Chapter 59: One advance and one retreat
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On the evening of the eighth day of the lunar month, the rebel general's office.
Li Hu was extremely angry at the fact that the Jin army had not launched an attack so far.
The Liao army on the eastern route launched an attack on the first day of the first day, occupied Yizhou on the third day of the first day, Qianzhou on the fourth day of the first day, and soldiers on Shuangshan on the sixth day of the first day. Today is the eighth day of the first day, and the Jin army remained silent for eight days. The purpose is too obvious, and it was to consume the strength of the Liao army, first let the Liao army and the rebel army fight both sides and then launch a fatal blow.
The Jin army wanted to get a bargain, which was expected, but the current battlefield situation was not good for the rebel army. The main force of the rebel army was luring the enemy in Shuangshan. There were the Liao army on the east road in front and the Liao army in Jinzhou, with more than 100,000 people in total, several times the rebel army's strength. If you are not careful, it will be a disaster for the entire army to be wiped out. Whether the situation can be reversed and defeated into victory at this moment depends on the fatal blow of the Jin army. If the Jin army is slow to move, the rebel army has no choice but to retreat and break through, and defend it based on Jinzhou. However, in this way, the rebel army cannot support Yuguan in time, and Luo Qinghan may be defeated and retreated. If the rebel army wants to gain a foothold in Heishan, it will have to fight a hard battle at Yuguan.
"General General, please retreat." Huang She advised, "Xiao Bao took Haibeizhou today, and we have no way to predict how to fight tomorrow. If he leads a 50,000 army south to Jinzhou, or reoccupy Chaya Mountain, we will be surrounded again, and the situation will become more and more sinister."
Li Hu hesitated. Jinzhou now has six generals and 15,000 people. Chayashan has Li Jin's Thunder Army, two generals and 5,000 people. If the Liao army goes south tomorrow, then there will be a bloody battle in Chayashan. With the rebel forces, the losses will be heavy. The loss is secondly. The key problem is that once the Liao army goes south to attack Chayashan, 50,000 troops are blocked on the mountain road. It will be difficult for the main force of the rebel army to retreat into Jinzhou. If the Liao army pursues and kills the Eastern Army at that time, the situation will be out of control.
"The Liao army on the east road has been attacking for eight days, and the Jin army has not yet moved. From this, we can imagine the Jurchens' thoughts, so we can no longer expect the Jurchens. Let's evacuate as soon as possible." Chai Yun also advised, "Xiao Bao is not a fool. Wang Bolong and Wang Liuer, who have been in charge of the Liaoxing Army for many years, are the safest way to go to Jinzhou. This way, we can protect the safety of Jinzhou and trap us to death. There is no need to fight with all our strength. How about getting more than one shot? "
Li Hu's eyes turned to Yuanye. Yuanye shook his head. "Xiao Bao did not give Jielu an accurate message, but just told Jielu not to hurry, wait patiently, and don't expose it too early and lose your life."
Li Hu leaned over and looked at the map, staring at the small black spot of Yuguan. For the rebels, whether they can gain a foothold in Heishan, in addition to breaking through Jinzhou, they must capture Yuguan. Otherwise, the rebels will have no danger to defend on the south road and will be fought back by the Liao army in Nanjing Road. The rebels stationed in Heishan. The captured Linhai Prefecture and County directly threatened Nanjing Road. This was uneasy for the Liao people to sleep. How could others sleep soundly on the side of the bed? The Khitans tried every means to suppress the rebels. They finally got help from God and successfully attacked Yuguan. Such good things can never be repeated. If they lose them, they will be lost and it will be impossible to have them again.
Li Hu weighed the pros and conscientiously decided to retreat.
"The order to send Dong Shuai to retreat quickly in the night and throw away all the baggage in Quyizhou."
"Survey Bao again and lead the three generals and horse army. Surround Haibeizhou overnight and cover the main force to retreat."
"I urgently surrendered to the camp Luo Shuai and Hu Zhizhan, and organized the people to evacuate overnight. They threw away all the things they could lose. They first evacuate the people to Jinzhou."
"Say Li Shuai from Chayashan again, make way for the main road and cover the people's evacuation."
"I urgently informed Mao Shuai of Jinzhou to build a camp on the north bank of Xiaoling River to settle the people who retreated south."
At dusk on the eighth day of the lunar month, the Jin army slowly approached the Daling River.
Wanyan Zongwang was in a bad mood and very angry.
As for the battle situation on the Daling River front line, being able to join forces with Li Hu to attack again will surely damage the Liao army. This will allow the Jin Kingdom to gain greater benefits in peace talks, but its own military strength is not enough. Although the Jin army in the South was supplemented after the Chengzhou War, supplementing 50,000, the Liao army in the East was 80,000 and the Liao army in Jinzhou was 50,000, which exceeded the total number of troops of the Jin army and the Rebel Army.
If this battle starts, the rebels will be deeply surrounded and can only protect themselves and hold the Liao army tightly. Whether the Liao army can counter-surround the Liao army and give a fatal blow to the Liao army depends entirely on the Jin army. Therefore, the Jin army must have enough troops, at least 80,000 troops. In this way, one can attack Chuanzhou, cut off the Liao army's retreat route, and one can attack Yizhou, and attack Yizhou, and attack the rebels from the front and back. The Liao army's retreat route was cut off and was attacked by the joint attack of the Jin army and the rebels. They must break through from the direction of Chuanzhou, so that they may severely damage the Liao army and even annihilate the Liao army.
Such an impeccable plan arrived in Tokyo, but was put aside by Wanyan Gao and ignored it. Not only did he not give reinforcements, but he warned himself not to act rashly at the critical moment of peace talks between Jin and Liao, so as not to suffer a defeat and lead to the failure of peace talks.
