Chapter 90: Testing the Combat Capability of the Guards
Chapter 90 Test the combat capability of the Guards [Fifth update]
The imperial court was indeed not short of supplies.
Especially when Lu Heng sneaked into the mountain city, those soldiers ate beef for every meal. This kind of physical fitness itself was higher than that in the Central Plains.
But the practice of martial arts masters is different. Most of them practice hard.
Not everyone has the opportunity to eat so well.
As for ordinary sects, such as his Wudang sect, most of the disciples' cultivation is based on vegetarianism, and it is difficult to open a meat or fish.
Stored grain, dried meat, kumiss and other consumables piled up like mountains.
Since he was an enemy, Lu Heng was not afraid of being scolded. He sneaked into a warehouse and with a wave of his hand, all the supplies were taken away.
Calculating the supplies of 300,000 shi, it is enough for half a year's expenses.
But in the mountain city in front of you, there is more than just ordinary food.
"Tsk tsk, you are rich and powerful. It seems that King Ruyang wants to count me with the belief that he will win, but you would never have imagined that my storage space can collect everything."
"I just laughed at it this time, haha!"
It's simply a dimensionality reduction blow.
Ordinary people have never seen such methods before.
Like a whirlwind, Lu Heng broke into five larger warehouses and packed up all the grain. The granaries were filled with fire starters. Not everything needed to be taken away, and some useless items were randomly discarded on the ground.
"Oops, the warehouse was stolen."
"Come quickly, come quickly, enemy attack, enemy attack!"
Outside the granary, the Mongolians shouted in fright and anger.
Lu Heng took out his sword and swung it casually. Sparks fell on the straw and kerosene, and a thick smoke swept half of the mountain city.
Taking advantage of the chaos and darkness, they jumped over the city wall and left the mountain city.
This pot is enough to demoralize Yuan Meng.
Back in the woods, the Guards were completely shocked. Looking at the black smoke billowing from the mountain city, an important military town, almost half of the city's rioting and shouting could be heard outside.
"Lord Tianzun, what are you doing?"
"Be prepared. We will set up a trap in the direction of Xicheng. King Ruyang will definitely send people to inspect and support. I will seal off this area."
Lu Heng looked around and saw that there were some mountains not far away that could be used.
Although there are only a thousand people, they are all masters.
It's easy to deal with some ordinary soldiers.
Besides, he's still here, right?
The boundless swordsmanship of the sea combined with the sword intention of Tai Chi is simply invincible.
Although he cannot be said to be invincible, if he wants to get within a hundred meters of Lu Heng, it is just a dream.
Half an hour later.
Horse tripping ropes, horse traps, and some traps were dug.
Sure enough, the sound of horse hooves came from the distance. This was the messenger sent by the mountain city to ask for help and the reinforcements brought back.
More than 20,000 elite cavalry.
It has to be said that the fires set in the mountain city were mainly burning fire oil, that is, petroleum.
This is a special consumable given by the Mingjiao Fire Flag. Lu Heng knows very well that it is not that easy to put out the fire.
"Here we come, everyone, get ready. After the front row falls into a trap, fire a round of crossbows first. Don't let anyone escape."
"As you command!"
Lu Fang, the leader of the Guards, is considered to be the first batch of elite masters trained by Lu Heng, and his strength is at the top of the world.
Even if he is placed in other sects, he is still an elder-level master, but he is nothing in the palace guard army.
But this Lu Fang comes from the green forest and is good at oral skills.
Five hundred soldiers were arranged on each side, and they used the darkness to ambush the Yuanmeng forward army, which was twenty times more powerful than them. This was just a test.
"Googa! Googa!"
Simulate the cry of a night owl and get a response from the opposite mountain peak.
Lu Heng quietly flew to the tree crown and stood there, waiting for the Mongolian forwards to gradually approach the trap area.
"No, there's a trap!"
The result of the investigation without probing horses was that the cavalry in the front row were on their backs.
The rear, following the inertia, collided with the cavalry in front, trampled them and blocked the way forward.
