33. Bravely explore the Mongolian camp
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The Mongol army made several expeditions to the south, all of which used Nanyang as a gathering place for grain and grass, and its position was very important, and it was guarded by heavy troops.
But a few days ago, it was attacked by a large number of masters led by Yang Guo, the Condor Hero, and not only burned down the grain depot and pasture, but even the powder magazine stored underground was blown up. As a result, nearly 100,000 troops faced an embarrassing situation of having no food to eat, and hundreds of thousands of war horses, cattle and sheep having no forage to feed.
Therefore, on the one hand, the Great Khan Meng Ge ordered the rear to quickly mobilize grain and grass to send forward, and on the other hand, ordered all armies to start requisitioning grain on the spot, in order to tide over the immediate difficulties.
However, the area around Jingnan Road has been fighting for many years, and the small villages and towns have long been empty in order to avoid military disasters, and large areas of land are barren and uncultivated. In such a situation, how can we meet the daily consumption of an army of 100,000? For a while, the Mongolian princes and generals were all unable to do so, so they had to order each of them to take hundreds of households as a unit and think of going to the neighboring Luohe, Xinyang and other places to collect grain.
The scout battalion often circled around the periphery, and was extremely familiar with the movements of the Mongol army, so he immediately pretended to be a hundred-man team returning from the grass valley, swaggered to find a gap from Dengzhou, and went straight to the Mongol camp behind Nanyang.
By the time it got dark, the fake hundred-man team had bypassed the Nanyang grain depot and arrived at the foot of Fengshan, which was only ten miles away from the Pushan Mongolian camp. The leader of the scout camp was a banner officer surnamed Fan, that is, the middle-aged scout who Liu Meng had seen seeking medical treatment for Ma Dutou.
The group found a hidden place to stop, and Fan Qipai drove his horse to the three of Deliumeng, hugged his fists and said: "The three sect leaders are polite, there is a large camp of Mongolian Tatars in front, we can only send it here." Ding Qi was more familiar with the officers of the scout battalion, and immediately replied with his fists: "There are more old brothers all the way to send each other, while it is now dark, the Tartar patrol is loose, and the old brother will go back quickly with everyone, and wait for our good news." ”
Perennial on the front line with the enemy wits and courage, Fan Qipai is also a simple person. Immediately told him to take care, and then took the scouts back to take care of themselves. Here, Liu Meng, Ding Qi, and Wu Dong quietly climbed a small peak, condescendingly, and observed the Mongolian camp under Pushan Mountain in the north.
The Mongol army has been fighting all year round, and there is no lack of people with outstanding wisdom. Just looking at the setting of this large camp, it is very exquisite. The Mongols were mainly cavalry, so they abandoned the city of Nanyang, which was defended by the city wall, and relied on Pushan. It is close to the White River in the east, and there are large camps in the north and south, which are conducive to the rapid mobility of the cavalry, and the east and west are natural barriers, and the defense is very effective.
It was already dark at night, and the campfire had been lit early, and from a distance, there were stars dotted among the tents. It's like the Milky Way in the sky. And these stars are arranged in an orderly manner and have clear layers, which makes it even more impressive that the Mongolian army in the camp is mighty.
"A barbarian people hungry for raw meat and thirsty for blood, fought for decades. I even learned to arrange troops. Look at this camp coiled, tsk. Wu Dong looked at the well-organized military camp with half-squinted eyes, and complained to the two people on the side. Ding Qi "snorted" to object, and said: "The Mongols alone will definitely not be able to set up such a beautiful and well-organized camp. I'm willing to bet that one of the traitors must have done it. For example, Zhang Rou and Zhang Hong Fan are not all celebrities in front of the Mongolian Great Khan now? ”
"Zhang Hongfan is also in the Southern Expeditionary Army?" Wu Dong's expression moved. Follow-up. Ding Qi nodded, "The head of the march on Xiangyang Road was recommended by Kublai Khan to Meng Ge Khan, and he was specifically responsible for attacking Xiangyang. As soon as Liu Meng heard from the side, this famous traitor was in the camp, and immediately said in unison with Wu Dong: "Then kill him!" ”
Zhang Hongfan, the ninth son of Zhang Rou, the first Han commander of the Yuan Dynasty, was the ninth son of Zhang Rou, the first Han commander of the Jin Dynasty, and the fall of Xiangyang had a lot to do with him. He was very good at using soldiers, as a famous general in the early Yuan Dynasty, led the army to break through Lin'an City, captured the emperor and the queen mother of the Southern Song Dynasty and sent them back to Dadu, and then captured Wen Tianxiang, broke Zhang Shijie in Yashan, and forced Lu Xiufu to jump into the sea with the young lord Zhao Yu on his back. And engraved "Zhenguo General Zhang Hongfan destroyed the Song Dynasty here" twelve big characters.
