Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 590 Huge Smoke and Dust

Sun Chuanting took the chopsticks from the servant's hand and began to eat.

Supper consisted of a bowl of white rice porridge and several side dishes. Although it was not very rich, Sun Chuanting ate it with great relish.

The servant looked at Sun Chuanting who was eating, heaved a long sigh, advised Sun Chuanting to rest early, and then retreated.

Not long after the servant left, there was a hasty knock on the door of the study.

Sun Chuanting looked at the door of the study, thinking it was the servant just now, so he asked with some doubts: "What happened? Why did you come back again? The door is unlocked, come in!"

With a creaking sound, the door of the study room was slowly opened.

However, it was not the servant who came in this time, but Wu Zhen.

Holding a secret letter in his hand, Wu Zhen walked to Sun Chuanting's side anxiously.

"My lord, something is wrong. Bandit Zhao has arrived at the outskirts of the Yellow River defense line!" Wu Tong put the secret letter in front of Sun Chuanting, and looked at Sun Chuanting anxiously.

Sun Chuanting was taken aback, and hastily put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands.

"What? When did it happen?" Sun Chuanting really couldn't believe it. It was only half a month since he knew about Zhao Wenzeng's troops. Logically speaking, Zhao thief's speed could not be so fast.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly picked up the secret letter that Wu Tong put on the desk, opened the secret letter, and took out the letter inside.

Sun Chuanting took the letter and read it at a glance.

I don’t know if I don’t look at it, but I’m startled when I see it.Sun Chuanting looked at the content on the letter paper, his face changed drastically.

"How could it be so fast? How could it be so fast? He has already reached the Yellow River defense line, and Zhao thief's Yebushou has reached the outer edge of the Yellow River defense line, which proves that Zhao thief will not be more than three days away from the Yellow River defense line. "Sun Chuanting put down the letter in his hand, and walked around the study anxiously.

Sun Chuanting took out a map of Henan and looked at it solemnly.

After a while, Sun Chuanting slapped the map on the table.

"Behind the Yellow River line of defense is Huaiqing Mansion. Huaiqing Mansion is less than two hundred miles away from Henan Mansion. If Zhao Bandit sends cavalry to speed up his horse, he will be able to reach the city of Henan Mansion in a day. At that time, once Henan Mansion is captured by Zhao Bandit Break through, and the whole of Henan will be in danger!"

Sun Chuanting looked at the map on the table, his face was full of panic.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Wu Tong looked at Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting thought for a moment, and then said: "What else can we do? Of course, increase troops to the Yellow River defense line.

Now take my seal and notify all the troops stationed in the city to march towards the Yellow River defense line tomorrow morning.

After you come back, pack up your things and follow me to the Yellow River defense line.If I don't go, I won't be able to effectively command the war.I'm not there, so I'm a little worried! "

After speaking, Sun Chuanting rummaged through the study, took out his seal, and handed it to Wu Zhen.

Wu Zhen took Sun Chuanting's seal and turned to leave.

When Wu Zhen came back, Sun Chuanting had already packed up.

In the dark night, Sun Chuanting rode his horse and led his main barracks towards the Yellow River defense line.

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The sun rose from the horizon, and after a night's journey, Sun Chuanting finally came to the military fort at the end of the Yellow River defense line.

Although Sun Chuanting's main barracks were small in number, only two or three thousand, they were all cavalry.

Because he was a cavalry soldier, Sun Chuanting was very fast. After running for almost a night, Sun Chuanting finally arrived at the end of the Yellow River defense line.

Sun Chuanting was resting and eating in the military fort at the end of the Yellow River defense line. After he finished his meal, he was about to lead his troops to the front of the Yellow River defense line. A group of cavalry sent by Sun Hai suddenly appeared at the gate of the last military fort. outside.

"Open the city gate, replace the horses, and report important military information to the Master Supervisor!" A group of cavalry stood on the edge of the moat outside the military fort, shouting loudly at the wall of the military fort. "This is our identity certificate, quickly open the city gate!"

The cavalry held their ID cards in their hands and waved them around.

"You send one person across the moat, remember, you can only send one person over.

After you come here, put your identity certificates in the basket we put down from the top of the city, and you can only come in after we check it out! "A soldier on the top of the city shouted loudly.

Now that Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses have reached the forefront of the Yellow River defense line, the defenders in these military forts have to be cautious.

