When the Jiangdong War Report came, Gong Lince and others in the Chinese army tent were overjoyed when they heard the news, and the impregnable Song army's defense line was broken through in such a short period of time by this side, which they could not imagine before.

Inevitably, Gong Lince and other monks praised Meng Shanming again and again, praising him for being handsome and so on.

In this battle, they saw Meng Shanming's ability, which made Gong Lince and others have confidence in the follow-up war.

However, Meng Shanming, who saw the battle report, was not happy, Gong Lince and the others did not understand, maybe the dead person was just a number in the eyes of these monks, but he Meng Shanming understood it and knew how much it cost to fight it.

As soon as he read the battle report, he knew which place and which team fought fiercely, and he was not biased towards Zhang Hu's side, only the men and horses on the court side, and nearly 200,000 horses were missing in this attack alone. If you add the losses on Zhang Hu's side, the accumulated losses are actually greater than the Song army in the Hukou defense line.

And all of this was caused by his order, how many soldiers and soldiers in Dayan were ruined by his order?

How happy did this make him, in the face of a voice of praise, he was ashamed to be ashamed, slowly closed his eyes, and said slowly in the excited atmosphere in the tent: "Pass the good news to An Xianzhao, Su Qitong, and Shi Xinmao, and order the three departments to be ready to cross the river at any time! At the same time, I ordered Xu Jingyue's department to march to me." He also ordered Zhang Hu to send someone to send the raft back as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" the herald commanded.

The news of the good news reached the four departments of Xu, An, Su, and Shi, and the generals of the four departments were shocked.

It's not that the four departments don't have confidence in Meng Shanming, but they didn't expect Meng Shanming to break through the defense line of Song Guojiang so quickly, which is called a god speed.

With the experience of the four main generals, of course they knew how difficult it was for Luo Zhao's tightly arranged river defense to break through, and it could even be said that it was unlikely, and of course they knew what it meant for the Song defense line to be breached, which meant that the Song State was loosened in the face of the entire river defense of the Yan State.

"From the time we received the news of the feint attack to now, it's only been three hours, right?" asked Purple Gold Cave Elder Yue Yuan.

"Yes, in three hours, he broke through the Hukou defense area defended by the 300,000 Song army, Meng Shuai is Meng Shuai, and the sword is not old!" Xu Jingyue shook his head and sighed with emotion, he didn't know much about the battle situation at the moment, and it was really hard to imagine how it was broken.

Yue Yuan asked again: "Now let us go over here, do you want us to cross the river from that side?"

Xu Jingyue bowed slightly, "It should be, we are the closest to that side, and the Hukou Defense Area is controlled by Meng Shuai, except for letting us cross the river from the Hukou Defense Area, there should be no other reason." It's pointless to say this now, but when I see Meng Shuai, I naturally know. ”

After saying that, he turned around and shouted, "Order, the army is assembled, and go south along the river!"

With an order, Miyazhou coerced a group of people from the imperial court to immediately pull out the camp, and the army went along the river......

"What?"

In the Jiangfang Governor's Palace, Wu Qunlie, who couldn't sleep all night, was shocked when he received the report of the loss of Hukou, and the whole person staggered back a few steps, a little shaky.

"Your Excellency!" the generals in the hall exclaimed, and quickly stepped forward to support him.

Shaking his head, Wu Qunlie, who had stabilized his mind, waved his arms left and right, angrily pushed away the support, his face was extremely ugly, and he said bitterly with a look of hatred: "In less than three hours, I lost the Hukou defense line, and I didn't even hold it for half a day, as long as I hold on for half a day, I can rush to the reinforcements from Qingqu! Xu Laiping, Xu Laiping, you have the trust of the Metropolitan Governor, and you deserve to die! How do you let me explain to the Metropolitan Governor! How do you let the Metropolitan Governor explain to the imperial court!"

He suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath, and slashed it down, directly chopping off the corner of the table on the side, and the whole person trembled.

One general said: "My lord, the matter has come to this, and it is useless to be angry." Fortunately, Xu Laiping is not stupid, he has preserved the strength of almost 130,000 horses, Zhang Hubu also suffered heavy losses, Xu Laiping estimated that Zhang Hu's men and horses lost no less than 200,000, and the grain was also burned by Xu Laiping, so as not to fall into the hands of the Yan thief, the shortage of grain and grass in the hands of the Yan thief, it is almost unbearable, and the situation can still be recovered!"

Wu Qunlie stood firm with his sword, exhaled a long breath, and said in a deep voice: "In other words, Zhang Hu only has about 300,000 horses left in his hands... Immediately let Xu Laiping's remnants join Liao Nanqing's Qingqu men and horses, gather people from both sides, and take back the Hukou defense area for me at any cost!"

Not long after the order was issued here, an urgent report came from outside, "Report, there is movement in Xu Jingyue's department on the other side, and Xu Jingyue's men and horses are moving rapidly in the direction of the Hukou defense area." ”

A group of generals immediately walked to the map to check, and a general said: "This is obviously preparing to let Xu Jingyue's men and horses cross the river from the Hukou defense area, increase troops to expand the control of the Hukou defense area, and prepare for the subsequent army of Yan State to cross the river." ”

Wu Qunlie turned around and asked, "Is there any movement on the other side of An Xianzhao, Su Qitong and Shi Xinmao?"

