[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 218 [English]

Chapter 210 Green Rat

At Mao o’clock the next day, the blizzard was still falling, and the charcoal basin in the military tent was completely cold.The generals gathered around the map on the table, waiting for Xiao Chiye to speak in the candlelight.

The battle over the Chashi Tiankeng was not difficult, but it was quite dangerous.Xiao Chiye took advantage of the blizzard and led Achi away from the southeast on the ice to the tea stone sinkhole with relatively weak sand.Achi’s reinforcements came so quickly because Duanzhou still had a post station here, but he moved his focus to the southeast and was helpless against Xiao Chiye’s Libei cavalry, giving the Tantai Tiger, who was always keeping an eye on Duanzhou’s movements, a chance to support him diagonally.

Xiao Chiye took off his armor last night. After the military doctor left, he moved his shoulders and arms a little, looked around at them, and said: “We are not here to fight with them, but to claim Duanzhou from them. Now that Achi is dead, heavy troops are still stationed in the southeast. There are less than 10,000 troops in Duanzhou City, so this is a good opportunity.”

Fei Sheng brought the medicine to Shen Zechuan and took a few peeks to see that Mr. Fu was in good spirits today.

“A lot of cavalry escaped yesterday,” Yin Chang pressed his finger to the southeast of Duanzhou. “When the heavy troops here receive the news, they will suspect that we are going to attack Duanzhou, and they will definitely come up to intercept them first.”

The old man was not afraid of anyone during the military meeting. He tied his messy beard together casually, but he did not dare to drink in front of Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye, so he could only rely on strong tea to satisfy his craving.

Xiao Chiye did not reply immediately, leaving the opportunity to Tantai Hu.

Tantai Hu has gradually gained his own opinions in the past two years. After pondering what the second master meant, he raised his hand and pointed at the location of Duanzhou and said: “We are now in Chashi Tiankeng, which is some distance from Duanzhou. If heavy troops from the southeast come here to intercept us, the strength of the troops in Duanzhou City will not change.” heHe glanced at Xiao Chiye slightly uneasily, and seeing that Xiao Chiye looked calm, he continued, “When the time comes, let Wu Ziyu, who is stationed in Luoshan, go around to the west gate of Duanzhou, and then we can launch a sneak attack directly.”

Xiao Chiye nodded and indicated that Tantai Hu was right.

Gu Jin’s expression dropped slightly, and he looked at the Chashi River and said: “We can use the bait to lure all the troops to the Chashi Tiankeng, but Master, behind us is the Chashi River. Once Amul takes the opportunity to send troops for a sneak attack, or Hasenan transfers over, we will be attacked from both sides. By then Wu Ziyu will go around to the west of Duanzhou, and we will not even have reinforcements.”

“What you said hurt the hearts of those in the battlefield.” Xiao Chiye stared at Shen Zechuan while he was talking and drank the medicine. Finally, he continued, “Isn’t the Third Battalion reinforcements?”

Gu Jin paused for a moment, shook his head and said, “I can’t trust Guo Weili.”

Xiao Chiye did not continue to talk about this. He raised his hand, patted Gu Jin’s back lightly, and said: “Brother can see the situation clearly in the big realm. Duanzhou is bound to win. With Lu Guangbai and Master at the battle site, the three major battalions will definitely try their best to hold Hasen back. As for Amul…” Xiao Chiye smiled slightly, “The troops he can quickly mobilize now are the Green Rat Division.”

Qi Zhuyin wanted to send troops to attack the Qingshu tribe, but the Queen Mother and the Ministry of War did not agree, so she was completely helpless?

“Qidong’s military rations are supplied by the Yan family, and the carriage has arrived at Cejun three days ago.” Shen Zechuan’s mouth was full of bitterness. “Counting the time, the commander should be full.”

As long as Qi Zhuyin is fed, she will dare to play tricks with Qudu.In the past few years, she had always dealt with these old foxes because she was afraid of trouble. Now that the machete is reaching her eyes, she is not afraid of trouble at all.

