Chapter 404 Wu Wei is very powerful
Through the telescope, Mengge saw the soldiers on the city wall standing majestically, holding the flag of the Shenwei Army, motionless like sculptures, and sighed that they were more powerful than the warriors in front of his tent.
At this moment, a black shadow flashed in the telescope, and immediately there was a "puff" sound. A stone bullet hit the sand dune below, splashing a large amount of sand and hitting Mengge's cheek.
The horse he was sitting on was frightened and could not stand steadily. It was sliding down the sand dune, and both the horse and the rider were rolling into the depths of the sand ditch.
Stone bullets continued to fall from the air, filling the sand slope where Mengge had just stood with dust. His guards rushed into the sand ditch, picked him up and ran back.
Mengge limped back to the central army tent, covered in dust and dirt. After listening to his story, Subutai said that it was a red cannon, and the Shenwei Army had deployed their red cannon in Wuwei.
This type of cannon fires stone bullets in the desert, but on the plains it fires extremely powerful splitting bullets that will kill any living thing within ten steps.
Mengge was furious and yelled that he would open Wuwei City and rush in to kill him. But in his heart, he secretly marveled, Damn, it's a good thing that the gods are protecting me, otherwise my life would be in danger.
The Shenwei Army is really powerful, they actually have cannons with such a long range.
His Huihui cannon, with the iron circles installed as a boost, could only fire at a range of about three to five miles. Just now, he was still seven or eight miles away from Wuwei City.
This guy was asking around as he was walking on his way back east, and he discovered that the sky in the east had changed.
When he came into conflict with the Shenwei Army in Wuwei, he realized that what Subutai and Hubili said was true. The Shenwei Army was not only brave and fearless, but also well-equipped. They had many good close-combat cannons and mortars that could hit whatever they were pointed at.
His soldiers were still armed with scimitars and bows and arrows, and the iron barrel cannons they were equipped with were bulky, heavy, and rare.
Comparing the two, the difference is obvious.
Subutai sighed helplessly: I never thought that the Shenwei Army would develop so fast. In just a few years, the soldiers have become so brave and fearless, and the sophistication of their weapons has far surpassed theirs.
Subudai persuaded him to retreat. The two armies were not at the same level, and their small number of troops would not be of much use. Moreover, if they could not capture Wuwei, they could not enter the valley, so it was meaningless to occupy it.
At present, they have reached a draw with the Shenwei Army, and it is not shameful to retreat back to the desert.
He said: My great prince, we have come back for the throne, and we must not lose the big picture for the sake of small things.
How can we fight if we are entangled by the Divine Power Army and cannot escape?
The loss is too great, and there is no point in returning to the royal court.
Mengge asked him unwillingly: Don’t you want the 10,000 troops from Zhangye anymore?
Those were the elite troops he brought back from Ross.
Subutai said that a real man should have the courage to sacrifice his chariot to protect his master, and to cut off his arm to survive.
The old man analyzed for him that they received a report three days ago that they had entered Zhangye, but it was an empty city. This showed that the Shenwei Army had a planned retreat.
Even so, only 5000 to 6000 soldiers and horses were left after crossing the desert, and the number of horses was less than 20000. Even if the horses were counted as warriors, how could more than 20000 soldiers and horses defeat such a powerful army?
His opinion was to ignore Zhangye and retreat immediately.
Moreover, the Shenwei Army's abandonment of Zhangye might be a trap. The Shenwei Army pretended to be defeated so that we could be careless after a small victory, and then they planned to have a decisive battle with us under the city of Wuwei.
Mengge woke up immediately.
Damn it, if the decisive battle really starts here, he will be in big trouble.
His troops had come across the desert and had fought with the Shenwei Army without taking a rest. Now they were playing with sand by the side of Wuwei City without any gain, and the roots of the grass around them had been dug up and eaten by the horses.
If they were to be entangled for another ten days or half a month, tens of thousands of troops would probably be doomed.
Mengge was very fierce in fighting and he was also very decisive in retreating. Having made up his mind, he asked Subutai to set a trap for the Shenwei Army and then retreat immediately.
Miao Gui and Hao Xiaoming rushed to Wuwei and analyzed the military situation after listening to the report from the defending general Zhang Yitang. They thought that they had underestimated the decision-making sensitivity of the enemy and were too late. They estimated that Meng Ge was going to run away.
Because, since yesterday, the Mongolian army's attack has stopped. In the clear weather, the view is wide, but only the Mongolian army's tents are neatly arranged, and no one is seen walking inside.
When Zhang Yitang heard that the Mongolian army had retreated, he immediately wanted to leave the city to pursue them, but was stopped by Hao Xiaoming.
He said that the enemy had not been defeated, but was retreating in a planned manner. How could we rashly pursue them?
If we chase after them, we will most likely be ambushed by the Mongolian army.
The most important thing right now is to support Zhangye, because the situation there is unclear. There are only 15,000 troops guarding from Wuwei to Zhangye. If the Mongolian army takes away each stronghold one by one, it will be the biggest loss.
Hao Xiaoming felt a little regretful. Zhangye was guarded by his beloved general Huo Yi, so how come he failed to hold it?
Although he had been assigned the task of luring and delaying the enemy, he did not have to give up the city to the Mongolian army.
Miao Gui said that now that Wuwei was stable, he would immediately send cavalry to reinforce Zhangye and recapture the city. Here, Yitang would be the commander of the front army, carefully scouting forward and retaking the stationed points.
