[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 214 [English]

Chapter 206 Glacier

Xiao Chiye left Zhongbo for three days and completely lost contact with Duanzhou.They disappeared into the snow after Achi returned with a complete victory. Tantai Tiger’s scouts could no longer find any trace of them, and the forward seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

The Biansha cavalry set up a wall on the west side of the Chashi River. This forward team was already trapped in a tight siege and was trapped in the Chashi River by Achi.The Tantai Tiger cannot explore the battlefield, and he must truthfully convey the news to Dajing and Cizhou while waiting anxiously.

If something unexpected happens to Xiao Chiye, then Wu Ziyu will immediately notify Guo Weili in Shasan Camp, and they must go south to block the gap in Luoshan, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

Shen Zechuan did not ride in a carriage, but rode the wind and frost.It was already late at night when he arrived at Luoshan. Wu Ziyu trotted out to greet him, but he saw that Mr. Fu’s face was blue and white with cold and there was no expression at all.

“Master Fu,” Wu Ziyu didn’t dare to talk nonsense and followed Shen Zechuan to the camp. “The siege is set up in the southeast of Duanzhou. The main purpose is to stop the Tantai Tiger who is still in the west and not give us a chance to spy. Because of this, the second master must still be in the southeast.”

Shen Zechuan’s shoulders were covered with snow. He stood at the entrance of the camp and said, “Who is accompanying the army?”

“Gujin, Yinchang and Hairigu,” Wu Ziyu said, “the second master only left the Tantai Tiger in its place.”

“Master,” Fei Sheng said from behind, “it’s better to have the Jin Yiwei rush to the Tantai Tiger’s camp, and we will serve as scouts until tomorrow night…”

Shen Zechuan had turned around, got on his horse again, and said to Wu Ziyu: “Write a letter to Yu Xiaozai and Kong Ling, telling them that all the horse roads heading west from Zhongbo will be blocked now, and all merchants going to the mutual market will be detoured from Cizhou.”

Yan Heru had just gotten off the carriage, but before his butt felt comfortable, he heard Shen Zechuan’s words.He also wants to do business with Fan and Deng states. At the moment, the two states are short of food and clothing!So he hurriedly followed the horse for a few steps, raised his head and said, “Master Fu, it’s easy to discuss. Can the food provided by Hezhou to the two places still be connected? If so, it would be better…”

“Tong,” Shen Zechuan’s eyes were cold. He leaned down, patted Yan Heru’s cheek with his riding crop, and said, “Except for food, if your caravan dares to smuggle anything to the east of Zhongbo without my approval, I will hang your head on the Hezhou city tower.”

The remnant bandits in Fan and Deng states have not been wiped out, and no one knows whether Yan Heru will play tricks again.Shen Zechuan has no time to stare at Yan Heru now, but he has many ways to make Yan Heru stay here honestly.

Yan Heru didn’t dare to move, he swallowed his saliva obediently, and didn’t even dare to blink his eyes. It wasn’t until Shen Zechuan turned his horse’s head that he realized his legs were shaking.

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Falcons swim through the drifting snow and linger by the Tea Stone River.The sky was gloomy at Youshi, and the closer it got to the ground, the more the snow resembled crushed rice grains, clinging to the temples very uncomfortable.The Gobi Desert stretches as far as the eye can see. Bayin held a book under his arm, sat on his horse and looked ahead.

“There’s a blizzard tonight.” Bayin murmured in Biansha dialect.

It was freezing cold at this time, and Bayin couldn’t bear the cold even though he was wrapped in fur, but Achi squatted on the Tea Stone River and washed his face with water from the ice hole.He rubbed his fingers clean, and there was blood red.

“I’ll take you across the river tonight.” Achi has a scorpion tattooed on his right arm, and his face, as dark as Bayin, looks a bit honest.

Bayin is the think tank around Hasen. He originally followed Hu and Lu, but is now transferred to Achi to observe the Duanzhou War. He is Hasen’s eyes here.

Xiao Chiye arrived in Duanzhou seven days ago, but the attack on the city was unsuccessful. The Biansha cavalry had already learned how to use weapons in Duanzhou City. They took advantage of the city and left Xiao Chiye to waste outside.Xiao Chiye made a surprise attack three days ago, and Achi went out of the city to pursue them and killed the left wing of the Libei Iron Cavalry near the Chashi River.

Bayin turned around and said to Achi, “Maybe I should stay for a few more days.”

“Hassen needs you.” Achi stood up, raised Libei’s head in his arms, and said to the scorpions on the shore, “The Libei cavalry is at the end of its rope. This pack of wolves is helpless against us. Last night was proof. They are as vulnerable as they were years ago.”

Achi threw away the head in his hand.

“The Iron Cavalry is no longer our badge, they don’t deserve it.”

Scorpions mingled with the cavalry, and they followed Achi and booed, throwing away the heads on the horse’s sides.They collected the helmets of Libei cavalry and used them as chamber pots in the wilderness.

Achi turned to Bayin and said: “We are the elite Scorpions. It is not a good idea for Russia, the Soviet Union and Japan to put us in Zhongbo. If I kill Xiao Chiye, you have to tell Hasen and ask him to transfer me to the northern battlefield. That is where I should go.”

This force is the elite left by Amul in Duanzhou. Achi is the leader of the Black Scorpions who succeeded Hairigu and became the unequivocal overlord of Duanzhou after Jida’s death.If he wanted to get the land, he had to find a way to make military exploits, so he was already dissatisfied with Amul’s arrangement of leaving him in Duanzhou.

“You are the natural enemies of wolves,” Bayin comforted Achi, “Esu and Ri have their own considerations for their arrangements.”

