Chapter 685

When the Jiangdong war report was sent, Gong Lince and others in the Chinese Army's account were overjoyed at the news. They could not imagine that the solid song army's defense line had been broken in such a short time.

Inevitably, Gong Lince and other friars praised mengshanming repeatedly and praised him as mengshuai.

In this war, he saw mengshanming's ability and made Gong Lince and others have confidence in the subsequent war.

However, seeing the war report, Meng Shanming was not happy. Gong Lince and others did not understand. Maybe the dead man was just a number in the eyes of these friars, but he understood Meng Shanming and knew how much he had paid to fight.

As soon as he looked at the war report, he knew how fierce the battle was. He did not favor Zhang Hu. Only the people and horses of the imperial court were missing nearly 200000 people and horses in this attack alone. If we add the losses of Zhang Hu, the accumulated losses are actually greater than those of Song Jun in Hukou defense line.

And all this was caused by his order. How many soldiers and families did he destroy at his order?

This made him happy. Facing the sound of praise, he felt ashamed and slowly closed his eyes. In the excited atmosphere in the account, he slowly said: "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, he ordered Xu Jingyue department to march towards me. In addition, he ordered Zhang Hu to send someone to return the raft crossing the river as soon as possible."

"Yes!" the herald took orders.

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

It's not that the four departments have no confidence in mengshanming, but they didn't expect mengshanming to break through the river defense line of the song state so soon. This is called a great speed.

Based on the experience of the four generals, we certainly know how difficult it is to break the river defense closely arranged by Luo Zhao, or even impossible. We also know what it means to break the defense line of the state of song, which means that the state of song is loose in the face of the whole river defense of the state of Yan.

"It's only been three hours since we received the news of feint?" asked Yue Yuan, the elder of Zijin cave.

"Yes, in three hours, he broke through the Hukou defense area defended by 300000 song troops. Meng Shuai is Meng Shuai. The sword is not old!" Xu Jingyue shook her head with great emotion and sighed. He doesn't know much about the war situation at present. It's hard to imagine how he broke through.

Yue Yuan asked again, "now let's go over here. Do we want to cross the river from there?"

Xu Jingyue nodded slightly. "It should be. We are closest to there, and the Hukou defense area is controlled by Meng Shuai. There should be no other reason except to let us cross the river from Hukou defense area. Now it's meaningless to say this. When we see Meng Shuai, we naturally know."

After saying that, he turned back and drank, "send orders, assemble the army and go south along the river!"

At the command, Gongzhou immediately pulled out the camp with a member of the imperial court, and the army went along the river

"What?"

In the Jiangfang governor's mansion, Wu qunlie, who was sleepless all night, was shocked and pale when he received the report of Hukou's defeat. The whole person staggered back a few steps and was a little shaky.

"Sir!" the generals in the hall exclaimed and quickly came forward to hold him.

After shaking his head and stabilizing his mind, Wu qunlei waved his arms to the left and right, angrily pushed away the support, his face was very ugly, a look of hatred to the bone, and said in a painful voice: "I lost the Hukou defense line in less than three hours. I didn't hold it for half a day. Just hold on for half a day, and I can get there! Xu laiping, Xu laiping, you have the trust of the governor. You deserve to die! How do you let me explain to the governor! How do you let the governor explain to the court!"

Shua! He suddenly pulled his sword out of its scabbard, cut it down, and directly cut down a corner of the table on one side. The whole popularity trembled.

One general: "My Lord, it's no use getting angry. Fortunately, Xu laiping is not stupid. He has saved the strength of almost 130000 people and horses, and Zhang Hu's Department has also suffered heavy losses. Xu laiping estimated that Zhang Hu's people and horses will lose no less than 200000, and Xu laiping burned the grain storage, so as not to fall into the hands of Yan thieves. Yan thieves are short of food and grass, and the situation can still be saved!"

Wu Qun lie stood firm with his sword, exhaled and said in a deep voice: "that is to say, Zhang Hu has only 300 thousand people left... Let the remnant of Xu laiping meet with Liao Nanqing's Qingqu people and horses immediately, assemble 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 the outside, "it's reported that there's something moving in Xu Jingyue's Department on the other side. Xu Jingyue's men and horses are moving rapidly to the Hukou defense area."

A group of generals immediately went to the map and looked at it. One general said, "it is obviously ready to let Xu Jingyue's men and women cross the river from Hukou defense area, increase troops and expand their control over Hukou defense area, so as to prepare for the subsequent army of Yan state to cross the river."

Wu qunlie turned back and asked, "is there anything about mark, the man of an Xianzhao, Su Qitong and Shi Xinmao on the other side?"

The following reply: "there is no news at present."

Dong! Wu qunlie hit the wall with a fist. Meng Shanming's strategy is obvious. If we don't mobilize all the assembled people and horses along the river to cross the river from the Hukou defense line, we want to clamp down on this side, that is, we want to drag most of the people and horses here, so that this side doesn't dare to go all out to help, so that this side only dares to take the way of adding oil.

