Invincible son

"Back to the carbine?"

Fang Huai immediately reined in the reins, raised his hand to stop the army from advancing, his face was full of doubts.

At this time, it was nearly half an hour before they launched their pursuit, and the two cavalrymen chased about fourteen or five miles away.This distance is really not long, because they are not accelerating at full speed.In fact, the most important thing is that they didn't have a good grasp of the rhythm, and the terrain was relatively complicated, so they were easily thrown away by Pei Yue using the speed change.

Fang Yunsong urged the horse forward, looked at the messy horseshoe marks on the road ahead, and said in a deep voice: "The mounts of the Beiliang cavalry have excellent stamina, and they can maintain their strength even if they run for a long time. Under such a premise, Pei Yue can completely shake off the horses. Let us go, and then take the opportunity to return to Jiangling City."

Fang Huai shook his head and said, "Second Young Master, there are my [-] troops under the city of Jiangling. Even if Pei Yue uses his soldiers like a god, how can a mere [-] cavalry shake the grand formation set up by the Duke? His only choice now is to go west. Flee and try to survive."

Fang Yunsong pointed to the road ahead and said, "Look, the hoof prints on the road are very sparse."

Fang Huai's face changed slightly when he heard the words. He carefully observed the traces on the ground, and soon frowned.As the chief general of the Langtu Camp, commanding the most elite cavalry in the Chengbei Camp, his ability is naturally not weak, and his experience is also very rich. It is not difficult to judge the opponent's number from the scattered horseshoe prints on the ground.

After some investigation, Fang Huai confirmed that the cavalry in front probably only had a few hundred people, but he didn't know when they would divide up.

"Could it be a trick of suspicious soldiers?" He asked uncertainly.

Fang Yunsong said decisively: "Now you must be careful. You take two thousand horses back, and I will take three thousand horses to continue the pursuit. Even if Pei Yue didn't kill a single carbine, the father commander still needs a mobile force."

Fang Huai said worriedly: "Second Young Master, Pei Yue is definitely not a kind person, you must be careful."

Fang Yunsong nodded and said: "Don't worry, I just need to follow him from a distance to prevent him from harassing the town unscrupulously. After the commander-in-chief takes Jiangling City, Pei Yue and his cavalry will completely become trapped beasts, and we can relax at that time." Surround them with ease."

Fang Huai pondered for a moment, finally agreed with the other party's point of view, and said loudly: "Okay, I will return to Jiangling City now."

The two split up and ran in opposite directions. Fang Huai was very anxious. On the one hand, he was worried that Pei Yue would go back with a false shot, and on the other hand, he was naturally aware of the strategic gap between the two sides.When they met outside Shimen Pass for the first time, Pei Yue didn't give him a deep impression. At most, he was still calm and composed in the face of Lu Gong's threat, but he didn't show too much ability—he didn't even dare to use Princess Qinghe as a hostage to increase his strength. The bargaining chip in his hand shows that he is not decisive enough.

However, what happened in just two hours today, Pei Yue fully proved that his meritorious service in the battle between Liang and Wu was not in vain.

As the commander of Fang Xiexiao's personal guard battalion, Fang Huai is very clear about the cause and details of this national war.After Northern Liang defeated Wu State and killed more than [-] troops, because of Fang Yunhu's reckless impulsiveness in the north, Da Zhou had no choice but to ease the relationship through marriage and marriage.

This is where the opportunity was born.

In fact, Emperor Qingyuan did not agree to do this at first, but under the joint persuasion of Xu Huiyan and Fang Xiexiao, he finally decided to take a risk.

The importance of Jiangling City is unquestionable, if it cannot be brought back for a day, the entire Great Zhou, from His Majesty the Emperor to the ninth-rank officials, will not be able to sleep peacefully.However, even though Emperor Qingyuan and Fang Xiexiao had made various foreshadowings, Pei Yue still saw something strange in this matter. The reaction of the Jiangling defenders today is enough to show that they were prepared.

It's a pity... the chess is close...

Fang Huai sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but think of the battle that took place outside the Yangchun Gate earlier.

