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Chapter 1187 Ambush
It is said that Pingdong General Hong Chengchou and his staff and guards, one man and three horses, traveled lightly and rushed to Meng County in only half a day.

"Junmen?" The scouts who were patrolling outside Meng County were surprised when they suddenly saw Hong Chengchou who was galloping towards him.

"Where is Zhao Guangyuan? Take me there to see him!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the rebel scouts.

"Junmen, come with me!" The leader of the scouts hurriedly guided forward after hearing the words.

Not long after, Hong Chengchou entered Meng County and saw Zhao Guangyuan, Li You, Li Jiyu and Li Fuchen waiting for a long time.

The two sides exchanged simple greetings and sat down according to priority. Hong Chengchou couldn't help asking quickly, "How long will the rebel army cross the river now? Can you do a good job of defense?"

Li Jiyu looked at the silence of the crowd, and couldn't help reporting: "Three battalions of centaurs have crossed the river now, but Li Fuchen's battalion has more than a thousand people who have not yet crossed the river."

"Have you heard the news that Ming general Zhu Dadian led the crowd? I wonder if you are ready?" Hong Chengchou asked again.

Li Ji met other people and still didn't respond, so he continued to report: "The four of us agreed that our three battalions will line up in the east when we go out of the city, and we can defend or fight depending on the situation."

"Li Fuchen's men and horses are not yet complete, so we will stay in the city for the time being and make plans after other rebels cross the river."

"Mature and prudent!" Hong Chengchou nodded when he heard the words, and commented.

The countermeasure agreed by the four people was simply "defend and fight later". Although there was nothing surprising about it, it was the best choice for Zhu Dadian who came from afar and was eager for a decisive battle.

It's just that as soon as Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Li Fuchen couldn't help opening his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

"Fuchen, I don't know what you have to say?" Hong Chengchou understood it clearly, and couldn't help asking casually.

"That. That, I thought." Li Fuchen glanced at Hong Chengchou with some trepidation, and continued.

"The strategy of the supervisor and several general soldiers is certainly safe, but it is too well-behaved."

"I thought it would be better not to send an army, but to attack the flanks of the bandits when they are unprepared and take the risk to advance lightly, so as to dampen their spirit!"

When Hong Chengchou heard the same reasoning, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "If that's the case, then who do you think is suitable, and how many soldiers and horses do you need?"

"Since this policy is proposed by the general, the general is willing to lead [-] people under his command to catch Zhu Dadian by surprise!" Li Fuchen couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly offered to invite Ying.

From Mengzhou to the east, two rivers flow into the Yellow River, one is called Mang River and the other is called Zhulong River.

The Zhulong River, also known as the "Zhulong River", was originally a small river that survived the disappearance of the ancient Ji River. The "Dragon River" flowed from the Longtan Pool and the "Pearl River" flowed from the Jidu Temple. The two rivers converged. made.

These two rivers run north-south in Meng County respectively, and flow into the rolling Yellow River south of Meng County.

It is said that after Zhu Dadian, the Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang, left Wen County, he headed east all the way, and passed the boundary of Wen County at noon.

Just after passing the boundary of Wenxian County, the Zhulong River lay in front of the Ming army.

The Zhulong River is not very big, the water is not very deep, and there are small bridges on the river, so it is easy to pass.

After all, Zhu Dadian is also a man who knows soldiers, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to repair, and at the same time ordered the generals to command the soldiers to cross the river.

"Mou Wenshou!" Zhu Dadian couldn't help shouting loudly.

"The last general is here!" Mou Wenshou hastily stepped forward to listen to the order.

"Having entered Meng County, the thieves may find our army's whereabouts at any time." Zhu Dadian couldn't help but ordered.

"The governor ordered you to lead the [-] soldiers under your command as a vanguard, open roads and build bridges in every mountain, and spread scouts widely, so be careful not to be taken advantage of by thieves!"

That Zhu Dadian is worthy of being a battle-tested man, he took precautions before finding out the movement of the rebel army.

"The last general has orders!" Although Mou Wenshou was not as famous as Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Jin Guofeng, and Zuo Guangxian at the end of Ming Dynasty, he was also a veteran general.

It took an hour before and after, and Mou Wenshou's troops crossed the Zhulong River first, and then deployed scouts to detect the movement of the rebel army.

Even so, the deputy chief soldier Mou Wenshou did not dare to wait for the confirmation of the news before dispatching troops.

Because generally when one party's scouts discover the enemy's movement, the other party has a high probability of discovering its own movement.

If the "thief" discovers the movements of the officers and soldiers because of being too cautious, then the loss outweighs the gain.

Mou Wenshou went all the way to explore and went west. After walking about twenty li, he saw another river lying in front of him.

Mou Wenshou saw that the banks of the river were densely covered with cattail grass and reeds, and the northwest wind blew like waves.

Mou Wenshou was startled, fearing that there might be an ambush here, he quickly sent soldiers to investigate.

Unexpectedly, the guide smiled and said: "The name of this river is Mang River. Don't look at the luxuriant vegetation, but in fact the water is shallow and there is a lot of mud, so no one can hide."

"How do you say that?" Mou Wenshou asked in surprise.

"The Mang River's flood season is from June to October. In other seasons, the river water is scarce, and the water level recedes, exposing the silt on both sides. That's why so many reeds and wormwood grow!" The guide laughed.

Mou Wenshou was skeptical, so he stepped forward and pushed aside the grass and trees, only to see black silt at the roots.

He found a wooden stick and tried it, and it was two feet deep.

Only then did Mou Wenshou feel relieved, and ordered: "Find a place with shallow water and little mud, and cross the river!"

Not long after, everyone found a pontoon bridge, and then carefully walked to the other side of the river.

"There are no enemies!" The vanguard troops who arrived on the other side made a rough inspection and couldn't help reporting loudly.

"Okay, the whole army crosses the river!" Mou Wenshou felt relieved.

I don't know how long it took, it was getting late, and Mou Wenshou's men and horses had already crossed half, and established a simple position.

Mou Wenshou was safe and sound, so he led his bodyguards and walked along the ups and downs of the pontoon bridge to the other side of the river.

It's just that halfway through the walk, suddenly a guard laughed and said: "It's time to eat, and the smoke from someone's house is floating over!"

"What cooking smoke?" Mou Wenshou was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he smelled a smell of fireworks.

"No, go back quickly!" Mou Wenshou's face changed drastically and he ordered quickly.

"The front team has changed to the rear team, retreat quickly. The front troops line up for defense and wait for rescue!"

"What's the matter, general?" Left and right were stunned when they heard the words.

"Fire, fire, fire!" Mou Wenshou couldn't help shouting loudly, "The thief wants to attack with fire!"

"What?" Hearing this, Zuo Zuo's expression changed drastically, and he quickly turned around and fled to where he came from.

It turned out that it was the first month of the month, and the reeds and cattail grass on both sides of the Mang River were completely dry, and they would bloom at one point.

Just before Mou Wenshou and other troops reached the bank of the Mang River, Li Fuchen also led [-] soldiers to the opposite bank.

He thought that the number of troops under his command was not as large as that of the officers and soldiers, so he ordered people to pick cattail grass and reeds to make mats and spread them on the mud of the grass to stand up.

Then, when the officers and soldiers crossed the river, they took advantage of the northwest wind to ignite cattail grass and reeds to defeat the enemy with fire.

(End of this chapter)