Jiaohua

Chapter 1583 General Ali's Female Soldiers

Under the leadership of a captain named Liu, Shen Lie, Cheng Jieshi, and Zhai Jinsheng climbed to the highest enemy tower at Qingji Pass.

The wind and snow filled his throat, and the dryness was torn apart. Facing the strong wind, Captain Liu stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance: "General Shen, over there!"

Frost, snow and dust obstructed the view. At the end of the sky, a large army was approaching.

Sometimes it is bright, sometimes it is engulfed by wind and snow.

The soldiers coming from that direction could not be from Qingji Pass.

Many scouts have already left Qingji Pass and are heading in that direction.

Captain Liu said: "Our Han soldiers rarely move outside the pass. Even if they do, they will report and send a letter to the pass they are going to pass in advance!"

Zhai Jinsheng said: "So these soldiers are not our people."

Captain Liu nodded: "Absolutely not!"

Shen Lie stared at the horizon with his dark eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There are at least 30,000 people."

Zhai Jinsheng looked at the captain and said, "30,000, is that a lot or not?"

This was not a stupid question, but he had just arrived at Qingji Pass and didn't know what the defense situation of Qingji Pass was like.

Also, consider the current weather.

The current weather may not necessarily be harmful to the attackers, nor may it necessarily be beneficial to the defenders.

Captain Liu said anxiously, "Too many! The general left in the morning, and most of the troops were taken away by the general. If it were normal times, our few thousand people would not be enough to face those 30,000 people, but now..."

A deputy general of the Yan army beside Zhai Jinsheng said, "It was a coincidence that they ran into them. General Sun had just taken his men away when they arrived with 30,000 soldiers. If they hadn't taken his men away, wouldn't these 30,000 men have been beaten by our Yan army?"

Another deputy general was a little anxious: "It's useless to say these now. How should we deal with it now? Captain Liu, how many troops are left at Qingji Pass now? How many people are there in total?"

Captain Liu felt suffocated: "There are less than 800 people at Qingji Pass...more than half of them are wounded."

The total number of people in Qingji Pass and Zhenwu Camp was no more than 5,000.

Eight hundred people are actually not a small number, but facing thirty thousand people, the gap is too big.

Shen Lie said: "They have already sent people to chase General Sun."

"Yes! But considering the round trip distance and the road conditions after dark, it will take at least three hours for General Sun and his men to return... and these soldiers..."

Captain Liu looked toward the horizon.

Zhai Jinsheng estimated: "According to the distance, it will take them an hour to get here, which means we have to hold them back for at least two hours."

Captain Liu nodded: "Yes."

Of the eight hundred men, more than half were wounded. The number of troops available at Qingji Pass was less than four hundred.

This numerical gap made the soldiers of Yan’s army, who had won battle after battle, feel despair.

A deputy general looked at Shen Lie and said, "General, why don't we retreat first? Let them take Qingji Pass temporarily, and when General Sun returns with his troops, we will fight back."

Zhai Jinsheng also thought it was feasible: "Don't fight for the moment, Master. There is no need for us to sit here and waste time."

Shen Lie said: "Are you sure that those people are not just passing by, but are here to attack Qingji Pass? If it was just a feint, but the defenders inside Qingji Pass ran away without a single one left, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

Everyone was stunned and speechless.

"Captain Liu," Shen Lie turned around, "gather all the available men immediately. While there is still an hour left, set a trap on the snow outside."

"Yes! I'm going right now!"

Captain Liu ran away quickly.

Shen Lie looked at Zhai Jinsheng and the others and said, "Before dark, a troop of soldiers will arrive from the interior of the country, the Falcon Battalion."

Zhai Jinsheng was stunned: "Is it the female soldier that General A Li is in Hengxiang?"

"Ah."

Zhai Jinsheng and Cheng Jieshi were immediately overjoyed: "Great!"

Seeing that they were no longer worried, Shen Lie finally smiled and said calmly, "So, we don't have to delay for two hours. We can just delay until they come over."

