MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1031 The army goes north

  Chapter 1031 The army goes north

In the dark night, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the Jin soldiers were still unable to gather, and were torn to pieces by the powerful Song cavalry. In the chaos, they could only fight alone, but they were far from the Song army in groups. Opponents of the cavalry, in the dark, cavalrymen of the Kingdom of Jin were knocked down and stabbed one by one, causing heavy casualties.

  Wan Yancha wanted to gather the army several times, but failed. Seeing that the situation was over, he had to flee to Datong City with more than a thousand cavalry. There were still a few miles away from Datong City, but more than a dozen defenders fled head-on.

  Wanyan Chaci turned pale with shock, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"

   "Report to Dutong that the city of Datong has been invaded by the Song army. The brothers can't resist it, and the city has fallen!"

   Wanyan Chaci seemed to have stepped on the ground, his eyes darkened, his body swayed, and he almost fell off his horse. Several soldiers quickly supported him, "Du Tong! Du Tong!"

   Wanyan Chaci slowly stabilized his mind, and asked again: "Where is your general?"

   "The main general's whereabouts are unknown. Someone saw him fighting fiercely with the Song army in Cangcheng."

Wanyan Chaci let out a long sigh, and looked back at the cavalry following him. There were less than a thousand of them. In the distance, the Song Army cavalry rolled up dust and covered the sky, and they were less than three miles away. Entering the city was only a dead end. one.

  He had to shout: "Follow me!"

  He fled eastward with a thousand remnants of defeated generals.

  The day was getting brighter, and after a night of fierce fighting, the golden soldiers who escaped the net could no longer be seen in the vast wilderness.

After the war, Sima, who accompanied the army, conducted battle statistics. More than 16,000 Jin soldiers died that night, including 1,800 who died in the city, and the Song army also paid nearly 4,000 cavalry casualties. , the loss is also quite heavy.

  After seizing Datong Mansion, Liu Kai was not in a hurry to withdraw his troops, but sent Liu Tie to lead 30,000 people to Weizhou to seize the northern strategic passage into Yanshan Mansion.

In Li Yanqing's overall strategy, the role of Datong Mansion is to have both offense and defense. On the one hand, it can prevent Jin soldiers from attacking Xiazhou Mansion and Lingzhou Mansion, and at the same time relieve the danger in the north of the East Road, so that both the Northwest and the East Road of the Song Dynasty can be protected. An important strategic buffer zone.

   On the other hand, the capture of Datong Mansion enabled the Song Army to threaten Yanshan Mansion from the north for the first time, and opened the channel for the Song Army to attack Yanshan Mansion from the north.

At the same time that the Song army captured Datong Mansion, Wu Jie and Zhang Jun's 60,000 coalition army was marching northward, and Liu Ziyu led 20,000 troops to Taiyuan Mansion. Attack on Zhending Mansion.

  At this time, the 250,000 troops led by Li Yanqing arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River and began to cross the Yellow River north at Baimadukou.

After Wanyan Xie also suffered a disastrous defeat at the Daming City, he was still unwilling and launched two consecutive siege battles. After paying a heavy price of 15,000 casualties, he finally had to admit that he could not capture Daming City , the Jin soldiers who attacked Daming Mansion suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the Ji army of Gao Qing's descent also suffered nearly 20,000 casualties.

Both the Jin soldiers and the Han army had low morale and lost their will to fight. After Wanyan Xie also heard the news that Wanyan Zongqian's 30,000 cavalry had been wiped out, he felt remorse, hatred, and fear, and finally died of a disease. rise.

Baima Ferry is the most important ferry in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. During the Battle of Guandu, Guan Yunchang beheaded Yuan Shao’s general Yan Liang here. The important reason here is not only that it is flat and easy to cross the river, but also that the important town of Liyang County is on the opposite bank. During the Han Dynasty, Liyang was a famous grain transfer place. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the world-famous Liyang warehouse was built, which lasted for hundreds of years. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Liyang warehouse was also one of the four major granaries in the world.

