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Chapter 46: Elite troops lost, counterattack planned

General Liu, since you intend to submit...

"Judging from your attire and the number of guards around you, your official rank in the Mongol army must be quite high, right?"

Zhang Junbao, somewhat puzzled, sought confirmation from Liu Zheng:

"That's right! Because I am familiar with the situation in the Central Plains."

Therefore, I was appointed as the deputy commander of the Mongol army by the Yuan Mongol Khan.

Upon hearing that Liu Zheng held such a high position, Zhang Junbao was overjoyed.

"Our attack on the military camp this time is to coordinate with the withdrawal of troops from Xiangyang."

"If you, General, can control the Mongol army."

"Coordinating with the withdrawal of troops from Xiangyang will greatly reduce the losses of the Xiangyang army."

"Is Wu Kingdom going to withdraw its troops?"

After listening to Zhang Junbao's words, Liu Zheng pondered for a moment and nodded to himself.

After the loss of Fancheng, Xiangyang was further weakened by the disruption of its supply lines.

Having been besieged for so many years, the city was already out of ammunition and food.

Enduring it all is just a matter of dying sooner or later.

They voluntarily gave up and then concentrated all their efforts on fighting the Yuan Mongols.

It must be said that this is a good plan that could potentially turn the tide.

However, the former Song emperors never saw this point.

They continuously sent the country's elite troops to the front lines of the Yuan-Mongol invasion, like adding fuel to the fire.

Upon realizing this, Liu Zheng was overjoyed and became even more convinced that his choice was correct.

"I am willing to cooperate with the military operations in Xiangyang."

"You have already killed the Yuan Mongol commander-in-chief, Asu. Now I am the highest-ranking person in the army."

"Most importantly, almost all of the military's high command was wiped out in this battle."

Even though I am Han Chinese.

As the deputy commander, I'm confident that the Mongol army will obey my commands unless it's an excessive military mobilization.

After explaining the situation to Zhang Junbao.

Liu Zheng summoned his trusted confidant who was keeping watch in the distance.

"Go and summon the existing generals in the army, beat the drums to gather the soldiers and assemble them in the training ground."

As Liu Zheng's order was issued.

The Mongol troops who were originally surrounding Fan Gui, Li Hu, and others began to withdraw and converge towards the center of the camp.

This gave Li Hu and Fan Gui, who had already resigned themselves to death, a sense of awe and wonder mixed with a feeling of relief at having survived such a calamity.

Their mission is now complete.

Continuing to hold on would only be a pointless suicide.

Of the nearly four hundred skilled fighters who arrived, half perished in the battle.

The remaining people quickly withdrew from the Yuan-Mongol camp.

……

Meanwhile, in a valley surrounded by towering mountains, less than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang in Jingzhou.

Could it be that he personally led the 150,000-strong Wu Kingdom army and has already arrived?

……

At this time, half of the garrison in Xiangyang had already withdrawn.

But when Zhang Junbao returned, bringing news of Liu Zheng's return to Han.

While overjoyed, Lü Wenhuan quickly ordered all the retreating troops, except for the wounded, to return to Xiangyang City.

The assassination was a resounding success, far beyond Lü Wenhuan's expectations.

At this time, almost all of the high-ranking officers of the Yuan-Mongol army had been killed in action.

The only deputy commander was a traitor within his own ranks. With reinforcements arriving, how could Lü Wenhuan, a veteran who had spent many years on the battlefield, be willing to retreat and miss the opportunity?

……

A letter containing Lü Wenhuan's analysis of the battle situation and his request to fight was sent by carrier pigeon and was released into the city of Xiangyang shortly afterward.

When Mo Fei received Lü Wenhuan's message by carrier pigeon.

Looking at Lü Wenhuan's analysis and the results of this assassination attempt, one can see...

Even Mo Fei himself felt that the implementation of this plan was as if it had been divinely aided.

His original plan was simply to launch a surprise attack and kill a few high-ranking Yuan Mongol officials.

While creating enough chaos, they forced the garrison in Xiangyang to withdraw.

At the same time, they provoked the enemy and pursued the retreating troops from Xiangyang.

He himself set up an ambush in the canyon, waiting for the pursuing troops to arrive so that he could annihilate them.

The soldiers in Xiangyang were, to put it bluntly, Mo Fei's bait to lure the main force of the Yuan Mongols, the big fish.

But he never expected that the decapitation squad he had set up would give him such a big surprise.

The entire high command of the Yuan Dynasty was wiped out, and an enemy deputy commander was also persuaded to surrender.

It went so smoothly that even Mo Fei could hardly believe it.

However, in his letter, Lü Wenhuan clearly stated that he had personally seen Ashu's head.

Moreover, Mo Fei also had great trust in Zhang Junbao's character.

So this is all true.

So perhaps, after a moment of contemplation...

He then told Xue Gang and other generals, who were arranging the ambush, about his plan.

After hearing this, everyone unanimously agreed to advance directly and launch an attack on the Yuan-Mongol camp to fight a decisive battle.

It was just dawn, and after discussing it, Mo Fei and the others decided to march slowly and covertly.

Scouts were deployed extensively along the way, and each team was equipped with the latest gunpowder crossbows.

We must arrive in Xiangyang by tomorrow morning to cooperate with the Xiangyang garrison in launching a siege against the Yuan-Mongol army camp.

The reason for choosing the early morning was entirely because the Wu Kingdom had few cavalry.

If we go during the day, even if we win the battle, we might still let a large number of defeated soldiers escape.

At night, however, it's different, even though horses can see at night.

But the Mongol army can't do that. If their mounted archery can't be used effectively, then the Mongol threat will be greatly reduced.

In addition, marching too fast would also make the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom too tired.

Their combat strength will inevitably decrease at that time.

The latter half of tomorrow night will be just within the soldiers' acceptable range.

……

Meanwhile, inside the Yuan-Mongol central army tent, Liu Zheng sat in the main seat, holding a military meeting.

At this point, only a few cats and kittens remained in the Yuan army's tent.

Because the commanders of ten thousand men retreated together, they were all surrounded and killed by Zhang Junbao and Liu Zheng.

Several powerful figures among the centurions, such as Timur, died at the hands of the warrior monks due to their overconfidence.

Most of the centurions remaining in the army are just ordinary men.

The Yuan Mongol army was in a terrible state, much like a modern war where the command post had been destroyed.

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