The Golden Age Chapter 699: Reinforcements

There is a mountain forest to the northwest of Shuning City, called Xixia Mountain, which is less than twenty miles away from Shuning City. Although Xixia Mountain is not high, it is quite steep.

In the middle of the mountain is a narrow canyon, as if split in half by the gods with a giant axe.

There are lush forests on the mountain, and there is a small lake under the mountain called Linshan Lake.

At this moment, under the Xixia Mountain, there are crowds of people.

Liu Tuluo found a high slope, looked at it from a distance, and couldn’t help but take a breath of air-conditioning.

The densely packed soldiers and horses have set up camps under the mountain, and some people have already cut down trees from the mountain, and are quickly building fences. It seems that they are going to set up camps on the mountain.

He could even see that the armored cavalry who attacked the base camp was also among the crowd, helping to set up a camp.

“Star generals, they are Taihu Pirates!” Someone on the side whispered.

Liu Tuxu has naturally seen that the flag has been erected in the camp over there. The flag is blue but embroidered with the blood-red “Taihu”. This is the flag of Taihu Pirates.

Liu Tuli’s face is already pale.

He never expected that the Taihu Pirates far away in Taihu would emerge out of thin air.

Since the Neiku Cavalry is with the Taihu Pirates, it proves that the Taihu Pirates are enemies and not friends.

Liu Tuqi only feels his scalp numb.

Of course he knows that Taihu Pirates are a powerful force in the South Pole. The Jiangnan family regards Taihu Pirates as a thorn in their eyes, but even so, with the strength of the seven surnames in Jiangnan, they can’t help Taihu Pirates and watch Taihu Pirates. Live and work in peace and contentment in the hinterland of Jiangnan, and grow stronger day by day.

The Jiangnan family has always regarded the Taihu Pirates as a serious concern.

Now, worry has become a reality.

“They say there are two to three thousand people.” Someone behind him said: “Star general, it seems that Taihu Pirates really sent their elites to reinforce the officers and soldiers.”

It is rumored that there are tens of thousands of people in Taihu Lake. There are tens of thousands of men, women and children, young and old, and thousands of them have been trained.

Taihu Lake left a portion of the young and strong to defend Taihu Lake, and the thousands of people who were drawn out are of course Taihu’s capable soldiers.

Although there are 6,000 rebels besieging Shuning City, and their strength is far higher than that of Taihu Pirates, if the defenders in Shuning City and Taihu Pirates add up, the strength of the rebels may not be much different. .

What’s terrible is that except for a very small part of the rebels, they have been secretly trained, and almost all of them are untrained civilians. Compared with the trained Taihu Pirates, the individual combat capability is obviously not small.

The rebels have six thousand soldiers and horses, there are four thousand troops outside the northern city, and two thousand troops outside the southern city. The most terrifying scene has appeared in Liu Tuzhang’s mind. Once the Taihu Pirate Army under the Xixia Mountain is dispatched, Attacked his flanks, and the defenders in the city also took the opportunity to fight out, and then his soldiers and horses would not be able to stop him.

He sweated coldly on his forehead and turned around and said: “Immediately order the whole army to retreat and withdraw to Funiu Mountain.” Then he ordered another person: “Take two people and set off for Suzhou City immediately and tell that, Taihu Lake. The robbers have come out and have already reached Shuning County.” He did not dare to stay long, and hurried back to the camp with people, sending orders to retreat north.

Thirty miles north of Shuning City is Funiu Mountain, and the wood farm that manufactures siege weapons is at the foot of Funiu Mountain.

Taihu thief **** soldier descended from heaven, Liu Tulu knew that something was wrong, so he didn’t dare to delay the slightest.

He even

Fortunately, the Taihu Pirate did not immediately attack and gave him time to retreat, otherwise he would kill him suddenly, and the consequences would be disastrous.

However, he also understood that the Taihu pirates coming from Taihu must have been tired on the way, and did not immediately attack. They should have recharged their energy and waited until they had rested before taking action.

He dared not tell the soldiers the news of the Taihu Pirates’ reinforcements, only for fear of panic.

The problem of food shortage has finally stabilized temporarily. If the soldiers know that there are a large number of Taihu soldiers and horses on the flanks, it will definitely cause panic.

Although I don’t know why they withdrew suddenly, the military orders are like a mountain. Before dark, the rebels left a mess and quickly withdrew to Funiu Mountain.

The situation was urgent. Liu Tuli sent someone to the Suzhou City Emergency Report and arranged for spies to watch the Taihu Pirate Camp and monitor the movements there.

Kichang was still building a ladder, but he didn’t care about it at this time, so he immediately built a fence to prevent the enemy from arching the mountain.

The movement of the rebels withdrawing from outside the city naturally alarmed Qin Xiao at the head of the city.

Starting at dusk, I saw the rebels evacuating quickly to the north. It seemed very hasty. By the time it got dark, thousands of people and horses walked away cleanly.

Qin Xiao didn’t know that the soldiers and horses of Taihu Lake had arrived. He was surprised, and the defenders were also shocked.

“Is there no food, so I can only retreat?” Chen Xi was confident in the fire that night, knowing that the fire almost burned the rebels’ grain and grass, and the food was cut off. Naturally, the rebels’ withdrawal would be a big deal. possible.

Qin Xiao felt something strange and ordered: “Don’t take it lightly, let everyone not be negligent.”

“Master Qin, Master Qin…!” A soldier hurried over and raised his finger to the northwest: “The little one is guarding at the northwest corner, and there seems to be fire on the side of Xixia Mountain to the northwest. .”

“Xixia Mountain?”