“He’s arrangement is to let me make room for Hassen,” Achi said with gloomy eyes, “Hasen took away the credit of Scorpion.”

Bayin is weak on his own and cannot start a dispute with Achi here.He swallowed his anger and watched Achi mount his horse and step onto the ice of Tea Stone River with Xiezi.

The Tea Stone River will freeze in winter, and the ice layer is strong and can bear the weight of the border sand cavalry.In the past, they preferred to cross the border in winter, so that they could cross the Tea Stone River without having to take a long detour.The “thin waist” of the Tea Stone River is near Gedal. If you travel quickly, you can reach it in one night.

The snow began to fall heavily, and Bayin was worried that the book would get wet, so he put it back in his leather pouch.He wore a fur hat and a wind collar, covering his mouth and nose tightly. Even so, his exposed ears were still red from the cold.

“Spring better come soon,” Achi’s horse walked beside Bayin. “Many people starved to death in Gedal this winter. They gave all the food they grew to the northern battlefield.”

“This battle is the only way for Biansha to become a lion. We have too few fields,” Bayin said in a muffled voice. “There is no extra land to grow food in the desert. We can only survive by attacking to the west. Zhongbo is a good place… You don’t have to hate it so much.”

“If my team puts down the hammer, they will become slaves to the ministries again,” Achi said, shaking his head as the hammer on his side was stained with blood, “We will not farm.”

As the leader of the Scorpions, Achi once negotiated with Amul. The Scorpions wanted land and a name, and it was best to merge into the Twelve Divisions and no longer be slaves to others, but Amul refused. He asked the Scorpions to completely defeat the Libei cavalry in this battle. Only if Libei fell, would he consider Achi’s proposal.

Bayin was just Hasen’s entourage and could not question Amul, who was an Osu and Ri, but he understood Amul’s intentions.Amul refused to give the scorpions a name because he wanted to imprison them in his hands. Only in this way can these homeless bastards really help.

The team walked on the ice for two hours, with blizzards covering the direction of the night.Achi followed the road signs left by the Biansha cavalry and did not stop immediately.He wanted to send Bayin to the other side as soon as possible, and then go back to annihilate the remaining Libei cavalry and clean up the Duanzhou battlefield.

Xiao Chiye is a nobody, but he is a genuine wolf cub.Hasen did not bring back Xiao Fangxu’s head, which was Biansha’s regret. Achi stared at Xiao Chiye and wanted to use Xiao Chiye’s head to negotiate terms with Amul.They attacked Libei without leaving any room, and were tired of the stalemate on the northern battlefield.

Bayin opened his wind collar and drank some water.The wind and snow blew so hard that he couldn’t open his eyes. He shouted to Achi from the shelter: “Stop, rest here, the snow is too heavy!”

The falcon could no longer fly and had landed on its owner’s shoulders.The wind blew the snow on the ice into a slanted surface, which made a crunching sound when people stepped on it.Achi dismounted his horse to explore the road and pushed aside the ice particles on the road sign, only to find footprints in front of him.

The snow was so heavy that there were only two reasons why the footprints could be preserved. One was because it was too heavy and trampled the ice particles underneath; the other was that the other party had just left not long ago and was probably standing next to us through the snow curtain.

“The wolf is coming,” Achi measured the depth of the footprints with his fingers, raised his head and said loudly, “The cavalry has been here!”

Bayin waded through the thick snow, exhaled and knelt down. He lay in front of the footprints and said, “But we are walking west, that is the direction back to Zhongbo.”

These footprints are all facing the way they came.

“Three days ago you killed the left wing of the Libei Iron Cavalry,” Bayin looked at Achi, “but their vanguard is not dead. Xiao Chiye probably led them to escape on the ice of the Chashi River, and they are looking for their way back.”

“It could also be a cover-up,” Achi brushed the snow. “We can walk backwards, so that we can hide in front of me and set up an ambush.”

Bayin shook his head slightly, frowned at the snow, and said, “It’s not good for us to go east, that’s our territory.”

Achi quickly pushed through the snow along the footprints and saw that they were all heading west.He knew how Xiao Chiye killed Hu Helu. In his mind, this person was good at disguise and setting up ambushes. The more obvious the footprints were, the more he thought Xiao Chiye was in front of him.

“Let’s take a detour,” Achi stood up, “Xiao Chiye needs to drink water even when he’s on the ice. They will definitely leave traces and follow them to catch up with them.”

Bayin felt that tonight was not the right time to fight against the Libei cavalry, so he chased Achi and said, “If you can’t stay here to rest, you should continue to the east. Achi, there is a saying in the Zhou Dynasty that you should not chase the poor enemy. Don’t be taken away by the opponent. Let’s make plans after returning to Gedal.”

Achi pushed Bayin’s body away, exposed the scorpion on his right arm, and said with murderous intent in his eyes: “The wolf is in the heavy snow. Letting them go will be troublesome. You don’t know how to fight at all. If you leave Xiao Chiye on the Chashi River, my team may be ambushed by him tomorrow morning!”

Bayin watched Achi mount his horse and shouted unbearably: “I once tried to persuade Hu Helu, but he didn’t listen to me. In the end, he didn’t even leave his body behind!”

“Is this how you persuade Ha Sen?” Achi turned his horse’s head and said contemptuously, “So he threw away the Wolf King’s head to save his life.”

After saying that, Achi had already raised his whip and headed to the southeast.

“Achi!” Bayin chased for a few steps, spat fiercely, and cursed in a low voice, “Bastards, you can’t even tell the direction if you leave the road sign!”

Achibinshi was in the snow and never looked back.He couldn’t tell the direction, and neither could Xiao Chiye, but he was more familiar with Chashi River than Xiao Chiye.

The wolf is nearby.

Achi wants to catch him.