Episode 238: The best fighter

When the leaders of the Japanese army heard that the prince of Beijing had led the army to arrive, they were more and more happy: they had received a secret report from Shen Weigong that the army of the prince of Beijing was carrying a large amount of gold and silver, brocade silk, wine and meat, and it was full of dozens of boxes, so heavy that they had to be pulled away by a carriage; However, in the hands of the Yanbei army, there are few weapons such as firearms, which are obviously indeed rewards, not for war.

More powerful evidence is that according to the envoys of the Japanese state, this prince of Beijing did come with his female dependents, and he didn't even ride a horse along the way, but only nested in the carriage with his pet Ji Qingqing and me, greasy and crooked, and he came to Goryeo for a sightseeing trip and honeymoon trip.

With these two pieces of evidence, Tachibana Sakamo was completely relieved, and his good impression of this greedy prince of Beijing increased greatly, thinking that people would come to reward our army, and we couldn't be too insincere, so he ordered the city gate to be opened, sweep the streets and roads, and welcome the arrival of the prince of Beijing in the Dayan Dynasty.

Considering that the prince of Beijing was a lover of singing and dancing, Tachibana Sakamo also ordered hundreds of soldiers under his command to wear national costumes, decorate their faces and decorate their feathers, dress up in red, green, and green, and display flowers and branches, and stand by the side of the road outside the city to act as a guard of honor.

There was a New Year's atmosphere of singing and dancing in the Japanese army, but Governor Onishi looked at it coldly and always felt unsteady.

But it's useless if he is not down-to-earth, the supreme commander Tachibana Sashige is immersed in his infinite affection for the prince of Beijing, and he does not listen to his doubts at all.

Governor Onishi had no choice but to order his subordinates to remain vigilant.

Mu Yunsong led the army to the city of Pyongyang, and what he saw was such a "strange" scene:

The city gate is wide open, the red flag is displayed, and there is a group of flowers and branches on the side of the road, dancing and dancing...... Neuropathy?!

After a short period of surprise, Mu Yunsong immediately realized that he had been planning and working hard for days, and he did not hesitate to stage a scene of greedy women and fear of internal cowardice, and he was waiting for this moment!

The city gates are open and the enemy army is slacking, such an opportunity is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Mu Yunsong suddenly stopped, drew his saber and shouted: "Pass my general's order, the three armies will attack and take Pyongyang!" ”

According to his idea, there is no need to arrange tactics for such fighters, and the front army will directly cover up the past, and it will be easy to capture Pyongyang by surprise and the Japanese army.

But then, the weirdest scene happened:

The Yanbei Iron Cavalry, which is well-trained on weekdays and attacks like fire at the first order, heard the order of the "General Attack of the Three Armies", and actually brushed the ground...... Hesitated!

The reason for the hesitation is also very strange: everyone was frightened by the neurosis of the roadside flowers and branches - the guard of honor of the Japanese army!

It turned out that there was such a rumor in the Yanbei army: I heard Ye Chengxun, the general of Xuanwu who had fought with the Japanese army, say: Although the soldiers of the Japanese state are short in stature, they have strange appearances, and they also have special abilities, all of them are invulnerable, and they fight like demons and ghosts, and they are very capable of being defeated. My 3,000 troops of Dayan galloped to the aid of Goryeo, and encountered these demons of the Japanese kingdom, and then the whole army was wiped out and returned defeated.

I don't know who brought this rumor into the Yanbei army, and it spread like a plague. Many soldiers didn't believe in the ghostly spirit, but not long ago, the Yanbei camp was neutralized to kill the demon platform, and the prince personally supervised the killing of a bird demon, and he even escaped from the heavy encirclement, which shows that such things as demons are really powerful.

Now, when the soldiers saw the red, green, green, and strange shape of 100 people standing outside Pyongyang, facing the tide of the Yanbei army, not only did not panic, but looked like they were dancing and eager to try...... If we take a step forward, these demons will open their mouths and spew fire, or...... Pounce on it and bite someone?

