Chapter 43 Chapter 43(2/2)
Gao Qiao looked at Gao Yin.
Gao Yin was shocked and stepped forward and said, "My uncle's orders are followed. But there is a word, my nephew has to say. Lujiang is thousands of miles away from Ba County. I am afraid that even if I march with all my strength, I may not be able to catch up with the fighter when I arrive."
What he implied was that it was very likely that when he led his troops to arrive, the war had ended, and Li Mu and the six thousand soldiers would have been wiped out.
"Success or failure is destiny. Just do your best."
Gao Qiao said slowly.
"Farewell! My nephew is leaving now!"
Gao Yin gave a tribute, turned around, took the tiger talisman, put on his armor, and pointed the generals of the family. He hurried to the army ferry, when he suddenly saw a fast horse galloping from afar, rolling the dust behind him, and rushed to the front in a blink of an eye. On the back of the horse, he flew down a messenger with a trumpet, knelt down on both knees, held the message high, and shouted: "Governor, there is a new message in the war in Ba County!"
Gao Yin took it, ran quickly inside, entered the study, and presented it to Gao Qiao and Gao Yun who was still inside.
Gao Qiao took out the letter and read the battle report in one glance. His eyes were fixed and his expression was strange.
Gao Yun was impatient and snatched it, took a look, couldn't hide his surprise, and yelled.
According to the news, Li Mu led 6,000 troops and horses all the way west. Because of the mob, the soldiers were unintentional to fight, and people fled every day. When they set up camp, smoke from the stove was decreasing, and they had not yet arrived in Ba County, nearly half of the soldiers had fled.
Yuan Jie had heard that the Southern Dynasty was sent to attack Shu at the request of King Ba. He knew that the army was just led by a young general named Li Mu who had just appeared in the Jiangbei War. He had only a mere 6,000 troops, so how could he take it seriously? So he sent his clan brother Yuan Xu to lead 30,000 troops to the important city Yuancheng to carry out sniping, with the goal of eliminating the entire Dayu army.
Yuan Xu was brave and good at fighting, and led another 30,000 elite soldiers. In addition, he was always arrogant and listened to the spies' rewards, Li Mu's soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled all the way, but the army did not form an army, and the team did not form a team. While ridiculing the upper and lower levels, they were even more eager to make contributions. Seeing that the other party's march was getting slower, they stopped moving forward in a place where Danqu and were not delayed. They could not stand their minds, so they sent a capable general to lead 10,000 troops to take the initiative.
Yuan Xu never dreamed that the escape of Li Mu's army along the way was a illusion. As early as near Danqu, he chose a place to snobbish the terrain.
In addition to his soldiers, there are also three hundred warriors.
These three hundred warriors are all selected soldiers from Jingkou, and their leaders are Guo Zhan, Sun Fangzhi and Dai Yuan. They were all people who participated in the Jiangbei War. They were all brave and brave, fighting against ten.
That day, when Yuan's army arrived, before they could even arrange their formation, stones flew above their heads, thousands of arrows were fired, and ambushed soldiers were all gushing out. With the sound of killing like a shock, Yuan's army was killed frightened and had no fighting spirit, and was soon defeated.
Li Mu then ordered people to block the news and spread the news of Yuan army's triumphant success to Yuancheng. The soldiers here took off Yuan soldiers' clothes, changed all of them, changed their flags, and headed towards Yuancheng overnight. After arriving, the city soldiers mistakenly thought it was the army that returned from victory and had no precautions, so they opened the door to welcome them.
Li Mu took the lead and led his troops into the city. A fierce battle was fought, and the blood flowed into a river. At dawn, he captured the city.
In this battle, Yuan Xu not only lost Yuancheng, but also suffered 30,000 troops and most of the casualties were killed and injured. He was also captured while running away. He was wiped out and defeated.
When the news spread, Shu was shocked. When the news spread, the people of Ba people heard that Dayu sent troops to protect the country, they were excited and came to join them one after another. Li Mu temporarily set up a commando camp in Yuancheng to appease the people and rectify military affairs.
Chapter completed!