sjar Chapter 577: Fun, Love to Play! (2 chapters in 1)
Chapter 577: Fun, Love to Play! (2 chapters in 1)
"I'm coming!"
The soldiers in the National Protection Army who were good at listening lay on the ground and felt the vibration brought by the horse's hooves passing in the distance.
He stood up and shouted, and the others immediately packed up their tools and ran away.
Except for the war horses they rode themselves, the remaining half of the horses were patted on the horses' butts by the soldiers and driven back to the provincial capital where they were stationed.
These war horses have been trained to just run without stopping.
Perhaps they also knew that these people had done nothing glorious, so they ran quickly towards the state capital.
Jiang An and his men hid behind a small hillside and looked down from above...
She held a bow and arrow in her hand, the kerosene wrapped around the arrowhead burning.
The white tiger was enjoying the sun when the little girl grabbed its ears and dragged it away. At this moment, it was yawning with its mouth wide open and trying to stretch.
"Big cat, be quiet!"
The little girl snorted fiercely and waved her free hand on the tiger's head.
"Humph…"
The white tiger was stunned for a moment, with hot air spraying from its nostrils, as if expressing its dissatisfaction.
Despite this, it still lay down obediently, with its two front paws crossed over each other, its head resting on its paws, and its tail swinging leisurely.
After about an incense stick of time had passed, a dark mass appeared in the distance, and the military flag stood out among the troops.
The vanguard of this army was the cavalry, which moved very quickly. Naturally, a human's two legs could not outrun a horse's four legs, and the infantry following behind were falling behind more and more.
Behind them, the two main generals of the Meng family and Xie Yunshan were chasing them relentlessly. Anyone who was left behind would become a dead soul under the sword of the National Defense Army, and would not even have a complete corpse under the trampling of the war horses.
If the enemy continued to erode their forces bit by bit, Dongli's army would be on the verge of falling apart.
If the commander-in-chief was calm enough in this situation, he would certainly not allow his soldiers to die like this.
Running like this without regard for one's life, just to attack the city...
It would be better to stop and fight! If we can break through, maybe some people can survive.
But it was obvious that the commander had lost his mind because of losing a city.
His mind was full of those sinister villains like Nan Shang, who were actually making a sneak attack from behind!
What was lost was not the city, but his face was thrown to the ground and stepped on.
"Bah!" Xie Yunshan chased these people all night and ate dirt with them all night. Even his handsome face was covered with dust.
He was holding a spear and was covered in blood, obviously having been through a tough battle.
At this moment, Xie Yunshan's eyes were bloodshot, like an angry wolf, baring his teeth and trying to bite off the neck of his prey.
The two brothers of the Meng family were even worse than him. The original color of their clothes could not be seen. What was more obvious than fatigue was the madness of murderous intent.
Meng Bushen swung his sword on horseback, cut off a man's head expressionlessly, and then looked for the next target.
Seeing that the Dongli army was about to fall into the ambush set by Jiang An...
Zhengyan scratched his head, a little anxious, "Miss, our people are too close!"
If a firecracker were ignited, it would be fine, at most it would scare the horse, but there is real gunpowder inside!
"rest assured…"
The little girl pulled the bowstring and aimed at a gunpowder gun that was half exposed on the ground at the bottom of the hill.
At this moment, she smiled unruly and arrogantly, with absolute confidence, "Who is your young lady? Of course I have thought of it a long time ago!"
As soon as she finished speaking, amid the dull sound of flying horses' hooves, a goshawk's cry was heard... Its sharp voice was particularly piercing and reached everyone's ears.
The people of Dongli were still running, but the three generals of Nanshang hesitated...
They recognized that this was the goshawk raised by the little girl, and it would never stay too far away from the little girl.
This proves that she is nearby!
What new tricks has this little girl come up with to torment people?
"Stop!" Xie Yunshan was the first to rein in his horse, pulling the reins hard to make the warhorse stop.
Then came the two brothers of the Meng family...
"General, they're not chasing us anymore!"
If I don't chase him now, his behavior will be even more strange. Maybe there is a trap ahead...
Before the deputy general could finish his words, he heard a whistling sound coming from the hillside not far away.
General Dongli turned his head to look, and his pupils suddenly shrank as the arrow feathers enlarged.
He reacted quickly, tightened the reins and dodged, but he didn't expect...
The arrow landed ten steps away from him.
He admitted that Nan Shang's move of taking the enemy by surprise was indeed good, but the attacker's skills were a little lacking. How could he not hit the target at such a close distance? !
How ridiculous!