But now I want to retreat, but it's too late.
Lu Fang waved his hand, lit the torch first, and then launched a round of rockets as positioning points.
The crossbowman behind quickly stepped forward and fired in three steps.
In the dark night, the Mongols were blinded and could not see clearly where the enemy was. With just one attack, they killed twice the cavalry.
and blocked the way.
Lu Heng chuckled and nodded unconsciously, recognizing that the combat power of the Guards was definitely no worse than any elite military branch.
Although the cavalry and archery are not as good as those of the Mongols, they are two or three times stronger than the average Han army.
"Spread out, spread out! Don't get together, raise your shield!"
The Mongol general shouted.
Lu Heng smiled coldly and pointed casually.
A yang finger pierced the center of his eyebrow and he fell to the ground.
Without the leader, it is nothing but a mess.
After several rounds of ejection, a thousand Guards troops took the initiative to attack.
Although they were all infantry, the way forward was blocked and the way back was blocked by Lu Heng's cutting of trees, almost creating a situation of catching a turtle in an urn.
In less than two hours, the battle was over.
More than 13,000 people were killed or injured, and another 7,000 people knelt down begging for mercy.
On the other side, more than a hundred people from the personal guards were also killed, and more than twenty people died.
Lu Heng did not take action just to test their combat strength.
It's still qualified, but the level of tacit understanding needs to be improved. It's not Lu Heng's Versailles, but it's a fight to the death on the battlefield. There's no mercy.
Nearly seven thousand surrendered troops were controlled by Lu Heng using life and death talismans and hypnosis, with the intention of disrupting King Ruyang's deployment.
Maybe it can be of great use at critical moments.
"After checking your respective rations, you go directly to Mount Tai and hide in the mountains and forests, waiting for news from me."
"Send a dozen couriers to report to the main force so that they can lead them to Hulu Valley according to the second plan."
Lu Heng issued instructions in an orderly manner.
There were no outsiders present, so he felt much more comfortable traveling alone.
It's too late to check and count the harvest now, but seizing 70% of the food supplies in the mountain city and burning it down will at least make the King of Ruyang jump in anger.
It will take at least half a month to transport grain supplies to the rear.
According to the information he got from the surrendered soldiers, on the Mongolian side, in addition to daily reserves of food, each soldier also carried three days of rations.
Lu Hengyi is a brave man, so naturally he wants to give another big gift to Yuan Meng.
Mixed into the surrendering troops.
The purpose of following them back to the main camp is to find King Ruyang and kill him. If he cannot be found, Lu Heng will also make a big fuss in the Yuan army camp.
as expected.
After surrendering the troops and returning to the main camp, they were severely criticized. The losses were so great that they could not even touch the opponent's hair, and even destroyed the mountain city.
This time it can be said that he lost his wife and lost his troops.
"Damn it, damn the Han people. They actually destroyed the defenses of the mountain city and burned the grain and grass. They went to report to the prince and asked him to transfer grain and grass from Gyeonggi and other state capitals. They can't put it there again this time."
"My young prince, I'm afraid the opponent is not simple. The food in our hands won't last long. Should we retreat first?"
"We must not retreat, otherwise Your Majesty will never spare my father. There is no such thing as a weak soldier in the Han art of war. We must launch a suppressive attack as soon as possible. I will make sure those traitors die without a burial place."
This is what Lu Heng heard through his ears. It seems that King Ruyang was not in the main camp because he was afraid of being assassinated. He should have appeared after launching an attack.
The person in charge of the camp now is Wang Baobao, the eldest son of King Ruyang and his former defeated general.
This guy had no idea that Lu Heng had already sneaked into his side.
Thought of this.
He took out a green jade flute and put it to his mouth.
The blue sea tide is singing, preparations are complete.
It may be a good medicine for first-class masters, but for ordinary people, it is poison, even the kind of indiscriminate beating.
"Woo, what's the sound?"
"It seems to be a whistle, such a harsh whistle."
"Could it be that there is an assassin? Someone come and protect the young prince!"
