The command post of Jiangdong Division in the outer temple of Jiangqiao Town is shrouded in the bright moonlight at this time. Today is Shangyuan Night. Although there is no sea of ​​lights in the Aoshan Mountains, the bonfires in the military camp are of different interest. Zhao Mengjin originally wanted to invite the generals to drink and enjoy the moon together, but he gave up thinking about it. Now he has basically locked in the victory, but he also understands the principle that trapping beasts still fight. So he just ordered the ministries to add vegetables to improve their food, but he still strictly prohibited drinking and strengthened vigilance.

Looking back on the fact that it had been a whole year since His Majesty decided to annihilate the two Huai Legions of the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, this made Zhao Mengjin feel a little moved, but now the victory is in sight, which makes him quite relieved. Since the enemy crossed south and entered the ambush circle, he did not take off his clothes at night and did not dare to slack off at all. After all, this was the battle with the most troops in the Xin Dynasty since the Battle of Yashan.

The two sides of the war mobilized more than 300,000 troops to fight. Zhao Mengjin knew that none, including the young emperor, had experienced it. It can be said that it was the most severe test for them. Although the young emperor repeatedly said that although this battle was related to the destiny of the country, what could it be if it was defeated? They could start with hundreds of mobs, and they could still make a comeback and make a few years later to restore the country!

However, as the actual commander, Zhao Mengjin was under great pressure. After all, once he failed, there was no danger to defend or military force to adjust. The enemy went straight to Lin'an, and his years of hard work were destroyed. Therefore, he could be said to have a twelve-point mental response and kept commanding. During the attack, the enemy attacked the command post several times, and the arrows it fired shot into the temple. He did not order to move backwards, but still held on to calm the command here, playing the role of the Divine Needle of the Sea.

Zhao Mengjin went out to look south. Lin'an should be empty at this time, and he went to the street to enjoy the lanterns. The family should be full of guests and gathered together. Thinking that his two sons had been embroidered and served as doctors in the Ministry of War, the other was in the Privy Council, and several grandchildren also entered school, and smiled on their faces. If he was not surprised, after the war, with his military achievements and clan status, even if he could not be named a prince, it would be possible for a prince.

Zhao Mengjin also knew that all the gains were given by Your Majesty, and his honor and disgrace had long been integrated with the little emperor. However, the little emperor was alone in the farthest Huaidong, relying on less than 20,000 troops and under greater pressure than himself. After all, he was in a local battlefield, and the little emperor not only had to fight for the entire Huaidong with his few troops, but also had to dispatch all the troops to the overall situation. Any failure in any place could ruin the hard-won victory.

‘Bang bang…’

Just as Zhao Mengjin was imagining, several gunshots suddenly broke his thoughts, but he just frowned and did not take them seriously. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Zhao Mengjin planned to siege the Mongolian and Yuan army without attacking, consume their morale, and then attack after the food and grass were exhausted. In the past few days, the enemy did not make any big moves, but some small groups of enemy troops often sneaked into their positions to find food, were discovered by their sentries and shot and drove away.

‘Bang bang bang bang…’

However, the gunshots did not stop this time, but became increasingly dense. Zhao Mengjin looked in the direction where the gunshots were most intense, but found that they were from the north, and the gunshots became increasingly dense, and the flashes of the guns and cannons flashed in the sky like lightning. He hurriedly asked someone to go and ask, but the sound of guns and cannons was everywhere for a long time, and they were messy, and gradually they could not tell the main and the secondary.

"Is it the enemy's breakthrough? Or is it that someone on his own competed for merit and launched an attack without authorization?" Zhao Mengjin frowned even more and said to himself.

After the last time the enemy attacked, Zhao Mengjin ordered the siege but not attack, further consuming the enemy's strength, and then dismantling the enemy's forces that were half-starved. However, the court urged him several times a day to annihilate the besieged enemy as soon as possible and restore order in Jiangdong. He understood very well that the enemy's troops went deep into Jiangdong, and the court not only suffered doubts and criticisms from all sides. In order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, tens of thousands of people evacuated their homes for refuge, and it was difficult for them to return home. Spring farming was about to be imminent, and it would be difficult for the people to return home. Jiangdong, as the granary of the court, also affected the collection of taxes.

On the other hand, the young emperor came to write several times to inquire about the progress of the war. Although the letter did not urge them to speed up the annihilation of the enemy, he only said that he would seize the fighter plane and wipe out the enemy. However, as a close minister, Zhao Mengjin still felt the anxiousness of the young emperor from the lines, hoping that he could end the Jiangdong war as soon as possible and reinforce the Huaidong battlefield to deal with the Mengyuan guards who were heading south.

So after thorough consideration and discussion with the generals, Zhao Mengjin decided to fight the enemy on the 16th day of the first lunar month to encircle and annihilate the enemy. However, it was still fifteen days, and fierce battle broke out, and it was becoming increasingly fierce, forcing him to suspect that someone wanted to compete for power to launch an attack first, which triggered a full-scale battle. This made him angry and ordered the generals of various units to come to report the situation.

