Chapter 1853: Water and Fire Fight(2/2)
The man said: "They are the defeated generals from Wuzhou, Xinzhou, Guizhou, and Ruzhou---."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Kai said angrily: "Can't you defeat this defeated general?"
The man was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. In fact, in addition to these remaining defeated generals, there are also fresh troops led by Jin Kingdom General Wanyan Zonghan."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Kai and others were shocked.
"What did you say? Wanyan Zonghan?"
Li Qi looked at the man in surprise.
The man nodded vigorously and said: "I dare to guarantee my position with my head. Wanyan Zonghan suddenly led an army to attack our base camp, broke the embankment and released water, and took advantage of the water's strength to use fireboats to attack our camp on the water."
"Breaking the embankments and releasing water again?"
The hatred in Li Qi's heart, your mother's Wanyan Zonghan is really frugal enough. Aren't you tired of using one move twice in a month?
Zongze said: "Building a camp on the water is supposed to prevent the opponent's fire attack. So what are the navy doing? How can the enemy's fire ships easily approach the camp?"
The man looked embarrassed and said: "General Zhe thought --- thought that the opponent would not attack from the water --- therefore ---."
Although he did it intermittently, Zongze also understood that Zhe Kecun looked down upon the other party's navy, but the matter had come to this, and it was too late to pursue it now, so he asked the person who came to ask about the whole process.
After the visitor explained the war process in detail, Zongze asked him to leave, because if he didn't leave, Zhao Kai might get angry.
As expected, as soon as this person went out, Zhao Kai slapped the low table angrily, "I am really disappointed with this discount. It is a small victory, but he is so careless and puts our army in trouble. I will definitely not be able to spare him."
He had been holding back in the past just to save face for the Zhe family. After all, most of the people here were Western troops.
Zongze suddenly stood up and knelt down and said: "Old minister is guilty, please punish me."
Zhao Kai was stunned, and hurriedly stood up to help Zong Ze, and said in surprise: "Why is Zong Aiqing like this? I don't have blind eyes, I can still tell clearly what is right and what is wrong."
Zongze said: "This matter is no wonder General, it is all the fault of the old minister. The strategic plan set by the old minister was to send troops at the same time to attack the enemies in various states and counties and defeat them one by one. However, this plan has one biggest flaw, that is
Divide the troops. If the opponent abandons the city and concentrates their forces, then our army's battle line will be too long and difficult to see from the beginning to the end. Obviously Wanyan Zonghan has seen through the old minister's plan, so if we want to judge the crime, the old minister is unshirkable."
When Zhao Kai heard this, he looked a little embarrassed.
Indeed, there is no perfect plan, only commanders who adapt to changes. The current Song Army is just like the Jin Army last month. It is leaderless. It is completely the other way around, because Zongze is also difficult to control remotely. This can only depend on the commanders.
Be adaptable.
Li Qi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Zong Zongzhifu, I think the most important thing at the moment is to find a countermeasure. Isn't it a little inappropriate to hold people responsible now?"
Zhao Kai hurriedly borrowed the donkey from the slope and said: "Yes, yes, the Privy Councilor is right. We must find a way to deal with it immediately. Zong Aiqing, do you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Zongze thought for a long time and said: "Now the Jin army obviously wants to concentrate its forces and eliminate our troops one by one. Therefore, the old minister guessed that Wanyan Zonghan's attack was definitely not to capture the city. He only had 10,000 or 20,000 troops, so it was impossible for him to do so.
The one who divided his forces to occupy these cities must have wanted to destroy our army first. Now that the Zhekecuan army has been wiped out, their next target must be Liu Kai's army in Ruzhou and Zhang Jun's army in Guizhou. We are currently
The first thing to do is to immediately send people to inform the two of them and let them concentrate their forces to defend Guizhou and Juyongguan. In addition, we should fully close the front line, switch from offense to defense, stabilize the position first, and then find a strategy to destroy the enemy."
Zhao Kai nodded frequently when he heard this, and immediately sent people to pass the edict to Guizhou and Ruzhou, asking Liu Kai and Zhang Jun to join forces quickly and leave those cities alone. Wanyan Zonghan might not be able to capture them anyway.
But whether we can make it in time, we really have to pray to heaven. After all, Wanyan Zonghan's cavalry is very fast.
