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Chapter 170 Speechless Lin Xiuming
Although Lin Xiuming is young, he has also led troops to fight many battles. Although he seldom leads troops to fight in winter, he still has some understanding of the battlefield conditions in rainy days.

Although there are so many rut marks and horse marks in front of him, although they have been covered by heavy snow, he can probably judge the approximate number of people based on the footprints.

Judging from the repeated trampling on the snow, there must be a lot of people passing through this place.

Most of the footprints in the middle are trampled by people, and on both sides are footprints trampled by horses, which shows that a cavalry is transporting something.

To be precise, it wasn't what was being transported. Judging from the footprints of so many people, they should be escorting someone.

At this moment, a soldier next to Lin Xiuming said: "General, you can see some black gravel in the snow. If my subordinate guessed correctly, it should be black gravel."

They have been stationed in Yancheng for more than two months, and they are aware of some major events in Yancheng, such as the stove and coal launched by Beiwangfu.

Their barracks will spend the winter this winter relying on the stoves of the Northern Prince's Mansion. If it weren't for the coal and stoves of the Northern King's Mansion, they still don't know what it would be like to freeze.

The soldiers had also heard about the "black stone" which is the raw material for carbon spheres, and they all knew that the carbon spheres in Beiwangfu were made of black stone.

Looking at the coal slag all over the ground in the snow, the soldiers instantly judged that it was black gravel.

After hearing what the soldiers around him said, Lin Xiuming got off his horse, then squatted down and grabbed the black gravel from the ground, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

"Well, it is indeed black gravel."

Lin Xiuming then threw the black gravel in his hand to the ground, got up and glanced at the intermittent black gravel in the snow.

The soldiers around Lin Xiuming continued: "This should be the soldiers of the Northern Prince's Mansion escorting those barbarian slaves to transport the Blackstone Mine."

Lin Xiuming didn't speak, he looked at the black gravel on the ground and thought about something.

Judging from the scattered black stone slag on the ground, it does look like the barbarian slaves of the Northern Prince's Mansion are transporting the black stone, but...

Lin Xiuming glanced at the direction in which these imprints stretched. Judging from the direction, those people came from the north.

Is there a black stone mine in Beiwangfu in the north?

Lin Xiuming didn't know the distribution of the Blackstone Mine in Beiwangfu, and the first thing he could think of was not the Blackstone Mine, but the Tianguang City in the north.

Judging from the imprints of the horseshoes, there were a lot of cavalry escorting these people. Lin Xiuming knew that there were only [-] heavy cavalry in the entire North County.

Although there are light cavalry in Beijun, the number of light cavalry is very small, probably not even 1.

But judging from the horseshoe marks in the snow, the number of cavalry coming from the north must have exceeded 1.

Didn't it mean that more than [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun had been killed or injured, almost wiped out? There are still so many cavalry in Beiwang?

Seeing Lin Xiuming staring at the horseshoe marks on the ground in a daze, the soldier next to him asked suspiciously, "General, did you find anything?"

Only then did Lin Xiuming come to his senses, and he then said: "It's okay, I was thinking about something just now, well, let's continue on our way, just as we can use these footprints to go north."

The places where these footprints have stepped on have less snow and can still touch the ground, so it is not so difficult to move forward. This is a good thing for Lin Xiuming and his march.

Then Lin Xiuming led the [-] soldiers of the imperial court to the north, following the footsteps of Xuanyuan Chen and the others when they went south.

Although those footprints were soon covered by heavy snow, they still traveled a long distance with the help of these footprints, saving a lot of time.

Without these footprints, they might really have to walk for a month to reach Skylight City.

On the way to Tianguang City, Lin Xiuming has been paying attention to those footprints. He always feels that the situation in Tianguang City is not what he heard. The King of the North must have hidden the real situation of the war.

I'm afraid they didn't go north to resist the barbarians going south, it was probably just a formality.

Seeing so many horseshoe marks, Lin Xiuming could only think of the [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun.

Lin Xiuming basically guessed what Lu Chen was thinking, but he didn't intend to say it out, so he pretended he didn't know anything.

