The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 415

Time passed bit by bit while Mu Xu and the others were anxiously waiting.Finally, five days later, Mu Xu received a tip from the spies in front that the imperial court pacified and Weisheng joined forces to attack Zezhou in an attempt to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, forcing the main force of Tianhu in Jiangzhou to return to the army for rescue.

Naturally, Mu Xu didn't care about Tian Hu's life and death. When he saw that the time was ripe, he immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for the battle, preparing to capture Huguan, the gateway of Hedong Road in Taihang, in one fell swoop.

Huguan, also known as Wueryu.In the first year of Liu Bang, king of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), Huguan County was first established, which belonged to Shangdang County. Because the ancient Huguankou Mountain was shaped like a pot and it was located here, it was named Huguan.

This place is high in Shangdang, across Taihang, east of Zhongzhou, across the Great Wall, Xiongguan Mandao, Wubao facing each other, Baixing Ancient Road running through east and west, integrating deep defense and three-dimensional defense.

Since this pass is the necessary place from Hedong Road to Hebei West Road, there is an endless stream of merchants and pedestrians every day.

At noon of this day, a huge caravan with hundreds of people was shut down, and the soldiers guarding the gate were refreshed when they saw it, and they all secretly thought that they could make a fortune again.

When the caravan approached, the small school responsible for interrogating the passing pedestrians immediately surrounded them with more than a dozen soldiers, and said from a distance, "Where did you come from? reason?"

Accompanied by the little school's question, a young man came out from the middle of the caravan, came to the small school, and replied with a smile on his face,

"I've met the general. The villain is the young owner of this firm. We came from Jingdong Road to sell cloth and tea in the east of the river. This is our reason for passing the customs."

With that said, he handed over the proof of pass to the little checker.

The little school took it, only glanced a few times, then stopped looking, instead focused on the carriage transporting the goods, and snorted coldly,
"I see that your caravan sells more than just cloth and tea. Otherwise, why are the ruts so deep?"

This young man was played by Mu Xu, and he had expected this kind of situation long ago, so he didn't panic after hearing the words. He took out a bag that he had prepared in advance, stuffed it into the arms of the little principal with a smile, and said in a low voice ,

"I implore the general to make it easier. This is a little thought from a villain. It is not a respect, so please accept it!"

The little schoolmaster first weighed the weight of the bag, then untied a corner and glanced at it, and found that it was full of garlic gold, his face suddenly revealed a greedy look, but he still pretended to be reserved and said,
"Hey, aren't you embarrassing me! After all, the responsibility is there. If you are selling pig iron weapons to the north, then I will follow suit!"

Mu Xu replied in a low voice, "Don't dare to lie to the general. Apart from selling cloth and tea, our caravan also brought some salt. There is absolutely no pig iron or other deadly things."

In order to win the trust of others, Mu Xu also deliberately brought him to the first carriage, and ordered Hua Rong, who was dressed as a guard, to open the tarpaulin on the carriage, revealing the contents inside.

The little school went to the side of the car, looked down for a while, but saw that there was only a shallow layer of coarse cloth inside, and there were bags of salt underneath.Seeing this scene, Xiao Xiao understood, no wonder this group of people were so generous, it turned out that they were selling illegal salt.

The little school, who thought he had his way, immediately put his worries behind him, and said righteously,
"Since there are no prohibited items in it, it can be released. However, there is also a shortage of salt in the customs recently. This..."

Mu Xu didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "Don't worry, the general. The villain knows what to do. Later, I will send people to the camp to send five carts to show my heart."

Seeing that he had gained so many benefits today, the small principal immediately beamed with joy, so he stopped checking the rest of the frame, and immediately waved his hand to his subordinates, indicating to let him go.

Mu Xu apologized a few more words, and then smoothly led the team into the pass, went to the town behind the pass, and booked a warehouse to rest.

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were thin, and in the backyard of the warehouse, Mu Xu looked at the more than [-] soldiers who were already fully armed, and carefully explained the precautions.When the time agreed with the army outside the pass came, he led a group of people quietly out of the back door of the warehouse and walked towards the back of Huguan.

Lurking not far from the pass, Mu Xu and Hua Rong nodded, and they both took out their bows and arrows at the same time, and shot arrows to deal with the soldiers who were in charge of guarding the pass, lest they sound the alarm and wake up all the guards in the pass.

With the sudden fall of those soldiers, the officers and soldiers patrolling at the critical moment were in an uproar, but because they couldn't get close to the alarm bell, they could only shout loudly for a while.

Seeing this situation, Mu Xu knew that time was not waiting for him, so he immediately raised his spear and took the lead to charge towards the gate. With only three strokes, five times and two divisions, he killed the officers and soldiers of the gate, and then ordered his subordinates to push the winch, open the gate, and Have someone light a fire on the closed door.

Lehe, who had been waiting outside the pass for a long time, saw the city was on fire, and ordered Shan Shiqi and Lu Fang to lead an army of [-] horses first, and he personally led the rest of the army behind.

Amidst the sound of rumbling horseshoes, this dangerous pass that had not been fought for nearly a hundred years was officially declared broken.

By dawn, Liangshan's army had basically wiped out the defenders in the pass.Mu Xu, who knows the truth of the importance of soldiers and speed, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered Jie Zhen and Jie Bao to guard Huguan. Rong went to Pingshun County in the northeast.

Not mentioning the situation on Hua Rong's side, just talking about Mu Xu's attack on Longde Prefecture, it can be said that it was almost bloodless.Because of the sudden incident and the fact that Mu Xu specially ordered his soldiers to dress up as Song soldiers, the guards of Longde Mansion did not expect that there would be an enemy army coming. They thought it was the army that put down Tian Hu's rebellion and came to the city to garrison normally .

In this way, the result can be imagined.

After occupying the city of Longde, Mu Xu dispatched music and appease the people in the city, while he continued to dispatch troops and ordered Shan Shiqi and Lu Fang to capture the eldest son and Lucheng successively.

From the dispatch of troops in early April to the strike in mid-April, in just half a month, Mu Xu had already occupied half of Longde Mansion. If it wasn't for the shortage of soldiers and horses, it is estimated that by the end of the month, the entire Longde Mansion would be able to take over. in the bag.

For the next period of time, while waiting for the arrival of Liangshan's follow-up army, Mu Xu personally led people to build a simple line of defense from north to south in various important places along the Zhangshui River, in order to counterattack the imperial army that may come at any time.

Although Mu Xu thought very carefully, he didn't know that the development of the situation in Hedong was far beyond his expectation.First, the army of the imperial court going south to quell the chaos was defeated by Tian Hu, and almost the whole army was wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, news came that Tian Hu had captured the entire territory of Jiangzhou in one go, and now he was eyeing Jinzhou, and even sent a partial division to Gaoping, which seemed to have the intention of going north to Longde Mansion.

At this time, Mu Xu was surprised to find that his current main opponent was not the Song court, but Tian Hu.

In order to prevent that guy from insisting on going north, Mu Xu had to adjust his strategy and personally led [-] troops south along the Zhangshui River and stationed in Yangtou Mountain to deter Tianhu Gaoping's troops.

(End of this chapter)