"From the time General Xia led the 800 death squads into Yangjia Town to the time Jiang Cai's Polu army broke through the north gate, the battle in the town lasted for more than half an hour. But it felt like a long time to me."
"Yes. I felt the same way at that time." Yun Zhongfei, who has been promoted to one of the five commanders of the Imperial Guard, also nodded in agreement.
"Well, this is the so-called theory of relativity."
Shen Mo naturally didn't know what the theory of relativity was. He didn't dare to ask more questions. He continued: "As the war situation develops, the number of casualties on both sides is increasing. The war is becoming more and more intense. Your Majesty, look at how we were still together just now. During the march, the comrades who were lurking together fell down one after another. Not even a word of farewell was left. Alas, I feel the cruelty of war more and more. This is unimaginable in the martial arts. Even if Even with my martial arts skills like this, I find it difficult to use them in the melee of a large army. I feel like my hands are tied. General Xia is worthy of being a famous general of our dynasty. His sword skills are outstanding. Under his command, the Mongolian soldiers rarely have a single move against the enemy. General Xia always persists. At the forefront of the formation, although I am worried about its safety, I also agree with its approach. When the two armies meet, the brave will win. As the commander, General Xia leads the troops, which can improve morale, especially in this kind of life and death battle."
"Shen Mo. Speak slowly."
"Yes, Your Majesty. After a while, Hu Chi, the guard general of the Yang family, saw the bravery of General Xia. With his experience in hundreds of battles, he immediately judged that General Xia was the commander-in-chief of our army, and ordered him to The hundred personal guards nearby all pounced on General Xia. These hundred personal guards were the most elite Mongolian soldiers in Yangjia Town. They followed Hu Chi in the north and south and made great achievements in battle. At this time, our army They were already showing signs of exhaustion. Although everyone was persisting, they were gradually forced to shrink their defensive formations due to their numerical weakness. However, the Hucheng Guards were approaching as if they were eating chicken blood, risking their own lives. Our army."
"This Mongolian guard Hu Chi does have some brains." I murmured. According to the original analysis, when the Polu army attacked the city, the Mongolian defenders in Yangjia Town would allocate manpower to reinforce the north gate. Unexpectedly, Hu Chi He actually ordered an all-out effort to eliminate Xia Gui's death squad first.
Shen Mo said "En" and then said: "The final decisive battle is coming. Hu Chi has no more troops to send. He also knows that the battle must be fought quickly. Those hundred personal guards are his magic weapon to suppress the bottom of the warehouse. Xia When the general saw this, he also knew that the decisive battle was coming. He loudly encouraged, "Brothers, this is the last madness of the Mongols. Just resist it." At this time, most of our troops were covered in red. Even General Xia and the imperial guards were wearing red. Everyone's body was stained red, but we couldn't tell whether it was our own blood or the blood of the enemy. Because our army came lightly, we did not wear armor. Fortunately, the Mongols did not have time to put on armor and helmets. This is a good point. I saw that the manpower around General Xia was getting smaller and smaller. Although the Polu army would soon break through the northern gate with few defenders, I was very worried about the safety of General Xia and other death squad members. So I handed the sword to Yun. Zhong Fei and ordered, "General Xia is entrusted to you." Immediately, I pulled out my long sword and leaped several times in succession to the nearest roof. From a high position, I pounced on the opponent's guard Hu with my sword. Chi.”
Yun Zhongfei said: "After Mr. Shen left, the pressure on my side suddenly increased sharply. But I had no time to take care of other things. I only knew how to surround General Xia with all my strength."
I know. When Shen Moxu said this, the battle in Yangjia Town had reached its most critical moment. Xiao Qi refilled Shen and Yun's hot tea and listened attentively again.
"Although the martial arts in the Valley of the Kings are not good at lightness skills, I am slightly talented in lightness skills. Hu Chi did not expect that a person like Chen could kill him single-handedly. And there was only one person beside him. Two guards followed. Hu Chi and his two guards saw me jumping from the air. They were not panicked. They attacked me with their scimitars. At this time, my strengths can finally be brought out. I didn't dare He struggled with them for a long time. The first move he made was the Xuanyuan Sword Technique, the secret skill of the Emperor Valley. Within three moves, I killed two guards one after another. Hu Chi was startled, but he still bravely raised his sword to face each other. Hu Chi was there I also put in a lot of hard work on the scimitar, but I couldn't avoid the sharp sword of the minister. Hu Chi blocked the first three swords of the minister. At the fourth sword, I was stabbed in the right arm by the long sword of the minister. The scimitar was instantly When he landed, I immediately pointed my sword at Hu Chi's throat and shouted Luck, telling the Mongols to stop. Otherwise, his commander would be beheaded."
"To capture the thief, capture the king first. Shen Mo. This is a good move. It takes full advantage of your strong martial arts."
