Xiao Mu bowed and said, "Sir, the Military Daily arrived at the Ministry of War yesterday. After arriving, the news has been spread. This Military Daily also came from the Ministry of War... The Military Daily is a cautious matter, and there must be no sloppy. The Ministry of War has always been extremely cautious and should not make such low-level mistakes."

Han Mo nodded slightly, thinking about something.

The Imperial Guards are the Royal Guards. Generally, if they are not top-secret military intelligence, they will inform the five major camps. The situation of the Battle of Wei Qing was that military pigeons quickly conveyed information from the Northwest Army.

Sima Qingtian was waiting for the opportunity to take fire attacks, which had been captured by Zhuang Yuan, but the result of this war was not expected by Han Mo.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, and finally remembered Princess Xiu. With her intelligence network, she should be clear about what happened there, and got up and wanted to enter the palace. However, Xiao Mu had already said: "Sir, there is something strange about it!"

"What's the matter?" Han Mo asked.

Xiao Mu took a step forward and whispered: "Sir, our Leopard Camp has held military exercises these days, and Fengxiang Camp is also holding military exercises..."

"I know at this time." Han Mo nodded and smiled faintly.

Fengxiang Camp is the first battalion led by Su Yuting. Han Mo began to hold a large-scale military exercise in the camp five days ago. He took this opportunity to select several capable soldiers from it and promote them to low-level generals in the camp. Naturally, he also took this opportunity to knock down many thorns.

For some reason, Su Yuting also held a military exercise in the past few days, which is said to be more lively than the Leopard Camp.

Xiao Mu said: "Of course I know that there is also military exercises there. But something happened today, which is quite strange!"

"oh?"

"I got the news that Su Yuting personally rode a horse to audition during today's military exercise, but fell off the horse in front of the soldiers." Xiao Mu frowned: "I heard that the injury was very serious and was sent back to Su Mansion by his subordinates. The palace even sent an imperial physician to treat it."

Han Mo said incrediblely: "Stumbled from the horse? Su Yuting? Is this news true?"

"It's true." Xiao Mu nodded and said, "I didn't believe it at first. With Su Yuting's ability, how could I fall off the horse? And with his ability, even if I fall off the horse, I wouldn't be injured. However, my subordinates then sent someone to inquire and confirm that the matter was true."

"You're right. Su Yuting is skilled in equestrianism and has great martial arts skills. He fell off the horse and was injured. It was incredible." Han Mo squinted his eyes with his hands on his back.

"Someone in our Leopard Camp had some personal relationships with Fengxiang Camp, but they got some news. It is said that Su Yuting was ill recently and was a little uncomfortable. This time, he was presided over the military exercise with illness." Xiao Mu said: "He fell off his horse, and it may be a physical illness...!"

Han Mo did not speak, was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "I understand."

...

In the palace, Han Mo still met Princess Xiu in that elegant residence.

"The military newspaper is not wrong." Princess Xiu smiled faintly: "Sima Qingtian has not launched a large-scale attack since he entered the pass. Many people are wondering. I'm afraid few people can imagine that he is waiting for the best time to burn Longshan Mountain."

Han Mo's Xihua Hall officials are now only active in Beijing, and the intelligence work outside is now done by Princess Xiu's East Flower Hall.

The military newspaper obtained by the Ministry of War was not even detailed as Princess Xiu.

"But I don't understand. Since Sima Qingtian sent someone to burn the mountain and the fire of hundreds of miles of Longshan Mountain, why did the military newspaper say that the Wei army was defeated?" Han Mo leaned on the chair, frowned, and was puzzled: "The Qing army set up a formation in Longshan Mountain, and the mountains were full of their soldiers. That big fire must have burned a lot of people to death."

Princess Xiu smiled softly, her eyes fluttered, and said, "You underestimate Shang Zhongli too much. Sima Qingtian is a famous general in the world, but Shang Zhongli's ability is not worse than him. Shang Zhongli is the most defensive general in the world. He has been in Longshan for a long time. It is not easy to defeat him with a fire!"

"The princess means that Shang Zhongli had long expected Sima Qingtian to burn the mountains, so he was prepared?"

Princess Xiu nodded slightly, "That's right."

"But, even if you are prepared to resist the fire in the mountains, how can you do it?" Han Mo was still puzzled.

When Zhuang Yuan talked about Sima Qingtian's fire in Longshan that day, he felt that if Sima Qingtian really used fire attack, it would be quite insidious, but in terms of tactics alone, it would be a great trick.

It was late autumn, the plants and trees were dry and the fire was together, and the Qing army would inevitably suffer countless losses.

Princess Xiu did not answer immediately, but walked aside, took out a scroll and handed it to Han Mo. She smiled charmingly, "Looking at this picture, you understand everything!"

Han Mo took the scroll, opened it, placed it on the table, pressed his hand on the table, and carefully watched the picture.

This picture is very good, and the meaning is clear and clear. In the painting, the Longshan picture is painted, and the Longshan in the painting is already filled with a fire. It can be seen that a large number of Wei soldiers have rushed to the Longshan.

But in this picture, there is a picture that surprised Han Mo.

I saw that the Longshan Mountain in this painting was densely covered with countless small pits. Although the Longshan Mountain in the fire was in a mess, from the dense pits, there were Qing army soldiers holding big swords coming out from it.

Some of them had their heads emerged, some had already come out of the pit, raising their knives to slash at the Wei soldiers passing by the pit, and some Qing soldiers were still in the pit, but they carried long spears and penetrated the chests of the Wei soldiers.

The whole picture is majestic and flesh is flying. The Qing army is like a ghost emerging from the ground, ruthlessly killing the Wei army rushing up to Longshan.

