Chapter 686 Meng Shanming Old Man
Meng Shanming didn't stay in the tent for a long time either, and after asking for an explanation to the fifty thousand soldiers in front of everyone, he asked Luo Daan to turn the wheelchair and leave without any response to the crying behind him.
It's not that he is cold-blooded and ruthless, but that he has long been used to similar things in his military life. He put many things in his heart and no longer looks happy.
He could understand why Sun Gaotian was crying.
The only place where a group of murderous men can cry is the battlefield.
Arriving in Zhang Hu's central army tent, the wheelchair habitually arrived in front of the hanging map, Meng Shanming stared at the map and asked, "How is the preparation in Jiangxia County? Cough cough..."
Zhang Hu said: "The men and horses have already set off, and they are diving day and night..." Halfway through speaking, he glanced at the hand that Meng Shanming let go of covering his mouth when he coughed, and was shocked when he saw a bright red in Meng Shanming's palm, coughing up blood!
Zhang Hu suddenly turned pale with shock, and hurried over, "Marshal, what's wrong with you?"
Meng Shanming originally wanted to hide it, but he was found out. Gong Lince and others stepped forward to take a look, and were also shocked.
The war has reached this point, this old guy can't have an accident!
Gong Lince panicked a little, and personally took the initiative to investigate Meng Shanming's condition.
Meng Shan sighed: "It's nothing."
How can it be all right, at his age, he hardly sleeps a lot these days, he has really worked hard to arrange this battle, and his body is about to collapse.
After examining him, Gong Lince quickly took out the elixir and forced him to take it, and said in a deep voice: "Meng Shuai, you are too tired, you can't take it any longer, you must rest." Ming to rest.
Meng Shanming waved his hand, indicating to wait a moment, and before leaving, he repeatedly explained to Zhang Hu: "Only defeat is allowed, no victory is allowed!"
Zhang Hu looked worried, and nodded again and again: "Understood, Commander, go and rest, I will arrange it here."
Meng Shanming held one of his hands and patted it, "In order not to shake the morale of the army, don't spread the word!"
Zhang Hu nodded, knowing that he was referring to his coughing up blood.
Meng Shanming was then sent to another tent, and Gong Lince sent his capable disciples to cast spells on Meng Shanming to regulate his breath, and even touched Meng Shanming's acupuncture points, forcing Meng Shanming to quickly enter a resting state.
After getting out of the tent where Meng Shanming was resting, Zhang Hu asked Gong Lince, "Master Gong, is everything alright?"
"It's not a big problem. I'm old, overworked, and exhausted. I was negligent. Don't worry, with our help to recuperate, and take a good rest, everything should be fine." Gong Lince sighed, turned around and went back Question: "Song Guojiang's defense forces are coming here, and I will give you command here, will there be any loss?"
Zhang Hu: "There must be a mistake!"
Gong Lince suddenly turned his head, raised his brows, and said coldly, "Are you joking with me?"
Zhang Hu: "I'm not joking. You heard what the commander said just now. You can only lose, not win!"
Gong Lince was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, Meng Shanming did say this just now, but when Meng Shanming's illness disturbed him, he didn't get his train of thought right for a while, he hesitated and said: "That is to say, Meng Shanming has other ideas. plan?"
Zhang Hu nodded.
Gong Lince: "You might as well explain it in detail."
Zhang Hu shook his head: "It can't be said, the order will be given, and the soldiers will execute it. There is no need to make a scene for everyone to know."
Gong Lince snorted lightly, "Why, don't you even trust me? Could it be that I still leak secrets?"
Zhang Hu: "This is not a matter of trust or not. Can you put the word 'trust' on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people? The military planes on the battlefield are all top secret, and those who cannot be restrained by military orders will be concealed!"
Gong Lince's expression was slightly dissatisfied, but he didn't force it. If Zhang Hu didn't say anything, he wouldn't dare to do anything to Zhang Hu now.
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After the new rain in the empty mountain, a mountain top is slightly foggy, and you can overlook the direction of the Dongyu River.
Niu Youdao accepted the news from Gongsun Bu sent by Guan Fangyi, and after reading it, he smiled slightly, "Meng Shanming is worthy of being Meng Shanming, Song Guojiangfang really failed to stop him, and just broke through in one fell swoop. Even I was in a hurry for him when he held back for so long.”
He was indeed a little anxious before, because he knew that the army's food was limited, and he was even arranging manpower to inquire about the situation of the monks on the other side. He wanted to start with the monks on the other side, to see if he could deal with some people, and secretly let the Yan army cross the river. Who would have thought that Meng Shanming could handle it all by himself, without his troubles at all.
As for the casualties in the news, he only saw a rough figure, and he didn't feel much about the tragic situation of the war, only the joy of the good news.
He didn't understand this aspect, and he didn't see it with his own eyes, so he really didn't have any tragic feelings.
Guan Fangyi just sighed, "When an army fights, human lives are worthless. A generation of famous generals... one general will be exhausted!"
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"My lord, reinforcements are here."
The defeated defenders of Hukou were resting in the mountains and forests. Xu Laiping sat on a rock with a decadent face and bowed his head. The morale of the surrounding soldiers was sluggish.
A horse galloped over, happily reporting the good news.
There was also movement in the distance, Xu Laiping slowly raised his head to look forward, and after a while, he saw a mighty group of people.
In front of the team, dozens of horses came on fast horses, and stopped here.
The person in the lead was Liao Nanqing, the chief general of the Qingqu garrison, and Xu Laiping, who was sitting on his horse's back facing the mountainside, said loudly, "Brother Xu."
