242. The Battle of Wutongling (2)
Perhaps no one would have thought that the Yuan army would be in the forefront and finally launched an attack.
Su Quandang dressed neatly and rushed to the main hall of Cenxi Prefecture. Not long after, the deputy commander Liu Zaiyuan, the deputy commander of the Tiangang Army, Miao Cheng, the Duke Yuhou, and all the commanders and deputy generals of the thousands of commanders also rushed to the main hall. Zhao Da, who led two hundred Feilong soldiers to Cenxi for help, was also on the list.
Liu Zaiyuan and Miao Cheng were originally commanders of the Xiang army, and they were about forty years old. They have a lot of prestige in the current Tiangang army.
"Commander."
After the generals arrived at the main hall, they bowed to Su Quandang and sat down behind the desk.
Liu Zaiyuan bowed and asked, "I wonder what commander in charge will tell you late at night?"
The generals are also human, and they have really fallen asleep at this time.
Su Quandang's eyes swept across the generals and bowed to the south, "The emperor has an order to order us to leave the city and annihilate Kong Yuan."
"Get out of the city to annihilate Kong Yuan?"
All the generals were surprised, and they immediately looked at me, and I looked at you, and they were a little puzzled.
Some of them were formerly commanders of the wing army, some were rebel leaders, and bandit leaders.
Liu Zaiyuan said in confusion: "Commander, our army has only 10,000 people. Can we win if we go out of the city to attack Kong Yuan?"
This is no wonder he has no confidence.
These people used to be considered scattered soldiers and seldom gained a advantage when they fought with the Yuan army.
There is still a gap between the army organized by the civilians and the regular army.
Although they are all armed now, the army has 3,500 Shenlong guns and 400 thunderbolt cannons, but this still cannot offset their fear of the Yuan army. This is like the Yuan army has a strong confidence in the face of the Song army, and they have developed a habit and it is difficult to change it in a short period of time.
Originally, after winning successive victories, the guards and the imperial guards in front of the palace were not afraid of the Yuan army, but unfortunately, they were even defeated.
Su Quandang said lightly: "When I and the emperor first came to Guangxi, they only had more than 30,000 troops, but they destroyed more than 200,000 troops from Ali Hague."
The generals felt a little anxious.
Of course they all know this.
News of the Song Dynasty's victory in Guangxi had already spread all over the world. If it weren't for this, they might not have traveled to Guangxi.
Liu Zaiyuan was silent for a moment and bowed, "I'd like to obey the commander's order."
All the generals bowed.
Although he was still afraid of the Yuan army, Su Quandang's words just now really increased their confidence.
At that time, the emperor led only more than 30,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 Xingguo Army, who was ordered by Wen Junji, defeated Ali Hague, the ever-winning general of the Yuan Dynasty, who had many soldiers and broad generals. Although they only had 10,000 people, it seemed impossible to defeat Kong Yuan's 20,000 troops?
They are not the original mob, but the real imperial guards of the Song Dynasty!
The generals finally slightly corrected their identity.
Seeing this, Su Quandang nodded and walked to the sand table placed in the center of the main hall, "Please come and see."
The generals quickly surrounded the sand table.
There were guards holding lights next to him.
Under the light, the sand table uses soil to present all the terrain around Cenxi County.
More than twenty miles east of Cenxi County, there is a short hill among several consecutive peaks, with five small black flags tied on it, which is where Kong Yuan garrison is located.
There are two roads to walk from Cenxi to the low hill. One of them is the official road and the other is the path along the mountains.
Su Quandang pointed at the low hill and said, "According to the information that the scout had discovered, Kong Yuan's 20,000 troops were stationed in the shape of plum blossoms in Wutongling. The central army and the four armies in the southeast, west and northwest were about 4,000 soldiers, firmly occupying Wutongling. They occupy the advantage of geographical advantage and are condescending. With our army's strength, it is probably difficult to launch a forceful attack. Generals think how can we fight to win this battle?"
Liu Zaiyuan and others were all thinking.
Then, Miao Cheng said: "It is better to win with points than to attack him. Our army concentrates its forces and penetrates them into a sharp knife formation to capture Kong Yuan's dog life?"
"Is it too late?"
Liu Zaiyuan said, "If our army's offensive is blocked and we cannot penetrate the central army without any force, we are afraid that it will be surrounded and annihilated by them."
Miao Chengdao: "The Shenlong gun sent to the army by the emperor is so powerful that it should be able to defeat the Yuan army, right?"
But when he said this, he didn't even have much confidence.
The Shenlong Gun is powerful, but it is not invincible. The Yuan army is so arrogant that the power of the arrows cannot be underestimated.
At this time, Zhao Da suddenly spoke, "It's better for me to lead the Dragon soldiers to go directly to smash their big tent."
He brought two hundred grenade launchers, and was very energetic at this time.
The generals just pretended that they had not heard what he said.
