Annam, Ninh Binh.

This is the closest city to the Li Dynasty on the southern border of the Mo Dynasty, located in the plain area, which has always been a rich land in previous years, and the rice crops are twice a year, and the output is quite abundant.

It's just that this wealth has long been an old thing, since the Mo Li melee, there have been decades of fighting, and the most anxious battlefield area is the two or three hundred miles between Thang Long and Thanh Hoa, although it is a bit exaggerated to scorch the earth, but it is obviously a fool's dream to maintain the former wealth.

60,000 troops gathered in Ningping, only a hundred miles south, is the core of the Li Dynasty, Annam's Xijing Qinghua. It's just that this hundred miles is not easy to go, for decades, the army of the Mo Dynasty has gone to Qinghua I don't know how many times, which time did it take that city?

Mortun looked ahead with a somber face, and the bantam under his crotch walked unhurriedly, as if he did not want to go south.

Since the death of his third brother Mo Jingdian, the king of Qian last year, various factions in the court and China have competed with each other, and it is only at the end of the year that the winner is gradually decided, and finally after the New Year, he has set a plan for him to let the general charge of military and political affairs.

Mo Dunrang is the seventh son of Mo Dengyong, but because the eighth died early, he is actually the youngest son, after Mo Dengyong's eldest son Mo Dengying succeeded to the throne, he gradually took power, and when Mo Dengying died, Mo Maoqia succeeded to the throne, he was already the auxiliary king in charge of government affairs, His Royal Highness King Ying.

Among Mo Dengyong's sons, the most famous is Mo Dunrang's third brother Mo Jingdian, except for the eldest son Mo Taizong Mo Dengying, but Mo Jingdian is impatient with details and unwilling to manage national affairs, which makes Mo Dunrang have today's status.

It's just that Mo Jingdian has a very tight grasp of military power, and has always believed that the Mo Dynasty can stand on its own and rely on the army, so he never let Mo Dun Rang intervene, which also led to Mo Dun Rang having no prestige in the army. This time, he won the political struggle, and the first thing he did to obtain military power was to establish his authority, so the southern expedition was imperative.

In order to ensure the success of the southern expedition, he selected two deputies for himself, one of which was Mo Yulin of the Mo Dynasty clan, who led the right army to garrison Wen'an, with the goal of going south to capture Mangpan and Rejuvenation and then outflanking to Thanh Hoa, and besieging Xijing with Mo Dunrang.

The second is the famous general Ruan Ti, but Mo Dun Rang is not very at ease with Ruan Ti, especially because Ruan Ti has a high prestige in the army, and can almost be said to be the first person below Mo Jingdian, so Mo Dunrang refused to let him be a striker, but stayed in the back road, the reason was to avoid being raided by Zheng Song on Shenglong.

In addition to the 60,000 people he has here, Mo Yulin on the right has 25,000 in his hands, and Ruan Ti has 15,000 in his hands, which is 100,000 troops. In the north, including Thang Long City, there are probably only 20,000 or 30,000 people left.

Modunrang felt that he had no reason to lose, because as far as he knew, there were only 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Dynasty, some of which remained in Nghe An and Hue in the south, and a maximum of 50,000 on the Xijing side.

In Mo Dunrang's opinion, even if Mo Yulin on the right side does not come for a while, he will not be able to lose 60,000 to 50,000, at most it is just a stalemate. And as long as Mo Yulin arrives and the outflanking trend is formed, this battle will be won and undefeated, and the worst situation is just that the troops of Qinghua City will not be able to attack, what's the big deal?

The first time he sent troops, he achieved the results of encircling Thanh Hoa, even if he couldn't take Xijing, it was enough to stabilize the hearts of the insiders.

The topography of Ninh Binh is very interesting, it is mainly plains in general, but there are many small hills that are not big but continuous, most of them are only two or three hundred meters in height, but they are twisted and twisted, scattered in all directions, and divide the good plains into many small pieces. Sometimes in the middle of a plain there are a few lonely peaks, as if dotted in between, which is very distinctive.

In this way, the army of Modunrang marched in a zigzag manner on the plain between the mountains.

"His Royal Highness King Ying, there is a river ahead, our army has been walking for so long, and the sons and daughters are tired, why don't we repair by the river, bury the pot and cook first, and then leave in the afternoon?"

