At midnight, there was quite a commotion in the newly attached army camp. Soon after the commotion, the sentry brought a dripping man to Liao Nilo's warship. The visitor was a new member of the Affiliated Army Primary School. He claimed that he had been ordered to swim over to contact the Perak Army for advice. According to him, at nightfall, the secret agent Huoli sent people to sneak into the new auxiliary army and the civilian camp, asking them to escape to the Mongolian cavalry camp by night. The new auxiliary troops in the attack on Hengyuan Fort were all recruited by the Mongolian army from various places. They included the Xiang troops from the various prefectures in western Sichuan, the garrisons from Yunding City and other places, as well as Pu Zezhi's subordinates who surrendered. In order to prevent the new vassal troops from rebelling, Mi Zhe Huoli did not appoint anyone to lead these new vassal troops. Not only that, he also deliberately condoned the discord and conflicts among the new vassals, keeping them in disarray so that he could control them.
The Mongols did not trust the new vassal army, and the new vassal army was also wary of the Mongols. When the Mongolian centurion who delivered the order asked to go to the mountainside immediately, the newly attached army generals were divided into two groups. A few people obeyed the order, while most people had doubts. At this time, a junior high school student named Zhou Jianshen stood up. He was the baggage officer who was whipped for questioning about carrying food in muddy water. He raised everyone's concerns to the Mongolian centurion: First, when tens of thousands of people leave the camp, the noise will be loud and it will inevitably attract artillery fire. What are the countermeasures? Second, does the secret agent Huoli exempt the newly attached soldiers from the crime of refusing to open the door and shoot at them? Will the new annex be blamed for the heavy losses of cavalry? In response to these two acute questions, the Mongolian centurion actually agreed, saying that he already had a perfect strategy for dealing with artillery. He also said that the secret master Huoli, not only would not vent his anger and punish the new vassal, but would instead give him a large reward. "When things go wrong, you must be evil." His all-encompassing behavior made a group of new generals and generals suspicious. Zhou Jianshen asked again if there was a secret oracle in the fire. The centurion originally agreed casually. What kind of oracle was there? In fact, the secret agent Huoli has already drawn up a list of punishments for the newly attached army generals. As long as they arrive at the mountainside, their heads will fall to the ground. The constant questioning made the Mongolian centurion extremely angry. He drew his sword and wanted to kill this evil thing. Who would have expected that this week, Jian Shen, a highly skilled martial artist, would kill him with a knife first. When everyone saw that what had happened, they simply killed the accompanying Mongolians and the general who was determined to be the lackeys of the Mongols, and pushed Zhou Jianshen to lead the new attached army. When Zhou Jianshen became the leader, he issued two orders in succession. One was to send people to contact the Pili Army, and the other was to send people to control the civilian camp. In order to prevent the peasants from escaping, five hundred new auxiliary troops were stationed in the camp.
Liao Nilo did not dare to make any decisions in such a serious situation and hurriedly sent the new attached army primary school to Hengyuan Fort. At nightfall, Ouyang Xuan had quietly arrived at Hengyuan Fort. In his opinion, the current war is about to reach a turning point, and it is necessary to coordinate and command. "To engage in politics is to make many of your friends and make few of your enemies." He has always kept this great man's words in mind, and he naturally welcomes the joining of new vassals. The new auxiliary troops who received the reply were naturally very happy, and Zhou Jianshen immediately ordered people to prepare to defend the camp. Although the Perak Army has promised that if the Mongols dare to attack, they will be littered with corpses. Although the Mongolian army was not very clear about what was happening on the side of the New Auxiliary Army, they still felt something unusual. The camps of both sides are only a few miles away, but the people they sent have not returned yet, so there must be something fishy. On the other hand, the newly attached army camp was noisy for a while, and faint shouts of killing could be heard. The secret agent Huo Li knew something had changed, but he could do nothing about it. Not to mention the artillery of the Thunderbolt Army, the use of cavalry to attack the fortress at night was also a high risk. Moreover, the cavalry in his hands has been severely damaged, and there are only 1,700 people left.
