Chapter 64: On the Art of War on the Eve of the Great War

Ming'an took the guards as the vanguard, and Subutai and Jebe led 20,000 soldiers and horses followed by concealed under the cover of night and approached the foot of the mountain. Ming'an's guards took advantage of the chaos of drinking on the mountain and touched the Yehuling outpost.

The half-drunken sentry staggered forward with a knife and shouted, "You...... You are ...... Mongol soldiers? This...... Is it late...... It's here to steal ...... Sneak attack, right? I'll tell you, no...... It's useless, this mountain ...... You guys are ...... If you can't get on, go back and wait for tomorrow...... Tomorrow, we go down the mountain...... Painful ...... Ah, kill it. ”

Ming'an smiled secretly, Wanyan Jiaojian, this idiot is really going down the mountain tomorrow. The soldiers are drunk like this, they can still be on duty, the whole battle is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, otherwise if they hit the mountain at this time, they can't find their next home when they die.

The captain of Ming'an's guard shouted: "Blind your dog's eyes, we are handsome guards who can't see it." If you drink like this, you are not afraid that the Mongol soldiers will kill you? ”

"Oh, it's you...... You ...... every day Drink...... Drink wine and eat meat, Ming ...... It's going down tomorrow, Dashuai...... Let's have a good drink...... Have a drink and go down the mountain for ...... Kill the enemy for him, this ...... This is a handsome ...... How...... What are you...... Finish? The drunken soldier burped and swallowed.

"Okay, drink!" The guards came up one by one, and pulled out three secret posts in a row, but the defenders did not react at all. Ming'an, Subutai, and Jebel led the men and horses into the trail leading to the back mountain, successfully reached the back mountain, and then climbed the main peak and hid in the dense forest.

The other Mongolian soldiers and horses also arrived at the designated position in the night, and formed a large pocket in ambush, just waiting for the golden soldiers of Yehuling to drill in.

Genghis Khan's big tent is still bright day and night, the warblers sing and the swallows dance, and the wine and meat feast are not removed. The soldier who played Ming An on the mast had already been replaced by a straw man, still shaking in the air.

Wan Yan Jiejian's drunken and hazy eyes on the Wild Tiger Ridge stared at the mast from time to time, and he raised his wine glass to the mast and said: "Ming'an, you have been against me for so many years, how do you feel at this time, you are so intelligent, the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the one who is so good at it, is still in my martial arts way, hehaha......"

Wanyan Jiaojian's wild laughter resounded through the valley, and Ming'an, Subutai, and Zhebei, who were hidden not far away, could hear it clearly, and Subutai beside him smiled: "It turns out that you two are old acquaintances. ”

"Yes, we can't be more familiar, we know each other very well, and after fighting for so many years, we almost let him calculate." Ming An elbowed the dummy on the mast of the Mongolian camp and said.

"Since he's your enemy, how about giving him to me now?" Jebel said.

"No, I want his head, but the Great Khan wants the head of an army of 400,000. Kill him, who will command the 400,000 army to go down the mountain tomorrow, and if the Jin army does not go down the mountain, what will be the consequences? Ming Andao.

"That's right! I forgot about this stubble. Jebel scratched his head and said, "Then let him live one more night, and tomorrow I will bring you the head of this fool for drink." ”

"People are not as good as heaven, and tomorrow's vicious battle and ending will be unimaginable in any case. Otherwise, he would never have made such an exclamation to me. Ming'an said with emotion.

The night is deep, and the mountains and fields are quiet. Autumn insects chirped in the grass, and occasionally there were a few strange and vicissitudes of the hairy eagle's "coo-coo".

Genghis Khan and Mu Huali couldn't sleep all night, gathered in front of a piece of silk paper, pointed at the undulating mountain area at the foot of Yehuling Mountain, occasionally pondered, occasionally paced around. After all, at dawn, there will be a fierce battle between 200,000 against 400,000.

Although Genghis Khan tried to lure the enemy down the mountain many times to fight a decisive battle, the Jin army was really going down the mountain and had to attach great importance to it. After all, this was the first time that the Mongol army faced a large-scale battle against the regular troops of the Jin army, and it was twice as many as its own 400,000 troops. It is not very certain to eat this mouthful of raw rice with less than more, so you must be cautious.