“The cavalry is not marching in the snow as fast as usual. We still have a chance to prepare here.” Xiao Chiye said, “The current camp is simple, and the Dunzhou garrison is digging trenches in the four fields tonight. Night patrols take turns, and the eagles must be released. The Imperial Army and the Libei Iron Cavalry have fought hard for several days. They rest when they can. They must recharge their batteries and give Wu Ziyu enough time.”

Heavy snow blocked the road, and it would be too late to ride horses to Luoshan to deliver the news. Fortunately, the Libei cavalry all brought their own eagles, and they could fly northwest in a few hours to deliver the message.

Everyone responded, and when they started talking among themselves, Xiao Chiye touched his arms for a moment.Shen Zechuan put down the medicine bowl and held the folding fan in his sleeve. Suddenly something jumped out of his sleeve. He took a closer look and saw that it was a piece of candy wrapped in oil paper.

Xiao Chiye seemed to have never done this before, looking at the map seriously.

* * *

Wu Ziyu slept in Luoshan until midnight when he was woken up by the deputy general. He opened the letter sent by Ying in the tent by candlelight and suddenly woke up.He didn’t dare to sleep anymore. He got up and put on his armor and asked, “Where is Yan Heru?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Heru popped up from the side of the curtain and said, “Here it is!”

Wu Ziyu clutched the letter and said in a rough voice: “Everyone is dead? Are you asking him to come in like this?”

“Hey, don’t be angry.” Yan Heru walked in with a little golden abacus in his pocket, “The master told me to stay here, and I stayed here. What can I do? Master Wu, you are too cautious.”

“Marching and fighting is no better than merchants selling goods. If something goes wrong, your head will be lost.” Wu Ziyu had dealt with the Luoshan bandits when he was preparing rations for the Libei Iron Cavalry last year. He didn’t panic when he encountered Yan Heru like this. He put the letter away and said, “I will send troops soon to eliminate the banditry in Luoshan. I don’t worry about leaving you here. So, you hurry up and pack up and leave with me.”

Yan Heru had done business with people from Biansha and left him in Luoshan without anyone to look after him. Wu Ziyu felt it was inappropriate and had to keep an eye on him.

Yan Heru turned pale with fright, followed Wu Ziyu with an abacus in his arms, and said, “Swords have no eyes, Master Wu, why are you taking me with you? My family’s business is all tied to me, I can’t have any shortcomings. You know the military rations in Qidong, right? I will deliver them now. I will stay behind. How about you send someone to take me back to Cizhou? Dunzhou is also fine!”

“We have so many soldiers, but we can’t protect you?” Wu Ziyu showed his white teeth to Yan Heru, “I will send you back after the battle, and go with the Lord. I guarantee that I won’t delay your business.”

After saying that, without waiting for Yan Heru’s reply, he called to the soldiers outside to put the people into the carriage, tied them directly to the army and took them away.

Wu Ziyu breathed deeply at the entrance of the tent, the sky was dark, and he took out the crumpled letter and read it again.The candlelight in the tent shone on his back, and he stared at the word “attack” for a long time.

The raid on Duanzhou is related to Xiao Chiye’s safety. This battle must not only be fought quickly but also steadily.There are two people involved in the war in Chashi Tiankeng. Wu Ziyu cannot bear the responsibility for the loss. He has to bear the weight.

But I am an escort team.

Wu Ziyu frowned, looking through the long night, he remembered the time when he first met Xiao Chiye.

“Aren’t you Libei Iron Cavalry?”

Under the scorching sun, Xiao Chiye half-turned his head, his eyes deep.

Wu Ziyu didn’t dare to answer Xiao Chiye’s words to this day. He seemed to have acquiesced that he could only escort the baggage, but he was unwilling to do so.In his early years, he was punished by Xiao Jiming and sent to Bianbo Camp for drinking. Seeing Zhaohui take over as the commander of Liuyang’s third camp, and now seeing Chenyang and Gujin being reused one after another, Xiao Chiye kept he in Bianbo Camp and has not used him in the front.

Wu Ziyu spat and stuffed the letter back into his arms.He took two steps in the snow, suddenly jumped up, clenched his fist, and waved it randomly in the air a few times.

If Xiao Chiye dares to give him the opportunity, he will risk his life and fortune to fight for the second master!

