The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 961 Situation in Northern Xinjiang ([-])

Let's talk about Jiangling Mansion.

After Yeluzhu sent masters to assassinate Liu Zaiyuan, his military spirit was very strong, so he wanted to take this opportunity to attack aggressively.

Even three days ago, his army had assembled in Changlin County.It also sent a letter to the Yuan army outside the two cities of Ezhou and Longxing Prefecture, and sent troops directly to Jiangling Prefecture.

This was more or less beyond the expectations of Su Quandang and others.

Because in their thinking, the Yuan army should attack Dangyang County first.After all, Liu Zaiyuan, the commander of the Tianli Army guarding Dangyang County, had already been assassinated. Although Yu Xingwen, the acting commander, actively built fortifications in the county, his strength was still comparable to that of the Suquan Dangtiangang Army, the garrison army of Jiangling Mansion, and the Changde Mansion. The Jiangling mansion guarded by the garrison is incomparable.

The Yuan Dynasty's direct approach to the Jiangling Mansion can be said to be based on the false and the real, which runs counter to the strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the false that is advocated in military books.

But if you think about it carefully, Yuan Jun also has some advantages.

First of all, the Song army can be caught by surprise, and the Song army in Jiangling Mansion may be negligent in guarding against it.

Furthermore, regardless of Dangyang, the army can continue to maintain morale without losing many soldiers.

Anyway, surrounding Jiangling Mansion, the Tianli Army with less than [-] people in Dangyang County may not dare to come to Jiangling Mansion for assistance.Even if it comes, the Yuan army can also send troops to intercept it.

It is said to avoid the false and hit the real, but in fact it can also be said to go straight to Huanglong.Whether this strategy is clever or not depends on whether they can successfully win the Jiangling Mansion.

And this strategy was naturally conceived by Yeluzhu.

Lu Wenhuan is cautious by nature, and he is best at playing steadily.His idea was to go down to Dangyang first, destroy the Tianli Army, and then attack Jiangling Mansion.

By doing this, he might be able to lure the Song army from the Jiangling mansion out of the city. From a strategic point of view, it would be safer.

It's a pity that Yeluzhu now holds the real power in the army, and Yeluzhu doesn't trust him completely. If he insists on attacking Jiangling, he may not be unprepared for Lu Wenhuan and Song Jun.

In any case, the Yuan army finally arrived outside the Jiangling mansion.

At this moment, the soldiers of both sides are already fighting.

There is constant artillery fire at the top and bottom of the city.

The Yuan army had two large formations of [-] people attacking from outside the north gate of Jiangling Mansion at the same time. The two armies fired at each other with grenades and catapults.

Su Quandang personally stood at the head of the city to supervise the battle.

Facing an army of less than 2 yuan, he only let the Tiangang army defend the city.The soldiers of the garrison of Jiangling Mansion and the garrison of Changde Mansion were arranged by him to be on standby.

It is not yet time for the two armies to really engage in intense confrontation.

Although Yeluzhu sent [-] troops to attack the city, everyone could see that this was still just a temptation.Because the Yuan army didn't even use the hot air balloon.

The fighting continued from dawn to this afternoon.

Several waves of attacks by the Yuan army were repulsed by the artillery fire of the Song army at the top of the city.

Originally Lu Wenhuan led an army of 13 from Xiangyang, and now, the remaining soldiers are probably less than [-].

It is not easy to defeat Jiangling Mansion with such a force.

After the Yuan army's offensive was repelled again, the army slowly retreated towards the barracks.

Yeluzhu, Lu Wenhuan and the others all looked unhappy, and walked into the handsome tent with a cold face.

As soon as he entered the tent and sat down, Yeluzhu snorted, "These grenadiers of the Song army are really hard to deal with!"

In the previous rounds of trials, under the bombardment of the grenadiers of the Song Army, his army could not even climb the city wall.

This allowed him, who had never seen the power of a grenade before, to taste the power of a grenade for the first time.This thing is indeed much more powerful than the cannonball.

Huang Liangce sat beside him, silent.

He also went up with the army himself just now, he wanted to climb to the top of the city by force, but he was ashamed of not being able to assassinate Su Quandang, but he had to retreat under the bombardment of grenadiers.Compared with Yeluzhu, he realized the power of the grenadier more clearly.

There are more than a hundred projectiles on the head of Jiangling Mansion City, even he can't help but feel a little dizzy when he thinks about it.

Lu Wenhuan sat in the top position on the left, and said softly: "Master Prime Minister, it is not easy for us to break through the Jiangling Mansion with our current strength, why don't we take a detour to take Dangyang?"

But Yeluzhu just hummed slightly: "If you dare to ask General Lu, what's the use of taking Dangyang down?"

