-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Empire Chapter 655: News from Beyond the Mountain
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- You can search for "Empire Contest" in Baidu to find the latest chapter!
"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 655
Yunshan Province, the western mountainous area.
A few woodcutters in rough cloth walked cautiously through the dark forest, and they looked behind vigilantly from time to time to prevent being followed.
In the forest, there are ancient trees in the sky, wolves and vines entangled, and the roar of wild animals can be heard from time to time. This place is already in the depths of the forest where there are few people.
"who?!"
When these woodcutters trudged to the foot of a mountain peak, more than a dozen Qinghe army soldiers with sharp knives flashed out from behind the thick tree.
These dozen Qinghe Army soldiers were ragged and bearded, like savages.
"We are the eighteenth team of scouts."
A woodcutter took out a wooden sign from his pocket and threw it over, only to be caught by a soldier of the Qinghe Army.
"It turned out to be a brother from the Eighteenth Team."
After looking at the wooden sign, the soldiers of the Qinghe Army standing guard at the foot of the mountain returned it to the scout disguised as a woodcutter, and their expressions softened.
"Is there any news outside the mountain?" A leading ten generals approached and asked.
"Yang Hao's people fought with the southern army, and no one outside has closed the mountain, and Hao almost died." The scout captain said with a smile.
"This is good news. He chased them to the sky and nowhere. It would be good if he died." The faces of the ten guards showed joy.
"Is the commander-in-chief on the mountain?" the scout captain asked.
"You came back at the right time. The commander just came back from the Third Army in the morning." The ten sentinels replied.
After the scouts exchanged a few words with the sentries, the scouts disguised as woodcutters went up the mountain.
The mountain is steep, and there are guard posts set up by the Qinghe Army along the way, but the scouts have wooden signs to prove their identity, so they can pass through unimpeded.
Many shacks and wooden houses were built on the mountainside. Many men, women, old and children were active. Vegetable fields were reclaimed. In the distance, there were still many soldiers of the Qinghe Army standing guard.
The main force of the Qinghe Army was forced into this mountain by the army led by Yang Hao, and their life was quite difficult.
A one or two-story wooden house was built on a slightly flat place on the mountainside. This is the meeting hall of the commander of the Qinghe Army.
Marshal Chen Ru, who just came back from the inspection tour of the Third Army, is resting in the meeting hall at the moment, and his daughter Chen Xiaoyu is also beating his back.
Now the main force of the Qinghe Army fought all the way, and after being forced to retreat into the mountains, many people fled secretly.
Now there are less than 20,000 of them at full count, and they are distributed on several surrounding hills.
Because of the blockade by Yang Hao's army on the outskirts, they had no way to obtain food supplies from outside.
So now they open up wasteland and farm land in the mountains by themselves, and barely survive by hunting and other methods.
From time to time, they would send a troop to the imperial court's control area to grab some food back.
It's just that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were very tightly guarded. Although they looted a lot of things, they also lost a lot of soldiers and horses.
Fortunately, they attacked the city all the way and took a lot of food into the mountains. Otherwise, they would have collapsed by now.
It's just that as the stock of food became less and less, the beasts in the mountains were almost eaten up by them, and their situation became more and more difficult.
The Marshal Chen Ru is also under a lot of pressure. He has been inspecting the Third Army in the past few days, and he is also urging them to open up wasteland as soon as possible, hoping to grow some food.
Now Chen Ru and the others are ready to stick to the mountain for a long time, because the enemy outside is too powerful for them to fight.
"Yu'er, how much food do we still have in the First Legion?"
Chen Ru leaned on the chair, enjoyed her daughter Chen Xiaoyu rubbing her shoulders, and asked.
Although he personally led the First Army Corps of the Qinghe Army, his daughter Chen Xiaoyu actually commanded it on his behalf.
"Our first legion's food reserves are only enough for half a month."
Chen Xiaoyu was in charge of the First Army on Chen Ru's behalf. Naturally, she was very clear about the situation of the grain storage, and she also gave a thorough answer.
"Look back, if you send some to General Meng's Third Army Corps, they will almost be overwhelmed." Chen Ru ordered.
Meng Jianbo's Third Army Corps can also be regarded as belonging to Chen Ru's family, so he also takes good care of the Third Army Corps.
"If we give it to them, we won't have enough to eat.?" Chen Xiaoyu pouted with some reluctance.
"Now is a difficult time. We have to help each other. We are all brothers in the Qinghe Army. Don't make a clear distinction. You have to focus on the overall situation."
Seeing the reluctance on his daughter Chen Xiaoyu's face, Chen Ru also had to mention his daughter earnestly.
"Father, hiding in the mountains for such a long time is not an option. If this continues, we will soon become kings of the mountains. Let's go out of the mountains."
Ever since they crossed the river and arrived in Yunshan Province, they were forced to go to the mountains. Facing the mountains ravaged by beasts, poisonous insects, Chen Xiaoyu really had enough.
"The imperial court is rotten, and there are many internal conflicts. It will be a matter of time before they fight, and it will not be too late for us to come out."
"Now we have become the target of public criticism. Once we are born, we will be besieged by all parties, and our entire army is in danger of being wiped out."
It's not that Chen Ru didn't want to go out to the mountains to eat and drink spicy food, but they were chased and intercepted by various troops from the imperial court along the way, especially when they were scared by Yang Hao.
If he hadn't decisively led the troops into the mountain, they might have been wiped out by now.
Now the mountains are their barriers, hiding in the mountains, even Yang Hao, who is brave and good at fighting, can't do anything to them.
"Marshal, the brothers from the 18th scout team have returned and said they have something important to report."
When Chen Ru and Chen Xiaoyu were worried about their situation, a guard strode into the meeting hall, stood up and gave a military salute.
"Let them in."
Hearing that the scout team had come back, Chen Ru also suddenly regained his energy. He had been sending scouts to the edge of the mountain to inquire about news from all sides.
The scout dressed as a woodcutter was quickly brought into the meeting hall, and began to report the news they had inquired to Chen Ru and Chen Xiaoyu.
"The southern army and Yang Hao's troops have turned their heads. The southern army has already invaded Yunshan Province. Yang Hao's troops have suffered a disastrous defeat. Yang Hao was almost killed."
"Right now Yang Hao is leading the remnants of the prefectures and counties in the central part of Yunshan Province to fight against the southern army. Now the prefectures and counties near the mountainous areas have almost all been withdrawn"
The scouts have been active outside the mountainous area, and the mountain roads are difficult. Unless they have important news, they only come back about once a month, so they told the news they inquired like beans.
The troops led by Chen Ru hid in the depths of the mountains, with no news, and knew nothing about the battle between the Southern Army and Yang Hao outside.
Now hearing that there was internal strife in the imperial court, Yang Hao and the southern army also fought, but the fight was so fierce that Chen Ru also showed joy on his face.
Chen Ru realized that the Southern Army and Yang Hao had fought, which was great news for the Qinghe Army.
"Aren't Yang Hao and the Southern Army both affiliated to the imperial court? Why did they fight?" Chen Xiaoyu asked.
"After many investigations, we learned that the old emperor of the court had passed away, and the fourth prince and prince had officially torn their faces, so Yang Hao and the Southern Army started fighting."
"As for the specific inside information, we have repeatedly inquired, but we have not obtained valuable information."
Although the scouts pretended to be woodcutters, the area outside the mountain was the imperial court's control area.
In addition, the Yunshan Province itself is far away from the Gyeonggi Province, so the news about the Yunshan Province is also blocked, so it is extremely difficult for the scouts to inquire about these news. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
- Previous pageCatalogNext page