Genghis Khan took two glasses of mare's milk wine, handed Mu Huali a glass, raised his own cup to his mouth and put it down to stare at Mu Huali and said, "Are you sure?" ”

Mu Huali subconsciously took the mare's milk wine in his hand, looked at the white mare's milk wine with a little blood red in the cup and said thoughtfully: "In all fairness, if Yan Jiaojian went down the mountain two days earlier, I would be a little worried." After all, it is 400,000 soldiers and horses, that is, 400,000 goats, and it is enough to resist when they rush down. Now that worry is much less. ”

Genghis Khan was silent for a moment and said: "Of course, with Ming'an's knife, the odds of victory are a few percent more certain." But, as you said, if the 400,000 sheep do not resist, they will be cut down for a while. Therefore, the timing of the war and where to start it are crucial. ”

"yes, how many sheep can we put in our pockets, how many should we put in first, and where will we put the rest?" Mu Huali put down the mare's milk wine and followed Genghis Khan's words to himself.

Genghis Khan took an empty cup, poured two-thirds of the mare's milk wine into it, and said, "We can put these in our pockets." ”

Mu Huali looked at the cup in Genghis Khan's hand and said, "The third of them, stay on the mountain and hand them over to Ming'an?" It's a little more, Ming An only has 20,000 people in his hands? ”

"Not much, you know, the Mongol army suddenly appeared on the mountain, and those one-third of the people, when they panicked, did not have much combat effectiveness. Besides, as long as the mountain kills hard and solves it quickly, it will also reduce the pressure on Ming'an. Genghis Khan waved his hands and said confidently.

Mu Huali took the mare's milk wine and drank it all and said, "Okay, then let him go down the mountain with 300,000 people and make his pockets, and leave 100,000 for Ming'an, how about it?" ”

"You can leave some more!" Genghis Khan said, "The key is that the sheep in the pocket should be eaten quickly, and the hundreds of thousands left behind are not hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of thousands of little lambs that are really waiting to be slaughtered." ”

Mu Huali said in a panic: "The Great Khan is wise, as long as we kill quickly, even if those 150,000 people are tigers, they will become little sheep, or even little mice." Not only are they not threatening, but they can be as easy as rolling ants. ”

"Haha, as long as the knife is fast and Jebel's strength is strong, these heads will stick out like giraffes for you to chop!" Genghis Khan said, "But it depends on whether you can eat the more than 200,000 sheep in your pocket, and whether you can eat them quickly." Otherwise, there would be not hundreds of thousands of giraffes on the mountain, but hundreds of thousands of tigers. ”

Mu Huali said: "Yes, it is not so easy to eat these more than 200,000 sheep in one bite." You have to think of a good way to eat it. ”

Genghis Khan said: "I will give you a word." ”

Mu Huali patted his head and said, "Chaos! ”

"Haha, this time I've finally come to you." Genghis Khan laughed.

"The Great Khan has always been ahead of the curve, and the ministers are just faster and more accurate than others guess." Mu Huali smiled convincingly.

"Heroes see the same thing!" Genghis Khan said.

"Nope! The Great Khan is the hero, and the last general is worthy of heroism at best. "Mu Hua Li said.

Genghis Khan smiled and said, "And wise, young, you are much more handsome than this king, and the two ladies of Yesui and Suye often praise you." ”

Genghis Khan blurted out this, could it be that the Great Khan had sensed something? Mu Huali was nervous for a while, the demeanor of the general who was talking about the army just now was gone, and he said incoherently: "Great Khan, it's too much, no, no, I ......"

Genghis Khan patted Mu Huali and said: "Cowardice is your shortcoming, this king is more daring than you, and heroes must have courage." Do it if you think of it, grab it if you can't get it, and get the good things you want. Haha......"

Mu Huali was not only nervous at this time, but extremely frightened. The two sisters praised themselves in front of the Great Khan, Isn't there no silver here? Fortunately, when he was locked up in the quick-drying yurt, he kept the bottom line, and there was no fait accompli. Thinking of this, Mu Huali seemed to verify his original judgment: these two sisters must have some purpose of theirs, and it is possible that they will do something between the Great Khan and themselves, which is the most terrifying.

Or maybe they are destroying it if they can't get it, and warn you that Mu Huali can say good things about you or bad things about you, and your seven inches are in our hands, and they can't do anything that can hurt you. The latter is not terrible, and his honor and disgrace are nothing compared to Mongolia.

Obviously, the key is what the Great Khan thinks and does. I dare to grab what I want, and this is not what I want, I am threatened or forced to be helpless. Oh, there you have, what you want? Do you want to grab something you don't want? Mu Huali had an epiphany, grew a long spirit, and said very calmly: "The key is that I don't have what I like and want, and I don't need to grab it." ”

"Haha......" Genghis Khan laughed with satisfaction, "this king knows this, you only have a strategy in your head, and there is no woman." Well, it's not too early, and the matter of tying the pockets will be left to you. This king should be tempting to help you play the show well, don't forget to keep Wan Yan's head for me, this is my gift to Ming An. ”

"Don't worry, Great Khan." Mu Huali made a pun, which means that Madame's business is not worrying, I will not hit my head on the knife; The war is also assured, and more than 200,000 sheep are guaranteed to swallow them all. The more important thing is to relieve the suspicion of the Great Khan, and I am also much relieved. So he stretched his waist and walked out of the big tent after Genghis Khan.

