8-36 Battle of Wumei Mountain

The army of the imperial court pressed the border, King Ning was unwilling to sit still, and ordered his subordinates to write a letter of Changhong, denouncing the traitors in the court, and decided to raise troops in Nanchang, Zhu Donglin, Qing Jun side, Ning Wang Zhu Changhui self-proclaimed as the generalissimo of the world's rebellious soldiers and horses, and his subordinates and military generals had their own rewards, Zuo Mengeng also officially got the seal of the general of Zhenbei, and gave him the name of the twelve Taibao jade unicorns of Ning Wangfu, and even the mount was rewarded, which was a so-called "hornless unicorn beast".

The text was posted in the whole city of Nanchang, and the "people" were all rejoicing and running to tell each other, and the 100,000 troops of King Ning were excited, and even the heavens seemed to be excited, and the sky that had rained for several days was finally clear, and the clouds were clear, as if to indicate the success of King Ning's great cause.

King Ning mobilized an army of 50,000 near Nanchang, known as 150,000 people, and marched west to resist Liu Ziguang, Zhu Changhui wore his signature armor, and also inserted an eight-pole back flag behind him, like a singing line, swaggering and riding his night lion golden-eyed beast to walk in the front of the team, a three-zhang high Daxu embroidered with the words of the world's rebel generalissimo, and did not shy away from using the bright yellow that the emperor can use.

Behind King Ning is his twelve spirited, heroic young men, each person's armor and clothing and even weapons and horses are different, some wear goose wings and cooked copper helmets, some wear purple and gold crowns, some wear imitation Tang Mingguang armor, some cover the Western Regions style chain mail, weapons are even more varied: what phoenix wings gilt boring, eight-edged plum blossom bright silver hammer, five-hook god flying bright silver spear, tiger head brinzle gold armor, point steel zhang eight snake spear spear, these twelve people are the righteous sons of King Ning, known as the twelve Taibao, Zuo Mengeng is the newly acquired twelfth Taibao, he rode a miscellaneous war horse under his crotch, and a pair of hollow copper hammers hung on the victory hook, very helplessly followed the eleven brothers and kept waving to the onlookers, in fact, he felt awkward to death, although he was also a young marshal in Huguang back then, but how could it be so embarrassing as now, just like the big horse monkey raised by the grass platform.

King Ning didn't think so, at the moment he felt quite good about himself, and kept stretching out his hand holding the horsewhip from under the scarlet cloak to greet the people, these people were driven out of the house by the earth guard gong to watch the army pull out, and they had taught the lines in advance. King Ning was very relieved to see that the people's hearts were so cohesive, and he looked at the red sun on the horizon with great ambition, as if he saw the day he ascended the throne and sat in the palace, and immediately laughed.

The army drove out of Nanchang, Xiaoxing stayed overnight and marched westward, the scout Tanma spread out thirty miles ahead to investigate, the left wing and the right wing protected the Chinese army, and the grain and grass were slowly advancing in the back ten miles, and it seemed that the march was very orderly, it is no wonder that King Ning was good at martial arts, and he liked to take people and horses out for hunting exercises when he had nothing to do, and this place was very familiar with every grass and tree. The army only walked fifty miles in a day, and then set up camp, although King Ning is a paranoid, but the real ability is still there, the hard drive is very particular, the back is against the hillside, close to the water source, the wall is surrounded by vehicles, and a lot of sharpened bamboo and wooden sticks are inserted outside, the three camps take care of each other, and look at each other, seeing this, Zuo Mengeng's heart that has been hanging is a little lower. But the next thing made his heart that he had just put down go up again, King Ning actually brought a few plays in the camp, and after dinner, he set up the stage and sang babbling, King Ning also personally wore the outfit and made a cameo appearance on the stage to bid farewell to the overlord, and the generals gathered around the audience and applauded, Zuo Mengeng couldn't cry or laugh, where is this marching and fighting, it's just a camping trip.

At this time, Liu Ziguang's army has advanced to Wumei Mountain east of Wuning, seized the commanding heights and waited for the army of King Ning, this mountain stretches for twenty miles, the altitude is three hundred zhang, it is an excellent natural barrier, but it is a pity that although the Ministry of King Ning is familiar with this area, it has not seized the commanding heights because of the slow march.

The vanguard of Ning Wang's army was ambushed when trying to pass through Wumei Mountain, and the troops of 3,000 people were beaten by condescending artillery, and they were not able to form an army, and the remnants of the army quickly retreated, and the vanguard officer of the leading army, Da Taibao, found Ning Wang and cried, saying that the enemy army was really fierce and could use a thick iron cylinder with a tree trunk to cast fire to kill people, although they fought to the death to kill the enemy, and fought out more than 10,000 enemies but were still defeated, Ning Wang instructed the Chinese army to stop advancing, and the left and right flanks moved closer to the center, and sent scouts to reconnoiter the enemy.

The scout saw from a distance that there was a banner of the imperial court at the foot of Wumei Mountain, so he flew back to report that King Ning heard that he had received the enemy, and was very excited, and ordered to set up a large camp on the spot and prepare for battle.

