Chapter 129 – Ten Thousand Cool Knives
It’s snowing?
It’s really snowing.
Chen Xiliang, who had risen to the top of Beiliang’s officialdom as a scholar of Jiangnan’s humble race, stood side by side with Yang Guangdou, the governor of Liujiu, at the top of the city, and together they looked up at the sky that had been whitened by the snow.
Compared to the tall and majestic city walls in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the low outer wall of Qingcang City looks so funny and ridiculous, but this lonely city is located in the northwestern border fortress, just like a weak woman pushed to the banks of the flooded river, at any time will be killed by a wave. Chen Xiliang reached out to pick up those snowflakes that were still sparse and thin for the time being, and murmured, “Over there in Tai’an City, the person who retired from the court in the snow is the one who has all the princes and lords of the vermilion and purple.”
Yang Guangdou nodded and laughed: “Yes, we are not the same here, the snow is full of bows and knives, the armor is heavy and the knives are even heavier. However, this side of the reckless man can not say what Zhu Zi Gong Hou, at most yell a few lines there is a black hole in the mouth of the well of the limerick.”
Chen Xiliang laughed a little and asked, “I once heard this allusion in Jiangnan Road, it seems to be related to the Great General?”
Yang Guangdou rubbed his hands together, “When His Majesty was a young son, the Great General took his family to enjoy the snow at the Lake of Listening to the tide, and the result was that His Highness was forced to write a poem, and in a hurry, the Great General could not write a poem, and after half a day of scratching his head and ears, he really held back a poem, and if he remembered it correctly, the whole poem was that the snowflake was as big as a fist, and the mouth of the well was black with a hole in it. Yellow dog for white, white dog ……”
Chen Xiliang laughed and asked, “What follows?”
Yang Guangdou helplessly said, “The great general obviously can’t catch up well, then gave our Shizi His Highness chased and whisked half a day to fight. But this ridiculous scene, in the past in Qingliang Mountain often have, the royal family up and down, has long seen strange.”
Yang Guangdou said here, some sadness, voice hoarse whispered: “At that time the great general, legs and feet are still very sharp, fleeing for his life is quite fit as a fiddle.”
Chen Xiliang breathed out a mouthful of mist and laughed: “Of all the sons of Liyang, only we in Northern Liang dare to be so ‘treacherous’.”
Yang Guangdu laughed, “That’s not true!”
Li Morfan hurriedly walked up to the city, as the vice general of the Dragon Elephant Army, he was really as unruly as the rumors, and hadn’t stepped into the assassin’s mansion since he was stationed in Liujiu, but today he even took the initiative to meet with the lord assassin, which made those city guards were astonished. Some time ago, the Dragon Elephant Army had violated the military order of the capital government by splitting their troops without authorization, and the military and political sides in Liuzhou had already shown bad signs of saber rattling. Yang Guangdou turned his head to look at Li Morfan and laughed, “Yo, rare guest, rare guest, Vice General Li also has the elegance of climbing high to enjoy the snow?”
Li Morfan frowned, not caring about the assassin lord’s cynicism, and said in a deep voice: “The first appearance of the purple qi vision and crossbow arrows breaking through the air, this general does not know the bottom of it, and will not go into it. However, just now the frontline crossbowmen came to report that there are three cavalry armies urgently moving out from the Antique Beach Liu Gui camp, all rushing in the direction of Lin Rhyme City. Among them, Huyan Keqin Yelu Zongtang two generals each led five hundred light cavalry, Liu Gui’s beloved subordinate Lin Fu is holding ten thousand main cavalry of the Liu family army, and even the only two hundred heavy cavalry are also hidden in them, ready to charge into battle with horses and men in armor.”
Yang Guangdou’s expression was grave as he asked, “Running towards your Dragon Elephant Army’s commander-in-chief?”
Li Morfan gave a hmmm and rubbed his chin fiercely, his eyes were gloomy, “It seems that the Qiang cavalry that interspersed between Qingcang Lin Rhythm was the bait.”
As soon as Yang Guangdou heard about this matter, he became furious, and couldn’t help but say a few words of resentment, but Chen Xiliang, who was not of high rank and was temporarily serving as a member of the assassin’s staff, pulled Yang Guangdou’s sleeve and took a step forward to calmly ask, “General Li, assuming that the Little Prince’s Dragon Elephant Army has already faced the 10,000-odd Qiang cavalry, if the Qiang cavalry avoids the front line of the battle and intends to lure the enemy into deeper and deeper, will the Dragon Elephant Cavalry be able to recover in the pursuit battle? Cavalry would be able to achieve results in the pursuit battle?”
Li Morfan sneered, “As long as they are caught by our Dragon Elephant Army, unless the Qiang cavalry chooses to turn around and run as soon as they see it, it won’t take more than an hour for the whole army to be wiped out!”
