The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 398

The next day, the two armies fought again in the wilderness. Hu Yanzhuo hid the cavalry in the formation. When the infantry of the two sides were fighting, he ordered someone to blow the horn. The infantry in front went to the two wings according to the order. Kill out and take the Liangshan Zhongjun straight.

But seeing that chained horse with fifty rides and one lock, there was no room for a single retreat, so they had to go forward desperately, rushing like a tide, one wave after another.

As soon as Fang hit the Liangshan formation, he rushed out of a gap, smashing countless Liangshan soldiers who were blocking the front, and could only flee to the rear desperately, even his own rear army was disrupted.

Seeing this situation, Hu Yanzhuo was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to press up, preparing to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

At the same time, on a hill in the distance, Mu Xu was nervously watching the situation on the battlefield. He couldn't help clenching his fists nervously when he saw the abductee horse showing great power and causing a lot of damage to his own army.

It wasn't until he saw Hu Yanzhuo's entire army pressed up and chased in the direction where his own army was fleeing, that he let out a long sigh of relief, and waved to the orderly on the side, who hurriedly lit the beacon fire on the side, and immediately there was a A beam of wolf smoke rose straight into the sky.

This beam of wolf smoke seemed to be an introduction. After a while, the second and third beams rose in the distance, and they were sent directly to the rear of Hu Yanzhuo's army.

However, there was already a cavalry team of thousands of people waiting there. After seeing the smoke coming from the front, Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, and Shan Shiqi nodded to each other, and each led two thousand cavalry in three directions, heading towards Huyan After burning, the rank of the army surrounded them.

Let's talk about Hu Yanzhuo's place, he led his troops to chase and kill the deserters from Liangshan all the way, and he was full of self-satisfaction, when he suddenly saw the kidnappers and horses of the former army in a mess.He didn't know why, so he hurriedly ordered the scouts to investigate.After a while, the scouts came to report. The former army chased the enemy and entered a swamp without realizing it.

Hu Yanzhuo was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately understood that he had fallen for the trick of luring the enemy into a deep place, so he hurriedly ordered the whole army to stop, stabilize their formation, and attempted to retreat to the rear.

But there is still no time at this time, his central army and rear army are all infantry, but the front army is all cavalry, and they are connected by iron chains. In addition, they are trapped in a swamp, and it is difficult to change direction. , let alone retreating backwards.

While Hu Yanzhuo was burning with anxiety, the rear army Peng Qi also sent bad news, saying that a large number of enemy cavalry were found haunting the rear.Hu Yanzhuo was rewarded, and after weighing the pros and cons, he had to abandon the front army and ordered Peng Qi, the commander of the rear army, to retreat to Yuncheng County with him.

It is said that Hu Yanzhuo led his troops away from the battlefield and traveled southward for three to five miles. Suddenly he saw smoke and dust rising from the woods in front of him. If the general is not Shi Wengong, who else could he be?
At this time, Hu Yanzhuo's army had lost their fighting spirit. Facing the oncoming horse army, they couldn't organize an effective defense at all. They only lasted for a while, but Shi Wengong led the troops to disperse them, and the soldiers began to flee in all directions.

Hu Yanzhuo was riding on the horse, screaming non-stop, trying to gather the rout soldiers for a final fight, but it didn't work at all, and he was almost carried away by the rebels.In the end, he only brought more than [-] remnants of soldiers and fled into Yuncheng County.

This battle started at dawn and ended at noon, and lasted just over four hours.According to statistics after the war, Liangshan's army suffered more than [-] casualties, while Hu Yanzhuo's army was almost wiped out, with more than [-] people killed, [-] captured soldiers and horses, and more than [-] people escaped.

Speaking of which, the reason why Hu Yanzhuo had this defeat was because he had fallen into Mu Xu's scheme from the very beginning.After all, Mu Xu has read the original book, and he clearly knows that Hu Yanzhuo's trump card is the serial horse, how could he not take precautions earlier?
For Mu Xu, it is not difficult to break the chain horse. There are several ways he can think of, and there is no need to invite Xu Ning, the golden gun general, as described in the original text. What hook and sickle gun.

