Chapter 99

"It's the scouting camp of the badminton army." Gu Qingcheng looked for a long time and said with a frown.

"It seems that we have just been defeated." Lu que also frowned.

I saw a team of more than 400 people coming from a distance. Everyone's face was tired and his armor was covered with blood. It was obvious that he had just experienced a fierce fight. The reason why Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng can see that this team is the scouting camp of the badminton army is that one of the soldiers is holding a broken flag, and the red flag is embroidered with a Golden Phoenix standing on the big shield, which is the symbol of the badminton army.

As the three long-term garrisons of the imperial capital, the Changqing army means that the pines and cypresses will be evergreen and the Empire will be prosperous forever. The deployment of the Changqing army generally represents the emperor's personal expedition. Naturally, last year, the emperor dispatched Bai Yi, Hou of Wu'an, and his Longxiang army to the north, and let the Changqing army temporarily replace the Longxiang army's defense line. This is one of the exceptions. It only happened once in the 200 year history of Daqian.

Fengxiang army means imperial power and majesty. When Fengxiang army appears on the battlefield, it means that Daqian will win the battle no matter what price he pays. And the badminton army means to guard, to guard the capital, to guard Daqian. In the history of Daqian, the number of times that the badminton army was transferred to the border was not many, which was the first time in the Hongxi Dynasty.

The reason why Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng recognized that these people belonged to the scouting camp was because of their mounts. Each of Daqian's twelve main armies has its own unique arms, such as the benlei heavy cavalry, which is composed of all the benlei beasts, the fast wind light cavalry, which is composed of the fast wind beasts, and the Huya warship of the Han Navy.

These people sit down and mount a screw horned horse with a spiral sharp angle in the middle of their head. The screw horned horse is said to be the fastest in the horse, which is unique to the badminton army. However, because it is extremely difficult to tame, there are only more than two thousand soldiers in the army, only equipped with two thousand scouts, which are usually only used for spying intelligence and harassing operations.

When these hundreds of scouts came to the woods where they were hiding, several soldiers fell off the horseback as if they were exhausted. Several soldiers struggled on the ground twice, and did not sit up. They were lying on the grass, their chest undulating and panting.

The falling of several soldiers seems to have caused a chain reaction. The soldiers who are constantly exhausted fall from the horse back to the ground, while those who have not fall also come down from the horse back with their bodies propped up. They help their fallen Companions to take a rest. After their owners dismounted, the thread wildebeest also looked for some green grass stalks nearby to eat, or directly used their hooves to dig out the grass roots from the soil and eat them to replenish the water in their bodies.

"Wuwu, general Lu, brother Shi and brother Fang, I can't even bring your bodies out. I'm sorry for you." Just as Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng were watching the defeated soldier rest, a man in the captain's armor came to a big tree not far away from them and stopped. His eyes were red and he looked at the south. In his mouth, he made a sound of wailing, hitting the tree trunk with his fists.

With the move of Captain he, many soldiers sobbed in a low voice.

"He Tao, are you He Tao? What happened? " While Lu que was still wondering what had happened, Gu Qingcheng carefully looked at the bloody face of Xiao Wei He for a while. In a flash, he crossed a distance of nearly 50 meters and came to Xiao Wei He. Lu que saw Gu Qingcheng go out and followed him.

"Who ~" He Tao saw a figure rushing out of the woods. His heart was tight. He instinctively took out a long knife and cut it. But when he saw the person clearly, it was too late for him to let go. Gu Qingcheng didn't look at the long knife. He clapped it on the face of the knife. He Tao felt that his hand was light, and the long knife in his hand had been knocked away. At this time, he was buzzing on the nearby tree.

"Gu, the head of Gu County, the Duke of Lu Shaoguo?" He Tao was surprised to see Gu Qingcheng, and then he saw Lu que coming from behind. He was even more surprised. He didn't understand how these two could be here.

Gu Qingcheng knew he Tao because when she was ten years old, she was granted the title of head of Zhaode County by the emperor. As a rising star in the army, he Tao was from Zhaode county. Like Yu Tianxiang, who was granted the title of Tianxiang princess, and Wu yunshang, who was also born in Tianxiang County, Gu Qingcheng is very familiar with He Tao, who came from his own name. On the one hand, he Tao's ability and talent is inseparable from the support of his family.

