Chapter 398: Almost Hit

Meng Ge, who fled in a hurry with 5,000 defeated soldiers, was extremely tired despite fighting all night, and galloped wildly along the way, not asking for anything else, only to return to the camp as soon as possible with the fast horse under his crotch, so as not to be killed by Shi Bin's pursuers in this wilderness, which became a shame for Dayuan.

His courtiers did not allow this to happen, so they fought to the death. In the end, the hard work paid off, and Shengsheng tore a hole in the encirclement, allowing Shi Bin to watch Meng Ge escape.

Meng Ge, who returned to the camp, was very depressed, and he deeply understood that this defeat would have a very negative impact on his prestige, and the various forces under his command were afraid that they would not be so obedient. In particular, the Naiman tribe has been completely wiped out so far, and those tribes that are close to Naiman must be in danger. If this matter is not handled well, his throne will be unstable.

If he wanted to put his ruling foundation firmly again, he would have to rely on his own army for the rest of the battle. But today's opponent is too cunning, and if he loses his lineage again, the throne will really be in jeopardy. Therefore, Meng Ge has been crying and mourning since returning to the camp, and has not slept for two consecutive nights.

Shi Bin on the other side also didn't fall asleep for two consecutive nights, but he was so happy that he didn't fall asleep. This battle not only achieved brilliant results, but also made his subordinates no longer fear the Yuanren. The newly formed second echelon has reached the level where it can fight head-on with the Yuan people, which is very rare.

The two sides had a very tacit understanding, and they had a good rest for five days without any conflict, and they didn't even scold.

It wasn't until the sixth day that Shi Bin relieved himself, but he didn't want Meng Ge, the tiger, to slow down, so he began to send his men to scold.

Who knew that the eighteenth generation of Yuan people, who had been scolded from Changshengtian to Meng Ge, did not react at all, and did not even release an arrow.

This result was so much unexpected that Shi Bin couldn't believe that the arrogant Emperor Yuanren could endure such a great humiliation and hide in a sturdy camp as a shrinking turtle. Of course, Shi Bin definitely didn't believe that Meng Ge would just keep hiding, maybe he was secretly Chen Cang on the Ming Plank Road, secretly planning some conspiracy to avenge this arrow.

It was not until the third day, that is, the eighth day after the war, that Meng Ge's battalion reacted and began to shoot the soldiers sent by Shi Bin to scold the formation, but the reaction was still very weak, not at all like the Yuan army that looked down on the world before the war.

This reaction made Shi Bin wonder, how could Meng Ge be a hero of the time who collapsed and didn't dare to fight because of a slightly bigger defeat?

The answer is absolutely no, but the reason for this is that Shi Bin doesn't want to think about it alone, it's too tiring. Therefore, he played 'brainstorming' again, and ordered Xu Feng to call Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou to discuss the matter.

When the two arrived, Shi Bin looked at them with smiles on their faces, and Shi Bin also smiled: "The two adults seem to have made a lot of money this time." ”

Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou smiled embarrassedly, and Xie Qiangbing said more directly: "This is all the credit of the marshal, if the marshal is not so courageous, the brothers will not be able to reap so many benefits." ”

Shi Bin deserved this compliment, so he was not modest, but smiled proudly and said that he accepted this compliment. gave Xie Qiangbing a 'you are quite good at talking' smile.

"I called you here today, do you know why?" Shi Bin asked.

"It should still be for the sake of that Mönggo." Xie Qiangbing said with certainty.

"Yes. Eight days have passed, and the tiger of Möngke should have eased up, but he has not yet come out to fight, don't you feel strange? Shi Bin asked.

"Makes sense. I heard that Möngke was an extremely arrogant man, and that no one should be allowed to disobey or insult him, but we insulted him hard enough. What's more, now that he has defeated the Naiman tribe, it stands to reason that he wants to give an explanation to the Naiman tribe and other tribes. But he just blindly shrunk in the camp and didn't move, which is really puzzling. Isn't he afraid that his subordinates will no longer obey him, and there will be two hearts? Li Ergou said suspiciously.

"Master Li is right. An emperor is insulted by others, but it is a great shame, and he must not do this, and he will not fight back. Möngke also had to do something to calm the internal contradictions. I think Munke must have given us a trick to do something behind the scenes. Xie Qiangbing said with certainty.

"Well said. It's useless to dream, first send me more detailed work to the Yuan people to keep an eye on, and see what they are doing every day. Even how much they sleep in a day, when they eat, and what they eat, you have to find out to me! ”

No one dared to slack off on Shi Bin's order, Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou increased the number of 50 observers to 150 on weekdays, and advanced the observation range to only half a mile away from the Yuan camp.

After observing so carefully for more than ten days, they still didn't see any flaws, and the Yuan people still did their business as usual, regardless of what the Song army was doing outside the camp.

Twenty days passed, Shi Bin's heart gradually became uneasy, although he couldn't know what Meng Ge was doing, but he could be sure that this was the calm before the storm. If he didn't figure out what Meng Ge was doing as soon as possible and make a plan to deal with it, he would definitely suffer a big loss.

This time, Shi Bin issued a military order: report all the changes that occurred in the Yuanren military camp, even if it was one more horse. If anyone provides useful information, a reward of 1,000 taels of silver.

