Those who attacked the Mongolian army led by Zhu Zhuer were the two basic companies of the Perak Army garrison led by Yu Zhu. They had ambushed here yesterday.
Two days ago, Dong Hu got the news that the Mongolian army was trying to advance from Heming Mountain to Liuliba. Dong Hu was originally an Orion, so he naturally knew that Jiguan Mountain seemed closed, but there were many secret trails leading to Heming Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain, and even Wei and Mao Prefectures in Fan District.
Although these secret trails are rarely known and extremely dangerous, it is impossible for the army to pass through them under normal conditions.
But he also knew that if he had a guide to lead the way and was well prepared, he could still pass through a small army as long as he was not afraid of casualties.
In fact, he also served as a guide, leading Ouyang Xuan and others from Liuliba to the outside of the mountain through a secret trail, and successfully purchased salt from Huojing.
After the Perak Army occupied Wanjiaping, Xiong Ben also tried to sneak attack Wanjiaping from Yongkang City to the mountain trail.
After Linde's rebellion, both he and Yu Zhu made a lot of remedial measures to ensure that the mountain would no longer be threatened from within or from behind.
Yu Zhu mainly strengthened the equipment training and rapid response capabilities of the three basic companies of the garrison battalion, and set up sentries and hidden sentries in important sections of the mountain.
What Dong Hu did was to deploy a large number of informants. Every village, factory and mine in the mountain had intelligence personnel who were enthusiastic about the people and worked part-time. They were trained regularly and those with outstanding results would also be rewarded.
These people are called by Ouyang Xuan
"Chaoyang Masses", and called Dong Hu's approach
"People's War". In these
Among the "Chaoyang people", the two groups that Dong Hu values most are hunters and herb collectors. Unlike ordinary mountain people who only log trees and collect wild vegetables nearby, herb collectors often go to far away places to collect valuable medicinal materials, while hunters hunt in farther areas in order to track the herds of animals.
Especially in recent times, a large number of refugees have poured into Jiguan Mountain, which has greatly squeezed the living space of birds and animals.
Due to the food rationing system, these refugees turned to the mountains and forests for food and killed a large number of prey, which greatly reduced the prey in the Jiguan Mountain area.
The hunters had no choice but to hunt in Qingcheng Mountain, Heming Mountain and even the neighboring Tibetan areas. Although there were many refugees pouring into these mountains, the number was much smaller than those who fled to Jiguan Mountain.
The Mongolian army led by Zhu Zhuer was discovered by these hunters and quickly reported it to the inner guard camp. It was these hunters who told Yu Zhu that the Mongolian army would definitely pass through this creek to replenish drinking water, and they only needed to set up an ambush here.
In fact, the discovery of these Mongolian troops must be attributed to Zhu Zhuer. It was his gang that broke the bones and sucked out the marrow in Heming Mountain. As a result, the people had no intention of producing, and only a few refugees came. This resulted in the number of prey in Heming Mountain being still considerable. Attracting hunters from Jiguan Mountain to hunt.
Among the more than 260 people led by Zhu Zhuer, only a dozen extremely skilled people escaped, and the rest were killed and captured. He was also injured in the thigh by a grenade and could not escape at all.
Zhu Zhu'er can be said to be tough. He knew that the Perak Army hated traitors the most, and he knew that he would never end well if he was captured, so he simply wiped his neck with a knife.
After clearing the battlefield, Yu Zhu followed the principle of the Perak Army not to raise useless people, and after leaving three days of water and water for the prisoners who were seriously injured and who would lose their labor even after recovering from their injuries, he escorted one hundred and forty prisoners back to Liuliba. return journey.
This is not to blame for Yu Zhu's hard-heartedness. It was also very difficult for the soldiers of the Perak Army to climb over the steep mountain. They were not willing to take the risk of rolling down the cliff to carry the enemy's wounded soldiers.
Moreover, the resources of the Perak Army are now tight, and it is very difficult to keep the refugees from going hungry. How can they take care of these injured Tatars and traitors?
The secret agent Huo Li was naturally extremely angry when he got the news of the failed sneak attack. But Zhu Zhuer was dead, so he had no choice but to turn his anger on Jiagu Longgu, and the reason for his punishment was that the tunnel excavation was slow.
