Catching Monsters

Chapter 262: Going out of the city to fight
In Mushan City, there were still five days left before the food would run out, and Xu Xiaogang looked much more haggard.

At this time, Mushan City had been surrounded by the Hu army on all sides.

And according to Xu Xiaogang's plan, the north was left empty for the Northern Hu army to attack. In the past few days, the Northern Hu army had been feinting attacks on the northern city wall, but had not launched a general attack.

It was obvious that the Northern Hu army also knew that there was not much food left in Mushan City, and wanted to starve the city defenders to death.

Xu Xiaogang was sitting in the study, staring at the map, thinking of a good strategy. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Then the military supervisor Liu Muyun came in with his hands behind his back and said, "My Lord, why is it that even my food supply has decreased?"

"The food delivered today is only half of yesterday's, and there is much less meat."

"The people below are too bold. They even dare to withhold my food."

"You must investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang stood up quickly, forced a smile on his face and explained, "Eunuch Liu, it was my order that all meat supplies should be given priority to the elite soldiers in the city. My meals are just porridge and vegetables."

Hearing Xu Xiaogang's words, Liu Muyun's face darkened, and he couldn't help but say to Xu Xiaogang: "My Lord, why are you torturing yourself for no reason? It's fine to advertise that you only eat porridge and vegetables every day, but shouldn't we eat an extra ounce of meat in private?"

Xu Xiaogang's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "One is one, two is two. Military affairs must not be false."

"If you want to eat more meat, you should have brought more food."

"You picked me." Liu Muyun was slightly startled when he heard this, and patted his chest and said, "I am an imperial envoy sent by His Majesty after all. How can I deduct the imperial envoy's salary..."

Xu Xiaogang also suppressed his anger: "How can it be justified to withhold the army's food and wages?"

"You, I want to go back to the capital to see His Majesty!"

"Eunuch Liu wanted to leave a few days ago and he could have left. But now the Hu army is besieging the city, you can't leave." Xu Xiaogang shook his head.

Hearing this, Liu Muyun took a deep breath and said, "Xu Xiaogang, Xu Xiaogang, I say you are really as cowardly as a mouse. Isn't it just 200,000 troops? We also have 150,000 elite soldiers of the Zhenchi Army in our city."

"If all else fails, open the city gates and have a big fight with these barbarians."

"We can't fight them." Xu Xiaogang shook his head heavily and said in a deep voice, "The Hu people have 10,000 cavalrymen, and they are well-equipped, while our Zhenchi Army's cavalrymen, at most, only number 1,500."

Liu Muyun was stunned: "Ridiculous, with an army of 150,000, how can there be only 1,500 cavalry?"

Xu Xiaogang lowered his head, turned over and searched, and quickly took out an account book and handed it to Liu Muyun: "Logically, the Zhenchi Army's cavalry should be fully staffed with 5,000, but 3,500 war horses were seized and sold."

When Liu Muyun heard this, anger suddenly appeared in his eyes and he cursed: "These bastards dared to sell off their war horses. This is really a ghost!"

The key point is, I didn’t get any of this money at all!

How could Liu Muyun not be angry?
Xu Xiaogang sighed: "If we go out of the city to fight, the terrain is open and the enemy has 10,000 cavalry. No matter how we fight, I'm afraid we will lose."

"I just don't believe it." Liu Muyun pointed at Xu Xiaogang and said, "Get out of the city and fight right now."

After saying this, he took out the imperial edict from his bosom: "I am the military supervisor. Your Majesty has instructed me that at the critical moment, I have the supreme authority to command the Zhenchi Army."

Xu Xiaogang's face changed slightly, and he stood up hurriedly: "Father-in-law, we can't mess around with this!"

"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Go out of the city and fight." Liu Muyun said in a deep voice: "Even if we can't win, we can't be like a turtle and humiliate the reputation of the Great Zhou Kingdom."

Xu Xiaogang frowned, said nothing, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Xu Xiaogang, I want to ask you, are you going to leave the city or not?" Liu Muyun said in a deep voice, "Is it because Xu Dingwu is in the enemy camp that you did this on purpose, specifically to starve 150,000 troops to death? Let the Northern Hu win without a fight?"

When Xu Xiaogang heard this, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Xu Xiaogang obeys the order."

He walked out of the study with heavy steps and shouted loudly: "Pass on my military order! The troops of Zhendong will assemble and march out of the city to fight!"

Woo!
A long trumpet sounded, and then, on the western city wall, war drums thundered.

The city gate slowly opened and the soldiers of the Zhenchi Army quickly gathered and left the city.

On the city wall, Xu Xiaogang stood with a worried look on his face, and Jiang Yubo beside him said in a deep voice: "General, if we go out of the city to fight, we will definitely lose."

Liu Muyun, who was standing beside him, put his hands behind his back and snorted coldly, saying, "General Jiang is only trying to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige."

