Hao Jing, who got rid of the Song camp, returned to the Mongolian camp near Ezhou at a speed of 100,000 urgently, Meng Ge set up the imperial tent in the south mountain of Ezhou, and the mountain was full of antlers and thorns, and 30,000 cowardly Xue regiments guarded it, and defended the golden top of the mountain like an iron bucket. Hao Jing galloped up the mountain under the guidance of two quiver warriors, all the way to Meng Ge's camp.

Meng Ge was woken up from his sleep, originally very unhappy, but after listening to Hao Jing's recital, it was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, which made him wake up all of a sudden, and he kicked over a fearful fire man kneeling at his feet, and roared in a thunderous voice: "Call Lu Wenhuan and Gundam to come, come immediately!" ”

Lu Wenhuan and Gundam thought that the Song army on the Hanyang side had made some moves, and hurriedly put on their battle armor and hurried to the imperial tent. As soon as I entered the camp, I saw all the generals standing at the foot of the steps, all of them were confused, and the Great Khan on the dragon seat looked quite ugly.

He saw Lu Wenhuan and Gundam coming, and ordered the two of them: "Ezhou can't be attacked for a long time, can you have a good plan?" ”

Although the attack on Ezhou relied on a lot of firearms troops from Lu Wenhuan and Gundam, they were not the main force in the siege, and this time the Great Khan suddenly asked, and neither of them knew what to do.

Meng Ge saw the two of them at a loss, and he was angry in his heart, and shouted: "I'm afraid that I'm not thinking about the siege strategy, but thinking about how to take my head!" ”

Immediately shouted, "Huo'er Chi, push these two out and crush them to death with wheels!" ”

Lu Wenhuan woke up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "We are wronged, the Great Khan must have fallen for Zheng Yunming's scheme, since we surrendered to Mongolia, we have charged for the Great Khan, and we have no two hearts!" This is Zheng Yunming's counter-plan! ”

Meng Ge roared with an iron face: "What are you still keeping!" Hurry out! ”

The person at the bottom of the stairs suddenly said: "Slow! ”

When everyone looked at it, it turned out to be Guiyu Khan's son-in-law, Jun Buhua. Jun Buhua is the head of the Wang Gu tribe, and he is a very powerful figure in the Mongol Empire, and others may have concerns, but he has something to say. I only heard him stand at the foot of the stairs and say to Meng Ge: "When Genghis Khan went south, it was the old Khan who was the first to surrender to my Wanggu Department, and the old Khan asked, you Wanggu Department has guarded the Great Wall for the Jin Kingdom for a hundred years, why do I still believe you?" Wangu Khan replied that the stones on the hillside should roll down the mountain, and the wolves on the steppe should choose the strongest wolf to be the first wolf, and Genghis Khan was so strong, why did he still serve the Jin country? ”

"Now the Great Khan controls the land, not to mention thousands of miles, the subjects of the Great Khan, not to mention billions, the Great Khan should open his mind and accept all the worshippers, if he kills the two Sinan Si generals because he has not found out, who else will be willing to worship the Great Khan in the future?"

His words hit Möngke's sore spot. It is also the sore point of the Mongols, the Mongolian tribes have a population of only one million and no more than 200,000 elite soldiers, and they control such a vast territory and such a prosperous people, relying on the subjugation of tribes and local armed forces in various places. Therefore, they cannot execute local generals for no reason, if they do not handle it well, it is likely to turn into a strict incident that spreads throughout the empire, and in many cases, they can only start to annihilate the tribe after it has completely rebelled.

Of course, there are not many tribes and countries that have not submitted to the Mongol Empire today, but the foreign races that have surrendered are watching the disposition of the Mongol Great Khan, and now Hao Jing just listened to the words of the Southern Dynasty, and the Great Khan is going to order the execution of two Sinan Si generals who led 70,000 people to surrender to Mongolia. Meng Ge listened to the horse's words, and hesitated in his heart, unable to make a decision.

This is a life-and-death moment, Lu Wenhuan suddenly shouted loudly: "Please keep people under the Great Khan's sword, I am willing to lead 3,000 people from my headquarters to attack Ezhou tomorrow, behead Wei Sheng for His Majesty, capture the city of Ezhou, and prove that I have no second heart for the Great Khan!" ”

Someone applauded immediately, but Prince Mo Gedu sneered: "If you lead the troops, won't you turn against the enemy and take the opportunity to break the difficulty?" This kind of ploy is something that even a child with such a high axle in the Mongolian steppe cannot hide. ”

Lu Wenhuan knelt on one knee and shouted: "My husband is alive, his words must be done, and his deeds must be fruitful!" As he spoke, he suddenly pulled out the waist knife of the quiver next to him, and the quiver was shocked and hurriedly wanted to take it back, but he pushed it away.

Lu Wenhuan shouted: "The strong man serves the great country, and he will not regret his death, please witness my loyalty!" As he spoke, he untied the back of his hair and cut off a large lock of his hair. This is the so-called determination of the Han people, although Meng Ge didn't care much about it, but he was able to make such a decisive act before, and Meng Ge did not intend to continue to pursue it.

