Wu Han, the commander of the Wuhan Army, was angry and embarrassed.

He carefully set up a trap, used the closing of the warehouse as bait, and laid a net of heaven and earth on the road that was necessary to transport grain, waiting for the enemy to take the bait. He and Cen Peng's troops were divided into two groups. Cen Peng led his troops to continue to besiege Xin'an. He personally led a large army of 60,000 twenty miles southwest of the Mangshan Pass to wait for the bait, waiting for the Luoyang army to take the bait.

His plan was successful. When he first met Wang Hu's army, the Jianwu Army followed him, chased him and trapped him in Zhucun, and then assembled troops. Just when he was about to eat the team, Su Mao's army arrived.

This was a big piece of fat, right on the battlefield he had set up, on the plain of Yiluo Plain. So he left eight thousand soldiers to watch the Changshui Camp and blocked it in Zhucun. He led the army to attack and annihilate Su Mao's army.

It was still traditional tactics, with infantry facing head-on decisively, and the thunder cavalry broke out on the flanks, and the enemy was in chaos. Su Mao's army collapsed before long. The thunder cavalry chased the defeated soldiers, chasing them all the way, almost annihilated the enemy.

When he returned to Zhucun with the power of victory, he unexpectedly discovered that the Changshui Camp of the Yulin Army had actually annihilated the remaining troops and went south to meet the enemy. The two armies happened to meet.

This was an accident. He did not expect Wang Hu to dare to attack, nor did he expect his elite troops to be so vulnerable in front of Changshui Camp. Eight thousand people could not block five thousand people and were completely wiped out.

The enemy commander was the legendary "Tiger of Jianqiao" who killed Jing Dan. After humiliating the Youzhou cavalry, he won by chance. He wrote a lot of strokes on his credit and sprinkled a handful of salt on Wu Han's wound.

Jing Dan and Wu Han are both representative figures of Youzhou Tuqi. Jing Dan was the chief minister of Shanggu County and Wu Han was the magistrate of Anle County, Yuyang County. The two joined Liu Xiu's command almost at the same time and fought side by side. They had a good relationship. Jing Dan's death was not only his personal tragedy, but also a shame for Youzhou Tuqi.

When enemies meet, they are extremely jealous.

Wu Han made up his mind to tear this ignorant enemy to pieces, eat it, calm the anger, and wash away the shame. He wanted to kill the "Tiger of Jianqiao" and use his blood to pay tribute to Jing Dan's spirit in the sky.

Without any suspense, the 60,000 army trapped the Changshui Camp and attacked in turn. Unexpectedly, the enemy was extremely stubborn. After several rounds of charge, Wu Han was killed and injured, but the enemy remained unmoved.

This small army of thousands of people seems to be more difficult to crack than Su Mao's army, and if you are not careful, you will break your teeth.

Wu Han was furious and personally supervised the army. The cavalry of Youzhou braved his arrows and stones to rush towards the enemy formation. Seeing that the small circular formation began to shake, the balance of victory fell toward the Wuhan army.

But at this moment, a shocking news came from the north that Mengjin Ferry was attacked at night, and the grain ships moored at the ferry were temporarily placed at the ferry to be transported to the front line and the grain ships moored at the ferry were burned by the enemy.

Wu Han was shocked and immediately ordered his return to the army. The entire army quickly evacuated and rushed to Mengjin Ferry.

Mengjin Ferry is not only a hub for grain transport, but also a retreat for the 100,000 troops of Wuhan. It is the gateway to Hanoi County, the granary in the rear. Every time Wuhan is built, it is necessary to pass through Mengjin. On the other hand, if the Luoyang army wants to attack north, it can go directly to Hanoi through Mengjin.

Now that Mengjindu is attacked, not only is the food destroyed, but the retreat of the Wu and Han army may be cut off, and the Hanoi County in the rear may be attacked.

There are countless enemy soldiers. If they take advantage of the situation to cross the river and go north, they will go deep into the hinterland of Wuhan and burn the war to Liu Xiu's nest. The offensive and defensive momentum on the entire battlefield will be reversed. This is an extraordinary event.

Wu Han immediately ordered: "The entire army marched towards Mengjin, and the cavalry headed first, and the infantry arrived at the back, and the cavalry arrived for one hour, and the infantry arrived at night. If the deadline was not reached, military law will deal with it!"

This was a crazy march, with the departure point being about 90 Hanli from Mengjin, which is more than 70 miles in later generations. Under the road conditions and horse maintenance conditions at that time, I almost had to run hard to reach on time.

The rushing cavalry was on the road, no matter which one it was, just run away. No one paid attention to those who were left behind. There were many follow-up troops, just follow the team.

The cavalry desperately beat the war horses under their crotch and ran ninety miles unremittingly, reaching Mengjindu one after another.

When General Gai Yan of the Tiger Teeth arrived, Grand Marshal Wu Han was naked, holding a whip in his hand, and personally whipped a ferry official.

The little official was covered with blood marks, holding his head in his hands, wailing on the ground, begging for mercy: "There are 20,000? Oh, maybe more, General, I really can't see clearly in the dark!"

It turned out that after Wu Han returned to the army, he asked about the origin of the enemy. The minor officials could not tell anything. They didn't know where the enemy came from and how many people they were. They burned and killed when they saw them. At dawn, the food on the shore was destroyed and the enemy retreated.

Gai Yan stepped forward and advised, "General, why bother to get angry with a minor official?"

Wu Han then put down his whip and said, "This group of wastes was taken away by the enemy's army, but he didn't know anything! Fortunately, news came from the ferry opposite that there was no enemy army crossing the river, and there were no traces of enemy ships on the river. It seemed that the enemy was just a partial division, with a small number of people, and he did not take advantage of the situation to march into Hanoi. However, the military rations were destroyed, and I was so angry that I must find this enemy army so that they could never return!"

Gai Yan said: "A official in our army is from Yanshi. According to him, there are several small paths to pass through in Mangshan. There is a Mangling Road near Yanshi, which allows cavalry to pass through. The enemy must have crossed Mangshan."

Wu Han said angrily: "Damn it! There are heavy troops stationed in Yanshi, the Qian family and other places south of Mangshan. Do you still don't know the direction of the enemy's troops?"

Gai Yan said: "I think the enemy will not exceed 3,000 people. I must be very familiar with the path. I look for an opportunity to enter the mountain, but the local garrison did not notice it. The last general is willing to lead a thousand cavalry and pass through the Mangshan from the Mangshan. If he can catch up with the enemy, he should wipe it out on the spot. If he did not walk the Mangshan road, but entered Mangshan early, the last general will join Yanshi and the army of the Cangshan family to block the intersections south of the Mangshan Mountain. We must make it difficult to return and make it clear that today's hatred!"

Wu Han said: "No need to delay, you can set off now!"

So he gathered a thousand thunderbolts who had arrived, changed their horses, and immediately chased eastward. After chasing for twenty miles, a scout came to report: "The villagers in front said that a military horse passed by early in the morning and went eastward."

Gai Yan knew that he had chased the right direction and sent someone to repay Wu Han, urging the entire army to accelerate.

News of the enemy continued to come along the way, and it turned out that the enemy was heading towards the Mianling Road.
Chapter completed!