The Jiangfang army on his side dares to leave on a large scale. Once the defense is empty, an Xianzhao, Su Qitong and Shi Xinmao on the opposite side will immediately cross the river to attack. What will be lost is not a hukou defense line.

This is the helpless situation we have to face after the defense line is broken.

"Send another order to Liao Nanqing and order Qingqu reinforcements to march at full speed. Be sure to meet the remnant of Xu laiping as soon as possible and take back the Hukou defense line before Xu Jingyue's Department crosses the river." Wu qunlie hit the wall with another punch.

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At dawn, the rain stopped, but the moist smell in the air was obvious. It seemed that you could squeeze water out by grasping the air.

Wooden rafts come and go along the river. Wooden rafts scattered along the Bank of the river are being collected. Although many have gone with the flow, they still try to collect what can be collected on the bank and transport them from Hukou defense area to Yan country on the other side.

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

There was a wheelchair on the raft. Mengshanming with blood in his eyes sat upright and coughed occasionally. Only because he had worked too hard recently, he didn't have a good rest at all.

Luo Daan stood behind the wheelchair, holding the wheelchair, and Gong Lince and others stood on both sides.

There is also a white horse on the raft, Shenjun. It is the white horse Luo Zhao gave to mengshanming. It also crossed the river, but it seems a little uneasy. Creatures on land are more used to being down-to-earth. It seems that some are not used to floating on this muddy and rolling river.

When the raft landed, Zhang Hu led a group of generals to meet him. Meng Shanming and his wheelchair were carried ashore by two monks.

The entire Hukou defense line suitable for landing is like a large construction site. A large number of people and horses are dismantling all the facilities on the defense line and destroying all the defensive facilities. There are not even houses left. As for the long-range attack equipment used for shooting, they are being dismantled and transported away.

Meng Shanming, who was in a wheelchair, looked all the way and asked, "how's the inventory?"

Zhang Hu said: "fortunately, our army broke through with the force of thunder and killed the other party by surprise. The other party retreated too suddenly. Many materials had not been destroyed yet, which made it cheaper for us. The grain stored here was enough for hundreds of thousands of people to eat for six or seven days. Over the granary... When Guo Xianfu led the people to arrive, he found that it had been burned into coke by Xu laiping and failed."

Mengshan Ming frowned slightly. So much food, which is urgently needed here, was destroyed. It was painful.

But he also knows that there is no way. The war is so ruthless. Don't expect the enemy to love those grains that can't be taken away to leave you. It's normal for people to destroy what they can't get.

"Sun Gaotian, take me to have a look." Meng Shanming said.

Zhang Hu immediately led his party to a tent. There was no house to live in. All the houses were demolished here.

When a group of people entered the tent, sun Gaotian, who was very tired, didn't rest. He lay in bed and stared at the top of the tent without blinking.

"Meng Shuai, look at you." Zhang Hu went to the bed and pushed sun Gaotian.

Sun Gaotian came back to his senses. Seeing Mengshan's sound, he burst into tears and struggled to get up. "At the end, he will be incompetent..."

Meng Shanming stretched out his hand and pressed him back. "You did a good job and completed all the tasks excellently. You should remember your first skill in this battle! The palace leader of Zijin cave is here. He is very curious about how you crossed the river. You can tell him in detail and tell him all your combat experiences."

When it comes to sad things, sun Gaotian's tears are out of control. He choked and said what happened. After that, he has cried himself into a tearful man.

I'm afraid I can only see such a murderous man crying on the battlefield.

It was learned that 50000 people and horses forcibly crossed the rolling Longjiang River and lost 20000 people in an instant, and 4000 people and horses forcibly blocked 100000 troops for half an hour. Which one was not to die? Gong Lince and others were also moved. Only then can we know how miserable these people fought this battle and how important they played in this battle.

"The leader of the palace, Guo Xianfu and sun Gaotian, have made contributions to this battle. I'm asking the imperial court for merit and Marquis for them. It's not too much to ask for the false names of the two Marquis?" Meng Shanming stared at the palace and asked.

Gong Lince nodded, "meritorious service should be rewarded."

Meng Shanming: "but the old lady spoke softly and spoke to the court. The court is afraid that there will be doubts."

Gong Lince understood what he meant. When the other party spoke, it was strange that Shang Jianxiong could agree. He immediately promised: "I'll do it right away. I'll answer it in three days."

Meng Shanming: "fifty thousand strong men are willing to work hard! I have another request. I hope that after the war, the imperial court can erect a monument with a huge stone in the rolling dragon gorge and engrave the name of fifty thousand strong men on it. I want them to be immortal for thousands of years, to be a model for my great Yan man for thousands of years, to be proud of my great Yan's descendants, and to cast my great Yan's military soul!"

Gong Lince: "if Dayan can get away with it, it's up to me. I'll never break my promise!"

For him, this kind of thing did not lose anything at all, so he made a guarantee in public, and naturally there was no room for repentance.

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