Song Dynasty

Chapter 42 Hostility
The march for the next two days and one night was smooth in a certain sense. In fact, Hongze Lake is not wide. If you gallop a horse for this distance, you can run across it in one day.

It's just that war horses are so expensive these days. In the Northern Song Dynasty, when they went up the river during the Qingming Festival, flowers and brocades, and fire cooking oil, they were so rich, and the wealth of China was gathered, and more than ten thousand cavalry were formed.This strategic weapon is equivalent to Mercedes-Benz and BMW in modern society.This time, [-] cavalry and [-] horses were dispatched, which was like two Mercedes-Benz G series off-road vehicles for one person.It can be seen that Li Cheng took out all his wealth this time.

He has few soldiers and a small territory, so he couldn't stand the long-term confrontation with Li Yu, and was exhausted bit by bit by people's crowd tactics.

Li Yu's head must be removed with a lightning strike and beheading tactics.

Qualified war horses are much more valuable than human beings, and with so many supplies, it is natural to cherish horsepower.Along the way, everyone led the horses on foot, so naturally the speed couldn't increase.

What's more, the water of Hongze Lake has dried up, and it has scattered into several small lakes.Some places on the road are dry, and some places are sparse. No one knows what is under the ground.After two days, everyone's bodies were full of dust and mud spots, like clay bodhisattvas, and they were exhausted.

To be honest, Wang Shen was also beating drums in his heart.After all, Hongze Lake in ancient times was very different from modern society. If you went the wrong way and wandered around in the lake, how would you explain to Li Cheng?That's true, let alone Li Cheng, Chen Lanruo stabbed him first.

The Hongze Lake in the Song Dynasty was much smaller than it is in modern times. It really became bigger after the Yellow River seized a large amount of water from the Yellow River in the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty and poured it into the lake.To be on the safe side, before leaving Pingyuan Town, Wang Shen racked his brains, dug out the deepest memories in his heart, and drew a detailed map of Hongze Lake.

After setting off, he was looking for the way while holding the map.

Probably because of God's favor, although there are many discrepancies between the map and the real terrain, they are generally correct.

In this way, the team walked bumpily for two days and one night.

The weather is still cloudy, getting colder and darker, and more and more dark clouds are accumulating overhead, and no one knows when it will rain.Once it rains, not to mention that everyone will become food for fish and shrimps, how can we leave the place once it is soaked?
It was almost dusk, and it was time to camp.Wang Shen jumped off the horse with a "hoo" and turned the dirt on the ground with his feet.

The ground was still full of cracks, and when he stepped on it, a puff of dust would rise up, and he felt a little relieved.

After taking a sip of water, I felt that the muscles and bones in my body were softened.

Li Chengjun's cavalry has regulations. If you don't encounter combat, you can't march in a hurry, you can't ride a horse, and you can't put armored weapons on the saddle.Wang Shen was carrying two armors that weighed nearly fifty catties on his back, and served the two Hequ horses beside him for two days, and his spirit was about to collapse.

In the modern society, I go to the wild to soak in the wild, climb snow-capped mountains, and cross grasslands. I am already a famous iron man in the circle.

He sat on the ground, wiped the sweat from his brow, and suddenly missed coffee and energy bars. He needed a lot of caffeine at this time.

At this time, the smell of boiled tea wafted through the wind, which made his nostrils flutter.

Then there was Chen Lanruo's clear voice, she was instructing her subordinates to camp and rebel.

After exploring the horses for fifteen miles, cavalrymen kept coming and going.

With the sound of horseshoes, the soldiers held their bows and poached the birds they had just killed on the tip of their guns, roaring loudly and emitting the smell of alcohol.

Beside the bonfire, someone was holding a wine jug and pouring it into the mouth of his companions.There are two fat soldiers with bare upper body, standing in a big circle drawn with a knife to wrestle, and next to them are loudly laughing, cursing and betting.

Wang Shen smiled wryly in his heart: I am already Wang Tieren, these Guanzhong men are simply steel and iron bones, don't they know they are tired?In addition... Chen Lanruo is a woman with a slender waist, but she is stronger than a man. She is only 24 or [-] years old.Everyone is the same age, how can she be so energetic?
When the other soldiers were marching, she was also marching.While the other soldiers camped to rest, she was still busy, going out for reconnaissance, determining the position, guarding and patrolling, and arranging board and lodging.

It kept swaying in front of and behind the team for a moment.

It can be seen that this female general marches and fights, and has extremely rich experience in commanding soldiers and horses. She is an old fighter.

