Winter in the north has four distinct seasons, and winter should be a time when everything is gone, so although the first snow of this winter has not yet arrived, the mountains are already falling trees, only some dwarf branches still hang some yellow leaves on the ground, waiting for the wind to blow and sweep them away, when the snow will be the only color between heaven and earth.
On the mountains in the distance, because of the yellow leaves, the whole mountain is a dark yellow, which seems to be obviously different from the withering up close, and the distant mountains under the sun give people a kind of visual warmth.
Although the first snow of the winter has not yet arrived, the wind is already extremely cold.
Tens of thousands of Khitan old and young, carts and horses, carrying all their supplies out of the mountain col, stretched for more than ten miles, and marched to the north.
Such a team, especially the elderly, children, women and children, if a Zhou army light cavalry came to attack, it would easily cause them heavy damage, but Sun Wanrong actually did not return to escort them, but only ordered them to return to the Yingzhou area.
The largest armed force in Hebei is now in the hands of Wu Youyi.
As soon as Wu Youyi arrived in Hebei, he retreated in the fortified city and never took the initiative to send troops to fight the enemy.
Sun Wanrong expected that as long as his army was still operating outside, Wu Youyi would not dare to take risks, so he boldly made these arrangements.
At this time, the Khitans, just like Cao Renshi and Zhang Xuanyu, who had just come to Hebei to rebel, were extremely arrogant.
Fei Mo took his people and deliberately dragged behind, and when all the people and horses walked out of the col, Fei Mo reined in his horse and turned to look at Yang Fan.
Because the weather was getting colder, Yang Fan also put on a Khitan-style leather robe, and from the appearance alone, he couldn't see any difference from them.
Fei Mo looked at Yang Fan and said loudly: "You and I will not pass here."
Yang Fan didn't sneak away, he believed in Fei Mo's promise, and Fei Mo didn't have any reason to lie to him.
Most importantly.
In this case, if he does not say goodbye, it is likely to arouse the suspicion of the Khitans, once the Khitans guess that he knows about the plans of the Khitans to ally with the Turks.
So what kind of response the Khitans will make, he can't predict.
Now, Yang Fan recognized only the poverty of the Khitans, their force and intelligence.
I dare not take it lightly.
"Brother Fei, take care" Yang Fan didn't say anything, just arched his hand to Fei Mo, even though they were still enemies.
But this is a respectable opponent.
Fei Mo said: "I let you go today, and I will return your favor."
You are the general of the Great Zhou.
I am a Khitan.
This farewell, the two of us can't guarantee that we won't meet again on the battlefield, and if there is that day, I won't let you go again. ” Yang Fan smiled slightly and said, "In your hands, saving you is also saving myself."
I don't think you owe me a favor, if you and I come to Japan to meet again.
If you fall into my hands, I will let you go once and repay you for today's love. ” Fei Mo raised his thick eyebrows and said proudly: "Do you think you can still win?"
Yang Fan said: "The two fight, and the final winner is often the one who can be beaten, and the same is true for the two countries.
We did suffer a few defeats, and you tore off a few pieces of meat fiercely, and the pain is to say defeat, it's still very early, we can afford this kind of consumption, and you can't even afford to do it once, as long as you lose once, you will never have the strength to turn over again, and we can afford to lose.
You can't afford to lose."
Fei Mo laughed loudly: "Okay, then let's go and see that I have to escort the Khan back to Yingzhou, let's see you on the battlefield."
Fei Mo laughed and whipped away.
The death of the Supreme Khan Li Duzhong, now known to the Khitan generals, Sun Wanrong needs to use the power of the great victory to offset the impact of this news on him.
However, this news was not announced to the public, because the Zhou army was defeated again and again, with countless casualties, while the casualties of the Khitans were extremely small.
In terms of casualties among senior generals, the Zhou army had a large number of dead generals, and the highest rank had reached the prime minister, while the Khitans not only had a very low casualty rate among the soldiers, but also had no loss from the senior generals, except for the secret death of Li Quanzhong.
Li Quanzhong is their khan, their supreme leader, once Li Quanzhong's death is publicized, for the Zhou army, it will greatly boost morale, but for the Khitan, it will break their invincible undefeated golden body, which is not good for the Khitans, so this news is still kept secret from the outside world.
Fei Mo laughed and chased his people away, Yang Fan rode down the mountain, looked at the direction they were going, patted the horse's neck gently, flicked the horse's head, and turned to the col.
Anu and Gu Zhuting are walking out of the mountain col.
Yang Fan smiled and stretched out his hand, Anu meekly handed over her little hand, and Yang Fan lifted it, grabbed her slender waist, and hugged her on horseback.
There was also a horse next to Yang Fan, and Gu Zhuting jumped up as soon as she jumped up.
The horse was still carrying some miscellaneous items, and it was a pack horse that Yang Fan asked Fei Mo for on the grounds that the path was unfamiliar and he needed some food and clothing.
Anu and Gu Zhuting's mounts were abandoned outside the mountain as early as when they entered the mountain, and if they took them, if they neighed, their whereabouts would be exposed.
Yang Fan asked Gu Zhuting: "Gu girl, which city is closest to here?"
