Episode 10 Chapter 447
Gao Hang saw that the Fengyu coalition had fallen into the trap, and began to arrange an ambush in full swing.
He first borrowed cavalry from Shao Fang, as many as 120,000, all of which were ambushed in the dense forest five miles away from Linzhuang. In addition, he borrowed 100,000 infantry. This infantry was not used to deal with the enemy crossing the river, but to attack the enemy camp.
In Gao Hang's view, if you want to fight, you have to fight a big battle, and if you want to win, you have to win a big victory.
He used the same trick again, preparing to take a two-pronged approach, using cavalry to deal with the enemy crossing the river, and using his own ships to transport infantry to the other side. This time he attacked not only the Fengguo navy, but also the camp of the Fengyu coalition.
Once he succeeded and successfully burned the food and grass in the enemy camp, the Fengyu coalition would have to retreat. At that time, not only would the danger of the capital be resolved, but he could also take the opportunity to counterattack the enemy and regain lost territory. He himself would also become the biggest hero in this Fengmo battle.
Perhaps it was because the first battle was won too easily, and he won a great victory with almost no effort. At this time, Gao Hangye had already developed a mentality of arrogance. In his eyes, the Fengyu coalition army seemed nothing to be afraid of.
Both the Fengyu coalition army and the Mo army deployed troops and generals, each with its own strategies and deployments, and the next war was about to start.
When crossing the river from Huishui Bay, the rafts made by the Fengyu coalition army were lost a lot, and now they need to continue to replenish them. In addition, it takes time to make straw men. Of course, these are just for cover. The most important thing is that they need to wait for the completion of the first batch of ships to be built, and accumulate as many ships as possible to transport more soldiers to the other side.
For these reasons, although the main force of the Fengyu coalition army has secretly assembled opposite Linzhuang, it did not immediately take action. At the same time, the spies of the Mo country reported the dynamics of the Fengyu coalition army to the Mo army from time to time.
As time passed, the Fengyu coalition army had no movement in crossing the river, which made the Mo army suspicious. You know, the longer the war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for the Fengyu coalition. Now the East China Sea Navy is close to the seaport of Zhenjiang. Once it enters Zhenjiang, it will reach the capital in less than 20 days. By then, it will be even more difficult for the Fengyu coalition to fight Zhenjiang.
According to the secret report of the spies, the Fengyu coalition is building ships in a big way in the camp. You Mo proposed to Gao Hang that the Fengyu coalition is building ships on such a large scale, which seems to be a situation of fighting head-on with us, and we should be more careful.
Gao Hang disagrees. First of all, he does not think that the enemy has the strength and courage to fight head-on with us. Secondly, even if the enemy wants to attack them unexpectedly and have a head-on confrontation, they should build ships secretly, so as to achieve the effect of winning by surprise. How can they build them in a big way like now without avoiding people. There is only one possibility. Building ships is a false illusion to mihuo our side. The real situation is probably that they are secretly rushing to build rafts for sneaking into Zhenjiang.
He did not listen to the reminders of his subordinates and still focused his energy on the Linzhuang area. During this period, he mainly studied how his cavalry would launch an attack after the Fengyu coalition landed in Linzhuang.
After all, he was a naval general, not a land commander, and how to use cavalry was not his forte. Now it took a lot of time and brains to study it, and he had to ask the cavalry generals to teach him little by little. In this way, he could not do the most detailed research on the dynamics of the Fengyu coalition.
A talented and extremely conceited person like Gao Hang, once the first step is right and the advantage is established, then he can crush the enemy in one breath and will not give the enemy a chance to breathe, but similarly, once the first step is wrong, then the next step will be wrong, and there is no room for recovery.
Ten days passed in peace and quiet. The East China Sea Navy of Mo State had entered Zhenjiang and was heading upstream to the capital. At this time, the Mo army was already relaxed. The East China Sea Navy would arrive soon, and their strength would be further enhanced. Now Gao Hang began to get anxious. He was anxious about why the Fengyu coalition had not crossed the river. If the other side did not move, it would be difficult for him to take action. When the East China Sea Navy arrived, his series of designs would probably be in vain.
He was anxious, and so was Tang Yin. The East China Sea Navy was getting closer and closer to Modu, leaving them with less and less time. Now, the battle of Linzhuang was their last battle. If they won, Mo State would perish. If they lost, their second battle against Mo would probably end in failure again.
But when the first batch of ships would be completed was not determined by his will. It depended on the progress of the craftsmen and workers. Now they were rushing to build them all day and night, and the progress could not be faster.
Time passed by every second as both sides waited for each other.
Five days later, the first batch of ships that the Fengyu coalition rushed to build was finally completed and launched. After such a long time and tens of thousands of manpower, only thirty ships were built.
But for the Fengyu coalition, thirty ships were too precious. They would transport an extra 10,000 or 20,000 people, allowing them to further gain a foothold after a successful landing.
Although the first batch of ships was built, the Fengyu coalition did not stop, but continued to build them with great fanfare. However, in secret, the plan of attack had already begun to be implemented.
