Chapter 242: A
Great Victory The news that Princess Loulan supported the Flame with one million taels of silver spread throughout the capital. Officials and nobles, as well as common people, all praised Princess Loulan as a goddess.
When Yun Ranqing came out of the space and heard people talking, he felt unhappy.
He ran to the palace to find his father.
Yun Hongxiao had been reading memorials for an hour and was enjoying the breeze in the pavilion.
"Your son pays homage to the emperor."
"The fourth child is here? Where did you practice again?" Yun Hongxiao asked with concern.
This child basically spent all his time practicing. He was not seen for three days or two.
If you want to see him, you have to send someone to his shabby house to leave a message.
"I went to practice on Juyuan Mountain outside the city." Of course, he would not tell the truth.
"Father, I have something to say." Yun Ranqing continued, glancing at the servants around him.
Yun Hongxiao waved his hand and everyone retreated.
"Father, the one million taels of silver given by Princess Loulan were not given by Princess Loulan, but by Sister Feng." Yun Ranqing cleared Feng Tianxing's name.
She couldn't be allowed to do good things without anyone knowing. It would be fine if the people didn't know, but father must know.
"What?" Yun Hongxiao couldn't believe it.
Where did she get so much money?
"The money was indeed transported from Loulan, but Sister Feng exchanged it with the King of Loulan. Sister Feng was afraid of being too conspicuous, so she let Princess Loulan take the credit.
Because Princess Loulan has the entire Loulan Kingdom behind her and can afford the money, Sister Feng borrowed her name." Yun Ranqing nodded in affirmation.
And no family in the entire Yanyan Kingdom could come up with a million taels of silver at once.
"Oh..., so that's it. Did she exchange it with elixirs?" Yun Hongxiao only thought of Feng Tianxing's elixirs.
"I exchanged it with ginseng." Yun Ransheng didn't say how old it was.
"Miss Feng is righteous. I wanted to make her a princess, but Lord Feng disagreed." Yun Hongxiao was a little distressed.
This child has made many contributions, but he is indifferent to fame and fortune.
"If the emperor wants to reward her, why not wait until Master wins the battle and then make him a duke or a king of a different surname?" Yun Ranqing suggested.
"You will ask for favors from your master. Let me think about it."
This is no small matter.
——Feng
Zuwen and Chen Zhizhong both approved of Feng Yuanhan's plan.
Deliver a declaration of war to the Ice and Snow Kingdom in three days.
The military supplies of the Flame are insufficient, so it is best to fight a quick battle.
Outside the north gate of Minhe City, in the Ice and Snow Kingdom's garrison tent, Liu Chengwu received Feng Zuwen's declaration of war and laughed out loud.
"Haha, I didn't expect that the commander of Yanyan is a marquis who has never fought a war, and he brought their crown prince with him. Is he really ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, or is there really no talent in Yanyan?"
"Generals should not underestimate the enemy. Sometimes, inconspicuous people may really have great abilities." Juan advised.
"Well, you are right." But in his heart, he still underestimated Feng Zuwen.
What battlefield experience can a commander who has only led 10,000 or 20,000 guards have? What military tactics does he know?
The guards only maintain law and order in the capital and help the emperor arrest people.
"And General Chen, who was stationed in the northwest at that time, served as his military advisor." Juan reminded again.
"You mean Chen Zhizhong? Wasn't he beaten by Lou Lan and fled in panic, and even nearly lost his life?" Liu Chengwu looked down on the generals of the Flame Kingdom. Each of them had no resistance.
He also didn't know how General Luo, who was guarding the border of the Ice and Snow Kingdom, could deal with Tan Fei for so many years and still couldn't take down a county or half a city.
"General, it's better to be careful." Juan reminded again.
"Okay, let's discuss how to deal with the enemy. Since the beginning of the war, we have been taking the initiative and they have been passive. This time, the Flame Kingdom delivered the letter of war first, but this general still didn't give them the initiative.
