bookcurios Chapter 219 General Hong
Chapter 219 General Hong
Fangshan is not so much a pass as it is a pile of stones in front of a mess of houses, and the chevaux de frise are just beams of the houses.
The door panels serve as shields during the day and bed boards at night.
Although the conditions were difficult, the soldiers had no complaints. They knew that complaining was useless. The only thing they could do was to fight the enemy together, and perhaps there would be a way to survive.
When Hong Kui arrived, the appearance of the 20,000 prisoners gave them the impression of two words: going to die!
"There is no need to gather these troops together. Don't waste their fighting power."
"Combat strength?"
Chen Songtao looked at the prisoners in simple clothes and didn't believe that these people had real fighting ability.
"Don't underestimate these people. They are desperate. They fight only to survive. Don't use them as death squads. They have already died once."
Hong Kui's understanding of these prisoners is more far-reaching than Chen Songtao's.
Two hours later, the troops sent by Shizhou also arrived.
"There is also food and fodder being transported later, and it will arrive soon."
"Alright, the scouts ahead report that there are 4,000 armed men swimming towards us. Get ready."
The visitor was stunned. As soon as he arrived here, he caught up in the battle.
Thanks to Hong Kui's arrival, personnel deployment was extremely fast. Otherwise, everyone who came would be a governor, and no one would be able to command anyone else.
This was probably the reason why the Shizhou garrison did not arrange any more generals before Hong Kui came.
As soon as the people of Shizhou entered the position, they found four thousand cavalry coming from the front.
Twenty thousand people lined up in a hurry, and the cavalry immediately fell into chaos when they saw it.
"Whose spy got this information? Is this an army of 10,000?"
"I think it's at least 30,000. Look, there are spears behind them."
"Go back and discuss this with the chief. If we go like this, we will surely die."
Three different armies, faced with unexpected events, suddenly became divided.
"What's going on? Why did you come back?" Huyan Duo asked in surprise, looking at the team that left and came in a hurry.
"Chief, there are at least 30,000 people waiting for us ahead. Going there like this would be a sure death."
The people who spoke were Hu Yanduo's men, and the people from other teams did not speak.
"How could this happen? Have reinforcements arrived for our deadly enemy?"
"I think the scouts didn't get a clear picture of the enemy camp."
"Nonsense, Yu Haoyao is an honest man and would not give out random information."
"Aha, we didn't say anything bad about Yuhayao, but this is the reality."
Aha is Huyanduo's bravest warrior and a cousin of Yuhayao.
"Okay, stop attacking today, strengthen your defense, and then we'll discuss how to attack."
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Roland, with Yelu Feng, who used the alias Ye Lingfeng, used the token stolen from Guo Zian to enter Bingzhou and head towards Shizhou.
"The brothers who were exploring the way ahead came back and said that Shizhou has been under martial law and it seems that they are deploying more troops."
"Maybe Hu Yanduo has made some move. It looks like it will be difficult for us to get through."
"It's okay. We need to inform the brothers who stayed in Luoyang that we are back here. They don't know."
Yelu Feng rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and then continued, "I remember another way to get to our camp. It's a bit roundabout, but it's much closer than going along the river."
"There is a way, but there's a pass guarded by soldiers, so we can't get through right now." Roland thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait here for the people from Luoyang, and see if we can bribe the guard."
The border is not an iron wall, and some officers and soldiers will secretly let some caravans pass just because there is some profit in it.
Roland and the others could only wait for news inside the pass.
After Guo Zian discovered that his ID card was lost, he recalled the whole process and thought that Roland must have stolen it, probably to take a shortcut.
"Father, if this is just for the sake of escaping, then it doesn't matter. But if she hands this sign to the Xiongnu Chanyu, I'm afraid someone will make a big fuss about it."
"Fool, I told you to make a decision earlier, but you were so indecisive that you ended up causing trouble. This is all your own fault."
"Yes, I know I was wrong. Please find a way to make amends."
"Well, this matter cannot be made into a big fuss. We should ask the martial arts sects in Bingzhou to come forward and resolve it."
Pharmacist Guo's eyes were filled with evil fire, and he spoke through clenched teeth.
They didn't know where Roland came from, they just thought he came from Dai County.
"Will Wudang Mountain help us?"
"Who can explain the affairs of the martial arts world clearly? They are the supreme masters of the martial arts world. They will surely interfere with the people in the martial arts world outside the story, secretly harm the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and steal the tiger talisman from the army."
"This..." Pharmacist Guo's plan was too cruel, and Guo Zian couldn't bear to see Roland suffer.
After all, he and Roland got along quite well.
Seventy miles southwest of Woniu City, there is a mountain with a huge rock on the top with the words "Ancient Wudang Mountain" written on it.
There are not only Taoists here, but also many cultivators of immortality and ancient martial arts.
The ancestors of the Guo family had close ties with the Taoist priest at the mountain gate. If the Guo family needed help without violating religious etiquette, they would be happy to come out.
From then on, a decree was issued in the martial arts world: There was a girl from the Northern Barbarians, named Roland, and her companion Ye Lingfeng, who stole the pass of the National Prestige Army and were preparing to take it out of the border. They hoped that the knights from the martial arts sects would find their tracks, take back the pass token, and reward them with a thousand gold coins!
By the time the Jianghu Order reached Fenyang Kongtong Sect, Lan Yilan's people from Luoyang had just returned.
"Master, there are several hundred people ahead. They don't look like people from the martial arts world, nor do they look like people from the Central Plains. They seem to be spies from the Xiongnu."
"The Jianghu Order says that thieves can be men or women, but I've observed no women among this group."
"It doesn't matter whether it exists or not, we can just check it out."
The person who spoke rushed out of his hiding place and blocked the official road before waiting for others' opinions.
"Fuck, what are you guys up to? You don't look like officers or soldiers, why are you stopping us?"
The two teams were instantly deadlocked.
One party refuses to let them check, while the other party thinks that it is their territory and they are the boss.
Seeing that a fight was about to break out, someone from the Kongtong Sect added fuel to the fire: "What's wrong with me, the Kongtong Patriarch, investigating you in this Bingzhou territory?"
After saying that, the other party was dissatisfied and started fighting.
The Kongtong Sect's people were obviously too few, and the other side was a man from the grassland, and also Roland's personal guard, so their combat value must be strong.
The wind is blowing!
In a flash, the martial arts sects withdrew, leaving behind a message: I will be back...
Don’t tell me, they will really come back!
The Kongtong sect then exaggerated the incident and made it appear that these people were trapped here.
It was only a dozen miles away from the address where Roland and the others were waiting, and they also received news that they were under siege.
"Let's go and see why the martial artists are involved in this?"
It wasn't a big deal, so it was obviously unreasonable for martial artists to get involved.
A group of soldiers coming from Luoyang were met by Roland who came rushing over.
"Hahahaha... I finally caught you. You're really walking into a trap."
A group of righteous martial artists couldn't help but laugh and stand up when they saw Roland.
"Your grandfather is here. Who of you dares to go first?"
Yelu Feng was unhappy. With so many martial artists trying to deal with him, who had the means to do so?
"Don't worry about him, let's go together and take back the military token."
I don’t know who it was, but someone started shouting wildly in the team.