When Princess Qinghe's entourage and the Jinwu Guard cavalry launched an attack, Pei Yue led the troops to kill the Jinwu Guard without hesitation, even though he knew that the situation at that time was a close call, and the Great Zhou army would soon form an encirclement circle, so he had no choice He retreated into the city in order to protect himself, but stayed outside the city extremely resolutely.

This is indeed a difficult and powerful enemy.

What Fang Huai couldn't let go of was what happened just now. Pei Yue obviously had far more combat experience than them. He used a simple acceleration to get rid of them. Fang Yunsong ordered the division of troops.Although among the Fang family's five tigers, Fang Yunsong's temperament is very similar to Fang Yuntian's, both of which are calm and serious, but now he only has [-] cavalry, if Pei Yue catches the loophole, the consequences will be disastrous.

There are falsehoods and realities on the battlefield, and those who talk on paper will never win.

With such complicated emotions, Fang Huai led his troops back to the outside of Jiangling City in a very short time.

Glancing at the battlefield pattern, Fang Huai's face became very ugly. The secret passage really fell into Pei Yue's suspicious strategy. The mountains and plains outside Jiangling City were full of Dazhou infantry. Where could there be any Northern Liang cavalry?

The matter has come to this point, Fang Huai can't rush back with his subordinates again, even if the soldiers can hold on, the foot strength of the mount can't withstand the long-term assault.

He ordered the lieutenant general to take his subordinates to the rear for a while to rest, and then went to the camp of the Chinese army alone.

In front of Fang Xiexiao and a group of generals, Fang Huai reported the truth with shame on his face.

Fang Xiexiao didn't say anything to blame, and said lightly: "It's okay, although Pei Yue's cavalry is fierce, but this is not the focus of our attention at the moment. Yun Song has always been cautious, and has an advantage in military strength, so he will not easily fall into danger environment, you don’t need to blame yourself too much.”

Fang Huai felt a little relieved, and responded with shame.

Fang Xiexiao put this matter aside, glanced at the generals without anger and prestige, and said calmly: "Now our army has surrounded Jiangling, and we can't give the opponent too much time to prepare, so the attack will officially start tomorrow morning."

Everyone said in unison: "Follow the order!"

Fang Xiexiao got up and came to the sand table, staring at Jiangling City in the center, and began to assign specific siege tasks.

For the generals in the Chengbei camp, they are already gearing up and can't wait to become No. 1 first.

After a while, Fang Xiexiao decided on a strategy to attack the east, west, and south walls of Jiangling City, but only let go of the north gate near the Tiancang River, because the terrain there was narrow and the army could not use it.

After deciding on the battle strategy, all the generals resigned one after another, and the commander's tent became very quiet.

Fang Xiexiao sighed suddenly.

Fang Yuntian, who was standing beside him, asked calmly, "Father, what's wrong?"

Fang Xiexiao said slowly: "We only have ten days at most. If Jiangling City cannot be taken by then, there will be chaos in the court."

Fang Yuntian's face darkened slightly, of course he knew the pressure on his father's shoulders.This plan can be called a cover-up. Apart from His Majesty, the only one in the court who knows the inside story is Mr. Xu, the chief assistant. The others never thought that the marriage was just a cover, and the real goal of the military was to take back Jiangling.

If this goal cannot be achieved, Fang Xiexiao will not only have to face Beiliang's crazy counterattack, but also have to bear the tsunami-like doubts and interrogation from Zhongshan.In the eyes of most people, since they have already given up their face to the Beiliang marriage, and can use this opportunity to seek a period of peace, why take such a risk?Why should Da Zhou fall into an extremely passive situation?
Those people are always righteous, and they can say extravagantly with just one mouth, and they are the righteousness of their family and country at every turn, but they never think about what Da Zhou really needs, and they don't have the determination and courage to fight to the death.

If it weren't for his father and Xu Shoufu, those people would have handed over Dazhou's century-old foundation long ago.

Thinking of this, Fang Yuntian felt a sense of sadness welling up in his chest. He turned around and knelt down on one knee, and said resolutely: "If the army cannot break through the city within five days, my child is willing to lead the camp to fight!"

Fang Xiexiao looked at his eldest son in relief, but shook his head and said, "No hurry, I want to see how much Beiliang has."

He looked at the other half of the sand table, the large cities in the Liang Kingdom on the north bank of the Tiancang River, with deep and dignified eyes.