The following reply: "There is no movement at the moment. ”

Wu Qunlie smashed his fist against the wall, Meng Shanming's strategy was clear: not to mobilize all the assembled men and horses along the river to cross the river from the Hukou defense line, that is, to clamp down on this side, or to drag most of the men and horses on this side, so that this side did not dare to go to the aid with all its might, forcing this side to dare to only use the method of adding fuel to help.

As long as the people leave, once the defense is empty, An Xianzhao, Su Qitong, and Shi Xinmao on the opposite side will immediately cross the river to attack, and what is lost is not a Hukou defense line.

This is the helpless situation that has to be faced after the defense line is broken down a little.

"Then send an order to Liao Nanqing, ordering Qingqu reinforcements to march at full speed, be sure to join the remnants of Xu Laiping as soon as possible, and be sure to take back the Hukou defense line before Xu Jingyue's troops cross the river. Wu Qunlie slammed another punch into the wall.

......

It was dawn and the rain had stopped, but the moist smell in the air was obvious, as if a handful of air could be pinched out.

The wooden rafts on the river are coming and going, and the wooden rafts scattered along the bank of the river are being collected, although many have gone with the stream, but they still collect as much as possible on the shore and transport them from the Hukou defense area to the Yanguo side on the other side.

A large raft crossed the river under the control of a group of monks.

On the raft, a wheelchair, Meng Shanming, whose eyes were bloodshot, sat upright, coughing occasionally, just because he had been too tired recently, and he didn't have a good rest at all.

Luo Da'an stood behind the wheelchair and supported the wheelchair, and Gong Lince and others stood on both sides.

There is also a white horse on the wooden row, the divine horse, which is the white horse that Luo Zhao gave to Meng Shanming, and he also crossed the river, but he seems to be a little uneasy, and the creatures on the land are more accustomed to being down-to-earth, and they seem to be a little unaccustomed to floating on this muddy and rolling river.

When the wooden raft landed, Zhang Hu on the shore led a group of generals to greet him, and Meng Shanming was carried ashore by two monks along with his wheelchair.

The entire Hukou defense line suitable for landing is like a big construction site, a large number of men and horses are demolishing all the facilities on the defense line, destroying all the facilities that have a defensive effect, and even the houses are not left, as for those long-range attack equipment for projectiles, etc., are being dismantled and transported.

Meng Shanming, who was in a wheelchair, checked all the way and asked, "How is the inventory?"

Zhang Hu said: "Fortunately, our army broke through with the momentum of thunder, killing the other party by surprise, the opponent's defeat was too sudden, and many materials were destroyed before they had time, which cheapened us." The food hoarded here is enough for hundreds of thousands of people and horses to feed me for six or seven days. Over there in the granary... When Guo Xianfu led the people to arrive, he found that he had been burned to char by Xu Laiping's fire, and he failed to succeed. ”

Meng Shanming frowned slightly, so much food, which was exactly what was urgently needed here, was actually destroyed, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

But he also knows that there is no way to do it, war is so ruthless, don't expect the enemy to feel sorry for the food that can't be taken away for you, it's normal for people to destroy what they can't get.

"Sun Gaotian, take me to see. Meng Shanming said.

Zhang Hu immediately led the group to a tent, there was no house to live in, and the houses were demolished here.

When a group of people entered the tent, Sun Gaotian, who was extremely tired, did not rest, lying on the bed, staring at the top of the tent without blinking.

"Meng Shuai sees you're here. Zhang Hu walked to the bed and pushed Sun Gaotian.

Sun Gaotian came back to his senses and saw Meng Shanming, he burst into tears in an instant, struggling to get up, "The last general is incompetent..."

Meng Shanming stretched out his hand and pressed him back, "You have done a good job, you have completed all the tasks excellently, you should take the first credit in this battle! The palace master of the Zijin Cave is here, he is very curious about how you crossed the river, let you tell him in detail, and tell him all about your battle." ”

When it came to sadness, Sun Gaotian's tears were uncontrollable, and he choked up and told what had happened, and after speaking, he had already cried into a tearful person.

can make this kind of murderous man cry bitterly, I am afraid that it can only be seen on the battlefield.

Knowing that 50,000 horses forcibly crossed the Rolling Dragon River and lost 20,000 people in an instant, and 4,000 men and horses forcibly blocked the 100,000 army for half an hour, which one of them was not sent to death, Gong Lince and others were also moved, only to know how miserable these people were in this battle, and how much key role these people played in this battle.

"The head of the palace, Guo Xianfu and Sun Gaotian have made contributions to this battle, and the old man asked the court for the two of them to be crowned marquis, and it is not an exaggeration to ask for the false names of the two marquis, right?" Meng Shanming stared at Gong Lince and asked.

Gong Lince bowed, "Merit should be rewarded." ”

Meng Shanming: "It's just that the old lady is soft-spoken and makes a statement to the court, and the court is afraid that there will be doubts." ”

Gong Lince understood what he meant, and when the other party spoke, it was strange that Shang Jianxiong could agree, and immediately promised: "I will do this matter, and I will do it immediately, and there will be a reply within three days." ”

I still have a request, I hope that after the war, the imperial court can erect a monument in Rolling Dragon Gorge and engrave the names of 50,000 heroes on it, I want them to be immortal, to be a model for my Dayan boys, for the pride of my descendants of Dayan, and to cast the soul of my Dayan army!"

Gong Lince: "If Dayan can get away with it, this matter will be on me, and I will never break my word!"

For him, this kind of thing has nothing to lose at all, so he made a promise in public, and naturally there is no room for repentance.

PS: With you in the rivers and lakes, it is an honor to meet! Xie Xinmeng, the leader of the "honest man's eldest son"!