Gu Zhuting said: "If you go north, it will be Lu Long, but then you will have to go the same way with the Khitans."
To the southeast is Qianjinye City, and then there is Macheng, but Macheng is farther away. ” Yang Fan said: "Okay, then we'll go to Qianjinye City, and we'll talk about it when we get there."
Qianjinye City.
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On the city tower, Ma Qiao walked out of the city tower, looked into the distance with a canopy in his hand, and said to a soldier beside him: "The soldiers who have not been scattered in the past three days have been recovered, and it is estimated that no one will be scattered outside, how many people have we gathered now?"
The soldier next to him replied: "There are more than 5,000 soldiers who have been found from Qianjinye City one after another, and there are about 7,000 brothers who have been found from Macheng and Lu Long. ” Ma Qiao's expression was gloomy, and he said abruptly: "160,000 troops, there are only so many people left, and most of them are wounded, alas" He sighed and turned around, and said, "I don't think it's possible for anyone to come again, and go back to report to the general." ” The soldier suddenly said: "Someone is coming, riding two horses" Ma Qiao Huo Ran turned around, squinted his eyes and looked at the sky, and glanced twice.
Slightly disappointed, he said: "It should be ordinary people." ” The soldier also looked at it with a canopy in his hand, and exclaimed: "Well, it seems that it is the people, or two women, this soldier is in chaos."
Two women dared to walk outside, and the women of the Northland were really bold. ” "Is it a woman, yes, yes, yes, it's a woman.
No, that's three people."
Ma Qiao squinted.
I have some doubts in my heart, not to mention the people who are visiting relatives and friends recently, even those business travelers are not afraid to walk outside, these two women and a man dare to walk outside in such a big way.
Could it really be ordinary people?
Ma Qiao thought for a while and ordered: "Tell the city to stop them and ask them what they are."
Ma Qiao said this.
His body froze suddenly.
Not only did his voice stop abruptly, but even his body didn't move, and the soldier said strangely: "Brigade commander, what's wrong with you?"
Ma Qiao suddenly screamed "wow", jumped high, and laughed wildly: "It's Brother Fan hahaha, it's Brother Fan who is still alive" The soldier was startled and said, "Brigade commander."
What do you say, who's still alive?"
Ma Qiao ignored him, ran over with an arrow, and shouted out with the probe of the disc wall: "Brother Fan, I'm here, I'm Ma Qiao" He shouted twice, seeing that Yang Fan didn't pay attention, Ma Qiao was in a hurry, jumped onto the city wall, stretched out his hand and pulled a big flag, waved it in the wind, the big flag hunted, Ma Qiao laughed and screamed, tears of joy flowed down his thin and black cheeks, hanging on his long-untrimmed, fluffy and messy beard.
"Brother Bridge" "Brother Fan" The two brothers who survived the catastrophe hugged each other tightly, tears flowing, Anu stood next to them, smiling at the pair of brothers who showed their true feelings, and gently wiped the corners of their eyes.
In fact, neither Yang Fan nor Ma Qiao knew that the other party had participated in the Northern Expedition before.
Although Yang Fan is the empress's personal general, his rank is too low, and the various armies do not know about his existence.
And Maqiao's northern expedition, Yang Fan also didn't know, because the empress had drawn troops from all branches and branches, and the composition of the entire army was extremely chaotic, Yang Fan didn't expect that Maqiao would also march north, so naturally he wouldn't deliberately inquire about his news.
But after Yang Fan's disappearance, Yang Fan's name was prominently included in the list of missing generals ordered by the imperial court, and various forces such as Princess Taiping and Wu Sansi also searched for him, especially after the propaganda of those "people" who inquired about Yang Fan and his people in several surrounding cities, how could Ma Qiao, who had been sheltering the rebels in Qianjinye these days, not know that his brothers had also participated in this battle.
The two cried and laughed and rejoiced for a long time before their emotions gradually stabilized.
Yang Fan then remembered two things that needed to be handled urgently, and asked: "I want to report the safety of my family immediately, and at the same time, there is an important news that needs to be reported to the imperial court, but is there any way?"
Ma Qiao said: "If you want to report to Luoyang, the fastest way is to have a military post about your disappearance, I don't know how worried my brother and sister will be about you, go, follow me into the city, there is just a military post in this city, and there is news every day."
Let's go find a postman and give him some favors and tell him to take a ride. ” Yang Fan said: "The letter will naturally be sent, but I still have an important military situation to report to the imperial court, I heard that after the defeat of our army, the imperial court has sent troops one after another, but which general is stationed nearby."
Ma Qiao heard this, sneered and said: "Don't mention it, our army was wiped out, and the imperial court sent Wu Youyi to come, and Wu Youyi became a turtle with a shrunken head as soon as he arrived."
In desperation, the imperial court sent Wang Xiaojie again, General Wang was ambushed, and the deputy marshal fled, burying General Wang's life.
Now there is only one General Li in the vicinity. ” Yang Fanqi said: "Which General Li is General Li?"
Ma Qiao said: "It is Li Duozuo, the general of the right guard of Yulin, who escorted grain and grass in our army." ” He laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "The 160,000 army, not to mention the annihilation of the whole army, at least the baggage battalion led by General Li has been preserved." ”: