Chapter 15: The Battle of Mocheng
Just after the New Year, a war report from the northwest broke the peace of only a few days.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of the affairs of the Northwest?" Nangong Chenzuo sat on the throne, looking down on the ministers, and the awe-inspiring aura of the lord of a country was fully opened.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are playing. The minister thought that Dongyao Kingdom and the various nomadic tribes would raid the border, and it would not be enough to raise the prestige of our dynasty without a fight. ”
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Mocheng is located on the northwest border, the environment is harsh, and it is now in early spring, and the wind and sand are raging, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to our army."
"Yes, yes, Master Zhang is reasonable."
"Master Zhang, how can you purify the morale of others and destroy your own prestige."
The ministers talked endlessly, and the main station and the master were all there, who did not give a pertinent opinion.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dongyao Kingdom has been subservient to Liguo for many years, and has frequent commercial and cultural exchanges with our dynasty, and the two countries have always had friendly diplomatic relations. What Situ Ao said was exactly what Nangong Chen was thinking, and after a little thought, Nangong Chen looked at Ruoxi, these two people, one literate and one martial, are a well-deserved reliance of Liguo.
"What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the minister agrees with what the right minister said."
"Two adults, wait a minute!" The ministers argued, and Nangong Chen simply dismissed everyone. Before they could go far, Situ Ao and Ling Ruoxi were stopped by Gonggong Liu, "The Holy Lord is waiting for the two adults in the imperial study. ”
The imperial study was discussed until noon, and the two of them left the imperial study one after the other.
"General Ling really deserves to be the god of war of my Liguo, with unique insights, he is ashamed of himself, he is ashamed of himself."
Ruoxi: "The right phase is serious." You are the well-deserved minister of the humerus of Liguo. ”
The two greeted each other all the way until the gate of the palace. didn't care about going home, Ruoxi turned his head and went to the camp of the Red Flame Army. Keeping the two of them from the emperor, Ruoxi knew that this battle had to be fought.
That night, Ruoxi took the Red Flame Army's first battalion and went out of the city overnight in disguise.
Nangong Chen is a Ming monarch, he will not take the initiative to start a war and let the people suffer from the war; But he is also a hegemon and will never be left to the mercy of others.
Dongyao Kingdom united with the surrounding small tribes to attack Mocheng, and Nangong Chen would not tolerate it. But what the right minister said is true, if there are three points today, Liguo, Xichen and Nancang will become a full trend. Only when the three parties contain each other can the world be peaceful. Once Liguo fights with Dongyao, it will inevitably make people misunderstand their ambition to dominate the world. Moreover, Dongyao is just a small country, and he has repeatedly provoked Liguo, and there must be Xichen's support behind him, and Xichen will inevitably unite with Nancang to fight a rake at that time.
Therefore, Ruoxi suggested that this battle should be fought, but it does not have to be fought in the open.
Ruoxi's art of war is largely inherited from Yun Si, but the two are significantly different.
The subtlety of Yunsi's arrangement lies in being cautious and thoughtful, and reacting to the enemy's deployment before it often becomes the key to victory. But in essence, it's still a matter of following the rules. Ruoxi was taught by Yun Si in her early years, and the style of the mother and daughter is almost the same.
It wasn't until later that Ruoxi gradually formed her own set of tactical styles.
In the Red Flame Army, she pioneered a special squad directly under her leadership that took the enemy by surprise under harsh or emergency conditions, the First Machine Battalion. In the words of Murong Changfeng, the leader of the Xianji Battalion, Ruoxi has formed a dark group in the Red Flame Army again.
The First Opportunity Battalion has been established for many years, and it has devoted a lot of effort to Ruoxi, which often becomes the key to defeating the enemy by surprise. This time, Ruoxi wanted to take the lead to frustrate Dongyao's sharpness and let them retreat.
General Liguo Anping is famous, but who doesn't know about the old, young, women and children? In the mouth of Mr. Storyteller, the Red Flame Army is the commander, but the dragon is not visible. I only heard that it was a female Jiao'e, who was born with a good skin that seduced the soul, but she took people's lives under the long sword, skillfully faced the enemy on the battlefield, and made great achievements, without any defeat.
Yuan Ganming also met Ruoxi himself for the first time today
A pair of willow eyebrows, the tail of the eyebrows is slightly raised, full of heroism; The apricot eyes are round, and a pair of eyes are like the ocean, as if they can accommodate the world, and they can't see the end at a glance; The bridge of the nose is high and straight, and the thin lips are slightly pursed. Looking at the side face, every line is as delicate as a knife carving. Her long, jet-black hair is simply tied up behind her head to ensure that it does not interfere with movement.
It's not like the beauty of those ladies and gentlemen, nor is it the beauty of a small jasper, nor is it like the flamboyant beauty of a Hongchen woman. Ruoxi's beauty is to make men amazed and envious, and women to sigh to themselves.
Sassy and heroic, beautiful is extremely beautiful, cold is cold.
The perennial military career has made her exude a heroic spirit all over her body; is accustomed to life and death, so she is like moonlight, with a cold temperament.
Just looking at the temperament of this boss, you will no longer wonder why the Red Flame Army is so strong.
"How's it going?" Yuan Ganming, the defender of Mocheng, had already received the news and came out to greet Ruoxi and his party.
It is now early spring, Mocheng is located in the northwest, and this year's climate is particularly dry, and the wind and sand are more serious than before. Dongyao is familiar with the law of the coming of the wind and sand, which has caused Mocheng to suffer a lot of losses. Yes, despite Dongyao's repeated shouting and harassment, Yuan Ganming was also closed to the city.