He put the wine glass on the table heavily, "Not to mention that the Song Army in Dangyang County must have such things as grenades. Our army will have to pay a lot of money to break Dangyang. The whole battle situation is also meaningless. The new Song army retreated in Kuizhou. You and I both know this. There must be a Yuan army from the Song Dynasty rushing towards this Jiangling mansion. Our army has not captured Jiangling mansion as soon as possible. Wait for those Song armies Arrive here and take down Dangyang, won’t you have to be driven out by them?”

"This……"

Lu Wenhuan was at a loss for words.

He didn't want to take Jiangling Mansion just because there was really no hope in sight.If you take Dangyang, you will always have a chance to deal with the Song army.

Yeluzhu said again: "We must take Jiangling mansion before the Song army and Yuan army arrive, and guard Jiangling, so that the troops from the west can have a chance to enter the hinterland of the Song Dynasty!"

As he said that, he looked at Lu Wenhuan suddenly, and said: "In the future, General Lu should not say anything like Dangyang, so as not to disturb the morale of the army."

Lu Wenhuan was slightly taken aback, sighed softly in his heart, but could only nod and cup his hands, "Yes."

Although Yeluzhu was only a supervising army in name, he was actually an imperial envoy sent by Kublai Khan.He represented the meaning of Kublai Khan, and Lu Wenhuan couldn't stand in a stalemate with him.

Lu Wenhuan glanced inside the tent, and there were not many cronies under his command.

Over the years, although some of the generals who surrendered with him in Xiangyang were promoted, most of them were transferred to other places.

Although he led an army of tens of thousands to attack Song Dynasty this time, in fact, this army was not surnamed Lu.

Seeing that the generals close to him were still looking at him, Lu Wenhuan had no choice but to say again: "Then how will the Prime Minister plan to fight next?"

Yeluzhu was silent for a while, his eyes gradually became deep again, and finally looked deeply at Lu Wenhuan, and said: "I want General Lu to pretend to vote for Song."

"Ok?"

Lu Wenhuan's brows suddenly frowned.

Yeluzhu just laughed lightly, and said: "General Lu guarded Xiangyang for several years, but he was regarded as a god general by the people of Song Dynasty. Thinking about it, those soldiers and civilians of Song Dynasty still remember your courage and loyalty in defending Xiangyang. You Afterwards, I had no choice but to vote for Da Yuan. If you lead an army to vote for Song, do you think the Song army will believe you? Will the Song army open the city gate for you?"

Lu Wenhuan pondered and said: "My lord, it's not that I, Lu Wenhuan, don't want to. It's just that, at this time, I'm voting for the Song Dynasty. I'm afraid the Song Army is thinking that there is something wrong with it?"

"Ha ha!"

Yeluzhu said: "If there is something strange, just make it so that they don't see it."

He glanced at all the generals in the tent, especially those who were Lu Wenhuan's cronies, and said: "If General Lu led the army to mutiny in the camp, and then led the defeated army to rush out of the camp to seek refuge, you think those Song soldiers would feel that Is there something strange here?"

"A broken army?"

Lu Wenhuan said: "The Prime Minister means that we should pretend to mutiny and fight in the camp?"

"Exactly!"

Yeluzhu nodded heavily, "I will let the two generals, Chaolu and Huhelu, lead the troops out of the camp with you, and go to the front of the city to join the Song army!"

Lu Wenhuan was stunned for a long time, feeling chills in his heart, but finally nodded, "I follow the prime minister's orders."

Yeluzhu actually refused to let him lead the troops of his headquarters to Jiangling Mansion, which was obviously to prevent him from making a fake show.His army and horses stayed in the big camp, but the two Mongolian generals Chaolu and Huhelu followed him to Jiangling Mansion to surrender.When the Song army really wanted to accept them into the city, even if Lu Wenhuan really wanted to vote for the Song Dynasty again, he would not be able to command the soldiers at all.

"it is good."

Seeing that Lu Wenhuan agreed, Yeluzhu laughed loudly, "Then General Lu and Generals Chaolu, Huhelu, you go down and prepare!"

Lu Wenhuan got up and followed the two Mongolian generals Chaolu, Huhelu out of the tent.

After arriving outside the tent, Chao Lu, Hu and Lu rode straight to the headquarters camp to gather soldiers.

Lu Wenhuan walked back to his tent in a daze.

In the commander's tent, Yeluzhu asked several generals to go out of the tent one after another, and each went down to prepare.

If Chao Lu, Hu and Lu wanted to pretend to mutiny, it would need the cooperation of the rest of the army in the barracks.It looks like, after all, it has to be done.

Otherwise, even in the name of Lu Wenhuan, it would not be so easy to deceive Song Jun.

(End of this chapter)