We still focus on attacking and take the initiative. This general wants to see whether Feng Zuwen will stay in the city like Tan Fei, or go out of the city to fight?" Liu Chengwu said very proudly.
The next day, just after breakfast,
Liu Chengwu ordered two deputy generals to lead 10,000 soldiers each to march towards the city gate.
The sentry on the tower saw it from a distance and reported it immediately.
Feng Zuwen and his men had already heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping outside, and went up to the tower to check.
They saw that the other side had actually sent out troops first.
Interesting.
"Go out of the city to fight." Feng Zuwen gave an order, and the city gate opened. The 20,000 soldiers who had been prepared for a long time ran out of the city gate in an orderly manner, with great momentum.
Feng Zuwen specially arranged for the cavalry to walk behind, and each horse had a leafy branch behind its tail.
Now the soldiers of Yanyan knew that Lord Feng was a martial arts master, and even the prince could fight six generals alone, and their morale was greatly boosted.
Feng Yuanhan and Qin Sheng were the vanguards, running in front.
Feng Zuwen, Yun Ranzheng and Chen Zhizhong were watching the battle from the tower.
The two armies were facing each other, only 150 feet apart.
Usually, when two armies face each other, each general will fight one-on-one to boost morale, but today Feng Zuwen was too lazy to dawdle. It was originally an invasion by the Ice and Snow Country, so what morality was there? He just asked the drummer to beat the war drum for the advance.
As soon as the soldiers heard the order, the generals of each army also shouted: "Kill."
The enemy started fighting as soon as they saw the Flame Soldiers coming. They were not polite. At such a close distance, the archers had no advantage. It took only a few breaths for the two armies to meet. The enemy's cavalry was the first to go out, but the front-line soldiers of the Flame cooperated tacitly, and immediately pulled the horse ropes in groups of four. The horses
in the front were unable to react in time, and more than a dozen horses fell down. One fell, and then two fell. The same tactics were used again, and more fell down. The
Flame cavalry immediately surrounded the battlefield, running behind their own side, and the dust was raised.
As soon as the Flame Soldier felt uncomfortable, he immediately reached into his helmet and pulled it, and the gauze covered his entire face. He fought and retreated, and soon retreated into the dust. The Ice and Snow Country soldiers thought that the Flame Soldier was scared, so they chased him closely.
Then, it was like closing the door to beat the dog.
Shouts and screams were heard all the time.
Liu Chengwu, who was standing far away and watching the battle, didn't understand what was going on at first, but when he reacted, the 20,000 people he sent out had been beaten to pieces, and he immediately ordered a retreat.
When the war drums of the Ice and Snow Country sounded the order to withdraw, it was too late.
The soldiers of the Ice and Snow Country who were still alive and could still run could only listen to the sound to determine the direction. They couldn't open their eyes at all and had difficulty breathing.
In the end, only more than a thousand people escaped. If it weren't for the drum sound that let them know the direction, no one would have escaped.
Seeing this, Feng Zuwen issued another order: pursue the victory.
The other 20,000 people who had been prepared long ago, and the 20,000 people who were already outside, chased the soldiers of the Ice and Snow Country.
Feng Yuanhan and Qin Sheng were both young men, full of vigor and vitality, running in the front. They rode their horses and harvested the heads of the soldiers of the Ice and Snow Country along the way.
Liu Chengwu saw that the situation was not good, and quickly organized a resistance, but the enemy had 40,000 people and his own 30,000 people, and the previous failure had greatly hit the morale.
In the hasty battle, the old method of the Flame continued, and the team of cavalry responsible for making dust never stopped.
They also chased the area where the Ice and Snow soldiers were concentrated in front, running back and forth non-stop.
The battle lasted from morning to noon, and it was almost always the Flame soldiers chasing the Ice and Snow soldiers.
Liu Chengwu knew that the battle was a foregone conclusion, so he had to take the deserters and flee to Yonghe City.
Feng Zuwen arranged for the third group of soldiers to chase directly to the outside of Yonghe City and station there.
In just one day, the flame soldiers stationed outside the city, and all of them were killed.