late night song

Chapter 198 Buried Bones in Red Snow
As soon as the light snow passes and the northwest wind blows, the vast land south of Qiyun Mountain becomes increasingly colder.Especially in the Central Plains area where the Xirong army was fighting, snowflakes were also falling. Although not big enough, they were enough to make the women in cotton-padded clothes washing by the river shrink back, not to mention the soldiers who were camping in the wild and wearing cold iron armor.

The Beiling Army has rich experience in fighting in ice and snow and is fully equipped with weapons. Naturally, Shuangwu and the others do not take this idea seriously.The Dongqi Army fought locally and was accustomed to this kind of wet and cold weather.

Compared with them, the Xirong side appears to be much more passive. The Xirong army has grown up facing the wild northwest wind. They have never seen any bad weather such as killing and galloping in the desert, so the cold winter in the east is not worth it to them. carry.

But what Kou Sang didn't expect was that the 60 strong reinforcements she borrowed from the King of Liaoyuan, with one enemy outnumbered them, became collectively unaccustomed to the weather in such weather, and were defeated even if they did not face the enemy head-on.

Only then did Kou Sang realize that she had overlooked a very important aspect. This group of Uto people lived in a country with warm and pleasant four seasons all year round. Although they spent a few months in Changsheng Celestial City, they had not fully adapted to the climate of the Eastern Region with four distinct seasons. , when I first came here, I was lucky that I wasn’t acclimatized, but now my physical discomfort under the cold wind is gradually exposed.

But now was the critical period for Xirong to infiltrate the eastern border. Qi Yijue was dead and no one had any advice. The Zhenxi Army's position was wavering. Coupled with the unexplained weather obstacles, which made things worse, she had to order the entire army to defend in winter. For the Lord, you are not allowed to take the initiative.

Xirong's current offensive was supported by the rebel Zhenxi Army as far south as the Nanchang King's fiefdom.Farthest to the east, the fall of Hehe's territory is about to approach the East China Sea. The southwest has Dong Qi's stronghold at Yumen Pass, but has not yet made any incursions. Overall, it looks like a spear thrust into the eastern land.

There are five important military fortresses at the link of this spear, Fangtong, Dashun, Yunchengguan, Tongcheng, and Yawan. Among these five fortresses, Tongcheng and Yunchengguan are the largest and closest to each other. If we can To capture the second one in this winter, the Beiling Army and the Dongqi Army can join forces, split the Xirong Army into two, and then separate and digest them all, which is currently the most effective method.

Ling Buhuo and Qi Ji coincidentally chose to attack in the east and attack in the west. They each chose the southernmost and easternmost two of the five fortresses to exert pressure in order to divert the attention of the main force of Xirong.

Of course, Kuosang was not easily plotted. Naturally, she knew the importance of these five fortresses, so she secretly mobilized troops from the south and east, giving up some cities that were easy to attack and difficult to defend, and concentrated the narrow and scattered troops slightly towards the center. .

At the same time, she also detached a small group of elite troops to carry out guerrilla harassment in the rear of Beiling and the front line of Dongqi. With the experience of burning company camps and secretly infiltrating old warehouses, she learned a few tricks, and the results were good.

In order to ensure supplies for the garrison of key fortresses, she plundered all the furs and cotton clothes from the people, merchants, and markets to use as armaments.At the same time, they also searched all the folk prescriptions for treating colds and acclimatization in the area, organized a small group of people to try them separately, and finally selected the prescription that was most suitable for the people in the Western Regions and submitted it to the whole army.

Then the Five Elements Exercises such as Baduanjin and Wuqinxi were used to assist in regulating physical fitness. In about a month, initial results were achieved, and the Xirong and Liaoyuan Allied Forces restored about 40.00% of their combat effectiveness.

On the day of the winter solstice, Beiling and Dongqi launched attacks on Yunchengguan and Tongcheng almost at the same time, as agreed.

Beiling is still the same as before, using Chilian Pagoda to press down the prisoners as the vanguard to clear the way.But before reaching the city gate, they had a big fight with the ambushed Xirong army at the mouth of the long and narrow valley in front of Yuncheng Pass.

This battle lasted for more than half a month, and the Chilian Futu, which had a small number of people in the first place, was exhausted. After all, they were also the products of the Hehe Ancient Kingdom's rebellion against nature. Now that they were on the battlefield to stop their old enemies in the Western Region, Miuji deserved their death.

After breaking through the narrow valley entrance in front of Yuncheng Pass, Beiling's main army marched towards the city gate.On the east side, Qi Ji first ordered the Dongding Army to cut off the Xirong retreat from the Lingshui Waterway, and then personally led the Northern Qi Army to advance forward.

However, the Xirong garrison in the two fortresses only defended but did not attack. Even under the heavy rain of kerosene bows, arrows and crossbows, they only tried their best to knock down the ladders and cut the ropes, but otherwise stood still.

