Liu Song took out Liu Mingzhi's golden-skinned arrow and held it in his hand, looking around excitedly at the hundreds of cavalrymen around him.
The scout captain holding the flag was stunned for a moment when he looked at the command arrow in Liu Song's hand. He came back to his senses and looked at Liu Song doubtfully: "Brother, it's not that I don't believe you, but the matter is actually too important to be careless. Can you let me do it?" Will I check the prince's command arrow?"
Liu Song nodded without hesitation and stopped in front of the scout captain with Liu Mingzhi's golden-skinned arrow in both hands.
The captain took the golden-skinned arrow with a respectful expression, took out the fire seal, lit it, and looked at the golden-skin arrow carefully. After several confirmations, he found that the arrow in his hand was indeed the gold-skin arrow representing the identity of the King of Side by Side. The captain immediately blew out the fire seal. He raised his arrows with both hands and knelt down on one knee to salute.
"Tang Hu, who holds a humble position, sees that the prince is a thousand years old. He is a thousand years old. He didn't know the identity of Butler Liu before. I hope Butler Liu won't be surprised."
The hundreds of galloping cavalry quickly dismounted, lined up in an orderly manner, and knelt down to salute.
"See you, my lord, a thousand years old."
Liu Song took the golden-skinned arrow and put it in his arms, and hurriedly signaled the hundreds of soldiers of the Polu army to stand up.
"No need to be polite, General Tang. I would like to ask where General Zhou and the other five generals are. I have important matters at hand under the orders of the prince. I urgently need to meet with the six generals immediately. I would like to ask General Tang to lead the way."
"Brother Liu, we are the vanguard scouts of the Polu Army. We are currently on the reconnaissance route. We are about forty miles away from the main force of the cavalry. As for the other brothers of the Five Guards, except for the general himself and a few generals, the rest of the others are not aware of it. Don't know anything.
Our mutual cooperation routes are all communicated by golden eagles.
I will take you to meet the general immediately. Please mount your horse. "
"Thank you!"
"Xiao Liu, get on the horse with the brothers."
"Sunji!"
"The humble position is here!"
"You lead fifty brothers to continue the investigation. I, the general, will accompany Butler Liu and the general to meet up first. We must not let go of any clues."
"I have the order! Brothers, follow me and continue the investigation!"
"Got the order!"
The group of people immediately dispersed in two directions, continuing to investigate the enemy's situation and leading Liu Song and the others north to look for the main force of the cavalry.
Forty miles seemed not a long journey, but traveling at night was already difficult, and with the howling cold wind, everyone did not dare to rush quickly and could only walk slowly.
In addition, Zhou Baoyu led his troops to evacuate all the way, and their whereabouts were uncertain. It was not until the sun rose that the group found traces of the army.
Liu Chengqian and a group of soldiers were feeding their mounts. When they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away, they immediately became alert and looked towards the direction of the sound of horse hooves while holding the sword on their waist.
As the men and horses approached, Liu Chengqian saw Liu Song on the horse and subconsciously rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had seen it wrong.
After blinking a few times, Liu Chengqian finally confirmed that the people on the horse were really Liu Song and a group of uncles from home. He handed the fodder to the soldiers on the side. Liu Chengqian held his waist knife and ran towards Liu Song and the others. go.
"Uncle Song, third uncle, fourth uncle, sixth uncle, seventh uncle...why are you here?"
"Hush!"
"See you, sir!"
"See you young master!"
Liu Chengqian waved his hands hurriedly and looked at the group of people in surprise: "No gifts! No gifts! Uncle Song, General Tang, why are you all in such a hurry?"
Liu Song smiled lightly and looked at Liu Chengqian, who was much rougher than before: "You brat, you have become so much stronger and look like a man. Where is your general? Uncle Song is here to deliver the order on your father's order."
"It's in the big tent, I'll take you there!"
"Okay, the situation is urgent, let's hurry up."
"Yes, Uncle Song, please come!"
In a simple tent to avoid the cold, Zhou Baoyu and his deputy Qu Tong were holding letters from the golden eagle in the Chinese army's tent and discussing.
Qu Tong took a few glances at the letter from Zhou Baoyu: "Celebrating the New Year on horseback, looking forward to it day and night, we are finally going to launch a general offensive.
