Chapter 166 The Marshal's Undercover
When Mu Hu and his men arrived at the big tent, Cao Yong had already instructed the personal guards of the central army tent to set rules. According to the rules, the deputy generals and young generals who attended the meeting had to take off their swords before entering the tent. Only he and a few main generals were allowed to bring swords into the tent.
Mu Hu suddenly drew his sword and killed someone. Everyone present was shocked. Those who surrendered and those who refused to surrender immediately split into two factions and started fighting. The guards who were ambushing behind the big tent immediately came in to clean up the mess.
As expected, the farce ended quickly.
However, Cao Yong was too close to Mu Hu and was stabbed without any preparation, seriously wounded. The guards around him killed Mu Hu and four rebellious lieutenants on the spot before they stabilized the situation.
Wu Sicheng, Li Chuan and Liu Honggen outside quickly rushed in to protect Cao Yong and asked him what to do.
Seeing that he was bleeding profusely, Li Chuan quickly called for a military doctor to come and save him.
Cao Yong covered his wound and coughed twice, saying that he would not die. Trembling, he handed the military command to Liu Honggen and asked another commander named Jiang Taimian to dispatch them to attack the south gate of Huichuan City immediately.
The Wang family army immediately mobilized and suddenly rushed towards the Mongolian army camp fully armed.
Androu'er had no idea what had happened. By the time he realized what had happened, the 10,000 Mongolian troops blocking the South Gate had been scattered by Wang's army and were fleeing in all directions. He was furious.
When Guo Chongma first received the news that Wang Xian had surrendered to Mongolia, he had already sent troops to join the siege.
Seeing that he was surrounded by heavy Mongolian troops on all sides, he felt that there was no hope of breaking out, so he gathered all the generals, both large and small, and ordered them to gather together and order them to fight to the death rather than surrender and to die for their country. They also gathered all the families together and burned them to death to protect them from the scourge of the northern barbarians.
Old Guo was really ruthless. He would rather burn his own wife and children than not fight the Mongolian army to the death.
His personal guards immediately went to chase them away. The soldiers had already started piling firewood around the house, and the women and children were driven towards the house crying all the way.
At this time, a young general asked him to wait and hold on a little longer. He believed that the Shenwei Army would come to rescue them. The Shenwei Army believed that all people in the world are brothers, and they have been urging us to work with them.
Guo Chongma laughed miserably and said that he hoped that everyone in this society would be free and equal, but looking around the country, which court was like that? Where could we settle down?
He had never seen anything like this in his life. Guo Chongma looked at his concubine with tears in his eyes and yelled, "Light a fire."
He was shouting and setting fire to his family when he suddenly heard the Jin soldiers on the city wall shouting that the Mongolian camp was in chaos and that the Wang family army and the Mongolian army were fighting.
The lieutenant colonel who was in charge of the fire-lighting mission was stunned when he heard this. The torch fell into the haystack and ignited the firewood. He laughed and desperately dug up the firewood, stomped out the fire, and shouted loudly, "Let them go, we have saved them again."
Guo Chongma climbed up the city wall and saw that the Mongolian army outside the south gate was indeed fighting with the Wang family army. It seemed that the sun was rising from the west. He was confused and had no idea what Wang was up to.
Immediately afterwards, the loud charge horn of the Shenwei Army sounded, and a team of cavalry dressed in Shenwei Army uniforms and carrying bright red flags rushed onto the battlefield. Their revolving muskets kept firing, reaping the lives of Mongolian soldiers one after another.
The Mongolian army was thrown into panic by the joint attack of the Wang family army and the Shenwei army, and the South Camp quickly collapsed.
The young general who had just spoken on the tower shouted: "The Divine Mighty Army is coming, the Divine Mighty Army is coming to rescue us, brothers, hurry up and fight your way out."
Guo Chongma also ignored everything, laughed loudly, grabbed his bow and arrow and ran out of the city...
Kuo Duan received the report of the failure of the South Gate. The Wang family army actually defected to the Song Dynasty to launch a surprise attack. He was furious. At the right time, Wang Shixian's emergency letter came again. He cursed and said, "Fuck you, Wang Shixian is a hypocrite among hypocrites. He had already torn off his face and started fighting , but he was still asking him for reinforcements."
Kuduan became even more angry and tore the secret letter into pieces, and threw the golden bowl of mare's milk that the maid had just handed to him.
The sky gradually darkened, and Android gathered the defeated soldiers and went to comfort Kuoduan.
He is a veteran warrior who looks at the problem very comprehensively. He said confidently, "Don't worry. The Shenwei Army has less than a thousand cavalrymen. It should be that Wang Xian's team defected to the Shenwei Army and took advantage of the fact that they were not exposed to attack us. It's okay. We still have 80,000 troops. We will counterattack tomorrow and eat up the Wang family's rebels first."
Kuoduan slapped the chair fiercely and nodded, saying in a stern voice, "Push forward and wipe them out completely, don't take any prisoners."
However, as time went on, he and Andre began to hesitate again.
Because their scouts discovered that this team was not in a hurry to enter the city, but was repairing and reusing the original military tents and camps of the Mongolian army. What does this mean?
Either they are not afraid of fighting, or they have so many men and horses that the city cannot accommodate them all.
This is indeed the case. The one thousand cavalrymen were led by Wanyan Chengmin himself, and he is now sitting with Cao Yong and Guo Chongma.
The three of them were all former ministers of the Jin Dynasty, so they were naturally familiar with each other, and communication was much easier.
Wanyan Chengmin first asked about Cao Yong's injuries, asked the military doctor of the Shenwei Army to check, cleaned the wound with alcohol, and applied medicine. Then he straightforwardly introduced his experience of joining the Shenwei Army, which made the two brothers very happy.