  The north of Liyang Cang is the strategically important Xiangzhou, so Li Yanqing chose Baima Ferry as the starting point for crossing the North Expedition.

On the Yellow River, hundreds of large ships were coming and going, transporting soldiers, horses and supplies of the Song Army day and night. Yanqing said: "You are handsome, the boat has arrived at the pier, please get on board!"

  Li Yanqing nodded, smiled at Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi: "Let's go! We can't delay the transportation, go to Hebei for lunch!"

  Everyone followed Li Yanqing down the pavilion and walked towards the pier. At this moment, Wang Gui quickly stepped forward and asked, "Du Shuai, I heard that Liu Kai has already captured Datong Mansion?"

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Your news came quickly, and you have indeed won it. Why, are you dissatisfied?"

   "I'm not convinced, I'm just a little curious. After winning Datong Mansion, will Liu Kai continue to enter Yanshan Mansion eastward?"

"That's for sure. It seems that I have told you all that one of the strategic goals of taking down Datong Mansion is to open the passage into Yanshan Mansion from the north. Agui, you have to work hard! Otherwise, Liu Qi will be the first to enter Yanshan Mansion. "

  Wang Gui and Liu Kai made a bet last year, betting on who would win the city of Yanjing first, Wang Gui bet on his most beloved sword for this, and Liu Kai also bet on his Dawan Huang Puma.

  Wang Gui suddenly became a little anxious, and quickly begged: "After crossing the Yellow River, can you let the humble officer lead 50,000 troops to go north first, capture Hejian Mansion, and cut off the retreat of the Jin soldiers?"

  Li Yanqing laughed, "If you just want to cut off the Jinbing's retreat, I can promise you, but if you cut off the Jinbing's retreat is just an excuse, and the real purpose is to go north to Yanshan Mansion, then I'm afraid I can't agree."

  Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said: "The humble official promised you to be handsome, only to seize the Hejian Mansion, and not to go north again. If there is any violation, I am willing to follow the military law."

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder, "I understand how you feel, how about it! I originally wanted Wu Jie to take Hejian Mansion, so you should lead an army of 50,000 to go north. If you and Wu Jie jointly take Hejian Mansion, Then leave Wu Jie to guard Hejian Mansion, and you lead an army of 50,000 to continue northward, and cooperate with Liu Kai and Zhang Jun's troops to besiege Yanshan Mansion."

  Wang Gui was overjoyed, "The humble official must take down the Hejian Mansion as quickly as possible!"

He bowed to Li Yanqing and hurried away. Not long after, Li Yanqing boarded the five-thousand stone ship with his own soldiers, and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others also boarded the ship. The ship turned around slowly and sailed to the opposite bank. go.

Li Yanqing stood at the bow of the boat, silently watching the turbid and wide Yellow River. At this moment, Yue Fei slowly stepped forward and stood side by side with Li Yanqing. ?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Of course I won't just sit back and watch, but the key is when will the 200,000 troops from their expedition to Mobei be able to withdraw to Shangjing. The Kingdom of Jin has already reinforced the 80,000 troops from Yanshan Prefecture. Shangjing is now empty of troops, and the Bohai Department is also impossible. Send troops again, and the Khitan and Xi tribes have almost been squeezed out by the Jin soldiers, so the Jin Kingdom is waiting for the 200,000 troops to return before they can reinforce the Yanshan Mansion, it will take time, and we are grabbing this time."

   "What about the golden soldiers of the Daming Mansion?"

  Li Yanqing sneered, "Wanyan Xie also fell ill, does Yue Dutong know?"

  Yue Fei was startled, "Wanyan Xie also fell ill, where did Dushuai get the news?"

   "We have an active scout team in Hebei, about 500 people. They intercepted several Jin Bing messengers and got this news from Jin Bing."

   "Are you very ill?"