The Great Khan stood up, took off a huge sapphire ring from his hand, and said: "According to what you said, tomorrow you will lead 3,000 soldiers in front of you as the vanguard of the Mongol Great Khan, and go to battle with Wei Sheng, you must give him a good hand, and this ring will be rewarded to you. ”

Hao Jing stood aside, very anxious in his heart, the Great Khan did this undoubtedly to raise a tiger, in case Lu Wenhuan came to the battle to fight back, wouldn't it be a bitter fruit brewed by himself? But he also understood the Great Khan's concerns, and without conclusive evidence of the accusations, he could not determine the guilt of Lu Gao and the others.

The truth of a qiē can only be revealed by waiting for the ending of tomorrow's battle.

In these days of hard fighting, Jinghu Xiao, who is known as Zheng Yunming's fierce tiger, tortured Wei Sheng to lose a lot of weight, and his army was also emaciated. When he entered Ezhou, his army still had 27,000 people, and in just a few dozen days of fighting, more than 4,000 people were killed and 6,000 people were wounded. Of all the attacks, Wei Sheng's biggest headache was still the Shenwu cannon that kept bombarding in the distance. As long as this kind of behemoth hits the city wall, it will all fall apart, and everyone will be lost, Wei Sheng organized commandos to go out of the city several times to destroy the artillery, but obviously, in front of the iron wall cavalry curtain, all the assaults were ruthlessly crushed.

The Shenmu cannon is slow to reload and not very accurate, but its long range and great power are enough to make everyone in the city fearful. Once a gap in the city wall was blasted out by the Shenwu cannons, Wei Sheng could only temporarily build an inner wall inside the city, and then use the tactics of flanking on three sides to repel the Mongol attack. Fortunately, his subordinates, known as the elite of Zheng Yunming's army, fought at the gap in the city wall, and the Mongol army could not give full play to its superiority. Only then did Wei Sheng repeatedly succeed in repelling the enemy's assaults.

But that's not the way to go. As soon as Wei Sheng went out, he could see the wounded soldiers lying and moaning on the streets, and more and more urns and corpses piled up in the square, although the morale was still quite high, and there was no shortage of food and grass, but Wei Sheng knew very well that under the suppression of such superior firepower of the Mongols, it was only a matter of time before Ezhou was lost.

But even he did not expect that the Mongol army would suddenly launch a large-scale surprise attack without warning.

The Mongol infantry team that came through the dense clash did not have the usual rigorous formation, but exuded a terrifying aura, which was the last fight of the evil beast forced into the corner, and the desperate struggle to abandon the hope of survival. Lu Wenhuan, who rushed to the front, put on a full set of plate armor that was once Jia Nidao as a reward for his military exploits, and carried a heavy hammer in his hand, and now there is no way out, he must take off Wei Sheng's head, or be taken off by Wei Sheng, and the Lu character battle flag held high behind him is raised, but he is no longer charging into battle as an outstanding general of the Great Song Dynasty, but fighting to the death as the sharp minions of the Mongolian army.

Chen Guang looked a little surprised, if it was said that ten years ago, such a formation was a symbol of several battles, then now such a chaotic and dense formation is a taboo for soldiers. "They're looking for death!" Chen Guang said to Wei Sheng: "With such a dense formation, and the attack is completely undisciplined, don't you know how powerful our army is!" ”

"How can Lu Wenhuan be regarded as a famous general in Huaidong, how can he not understand this." Wei Sheng's face was full of murder, and he shouted, "I don't know why, but he really jumped off the wall in a hurry!" Since he is willing to die, how can we not be kind enough to give him a ride? ”

Lu Wenhuan's decisive blow was indeed a violation of the usual attack tactics, not only did he not organize a certain formation to evacuate, but he did not even get the cover of Shenwu artillery and light artillery, which Lu Wenhuan understood very well, but he also understood that only this dense formation had the opportunity to break Wei Sheng's blockade defense line and break through to the city to launch guerrilla warfare, once he could successfully break into the city, the Mongol reinforcements behind him would naturally come in a steady stream, in order to stimulate morale, he even gave up the cover of light artillery, It was just the use of dense formations coupled with desperate pre-war mobilization to mobilize the maximum force. The children of Huaisi are not foolish and reckless, but Jia Rudao usually likes to use reckless men who are not afraid of death, and now although the power and range of firearms have increased by several levels compared with ten years ago, no general has dared to try so much if he wants to completely rely on firepower to block the charge of the daring people. Warriors who are not afraid of death are always the protagonists of the battlefield, which is the mark that Jia Rudao has left on the Huaidong military horses for many years.

Seeing the large group of dead soldiers surging with the heart of death, they were terrified by any military horse, but it was a pity that this could not scare Wei Sheng's subordinates. Behind the gap in the city wall, the damp smell of the damp earth has not yet dissipated, and dozens of majestic eagle-raised cannons have been displayed, this new type of artillery only began to equip the Song Dynasty army three years ago, because Wei Sheng's military horses were one of the few elites of the Southern Dynasty, so they were naturally prioritized. This kind of light artillery is inferior to the previous generation of Shenwei general artillery in terms of power and range, if there is any outstanding advantage, there is only one word that can be summed up, that is, fast, not only fast loading, fast rate of fire, fast projectile flying, even the march is rushing, the speed of entering the firing position is also greatly improved, although it can not give full play to the earth-shattering power of the previous general artillery, but it can flexibly transfer the gun position around, which is of great help to grab fighters and defend large fortresses with a small number of artillery.