The sound fell, and the soldiers on the top of the city slowly lowered the suspension bridge above the moat.

After the drawbridge was lowered, a soldier stepped out of the crowd and walked across the drawbridge.

As soon as they walked across the suspension bridge, the soldiers on the top of the city put the suspension bridge away.

After the identity check was correct, the soldiers on the top of the city shouted loudly to the outside: "There is no need to change the horses, the Master Supervisor is in the military fortress, come into the city!"

A quarter of an hour later, the defenders in the military castle brought the leader of the group of soldiers to the place where Sun Chuanting was.

Sun Chuanting was sitting in the garrison yamen in the military fort, and was about to get up and set off when the defenders in the city brought the soldier commander to him.

"I have seen Master Supervisor, this is Master Sun's secret letter, he asked the little one to hand it to you!" The soldier commander took out an envelope sealed with wax from his arms and handed it to Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting took the envelope from the soldier's hand, checked the seal and opened it.

Sun Chuanting took out the letter paper and squinted his eyes to read it.

The content of the secret letter is that the night outside the military castle did not accept the situation last night.

According to the secret letter, according to their one-night observation, the thieves who appeared outside the city were basically all cavalry, and there was not a single infantry.

This group of cavalry did not launch an attack on their military fort, and there was no sign of attacking their military fort, and there was not even a siege machine in sight.

Judging from the posture of these soldiers, they should be exploring the surrounding terrain.

Moreover, although there are many people who do not collect at night, they are not the size of an army of 20.

Therefore, Sun Hai said in the letter that it should be Zhao Thief's striker who appeared on the periphery of the Yellow River defense line at this time.

Sun Chuanting closed the secret letter in his hand, and looked at the soldier commander, "How long has it been since the letter was sent out? The secret letter said that there are bandits outside the city. How did you avoid them and never accept them?" Suppression, came here?"

The appearance of these people was so sudden that it was hard for Sun Chuanting not to doubt it.

"My lord, this morning, there were bandits outside the city, and we couldn't leave the city.

But at Chenshi, the number of bandits outside the city suddenly decreased for some unknown reason, so we took this opportunity to run out and report the news. "The soldier commander explained in detail.

The reason why the number of Ye Bu Shou outside Junbao City decreased this morning was because Song Hu was preparing to rush through the defense line of the Yellow River, so he shrank his troops.

"My lord, the identities of these people have been checked, and there is no problem!" The guard in the military fort stood beside Sun Chuanting and said to Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting let out a long breath, and finally let go of his hanging heart.

"My lord, it's strange that there is a sudden decrease in the number of Yebuyu people outside the military castle!" Wu Yan moved to Sun Chuanting's side and said solemnly.

Sun Chuanting looked at Wu Tong, "What do you mean?"

"My lord, think about it, according to what this soldier said, the number of night hunters outside the city has suddenly decreased, which is really abnormal.

Zhao thief's soldiers and horses are not thieves like Li Zicheng. If there is no weirdness, why does the number of nights not collected suddenly decrease at this time?Said no, Zhao thief is preparing to attack the Yellow River defense line!

My lord, in my opinion, this matter is definitely weird! "Wu Xuan looked at Sun Chuanting and said what was in his heart.

"What you said makes sense!" Sun Chuanting stroked the beard on his chin and said solemnly.

"My lord, let's not go to the front of the Yellow River defense line for the time being, let's go together after the army arrives!" Wu Zhen looked at Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment, then nodded heavily, "Listen to you, let's not set off for now, wait here for the arrival of the army, and then go to the front together!"

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Standing on the wall of the military castle, Sun Chuanting looked at the setting sun in the west and asked, "Where is the army now?"

Wu Sheng said: "My lord, according to the news that came back, the army is now approaching Huaiqing Mansion, and it is estimated that they will arrive here at noon the day after tomorrow."

"The speed is a bit slow. If Bandit Zhao really attacks Henan Mansion with an army of 20, with Bandit Zhao's strength, it might have been taken by Bandit Zhao at noon the day after tomorrow!" Sun Chuanting cast his gaze to the north.

Wu Zhen let out a long breath, "My lord, there is no way to do this!"

At this moment, a huge cloud of smoke suddenly appeared in the north.

The smoke and dust was majestic, soaring into the sky, straight into the sky, and coming towards this side.

Sun Chuanting's face changed drastically, he looked to the north, his pupils shrank.

