Chapter 15 Fight to the death for the country
"Puff puff puff"
The two pigeons flew one after another, hovered in the air twice, and flew towards Pingquan Pass. The reason why Xiao Feng used two pigeons was to prevent accidents. After all, the weather on the grassland was changing and there were many ferocious birds. The pigeons had a high possibility of missing, so two had to be put.
"Get on the horse! Go!"
Seeing the pigeon flying away, Xiao Feng and the other two immediately jumped onto their horses and prepared to evacuate.
The pigeons who didn't want to take off the sky alarmed a team of passing cavalry. The prairie was flat and full of sight. Wherever the four of them stood, their natural goals were very obvious. The team of cavalrymen immediately surrounded them.
The two sides met, and Xiao Feng knew that the pigeons that took off had aroused the suspicion of the Hanhai Cavalry and had no chance to lie at all.
"kill!"
Xiao Feng made a quick decision and without hesitation raised the crossbow in his hand and pulled the trigger.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The crossbow arrow shot out and shot several Hanhai cavalry who were arching their bows off the horse. The other Hanhai cavalry shouted angrily when they saw it, and surrounded the four of them.
"Kill!" Li Heng and the other two had already drawn their long swords.
The war horses were intertwined, the sword lights flashed, and blood rain flew. The cavalry of the Hanhai were all fallen one after another. Xiao Feng and the other four successfully broke out of the encirclement. Ye Busuo were all selected from the most elite cavalry of the Great Zhou. They were all brave and good at fighting. Although there were only four people, they were not something that a dozen cavalry of the Hanhai were able to stop them.
Although he rushed out of the encirclement, the danger did not pass. As he approached the Hanhai Army, he saw countless Hanhai cavalry coming from behind and blocked them.
"Puff!" Li Heng's war horse suddenly got an arrow, and a long neighing. After running for two steps, he fell heavily to the ground. Li Heng suddenly landed on the ground.
Xiao Feng and the other two hurriedly strangled the war horses.
"Go away! Don't worry about me!"
Li Heng had already turned over and drew out his long sword. While facing the pursuers, he shouted at Xiao Feng and the other two.
Xiao Feng looked around and saw countless cavalrymen from all directions surrounding them. Even if they abandoned Li Heng, they were afraid that they would be unable to escape the siege. So Xiao Feng turned his horse without hesitation and turned around and rushed back.
"Second Young Master... Why are you back?" Seeing Xiao Feng return, Li Heng was displeased and said in surprise.
Xiao Feng had already jumped off his horse, put on a longbow in his hand, and said calmly to the Hanhai Cavalry: "I can't escape, if I want to die, let's die together!"
With a whoosh, an arrow shot out, shooting a cavalry in the sea that rushed to the front of him off the horse, and several arrows shot several cavalry in the sea.
At the same time, the other two Ye Bushu had already returned, jumped off the war horse, and protected Xiao Feng with a long sword and a small shield in his hand.
Arrows, sword lights.
The Hanhai Cavalry surrounded the four of them in the middle and shot arrows. At first, Xiao Feng and the other four could still block them, but they could not hold on. The four of them were shot one after another, especially Li Heng, with six or seven arrows in front of his chest and back. The blood soaked his robe and could not survive. But he still shook his last breath and said to Xiao Feng weakly: "Second Young Master, I'm sorry, I'm implicating everyone..."
Xiao Feng was also hit several arrows in a row and was seriously injured. When he heard Li Heng's words, he said with tears in his eyes: "Hengzi, don't blame you. We are for the sake of the Great Zhou, and we have no regrets." As he said that, he rushed towards the Hanhai cavalry surrounding him. Xiao Feng's bravery was beyond the imagination of the Hanhai cavalry. He raised his sword and fell, and he cut off several Hanhai cavalry in succession.
Although Xiao Feng slashed and killed one after another, he was outnumbered. While chopping down another enemy cavalry, he was hit several times, and blood suddenly gushed out of his body, and he screamed and fell down...
Xiao Yangdao replied to his official office and was about to eat. A sudden sound of footsteps sounded. Ye Bushang suddenly broke into the "urgent report, the army of Hanhai King's Court passed through Duoyan River and came to Pingquan Pass. The number of people was more than 100,000. It is very likely that they would invade my pass city..."
Xiao Yangdao's mind buzzed, as if something suddenly exploded in his mind. He immediately realized why he always felt that the grassland was so abnormal! Many things were instantly understood.
The blood in Xiao Yangdao's body suddenly surged over his head. He took a secret breath, calmed down, looked up at Ye Bushang: "When did you receive this military newspaper? Where is Feng'er now?"
Ye Buyan said, "Report to the general, the second young master brought people out of the customs three days ago to investigate. He met Duozhang shortly after he left the customs. Then he sent back most of Ye Buyan and only took three people to continue to go deep into the Duoyan Prairie. This urgent report was brought back to Pingquan Pass by a carrier pigeon this morning."
