Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

The waiting time always makes people feel unusually long. Whether it is the Northern Barbarians or the Jingren, everyone is looking forward to the end of winter and the arrival of spring...

For the Jing Army, all the soldiers of the Northern Expedition were waiting to enter the Northern Barbarian Kingdom to take the final credit. Everyone was full of confidence, energetic, and energetic. This kind of hope stemmed from the yearning for a better future.Although the northern barbarian's hope for spring also comes from the hope for good, but the reasons are very different.

Even if they got all the livestock of the aliens and turned all the aliens into slaves of the tribe, the lives of the northern barbarians, including the leader Youxian King, were still poor and difficult.It is normal for doves to occupy magpie nests on the grasslands. No one will blame the attitude of the northern barbarians, but the tribes of other races have also suffered disasters caused by wars. Compared with the level of wealth, the poverty is unimaginable. Even if the northern barbarians took them all away, this winter would still be difficult.

The pastures are limited, and the livestock can only starve. Those unweaned calves and lambs starved to death immediately, and turned into rations for the northern barbarians.Cattle and sheep lacked nutrition and did not produce milk. The lack of dairy products further reduced the rations of the northern barbarians, which caused famines for the northern barbarians who had not yet broken through the defense line to plunder the western regions and the central plains in winter.

There is no way, even if the Youxian King has been sacrificed by the people as a god, he can't conjure food out of thin air, so the northern barbarians can only reluctantly slaughter the poor horse and the old war horse, and starve to death. At that time, he decided to slaughter the cattle and sheep among the tribe to survive.

Slaughtering cattle and sheep is a bad idea, it is no different from killing chickens to extract eggs. This practice is like a farmer eating the seeds for next year's farming. Although the current difficulties have been overcome, the next year will be sad.The clansmen resolutely opposed King Youxian's decision, and when King Youxian asked about the countermeasures for the winter, they turned their attention to those foreign slaves...

Killing people has no psychological pressure on the northern barbarians who are all soldiers, but killing people is just to solve rations... Even if you are daring, King Youxian still thinks about it for a long time.Which is more important, the tribe's cattle and sheep or the captive slaves?After thinking for a long time, King Youxian still chose to keep the cattle and sheep.

The idea of ​​the northern barbarians is very good, but how can the actual operation make them happy?Even if the grassland is still in the period of slavery, there is absolutely no living person in the world who dies without hands!It's one thing to be slowly starved to death and slowly worn down to death, but it's another thing to be caught and bled to death.As a slave, he was still alive, so the resistance was not so fierce, but now he was about to be hacked to death by the northern barbarian, how could the foreigner stand there and not fight back?

It's one thing when numb people don't resist in a daze, but once they rise up to resist because of fear of death in their hearts, then the raging fire of resistance will ignite everyone's hearts with the strong wind, and there is no way to extinguish it!

The number of aliens is no less than that of the northern barbarians. Although the loss of the army has made their fighting strength a little weaker, but at the critical moment, even the mighty northern barbarian army can't stop these desperate resistance people.They united with the other slaves captured by the northern barbarians, united and fought together, and suddenly gained the upper hand with their desperate spirit!

Because the slaves all lived inside the camp, a center blossomed immediately after such a commotion, and the alien slaves rushed to the edge of the northern barbarian encirclement, and planned to escape on a small part of the stolen horses.

However, the Youxian King of the northern barbarian tribe is still old-fashioned. He used the avalanche to take countless lives of alien races. How could he let go of alien slaves who had hatred against him?Wouldn't that be letting the tiger go back to the mountain?He set up a trap surrounded by three ques and one, forced the slaves of foreign races into a valley where it was difficult to escape, and captured those slaves back.

Since then, the days of suffering for these alien slaves have come. They were penned up like cattle and sheep, waiting to be picked out and slaughtered by the northern barbarians like cattle and sheep. The barbarians were not afraid of their resistance at all, lost their weapons and rations, and were not allowed to approach the livestock, but the guards they faced were the northern barbarian army with sharp knives.These aliens simply lost the room to resist...

