Mo Lihu was the supervisor of Qianhu under the Datong Tibetan army Xiao Gan, the Yingzhou Han army Yue Hailou, and the Lanzhou Han army Cao Shili. However, they and other soldiers and horses who filled in Hulao Pass and west
, are all under the control of the generals under the Zhendong Zong Palace, Lou Yanxian of Marching Ten Thousand Households and Chi Zha, the Deputy of Marching Ten Thousand Households.
Chi Zha also directly led an elite cavalry stationed at the mouth of the Yiluo River. As a forward, he would supervise Xiao Gan's troops to defend the river mouth camp in the north of Gong County.
Mo Li suddenly didn't expect that the movement in Qingquan Gou Village would so quickly alert Chi Zha to come over to check the movement in person.
Although Mo Lihu was responsible for marching thousands of households and supervising the army, the direct troops who followed him southward at this time only had more than a thousand cavalry. However, after Cao Shili, Yue Hailou and others surrendered, they were given the title of marching thousands of households. Xiao Qian even
Because he was in charge of 20,000 Datong Tibetan soldiers, he was awarded the title of Deputy Ten Thousand Households of Marching Army. However, as a descendant of the Yan family and a cowardly Xue Suwei of the Red Hut King's tent, Mo Lihu regarded himself as the one who led the southward troops of the Zhennan Zong Palace.
The commander-in-chief also regards himself as the commander-in-chief.
On the other hand, the Zhennan Zong Palace and the Zhendong Palace have always had a competitive relationship. Xiao Qian, Cao Shili, Yue Hailou, etc. are subordinate generals affiliated to the Zhennan Zong Palace. Mo Lihu also feels that he should be strictly controlled.
You can't lose the face of Zhennan Zong and the Prince's family in front of the generals of Zhendong Zong.
However, he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Chi Zha, the senior general of the Red Husband whose status and reputation were much higher than his own. He suppressed his impatience and stepped forward to salute Chi Zha, explaining that he had just been impatient with Cao Shili and Yue Hailou.
Reason:
"Hulao Pass is too thin, and there is no boundary inside and outside the city for our cavalry to hire. Therefore, the troops and horses on the west wing extended from Hulao Pass to the mouth of Yiluo River to build a thirty-mile company camp to hold back the Western Army from the south to the east. Qingquan
The ditch village is a very important part of the company camp. The sudden loss at this time made it difficult for the head and tail of the company camp to look at each other, which gave the Western Army of the Southern Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of it. I was afraid of spoiling the third prince's plan, so I was so eager to reprimand Marquis Yue.
Junhou Cao..."
"You also know that the company and camp strategy is the top priority in the west wing operation, but do you know who presented the company and camp strategy to the third prince?" Chi Zha stared at Mo Lihu with a cold face and asked.
"..." Mo Li was suddenly speechless, not knowing how to answer Chi Zha's question.
"Since you know the importance of the company's strategy, and also know that the company's strategy is first discussed by Marquis Yue in front of the third prince's tent, why are you still so rude to Marquis Yue?" Chi Zha said coldly, "Is it possible?
Does Marquis Yue Jun not as well understand the importance of the company camp as you do?"
"General Yan also saw that Qingquangou Village was attacked by the enemy, and he was worried and irritable." Yue Hailou still didn't want to offend Mo Lihu, so he helped him.
Chi Zha had no intention of scolding Mo Lihu too much at this juncture. He looked at Cao Shili with a stern face and asked:
"What is the situation now, and how could it be so miserable?"
Chi Zha's Qingquan Gou Village was killed so miserably by the attacking enemy. No one would feel good about it, but Chi Zha still admired Cao Shili.
Cao's division led its troops to attack Gongxian, but failed to capture Gongxian despite suffering such heavy casualties. As a result, the intention of the west wing troops to penetrate west of Mengjin failed to be realized.
However, Chi Zha led troops to garrison Yanshi at that time and kept an eye on the attack on Gong County at all times.
In such a short period of time, they commanded surrendered soldiers with limited combat effectiveness and a serious lack of siege equipment. The defenders also showed extremely tenacity, with stronger combat effectiveness and stronger will to resist than the Southern Dynasty Forbidden Army they encountered along the way south.
Much more, Chi Zha didn't think anyone else could do better than Cao Shili.
