and Qiangrong in the south.

After receiving these letters asking for help, Yi Shurong was generous and directly dispatched 40,000 people from the rear.

It was not until Xia Zhaoyi was almost at Sandaodonglu that he realized that Yi Shurong had loaned out so many soldiers.

When Zhan Ning and his companions thought about the 40,000 people who were rushing to a farce and had to eat and drink to keep warm on the way, they laughed so hard that their stomachs ached.

When they were approaching Sandadonglu, the entire army stopped to rest.

Zhan Ning came to Xia Zhaoyi with a bowl of pickled mustard greens and shredded pork noodles.

Xia Zhaoyi had just finished a shower, with half-wet hair hanging behind her, and was writing a letter at her desk.

Zhan Ning said, "Oh my!" "Second Miss, the charcoal basin is not burning, are you not afraid of the cold?"

"What are you afraid of?" Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "It's warm enough in the big tent."

Zhan Ning still moved the charcoal brazier out, and when it was burning, he came back and opened a few buttons on the thick cloth of the tent to let in some cold air for ventilation.

Zhan Ning came back and said with a sly smile, "Second Miss, you are writing a letter to General Shen."

Xia Zhaoyi was amused by his expression: "Why would you want to be sentimental? Who would think about that when you're fighting outside?"

"...General Shen must not hear this!"

Xia Zhaoyi said: "I am writing a letter to Wang Fengnian."

Zhan Ning nodded: "By the way, Second Miss, do you think we can meet General Ouyang tomorrow?"

"It shouldn't be that fast. There are still two days left."

"To be honest, I miss him. Life here is so hard, but I still miss him all the time. It's quite strange."

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Remember the bitter past and think of the sweet present."

"Speaking of which, Miss Second, you are really amazing. As soon as you arrived in the northwest, you made Shang Taiyu and Yi Shurong go around in circles. Who would have dared to think of this in the past?"

"How can they be so powerful?" Xia Zhaoyi's smile faded, and he lowered his eyes to look back at the letter in front of him, "Little did I know how long I had been preparing to deal with these Northern Yuan people."

But when he saw Sun Congli and his second brother risking their lives to go north to dispatch military supplies, Xia Zhaoyi knew that it was really not enough, far from enough.

Now, she has to drag a few people into the water.

Especially Song Zhiyi, this guy, he has no chance of getting any better.