Cao Yong said that what he said was exactly the same as what was written on the leaflet. Is there really such a good army and such a good commander?
Wanyan Chengmin looked at them and smiled, saying that of course he never lied to anyone. Fortunately, his mother made the decision and he decided to follow the Shenwei Army.
If you don’t believe me, just wait and see. In the past, we were treated like slaves under the whip of others, but after joining the Shenwei Army, we became brothers.
Guo Chongma walked in front of the King of Hell's Palace with mixed feelings. After he calmed down, he immediately asked him how many troops he brought with him.
Cao Yong also looked at Wanyan Chengmin.
Because there were still 70,000 to 80,000 Mongolian troops on the opposite side, both of them looked at him nervously, fearing that he would say that there were only 1,000 cavalrymen.
Wanyan Chengmin said disdainfully that they were all "trivials". The Third Young Master was playing a big game. This time we had to go to Lanzhou in one breath. Here we have General Gao as the commander-in-chief, with no less than 100,000 troops. I heard that General Cao of the Zhizhisi also had 100,000 soldiers.
What Cao Yong and the others are concerned about is the present, this place, and how many troops he brought to Huizhou.
He spread his hands and said that there were not many people here, so he brought 40,000 troops.
Wanyan Chengmin spoke easily, but the two new brothers who had just come in were shocked.
Damn, it’s not enough. Isn’t it enough to just have 40,000 troops with a wave of my hand?
So how much is considered too much?
When Zhao Yulin arrived in Xigong, he learned that Cao Yong had indeed surrendered and Wanyan Chengmin had already gone up. He knew that Gao Jin would definitely not fall behind and Huizhou no longer needed him.
He called a battalion as escort and went directly to Dingxi.
When Zhao Yulin arrived in Dingxi, the Deputy Envoy of the Military Administration, General Cao Youwen, was already waiting for him on the city wall drinking tea.
Lao Cao was extremely happy and personally came down to greet Zhao Yulin. He affectionately took him to see the big words "Dingxiang City" on the city gate and excitedly told him that they were written by Emperor Shenzong himself and that the territory of the Song Dynasty was back.
Zhao Yulin came from the future and did not have such special feelings as him. He smiled faintly and said, "It doesn't matter. We still have to fulfill our oath: to punish anyone who offends the mighty Han no matter how far away they are , and realize the unification of China."
Lao Cao nodded repeatedly and took him to the city wall to enjoy the scenery. The guards immediately made tea for him.
Cao Youwen told him that he had asked You Wandi to lead the cavalry out of Yanchuan Town, and just caught the tail of Wang Shixian's eldest son, who was fighting fiercely with the Fourth Column at Shimen.
The eldest son was both brave and resourceful. He let the deputy general command the front while he led 3,000 death squads to attack Feng Guiqi from the flank.
Fortunately, Feng Guiqi's Fourth Column was prepared and sent out cavalry to monitor the battlefield from a distance. Feng Guiqi was still shocked by the intelligence of Wang's army's sneak attack and urgently deployed defenses.
The two sides quickly engaged in a fight.
But while the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. At this time, Cao Youwan appeared behind his eldest son with 10,000 cavalrymen and immediately launched a fierce attack.
The eldest son could not withstand the attack from both sides and his army was immediately defeated. He was hit by two arrows and had to escape in the chaos.
The Shenwei Army did not seek to kill all the enemies, but instead surrounded the enemy on three sides and launched a fierce attack on Gongchang Prefecture.
Hao Xiaoming concentrated nearly a thousand new long-range catapults to launch splitting bombs, covering the city again and again, and the entire Gongchang Prefecture was filled with smoke, and even the cellar was filled with choking air.
Wang Xian knew that her eldest son had been defeated and fled, and that Cao Yong had already defected to the Song army. She realized that the situation was hopeless, so she quickly escaped through the west gate.
Cao had already deployed cavalry to intercept along the way. The soldiers of Gongchang Prefecture knew the consistent policy of the officers and soldiers of the Shenwei Army, and most of them surrendered voluntarily. Wang Shixian and his personal guards were repeatedly intercepted and killed, with less than a hundred people around him. He was forced to abandon everything and escape in disguise. He disappeared just after passing Weiyuan Fort.
Zhao Yulin felt a little regretful. He thought that this person had been working in the northwest for many years. He was worried that he would be used by Kuo Duan and then come back to cause trouble. That would be troublesome.
Lao Cao said that Wang Shixian had been working here for so long, he must have a few close confidants. Wouldn't it be easy to hide a few people in such a huge Gongchang Prefecture?
Then, Lao Cao told him confidently: Don't be afraid, the people here yearn for the equality of all in the Shenwei Army. After the abolition of the unequal hierarchy, the serfs have joined the army enthusiastically. The soldiers of the old army ran away and came back, asking if we want them. After all, the enemy can't hide.
Zhao Yulin had just arrived in Dingxi and had no real feelings yet, but when he thought of Cao Yong's determination to follow the Shenwei Army, he felt that all the propaganda work over the years had not been in vain.
The two of them continued to discuss heading west to Lanzhou.
Under Huichuan City, Kuoduan's life was not easy. When he woke up, he found that the uniforms of the soldiers in Huichuan City had changed to the gray cloth uniforms of the Shenwei Army. The fortifications were also changed to offensive postures.
While Andre and he were still confused, the unique projectiles and splitting bombs of the Shenwei Army were already whistling in. The catapults mounted on the city walls, installed in the city walls, and in the military camps outside the city were attacking like a rainstorm under the coordination and command of the flag signalers. His central army tent was soon concentrated with mortars, and the military camp at the front had been blown to pieces by the Song army's artillery fire.
Then the entire Huizhou Song army launched a fierce and comprehensive counterattack.
