At night, on the tower of the east gate of Hulangtu City, General Hauger ordered someone to send an order to the main warmen to discuss the matter here, and the herald walked down the city tower, and soon the main warlords came to the city tower one after another.

Seeing that all the generals had arrived, Hauger said: "I called you here because I have an urgent military situation to discuss with you, and now the Ming army has gone to attack Butumu City, and General Zakbu thinks that this is a good opportunity for us to retreat, and General Zakbu thinks that we are going to attack Dehua City, or to rescue Butumu City, I call everyone here to see what the generals mean." After that, everyone started talking.

Ha Chijin said: "General Mo thinks that retreating is the wisest, it is impossible to succeed in attacking the city, and more people will die in the rescue." Zack preached: "Ha Chijin, I suspect that you are a spy of the Ming army, and you always want us to be deserters." Ha Chijin said: "Originally, this war was a senseless war, I was for more people to live, if you think I am a spy, kill me." "It turned out that the generals who fled back with Arutai, as well as the generals who fled back with Hauger, all said that they wanted to retreat, and many of the generals who were guarding Hulangtu City also wanted to retreat, and only a few had to fight.

General Hauger said: "Since most of the generals are in favor of retreating, then without further ado, everyone should go back and prepare immediately, and leave the city from the east gate immediately." When the generals heard this, they immediately went down the tower, and Hauger ordered the defenders to immediately tear down the bricks and stones that blocked the gates. The defenders were ordered to immediately remove the masonry from the gates.

The Mongol army was ready to line up on the street, waiting for the city gate to be opened, and when the masonry of the city gate was finally removed, Hauger immediately ordered the city gate to be opened and the drawbridge was put down, and the defenders quickly opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge on the city tower.

Hauger ordered the army to go out of the city, and although there were 20,000 troops, the action was still quiet, and no one shouted the sight of horses neighing. The grain and grass were taken away together. The army left the city and headed northeast.

Lingyu Zhan secretly wondered at the gate of the city: "When did the Mongol soldiers leave, did they find out that we went to attack Butumu City, did they leave in the middle of the night?" Thinking of this, he followed the footsteps of the Mongolian soldiers and chased after them, and after chasing for fifty or sixty miles, there was no trace of the Mongolian soldiers, so Lingyu stopped, thinking that the Mongolian soldiers had gone away. So they rushed back and returned to Hulangtu City, where the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Army and Deputy General Lin had already entered the city, and they also went to the other city gates to check that there were indeed no Mongol soldiers.

When the generals saw Lingyu coming back, Zhang Yang said, "General, where have you been?" Lingyu said: "I'll go to see if the Mongolian soldiers really escaped, and after chasing for about sixty miles, there is no trace of the Mongolian soldiers, it seems that the Mongolian soldiers have really gone away." After a pause, he said, "Close the gates." Let's all go to the barracks and rest!"

Vice General Lin immediately ordered people to close the city gate and raise a drawbridge to guard the city gate, and the rest of the people walked towards the barracks with the Flying Tiger Army, and Lingyu and Hao Yan, Ma Junlan, and Hong Xia also went to the barracks together.

At dawn the next day, the soldiers led by General Yang and Liu Mingguo had rushed to the north gate of Hulangtu City, but they did not see Lingyu's whereabouts, and ordered the soldiers to stop and rest. He also sent spies to the vicinity of Hulangtu City to inquire about the situation.

General Yang looked at the towers and the head of the city, and there were no Mongolian guards, not even Mongolian flags. Just when I was feeling strange, I suddenly saw the flag of the Ming army erected on the city. General Yang said happily: "It seems that General Feihu has captured Hulangtu City. After speaking, he urged the horse to run to the front and shouted towards the city tower: "Hey, I am General Yang, are you the army brought by General Flying Tiger." The guards on the city tower said: "Yes, Chief Yang, you wait outside the city for a while." We are tearing down the masonry that blocked the city gates. Mr. Yang said, "Okay." After speaking, he picked up his horse and turned to the generals and said: "Pass the order, the city of Hulangtu has been captured by the general, so let everyone rest in peace!"

