Chapter 42: Wood Birds
Jintang City and Yushan City are far apart, Mu Yi and his subordinates rushed for a few days before arriving at the station of the Xuanjia Army and the Zhenxi Army, at this time Xia Wenyuan also received Mu Yi's battle report, knowing the situation of the Right Route Army, the two welcomed Mu Yi into the account, sighing.
Xia Wenyuan sighed: "I was favored by His Majesty, and I was the commander of the Southern Expedition, but as soon as the war started, nearly half of the soldiers were killed and wounded, which is really a thousand deaths." I will bear the responsibility of losing this battle. ”
Mu Yi didn't know if Xia Wenyuan's words were true or false, so he had to admit: "General Xia is serious, I and General Li are in charge of Yushan City, if Your Majesty blames it, I should be punished with General Xia, how can I let the general bear it alone." ”
"What Mu Jianjun said is extremely true, we are all generals of the Southern Expedition, and we should advance and retreat with General Xia. However, Mu Jianjun is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, and if he is punished in the future, he hopes that the prison army will say a few more good words for us. Sima Shu climbed up the pole, took Mu Yi's words, and laughed.
Mu Yi chuckled in his heart, knowing the way of the two of them, but he could only bite the bullet and say: "Certainly, definitely." ”
Xia Wenyuan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then thank you Mu Jianjun, I won't mention this matter for the time being." If we can conquer these 500,000 mountains, I guess this little bit is not a big deal. I wonder if Mu Jianjun has a good plan?"
Mu Yi slandered, this Xia Wenyuan is also cunning, and set up a trap with Sima Shu to let him drill in. said that he was responsible, but in the end, he asked Mu Yi to go to the emperor to take the lead in receiving the punishment. But it's really too early to say this, he is alone in the army, and he tries not to offend these generals.
"How dare the kid, Your Majesty mistakenly loves Mu Yi and lets someone take on the post of overseer, he is already very afraid. If you talk about marching and fighting, how dare you show ugliness in front of the two great generals. Mu Yi lowered his posture, hoping not to cause dissatisfaction to the other party because of his position.
"General Mu is modest, so I don't know what General Sima thinks?" Unconsciously, Xia Wenyuan's title changed.
"Now the enemy uses the crater after the explosion as a barrier. If our army attacks, it will not be able to get around this big pit. But once it enters the pit, it becomes a turtle in an urn. For the sake of today, the only way to do this is to fill in this huge pit before we can continue to march. Sima Shu stroked his beard and said.
"Yes, Luoyan Mountain, except for Jintang and Yushan, is extremely steep and cannot be climbed. If you want to continue the attack, you must fill the hole. However, it is extremely difficult for our army to carry earth and rocks from low to high places, and it is better to be attacked by enemy troops. Xia Wenxuan pondered.
"Now that we are entrusted by Your Majesty, we can only do our best. Fortunately, our army is still in the country of Great Xia, so there is no need to worry about food and grass. You can only slowly consume manpower, fill in this big hole first, and then try to attack. "Sima Shu has guarded the frontier for many years and is bent on stability.
"What General Sima said is extremely true, but His Majesty attaches great importance to this southern expedition. Nearly half of the losses have just started the war, and I don't know when I want to garrison at the foot of this Luoyan Mountain, but I am afraid that Your Majesty will be extremely dissatisfied, and will urge us to march as soon as possible. Mu Yi was worried.
"Yes, what General Mu said is exactly what the two of us are worried about. Xia Wenyuan stroked his beard and smiled, "So, Your Majesty, please ask General Mu to bother more." ”
Only then did Mu Yi understand that the two of them were waiting for him here. Mu Yi is the supervisor of this southern expedition, representing the emperor. If the emperor has any will, it is also carried out through Mu Yi. After all, generals who are not subject to military orders abroad may rashly interfere in military affairs may be counterproductive.
Therefore, the emperor instructed the prison army to act according to the situation. Xia Wenyuan's hand was to use Mu Yi as a scapegoat, sandwiched between the emperor and the two of them.
Although he was helpless in his heart, he was alone, and he made a promise to advance and retreat together, so he had to accept it first and then make plans when he went back.
After discussing everything, Mu Yi said goodbye to the two of them and returned to the camp to arrange for the soldiers to backfill the deep pit in Yushan City.
Although Great Xia has always paid attention to the manufacture of equipment, but Luoyan Mountain is too high, although Yushan City is located in the lowest part of the mountain range, it is more than 300 zhang away from the ground where the Xia army is located, and any equipment is useless, and can only rely on manpower to transport soil and stone.
After the earth and stone were transported to the top of the mountain, the soldiers always encountered the cold arrows and flying stones of the Zhao army, and the progress was very slow, and it took three months before and after, and there were no major changes in the big pit, but the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
The military information of the fiasco of the Southern Expedition had already been transmitted back to the capital, and Xia Yuxuan was furious, and issued more than ten edicts in a row, urging Mu Yi to quickly find a way to continue the attack in order to wash away the shame of defeat. Mu Yi told Xia Yuxuan and others of the emperor's will, but Xia Yuxuan always shirked and had no other way, asking Mu Yi to put some effort into it and delay it for a little longer.
Because Li Baili was seriously ill, he had already returned to Beijing for treatment. The emperor ordered Mu Yi to temporarily take the post of general of the Zhennan Army and act with full authority. Mu Yi became the commander of the Right Route Army, and the burden was heavier. The emperor's urging edict came down every few days, and the wording became more and more intense, and there was a meaning that he would not attack Mu Yi again.
Mu Yi stumbled, his mouth was full of froths, and he grinned in pain when he drank water, but he went back and forth along Luoyan Mountain a few times, and there was nothing he could do. The highest part of the mountain range is more than 2,000 zhang, in addition to the two cities of Jintang Yushan, the lowest lying place is also more than 1,000 zhang, the cliff is full of strange rocks, and the rock angle is extremely sharp.
It was not a problem for Mu Yi to jump to the top of the mountain by himself, but he wanted to hang down the rope and let the soldiers climb, but he couldn't. Not to mention that ordinary soldiers can't climb so high at all, even if they have the physical strength, before they can climb to the top of the mountain, the ropes are all worn off by the sharp edges and corners of the rock.
Mu Yi was at a loss, but Yue Ting didn't know what to do in the camp, and he didn't give him any valuable advice. Nian Yi has a daughter's family, and he has no experience.
In the end, Mu Yi really had no choice, so he had to make a desperate bet and prepare to storm the deep pit. He decided to go to the enemy army first to kill as many enemy generals as possible, delay for some time, and hope that the Xia army would have hope to climb through the deep pit.
When Mu Yi's people came to the camp to give orders for a strong attack, Yue Ting suddenly broke into the big tent with a black face and hair like a chicken nest. The generals looked at each other, wondering what had happened to this military division, could it be that he had been blown up by fire and thunder?
Before Mu Yi could ask, Yue Ting motioned for him to let the generals retreat first. The second monk Mu Yizhang was confused, so he had to dismiss everyone.
When only the two of them were left in the camp, Yue Ting couldn't wait to laugh: "Haha, Lao Tzu has finally succeeded, you don't have to worry about not being able to capture this Luoyan Mountain." ”
Mu Yi was also overjoyed when he heard this, although he didn't know what Yue Ting said about the method, but he knew that Yue Ting would never be untargeted, and hurriedly asked him if he had any good ideas.
Yue Ting shook his hair proudly, but he was choked by the black ash on his head and coughed, he hurriedly snatched the herbal tea handed over by Mu Yigang, and took a sip, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and take these days one by one.
It turned out that he had been tinkering with the "wooden bird" invented by Ru Yi these days, and this wooden bird was actually restored by Ru Yi according to the records in Lu Ban's book, painstakingly studied, and added a lot of his own ideas.
It is rumored that the wife of Master Luban fell to his death because of riding this wooden bird, and Lu Ban was saddened, not only destroyed the drawings of the "wooden bird", but also cursed the "Luban Book", so that there was the legend of "missing a door".
