Chapter 451 Hunting
The next day, Yu Zheng called Zhu Feng early in the morning.
"Master." Zhu Feng bowed and waited for orders.
Yu Zheng ordered in a deep voice: "You take a team of elites to the only way between Nanyan and Mobei, intercept the communication between Mobei and Nanyan, and do it cleanly."
"Yes." Zhu Feng accepted the order. He
had just returned yesterday and had to go on a mission again today. Yu Zheng looked at Zhu Feng and said: "Thank you for your hard work. When Zhuiyun comes back, let him take over with you."
"I will do anything for the master." Zhu Feng did not complain at all.
Yu Zheng nodded: "Go, this matter is very important, there must be no mistakes."
Zhu Feng did not delay any more, and immediately went back to the house to pack up and prepare to leave.
"Brother Zhu Feng, are you going on a long journey again?" Seeing Zhu Feng carrying a bag, Ren Dong asked curiously.
Zhufeng nodded and walked towards the gate.
When he saw Lengxing under the tree in the yard, he paused.
When their eyes met, Lengxing quickly looked away, her expression as cold as ever.
Sure enough, she was stung yesterday.
Zhufeng sighed in regret and walked away quickly.
Hearing footsteps, Lengxing turned around and saw Zhufeng's back walking out of the yard, and soon disappeared.
Inexplicably, Lengxing felt a little empty in his heart.
The sky was still overcast, as if it would rain at any time.
Yu Zheng wrote two letters, and ordered someone to deliver one to Yu Cheng, and the other to be deliberately intercepted by Mobei.
The messenger took the order and set off with the letters in the gloomy sky.
The horses galloped towards the north.
The cold wind was howling, and snow was flying at the border again.
The Mobei army was approaching the city, and all the border generals were dispatched.
Yu Cheng, who had just returned the night before, sat on the city wall and gave orders, while Shen Changze stood beside him. Both of them stared at the battlefield below.
Shen Changze wanted to lead the army into battle, but was stopped by Yu Cheng.
First, Shen Changze's injuries had not yet healed, and second, Shen Changze was still immersed in the pain of losing his wife. If he went to the battlefield with hatred and anger, it would be easy for something to go wrong. Mobei
was very ambitious, and this battle would not end in a short time, so there was no rush to kill the enemy or take revenge.
The general who replaced him climbed up the wall and panted, "Your Highness, there are too many people from Mobei, and our army is too weak. If we keep fighting like this, I'm afraid we will
fall sooner or later..."
The current strength of the Mobei army is estimated to be twice theirs.
There is no doubt that before they moved their troops, Mobei had already moved troops to reinforce them, and its purpose is self-evident.
From dawn to now, the battle has lasted for nearly four hours, and the 120,000 troops have taken turns to fight, with heavy casualties.
On the other hand, Mobei's army is huge and braver, and it seems that they will not stop until they capture the border city.
Yu Cheng held the city wall tightly with both hands, frowned and said: "The reinforcements from Ancheng should be here soon."
Although the 40,000-man army could not turn the tide of the battle, it could also increase the strength of the troops, narrow the gap between the two sides, and hold out for a few more days until the reinforcements from Fucheng arrived.
Yu Cheng roughly estimated that the army of Biancheng, together with the reinforcements from Ancheng and Fucheng, could be on par with the military strength of Mobei. No matter how brave and fierce the people of Mobei were, it would not be easy to capture Biancheng.
The general looked at Yu Cheng, hesitant to speak.
He wanted to say that if this continued, the army would suffer countless casualties, and that this battle would be fierce and difficult, and they would most likely not be able to defeat Mobei... But in the end, he sighed and said: "I hope the reinforcements can arrive soon."
What if they can't defeat them? Will they hand over the border city?
So what if there are countless casualties? Let the Mobei people enter the city to slaughter them?
So what if it is tragic and difficult? Will the Mobei people let them go if they surrender?
No, the Mobei people will not!
The cruel and greedy Mobei people will only occupy the rivers and mountains of Dazhao, slaughter and enslave the people of Dazhao... By then, Dazhao will be reduced to hell on earth, with misery everywhere and people living in misery.
So they have no choice but to fight to the death. Even if blood flows into rivers and corpses pile up like mountains, as long as there is one soldier left, they will fight to the end.
Snowflakes are flying like crumbs, hitting the face and hands like a knife cutting, cold and painful.
The fallen general let the snowflakes fall on his body, and soon a thin layer of snow accumulated.
The white snowflakes kept falling, trying to cover the bloodstains on the ground. But the speed of falling snow was slower than the speed of dripping blood. As soon as the white snow landed on the ground, before it could accumulate, it was melted by the spraying hot blood.
There was no sun in the sky, so it was impossible to estimate the time. I could only judge by my hungry stomach that it was noon.
The Mobei military camp was busy. The rear service camp was going back and forth to load food and transport it out. The gate of the military camp was open, and people and vehicles were coming in and out in chaos.
Xiao Shu seized the opportunity and handed the family letter and the letter for help to the guards, asking them to leave in the chaos.
Looking up at the gloomy sky where snow was falling again, Xiao Shu said with disgust and expectation: "I hope my brother can come to pick me up soon. I don't want to stay in this wild and desolate place where it snows for several months a year."
Seeing Xiao Shu, who looked aggrieved and thin, the maid comforted her: "The prince and the princess are brothers from the same mother. He has doted on the princess since she was a child. He will come to pick her up as soon as he receives the letter."
"Yes." Xiao Shu nodded, firmly believing that Xiao Lin would come to pick her up.
After leaving the military camp with the letter, the guard rode his horse quickly and rushed towards Nanyan.
But they had only walked a few miles when they were blocked by several people who appeared out of nowhere.
The guard recognized them at a glance. They were Zatai's men.
Seeing that the other side was holding weapons and had unfriendly faces, the guards panicked and said, "What do you want to do? We are the princess's people."
"That's right." The leader replied disdainfully and shot directly.
The guard was a step slow to react and fell to the ground after being shot.
Seeing this, another guard hurriedly rode away.
However, on the grassland, how could he outrun the people of Mobei. Even Zatai's people were too disdainful to chase him, and directly drew their bows and aimed, treating the guards as prey.
"Swoosh--" The feather arrow flew out of the string and hit the horse that the guard was riding accurately.
The horse's hind leg was shot through, and it staggered and fell to the ground in pain.
The guard on horseback fell off the horse uncontrollably, and was dizzy.
Without time to think, and regardless of his hurt leg, the guard got up in a panic and ran for his life.
"Drive——" Zatai's men rode after him, and caught up with the guard in a short moment and surrounded him.
The guard was like a beast trapped by hunters, with no way to escape. He said in fear and panic: "You are so brave, our princess..."
Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly pulled out a curved knife and quickly cut off the guard's neck.
Blood gushed out, and the guard fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
Flying snowflakes fell on his bleeding neck, forming a sharp contrast between white and red, which was dazzling and shocking.
Zatai's men dismounted and searched the guards, finding a letter and a bag of silver. Another guard who was lying not far away did the same.
After doing all this, someone asked in Mobei language: "What should we do with the body?"
The leader said: "Feed it to the wolves."
There are wolves everywhere on the grassland, and prey is hard to find in the cold and snowy winter. The wolves will quickly consume such a heaven-given food, leaving no meat residue.
"Drive!" The mission was completed, and Zatai's men drove away.
After they walked away and disappeared, a man quietly poked his head out from behind a mound.