"Dongyao's abnormal behavior, will it have anything to do with the weather? They have a bigger conspiracy? Changfeng asked. When they came, they had already experienced the severity of the wind and sand in Mocheng, and when it was serious, there was no one within half a meter, and it was difficult to move an inch.
Changfeng's suspicions are also reasonable, but what kind of conspiracy does Dongyao have?
"Changfeng, take a night's rest in the first camp, and give Dongyao a big gift tomorrow."
"Yuan Ganming, Zhang Bang, looking for people in Momo City who know about the weather changes."
"Yes!"
If Xi is not a person who sits idly by, since he can't guess Dongyao's thoughts, then take the initiative.
On the second day, Dong Yao, as usual, shouted and cursed under the city.
"The rats of Liguo, if you don't dare to fight, it's better to give up Mocheng to us and others, and you can still save your lives."
The city towers are full of bloody men, these days, Yuan Ganming should not fight, and they are full of anger and have nowhere to vent. Now that Ruoxi is in charge, they are full of confidence and have asked for battle.
"Marshal, let me open my mouth and tear his mouth."
"Marshal, your subordinates also ask for your life."
"Marshal!"
"Yes, then please ask the two generals Zhang and Wang to let Dongyao see the ability of my Liguo soldiers."
I didn't react for a while, and it took a while to understand what Ruoxi was talking about. "Dele, General, look at it." The two generals led a team of men out of the city to meet the battle.
Dongyao didn't expect that Mocheng, who had been scolding for many days and had not moved, suddenly responded to the battle today.
Purely in terms of combat power, Dongyao and Liguo have nothing to compare at all.
"I thought how powerful this Dongyao was, daring to be so rampant, it was just some showmanship. Once the heavens are not beautiful, I will be able to clean them up alone. "The two generals defeated Dongyao, but they gave the brothers in Mocheng a bad breath. Before, Dongyao used the wind and sand to almost chase them, causing Mocheng to suffer heavy losses.
Dongyao's Great Tent.
"Liguo is ready to fight?"
"Yes, Marshal."
"Tomorrow to continue." You're finally here, Ling Ruoxi, since you're here, don't think about leaving.
Your mother's debt will be paid by you.
Dongyao, the mysterious coach Ji Wuchen, didn't expect that without waiting for the dawn, Ruoxi sent him a big gift.
The Dongyaoguo troops, who had been stationed outside the city for a long time, were already exhausted. At this time, Mocheng was full of morale because of the arrival of Ruoxi and the Xianji Battalion, as well as today's small victory.
In the second half of the night, when people fall into a deep sleep. The north gate of Mocheng slowly opened, and Yuan Ganming personally led a small team of people and horses out. In accordance with the prior deployment, infiltrate the enemy's positions.
"Action!"
Ji Wuchen also understood that they were fighting from a distance, and grain and grass were the lifeblood. So the granary was placed in the center of the whole camp. Ruoxi fought that battle today in order to get Dongyao's military uniform so that they could act at night. Under the cover of this military uniform, there was a thrilling entry into the enemy's henchmanship.
They are all well-trained elites, and they lit Dongyao's granary cleanly.
"Withdraw."
Dozens of torches were lit together, and coupled with the dry climate, the grain and grass were flammable, and in the blink of an eye, it became a sea of fire.
"What's going on?" Ji Wuchen saw the fire in the tent, and just wanted to come out to check it, he heard the little soldier report in a panic, "Marshal, Marshal Qiqi, the granary is gone." ”
"Firefighting! Wait," Ji Wuchen shouted to stop people, the granary will not catch fire for no reason, it must be a ghost caused by the Liguo side. "Lock down the camp and don't let anyone out."
"Yes."
"We will be ordered by the marshal to seal off the camp, and you will quickly go and put out the fire."
Yuan Ganming and his entourage were all wearing Dongyao's military uniforms, and now Dongyao's camp was in a panic, no one suspected them at all. Ji Wuchen's order just sent them out.
"It's fucking relieving." was suppressed by Dongyao for nearly a month, and finally got out of a bad breath.
Ji Wuchen, who was busy fighting the fire, had no time to take care of it, and a team of people took advantage of their unpreparedness to quietly escape them and went in the direction of Dongyao.
Burning the grain and grass is only the first step in Ruoxi's plan, and her real goal is their base camp.
If you have the courage to attack Liguo, you must be prepared to bear the consequences.
Ruoxi and his party dressed up in disguise, and with the help of Liguo's secret agents lurking in Dongyao, they easily entered Dongyao's capital.
"My lord, this is the list of officials above the third grade of Dongyao."
"Act tonight."
Early the next morning, the mansions of the major eunuchs in Dongyao Capital City all let out a burst of screams.
More than ten ministers of Dongyao died at home overnight, and a note was left next to the corpse "You can't live if you do your own evil".
"Let's go, go back to Mocheng." Dongyao was still blocking the city gate in a panic, but as everyone knows, Ruoxi and his party had already left the city before they could react.
Overnight, avoiding the guards and taking the heads of people in the enemy country, no one can do it except Ruoxi's first battalion.
Dongyao's little emperor is mediocre, and the actual person in charge is the old empress dowager. The old queen mother looked at the note left on the pillow, sighed helplessly, and said, "Twelve gold medals, let General Ji collect his troops." ”
"Whoever offends me, die!" The handwriting of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing hints at the arrogance of the master, and also shows the confidence of the master. This is said vaguely, but who left this note, and how those ministers in the court died, the old queen mother knows very well. It was her mistake that she shouldn't have tried to go against Likook.
Overnight, Dongyao's bureaucracy was completely destroyed.