Xu Laiping went down the mountain, came to the horse and shook his head in pain, "The Hukou line of defense fell, and Xu's death is inevitable. In the future, the family in Beijing will be small, and I hope Brother Liao will take care of it."
Liao Nanqing jumped off his horse and took his arm, "Brother Xu, don't be so discouraged. The governor has ordered you and me to join forces and take back the Hukou line of defense before Xu Jingyue's troops cross the river. Cheer up. As long as we can regain the Hukou line of defense, brother Xu will be demoted at most, and the family can still take care of him, so why entrust it to others."
Now is not the time to be wordy, and Xu Laiping can't slacken the fight, he can only cheer up again.
The troops from both sides met and marched towards the defense line of Hukou again. Xu Laiping can be said to have made a comeback.
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Song State's army that penetrated into the hinterland of Yan State was still going straight to Yanjing, and it was still in full swing. The sporadic harassment of small groups of people in various states and capitals was like scratching an itch, which could not stop the Song Army's offensive at all.
The army was moving forward, beside the road, Luo Zhao had already jumped off the horse, put his hands on the saddle and lowered his head, his whole body seemed to be shaking, the white cloak covering him was shaking, his knuckles turned white.
A few people at the side took turns to check the battle report sent by Song Guojiang's defense, and the Hukou defense line was breached by the Yan army in one fell swoop!
All the faces present were ugly.
He received a battle report saying that a large number of Yan troops suddenly attacked the granary behind the Hukou defense line. Luo Zhao predicted that there would be a large number of Yan troops in real numbers.
Who knows, it is estimated that the news from here is still on the way, and the news that the Hukou defense line has been breached has already arrived.
"When did my Jiang Fang become a piece of paper? How could it be broken with a single poke? Wu Qunlie, you idiot, damn it!" Luo Zhaohu punched the saddle, and the startled horse retreated and neighed.
The horse backed away, Luo Zhao covered his hands and faced the sky, shook his head vigorously after letting go of his hands, and said ferociously: "Meng Shanming old man!"
He couldn't believe it, he really couldn't believe that the defense line could be broken by Meng Shanming so quickly, and he didn't even have the time to attack Yanjing. He really hoped that the news was fake, but he knew, it was impossible is fake.
Su Yuanbai shook his hands and read the battle report, and said with a cold face: "According to the battle report, the Jiang defense was broken in two or three hours. How is this possible?"
Dong Yinglai also said: "How did the Yan soldiers and horses who attacked from the rear of Jiang Fang cross the river? The monks along the river have cross patrols. So many people cross the river, it is impossible for the monks not to find out. Could it be that someone was bought and put into the river?" ?”
Wen You frowned and said, "Jiang Fang himself is confused, and he still hasn't figured out how the enemy smuggled across."
Luo Zhao shook his head feebly and said: "Meng Shanming stayed on the sidelines for a few days, probably doing something secretly to make preparations for crossing the river."
He can only make a general judgment on this, but he doesn't know that Meng Shanming waited for the heavy rain when he went up to check the sky, and chose Gunlong Gorge when he went down to check the ground. It was only in one fell swoop that he broke through the Hukou defense line.
Behind the battle that seems to be successful in one fell swoop, I don't know how much painstaking effort Meng Shanming has put into here. Who would have thought that Meng Shanming would actually forcefully cross the natural danger when the river is soaring and the current is the most impossible to cross the river?
Chang Fei said: "Great Governor, the matter has come to this point, the court may be shaken, and it may be urged to return for help."
Luo Zhao: "Returning to aid just happened to fall into Meng Shanming's treacherous scheme, and let him take the opportunity to rescue Yanjing. Besides, our army is so far away from the Dongyu River, and it is too late to go back now. That bastard Jin Jue Damn it, now we can only compete with Meng Shanming to lure South Korea to send troops first, so that the country of Yan is about to be destroyed, and the three major factions of Yan State are terrified to force Meng Shanming to return to aid at any cost. Wu Qunlie Ya Wu Qunlie, you didn't even buy me this little time!"
He slapped his fists bitterly, "Jiang's defense line, once breached at one point, is already loosened, that idiot Wu Qunlie is still adopting refueling tactics to plug the leak, is he the opponent of that old thief Meng Shanming in the small fight? Confused! It should be wiped out with heavy troops!"
Wen You sighed: "In fact, he can't be blamed for this. How dare Wu Qunlie let go of the line of defense before he is killed. This is a matter of losing his head. He can't bear such a big responsibility!"
Luo Zhao: "Immediately send a message to Wu Qunlie and tell him that the line of defense will be breached immediately, so there is no need to defend. The rest of the Yan army will cross the river as soon as they cross the river. If it is not clean, don’t be afraid, as much as you can destroy, Meng Shanming is short of food and grass, it is already at the end of the battle, just bite the falsehood behind Meng Shanming, don’t give him a chance to get food and grass, it will be very easy Quickly consume him!"
After Wen You wrote it down, he left quickly, and urgently passed this important strategic deployment to Wu Qunlie.
"Ah!" Luo Zhaohu sighed up to the sky, and said to himself: "If Meng Shanming wants to make a difference in the territory of the Song Dynasty, he must eliminate our Jiang Fang's main force, otherwise once he is bitten by Jiang Fang's main force, The food and grass situation of the Yan army can't stand the toss at all. I hope! I hope Wu Qunlie will not be confused again, otherwise Meng Shanming will turn around and guard the Jiang defense, and my army will not be able to go back even if I want to. The Yan army is running out of food and grass. I am afraid that the plight of the army will fall on our army again."