Chapter 10
This time the imperial court sent troops, as the emperor, it was natural that Emperor Wu of Zhou decided to wipe out the remnants of the previous dynasty. It was just a pain for the soldiers from the north to suffer. They traveled a long distance against the biting northwest wind, and their hands and feet were about to freeze.
The Liao King was not sure what was going on with the King of Jin. He was on the northeastern border. Shortly after he set out, he encountered heavy snow. Goose feather-like snowflakes sprinkled for three days and three nights. The heavy snow stopped, and the Liao King walked out of the tent and rode a horse to look away. He saw that there was a vast white space between the sky and the earth, dark clouds covering the sun, and it was impossible to tell the difference between the east, south, west and north.
The grassland is already vast, and the 30,000 remaining troops in Beiliang may be hiding anywhere, and the traces are hard to find. Now there is more snow, making it even harder to find.
The King of Liao returned to the tent and ordered the guards to summon commanders from the tent to discuss military affairs.
The first one to arrive were the two guards of the King of Liao.
There were four guards around the King of Liao, each with 5,000 troops. This time, the King of Liao was ordered to fight north and only brought two guards on the left and right. Among them, the commander of the left and right guards was Chai Xiong, who was 60 years old this year. He was a veteran general who had experienced many battles. The commander of the Right Guard was named Huo Weizhang, who was only twenty-eight years old. He was born with Yushu, who was handsome and handsome. His uncle was a powerful general in the previous dynasty and died in the battlefield. After Emperor Wu of Zhou ascended the throne, the men of the Huo family resigned and returned to their hometown. Only the young general Huo Weizhang chose to be loyal to the new court, so he was valued by Emperor Wu of Zhou and sent him to guard the border with King Liao.
Subsequently, the other five guard commanders arrived one after another, and the commanders of the guard station commanded more than 5,000 people respectively.
In theory, these commanders and commanders were appointed by the court, but the duty of the royal guards was to protect the vassal kings. Therefore, Chai Xiong and Huo Weizhang were more familiar with the relationship between the Liao kings and the Liao kings, and they dared to speak freely on such occasions.
The Liao King asked whether the army should continue to advance or retreat when it was ice and snow. If it was moving forward, it was afraid that the Beiliang army would not be found in the end. The soldiers would use up their food and grass in vain, endure the cold, and return without success. Retreat in time to avoid more losses. Of course, if they retreat, they would inevitably have to bear the reprimand of the court.
Veteran Chai Xiong advocated withdrawing troops and searching and suppressing them again in the warm spring season.
Hovezhang insisted on moving forward, and the young commander was sharp like a sword ready to be unsheathed at any time.
The King of Liao did not express his opinion yet and looked at the other five commanders.
As a result, the four commanders who spoke first supported Chai Xiong and two supported Huo Weizhang. So everyone's eyes fell on Li Yong, the commander of Zhangcheng.
Li Yong was Xiao Zhen's head and the men who recommended Xiao Zhen to the court as a thousand households in the south of Zhangcheng.
In front of everyone, Li Yong pondered: "Go back to the prince, I think it is difficult to walk on the snow road. It is really half the result for us to move forward aimlessly. It is better to set up camp here and send a few teams to search for the whereabouts of the Beiliang army. Once found, the entire army will be dispatched and completed in one battle."
The King of Liao nodded and praised, "This plan is very suitable for me, but the direction of the snow is difficult to tell, so I am afraid that the team sent out will also lose its direction."
Li Yong smiled and said happily: "I will probably be helpless for other problems. I will not hide it from the prince. I have a thousand households under my command. Whether it is forest or grassland, whether it is day or night, he can accurately distinguish between south and northeast. Last year, the battle of Baishui River was in the battle of Baishui River for many days. If it weren't for his assistance, I would have been lost in the grassland. If the prince decided to send troops to search, I would recommend him first."
