After discussing the matter of joining forces to go to war, Su Hao kindly invited Ma Qiancheng and his wife to come to his residence. Ma Qiancheng happily agreed. Ma Qiancheng is one year older than Su Hao, and he is also a young man at heart, and he is quite similar to Su Hao. Some common languages. After arriving at Su Hao's residence, Qin Liangyu was invited by Lu Xiuer to the back house to chat with Cheng Yi, Singing and other girls. Ma Qiancheng discussed some military matters with Su Hao, and the chat was quite speculative.
Early the next morning, Xiao Ruxun ordered his troops to go out outside Pinglu City. The first thing he did was to send his sergeants back to guard the border wall to monitor the Tatar tribes on the grassland. Previously, due to the Kuaibai rebellion, the troops defending the border were The soldiers on the wall were all removed, allowing the rabbit to come and go freely inside and outside the wall.
After arranging the defenses of the northern border wall, Xiao Ruxun then arranged for the march to Ningxia City. He divided the mixed formations of Pinglu Station, Kanyu Camp and Sichuan soldiers into three groups: center, left and right, each led by himself and Ma Qian. Led by Cheng and Su Hao, they marched toward Ningxia City in a mighty manner.
It is 120 miles from Pinglu City to Ningxia City, and there are seven or eight forts along the way. When Yiyun retreated, some rebels were left in these forts to delay the Ming army's attack on Ningxia City from the north. These The rebel officers and soldiers did not have much confidence in the Kuaibai rebellion. Seeing that Litu had been beaten away by the Ming army, they had no courage to resist. When the Northern Route Army passed by, the rebels came out of the fort and surrendered one after another. The army advanced to the gates of Ningxia City without even fighting a decent battle.
"Is this the team from Pinglu Station on the North Road?" Xiao Ruxun and his troops had just set up camp outside Ningxia City when messengers from the Ming Army came to contact them.
Xiao Ruxun responded: "I am Xiao Ruxun, the commander-in-chief of the Ningxia Guards. Our team came from Pinglu."
"Governor Ye has an order. Please go to the governor's headquarters to discuss matters immediately after your arrival." The messenger said.
Xiao Ruxun asked: "Where is the governor's tent?"
"It's 10 miles east of Ningxia City," the messenger said.
"What? Have all the rebellions on South Road been wiped out?" Xiao Ruxun asked again.
The messenger said: "Governor Ye and General Li from Liaodong have wiped out the rebels in the cities on the south road. Now the rebels have all retreated into Ningxia City. General Li's troops in the south have surrounded Ningxia City. Waiting for General Xiao The soldiers led the army on the north road to block the opening to the north."
"Great, I'll go to the governor's tent and take orders." Xiao Ruxun said.
After the messenger Xiao Ruxun conveyed the order, he set off to find Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao on the other two routes to convey the same order. Xiao Ruxun assigned his deputy general to arrange defense, and he led a group of soldiers on horseback to the location. Ye Mengxiong's handsome tent in the east of Ningxia City. When he arrived there, he met Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao rushing over.
"Xiao Rong, change it. You are also very fast." Xiao Ruxun greeted Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao. Xiao Rong is Ma Qiancheng's nickname. In the past two days, Ma Qiancheng strongly requested to communicate with Xiao Rong. Ruxun and Su Hao regarded each other as brothers, so Xiao Ruxun no longer called Ma Qiancheng by his official name from other places.
"Brother Xiao, you are not slow." Ma Qiancheng and Su Hao smiled and saluted Xiao Ruxun, and the three of them entered the commander's tent in order of official position.
"Xiao Ruxun meets Governor Ye!"
"Ma Qiancheng meets Governor Ye!"
"Su Hao meets Governor Ye!"
The three of them each saluted Ye Mengxiong, who was sitting in the commanding position. Ye Mengxiong raised his hand and waved, saying: "No need to be polite, everyone has worked hard, right? I heard about the incident on the North Road. You can defeat Litu. The credit is not small, I will ask the court for credit on your behalf."
"Thank you, Governor Ye!" The three people bowed and said at the same time.
Ye Mengxiong asked his soldiers to invite Xiao Ruxun and others to sit down. Then he said with a smile: "I was just discussing with Zimao about attacking Ningxia City. I was worried that you would need to rest after the battle and would not be able to make it."
The Zi Mao he was talking about was Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Su Hao followed Ye Mengxiong's eyes and saw a sturdy general sitting opposite him. He was about forty years old, with a stubble on his face.
There was quite a vicious air. When Su Hao looked at him, he was also examining Su Hao and others. The moment their eyes touched, Su Hao felt the disdain in the other person's eyes. Needless to say, this person must be
It was Li Rusong. Su Hao only glanced at him and understood why Ma Qiancheng was so dissatisfied when he talked about him before. This guy's attitude was really too crazy.
"Governor Ye, we were worried about the tension in the war in Ningxia City, so we hurried here without having time to rest our team. Fortunately, we didn't miss anything." Xiao Ruxun said to Ye Mengxiong.
"In fact, there is no need for General Xiao to be so anxious. When the city of Ningxia is defeated, rewards based on merit are absolutely indispensable to General Xiao. We are guest troops, and the first contribution in the battle of Ningxia's victory must be General Xiao's.
I won't run away." Li Rusong said in a sinister tone, and the meaning in his words was very obvious, that is, Xiao Ruxun came here in a hurry to take the credit for conquering Ningxia City.
