Chapter 691 Before the Beginning of Winter
Five days later.
The fifteenth day of the third month in the second year of Taichu.
Daning, Jinzhou.
The midday sun was bright and golden, and the spring breeze blowing from north to south seemed to be blowing from winter to summer, shaking the tender leaves on the dead branches.
"Boom boom"
The dull and crowded sound of horse hooves and footsteps shook the earth, and the long official road was filled with soldiers marching with their heads down.
The green "Shu" flag and the yellow "Ning" flag fluttered under the sky, the scales of armor flashed dazzling cold light, and the entire wilderness was filled with suppressed rumbling sounds.
Only five days had passed since the situation in Xinfeng suddenly changed, and the reinforcements to Xinfeng had already traveled 1,500 miles from Liangzhou to Jinzhou.
Further west of Jinzhou is Jizhou, and then Yuanzhou.
After Yuanzhou is the burial place of Ning Yongnian, formerly the Dafenghuai Mausoleum.
However, Huailing Prefecture has now been returned to Daning, and has also been changed from a "prefecture system" to a "state system", named Lingzhou.
Further west of Lingzhou is the territory of Xinfeng.
It would take about ten days to get from Jinzhou to Xinfeng, even with a forced march.
Although it is not known whether Xu Suisui can hold on until then, this is already the fastest speed for these more than 300,000 people.
That’s right, this time to reinforce Xinfeng, Ningshu and Shu sent a total of more than 300,000 people.
Among them were 100,000 Shu troops, 200,000 Ning troops, and nearly 30,000 Tengu troops.
As for the remaining 200,000 Daning troops, they remained in Liangzhou to guard against Dajue's comeback.
Three hundred thousand men are going to face the nearly one million remaining troops of the two countries of Qian and Hui in Xinfeng.
As luck would have it, the difference in military strength between the two was exactly the same as during the battle of Shuzhou.
At that time, there were only 70,000 to 80,000 people in Shu Kingdom, but the army to suppress the rebellion had 300,000, which was more than three times the number of the two sides.
Although Wei Changtian had perfectly achieved the goal of defeating a strong enemy with a force that was three times weaker than his opponent by relying on the battle of Niutou Mountain.
But at this moment, no one thought he could replicate all of this.
Because there is no comparison between the two wars.
Three people versus ten people, thirty people versus a hundred people, thirty thousand people versus a hundred thousand people, three hundred thousand people versus a million people. Although the above are three times the number of people, the gap in absolute numbers is obviously getting bigger and bigger.
Then, the difficulty of defeating the strong with the weak will increase exponentially.
After all, during the Battle of Shuzhou, Wei Changtian only needed to find a way to make up for the gap of 200,000 people.
And this time, he wants to wipe out 700,000.
Seven hundred thousand people, this is not a situation that can be solved with just one ambush.
So, what exactly is Wei Changtian going to do? To this day, no one knows the answer to this question.
Chu Xianping, Liang Zhen, Han Zhao, Du Chang, including these 300,000 ordinary soldiers, almost all of them rushed to Xinfeng without hesitation only because of their absolute trust in Wei Changtian.
As for whether everyone really believes that they can win this battle. Since Master Wei said yes, then it should be possible.
Afternoon.
Thirty miles south of Jinzhou City.
On the official road in the distance, soldiers lined up in neat rows were still marching slowly westward.
Turning his head to take a look at the long black dragon, Wei Changtian retracted his gaze and looked at Liang Qin, who was in front of him with tears in her eyes.
"Okay, stop crying."
"I was wrong this time. I promised to accompany you back to Dashu to recuperate, but I failed to do it."
"But I can't help it. After all, if I don't go to Xinfeng in person, I will always feel uneasy."
“.”
This time when they go to Xinfeng, Liang Qin, who is pregnant, definitely cannot go with them.
Although she followed the army for five days, she had to "part ways" with Wei Changtian in Jinzhou and continue southwards back to Da Shu.
"Brother Changtian"
Liang Qin cried and threw herself into Wei Changtian's arms, feeling reluctant to let him go.
In fact, before, although she would have been reluctant, she would never show it so obviously.
And now, perhaps because of her pregnancy, the relationship between her and Wei Changtian had an extra layer of ties, and she could no longer hold back.
