Chapter 528 Rainy Day, Plank Road

Cheng Lian was frightened by Murong Jing just now. When he heard the sound of drums coming from the other side, he thought, I won’t meet Murong Jing again, right?

So, with full of anger, he led his men and rushed towards the place where the drum sounded again.

Who would have thought that the scene not long ago would be repeated, and a group of cavalry appeared halfway, led by another "Murong Jing"!

"Murong Jing" was dressed in red, wearing a ghost mask with a green face and fangs, and holding a spear with a cold and intimidating light.

Cheng Lian immediately understood that the other party must have found a few people to pretend to be Murong Jing, and it was impossible to tell which one was the real one.

But he didn't dare to rush up and test it easily -

After all, no one knows better than these brave guards how terrifying Princess Ning Yue is.

If I am unlucky and meet the real Princess Ning Yue, once she rushes forward to fight me, I will never have a chance to escape alive!

In the end, the Northern Frontier Army spent the entire night in the sound of drums that came and went and almost hit their hearts.

When the sky was slightly brighter, Zhu Qingyan and Murong Jing led their men to quietly retreat.

The second night, the third night...the two of them did the same thing.

By the third night, no more searching teams came out of the Northern Frontier Army camp. The entire camp was dead silent. From the generals to the soldiers, everyone had two visible dark circles under their eyes and their expressions were almost numb.

The King of Zhenbei naturally knew that if this continued, the army would collapse without a fight. However, there were many hillsides and rocky forests near the garrison, which provided many terrain advantages for the soldiers who came to beat drums to harass.

Finally, King Zhenbei had no choice but to withdraw his troops another ten miles until they came to a completely open and flat area, and then he set up camp again.

It was not until the fourth night that the soldiers from the Northern Frontier finally had a good night's sleep and regained some of their energy.

…

In the meeting hall of Qingshi Pass, Yan Xiuyun asked:

"How's it going over at Xiaoyao Mountain?"

"Your Majesty, the plank roads that were built at both ends can be connected today to allow the Sky Breaking Army to pass through."

"Great!" Yan Xiuyun clenched his fists excitedly.

Zhu Qingyan and Murong Jing also stood up happily, and Zhu Qingyan spoke first:

"According to this calculation, the entire Potian Army will be able to pass through Xiaoyao Mountain and join us by tomorrow morning at the latest!"

"Why did you come to join us?"

Murong Jing pointed to the location on the map, raised her eyebrows slightly at Zhu Qingyan, and asked her to come and see.

Zhu Qingyan saw that the place she pointed to was exactly the plain where the Northern Frontier Army was currently stationed, which was right between Xiaoyao Mountain and Qingshi Pass.

Zhu Qingyan understood Murong Jing's meaning almost instantly.

The Northern Frontier Army had been harassed for several consecutive nights and had been unable to sleep. In a panic, King Zhenbei made a mistake and actually placed the army in such a place.

There is nowhere to hide in that wilderness. If the Northern Frontier Army is attacked from both sides by the defenders of Qingshi Pass and the Potian Army, they will be sitting ducks!

"Okay!" Yan Xiuyun slammed the table and gave the order.

"Immediately send a message to the Potian Army to join forces with our army to attack the rebels at Mingsha Beach in three days!"

…

North of Xiaoyao Mountain.

As soon as Gu Chaoyang came down from Xiaoyao Mountain, he saw the people sent by Yan Xiuyun. Only then did he learn that the emperor had led the army in person and was currently at Qingshi Pass.

When the other officers and soldiers heard that His Majesty had come in person, they were all excited.

The weather was a bit gloomy. Gu Chaoyang rode on his horse and looked back at the newly rebuilt plank road on the mountain wall.

I saw that each soldier was carrying supplies, and two of them stood in a row and walked towards the mountain wall in an orderly manner.

Fu Honghui came to Gu Chaoyang to report the situation.

After a whole day, 150,000 of the 200,000 Po Tian troops had successfully crossed Xiaoyao Mountain via the plank road, and the last 50,000 were left to transport baggage. In about three hours, all the soldiers would be able to assemble.

Gu Chaoyang nodded and said he understood.

Fu Honghui smiled and said, "King Zhenbei certainly didn't expect us to repair the plank road so quickly. When His Majesty attracts King Zhenbei's attention tomorrow, we will attack the rebels from behind!"

Gu Chaoyang also smiled and was about to say something when he suddenly felt something cold falling on the tip of his nose.

He reached out and touched it, and it was water.

"It's raining?"

Gu Chaoyang and Fu Honghui were both stunned and looked up at the sky. Soon, they saw raindrops falling.

Fu Honghui said: "Look at the weather, it will soon turn into heavy rain, and the plank road will be difficult to walk on. I will go and urge them to hurry up!"

"Okay, but everyone should also pay attention to safety."

Just as Fu Honghui said, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Gu Chaoyang's silver helmet had begun to drip water.

He looked at the plank road on the cliff with some worry.

When the plank road was being built, stone piles were wedged into the stone holes left by the original plank road on the stone wall. Wooden edges were then erected between the stone piles as a walking path. It could only accommodate two people walking side by side. If they were not careful, they would fall off the cliff.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Potian Army were well-trained, and the team was always moving forward quietly and steadily. Seeing that the last group of people transporting baggage also set foot on the plank road, Gu Chaoyang breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the top of the mountain wall.

The wheel of a baggage cart accidentally slipped out. The soldier pushing the cart tried to pull the cart back in a hurry, but his foot slipped and he fell down with the cart!

At the same time, the wooden edge used for walking broke with a "crack" due to the force, and the originally continuous plank road now had a break several meters long.

The soldier behind him looked pale. If he had taken one more step, he would have been smashed to pieces.

The baggage train behind the break was unable to move forward and had to stay where it was and wait for orders.

Gu Chaoyang immediately organized the soldiers who had passed the fracture to continue going down the mountain. After everyone had come down, he ordered them to bring wooden stakes and wooden edges to repair the fracture.

"Wait, Chaoyang, this won't work."

Fu Honghui rode his horse to Gu Chaoyang with a serious look on his face.

"It's raining now, and the wood has become damp and soft. It can't bear the weight of the baggage wagon at all. It's too dangerous."

Gu Chaoyang was also extremely anxious. His first reaction was to ask the convoy to unload the baggage, divide it into small portions, and transport it over in batches.

But he quickly denied the idea in his mind.

Those armaments and weapons can be brought in batches, but tens of thousands of shi of military rations are packed in trucks. How long will it take to disassemble them?

If the baggage cannot be delivered, not only will we be unable to fight the enemy, but the 200,000-strong army won’t even have food to eat!

Fu Honghui sucked his teeth for a long time, and finally said helplessly:

"Now we can only reinforce the plank road and drive iron nails into key places so that the baggage carts can pass through."

Gu Chaoyang asked anxiously: "But how long will this take?"

"This heavy rain won't stop anytime soon. I estimate it will take at least a day and a half to reinforce the plank road." Fu Honghui said, "Now we can only quickly send someone to deliver a letter to His Majesty to delay the dispatch of troops."

"I'm afraid it's too late..." Gu Chaoyang frowned, "They should have sent troops to Mingsha Beach by now."

Fu Honghui could only advise Gu Chaoyang to make a decision quickly.

Gu Chaoyang knew that there was no other choice at this time, so he ordered the plank road to be reinforced day and night, and sent people to rush to Qingshi Pass to deliver the message.

There was deep worry on his face. "I hope it's in time."