After the order was issued, Li Qi added: "But this is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. If this continues, we will still be in trouble when enemy reinforcements arrive, and we must launch an attack."
Whether it's doing business or fighting, what he hates most is being led around by others.
Zongze nodded and muttered: "Wanyan Zonghan took away thousands of elites, and he sent elites to guard Zuoyun, Youyu, Baideng and other places. So at this time, there are at most about 10,000 troops in Yunzhou City, and its main force should be
They are people who were temporarily recruited. At this point, we have only one way, which is to quickly capture Yunzhou. This Yunzhou is Wanyan Zonghan's base camp. Once Yunzhou is captured, Wanyan Zonghan's army will inevitably become a lonely army. By then we will be outside.
We can block their reinforcements, and we can surround and annihilate Wanyan Zonghan's reinforcements."
Attack?
It’s easy to say, but the river hasn’t receded yet!
How to attack this?
But they had no choice. After one day, Zongze immediately issued an order to mobilize the entire army to quickly fill the river and fill the moat as soon as possible.
The wood, stones, and sand that can be thrown into the river will all be used to fill the river. In fact, the number of people is enough. The problem is that the soil is difficult to move, because you can't dig your own way out, you have to go to the side
Digging dirt on the mountain is very time-consuming in this purely human condition.
Gao Qingyi on the top of the city saw that the Song army had already made a comeback before the river water completely receded, and the entire army was mobilized. He couldn't help but feel no worries at all. Instead, he smiled and said to Wan Yanchang on the side: "General,
It seems that the Tutong side has won the victory."
Wan Yanchang nodded and said: "The good news should be back soon, but---." At this point, he paused and said: "The Song Army's method of filling the river will take only a few days.
He, this will definitely be a hard battle, we must not let the Song army reach the city wall easily, otherwise, we will have to be controlled by the Song army."
Gao Qingyi said: "I have prepared five thousand daredevils to launch a charge while the Song army is crossing the river. No matter how many people die, as long as Yunzhou City can be defended, they will not let us down."
They are just dragging, and they will definitely not be able to defeat them. When all the elites were here, they could only fight with the Song army. Now Wanyan Zonghan has transferred 8,000 elites away, and sent additional troops to consolidate the pass. There are actually not many in the city.
The elite troops relied on the solid city walls, fortresses, and newly recruited soldiers. They did not seek to win, but only sought to defend Yunzhou. This was their only purpose.
When Zhao Kai's edict was only halfway through, Ba Lisu's vanguard troops had already reached the border. He also eliminated several remnant troops of the Song army along the way. He did not stop the pursuit until he approached the Taihang Mountains. Obviously, those remnants
All the troops fled into the mountains. However, when they came to Ruzhou, they were surrounded by deserted areas. Bali Su was experienced and saw that these important roads were unguarded. He was afraid that there was a fraud, so he sent 300 people to investigate.
, the army moves slowly.
However, along the way, I really didn't meet a single enemy. Even when I arrived at the foot of Ruzhou City, although the city gate was closed, I didn't see a single soldier on the top of the city, let alone a soldier, not even a single citizen.
I did not see it.
Ba Lisu watched for a long time but still didn't understand the market situation, so he sent a team of people to take a look in front of the city gate.
This group of people were also afraid. If a group of Song troops stood up above, they would be doomed. They cautiously came to the city gate. A slightly bolder soldier stepped forward and pushed with both hands, and heard a squeak.
With a sound, the city gate opened unexpectedly, and they themselves were startled. They looked at the slowly opening field of vision in horror, but it was completely empty inside.
Ba Lisu asked them to go in and investigate again.
It’s life-threatening!
This group of people had no choice but to head into the city.
Half an hour later, they came out one after another, "General Qi, there is no one inside."
Ba Lisu frowned slightly. Wanyan Zonghan was in a hurry to send them here, with the purpose of destroying the remaining reinforcements. However, not only did they not encounter reinforcements, they did not even see a single Song soldier. It was really disappointing! So he sent them immediately.
People were asking around to find out where the Song army had gone.
One day later, Wanyan Zonghan personally led all the main forces to arrive. At the same time, news came that all the Song troops in Ruzhou had gone to Guizhou.