“Xixia Mountain is less than twenty miles northwest of Shuning City.” Soldier said: “Look over there, my lord, there is fire on the mountain.”

Qin Xiao looked towards the northwest, and saw faintly a little sparkle on the mountain, like the light of a firefly, but he knew that at such a distance, the light of the firefly is absolutely impossible to see.

The little starlight can only prove that there are people on Xixia Mountain, and there are a lot of people.

“There seems to be someone on the mountain.” Chen Xi, a fifth-level expert, with no less eyesight than Qin Xiao: “The fire is flickering, Master Qin, what kind of signal does that seem to be?”

Qin Xiao thought of something, his eyes moved to the north, and said: “Just now the rebels evacuated in a hurry, and now there is fire on the side of Xixia Mountain, the two must be connected.”

“Did the reinforcements from Hangzhou arrive?” Chen Xi thought of something, her spirit rejuvenated: “According to time, Hangzhou Daying has already heard from here. From Hangzhou day and night, they can almost do it at this time. Arrived.”

Qin Xiao frowned and said: “The rebels found reinforcements arrived and worried about the flanks being attacked, so they retreated quickly…!” Having said that, thinking of something, shook his head and said: “No, if It is the reinforcements from Hangzhou that have arrived. They should come from the south, so why did they appear in the northwest? With the strength of the Hangzhou camp, there is no need to play mystery, and they can directly enter the enemy formation outside Nancheng…!”

“It’s not the Hangzhou camp, but where can the soldiers and horses scare the rebels back?” Chen Xi thoughtfully: “It is impossible for the reinforcements from Kyoto to arrive so soon.”

Qin Xiao thought for a while, his brows suddenly opened, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth: “You forget

Remember a person! “

“Who?” Chen Xi was startled. Before Qin Xiao could speak, she thought: “You mean Linghuxuan?”

Qin Xiao nodded and said: “Not bad.”

“Although Linghuxuan and the Jiangnan aristocratic family are in conflict, but at this time, Linghuxuan may not be involved.” Chen Xi was not sure: “Moreover, Linghuxuan’s subordinates are all navy soldiers, on the water. In combat, it is naturally difficult to have an opponent, but if you land on the shore, your strength will be greatly reduced. Moreover, it will take at least three or four days to travel from Taihu Lake to Shuning County. How can the Queen Mother not find it?”

Qin Xiaodao: “The rebels outside the city have retreated. It is useless for us to guess where the soldiers are on the side of Xixia Mountain.” Looking at Chen Xi, “Master Young Supervisor, you Stay here to guard the North City, I will touch it at night to see what is going on.”

“Nothing.” Chen Xi said immediately: “Master Qin, now you are the leader of the North City, how can you easily take risks? If there is a mistake, the princess will convict you, and I can’t afford it.” Then he said, “In this way, I will take two people over to see what the situation is.”

Qin Xiao shook his head and said: “You have no friendship with the Taihu Pirates. I know Taihu Jiujiang Tu Kuohai. If it is really Taihu Pirates there, I should talk to them if I mention Tu Kuohai. The flames on Xixia Mountain The flashing, it should be a signal to us. Don’t worry too much. The rebels failed to siege the city, their food was destroyed, and now they are scared to retreat. It’s already a frightened bird, and I wouldn’t have thought that I would be out of the city at this time.”

Chen Xi frowned and said: “How is your injury?”

“It doesn’t matter.” Qin Xiao said with a smile: “Xie Daxia’s healing methods are very clever. Although he has not yet healed, he recovers very quickly and there is no major problem.”

Xie Jinong also participated in the battle of defending the city. At this moment, not far behind Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao’s praise was heard, and his eyebrows were instantly grinned.

Qin Xiao did not delay. Chen Xi sent the two princess guards who followed him into the city to protect them. Except for the Lu brothers, these two guards were not weak. Not only were they good at martial arts, they were also good at riding. After shooting, the three of them sorted out, quietly opened the city gate, rode out of the city, and there was an empty space outside the city, and the rebels had long been gone.

Sanqi galloped straight to the direction of Xixia Mountain, but the road was unimpeded.

It was still two miles away from Xixia Mountain. Qin Xiao stopped at his horse and got off the horse. Looking from a distance, he saw the flames under the mountain, the tents were continuous, and there were many soldiers and horses, but he couldn’t be sure. Whether it is Taihu soldiers and horses, motioned for two guards to follow him and approach him quietly.

Under the moonlight, I saw that the camp at the foot of the mountain had been surrounded by a wooden fence, and outside the fence, there were even postures, a defensive attitude.

The flag was flying in the camp. By the light of the fire, he could see clearly that the word “Taihu” was written on the banner. Qin Xiao’s spirit was lifted, thinking that it was indeed the arrival of soldiers from Taihu.

“My lord, it’s a Taihu pirate.” A guard said: “I went to ask about the situation. If something is wrong, you should leave quickly.” As he was about to get up, Qin Xiao held it down and whispered: “Wait a minute.” But I saw a few people from the camp were walking towards the camp gate, talking about this as they walked.

At this time, the distance is not too far, Qin Xiao has a good eyesight, but he has already recognized it. The person walking in the front is Tu Kuohai of Gaomada. By his side, Jiang Xiaochun, Fei Xin and Fat Yu are all among them. Qin Xiao couldn’t restrain the joy in his heart, seeing Jiang Xiaochun pointing towards Shu Ningcheng, and then said something, several people seemed to be discussing something.

Qin Xiao didn’t hesitate anymore, got up and walked quickly to the Yingmen. When the two guards saw this, they didn’t hesitate and followed closely.