"Your Majesty commends you. I don't know much about military affairs. This is the only way." Shen Mo said with a smile. "I thought the war was about to end, but I didn't expect that Hu Chi was not afraid at all. He also shouted loudly, 'How can I, a Mongolian man, be greedy? The person who is afraid of death, Hu Yan, will be commanded by you to continue the attack.' The minister was slightly startled and used hard force on his hand to cut a gash on Hu Chi's neck. He said, 'If you don't give the order to stop, I will send you to see you. "The Immortal Sky." Hu Chi ignored him and continued to shout, "Kill. Kill all these Southern Barbarians." Seeing that this man was not afraid of death, I knew that I could not force him to stop his troops. I was also worried about General Xia's safety, so I had to say secretly. .'This man can be considered a good man'. But his subordinates were no longer merciful. They used their skills and killed Hu Chi. Then he shouted loudly, 'Hu Chi is dead. Surrender and don't kill him.' I shouted as I returned to Xia. Next to the general, the Mongols, under the command of Hu Yan, persisted in attacking for a while. However, due to the death of their commander, the formation began to become chaotic. Hu Yan, as the leader of Hu Chi's bodyguard, was very skilled in martial arts, but did not know how to command on the battlefield. The Mongolian troops in the other two places could not hear Hu Chi's orders at all and became independent. At this time, a burst of exclamation came from outside the north gate. Then they heard the orders of our army. "The town is broken. Our army ( The enemy has invaded.' Both warring parties thought at the same time."
I said: "The Polu army finally broke through the north gate."
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Polu army was indeed brave and good at fighting. Although they were superior in numbers, they attacked the north gate of Yangjia Town very quickly. At this time, some of the Han soldiers in the Mongolian defenders gave up their resistance first. Each one affected one by one. . Basically all the Han soldiers gave up resistance. Hu Yan and a group of personal guards who wanted to resist were surrounded by our army. At this time, no matter how brave Hu Yan and others were, they could not withstand the overwhelming number of our soldiers. It didn’t take long for them to be slaughtered by our army.”
At this point, Shen Mo became excited again: "After the Luzhou Army and the Polu Army reunited, General Xia ordered Jiang Cai to lead his soldiers out of the south gate. The Luzhou Army commanded by General Wang Sheng attacked Yangshanping from the north and south. With this advantage, the Mongolian garrison at Yangshanping could not hold on for long and was annihilated by our army. Xia Qing, who had been prepared for a long time, led 3,000 cavalry troops to attack the Huaihe River under the order of General Wang Sheng. On the shore, after joining Miao Zaicheng and Shouchun's army, and with the assistance of our navy, they defeated the Mongolian defense forces on the south bank of the Huaihe River in one fell swoop and occupied the Mongolian naval base on the south bank. In addition to about Two thousand Mongolian navy and army sergeants and some warships withdrew to the north bank of the Huaihe River. The other Mongolian troops were annihilated by our army. Since then, the battle of the Anfeng Army has ended. Our army has successfully recovered the land on the south bank of the Huaihe River."
"Okay. Very good. This can be regarded as the biggest battle that our country has launched an attack on in recent years. It's gratifying."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty. Your Majesty. This is the letter that General Xia asked me to bring back." After Shen Mo finished speaking, he handed me a letter.
I took it and said, "Shen Mo, Yun Zhongfei, are there any casualties among the twenty guards you brought with you?"
"Your Majesty, everyone was injured. Fortunately, these people are all good guards. Fortunately, no one was killed."
"Okay. You go down and rest first. Let the imperial doctor heal the injured guard. I will record the merit for you."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will take my leave."
I had just opened Xia Gui's letter when I heard Xiao Qi say: "The officials are really amazing people."
"Well. Why."
"Guardian, think about it. If the official family hadn't sent Mr. Shen there, then General Xia would be really in danger."
"That's not necessarily the case. Without Shen Mo, our army would still have succeeded. It's just that Xia Gui and his 800 death squad members would have suffered a lot more deaths. Let's take a look at what Xia Gui's letter said."
"Xia Gui first expresses his gratitude to Your Majesty for your kindness. If Lord Shen and other imperial guards had not helped me, I would have paid a heavy price even if I won." Xia Gui first expressed his gratitude in his letter.
I then read, "According to the prior plan, I only selected 800 elite soldiers to serve as death squads. This is slightly different from the prior thousand-man plan. It can also be seen from this that the training of our soldiers is still more Strengthen. With the help of Mr. Shen, Chen led 800 death squads to break into Yangjia Town from the road and held back the 2,000 Mongolian troops in the town. General Jiang Cai also broke through the north gate of the town in time. The process was basically as expected. Most of the enemy troops in the Mongolian base south of the Huaihe River were intoxicated in the festival. Unlike the defenders in Yangjia Town, most of the sergeants in the Mongolian base were still shouting after Yangjia Town was breached. Hu Da was asleep. Therefore, our army did not suffer too many casualties in the battle on the shore. In this battle, more than 7,000 enemy troops were wiped out and more than 4,000 were captured. Another 2,000 enemy troops fled back. North of the Huaihe River, our army's casualties were approximately more than 3,000. The casualties were mainly caused by the death squads and Wang Sheng's army that attacked Yangjiaping Pass head-on. The details are still being sorted out. Rong Chen will report them in the future."
"The victory of this battle was achieved with more than 3,000 casualties. Xia Gui, Shen Mo, the Luzhou Army, and the Polu Army should be credited with the first contribution."
"Yes. Guan Jia, our army is not only defensive. This victory not only recaptured the south bank of the Huaihe River, but also boosted the morale of our soldiers."
"Haha. Xiaoqi. That's right."
"For officials, this merit should be attributed to Your Majesty."