Three days later Baihu Mountain
Ye Mingsheng, who was dressed in military uniform and riding on a tall horse, calmly looked at the mountain stronghold in the distance in front of him. Behind him, 20,000 Fengzhou troops were lined up at the foot of the mountain. As soon as he gave the order, he could launch a charge to crush the people in front of him. everything of.
Although Ye Mingsheng received the news that Lu Zhan'ao wanted to surrender three days ago, Ye Mingsheng did not relax. He was still fully prepared.
First, Ye Mingsheng found Jiang Chong and some surrendered soldiers and asked them to describe all the checkpoints on Baihu Mountain. Then based on this information, he asked He Jingyun and other generals to make two sets of combat plans.
The first set of plans is how to fight with a frontal attack, and the second set of plans is how to fight when you enter the village and find Lu Zhan'ao feigning surrender!
With these two plans, Ye Mingsheng felt confident and no longer worried about Lu Zhan'ao playing tricks with him...
Because Lu Zhan'ao promised to dedicate Baihu Mountain completely, Ye Mingsheng has been waiting for him to make some moves on the mountain. As for the sentry report last night, which was responsible for monitoring Baihu Mountain, there were noisy people in Baihu Mountain and flames shooting into the sky. It seems that something happened.
According to normal circumstances, this should be Lu Zhan'ao launching a coup to take down Zheng Xiaolin, so in order to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings, Ye Mingsheng stood still.
And today is the agreed time, Ye Mingsheng needs Lu Zhan'ao to give him a result!
If Lu Zhan'ao couldn't give it to him, then he, Ye, would want the result himself!
Under the watchful eyes of Ye Mingsheng and 20,000 Fengzhou troops, the gate of the village slowly opened. Liu Qiang, who represented Lu Zhan'ao last time as envoy to Ye Mingsheng's camp, walked out of the gate with dozens of people and headed towards Ye Mingsheng. Coming...
Seeing that these dozens of people wanted to follow Liu Qiang to meet Ye Mingsheng, for Ye Mingsheng's safety, Ye Dong immediately came forward with his soldiers and stopped them all, leaving only Liu Qiang to meet Ye Mingsheng.
Walking in front of Ye Mingsheng, Liu Qiang said respectfully:
"Sir, our Master Lu has captured Baihu Mountain and is inside respectfully inviting you to enter the mountain!"
Listening to Liu Qiang's words, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes and looked up and down at Liu Qiang and the expressions of the people he brought with him. He said calmly:
"Very good, but now that Baihu Mountain has been taken, Lu Zhan'ao might as well come out and meet me!"
Liu Qiang had a troubled look on his face when he heard this, as if he had something to hide. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng snorted coldly and said in a cold voice:
"If you are willing to surrender, but you are so secretive, hiding it, what's the point?"
At this point, Ye Mingsheng drew his knife and pointed it at Baihu Mountain and said in a deep voice:
"Is it possible that there is still a scam on Baihu Mountain?"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Qiang was so frightened that he shook his head and said quickly:
"Mr. Ye, you misunderstood. Although our Mr. Lu managed to capture the village last night, he also suffered some injuries. Now that we can't see anyone, please forgive me, Mr. Ye!"
"Okay! Since Lu Zhan'ao is injured and can't see anyone, Ye can be considerate!"
"But won't all the brothers on the mountain be injured?"
"Brothers took over Baihu Mountain for me, Mr. Ye. Of course, Mr. Ye can't help but express his gratitude. I have prepared several thousand taels of silver to reward the brothers. You go back and ask all the brothers to come out to receive the reward!" Ye Mingsheng stared at him with cold eyes. Liu Qiang said in a deep voice:
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's words, Liu Qiang was speechless. Just when he was racking his brains to make up some excuse, the dozens of people who followed him suddenly got angry with a roar, and most of them pulled out their weapons. The knife rushed towards Ye Mingsheng, while the remaining people took out Japanese iron cannons from their arms to aim at Ye Mingsheng.
Regarding the desperate struggle of these desperadoes, Ye Dong, as the captain of Ye Mingsheng's personal soldiers, was naturally prepared for it. As soon as these people started to take action, they had not even entered a hundred steps in front of Ye Mingsheng. Hundreds of people were attacked by Ye Dong's moves. The soldiers surrounded these people and started fighting.
Glancing at the fighting in front of him, Ye Mingsheng looked at Liu Qiang and said with a half-smile:
"Liu Qiang, I didn't expect that I really underestimated you. You actually have the guts to commit suicide!"
"Since you are so talented, Ye will certainly fulfill your loyalty. Someone come and take him down and cook him to death!"