Xie Yunshan and the others also felt strange. Why was the shot so off target? There was kerosene cloth tied to the sharp arrow head. It didn't look like it was meant to kill people.
General Xie looked towards the hillside where the arrow was shot. A little girl was holding a bow and watching the excitement openly.
He changed his posture and continued to watch the fun, with no intention of taking any action at all.
Meng Burang, who didn't spend much time with the little girl, looked at him and then at his brother who was equally indifferent.
Okay, just stay put and watch the fun!
In the blink of an eye, the world seemed to be quiet because of this arrow.
It is precisely because of this silence that the sound of the burning fuse is particularly obvious.
"It's...it's gunpowder!"
The deputy general saw clearly what the arrow was stuck with and shouted in horror.
Regardless of which country's army, they always use gunpowder to blow up city gates, or ignite it and deliver it to the enemy's city with chariots, or bury it in the ground as a trap...
That’s too damaging!
"Retreat!" The commander's throat almost split.
Hey?!
Xie Yunshan became more energetic and smiled proudly while carrying his spear.
retreat?
Where do you want to retreat to?
There was a loud "bang" and a piece of gunpowder exploded!
The horses of the Dongli army were startled in the trap, and they neighed and tried to escape...
They wanted to escape to the left or right, but the burning explosives did not give them the opportunity.
Almost a few breaths later, there were two or three more roars of gunpowder exploding, and Zheng Yan saw that the sand and gravel in front of him were shaking!
Gunpowder and firecrackers exploded in all directions from Dongliren. Some of them were real gunpowder, while others were just firecrackers that hurt people a little.
As for which one will blow you up?
It just depends on luck~
The explosions continued one after another, and not only the Dongli people in the trap, but even the war horses of the National Defense Army were a little frightened.
Of course... not only the horses were frightened, but also the people~
Everyone present had a buzzing sound in their ears and almost went deaf.
The sound is so loud that I think people in Maozhou can hear it!
Xie Yunshan kept shaking his head. This girl was getting worse and worse!
It's worse than before I went to Kyoto!
It took a full quarter of an hour for the smoke to dissipate a little...
When the smoke cleared, the soldiers of the National Protection Army stretched their necks to watch the excitement, with a bit of pity in their eyes.
They are really miserable. Even meeting the coach in Maozhou would be better than meeting this little ancestor.
In the trap, those Dongli people who were still able to breathe were either standing or sitting, with dull looks in their eyes.
Their armor was blown to pieces, their hair smelled burnt, and formed a furry mass on their heads.
Of course this is when there is no wind.
When the wind blows, the burnt hair disappears like a lover who has left.
In general, the lethality is not too great, but the effect is absolutely first-class!
There's no need to fight anymore, they've obviously been blown silly.
Xie Yunshan smacked his lips. This battle ended too quickly...
Jiang An led the troops and captured a border town in Dongli in just one day.
It's going to go into the history books...
Even the first emperor did not achieve such an achievement!
On the hillside, the little girl threw away her bow and grinned.
"Hey hehe~"
Fun, love to play!!
Zhengyan opened his mouth slightly, obviously frightened by this earth-shattering momentum.
"These people are not stupid..."
If they were stupid, they would have to take care of these captives for the rest of their lives.
"What do you say?"
Jiang An cleaned his ears, but could only hear the little guard's mouth moving.
Very good, injuring the enemy by 1,000 means losing 800 of your own money~
Zheng Yan took a deep breath and was about to lean closer to the lady's ear to say it again, but she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, go down and pick up the person first!"
That’s right, just pick it up!
After going down the hillside, Xie Yunshan held the little girl's cheeks with both hands and pulled them up like pulling a carrot, which made her so angry that she bared her teeth and claws and wanted to bite him.
General Xie scratched his head and gave a fair comment, "Not bad, not stupid enough."
Countries don't dare to use gunpowder directly because it is difficult to control...
It's fine to blow up city gates or throw them from a distance. No matter how many doses are used, there will be no risk of killing your own people.
Like a little girl, so fierce...
Still the first one!
Jiang An wrinkled his delicate little face and gave Xie Yunshan a blank look, "Divine gold!"
After cleaning up the place, Meng Bourang took some people back to Junzhou to garrison, while Jiang An took Xie Yunshan and Meng Bushen to garrison in the state capital that had just been occupied.
The scene of the National Protection Army dragging a long line of prisoners into the city was quite grand...
When the second-generation rich kids who had been severely tortured by the little girl saw these miserable captives, they suddenly felt that she was still quite gentle to them!
Everyone suddenly became full of energy and obeyed Jiang An's words. She would never go west if she said east.
