The Great Snow Dragon Cavalry went back the same way they came. First, Yuan Zuozong led his troops to the south. The Qingzhou Army, which had less than a thousand cavalry, was defeated like a landslide. The cavalry was almost wiped out. The Qingzhou Army, which had no city to rely on, was driven forty miles away. No matter how brave and skillful the Qingzhou Army was, he could not stop the decline of the infantry army. On the other hand, the Northern Liang Lieutenant Niu Qianzhu led two thousand cavalry to intercept twenty thousand Shu soldiers, but he did not succeed. This was because the Shu army's main general, Che Ye, unexpectedly chose to avoid the vanguard and led his army to take a detour to the north. His army's route directly drew a large arc. Niu Qianzhu's two thousand cavalry under his command approached the Shu army several times. Amidst the flying dust, the Shu army was ready for battle, completely ignoring the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry's provocation. Not only that, this lone Western Shu elite army that had penetrated deep into the central plains, in order to show weakness, they withdrew all their mounted scouts and were actually willing to be blind.
Niu Qianzhu also did not dare to start a battle without permission and delay the military's plan. However, he was really sullen. Before he joined the Beiliang cavalry in the south, he led twenty retainers to the side of the Shu Army. He stopped his horse and raised his spear. The Shu Army still did not move. They just buried their heads in the east. In the end, Niu Qianzhu spat, turned his horse around and led the army back to the south.
As the four armies collapsed and were afraid to fight, the defense line built by Li Yang's assistant minister Xu Gong was full of holes. In addition, Ji Zhou's general, Yuan Tingshan, was not willing to send out troops alone to stop them. He could only watch the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry easily break into Guangling Road. This made the Southern Expedition General Wu Zhongxuan furious. Accompanied by his trusted aide Tang He, he personally rushed to Chaisang County to denounce Xu Gong. The Minister of War and the Left Assistant Minister of War met in this way for the first time and parted on bad terms. After that, Wu Zhongxuan and Yuan Tingshan led over ten thousand Northern Ji Cavalrymen to the frontline, while Xu Gong merged with twenty thousand Western Shu soldiers and gathered the defeated soldiers from Qing Province. Together, they slowly made their way to the frontline of Guangling. After this, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was like a hot knife through butter. According to the established strategy, at the front lines of Melon Island where the two armies intersected, they successfully received more than 500 West Chu scholars dressed in light armor. In order to secretly escort this group of weak scholars out of the border, the West Chu army crazily counterattacked in Melon Island, Old Du Mountain, and other battlefields. In a short day, nearly 10,000 people died in battle, and 500 young carps almost died of thirst. Only then did they finally jump into the pond of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry and were able to take a breather. The Beiliang cavalry, including Xu Yanbing, still had a fresh memory of the five hundred West Chu people. After being escorted by the main force of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, they did not have much joy or joy of surviving a disaster. Instead, they all looked dejected and pained. The five hundred people neatly dismounted from their horses and knelt to bid farewell to the east, crying silently. That scene was like a homeless dog that had no home to return to, lying under the roof of someone else's house and sobbing in pain. After Yuan Zuozong took over the name list with sloppy handwriting, he had mixed feelings. This time, Beiliang had 'surrendered' 496 people, and there were 416 young West Chu scholars. Excluding the seventy or so ladies from Guangling Daoist families, there were only a dozen West Chu generals. The name list in Yuan Zuozong's hand was not recorded at the beginning. There were only a few lines of small characters written by someone. It was a shocking sight. "Da Chu has five hundred people. Can't talk about reviving the country. The surname Chu stays in Beiliang and can't leave the northwest. "" The Will of Cao Changqing, the Sinner of Chu. "
The east wind thawed and turned into rain. They were just waiting for the sound of the spring thunder.
At this time, it was raining continuously. The advance of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was more or less hindered. The horse hooves were covered in mud, which made the Beiliang cavalry, who were used to the sun and sand of the desert, very uncomfortable.
