Chapter 589 Crossing half of China just to save you
The Chai family and his son led the army south to expedition against the Song Dynasty?
Shang Xiuxun was shocked when she heard that. She thought about Chai Shao's indifference to the Song family's coercion, and how he finally compromised and betrayed and killed Song Shidao and Song Lu's two disciples for the sake of their children. , but never thought that that guy would send his troops more than two thousand miles south to fight Song Que in order to save her and the child - what Emperor Wen couldn't do back then, could the Sui Ting do it with the current strength? Of course it was impossible. She couldn't think of any other reason why the Chai family and his son did what they knew they couldn't do, apart from her and the Cai family's flesh and blood in her belly.
The person who was treated as a friend last year turned around and sold her for political gain. The person who was treated as an enemy was willing to sacrifice political interests and use the whole country to save her.
She threw herself on the bed and couldn't help sobbing softly.
If she had known today that her father would go to the Chai family to force a marriage and reach an agreement with Chai Shen and his son, why would she object? Want to be a little naughty? She was angry with her father and ran to Chang'an to relax?
"Xiuxun..." Li Xiuning wanted to coax her.
Song Yuzhi grabbed her arm: "Sister Xiuning, don't go."
"But..."
"Think about what Chai Shao did to the Li family Those things." Song Yuzhi looked at the female host on the bed and gritted her teeth: "Second uncle asked me to give you a message to advise you not to drink as a penalty."
...
More than half a month later.
"I...I can't walk anymore, my feet hurt too much."
A pale, panting soldier used the red tassel gun as a crutch and walked a few steps, and finally insisted Unable to stop himself, his body swayed and he plunged into the muddy road.
The two companions at the rear quickly pulled the man to the side of the road, sat on a boulder, fed him some water, and took off the wet boots on his feet. The man gasped in pain. Sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Military doctor, military doctor..."
The companion on the left looked at the soldier's foot soles that had been soaked to the point of rotting. He seemed to feel the same way. He twitched his face several times and shouted loudly at the back of the team.
The companion on the right looked at the moist and hot dense forest around him, then looked up at the gray sky, and felt uncomfortable all over.
Since the large army left Yuzhang County, the light rain has been falling intermittently for almost half a month. The roads have become increasingly slippery. The sultry weather combined with flying mosquitoes and the long absence of light have depressed me. It almost drives those people living in the Jiangbei area crazy.
Those who are in good physical condition can barely persevere, but those who are in poor physical condition begin to suffer from various diseases, such as acclimatization and sores on legs and feet, which are relatively mild. In severe cases, they have vomiting and diarrhea, and high fever that does not go away.
Morale? Where is the morale in this situation? The resentment did not break out because Mr. Chai spent his own money to encourage them to move forward. In addition, they had now reached the border of Nankang County. After marching for a while, they would reach Wengyuan County where Lin Shihong and Chen Bing lived, and they had the hope of having a good rest.
At this time, two soldiers who looked stronger were carrying a stretcher and walked past. The person on the stretcher broke his right leg and kept whispering, "Mother, mother, mother." "Keep shouting.
"Military doctor, military doctor..."
At this time, a soldier on horseback passed by the three of them and asked in annoyance: "What is it called? The military doctor is treating a patient bitten by a poisonous snake. Brother's diagnosis and treatment, this minor injury can be dealt with by oneself."
"Sir, is this...a minor injury? He...he already has a fever. If he doesn't prescribe the right medicine, this foot will not reach Wengyuan. It will be destroyed.”
"..."
A similar situation spread within the expeditionary force, and on the slope fifteen miles away, Chu Pingsheng and three women, Dugu Feng, Linglongjiao, and Fu Junyu, who were disguised as men, stood side by side and looked at each other. I plan to rest in Wengyuan for three days. If everything goes well, I can reach Cangwu in seven days. It is the gateway to Yulin, and it was also the front line of the Lingnan Song clan to resist the troops of Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong, and it was also the front line of Emperor Wen. Shamefully.
On the road next to the slope, with the help of Jin Huanzhen, Ding Jiuzhong, and Zhou Laotan, the carriage carrying Xiao Meiniang finally broke out of the mud and embarked on a relatively flat road.
Chai Shen, who followed closely behind, turned his head and glanced at him, his face full of anxiety.
This is normal. In the beginning, money could be used to motivate the soldiers. However, as the march took longer and longer, under the dual pressure of physical and mental exhaustion, the condition of the expeditionary force deteriorated, even though the treatment was much better. The officers were also full of complaints and complaints.
With morale so low, how much fighting power can you still have even if you get to Cangwu City? Can such an army really take over Lingnan?
"Drive, drive..."
The sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground was heard from behind, interrupting the eye contact between father and son. Chu Pingsheng looked back and saw that it was Dugu Feng leading the original Wang Shichong His general Wu Liangjian aimed at Siren and the leader of the Luoyang Gang, while Shangguan Long, a member of the Yingui Sect, approached from behind.
The three of them reined in their horses two feet behind Chu Pingsheng. Dugu Feng walked over and whispered a few words in his ear.
Lin Shihong sent someone to send news that Song Que had led three thousand elite cavalry out of Nanhai County and entered the river source of Longchuan County, preparing to detour to the east to cut off the expeditionary army's food route?
Chu Pingsheng smiled coldly: "It doesn't matter."