After they made their plan, they immediately took action.
However, by the afternoon of the next day, someone came from Zhangye to report that the Mongolian army had been defeated and the city had been recaptured.
It turned out that although Huo Yi was ambushed by the Mongolian army and was a little hasty in his sniping, he took advantage of the enemy's rash mentality of winning and gave up the city after completing the effective killing of the enemy. He released the alert and delayed the enemy and then trapped them in the city.
Because he had already evacuated the people in the city and moved them all to the Qilian Mountains.
Huo Yi mobilized artillery to bombard the Mongolian troops gathered in the city, making the enemy unable to eat or sleep well, and living in constant fear.
However, five days later, the enemy fled desperately. Even though Huo Yi tried his best to snipe, the Mongolian army drove a large number of horses to charge and broke through the gap, allowing them to escape. Only a few thousand war horses were captured.
Miao Gui was extremely depressed after reading Huo Yi's military report. He was very puzzled as to why the Mongolian army escaped so quickly this time?
Hao Xiaoming said we have met our match.
Brother Meng would fight if he could win, and would just run away if he couldn't win. He took the Third Young Master's guerrilla warfare to the extreme, so we didn't seize the opportunity.
Since Miao Gui's very depressed team had already arrived, he would block the passage to and from the desert and never let them enter Hexi to cause trouble again.
Hao Xiaoming nodded and told him that the city of Zhangye was too small and not conducive to defense. He and Wu Sicheng had discussed the plan to expand the city and enclose all the new oases in the east of the city.
Miao Gui agreed to build a new city, but disagreed with building a city around the oasis.
Miao Gui said that the Third Young Master said that it was not easy to find a piece of green land in the river valley, and it must be protected and used to grow crops and raise livestock. The city is built on the hills and rivers, occupying the Gobi Desert to block the opening, repairing houses, planting trees, and digging a few wells to solve the water problem.
At this time, Zhao Yulin had already entered Xiangyang and had not received any new battle reports from Gansu .
Yang Xingyun happily caught him and said, "Brother is finally here. The brothers have been looking forward to his coming."
Zhao Yulin asked with a smile: If he hadn't come, the brothers wouldn't have to fight?
Xingyun was speechless for a moment, looking embarrassed.
I don't know how to answer.
Zhao Yulin knew that he was not good at joking, so he laughed out loud.
He said to Yang Xingyun: Chuan Xin and Chuan Fang are going to Nanyang, let's all go to Nanyang to discuss the matter.
As they arrived at the gate of the government office, Chen Chen flew into his arms like a butterfly, helping Xing Yun to relieve his embarrassment.
Chen Chen took him into the government office and told him with a smile that the female leader had planted flowers and grass when she lived in the government office. The flowers in the government office were in full bloom, and the fragrance was overflowing. It was very comfortable to live in. Sister Yuqi judged that my brother was coming to Xiangyang, so she asked me to serve him well and try to have another child.
Zhao Yulin found the first half of the sentence very sour. He took the tea bowl brought by the maid without any preparation, took a bite, and almost spit it out.
He stared at Chen Chen and asked him: Can't you be more reserved?
Are the issues of childbirth also being brought to court?
When the maid saw them kissing each other, she immediately ran away with a giggle.
Zhao Yulin asked her to talk about business. The team was about to set out, with the goal of retaking Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and even going to Yingtianfu, which was farther away. He asked Chen Chen to organize an emergency team to go to Nanyang to assist the Shenwei Army in logistics.
The woman was excited and said that she was going to start so soon.
He said that the Chinese people have been waiting impatiently for a long time, and if those places are not recovered, no one will know the names of the people there.
At night, he had a secret talk with Yang Xingyun. He told him that the team had been preparing for a long time and it was time to take action. He asked his East Group and the Xiaohan Road Group to join forces, attack Kaifeng, launch a large-scale operation, and recapture the land from Kaifeng to Yingtianfu. They couldn't go any further.
Yang Xingyun was excited. They had been preparing for this day for a long time.
He asked who would be in charge after the merger?
Do you have any objection to letting Lai Chuanfang be the head coach?
After a moment's hesitation, Yang Xingyun simply said: No objection.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him: It is impossible to have no opinions at all. We are all seven feet tall men, who doesn't want to be the boss and give orders?
Yang Xingyun knew that Zhao Yulin had seen his hesitation, and immediately said, "Brother Chuanfang is the leader, I will obey your arrangements, and hand over the team to Brother Chuanfang."
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that this was a good attitude. The Shenwei Army is no longer your or my private army, but the army of the New Song Dynasty. It doesn't matter who leads it.
The entire eastern theater of operations must be mobilized and coordinated. The Ministry of War will also dispatch troops from other theaters to join the battle in Nanyang, in order to defeat the Mongolian army's defense line in the Central Plains in one fell swoop.
After Zhao Yulin explained this, the two of them discussed it until dawn before taking a break.
When he woke up, Yang Xingyun had already led his men to Nanyang, and he then went west along the Han River into Jinzhou.
In Xuzhou, Hubili was also planning in the military camp, and sent a secret message: Zhao Yulin, the commander of the Shenwei Army, had arrived in Xiangyang. Although the secret letter said that Zhao Yulin was sending his wife Huo Fenghuang to Fuzhou to take up his post, and was going to Xiangyang to visit his concubine Chen Chen, Hubili still felt that something was a bit strange.
Why did Zhao Yulin come to Xiangyang at this time when he didn't come earlier or later?
