The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 180 Combat Plan
After more than ten days of marching day and night, Mu Xu led [-] soldiers and horses to a hundred miles west of the Huntong River, and he immediately ordered the entire army to set up camp.

Li Hu had no objection to Mu Xu's idea of ​​camping here, but Da Yuanmu, the envoy of Mohe, was somewhat incomprehensible, especially when the army had been stationed here for more than three days, he finally couldn't help it.

Da Yuanmu found Li Hu, and asked straight to the point, "General Li, you will go to the capital after crossing the Huntong River for a hundred miles to the east. Why is your son hesitant to go forward? Is it because you are afraid of the Jurchen barbarians?"

In fact, Li Hu didn't know what his elder son meant, but when he heard what Da Yuanmu said, he subconsciously retorted, "What are you talking about? Since our elder son did this, he must have his intentions. How could it be out of fear? What about the Jurchens?"

"But... saving people is like putting out a fire. Now Wanyanchi is fighting with us Mohe people. As long as Shizi leads his troops outside Shangjing, he will definitely retreat when he gets the news. Isn't this what you Central Plains people say to encircle Wei and save Zhao?" The big log is not a good stubble either, so he asked immediately.

Li Hu was a little speechless, he hesitated and couldn't speak, Da Yuanmu immediately said, "If General Li can't give me a clear answer, please take me to see the son, and I will explain it to him personally. .”

"Okay, but I can't guarantee that the prince will meet you." Li Hu replied helplessly, because he had begged to see Mu Xu several times in the past three days, but the guards outside the account would always say a word, and it was inconvenient for the prince to meet guests. , sent him away.

At this time, Mu Xu was sitting in the big tent, looking at the map laid out on the table, and observing the geographical location of Shangjing. Shangjing is located on the south bank of the Nan River, and to the west is the Huntong River. It should be near Harbin in later generations.Looking at Nanhe in the north of Shangjing, Mu Xu gradually had an idea, and while he was thinking about it, he heard the voice of the soldiers outside, "General Li, the prince ordered not to disturb him if there is nothing to do, so don't embarrass him." Then Then Li Hu said, "I have no other choice, but this Mohe envoy insists on arguing to see the prince."

Hearing this, Mu Xu put his fingers heavily on the Nanhe River north of Shangjing and said loudly, "General Li and the ambassador are invited to come in."

With the opening of the curtain of the big tent, Li Hu walked in with Da Log. After the two of them met Mu Xu, Da Log couldn't wait to say, "Your Majesty, we Mohe people can't hold on anymore, please ask The prince quickly dispatched troops to rescue."

Mu Xu stretched out his hand to signal, "My lords, please come forward and talk." When the two came to the case, he pointed to the map and asked Da Yuanmu, "Where is the place where you fought the Jurchens?"

Da Yuanmu looked carefully for a long time before pointing to a place on the map and said, "It should be near here, two hundred miles east of Shangjing."

Mu Xu nodded, "In your estimation, how many Jurchen soldiers left behind in the capital are worthy of a battle?"

"Wanyan Chi took away more than [-] horses, and there should be less than [-] soldiers in the city, but those Jurchen barbarians are all soldiers, and women and children are also quite powerful, so at least [-] to [-] people can be gathered in the city to guard City." Hearing Mu Xu's question, Da Yuanmu thought he wanted to capture Shangjing City first, so he hurriedly advised,

"If the son wants to attack the city, I'm afraid he will lose his troops and lose his generals. If he can't attack for a long time, Wanyan Chi will lead his troops back and attack back and forth. I'm afraid the consequences will be disastrous."

Mu Xu smiled and said, "Thank you for the reminder on Ambassador's Day. Naturally, I wouldn't be so unwise and use my own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths. After all, the troops I brought this time are all cavalry, and I don't have siege equipment."

Speaking of this, he stood up and gave an order to Li Hu, "General Li obeys the order!"

Li Hu cupped his fists, "The end is here."

Mu Xu pointed to the north bank of the Nanhe River on the map and said, "I want you to set off tonight and lead [-] troops to station on the north bank of the Nanhe River. Remember not to cook in a pot, lest the enemy find their way."

Li Hu wondered, "Your Majesty, the Jurchens have already confiscated all the boats along the coast. We don't have any tools. How can we cross the river at this moment?"