Li Morfan reached out and pressed his hand against the wall, “Now I’m afraid that the Qiang riders who are the best at circling around will just avoid the battle, letting them stay up until they meet up with Lin Fu’s army.”
Li Morfan turned his head to look at Yang Guangdou the nominally largest official in Liuzhou, “I will enter the city, I am not asking for a battle, I am just here to say hello, I will split 10,000 Dragon Elephant troops to follow Lin Fu, if Liu Gui’s army left at Gu Dong Tan takes the opportunity to push south, I will personally lead the only 10,000 Dragon Elephant cavalry troops left to fight against the enemy, Qing Cang City can’t be lost.”
Yang Guangdu finally couldn’t hold back his anger, “A great battle is imminent, and with a disadvantage in strength you still dare to divide your army and keep dividing it! Li Morfan, you are still a general who was highly valued by the Great General during his lifetime. I, Yang Guangdou, a layman who hasn’t read a few books on military affairs, know that this is a major taboo in the military world. The importance of Liuzhou lies not only in our defense of Qingcang City to hold back Liu Gui’s army, but also in the 30,000 Dragon Elephant Cavalry to maintain a posture of attraction, in order to form a deterrent to the entire North Mang Southern Dynasty, the lack of one is indispensable, less than any one point, this Liangmang’s first big battle has already been lost, let you Dragon Elephant Cavalry in exchange for two, let you Li Morfan’s battle achievements, the King of North Liang will also cut off your head! You, Li Morfan, are not worthy of death!”
Li Morfan looked indifferent and said stiffly, “Assassin Yang, this general said that Qingcang City cannot be lost! Taking a step back, if my 10,000 Dragon Elephant Cavalry were to be lost, as long as the Lord Commander and Wang Lingbao were allowed to return to the vicinity of Qingcang City without any problems, Liu Gui would have to obediently become a shrunken head turtle just the same. The most important thing right now is to make sure that our Dragon Elephant Army’s Lord Commander doesn’t have the slightest accident on the battlefield over there to the east of Lin Rhythm.”
Yang Guangdu stepped out, “Surname Li! The King of Northern Liang promised that I, Yang Guangdou, can act cheaply in Liuzhou, do you really think that this official doesn’t dare to act first and then report?!”
Li Morfan’s face was full of undisguised contempt, gently tilted his head and pointed to his neck, “You’d rather try, Yang Laoer, with your little skill, can you chop off my head?”
Chen Xiliang did not when pulling the fight when the peacemaker, just looked toward the antique beach side, slowly said: “the assassin lord and general Li are not wrong, just the matter has the priority, at the moment we may as well make the worst intentions, the appearance of Qiang riding at the beginning of the North Mang set a trap, and now since our Dragon Elephant Army has bitten the hook, and envisioned that the North Mang want to eat, not a few thousand Dragon Elephant Army, but a more important target, the Lord, the Lord, the Lord of the North Mang, the Lord of the North Mang, the Lord of the North Mang, the Lord of the North Mang, the Lord of the North Mang. but rather a more important target, the commander-in-chief Xu Longxiang! Then, I think the North Mang South Dynasty will certainly start the opposite of the insidious backhand, may be a handful of North Mang’s most outstanding martial arts experts, at least face the little king can be a battle. If the Northern Mang gets its way, this loss is a result that Qingcang City under our feet, the entire Liuzhou, and even the entire Northern Liang cannot afford.”
Chen Xiliang continued, “Since this is the case, I feel that mobilizing 10,000 Dragon Elephant Army to cope with the situation is not more, but not enough, but also adding all the available travelling crossbowmen, as well as the White Horse Boxers in the city, and even if it is possible, the dead spies lurking around in Qingcang City should urgently leave the city.”
Li Morfan nodded.
Yang Guangdou was also austere.
Chen Xiliang turned his head and looked at Li Morfan, “General Li, I don’t want you to make any military orders, and I don’t want to hear any grandiose words about bringing up your head in defeat, I only want to ask you one thing now, you only have 10,000 Dragon Elephant Cavalry troops in your hands, once Liu Gui’s army resolutely pounces to the south, can you guarantee that Qingcang City will hold out until the 20,000 Dragon Elephant troops return!?”
Li Morfan’s eyes were unusually resolute as he said in a deep voice, “Yes!”
Li Morfan smiled, reaching out and heavily tapping the Northern Liang War Sword on his waist, the other hand pointing out of the city, “Chen Xiliang, it doesn’t matter if you can’t trust me, Li Morfan, but please trust this Liang Sword of mine! If one is not enough, outside the city, there are ten thousand more!”
Chen Xiliang nodded, and Li Morfan turned around and left in large strides.
Chen Xiliang suddenly said towards the back of this fierce general of the Northern Liang Border Army, “General Li, the Longxiang Army generals are Northern Liang people, and so are the people of Liuzhou.”
“I never felt that way before, but I’ll make a note of it from now on!”
After saying these words, the military general whose back was facing the two “civil lords” raised his hand violently and extended his thumb.