Chapter 134: Surrender and Return

In the middle of the night, there was a commotion in the camp of the new annexed army. Soon after the commotion, the sentry arrived on Liao's ship with a drenched man. The comer, a new colonel, said he had been ordered to swim over to contact the Perak Army. According to him, at night, the secret ones sent people to infiltrate the new annex army and the Minfu camp, and asked them to escape to the Mongolian cavalry camp by night. The new annexed army of Hengyuan Fort was requisitioned by the Mongolian army from all over the country, including the Xiang army of the former state capitals of western Sichuan, the garrisons of the former Genting City and other places, and the subordinates of Pu Zezhi who surrendered. In order to prevent the new annexes from rebelling, the secret fire did not appoint anyone to lead the new annexes. Not only that, but he also deliberately connived at the discord and contradictions between the new annexes, making them scattered in order to be controlled.

The Mongols did not trust the new annex, which was equally wary of the Mongols. When the Mongol centurion demanded immediate access to the mountainside, the new army divided the colonel into two factions, a few of whom obeyed the order, while the majority were suspicious. At this time, a junior colonel named Zhou Jianshen stood up, and he was the baggage officer who questioned the whipping for carrying grain in the muddy water. He raised the concerns of the Mongolian centurion: First, tens of thousands of people leaving the camp must be loud, which will inevitably lead to artillery bombardment, what are the countermeasures? Second, does the secret fire exempt the new annex from the crime of refusing to open the door and shoot at him? Will the heavy cavalry losses be angered by the new annexes? In response to these two sharp questions, the Mongol centurion actually agreed to it, saying that he had a perfect plan to deal with artillery, and that the secret master Huoli would not only not anger and punish the new annexed army, but would give him a great reward. "If something goes wrong, it must be a demon", his behavior of taking care of everything made a group of new army generals suspicious. Zhou Jianshen asked again if there was a secret oracle in the fire, this centurion originally agreed casually, what kind of oracle was there. In fact, the secret fire has already drawn up a list of generals to punish the new attached army, and as soon as they reach the side of the mountain, their heads will fall to the ground. The Mongol centurion was so angry with the constant questioning that he drew his sword and was about to kill this evil thing. Unexpectedly, this week, he saw that Shen was strong in martial arts, and he took the first knife and ended his life. Seeing that the matter had come to this, everyone simply killed the accompanying Mongols and the generals who were eager to be the lackeys of the Mongols, and pushed Zhou Jianshen to lead the new annexed army. Zhou Jianshen became the leader and issued two orders in succession, one was to send people to contact the Thunderbolt army, and the other was to send people to control the Minfu camp. In order to prevent the people from escaping, 500 new troops were stationed in the camp.

In such a major situation, Liao Loach did not dare to make an assertion, and hurriedly sent the new junior colonel of the attached army to Hengyuan Fort. At nightfall, Ouyang Xuan had quietly arrived at Hengyuan Fort. In his view, the current war is about to usher in a turning point, and it is necessary to sit in coordination and command. "To engage in politics is to make as many friends as you have and as few enemies as you may be." He has always kept in mind the words of this great man, and he naturally welcomes the annexation of the new annexed army. The new annex army who received the reply here was naturally very happy, and Zhou Jianshen immediately ordered people to prepare to defend the camp. Although the Thunderbolts had promised that if the Mongols dared to attack, they would be strewn with corpses. Although the Mongolian army was not very clear about what was happening on the side of the new annexed army, they still felt abnormal. The camps on both sides were only a few miles away, and the people sent there were bound to be strange things if they did not return for a long time. On the other hand, the camp of the new annex army was noisy for a while, and the sound of shouting and killing could be faintly heard. The secret man knew that there was a change but he was helpless, not to mention the artillery of the Thunderbolt army, it was also a high risk to use cavalry to storm the camp at night. Moreover, now the cavalry in his hands has been damaged several times, and there are only 1,700 men.