"Woo woo woo, I, I'm only one month pregnant."
“I don’t want to go back.”
"Woo woo woo, I want to be with you."
"We haven't decided on a name for the child yet, woooo."
“.”
With tears streaming down her face, Liang Qin cried and said a lot of incoherent words, which made people around her sigh.
Everyone can understand how she feels at this moment.
Especially Wei Changtian, if possible, he would certainly be willing to return to Dashu to accompany Liang Qin.
But what can we do?
After all, we have to fight this time. If something goes wrong with Liang Qin, it will be too late to regret it.
"Okay, I will send you a message every three days to let you know I am safe."
Rubbing Liang Qin's hair, Wei Changtian advised softly: "Besides, Wan'er and the others are in Shuzhou. With them by your side, you shouldn't feel depressed."
"I drink tea, practice swordplay, and play mahjong every day, and soon I'll be back."
"For the sake of our child, I will let you suffer for a while."
“.”
Wei Changtian was not impatient, he just comforted her with one word at a time.
As soon as she heard the word "child", Liang Qin's crying gradually stopped.
really.
Even if it's just for the baby in my belly, I shouldn't take any risk.
"Yes, I understand."
Wiping the corners of her eyes, she looked up at Wei Changtian.
"Brother Changtian, I will take good care of the baby after I go back, don't worry."
"But you have to promise me that you must go back before the New Year this year."
"OK"
Before the Chinese New Year.
Liang Qin became pregnant in mid-February, so if nothing unexpected happens, the due date will be around the time before the Chinese New Year this year.
Wei Changtian naturally understood what he meant, so he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you."
"No need to wait until the New Year, I will definitely go back before the beginning of winter."
"good"
Liang Qin sniffed, a little aggrieved, and a little worried, and warned: "Don't break your promise this time."
"Don't worry, I won't."
Smiling, Wei Changtian took Liang Qin's hand and walked to the carriage.
"Okay, get in the car quickly."
"If you don't leave now, I'm afraid you will be even more reluctant to leave."
“I can’t bear to leave now”
Liang Qin muttered softly, but she knew that she would have to leave sooner or later, so she gritted her teeth and got into the carriage.
"Chang, Chang Tian Ge"
She stuck her head out of the car window and looked at Wei Changtian outside the car. The tears that she had finally stopped burst out again.
"Stop crying!"
Wei Changtian's face turned serious, and he pretended to be serious and said, "Didn't the doctor say that you shouldn't be too happy or too sad right now, otherwise it will be bad for the fetus in your belly!"
"I, I"
After Wei Changtian reminded her, Liang Qin instantly remembered this.
She bit her lips to hold back her tears, but she couldn't help it. With her wrinkled nose and tears in her eyes, she looked a little silly.
Wei Changtian walked to the car window and said something in a low voice with a smile.
“.”
Hearing this, Liang Qin suddenly widened her eyes and froze.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wei Changtian quickly winked at the coachman, who immediately understood and waved his whip.
“Bang!”
After a crisp whip sound, the carriage started moving slowly, and more than a hundred guards around it also urged their horses.
The sky was cloudless and the warm midday sun cast a golden glow.
Just like that, the convoy finally set off to the south. After more than ten breaths, only Liang Qin's belated shouting remained in the air.
"Brother Changtian! Dad! Sister Liushi!"
"Go back early!!"
“.”
Amid the increasingly vague shouts, the carriage in the distance soon turned into a black dot.
Until this moment, the few people who remained there also withdrew their gazes.
"Sir, what did you say to Sister Liang just now?"
Standing next to Wei Changtian, Yang Liushi asked curiously, "How did you make her stop crying all of a sudden?"
“This one.”
Wei Changtian leaned close to Yang Liushi's ear and said in a low voice mysteriously:
"I won't tell you."
“.”
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Under Yang Liushi's astonished eyes, Wei Changtian turned around with a big laugh and walked towards the carriage not far away with great pride.
The sun fell on his body, and his laughter echoing in the wind had a childish feeling of "an evil plan succeeding".
Yang Liushi stood there in a daze, and after a moment she suddenly burst out laughing.
Then she picked up her skirt and quickly chased after the figure.
(End of this chapter)
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