Chapter 473 Knowing one's own insignificance
Half an hour later.
After saying goodbye to the old woman, Wei Changtian went to the pavilion in the middle of the river and found one of Han Zhao's personal soldiers.
The latter gave him a set of clothes, a badge and a war horse.
Dressed as an ordinary scout, Wei Changtian rode out of the city openly and then galloped towards the south.
Although scouts belong to a scout battalion, in order to be able to gather intelligence on a larger scale they usually work in groups of only a few, or simply act alone.
Therefore, he did not arouse any suspicion along the way, and soon completely left the stationing area of the imperial army and headed directly to Niutou Mountain.
As the shortest route from Guanghan County to Shuzhou City, Niutou Mountain is not too far from Guanghan County. If you ride on horseback without stopping, it will take about a whole night to get there.
If it is a march, it will take about two days.
In other words, the imperial army should arrive at Niutou Mountain Pass the day after tomorrow afternoon.
By then, what awaits them will be a dragnet of heaven and earth.
"call!"
The strong wind whistled past my ears, and the green grass trembled and fell wherever the horse galloped.
Wei Changtian usually travels by car and rarely rides a horse, so he didn't dare to ride too fast at the beginning.
However, after a short period of adaptation, he gradually let go of his worries. Not only did the warhorse under his crotch run faster and faster, he also slowly began to enjoy the process of "riding a fast horse".
He squinted his eyes slightly, feeling the strong wind brushing across his face, his body rising and falling rhythmically with the rise and fall of the horse's hooves.
Wei Changtian suddenly understood why so many people liked to race cars in his previous life.
Speed can indeed bring people an inexplicable sense of excitement.
However, this kind of "passion" is based on a "sense of danger", and the speed of the warhorse is obviously not enough to make Wei Changtian feel the "danger", so he lost interest after a long time.
Even a little boring.
By the way, I don’t know where Xu Suisui was teleported to. Looking at the endless wilderness in front of him, the bored Wei Changtian suddenly thought of this question.
Based on this woman's intelligence, she should be able to determine that the Shu army has successfully broken through, and she should go to Niutou Mountain to find me.
But after getting the new mother-and-child jade, Wei Changtian had communicated with Chu Xianping and learned that Xu Suisui did not appear in Niutou Mountain.
In addition, there was no news from Han Zhao about "catching the strange woman".
So, was he delayed by something? Or was he teleported to a bad location? Did he die unfortunately? After all, the Qingjue Jade Pendant was teleported randomly, so it was hard to say what river or lake he might end up in by accident.
But Xu Suisui's luck shouldn't be that bad. Wei Changtian muttered to himself and stopped thinking about it.
Or in other words, ever since he found out what Xu Suisui's system was, he has been deliberately controlling himself from thinking about it.
Because the more you think about it, the less "meaningful" some things become.
When the boundary between the "real" and "false" world becomes blurred, and then is revealed layer by layer in the form of nesting dolls, perhaps the truth of the universe is far beyond what Wei Changtian can understand and accept.
Therefore, in order to prevent his world view and values from collapsing, Wei Changtian decided not to think about such profound questions for the time being.
"Da Da Da, Da Da Da"
In my ears, the sound of horse hooves blown by the wind was fragmented.
At this time, the sun had already set in the west, and it would soon be dusk.
Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked into the distance, what he saw was the scenery of vast wilderness that was rare in the south.
The mountains end with the plains, and the river flows into the wilderness.
There was not a single bird in the sky, and the wilderness at the foot of the mountain was boundless, stretching far to the left and right.
A not very wide river flows slowly at the end of the sight, and there is a faintly visible wooden bridge on the river bank.
This is what Wei Changtian saw, the only scenery left in the bleak late autumn.
At this moment, Wei Changtian's figure seemed a little small and lonely. Even if you looked further away, you would probably only be able to see a small black dot moving slowly forward.
Someone once said in the past life: The more people experience, the less they say; the more books they read, the more they understand their own ignorance.
And if we combine this with Wei Changtian's current experience, perhaps we can add another sentence to this statement.