The two ethnic groups tortured each other and waited for the arrival of spring together. However, the aliens who were in misery at this time actually hoped that the Jing army would kill them quickly.

Of course, these are just one of the reasons why the northern barbarians look forward to the warmth of spring, and the other reason is the rebellious Xue Jin!

At the beginning, Xue Jin agreed to form an alliance with the aliens to get rid of the northern barbarians, but unfortunately he came a step late and failed to catch up with the aliens. Perhaps he was lucky to come a step late and not be able to bring all his subordinates into the camp. In that avalanche.

He didn't catch up with the advantages and didn't catch up with the disadvantages. Xue Jin should have been the most proud leader of the Northern Manland this winter, but Xue Jin's ambition was not satisfied with not dying in an avalanche.For some people, not taking advantage of it is tantamount to losing money, and Xue Jin belongs to this kind of person.Seeing that the northern barbarians were suffering, Xue Jin was restless, like a thorn in his back.

Who made him the most hated person by the northern barbarians, bar none.If the northern barbarians were relieved, his life would be difficult.Not to mention that the northern barbarians are still barely alive, even if only a few of the northern barbarians died, Xue Jin must not rest assured!There is only one result he wants to see—all the northern barbarians are dead, leaving no one behind!

Seeing that there were still 3 troops left, which was almost the same number as the Northern Barbarians in his own hands, Xue Jin couldn't let go of his mind, no matter whether he and his tribe would stay in the Northern Barbarian Kingdom in the future or not. A piece of land, or go to the Central Plains or Qinghai, this powerful enemy of life and death must not stay!

So Xue Jin chose...Sneak attack!

What is the essence of sneak attack?

In Jiang Yuan's last life, Mr. Zhu first proposed it, and later Mr. Mao himself wrote an inscription, which became the guiding principle of guerrilla warfare. The sixteen-character formula can be included.When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we attack, when the enemy retreats, we chase!This is a treasure to effectively kill the enemy while reducing your own casualties.

Of course, Xue Jin didn't know the sixteen-character formula, but he had read a few military books anyway, and he was very proficient in "the enemy is stationed and we are harassing".

Originally, the nomads would not be trapped in the miserable situation of being harassed by the enemy, but who prevented the northern barbarians who lacked winter forage from leaving the hot spring pasture?Now is not the season for lush vegetation, the ground is covered with ice and snow, there is not enough forage for the livestock to eat, and leaving the hot spring pasture in order to avoid sneak attacks, do we want everyone to starve to death?

So no matter how aggrieved the northern barbarians were, they could only continue to squat near the hot spring and wait for Xue Jin to attack, unable to move at all.And this defense will inevitably lead to problems.

The northern barbarians are not good at guarding...

In the eyes of the northern barbarians, a guy who is good at defense like Jingren is a coward without guts, and a brave person should attack and attack again... So even if he is as scheming as King Youxian, he is still useless in defense. When Xue Jin didn't know when to arrive, where to attack, and what method to attack, the defender who should have the upper hand unexpectedly fell into a predicament.

How can the camp be set up to defend more closely?Where should the water source be placed to extinguish the flames?Where is the livestock so that it is not easy to bomb the camp?How can we effectively resist the harassment?

King Youxian didn't know the answers to these questions, and none of the northern barbarians could explain them clearly... So the final result is not difficult to guess, they were immediately stunned by Xue Jin!

If it was the closely guarded Jing army, with Xue Jin's sneak attack level, he might be able to beat Xue Jin, but King Youxian did not have this level.Now Xue Jin is hiding in the dark, but he is standing brightly under Xue Jin's nose. Isn't it just a matter of Xue Jin's words how to deal with him?