The dawn broke in the east, and Mo Daojun walked early. The dawn before a bloody battle was silent, and the slightly tired faces of the planners of the two hunting battles showed the dawn of victory.

In the big tent of the defenders of Yehuling, Wanyan Jiujian almost stayed awake all night. After all, a big war is imminent, and the fierceness of the Mongolian soldiers and horses has often been heard of, even if they have not been taught. Hu Shahu, the famous general of the Jin State, was wiped out in Datong, Xijing, and fled back to the capital alone, which shows that the Mongolian soldiers and horses are extraordinarily strong, and it is not groundless. Of course, Wanyan thinks that he is not Hu Shahu's generation, and he will not be Hu Shahu's second. The elite army of 400,000 Jin under his command is not vegetarian, but wants to drink the blood of the Mongols and eat the flesh of the Mongols.

As soon as dawn broke, Wan Yan Jiaojian summoned the general who was still a little drunk into the big tent for the last pre-battle instruction: "I have eaten and drank, have you studied the mission I deployed yesterday after I went back?" ”

The generals said in unison: "No problem, Dashuai, as soon as you give an order, our 400,000 army will rush down the mountain like a torrent and drown those Mongolian Tatars." ”

"Listen to the generals, this time the battle down the mountain is different from the usual, although the Mongols are stragglers and have no rules, but the individual combat is very strong, and it must not be underestimated. We must give full play to our army's regular combat position, advance step by step, and advance step by echelon. Like casting a fishing net, as long as the Mongol soldiers are covered and the net is tightened, they can all be slaughtered without leaking. "The tactics that Wanyan pondered all night were to use the regular battle formation advantage of the Jin army to deal with the individual superiority of the Mongolian army.

Except for Zhao Ningjun, who is the grandson of Zhao Xiqian, a traitor of the Song Dynasty, and belongs to the Han people, the rest are all from the Wanyan clan of the Jin State. He was 100% obedient to the coach Wanyan Jiaojian, and said in unison: "You can give orders, and everything will be obeyed." ”

Wanyan Jiejian looked around at the generals and said: "This battle is divided into three echelons: the first echelon has the left commander Wanyan Hongguang with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and descends the mountain from the left wing; In the second echelon, Wanyan Liji led 100,000 soldiers and horses down the right wing of the mountain, and the two teams caused a pincer outflanking attack on the Mongol camp; Ben Shuai led an army of 100,000 for the third echelon to attack Genghis Khan's tent from the front. General Zhao Ningjun led 100,000 soldiers and horses, first, the army under the mountain was frustrated and quickly descended the mountain to support; the second is to ensure that the passage up and down the mountain is unobstructed, and the advance and retreat are free; The third is to defend the mountain, and once there is an accident, cover the retreat of the receiving army. ”

Zhao Ningjun was very unhappy when he heard that others ate meat and asked him to drink soup, and he didn't even have to drink the soup. This is clearly the exclusion of the Han people, the three generations of our Zhao family have made great contributions to the Jin country, and the infamy of betraying the country is still an outsider in the end. If you don't accept it, who called you a traitor, you have to be a servant on the surface, and you have to be servile on the surface, and say flatteringly: "Dashuai, Mongolia only has 200,000 people, and the 400,000 army is pouring down, and if you don't crush them into pulp, what is the way back?" ”

"You know what?" Wanyan didn't look at Zhao Ningjun properly, and reprimanded, "If you go on a business trip for the three tasks, Lao Tzu will cut off your head." ”

Zhao Ningjun recognized the thief as his father like his grandfather, flattered the Jin people in every way, and was scolded by the Jin people for being a dog blood spray, and he didn't dare to let a fart go. But he was ruthless to the Han people, and often fabricated evidence to frame and punish the Han ministers in the court, and killed and killed on trumped-up charges. This time, the plan to let Ming An go down the mountain to die and kill with a knife was dedicated by Zhao Ningjun to Wanyan Jiujian. And Wanyan Jiujian looked down on the traitor in his heart, and he didn't take Zhao Ningjun seriously at all, how to treat him or how to treat him. Fortunately, he was used to swallowing his anger, and Zhao Ningjun looked at Wan Yan and said flatteringly: "Yes!" Boss, promise to complete the task. ”

Wanyan Jiaojian waved his hand and said: "Everyone's task is clear, go down the mountain at the right time, there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Yes!" When the generals turned around and went out of the account, they didn't forget to sneer at Zhao Ningjun.