Li Cheng's cavalry unit came from the Western Army. The Western Army has always been arrogant, and the cavalry is even more arrogant. Everyone looks like garbage, but Chen Lanruo respects him very much.

The prestige of female generals in the army is also extremely high.

However, this person's temper is just too bad, and he seems to have a vague hatred for him, Wang Shen.

In the past two days, especially when he saw Wang Shen looking around with a map in front of him, hesitating, Chen Lanruo yelled angrily and went over. I'm afraid it has already been whipped.

Wang Shen was already well-versed in human feelings, so after sensing the other party's hostility, he could only bear with it.This kind of woman would not provoke her if she didn't provoke them, and she would hide as far away as possible.Even if you want to meet face to face, it's still a matter of business, and it's just perfunctory.

A good man doesn't fight a woman, and he may not be able to fight against others.

When he cut off Chen Lanruo's horse's head with a single knife, Wang Shen might not have contemptuously felt that women are limited by their physical conditions, and their strength, reaction, and martial arts are always inferior to men's.It wasn't until he saw that Chen Lanruo used a wooden stick to overturn four soldiers in a competition, he secretly called out a fluke: Fortunately, I didn't have a conflict with her, otherwise I would have been beaten all over the place. It is not unreasonable for Chen Lan to deter the three hundred cavalry.

She belongs to this era, to the war.

Unable to bear the temptation of tea, Wang Shen tried his best to stand up, walked to Chen Lanruo, asked the soldiers for a bowl of tea, and tasted it carefully.As soon as I drink the tea, I feel so refreshed.

Can't help but praise: "Old Guo, I can't see that you cook a good tea soup, refreshing!"

Indeed, the tea juice brewed from this tea cake is more mellow than those Puer who can't tell the way in the later generations, but I don't know where it is. Put a spoonful of tea into it, then put in some white sugar and creamer, and stir carefully with a spoon.Steal Fusheng for half a day, and come to have an afternoon tea.

Hearing Wang Shen's praise, Lao Guo was very happy, and said: "Ya Nei is really a fastidious person, there are so many ways to drink some tea." In name, Wang Shen is from Zhang Jun's family. Zhang Xiang is now opening his teeth and building a mansion. Naturally, it is called Ya Nei by everyone.

Lao Guo was born in the Huanqing Army, and his whole family died in previous wars.He is a wonderful man, he likes to raise animals, and he picks up horses neatly.After arriving in Huaibei from Kaifeng, I raised a hen in a basket to lay eggs to nourish my body.However, this hen died of plague a few days ago.

Although he is old, his physical strength has weakened, and his martial arts skills are no longer good, it can be seen that he is a unique skill in raising horses, and he still stays in the well-paid cavalry battalion.

In addition to being talkative, Wang Shen and him have been chatting very warmly these days.

At this moment, Chen Lanruo snatched the cup from Wang Shen's hand and threw it on the ground.He said coldly: "The yamen is good enough to swallow this tea? It's been two days and one night, and seeing that it's going to get dark again, let me ask you, when can I find Li Yu? Don't tell me you don't know...hehe..."

This... is so disrespectful, this fucking is about to slap me in the face in public.Wang Shen was used to bossing around in front of employees in modern society, so he couldn't bear it anymore, he raised his eyebrows and looked over: "I guess we should cross the entire lake and arrive at the battlefield. You should be able to see Li Yu's old camp early tomorrow morning. Since I have promised to find Li Yu in front of the Heavenly King, why should the young lady be worried?"

"You remember, I found Li Yu within two days, and now it's been two days, what do you say?" Chen Lanruo also turned her eyes sideways: "You didn't tell the truth, but your father believed you. Don't You thought I was blind for the past two days, and you looked at the pictures while walking, maybe you are not sure? Hehe, you led us through many detours today, do you treat me like a three-year-old child?"

After that, he put his hand on the handle of the knife.

Lao Guo saw that the situation was not good, he knew the temperament of this aunt, she was the most stubborn, once she got angry, she would dare to fight with others.It was also because of this that the three hundred sharp men were shocked.

He hurriedly stood up, stopped between the two of them, and cupped his hands incessantly: "Miss, General Chen, each of you should say a few words, and each of you should say a few words. According to my subordinates, it doesn't look like the yamen is lying to us." , he is indeed looking for a way with his heart.”

Chen Lanruo raised her hand and slapped it, hitting Lao Guo's arm with a slap.The cuffs of her linen shirt were raised, and the red and green tattoos on her arms were dazzling: "Go away, it's not your turn to talk here. Are you brainless, old man? Wang is a lobbyist who only wants to coax Got foster father and you. Who knows what is his origin, leading us around this lake, once it rains, we will be killed by him. How happy is Zizai, how safe is it?"