As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, and this time not only 150 meticulous soldiers went to inquire about intelligence, but even some off-duty soldiers with reconnaissance experience also spontaneously joined the reconnaissance team.

Soon, Shi Bin received a message: the number of horses and the number of tents in Mengke's camp were seriously unequal. A camp of the Yuan people is generally three to five people, and the Yuan people are at least two horses per person. That is to say, a tent should correspond to at least six horses, and a maximum of fifteen horses. The number of horses in the camp was less than five times the number of tents, so there must be something strange about it. At least it's certain that a lot of the soldiers in Möngke's camp have been transferred, and he's playing empty tricks.

Now that the soldiers and horses in the camp are gone, where have they gone? It never disappears for no reason.

So Shi Bin gave another order: carefully observe the other large camps of the Yuan people to see if their horses and tents have increased.

Within a day, the answer came out: a large number of military horses were added to the Yuanren camp besieging Zhengzhou City, and it was estimated that 15,000 yuan soldiers had been added.

Knowing the answer, Shi Bin was relieved, but he was still faintly uneasy. Why did Meng Ge transfer so many Yuan soldiers over? He had already attacked before, but the 100,000 army had not been captured, so how could the less than 50,000 Yuan soldiers be able to attack it now? Isn't he afraid that he will take advantage of the situation to break through his southern barrier and let him completely rout?

This matter was too strange, Shi Bin knew that the military situation was urgent, so he no longer thought alone, and immediately ordered Xu Feng to call Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou to discuss the problem.

Seeing Shi Bin with a sad face, Xie Qiangbing and the others knew that the situation was not good. Shi Bin was not in the mood to joke when he saw them, so he said directly: "Tell you bad news." The old fox of Meng Ge has played an empty trick for us, and the Yuan army in front of us is probably less than 20,000. ”

"What!" Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou said loudly in unison.

"Then where are the more than 10,000 troops?" Li Ergou asked.

"Under the city of Zhengzhou."

Hearing this answer, Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Qiangbing said even more disdainfully: "It seems that Meng Ge is defeated and confused, and wants to use this empty camp to drag us down, and he himself will lead the army to capture Zhengzhou City with all his strength and recapture this bridgehead to the south." But he forgot that the 100,000 strong soldiers had not been captured before, and now how could he attack the 50,000 tired army? ”

Li Ergou didn't agree with Xie Qiangbing's opinion, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, so he could only frown and think about it, and didn't express his position.

"No, Möngke would never make such a low-level mistake. If he did such a stupid thing, he didn't deserve to be called a hero in the world. Shi Bin said with certainty, "There must be a deeper reason that we haven't understood." ”

"Dashuai, what do you think?" Li Ergou asked.

"I don't know, but I can be sure that Meng Ge is bound to Zhengzhou City, but he will never rely on human life to fill it, and he must rely on it. The answer should lie in the Yuan camp besieging Zhengzhou City. Shi Bin groaned.

Xie Qiangbing and Li Ergou agreed after listening to Shi Bin's analysis, and asked Shi Bin to place another reward order for the Yuanren intelligence outside Zhengzhou.

Shi Bin immediately agreed to the couple's suggestion and raised the bounty from 1,000 taels of silver to 1,200 taels.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed, and Shi Bin was already a little restless. He didn't have the patience to wait any longer, so he simply ordered 15,000 soldiers from the front army and 2,000 of his own firearms to storm the empty camp that Meng Ke had left for him. Now Shi Bin's plan is that even if he doesn't know why Meng Ge made such a dangerous move, he can't let Meng Ge have a good time.

Under the onslaught of the Song army, the empty camp of the Yuan people was crumbling, but to Shi Bin's surprise, Meng Ge still did not send troops back to help. This made Shi Bin even more sure that Meng Ge had a big conspiracy and a big dependence. If the preparation is sufficient, Zhengzhou City may be defeated by Meng Ge. At that time, Meng Ge will defend the city and the battle situation will be reversed, and he Shi Bin may have no second way to go except to retreat to Xuchang.

One dark night, Shi Bin tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so bored that he picked up the information sent by his subordinates before and read it again. Suddenly, a line of words came into his eyes: "There are huge trees in the Yuanren camp, and there are several blonde and blue-eyed people. ’

Giant Tree? Blonde fan? When did Meng Ge fall in love with Jumu and Fanren? Aren't they supposed to like only good horses, good iron, and women? Shi Bin was puzzled.

Unable to think of it and unable to sleep, Shi Bin simply got dressed and went to the camp to turn around, hoping to wake up his brain by the cold wind, so that he could think of the answer in this way.

I walked without looking at the road, and stumbled again. Fortunately, he held on to a piece of wood next to him so that he didn't fall and eat.

How could there be a big log standing in this camp? You know, this is not a camp gate or a handsome tent. What's more, even the wood that supports the handsome tent can't bear such a pounce.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be a stone thrower. At this point, Shi Bin suddenly became enlightened. It immediately understood why Meng Ge dared to make such a risky move. Not because of anything else, but because of the 'return cannon'.

This 'return cannon' is a stone-throwing machine that fires boulders, which is more powerful and has a longer range than the original stone-throwing machine. The weight of the launched boulder can reach nearly three hundred catties, and no matter how strong the city is, it will quickly turn into powder in front of it.

Thinking of this, Shi Bin was scared out of a cold sweat, and despite the fact that it was late at night, he personally ran to beat the drums and gather the generals.