Jouy's imitation of the "Wood Bird" is mainly propelled by gunpowder, which can soar in the air for a period of time, and can be used to transmit information, but cannot carry people. Seeing that this Luoyan Mountain was so high, Yue Ting had an idea, and he wanted to transform the "wooden bird" and fly over the cliff thousands of feet high with the soldiers.
Yue Ting himself didn't know the skills of craftsmen, so he sent someone to send a message to Ru Yi to see if it was feasible. After receiving the letter, Ru Yi immediately summoned the craftsmen to start the work, and it took a month to transform the seventy-seven-eighty-eight. She was busy with business affairs and couldn't go to southern Xinjiang in person, so she sent many craftsmen to Luoyan Mountain with the transformed "wooden birds" to help Mu Yi.
But I didn't think that the terrain of Luoyan Mountain was too high, and the surrounding airflow was not the same as the airflow above the flat ground, and the "wooden bird" could not rise smoothly. Yue Ting led the craftsmen to make continuous improvements in the camp, and it took another month to finally adapt the "wooden bird" to the airflow environment over Luoyan Mountain.
Yue Ting always wanted to surprise Mu Yi, so he told him the truth. Mu Yi understood the reason, and couldn't help but rejoice: "This time, thanks to Ruyi, her equipment and weapons have helped us a lot every time." ”
"Cut, I forgot my brother when I had a woman. Yue Ting raised his charcoal-like face, very unconvinced. But that made Mu Yi laugh.
"Haha, this credit naturally belongs to the eldest brother, and that's what I said. I don't know how many soldiers this 'wood bird' can transport at one time, and how many there are now. Mu Yiqiang couldn't help laughing and diverted the topic.
"You think too beautifully, how many people can be transported, only two people can ride at a time, and the front must be controlled by the craftsman himself, and it will take half an hour to transport one person up. At present, we have been manufacturing and transforming at the same time, and there are more than 100 of them. Give me a few more months, and I can build about a thousand. If there is more, there will not be so much wood for the time being. ”
"There is no time, the emperor has already urged me to attack several times. The Luoyan Mountains are thousands of miles long, and many places are inaccessible, so I first went to find a place where no one was around, and slowly transported people up, only 100,000 people were needed to transport them up, which was enough to contain the enemy army and lead the army across the deep pit. ”
Yue Ting nodded in agreement, and the two of them didn't waste any time, and immediately beckoned Zhou Zhou and Liu Fugui to transport the Heavenly Hunting Army under Mu Yi to the top of the mountain.
It took eight days for Mu Yi to transport the 100,000 troops up to Luoyan Mountain, although a few soldiers accidentally fell from the "wooden bird" and died, but overall it was very successful. Mu Yi and Yue Ting's soldiers split into two ways, Mu Yi led the Tianjia army to attack the Zhao army's camp from the top of the mountain, and Yue Ting took the opportunity to lead the Zhennan army to climb over the big pit.
Mu Yiming led 20,000 crossbowmen to open the way in front on Wednesday, and led the army himself. In the dead of night, he broke into the camp of the Zhao army in one fell swoop. Although the Zhao army and the troops of other countries who rushed to help were 500,000, they never expected that the Xia army could enter from the cliff, and they encountered a salvo of crossbows, fire and thunder flew wildly, and the camp was in chaos in an instant, and the commander had no way to command it.
When Yue Ting led the Zhennan army to arrive, the two sides were encircled, and the 500,000 people of the Zhao coalition army were wiped out, and even the news was not leaked.
Zhao Guo and Wu Guo were hundreds of miles apart, so they naturally had no idea. After a short rest, Mu Yi ordered a rapid march, and a few days later, like a divine soldier, he descended from the sky and raided the Wu army camp. The Wu army was also unprepared and surrendered without a fight.
When the news of Mu Yi's victory reached Xia Wenyuan's ears, he was so shocked that he didn't react for a long time. Then he said three times to Sima Shu: The future life is terrifying!
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