No matter what, if all the soldiers and horses go south to attack the city and seize the stronghold, some generals will definitely encounter difficulties.
The Red Husband Cavalry is invincible in all directions, so it is impossible to be too rigid about victory or defeat. It was also Chi Zha who reported to the third prince to give up the attack on Gong County, and also reported to Cao Shili that he had no merit and no fault. It was just a bit unlucky, and he did not encounter any weak points.
opponent.
At this time, he was willing to be patient and listen to Cao Shili's explanation.
"..." Cao Shili suppressed the shame and anger in his heart. Unable to bear it, he told Chi Zha about Chen Shi's attack, the street fighting process, and the changes in his thoughts before and after he decided to abandon Qingquan Gou Village.
"If we had not tried to block the Tongbai Mountain soldiers in the west lane of the ancestral hall, but directly formed a formation inside and outside the Beizhai Gate to limit the enemy's damage in the village, the situation should not be so ugly,"
Only then did Yue Hailou know the details and said with regret,
"Of course, it's easy to regret it afterwards, but if Yue were to be put in the same situation as Cao Junhou at that time, he would most likely have misjudged the situation and played into Xu Huai's hands!"
Cao Shili had only been resting for three to five days after his failed attack on Gongxian County. He probably only had more than 2,000 capable soldiers under his command, and the rest were either disabled or newly recruited and captured. If more than half of the elite guards were killed and wounded in the first battle, Yue Hai
Lou didn't think that Cao Shili's continued imprisonment in the stronghold would really delay how long it would take.
Seeing that Yue Hailou was helping to speak, Cao Shili also looked at him gratefully.
"If you lose, you will lose. Why make these excuses? The soldiers of Tongbai Mountain are just mountain bandits. According to you, don't they become invincible armored elites?" Mo Lihu asked with a frown.
Mo Lihu had dealt with Xu Huai at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain in Shuozhou, but it was only after Kuolejian and other hundreds of troops were attacked that he led hundreds of cavalry to rush over for reinforcements. After that, Xu Huai
They mainly huddled in the mountains at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain, or used the mountainous terrain to deal with them without any head-on contact. Soon after, they took advantage of the cover of heavy snow and night to sneak for more than 200 miles for two days and two nights, attacking the empty defenses.
Lancheng, jumping out of the Huihe River Valley.
Mo Lihu did not directly fight a tough battle with the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain from beginning to end. Even Xu Huai hid at the southern foot of Jingong Mountain and relied on the mountain to fight with them, which made him look a little weak.
Cao Shili personally led his elite troops to block the alleyway, but was killed in such a short period of time and was unable to resist. Mo Li suddenly felt subconsciously that it was Cao Shili and his son who were too timid to fight.
In addition to the cavalry of generals such as Mo Lihu, Yue Hailou and Chi Zha, there were also more than a hundred scouts and horses gathered at this time.
It is the duty of scouts to detect the enemy's situation. Without any additional instructions from Chi Zha, a small team of scouts rushed to the Changgoudi Dam below Qingquan Gou Village to detect whether there were any soldiers or horses ambushing in the south.
At this time, when he saw Xu Huai and Deng Gui galloping out, Chi Zha also got angry and shouted: "These two southern generals are really rampant. They bully me and Chi Hu has no one!"
"The young-looking man is Xu Huai, and the dark-faced man should be Deng Gui, the inspector of Huaiyuan!"
Yue Hailou collected a large amount of information about the banditry in Tongbai Mountain. Although he had never met Deng Gui before, he still recognized him. Unexpectedly, Xu Huai and Deng Gui just dared to gallop into the long ditch to face thirty
Duo Chihu Qingqi explained to Chi Zha,
"This Xu Huai is the son of Wang Xiaocheng. He is known as the number one in Tongbai Mountain in martial arts. He was once known as the Wild Tiger in Tongbai Mountain. However, this is definitely a disguise to deceive others, and his tactics are cunning and cunning. Perhaps no one in the Southern Dynasties can match him.
.This Deng Gui was one of the top three or five people in the military examination of the Southern Dynasty more than ten years ago. However, his official career was not smooth. He was over forty years old and only served as an inspection envoy for a few times. Until Tongbai Mountain got some opportunities, he became a military official.
There are not many generals worthy of attention on Jingnan Road..."