Six hundred miles away, the entire army is spread out to launch an all-out attack. It is more than enough. The brothers have been repairing for half the night and are in good spirits. When should we set off? "
Zhou Baoyu paced slowly, because of the hidden problem in his thigh. Although the impact was not big, his walking was still not as smooth as ordinary people.
"While we are marching forward, let's discuss it with our brother Jin Diao from the other five guards. General Cheng Kai is right. If we continue to attack, we must cooperate with the main force of the infantry from the commander's side, otherwise we will take all the credit. Yes, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary disputes.
Before we set off for the expedition, the prince repeatedly told us not to have any conflicts or disputes with our brothers because of merit. Now that we have accumulated enough merit, if we divide it evenly, it will be enough for our brothers to receive generous rewards.
Since we have bitten off more than we can chew, we discussed that we should focus on encirclement and interception, and leave the task of killing the enemy to the main force of infantry. "
Qu Tong put away the letter with some depression.
“General, this is a great achievement, and you want to give it away like this for nothing?
It’s not that the general wants to take the credit. Last year on the battlefield of the Kingdom of Jin, we were always on both sides to provide support. The main force of infantry attacked the city and achieved great results. We didn’t say anything. Up to now, the grassland attack battle is basically The cavalry is the main battlefield, why should we consider their feelings.
Leaving the enemy unkilled is not just a matter of merit. What happens if the fighter plane is delayed?
Every day of delay consumes countless amounts of food and grass.
Which one is more important? Don't these infantry and generals have no idea at all?
It would be too short-sighted for them to really stumble upon us because of their little military exploits. "
"You don't have to worry about these things. It's not something you or I can decide. Just focus on the overall situation!
Now that the moment of decisive battle has arrived, don't let dissatisfaction influence your mind because of your military achievements.
Just act according to what the prince told you before he went on the expedition. If you have any complaints, don't tell me. When the Northern Expedition is over, you can go and complain to the prince! "
Qu Tong looked at Zhou Baoyu's teasing expression and rubbed his nose angrily a few times.
"Then I'd better not take any more military exploits."
"Okay, let's go and deliver the order. The five battalions of the army are arranged in a straight line, encircling them from the north while slowly approaching the main infantry."
"Got the order!"
"Uncle Zhou...General, distinguished guests have arrived."
Qu Tong was about to go out when he looked at Liu Song and others following Liu Chengqian and was startled: "Brother Liu Song, am I right? Why are you here?"
"General Qu, it's hard to explain. I was ordered to find General Zhou."
"Okay, you talk to the general first, and we'll talk about it when I get back after delivering the order."
"Okay, you get busy first."
After Qu Tong left, Zhou Baoyu walked towards Liu Song with a slight limp: "Brother Liu Song, how did you find this place? The army has penetrated four to five hundred miles outside the pass. What are you doing here?"
Liu Song did not answer Zhou Baoyu's question immediately. He glanced at the several generals and soldiers in the tent and smiled slightly apologetically.
Zhou Baoyu understood in his heart and waved his hand gently: "Waiting outside the tent!"
"Got the order!"
"Brother Liusong, can you talk now?"
Liu Song took out the golden-skinned arrow from his arms and held it in his hand.
"Seeing an order is like seeing a person. King Liu Mingzhi makes the order side by side!"
"The last general, Zhou Baoyu, meets the prince, Qian Qian Sui. The last general will obey the order!"
"When the six generals of the New Army, Zhou Baoyu, Cheng Kai, Feng Buer, Ning Chao, Chu Jing, and Ye Baotong received the order, they immediately led the three armies' squadrons of soldiers back to defend Yingzhou.
This order is extremely urgent and takes effect immediately without any error.
Anyone who violates the order will be subject to military law! "
Zhou Baoyu frowned deeply for a while, raised his eyes and glanced at the command arrow in Liu Song's hand. The confusion in his eyes was self-evident, but in the end he nodded hesitantly.
"The last general, Zhou Baoyu, will...take the order."
"General Zhou, the prince knows that you must be full of doubts. The prince asked me to hand over this letter to you personally. He said that you will understand after reading the letter."
Zhou Baoyu took the letter and saw that the paint on it was still intact, then he opened the letter and started reading.