After dinner, Zuo Mengeng just wanted to lie down and rest, and suddenly the flag officer of the Chinese army came to give an order, so that the left was fully armed to the woods on the left side of the camp to set up an ambush, saying that the enemy would come to steal the camp tonight, Zuo Mengeng hurriedly put on his armor, and took the men and horses of the headquarters to the grove to ambush according to the king's clever calculation, and entered the forest to see, it turned out that the men and horses of the other battalions had also arrived, and everyone praised Ning Wang's skills in unison, and he had calculated that Liu Ziguang would rob the camp in the middle of the night, and he would win a big battle tonight.

On Wumei Mountain, Liu Ziguang was observing Ning Wangjun's movements with binoculars and high-powered clairglasses, and when he saw them coming out in groups and running into the woods next to them, he said strangely: "What are these guys doing?" ”

Vice General Zhong also raised the clairvoyant mirror to observe, looked at it for a long time and said, "King Xu Shining thought that we were going to rob the camp, so he started to ambush people and horses so early." ”

Liu Ziguang sneered: "I think he has watched too much of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and sent scouts to monitor them, let's have a good rest tonight, wait for work, and give him some color tomorrow." ”

The next morning, when the sun rose from the east, the Ning Wangjun who was ambushed in the woods finally walked out dejectedly, and set up an ambush all night except for a body of mosquito bites and pimples, Zuo Mengeng cried and laughed, yawned and returned to the barracks, the firehead army just started to bury the pot and cook, the enemy army on the mountain rushed down, King Ning ordered 10,000 horses out of the camp to line up, and the rest of the men and horses waited for the military order after the meal was full, unfortunately, Zuo Mengeng's department was also classified as a war unit because of its relatively strong combat effectiveness.

Zuo Mengeng was full of big bags on his face, with an empty stomach, holding a hollow copper hammer that he couldn't play at all, and with the same group of complaining subordinates, he followed King Ning's brigade out of the camp, and placed an inexplicable eight-gate golden lock array in the open space, waiting for the challenge of the imperial army on the opposite side.

Liu Ziguang brought 3,000 men and horses out, and the other more than 2,000 people were left as reserves, his soldiers were few, just simply lined up in a narrow square, and the two armies were separated by about 200 steps, and they could see the group of generals on the opposite side who were dressed in various clothes without a claircopy.

Liu Ziguang's army is neat, the soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment wear red robes, covered with Spanish-style cuirasses, with shrimp tail helmets, and the strong men wear military uniforms sewn from black Songjiang cloth, and the key parts are protected by iron armor, and the clothing of officers and soldiers is exactly the same, except that the iron helmet has a striking red helmet and cherry blossoms, and the rank mark of the sun, moon and stars on the chest. On the other hand, King Ning's army, 10,000 horses have four or five colors, Zuo Menggeng's army needless to say, King Ning's own lineage has red, blue, white, black and yellow five colors of clothing, and the armor is even more diverse, it looks like a five-nation alliance.

Below King Ning's Daxu, a group of generals straddled the horse majestically, and from time to time reserved raised the monocular clairvoyant to glance at the opposite side, in addition to the twelve Taibao, there are some strangely dressed old Taoists, monks, old women, dwarfs and other strange people, all of them are vivid, arrogant, it seems that King Ning hired a high-paid outsider.

King Ning is a particular person, although there are twice as many people and horses as the other side, but he did not immediately cover up the past, because that is too boring, according to the rules, the two sides should send generals to fight alone, and after winning and losing each other, Liu Ziguang personally went out to fight with King Ning, and then was captured by King Ning, so that is the most perfect battle in King Ning's heart.

After the three-way drum, King Ning sent a horse out of the battle, read the text of the rebellion, and advised the other party to put down the weapon and abandon the darkness and cast the light, of course, the other party was reprimanded, after the passing was over, King Ning signaled his subordinates to go out of the battle, this is a young general, holding a phoenix wing gilt boring, riding a white horse nicknamed the little white dragon in the west, rushing out of the Ning Wang array, very chic in front of the two armies to strangle the war horse, the front hooves of the war horse raised high, looking up to the sky neighing, the young general held the phoenix wings gilt boring in one hand and pointed at Liu Ziguang and shouted: "Bah! Which one has the courage to fight your master. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "Bah, what virtue, who will do it." ”

Vice General Zhong said: "The last general will go and bring his head." After saying that, he pulled the hammer of the armpit firearm away, stuffed it back into the holster, and rushed out with a broadsword.

The two armies began to cheer for the generals at the same time, and in the earth-shattering sound of killing, Zhong Shouyong approached the young general, and the young general saw that the armor worn by the person on the opposite side was similar to that of ordinary soldiers, and he suddenly felt a heart of despising the enemy, and said proudly: "The general will be named, and the immortal and nameless ghost will be bored under the Taibao." ”

Zhong Shouyong sneered: "Suffer death, you." Saying that, he pulled out the fire gun and pulled the trigger on him, but he was blind, fortunately, the four fire guns belonged to the rifled gun, and then he could shoot a bullet if he pulled it again, but the Taibao was not a fool, and he saw him take out a strange hidden weapon and naturally became vigilant, and picked up the round shield at hand to block, and the bullet hit the shield and smashed a pit, but it did not penetrate the shield, and the Taibao had already caught up with the horse's belly, and smashed it down with one hand.

The distance was too close, Zhong Shouyong didn't have time to be careful, seeing that the heavy gilt boring smashed over, he could only abandon the short gun, holding the big knife with both hands to resist, the gilt boring hit the pure iron knife bar, shaking his wrist numb, it seems that this Ning Wang's subordinates still have some characters who can fight.