Chapter 136: The two armies face each other
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The noon sun in early autumn was still very strong, Su Mu stood in front of the three armies in silver armor, this was his first lecture after taking command, eight years ago he was in danger, and he single-handedly saved the decline of Great Xia, and eight years later it was such a scene.
Temporary training obviously can no longer play a very good role, so what Su Mu can do now is to boost morale, and to achieve a quick victory, one is that his body is already at the end of the crossbow, and it will not last long, and the second is that most of the officers and soldiers in the army are new soldiers, their physical endurance is limited, the conditions in the military camp are difficult, and many soldiers are sleeping outside in the open air, in case of a large-scale outbreak of infectious diseases, it will be even more unfavorable to their own army.
Su Mu trained all the soldiers separately and arranged the formation, the veterans were well-trained and used as the vanguard charging part, and the recruits were used as the left and right flanks to outflank and pursue.
He also studied the composition of the army of the Western Regions by himself, and this time the king of the Western Regions sent 50,000 troops, which has already poured out, and it is estimated that there are probably very few guards in the imperial city now.
The remaining 50,000 are from the surrounding departments of the Western Regions, the idle troops who have been patched together, the Western Regions are born strong and fierce, although they have not been trained in a systematic and orderly manner, but their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, but there is a fatal weakness between them, that is, victory, they will advance together, but lose, they will definitely break up and withdraw the army.
Therefore, Su Mu's first battle in command is only allowed to win, not defeated, coupled with his reputation in the Western Regions, he should be able to intimidate the other departments of the Western Regions, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and within three battles, the other tribes will definitely withdraw, and it will not be a problem when there is only one army left by the king of the Western Regions.
And the news of Su Mu's appointment to the military camp in the Western Regions also quickly spread, Huainan and Haorui sat in the main camp, and the generals of the other departments were lined up on both sides, all arguing about the news of Su Mu's re-commandery: "Hasn't Wu Anjun of Great Xia already withdrawn from the court and lived in seclusion?" How can you say that you will come back? "It was the leader of the other tribes who spoke, he was also present in the battle eight years ago, and the scene is still fresh in my memory, Su Mu at that time was like a god-like existence, brave and invincible, and invincible.
"I heard that he has already died, but the Great Xia Imperial Court has not made it public, why did he suddenly live." The person who said this seemed to be a little angry, and seemed to regret bringing his own people and horses over, originally he saw that Daxia was weak, and wanted to share some benefits with him, but he killed a Wu Anjun of Daxia halfway, isn't this stealing chickens and eating rice?
Huainan sat on the main seat without saying a word, watching the leaders of the various departments below complain to each other, his face became more and more gloomy, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped his hand on the table in front of him with a loud bang: "Shut up, who asked you to follow?" Didn't you post it yourself when you saw that there was something good to ask for? What are you going to do now? ”
Seeing Huainan angry, everyone closed their mouths, although they were each headed by the tribe, but in the Western Regions, they still respected the king of the Western Regions, and they didn't dare to make a mistake at ordinary times.
Seeing that the atmosphere was too deadlocked, Hao Rui hurriedly opened his mouth to play a round, now they can't have civil strife, civil strife must be unaligned, and it will be greatly discounted if there is an advantage now: "Don't panic, there is one thing you may not know, Wu Anjun of Great Xia is no longer what it used to be, I am afraid that it is no longer the courage of the past." "Why do you say that? What news did the second prince hear? ”
Haorui's gaze swept over the people in the room, and he smiled slyly: "Two years ago, our people caught the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Ning in Great Xia, and it attracted Wu Anjun, but he didn't just come to save people, he was also looking for an antidote to poison, but this antidote had already been destroyed by the order of the emperor of Great Xia, and even the palace did not have this antidote, so he didn't find anything." ”
Hao Rui's words caused a burst of discussion, and some people asked loudly: "You mean that Wu Anjun was poisoned?" ”
Hao Rui nodded slightly: "I boldly guess that the person who planted the poison is himself, otherwise with his cold temperament, he would risk who would come to my palace in the Western Regions." But when he said this, Hao Rui's heart suddenly remembered a person, he was not only monitored in the past few months in Great Xia, he had also been monitoring Su Mu's every move, he was accompanied by a woman, the two were almost inseparable, and in the past two years, his subordinates have also returned, saying that there is one more woman by Wu Anjun's side, and he is very fond of this woman.
Although Hao Rui's words were mostly speculative, they were not unfounded, so the leaders of the various departments still believed it, and they were also willing to believe that Su Mu was heavily poisoned, and it was best to kill him instantly.
While they were in the middle of a heated discussion, one of the attendants lifted the curtain and slipped over to Hao Rui's side, whispering a few words next to him.
Hao Rui's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he nodded with a smile and motioned for his subordinates to leave.
Huainan noticed Haorui's expression and asked, "What is the happy event for the second brother?" ”
Haorui immediately restrained his smile and waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing." ”
Huainan and Hao Rui have a harmonious relationship on the surface, but in fact their relationship is not harmonious, the two are not born to the same mother, Hao Rui is the second concubine, and Huainan is the second son-in-law, the eldest son of the king of the Western Regions, that is, Ge Jun's father led the army to Daxia eight years ago, and died in the final battle of Chang'an.
