Chapter 12 Grassland Rainy Season
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On the fourteenth day and night, the rebel army rushed to 60 miles and retreated to the giant treasure.
The Jin army then pursued, but camped in Sanyuan Well at dusk, thirty miles away from the rebels. They fought for two consecutive days, and the soldiers were very tired and dared not approach too much, so as not to be counterattacked by Li Hu.
That night, Li Hu met Mao's army in Jinshigou. Mao's army and Tieying were commanding the troops to retreat overnight.
"Zonghan Bai Tian still conducts restraining attacks, and we have not found any signs of increasing troops in the Jin army." Mao's army briefly explained the battle situation in Bai Tian, "After darkness, we started to evacuate from the Jiulong Bay and Aeon Lines. So far, the fourth and sixth Army of Hu Lie have retreated across the Yinma River. The Thunder Army and the Shenlong Army are on the way. Tie Shuai led the Second Army of Hu Lie to evacuate in the end, and it is estimated that we will be able to evacuate to Jinshigou after midnight."
"The scouts did not find any Jin troops coming from Baishuilu?" Li Hu said, "Zong Wang's army should also arrive in Baishuilu."
"He will come sooner or later." Mao Jun frowned and looked tired. "The main forces of the Jin army have all arrived at the front line. They have to attack Datong with all their strength. Now the Liao army has suffered heavy damage, and it is still difficult to protect themselves, let alone help us." He looked at Li Hu and looked worried, "Can we defend Datong with our own strength?"
"Of course.^^^^^" Li Hu smiled, "We have more than 100,000 troops, and there are six Hulie troops on the Datong line alone, the resentful army, the Bohai Army, the Shenlong Army and the Thunder Army. There are also the Black Mountain Army in the city. In addition, the General's Mansion is urgently recruiting soldiers in various states behind the mountain. Now it has recruited 10,000 people. If we speed up the recruitment speed, it will be no problem to recruit another 20,000 or 30,000 people within half a month. In terms of military strength, although we are at a disadvantage, the Jin army is only twice as many as us. It cannot pose a fatal threat to us."
"Our advantages lie in the dangerous terrain, the solid city, and the support of the people behind the mountain. I thought we broke through the south back then. It was thanks to the trust and help of the people."
"Our greatest advantage is that we not only have the wealthy mountain-backed Jiuzhou, but also the solid support of the Hedong Road of the Song Dynasty. Whether the Song Dynasty is willing to send troops or not, whether the Song Dynasty emperor is willing to give us money, grain and weapons, we can use war horses and cattle and sheep to exchange money, grain and urgently needed war materials through Huiyi. The Hedong Road of the prosperous land is the rear of our resistance to the Jin army."
Li Hu was also thinking about this question today, thinking about it over and over again. He found that he had thought wrong before and was frightened by the aggressive Jurchens. He took a closer look at the advantages of Datong. Looking at the advantages of the rebels, he believed that the rebels could not only defend Datong, but also had the opportunity to severely damage the Jin army. If the fighter jets were seized well, the rebels would be fully capable of defeating the Jin army.\\\*\\
Li Hu talked endlessly and said everything he thought about today. While he was talking, he sorted out his own ideas and conceived the offensive and defensive strategies in the next few months, and gradually had a rough outline.
"Why did the Jin army have to attack Xijing?" Li Hu asked.
Dong Xiaochou, Mao Jun, Huo Liuge, Chai Yun, Yuan Ye and others sat around and looked at him. Waiting for him to continue speaking. The words before Li Hu had completely swept away the haze in their hearts. As Li Hu's statement, their eyes suddenly became clear. They suddenly found that they were frightened by the Jin army on the battlefield. It turned out that the Jurchens, who seemed unparalleled, were nothing more than that.
"As far as the world is concerned, you can gain strategic advantages by conquering Xijing, but if we think about it carefully, there is no other reason besides that?"
"Yes, and it is the fatal reason, that is, the food and grass problem of the Jin army." Li Hu pointed to the map and said, "The Zhongjing Road, Shangjing Road and Xijing Road are separated by a continuous mountain. It is very difficult to transport the food and grass and livestock to Xijing Road to Xijing Road, and the consumption is also very large. If hundreds of thousands of Jin troops want to maintain their combat effectiveness, the only way is to capture Xijing and capture the Jiuzhou behind the mountain, so as to obtain sufficient food and livestock. Damn**"
"From the time when the Jin army entered Daibei to the present, they have basically gained nothing, but consumed a lot. The more troops they have, the shorter the time they can hold on."
"From Yuanyanglu to Baishuilu, to Dezhou, the tribal tents and livestock along the way were all withdrawn to Jinheshan by Yelu Mage. Because the Jin army came too quickly, more than 100,000 foreign people and more than one million livestock were temporarily placed in the southwest of Daihai. I have sent Xiao Temo and Gao Baolong to protect them with five thousand horse troops, and took them from Baidaoban and killing the tiger's mouth to Datong, completely destroying the last hope of the Jin army's plunder."
I understand, and know why Li Hu smiled and why he was full of confidence. Everyone should have thought of such a simple thing, but because of the unpredictable situation, the precarious situation, the invincible Jin army, I was so breathless that I spent the whole day in a tense and bloody battle, surrounded by fear and helplessness, I had long forgotten this.
"It has been almost a month since the Jin army entered Daibei. If nothing unexpected happens, the food, grass and livestock have been consumed. In their opinion, when it comes to Daibei, it will be no problem to plunder and maintain a few months of survival, but they probably did not expect that Yelu Ma Ge would actually clear the world and remove all the tribal tents and livestock, which forced them to take down Xijing as soon as possible."