The further you go, the more you realize how insignificant you are.
At night, in the capital of Daning.
At the time of Xu, almost a day had passed since Wei Xianzhi led his men to surround the imperial palace.
It is naturally impossible to completely block the news of this kind of thing, not to mention that Wei Xianzhi never intended to do so.
Therefore, such an event that can be described as "shocking" has already reached the ears of the people, and it instantly triggered public opinion.
It is because there were no hot search lists in those days, otherwise the topic of "Wei family intends to rebel" would definitely dominate the top spot for a long time.
Until another piece of heavy news suddenly came, which was enough to overshadow this one. "Brother Feng! Have you heard? Dafeng has surrendered!"
"You just found out. The Beijing newspaper reported this incident in an extra edition this afternoon, saying that the imperial army has already entered Fengyuan City!"
"They have entered the city? What about Emperor Dafeng? Did he escape?"
"Escape? That person is now dumbfounded. I heard that he has been placed under house arrest by General Wu."
"Stupid? Tsk tsk tsk, he is still an emperor with such a character. No wonder Dafeng was defeated so quickly!"
"Who says it's not? If you ask me, it's still our emperor."
"Hey! Brother Feng, be careful with your words! Walls may have ears!"
"Brother Liu, you and I are now on the street, there is no wall"
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At the critical moment when Wei Xianzhi had made it clear that he wanted to go against Ning Yongnian, Dafeng's surrender was undoubtedly a timely relief, which helped the latter consolidate the people's hearts, which were already shaky due to the issue of grain prices.
The enemy country was defeated and more than two million compatriots in Yuanzhou City were "avenged". Although most of the people in Daning are currently struggling to make ends meet, such a meal of "spiritual food" is enough to cheer everyone up.
After all, this is a great thing no matter what, and it can definitely be regarded as Ning Yongnian's eternal achievement.
Just like the two people just now, most people do not dare to "blatantly" praise Ning Yongnian.
Even Ning Yongnian himself did not show any excitement at this moment. He looked expressionless, as if someone owed him a lot of money.
"Old Li, how is Shuzhou doing?"
In Shiqu Pavilion, Ning Yongnian asked about the situation in Shuzhou for the fifth time today.
Li Huaizhong quickly replied, "Your Majesty, General Han has led his army out of Guanghan City and is heading straight for Shuzhou City."
"Um."
Nodding, Ning Yongnian looked at the map in front of him and frowned again.
Ever since the battle of Shuzhou began, he has been thinking about one thing.
That is why the Shu army dared to engage in direct combat.
You should know that the imperial army had 300,000 soldiers, while the Shu army had only 60,000 soldiers.
Despite such a huge disparity in power, Wei Changtian still dared to fight, which meant that he must have felt he had a chance of winning.
But where is this opportunity? Ning Yongnian can only think of Dali at the moment.
But intelligence showed that Dali had only sent a maximum of 100,000 troops to Shuzhou, which was still far from enough.
And why did Wei Changtian want to defend Guanghan City instead of directly defending Shuzhou City?
Although there has never been a saying in ancient times that "if your troops are inferior to the enemy, you should just not fight", there has always been a lack of classic battles in history where "the few defeated the many".
However, Ning Yongnian still felt that there was something strange about it.
"Old Li, why do you think Wei Changtian wants to defend Guanghan?"
Turning back, Ning Yongnian suddenly asked Li Huaizhong: "You know this boy's character better than I do. Is he the kind of person who would do something he is not sure of?"
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Li Huaizhong lowered his head and thought for a while, then answered carefully: "Your Majesty, although this villain is quite scheming, he often takes risks."
"In my opinion, the reason why he defended Guanghan City was to delay the pace of our army so that he could wait for the Dali army to arrive in Shuzhou."
"Um"
Ning Yongnian nodded slightly, seeming to accept this only reasonable explanation.
But just before he picked up the red pen and prepared to continue reviewing the memorials, he suddenly looked up and asked, "By the way."
"Which route did Han Zhao take to march into Shuzhou City?"
(End of this chapter)
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