On the fifth day of Sumu's camp, the Western Regions led their armies to Jinrong City and prepared to attack the city.
The soldiers of Great Xia were still defeated by the elite soldiers of the Western Regions, and after a day of fighting, Great Xia was defeated and hurriedly withdrew from Jinrong City.
The army of the Western Regions that entered the city did not care about pursuing the Great Xia army, but was busy robbing the gold, silver and money in the city. Huainan led the leaders of the other departments to stand on the city tower with a happy face: "Hahaha, it seems that Wu Anjun's courage is indeed inferior to one-tenth of that year, and he abandoned the city and fled after only one day!" "That's it, that's it, it seems that Wu Anjun is also a straw bag! We fought all the way to Chang'an! It's time for the Dog Emperor of Great Xia to get down from the dragon chair, all the good things in these years have been taken away by him! ”
Just when the soldiers of the Western Regions were immersed in the joy of victory, the city gate that was originally open was suddenly closed, and the huge stone of the daughter sealed the door.
At the same time, the main camp of the Western Regions a few miles away was in flames, and the high and rising fires stained the sky to the west of Jinrong City red.
Huainan, who was standing on the city tower, looked at his main shadow in disbelief and shouted: "It's not good, we fell for Su Mu's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and he attacked our grain and grass!" ”
Su Mu had already calculated that the army of the Western Regions would come to attack Jinrong City in the near future, and he would not give himself enough time to prepare, so he would be caught off guard, and by the way, he would give himself a dismount and dissipate the morale of the army.
He will plan and let the army compete with the army of the Western Regions in the city, and then pretend that the army will be defeated and flee after dark, and the six princes will take a small group of men and horses to block the city gate and delay the time for the army of the Western Regions to return to the camp.
The four princes led their subordinates to take advantage of the emptiness of the main camp of the Western Regions to attack its grain and grass.
When the flames broke out, the army of the Western Regions found that it was too late to burn the grain and grass, and they couldn't go back to rescue the grain and grass when the city gate was blocked.
By the time the army of the Western Regions withdrew from Jinrong City to its main camp, all the grain and grass had been burned to ashes.
Facing the dilapidated military camp, Huainan and the leaders of the various departments had gloomy faces, not knowing what to do.
But before they came back to their senses, the Sumu relatives went out on an expedition and brought the soldiers of Great Xia from Sanba. Rao is a fierce and strong soldier in the Western Regions, running around all day, but also tired of men and horses, and caught up with the grain and grass to be burned, and morale was low.
On the contrary, the army of Great Xia was just the opposite, and under the leadership of Su Mu, the morale was high, and everyone fought bravely to be the first. After a period of fighting, the generals of the Western Regions retreated one after another, and by dawn they had retreated for dozens of miles.
Poor Kou Mo chased, Su Mu stationed the main army in Lingnan City. Wait for the opportunity to annihilate the army of the Western Regions in one fell swoop.
Huainan and Haorui led the army to retreat, hiding in the valley, not daring to show their faces easily.
The shortage of grain and grass is a direct problem faced by the army of the Western Regions, and there is a limited amount of food in the valley, and Su Mu's army is guarding the official road of Lingnan City, even if it is autumn and there is food in the fields, the soldiers of the Western Regions do not dare to go out of the mountains to find it easily.
For five days in a row, several small teams sent by Huainan went out of the mountains to look for grain and grass, and the first civil war broke out in the barracks, and the soldiers of various tribes fought for the remaining grain, and even the leaders of several tribes also drew their swords against each other.
In the face of such a predicament, Huainan is also at a loss, although he has sent a message back to the Western Regions to ask his father to reinforce grain and grass, but far water can not quench the thirst of the near, and they can't wait for the grain and grass to arrive, they have started a civil war.
But what was even more desperate was not only that, but the grain and grass urgently raised by the king of the Western Regions were robbed and killed by Su Mu's army halfway.
This became the last straw that crushed the army of the Western Regions, and after learning that the grain and grass were robbed and killed by Su Mu halfway, the leaders of the various departments walked out of the valley where they were hiding with their men and horses, and raised the white flag against Su Mu's army.
Su Mu gladly accepted the surrender of the various tribes, and all the tribes who took the initiative to surrender, Su Mu treated them with generosity, not only allowing them to return to their territory safely and unhindered, but also distributing a small amount of food and grass to the soldiers enough to let him return to his territory without worry.
In just a few days, the 100,000 army of the Western Regions has already fallen apart, and the tribes of the Western Regions that have been united have basically disappeared, leaving only the army of the King of the Western Regions still resisting stubbornly.
And just when the army of the Western Regions had run out of options, several of Haorui's subordinates secretly bypassed Su Mu's encirclement and quietly entered the Western Regions military camp, they rushed back from outside this time, and not only Haorui's subordinates came with them, but they also brought back a person, a petite and thin woman, this person was none other than Qin Miaomiao, who had gone to see off the war eagle in person.