Chapter 67: Victory (1)
On the seventh day of the seventh month, the hour of the hour. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The speed of the Mongolian mission was beyond Wu Shaogang's expectations, and when they were about to enter the territory of Zhenzhou, they suddenly chose to set up camp and stopped moving forward, that is, at that time, Lu Xiufu went to the camp of the Mongolian mission alone, and Wu Shaogang led the rest of the people into the Mochou Valley.
The scouts led by Wang 13 began to shuttle back and forth to reconnoitre, and it was not until the sixth day of the seventh month that the Mongolian mission continued to move forward, and Lu Xiufu had already entered the Mongolian mission for most of the day.
During this period, Wu Shaogang's heart was hanging, and he could almost conclude that Hao Jing would definitely ask Lu Xiufu a lot of things, although he said that he was well prepared, but if Lu Xiufu couldn't carry it, then the Mongolian mission would definitely be prepared, and it was even possible to stop moving forward and go home.
Fortunately, the Mongol mission continued to advance, which showed that Lu Xiufu had gained Hao Jing's trust, at least they did not doubt it.
When there were still five miles to go from the Mochou Valley, the Mongol mission set up camp again.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Binghui, Ma Long and others couldn't hold their breath and wanted Wu Shaogang to make a suggestion, and they suggested that the sergeant leave Mochou Valley and attack directly.
Wu Shaogang decisively rejected the suggestions of Zhang Binghui and others, and asked everyone to still wait in Mochou Valley.
It was not until the seventh day of the first lunar month that Wang 13 came to report that the Mongol mission had once again set up camp and came to Mochou Valley.
Wu Shaogang made several preparations, what if the Mongolian mission was unwilling to enter the Mochou Valley and waited at the mouth of the valley, or what if the Mongolian mission insisted on leaving the Mochou Valley and met the team sent by the imperial court outside the valley, etc., what he didn't expect was that all the Mongolian missions had actually entered the Mochou Valley.
Wu Shaogang and his sergeants were stationed in Mochou Valley, and the tent could be seen at a glance.
After the Mongolian mission entered the Mochou Valley, it began to set up camp slowly, not caring at all about Wu Shaogang and the others on the other side.
This made a smile appear on Wu Shaogang's face, and he was basically relieved.
When the Mongolian mission entered the Mochou Valley, Wu Shaogang began to observe carefully, details determine success or failure, he needed to observe every move of the Mongolian mission, so as to determine what kind of attitude the other party had, or what kind of thoughts.
It was so close that the Mongol mission didn't care at all, they didn't take the necessary precautions, some of the sergeants dismounted, and began to shout loudly to set up tents, and those who accompanied them began to get busy at the moment.
The people of the Mongolian mission didn't care about the Great Song team that greeted them on the other side, and even ignored them.
The arrogant soldiers were bound to be defeated, and the sergeants in the Mongol mission were too arrogant, perhaps they did not take the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty into account at all, in their opinion, the Song army had no chance of winning in the field battle.
Wu Shaogang was looking for Lu Xiufu in the team, but he didn't see that there were several carriages, which were tightly covered, and Lu Xiufu should be in these carriages.
Wu Shaogang also didn't find Hao Jing, and among the busy personnel, except for the Mongolian Tartars in military uniforms, they were the entourage.
After nearly a quarter of an hour of observation, Wu Shaogang still found something, among the Mongolian Tartars, there were five leading people, among which the highest ranking one did not dismount or move from beginning to end, and the rest of them often rode horses to report to him.
In less than half an hour, the tent was finally set up.
Soon, a Mongol sergeant on horseback galloped over, this was a Han soldier.
"Are you the ones who have come to greet you? . . .
The words are very polite, and the condescending attitude is obvious.
Zhang Binghui, who was beside Wu Shaogang, was furious and wanted to do it immediately, but was stopped by Wu Shaogang's stern eyes.
"Exactly, I am here to greet the Mongolian mission on the orders of the imperial court."
"Come with me, we adults want to see you."
Wu Shaogang rode towards the camp of the Mongol mission, with Zhang Binghui and Qin Han following him.
The Mongolian sergeant looked at Wu Shaogang, Zhang Binghui and Qin Han, obviously feeling strange, just three people, dared to go to their own camp, and there was no excuse or refusal, could it be that these people Song Jun sergeant was impatient.
"Stop, dismount, and hand over your weapon."
Five Mongolian sergeants instantly surrounded Wu Shaogang and the other three in the middle.
Of the five, four were true Mongols, with short and stubby figures, faces covered with horizontal flesh, and pigtails on their heads, all of which were bronzed, which was obviously the reason for their long time away from home and exposure to the sun.
Wu Shaogang looked at several Mongolian sergeants with a contemptuous smile on his face.
"Why, is this how the Great Khan of Mongolia greets guests, does not understand etiquette, does not know how to greet envoys, what is the difference between this and a barbarian...
Several Mongolian sergeants were stunned, they could understand Wu Shaogang's words.
Soon, one of the sergeants turned blue, apparently angry.
"Don't be presumptuous, invite the guests of the Great Song Dynasty to the tent."