"If they weren't so arrogant, why did Marquis Yue Jun think these two men jumped into the ditch?" Chi Zha asked with a frown.
"As expected, the enemy did not have more ambushes in the south of Qingquangou Village," Yue Hailou said. "Xu Huai's move is to prevent me from spying on his true condition, and to boost the morale of his generals——
If there are more ambush troops, there is absolutely no need for them to resort to tricks and occupy Qingquan Gou Village. Are they still afraid that we will not force the troops to attack?"
Qingquangou Village is stuck between the mouth of Yiluo River and Hulao Pass. Although there is still a gap of four or five miles to the north from the Yellow River, from a military perspective, this gap is already very narrow. If more and more Western troops take the mountain road,
Taking a dangerous path, entering Qingquan Gou Village, then exiting Qingquan Gou Village, and extending the front to the north, it is very likely that Hulao Pass will be isolated from the outside, and their soldiers and horses in the Hekou camp will become completely alone.
He had just advised Mo Lihu not to act impatiently, but that did not mean that he would not take back Qingquan Gou Village.
It is precisely that Qingquan Gou Village cannot afford to lose anything, and Yue Hailou feels that he cannot act hastily because he is afraid that they will be defeated by Xu Huai and a small group of elites again and again in Qingquan Gou Village. In addition to severely damaging the morale here,
It is also very likely to strengthen the determination of the Western Army to reinforce Qingquangou Village, and the problem will become more difficult.
Mo Lihu was still too young and too rash, so of course Yue Hailou would not ask him to lead him by the nose.
Fortunately, the Red Husband Cavalry has been fighting in all directions over the years, and there are a large number of brave generals with rich combat experience in the army. Yue Hailou is not worried about offending Mo Lihu and losing his footing in the Red Husband Army.
Chi Zha waved his hand to stop Mo Lihu from arguing pointlessly, and stared at the two southern generals Xu Huai and Deng Gui, galloping into the ditch and getting in trouble with their scouts.
The scouts had also taken bows and fired before, but the scouts carried riding bows on their backs, which did not pose any threat to Xu Huai and Deng Gui, who were wearing scale armor and pierced armor.
When the two men rushed over, more than thirty scouts and ten cavalry formed in the center and counterattacked, and arranged for manpower to outflank them from both sides. However, they saw Xu Huai and Deng Gui holding spears like dragons out to sea, stabbing and stabbing them with great fierceness.
There were more than a dozen elite scouts, but no one could resist them. They gathered in small groups. In the blink of an eye, six or seven of them were picked off their horses. The rest did not dare to confront the two men again and galloped to the wings.
This also made it easier for Xu Huai and Deng Gui to penetrate. They quickly killed one of the more than thirty people in the cavalry formation and then galloped towards the Beizhai Gate on the slope.
"Wang Ju was famous for his spear skills in the Western Army in his early years. The man standing on the slope holding the bow is Guo Junpan, who was originally a bandit chieftain in Tongbai Mountain. He was surrendered by Xu Huai. His archery skills are among the Chihu tribes. It can also be said that
He is one of the best archers in a hundred - Speaking of which, Xu Huai's archery skills are also rarely rivaled..." Only three or four hundred steps away, Yue Hailou vaguely recognized Wang Ju, Guo Junpan and others, and pointed them out to Chi Zha.
identification.
"Why did the fire in the village suddenly get so big? What are they going to do?"
After Xu Huai attacked Qingquangou Village, he set fire to the southwest and northwest corners. Chizha, Molihu, and Yuehailou arrived, and the fire spread mainly in these two areas - the houses in the village were surrounded by thatched huts.
The mainly earthen houses are conducive to the spread of the fire, but as the wind changes, there will still be a process. However, there is no wind at the moment. In the Qingquan Valley Village, except for the fire on the northwest side that is getting more intense, the fire on the inside of the north wall of the earthen wall is getting more intense.
Several new flashpoints have also appeared, with the tendency to spread into a large area.
"Xu Huai must have known that it was too late to capture the prisoners in the stronghold, so he had to use the fire to drive them away!" Yue Hailou had dealt with Xu Huai the most and studied the deepest. At this time, he couldn't help shouting, "How can this guy be in Shuozhou?"
To gain momentum, he is to gather the defeated troops in Tongbai Mountain in Tianxiong's army. He is going to repeat his old trick..."