Hearing that Ye Mingsheng was so barbaric and wanted to cook him alive, Liu Qiang was shocked. His legs softened, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed in front of Ye Mingsheng. While kowtowing, he cried bitterly and said :
"Sir, please forgive me. Zheng Xiaolin asked me to do this. If I don't do this, he will kill my whole family..."
Liu Qiang's words aroused Ye Mingsheng's interest. He waved his hand and the soldier who was about to push Liu Qiang down and cook him to death stopped immediately.
"Aren't you here on behalf of Lu Zhan'ao? How come you are related to Zheng Xiaolin?"
The frightened Liu Qiang cried and said:
"When Master Lu took action last night, he discovered that Zheng Xiaolin had been prepared. We all fell into Zheng Xiaolin's trap. Master Lu was defeated and had his head chopped off by Zheng Xiaolin. Zheng Xiaolin knew that I was sent by Master Lu to surrender to you, so he Let me introduce you, my lord, into the village. If I don’t dare to do this, he threatens me to kill my whole family.”
After saying this, Liu Qiang, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Ye Mingsheng with a longing face and said:
"Sir, I have told you everything I know. Please show mercy and spare my life! I am also helpless. You, sir, have a lot of money, so just treat me like a fart..." ··············”
Ye Mingsheng, who knew what was going on, glanced at him coldly, picked up the sword in his hand, and directly understood Liu Qiang's life.
Maybe this Liu Qiang was really helpless, but he came to trick him into a trap. It was indeed true that Ye Mingsheng would not let him stay and give him a clean way to die. Even if it was Ye Mingsheng showing mercy!
Ye Mingsheng killed Liu Qiang, and Ye Dong also eliminated the dozens of people who followed. These people seemed to be a group of loyal soldiers to Zheng Xiaolin, and each of them fought until the last moment. No one surrendered.
After getting rid of these people, Ye Mingsheng, who knew that it was impossible to take over Baihu Mountain peacefully, immediately launched a battle plan to storm Baihu Mountain. Following his order, the 20,000 Fengzhou Army immediately followed the plan and attacked the people in front of them. The cottage launched a charge···············
As the saying goes, you must sharpen your sword before chopping firewood, and if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Ye Mingsheng's preparations these days are not in vain. Under the cover of a large number of firearms, the Fengzhou Army's advancement speed can be said to be It was very fast. In just the first charge, they captured the three surrounding hills.
Under such a rapid offensive, they captured all the peripheral hills of Baihu Mountain at noon and approached the main peak camp of Baihu Mountain.
Ye Mingsheng, who was sitting in the main seat in the camp, closed his eyes and rested, while He Jingyun first counted the casualty reports of various ministries during the morning's attack on the mountain, and reported to Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, Jiang Chong's headquarters as the vanguard suffered the most casualties today, with about 150 casualties. The casualties of the other units did not exceed 100. The total casualties of our army were about 500... ·······”
Ye Mingsheng opened his eyes immediately after hearing this number. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. He pondered for a moment and asked He Jingyun:
"General He, what do you think of the fighting spirit of these bandits?"
Seeing Ye Mingsheng asking, He Jingyun hesitated for a moment and then said truthfully:
"Looking at the group of bandits today, their fighting spirit is very weak. It can even be described as breaking up at the first touch. However, from what I have learned from the front line, although these bandits ran very fast, they should not have been beaten and fled in embarrassment."
"It was more like they had planned a symbolic resistance and then retreated. Although the progress was very fast, our soldiers did not annihilate many bandits..."
Ye Mingsheng nodded in agreement upon hearing this. According to his previous experience in fighting these Baihu Mountain bandits, although they are all called bandits, the combat effectiveness of these Baihu Mountain bandits who belong to Zhensan Mountain is definitely far superior to those of ordinary bandits. Basically, On the same level as the Liaoyang Army.
The reason why Jiang Chong was able to lead his troops to capture the outer hills of Baihu Mountain in a few hours was mainly because Jiang Chong, who was familiar with the terrain of Baihu Mountain, took the unknown trail and caught the defenders of Baihu Mountain by surprise. As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes. These trails are now guarded and will not be used by Ye Mingsheng anymore.
If Baihu Mountain cannot be liberated peacefully, Ye Mingsheng's Fengzhou Army will have no choice but to attack Baihu Mountain head-on!
In the original battle plan, Ye Mingsheng and the generals believed that if they wanted to storm Baihu Mountain, the Fengzhou Army could capture the outer hills of Baihu Mountain in one or two days.
So now it only took one morning to achieve the combat goal, which made Ye Mingsheng feel a little doubtful despite the surprise.
At this moment, Ye Dong suddenly walked into the camp and reported:
"Sir, a lame man holding a white flag came from Sandaokou. Jiang Chong said this person is... Zheng Xiaolin..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng was shocked at first, then a faint smile appeared on his face and he said:
"This Zheng Xiaolin is really interesting!"
