Chapter 181: Kill the previous generals, fight again and win again (Part 2)

The Moon Hall.

Meng Hu stood in the Golden Hall with his hands on his back, admiring the magnificent royal buildings.

A dozen steps away from Meng Hu, Zhang Xingba was commanding the soldiers of the Guard to pack the rare treasures in the hall and then transport them outwards. Two soldiers of the Guard came forward to try to carry away a huge vase at the corner of the hall. However, the vase was too heavy and the two could not lift it. One of the soldiers tilted their heads and thought for a while, and smashed the exquisite vase with a knife.

Hearing the sound of porcelain shattering, Meng Hu turned around and was about to scold him. Jia Wudao's slender figure suddenly stepped in and said to Meng Hu with a smile: "General, the Emperor of Mingyue Empire has been arrested, he has been arrested!"

"oh?"

Meng Hu didn't care about scolding the two guards after hearing this and asked happily, "Qiufeng Jin has caught it?"

"Yeah, I've caught it!"

As Jia Wudao said, he added fuel to the process of catching Qiu Fengjin, and Meng Hu shouted: "This is really a place to search for without any effort, hahaha, okay, great! Old Jia, where is Qiu Fengjin now? I want to see him immediately!"

Jia Wudao turned around and waved, "Take the autumn wind strong!"

Qiu Fengjin staggered into the Mingyue Hall under the escort of two Glorious Empire soldiers. The hall was still the familiar hall, but the ministers in the hall were no longer the ministers he was familiar with. Qiu Fengjin also changed from the supreme emperor to the prisoner of the enemy. Thinking of the miserable place, Qiu Fengjin couldn't help but lower his head and sighed sadly.

Meng Hu paced back and forth around Qiu Fengjin for two times, then stepped forward and patted Qiu Fengjin on the shoulder, and said with regret: "Qiu Fengjin, to be honest, I really didn't want to be an enemy of the Mingyue Empire. I just wanted to take my Tiger Legion back to the western province, but your good sister refused, and insisted on forcing my Tiger Legion to a dead end, hey..."

Qiu Feng was strong and his expression was dull, as if he had not heard Meng Hu's words.

Meng Hu continued, "You have seen the result now. I took the Tiger Legion to Xijing. Your brother has also become a prisoner of my Tiger Legion. Speaking of which, you just suffered the disaster. It was your sister who messed with me, but it was your brother who was unlucky. This is called debt repayment for my sister."

Qiu Feng sighed and said, "Since I have become a prisoner of your army, why should I say more?"

"Okay, I am worthy of being the Emperor of the Man King." Meng Hu nodded and said solemnly, "But you can rest assured that my Tiger Legion will care about your food and drink, and will never abuse you. If your good princess is willing to pay a high price in the future, I promise that you still have the chance to return to your hometown and rule the world again, and I will definitely keep my word."

Qiu Fengjin couldn't help but look slightly when he heard this, but when he thought about it, he shook his head sadly.

"Report..." When Qiu Feng was sad, Xiong Batian's tower-like figure suddenly stepped into the Golden Palace, and said in a hunched voice, "General, three directions discovered at the same time..."

Meng Hu suddenly raised his hand to stop Xiong Batian, then waved his hand to signal the two soldiers who escorted Qiu Fengjin and said, "Take Your Majesty to rest. Remember, you must treat him well. You must never be slow, and you must not beat, scold or insult him at will!"

"yes!"

The two men agreed and took the order.

Qiu Fengjin was just taken out of the hall, and Qi Diaozi also stepped into the hall, wiping sweat while asking: "General, I seemed to have seen General Xiong Batian come back just now. Have you found the whereabouts of Mingyue reinforcements?"

"Old Qi, you are here just in time." Meng Hu nodded and said to Xiong Batian, "Batian, you said."

Xiong Batian took a breath and said, "General, two gentlemen, about 300 miles north of Xijing, about 200 miles south of Xijing, and about 200 miles east of Mingyue reinforcements were discovered at the same time. Among them, Mingyue reinforcements in the north had the largest number of troops, at least 70,000 or more than 80,000, and they were all light cavalry!"

"Hiss..." Qi Diaozi couldn't help but breathe a breath of air conditioning when he heard this, and hissed, "The enemy's reinforcements are coming so fast!"

