Every time the Qingyuan Kingdom invaded, the same routine was used. A large army pressed into the border to attract frontal firepower, and then an elite light cavalry was sent to bypass the checkpoints, break into the territory and plunder everywhere, destroying the grain roads, making it difficult for the Jin Dynasty army to look at the front and rear, and creating a great opportunity for the court and the Qingyuan Kingdom. The common people create the greatest pressure.
The difference this time is that there are more 20,000 cavalry. If they can march straight in, before the Jin army has time to make an effective response, it is possible to go south to the hinterland and directly threaten the Jin capital.
In the history of the Jin Dynasty, the capital was besieged by foreign cavalry more than once. Although the cavalry was not good at attacking cities, the momentum alone could frighten the emperor in the palace into panic. He would immediately issue an emergency rescue order and order all places to The military rushed to the capital as quickly as possible to protect the emperor's old life.
The emperor's life is precious, and he knows that the enemy is just here to intimidate, and it is impossible for a mere 20,000 troops to actually attack the city, but even so, there is no room for risk or luck.
"If you don't respond, and you seem to be able to do whatever you want, what if they send another fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, or even hundreds of thousands?"
The advantage for local officials is that every time the capital is rescued, the emperor will give you a large reward. Anyone who comes to the rescue will be rewarded. If you can't afford the money, you will be promoted. If you can't afford a bigger official position, you will be given many honors.
It will definitely be the same this time. It is estimated that in a few days, the emergency rescue order from the imperial court will be scattered in all directions. Not only the emperor is afraid of death, but also the important officials of the imperial court. There will definitely not be any delay in this matter.
There was no need to wait for a rescue order. On the third day after receiving the information, Luo Chong led his team and set off on the journey with 500 rangers.
In this battle, forget about the infantry. Not only is the march too slow and wastes time, but also fighting the Qingyuan cavalry, more than a thousand infantry with little combat experience will not play any role. We can just stay in Guangling to guard our foundation.
There are 20,000 Qingyuan cavalry, and we only have 500. It sounds like a huge disparity, but in fact, it is impossible to encounter 20,000 cavalry. When the Qingyuan army enters the hinterland of the Jin Dynasty, it will be broken into pieces and divided into various parts. The team robbed food and property everywhere, and when the horse could no longer hold it, they regrouped and surrounded the capital to show off their power.
Although there are 100,000 defenders in the capital, they are all a bunch of noble soldiers who are just messing around. They have no guts to go out and confront the Qingyuan cavalry in the wilderness. If they can defend the city wall, they are very successful.
"We're on the war again."
In the early morning of this day, Luo's mother, sister-in-law and Luo Xiu'er stood on the not too high city wall of Guangling Town, watching the five hundred cavalry go away. As a woman, she could only sigh: It is really an endless battle. !
"My little brother said that he was picking up merit, just like picking up ingots anywhere."
The sister-in-law could only comfort Luo's mother like this, and at the same time she was hypnotizing herself: "He also said that after this time, he will probably be transferred to the capital and become a general that the emperor relies on Mom, we will also move to the capital by then. The largest and most prosperous city in the entire Jin Dynasty.¡±
"Do not care!"
Luo¡¯s mother said: ¡°My life is very good now. I really don¡¯t want to leave Guangling.¡±
"In Guangling Town, our family was the largest. When we went to the capital, we became the smallest official, an inconspicuous little family. Luo's mother still understands this difference.
" Having said that, Luo's mother would not say a word in front of Luo Chong. Anyway, wherever her son goes, the mother will follow her. She can live anywhere, but she really can't live without her son.
My sister-in-law is young and still has some yearning for prosperous cities. She was even more moved by what Luo Chong said: The world is so big, don¡¯t you want to walk around and see everywhere?