The Liao King was overjoyed and asked if there were any other commanders to recommend it. Three teams were needed this time.
Soon, the candidates for the three teams were decided.
The King of Liao sent the commanders and ordered people to call the captains of the three investigation teams to come.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and the three of them arrived.
The stove was burning in the king's tent, and the King of Liao was roasting his hands. When he heard the movement, he looked at the door. The first thing he noticed was the man who walked in. He saw that the other party was wearing armor, nearly nine feet tall, with sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes, and was so righteous. What a majestic and beautiful hero. The King of Liao was almost forty years old and admired a young talent like Huo Weizhang the most. Now he saw a person with a more outstanding appearance than Huo Weizhang, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"I pay homage to the prince." The three of them saluted at the same time and reported their own names.
The King of Liao looked at Xiao Zhen and thought to himself that this was the hero who was good at distinguishing directions highly recommended by the commander of Zhangcheng Guard.
With this side alone, the King of Liao was deeply impressed by Xiao Zhen, but at this moment, he did not show any special importance to Xiao Zhen, and said the same encouragement words as the three of them. After speaking, the King of Liao personally sent the three of them out of the tent, watching them take 500 soldiers each, and set out along the northeast, northwest and north to find the traces of the Liang army.
Xiao Zhen was responsible for the northwest and was the most likely direction to discover the enemy.
"Sir, the prince is so nice to us. I, Feng Shi, actually talked to the prince!" After leaving the military camp, Feng Shi was still very excited. He took out the wine bag that the King of Liao personally distributed to them before departure, and turned around and turned, "No, this is the wine given by the prince. I want to keep it and go back to drink for Jinniang."
It was Jinniang again, Xiao Zhen said helplessly: "That's for you to keep warm."
Feng Shi snorted: "What's this little wind and snow? I can withstand it if I don't drink."
During the next few days of snow search, Xiao Zhen and his other subordinates had drunk alcohol, only Feng Shi, who really didn't touch a single drop.
At the end of February, the team finally found the trace of Liang's army and observed silently. Xiao Zhen left two soldiers who had always been calm and hid in the distance, paying attention to the dynamics of Liang's army at any time. He immediately led the rest of his subordinates back on the same route and reported the military information to the King of Liao.
The King of Liao was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers of Zhangcheng to whom Li Yong and Xiao Zhen were appointed as the vanguard army, so he set out in a mighty manner.
When he heard the Great Zhou army was attacking, the Emperor of Beiliang was so scared that he was about to fly away. However, he had a powerful general named Gao Kuang, who first comforted the emperor without panic. Then he asked the Emperor of Beiliang to take off his dragon robe and put on ordinary armor, and then arranged 800 elite troops to escort the emperor to escape. After the Emperor of Beiliang left, Gao Kuang put on the dragon robe, pretended to be the emperor, and welcomed the enemy.
The drums were like thunder. In an instant, the soldiers of the two countries were stirred up and fought fiercely, and snowflakes were splashing. Before the white snowflakes had fallen, a stream of bright red blood suddenly sprayed over. I don’t know which soldiers from the country they came from.
Xiao Zhen and Feng Shi rushed into the Beiliang army in the first wave. Xiao Zhen rode a horse and used his gun, his gun technique was fast, accurate and ruthless. Wherever the gun head passed, he would take the life of the Liang soldier. Feng Shi fought side by side with him, and he swung the hammer in his hand like a hard work, fierce and brave, accompanied by the loud shouts, which scared the Liang soldiers around him so hard that they didn't dare to kill him here.
"Sir, look!" After killing, Feng Shi accidentally swept his breath and suddenly found a bright yellow in the enemy camp. Only the emperor can wear yellow. Could it be that the Emperor of Beiliang?
As soon as the thought came, Feng Shi's heartbeat accelerated, he grabbed the hammer and rushed towards the Emperor of Beiliang. As long as he captured the Emperor of Beiliang alive, he could make the first contribution to this battle. Last year, Lord Xiao killed all the Xiongnu generals and granted thousands of households. If he captured an emperor, would the court give him a general?