Although bantam horses have always been known for their steady walking, Mo Dunrang still felt that his bones were about to fall apart, and after listening to the words of his subordinate generals, he also breathed a sigh of relief, so he said downhill: "Since the soldiers are tired, then bury the pot in front of you to cook." ”

Another general looked ahead and suggested: "Your Highness, the last general feels that the terrain of the Hengshan Mountain in front of me is strange, if there are Li soldiers hiding behind it, I am afraid it is a little dangerous, it is better to send someone to investigate first, and then go to the river." ”

Hengshan is the general's description, and the mountain in front of it looks like a large stone lying horizontally in the middle of a plain, and not far from the mountain is a river.

Mo Dunrang glanced at it, shook his head and said: "Although that mountain is strange, if you want to hide soldiers, you can hide more than 10,000 people at most, and I will wait for an army of 60,000, so why be afraid of him?" Just go forward, and when you get to the river, it's not too late to send someone to investigate. ”

Mo Jun was already tired of walking, and he was very happy to hear what King Ying said, and he rushed towards the river, everyone was very anxious, and wanted to grab a good location near the water and not a wetland - Annan has a lot of water, especially in the lower reaches of the Red River Plain, many places are similar to wetlands. In normal times, this is a good thing, it is convenient to grow rice, but if the army is camped, the terrain is not good, and it is not even convenient to sit.

The team that was already walking crookedly, because some people were in a hurry to seize the advantageous resting place, suddenly became more chaotic, although Mo Dunrang was a little annoyed, but thinking that everyone had been walking all morning, they were tired of riding horses, and these people were naturally more tired on two legs, so the current situation was understandable, and after thinking about it, he didn't bother to stop it.

Even he himself clamped the horse's belly and urged the horse forward, wanting to dismount and rest early.

After walking two or three miles, it was getting closer and closer to the river, and there was no change in the Hengshan Mountain not far away, and Mo Dunrang was even more relieved, took the initiative to turn over and dismount, and ordered left and right: "Find a place to do something, and leave the king's big tent." ”

The soldiers around him hurriedly went to the baggage team behind him to ask for a big tent, and Mortun asked himself to turn his back slightly and relax.

A trumpet suddenly sounded on the mountain, and a group of men and horses suddenly rushed out from the mountain, waving the banner of "Zheng", roaring and screaming at the Mo army.

Mortun was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Meet the enemy, meet the enemy!" ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw many people and horses on both sides of Hengshan turning out from behind the mountain, and they also outflanked him.

Modun casually yelled at the two generals: "Go and stop them!" ”

The general who persuaded him to send someone to investigate in advance hurriedly said: "Your Highness, now you should quickly hit the whole army to meet the enemy, and order the rear army to outflank the left and right, our army has the advantage of strength, don't panic, as long as the team is organized, there is no doubt about victory!" ”

Mo Dunrang didn't have any ideas, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, just do it, quickly pass on the king's military order......"

Before the words were finished, there were already seven or eight hundred cavalrymen on short horses in the Li army on the opposite side who went straight to the place where Mo Dun rang to kill, and the first person shouted: "Mo's traitor, have you heard the name of the general Huang Tingai!" ”

Seeing this cavalry rolling forward, Modun made countless splashes in the slightly thin wetland, and the momentum was terrifying, and he couldn't help but be a little panicked, and without saying a word, he turned his head and ran towards his warhorse.

Huang Tingai, the general under Zheng Song, was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted loudly: "The puppet king of the Mo clan has escaped!" The Mohs puppet king has fled! Those who surrender will not die! ”

Madun was furious, turned on his horse, and shouted around: "Where did this king escape? Who will take this fang for this king! ”

Who knew that before his words fell, Huang Tingai over there saw him get on the horse, the goal was obvious, and he was even more overjoyed, and shouted: "All the sons, follow this general to capture this thief, are you afraid that there will be no reward for the marquis!" ”

The cavalry under his command was overjoyed, and he didn't even wait for the infantry behind him, and even looked at the chaotic Mo army around him, and took advantage of the horse's momentum to rush towards Mo Dunrang with Huang Tingai.

Mo Dunrang didn't expect the other party to be so fierce, and he was so shocked that he sat on his horse and couldn't move.