She is the leader of the cavalry army. The ancient army was highly hierarchical, and the soldiers and officers were personally dependent.Beating his subordinates has nothing to do with outsiders.

But she clearly saw the close relationship between Lao Guo and Wang Shen, so she took her anger on this old soldier.

Slapping someone in the face in public, it was the face of an old man in his 50s, this bitch is so fucking inhuman.

Wang Shen pulled Lao Guo away: "Old Guo, this is a matter between me and my son-in-law, don't worry about it." Putting his hand on the horizontal knife, he pulled out half of it with a clang: "It's not that I want to be this lobbyist. However, you know that it was Li Tianwang's wish to be summoned. If he hadn't sent Zhang Cong to His Majesty, wouldn't it be good for me to stay in Jiankang instead of going to Huaixi, where there is a lot of chaos? General Chen, what's the matter? Come at me, it has nothing to do with others. What kind of a hero is bullying an old man?"

Chen Lanruo sneered: "That's right, it's no nonsense if you can do it. I'm from Qin, and you're from Hebei. We northern heroes should be so straightforward in our lives. Today, one of you and I must lie down and draw the sword!"

With sharp gazes, a clump of cold hair stood up on the back of Wang Shen's neck, and he felt as if he had been locked by a female leopard and became her prey.

This woman is too strong in martial arts, but I am no match for her.Come to think of it, although the girls won't kill Lao Tzu, they will definitely let me lie in bed for ten and a half months.It's really bad luck to meet such a Hedong lion.

However, if you can't beat it, you have to fight.Now that we have arrived in ancient times, we have to follow the rules of the game of the ancients.The ancients paid attention to reputation, and the army despised cowards the most. If they shrunk their eggs, how could they hold their heads up high in the future? It is estimated that they would cross the entire lake and reach the battlefield.

You should be able to see Li Yu's old camp early tomorrow morning.

How to lead troops?

Seeing that the two of them were about to strike, the other soldiers came over and watched with great interest.Most of Li Cheng's army are strong-blooded soldiers, and the camp couldn't help fighting privately.It often happened that two soldiers beat each other until they had a disagreement, and then hooked up and poured wine on each other.

Chen Lanruo is a girl but can conquer all the troops. Wang Shen's court ambassador used only two hundred crossbowmen to fight against Li Yu's [-] former troops, and everyone respected her.But I don't know who is stronger when these two fight.

Immediately, two cavalrymen each brought an iron armor and threw it over, signaling them to put it on.With iron armor protecting the body, the two fighting will not be in danger of their lives, but of course injuries are inevitable.Fighting a hero on the battlefield, he was wounded, and he just needed some medicine.

He took the armor and was about to put it on when Lao Guo suddenly grabbed his hand.

Wang Shen raised his eyebrows: "Old Guo, don't try to persuade me. It's useless to talk too much about today's affairs. You can only see the truth at hand."

Lao Guo waved his hand, and suddenly said: "Ya Nei, even if you want to compete with the young lady in martial arts, I'm afraid you have to wait until today."

Wang Shen was surprised: "How do you say?"

Lao Guo: "Yanei, it's my turn to go out to patrol right now. Didn't you just say that this place is not far from Anhe Li Yu's lair? You still need to lead the way. Let's go northwest for more than ten miles to see what's going on. Wearing heavy armor, the road is so long, the horse can't stand it."

It turned out that according to the rules of the army, once the troops were stationed in the camp, the cavalry should be divided into several directions and sent out scouts to patrol and guard, changing groups every hour.Not only Li Chengjun is like this, but other armies are like this too.Otherwise, wouldn't it be deaf and blind if the army marched forward?In this era, all armies have probing horses.Xixia had iron harriers, Khitan had Yuanbanzi, and Song army had Tabai. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Lao Guo immediately ran to the capital to ask for orders.

Having said that, Lao Guo turned around and bowed to Chen Lanruo again and again: "Miss, you can't delay the military affairs! Your subordinates have just asked Shen Dutou of my capital for an order, and he also agreed to let Wang Yanei go with you. You If Ya Nei is injured, who will lead the little old man."

"Shen Dutou also has to listen to me? Forget it, Wang, I will forgive you today. After today, you will not have such good luck in the future." Chen Lanruo threw the armor in his hand on the ground heavily, sarcastically He glanced at Wang Shen carefully, turned around and strode away.

(End of this chapter)