Not to mention how much time it takes to invite people up the mountain during the war.Even if the hook and sickle spear is as miraculous as the rumors say, it is not realistic at all to make weapons and let the soldiers learn them in a hurry.

Therefore, after receiving the news from Tokyo that Hu Yanzhuo was going to lead troops to attack, Mu Xu inspected the terrain around Liangshanbo, and finally selected a low-lying place.

They then sent people to dig a few canals and lead the water to the low-lying place, where they soaked for more than half a month without interruption until the soil at that place turned into a swamp.

In the subsequent battle with Hu Yanzhuo, Mu Xu deliberately hid the cavalry and continued to lure them. Hu Yanzhuo was really fooled, thinking that his serial horses were invincible, and was finally successfully led into the swamp. In the end, they all became the turtle in the urn.

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Half an hour had passed since the end of the battle. Surrounded by all the leaders, Mu Xu rode a tall horse to patrol around the battlefield. When he passed by the piled remains of the fallen soldiers, he hurriedly stopped his horse and told Xu Guanzhong,

"Preserve the corpses of the fallen soldiers, and don't miss them. After returning to the mountain and confirming their identities, we must hand over the pensions to their families."

"Don't worry, village master, I will personally supervise this matter, and I promise that nothing will go wrong." Xu Guanzhong replied solemnly, then suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked for instructions,

"Mr. Caishi just sent someone to report that Hu Yanzhuo has been trapped in Yuncheng County. I don't know what instructions the village master has given to attack Yuncheng County?"

Mu Xu thought for a while and said, "There is no need to go to such trouble, send someone to send the captured Peng Qi to Yuncheng County, and tell Hu Yanzhuo on his behalf, let him think about Gao Qiu's temper."

Xu Guanzhong responded and went to see Peng Qi in person. As soon as he saw him, he ordered him to retreat to the left and right, untied him personally, and then worshiped him.

Peng Qi hurriedly replied and said, "The person who is captured should serve the country with death. Why do you treat each other with courtesy?"

Xu Guanzhong replied, "The benevolence and righteousness of my family leader spread throughout the world, and he will not kill the general. Today, the general is sent to Yuncheng County to meet General Huyan."

Of course Peng Qi was not stupid. Hearing this, he didn't understand the intention of releasing him, so he immediately refused, "If I'm asked to persuade my general to surrender, then I would rather die."

Who would have expected Xu Guanzhong to say, "The general misunderstood, my village master has only one thing to ask." After speaking, he told Mu Xu's original words, and then left a horse for Peng Qi, then turned around and walked away. Not sloppy.

Looking at Xu Guanzhong's back, Peng Qi was stunned for a while, but finally got on his horse and ran towards Yuncheng County.

With Xu Guanzhong's greeting in advance, the Liangshan army that besieged the city naturally did not embarrass Peng Qi, and easily let him enter the city, and reunited with Hu Yanzhuo in the county government.

When Hu Yanzhuo saw that Peng Qi had returned safely, he was overjoyed at first, and then asked how he escaped with his life.Peng Qi hesitated for a while, but still told the whole story about himself, and by the way, told Hu Yanzhuo what Mu Xu had said.

After Hu Yanzhuo heard this, the expression on his face changed, and after a long while, he sighed hoarsely,

"Of course I know that Gao Taiwei is a person who forgets others' great kindness and remembers others' small faults, but I, Hu Yanzhuo, come from a famous family. If I surrender to the bandits, how will I go to see my ancestors in the future?"

On the way to Yuncheng County, Peng Qi had already gone through a lot of psychological struggles, but now he looked away and only listened to him,

"I have lost so much money and food for soldiers and horses this time, and the general was recommended by Taiwei Gao, and he once boasted to the emperor that if we return to the court, not only will we have bad luck for ourselves, but our family members will also be implicated.

Instead of this, it is better to simply drop it.After all, as the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood.Maybe there will be a chance in the future to return to the court with a different identity. "

Hu Yanzhuo's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but said, "You mean that Liangshan intends to recruit security?"

Peng Qi explained, "This is just my guess, but the general might as well just think about it. Liangshan Po has strong troops and horses, but it is so close to Tokyo. When the princes of the court come back to their senses, how can they let them go? At that time, if they don't want to burn jade and stone together, what else can they do except recruit security?"

(End of this chapter)