"General Li, be safe and don't be impatient." Mu Xu then ordered the guards at the door, "Bring up the things I prepared."

The personal guard led away, and came in with a big skin bag after a while. After Mu Xu took it, he said to Li Hu, "General Li, please look, this is a skin bag made of a whole sheepskin, as long as it is filled with air, it can float. Get up, I brought a total of [-] of them this time, as long as you tie [-] leather bags together, it will be a simple raft, so you can easily cross the river?"

Both Li Hu and Da Yuanmu's eyes lit up, and Qi Qi complimented Mu Xu, but Mu Xu just smiled lightly, without a trace of complacency, and the two couldn't help admiring them even more when they saw each other.They didn't know that Mu Xu did this because it wasn't his invention at all, but he learned it from the Mongols of later generations.

After solving the problem of crossing the river, Li Hu was still a little puzzled, "Your Majesty, my [-] troops are separated by a difficult river, so I'm afraid they won't be of much use whether as an ambush or a siege."

Mu Xu replied, "Of course I know this, but don't forget, there are grasslands near Shangjing. If we send troops to ambush on the south bank, how can we hide the enemy's scouts. But it is not the case on the north bank. As long as the army stays away from the river bank Stationed, do you think the enemy scouts will find it?"

Li Hu suddenly realized, "Yes, the enemy should always send scouts to watch the banks of the Nan River, but to cross the river, we must build rafts or pontoon bridges, but these can't be done without three or two days of work."

"It's exactly like this. As long as the enemy doesn't know that our army can cross the river at any time, the initiative is in our hands."

Then Mu Xu told the two of his detailed plans, "Tomorrow, I will take three thousand troops to Hutongjiang University to create momentum, and make a posture that I am going to cross the east of the river to attack Shangjing, and the Jurchens in Shangjing will investigate Seeing this military situation, I will definitely ask Wanyanchi for help."

As he spoke, he confessed to Da Yuanmu again, "Go back today and inform your leader that when Wanyan Chi returns to the army, let him lead the troops to follow behind, but don't fight with him, lest you get hit by the enemy's attack." Back to the carbine, all you need to do is pretend to join me. Wanyan Chi is worried that going to the capital might be a loss, so he definitely doesn't dare to tangle with you."

"When Wanyan Chi returns to Shangjing City, our two parties should meet up smoothly. At that time, he will have only one choice, which is to gather all the people in Shangjing City to go out of the city and fight to the death with us. We only need to fight with him on one side. , while retreating slowly to the west, holding the enemy until General Li crosses the river and attacks from the rear, he will definitely defeat this thief, and by that time even the capital will be within easy reach."

After hearing all of Mu Xu's plans, Li Hu and Li Hu didn't talk nonsense, and immediately took their orders and left.That night, Li Hu quietly left the camp with [-] troops and enough dry food for half a month.

At dawn the next day, Mu Xu summoned the quartermaster and ordered him to prepare a lot of banners, and then ordered the army to leave camp and go east.Two days later, when the army came to the Huntong River, they began to build rafts with great fanfare, as if they were going to cross the river.

The Jurchen scouts on the east bank of the river detected the movement, and quickly reported the news to Wanyanfeng, a younger brother of the Wanyanchi clan guarding the capital. When Wanyanfeng heard that there were at least [-] horsemen, he didn't dare to neglect. He ordered the messenger to deliver the message to Wanyan Chi.

The messenger, one person and two horses, ran for a day and a night and finally delivered the letter to Wanyanchi.When Wanyanchi heard the news, he guessed that the Mohe people might have colluded with the Han people to deal with him.However, he still decided to try it out, so he deliberately sent an order to retreat, and sure enough, more than [-] people from the Mohe people followed up. Obviously, he knew that he would do this, which also proved his guess.

Wanyanchi felt great hatred in his heart, thinking that these Mohe people were not worthy of living on the grassland, they would only be treated like dogs to the Han people. He secretly vowed that in the future, he would teach these Mohe people who oppressed their Jurchens a profound lesson.On the way back to the army, he showed his flaws several times, trying to lure the Mohe army to attack him, but they just stood still, and he immediately understood that the Mohe people planned to join the Han people first, and then fight their Jurchens.After thinking about this point, he immediately ordered to withdraw the troops back to the capital at full speed, regardless of the pursuers behind him.

(End of this chapter)