Horse on the World

Chapter 589

It was snowing heavily, covering the sky and covering the earth. If there were no wars, it would be a good time to enjoy the snow with warm wine and recite poems. But such weather is not a good thing for the marching army. Strictly speaking, this kind of weather Under the circumstances, it is really not suitable for marching and fighting.

The three troops of the Dingzhou Army marched hand in hand. Although the morale was high, affected by the bad weather, they could only march thirty or forty miles a day.Even with the excellent equipment of the Dingzhou Army, many frostbitten soldiers lose their combat effectiveness every day and are forced to retreat to the rear. As for the Yizhou Army, it is even more unbearable.

The cold armor was taken off, and he was only wearing a thick cotton coat. The hood covered his entire head, only his eyes were exposed, and his hands were also wearing thick cotton gloves. You can see the white mist hovering between the mouth and nose,

Long Xiaotian, who was in charge of logistics and transportation, was so busy that he not only had to transport a large amount of food and fodder, but also collected more ginger and other sweating things for the soldiers to make ginger soup after the march, to keep warm from the cold. After a few days, he was so tired that he lost his shape, and his whole body lost weight.

The bad weather made the Dingzhou iron cavalry lose their speed, the winning weapon. In the heavy snow, the speed of the horses was not as good as that of the infantry, and taking care of the horses was even more difficult. Although the Dingzhou army had abundant horse resources, they were unwilling to let a large number His horse fell down due to the bad weather, Li Qing had no choice but to order the whole army to slow down and wait for the bad weather to pass.

Compared with the Central Army and Yizhou Army, Guoshanfeng's troops are slightly forward.At this time, Xiong Dewu's Hailing battalion had been replaced by Jiang Heiniu's cavalry battalion, acting as the forward.

But Buyangu, who was a cavalry scout, volunteered and was still walking in front of the whole army. However, all the scouts he belonged to had already dismounted. With one leg stuck in the snow, walking is not as fast as two legs. What's more, there are more traps under the snow. Many war horses broke their legs because they stepped on the ground, causing some unnecessary attrition .

Buyangu was in high spirits. The hearty victory earlier made Guoshanfeng overjoyed when he heard the news. On the battlefield, Buyangu was promoted as Colonel Yingyang, and his subordinates increased to 500. But the other 400 were all infantry.

Since Buyangu joined the army, he has always served as a scout. As a scout, he has extremely rich experience. After he was assigned to command the Hailing Battalion, Xiong Dewu also knew people and was good at his duties. Right now, Buyangu's troops are tens of miles ahead of Hailing Camp, which is a full day's journey.

On the plain, there are many poplars. In the dense poplar forest, Buyangu spread the felt on the ground and sat on the ground. Except for a few dozens of sentinels who were guarding outside, all his subordinates gathered here.

"Brothers, twenty miles away from us is Zhuo County in Qinzhou. This is the first county that our army encountered after entering Qin. Only we are the closest to the goal set in advance by the three-way army. If we can get Xiazhuo County must become a model for the whole army!" Bu Yanggu raised his eyebrows and said loudly. "When the other ministries are still so far away from the goal, we have taken the lead in making meritorious service. Think about it, what kind of credit is this? Not only is our Hailing Ying General Xiong's face bright, even if he surpasses the general, he will be overjoyed." , as for us, of course we will show off even more!"

"Captain, we want to do it too. Who doesn't want to do things like being in the limelight and making great contributions? Our Dingzhou Army can be judged by military merits, but the question is, how do we do it? In this damn weather, it's only a few steps away. We have to catch a few breaths, twenty miles is enough for us to walk for a day, and even if we get there, and there is still strength to fight, wouldn't it be easy for the enemy who is waiting for work to take care of us?" He Yishan said.As Buyangu's capable subordinate and brother, when Buyangu was promoted to one level, he also jumped up one level, and now he is an officer.

"It's hard to say, but it's easy to say!" Buyangu said mysteriously. "I have a way, so that we can rush to Zhuocheng very quickly. And I still have the strength to fight."

"What way?" He Yishan jumped up all of a sudden, and asked excitedly, he has been with Buyangu for a long time, and he knows that he is not a person who is aimless.

Buyangu stood up, "Brothers, when I was on the grassland, life was difficult. In such heavy snow weather, I sometimes had to go out to find food. On the snow, horses can't run fast, but those rabbits, roe foxes And so on, you can run fast, when people are extremely poor, they have to think of ways to come out."

While talking, Buyangu pulled out his waist knife, cut off a Bai Yang that was as thick as a hand bowl, shaved off some thinner branches, cut off the thick paper, cut it in two, and cut the trunk as well. , cut neatly, and stacked side by side to be slightly wider than the feet, and then twisted the tree cloth into ropes, tied these neatly cut tree pieces tightly, tied them together with your big feet, and then found He took a branch with thicker roots and two-sided three-knife as a walking stick, and after standing firmly, he said: "Brothers, look at it!"