"Wanyan Yu is coming soon. He will bring food and livestock, but this will not last long."
"If the Jin army wants to solve the stomach problem, there are only two ways, either take down Xijing or break into Yunnei."
"Taking Xijing will not only solve the stomach problem, but also replace the North and control the entire battle situation. Therefore, the Jin army will not give up, they will attack desperately. This is exactly what I need."
Li Hu's fingers on Yunnei on the map, and his fingers were drawn in Fengzhou, Yunneizhou, Tiande Army and Dongshengzhou. "We will first drag the Jin army and consume their troops, food, grass and livestock. When they find that their stomachs are about to starve, they have to divide their troops to attack Yunnei."
"Yelu Mage has this time to act as a buffer and can reorganize the Liao army. When the Jin army enters Yunnei, he can protect the Emperor of the Great Liao and retreat in the direction of Yinshan. When the Jin army reaches the edge of the Yellow River, their opponents will be replaced by the Dangxiang people. When the Dangxiang people and the Khitans join forces and fight with the Jin army in Yunnei, we can counterattack."
"According to my estimate, it should be a month or two later, and the Song Dynasty should have conquered Yanjing at that time. If the Song Dynasty was willing to help us.^^^^^The reinforcements from the Song Dynasty should have arrived at that time, and we have the ability to launch a counterattack."
"The Jin army fought on the two fronts of Daibei. Facing the powerful alliance between the Khitans, Daxia, Dasong people and our four regions, what else can it do? Its best choice is to withdraw from Daibei and defend a corner of Liaodong."
Li Hu's entire battle situation concept has basically come out.
First, he dragged the Jin army on the Datong line, then forced the Jin army to divide the troops to attack Yunnei, and then formed an alliance with Liao, Xia and Song. When the time was right, he attacked decisively.
There is the biggest uncertainty factor here. That is the attitude of the Song people. The Song people were worried about raising tigers, would they provide assistance? If they did not give it, then after the Song Dynasty took over Youyan, would they continue to form alliances with the Jin Kingdom to conquer the mountain?
"If we want to defeat the Jin army, we can only rely on ourselves, not others." "The rainy season on the prairie is summer, and it will last for about two months, that is, from the end of next month, it will rain outside the Great Wall. If the Jin army fails to conquer Yunnei within one month and plunder a large number of livestock, then they will be in trouble."
"If we drag the Jin army on the Datong line until the rainy season comes, if the Jin army's food and grass and livestock cannot be maintained until the end of the rainy season, what will happen to the situation in the North War in the Democratic Republic?"
Li Hu had a smile on his face and a hint of pride appeared in his eyes.
"As far as the Datong battlefield is concerned, the rainy season is good news for the defense, but bad news for the attacking party."
"The Jin army attacked Datong on rainy days, and the difficulty of attack will be greatly increased. Especially the Jin army was dominated by the horse army, while the infantry was mostly surrendered soldiers of the Liao army. These surrendered soldiers were not Jurchens, and they did not get the benefits of the Jurchens. What reason do they have to sacrifice their lives for the Jurchens? On the battlefield in Texas, we fought with the Jin army several times, and from beginning to end, we did not fight with the Jurchens in the Jurchens. This proves that the Jurchens would not use the Jurchens' army until the critical moment, because they wanted to use their own army to deter and control other French armies. If their army suffered serious losses, could the Jurchens still control other French armies? The Liao army in the past became Jin army, but the combat effectiveness would not suddenly increase because of this, so we are completely confident to defeat these so-called Jin armies."
"The attack of the Jin army was blocked, so they had to find a way to reverse this unfavorable situation. Just as there was insufficient food, grass and livestock, they would attack Yunnei immediately. In the rainy season, it was obviously not good for the Jin army. First of all, they were not familiar with the terrain, and secondly, the rivers surged and the roads were difficult and dangerous, which was not conducive to field combat."
"The Jin army was trapped in Datong and in Yunnei. As long as there was a problem on any battlefield and as long as they suffered heavy damage on one of the battlefields, the Battle of Daibei of the Jurchens will be over. Insufficient troops and insufficient food, grass and livestock will become their fatal key points."
"So, in my opinion, it doesn't matter without the assistance of the Song Dynasty, because it is impossible for us or the Jurchens to drag this battle to the rainy season. As for whether the Song Dynasty will join forces with the Jurchens to fight us after the Song Dynasty captured Youyan, no one could predict whether it would join forces with the Jurchens to fight us. But as long as we can defeat the Jin army in the shortest time and drive the Jin army out of Daibei, even if the Song Dynasty was determined to hit the mountain, it would have to look at the situation in Daibei, and we should know that its opponent is not me, but three."
In the early morning of the fifteenth, Li Hu summoned the commanders of each army to give a detailed explanation of his analysis of the situation in the Northern War of Destiny and his future offensive and defensive strategies.
The military commanders of each army were indeed pessimistic in the battle, but after listening to Li Hu's words, his morale suddenly became excited.
Compared with the rebel army, the Jin army was mainly due to its advantage in military strength, but its fatal key was that food, grass and livestock could not support it for a long time. In addition, the rainy season on the prairie was about to come, which was beneficial to the rebel army. The Khitans still had a breath, and they could still support it and form an alliance with the Daxia to fight against the Jurchens. Therefore, there was still great hope in the situation of the Northern War. When morale became stronger, other things would be easier to handle.
Chapter completed!