For so many days, Tang Yin and his generals had studied the plan several times, and now they were very skilled in implementing it.
Under Tang Yin's arrangement, the Ninth Army and the 100,000 Hundred Battles Army stayed in the camp. The Ninth Army had too much baggage burden, and it was too unrealistic to cross the river during the battle between the two armies. Therefore, the task of landing on the other side with the ships fell on the Hundred Battles Army.
Letting the Hundred Battles Army take this risk was not because Tang Yin was using the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army as cannon fodder, but was decided based on the characteristics of the Hundred Battles Army.
The Zhenren Army was the least dependent on logistical supplies among the Fengyu Alliance. In Tang Yin's view, it was unknown whether his ships could successfully transport the soldiers to the other side, and the logistical supplies were even more unguaranteed. Once they landed on the other side, the next battle would depend entirely on the soldiers themselves. Whether they could capture the Mo Kingdom Navy Camp and how long they could occupy the enemy's camp also depended on the soldiers' own abilities. In such a difficult situation, I'm afraid only the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army could do it.
Originally, Tang Yin did not plan to act with the Hundred Battles Army. After all, fighting a naval battle was not his forte for a landlubber like him, but at the moment before the action, he changed his mind temporarily and decided to stay in the camp and board the ship with the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army.
His temporary change of formation scared the generals. They tried to persuade him, but Tang Yin didn't listen to anyone and handed over the command of the main army to Xiao Muqing and Qingyu.
If Tang Yin was stubborn, others would have no way to deal with him and could only obey his orders. Those who stayed with Tang Yin included Nie Ze, the commander of the Baizhan Army, and generals Shangguan Yuanrang, Jiang Fan, Cheng Jin and others.
Xiao Muqing and Qingyu led the generals of the Fengyu Army to the secret assembly place of their main army on the other side of Linzhuang at night. When they arrived, it was already late at night. Xiao Muqing immediately ordered the soldiers to drag all the rafts they made into the river and fix the straw men prepared in advance on the rafts.
The waiting time was too long in the early stage, and the Fengyu coalition army had done sufficient preparations. The straw men were either nailed or tied, and all were properly placed on the raft. Seeing that they were almost ready, Xiao Muqing sent out an elite team with excellent water acupuncture to quietly swim to the other side with the help of leather bags.
This elite team only had 50 people, and their mission was to eliminate the Mo army checkpoint near Linzhuang on the opposite side. Even if their smuggling was fake, they had to do enough foreplay, otherwise how could they save the Mo army.
This 50-man Feng army team took off their armor and uniforms, only wearing simple, light and relatively tight water jackets, using leather bags as support points, and sneaked silently to the other side.
Mo Jun and the Fengyu coalition army have been waiting for a month to smuggle, and they are simply looking forward to it. It can be said that this Feng army team had just entered the water and was not halfway through the swim when they were discovered by the Mo army spies on the other side, and the information was immediately transmitted to the Zhenjiang Navy camp.
Gao Hang had already fallen asleep. When the soldiers below reported to him the news from Linzhuang, Gao Hang, who was sleeping soundly, sat up from the couch, blinked his eyes, was stunned for a few seconds, then waved his hand to pull the soldier in front of him and asked, "Where did the news come from?"
Not understanding why the general had such a strong reaction, the soldier stammered, "Reply...Report to the general, it was...the scouts from Linzhuang who sent back the news!"
"Hurry up and show it to me." Gao Hang stood up and said to the soldier in a hurry while putting on his clothes.
The soldier hurriedly handed the note sent by the pigeon to Gao Hang, who took it, unfolded it, and his face suddenly showed joy. He said repeatedly, "God helps me, the enemy finally took action!"
As he spoke, he rolled up the note and said, "Hurry up and tell my generals to gather all the generals!"
"Yes! General!" The soldier agreed and turned and ran out. The generals of the Mo army who came after hearing the news did not enter the central army tent at all. As soon as they walked outside the tent, they saw Gao Hang, who was dressed in military uniform, riding on a horse, and there were many guards and guards riding war horses around him.
When almost everyone arrived, Gao Hang said seriously: "The enemy's crossing of the river will begin soon. I must go to Linzhuang to supervise the battle in person. You stay in the camp and wait for me at any time. Once the order to attack is passed, except for the 8th and 9th Corps who stay in the camp, the rest of the soldiers, bring the infantry brothers, and rush to the enemy camp for me. When you arrive at the enemy camp, burn everything you see. The most important thing is to kill all the enemy's food and grass. Do you understand?"
"I understand, general!" The generals said in unison, interjecting and saluting.
Gao Hang nodded and continued, "The life and death of our Da Mo depends on this battle. Whether we can turn defeat into victory depends on you brothers. In this battle, our soldiers must go all out and move forward bravely. When attacking the enemy camp, no matter what happens, we must not stop and charge forward in one go. If there are those who disobey orders, if there are those who are born afraid of death and shrink back, I will kill them without mercy!"! .