Hutou Mountain, Hutou Mountain!

"What the hell is going on Hutou Mountain?!" Ye Yingwu sat on horseback, although the sky was clear, but the cold wind was still like a knife, hitting his face and causing pain, as if he wanted to cut his skin, "Why hasn't the sentry in front sent the news back yet, isn't it that Hutou Mountain has been conquered by Ah Shu?" ”

Bian Juyi, who was behind him, also had a solemn look on his face when he heard this, and it was difficult to hide the worry in his heart. He is naturally very aware of the importance of Hutou Mountain, if Hutou Mountain is conquered, then the rear of the Tianwu Army that ventured north will also become a lone army, and what awaits the Tianwu Army at that time is only heavy losses or even annihilation.

It's not that Bian Juyi is afraid of fighting with the Mongolian Tatars, but he doesn't want to kill a few Tatars, so he dies here for no reason.

"None of the sentinels sent out have returned." Xiao Yangzi said helplessly on Ye Yingwu's other side, and looked around. Although Ye Yingwu was in the center of the rear of the Tianwu Army, after all, only a few personal guards were left in the cavalry of the Hundred Battles Capital who served as personal guards, and the others had already been sent out to serve as scouts, which made Xiao Yangzi feel a heavy pressure on his shoulders.

Ye Yingwu nodded: "Yutu." ”

The guards on one side hurriedly sent the map, which was just a hasty outline of the terrain around Tiger Hill on the cloth, just for the convenience of carrying, but there was no way to refer to it in the details. Ye Yingwu frowned and looked around, fortunately, the wind and snow stopped before, making the mountains and terrain clearly present.

"Marquis Bian Yu, you can also come and have a look." Ye Yingwu looked at Bian Juyi, and after waiting for Bian Juyi to step forward, he pointed to the south of Hutou Mountain and said, "There are quite a lot of hills in the south of Hutou Mountain, which are continuous, but we can vaguely see that we should be in the southeast of Hutou Mountain now, but the specific place is elusive." ”

Bian Juyi smiled bitterly and said: "Well, this map can still be seen from the grand view, but the details are rough, and there is no way to refer to it." What's more, the surrounding mountains all look similar, and it is really laborious to find out. ”

Ye Yingwu sighed softly: "If you get lost in this vast snowfield, or if you accidentally let the Mongolian Tartars run into it, it will really be a failure." ”

Bian Juyi immediately said solemnly: "If you can rest assured." The last general is willing to take a few men forward to investigate, or at least find out where we are now. ”

Ye Yingwu waved his hand: "There are enough people who have gone out, five hundred cavalry have been scattered in a hundred battles, and it is easy to attract the attention of the enemy if there are more scouts." What's more, if it is difficult to complete the responsibility of scouting in a hundred battles, a certain needs to think carefully about whether it is necessary to return here. Ah Shu is not a good type, and he doesn't want to swagger into the trap. ”

At this time, several fast horses came from a distance, and soon appeared in front of Ye Yingwu, leading one person who was none other than Jiang Tie, the capital of the Hundred Battles:

"The envoy of Qiyu, the last general and others have explored for about fifty or sixty miles, and they have not found the scouts of the Mongolian Tatars, but they have faintly heard the sound of killing, and I am afraid that it is not far from Hutou Mountain. Brother Wu led another group of men and horses to the west, mainly to attract the Mongol scouts to our southwest. ”

Ye Yingwu nodded: "Order all the departments in the rear compartment to speed up the pace." ”

And the sound of killing. It shows that Hutou Mountain is still in the hands of his own people, but Ye Yingwu didn't dare to hold it up, and looked at Jiang Tie: "Continue to expand the scope of the scouts, be sure to find out where the Mongolian Tatars have arrived, and be careful on the road." ”

"Please rest assured." Jiang Tie answered, and Pegasus went.