The south gate of Hulangtu City. The west gate and the north gate have soldiers who will demolish the masonry blocking the city gate, the north gate will soon dismantle the masonry, open the city gate and put down the drawbridge, Yang Zongbing and Liu Mingguo will enter Hulangtu City with the soldiers. The people in the city also came out to welcome the arrival of the Ming army, and everyone asked to see the Flying Tiger General, but an old man stopped Liu Mingguo and said: "Commander, please let us meet the Flying Tiger General." The people behind them said in unison, "Yes, I beg you to let us meet the Flying Tiger General." Liu Mingguo said: "Don't worry, I will definitely tell General Feihu about everyone's wishes, and I want General Feihu to meet you." The people said in unison, "Thank you, Commander." ”

Yang Zongbing and Liu Mingguo came to the barracks with the generals, the two went to the command hall, and when they came to the command hall, they saw a few Flying Tiger Army Captains and Hong Xia They were there, the two stepped forward to salute Lingyu, and after the ceremony, Yang Zongbing said: "General, you captured Hulangtu City so quickly, General Mo is really admired." Lingyu smiled and said: "General Yang, you misunderstood, Hulangtu City is useless to attack, and when we arrived, the Mongolian soldiers had already fled." Yang Zongbing said: "In this way, General Mo is even more admired, this is called a soldier who surrenders without a fight." Lingyu said: "This is not the work of any one person, it is the result of the concerted efforts of all the soldiers." ”

Liu Mingguo said: "General, the people in the city are grateful for your kindness and want to see you, do you want to see them." Lingyu said: "Of course I want to see it, but I don't want to be grateful, but to apologize to the people, because it is our soldiers who did not protect them well." Liu Mingguo said: "It's all Mo Jiang's incompetence that makes the people suffer." Yang Zongbing said: "It's also to blame Mo for being incompetent." Lingyu said: "I don't mean to blame you, this is what their Mongols have been planning for a long time, and they came prepared, of course, so you can't guard against it." Both of them said, "Thank you for the size of the general." Lingyu said: "There is no need to investigate the previous incidents, but we must learn a lesson, okay, let's go and meet the people in the city." With that, he walked out of the hall, and the others followed.

Lingyu came to the crossroads, many people were waiting there, seeing Lingyu coming, the people all knelt down to meet, Lingyu hurriedly stepped forward to help up the first few people, and said, "Hurry up, please get up." Then he raised his head and said to everyone: "Everyone please get up, we are ashamed!" The people heard it clearly, and they all hurriedly thanked him, and Lingyu said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, don't thank us, it's our government and our army that didn't protect you well and let you suffer, I apologize to you." ”

The old man from before said: "General, don't say that, our people don't blame the imperial court and the government, this is a sudden invasion by the Mongols, and no one can expect it." Lingyu said: "The people are good people, the Mongols do not follow the rules, they also have to pay the price of blood, we want to make them pay for the blood debt, so that they will always remember the lesson of blood, in the battle south of Dehua City, the Mongolian soldiers died more than 20,000 in the battle, we killed 8,000 enemies in the first battle of Dehua City, and killed 6,000 enemies in the first battle of Butumu City, and the Mongolian soldiers in Hulangtu City took the opportunity to escape, count them wisely." The people cheered in unison.

After a while, he calmed down, and the old man said: "This is all because of the general's might to scare them away, and it is also because of the general's might that the Mongolian soldiers did not dare to kill our people indiscriminately." Lingyu said: "This is the strength of all our soldiers, I don't dare to take credit alone, but also to tell you a good news, the army of the imperial court is about to arrive, and as soon as the army arrives, we will wave our army to chase and kill the Mongolian soldiers, until they beg for mercy." The old man said, "Okay, let the Mongols remember the lesson and never dare to invade our Ming Dynasty." ”

Lingyu said again: "Fathers and fellow villagers, all the grain and grass in the barracks in the city have been taken away by the Mongolian soldiers, I will immediately send troops to Dehua City to bring grain and grass, hoping to give some food to spend two days, and ask everyone to voluntarily never force it." The old man said: "The imperial court has exempted us from taxes for a year, so if you donate some grain, we will go back to get food." After speaking, he beckoned everyone to go home to get food, and the people dispersed one after another, and Lingyu said: "Thank you, father, old folks." After that, he went back to the barracks with the generals. (To be continued.) )