Horse on the World

Chapter 267 Departure
The sixth day of October is the auspicious time for Princess Qingcheng to get married. Since the early morning, the ancient capital of Luoyang has been deserted by thousands of people, crowding on both sides of the streets that Qingcheng must pass to leave the city, waiting for the convoy of the princess. Arrange, clear the streets, and stop the people by the roadside.

The specifications for a marriage in Qingcheng are unprecedented. Emperor Tianqi sent him out of the palace in person, and the old and strong King Han personally served as his envoy. Li Shi's second child, Li Tuizhi, was on Li Qing's side, but Li Qing's parents and adults were not allowed to go. Lao Tzu gave his son the reason to see off his relatives, so he could only thank God on behalf of Li Qing in front of the palace gate. An Guogong smiled and watched Qingcheng and Emperor Tianqi say goodbye in tears, and boarded the huge phoenix chariot.

Amidst the sound of the golden drums, the huge team began to start slowly, and the people of Luoyang had a feast for their eyes. The leading team left Luoyang City, and the last team was still ready to go on the huge square in front of the imperial palace.

Civil and military officials sent their relatives to the gate of the ancient capital of Luoyang. Standing on the high city wall, they watched the convoy leave the city. Qi Guogong Xiao Haoran smiled all over his face and said to An Guogong Li Huaiyuan: "Li Gong, Li Huaiyuan!" The royal family is in full bloom, and it is really gratifying to marry Princess Qingcheng, and I am going to have a glass of wedding wine today."

Li Huaiyuan laughed loudly, "Naturally, the mansion has already prepared a banquet, if this old man is not drunk, it is really a great joy to be drunk with the Duke of Qi, please, please!"

In the Marquis of Weiyuan, the banquet has already been prepared, and the civil and military officials who have finished sending off their relatives may still have to prepare a gift to join in the fun. When the motorcade disappeared from everyone's eyes, it was already past the meal time. Hungry officials headed towards Weiyuan Marquis Mansion in groups of three and four.

Wen watched the convoy disappear with tears in his eyes. His son was happy for his wedding, but he couldn't sit at the head of the table and asked his son and wife to offer a bowl of tea. He couldn't help feeling very sad. Seeing Wen's face, Li Muzhi Self-evident, Wen Yan explained: "The battle in Dingzhou is at a critical moment. When this is over, Qing'er will always go home. At that time, I will naturally have to make up for this lesson. Let's go and go home quickly. Today, the Fuchu not only There are civil and military officials who have come to congratulate you, and many family members, and you still want to entertain them, your eyes are red and swollen from crying, how do you meet people?"

After the Luoyang murder case, although the Qiu family was not suspended, they were still under house arrest in a disguised form. In the current Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, Li Qing's mother Wen's family is in charge of the back house.

Luoyang is bustling with Princess Guan going out, but Dingzhou is much calmer. Li Qing is now looking at the Jingling camp. After entering October, the intensity of the fighting between the two sides has begun to escalate. Naben, who knew the situation was critical, saw more and more soldiers and horses gathered in the Jingling camp on the opposite side, and the food and supplies piled up like a mountain, while the logistics supplies on his side were drying up day by day, and the support in the grassland had become less and less. .If it goes on like this, once winter comes, I'm afraid it won't be able to support it anymore.

We must fight!The best result is of course to defeat Wang Qinian who is on the opposite side. Even if he cannot win, he must find a way to withdraw the troops. The longer the confrontation here, the more unfavorable it will be for one's own side.

Wang Qinian also wanted to try to attack. After several months of confrontation, the soldiers were a little slack. They had to keep their morale at its peak. The best way to maintain morale was of course to fight a few battles with the opponent. Of course, the scale should be limited to slowly wear down the strength of the opponent.

The generals of the two sides had the same thoughts, and the tens of miles of grassland between the Jingling camp and the Hongshigu camp in Naben became the arena for the two sides to compete.Naben gave up the idea of ​​letting the soldiers of those small tribes rush up first, and directly dispatched Long Xiao, the most elite of his subordinates. The morale of the grassland army could no longer withstand any blows, and only Long Xiao could stand up against the opponent's troops. Under the attack, they will not lose the wind, and they can even take advantage of it. At this time, if these small tribes are used as cannon fodder, I am afraid that these small tribes will blow up and disperse.

The combat power of the Long Xiao Army is indeed stronger than that of the Qi Nian Division. In the initial battle, the Long Xiao Army took advantage of it. The number of the two warring parties began to rise to about a thousand, and when the Qi Nian Division began to use infantry to support the cavalry, the two sides began to show a stalemate.

Although small victories keep coming, Naben is suffering more and more day by day. The Dingzhou Whirlwind Camp entrenched on one side has been spitting out poisonous snake letters, allowing him to score a point when facing the Jingling Camp. With only one eye on the opponent, the cavalry of the Whirlwind Battalion is the most feared unit of Naben. This army is extremely powerful, and all the cavalry are equipped with two sides, one pack horse and one war horse. Long Xiao didn't give up too much, Naben wanted to escape, even if he defeated Wang Qinian's troops, how to get rid of the whirlwind camp was still a big problem.Most of the Qi Nian divisions are infantry. If you find the right time, it is not difficult to get out of the battlefield, but before that, you must get rid of the whirlwind battalion.

Naben harbors a crazy plan.