"This is a large group of cavalry!" Wu Zhen, who was standing behind Sun Chuanting, exclaimed loudly.

"Be alert, be alert, everyone go up to the city wall and get ready for battle!" Sun Chuanting hurriedly turned around and shouted at the guard standing behind him.

The guard clasped his fists at Sun Chuanting, and hurriedly ran down the city wall.

All the soldiers rushed to the city wall, holding weapons and looking in the direction of the smoke and dust with vigilance.

Not long after, the thunderous sound of horseshoes came.

The city wall under Sun Chuanting's feet also began to feel the earthquake.

"It looks like there may be 1 people!" Wu Yan pointed in the direction of the smoke and said tremblingly.

Sun Chuanting did not speak, his eyes were fixed on the front.

Sun Chuanting didn't have any expression on his face, he looked like a mountain collapsed in front of him without changing his face, but his right hand with the knife on his waist was trembling non-stop.

"Gollum!"

Sun Chuanting swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

"Could it be that all the military forts in front were breached by Zhao Wen? Impossible, if they were breached, they would definitely hear the cannons of bandits Zhao, but why didn't they hear anything this time? This is not normal!" Wu Chen Looking at the smoke and dust in front of him in disbelief, he muttered to himself.

As the saying goes, if there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

The [-] cavalry led by Song Hu lined up on the ground, and the smoke and dust rolled up by the horseshoes came towards the city where Sun Chuanting was located like a black curtain.

Song Hu rode on the horse, with his chest on the horse's back. He looked at the military fort ahead, and shouted at the orderly next to him: "Give me an order to go around the military fort ahead. Let’s not bother with soldiers rushing out, just surround them from the outside of the military fort, and leave them alone!”

Song Hu gave an order, and the messengers around him rode their horses towards the surroundings.

The smoke was getting closer and closer to the military fort where Sun Chuanting was, and the sound of horseshoes was getting louder. Sun Chuanting could clearly feel the city wall trembling under his feet.

"Everyone get ready, give me [-] points of energy, once these people attack the city, give me a hard hit!"

Sun Chuanting pulled out the waist knife from his waist, and pointed forward frantically.

The soldiers on the city wall looked at the cavalrymen who were getting closer and closer, and the panic on their faces became more and more intense.

The atmosphere on the top of the city was extremely suppressed, and everyone kept their mouths tightly shut.

"My lord, this is not normal!" Wu Xuan said suddenly.

Sun Chuanting turned sideways and glanced at Wu Tong, "I know what you want to say, and I also think it's abnormal. If the bandits Zhao took down the military fort in front of the Yellow River defense line, there must be the sound of artillery, but since When we got here, we heard no cannon.

If bandits Zhao hadn't used cannons to attack the city and had adopted crowd tactics, once the military fort was breached, there would definitely be routs fleeing back.

However, from the beginning to the present, not a single broken soldier appeared! "

"What do you think, my lord?" Wu Sheng asked hastily.

Sun Chuanting replied: "In my opinion, this group of troops did not attack the city, but bypassed all the military forts on the Yellow River defense line!"

"But my lord, there has never been such a war since ancient times!" Wu Sheng exclaimed.

"Hmph, how can you and I guess Zhao thief's thoughts? Zhao thief's weapons are powerful, even if he spares the Yellow River defense line, you and I dare to send troops out of the city to fight with them? It's okay, stop talking, they are here!" Sun Chuanting let out a low cry, and set his sights on the cavalry outside the city.

At this time, Song Hu was less than two miles away from the military fort.

Sun Chuanting looked at the cavalry led by Song Hu and gasped for breath.

Although Sun Chuanting had already guessed Song Hu's thoughts, even Sun Chuanting couldn't take it calmly under the pressure of the army.

"Go around!" Song Hu shouted, and then controlled the horse to go to the side of the military fort.

The cavalry behind Song Hu either followed Song Hu, or went from the other direction of the military fort.

Looking down from the sky, the scene at this time is like the river in the river bypassing the stones standing in the river.

War horses rushed past both sides of the military fort, and Sun Chuanting could clearly hear the sound of people shouting and neighing.

The war horses passed by both sides of the military castle, rolling up huge smoke and dust.

Smoke and dust enveloped the general fort in an instant. Sun Chuanting squinted his eyes, leaned on the city wall, poked his head out of the crenel of the city wall, and stared at the cavalry outside the city.

(End of this chapter)