flstandardbreds Chapter 165: My Lord, I Will Fight with You
Chapter 165: My Lord, I Will Fight with You
About quarter of an hour later, Xiao Mochen, Su Yueqing and others had arrived at the city gate.
At this time, on the city gate, the soldiers were on full alert, with a hint of uneasiness in their serious expressions.
Suddenly seeing such a huge animal as the elephant, they were inevitably a little surprised.
After all, they had never seen elephants in previous wars.
Even General Song, who had fought off the Dongli army, had never seen elephants fighting.
General Song lowered his head in thought. He was now worried that these elephants would directly break down the city gate.
After all, one elephant might not be able to do it, but a group of elephants, with their combined strength, could easily break through the gate of Luochuan City.
However, he had not been to the battlefield for many years, and faced with this sudden situation, he was at a loss for what to do.
The only solution now is to wait for the Regent to come and discuss countermeasures together.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard his subordinates report, "General, the Regent has arrived, and there is a girl with him."
When General Song heard that the Regent was coming, his face lit up with joy, but when he heard that there was a girl beside him, suspicion appeared on his face.
girl?
General Song really couldn't think of which girl the Regent would bring with him besides his own daughter.
As for Xiao Mochen, after spending some time together, General Song has completely believed in the other party's feelings for Qingqing.
Love is stronger than gold and lasts till death.
But Qingqing should be in the capital at this time, why would she come to the border?
Xiao Mochen did not tell General Song that Su Yueqing had set out from the capital to rush to the border.
Of course, this is also what Su Yueqing reminded me of.
The main reason is that I am afraid that the old general will worry and be distressed day and night.
In addition, you can give the other person a surprise.
While General Song was still puzzled, Xiao Mochen had already brought Su Yueqing into the city gate.
"Grandpa!" Su Yueqing saw the familiar figure of her grandfather and shouted loudly: "Long time no see, I miss you so much~"
When General Song heard the familiar voice, he turned around abruptly and saw Su Yueqing's thin and haggard face. He was stunned for a moment and was still in a daze.
Is he too nervous and having hallucinations?
"Qingqing?" General Song called out tentatively, his tone full of suspicion.
He could never have imagined that Qingqing would come to the border.
Su Yueqing trotted over, took General Song's arm, and curved her eyebrows into a crescent shape, "Grandpa~"
When he felt the touch on his arm, General Song realized that he was not dreaming.
So, he looked Su Yueqing up and down, and then looked around her from front to back, with worry in his eyes.
"Qingqing, the border is a long way from the capital. How did you get here? Did you come here alone? Were you injured on the way..."
Su Yueqing shook her head and looked at General Song with a proud look on her face, "Grandpa, I came here as General Fuyuan~"
As Su Yueqing spoke, she took out the imperial edict from her arms and handed it to General Song.
"Originally, I was supposed to lead an army of 100,000 to support the border, but when I passed through Jinling Valley, I ran into the remaining rebels of Xiao Moyao, so I asked Master, Senior Brother, and Master's Wife to bring 90,000 troops to support us first."
"It took several days to deal with Xiao Moyao's rebels. When we arrived at the border, we stayed in Dingzhou City and Guzhou City for two days, so we were delayed for some time. We only arrived yesterday."
Su Yueqing told her grandfather the general situation.
"Grandpa, I'll tell you the specific details after we defeat these Dongli guys." Su Yueqing looked at the Dongli army not far away.
General Song nodded and roughly understood the situation.
Sure enough, their daughter Qingqing is no ordinary person and will definitely achieve great things.
General Song turned to look at Xiao Mochen and asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do now? The Dongli army is very aggressive and now they have elephants with them. We have never encountered them before."
Xiao Mochen lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, "When will the Dongli army arrive at the city gate?"
"An hour later." General Song said.
"So fast?" Su Yueqing asked from the side, "Then how do we fight back?"
Those Dongli soldiers are a small matter, but with the elephants, they are afraid that they will use the elephants as shields, directly break down the city gates, and lead their troops to kill their way in.
We can deal with it if they rush in, but the people in the city have not yet evacuated, and I'm afraid innocent people will be hurt.
Xiao Mochen pondered for a moment, "No matter what, guard the city gate. When the time comes, I will lead my troops out of the city to fight and attract the elephant's attention."
This happened suddenly, and this is all we can do for now.
Su Yueqing didn't say anything. She exchanged three telescopes from the space, handed them to her grandfather and the prince, and kept one for herself.
Afterwards, Su Yueqing looked in the direction of the Dongli army, and what came into view were rows of huge elephants, as imposing as mountains.
Xiao Mochen and General Song looked at the telescopes in their hands, without asking any questions, and followed Su Yueqing's example, placing the telescopes next to their eyes.
When they clearly saw every move of the Dongli army, the two men's pupils shrank slightly and they were very shocked.
Such a magical thing is extremely useful on the battlefield.
Su Yueqing put away the telescope and saw that Grandpa and Prince were already using it and seemed to be using it quite smoothly. She said, "Grandpa, Prince, this is a telescope."
“It can bring distant scenes closer, as if they were right in front of you.”
She originally wanted to give it to her grandfather and the prince when they went out for the war, but there were too many things to do at that time and she forgot about it for a moment.
"What a great thing." General Song said with emotion, looking at Su Yueqing at the same time.
His daughter, Qingqing, is destined to be different from ordinary people.
After Su Yueqing investigated the situation of the Dongli army, she had a general understanding of it.
If we want to win this battle, we must first get rid of the group of elephants.
Su Yueqing looked at Xiao Mochen and said, "My Lord, I will go out of the city with you to fight."
Then he turned his attention to General Song, "Grandpa, you are still responsible for defending the city."
"The prince and I will hold back the Dongli army, and Grandfather will act according to the situation."
General Song was a little worried, but when he thought of Qingqing's ability, he didn't say anything and just nodded.
Xiao Mochen looked at Su Yueqing and said softly, "The battlefield is dangerous, be careful."
Su Yueqing nodded, "Don't worry, my strength is comparable to that of the prince~"
Xiao Mochen smiled dotingly, this was indeed true.
His wife might be more capable than himself.
Su Yueqing's biggest purpose in wanting to go out of the city to fight was to see to what extent these elephants had been trained and whether they could be tamed.
She is proficient in animal training and knows a lot about how to tame elephants.
However, if these elephants have been strictly trained and have formed fixed thinking and behavior, then animal training may not be of much use.
Even if it is possible, it would require some effort, just like the last time Dongli came to Beijing and intended to provoke Beiming with an elephant, which would require some effort.
But now the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is impossible to have so much energy.
Furthermore, elephants come in so many herds that it is not realistic to tame them in this way.
Therefore, this time when Su Yueqing went out of the city, she wanted to try whether simple animal taming techniques would be useful.
It would be best if it works and we can get rid of these elephants as quickly as possible.
If it doesn't work, we can only repel the Dongli army first and then discuss countermeasures.