Yes, if a person¡¯s lifetime is limited to more than 200 miles in Guangling Realm, it really doesn¡¯t mean much
In Luo Chong¡¯s view, the only thing worth mentioning about the extremely boring march is the personal bodyguard Baihu Girl. As a woman, she will have many inconveniences every night when she sleeps in the wilderness.
As for the matter of relieving oneself, other big-headed soldiers just used the toilet outside the military tent to solve the problem, and emptied it collectively the next morning.
But she couldn¡¯t. She was afraid of being seen taking off her pants outside, but in the tent, she couldn¡¯t poop or pee in front of the general.
So every time, she would make up a reason to disappear from Luo Chong's eyes, use Qing Kung Fu to sneak out of the camp quietly, and run far away to solve the problem.
Luo Chong thought it was funny, is it so easy for you to be Hua Mulan?
As a personal guard, he had to sleep in the same military tent as Luo Chong at night. Even though it was the largest one in the camp, the bunks for the two of them could not exceed two meters.
Of the five hundred rangers, only General Luo Chong can have a folding camp bed when sleeping. The others have thin bedding and sleep on the ground.As soon as they made the bed, they fell asleep without taking off their clothes.
"It's cold on the ground, whether you'll get sick, you don't care about that during the march. Especially if you are traveling quickly on a light horse, you cannot carry too many bags.
"Isn't it hard to be a soldier?"
At night, Luo Chong was lying on the small bed and asked the white tiger girl lying on the ground next to her.
"Don't talk about gentlemanly behavior. There is no priority for ladies in the military camp. There is only the difference between superiors and subordinates.
¡°It¡¯s very bitter, really bitter.¡±
Xia Ningyu replied softly: "I'm not afraid of hardship, but being a woman does have some inconveniences."
Luo Chong said: "Take it slow. When you become a general and have a few female guards around you, all the inconveniences will be gone."
"Um."
The white tiger girl agreed in a low voice, and after a while she said in a low voice: "General, you are the cleanest man I have ever seen."
Luo Chong did not respond, as if he had fallen asleep.
Her words were definitely not a compliment. After marching for several days, the horseback was dusty. Not to mention taking a shower and washing your butt, you could only wipe your face with water a few times in the morning. She felt that she was already dirty, and the other soldiers also had a strong smell of men, commonly known as stink.
"Only our general, after taking off his thick military boots, doesn't even have any foot odor. He has never washed his face, and his face is clean without a trace of dust.
Could it be that this is the legendary peak of internal strength, which has reached a profound state where the body is self-cleansing and is not stained by dust?
¡°This is the only way she could explain it.
With this feeling of shame, she felt that even if Luo Chong showed his bestiality and fell on her at this moment, she would have a sense of accomplishment after taking advantage of him and making him dirty
With one person and two horses, it was more than a hundred miles a day, and it took more than ten days to reach the capital. On the sixth day, when passing by the post station on the way, I received an emergency summons order from the court, although it was not issued directly to Guangling Town.
To put it simply, the content is just one sentence: Soldiers and horses from all over the world rush to the capital to protect the emperor!
If you want to make meritorious deeds, go ahead. If you want to seek death, go ahead. Don¡¯t forget, the Qingyuan Army is not easy to deal with.
The military power in various parts of the Jin Dynasty has reached an indescribable level. There will definitely not be a grand scene of a million troops. It would be good to have more than a hundred thousand soldiers, and the important officials in the court must be able to command them. moveable.
For example, the Minister of War sent a large group of cronies to send letters to certain local commanders: Who do you rely on to get where you are today? Today, the capital is in danger, and I am in danger too. If you don¡¯t come to save me, I will remove you from your official position!
" It is estimated that Luo Chong is the only one who comes without asking for help and actively wants to fight with the Qingyuan Army.
On the ninth day, still about five hundred miles away from the capital, Luo Chong's cavalry team was stopped by several guys claiming to be the Royal Forest Army.
"I am Yulin Colonel Meng Danzhong, where are you cavalry?"