He raised his feet, trotted for two steps, supported the ground with two canes, and slid far away on the snow in an instant, leaving two shallow marks on the snow.

The soldiers all stared dumbfounded at Buyangu paddling back and forth on the snow several times, "How about it, brothers, with this number, how long will it take us to reach Zhuocheng?"

He Yishan jumped up all of a sudden: "Captain, if this is the case, we can arrive in two hours at most, but, brothers, can't you?"

Buyangu said with a smile: "It's very easy to learn, brothers, get up and do these two guys like me. It's still early, let's use the time to learn as much as possible. Once night falls , let’s go and rush to Zhuocheng, it’s exactly three o’clock, at that time, hehehe, those Qinzhou brats would have thought that we would arrive so soon? I’m afraid they’re still fast asleep!”

In the Baiyang forest, hundreds of soldiers suddenly erupted.It is easy to make things. There are many ready-made materials in this large Baiyang forest, but this seemingly simple gliding has caused these soldiers a lot of trouble. Demonstrating everywhere, when night fell, it finally made all the soldiers slide up. Although it was not as light as Buyangu, it finally looked good.

"Eat!" Buyangu said excitedly: "After eating, we will act!"

The so-called eating means taking out the dry food in their arms, and filling their stomachs indiscriminately with the snow on the ground. They rushed forward alone, but they dared not light a fire to cook. Let people see clearly.

As night fell, five hundred soldiers from Dingzhou, led by Buyangu, began to march towards Zhuocheng on simple sleds against the wind and snow.

Buyangu was right. Yu Wenhao, the guard of Zhuocheng, never thought that there would be enemies appearing under Zhuocheng today. The news reported by the spies was that the nearest Hailing Camp was dozens of miles away. Under the severe weather, the tens of miles of land that usually seems not far away may not be able to be covered in a day or two, and a certain combat power must be maintained, so the speed will be even slower. Yu Wenhao hopes that the opponent will desperately catch up. When he was under Zhuocheng, he could wait for work with ease. When Hailing camp was not stable and he was tired and old, he led his army out of the city to counterattack and taught the mighty Dingzhou soldiers a lesson. But the spies reported that Hailing After the battalion was stationed on the spot, they could only sigh with regret. This idea was just an idea, and no commander would be so stupid.

In the dark night, under the wind and snow, Zhuocheng is like a monster lying silently on the ground. In the whole city, there are only two wind lanterns emitting faint light alone on the top of the city tower. The soldiers were nowhere to be seen, and the enemy was still far away, and it was impossible to fly over with wings. Who would have the patience to stand on the city wall and suffer under such weather!
At the middle of the night, there was no other sound except the wind and snow. At this moment, in the wind and snow in the distance, a black line came quickly. The black line was extremely long and scattered. Yanggu grinds his guns in front of the battle, and the level of the apprentices he teaches is also uneven. Some of them are extremely fast and learn quickly. Although they are not as good as Buyangu, they are not far behind. But I can keep up, but there are still people who are much worse. At this time, I don't know where they have been dumped.

"Stop!" Buyangu stopped abruptly, and He Yishan, who was following him a few steps away, couldn't stop without saying a word. With a sudden pull, he rushed past Buyangu. Stop him, "Right here, the whole army is assembled! Count the number of people."

Half an hour later, He Yishan walked up to Buyangu and said in a low voice, "Lieutenant, there are only 420 people, and there are more than seventy kids who don't know how far they have fallen."

Buyangu nodded, "Okay, almost, don't wait for them, get ready to act, He Yishan, we will divide the people into three groups, after you lead a group of 150 people into the city, set fire to me everywhere, especially their grain depot , Grain farms and other places."

"Yes!"

"Yue Ze! You lead 150 people to guard the gate of the city. Remember, if we succeed, I will shoot Ming Di. You lead the team to take advantage of the chaos and enter the city. If we miss, we will turn around and come back to escape. , if something happens to you here, we will have nothing to follow!"

Another Yunhui captain, Yue Ze, nodded vigorously.

"I led a group to go into the city and sneak directly to their guard's brother. Capture the thief first, capture the king, shoot the man first and shoot the horse. After killing the officials, things will be much easier! Remember, listen to me Ming Dy, and then you all act together!"

"Obey!" The two said in unison.

"Let's go!" Buyangu waved his hand, and the dozens of people in front took out a set of hooks from their arms. More than a hundred of Buyangu's subordinates were scouts, and these things were extremely complete. .

The hooks were put on the crenels of the city wall one by one, and the black shadows climbed up like apes along the hooks.

(End of this chapter)