"Sir, have you seen Mr. Zheng Xiaolin or not?" Listening to Ye Mingsheng's words, Ye Dong was a little confused about Ye Mingsheng's thoughts and asked for instructions:
"Meet! Of course I have to meet him. Since Zheng Xiaolin dares to enter our military camp alone, and I, Mr. Ye, dare not even meet him, wouldn't it be a source of ridicule if word spread out, making the world laugh at me, Mr. Ye, for being so courageous?" Ye Mingsheng said calmly. said:
After speaking, Ye Mingsheng thought for a while and then explained:
"There is no need to search him when he comes, he can just be brought in!"
Regarding this, Ye Dong, the captain of the personal soldiers, immediately had different opinions and said worriedly:
"Sir, this Zheng Xiaolin just sent someone to assassinate him, and now he is going into danger alone. He may have a death wish in his heart. He is not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case..."
"What if? What if?"
"I, Mr. Ye, am a general on horseback. Why should I be afraid of him being crippled? If he really comes to assassinate me, I will personally chop off his head as a sacrifice to the flag! You don't need to say anything." Ye Mingsheng said domineeringly:
Although he was still a little worried, seeing that Ye Mingsheng had made up his mind, Ye Dong had no choice but to take the order and leave. After a while, he led Zheng Xiaolin, who was limping on crutches, to the Chinese army camp.
When he arrived at the camp, under the gaze of many soldiers, Zheng Xiaolin put down his crutches calmly, opened his arms and motioned for the soldiers to come and search him.
Seeing this, Ye Dong wanted to search him, but when he thought of Ye Mingsheng's explanation, he had no choice but to give up. He could only pick up the crutch and hand it to Zheng Xiaolin, and then threatened him in a low voice:
"Be honest and don't play any tricks, or I'll peel your skin off!"
Zheng Xiaolin took the crutches and said very calmly:
"General, you are worrying too much. I am a cripple among tens of thousands of your troops. What kind of trouble can I make?"
Ye Dong snorted coldly when he heard this and said nothing, then let Zheng Xiaolin enter the Chinese army camp.
As Zheng Xiaolin limped into the camp, Ye Mingsheng also looked at the thin middle-aged man in front of him with a cane...
Although he had already heard that Ye Mingsheng, the commander-in-chief of Fengzhou, was very young, Zheng Xiaolin still felt sad and filled with emotions when looking at the young man sitting in the command position in front of him. It is still hard to imagine that he had so many experiences in Liaoyang. My father, who had been in charge of Sanshan for ten years, was unexpectedly defeated by this fledgling young man in front of me.
Although his mood was complicated, Zheng Xiaolin did not lose his etiquette. He bowed towards Ye Mingsheng and cupped his fists:
"Zheng Xiaolin, a grassroots citizen, has met Mr. Ye!"
Ye Mingsheng nodded with a smile and then ordered to the soldiers on the left and right:
"See your seat!"
Following Ye Mingsheng's order, the soldiers immediately brought a chair for Zheng Xiaolin to sit on. Zheng Xiaolin was a little surprised by this, but saluted Ye Mingsheng again and said:
"Thank you sir for the seat!"
Seeing Zheng Xiaolin's surprise, Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly and said leisurely:
"Zheng Xiaolin, do you know why I gave you a seat?"
Hearing this, Zheng Xiaolin smiled bitterly and said, "You may have pity on me as a lame person..."
Ye Mingsheng shook his head and said with a smile:
"Ye is not so kind-hearted yet. I show you my seat because I respect your courage!"
"You just sent someone to assassinate me this morning and tricked me into entering the mountain. Now you dare to enter my camp alone! You are really smart!"
"Zheng Xiaolin, although you are disabled, your courage is unmatched by ordinary people!"
"I was a little curious before about how Lu Zhan'ao, who had three thousand troops, was suddenly defeated by you. Now it seems that he may not have lost unfairly!"
The bitter smile on Zheng Xiaolin's face became stronger when he heard this, and he confessed to Ye Mingsheng:
"The Fengzhou Army led by Your Excellency is attacking fiercely and overwhelmingly. I know that I am definitely not an opponent and that's why I made this move. Please forgive me!"
"As for Lu Zhan'ao, he was not defeated by me, but by my father. My father had placed chess pieces around these people more than ten years ago, so Lu Zhan'ao's every move I saw it all, so I survived by luck..."
Ye Mingsheng snorted lightly and did not bother to deal with Zheng Xiaolin on this issue. He looked at Zheng Xiaolin and said in a deep voice:
"Zheng Xiaolin, it's three quarters past noon, and our troops will continue to attack the mountain in half an hour!"
"If you have something to say, you can hurry up and tell me now. If it's too late, you won't have a chance!"