A confident voice came out of a tent, and several sergeants surrounding Wu Shaogang and the others suddenly lowered their arrogance, although they still looked at Wu Shaogang and the others viciously, but they didn't dare to make a move anymore.
Coming to the front of the camp tent, Wu Shaogang turned over and dismounted, and handed the reins in his hand to the Mongolian soldiers guarding the front of the camp tent.
The Mongolian sergeant was also stunned for a moment, instinctively thinking of getting angry, but he turned his head to look at the tent behind him, and still pulled the reins with a blushing face and tied them to the pillar next to him.
When entering the camp tent, Wu Shaogang was very conscious, took the initiative to untie the Song hand knife on his body, and put it on the table outside the camp tent, and Zhang Binghui and Qin Han, who followed him, also put the Song hand knife on the table.
Entering the tent, a strong smell of milk came.
Wu Shaogang couldn't help frowning, he knew the living habits of the Mongolian people, they were used to drinking goat's milk, and it was goat's milk that had not been processed much, and sometimes a large amount of wool could be drunk from these goat's milk.
Goat's milk is highly nutritious, not to mention mutton, which may also be the reason for the strong health of Mongolian tartars.
A middle-aged man in a Confucian robe, standing in the middle of a tent.
Inside the tent were five Mongolian sergeants waiting, two standing to the left and right of the middle-aged man, two at the door, and one under the map directly in front of the tent.
Needless to say, this middle-aged man is Kublai Khan's envoy Hao Jing.
Lu Xiufu was not found in the tent.
Wu Shaogang's heart sank a little, if they did it later, they wouldn't have time to save Lu Xiufu, then Lu Xiufu would definitely die.
"The person who came is General Wu Shaogang, the deputy commander of the Urging Front Army under the front division of the palace."
"Exactly, on the orders of the imperial court, I am here to greet the Mongolian envoy, I don't know if you can be the envoy of the Mongolian mission."
The middle-aged man turned around and smiled and spoke.
"Exactly, I am Hao Jing, I was sent to the Great Song Dynasty on the order of the Great Khan, I didn't expect the Great Song Dynasty to send people here to greet me, I thank you on behalf of the Great Khan."
"No, it's not a good errand, it's not that I'm willing, I sent Lu Xiufu to meet him the day before yesterday, I don't know where he is."
Hao Jing's face was slightly red, and he thought about it and spoke.
"Vice President Wu is talking about Lu Xiufu, I don't know what's wrong, Mr. Lu is a little uncomfortable, his health is not good, come here, please come to the tent."
Soon, Lu Xiufu was helped into the tent by two Mongolian sergeants.
A slight smell of blood spread in an instant.
Lu Xiufu lowered his head and couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but the clothes on his body were a little shabby, and blood stains could be seen in several places, and the traces of the horsewhip whipping were very obvious.
Wu Shaogang's face changed slightly, he looked at Hao Jing and spoke with a sneer.
"I see that Mr. Hao is also a scholar, I don't know why he is talking nonsense when he opens his mouth, Lu Xiufu's appearance, is it possible that he is not accustomed to the water and soil, and he whips himself, Lu Xiufu and I came to greet Mr. Hao and the Mongolian mission on behalf of the imperial court, and we actually encountered such a situation, I don't know what Mr. Hao wants to do."
Hao Jing's face was really a little red this time.
"Vice President Wu, all this is a misunderstanding, and the mission is responsible for all the expenses required for Mr. Lu's treatment. . . ."
Hao Jing said this, several Mongolian soldiers in the tent were very unconvinced, they looked at Wu Shaogang and others, there was anger in their eyes, and even more contempt.
However, Hao Jing's eyes were very stern, making these Mongolian soldiers lower their heads and not dare to move.
It was also at this time that Wu Shaogang suddenly moved.
With an extremely fast drifting movement, he instantly arrived at Hao Jing's side.
When his right hand stuck in Hao Jing's throat, the dagger in his left hand had already been thrown at the Mongolian sergeant standing under the map, and before Hao Jing could understand, the Mongol sergeant under the map, holding his throat, fell softly, and a large stream of blood burst out of his throat.
Zhang Binghui and Qin Han also moved.
The two took out sharp daggers from their chests and quickly pounced on the other four Mongol sergeants.
The dagger in their hands had a white trail.
Four streams of blood splattered out, and the other four sergeants, also clutching their throats, couldn't make a sound at all, and fell to the ground softly.
Hao Jing, who saw all this, turned pale.
"You, what are you doing, dare to kill the people of my mission, are you impatient?"
"Hao Jing, if you dare to touch my people, I will make you pay, you have to know what place this is, this is my Great Song Dynasty's Zhenzhou, not your Mongolian steppe, come here to be arrogant, you are looking for death."
Hao Jing didn't understand the meaning for a while, and continued to speak.
"Torture Mr. Lu, it is true that we did something wrong, but we have promised to compensate, but you killed the five sergeants under my command, what do you take to compensate...
Wu Shaogang sighed, the master is the master, it's all at this time, and Hao Jing still doesn't understand the meaning.
But he didn't have time to hesitate.
"Qin Han, go out and send a signal, remember, the Mongolian Tatars' bows and arrows are very powerful, be sure to let them have no time to fire bows and arrows, you don't enter the tent and participate in the fight."