And Ye Yingwu looked straight at Xiao Yangzi: "Go to the rear army and call General Jiang Duojiang." ”

"The envoy said that it was the Tianwu Army that had newly developed firearms, but I don't know if I plan to try it out in Hutou Mountain?" At that time, when Ye Yingwu gave the order in Yingzhou, Bian Juyi was also present, and now when he saw Ye Yingwu greeting Jiang Duo, who was in charge of logistics equipment and firearms, he suddenly vaguely guessed something. Finally, I couldn't hide my curiosity.

Ye Yingwu exhaled lightly: "I don't want to let them show up so early, after all, I still want to rely on these new firearms to smash the defense line of Ashu's 150,000 army, after all, Hutou Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we are on the periphery." The Mongol Tatar army was quite scattered, and if they could not be annihilated in a battle, let them be prepared, and the consequences would be endless. ”

While the two were talking, Jiang Duo had already come over: "The last general has seen the envoy. ”

Ye Yingwu nodded: "Everything you have with you?" ”

Jiang Duo pondered for a moment and then looked around cautiously before he said softly, "Hmm." There are a total of 200 units, all of which are in the rear army, and there are also six doors and fifty Jinyi guards to take care of them, after all, Yingzhou City did not leave too many people to garrison, so the last general did not dare to leave these things in the city, so he could only bring them out. ”

Seeing Jiang Duo's cautious feeling of being a thief, Ye Yingwu was also very helpless, after all, a powerful firearm like a flying thunder cannon was nothing in his eyes as a modern person, but for an ancient person like Jiang Duo, it was definitely a weapon of mass destruction, so it was no wonder that it was mysterious.

"I'm not in a hurry to use it later, and don't act rashly unless you get an order. However, once the situation is eroded, you can retreat with your things first, and even if you can't run, you must destroy them as much as possible, and it would be better if you could sink into the Han water. Ye Yingwu ordered softly, after all, the effect of these two hundred flying thunder cannons against the straggler-like Mongolian Tatars would not be too good, so Ye Yingwu didn't want to use them as soon as he got on the field, but everything needs to leave a way back, in order to avoid things suddenly, it is better to explain the destruction of the flying thunder cannon first.

Jiang Duo cautiously bowed his hand to Ye Yingwu: "Please rest assured." ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, and a sentry in front of him had already come back to report: "Envoy Qiqi, I found a Mongolian Tartar sentry ten miles ahead, but the number is quite small, but there are only more than ten people. The subordinates did not dare to be alarmed, and quickly came back to report. ”

This sentence made Ye Yingwu, Bian Juyi and others subconsciously straighten their waists, and the Mongolian infantry army, which has never been traced, is finally about to be revealed?

"Summoning Jiang Tie," Ye Yingwu pondered for a moment before he said, "It's better not to be alarmed now, but don't rush forward, just stare at it from afar." If the Mongolian Tartar sentry found out and killed on the spot, it was estimated that they could arrive within half an hour. ”

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In the north of Xiangyang City, across the Han River, Mohong Beach West. It is another most important city in the entire Xiangfan defense system - Fancheng.

The Great Song Dynasty guard, Ma Junsi, commanded Niu Fu and walked quickly onto the city wall. There were no clouds in the sky, and the city was covered with snow only scattered strings of horseshoe prints. Even the snow on the steps of the uptown trail was soft and white, as if no one had ever trampled on it.

Reaching out and grabbing a handful of snow on the battlements, Niu Fu felt the cold and piercing cold in his palm.

The 150,000 Mongol Tatar troops have already crossed the Han River one after another. As a result, Fancheng on the side of Hanshui seems to have been ignored, but others see it this way, Niu Fu will not, he knows very well that among the 50,000 troops left by Ashu to garrison various camps, there are 10,000 elite cavalry in Anyang Beach on the west side of Fancheng, and Mongolian sentinels can be seen from time to time across Hanshui on the east side of Fancheng. These details show that Ah Shu has never forgotten Fancheng, which is close to Xiangyang City.

Unlike the Lu family brothers, Niu Fu is actually not interested in Jia Yidao, let alone flattery, the reason why he can serve as the commander of the defenders of Fancheng is mainly because Niu Fu defends back and forth between the two important towns of Xiangyang and Fancheng, and almost most of his life's efforts have been poured into these two fortified cities.

