Chapter 40: Huaxiong's Pressure
The rising sun in March broke through the thin morning fog and sprinkled on the head of Pingyin City, and also illuminated the fog of Dong Min's night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The bad news that Hu Miao brought to Dong Min was not extremely bad news, it was not a large force of Lu Cheng army crossing the river, but a conspiracy of some scholars in Pingyin to rebel.
Since it is not a large force of Lucheng troops crossing the river, then there must not be many Lucheng troops at Mengjin Ferry, and it takes a lot of time for a large number of Lucheng troops to cross the river.
"Where's Wenxiu?"
Dong Min must have drunk in his heart.
"So-and-so."
Hua Xiong had already been pulled out of the bed, and the wine was also driven away by Meng Jindu's loss, and at this moment, after the meal was full, he was waiting for Dong Min's summons with bright clothes.
"A certain commander led 2,000 Yulin cavalry as the vanguard, and he was determined to recapture Mengjin and kill the army that crossed the river and crossed the land city, so as to wait for the arrival of a certain army, can you do it?"
Dong Min's requirements are not strict, but Hua Xiong has no complaints, because his life was saved by Dong Min, and he lost to Guan Yu in Hanoi before, and he fought away with fewer enemies and more enemies, and now on his own turf, he will not lose again.
Hua Xiong said in high spirits: "I can't do it, I will see you some."
"Okay."
Dong Min high-fived and praised, and at the same time said to Hu Miao: "As a general of Meng Jin, you are familiar with the terrain, would you like to go with Captain Hua?"
Hu Zhen has a lot of men and horses in his hands and is very popular in the Xiliang army, Dong Min also had to be polite to Hu Miao, who fled back from defeat.
Hu Miao was quite bold, and said: "Thank you for the grace of the three generals not to kill, a certain is willing to atone for his crimes, and if he loses this battle again, he is willing to be dealt with by military law with Captain Hua."
"Okay, if you two can work together, you will break the Lucheng army."
Hu Miao and Hua Xiong drove to Mengjin in the morning mist amid Dong Min's impassioned fighting spirit, and Hua Xiong complained on the way: "If you listen to a certain word last night and send troops to strengthen the troops of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin ferries, how can they be easily broken by traitors?" Hu Wencai made a mistake! ”
Meng Jindu was lost in the hands of Hu Miao, Hu Wencai is his uncle again, and now to recapture Meng Jin, it is all up to Hua Xiong, the first brave general in Xiliang, to contribute, and Hu Miao can only pretend not to hear his sour words.
The fog not only made it difficult for Dong Min to figure out the situation outside the city, but also delayed the plan of Lu Cheng's army to cross the river, and he could only wait for the sun to come out before crossing the river.
Zheng Hun has been studying the project of building pontoon bridges with boats as units for half a year, and the large and small rivers in Zhuo County have become places where Zheng Hun runs back and forth.
Although there was no problem with the pontoon bridge in the past, the Yellow River was different after all, and Zheng Hun was in charge himself, but he did not dare to guarantee it at night and in foggy weather.
Liu Bei could only sit and wait for the fog to dissipate, and at the same time pray that Dong Min would not go out so quickly, although he was not worried about the special guards and Zhang He, but the other private soldiers of the scholar clan who attached to Liu Bei might suffer heavy losses, so it was inevitable that they would be publicized by people with intentions as deliberately reducing the strength of the followers, and who would easily join him in the future.
"After the fog cleared a little, Yun Changbu was the vanguard and crossed the river first."
Liu Bei looked at the mist like a giant beast, and the pontoon bridge was like a tongue to the mouth of the giant beast.
"No!"
Zheng Hun also wanted to dissuade one or two, Guan Yu promised loudly and asked him to swallow the words back into his stomach, but his heart was in his throat, whether it was Guan Yu or Zhao Yunbu, they were all elite divisions, different from the cannon fodder of the newly recruited new army.