"Reported to the envoy, the frontier defenders found a commotion in the enemy camp, and a small group of troops appeared, and exchanged fire with the guard post, as if there were signs of breaking through, so they reported to the general. When the general was heading for exploration, they found a group of chasing in the enemy camp, so they sent troops to close for reconnaissance. They learned that the enemy chief Yuxi Timur suddenly led his troops out of the camp, and the soldiers who lost their command ran around without a leader, and some people accidentally entered our defense line, which triggered a battle." Ran Anguo, who was closest to the command post, arrived first, and did not say much, and briefly reported the situation after saying goodbye.

"Yuxi Timuer left the camp alone?" Zhao Mengjin was shocked after hearing this. But when he thought that the main force of the Fifth Army of the Imperial Army led by Ran Anguo was arranged in the south. Breaking to the south was like a dead end, he asked again, "How did you deal with it?"

"Report to the envoy, the last general... The last general found chaos in the enemy camp and felt that it was difficult to find a fighter opportunity, so he ordered his troops to advance, shrink the encirclement, and prepare for the annihilation of the enemy tomorrow. Because there was an emergency, I didn't report to the envoy, so I asked for punishment!" Zhao Mengjin can be said to be one of the founders of the New Song Army. He had commanded the central army for a long time and had a great reputation in the army. Ran Anguo knew that he had no orders, and it was a taboo in the army and a serious crime. However, after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and reported truthfully.

"The fighter opportunity is fleeting. It is not a big mistake to deal with it in time, but it should be reported in time. Otherwise, if the battle starts, I am still confused. Wouldn't it be a joke?" Zhao Mengjin looked at Ran Anguo calmly for a while, and saw his forehead sweating and his face flushed red due to nervousness. However, he stubbornly held his head with a rebellious spirit, as if he was saying that although he was wrong, it was a cause. He made him a little angry and funny, and he reached out to light him and scolded him.

"The last general has indeed acted without authorization. But if the enemy chiefs do not move and take advantage of the chaos to escape, wouldn't it be that the target of encircling and annihilation of the enemy's army be lost?" Ran Anguo bowed again and admitted his mistake again, but everyone could hear it, but he was still dissatisfied.

"Military law enters the furnace, and it will be punished if it touches it! On the current battlefield, 200,000 troops gather, and one moves the whole body. Your troops are not instructed to move, and other troops are not clear about it, which will cause greater chaos or even accidental injuries. If the defense line is loose and the enemy takes the opportunity to break through, can you pass by with just one word that you can't find a fighter opportunity?" Zhao Mengjin slapped the table and said angrily.

"I will be willing to be punished if I know the crime!" Ran Anguo thought about it carefully and did not act without authorization, which really disrupted the entire deployment. If it led to the failure of the entire battle, it would be impossible for him to take responsibility. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel shocked and truly admit his mistake.

"You immediately order the rest of your troops to guard the defense line. If one soldier escapes from your defense zone, I will kill the head of your neck in person!" Zhao Mengjin's expression was slower after hearing this, but he still ordered sternly.

"Yes!" Ran Anguo stood attentively and said with a smile, "Supervisor Zhi, should you send the last general's head first and then kill him after he captures the enemy chief?"

"Get out!" Zhao Mengjin saw that the wind grew when he saw it, and crawled when he had a pole. He smiled bitterly and pointed at the gate with a smile.

Regarding Ran Anguo, Zhao Mengjin actually became loving talent, so he raised his head high and gently fell down, just giving a warning, and did not kill him. However, he was not optimistic about him before, including the Fifth Army of the Imperial Army under his command. Strictly speaking, Ran Anguo was not his direct general like him, and he was the leader of the local rebel army in Qiongzhou. After the young emperor took over Qiongzhou, he incorporated his troops into the prefectural army and entrusted him to the position of observer, but was not included in the series of generals.

After that, when he went to Qiong, Zhao Bing adapted the imperial guards, but still did not add the Qiongzhou Prefecture Army to each army, and still had relative independence. The function of the provincial army was to maintain local public security, arrest bandits, and serve as a supplementary force for the imperial guards during wartime. Therefore, the training and equipment were poor. Naturally, there was no surprise performance in several wars in Qiongzhou, and Ran Anguo was of course not valued.

It was not until after the recovery of Jiangnan and when they returned to Lin'an, the troops were insufficient due to the expansion of territory. Zhao Bing issued an order to reorganize the Qiongzhou Prefecture Army into two divisions to move to Jiangnan, and expand and change their clothes. Ran'an's troops added some of the Jiangnan rebels and gave them the military title to the Fifth Army of the Imperial Army. They were promoted to the commander-in-chief. At this moment, they abandoned their crossbows and spears, replaced them with firearms, and became regular soldiers.

But it was precisely because it was a newly formed army and had just changed clothes, they stayed in Shaoxing for training and took on the task of defending the capital, so they did not have the opportunity to participate in the subsequent series of wars. In order to conquer the two Huai Rivers, Zhao Bing could be said to have used the troops of the whole country, and the Fifth Army was ordered to go to the battlefield. However, the generals were not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of this "rookie". After all, they lacked practical experience and have always used them as reserve teams. But no one expected that in this battle to encircle and annihilate Yuxi Timur, they emerged, which made everyone look at them with admiration...

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