Several sentinels returned from afar, leaving fresh hoof prints on the snow outside the city. Niu Fu closed his eyes slightly, stretched out his hand to feel the wind blowing on his face. Soon he remembered the sound of footsteps behind him, and he didn't need to look at Niu Fu to know that it was Wang Fu who sent the news brought by the sentry horse.

Wang Fu is his most trusted general, although his status is not high, but Niu Fu is often entrusted with important tasks, and Wang Fu himself is also outstanding, convinced by the soldiers, if it were not for the fact that there has been no accumulation of military achievements, I am afraid that he would have been promoted. This Wang Fu can be called the second-in-command of the entire Fancheng, but he is also worthy of this important responsibility.

"Rule. News from the Sentinel. Wang Fu said softly.

In the last Mengsong scout war, Niu Fu also sent all the most elite scouts under his command, and Wang Fu led one of them all the way to the left of Gwangju. In the end, under the sudden strangulation of the Mongolian infantry cavalry, Jiang Hao was commanded by the front carriage of the Tianwu Army to save Jiang Hao by mistake, as a friendly army, the Tianwu Army did not embarrass him too much, and even served him with good wine and meat, so close contact made Wang Fu have a new understanding of the powerful power of the Tianwu Army. And praised the near-perfect retreat of the Tianwu army from Gwangju to Suizhou, and after the battle in Gwangju was settled, he returned to Fancheng with Ye Yingwu's handwritten letter and handed the letter to Niu Fu.

Although he didn't know what was written in the letter, Wang Fu knew that in the next few days, his own ruler often walked up to the city wall and looked alone.

"How?" Niu Fu turned his head.

"Hutou Mountain is still fighting, and the Mongolian Tatars seem to have suffered a lot of casualties, but there is still no progress. Xiangyang is still standing still, whether we shoot books into the city, or send people across the Han River to deliver letters, there is no reply. Wang Fu said with a wry smile, "But the Tianwu army moves quickly・・・・・・

Niu Fu was slightly stunned, and then walked to the Tibetan Soldier Building: "Let's go, look at the map, it's not suitable to talk here." ”

After all, Fancheng is an important town, and the Tibetan Soldier Tower, as the most important fortification facility in wartime, is naturally built with a solid style, and a map is hung behind Niu Fu's handsome seat, outlining in detail the mountains and rivers of the surrounding state capitals.

Wang Fu hurriedly took two steps forward, stretched out his hand and pointed to the north of Xingzhou: "This time the news is mainly about the transfer of the Tianwu Army and the Huai Army in the south, the front of the Tianwu Army went north from Tianjia Town, turned to the west, and the march was quite fast, it is estimated that it can advance to the Lumen Mountain camp of the Mongolian Tartars within a day, and the rear of the Tianwu Army has also arrived in Yingzhou, as for whether it will go north to support Hutou Mountain, it is elusive." In addition, the Huai army is now advancing along the river, probably wanting to go to Ezhou. ”

Niu Fu looked at the direction of Wang Fu's finger in some surprise, and frowned: "Li Xiangfu is a little wrong this time, if he attacks directly from Huaixi, I'm afraid the effect will be better, and now if he goes to Ezhou, is it possible that he wants to grab credit from the Tianwu Army?" Ye Yuanlie is not a good stubble, but he is not afraid of him Li Xiangfu. ”

Wang Fu said with a wry smile: "I don't know, but the last general thinks that the most important thing now is Hutou Mountain, as long as the left wing of the Tianwu Army and the Chinese army are nailed to Hutou Mountain, Ah Shu will not dare to make any changes, but the strange thing is why Xiangyang has not moved." ”

"It's not surprising that there's no movement." Niu Fu said a little helplessly, "The Lu family brothers and Ye Yuanlie have always had a grudge, and it is not impossible not to save them when they die. After all, you are also very clear about the Lu family brothers, you may not be able to do this kind of thing, but it does not mean that the two of them can't do it. ”