Even if Xue Jin didn't attack directly, killing people with soft knives would be even more painful.Xue Jin had people beat gongs and drums outside the camp of the northern barbarians in the middle of the night today, and tomorrow he had people set fire to the tents, and the day after tomorrow he thought about poisoning the fodder... a whole set of tossing would almost kill the northern barbarians.

Now the northern barbarians are in a state of turmoil from top to bottom, not to mention seeing Xue Jin's army, even hearing his name gives me a headache, but when they want to send troops to deal with Xue Jin, this guy relies on The winter was cold, and the special environment surrounded by ice and snow threw off all the pursuing troops, and even deliberately turned the tiger away from the mountain and attacked the camp of the northern barbarians.

No matter how loyal the hunting dog is, it is impossible to find the fox in such a harsh environment, so King Youxian can only shrink his defenses, looking forward to the arrival of spring, hoping to catch him after the ice and snow melt and Xue Jin's cover disappears. Completely wiped out.

No matter what the reason is, everyone's wishes are the same, and it seems that in response to their expectations, this year's spring seems to have come very early...

The winter outside the customs is often very long, starting from September to October, and continuing until March of the next year. However, the spring breeze came very early in the fourth year of Hongyou, but at the beginning of February, the spring breeze came early, and the ice and snow melted. Even young grass grew on the ground, and this news greatly encouraged everyone.

Situ Sheng was very happy...the reason is that the Supreme Emperor is still alive and well...you can't blame him for being cold-blooded and ruthless, he has absolutely no sympathy to talk about in national affairs.A king or a prince, most of their fate has been decided from birth, they are destined to ascend to the world, and must sacrifice everything for the world, no matter life or death, they must serve the world.The old emperor... the last thing he can do for the world in this life is to die a little later, so as not to delay the great event of the Northern Expedition!

Just like when they returned to the capital, Situ Sheng and Jiang Yuan led the [-] troops from the Gyeonggi camp back to the defense line in the northern frontier, but this time the capital city was still impregnable, losing the last King Zhongshun who dared to resist Emperor Hongyou, and getting rid of Who else dares to hinder the Northern Expedition with noble families and many grasshoppers?

All the way back to Yanmen Pass, Situ Sheng summoned the members of the Yue clan and asked about some things about the Beiman Kingdom. After learning about the situation, he waved them out and let them go out.The young emperor frowned, and smiled disdainfully, "People from the Yuezhi...do they really think I'm a fool?!"

Jiang Yuan smiled and poured a cup of hot tea to his lord. He didn't seem to have any temper, but raised his eyebrows, "The Yuezhi people are getting more and more courageous, it seems that they still can't recognize the reality. .”

Situ Sheng and Jiang Yuan couldn't be blamed for losing their temper. The Yuezhi people who had just been summoned didn't know anything about the situation in Beiman Kingdom. How could this be possible?If it's winter, well, I don't know if it's because the golden eagle can't resist the cold and fly far away, so there's no way to inquire about the news.But now that the ice and snow have melted for more than half a month, how many golden eagles of the Yuezhi people have been released?Even the few members of the Yue clan who raised golden eagles recruited by the Jing army have found some information. Could it be that so many golden eagle hands of the Yue clan have completely missed the enemy's situation?Is this really deceiving Jing Jun as a fool?

Jiang Yuan turned the teacup in his hand, his eyes were as sharp as a sharpened steel knife, "They are testing Dajing's limit, they want to know Dajing's attitude. If Dajing doesn't respond, Then they might do more exaggerated things in the future, and once they realize that Dajing can't tolerate such behavior, they will immediately withdraw a few ghosts to take the blame for the dead, and then behave like a man with their tails between their legs."

"However, no matter what Dajing does, Yuezhi is definitely not someone who can be trusted!"

Situ Cheng snorted coldly, "I don't want to take the place of dead ghosts, this level is not enough to deter these bastards."

Jiang Yuan smiled, "Indeed, although wolves are afraid of tigers, once the tigers leave, they will dominate again. So Dajing can't just be a tiger in the eyes of the Yuezhi people..."