As a result, the three thousand heavy cavalry of the Wind Army at the beginning, led by Mu Yunzhang, the fourth master of the Mu family, actually hesitated together.

However, the Lei Army Shenji Battalion, which was following behind, could not see these "demons of the Japanese country", and when they heard the drumbeat of the general attack of the three armies, the sound of killing shook the sky in an instant, and they rushed forward with a slap of their horses.

The problem was that the heavy cavalry stood in front of them.

For a time, there was chaos in the Yanbei army.

The Japanese army in Pyongyang saw the clues, and Governor Onishi immediately shouted: "Enemy attack!" Close the gates! ”

The open gates of Pyongyang were quickly closed, and for a while, the Japanese arquebuses fired in unison, overwhelmingly attacking the city.

The honor guard of the Japanese army, who was cruelly turned away, was really depressed: he was abandoned like this? Just now, he was a messenger of peace, but in the blink of an eye, he became cannon fodder who turned his face?

This fate is too tragic......

Mu Yunsong is about to explode!

With good intentions and all kinds of planning, he even did not hesitate to go into battle to act, not only "endure humiliation" and "drink and talk" with the enemy, but also self-destruct his image to stage a "fear of guilt" drama, such a hard-earned once-in-a-lifetime fighter was delayed by these idiots!

As a result, dozens of generals in the front army of the Yanbei Army were scolded by the prince of Beijing, and the scolding was not over, Mu Yunzhang and other generals who led the troops to act as the vanguard army that day were all pulled out and beaten with 15 army sticks, blaming them for not listening to the command and cowardly.

"Lord Wang, let's dissipate my anger, it's so far, it's useless to regenerate your anger!" Su Qi persuaded Mu Yunsong all the time, but in fact, he was also indignant in his heart: I'm surprised, what's so terrible about a bunch of crazy people in strange costumes?

"How did my subordinates raise such a bunch of garbage!" Mu Yunsong was still resentful.

"Now that the matter has come to this, how is this Pyongyang going to play?" Su Qi decided to change the topic, "Does the prince have a good plan?" ”

"The opportunity has been lost, so we can only attack." Mu Yunsong said sullenly.

When the sneak attack failed, Mu Yunsong simply ordered the Yanbei army to set up a fortress thirty miles west of Pyongyang, but he was not in a hurry to deploy a siege.

Mu Yunsong was silent, the generals were in a hurry, and they were afraid of the prince's temper, so they didn't dare to ask rashly. So he instigated Mu Yunbai to ask, Mu Yunbai saw that the fourth child had just been hit by the board, and knew that the eldest brother was angry at this time, so he thought about it, so he had to ask Su Qi again.

"The prince is not moving, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?" Su Qi smiled and pointed out of the tent, "The generals are waiting anxiously, and they have all entrusted the relationship to me." ”

"These killers, they're in a hurry now." Mu Yunsong was looking at the map of Pyongyang, frowned, and said: "Pyongyang City is the southern gate of Goryeo where the Japanese army is guarding, and the location is dangerous, so it must be taken in one fell swoop." However, now the Japanese army has deployed heavy troops in Pyongseong and Nampo, north and south of Pyongyang, respectively, and they are fighting each other against Pyongyang. If our army attacks Pyongyang, the Pyeongseong and Nampo armies will come to the rescue, and then the internal and external attacks will be flanked, and our army will be in an unfavorable situation. ”

Su Qi listened on the side, and said casually: "Then take Pingcheng and Nanpu down first, as the storyteller often says, cut off its two wings first, and it won't be able to flutter." After that, seeing that the prince turned his eyes to look at him, he couldn't help blushing and sticking out his tongue, "I'll just say it casually, you don't have to pay attention to me." ”

Mu Yunsong glanced at her approvingly: "You are right, you have a talent for learning the art of war." He stretched out his finger and pointed at Pyongseong and Nampo, "That is, to capture the two cities in the north and south first, cut off the two wings of Pyongyang, and make it a lonely city!" ”

On the same day, Generalissimo Mu Da promoted his troops to order Mu Yunmei to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Pingcheng, and the veteran general Mu Ning led an army of 10,000 to attack Nanpu.