"This morning...that is to say, it has been almost a day..." Xiao Yangdao murmured with a serious expression.
"You! Immediately send a messenger to detain the Hanhai army, and report it to Shendu for 800 miles. In addition, I sent someone to the city of Zhou to see General Li Kaigu, and asked General Li to quickly gather troops to rescue Pingquan Pass! The enemy's forces are powerful! I'm afraid we won't last a few days!"
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General's Mansion in Fanyang City, Youzhou
On the chair of the Central Hall of the Grand Master, Li Kaigu, a general of Youzhou Guard, was placed in several generals with helmets and armor. There were only more than 300 miles from Pingquan Pass to Fanyang. In less than half a day, Li Kaigu received Xiao Yangdao's urgent military report.
After pondering for a moment, Li Kaigu's face turned solemn:
"Immediately send someone to send orders to the Youzhou Guards' ministries, and ask them to gather their troops to come to Fanyang to obey the orders!"
"Yes!" The general standing beside him immediately clasped his fists and took the order.
As night fell, Fanyang City, which had always been quiet, suddenly became noisy, and countless Youzhou guards gathered outside Fanyang City.
The noise outside the city naturally alarmed the governor Lin Daorong and the censor in Fanyang City. When they learned that Li Kaigu was gathering troops, the two were even more shocked and hurried to see Li Kaigu.
At this time, Li Kai was wearing a bright light armor and wearing a phoenix-winged helmet. He stood in front of the map with his hands in his hands and thought. At this time, he heard footsteps and voices. Lin Daorong and Huo Ran actually came together. He quickly turned around and said in a deep voice: "The two lords are here just right. They just received an urgent report from General Xiao of Pingquan Pass. A hundred thousand Hanhai army came to Pingquan Pass. The military situation was like fire. I want to lead the Youzhou Guard Army to help Pingquan Pass overnight. After I leave, I ask the two lords to immediately remind the counties of Youzhou to be vigilant to prevent the enemy in Hanhai.
Both of them were shocked when they heard the invasion of Hanhai Army. Lin Daorong said solemnly to Li Kaigu: "Don't worry, General, I will immediately tell the counties to strictly guard the cities and actively prepare for war!"
After the three of them spoke, Li Kaigu led his army to leave Fanyang and hurried to Pingquan Pass.
Lin Daorong didn't want to greet Huo Ran, and hurriedly said to the soldiers behind him: "Why are you still standing here? Why don't you go and pass on the words of this governor and let the county in the prefectures be wary! And! You immediately order the nearby villages, towns, prefectures and counties to gather the townships to train and guard Fanyang."
"It's my lord!" The soldier hurriedly took the order and left.
Lin Daorong looked to the northeast, worried...
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Shendu Tai Chi Palace
It was already the third update, but the candles were still bright in the East Warm Pavilion of Yangxin Palace. Ma Jin was lying on the imperial desk and wrote a pen to review the memorial.
Wang Chengen quietly exchanged a cup of hot tea for Ma Jin. It has been several days in a row. He was no longer surprised to review Ma Jin's memorials until late at night. Ma Jin is a night owl, listless during the day, but incredibly energetic at night. So Ma Jin has been dealing with government affairs these days. Wang Chengen went out quietly and dared not disturb Ma Jin's memorials.
Ma Jin glanced at Wang Chengen who had retreated silently. Who would have thought that the Nine Five Lords who ruled the 100 million people's livelihood in the Great Zhou Dynasty would have so many things to be busy every day, and every matter was a big deal, which made Ma Jin not dare to slacken, because it was possible that only his small negligence would lead to the destruction of countless families. Alas! He felt that he had white hair...
The dark night was quiet, and there was no other sound except Ma Jin reading the memorial.
Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps broke the tranquility.
Wang Chengen turned his head and looked. He saw a little eunuch stepping in with a panic expression. He entered the warm cabinet and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Changsun, who is on duty in the cabinet today, asked outside the hall to see him, saying that the Hanhai Kingdom has raised tens of thousands of troops to invade Pingquan Pass in Youzhou."
"What?"
Ma Jin was shocked and stood up.
"Come in!"
Ma Jin held his hands on the imperial desk and said sternly.
A quarter of an hour later, Changsun Wuji quickly entered the warm pavilion, not caring about the etiquette of the king and his subjects. As soon as he entered the warm pavilion, he said: "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of troops invaded our Youzhou, and there are only more than a thousand soldiers and horses guarding Pingquan Pass, and even the Youzhou Guards are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all soldiers. They are not trained enough and their combat power is worrying! Please send troops to rescue quickly!"
"Where does the news come from?" Ma Jin asked in a deep voice, and the anger in his eyes could not be hidden.
Chapter completed!