"Ok!"

The guards on duty at Qingji Pass standing on the high wall thought they had heard it wrongly.

Someone whispered, "General Shen, you just mentioned female soldiers? Are they all female soldiers?"

Shen Lie looked at him and said, "It's General Ali's troops." The sounds of running and walking outside the tent made Zhan Ning feel uneasy.

He wanted to go out and take a look several times, but was afraid of causing anxiety to the girl.

Xia Zhaoyi lowered her head and was sewing the wound. Two long needles were moving back and forth in her hands at an extremely fast speed. The lines of the wound were clean and neat, and each stitch was neatly matched.

Several military doctors stared without blinking, afraid of missing anything.

With the last stitch, the wound was completely sealed.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't take the scissors. He wrapped the thread with two silver needles and pulled it slightly, and the thread broke.

The military doctors all looked up at her, their eyes filled with admiration and worship.

Zhan Ning gave an order outside, and several soldiers came in, covered the wounded tightly with blankets, and carried him out.

Zhan Ning took the opportunity to follow him out and see what the situation was outside.

As soon as he went out, Zhan Ning thought to himself that something bad had happened.

During the war, the thick snow was trampled thin.

However, there were four Yan army soldiers standing not far away, and anyone who wanted to come in to look for the girl was stopped and questioned by them.

Zhan Ning looked at them and wanted to go over and ask a few questions, but after thinking it over, he backed off.

Forget it, I should learn the mentality from the second young lady.

What's the point of asking? It won't change the current situation, it will only make him more anxious and worried.

Since General Shen is here and leading the charge, let's leave everything to General Shen.

One wounded soldier after another was brought in.

Not long after, a newly injured soldier was brought in by a fast horse.

Because of his urgent situation, Zhan Ning let him jump the queue first.

The wounded soldier's arm was bleeding profusely. He endured the pain and said guiltily: "I slipped and hit the iron spikes..."

Xia Zhaoyi told him not to talk, but did not treat his wounds herself, and asked Zhan Ning to go outside and call for help.

Soon, three soldiers who had learned bandaging techniques from Xia Zhaoyi came in.

Seeing the many barbs on the wound of the wounded man, the three were shocked and rushed over to treat him immediately.

Just at this moment, a burst of boiling drum sound suddenly came from outside the tent.

To be precise, it was not coming from outside the tent, but from the very distant open space.

The sound of the drums was very loud, as if countless drums were beating in unison at the same time, deafening.

Zhan Ning raised his hand to cover his chest, and an extremely uncomfortable feeling came from his chest.

Xia Zhaoyi finally put down the silver needle in her hand. She took off the silk gloves that Zhili had specially made for her, lifted the tent curtain and walked out.

As soon as she moved, there was a commotion in the tent. Except for the three soldiers who were taking care of the wounded, almost everyone followed her out, making a huge noise.

When the soldiers outside the tent saw her, they all looked over and called out, "General Ali!"

Xia Zhaoyi looked at Zhan Ning and said, "I'll leave this to you. I'll go check it out."

Zhan Ning's heart tightened: "Second Miss, I will go with you!"

"This is a military order."

After a pause, Xia Zhaoyi said in a deep voice: "Zhan Ning, you can't panic. You need to stabilize the morale of the troops here."

Zhan Ning looked at her and suddenly nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Xia Zhaoyi rode away quickly on horseback.

The small village in the rear was about a mile away from the Qingji Pass battle fortress. The further Xia Zhaoyi went forward, the more frequent and louder the drum beats became, and the earth seemed to be shaking.

Along the way, she only saw three or four soldiers. When she was about to reach the inner defense city of Qingji Pass, the huge inner defense city was empty.

Suddenly, countless ox-horn sounds rang out simultaneously outside the fortress.

After a long, slightly ethereal melody, all the drum sounds suddenly stopped.

Then, she heard thousands of Beiyuan people shouting in Beiyuan dialect: "Revenge! Kill!"