Chapter 719 The Grandmasters fought at the peak, and the victory and defeat changed rapidly.
The command of King Zhao Bing of Yan La King has only one hundred thousand troops, but it has more than two hundred thousand soldiers and horses. There are no 100,000 warriors who can be called generals and not eighty. Among them, the infantry generals Zhang Dingyuan and Gu Ying were good at playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses and attacking their weaknesses with their strengths and flexible use of their strengths; the other was good at assault and preferred to fight hard battles and died. There is also Yuanzhou General Ye Xiufeng known as the “King of Southern Frontier Mingyang”, and is famous for his skill in defending the city. General Liang Yue of Hezhou was good at attacking and used infantry as cavalry commanders. All of these people are talented and unruly generals, but their limelight and strength have always been concealed by the Iron Cavalry of the Northern Liang. The number of times these people were mentioned in Liyang Jingcheng may not be as good as one Chu Lushan or Yan Wenluan, but one is definitely an exception, that is Wu Chongxuan, the number one general in southern Xinjiang. The old general not only commanded half of the troops in the northern border, but also held the only cavalry in the southern border. At that time, the crown prince Zhao Zhu led the thousands of cavalry to Guangling Road to fight the rebellion. To be precise, he borrowed some of the troops from Wu Chongxuan. Wu Chongxuan and Nalan Youci became Zhao Bing’s right-hand man, but compared to Nalan Youci, who was almost blindly trusted by King Yanla, Wu Chongxuan, who was commanding troops abroad, was much more pale. Among the three sons, the eldest son and the youngest son were left in the royal palace. There was only one son with a illegitimate son following the old man and did not join the army. They were all the leaders of the northern part of southern Xinjiang. It is rumored that once he took the opportunity of his son patrolling the northern border and took more than 100 elite private entourages to the south to show off his power, and ended up fighting the prince’s prince with all his teeth. It’s fine. After this guy was fooled, he even ran to the royal palace with bare shirtless and rolled around. After the quellation, outsiders did not know the inside story. Nanjiang only knew that Zhao Yu, the third son of King Yan La, who served as an important military post in the north, was recalled to the south. After that, Wu Chongxuan rarely returned to the south and focused on guarding the northern part of the southern border.
A team of more than 20 people stopped their horses and whipped them on the south bank of the Guangling River. Watching the rolling river water flowing eastward, it was like the most spectacular white trainer in the world rising and falling with the wind. These knights have a huge age difference, but everyone wears armor and swords, and their strength is extremely eye-catching. The few riders in the middle have a strong aura condensed by being in the upper position for a long time, and the white-haired old man with straight waists is the most eye-catching. The old man held the whip made of tiger bones and made of tiger skins, squinted his eyes, jumped across the river, and looked straight to the north shore. The two middle-aged generals around the old man were his direct confidants who had cultivated in twenty or thirty years. Tang He and Li Chunyu were slightly inferior to Zhang Dingyuan, Gu Ying and others, but if they really had to be on the battlefield, the old man didn’t think they would lose. Moreover, both Tang and Li came from high-ranking clans in southern and northern borders, and had complex marriages, which meant that the old man had more popularity in the Central Plains than the King of Yanla, who was seriously restricted by the vassal laws.
Tang He is a rough man with a rough appearance. He has no time or effort to take care of his beard. Several strands of beard are tied together. He bent down and touched the horse’s musclesWith a strong back, he complained, “Zhao Yi and Zhao Xun, the two vassal kings, agreed in advance, but they were so arrogant. They just didn’t want to help us cross the river. They said on the excuse that they wanted to defeat Cao Changqing’s navy to ensure our safety.”
The old man, Wu Chongxuan, the first general in the southern border, said calmly, “This principle is reasonable. Crossing the river is not a trivial matter.”
Tang He said carelessly: “Cao Changqing has clearly shrunk his front line and concentrated his troops in Bailu Lake. Then let us go to Longmen Ferry and let the Qingzhou Navy protect the river. Isn’t it enough for him to be Zhao Yi Navy to cross the river? Is it okay if he is a 10-day or half month away from the sea entrance of Guangling? Cao Changqing’s warship can’t climb to the shore and bypass Zhao Yi Navy and then jump into the river to stop us. These turtle grandsons are just unhappy to see our elite troops crossing the river smoothly.”