Hsu Fengnian, Xu Yanbing, and Yuan Zuozong rode side by side. Yuan Zuozong turned his head and glanced at the West Chu 'fugitives' in the middle of the cavalry. He said softly, "For Beiliang, this is a good thing in the long run, but it is a mess now. When these scholars go to the northwest, they can only stay behind the scenes for now. I'm afraid that these young and impetuous people will complain too much and end up taking their anger out on Beiliang. When there is a dispute, we can't beat or scold them. Otherwise, we can only hand them over to Lingzhou College, which is far away from the war at the border. Let them pass the time with books. Previously, most of them were not even willing to change to Beiliang light armor, let alone the cold blade and light crossbow. Niu Qianzhu and the others were so angry that they almost pulled out their blades to fight with them. "
Hsu Fengnian comforted him, "If the scholars don't have any strength of character, then the Central Plains is sad. I'm not afraid of their arrogance or pride, I'm just afraid that they will become depressed. The scholars can't rebel for three years. There are only 500 people from West Chu. Moreover, they are in Beiliang. Not to mention the border army, I reckon that any Liangzhou girl who is familiar with archery and horse riding can beat two or three of them. There is nothing to worry about. We also do not have extravagant hopes that they will quickly turn around. Also, I believe in Cao Changqing's eyes. Many of them should be people with broad horizons. When they truly experience the scenery of the northwest, and with Youzhou's Yu Luan Dao and Liuzhou's Kou Jianghuai in front of them, they will naturally put aside their grudges. In the end, the old people of West Chu may hate the Xu family more than they hate Beiliang, but they are not the same. Most of them are in their twenties, and hate Beiliang more than Beiliang. I'm worried about these people … "
At this point, Hsu Fengnian smiled self-deprecatingly and did not continue, as though it was a taboo for the Honored One.
Yuan Zuozong smiled and said, "What, are you afraid that there will be 500 Zhao Changlings next to you? What day will you not be able to control yourself and really rebel against Beiliang? "
Hsu Fengnian said in exasperation, "The second battle of Liang Mang is near. Beiliang has not even solved the urgent situation, how can we have the extra thoughts?"
Xu Yanbing teased, "If it really is as the prince said before, that the world's situation is advancing according to Cao Zhangqing's original plans, then our Northern Liang would be the most comfortable side. As long as we join hands with Wang Sui to hold back Northern Mang's southward advance, then everything will be over. Then, we can sit in the northwest and watch the storm in the central plains. Wang Ye, I find it strange. This Cao Changqing is willing to send West Chu's students to Beiliang. He clearly has a deep relationship with Wang Ye. Why did he go back on his word at the last moment? He caused West Chu's efforts to recover to nothing, and even Beiliang does not have a chance to get chestnuts out of the fire. "
Xu Fengnian touched the Northern Cold Saber on his waist and sighed with emotion, "My master once said that there are only four deaths for a scholar: death in the countryside, death in the province, death in the country, death in the world. That Cao Changqing … originally wanted to die for one person and one country, but he changed his mind in the end. Of the martial grandmasters I have interacted with, the eleventh in the world, Wang Mingyin, died for his brother. When he came out of the martial world, he had no regrets in life or death. Beimang's Tuoba Bodhisattva lives the most ambitious. He wants to be the best in the world, and the best in the world. Đồng Thái lives the most carefree. Whether the world is peaceful or chaotic, whether you are an emperor or a general, I, Đồng Thái, am too lazy to pay attention to you. Only Cao Changqing lives the most tiring life. He never thinks of himself as a man of Jianghu and has never walked out of Da Chu's temple. "
Xu Yanbing looked at the mud on the road and sighed, "Cao Guanzi is so sloppy."
Hsu Fengnian was surprised, "Uncle Xu, you sound like a scholar."
Yuan Zuozong smiled knowingly.
Xu Yanbing's mouth twitched. He turned his head and said with a smile, "Wang Ye, most of the young girls in West Chu are unmarried. Every time they see you, Wang Ye, their eyes are not reserved. How do you describe it?"
Yuan Zuozong undermined both sides, "Stop talking when you want to."
Hsu Fengnian said helplessly, "That's not kind."
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