No matter Lu que or Gu Qingcheng, they are all celebrities of the imperial capital. As the garrison of the imperial capital, there are many people who know them.

"It's the Duke of Lu Shaoguo and the head of Gu County." After seeing Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng, the soldiers who had heard the news and looked over here were all bright in their eyes. They struggled to stand up and came around.

"He Tao, what's the matter? How did you become like this?" Gu Qingcheng waved his hand to indicate that he Tao didn't need to be polite. He looked around the soldiers and said.

Although there are only 2000 Yulin scouts, they are all elite selected from the whole army through layer upon layer screening. Although it is called scouts, its combat power is not inferior to that of fengqingqi, and even slightly better in some aspects. Gu Qingcheng didn't understand how such an elite could be so successful.

"County leader, ten days ago, we went to investigate the situation of xiyuanze according to the order of commander Wei. Unexpectedly, on our way back, we were ambushed by Tianxing army at the foot of Jiguan mountain. There were two thousand brothers in the scouting camp, and less than five hundred of them survived the siege. General Lu, Lao Fang and Lao Shi all died in the battle. " He Tao, a great man from the north, squatted on the ground and sobbed.

"That's enough. What are you crying for? Please tell me the details first." Seeing he Tao's sadness, Gu Qingcheng frowned and kicked him.

"Yes, county master." Although Gu Qingcheng didn't make much effort, he Tao was kicked and rolled on the ground for several times. Seeing Gu Qingcheng's angry eyes, he also felt that his crying was a little weak. He wiped his face with his sleeve and stood up to tell what happened these days.

It turns out that more than 20 days ago, Tianxing Wucheng Gong transferred all the Tianxing troops stationed in xiyuanze back to Wangdu to stabilize the domestic situation of Tianxing. Meanwhile, the 250000 troops stationed in the north of Tianxing, who confronted Daqian, also gave up the defense line of Tianxing and moved slowly to Wangdu. However, this army was afraid of the pursuit of the Da Qian Legion. It did not walk very far every day, and camped in dangerous places at night.

After learning about this, the four commanders of Daqian's garrison in southern Xinjiang gathered in zhennanguan to discuss. They didn't care about the retreating army of Tianxing north border. What they cared about was whether xiyuanze would break out a tide of beasts after the army of xiyuanze was removed from Tianxing kingdom.

Therefore, after the four people jointly wrote to the emperor and waige, detailing the affairs of Southern Xinjiang and asking for the transfer of military funds from Dacang in southern Xinjiang, they constantly repaired zhennanguan city and sent scouts to investigate and ride in the direction of xiyuanze.

Ten days ago, Wei Jiu, commander-in-chief of the badminton army, sent out the badminton scouting camp after the detection and riding of the fast wind army failed. This scouting camp, built with the strength of the whole badminton army, really lived up to its elite reputation. It took five days to detour for hundreds of miles and finally reached xiyuanze. However, xiyuanze was quiet and there was no sign of an outbreak of animal tide.

Lu Ye, general of the scouting battalion, sent his scouts to detect the location of the northern border army of Tianxing. He learned that more than 200000 Tianxing troops had been in their south for a hundred miles. After leaving several scouts with letter hawks, he began to return. But what they didn't expect was that the Tianxing army ambushed 20000 people near Jiguan mountain to guard against the possible pursuit of Da Qian. But the scouting camp led by LV Ye stepped into the ambush circle without checking.

A big war started. Although the Yulin scouting camp was the elite of the army, it was exhausted after running for days. Facing ten times the powerful enemy, it was badly damaged when fighting. Finally, LV Ye consciously put his brothers to death. It was his responsibility to lead a desperate rear hall. However, the scouting camp was also aroused by his general's actions, and no one escaped, Fight back with the Star Army.

In the end, after more than half of their own damage, the Yulin scouts killed more than ten thousand enemies. General LV ye and two captains Fang lie and Shi Yue were all killed in the battle. He Tao couldn't do anything about it. He could not fold all the elite of the Yulin scouts here and lead the army to stand out. But at this time, there were less than 500 people left in the 2000 Yulin scouts.

