Drunk House Chapter 444

Chapter 444 Preparations for Battle (Second Update)

Almost at the same time that Yan Huisheng got the letter from Feiying, Zhou Che, who was on his way to the north of Hebei, was also found by Feiying.

The eagle circled twice from the clouds, swooped down, and landed straight in front of Zhou Che's horse.

A small soldier saw him and immediately shouted, "General, be careful."

Zhou Che didn't notice the danger, but he still pulled out the saber from his waist as a precaution.

Flying Eagle seemed to sense the danger from him, and took a few steps back, looking at him with its head tilted, as if trying to identify whether this person was the one it was looking for.

Flying eagles are trained to send messages, so naturally they need to train their sensitive sense of smell, hearing, vision, etc., to send messages across thousands of miles, and to draw topographical map markers so that they can be remembered repeatedly. To accurately deliver the target to the person, the most important thing is to have the person's personal belongings, so that he can track and identify it by smell.

In short, among the tens of thousands of flying eagles, there are very few of them who are able to be spiritual, understand human nature, and have been trained.

Someone with sharp eyes immediately said: "General, there is something tied to its leg that seems to be... a letter?"

Zhou Che retracted his saber, got off his horse, and reached out to Feiying.

Flying Eagle sniffed his breath, seemed to confirm that this person was the one it was looking for, cooed and took two steps forward, and let Zhou Che pick him up.

A little soldier came over curiously, "Huh? Is this eagle really Xinying?"

"Can you still use eagles to send messages? This is amazing."

Someone asked: "General, is this for you?"

Zhou Che didn't know either, so he untied the letter from Feiying's lap, opened it, and saw that it was Zhou Gu's own handwriting. He immediately smiled, "It's my fourth brother."

"Huh? Is this eagle raised by the fourth son?" Someone was surprised, "It was able to find you accurately."

"It's not him, he doesn't know how to raise eagles." Zhou Che was also puzzled, and while talking, he looked down, and gradually, his relaxed expression turned solemn, and when he saw the end, he was suddenly surprised and anxious, and immediately said: "Turn around and go to Nanping."

The lieutenant general's soldiers were taken aback for a moment.

Someone asked: "General, what's wrong?"

"Northern Hebei is about to launch troops to attack Nanping, Zhang Ping is going to rebel, we have to go to the rescue." Zhou Che put away the letter, immediately took out the note from his pocket, brushed a few strokes with a charcoal brush, wrote back saying that it would come soon, and tied the letter to the eagle.

He **** the letterhead, and in order to reward the eagle who worked so hard to find him to deliver the letter, he immediately ordered: "Give it the meat."

A soldier immediately went to the food camp and brought a large piece of meat.

Flying Eagle looked at it with satisfaction, took the meat slowly, and then rushed straight up with the letter and flew into the clouds.

Zhou Che immediately took a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to Nanping.

Nanpinghou Mansion, Ningchi returned to the mansion after finishing the important affairs of the Eighteen Villages, and discussed with his father, Nanpinghou, to deploy troops to Nanping City.

Nan Pinghou was a little startled, and said to him: "Isn't it? It's not a good time, Zhang Ping will rebel now?"

"For Zhang Ping, maybe now is a good time." Ning Chi had a different opinion, "The Nangong family found a cooperation with General Pingxi's Mansion, and gave half of the family wealth to General Pingxi's mansion, allowing him to cooperate in killing Miss Su Qi. Half of the Nangong family's wealth is not a small amount, enough for Zhang Ping to raise troops."

Marquis Nanping took a deep breath, "But there are only 30,000 soldiers in our city."

"Let's set up defenses first, just in case, Miss Su Qi has sent a letter to His Royal Highness to dispatch troops." Ning Chi also hoped that Zhou Gu was wrong in his judgment, but he felt that the hope was slim, and Zhou Gu could easily make mistakes, just like he concluded that Zhang Mao was in the Eighteen Villages.

Nan Pinghou nodded, "Then hurry up!"

Ningchi got the cooperation of Nanping Hou and quickly rearranged his troops.

Before the preparations were finished, Zhou Gu sent someone to send a message saying that a large number of soldiers and horses from northern Hebei were marching to Nanping, which should be no less than 200,000, so he was asked to prepare for the battle quickly.

Ning Chi's entire face changed. Although he was prepared, there were no less than 200,000 troops, which was more than six times the strength of the Nanping Marquis Mansion today. How could Nanping survive?

Fortunately, Zhou Gu said in the letter that he had received a reply from Zhou Che and was rushing to Nanping with a hundred thousand troops, and he only needed to hold on for a few days.

Ning Chi showed Zhou Gu's letter to Nanpinghou, and Nanpinghou's face changed, "I always knew that General Pingxi's mansion raised soldiers and horses privately, but I didn't expect the amount to be so huge. If he can send 200,000 troops to attack Nanping at one time, then at least there are 200,000 soldiers in northern Hebei."

Originally, the Pingxi General's Mansion in northern Hebei raised 100,000 soldiers and horses according to the court regulations, but now, there are four times more soldiers and horses. I don't know how His Majesty would feel if he knew that Zhang Ping had rebelled.

After all, Zhang Ping's appetite, as well as Zhang Ping's private rearing of soldiers and horses, were fattened up by His Majesty.

Father and son had already made preparations, but when this number of troops arrived, the pressure increased in vain. Ning Chi asked Jiang Zhu to be invited to the study, and Zhou Gu's letter was also shown to Jiang Zhu.

Jiang Zhu read the letter, his face changed, and he said to himself, "If I tell Zhou Gu that I regret it now and want to go back to Shibazhaimao, I wonder if he will agree?"

There are no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses. There are only 30,000 Nanping troops in this city. Are you courting death? If it is a hard attack, it will not be able to withstand it for a day, let alone a few days.

Ning Chi looked at him, and he couldn't laugh at this moment, so he could only say to him: "You have already boarded the thief ship, and you can't get off. Brother Jiang, hurry up and think of a way with me, let your brothers, who want to join the prince, take advantage of this opportunity and make meritorious deeds!"

Jiang Zhu was about to cry, "You told me that 30,000 soldiers and horses are no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, how can you make meritorious service?"

"Your brothers in Shibazhai also have thousands of people, and they are all good players." Ning Chi patted him heavily on the shoulder, "This opportunity is once in a thousand years. Think about your brothers who don't want to leave Daliang and follow you to Southern Chu. Now the court is recruiting them. If they don't make meritorious deeds, what kind of errands are they giving? The sky is uncertain. Brother Jiang and you yourself, if you want to seek refuge with Miss Su Qi, you have to show your abilities, Zhou Gu's recommendation alone is not enough to make Miss Su Qi pay attention to you, you have to impress him, and then, when she goes to Nanchu and becomes the king, you will be able to be valued by her and make a bright future."

Jiang Zhu sighed, "Brother Ning, you really should travel around the world to be a lobbyist, Nanping is a place that has failed you."

Ning Chi coughed, "Brother Jiang, hurry up and call on the brothers to defend the city with me?"

Jiang Zhu was helpless, "That's the only way to go."

As he said, they are all on this boat, and they can't get off.

"Oh, and my younger brother." Ning Chi suddenly remembered Ning Ze, and immediately ordered, "Go and call the Second Young Master."

He is Su Rong's person now, and at such a critical moment, he cannot be left behind to be used to the best of his abilities.

Monthly pass, okay?

(end of this chapter)

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