"Why did Mr. Li say this?" Xiao Ruxun was a little unhappy. It was the first time that everyone met and there was no grievance. It was really inexplicable for Li Rusong to belittle him like this.
"Zimao also means well, Ji Xin, don't worry too much." Ye Mengxiong hurriedly smoothed things over, "Zimao just told the governor that he was worried that you would suffer too many casualties when fighting the force rabbit and you would not be able to recover for a while. Seeing that you can rush in time
Come here, I feel relieved, the loss must not be too big, right?"
"Fortunately, there is not much loss. A detailed battle report will be sent to the governor for review later." Xiao Ruxun said. Since Ye Mengxiong interrupted, Xiao Ruxun no longer has an argument with Li Rusong.
"As long as there is no big loss. The governor invites you here to discuss how to break the city. I bow to the rebellious God who frightens our army, abandon the forts outside Ningxia City, and shrink all the troops.
When we arrived at Ningxia City, we were ready to fight hard. Zi Mao asked the governor several times to attack the city, but he didn't agree. He just wanted to wait for the people on the north road to arrive before making a decision." Ye Mengxiong said.
When Ye Mengxiong talked about waiting for the people on the North Road, Li Rusong had a contemptuous smile on his face. Xiao Ruxun couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw it. He suppressed the anger in his stomach and asked Ye Mengxiong: "Ye Mengxiong
Governor, I wonder how General Li planned to attack the city?"
"What shortcut can there be to siege the city? Naturally, we use chariots and bows and arrows to suppress the defenders on the city, and then set up ladders to climb up the city. When the soldiers reach the top of the city, they meet on a narrow road. The brave will win. When our army will kill and retreat the enemy,
Open the city gate and the enemy army will naturally be defeated." Li Rusong responded coldly.
Xiao Ruxun said: "General Li's method may have flaws."
"I would like to hear the details." Li Rusong said.
Xiao Ruxun said: "Xiao is a general of the Ningxia Guards. He knows that the city wall of Ningxia is four feet high, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The total number of Kuaibai rebels is nearly 20,000, including 3,000 from the Cangtou Army, which is very fierce.
With a strong army to defend the city, it will not be easy for us to take it in a hurry."
Li Rusong said: "The Cangtou Army can only show off its ferocity in the Ningxia Guard. In front of our Liaodong soldiers, they are nothing but local chickens and dogs. General Xiao does not have to be so ambitious in the enemy and destroy his own prestige. If Governor Ye hadn't insisted on waiting for the northern route
With the army in full force, our troops will be able to attack the city two days ago. By now, the heads of those bowing down may already be hanging outside the camp gate."
"General Bing Li, I also feel that General Bing Xiao's worries are justified. As the saying goes, a trapped beast still fights. The Kuaibai rebels have only one lonely city left. When we attack the city, they will definitely resist to the death. If the Liaodong soldiers
If we adopt the method of attacking the city with mosquitoes, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties." Su Hao couldn't help but interjected. He didn't like Li Rusong's arrogance very much, but the matter was so important that he still had to express his thoughts. It was such a big deal.
In this war, if you were not careful, tens of thousands of soldiers would be killed or injured. Su Hao really didn't want to see such a result.
Li Rusong glanced at Su Hao, raised his hands with a sneer, and said: "There is really a talented person in the world. This little general doesn't even have a beard, but he has such knowledge. I really admire him."
"Zimao be careful." Ye Mengxiong had to intervene. If it were anyone else who was so arrogant in front of Ye Mengxiong, I'm afraid he would have scolded him and even punished him with military law. But Li Rusong is very good at fighting.
Ye Mengxiong needed to rely on him to solve the problem in Ningxia, so it was inconvenient to offend him. Within a few words of Li Rusong, he first provoked Xiao Ruxun, and then disparaged Su Hao, so Ye Mengxiong had no choice but to act as a peacemaker.
"Su Gaizhi is a young general whom Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of War thinks highly of, but his experience cannot be compared with Zi Mao. The governor feels that General Xiao's reminder has some truth. If we attack the city with ants, I'm afraid the casualties will be huge.
, it’s unclear whether we can capture it or not. Zi Mao should think about it again.”
Li Rusong said: "My opinion is to attack by force. The rebels have no fighting spirit. As long as we attack the city effectively, the rebels in the city will rebel without a fight and create opportunities for us. If General Xiao and General Su
If there are other ways, you might as well speak out and let Li Mou open his eyes."
Xiao Ruxun said: "Xiao has been in Ningxia Town for a long time, and he has thought about how to defeat Ningxia City before. Of course, at that time, he mainly thought from the perspective of the enemy in order to improve our city defense strategy. Xiao
At that time, I thought about a way to attack the city, but I still couldn't find a way to break it. If Kuaibai is not smarter than Xiao, I think this method can take down the city of Ningxia without any bloodshed."
"Is there such a way? Please Ji Xin teach me." Ye Mengxiong said.
Xiao Ruxun said: "This method is to build a dike of earth outside Ningxia City, form a dam, and then divert water from the Yellow River to pour in. Ningxia City is located at a low position. Once the river water is poured in, the entire city will be flooded, and the rebels will naturally flood it.
Surrendered without a fight."
"This..." Ye Mengxiong took a breath and hesitated.
Li Rusong said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao's method is good, but building a dike with soil cannot be done in a day. It will take several months to build a dike that surrounds such a large Ningxia city. Mr. Xiao
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