Chapter 248: War Begins
Because of Su Qingqing in Datong County, Marquis Rong'an hid himself in an absolutely safe place.
He sent Yu Liang and his men ahead to prepare for internal and external cooperation.
He sent 20,000 troops to besiege Datong County.
Despite such absolutely thorough preparations, he still hid in the dark, which shows how much he was afraid of General Su.
But it also illustrates a problem.
Rong Que put Su Qingqing on the bed and gently covered her eyes. "In addition to these 20,000 soldiers, Rong'an Hou also has people. These 20,000 soldiers are just part of his attempt to test the waters."
Su Qingqing was extremely tired that day.
She rested her head on Rong Que's arm and said, "The one I captured should know a lot. We'll talk after Jixiang has interrogated him."
She was obviously extremely sleepy, but with her eyes closed, her head was buzzing with all kinds of thoughts flooding into her mind but she couldn't express them.
Rong Que originally wanted to wait until she fell asleep before leaving, but seeing her frowning, he gently pressed Su Qingqing's forehead with his fingertips, lowered his head and kissed the tip of Su Qingqing's nose, "What's wrong?"
Su Qingqing's voice was hoarse, "I have a headache and can't sleep."
Rong Que's palm slid down Su Qingqing's cheek, down, and down again.
"I have sleeping pills, you can try them."
His hot breath sprayed on Su Qingqing's ears, neck, and front of her body, inch by inch.
After an unknown amount of time, the waves finally returned to the shore amidst the impact of waves. Su Qingqing finally became completely limp, without even the strength to move, and fell asleep in a nearly fainting position.
Rong Que wiped her body carefully, changed her into dry pajamas, and covered her with a soft quilt .
There was still a blush at the corners of Su Qingqing's eyes. Rong Que kissed the blush and stood up to leave.
Jixiang was already waiting outside the door. When he saw him come out, he glanced at the red mark on Rongque's neck. In his heart, he cursed at the dog beast for not letting his master rest. On the surface, he replied respectfully, "Your Highness, the man the master brought back confessed."
Rong Que strode out and headed straight for Zhao Ji's study.
When he entered, Zhao Ji and his two aides were already there, with a large map on the table.
Rong Que's troops went to Huludao, and this move caught everyone off guard .
No one expected that they would go to that place, including Rong Que.
But, Jixiang gave the answer right after that.
“Marquis Rong’an has two armies in total, one of which went around Huludao. Their original plan was to have one of their troops pretend to be King Yu and fight their way back to Kyoto from Huludao, forcing Kyoto to send out troops.
Another group passed through Datong and headed north to Beijing, entering the capital in the name of restoring order and eradicating treacherous officials. "
Everyone was stunned.
Two armies!
Obviously, the army that went around Huludao and pretended to be King Yu's army was the most powerful one under Marquis Rong'an. However, the army that Datong was facing must be the one led by Marquis Rong'an himself.
He represents the army of justice.
Rong Que took a breath, "Marquis Rong'an's troops set out from Qibei and headed straight for Huludao. It should have been before Wang Yu left Datong. Otherwise, Wang Yu would not have sent anyone to Huludao in the face of this situation."
Jixiang shook his head. "Even Ming and Minglu would not do such a thing. Your Highness, do you know what it means that military orders are as heavy as a mountain? Where did you order them to go? Even if the generals are not subject to military orders when they are away from the court, it would not have come to this!"
Rong Que looked straight at Jixiang.
The person who said this is worthy of being someone close to Su Qingqing.
Zhao Ji licked his lips quickly, "What does Miss Jixiang mean?"
"They went to Huludao. Either someone falsely reported His Highness' words, or they misunderstood something."
Ming and Minglu have followed Rongque for more than ten years. If someone spreads false messages, the chance of being able to deceive Ming and Minglu is very small.
The second one is more likely.
But there is no point in them guessing what the situation is.
What they need to face more is the current siege.
Jixiang glanced at the crowd and said, "The man our master captured said that their team has a total of 20,000 people, 5,000 cavalry, all of whom have experience in the battlefield.
The remaining 15,000 are basically newly recruited soldiers with average combat effectiveness.
All the old generals who had followed Rong'an Hou in Qibei went to Huludao.
So, even though they outnumber us, we still have a chance.”
Xuanyu and Zhao Ji looked at each other.
When Jixiang spoke, his aura was definitely comparable to Su Qingqing's.
“My master burned their granary, so they will definitely attack with all their might when they arrive tomorrow. As long as we delay until tomorrow, their morale will be reduced by at least half, and we will have the upper hand when we fight again.
Although we are few in number, we have a city.”
Jixiang is right.
The next morning, when everyone was still asleep, the entire Datong County began to tremble.
Everyone thought the earth was shaking, and the guards on the city wall blew the horn.
The troops of Marquis Rong'an are here.
Covering the sky and blocking out the sun, the cavalry marched forward.
After a night's rest, Su Qingqing held a ginseng slice in her mouth, put on a white robe with her sleeves fluttering, and pulled a large bow to its full length in her hand.
Rong Que glanced at her without saying much. He threw a burning black gunpowder egg covered with mud into the air, and the sharp arrow in Su Qingqing's hand immediately left the bow.
Whoosh~
The cold winter wind blew Su Qingqing's clothes into a mess. She tied her hair into a high ponytail, her face was solemn, her lips were tightly pursed, and her eyes were fixed on the arrow she had shot like an eagle's claws.
The long arrow drew a lightning-like arc in the air.
boom!
In the enemy's rapidly advancing army, no one was prepared, and the black powder bomb exploded when it hit the ground.
If this was just an ordinary black powder bomb, its lethality would kill at most a few hundred soldiers, which would be equivalent to no harm to an army of 20,000 people.
However, the black gunpowder bomb was mixed with some things by the doctor in the city who was arranged in advance by Su Qingqing.
Poison arrow wood juice.
This thing is fatal when it comes into contact with blood. Once it encounters a festering wound and enters the bloodstream, the person will surely die.
And in this midwinter season, Su Qingqing knew best what diseases these soldiers were prone to when they went out on the march.
frostbite.
Even soldiers with the best physical fitness cannot avoid it.
The frostbite sores were stained with a little bit of poison arrow tree juice...
If this juice is thrown directly into the opposite camp, it will be difficult to achieve such a distance. However, if it is mixed with black gunpowder, when the black gunpowder on the opposite side explodes into pieces, the juice will be splashed everywhere.
This kind of killing is too sinful, but Su Qingqing has no choice.
and……
The coming scene may be even more murderous.
A black powder bomb exploded on the opposite side, causing only a little panic in the enemy team, but did not affect the advance of the main force. Soon, the army came galloping over.
The yellow dust raised by the horses' hooves was far more than that of the two thousand bandits.
The common people who were trained by Su Qingqing suddenly began to tremble and their legs went limp on the city wall.