Jiang Yuan didn't finish his words, but the order he issued was very clear. More than a dozen members of the Yue clan who violated the military discipline of the Jing army and trespassed in the barracks were beheaded for public display. Outside Jingjun's camp, he saw the scene of training at the Gyeonggi Camp.

When Mo Dao Dao fell, the armor made of steel was smashed to pieces, and the sound of flying thunder and cannon roared, accompanied by the destruction of buildings and stones.The general in charge of the performance was none other than Zhang Dahai. He showed a bloody smile at the sent Yue clan member violently, which frightened the envoy so much that he dared not enter the camp, so he ran back quickly. Yuezhi's camp.

Unexpectedly, the Yuezhi people soon introduced a few scapegoats, pretending to be extremely innocent, as if the big event of obsessing over the whereabouts of the northern barbarians could be accomplished by just a few people.

But this time, Jingren was not easy to talk at all, he accepted it, and his head was cut off, but Jingren didn't intend to stop at all, and even sent troops to station less than one mile away from Yueshi's camp. It seemed as if the Yueshi camp was about to be wiped out at any time.Countless cannon barrels were aimed at Yueshi's camp, and they almost opened fire on those tents!

Jingren's actions completely frightened the Yuezhi people. They had heard of the power of the Feilei cannon.

The dead Yuezhi people seem to have only now remembered the words left by the old leader, Jingren is really not to be messed with!But the matter has come to this point, even if they want to quibble, there is no room for sophistry, what can the Yuezhi people do?Biting and refusing to admit it?Is that any different from automatically seeking death?

In the end, they could only send all their leaders to the Jingjun camp to kneel down and plead guilty to Situ Sheng, begging Situ Sheng to forgive their "temporary negligence".

"Negligence? It's really a big negligence!" Situ Sheng's tone was so cold that the Yuezhi people who were kneeling below didn't even dare to raise their heads. "I don't need Yueshi to apologize. Is there a crime? Dajing and Yueshi have only made a few transactions, and there is no relationship at all, so why do you bother to plead guilty to me?"

As soon as these words came out, those Yuezhi people who were kneeling on the ground were about to break out in cold sweat.A few deals... nothing to do... not even an apology... Could it be that Dajing is planning to go to war with the Yueshi?Or are they planning to let Yueshi go his own way and never care about Yueshi's life or death?

Even a fool can see that whoever Dajing is on at this time can become the overlord of the grassland, and once Dajing is bustling, let alone the overlord, it is not certain whether he will live until next year or today.It is not that the Yuezhi has no other enemies on the grassland. If the people of Jing abandon the Yuezhi and support other tribes that have enemies with the Yuezhi, can the Yuezhi still be as prosperous as it is today?

"Don't dare, I dare not wait..." These Yuezhi people even said the word "chen", and they were short of pronouncing themselves as vassal states, and finally got a sentence from Situ Cheng "The next is not an example."They left the Jingjun camp with a happy face, and tried their best to check the movements of the northern barbarians, but they didn't know that Situ Sheng never regarded them as allies in his heart.Because of several untimely temptations, the Yueshi could no longer become Dajing's friends, and they must have missed the qualification to follow Dajing!

I don't know if I was frightened, but this time the Yuezhi people moved very quickly. Before waiting for three days, the information on the movements of the northern barbarians had already been placed on Situ Sheng's Longshu case, and the situation recorded on it made Situ Cheng quite satisfied.Before he could do anything, the enemy started to strife, and it was even worse than at the Qingli Lake, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of enemy troops. Is there anything more gratifying than this?

Jiang Yuan glanced at the result record and nodded. The strategy of "watching the fire from the other side" has been successful, and the effect has far exceeded expectations. The northern barbarians have done their best.He flipped through the current location of the northern barbarians, and found that the northern barbarians were uncharacteristically living behind the mountains, which did not conform to the nomads' habit of camping, so he couldn't help being startled.