Wang Fu was stunned, and his fists clenched tightly: "Isn't this a major matter of misleading the country for personal revenge, such a traitor should be killed to set an example!" ”

Niu Fu shook his head: "You think it's very good, but don't look at it, this court, this official family, who has already held it in his hands." That person and the Lu family brothers were originally standing together, and what the Lu family brothers did was just a repetition of what that person usually did. Jiang Xianggong, Ye Xianggong, how many famous people in the court were driven out, what were they doing. ”

"But・・・・・・" Wang Fu felt that he had no way to answer, so he could only reluctantly say, "This is a war between two countries, 300,000 troops on both sides, and the fortunes of the country are gambling against each other!" ”

Niu Fu glanced at him in some surprise, and immediately lowered his voice as much as possible: "In the battle of Ezhou a few years ago, why wasn't it that hundreds of thousands of troops pressed the border and gambled on the fortunes of the country, and what the result was in the end, don't you know in your own heart?" What kind of national fortune bet, in the eyes of these people, this country is better than cheap political enemies to fight for power and profit, it is better to directly hand it over. ”

Before Wang Fu could answer, Niu Fu smiled bitterly and said: "What's more, the responsibility of their Lu family brothers is to defend Xiangyang, as long as Xiangyang is not lost, it is a great achievement, as for the camp on the periphery of Xiangyang, what does it have to do with them?" As for the annihilation of the Tianwu Army, which has always been regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by the court, what does it have to do with them? Maybe these guys who sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight can be counted as some meritorious deeds in the end! ”

Wang Fu slammed the table hard, and there were flames burning in his eyes. And Niu Fu patted him on the shoulder kindly, shook his head lightly and sighed: "The Tianwu Army is also desperate this time, the whole army is pressed, this courage is still worthy of admiration, and it can resist the siege of Ashu's 100,000 army, and the name of the strong force is well deserved." ”

"What about us?" Wang Fu hurriedly looked at his commander.

Niu Fu turned around and knocked hard in Suizhou: "Naturally, we can't watch the fire across the river!" In this big war, he Lu family brothers don't care, a certain Niu Fu has to help Ye Yuanlie Ye make Jun Zhen Town! Tens of thousands of soldiers in Fancheng are not bad breeds, let alone this kind of people who ignore everything. ”

Wang Fu suddenly came to his senses: "Let's fight?" ”

"Why don't you fight?!" Niu Fu asked rhetorically, his voice cold, "Defending the city is not hiding in this turtle shell, it always has to go out." What's more, if the front of the Tianwu Army dares to directly put people under Lumen Mountain, we naturally dare! 20,000 steps to ride, take advantage of tonight's departure, quickly cross the Han River, enter Lumen Mountain, personally lead the team, this Fancheng will be handed over to you. ”

Although he was a little disappointed in his heart and wanted to go out of the city to kill, Wang Fu also knew very well that the garrison of Fancheng was still the top priority, and there was no room for the slightest omission. Looking at the entire Fancheng, only he can afford the trust of Niu Fu, and he did not hesitate at the moment, but still asked: "Let's directly cross the Han River to attack Lumen Mountain, what about the Mongolian Tartars in Anyang Beach?" ”

Niu Fu looked at the Anyang Beach Mongolian camp located on the west side of Fancheng, this camp was on the back waist of Fancheng, if it weren't for the Mongolian cavalry taking advantage of the Han River ice to be fierce, Niu Fu would not have given them Anyang Beach easily, but fortunately, all the cavalry who came:

"These Tartar cavalry obviously only play a deterrent role, using cavalry to attack the city, the Mongolian Tartars have not been extravagant to this extent, as long as Fancheng itself is not chaotic, then no matter how they gallop, they have to stare at someone under the city!"

Wang Fu realized that he had inadvertently ignored this problem, and suddenly his mind was relieved, and he arched his hand at Niu Fu: "Please rest assured that the general will definitely live up to his mission." ”

Niu Fu nodded and continued to look at the map.

The wind outside is still blowing. (To be continued.) )