Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 3 Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 3: Sweeping away the chaos and making meritorious contributions

Section 5 Cutting off their food routes

When Wen Polu led his army to Yiyang City, the army of thieves had already received the news in advance and withdrew, leaving only a bloodstained battlefield. Looking at the messy battlefield outside the city, Wen Poyu's heart was full of anger, and he felt a sense of humiliation of being led by the nose. At this moment, Master Chen took a few guards out of the city and came to the army of the Changshui Department to find Wen Poyu.

"Mr. Wen Qian, you can be regarded as coming, these thieves are really not easy to fight, if it weren't for the foresight of the little general, who put the baggage of our Hanwei battalion and the reserve battalion into the city in advance to assist in defending the city, it is estimated that this Yiyang City has been broken by the army of thieves." Master Chen said with palpitations.

Wen Poyu also exchanged a few polite words with Master Chen, and then asked about the casualties of the soldiers, when he learned that the soldiers of the reserve battalion had suffered hundreds of casualties in the process of defending the city, Wen Poyu couldn't help but be taken aback, and said: "The combat power of these thieves is much stronger than the 150,000 army that has just been defeated." ”

Master Chen also nodded and said: "Who said no, these thieves are all outlaws, and the skills of the battle formation are decent, plus there are many people, these thieves are our fierce opponents." ”

Wen Poyu nodded, pondered for a while, and then said: "In this way, Master Chen will go back to the city first, this Yiyang City will have the brothers of the headquarters and the reserve camp to guard it, after all, we can't count on those guards." I'll lead the army to follow the army of thieves and see if I can find a chance to beat him!" Come! ”

One of the night's unanswered voices and said, "Please command!" ”

Wen Poyu said: "Immediately report the situation here in Yiyang to the little general, and at the same time tell the little general that I have led my troops to follow the army of thieves, and I am ready to wait for the opportunity to fight the living force of the thieves!" ”

"Order!"

After setting off at night, Wen Poyu said goodbye to Master Chen and led the iron cavalry of the Changshui Department to gallop away in the direction of the thieves' retreat.

The big camp of the Hanwei battalion, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Yunwei was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, thinking hard about the battle situation in front of him, and constantly thinking about how to defeat the enemy and win. After thinking for a while, a man who didn't accept the night came to report the military situation and said, "General Qiyu, we have already found out the distribution of the main force of the thief army. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei opened the map on the desk and said, "Speak! ”

The Ye Bu Shu said: "General Qi Yu, according to the report of each team that did not collect the night without collecting, the army of thieves has now been divided into three parts: a part of about 40,000 horses and horses are stationed in Mushu Town, twenty miles southwest of our army, and that Zhao Zhenren is in command of Mushu Town; A part of about 50,000 horses has arrived at Zhaobao Town, fifteen miles southeast of our army, and Wen Qianzong has sent someone to report that now the officers and soldiers of the Changshui Department are wandering around Zhaobao Town, preparing to wait for an opportunity to raid the enemy; In addition, there are also about 10,000 thieves stationed in Luhun Mountain, 40 miles south of our army, and the thieves' grain and grass are hoarded there. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he muttered: "There are only 10,000 horses stationed in the place where the thieves hoard grain and grass? This flaw is too obvious, is this Zhao Zhenren preparing bait for me? Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei said: "Send more people, and then go to the vicinity of Luhun Mountain to investigate, and let me know how much grain and grass the thieves have hoarded in Luhun Mountain, and whether there are any hidden ambushes!" ”

"Order!"

After that, Liu Yunwei thought carefully for a while, and couldn't help showing a sneer on his face, and said: "Regardless of whether Lu Hunshan's side is a trap set by Zhao Zhenren, this is the key to my victory over the enemy!" ”

So, Liu Yunwei called a few more people who did not accept the night, and asked them to give Wen Poyu an order, ordering the soldiers of the Changshui Department to closely monitor the army of thieves in Zhao Baozhen, and once the army of thieves over there made any moves, they should delay the actions of their troops at all costs and report in time. After that, Liu Yunwei called Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wang Gandang, Gao Hongguang, Huang Fuming, and Li Tianhao, and said: "The night does not collect has found out where the grain of the thief army is, and most of the grain and grass of the thief army are hoarded in Luhun Mountain, and the specific news will come back soon." So I decided to lead the Longxiang Iron Cavalry to raid Luhun Mountain and cut off its grain route! The rest of the men and horses are temporarily under the command of Lu Ying, and after I lead my troops to attack, the main force of the army will immediately drive to the camp of the thieves in Muxi Town, and be sure to delay the army of thieves. ”

After everyone listened, they began to discuss, and then they persuaded Liu Yunwei to be cautious, after all, this Zhao Zhenren is not simple, can't Zhao Zhenren see such an obvious flaw?

Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I must seize this opportunity!" Even if it is a trap set by Zhao Zhenren, with the main army and the soldiers of the Changshui Department to contain the two main forces of the thieves respectively, I am sure to defeat the 10,000 thieves in Luhun Mountain. In case something really can't be done, with the combat power of the Dragon Horseman, I also have the confidence to come and go freely and get out in time! ”

Everyone persuaded a few more words, and when they saw that Liu Yunwei had made up his mind, they didn't say anything anymore, so they went to rectify the soldiers and horses of the headquarters.

On the afternoon of this day, Ye Bu, who went to Luhun Mountain to inquire about the news, returned to the Hanwei camp and reported to Liu Yunwei: "General Qiyu, the grain and grass of the thieves are hoarded on a flat land halfway up the Luhun Mountain, and the hoarded grain and grass should be more than 30,000 stones, and there are only 10,000 thieves stationed at the bottom of the mountain. In addition, the two armies of thieves in Zhaobao Town and Mushu Town seem to be a little unusual, and they are both mobilizing people as if they are ready to attack at any time. ”

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that Zhao Zhenren has made a heavy effort to lure me into taking the bait!" If I don't go to Luhun Mountain to rob grain this time, it will be too bad for Zhao Zhenren to save face. Pass my order, and the Dragon Horse will assemble immediately! The rest of the troops are acting according to the plan and are attacking immediately! ”

With Liu Yunwei's order, only after the time of the two pillars of incense, the Long Xiang Iron Cavalry had already been assembled, and Liu Yunwei immediately led the Long Xiang Iron Cavalry to the south, rushing all the way to the landing Hunshan; After this, Lu Ying also left Li Tianhao's Yue cavalry to stay in the camp, and then led the rest of the horses to attack and pounced on the camp of thieves located in Mushu Town. And Wen Poyu, who was still monitoring the army of thieves near Zhao Bao Town, also received Liu Yunwei's general order not long after, and immediately led more than 4,000 iron cavalry soldiers to kill Zhao Bao Town.

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Just when the army of the Hanwei battalion was killing the thieves in three ways, Zhao Zhenren also received the news that the official army had attacked Luhun Mountain in Mushu Town. Therefore, Zhao Zhenren sent people to inform the other two people to act according to the plan, and on the other hand, he was ready to quietly lead the army of thieves in Mushu Town to move closer to Lu Hunshan.

But at this moment, a spy hurriedly ran into Zhao Zhenren's tent and said, "Report to Zhenren, the main force of the official army is coming towards us, and the number is about 40,000!" ”

"What!" Zhao Zhenren was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't the official army go towards Lu Hun Mountain?" Why are you coming here again? ”

"I just got the news, the previous rush towards Luhun Mountain was only a team of thousands of officers and horses, we have all deceived the officers and soldiers, and now tens of thousands of main forces of the officers and soldiers are coming towards Muxi Town, and it won't be long before they will be killed!"

"A bunch of garbage, what do I want you to wait for!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhenren was furious in his heart, his previous strategy of using 150,000 miscellaneous soldiers as bait to attack Yiyang failed, and now he gambled on the grain and grass of the whole army to make a bait to try to lure and annihilate the main force of the official army and failed again, could it be said that this group of officers and soldiers is the nemesis of his life?

"Since I have been dragged by the official army here, there must be an official army on Zhao Baozhen's side to block it, it's hateful! If the grain and grass in Luhun Mountain are burned by the officials and soldiers, then my years of hard work will be in vain! Zhao Zhenren kept thinking about countermeasures in his heart, but after thinking for a while, Zhao Zhenren desperately found that he had no other way to turn the situation around except counting on the defenders of Lu Hun Mountain to withstand the attack of the official army.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhenren said with a hideous face: "Since this is the case, then let's break the net!" Come! Pass on my order, and the whole army will march out of Mushu Town to meet the main force of the official army, and it will not stop! At the same time, tell Zhao Baozhen's forward general Zhao Jin to defeat the officers and troops in front of him at any cost, and then immediately support the defenders of Lu Hunshan! ”

It didn't take long for Zhao Zhenren to lead an army of 40,000 thieves to line up three miles north of Mushu Town. I saw that the army of 40,000 thieves was divided into eight phalanxes of 5,000 people, and the four phalanxes in front and four in the back were divided into two rows. The entire rogue array was arranged very rigorously, and just looking at the momentum, these 40,000 horses were already far stronger than the previous army of 150,000 rogue thieves.

Zhao Zhenren looked at the army he had worked hard to manage, and his heart was full of pride: "I have developed such a great power under the nose of the imperial court for so many years, how can I not do a foundation?" This time, I must win this battle, and then make a world in this Henan Mansion! ”

At this moment, there was smoke and dust covering the sky between the heavens and the earth in the distance, and I saw that the Hanwei camp was also an army of 40,000 like a moving copper wall and iron wall, slowly moving towards the thief array. The Hanwei battalion has not yet reached the front of the thief array, and the murderous aura and shocking awe-inspiring righteousness of the sky-high are rushing to the face. There was a commotion in the thieves' array, but it was fleeting, and it recovered in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Zhenren looked at the Hanwei battalion army that was getting closer and closer, and his heart was also very shocked: "It seems that this battle has been fought!" ”