Mu Yunzhang, the fourth master of the Mu family, had just been beaten for delaying the military plane, and he was afraid of being disliked by his eldest brother, so he was eager to perform meritorious service, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Nanpu with Mu Ning.

Mu Yunsong considered that although Mu Yunzhang did not have much strategy, he was a good hand at charging into battle, and he complemented the old and serious Mu Ning, so he agreed to go.

Mu Yunmei attacked the city and won clean and beautiful. He led the army to the outside of Pingcheng, so he first surveyed around Pingcheng, and saw that five miles west of the city is the magnificent Datong River, and Pingcheng is low-lying. Mu Yunmei then took it to heart and ordered her soldiers to dig ditches overnight, poured the water of the Datong River into Pingcheng, and directed a play "Water Flooding Jinshan".

It was the midwinter weather, and the Datong River with Bingling turned Pingcheng into a vast ocean, and the Japanese army was deeply trapped in the cold and biting river water that was half a human high, and it was simply painful. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army, Mu Yunmei sent soldiers to climb the city wall and open the city gate, covering all the way in, and taking the city lightly, without losing a single soldier.

When the good news came, Mu Yunsong praised his fifth brother for outwitting Pingcheng, and after praising him, he asked him to take care of the aftermath of Pingcheng as soon as possible, and led the army to Nanpu to help his fourth brother.

Because of the unlucky Mu family's fourth master, Mu Yunzhang, he encountered trouble again in Nanpu.

Mu Yunzhang and Mu Ning led the army to attack Nanpu, and it was smooth at first.

Mu Ning was born in the Beijing Palace, and followed the old prince Mu Yutang to fight for half his life, with a calm and introverted temperament and experienced in war. Considering that the Nanpu city wall was built tall and strong, Mu Ning first sent soldiers to dig sand and bag from the bank of the Datong River not far away. The siege began the next day, and the Yanbei vanguard soldiers rushed to the city wall with a sandbag in their hands, piling sandbags to raise the base while holding a ladder.

Mu Yunzhang, the fourth master of the Mu family, gave full play to the spirit of taking the lead, and took the lead in climbing the cloud ladder to attack the city, which greatly encouraged the soldiers and boosted their morale.

After the three drums, seeing that the soldiers of the Yanbei Army had jumped on the city tower and started hand-to-hand combat with the rebels, Mu Ning was happy in his heart, and it was expected that in less than half an hour, the soldiers of the Yanbei Army would be able to open the city gate, and then the cavalry would rush all the way in, and the city of Nanpu would be broken.

When the situation was in a good situation, Mu Ning suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the head of Nanpu City.

"Whew-"

Although the sound was not loud, it was like a sharp blade cutting through the sky, and it sounded low and clear in the shadow of muskets and the sound of killing.

What is this sound? A hint of foreboding crossed Mu Ning's heart.

Accompanied by a strange whimpering sound, the battle situation at the head of the city suddenly changed: hundreds of big birds with yellow heads and red eyes and black feathers and claws flew out of the city, roaring and whistling down, and rushed towards the Yanbei army at the head of the city and on the cloud ladder like a god, and attacked the soldiers' eyes, faces, necks, etc. with sharp beaks and claws. There were a few particularly large and ferocious ones that could grab the soldiers, fly into the air, and then throw them down.

Where have the soldiers of the Yanbei Army seen such a bird of prey, it was difficult to parry for a while, and there were heavy casualties. Even Mu Yunzhang, who was climbing in the center of the ladder to direct the siege, was attacked by a huge strange bird, and fell down from the ladder as soon as he let go of his hand!