Under the strong attack, Beiling and Dongqi also saw the complete preparations of Kou Sang's plan. You attacked with thousands of arrows, and I attacked with thousands of stubborn stones. The two sides were in a stalemate for more than a month, and neither army could break the city. And enter.

Beiling retreated ten miles away. After the great cold, the weather in the Central Plains had become extremely cold. Ling Buhuo ordered the alliance to rest and recuperate with great fanfare.

Looking at Yuncheng Gate from a distance, dots of firelight were flickering and smoke was lingering. For three days in a row, the city guard couldn't stand it any longer. How could he let such a good opportunity pass by so easily.Late at night on the fourth day, the city gate quietly opened and five thousand Xirong people sneaked out.

An hour later, the Beiling camp was blazing with flames and chaos. The general guarding the gate of Guanxi Rong in Yuncheng excitedly patted the ice-like stone platform of the city wall and groaned: "It's done!"

An hour and a half later, a team of soldiers and horses under the city called the door to answer the military order in Xirong dialect. When the thick gate creaked open, Beiling's army who was ambushing near the city gate late at night swarmed up and fought in.

In a few days, the uneasy silence between heaven and earth finally disappeared. Beiling lured the enemy deeper, concealed the enemy and finally found a breakthrough.

The two armies were fighting in front of the battle formation. The Xirong troops and horses who had been fighting to the death could no longer hold on. Those Uto people who were not acclimated to the acclimatization and forced to fight never returned alive after going to the battlefield. Corpses were buried in red snow outside the city, and carrion was covered with carrion in the city.

Finally, under the continuous attacks, Yunchengguan and Tongcheng were lost one after another, but Kuosang managed to wait until the beginning of spring that she had been looking forward to for a long time.After resting after the battle, Gu Yuchu had been waiting in front of Ling Buhuo's bed, fully clothed.

She led the troops to attack Yun Cheng Guan. When the Xirong people saw her, they were like jackals seeing flesh and blood. They attacked and besieged her alone. In order to protect her, Ling Buhuo was shot with an arrow in the right waist.

Later, after taking the prisoners and questioning them carefully, they found out that after the battle in Qiongzhou City, Kousang issued an announcement to the entire army that anyone who could take Gu Yuchu's head would be made a brave general and receive ten thousand gold.

In her original words, 'If you kill me and love me, you will never recover', which sounds very sad.

Ling Buhuo's injury was not serious, at most it was a serious skin injury. However, with the title of Prince Ling Ziyu, the military doctors did not dare to neglect him. They even mysteriously claimed that the kidney energy might be damaged and needed to be carefully regulated.

Gu Yuchu was filled with guilt. She had to do it herself when pouring tea and applying medicine to her body. Who told her brother who stirred up trouble to say that if he had to hurt his waist, he would be breaking the foundation of a man!This made her feel even more guilty.

Ling Buhuo was originally a doctor, and he was aware of his injuries, but he couldn't resist the beauty.

After taking care of her for many days, Gu Yuchu was not a fool, but she didn't know why, but she pretended to be stupid and didn't break this layer of paper, and she served him gently and patiently without any complaints.

Maybe it was because she had so much guilt accumulated in her heart that she finally found a chance to repay the man who had saved her from danger many times, but it could also be some other reason, and she didn't know it herself.

Just yesterday, a letter of credence was presented to Dong Qi. In order to jointly discuss the plan to control the west, he opened the frame and asked the two military commanders to meet in three days to discuss in detail.

At this time, Ling Buhuo could no longer pretend. Although he was happy in his heart, he could no longer bear the tenderness caused by guilt.

"Does it still hurt?" When Gu Yu first saw him getting up to change the dressing and bandage the wound, he was not surprised, but he still stepped forward to help out of habit.

"It doesn't hurt anymore." He looked down at the busy woman and told the truth, "You already knew that, why?"

Gu Yuchu looked up at him, smiled, and said nothing.

"Don't feel guilty. I saved you more than once. If you really want to count it out, three lifetimes of commitment is enough." Ling Buhuo didn't show any pretense, pretending to be relaxed and teasing.

"Oh, you have a beautiful idea. If there is a next life, it is better that we don't know each other." Gu Yuchu put on the obscene clothes for him, tied the waist rope, and then went to find a robe on the wood.

"What about him?"

She was stunned for a while, then met his earnest gaze and said calmly: "Of course there is no need to see him again."

Although judging from this answer, their current treatment is not much different, but Ling Buhuo's whole heart seemed to be tightly grasped by this woman. He couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to hug her tightly. Got her.

Gu Yuchu suddenly panicked and wanted to push him away, but suddenly realized that there was an injury on his waist, so he retracted his hand and had to hold on to the corner of his clothes tightly.

"I don't care about the next life. I hope to have you by my side in this life."

Ling Buhuo lowered his head and whispered in her ear, and then gently pecked the tip of her ear.

The numbness at the tip of his ears suddenly spread to his heart, like frost mist slowly melting on the buds of wild grass in the morning light. Gu Yu's mind was filled with fog, and he couldn't move his whole body. He could only hold her so gently in his arms.

(End of this chapter)