Since his father had already planned to support the Northern King, he must also fall to the Northern King's side, so it was enough to cooperate with the Northern King to perform.

Originally, Lin Xiuming was still under a lot of pressure to go north. Although the idea of ​​making contributions has always been in his heart, he only had [-] court cavalry under his command. When he thought that the black cavalry had been wiped out, he doubted whether his [-] cavalry could survive. It can stop the army of the North Korean king.

Seeing the horseshoe prints on the ground, Lin Xiuming suddenly realized that it might not be the black cavalry that was wiped out, but the army of the King of North Korea.

He said how could the King of the North lose to the King of North Korea? The King of the North possessed the kind of terrifying weapon that could instantly smash the barbarian soldiers into pieces, although he had never seen that kind of weapon used by the King of the North's army. , but the last time he came to Yancheng, he had guessed the approximate power of that mysterious weapon through those big pits.

With such weapons, let alone the barbarians, even Dawu would only be hanged and beaten in front of Beijun.

After more than half a month of rushing, Lin Xiuming and the others finally arrived at Tianguang City.

The winter in Beijun this year is colder than usual, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the visibility in broad daylight is less than five meters.

When Lin Xiuming led the imperial court's [-] troops to the south gate of Tianguang City, Li Feng rode out to greet them.

Looking at Lin Xiuming and the imperial court's [-] troops, Li Feng pretended to be very excited and said: "General Lin, you are finally here, if you come a few days later, we may not be able to hold on. "

Seeing Li Feng's excited look on the verge of tears, Lin Xiuming laughed inwardly.

It's really like that.

Lin Xiuming asked with concern: "General Li, the prince should be fine, right?"

Li Feng sighed, showing a sad look, "The prince is not injured, but because of the destruction of the black cavalry, he has been in a low mood these days, and he doesn't think about food and drink."

"Okay, let's not talk about that, it's snowing outside, so let's go into the city quickly."

Then Li Feng led Lin Xiuming and the imperial court's [-] troops into Tianguang City.

Because Lin Xiuming and the imperial army were coming, Mu Changtian and his two sons left Tianguang City. The three of them were already dead in Daxia. If Lin Xiuming saw it, it would be a little bad.

However, the three of them did not return to Yancheng, and Lu Chen arranged a special task for the three of them.

After Lin Xiuming entered Tianguang City, he looked at everything in Tianguang City. At this time, Lin Xiuming found that the morale of the soldiers in Beijun seemed to be relatively low.

Almost all the Beijun soldiers he saw sighed, as if they had really lost the battle.

Seeing them like this, even Lin Xiuming began to wonder if his guess on the road was wrong.

The depression of these soldiers did not seem to be faking at all, they seemed to be really depressed.

Lin Xiuming frowned slightly, and then asked: "General Li, have the black cavalry really been wiped out?"

Li Feng sighed deeply, "It's true that the entire army was not wiped out, but there are only a few thousand people left, and they are all wounded. I'm afraid they won't have much fighting power in the future."

"This time it really cost us a lot. No one thought that the army of the King of North Korea would be so powerful. We underestimated the enemy."

Speaking of this, Li Feng sighed again. Ever since Lin Xiuming saw Li Feng, Li Feng had been moaning and sighing non-stop.

Lin Xiuming was stunned by this.

He couldn't help thinking, could the heavy cavalry in Beijun really be wiped out?
Lin Xiuming didn't ask any more questions, he quietly followed Li Feng to the place where Lu Chen lived temporarily.

But when they arrived at Lu Chen's command post, they didn't see Lu Chen, only Bai Qingqing.

Li Feng immediately asked: "Commander Bai, where did the prince go?"

Bai Qingqing replied blankly, "I went to see the Black Cavalry."

Just as Lin Xiuming was about to ask something, Li Feng turned his head and said to him, "My lord often goes to the place where the black cavalry is buried to be alone in a daze recently, so I'll take you there."

This……

Lin Xiuming then asked the imperial army to rest in the city, and then he followed Li Feng to the place where the black cavalry was buried alone.

