Please ask me to be the emperor

It is said that Pingdong General Hong Chengchou and his staff and bodyguards, one man and three horses, traveled lightly and quickly, and arrived at Meng County in only half a day.

"Military Gate?" The scouts who were patrolling outside Meng County were surprised when they suddenly saw Hong Chengchou speeding towards them.

"Where is Zhao Guangyuan? Take me over to see him!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rebel scout.

"Junmen, come with me!" Upon hearing this, the scout leader quickly guided him from the front.

Not long after, Hong Chengchou entered Meng County and saw Zhao Guangyuan, Li You, Li Jiyu and Li Fuchen who had been waiting for a long time.

The two parties briefly exchanged greetings and sat down in order. Hong Chengchou couldn't help but asked quickly: "How many times have the rebels crossed the river now? Can they do a good job of defense?"

Li Jiyu looked at everyone and said nothing, so he couldn't help but take the initiative to report: "Three battalions of centaurs have now crossed, but only Li Fuchen's battalion still has more than a thousand people who have not yet completed crossing the river."

"Have you heard the news about Ming general Zhu Dadian coming with his troops? Are you ready?" Hong Chengchou asked again.

When Li Ji met the others, they still didn't respond, so he had to continue reporting: "The four of us have agreed that our three battalions will leave the city and line up in the east, and we can defend or fight depending on the situation."

"Li Fuchen's men are not all present, so he will stay in the city for the time being and wait for other rebels to cross the river before making plans."

"A mature and prudent opinion!" Hong Chengchou nodded and commented after hearing this.

The response strategy agreed upon by these four people was to simply "defend and then fight". Although there was nothing surprising about it, it was the best choice to deal with Zhu Dadian who had come all the way and was eager for a decisive battle.

But as soon as Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Li Fuchen couldn't help but open his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

"Minister, what do you have to say?" Hong Chengchou saw clearly and couldn't help but ask casually.

"That...that I thought..." Li Fuchen glanced at Hong Chengchou somewhat uneasily, and then continued.

"The strategy adopted by the supervisor and the generals is certainly sound, but it is too standard."

"I thought we could send another army to attack the thief's flank when he was unprepared and took the risk to advance lightly to dampen his spirit!"

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he understood the same truth and couldn't help but nodded and said: "In that case, who do you think is suitable and how many troops and horses are needed?"

"Since this strategy was proposed by the last general, the last general is willing to lead his two thousand men to catch Zhu Dadian off guard!" Li Fuchen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and he quickly volunteered.

There are two rivers flowing into the Yellow River from Mengzhou to the east, one is called Mang River and the other is called Zhulong River.

Zhulong River is also called "Zhulong River". It was originally a small river that survived after the demise of the ancient Jishui River. The "Long River" flows out from Longtan Pool, and the "Pearl River" flows out from Jidu Temple. The two rivers meet. Become.

These two rivers run north and south respectively in Meng County, and flow into the rolling Yellow River south of Meng County.

It is said that after Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang, left Wen County, he went all the way east and passed the boundary of Wen County at noon.

Just after crossing the border of Wen County, the Zhulong River lay in front of the Ming army.

The Zullong River is not very big, the water is not very deep, and there are small bridges on the river, so it is easy to pass.

After all, Zhu Dadian was a man who knew soldiers. He quickly ordered the soldiers to repair themselves and ordered the generals to direct the soldiers to cross the river.

"Mou Wenshou!" Zhu Dadian couldn't help shouting loudly.

"The general is here!" Mou Wenshou quickly stepped forward to obey the order.

"We have entered Meng County. The thieves may discover our army's whereabouts at any time." Zhu Dadian couldn't help but order.

"I order you to lead the three thousand soldiers and horses under your command as the vanguard, build roads across mountains and rivers, build bridges, and spread out scouts to guard against being taken advantage of by thieves!"

Zhu Dadian was worthy of being a man who had been on the battlefield for a long time. He took precautions before he could find out the movements of the rebels.

"The last general gets the order!" Although Mou Wenshou was not as famous as Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Jin Guofeng, and Zuo Guangxian in the late Ming Dynasty, he was also a veteran general. He knew that Zhu Dadian's move was the right use of troops, so he had no objection.

After an hour, Mou Wenshou's tribe took the lead in crossing the Zhulong River, and then sent out scouts to detect the movement of the rebels.

Even so, the deputy commander-in-chief Mou Wenshou did not dare to wait until the news was confirmed before sending troops.

Because generally when one scout discovers the enemy's movements, there is a high probability that the other side will also discover their own movements.

If because of being too cautious, the "thief" discovers the movements of the officers and soldiers, it will be a loss outweighing the gain.

Mou Wenshou then explored all the way to the west. After walking for about twenty miles, he saw another river lying in front of him.

Mou Wenshou saw that the rushes and reeds on both sides of the river were dense, and the northwest wind blew like waves.

Mou Wenshou was startled, fearing that there was an ambush here, so he quickly sent his soldiers to investigate.

Unexpectedly, the guide smiled and said: "This river is called Mang River. Although it looks lush with vegetation, it is actually shallow and muddy, making it difficult to hide people."

"How do you say this?" Mou Wenshou couldn't help but wonder.

"The flood season of the Mang River is from June to October. In other seasons, the river water is scarce and the water level recedes, exposing the silt on both sides of the river. This is where so many reeds and wormwood grow!" the guide laughed.

Mou Wenshou was doubtful, so he stepped forward to push aside the vegetation and took a look, only to see black silt accumulation at the roots.

He found a wooden stick and tried it. It was two feet deep.

Mou Wenshou was relieved and ordered: "Find a place with shallow water and little mud to cross the river!"

After a while, everyone found a pontoon bridge and then cautiously walked to the other side of the river.

"There are no enemies!" The vanguard troops who arrived on the other side made a rough inspection and couldn't help but report loudly.

"Okay, let the whole army cross the river!" Mou Wenshou felt relieved.

I don’t know how long it took, but it was getting dark. Mou Wenshou’s men and horses had already crossed halfway and established a simple position.

Mou Wenshou was fine, so he led his guards with confidence and walked to the other side of the river along the unstable pontoon bridge.

Just halfway through the journey, a guard suddenly laughed and said: "But it's dinner time, and the smoke from everyone's kitchen is floating over!"

"What kind of smoke?" Mou Wenshou was stunned when he heard this, and then he smelled the smell of fireworks.

"No, go back quickly!" Mou Wenshou's face suddenly changed and he ordered quickly.

"The front team changes to the rear team, and retreat quickly. Line up the front troops to defend and wait for rescue!"

"What's the matter, General?" Zuo Zuo was stunned when he heard this.

"Fire, fire, fire!" Mou Wenshou couldn't help shouting loudly, "The thief wants to attack with fire!"

"What?" After hearing this, Zuo Zuo's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly turned around and ran away from where he came from.

It turns out that it was the first lunar month, and the reeds and cattails on both sides of the Mang River were all dry and dry.

Just before Mou Wenshou and other troops reached the bank of the Mang River, Li Fuchen had already led two thousand soldiers to the other side.

Since the number of men and horses under his command was less than that of the officers and soldiers, he had already ordered people to pick cattail grass and reeds to make mats and spread them on the mud of the grass to facilitate the erection of people.

Then Dan waited for the officers and soldiers to cross the river, and took advantage of the northwest wind to light cattail grass and reeds to control the enemy with fire.