In Dingzhou, Li Qing and monk Haibo were dragged out by Lu Yiming to inspect the near-completed new Zhenxihou mansion, and Li Qing was granted the title of consort captain. The imperial edict of Zhenxihou had arrived in Dingzhou in advance, The new Zhenxihou Mansion was built on the basis of the original Marshal's Mansion. Since the princess lived in a metropolis like the ancient capital of Luoyang, the layout of the Zhenxihou Mansion inevitably had to take care of the princess' habits. The craftsmen brought the blueprints, and Li Qing only glanced at it, and he knew that Dingzhou would have another huge building in the Jiangnan garden style from now on.

Hundreds of households moved. In addition to the Zhenxihou Mansion, a new street was built next to the Zhenxihou Mansion to accommodate the 50 family members of the palace guards who came to Dingzhou with the princess. The street is called Princess Square.After the completion of all the projects, it is estimated that nearly [-] taels of silver will be spent, which really pains Li Qing.It's better to build more weapons than to spend so much money to build this!But he has no choice, the royal family always wants to be decent, even Li Shi also wants to be decent.Li Qing could only grit his teeth and take out the money.

Followed Lu Yiming to watch the flowers, but Li Qing's mind was not on it at all, and said to Shang Haibo beside him: "Mr. Shang, have you noticed the movement of the Jingling camp during this period of time?"

Shang Haibo laughed and said: "Of course, Na Ben is in a hurry and wants to run away!"

"If he wants to run, he has to get the attention of the Whirlwind Camp, otherwise he won't be able to run very far, he will be entangled by the Whirlwind Camp, and then Wang Qinian will follow, and he will be in the same situation as now. "

"That's right, the Whirlwind Camp is the biggest obstacle for him to run. Commander, it is necessary to remind Wang Qinian and Jiang Kui. Naben is about to jump over the wall in a hurry."

"No need!" Li Qing said with a smile: "The last time I went to Jingling Camp for inspection, Wang Qinian already thought of this problem and proposed a plan for me."

"Wang Qinian wants to use his tactics to solve Naben in a single battle?" Shang Haibo laughed.

Li Qing nodded, "A few years have passed, Huzi has finally grown up slowly from a small soldier, and now he has truly possessed the ability to command an army. I told him that the general is out, and the king's life is not acceptable. I want results, and how they do it is their problem."

"That's right, Commander, the war with the barbarians has reached its final moment. Now that the overall situation is settled, let these generals hone their skills. This will be of great help in the future. The situation they encounter in the future will be completely different from today's situation." It's much more complicated." Shang Haibo looked at the east.

Li Qing smiled slightly, but did not make a sound.From the information sent back by the agents of the Statistical Investigation Department in Beijing, I'm afraid drastic changes are imminent, "Let's mess up, mess up, and mess up to have a chance!" Li Qing said in his heart.

In the Jingling camp, the large-scale attack launched by Naben has lasted for three days, and the offensive has become more and more fierce every day. The two guard camps of the Jingling camp have been abandoned one after another, and all the soldiers and horses have withdrawn to the main camp.On the battlefield between the two armies, corpses were everywhere, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

"It's about time!" Wang Qinian stood at the highest point of the Jingling Camp, looking at the Naben Division who was reorganizing the team in the distance. Behind him, Wei Xin, Guan Xinglong and other generals gathered beside him.

"General Wei Xin, after we leave, can you hold the camp?" Wang Qinian turned his gaze to Wei Xin who was stroking his goatee.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, as long as you give me 5000 troops, with the strength of the Jingling camp and sufficient reserves, Naben, the son of a bitch, will never want to take advantage of me!" Wei Xin said proudly.

Everyone laughed. Wei Xin is known as the master of the tortoise style. Defense is what he is best at. There is really no one present who can match him in defense.

"That's good, I'll give you 1 people!" Wang Qinian said with a smile. "Naben wants the strong man to cut off his wrist, we keep asking for his wrist, and even his men are kept."

"It's coming again!" Guan Xinglong pointed to the barbarian army charging not far away.

Another two days passed, and the battle at the Jingling camp had reached a fever pitch. The two sides were desperately fighting for every piece of ground. It was already night, but Naben still had no intention of retreating. Thousands of torches lit up the sky and the earth. It was so bright, Wei Xin stood on the podium of the camp, looked around with a smile and said: "The little dog is going to attack today, tell the brothers, if you withstand this wave, the barbarian will be finished!" At that time, Jingling There were only over [-] people left in the camp, and the rest of the troops were secretly transferred out of the camp one after another by Wang Qinian within a few days.

Wei Xin's general, Li Shengzhi, regretfully beat the bloody iron spear on the ground, "It's a pity, we are nailed here, watching other people eat meat, we can only drink a little soup!"

Wei Xin laughed loudly, "Don't be dissatisfied, kid. After this battle, we will definitely be the first to win."

While speaking, the barbarian army attacked again. "Go!" Wei Xin shouted angrily.

With a roar, Li Shengzhi led the soldiers to rush forward.

In the middle of the night, the attack intensity of the barbarian army became weaker and weaker, and finally died down after a charge.

"You son of a bitch, you're really doing it!" Wei Xin sneered, "After every attack, a troop is secretly taken away. If it wasn't expected in advance, it really looks like it. Li Shengzhi, we are facing each other. , now there is only an empty shell left!"

Li Shengzhi's eyes lit up, "General Wei, let's go out and beat him!"

Wei Xin glared, "Fuck, you go out and do it, and this matter will be exposed. Naben is not a pig. General Wang waited for Naben for a few days, so that your boy will spoil a good thing and not peel your skin No wonder!"

Li Shengzhi chuckled. "It's always uncomfortable to see the meat around your mouth and not eat it."

"Be patient, it won't take long, and we can do it on our side after the over there is done, but there are some old, weak and disabled soldiers left on the other side, which really doesn't mean much!"

(End of this chapter)