Wu Chongxuan shook his head and said, “This is what the capital means. Do you think Zhao Yi and Zhao Xun can make the decision”
Tang He looked sarcastic and laughed out loud: “Being a vassal king is considered a skill.”
Wu Chongxuan has always been a meticulous and quiet person. He has been in the military for most of his life. Whether he wins or loses a lot, he has never been sad or happy, which has become an excellent example of what the military books say, “Thunder in the chest and a face like a flat lake, he can be called a general.” Wu Chongxuan fell into deep thought. Compared to the generals around him who were brave on the battlefield but not familiar with the temple, as the head coach, the old man had to think more and more complicated. This time he led the north, which was a big bet in addition to the main business, and the old man had another private matter to do. Someone asked him to take care of a young man named Jiang Fuding in Wudicheng. In exchange, the man promised that he would not only serve as the chief general of the southern army, but also a prosperous and prosperous battle awaiting him after crossing to Guangling in the north. Wu Chongxuan had no chance to refuse this matter, because the man exposed the behind-the-scenes driver of Wu Chongxuan’s road to fame – Huang Sanjia. Regarding this secret matter, let alone those three unscrupulous sons, Wu Chongxuan didn’t even inform the person next to him who had been together for a long time.
At this time, another cavalry team rushed over. Tang He, Li Chunyu and others looked up and their faces were a little strange. Wu Chongxuan grabbed the horse’s belly and drove the horse forward. He gently clasped his fists at the heroic young man on the back of the horse: “I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
This young man who only brought five or six entourages was Zhao Zhu, the prince of the Yanla King. Compared with the iron armor of Wu Chongxuan and his group, Zhao Zhu was wearing a brocade robe. If he hadn’t been wearing a common sword in the southern border, he would have been easily mistaken for being a young master who was traveling. In addition to the two personal guards from the vassal king’s mansion, there were also several outsiders in the southern border, one man and two women. The man’s outfit was extremely strange. The bald head had a monk’s ring scar on his head, but he was wearing a Taoist robe. The older woman is extremely beautiful and charming. She looks like a beautiful woman in her early thirties. If she hadn’t been extremely powerful and intimidating, she would probably have died young in this chaotic world and on the banks of the Guangling River where wolf smoke was everywhere.Now. The younger one is tall and tall, and he looks like a northern woman. His face is not so stunning, but he also has a unique style. Generals such as Tang He and Li Chunyu have long been famous for the half-monk and half-dog man and the women who have been on the rouge list for three times: the disciple of Wang Xianzhi, the King of Emperor Wu City, Gong Banque and the master of boxing Lin Ya, are all well-known figures in the world. As for why these two people depended on His Royal Highness, they were too lazy to think deeply. No matter what conflicts and conflicts have occurred between the prince Zhao Zhu and their benefactor Wu Chongxuan, the benefactor of the northern general, the vast southern border will be sincerely praised. His Highness, the young master, joined the army at a young age, killed almost ten in and ten out in that barbaric miasma land, and built countless large and small temples. Before the rise of the young man named Xu in the Northern Liang, the people of southern border were extremely proud and liked to say to outsiders that we have the most civil and military prince in the world.
Zhao Zhu had a bright smile and replied with a clasped his fist: “Thank you for your hard work.”
Wu Chongxuan pulled the corner of his mouth, probably just laughing.
Zhao Zhu turned his head and looked at the river and asked softly, “What’s the movement between Zhao Xun and Zhao Yi?”
