puff!
puff!
Two popping sounds sounded in my ears almost at the same time, a very familiar sound, like an arrow penetrating cloth and piercing flesh...
Bourque opened his eyes suddenly, and heard two muffled groans before he turned around.
Looking back, the bearded general had a gray-black sharp arrow stuck in his chest and fell straight from his horse. Looking to the right, Nawu Nali, the concubine's brother, also fell to the ground.
Bourque's expression was frozen on his face, how could that be? How could it be possible from such a long distance?
Or the two arrows were fired at the same time, hitting each other at the same time!
At the Shanyuguan city wall, Jiao Jiao put down his bow and arrow and said coldly: "How is this handsome embroidery done by me? Bai Diyuan! Handsome!"
She bit the word marshal very hard, almost every word. Bulk's face turned pale in an instant, and he held on to the reins tightly.
The commander was dead and the morale of Bai Di's army was low. There was no suspense in this war. Until dawn of the next day, Bai Di had not attacked any section of the city wall and could only withdraw.
In the next half month, they launched raids every three days. As a result, more and more generals died and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
During this period, Jiao Jiao received a letter from Ji Yun. Shi Ruben was a fortune teller secretly trained by the imperial master. His abilities were far superior to those of the four priests.
His only mission is to identify Princess Xiyue, but after calculation, the fortune teller will be killed by the backlash, so the national master will secretly train a fortune teller every hundred years.
Shi Ru didn't want to die, so he betrayed the Imperial Master's Office.
With strong abilities and hostility to the Imperial Preceptor, Shi Ru's words are probably true and are not a conspiracy of the Imperial Preceptor's Office.
Ji Yun also explained in detail the cause of the war between Funan and Xirong. Three months ago, the youngest son of the King of Xirong went to the border to play with his elders and suddenly disappeared.
Xirong's preliminary investigation found that he was robbed by a group of horse thieves and taken to Funan territory. Xirong immediately sent personnel to negotiate with the Funan border guard.
The general of Funan promised to help with the search and sent a small team from Xirong into the territory to search for him personally, which was full of sincerity.
Unexpectedly, the body of the little prince of Xirong was finally found in the pond of the guard's mansion. His death was extremely miserable, and there were signs of being violated.
Although the Xirong side was furious, they were also very restrained. They were worried about being provoked by an adulterer. After further investigation, they found that the little prince was violated to death by the third son of the guard general who was fond of molesting boys.
Xirong could no longer hold back his anger and threatened to crush Funan to avenge the little prince!
The general of Funan called out a conspiracy, and at the behest of the Funan army, he said with tears that he was willing to sacrifice the head of his third son to appease the anger of King Xirong.
How could the King of Xirong not know that this was a conspiracy? The little prince was traveling with heavy guards around him. How could an ordinary horse thief kidnap him?
In the initial search, they did not suspect General Funan, but due to a series of coincidences, the body of the youngest son was discovered in full view of the public when the Xirong search team visited the General's residence.
However, King Xirong could not accept his son's humiliating death, and his youngest son did die at the hands of the third son of the guard. Funan had to give Xirong an explanation for this matter.
After the grief, the King of Xirong gave a solution. The life of a prince was naturally not worthy of the son of a guard. Funan would either cede the land or offer the head of a prince to be buried with his younger son.
Although the monarch of Funan had many sons, many of them were not favored, but no matter how unfavored they were, they were still his sons. How could he let them be buried with the little prince of Xirong!
Wouldn't that tell the world that the prince of Funan is not as noble as the prince of Xirong? To put it another way, it is equivalent to announcing that the prince of Funan is not as noble as Xirong.
The ceding of territory would be infamous for thousands of years, and the monarch of Funan naturally did not agree, so the two sides started fighting.
Recently, Funan informed Xirong that this was Yao Han's conspiracy in an attempt to divert trouble eastward.
Ji Yun knew very well that the driving force behind this incident was the Imperial Preceptor, but the Imperial Preceptor had a big tree and deep roots. Let’s not talk about whether people in the world would believe it after he exposed it. Even if the monarchs of Funan and Xirong believed it, they would not dare to point the finger. Imperial Prefecture.
In desperation, Ji Yun could only put the blame on Bai Di's head.
At the end of the letter, Ji Yun confessed that the world was likely to be in chaos, and that he would help Jiao Jiao gain more military power and minimize Yao Han's internal friction.
After reading the letter, Jiao Jiao sighed, and angrily scolded the imperial master for his wolfish ambition. He was worshiped by the people of the world, but he failed to fulfill his obligations and instead brought disaster to the world.
A few days later, in the Chinese army camp, Wei Daqiang touched his chin: "Marshal, something is wrong with the Tatars. Why do I look like they are here to die?"
After half a month of fighting, more than half of Bai Di's 30,000 troops had been killed or injured, but they still didn't give up. They would harass them from time to time, which made everyone so annoyed that they didn't get a sound sleep for ten and a half days.
Jiao Jiao frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "They must have reinforcements coming. General Xu, can you take a few scouts to explore the territory of Bai Di and see how many reinforcements they have?"
"yes!"
"General Wei, General Yuan, under your arrangement, the soldiers will be on duty in turns. If there is an enemy attack in the past two days, there is no need to mobilize all troops."
"yes!"
…
The discussion was in full swing when the guard suddenly came in: "Marshal, a letter from His Highness King Lu!"
Jiao Jiao was overjoyed and hurriedly took them. These letters were sent through flying pigeons. The amount of information that could be sent at one time was limited, so he scanned them all at a glance.
"In mid-to-late October, heavy snow suddenly fell in Baidi, and most of the cattle and sheep froze to death."
Wei Daqiang sneered: "It turns out they have run out of food and they are planning to come to Yaohan to rob them! I thought they were going crazy. It turns out they are crazy from hunger."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Jiao Jiao thought in his mind that there was insufficient food and the battle would not last long. Bai Di would definitely send a large number of troops this time, hoping to break through Shanyu Pass with overwhelming numbers.
As a result, Bai Di's country is empty, and it is possible to sneak in and steal the king's seal!
Wei Daqiang suddenly became excited when he saw her eyes shining brightly: "The marshal has a clever plan?"
Jiao Jiao nodded slightly: "After enduring them for so long, we should take the initiative to attack! General Xu, find out the number and location of Bai Di's reinforcements and come back immediately; General Wei, pick out 6,000 cavalry who are good at equestrian skills and let them have a good rest. This I will not participate in the rotation for two days! Find three guides and prepare some logistics..."
Three days later, General Xu reported back: "Baidi's reinforcements number about 100,000 people. They have now arrived at Meguli, about a hundred miles away from Shanyu Pass."
On the same day, Jiao Jiao, together with Wei Daqiang and Zheng Cheng, each led 3,000 cavalry out of the pass, rushed into Meguli from three directions, charged into Bai Di's reinforcements, and then fled before they organized a siege.
Bai Di's reinforcements sent elite cavalry to chase them twenty miles away, but they lost track and had no choice but to return.
At the beginning of Shenshi, the tired army huddled behind a snow hill to eat dry food. A group of cavalry rushed out from behind the snow hill again, like a sharp sword cutting a slash in the center of the army.
General Bai Di was so angry that he stamped his feet and personally led his troops to chase after him. Half an hour later, the distance between the two sides had narrowed by more than half, and it was only a matter of time before they caught up.
Suddenly, a black dot flew from the white snow...
No, it’s a trick!
(End of chapter)