Two hundred Flying Dragon Army went to bombard the Yuan army's tent, and even the generals who were originally bandit leaders present were not so arrogant!
Su Quandang's eyes were slightly bright.
He lowered his head and looked at the terrain around Wutong Ridge and said, "I have a way to do it, all the generals will obey the order!"
"exist!"
All the generals bowed.
Su Quandang said, "There are hillsides on both sides of Wutong Ridge in the east and south, only a few hundred meters away from Wutong Ridge. General Zhao sent two flying dragon troops, fifty each, carrying grenade launchers to the hillside from the small path, occupying a high place, and waiting to bombard the two camps in the east and south. The remaining 100 flying dragon troops set out with the main force and attacked the west camp of the Yuan army from the official road!"
Zhao Dali opened his mouth wide, "I'm sure!"
Su Quandang's eyes swept over the generals again, "General Pan, General Xu, General Li, General He obeyed the order!"
"The last one will be here!"
"You four each led 1,000 elite troops and 500 musket troops. General Pan and General Xu were ambushed at the foot of Xichushan Mountain on the east side of Wutongling. General Li and General He were ambushed at the foot of the back mountain on the south side of Wutongling. When the Flying Dragon Army bombarded the Yuan army camp, the Yuan army rushed out of the camp and went to the foot of the mountain to capture the Flying Dragon Army, you would come out of it and be sure to annihilate the Yuan army!"
"Get orders!"
"General Wang, General Guan, General Tong, General Huo obeyed the order!"
"The last one will be here!"
"You each lead a thousand elite troops, follow this commander and Deputy Commander Liu from the official road to rush straight to the camps and the central army to the west of the Yuan army!"
"Get orders!"
Su Quandang finally looked at Miao Cheng, Du Yuhou, "Du Yuhou, you and the other two generals defend the city."
Miao Cheng nodded, and had no objection to defending the city. He just said in confusion: "Commander, can you four thousand soldiers and horses break the camp west of the Yuan army? Moreover, our army does not have troops to restrain the northern camp of the Yuan army. At that time, the Yuan army will have more than 10,000 troops in the west and north of the Yuan army. If you charge down the mountain in large numbers, won't you be dangerous?"
The other generals were quite doubtful when they heard this.
Su Quan's troops were divided into three groups. Although there were large killing weapons such as grenade launchers, no troops on either side had the upper hand.
It was fine on both sides of the east and south, with five hundred musketeers, fifty grenade launchers, and two thousand elite soldiers. It was not impossible to defeat the 4,000 Yuan army in the camp.
However, the pressure of taking the 4,000 Song troops from the west to the official road to directly capture the Xidaying of the Yuan army was much greater.
Even if all the remaining 2,500 musket soldiers were sent out, they might not be able to stop tens of thousands of Yuan army!
You know, the two camps in the west and north of the Yuan army were in a horn-like manner.
Su Quandang suddenly chuckled and said, "Du Yuhou, don't forget, our army still has 400 thunderbolt cannons!"
Miao Cheng was stunned.
He suddenly felt that it seemed that there was really hope of victory for more than 4,000 to more than 10,000.
If one hundred grenade launchers and four hundred thunderbolt cannons were fired together, he would not dare to imagine the scene.
Su Quandang said again: "Besides, if there is a cannon sound in the east first, can the soldiers in the Northern Camp of the Yuan army still sit?"
The generals stopped talking, and their eyes were full of hope.
"alright."
Su Quandang slapped his hands on the edge of the sand table and said, "Generals, let's go and arrange it now! Lead the army outside the city to gather and set off in two hours!"
All the generals took the order and left the government office.
Su Quandang looked at the sand table and murmured to himself again, "If Kong Yuan could be wiped out, the emperor wouldn't blame me for not saving shells, right?"
After saying that, he laughed.
Aren’t shells originally used to fight the enemy? When is it not to fight?
The military camps in Cenxi County soon became lively. The soldiers heard the sound of drums while sleeping, and they all ran out of the camp with helmets and armor.
Then soon a general led his soldiers outside the city to gather and stand by.
In less than two hours, there were torches outside Cenxi County like sparks, illuminating the outside of the city.
Su Quan drifted outside the city and said nothing, but led Liu Zaiyuan and Zhao Da to lead the soldiers to set out first.
They had two thousand five musketeers, one thousand five elite soldiers, and one hundred flying dragon soldiers.
The torch formed a long snake, without any cover, and went straight to Wutongling along the official road outside the city with great momentum.
When a Yuan army scout lurking outside Cenxi City saw this scene, he hurried back at night to report.
But dozens of minutes later, another Song army left the city.
However, this Song army did not ignite the torch and could not see it in the dark night.
After they left the city, they followed the dark path and marched towards the back mountain of the peak. Xichu Mountain was marching rapidly, with speeds much faster than Su Quandang and their troops.
Chapter completed!