"Fool." Gu Qingcheng listens to the whole process and says hatefully. His tone is full of anger. Yan Yeh, the school of Yan Yang, is known for her fame as a brother of the new generation. He is known as a new generation of proud people in the army. He can sit at the age of more than 20 to sit at the forest retreats camp, and see his talent, but he did not expect that he would be so careless in the enemy land outside the great danger that he almost destroyed the essence of the army. Scouting camp was ambushed. It sounds like a joke.

"Mr. Gu, I can't blame general Lu for this." After hearing Gu Qingcheng's words, a young man with blood all over his body said discontentedly, "many of our brothers are suffering from miasma outside xiyuanze. The reason why general Lu is so anxious to rush back to zhennanguan is that he can cure those brothers as soon as possible."

"That is, if there are not hundreds of brothers who are infected with miasma, let alone 20000 Tianxing army, or 30000, we dare to fight with them. But in this way, we also killed more than 10000 enemy troops, and I killed more than a dozen. Although my brothers died in the war, as soldiers, killing the enemy and serving the country is what we should do. It's worth our brothers' death. " As soon as the young man's voice fell, an old soldier in the army began to speak. As he spoke, he took out the long knife with a curled blade that had been cut from the scabbard.

"I killed twelve people, too."

"I'm fifteen."

"Ha ha, what are you doing? I killed 29 people."

They are the elite among the elite who have been besieged. As the veterans speak, they begin to shout. Speaking of the achievements in killing the enemy, they are all flushed. In an instant, they regain their vigor and vitality, as if they were someone else sitting on the ground panting.

"Shut up, all of you." Seeing that Gu Qingcheng's face was a little ugly, he Tao turned back and yelled. Looking at Gu Qingcheng, he Tao solemnly said, "county leader, although we were accidentally surrounded and lost a lot of brothers, we didn't weaken the name of Da Qian, the name of the badminton army, and the name of the elite in the army."

"Just for the name of the elite."

"Only for the name of the elite."

Just as he Tao finished, more than 400 soldiers raised their weapons together. Although there were only more than 400 soldiers, their voices were just like a tsunami. The bloody murderous spirit of a hundred battles was also secretly frightened by Lu Que's indifference and Gu Qingcheng's cultivation.

"General he." When the cry weakened, Lu que took two steps forward and went to He Tao.

"Lord Shao, I'm just the captain of the Yulin scouting camp." What he Tao said is very serious.

"Well, Captain he, please answer my question." Lu said.

"Mr. shaoguogong, please tell me." He Tao looks at Lu que puzzled. He doesn't understand what Lu que wants to ask at this time.

"I don't know when you met the army ambushed by Tianxing and when you left the battlefield?" Lu que asked.

"Yesterday, we wanted to rush back to zhennanguan overnight. It was probably the ambush we encountered in Jiguanshan in the late days of yesterday. The fierce battle lasted about three hours. Today, I took my brothers to withdraw from the battlefield." He Tao thought about it and said.

Lu Shao nodded, picked up a branch from the ground, walked to a piece of sand on the side of the road, and began to paint. He was still chanting words.

"Lu que, what you painted is ~" Gu Qingcheng and He Tao were stunned by Lu Que's action, and they also followed him and looked at Lu Que's action.

"Sister Qingcheng, you see, this is where we are now. Thirty five miles to the north is zhennanguan, and eighty-five miles to the south is Jiguanshan." Lu Kuo pointed to the drawing on the ground and said, "according to what he Xiaowei said just now, four days ago, they found out that the Tianxing army was 100 li away from xiyuanze, that is, it was 400 li away from Tianxing King capital, about 300 li away from us." He said that he picked up a stone and put it between xiyuanze and tianxingwang.

"Not bad." Gu Qingcheng looked at the map on the ground and nodded. Although she didn't understand Lu's intention, she knew that Lu must have his reason.

"According to what he Xiaowei just said, they were ambushed by 20000 Tianxing northern border troops, and more than 10000 people were killed by them. I believe what he Xiaowei and the elite of these troops said is the truth, that is to say, there are only 8000 or 9000 people left in the last Tianxing army, and they will retreat after sweeping the battlefield." He picked up another stone and put it on the map, but he didn't put it down.

"The loss was so heavy overnight, and he Xiaowei and his brothers stood out from the encirclement. The army behind the mat would not dare to camp and stay, and would go all night. According to the calculation of time and foot distance, I think ~" he put the stones in his hand to the south of Jiguan mountain, and drew a line in the place of the stones. "I think they will be here in the early morning tomorrow."

