Chapter 4 Midnight
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Late at night, Zong Bi finally waited for the last team of scouts... They investigated the Dongming area, and the news they brought back finally confirmed one thing. Wanyan Talan and his Shandong Jin army were surrounded in Wanting area.
At present, the arc areas from Dongming, Matou, Malinggang, Datun to Dingtao are all tiger lieutenant troops. On the south side of this arc area is Guangji Canal. It is not difficult to speculate that the Shandong Jin army was trapped in Wanting. Whether it was Zongbi or Ha Michi, they were extremely shocked at this moment. It is hard for them to imagine that the Tiger lieutenant army actually surrounded Wanyan Talai's lazy Shandong Jin army. How many troops would it take to mobilize? Does the Central Plains Tiger lieutenant army have so many troops?
According to the information they received, at this moment, a unit of the Tiger Lie Army was fighting against the Southeast Song army in Yongqiu and Xiangyi. The Tiger Lie Army in the Central Plains was able to set up traps to surround Wanyan Talan when fighting on both sides. This is simply a miracle. There is only one explanation. The Tiger Lie Army has defeated the Southeast Song army. They gathered all the troops to fight against the Jin army, but even so, their strength is not enough to surround the 100,000 Jin army in Shandong.
Zong Bi and Ha Michi thought of the Daibei Battle last spring. Li Hu obviously used the same trick again and once again concentrated all the troops that could be called on one battlefield to attack the enemy and realize his strategic intentions. This time Li Hu's goal must be Shandong.
"Can the Huli Army eat Talai?" Zong Bi did not believe that the Huli Army had this strength. On the contrary, he immediately realized that this was the best opportunity to cooperate with Wanyan Talai and deal with the inside and outside, and severely damaged the Huli Army. "We immediately asked Daming Mansion to inquire and ask Zong Fu to lead the main force in Hebei to go south quickly and attack the Huli Army from north to south."
Ha Michi nodded repeatedly and asking for help from Daming Mansion was the only way to help Wanyan Talan break out of the siege. As for whether the Jin army could take the opportunity to take advantage of the tricks and deal a heavy blow to the Tiger Lie Army, that is not a question that should be considered now. The most urgent task now is to tear open the Tiger Lie Army's siege and rescue Wanyan Talan, otherwise not only will Shandong be lost, but Hebei will be in danger.
Zong Bi no longer hesitated and immediately rushed to Zongfu and asked him to lead his army south to help.
"Tomorrow we will attack Datun." After Zong Bi watched the messenger out of the tent, he walked to Ha Michichi in three or two steps, leaned over and looked at the map with him, and showed a little excitement in his expression. This battle may be the last decisive battle between the two sides in the Central Plains. If the Jin army wins, the Jurchens can sweep the Central Plains. On the contrary, if the Tiger and Lieutenant Army wins, the Jin army will first lose Shandong. Then due to the changes in the three-point pattern, they will have to retreat to Hebei and turn to passive defense.
"Tomorrow?" Ha Michi hesitated for a long time. He whispered, "Tomorrow, Ta Lai will definitely attack in the direction of Datun to break through to Hebei." He turned to look at Zong Bi, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "Tali knew that we had arrived, and we knew that we would definitely save him. His attack would be extremely fierce. In this way, the main forces of the Hu Lie Army would be concentrated on Datun and Malinggang. At this time, we attacked from the front and would inevitably be stubbornly blocked by the Hu Lie Army."
Zong Bi understood as soon as he heard this, "You mean to maintain the offensive and restrain some of the tiger and martyrs to wait for Zong Fu's main force to come and meet, right?"
Ha Michi smiled, "We all know that the Central Plains Tiger Lieutenant Army has no strength to surround Wanyan Talan. Even if Li Hu transferred more troops from other places and had a certain advantage in military strength, they did not have enough time. Hebei is too close to here. It is only more than two hundred miles. Once Hebei loses its connection with Wanyan Talan, it will definitely go south to support. The Tiger Lieutenant Army must have thought of this before, so this trap seems very dangerous to us, but it is also dangerous to the Tiger Lieutenant Army. As long as our Hebei army is killed, the Tiger Lieutenant Army will be trapped in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. Just imagine if the Tiger Lieutenant Army is determined to fight to the death with us? I think the Tiger Lieutenant Army does not have this determination. There is also the Southeast Song army to the south, and the Southeast Song army may reach Kaifeng at any time, so the Tiger Lieutenant Army will never risk losing the Central Plains to fight to the end with us."
"Drag the war?" Zong Bi already understood what Ha Michi meant.
"I think Talai has a lot of troops, sufficient food and grass, and there is our support outside. He may not be in a hurry to break through." Ha Michichi said, "If he forcibly breaks through, or we forcibly rescue, the losses will be amazing. Once this battle becomes a war of attrition, it will be obviously unfavorable to us. Therefore, we must first stabilize. When Zongfu's reinforcements arrive, the comparison of the forces between the two sides changes, and the Huli Army will fall into a passive position. At that time, they have to retreat and have no other way."