Meng Hu's expression was slightly condensed and asked in a deep voice: "Where are the other two reinforcements? How many troops are there?"

Xiong Batian continued: "The reinforcements in the south are about 50,000 or 60,000, all infantrymen, but the army is very fast, traveling at least 80 miles a day. In addition, the reinforcements from the east are the least, estimated to be less than 10,000. However, judging from the armor standard and banner, it should be Situ Rui's Qingzhou Army."

"Situ Rui's Qingzhou Army!?"

Meng Hu couldn't help but look slightly moved when he heard this, and said sternly, "Didn't Situ Rui's Qingzhou Army confront the middle army of Mengyan at Hu Xiao Pass? Could it be that the battle situation at Hu Xiao Pass has changed?"

Qi Diaozi stroked his long beard under his chin and said in a narrow voice: "If the Beizhi was not wrong, the situation should be like this. The Mingyue army led by Qiu Yutang had already detoured to the body of Meng Yan's army. Meng Yan chose to retreat voluntarily on the premise that he knew that there would be no result in continuing to attack Hu Xiao Pass. Then at this time Qiu Yutang knew the whereabouts of our army, so he urgently ordered the two legions of Youzhou to dial the way through Shuozhou and Youzhou to divert the way to assist the imperial capital. At the same time, Situ Rui led some elite troops of the Qingzhou Legion to return to the imperial capital first to stabilize the situation!"

"It should be that!"

Meng Hu said, "Otherwise, these three Mingyue reinforcements would never have arrived so quickly, and they formed an encirclement situation for our army. Our army can no longer stay, otherwise they will be surrounded by the Mingyue army, especially the Mingyue light cavalry in the north. Once they are entangled, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Qi Diaozi's eyes turned and said in a deep voice: "General, our army should immediately turn southeastward now. There is no Mingyue Empire Army found there. As long as you cross Tongtian River to the southeast, you can enter Yingzhou and Zhuozhou, and you will have the opportunity to join the Northern Legion of Governor Chongshan."

"No!"

Meng Hu suddenly raised his hand and said decisively, "Escape with his tail is never the character of our Tiger Legion. Our Tiger Legion has only one purpose, that is, attack and attack again. We should eat one of the three reinforcements of the enemy before they even formed a response and open up the gap!"

A trace of expectation suddenly appeared in Jia Wudao's eyes and asked anxiously: "Did the general have already had a solution?"

Meng Hu waved his hand and said loudly: "Old Jia, map!"

Jia Wudao hurriedly took out the map from his arms, and Qi Diaozi on one side also took out a map from his sleeve and spread it on the Danban. He smiled and said, "General, Lao Jia, let's use this map. This was found from Qiu Fengjin's imperial study room. The logo on the above picture is much clearer and more complete than the map assigned by the Military Department of the Guanghui Empire."

No wonder when I entered the back door of Daming just now, Qi Diaozi disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Meng Hu thought that Diaozi was also a vulgar person at that time, so he couldn't help but go to Taobao. Unexpectedly, Diaozi went to the military topographic map of the Taomingyue Empire, the imperial study room of Qiufeng.

"Okay, that's great!" Meng Hu couldn't help but say, "Old Qi is still thoughtful."

As he said that, the three of them squatted down around the map without any image.

Meng Hu reached out and picked up a wooden incense burner that fell on the Danban and pressed it on the map, saying, "This is the Mingyue reinforcements from the north, about 70,000 to 80,000 light cavalry."

Qi Diaozi also picked up a jade jar from the ground and pressed it on the map, saying, "This is the Mingyue reinforcements from the south, about 50,000 to 60,000 heavy infantry."

Jia Wudao looked around and took off a ring from his finger and pressed it on the map, saying, "This is Situ Rui's Qingzhou Army, with about 10,000 troops."

"It's Situ Rui!"

Meng Hu took the ring from the map and said loudly, "Situ Rui is a veteran general who has experienced many battles. His experience in fighting is extremely rich, but this time our army has taken the lead!"

Jia Wudao said in a narrow voice: "General, is our army taking the lead?"

"Yes." Meng Hu nodded and said, "The more than one million Qingzhou refugees who were dispersed by our army two days ago did not know that Xijing had fallen. There is only one news they could bring to Situ Rui, that is, Xijing has not fallen yet. Before Xijing was captured, Qiu Fengjin or the intelligence agencies in the city might send the news with a flying pigeon. But this news could not reach Situ Rui's army in a hurry. In other words, Situ Rui didn't know that Xijing had fallen!"

