Chapter 664: Snowstorm and Cold Blade (16)

Yan Qi saw Aziz, who was covered in blood and extremely embarrassed, appearing in front of him. He listened to Aziz and the Douyin Man describing that they had been attacked by the Dongzheng Army outside Tongwan City. The entire army had been scattered and defeated. When there were countless casualties, Yan Qi's face almost turned green at this moment. (Baidu search updates are the fastest and most stable)

Looking at Aziz in shock, Yan Qi simply couldn't understand how Aziz, with nearly 10,000 elite soldiers and generals, was defeated by Yan Peng, who had almost the same military strength as him, but was far incomparable in terms of eliteness. He attacked by surprise and was unable to fight back. What Aziz said about the Eastern Expeditionary Army having countless reinforcements hidden outside is tantamount to fart. We have already found out how many troops the Eastern Expeditionary Army has in Hetao. Gao Yuan is not a god, and it is impossible to conjure it up. More troops are coming.

Tongwan City's defeat suddenly put him in a situation where he was attacked from both sides. Although Tongwan City's soldiers and horses would not cause much trouble to him, they would inevitably have to contain some of his troops, which would make him attack. The power of Pioneer City has been weakened and countless difficulties have been added for no reason.

There were layers of wrinkles on his face, and the corners of Yan Qi's mouth curved, as if he was extremely angry, but also seemed to be smiling. He bent down and helped Aziz up.

Just when Aziz breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he had passed this level, Yan Qi let go of Aziz with his left hand, and smoothly pulled out the bloody scimitar from his waist without any trace of fireworks. It stabbed into his lower abdomen.

Letting go of the knife handle, Yan Qi took a step back and looked at Aziz coldly, "You deserve to die if you lose your master and humiliate your country."

Almost half of the scimitar was inserted into Aziz's lower abdomen. The two guards who came in with Aziz saw the handle of the knife on Aziz's lower abdomen. Before they could react, Murong Kun beside Yan Qi had already withdrawn it. The scimitar flashed, and the two guards fell into a pool of blood at the same time.

"We will detain those who came back with Aziz, and order everyone in the military tent who knows about this to shut up. If they dare to reveal a word, Wu He will be killed!" Yan Qi's face was full of anger.

"The sentinel is on horseback to find out whether Yan Peng, the leader of Wancheng City, is marching towards Pioneer City. How many men and horses can take that route?"

"Immediately issue a military order to Mo Yandu. Within two days, he will capture Dubo for me and then march to Tongwan City. If Yan Peng dares to come to Pioneer City, he will immediately attack Tongwan City for me, regardless of the cost. , not afraid of death or injury.”

After a series of military orders were issued, Yan Qi let out a long breath, as if all his strength had been drained from his body. He sat weakly on the big chair, which was covered with thick fur. , but he still felt waves of chill coming over him.

"General, was it He Lanyan's cavalry that attacked Aziz?" Murong Kun walked to the big case and whispered.

"Impossible, that cavalry is far away from Tongwan City. We have set up so many sentry cavalry on this road.

Although we couldn't find them for a while, if they wanted to attack us, there were only a few roads they could take. How could they approach Aziz without any sound? This battle must have been taken advantage of by the enemy because Aziz underestimated and neglected the enemy. With the defeat of Aziz, it is really possible that He Lanyan and Yan Peng joined forces and approached our army. With more than 4,000 cavalry and nearly 10,000 infantry from Tongwan City, they indeed have the power to threaten us. . "

"What do we do now?"

"We'll wait for the news first, wait until we find out the movements of He Lanyan and Yan Peng's armies, and then decide on the next move. But now, we must immediately launch an attack on Pioneer City, and let Xiang Zheng lead his five thousand infantry as the vanguard. To attack the city, Ususuotan will hold the formation. Strike first and find the weakness of this vanguard city. Xiang Zheng is an expert in this area. Ususuotan is only holding the formation. Don't interfere with Xiang Zheng's command. "

"Okay, I'll go deliver the order right away." Murong Kun turned around and left the tent.

Under the Pioneer City, amid the dancing snowflakes, the Donghu Army suddenly launched an attack on the city wall. Five thousand infantry were the main attack, and five thousand cavalry were in charge. A wave of troops was like a wave, carrying ladders, hitting logs, and pushing Meng Chong. Cars were rushing towards Pioneer City. On the city wall, Xu Yuan sneered Zhuoli to defend the city. He personally guarded the front where the Donghu people were attacking, while Ni Huazong and Tao Jiawang were in charge of the other two directions. As for the direction close to the Liaohe River, the enemy It was impossible to deploy heavy troops, so only one regiment guarded it.

As generals of the Central Plains, they are naturally very familiar with city attack and defense. They don't care at all about this kind of tentative attack. The only thing they need to pay attention to is not to expose their weaknesses to the opponent. However, the weaknesses of Pioneer City are A lot? Xu Yuan sneered in his heart. The Donghu people have not yet captured the small Dubo Village, let alone Pioneer City, which is many times larger than Dubo Village.

