The Hidden Phoenix World
15
By dusk, the troops had already arrived at the border of the Northern Kingdom. In front of them was the Qingming River. Xiao Yin immediately ordered his troops to build a tent and rest for a while. He gathered his men together into his tent to discuss military strategy.
After marching for a day, Hua Zhu Yu felt that she was more tired than the horsemen. When he stood on the ground, his feet were unstable. He raised his eyes and stared at the orderly military camp that contained 30,000 people. The scene was impressive yet amazing. Even after marching for a day, the soldiers did not seem to even have a hint of fatigue. They are not complaining at all. There was only the sound of synchronized army footsteps.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that from the very beginning, he, his father, and perhaps even all of the Southern Kingdom had underestimated the Northern Kingdom. The Northern Kingdom had not even been established for 100 years. Previously, they had only wandered the tribe. As the strength of the tribe continued to grow, it slowly formed into a state. Once it arrived at Xiao Yin's father, the Xiao Gan generation, the country finally formed an imperial family that would control the country. Xiao Gan was originally not named Xiao; he was named Han. Once Xiao Yin's father established the imperial family, he changed his surname to Xiao and also ordered the citizens to study mainstream culture, the main language and even allowed the marriage of citizens of the Northern Kingdom with those in the Southern Kingdom.
Xiao Yin had the 'Rao Liang' of the Southern Kingdom and his own bodyguards were named Liufeng, Huixue, Qingyun, and Biyue. It was easy to tell that Xiao Yin had a deep understanding of the culture of the Southern Kingdom.
The Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom have been in harmony for almost 35 years. Although the horses of the Northern Kingdom were stocky, there were too few of them because the food was not enough. The Northern Kingdom also studied the agricultural technology of the Southern Kingdom, but they did not promote farming as many still chose to follow a nomadic lifestyle. In the eyes of everyone, the Northern Kingdom, could not compare to the great army of the Southern Kingdom.
However, today, Hua Zhu Yu had seen the dependency of the Northern Kingdom army, or rather, the strength of his Xiao Yin army.30,000 soldiers could definitely compete evenly with the 60,000 soldiers of the Southern Kingdom.
Late night.
The climate of the Northern Kingdom is truly heinous. Although it was still cold during the day, it could still be held back, however, at night, it was so cold that even a drop of water could turn into ice. After being treated like a piece of luggage for a day, Hua Zhu Yu was very tired and wanted to go to bed early. However, Huixue came and told him rather than Xiao Yin wanting him to go to the imperial tent to relieve Xiao Yin's fatigue by playing the guqin.
Hua Zhu Yu calmed himself down a little and then walked with Huixue to the imperial tent. Xiao Yin was currently looking at the geographical map. On his arrival, his gaze landed on it and then swept past and back onto the map.
"Playing. Today, play a moving song. ”Xiao Yin coldly said with her gaze still on the map.
'Rao Liang' was already placed on the carpet. The string he snapped yesterday was fixed. Hua Zu Yu knelt down in front of 'Rao Liang' and started playing. This time, Hua Zhu Yu played a fairly calm song. It is moving and also soft. The sound of guqin was soft and light, making it seem as if a misty wind was blowing from the horizon; it was as if it could get rid of all the chaos.
The song had not even been played half before Xiao Yin waved her hand and said: "Change a piece!"
Although the piece could eliminate fatigue, it did not match Xiao Yin's mood. Hua Zhu Yu can only turn into another part “Po Zheng Zi.” A sharp guqin sound spread into the air, creating a loud atmosphere and making it as if an iron horse was marching through a dream.
Xiao Yin was finally satisfied. He listened to the song as he scanned the map. He frowned from time to time as if the guqin voice helped him think. Whenever the song was finished, he would not even look up but coldly say: “Keep playing! Don'tstop! ”
Hua Zhu Yu could only continue playing. He mocked himself in his heart. This is what harp whores need to do: they must follow the orders of their master and if his master ever needs it, he must continue to play and play ...
He didn't wear zhitao on his fingers. The people of the Northern Kingdom would never prepare a zhitao for harp whores. Slowly, his numb fingertips felt a sharp pain. When he looked down, he saw blood dripping onto the guqin.
(NB: zhitao is a kind of glove worn on the fingertips to prevent skin from breaking while playing guqin)
When Huixue saw his red fingertips, his cold face could not help but have a slight change.However, when he saw the imposing figure of Xiao Yin, he did not dare to tell her. With Xiao Yin's personality, anyone would know that there would be no good results when one challenged him.
(NB: indirect ways of asking for forgiveness)
When Xiao Yin heard that the music had stopped, he slowly turned around. His voice seemed to contain a hint of murderous aura: “Yes, you do have a crime! Your courage is not small! Without the permission of bendianxia, you dare to stop? ”
“Not because this waitress doesn't want to play, but I'm afraid I'll ruin your guqin. I have no way to clean it. I beg Your Majesty to confess my crimes! '' Hua Zhu Yu said calmly.
Xiao Yin's gaze landed on the guqin and then onto his fingers.He then only realized there his jade-like hand was red by blood.
"Oh?" His eyebrows shot up in surprise and his purple eyes flashed. Huixue hurriedly used a silk cloth to remove the bloody marks on the guqin. The atmosphere of the tent soon darkened.
“You are so useless. Are your fingers made of paper paste or dirt? Forgetit. You can withdraw . ”He said coldly. He did not look at Hua Zhu Yu anymore and then said to Liufeng, who was currently outside the tent,: "Let them enter."
(NB: to move to a more obscure place, but places that when called can immediately respond to commands)
The generals who were originally outside the tent entered. Hua Zhu Yu returned to the corner of the tent.
Xiao Yin said: “Tonight, we will start attacking the Southern Kingdom from the Qingming River. They originally believed that we would start engaging in battle here or attack the places with the weakest defenses: Su City or Xiang Yu Guan. Da Qi, you brought 10,000 elites to attack Xiang Yu Guan to deceive the South Kingdom army. We will then give them a surprise. Before General Hua Mu comes, we will capture the city south of the Qingming River: Mo City.
"But, Your Highness, how do we pass through the Qingming River?" Ask Zhang Xi.
"Come here." The generals all walked and surrounded him. Hua Zhu Yu could not hear anything more Xiao Yin said. Huixue took him out of the tent.
Hua Zhu Yu wrapped the cloth on his finger. He lay down on the bed and began to ponder how Xiao Yin would cross the Qingming River. That's not possible. With the current climate, the river is already frozen. Even using a boat to cross was impossible, and Xiao Yin had not even prepared a boat. Even installing a floating bridge is almost impossible. He recalled that his father once said that the Qingming River was filled with mud at the bottom - making it very difficult to set up pillars for the bridge.
Hua Zhu Yu could not sleep well at all. The next day, when he saw the floating bridge on the Qingming River, 3000 Xiao Yin cavalry had crossed the Qingming River at night and had captured Mo City.
From Huixue's words, he discovered that the bottom of the Qingming River wasn't completely covered in mud. 40 years ago, the Southern Kingdom once wanted to build a dam on the Qingming River to protect against flooding, and that it was not entirely covered by mud, but the project was never completed. Although the dam itself was not built, the foundation for it was already made. Xiao Yin made use of the foundation to place the pillars for the floating bridge.
He can even find information about events 40 years in the past. This man cannot be underestimated.
After two days, General Hua Mu brought 50,000 elites to Xiang Yu Guan and joined General Ma Lan's 10,000 soldiers, who had originally protected the place. They faced off against the 30,000 soldiers of Xiao Yin in Xiang Yu Guan.