Jia Wudao said: "In other words, Situ Rui will come to Xijing to rescue the emperor at all costs!"

"This is called saving people!" Qi Diaozi responded calmly, "Once this man is anxious to do something, countless flaws will be revealed on his body. Even Situ Rui is a general who is a long-distance general, and his physical strength will be severely overdrawn after the long-distance marching, and his combat effectiveness will be severely reduced. For example, the investigation of the terrain along the way is inevitable during the marching, etc., and this just gives our army an opportunity to take advantage of!"

Jia Wudao nodded and said with some concern: "But the general has thought that Situ Rui's Qingzhou army is a tough and hard bone. Although the force is only 10,000, once they are in a group, they will set up the turtle shell formation to guard the death. If they are anxious, it will be difficult for our army to smash and swallow it? However, the Mingyue Army of the two north and south routes will arrive soon, and it will only be three days at most!"

"Old Jia, you're too worried."

Meng Hu said passionately, "If my Tiger Legion can't even swallow up Situ Rui's ten thousand Qingzhou soldiers, it would be a waste of the tiger and wolf army!"

Jia Wudao thought for a while and asked again: "What? What should our army go after eating Situ Rui's Qingzhou army?"

Qi Diaozi looked back at Meng Hu and smiled and said, "He rushed his troops eastward to attack Hu Xiao Pass, threatening Qiu Yutang from behind!"

Jia Wudao frowned and said, "But in this way, wouldn't it be a wedding dress for Meng Yan and let him sit and enjoy the benefits of a fisherman?"

"The fisherman's benefit?" Qi Diaozi laughed, "That's enough for Meng Yan to have that ability. Although Qiu Yutang is young, his ability is far above Situ Rui. This proud daughter of heaven is not that easy to deal with. I am afraid that as soon as we left Hu Xiao Pass, Qiu Yutang will almost be able to deal with Meng Yan's middle army."

"Hahaha, it's okay." Meng Hu laughed, "Even if Qiu Yutang has finished packing up Meng Yan's army, he will not threaten us. At worst, he will go to war and become a bandit in the Mingyue Empire. I still don't believe it. With that little girl Qiu Yutang can really trap our Tiger Legion?"

Jia Wudao frowned and said, "It's okay to go on a fight, but how can you replenish military rations?"

"Military ration?" Meng Hu turned around and looked at Qi Diaozi and said in a deep voice, "What are you talking about Lao Qi?"

Qi Diaozi's eyes showed a ruthless look and said in a deep voice: "If we really get to that point, we can't blame us for being cruel and ruthless!"

Jia Wudao couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this and said in a terrifying manner: "General, Lao Qi, what you mean is eating human flesh..."

Meng Hu waved his hand and said loudly: "Don't consider these first, I'd better think of a good way to eat Situ Rui's ten thousand Qingzhou soldiers."

Qi Diaozi turned his eyes and said, "General, I have an idea."

"Oh?" Meng Hu said happily, "Old Qi, please tell me."

Qi Diaozi told his plan. Meng Hu and Jia Wudao applauded repeatedly after hearing this, and the strategy to deal with the Qingzhou army was decided.

When Situ Rui led his army to the 50-li Pavilion east of Xijing City, it was already dark.

There were suddenly more refugees on the snowy field. Thousands of refugees helped the elderly and children, and often fled eastward in a panic expression. As they walked, people fell down from time to time. Many ragged refugees simply lay down on the snow, looking at the Qingzhou army who was moving rapidly from the snow with indifferent eyes.

Situ Rui, who was urging his horse to move quickly, felt sorry for witnessing this scene. If time permitted, he would definitely order a refugee camp to temporarily resettle these homeless refugees, but now he is eager to rush to the imperial capital and rescue him, and he is no longer in the mood to care about these refugees.

The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were also feeling sorry for each other, but Situ Rui did not give the order, so they could only harden their hearts and pretend not to see it.

If it wasn't dark, if Situ Rui was not eager to help the imperial capital or rushed to rescue the emperor, his skill would have found that there were actually problems with the refugees nearby. Among them, there seemed to be a little more adult men, while there were a little fewer women and children. Originally, refugees should be more young women and children.