Someone shouted loudly in front, and even used their internal strength. Several of them were also riding horses, but it could be seen that the horses were extremely tired after galloping for a long time. If they kept running like this, they would die of exhaustion.
Luo Chong knew that this was the most urgent special event. An ordinary local army would definitely try to find reasons to escape, because the word "emergency" is directly linked to death.
Of course Luo Chong was not afraid, so he glanced at Tie Zhu. Tie Zhu immediately understood and used his loud voice: "Guangning Ranger, my general, Luo Dong!"
"When did Guangning Prefecture have such a ranger?"
The other party muttered something in a low voice, which could not be heard by others, but could not be hidden from Luo Chong's ears. Then he shouted: "How many of you are there? Are they all cavalry?"
"Five hundred!"
Under Luo Chong¡¯s instructions, Tiezhu replied proudly: ¡°They are all cavalry, the best of the best, who dare to go head-to-head with several times the Qingyuan brats!¡±
"Five hundred cavalry, all elite?"
The other party's expression clearly expressed disbelief. Not to mention the two armies of Zhenxi and Zhenbei, it was hard to say whether there were 500 cavalrymen under a general commander, let alone the elites, because there simply weren't that many. Money helps people keep horses and train them regularly.
Since the width of the road is relatively limited, Luo Chong's team has to leave room for the pedestrian convoy on the opposite side. Five hundred and one thousand horses can be stretched into a long snake formation. It is difficult to judge how many people and horses there are at equal heights, even if the other party does not believe it. Understandable.
However, the Yulin Colonel didn't care about that much anymore and immediately shouted: "Let me go over. I have something extremely important to see your general."
"Let him come over."Luo Chong gave an order, and Captain Meng jogged over on his own.
"General Luo"
He ignored the false etiquette and said directly: "The Qingyuan Army's tens of thousands of cavalry may besiege the capital. I believe you already know that, right?"
"I just went to the rescue."
Luo Chong nodded: "Otherwise, what's the point of marching all the way from Guangling Mansion day and night?"
Yu Lin Xiaowei is only a fourth-grade junior, half a level lower than Luo Chong, so you don¡¯t need to be so polite when talking to him.
"General Luo is loyal to the emperor and the court, which is really admirable."
Captain Meng took the time to flatter him, and then said hurriedly: "But now there is such an urgent matter, and General Luo is needed"
Luo Chong was impatient and waved his hand to interrupt: "Since it's urgent, don't use those qualifying words and just say it straight, what do you want us to do?"
"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!"
Captain Meng knew it and finally met someone happy, so he said succinctly: "Princess Yongning has been mourning Queen Yu in Muyang County for half a month. She didn't have time to return to the capital, so she was trapped in Muyang. Now. , the capital couldn't spare enough military force to escort the princess back to the capital, so they sent me to seek help halfway. Fortunately, I met General Luo. "
"You met me first?"
Luo Chong asked with a half-smile.
Lieutenant Meng hesitated for a moment, feeling that it would be better to tell the truth when faced with a character like Luo Chong's, so he sighed in a low voice: "Let's not mention the other two teams. They use various reasons to escape, saying that defending the capital and protecting the emperor is the best thing. They even question my identity, and it¡¯s useless no matter how much proof I provide.¡±
Of course they will escape. They must all get together and have strength in numbers before they dare to confront the Qingyuan Army. No single team would have the guts.
Save the princess?
A fairy tale.
Luo Chong smiled and nodded in agreement: "Muyang is not far away. It won't take a few days. Okay, I'm going!"
(Coffee: I seem to have cervical spondylosis. I can do nothing else. I feel dizzy after sitting in one position for typing for a long time. It has been like this for the past few days. Today it just started to hurt. The chapter in the morning was okay, and the chapter in the afternoon Zhang can't sit still. I can only do two updates today, but if the pain doesn't go away tomorrow, I'll try my best to do three updates.)