In fact, Jiagulong worked very hard in ancient times. In order to speed up the progress, he even introduced a last-place elimination system.
Ten tunnels started at the same time are ranked every day. The one who digs the slowest will be whipped. The whipping amount will be doubled for those who are ranked last for two consecutive days. Those who are ranked last for three consecutive days will lose their heads.
In the ten days since the excavation, four whips have been broken. However, no matter how hard they were whipped, the progress of the tunnel was still slow. The fastest progress was just in the middle of the moat in front of the city wall.
There is no other reason. The main reason is that the tunnel has to pass through the trench in front of Hengyuan Fort, which is too difficult. According to the plan, there should be a moat twenty meters wide and fifteen meters wide in front of Hengyuan Fort. However, due to the difficulty of excavation, the depth and width of the excavation did not meet the requirements, and it was impossible to divert water into a river, so the moat became a trench.
Although the trench has been almost filled, the Mongolian army's tunnel still needs to pass under the trench due to the mixture of earth, stone and wood.
Digging tunnels is difficult in the first place, and the Mongolian army also has to excavate a layer of soil and gravel that even the Pili army cannot chew through, making it even more difficult.
You must know that the quality of the iron tools of the Pili Army is not a bit higher than that of the Mongolian Army. These are not the only things that make secret followers angry.
Liu Heima from Chengdu sent someone to tell them that because a lot of food had been taken away by the Perak Army, food was already in short supply. He had halved the food for the newly attached troops who had no combat missions.
In more than a month, it will be the autumn harvest season, which requires civilians and even new attached troops to harvest and collect grain. Otherwise, not only will there be no food delivered to the New Lin Department, but even the troops stationed in western Sichuan will be short of food.
In the eyes of the secret person Huoli, Liu Heima was urging the war to start, gently reminding him that the war was slow. Although Mi Zhehuo Li is a pure Mongolian, deeply trusted by the Great Khan Mengge, and was appointed to the military affairs in western Sichuan, Liu Heima is also a confidant of the Great Khan. This can be seen from the fact that although he is a Khitan, he is entrusted with the political affairs in western Sichuan. See the clues.
I'm sure Liu Heima will join him and tell Mongolian Khan that he has no way of commanding and is wasting the opportunity to fight. In addition, due to the hot and humid weather, more and more soldiers are sick in the Mongolian military camps.
The newly attached troops and civilians were doing well, but the Mongolian cavalry and the Mongolian Han army were not accustomed to the climate, and one fifth of the patients were sick, and more than a hundred horses died.
Bad news also came from Chongqing Fucheng and Sandushui, saying that Pili Army boats frequently approached for reconnaissance, and seemed to intend to attack.
The pontoon bridge across the Sandu River is not only a grain road, but also a land passage to Chengdu, and Chongqing Fucheng is the key to preventing the Perak Navy navy from reinforcing Hengyuan Fort.
If the water passages between these two places are opened, it will definitely not be good news for the Mongolian army in Hengyuan Fort.
Three days later, the continuous heavy rain made the secreter Huoli even more miserable - all the tunnels that were about to be dug under the wall of Hengyuan Castle were destroyed.
In fact, this rain did not come without warning. Just a few days ago, the sky gradually became gloomy. Although the sun came out from time to time, it was no longer as fierce as the previous days, but the temperature was more muggy.
The new generals stationed in western Sichuan all year round naturally know that every summer is when the rainfall in western Sichuan is concentrated.
However, there has not been heavy rain in western Sichuan since the attack on Hengyuan Fort. It is now the end of July. Judging from the experience of previous years, this abnormal weather is a precursor to heavy rain.
After listening to the suggestions of his subordinates, Secret Master Huoli ordered the drainage ditches around the camp to be deepened, the food and grass baggage to be transported to higher places, and even a new rain shelter for the horses was built on the mountainside. However, he refused the request to stop digging tunnels and only ordered to Several high earth barriers were built at the tunnel entrance to prevent rainwater from entering.
It's just that the rainfall in western Sichuan was obviously beyond the secreter's expectations. The Mongolians, who have lived in arid and semi-arid areas all year round, have obviously never seen such heavy rain, and it stopped and stopped for several days.