Strictly speaking, Dubo Village is just a small castle, but Pioneer City is a solid city.

He even only sent a messenger to inform Gao Yuan, the governor in the city, that there was no need to trouble the governor with such an attack.

The enemy gradually approached. On the city, an officer drew his sword and fell heavily.

"Fire the arrow!"

On the city, arrows were like locusts, covering the sky with darkness and covering the attacking crowd.

In the city, Gao Yuan and Ning Xin sat opposite each other. In front of them was a black and white chessboard. The loud shouts of killing could be heard clearly from outside. Gao Yuan seemed to be absentmindedly placing a piece.

Seeing the position of Gao Yuan's fallen child, Ning Xin's lips curved into a slight smile, "Captain, if this child falls, you will be helpless."

When Gao Yuan looked at it intently, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. With one word dropped by him, he actually blocked one of the eyes of a dragon that was already in danger. As long as Ning Xin missed another one, her dragon would die. Die again.

Waving his sleeves to mess up the chess pieces on the scale, Gao Yuan shook his head, "My chess skills are so bad to begin with, and yet I'm looking for death. I can't play anymore, I can't play anymore."

Ning Xin smiled slightly, took down the delicate small copper kettle from the charcoal stove next to her, turned around and took a large tray on the table next to her. Inside was a set of exquisite tea utensils. Ning Xin skillfully started making tea, boiling water After entering the teapot, bursts of fragrance immediately hit your nostrils.

Seeing Ning Xin's exquisite porcelain-like little hands flying up and down, Gao Yuan's eyes couldn't help but be attracted. To be honest, he had never seen a woman as skilled in tea ceremony as Ning Xin. His wife, Ye Jing'er, had been in poverty since she was a child. These things later Although he has learned a little, he is far from being highly skilled, not to mention He Lanyan. This is a female man on horseback. It is okay to drink water with a gourd, but it is so small and exquisite. The porcelain was in her hands, and if she wasn't careful, she might crush it.

Seeing Ning Xin's movements, Gao Yuan's slightly confused heart slowly calmed down.

Ning Xin placed a row of four small cups filled with green tea in front of Gao Yuan one by one, and stared at Gao Yuan, "The Governor's heart seems to be a little confused, is it related to this war? It's just a stalemate now, far from it. Why is the governor so uneasy when the outcome is decided?"

"It's not the fight that's going on outside!" Gao Yuan shook his head, "I'm restless, and I can't find any reason for it. I always feel that something is about to happen, but I can't find any trace. This feeling is very... not good."

"Intuition?" Ning Xin smiled and said: "In such a big war, wouldn't it be good to rely on intuition to feel it?"

Gao Yuan smiled and held up a small tea cup with two fingers, "Every detail of this war has been planned in advance, but the war never proceeds according to your plan. Any small change may lead to This caused a huge change in the entire war situation. Have you ever heard of the story of a horseshoe?"

Ning Xin shook her head.

"Before a battle, a soldier forgot to shoe the general's war horse. As a result, the horse stumbled on the battlefield due to damage to the horseshoes, knocking the general off the horse. The general died, and the war failed. It seemed like a small thing, but in the end it led to the defeat of the entire war." Gao Yuan said simply.

Ning Xin raised her eyebrows, "Today's war is different from before. Although I haven't heard your story, I also know that today's war is far from ending because of the sudden death of a leading general. It’s reversible. When the general dies, there are still lieutenants, and when the lieutenants die, there are more generals who come forward in sequence.”

"I know, I'm just making an analogy." Gao Yuan laughed, "Forget it, maybe I care too much about the outcome of this war, so I think too much about it and get distracted." He raised his tea cup. Drinking, Ning Xin raised her hand to stop him, "Captain, you took the wrong cup. To drink this tea, you have to start from the first cup here and drink in order to get the taste of this tea."

Gao Yuan froze there for a while, then shook his head after a long while, put down the cup in his hand, picked up the first one again, and said awkwardly: "I really don't know anything about these things, please teach me more in the future, so that I won't have to worry about it in front of outsiders." Show timidity.”

Ning Xin smiled and lowered her head, but said nothing. She showed shyness in front of outsiders. Did she mean that she was no longer an outsider?

Gao Yuan didn't notice anything strange about Ning Xin. While drinking tea, he was still thinking carefully about this battle in his mind and where the accident might occur.

On the east bank of the Liao River, more than eighty miles away from Dubo Village and more than fifty miles away from the Liao River, on the undulating hills and snowfields, countless soldiers are struggling with their shovels to dig out holes where they can hide themselves. , a series of crossbows were placed in the snow, camouflaged with snow outside.

After a half-day ride overnight, the snowfield returned to calm. From a distance, it was no different from other places. The countless murderous intentions contained within were completely hidden by the falling snow.

In the other direction, overwhelming cavalry were galloping on the snowy fields, and the banner of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was flapping in the wind and snow. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes at (.). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.. to read.)