"It seems that Xue Jin has caused troubles to King Youxian a lot. He even did the thing of camping behind the mountain. This King Youxian is really not easy." Jiang Yuan smiled mockingly, why did he live behind the mountain?Isn't it just to let the steep cliff protect the position behind him and reduce the defensive surface? It seems that King Youxian is afraid of being beaten by Xue Jin, otherwise, why would he make such a somewhat retreating and defensive behavior?

"So, Qingyuan, do you think we should deal with Xue Jin or the northern barbarians first?" Situ Cheng asked leisurely.

As the last two resisting forces of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, neither Xue Jin nor the Northern Barbarians will be left on this land.Situ Sheng didn't think about the difficulty of leaving his homeland. He would never hand over the land of Beiman Kingdom to any force that he couldn't control. He had to die or leave. He would not accept any other choice.

Of course, if the northern barbarians said the whole Dajing would not give them the freedom to leave, they would definitely become slaves of Jingren building bridges and paving roads, and Xue Jin, Situ Cheng always found it hard to believe him.The fate of a traitor is like this, as long as he betrays once, no one will trust him again in the future. Dajing will never let a person like Xue Jin enter the country and hold an important position, because he is not worthy of trust.

Jiang Yuan smiled, "Of course it's the northern barbarians!"

Speaking of the northern barbarians, their situation hasn't improved at all because of the warmth of spring, it's all because of that bastard Xue Jin!

King You Xian thought well, as long as spring comes and the vegetation is luxuriant, the cattle and sheep will no longer have to worry about food problems, and Xue Jin will have no place to stay. Why don't they let them gallop on the northern barbarian prairie?Unfortunately, the situation is far from as good as he imagined.

First of all, let’s talk about the grassland. The grass has grown, and the cattle, sheep and horses really don’t have to worry about starving to death. However, due to the consumption of a winter and Xue Jin’s occasional looting, the remaining livestock of their northern barbarians have already died. Not enough for the people to survive.The size of the livestock has been further reduced. In addition to preventing them from being overwhelmed by the pasture, all the problems in winter still continue to plague the northern barbarians. Unless they are killed and looted once, these livestock will not be able to support the northern barbarians at all.

And Xue Jin... King You Xian felt that he had never hated someone so much, even King Zuo Xian couldn't make him hate him so much, only this Xue Jin!

As the ice and snow melted, Xue Jin couldn't hide anymore, but he didn't hide at all. Relying on almost the same combat power as the northern barbarians, Xue Jin swaggered from the dark to the bright, and stationed not far from the northern barbarian camp , Come to a chicken and dog acquaintance, let the northern barbarians be on tenterhooks.

Active attack?How can you attack by relying on the situation that King Youxian can't even solve the rations?There is almost no difference in the combat power of the two sides, and the one who strikes first will not be able to take advantage of it at all, but will easily reveal flaws for the opponent to attack.

passive defense?The northern barbarians have been defending for a whole winter, are they still defending?How long does it take to defend yourself?

King Youxian planned to follow Xue Jin's method to sneak attack him, but Xue Jin's defense level was much better than King Youxian's, and he plotted against King Youxian a few times instead.After a few conflicts between the sneak attack and counter-attack, King Youxian knew that he was really no match for Xue Jin in this regard.But when he was about to lead the team to leave, that Xue Jin actually followed up, just a few miles away from the northern barbarian team, and followed at a distance. This kind of behavior made the northern barbarians gnash their teeth.

There is only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be any reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days?Xue Jin is like a cunning lone wolf, stalking his prey far away, waiting for the moment when the prey relaxes, he will pounce on him and take a bite before leaving, and then repeat the process, only waiting for the prey to lose too much blood before rushing up to bite Cut the throat of the prey.

This is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy, but King You Xian couldn't find any good way to solve the current problem.Already enshrined on the altar, King Youxian, whose arrogance has increased greatly, is extremely anxious. He has not yet realized his problem, because he has climbed to the altar, and now he can't come down!