"If you ask me, these barbarians are nothing special. While our soldiers in the Great Zhou Kingdom are still well fed, we should have a few good fights with them."

"Otherwise, will we just wait until we can't stand the hunger anymore and die?"

Jiang Yubo took a deep breath, clasped his fists and said, "General, in this case, I will lead 1,500 cavalrymen to support from the side and resist the enemy cavalry."

It is true that the Zhendong Bingmasi has 30,000 elite soldiers, but if they are charged by the enemy's 10,000 cavalry, they will soon collapse.

"The cavalry cannot move." Liu Muyun said in a deep voice. He said, "These 1,500 cavalry will be of great use to me after the war begins."

Xu Xiaogang turned his head to look at him and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"After the war begins, I will let these 1,500 cavalrymen escort me out of Mushan City." Liu Muyun said calmly. This was Liu Muyun's real purpose.

Doesn't he still have countless wealth and glory to enjoy?
How could he not see the situation in Mushan City? He was not a fool.

The most important thing is to quickly escape from here while there are still 1,500 cavalrymen.

After Mushan City was breached and all the people were killed, he would return to the capital and tell His Majesty how he bravely fought his way out of Mushan City.

"With a war imminent, Eunuch Liu still dares to leave the city. His courage is commendable." Xu Xiaogang took a deep breath and said loudly: "Jiang Yubo, listen to my orders."

"exist."

"Did you hear that? Eunuch Liu will personally follow the cavalry and charge into battle."

"You take 1,500 cavalrymen to support the Zhendong Army."

"Yes." Jiang Yubo heard this and his eyes fell on Liu Muyun: "Eunuch Liu, please."

Liu Muyun was stunned and waved his hands hastily: "I'm not going to charge into battle."

Xu Xiaogang asked: "Are you going to desert the battlefield? According to military law, deserting the battlefield should be executed on the spot."

"I, I..." Liu Muyun was so scared that his legs became weak. Looking at the dark army of Hu people in the distance outside the city wall, he almost collapsed to the ground.

Xu Xiaogang said in a deep voice: "Carry Eunuch Liu out of the city. If Eunuch Liu dies in battle, he will live up to his title of military supervisor."

"I won't go. I'm the imperial envoy, Duke, Duke." Liu Muyun hurriedly hugged Xu Xiaogang's thigh and said, "Duke, His Majesty trusts me the most. I will help you say a few good words in front of His Majesty."

"You believe me."

"Towed away."

"I have the imperial edict. I wonder who dares to drag me down!" Liu Muyun hurriedly took out the imperial edict from his arms and held it high.

For a moment, the soldiers below did not dare to take action.

Xu Xiaogang stepped forward and snatched the imperial edict from Liu Muyun's hand: "Now he has no imperial edict, drag him away."

"My Lord, please forgive me."

Soon, Liu Muyun was dragged away. He could no longer stand. Thinking about going to the battlefield to fight, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

However, Jiang Yubo directly tied him to a warhorse and tied him tightly.

Back on the city wall, Jiang Yubo looked at Xu Xiaogang, who had a determined look on his face, and couldn't help but say, "You just now showed some of your father's heroic spirit."

Xu Xiaogang took a deep breath, looked at the army in front of him, and said distressedly: "It's hard to obey the emperor's order. Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Jiang."

"Fight a few rounds, and if the situation is not right, just withdraw."

At the same time, in the Hu army camp thirty miles away, after receiving the report from his subordinates, the commander Wanyan Shi was somewhat confused.

He hurriedly asked someone to call Xu Dingwu over.

"Look, what does your son want to do?"

Soon, after receiving the military order, Xu Dingwu looked down and frowned. Mushan City actually opened the city gate and was going out of the city to fight?

Xu Dingwu frowned and said in a deep voice, "It shouldn't be like this. We have nearly 10,000 cavalrymen, and the terrain outside Mushan City is open. Once a fight breaks out, the Zhenchi Army will have no chance of winning."

"No normal person can give this order."

Master Wanyan asked in a deep voice: "You are the one who knows the Zhenchi Army best. Study it carefully. What is going on?"

According to the original plan, the city was surrounded but not attacked, and all food supplies were cut off. The defenders in the city would not be able to hold out for long.

This made Master Wanyan a little stunned.

Xu Dingwu took a deep breath and said slowly: "First of all, my son is not a fool. He can't possibly issue such an outrageous military order."

"On the contrary, my son seems to be unlearned, but I know exactly what his situation is."

"Isn't this kind of order just sending your men out to die?"

"unless."

"It's a trick."

Xu Dingwu took a deep breath and analyzed, "General, in my opinion, we must not fight lightly."

Master Wanyan was silent for a moment, and after analyzing the situation, he felt that Xu Dingwu was right: "Pass the order! Avoid the battle!"

(End of this chapter)