After a while, they came to a small hillside outside the city.

In the wind and snow, the figure of a young man is looming.

The young man stood on the hillside, looking into the distance, as if he was missing something.

At this time, white snow had piled up on the young man's head and shoulders. It seemed that he had been standing here for a long time.

Lin Xiuming was stunned.

If it was acted, it would be too similar.

At this time Li Feng came to Lu Chen and said in a low voice: "My lord, General Lin has brought the imperial court's [-] troops here."

Hearing Li Feng's words, Lu Chen sighed deeply, then turned his head and walked towards Lin Xiuming.

Lin Xiuming quickly greeted him and said, "See you, my lord!"

Lu Chen looked at Lin Xiuming, and said with a deep expression: "General Lin, I have finally waited for you to come here. If you come a few days later, I am afraid that Tianguang City has already been occupied by barbarians."

Lin Xiuming asked with a confused face: "My lord, haven't the barbarian army retreated yet?"

Lu Chen replied: "No retreat, they will send troops to attack Tianguang City from time to time."

"Did you see the horseshoe prints in the distance? They only came this morning, but this time they didn't launch an attack."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Lin Xiuming looked towards the snow field in the distance, and there were indeed many horseshoe prints, which really looked like barbarian cavalry had come.

Lin Xiuming glanced at the big mound in front of him again. He still had some doubts in his heart, and he still didn't believe that the black cavalry in Beijun had disappeared.

Lu Chen said: "Since General Lin is here, the defense of Guangcheng will be handed over to the imperial army that day."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Lin Xiuming was stunned.

The army handed over to the imperial court?
Is the King of the North planning to return to Yancheng?

Lu Chen continued: "Okay, it's snowing heavily here, so let's go back to the city and talk about it first."

Then the three returned directly to the city.

After returning to the city, Lu Chen and Lin Xiuming explained some things, and took most of the soldiers from Beijun and went back to Yancheng directly, without procrastinating at all.

Lin Xiuming didn't ask Lu Chen how the black cavalry was destroyed. No matter whether the black cavalry was really destroyed or not, if he was on Lu Chen's side, it would be difficult for Lin Xiuming to ask about the details of the war.

If the Black Cavalry were really destroyed, he would be exposing the scars of the Northern King if he asked the Northern King for the details of the war.

If the Black Cavalry had not been destroyed, then there would be no need for him to inquire about the details of the war. Anyway, his father had already decided to side with the King of the North. The court has been paying attention.

After personally sending Lu Chen away, Lin Xiuming returned to the city. Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, Lin Xiuming couldn't help but think, is it true that the army of the King of North Korea has not retreated?

With such a heavy snowfall, the king of Beixian would come to attack Beijun, is he out of his mind?
At this moment, Lin Xiuming's confidant came to him, "General, we found something."

Hearing this, Lin Xiuming immediately said, "Take me there to have a look."

Then Lin Xiuming followed his confidant to the North City of Tianguang City.

A large area of ​​buildings in the northern city fell down. Although the heavy snow had already covered up the traces of the battlefield, if you looked carefully, you could still see that a large-scale battle broke out in Tianguang City.

Especially the big pits in the ruins instantly reminded Lin Xiuming of the big pits he saw in the Wanning River Valley.

Seeing the dilapidated Beicheng, Lin Xiuming laughed, and said to himself: "The acting really looks like it, and I was almost deceived."

Just came to the battlefield and took a look, and Lin Xiuming's mind restored what kind of scene the war that took place in the northern city of Tianguang City that day was like.

Obviously, the Northern King and the others adopted the strategy of attracting the king into the urn. They first introduced the army of the Northern King into Tianguang City, and then used the mysterious weapons of the Northern County to bombard the army of the Northern King. Finally, they sent troops to solve the problem. defeated the army of the North Korean king.

At this time, Lin Xiuming took another look at the gate of the North City. From the fact that the gate of the North City was intact, it can be basically concluded that the King of the North and the others deliberately let the King of North Xian into Tianguang City.