* * *

The snow gradually became lighter at Youshi the next day.

Xiao Chiye wore heavy armor in the military tent. His armor was somewhat damaged by the hammer attack the day before. The left and right arms were the most serious, especially the left arm that continuously carried the Achi hammer, which was even somewhat dented.

“Wu Ziyu has arrived to the west of Duanzhou. If he survives tonight, he will be able to attack him from both front and back tomorrow morning.” Xiao Chiye’s armor appeared to be taller, almost blocking all the light in front of Shen Zechuan.

Shen Zechuan is sitting on the bed. He here has a deeper meaning in the eyes of others.Xiao Jiming now dares to do his best to let the three battle camps at the battle site assist in the Zhongbo Duanzhou battle, not only because Xiao Chiye is here, but also because Shen Zechuan is also here. This is the sincerity Li Bei sees.

“Fei Sheng and the Jin Yiwei are following Hai Rigu, which can make up for the temporary shortage of scouts.” Shen Zechuan looked at Xiao Chiye, who was wearing armbands, and said, “If you don’t come back tomorrow, the remaining troops and horses will also be thrown into the front.”

The soldiers and horses left behind by Xiao Chiye were used as a barrier for Shen Zechuan. If something unexpected happened, these people would escort Shen Zechuan north, and Sha San Battalion would come to respond.

Xiao Chiye’s tied hands paused slightly. He looked at Shen Zechuan and understood what Shen Zechuan meant.Shen Zechuan signaled Xiao Chiye to squat down, but Xiao Chiye couldn’t squat, so he simply withdrew one leg and knelt down on one knee near Lan Zhou.

The snow outside the tent was like light catkins, and the sound of Fei Shengxun and Yin Chang drinking was intermittent. The Libei cavalry wore heavy armor and stepped in the snow, moving in an orderly manner.There was a commotion all around, firewood was burning in the charcoal basin in the tent, and tea was just boiling on the shelf.

Xiao Chiye’s eyes were sharp, and he had become more and more unstoppable recently. He said to Shen Zechuan: “Wait for me here.”

“I would like to go,” Shen Zechuan’s cloak slipped off his shoulders. He imitated the actions Xiao Chiye had done, pinched Xiao Chiye’s chin and tilted his head slightly, “but I don’t have the ability, so I can only be a bad wife here.”

Xiao Chiye was pinched by Shen Zechuan and laughed out loud after hearing this.

Shen Zechuan heard Gu Jin stop outside the tent, took the helmet, put it on for Xiao Chiye, and kissed Xiao Chiye through the steel during the brief look at each other.

“After tonight,” Xiao Chiye stroked Shen Zechuan’s cheek with his cold iron fingers and said in a low voice, “My Lan Zhou will be the Lord of Zhongbo.”

* * *

Xiao Chiye tried his new sword with Achi, but it was far from enough.He is hungry enough to swallow the North and South battlefields. Every battle is a trial. He has to sharpen his knife faster here.

There are 25,000 heavy troops on the border in the southeast, of which only 5,000 are Scorpions. The remaining cavalry is short of horses, and many of them can only serve as infantry temporarily.They lost their leader and had no news from the other side of the Chashi River. Blocking Xiao Chiye was a forced move to ensure Duanzhou’s safety.

What Xiao Chiye wanted was this force. As soon as the twenty-five thousand people moved, the west side of Duanzhou was completely vacated, and Wu Ziyu immediately began to attack the city.Shen Zechuan’s advantage in locking Zhongbo was revealed. Duanzhou received no support, and food was supplied to Achi’s 20,000 soldiers. The 8,000 soldiers and horses left behind in Duanzhou had to fight hungry.

When the Zhongbo fight started, the night was deep in the border county.

The news of Achi’s defeat has not yet reached the Qingshu tribe, and their night patrol team is wandering near the border county.The leader of the Green Rat Tribe is Su Meng. He used to be Hasen’s deputy general and could also participate in discussions under Amul’s tent. However, because the tribe was not strong enough, he lost the opportunity to follow Hasen northward and fought against Lu Guangbai here.