Zong Bi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of disdain appeared on the corner of his mouth. Ha Michi did not have the desire to attack. He was very conservative. He wanted to defeat others without fighting, and wanted to rescue Wanyan Talan at the lowest cost and defend Shandong. Zong Bi sneered secretly. "According to your words, then we can stop fighting tomorrow, just take the offensive, right?"
Ha Michi heard Zong Bi's dissatisfaction and hurriedly explained: "We only have 20,000 people. If we forcefully attack, the losses will be huge and very dangerous. Once the tiger and lieutenant army, which is crowded with power, will be troublesome."
"Will Talai sleep in Wanting and wait for us to save him?" Zong Bi said unhappily, "He knew we were here and would attack desperately tomorrow. We and him join forces to attack him, which will definitely make the Tiger Lie Army busy and suffer heavy losses."
Zong Bi must fight, but Ha Michi couldn't stop it, so he had to obey his orders.
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In the early morning of the third day of the lunar month, at the fifth hour, the tent of the Tiger Lie Army in Datun was brightly lit.
Wang Yuan, Liu Guangshi, Song Jiang and others surrounded the map and discussed fiercely the attack strategy after dawn.
Yue Fei's order was very clear. After dawn, he would surround the Hebei Jin army with absolute superior forces to aid. This strategy can be said to be a masterpiece. Yue Fei's courage was very amazing, but the question is, when the Hu Lie Army transferred its main force to Datun to surround Hebei to aid the Jin army, can other troops still trap Wanyan Talai?
After dawn, Wanyan Talan must break north, and the Jin army in Hebei must fight Datun. Datun then became the center of fierce battle between the two sides. At this time, if the Tiger Lie Army makes a mistake and let Wanyan Talan break through, the consequences will be too serious.
"Is it feasible to use the forces of four armies to intercept Wanyan Talai?" Liu Guangshi questioned.
"There are indeed too few four armies." Wang Yuan said, "but you just need to stick to one day. Four armies should be absolutely sure of sticking to one day."
"Can you surround and kill the Hebei Jin army in one day?" Liu Guangshi was a little disbelief. He had fought with the Jin army and experienced the power of the Jurchens. Although the Tiger and Lieutenant Army had absolute advantages in military strength, the question is, would this Hebei Jin army not get into the encirclement? If the Jin army is not deceived and the army of more than 100,000 will be at a loss, how can we solve the Hebei Jin army in that day?
"So the governor planned to lure the Hebei Jin army to the north of Datun and lure the Jurchens into our encirclement." Wang Yuan said, "The governor has made a determination. Although this strategy may not be successful, if we want to gain a greater advantage before the main force of the Hebei Jin army goes south, this battle must be fought."
Song Jiang, Wang Gui and others were full of confidence in this battle. The Jin people have always been arrogant and ruthless, especially the fact that the Yellow River embankment flooded the Central Plains last spring made the tiger soldiers resentful. Now they have finally had the opportunity to take revenge, who would miss it? Even if the army is completely destroyed, it will be ruined.
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On the eve of dawn on the third day of the lunar month, Yue Fei arrived at the Datun front line and personally directed the battle.
Wang Yuan explained the current locations of each army in detail, "Wang Yu and Liu Xi are far away from Datun, and they are estimated to be able to reach the battlefield around Si AM. The rest of the troops are basically near Datun, and they can enter the predetermined attack position after dawn."
Yue Fei was a little nervous. He was also worried that Wanyan's lazy Shandong Jin army might take the opportunity to break through the blockade of the Huli Army. "Wang Liushou, should we add one or two armies to the south of Datun to ensure that Liu Guangshi, Song Jiang and others can block the breakthrough of the Shandong Jin army."
Wang Yuan shook his hand, "Master, we must ensure that this battle is foolproof and we must fight quickly, but the Jin army is tenacious in fighting. If we fail to fight quickly, the consequences will be unimaginable. So we called 135,000 people, which is about four to five times that of the Jin army, and we have an absolute chance of winning. My opinion is that since we are determined to fight, we should not hesitate, let alone reduce the strength of the troops."
Yue Fei didn't speak. He focused and thought.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Hebei Jin army had already quickly asked Daming Mansion for help yesterday. Zong Fu would be able to gather troops to go south tomorrow at the latest, and he would definitely arrive at the battlefield on the fifth day of the lunar month. If the Tiger Lieutenant Army wants to win this battle, it must give Wanyan a heavy blow to the lazy Shandong Jin army before Zong Fu's army arrives on the battlefield to ensure the attack goal. For this reason, whether we can surround and kill this sudden Hebei Jin army today has become the key to this battle.
"There is only Wu Jie's army on the western front. Although Xin Xingzong on the southern front has 30,000 troops, he may not do his best. The only ones that can effectively restrain the Shandong Jin army are the Bohai Army and Wang Dazhong's front army." Yue Fei frowned and said, "I will send someone to the eastern front immediately. Please ask Gao Baolong to strengthen the offensive to alleviate the heavy pressure of the blocking line."
Chapter completed!