Chapter 11: Guarding the North Gate

"Young master, I heard that the second brother said that you are looking for us!"

"Well, you two have the best riding skills among the twelve horsemen, tonight you take advantage of the night to ride out of the city to find out the situation of the enemy army, mainly to find out how many soldiers and horses they have, and who are the people responsible for leading the team? And how far is their station from Rongcheng? You have to pay attention to safety on the road, you know? ”

To be honest, if he didn't trust others, Xu Mengmeng wouldn't want to arrange for the people of the Twelve Horsemen to do such a dangerous thing.

After arranging several important tasks, Xu Mengmeng took his 3,000 soldiers and horses out of the city in the name of "special training", saying that he had not run far out of the city, just in the woods on the hillside less than 500 meters away from the west city gate.

When several other generals in the city had finished discussing countermeasures, they received the news that he was making some secret deployment, and they sent people to inquire out that they were really just training troops, so they tossed with him.

After all the people who came to investigate were sent away, Xu Mengmeng gathered his team.

"I know that many of you may not be convinced of me, but since you have become my soldiers, then I will be responsible for your life and future!

Presumably you also know our current situation now, as far as I know, the enemy army has been entangled with at least 100,000 troops, and in less than two days will be in the city, and the reinforcements will take at least four days to arrive, the previous two battles my ability is obvious to everyone, now I have some strategies in my heart to deal with the enemy, but in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, I still need everyone's help. ”

"Here I promise you that if this battle is over, I, Ning Jun, are still alive, and those who are not convinced by me are welcome to challenge me! If I dare to say a word, I'll fucking cut off this head and give it to you to kick as a ball!

In addition, I hope you understand one thing: if the enemy army breaks through Rongcheng, then the Eastern Jin Dynasty is in danger! Then our relatives and friends are in danger! Therefore, if this battle is successful, we will all be the heroes of the Eastern Jin Dynasty! But if we fail, then we are the sinners of the Eastern Jin Dynasty! ”

"It is incumbent upon us to defend the Eastern Jin Dynasty!" "It is incumbent upon us to defend the Eastern Jin Dynasty!" "It is incumbent upon us to defend the Eastern Jin Dynasty!"

Xu Mengmeng's words fell, and the three thousand sergeants suddenly sounded a neat slogan. Seeing that the morale of the army had been boosted by his own words, Xu Mengmeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Now I want to know all the famous generals of the enemy country and all the situations of Rongcheng and Yicheng that have been lost, the more detailed the better, oh yes, there are also road conditions between the two cities, but all the brothers who know, please say it, no matter how much you know or not, you must say it, maybe your words today can save the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty!"

"General Ning Bi, I know Lin Chi, the first general of the enemy country, it is rumored that he is nine feet tall and the best at using guns, although he is a reckless man, he has a military advisor named Du Zimo under him who is very powerful......"

"I know that although Rongcheng is not rich in grain, it is rich in pottery......"

"There is a general named Ye Ting in the enemy country who is the number one in the marching army, this person is not only young but also good-looking, and he mainly leads the cavalry in Western Chu ......"

"I know that there are two roads from Yicheng to Rongcheng, one is to pass through Baishipo below, to reach the West City Gate, and the other is to go out of Yicheng and bypass Zhonghuiling and then pass through the Songxue River and then cross the Red Eucalyptus Mountain to reach the North City Gate, but there is only a small bridge on the Songxue River for two riders to pass, and the river is very turbulent, so there are few people who ......take that road in general."

"Wait, you say it again, there's still a way to get to Rongcheng?" The people in front said a lot, Xu Mengmeng just listened and recorded the useful information on paper, and prepared to sort it out after the meeting, until he stood up directly in shock when he heard this sentence!

"Yes, it leads to the north gate, because the road is winding and difficult to walk, so few people walk!"

The swarthy man touched the back of his head and was a little puzzled, when others said it before, the little general just listened or wrote carefully, why did the general react like this when it was his turn? Could it be that he said something wrong and made the general angry? If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.

"Oh no, it's all right! I wondered why Xichu was obviously famous for its cavalry, why the vanguard only sent 2,000 cavalry, and it turned out that they were not ready to attack from the west gate at all, but chose the unobtrusive north gate!

Chen Ming, Sun Zhihua, your uncle! How dare you not report such important information! All the soldiers listened to the order, and immediately gathered the team and returned to the city with me! By the way, what's your name? ”

"General, my name is Da Niu, Tian Da Niu."

"Tian Da Niu, this battle general will give you a great credit! Assemble your team and get back to the city! Pass my military order, after returning to the city, all those who can ride horses go to the horse camp to get a war horse each, if anyone deliberately obstructs them, they will be killed, wait for me at the north gate after a quarter of an hour, those who will not ride horses will go back to the camp to get their weapons, gather thirty meters outside the north city gate, if you are late, the military law will deal with it! Driving~"

The more Xu Mengmeng thought about it, the more panicked he became, and the tone of the order was unprecedentedly harsh, and after speaking, he rode his horse and turned around and left directly. Hey, I hope the enemy doesn't move so fast now! Otherwise, if all the enemy troops cross the bridge, then they will really have no skills to return to the sky, and they can only give up Rongcheng!

"General Wu, something is wrong! The enemy's target is the North Gate! I'll take my cavalry to intercept first, general, you quickly take all the soldiers and horses in the city to the Songxue Bridge Pass, whether Rongcheng can hold it depends on whether the general comes in time! General, please do extraordinary things in extraordinary times! ”

As soon as he returned to the city, Xu Mengmeng immediately found General Wu, hurriedly confessed, returned to his camp, put on his equipment, and hurriedly rode towards the north gate.

Soon a quarter of an hour arrived, Xu Mengmeng and the North Gate guards explained their marching routes, and then separated from Daniel Zhang, Xu Mengmeng led the cavalry to ride around the mountain road, while Daniel Zhang led the infantry directly over the mountain, and the two teams agreed to meet at the bridge.

"Report, the enemy's 3,000 cavalry is coming in our direction, and it is currently about ten miles away from our army's position!" Halfway through the march, the scouts sent to inquire returned with news.

"Half of you dismounted, took the ropes and weapons you had prepared and went with me, while the rest stayed where you were, ready for bows and arrows, and when you heard my voice, they rode at once! Quick~"

Xu Mengmeng looked at the eight hundred people behind him, and led two hundred people to ambush them, and the method of digging a pit and burying needles was too late, so he could only use ropes to create obstacles.

Just buried the rope along the road, and the people also hid in the tall grass on both sides, fortunately, it was evening, and the visibility was not high, not long after, the sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, Xu Mengmeng couldn't help but hold his breath, his eyes stared ahead for a moment, until all the ropes were already under the enemy's horses' hooves, Xu Mengmeng shouted.

"Pull, kill!" The moment Xu Mengmeng's shout fell, the Eastern Jin Dynasty soldiers who were hiding in the grass pulled up the hemp rope in their hands, and some of the enemy cavalry's horses were tripped by the rope.