It doesn't matter?
Dugu Feng was stunned by his answer. The weakest link in a long-distance march is the food road. During the long-distance march of the expeditionary force, more than 30% of the soldiers have developed symptoms of acclimatization, with low morale and complaints. If they are attacking During the process of Cangwu, the food route was cut off, subsequent supplies were unsustainable, and collapse was naturally inevitable.
Dugu Feng said: "You said you had a magic formula to defeat the enemy, so that everyone would believe you. The Song family would end up even more miserable than the Li family in Chang'an before. The Empress Dowager trusted you so much, but where is the magic formula? "
"Dad..."
Dugu Feng pouted her mouth, a little unhappy.
In this matter, she was calmer than Dugu Feng. Wuliangjian Xiang Siren was standing behind him. He asked Chai Shao like this. Once the matter got out, the soldiers knew that there was a conflict between the top management and the situation. will be worse.
"Now that the army is still in the area controlled by Lin Shihong, there is no need to worry about the food road for the time being. Master Dugu, what did you just say? Dozens of soldiers in Youxiao Guard mutinied, hijacked the army recorder, and made a fuss Go home?”
“Yes, when I came over, General Lang of You Xiaowei was trying to persuade them.”
Chu Pingsheng said calmly: “Kill.”
Wuliangjian Xiang Siren, who was standing behind him, changed his expression. He didn't expect him to be so cruel.
Dugu Feng's expression also changed: "Kill him?" "Li Tang's spy should not be killed if it shakes the morale of the army?"
"Li Tang's spy?"
"Kill those people as a warning to others. Then let the herald tell the counselors that I will pray tonight and ask the heavenly officials to give holy water to help them overcome the difficulty of acclimatization."
practice? Pray? Ask the Heavenly Official to give you holy water?
Not only Dugu Feng, Xiang Siren, and Shangguan Long looked stunned, but Fu Junyu, Dugu Feng, and Linglongjiao also looked at him with disbelief.
Chai Daguan...when did he change his career to become a magician?
Dugu Feng said: "You...are you kidding?"
Yes, witchcraft, divination, and astrology are prevalent in the world, but usually divination is done before the army sets off. If it is bad luck, choose an auspicious day. Operations like asking the heavenly official to give holy water are very rare. If it is useful, it can indeed improve morale. But if it is useless, then the enemy will not attack, and the battle will be lost 80%, because of this It would be considered as acting against nature and would severely damage the prestige of the Queen Mother.
"Do you think I am joking?" Chu Pingsheng said: "You don't believe it, do you..."
"..."
Dugu Feng said in his heart, I believe you, you are a ghost, You, the leader of the evil sect and a heretic, ask the gods to give you holy water? Which god will answer your prayers?
Shangguanlong: "..."
Xiang Siren: "..."
...
Two hours later.
Crash.
Crash.
Chu Pingsheng let out a long breath of comfort, walked out of the wooden barrel where the steam was constantly surging, and inserted his water-soaked feet into the wooden clogs in front of him.
"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you help me get dressed?"
He opened his arms generously and said to Linglongjiao, who was standing next to him with a bad face: "Didn't your mother teach you how to serve a man?"
The Persian beauty with a pair of green eyes took a deep breath, wiped away the sweat from giving him a vigorous bath with the back of her hand, rummaged through her bag, and found a set of trousers to wear to an important ceremony. He took off his clothes and walked towards him holding it in his hand.
Chu Pingsheng glared fiercely, pointed at the clothes in her hand and said, "What are you doing with this?"
"Aren't you going to pray to the heavenly official for holy water?"
Linglongjiao looked at the clothes in her hand again and made sure she had got it right. Although she was Persian and had limited knowledge of the Central Plains culture, she could still distinguish between regular clothes and regular clothes.
"Holy water? I'm done asking for it."
"I'm done asking for it?"
Linglongjiao was confused by his words: "Where is it?"
Chu Pingsheng pointed to the steaming bath water in the barrel and said, "Isn't that it?"
"What?!"
Linglongjiao thought he must be crazy, and actually called the bath water holy water: "Did I hear wrongly, or are you talking nonsense?"
"I You are a god, why do you ask for a heavenly official?”
“This joke is not funny at all”
Chu Pingsheng ignored her and pointed to the gray dark clothes in the bag and said, “Take that one. …”
"..."
"I asked you to get that one."
"..."
"My body looks good, is it addictive?"
< br>She then woke up, glanced up and down, walked over with a sullen face, picked up the gray dark clothes in the bag, put it on for him, and tied the belt.
Chu Pingsheng pinched her chin, lifted it up, and looked again and again by the candlelight in the tent.
Linglongjiao looked up at him with her hot face that was more three-dimensional than that of Asian women. Her eyes did not change at all from the beginning to the end.
“We are both Persian saints, Xiao Zhao and you, how can we be so different?”
“…”
“To be honest, in comparison , I prefer women like you because I have the pleasure of conquering every day.”
Her mouth grinned.
Chu Pingsheng suddenly let go of the hand holding her chin, a cold light flashed in his palm, and the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword was in his hand. He waved his body, and the hair that reached her waist was shortened by an inch. Holding the ball of hair in the palm of his hand, he walked to the wooden bucket, spread his fingers, and the black powder shattered by the internal force fell into the bath water.
(End of this chapter)