I am the commander-in-chief of the southern route and bear the responsibility of continuing to threaten the front line of Daling River. Even without Wanyan Gao's permission, I can still fight this battle, but without reinforcements and sufficient troops, it will be difficult to fight this battle. For this reason, I must make a choice whether to attack Sichuan, cut off the Liao army's retreat, or attack Yizhou, and join forces with the rebels to attack.
After thinking about it over and over again, he chose to attack Yizhou.
You can't be anxious to attack Yizhou. You must wait until the Liao army is exhausted before launching a fatal blow. On the sixth day of the lunar month, the Liao army forced Shuangshan and has been fighting for three days. In these three days, due to terrain, the Liao army's attack was not fierce, but the rebel army retreated step by step, gradually dragging the main force of the Liao army into the narrow mountain road.
Shuangshan is forty or fifty miles away from Yizhou. When the Jin army launches a raid, the main force of the Liao army will definitely not have time to support it. If everything goes well, the Jin army can surround the Liao army's main force in Shuangshan and attack the rebels from front to back. This can still cause severe damage to the Liao army. Are we camping or attacking overnight?"
Zong Wang didn't say anything. Wu Shu knew that he was in a bad mood and did not ask questions. The second brother won the bet in the Chengzhou War this time. He defeated Yelu Chun on the battlefield, which directly led to the Liao people taking the initiative to propose peace, and the conditions for peace talks basically met the requirements of the Jin Kingdom. The second brother made a contribution. Although he failed to plunder 400,000 Han people, his merits and demerits were offset and he received the praise of his father. However, some ministers in Huanglongfu were very dissatisfied with the second brother because he not only violated the emperor's orders, but also challenged the authority of Bo Jilie. This time, Wanyan Gao refused the second brother's attack strategy. Refusing to allocate reinforcements was a warning from Bo Jilie's second brother.
"Can the scout be rewarded?" Zong Wang asked suddenly.
"There are troops in Hongzheng Village, Yizhou Zhifu. There are about 30,000 to 40,000 people outside the city. I don't know about it, so there are only a few thousand defenders."
"Can the traces of the Liao army scouts be found?"
Wu Shu nodded. "I found several of them, and they were all killed by us."
"What's the situation in Chuanzhou?"
"No exception."
Zong Wang pondered for a long time and waved his hand decisively, "Marched overnight. On the eve of dawn, crossed the Daling River and attacked Yizhou." The leaders rushed to the commander's tent one after another. At this moment, everyone had received the news of conquering Jinzhou, so they were in a good mood and chatted and laughed. The attitudes of the generals of the resentful army also changed. One after another, they came under the roofs of others, and they couldn't take their heads down.
"Did the general general ask us to retreat?" Dong Zhongsun asked impatiently.
Dong Xiaochou smiled and nodded, and immediately deployed a retreat strategy.
"The general commander repeatedly asked to discard the baggage and retreat quickly. The speed must be fast, and you must arrive in Quyizhou before dawn." Dong Xiaohou pointed to the map and drew a circle on Haibeizhou. "Fifty thousand Liao troops in Jinzhou are here. If they go south to help Jinzhou tomorrow, then we must block it in the direction of Quyizhou to ensure that hundreds of thousands of people are safely withdrawing to Jinzhou."
"So, Quyizhou still has a hard battle?" Zuo Chuanrong asked.
"If nothing unexpected happens, we must hold on for at least one day." Dong Xiaochou pointed outside the tent. "If the Liao army on the east road takes advantage of the situation and covers the killing, we cannot resist, so at most it will hold on for one day."
Dong Joker waved his hand. "Action immediately."
Mu Taoli and the horse army stayed in front of the mountain, lit more torches to confuse the Liao army.
The five battalions of the resentful army took the lead in evacuating, and then Dong Zhongsun Diheishan Army, Zhang Gao'er's King of Heilongjiang Army, and Wu Xiong Dihulie Third Army also rushed south quickly.
Sixty or seventy miles away, and it was a quick journey, and it was three hours later. By dawn, the 35,000 troops arrived in Quyizhou successfully. Xiao Bao felt something was wrong. Yesterday, the rebels abandoned the city and fled during the day, but at night they surrounded the city again. I don’t know what it means.
Wang Liuer guessed that the main force of the rebel army went south overnight. The rebels surrounded Haibeizhou late at night, and the Liao army would definitely not dare to leave the city, which could just cover its main force to escape from Dalu. What are you doing when you go south? You don’t need to guess and you will run to attack Jinzhou. In other words, the Liao army in Jinzhou took the initiative and might have been trapped and deceived.
Wang Liuer's guess made Xiao Bao frightened. However, there is another possibility that Jielu said in the book that Li Hu wanted to break through from Yizhou and then return to Shangjing Road. Therefore, it is also possible that the rebels launched a breakthrough battle in Shuangshan last night, surrounding Haibeizhou with a cavalry, which was to prevent the Jinzhou Liao army from attacking and killing its rear.
After thinking about it, Xiao Bao was still worried about the safety of Jinzhou and immediately planned to return to Jinzhou.
Wang Bolong tried his best to stop the rebels. The rebels fled all the way, threw away their armor, and even didn't even want food or livestock. This shows how panicked he was, so don't worry about Jinzhou, go north with all his might and attack Shuangshan.
Seeing Xiao Bao uneasy, Wang Liuer comforted him, and he was also guessing randomly, with no basis. If he guessed correctly, the army would go north even more. Jinzhou was difficult to fight, the weather was not good, and the rebels were eager to conquer them. We took the opportunity to join the Liao army on the east route, and then more than 100,000 troops were leaked, and the rebels were still wiped out.
Chapter completed!