It can be said that more than half of the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty was due to him. At this time, I heard that he was also in the camp, which was really more hateful than Khan Mengke! Since he is here to assassinate the important ministers, then, who will he kill if he is not killed!
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With the martial arts of Liu Meng and the others, it was not difficult to infiltrate the Mongolian camp. In the night, I saw a group of cavalry returning to the camp, quietly falling behind, one by one, and unknowingly replaced it. The commander guarding the gate of the camp did not look closely, sat down by the campfire and let his men count the number of people, and then waved his hand and let him go.
The Mongol camp occupies a very wide area, the outermost part is with the grassland tribes that come to make up the number of cannon fodder, the tribes are separated by wooden fences, and the inside is the army led by Meng Ge himself, the left army is in the west, the right army is in the east, the Han army is in the front, the rear army is in the north, and the middle army and the Ti Xue army occupy the center. If you are unfamiliar and want to find someone inside, even if it is an important person, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The horses wandered around the camp, some of them too ostentatious. So the three of them found a hidden place, threw away their horses, made their way, and marched through the groups of tents, pointing to the middle of the camp.
Ding Qi is proficient in reconnaissance and tracking, and has the fastest response, and the 36th Lu Yue clan is ripe and naturally ahead. With a small round shield wrapped in iron in his left hand and a short-handled axe in his right hand, he was agile and drilled through the gap in the middle of the tent. And Wu's archery technique is exquisite, the whole heart method is stable and solid, with a five-stone hard bow and sword bag behind him, a scimitar hanging from his waist, and a crossbow in his hand, rushing forward at any time as support.
Although Liu Meng is the most light, he rarely does this kind of infiltration and assassination work, so he arranges to defend in the back. The cyan sword was stuck diagonally behind his back, and he held a short iron spear in his hand, and followed the two people in front of him step by step.
The dress of the three is extremely common in the Mongolian Han army. After all, they were all adapted from the surrender army of the Jin State or the Song Dynasty, and the Mongolian army has always been responsible for preparing weapons and armor by itself, so it is not surprising that this kind of three-person team with various equipment is not surprising.
After walking through the incense stick for about a while, the three of them came to a cowhide tent decorated with flowers, and the candles were bright inside, and a figure could be vaguely seen sitting there eating. Ding Qi glanced at the flag in front of the tent and said in a low voice: "It's a thousand-commander's tent, why don't we catch him and torture him first, and see if we can ask Zhang Hongfan's location?" Wu Dong and Liu Meng had nothing to do, so they immediately assigned a little, and Ding Qi rushed into the tent to subdue the target, Liu Meng restrained the soldiers who were cooking things on the bonfire, and Wu Dong was responsible for covering.
With a wave of his fist, Ding Qi's five fingers stretched out to count, and popped out one by one, and when they were all opened, Liu Meng's figure flashed, like a cloud of green smoke, and he rushed behind the soldier sitting in front of the bonfire, and the iron spear poked upside down, hitting the point of life. Then, without waiting for the corpse to be soft, he grabbed two steps with his left hand and put it down against the tie stake, and put it in a napping position.
In two breaths, Liu Meng solved the small soldiers outside, and Wu Dong saw a thumbs up, which meant admiration. And after Ding Qi got into the tent, he also quickly restrained the generals inside, poked his head out and motioned for Wu Dong to go in and torture him. (To be continued......)
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