After all, Zhao Zhu was the nominal commander of the Northern Expedition. Wu Chongxuan was only the deputy commander, assisting the prince of the Guangling trip to Li Yang, who was disappointed by Li Yang. He heard this and said in a deep voice: “The Qingzhou Navy went east along the river, and at the Guangling River and Wubo Lake Pass, Longdukou and Bailu Lake West End Zhubaji, etc., we have to divide troops into layers to block the way back. Moreover, the Qingzhou Navy’s division is quite organized and does not damage the combat power of the main navy. Then Zhao Xun must have a master’s guidance behind him. As for Zhao Yi’s half of the Guangling Navy, large warships can exert their power on the Bailu Lake with a vast water surface. Now the formation of boats is like a cavalry on the land. Cao Changqing’s Xichu Navy has few soldiers and small boats. When encountering such a formation, it is not only difficult to attack head-on and difficult to attack, but also the advantage of the original small and flexible ships has disappeared.”
Zhao Zhu nodded and asked casually: “In late spring, what kind of weather was Bailuhu at this time in previous years and what wind direction was there?”
Wu Chongxuan was stunned for a moment. Not only was this veteran who had never participated in large-scale naval forces in person, but the other generals were also stumped.
Lin Yazhan, a master of martial arts who once carried a big cauldron to smash the city in Suixigu, who entered the city slowly with a sword, smiled and said, “The strategists who have lived on the banks of the Guangling River all year round are not all wine bags, so they will consider these.”
Zhao Zhu sighed, “Then it depends on whether Cao Changqing can turn the tide with one person.”
Gong Banque touched his bald head: “It’s difficult. Qi Jiajie, the first swordsman in the capital, has arrived, and Chai Qingshan from Dongyue Sword Pool will not be absent. It is said that even the woman named Xuanyuan in Huishan will help. In addition, Zhao Gou, who was dispatched in full force, doesn’t need to think about killing Cao Changqing, but it’s not difficult to stop it.”
Wu Chongxuan’s cavalry team said goodbye and left, Zhao Zhu still stopped by the river for a long time, shook his head.Looking down, the sword around his waist tied a worn-out money bag with a thin rope.
The prince murmured to himself: “If one day, the country belongs to me, Zhao Zhu, and the world belongs to you, Xu Fengnian, it would be a waste of our brothers to meet at Dantong Pass.”
He reached out to hold the cloth bag that he had sewned and mended many times, and gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: “The surname Xu, no matter what big difficult things happen, don’t die. I will only recognize you as a brother in my life! Don’t be a hero. At worst, come to me. You must know that the little beggar who was so poor that he couldn’t even make a sound of a jingle in his pocket are richer than anyone else!”
The Beiman saw the beautiful silk, and he didn’t believe that insects were made of eating trees and spinning silk. In the past, the Central Plains scholars did not believe that there were felt tents on the grassland to accommodate thousands of people. If people in the world do not reach the Guangling River, they do not believe that there are 20,000 hu of large boats on the water.
In the center of Bailu Lake, a majestic tower ship that was three or four meters high above the water surface was sailing alone on the lake surface. Looking at the bow, it was heading towards the Xichu Navy Army.
A big flag with a ginger character roared in the strong wind.
There was a beautiful woman carrying a purple sword box on her back and standing on the railing on the third floor, her clothes fluttering like an immortal.
The lake surface was vast, and suddenly a small boat appeared from afar, getting closer and closer, until it was dozens of feet away from the building boat.
She sat on the head of the boat in white, with a red rope tied to her wrist and a wine pot hanging.
Behind him stood a man with a big sleeved red robe.
The woman with a sword on her back and the woman in white looked at each other almost at the same time, and stopped looking at each other at just one glance.
People don’t know that this encounter was actually eight hundred years apart.
Baiyi Luoyang withdrew his gaze, raised his head and drank a sip of wine, and smiled lazyly, “After so many years, I still feel annoying as usual.”
Over there, Jiang Ni reached out and pressed the sword box, which stopped the long sound of the sword in the box.
The Western Regions city standing thousands of miles above the yellow sand.
The short man with a dull face and long arms was like ape, no longer suppressed the thick aura in his body that was full of terrifying situations when the sword was about to leave the city. His body suddenly surged, and he was restored to his normal state.
The long sword rushed to the front line.
He stretched out his palm, hit the tip of the first sword, and twisted his wrist.
More than a thousand “flying swords” on the straight line all flew around.
After a long sword piercing through the thick city wall, it blew a hole as big as a basket on the height of the city wall and others.