"This is Dan Shui?" Looking at the line drawn by Lu que, Gu Qingcheng and He Tao exclaimed.

"Yes, this is Danshui. The star army is two hundred miles south of Danshui. The Tianxing army behind the mat is now a remnant army and a lonely army. It must be anxious to cross Danshui. We only need to wait until they cross the river, and only need 500 elite soldiers to destroy thousands of them. " Lu que put the branch in his hand on the North Bank of Danshui and said firmly.

He Tao's eyes lit up immediately when he heard that he wanted to take the rest of his brothers back to zhennanguan and leave the seeds of reconstruction for the scouting camp, but he didn't expect to have such a chance to avenge his brothers. Just when he wanted to say something, Lu que had already thrown the branch in his hand and stood up.

"Sister Qingcheng, this is a heaven sent opportunity. We'll go back to zhennanguan first to see Wei Jiu, the commander of the badminton army. He and my father are close friends. As long as we can get 500 cavalry, we can get to the North Bank of Danshui in the early morning of tomorrow and wipe out the star army completely." Lu que looked at the map and thought for a while. He felt that there was nothing left out. He looked at Gu Qingcheng excitedly and said.

Although Lu que is only 15 years old and doesn't have much sense of belonging to Daqian, he grew up listening to the story of his parents' overthrow of the Qingyang empire. Naturally, he hopes that he can become a famous commander of an era just like his father Lu Chun.

"Good." Gu Qingcheng glanced at He Tao, who wanted to say nothing, and nodded.

"Wait a minute, Lord Lu Shaoguo, Lord Gu, wait a minute." Seeing that Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng got up to leave, he Tao was in a hurry. Although he was born in a poor family, he came from the Imperial Academy. Naturally, we can see that there is nothing missing in Lu Que's overall calculation, and the feasibility almost reaches ten levels. He was a little depressed. Why didn't he expect to wait for the opportunity to fight back? Instead, he wanted to go back to zhennanguan.

However, he knew that if Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng were allowed to leave, with their identity and high feasibility, they would be able to get a battalion of soldiers. But if he gives this opportunity to avenge his brothers, he Tao thinks he will regret it all his life.

"Captain he, what can I do for you? Oh, by the way, I still have some medicine for injuries, which is better than those in the army. You can apply the medicine to the injured brother first. Sister Qingcheng and I are going back to zhennanguan. It's too late. " Lu que looks at He Tao for some reason. Although he knows that these people are elite in the army, almost everyone is injured at this time. Therefore, he doesn't want to use this scouting remnant to pursue the Tianxing army. He just wants to go back to zhennanguan and ask Wei Jiu for help.

"Mr. Lu Shaoguo, it's 35 li away from zhennanguan, and it's 70 Li once a time. Plus the time for the commander to dispatch troops, it's estimated that the Tianxing army will run away at that time. You see, our brothers are all elite in the army. As long as we can avenge our brothers, we are willing to listen to the dispatch of Mr. Lu Shaoguo." He Tao's voice was very small at the beginning, but the more he spoke, the louder he became. At last, he almost cried out.

"We are willing to be dispatched by shaoguogong." When the soldiers heard the speech, they also said out loud, with their right fists hitting the left chest mirror constantly, making a neat thump.

"But you all have injuries." Lu que looked around and shook his head.

"Shao Guogong, we are all elite in the army. This small injury is nothing. Why do I ask Shao Guogong to let us avenge our brothers by ourselves?" He Tao grabs Lu Que's hand and pleads.

"It's not revenge." Lu que shook his head. "You are all elite. We will always let the enemy take revenge on you. Today, we are only for the name of the elite. "

"Just for the name of the elite." No matter he Tao or the valiant soldiers in the army, when they heard Lu Que's words, they felt the blood surging up. Since they were elite, they had to make the enemy hate and fear. Today they only want to be elite.

When Gu Qingcheng saw Lu Que's words, he said that he was enthusiastic and willing to listen to his instructions. A smile appeared on his lips, and he praised in his heart that he was "worthy of being Lu Shuai's son, born to be a famous man." He turned to the woods and said, "Bai Xia, go get some meat."