After Wanyan Zonghan heard this, he sighed and was very sorry. How fast could the Song army drag the people? Although Wanyan Zonghan did not say it clearly, Bali Su also came to his senses and regretted it. He should have pursued immediately at that time, and should not have waited.
Wanyan Zonghan's army hoped that Liu Kai had not gone far, so without saying a word, he immediately pointed his sword at Guizhou, and the army followed the trend southward, because Ruzhou was too close to Guizhou, and if the cavalry was fast, it would only take a day or two.
But when Wanyan Zonghan came to Guizhou, he looked at it and thought, oh my god! Song Jun must have completely retracted his head into a turtle shell.
Fortresses, stockades, and military flags are all over the mountains and plains, because Guizhou is at the foot of the Taihang Mountains. There are so many mountains and there are so many people. The iron walls, artillery, and catapults are ready. Every soldier is ready with a bow and arrow, waiting for you to attack.
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Wanyan Zonghan saw that everyone was wiping away his sweat, and thought that if this was a forceful attack, the chance of victory would be slim. Even if he succeeded, it would definitely be a miserable victory. Unless it was the final decisive battle, it would definitely not be advisable to forcefully attack.
It turned out that when Liu Kai and Zhang Jun learned that Zhe Kecun was under attack, they both sent reinforcements. However, before leaving the country, they encountered the news from Zhe Kecun's side, telling them not to go.
There was no way to save him. After learning that Wanyan Zonghan personally led the army to attack, Liu Kai and Zhang Jun were both extraordinary people. When he heard the news, he immediately understood Wanyan Zonghan's intention, and Liu Kai from Ruzhou only had a few thousand troops.
, less than 10,000. If Wanyan Zonghan comes up and besieges Ruzhou, will Guizhou come to rescue?
This is bound to make it difficult to take care of both ends.
Therefore, Liu Kai made a decisive decision and mobilized all the people in the city to go to Guizhou. They traveled day and night. He only sent a small group of troops to pick up Zhe Kecun and take the embarrassed Zhe Kecun to Guizhou.
Zhang Jun also quickly transferred back all the troops sent out to attack the city, because like Zhe Kecun, he sent out troops to attack key passes and passes that had not yet been captured, and ordered soldiers to build defensive measures to deal with the coming attack.
Jin Jun.
In fact, Liu Kai arrived about half a day earlier than Wanyan Zonghan's vanguard. If he had not been suspicious at that time and directly diverted the pursuit, he might have been able to catch up with Liu Kai's troops. This is the benevolence of a scholar.
Yan Zonghan would not think of the people at this critical moment, but Liu Kai was a scholar. When he stationed in Ruzhou, the people were very enthusiastic and gave the only food they had to the Song army, because they were all Han people.
, compatriots of the same clan, the fellow villagers burst into tears when they saw the fellow villagers, so when the common people saw that Liu Kai was leaving suddenly, they were afraid. When you came, we all chose to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. You can't leave us alone. If the Jin army knew that we had taken refuge,
If he saves you, will he let us go?
In fact, Wanyan Zonghan doesn't know how to be acquainted with common people like them, and he doesn't have the skills. He is completely here for the Song Army. Just go and do whatever you are supposed to do.
Liu Kai couldn't bear to leave these people behind, so he chose to evacuate to Guizhou with these people. This kind thought may bring disaster.
Thanks to the Song army's repeated attempts to lure the enemy deeper into the city, no one was stationed in the camp, so they became more cautious and did not dare to rush into an empty city. They stayed in Ruzhou for a day, and then Liu Kai died from his whole body.
retreat.
In this ancient war, why is it said that dividing troops is a taboo? It is because it is difficult for the commander to cover everything. Once an accident occurs, there will be no time to deal with it. This relies on the generals' ability to respond on the spot. If Liu Kai had waited until Zhao Kai's edict came,
, before choosing to abandon Ruzhou, it was too late. Wanyan Zonghan's army blocked them in the middle and separated them in half. The consequences would be unimaginable, and they might all be defeated by Wanyan Zonghan.
Liu Kai and Zhang Jun were afraid of breaking into a cold sweat when they saw Wanyan Zonghan arriving so quickly. It was only half a day away. It was really dangerous!
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