There is no snow in the border counties tonight. Looking from a distance, Suotian Pass looks like a beauty sleeping across the city.There was some floating snow in the sky, and there was no trace of the moon when I looked up.

Su Meng felt that the border county was too quiet tonight, which made him uneasy, so he specially increased the number of night watchmen to have a panoramic view of the east side of the border county to prevent the surprise attack of the garrison.

In the second half of the night, the night patrol set up a bonfire in the wilderness, roasted the dried meat they had brought with them, and filled their stomachs with snow water.

“The scorpions in the north have been winning battles,” the cavalryman of the Qingshu Tribe broke off the dried meat and said in Biansha, “The scorpions are about to merge into the Twelve Tribes and become a tribe close to the north. Will we still be able to get food by then?”

Su Meng drank the snow water, shook his head and said: “Rusu and Ri will not let the scorpions become tribes, they are the slaves of the Eagle tribe.”

Xie Zi’s mother was from the Zhou Dynasty, and there were traitors like Hai Rigu, who could not convince the crowd even if he won the battle.Besides, in the desert, all the ministries recognized him as Hassen.

“If Gedal can give it to us,” the cavalryman smiled at Su Meng, “then we won’t have to worry about being hungry again.”

Su Meng swallowed the snow water and did not answer immediately.He once tested Amul, but got no response.The Qing Mouse Tribe is not a strong tribe, and the Eagle Tribe is no longer the small tribe it once was. The Huiyan Tribe has defected to Libei again. The rest of the Qing Mouse Tribe stays here and gnaws the sand with the Border County garrison. Who would have thought that even the Border County garrison would run away in the end.Su Meng could not see the future while stationed day after day, so he placed his hope on his son. As a result, his son died in the spring of this year.

“Waiting is always useful,” Su Meng could only console him. “At least if you stay here, you won’t face Libei’s revenge.”

The cavalrymen laughed.

Halfway through the bonfire, the cavalryman saw several wild dogs behind him.he waved the dead branches and made a “bang” sound in his mouth.These wild dogs were salivating with hunger and swirled around them in the heat.

Su Meng said: “Drive them away.”

The cavalryman stood up, picked up his scimitar, and stamped his feet.The wild dog shrank back, and the cavalryman turned around and said to Su Meng, “We can hunt, the dog skin can–”

Before the cavalryman finished speaking, the wild dogs pounced on him like crazy, biting the cavalryman, and knocked him to the ground.The arm holding the knife was bitten, and the leather could not bear the sharp teeth of the wild dogs, so he screamed in pain.

Su Meng stood up immediately, and the night patrol cavalry chased after him, kicking the wild dogs and dragging the man back.Su Meng saw that the eyes of these wild dogs were strangely red. To be on the safe side, he rushed to the cavalry and said, “Pull your bow and shoot them to death. There is something wrong with these dogs.”

There were several faint calls of partridges in the night. The wild dogs seemed to sense the danger and turned around and ran away when the cavalry mounted their bows.They ran westward in a panic, and the cavalry chased them.

The wild dog was hit by an arrow and fled forward lamely.The cavalry behind them drew their scimitars, leaned down, and wanted to kill the wild dogs with one knife while their horses were sprinting.They ran wildly, with splashes of snow foam rising in the air. There was a “whoosh” sound, and a long arrow shot straight from the west. The cavalry immediately fell off their horses.He’s feet were still hanging from the saddle and he was dragged over the edge by the horse.

Oops!

Su Meng secretly said something was wrong. Amul had already ordered that it was not appropriate to fight Qidong at this moment. As long as they did not attack, Qi Zhuyin would not be able to come out.He immediately reined in his horse and shouted: “Back off!”

But the torch in front suddenly lit up, and then the surrounding area became brighter.

“Qi Zhuyin!” Su Meng scolded in Zhou dialect on horseback, “Women are cunning——!”

Qi Zhuyin stood in front of the waiting garrison, grinding the snow under his feet, and said leisurely: “Light the Wanli Beacon Tower and tell Qudu that the Qing Mouse tribe has crossed the border and invaded.”

The Qidong garrison suddenly laid out their shields and their swords flashed.