On the other side of the river, Meng Jindu, Zhang He looked at the dense fog and muttered, of course, he had to pretend to be okay on the surface, he encountered this foggy weather on the first mission, and Hu Miao ran away?
He didn't know when Dong Min would send troops, when Liu Bei would be able to cross the river to help, with his special guards of hundreds of people, he could not collapse under the attack of Dong Min's tens of thousands of troops, but could he hold Meng Jindu?
It's easy to break through, but it's hard to hold on?
Zhang He's brows were flat, but his heart was twisted, and he could only hope that Dong Min was stupid enough.
It turned out that Dong Min's use of troops was not as smart as Zhang He imagined, and he did not dare to take advantage of the foggy weather to sneak attack.
When the first rays of sunlight appeared in the dense fog, the corners of Zhang He's mouth couldn't help but rise, and a smile appeared, God help me.
"Someone, scatter the scouts to see where the Pingyin reinforcements have arrived?"
"No!"
Zhang He sent out the scouts, and ordered the people to make food, and there will be a fierce battle today.
Hua Xiong ordered people to speed up his advance when he left Pingyin City, and at first Hu Miao was forced by Hua Xiong's courage and did not dare to speak, but when one after another, some soldiers were trapped in a horse pit and fell to death by a tree trunk that suddenly appeared, so he had to say to Hua Xiong: "Captain Hua, the weather is bad, do you slow down the speed of the army a little?"
Hua Xiong glanced at Hu Miao with contempt and said, "The Art of War: Soldiers are noble and fast." Besides, if we are slow, will he Liu Xuande be slow? If most of the Lucheng army crosses the river, are you sure to recapture Mengjindu? Hum! ”
Hua Xiong's fierce words made Hu Miao dare not speak again, but these officers of Yu Linwei were full of complaints, although Yu Linwei was purged by Dong Min and had also killed the enemy on the battlefield, but they were regarded as too far from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
Originally, the foggy march had made them complain, but now that they didn't see the enemy army, their own people died one after another, which made everyone even more dissatisfied.
Hua Xiong is not a brave man who is inconsiderate of the soldiers, but now that time is like his fate, the more time he arrives, the more likely he will be to recapture Mengjindu and drive the Lu Cheng army back to the other side of the river.
Yulin Weiduo is a noble and a good family (a good family is not an ordinary person, but also a family with a good family background and meritorious service for the Han Dynasty), they are not short of money at all, so they are fully armored, but what? Under the great reward, there will be brave men who will not work between them.
Can't be tempted, can only coerce, Hua Xiong suddenly pulled out the head knife in his waist, turned over and slashed Yu Linlang, who complained the most around him, off the horse, and shouted: "A certain first is the commander, and those who don't listen to a certain order will end up like this; Those who dare to escape without permission will also end up in this way, and Hu Jingcai will use your department as a prison army. ”
"No!"
Under Hua Xiong's strong pressure, Yu Linwei could only put away his complaints and quickly rushed towards Meng Jindu.
The fog gradually dissipated, although there were roadblocks on the road back, but most of them could be seen by the sharp-eyed pioneer Xiliang soldiers, after clearing them one by one, the speed of Yulinwei's march accelerated, and the casualties were reduced rapidly, except for those who fell from their horses, there were no more deaths.
The resentment in Yu Linwei's heart could only be suppressed in his heart.
"Hurry up and report to Sima, the Xiliang army is less than two miles away from Mengjindu."
Huaxiong's march was extremely fast, but Zhang He operated overnight, digging countless antlers and horse traps, and even digging two trenches, and all kinds of materials in the camp were piled up at the advance gate of the Xiliang army.
"To a certain charge, rush into the camp, and those who retreat, behead; Fear the enemy and cut it; Those who hesitate to enter, behead. ”
Hua Xiong only saw at a glance that the other party's guards were good at guarding, but now there was no time for him to remove the obstacles outside the camp little by little, and now there was only one way in front of Hua Xiong, that is, to fill in a path with human life.