Everyone is waiting for the dawn. The secret person Huoli was the first to get the news, but his news was really not good. First, Yelu Maizhu led the cavalry back in dejection. It turned out that the river section in Yongqu Township was also controlled by the Perak Army and Navy. He also tried to cross the river at other locations, but was shelled as soon as he approached the river bank. Then Chongqing Fucheng sent someone to report that it had been violently bombarded last night, the water barriers in the river were also destroyed, and a large number of Perak Army ships had sailed towards Hengyuan Fort. At dawn, Zhou Jianshen received a notice to retreat. He ordered the newly prepared soldiers and civilians of the new auxiliary army to line up and take boats to the other side of the river. Ouyang Xuan sent a message to Zhou Jianshen saying that in order to prevent accidental damage from shelling, only 500 soldiers should be left in each of the new attached army camp, grain and grass supply camp and civilian husband camp, and the rest would be withdrawn to the old village in Hengyuan. "I'm sorry, Hengyuan Fort can't accommodate so many people." When the visitor relayed Ouyang Xuan's words, he was really moved by the new generals and generals, and they suddenly felt good about the leader of the Perak Army who had never met before. To say that these new vassals are not treacherous or evil people, most of them were forced to surrender to the Mongols. Take Zhou Jianshen as an example. He was originally a battle-hardened warrior under Liu Zheng. In the battle of Jiantandu, Liu Zheng was unable to resist Niulin and was defeated. Zhou Jianshen was exhausted and captured after fighting to the death, and had no choice but to surrender to the Mongolian army. He had also had suicidal thoughts, but he surrendered with several disabled comrades. If he died, these people would definitely not survive. Before notifying the newly attached troops and civilians to retreat, Ouyang Xuan received the news from the Navy Clippers. The main force of the navy heading back to reinforce Hengyuan Fort this time was led by Le Quan'an. They blasted the water barrier in the Wenjing River in Fucheng last night. The fleet has now passed Yongqu Township and is expected to arrive three poles before sunrise. Huang Dagen led another main force of the navy, preparing to take action against the Mongolian army that crossed the water three times.
The newly attached soldiers and civilians lined up to board the boat, which made all the Mongolian soldiers dumbfounded. These people are talking animals, slaves and servants. They not only allow the Mongols to enjoy the fruits of their labor without doing any work, but they are also excellent cannon fodder in wartime. Without them, wouldn’t it be possible to let the Mongolians farm their own land and work on their own? Before the secret agent could speak in the fire, a Mongolian general had already taken the initiative to ask him to go and recover these movable properties. If it was not possible, he would kill these traitorous people. It's just that the anger in their hearts turned into confusion when they were bombarded by artillery fire - these people obviously will not come back. Even if they catch up and kill them, they will pay huge casualties. Is it worth it? They saw that the artillery fire became more and more fierce, and these Mongolian cavalry went back in despair. The intensive artillery fire from the head of Yokoyuan Fort and the warships not only warned the Mongols not to cross the thunder pool, but also demonstrated the determination of the Perak Army to protect the newly reformed personnel.
At this point, Mi Zhe Huoli knew that the food could not be retrieved. Without the new auxiliary troops and civilian husbands, the Mongolian cavalry could not move so much food. Since it cannot be obtained, it must not be left to the Perak Army. He decided to destroy it - burn it with fire. There are also many rockets in the Mongolian cavalry battalion. They were originally used to deal with warships, but now they are used to set fire to them. The secreter Huoli's plan was to use the high-speed mobility of the cavalry to take advantage of the reloading gap of the artillery to approach and fire rockets at the warehouse of the food supply camp. This time, he planned to send out all the cavalry. The Mongolian and Han cavalry would attack head-on, while the Mongolian cavalry would roam around on both sides to harass.
However, the Mongolian army's plan to burn the food was shattered by more intensive artillery fire. Seeing the large-scale raid by the cavalry, Liao Nilu ordered all the warships to open fire. In order to show weakness and save artillery shells, he had only ordered one light gun ship to open fire. Now that the main force of the navy led by Le Quan'an was about to arrive, he had no worries and ordered the five gunboats to open fire together. The intensity of firepower increased several times in an instant. In particular, although the heavy gun ship only had four heavy guns, it fired more cannonballs than the two light gun ships. The artillery on the warship and on the wall of Yokohara Fort fired barrages one after another, forming a death zone in front of the three camps, making the raid plan in the secret fire a nightmare for the subordinate cavalry.