The battle that took place in Tianguang City was basically the same as the last battle in the Wanning River Valley. The enemy army was led into a narrow place, so that the barbarian cavalry had nowhere to escape, and then the barbarian cavalry was wiped out.

Lin Xiuming thought of the footprints they saw when they went north, and he probably guessed who those footprints belonged to.

In the last battle in the Wanning River Valley, the Northern King captured more than [-] barbarian prisoners. I am afraid that many barbarian soldiers were also captured this time.

At this time, Lin Xiuming's confidant asked: "General, how do we report the destruction of the black cavalry to the court? When the war broke out, we were not there, so we don't even know what happened."

Lin Xiuming said flatly: "Just report the truth. We will report what the King of the North says."

This time was different from the last time. This time they went north with 2 people, and they didn't even bring the supervising army with them. So Lin Xiuming wrote the battle report by himself, and he could write it however he wanted, as long as it wasn't outrageous.

At this moment, a drum sounded suddenly on the city wall, and Lin Xiuming was taken aback when he heard the rapid drum sound.

At this time, Li Feng ran over in a panic and said, "General Lin, something is wrong, the barbarian cavalry is here again!"

Lin Xiuming frowned, and quickly said to the soldiers beside him: "Assemble the soldiers and prepare to fight!"

Then Lin Xiuming and Li Feng came to the tower of Tianguang City together.

At this time, the snowstorm was getting bigger and bigger, and they could only see a black shadow in the distance.

It took some time before Lin Xiuming saw the appearance of those black shadows clearly. Judging from the fur clothes they wore, they were indeed barbarian cavalry.

Lin Xiuming frowned, what the King of the North said was actually true?
Did the barbarians really not evacuate?

How can this be?

When he saw the traces of the war in Beicheng just now, he thought that the Northern King's army had already been wiped out by the Northern King. As a result, just after the Northern King left Beicheng, the barbarian army came again.

Lin Xiuming squinted his eyes and roughly estimated the barbarian cavalry outside.

The number of barbarian cavalry is not too much, but there are about 5000 people. It is definitely impossible for 5000 people to capture Tianguang City. At any rate, he led the imperial court's [-] troops to Tianguang City.

Just when Lin Xiuming was about to let the soldiers shoot arrows, a soldier ran up to Lin Xiuming in a panic and said, "General, something is wrong, Tianguang City has no arrows, and there are only catapults, even the thrown stones None, our soldiers only have a few arrows on them, and they can't resist the barbarians attacking the city at all!"

They were in a hurry when they went north, and in addition, the materials they transported to North County had already been handed over to North County. Now they don't have many arrows except for some melee weapons.

If they were defending the city, they could only rely on Tianguang City's own weapons for defense. As a result, the soldiers found that there were no long-range weapons when they arrived in Tianguang City, which frightened the soldiers.

Hearing what the soldiers said, Lin Xiuming was also stunned. There are no arrows or stones in Tianguang City?
How can this be?

How can they defend without long-range weapons?

Lin Xiuming immediately turned his head to look at Li Feng and asked, "General Li, why is there no arrows in Tianguang City? Even if a big battle breaks out, you can clean up a lot of usable arrows when you clean up the battlefield, right?"

Li Feng coughed and said: "Ahem, maybe the prince took it away just now. We are not only defending Tianguang City, but there are also several cities in the west that need to be defended. It is estimated that the prince thought that General Lin's army is fully equipped. I have some weapons, but I don’t need the weapons from Tianguang City, so I took all the weapons from Tianguang City away and planned to send them to other cities.”

"General Lin, you also know that our North County is relatively poor and there is a shortage of supplies, especially military supplies, which can only be used here and there."

Hearing what Li Feng said in this drama, Lin Xiuming wanted to scold his mother angrily.

The military supplies they brought from the capital had already been handed over to Beijun, what weapons and equipment did they bring from there.

It was the first time he heard that the army in front switched defenses and took all the weapons from the front line.

Not only the arrows were taken away, but even the throwing stones were taken away.

Are you kidding me?
(End of this chapter)