Several parties were waiting for the dawn. The secret one was the first to get the news, but his news was really not good. First of all, Yelumaizhu returned with the cavalry, and the original section of the river in Yongqu Township was also controlled by the Thunderbolt army. He also tried to cross the river in other areas, but was shelled as soon as he approached the riverbank. Then Chongqing Fucheng sent someone to report that the previous night had been subjected to heavy shelling, the water barrier in the river had also been destroyed, and a large number of Perak ships had sailed in the direction of Yokohara Fort. As soon as dawn, Zhou Jianshen received a notice to retreat, and he ordered the soldiers of the newly attached army and the people who had already prepared to cross the river by boat. Ouyang Xuan sent someone to send a message to Zhou Jianshen saying that in order to prevent accidental injuries from the shelling, only 500 soldiers needed to be left in the camp of the new attached army, the camp of grain and grass and baggage, and the camp of Minfu, and the rest were all withdrawn to the old village of Hengyuan. "I'm sorry, but it's easy for Yokohara Fort not to lose so many people." When someone relayed Ouyang Xuan's words, he really moved a group of generals and colonels of the newly attached army, and they suddenly had a good impression of the leader of the Thunderbolt Army who they had never met. To say that these new annexes were not traitors, most of them were forced to surrender to the Mongols. Take Zhou Jianshen as an example, he was originally a battle-hardened general under Liu Quan. In the battle of Jiantandu, Liu Quan could not resist Niu Ling and retreated, and Zhou Jianshen was captured due to exhaustion and had to join the Mongolian army. He had also had suicidal thoughts, but he was accompanied by several disabled comrades, who would not have survived if he had died. Before notifying the new annex army and the people to retreat, Ouyang Xuan received the news from the sailor clipper. The main force of the water army to reinforce Hengyuan Fort was led by Le Quanan, who blasted the water barrier in the Wenjing River in Fucheng last night, and the fleet has passed through Yongqu Township, and it is estimated that it can be reached before three poles in the sun. Huang Dagen led the main force of another naval army, preparing to attack the Mongolian army that crossed the water three times.

The new annexed troops and civilians lined up to board the boat, which made the Mongolian soldiers dumbfounded. These men were talking animals, slaves and servants, and not only did they allow the Mongols to sit back and enjoy their work, but they were also excellent cannon fodder in wartime. Without them, wouldn't it be possible for the Mongols to farm their own land and work on their own? Without waiting for the secret to speak, a Mongolian general had already taken the initiative to ask him to go and recover these mobile properties, but it was really not good to kill these betrayers. It's just that the anger in their hearts was bombarded by artillery fire and became a confusion in their hearts - these people obviously won't come back, even if they catch up and kill them, they will definitely pay huge casualties, is it worth it? They saw that the artillery fire was getting more and more intense, and the Mongol cavalry slipped back into disgrace. The intense artillery fire from the head of Yokohara Fort and from the warships not only warned the Mongols not to cross the minepool, but also showed the determination of the Thunderbolts to protect the newly reformed personnel.

At this point, the secret knew that the food could not be returned. Without the new annexed army and the people, the Mongol cavalry simply could not move so much food. If you can't get it, you can't leave it to the Thunderbolts. He decided to destroy it - to burn it with fire. There were also many rockets in the Mongol cavalry battalion, which were originally used against warships, but were now used for arson. The plan was to take advantage of the high-speed mobility of the cavalry and take advantage of the gap in the artillery reload to get close to the grain baggage camp warehouse and fire rockets. This time, he was going to let the cavalry all sorts out, the cavalry of the Mongol Han army attacked head-on, and the cavalry of the Mongol headquarters roamed and harassed on both sides.

However, the Mongols' plan to burn the grain was shattered by more intensive artillery fire. Seeing the cavalry raiding on a large scale, Liao Loach ordered all the warships to open fire. Previously, in order to show weakness and save shells, he had always ordered only one light gunboat to open fire. Now that the main force of the naval army led by Le Quanan was about to arrive, he had no worries and ordered five gunboats to fire together, and the density of firepower was several times greater in an instant. In particular, the heavy gunboat, although it only had four heavy guns, fired more shotguns than two light gunboats. The guns on the warship and at the head of the Yokohara fort wall fired barrage fire one after another, creating a death zone in front of the three camps, making the raid plan of the secret fire a nightmare for his cavalry.