After urging the horse to go a few miles away, Situ Rui suddenly realized something was wrong. Not only did the refugees on the nearby snowy field not decrease, but there were more and more. What made Situ Rui secretly shocked was that many of them were actually moving closer to the middle silently, vaguely sandwiching his 8,000 Qingzhou troops in the middle. What are these refugees doing?

Suddenly, Situ Rui realized something was wrong and stopped and shouted: "Line in line, line up immediately!"

"Hahaha……"

As Situ Rui finished speaking, a burst of laughter suddenly rang in front of him, and then a clear voice came into Situ Rui's ears, "It's worthy of being Situ Rui, you finally discovered the flaws. It's a pity that it's too late. Brothers, raise the torch, shine..."

As soon as the clear voice fell, hundreds of torches were lit on the snowfield, which instantly illuminated the entire snowfield as bright as day. In the bright flames, large groups of "adult refugees" took out sharp swords, then took steps out from the old, young, women and children, and quickly advanced to the Qingzhou army and set out messy attack formations on both sides of the left and right wings.

The ambush suddenly appeared, and the eight thousand Qingzhou troops trapped in the middle became turbulent in an instant.

Situ Rui's heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom of Jiuyou Valley. The defenseless Qingzhou army was still the marching formation of four columns, just like a long snake wandering on the snow, with weaknesses everywhere and flaws everywhere. However, the enemy ambushers who suddenly emerged from the refugee group had been planning for a long time, just like countless hungry wolves with big mouths with cold and bloody fangs exposed. The ambush battle had just broken out and the ending was already destined.

Before the meal, it was long snake-shaped and caught off guard. In addition, the eight thousand Qingzhou troops, exhausted due to the long-distance marching, were almost killed, leaving only less than two hundred remaining soldiers guarding Situ Rui, and were still fighting for trapped beasts.

In the bright fire, Meng Hu strode to Situ Rui not far away and said aloud: "Gen. Situ, are you safe?"

Situ Rui sighed sadly, clasped his fists and said, "I have always been safe for you, General."

"Hahaha..." Meng Hu raised his head and laughed, "Elder General, although I accidentally killed your only son, I was in the battle formation at that time, and I was in the battle formation without eyes, and my life and death were all in my destiny. Moreover, you and I were all in their own right, and it had nothing to do with personal grudges. As far as I was concerned, I still admired the old general very much."

Situ Rui hugged his fists and said calmly: "I am deeply honored to be admired by the general."

Meng Hu stretched out his hand and pointed to the Qingzhou army trapped in the middle and said loudly: "Elder General, you also know the situation today. The Qingzhou army has fallen into a desperate situation where the head and tail cannot take care of each other, and it is no longer possible to form a turtle shell formation to protect itself. If the two armies fight, the result will be a massacre. What does the old general think?"

Situ Rui took a breath, slowly pulled out the battle knife, and said Senran: "The Qingzhou Army has never had only warriors who died in battle standing, and never a coward who kneels to survive!"

Meng Hu sighed and asked with some regret: "It seems that the old general is determined to resist to the end?"

Situ Rui raised the sword in his hand, pointed at Meng Hu from a distance, and said: "As an imperial soldier, sacrificing his life for the country, he has always been the most perfect destination. From the day he joined the army, I have been waiting for this day. General Meng Hu, you are the only military genius I have seen in my life. It is my honor to die under your knife!"

"Elder General, tell you the truth. Xijing City has been captured by my Tiger Legion. Your Emperor has now become a prisoner of our army. But you don't have to worry. Your Majesty the Emperor is like a guest of honor in our army and will never be treated unfairly. The old general doesn't want to reunite with His Majesty the Emperor and his ministers, and will he reminisce about the past?"

Although Meng Hu knew it was impossible, he still wanted to make his last effort. He wanted to convince Situ Rui to surrender.

After all, Situ Rui is the last general in the Mingyue Empire Army, and it can even be said to be a banner of the Mingyue Empire Army. If even Situ Rui surrenders to the Tiger Legion, this will be an unprecedented blow to the morale and fighting spirit of the Mingyue Empire Army. Meng Hu will not let the opportunity that is about to be obtained easily slip away.
Chapter completed!