At this moment, Han Mo finally understood Shang Zhongli’s countermeasures.

Princess Xiu picked up the teacup, blew gently, then took a sip, then smiled softly, and said, "You should know what happened now, right?"

Han Mo sat down and sighed: "Shang Zhongli...is indeed amazing!"

Princess Xiu laughed and said, "The first letter to Fei Ge was sent by you, just like you know. I don't know how Shang Zhongli turned defeat into victory. However, the people from this palace rushed back the detailed battle report at 800 miles, and even presented this painting. Only then did I know that Shang Zhongli was the first defensive general and was called the old fox. It was indeed well-known."

Han Mo still felt incredible when he looked at the dense pits covered with mountains on the painting, and said, "These pits were probably prepared by Shang Zhongli very early."

Princess Xiu said calmly: "Late at night on October 17th, before midnight, the Wei army began to attack Longshan. However, Shang Zhongli laid several fortifications at the foot of Longshan Mountain. After more than two hours of attack, the Wei army only broke through the weakest fortification and lost many soldiers. When facing the second fortification, the Wei army slowed down the attack. When it was just about Yin, dozens of fire points rose to the mountains near the west of Longshan Mountain. The sky and the earth were dry, the plants and trees were dry, and the wind helped the fire. In just a moment, the entire Longshan was already shrouded in the fire."

Han Mo looked at Princess Xiu and listened carefully.

"The fire broke out, the Qing army's team was in chaos, and the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted, one was rising and the other was getting worse. The Wei army attacked the entire line with infantry, and the Qing army retreated to the two wings in panic." Princess Xiu was like telling a plain story, her voice was extremely calm: "The fire burned for two hours. At that time, it was already bright, and the mountains were in a mess. The fire gradually became smaller. You can also hear the screams of Longshan, and you can also see many burned corpses. The Wei army immediately rushed to Longshan, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to take down the entire Longshan Mountain Range in one fell swoop, but a scene in this painting happened. The Wei army soldiers who rushed up the mountain were caught off guard by the Qing army that had emerged from the ground. They were caught off guard and killed and injured countless times. The Qing army, who retreated to the two wings and the Wei army, turned around and attacked from both sides. The Wei army on the mountain was attacked and defeated. The Qing army attacked from both sides and Longshan, and the Wei army retreated, with countless casualties and wounds."

There was a light in Han Mo's eyes. He could imagine how fierce and cruel the battle situation was at that time.

Sima Qingtian thought hard and planned for a long time, but he didn't want to be plotted against by Shang Zhongli.

More than ten years ago, Sima Qingtian was defeated by Shang Zhongli and returned from Qing Kingdom.

More than ten years later, Sima Qingtian slept on firewood and tasted gall, led his troops to attack again, and vowed to avenge his shame, but this first large-scale confrontation was again slapped by Shang Zhongli, and he slapped loudly in the face.

Shang Zhongli is indeed worthy of being the pillar of Qing State, and even more worthy of being the name of "Saint General".

"It's just that Sima Qingtian is also a famous general. The Wei army was defeated, but he led the strongest ace in his hand, with three thousand iron horses coming out to fight." Princess Xiu chuckled and said, "Fortunately, there were three thousand iron horses, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep to resist the Qing army's counterattack. The Qing army took a big advantage on the mountain and chased to the plain area at the foot of the mountain. That would be no match for the Wei cavalry. The iron horses blocked the Qing army's counterattack and stabilized the morale of the Qing army. The Wei army's combat power was much stronger than the Qing army, and stabilized the formation.

Tens of thousands of cavalry of the Wei army immediately launched an attack on the Qing army... Fortunately, Shang Zhongli knew his weakness and ordered the Qing army to retreat. Moreover, their previous counterattack had already regained the defensive positions that had been abandoned before. At this time, the cavalry could not attack. What's more, after a major defeat, countless casualties, Sima Qingtian ordered the retreat and rest... The Wei army burned very few Qing army to death in this fire, and he fell into a trap, with thousands of casualties, and did not occupy an inch of land in Longshan. It can be said to be a great defeat!"

Han Mo shook his head and said, "Sima Qingtian underestimated the enemy too much. Before the Qing army pretended to retreat, he should order the fortifications at the foot of the mountain to destroy the fortifications at the foot of the mountain first, and then climb the mountain."

"Shang Zhongli's fortifications were built for several months, and it used a large number of civilians and consumed countless money. It was not so easy to destroy." Princess Xiu gave Han Mo a blank look, with a charming look: "And when the fire burned the mountain, who could have known that the old fox Shang Zhongli had a solution, and the Wei army only thought that this battle would inevitably lead to a great victory... In that situation, even Sima Qingtian wanted to take some Longshan earlier, and those ordinary soldiers only wanted to conquer Longshan and reward him according to their merits."

"Take Longshan, and you will see a flat horse. The Qing army plain is definitely not an enemy of the Wei army. You can only retreat to Wancheng, and the Wei army can surround Wancheng. As long as the city is broken, you will take Shang Zhongli and destroy Qing Kingdom, it is just around the corner." Han Mo sighed: "Such temptation, you naturally want to fight to determine the world!"

"It's a pity that this battle was not settled." Princess Xiu smiled and said, "But although Qingjun won this first game, the situation in the future will be even more serious." Her eyes were flowing, and her eyes were like Qiushui: "Although Sima Qingtian was defeated, he...is... he was afraid he was happy at this time!"

"What do you mean by the princess?" Han Moqi said.

Princess Xiu opened her pink lips and said softly: "There is a change in the north of Qingguo..."

"The Northern Barbarians..." Han Mo immediately frowned.
Chapter completed!