Feng Shi has not made high demands, so it would be great to get a thousand households, and he would also earn a three-in-one house for Jinniang!
Thinking about making contributions, Feng Shi did not hear Xiao Zhen's obstruction behind him, and rushed into the depths of Liang Jun in a blink of an eye.
Xiao Zhen didn't know if the Minghuang figure was the Emperor of Liang. He could only see that the figure was very skilled and invincible. There were also a group of Liang generals around him. Feng Shi was a man with brute force. He could kill a hundred people with one slaughter against ordinary soldiers, but if he was a real general, Feng Shi...
Without thinking too much, Xiao Zhen snatched the horse's belly and chased Feng Shi with a gun.
"Emperor Dog, come and take your time!" Feng Shi shouted while fighting. With such a loud voice, Gao Kuang, the chief general wearing the dragon robe of the Emperor of Beiliang, could not hear it? Looking in the sound, he saw a soldier of Zhou waving a hammer and no one could stop him. He was extremely arrogant. Gao Kuang's eyes turned his head and rushed towards Feng Shi.
Both of them were both determined to kill each other, and they chased each other and soon met.
With all his strength, Feng Shi fought in disarray, but he also held on to Gaokuan for three rounds. But for Gaokuan, three rounds were enough for him to understand Feng Shi's ability. He rushed up again. Gaokuan saw Feng Shi's chest and after a false move, he swept the big knife in his hand towards Feng Shi's back.
Seeing that his knife was about to hit Feng Shi, a silver spear suddenly came, and he made a huge move, successfully resolving the crisis for Feng Shi.
Feng Shi, who escaped from death, was sweating profusely.
Gao Kuang stared at Xiao Zhen and understood that this was his real opponent.
"Go back!" Faced with Gao Kuan's fierce attack, Xiao Zhen resisted and scolded Feng Shi.
Feng Shi refused to leave and swung his hammer to join the battle: "Let's fight together!"
But Gaokuang has other generals around him, so how could he give two Zhou soldiers a chance to attack Gaokuang?
When Gao Kuan fought against Xiao Zhen alone, Feng Shi was surrounded by three generals.
While fighting Gao Kuang, Xiao Zhen was distracted by Feng Shi's situation. Several times he rushed over to save Feng Shi. It was not until this moment that Feng Shi realized his rashness and hurriedly cooperated with Xiao Zhen to fight and retreat. As he was fighting, Feng Shi suddenly saw the enemy general looking behind him. Feng Shi was confused and turned around, but he saw a Liang Jun crossbow car parked in the distance. The iron crossbow with a flashing cold light on the car was facing them...
With a "swoosh", the iron crossbow flew towards him.
"Sir, be careful!" In the critical moment, Feng Shi forgot everything and tried his best to rush towards Xiao Zhen on the side of his body.
Xiao Zhen turned his back to the crossbow, not knowing what was going on. As soon as he heard Feng Shi's yelling in fear, his body was hugged, followed by a powerful force, leading him to fall towards the horse. But Xiao Zhen was quick enough to react. Just when his body was about to hit the ground, he supported the ground with one hand and forced himself to turn around.
Then, he fell to the ground with his back.
Then, Feng Shi pressed over heavily, and the moment he hit him, the short man vomited blood while coughing.
At that moment, Xiao Zhen's mind went blank.
Feng Shi kept spitting blood and vomiting Xiao Zhen's face. He knew he was not good enough. He had a lot to say, but he was very cold, so cold that he didn't know what he was going to say.
"My grandma, sir, you, take care of me, take care of Jinniang..."
In fact, this is what he should do. He is Jinniang’s husband. But he can never go back.
Feng Shizun stared at Xiao Zhen straight, and he fell heavily until the last trace of strength disappeared.
Chapter completed!