Chapter 460: Speed and Passion
"Hold it! Hold it!"
The hot air balloon slowly floated among the trees, and Zhongli ordered the soldiers to hold on to the rope.
Zhao Heng's hot air balloon was the first to land, followed by Xiao Shishi and the second prince's.
The moment they got off the hot air balloon, all three of them felt in a trance.
It seemed as if what I had just experienced was just a dream.
Even as an emperor, he could only look up to the sky.
Flying in the air is the legendary ability of gods.
Because of this, he still has ups and downs in his heart and can't calm down.
It wasn't until a general came to him that he suddenly realized that he was not out of danger yet.
"General Zhongli has come to see the emperor and asks the emperor to mount his horse. We must leave here immediately," Zhongli said.
When he saw the three hot air balloons returning successfully, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The first step of this adventure was successful.
But they are still in Beidi's control area.
Only when they reach Qinguan can they be truly safe.
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhao Heng became nervous again, "General Zhong, if you are successful in rescuing the enemy this time, I will reward you heavily."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhongli said with a calm expression.
Since he followed King Yan, he only wanted to serve under King Yan.
I never thought about making a name for myself in the Great Song Dynasty.
So he didn't care at all about Zhao Heng's reward.
What's more, all the officials and generals in the four northern counties, from the royal family to the officialdom, knew that the emperor had intended to betray King Yan.
They were quite dissatisfied with this.
The three of them got on their horses, and Zhongli immediately protected them in the middle. They came out of the woods and headed towards Qinzhou.
When leaving, he ordered the hot-air balloon soldiers to destroy all three hot-air balloons, discard the baggage trains, and travel lightly.
He is not worried that the Beidi people will be able to master the control of hot air balloons if they get them.
After all, Beidi people don’t understand that altitudes are different and wind directions are different.
But he didn't want to leave anything to the Beidi people.
At the same time, he asked Zhao Heng to cut off the corners of his dragon robe and throw it to the ground.
Half an hour after Zhongli and his party left, the pursuing Beidi cavalry arrived.
Although the straight-line distance from this forest to Xiancheng is only about twenty miles.
But they took many detours to get here.
In the woods, they found broken pieces of cloth and bamboo baskets.
Of course, there is also Zhao Heng's clothes.
Outside the woods, they found the marks of horse hoofs trampled by a large number of cavalry.
It was reported to Muller Hongzhen that they also headed towards Qinzhou.
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Xiancheng.
The fighting here has stopped.
The Khan's camp was eerily quiet at the moment.
Looking at Mule Hongzhen, who seemed to be calm, the heartbeats of Temuta and the three kings could not help but accelerate.
They knew the Khan, and the angrier he became, the calmer he became.
But whoever provokes him at this time will get the most miserable experience.
Waited for a while.
A cavalryman chasing the "Fireball" entered the Khan's tent and said, "Khan, we found broken pieces of cloth, bamboo baskets and other objects in the woods twenty miles away. We also found a large number of horse footprints in front of the woods. They were heading towards Qin Dynasty." Go away."
Upon hearing this, Temuta and the other kings' hearts sank.
At this moment, Muller Hongzhen said slowly: "Kill all the scouts responsible for patrolling the eastern part of Qinzhou."
When Tiemuta and others heard this, their hearts trembled, but no one dared to plead for mercy.
After the cavalry left, Tiemuta said cautiously: "Father, is it possible that this is just King Yan's deception. In fact, Emperor Dasong is still in the city."
Hearing this, the cavalryman took out a small piece of yellow rag and said, "Khan, we also found this in the woods."
When Mullerhon saw it, he stood up and quickly came to the cavalry and took the rag.
On the rag, he saw a dragon's tail.
Holding the rag tightly, Mullahon let out a wild beast-like howl.
Seeing this, Temuta and other generals knelt down on one knee.
"Let all the cavalry go after him immediately. Every forest and every mountain must be searched. I must catch Dasong's dog emperor!" Mule Hongzhen shouted.
"Yes, Khan." The generals stood up and walked out quickly, fearing that they would be angered.
Only Tiemuta stayed, and he said: "Father Khan, in order to appease your anger, I am willing to lead the troops to attack Xian City and kill all the Dasong soldiers in the city."
Although Mule Hongzhen was angry, he had not lost his mind yet. He slowly shook his head, "No, the Dasong army in Xiancheng may be our only bargaining chip at the moment. If we kill them, Ulanba will die. "
The southward march from the sea failed, and the plan to the east was a complete failure.
Although Dasong's army was defeated in the west, the most important Emperor Dasong was rescued.
This made his plan to use Emperor Dasong to plunge Dasong into civil strife failed.
Therefore, people in Xiancheng must live, dead people have no value.
Temuta nodded.
He was in as bad a mood as his father.
Originally, everything was going great.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, they, Beidi, were completely passive.
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Xiancheng.
Yang Feng took advantage of the truce and asked the soldiers to carry stones to repair the city wall.
More horses were placed in the gap.
From morning until noon, he thought Beidi would continue to attack.
But on the top of the city, he saw the besieging army returning to the camp and just besieging Xiancheng.
Seeing this, Yang Feng frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly had a hint of enlightenment.
"The King of Yan really has a plan. If he sends troops to rescue, it will only lead to a bloody battle, and the outcome is unpredictable. But if the emperor is rescued, Xiancheng will not be important to the Northern Di, and can only be used as a small bargaining chip." Yang Feng said with a smile.
Last night, the soldiers of the King of Yan came down from the hot air balloon and had a brief exchange with his generals.
He has learned that Ulanba failed to go south and was captured.
The plot to Yanguan failed, and the emperor Zhao Heng in the west escaped again. The Northern Di could no longer threaten Dasong for a while.
Wuguan and Jianguan are not so easy to conquer.
He believed that Muller Hongzhen must have considered this.
Thinking of this, Yang Feng couldn't help but admire the King of Yan.
After all, the King of Yan really turned the tide this time and made this Northern Expedition a victory.
Even if it was not a victory, it was at least a tie.
Stroking his beard, Yang Feng looked at the Northern Di tent and laughed out loud.
While Yang Feng was happy, Zhongli and his party rushed to Qinguan.
This time, they came with three horses each, in order to travel as fast as possible.
Knowing that Beidi would be angry and send troops to pursue.
This time, Zhongli did not choose to hide during the day and travel at night, but ran all the way to Qinguan.
Unlike going from Qinguan to Xiancheng, they needed to conceal their whereabouts to avoid being surrounded.
From Xiancheng to Qinguan, the situation was completely different.
First, Beidi had no heavy troops in the east of Qinzhou, only scattered patrol scouts. Even if they were discovered, they would not have time to notify the army to block.
Second, once they stopped, Beidi cavalry came and cut off the road to Qinguan, and they could not go back.
So, they had to be quick.