Chapter 12 Mobilizing on All Fronts
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I'm digging a pit here, waiting for Yan Bode to be fooled. Wanyan Bird was indeed misled by a series of illusions and relaxed his vigilance against the Red Turban Army.
Meng Jiucheng's compromise and concession is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Wanyan Bird is really tired of it.
As a cavalry, as a mobile force that was finally drawn out, they only occupied a state city, and they had to confront the Red Turban Army. This was not Wanyan Bird's original intention at all, nor was it the task he should undertake.
Originally, after attacking Mizhou, he blocked the southward path of Yang An'er's defeated army, and Wanyan Bode was going to lead the cavalry to chase the north and sweep away the defeated rebels. But now, the longer the time drags on, the more likely it is that the defeated rebels will regroup and resurrect.
Therefore, when he received the news sent by Meng Jiucheng, saying that he had blocked more than 3,000 people from Yang Miaozhen's department from going south and forced him to return north, Wanyan Bode basically had no doubts. But for the sake of prudence, he still sent someone to find out more accurate information.
The news came back quickly, and the Red Jacket Army built a camp in Tieyong Mountain, and occupied Liuwang Town and Tieshan Town, which is the rhythm of taking root!
Wanyan Bode could not tolerate the remnants of the Red Jacket Army to gain a foothold, and could not give these thousands of remnants a chance to breathe from the defeat. Therefore, he decided to send troops to recruit and suppress, and he personally commanded it.
At present, Wanyan Bode has a total of 15,600 men and horses, including more than 900 cavalry and more than 600 defeated soldiers who have surrendered. After consideration, he left the adjutant general to lead a hundred cavalry to supervise the deterrence, and together with more than 600 recruits, he was responsible for defending the city, and he led 800 cavalry to conquer the remnants of the Red Jacket Army.
Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Red Jacket Army, Wanyan Bode wanted to attack quickly and solve this remnant army in one fell swoop.
Wanyan Bode also had the idea of asking Meng Jiucheng to send troops to exterminate the Red Jacket Army. On the one hand, this can further prove Meng Jiucheng's intention to surrender, and on the other hand, there is no need to let Wanyan Bode mobilize the crowd.
But there are drawbacks to doing so. As the saying goes: It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God. Summoned the Red Turban Army into the territory of Mizhou, didn't it give Meng Jiucheng a piece of land for nothing? After defeating the Red Jacket Army, Wanyan Bode did not have enough troops, so wasn't the task of guarding the place for the Red Turban Army?
So, Wanyan Bode dismissed this idea. He decided to do his best not to keep the Red Turban Army from growing larger, and to recruit rebels while exterminating the rebels, and to form a force that could be controlled by a small number of cavalry. This force doesn't need to be very elite, as long as it can barely defend the place.
Wanyan Bode thought very well, but unfortunately this would become his unrealizable dream, and he had fallen into the trap carefully designed by Meng Jiucheng without knowing it.
He straightened out his people, and as soon as he set off from Mizhou Prefecture, a spy quickly reported the situation to Meng Jiucheng. Meng Jiucheng, who got the information, immediately launched the second step of action. That night, people from all walks of life quietly set out and marched to the designated place.
Meng Jiucheng led the three battalions of the army, starting from the town of Knock Guan, directly taking the town of Wadian in the east of Mizhou, cutting off the passage between the city of Mizhou and the headquarters of Wanyan Bode, and forming a flanking attack on Wanyan Bode with the headquarters of Wang Zhongfeng of Tieqi Mountain; Zheng Si'an led three battalions of men and horses from Songbai Town to the north and attacked the city of Mizhou; Han Shouzhong was also a three-battalion army, marching from Dachang Town and marching north to Tieyong Mountain.
At this point, the main force of the Red Turban Army assembled on the northern defense line was exhausted and began to take a comprehensive attack on Yan Bode.
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It's early autumn, and although the temperature is still high at noon on a sunny day, the early morning and evening winds are noticeably cool. The autumn wind, although dry and cool, is not like the wind in the north, which can blow the green leaves yellow overnight.
Click, click, after the scouts ahead, a large group of people and horses appeared on the road in rhythm. The sound of hooves rose and fell, and nearly a thousand riders galloped forward with smoke and dust all the way.
Although the weather was hot, no one in the Jin army took off their helmets, which shows that the military discipline of Wanyan Bode's department is still very strict. Looking down from the mountain, the black pressure was overwhelming, like a giant python, coming with its head held high. The horse's hooves stepped on the road, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder.
Although this is not the real elite of the Jin army, its appearance is completely different from the enemy troops it usually deals with. Nearly 1,000 people and horses, with the murderous aura of thousands of troops and horses, were shocked everywhere they passed. Hulala flew into the air, mixed with the wind of Xiao Xiao Mountain, and flew far away from the mountain.
"General, after the narrow mountain pass in front, it will be a wide place, and in another hour you will reach Liuwang Town." The scout rushed back and reported the situation to Wanyan Bird.
"Oh." Wanyan Bird snorted faintly and looked around. He raised his hand and summoned a herald and said a few words softly. The herald galloped forward.
After receiving the order, the vanguard near the mountain pass suddenly slowed down. The front army took the horses and quickly circled in a semicircle. The rider on horseback held his bow in his hand at the same time, brushed the ground, and as soon as the sky was dark, nearly a hundred arrows shot into the forest next to the mountain pass at the same time, as if it was raining arrows.
The leaves swirled and fell. The branches and leaves on the head were instantly thinned, and the sunlight shone down from the trunks of the trees, making people's eyes dazzled.
The suffocating half-pillar incense time, but it seems as long as a day. The Kim Army, who served as a striker, shot a few rounds in four rounds, but could not see a response. The whole team began to move forward again.
"Woo, woo, woo!" A low horn sounded in the horse team. The striker suddenly accelerated, like a torrent, and rushed towards the mountain pass. Apparently, the generals of the Jin army tried to quickly lead the team through the narrow mountain pass.
Wanyan Bird waited with the main force on horseback, and it was not until the advance that entered the pass sent someone to report that there was no enemy ambush, and then he raised his hand and gave the order, and continued to advance with the brigade.
The sparse sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves on Liu Hong, whose face was blackened with pot ash, and the dozen or so soldiers around him. They were all covered with a layer of turf and wore a concealment woven of rattan grass on their heads. If you don't get closer and deliberately observe, it's hard to spot him hiding in the woods and grass.
The advance of the Jin army passed, and there was not much time, and the team stepped on the rhythm of Chen Hong and the others' heartbeats, crossed the mountain pass, and rushed forward.
Call! Chen Hong let out a long breath. Their mission was simple: after the enemy had passed through the pass, they climbed to the top of the mountain, prepared to ignite the buried gunpowder, and blocked the enemy's way out with the rocks that had been blown up.
Now that they have not been discovered by the enemy, the mission is almost halfway completed. Next, it depends on when the enemy is defeated.
There was a low thunderclap on the edge of the sky, very slight, but it shook the earth with it. Wang Zhongfeng subconsciously clenched the big gun in his hand and turned his head to look at a towering tree on the dirt slope behind him.
On the big tree, the soldier in charge of lookout put down his binoculars, quickly picked out a red flag, shook it, and pointed obliquely in the direction where the enemy was coming.
"The divisions are ready to fight." Wang Zhongfeng gave the order in a loud voice.
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