When some second-generation rich receive letters from home and see some obscure... words that are unfavorable to Jiang An, they will even go on to make excuses... no, to defend themselves.
The ministers in the court who received the reply held the letter from their treasured child, looked at the familiar handwriting and tone, and fell into deep thought.
What dirty thing has possessed you?
……
Soon, the news that Jiang An led her men to launch a surprise attack and captured a city spread everywhere, and along with her feat of setting traps and using gunpowder to blow up the enemy... she became famous.
While boosting the morale of the Nan Shang army, it also severely intimidated the Dongli people.
The morale of the Southern Merchants soared, and the three northern states simultaneously advanced into Dongli territory, defeating them step by step and losing four or five cities in a row!
At this time, the Dongli royal family was still in civil strife. The rulers were busy fighting for power and did not care about the lives of the soldiers outside. For a time, there was wailing in Dongli.
While the people blamed the Dongli royal family, they also set their sights on the city controlled by Nanshang.
As more and more cities were conquered, rebuilding the cities and appeasing the people became important matters.
Those on the front lines are all military generals who don't understand those cultural things, and they can better demonstrate their abilities by going to the battlefield rather than staying in the city.
With Hu Yan alone in charge of several cities, the military advisor would probably have to live several years less.
Jiang An immediately sent a letter to Kyoto, asking for Li Xingsang and Song Shen to come...
As soon as they touched the ground, they were carried directly by soldiers to the government office in the city.
Pen in right hand, paper in left hand, get to work!
Although they both had a lot of psychological activities in their mind, they still worked honestly.
Especially after seeing the little girl and Huo Changming and the others...
The war had been going on for more than a month, and everyone was on edge, on the verge of becoming violent and crazy.
Especially the commander and his soldiers, their armor is always dirty and covered with blood.
The girl who used to be clean and pretty didn't change her clothes for seven or eight days, and her clothes were so dirty that you couldn't tell their original color.
That delicate and beautiful face was full of ferocity. When Song Shen first saw her in the city, he almost didn't recognize her...
At that time, she was standing in front of the bodies of the dead soldiers. She must have just come down from the battlefield. She smelled strongly of blood, the spear in her hand was also stained with blood, and there were wounds on her body that had not been treated in time.
She bent down and covered the white cloth that had been blown by the wind. Her voice was emotionless. "Burn it. Take the ashes back to Chongzhou."
Under these white cloths are brothers who fought side by side with them. Some of them can no longer be identified, and no one knows who they are... They were only brought back because the armor they wore was of the Nan Shang standard.
The war was intense, and the army did not have the energy to search for the exact person one by one. Moreover, if all the brothers in a tent were killed, no one would notice that they were gone...
So burn the body and bring the ashes back to Chongzhou, and then check them carefully after the war is over. This is the best decision.
Song Shen originally wanted to step forward and say hello, but Huo Changming appeared faster.
His expression was tense as he came down from the city wall. "Sister, the enemy is counterattacking!"
Their National Defense Army has occupied the most cities and launched the most fierce offensive, and has already reached a very important pass in Dongli. If they are left alone, they will be close to advancing to the Dongli Imperial City!
Because of this, they were targeted by the enemy...
Originally, during this month or so, many generals of Dongli were unwilling to lead their troops to confront this little evil spirit head-on.
The main reason is that she doesn't play by the rules and has a lot of dirty tricks in her mind, which makes them hard to guard against.
When the name Jiang An was mentioned, everyone started cursing and also avoided her!
Perhaps during the power struggle among the Dongli royal family, they finally discovered the threat posed by Jiang An, and for a rare time, they united their forces to target the outside world and sent a large number of troops to fight against the girl.
In the past few days, there have been people challenging and attacking the city outside, which made Jiang An more and more angry.
No, here it comes again...
The little girl cursed something under her breath, picked up her spear and was about to lead her men out of the city to fight.
"County Lord!"
It was those dozens of second-generation rich people in Kyoto who blocked Jiang An's way.
They wiped the sweat off their faces and said firmly, "Let us go to the battlefield too!"
They've had enough of carrying corpses these days.
The weight of those broken corpses on his shoulders was too heavy.
From the initial fear, to the sadness, to the numbness...
They would rather be the ones being carried off the battlefield than count the number of their country's soldiers who had died one by one.
Afraid that Jiang An would disagree, the person who spoke even smiled awkwardly and said a little embarrassedly: "We have already written a letter to our family..."
It can be regarded as a suicide note. Life or death on the battlefield is their own choice.
After they die, the family will not blame the county lady for this...
Looking at the faces that were filled with the determination to make a last-ditch effort, the little girl pulled up the corners of her mouth as if she wanted to smile.