   "It is said that it is relatively heavy and can no longer handle military affairs. The military affairs are in charge of the deputy commander Wanyan Yanmu. If I guess correctly, the Jin soldiers already have the idea of ​​retreating north."

  At this time, Han Shizhong stepped forward and said: "If the Jin soldiers withdraw to the north, it will be tantamount to giving up Hebei."

   "It's true, but we can't let them withdraw to Yanshan Mansion, so I agree with Wang Gui to lead the army to capture Hejian Mansion and cut off the way for the Jin soldiers."

   "What if Jin Bing doesn't go to Hejian Mansion, but takes a detour to Zhending Mansion?"

   "There is Zhang Jun's army over there in Zhending Mansion, not to mention our 200,000 army. I am confident that we will wipe out all the Jin soldiers in Hebei."

  Han Shizhong sighed, "The commander-in-chief has planned a strategy, step by step, and the humble job is really convinced!"

Yue Fei nodded silently. He also sincerely agrees with Han Shizhong's opinion. Without Li Yanqing's fighting all these years, it would be very difficult to regain his homeland by relying on their army and generals alone. The situation in the Song Dynasty will worsen.

Li Yanqing smiled lightly and said: "It's too early to talk about a big victory. Our real threat is when the main force of the Jin army retreats from the grassland. That's when the three generals Wanyan Zongwang, Zong Bi and Zong Han will also return. At that time it will be us." A real challenge."

   "I hope we have taken back Yanshan Mansion by then!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "This is also our goal for the second stage. Yanshan Mansion is not a big problem. We have an advantage in military strength. The key is the 70,000 Jin soldiers and the 30,000 Hebei Army in Daming Mansion, especially the 70,000 Jin soldiers are still very effective." , we must use various means to disintegrate and divide them, so that we will be more confident in completing the second-stage goal.”

  Yue Fei came to his senses, "Du Shuai intends to attack the Ji army?"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Ji Jun are all Han Chinese in Hebei, I believe none of them are willing to go to Beijing with Jin Bing, this is the basis for dividing them!"

It took two days and two nights to cross the river, and the 200,000 troops and supplies crossed the Yellow River. At this time, Wang Gui had already led the 50,000 troops to Hejian Mansion, and Li Yanqing led the 200,000 troops. Go to Xiangzhou in a mighty way.

  At this time, the golden soldiers of Daming Mansion have undergone earth-shaking changes.

When Wan Yanxie also learned that the 30,000 gold soldiers in Yunzhou had been wiped out by Li Yanqing, he fell down on the spot and fell into a coma. The eldest son of the old wolf master came to the Song Dynasty in order to gain prestige in the war, but unexpectedly he was on the battlefield. How could he explain to his dead brother?

Wan Yanxie has also fully understood Li Yanqing's strategy, using a bandit to confuse everyone, not only Liu Yu was fooled, but also himself, and sent 30,000 troops to Yunzhou, but was cut off by the Song army The retreat route led to the complete annihilation of the 30,000 troops isolated and helpless.

  Wan Yanxie also hated Li Yanqing to the core. He regretted his hasty decision. He finally couldn't bear the blow of internal and external troubles and fell ill. The illness lasted for nearly half a month. Instead of getting better, his condition became increasingly serious.

  The Jinbing camp in Daming Mansion was lifeless, and there were no soldiers training on the school grounds. Jinbing stayed in the big tent to avoid the scorching heat, and no one wanted to appear under the scorching sun.

  Although there are Jurchens, Bohai people, Koreans, Khitans, and Xi people among the 70,000 Jin soldiers, all of them have the same mind, morale is low, and everyone is tired of war and eager to go home.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes came from the camp, and more than a dozen soldiers rushed towards the large tent of the Chinese army. The leader was the Deputy Marshal Wanyan Zongfu. Shuai, one is Wanyan Zongfu, the other is Wanyan's mother, each of them leads 10,000 troops in the headquarters, and the other Jinbing is Wanyan Xieye's direct subordinate army.

After Wanyan Xie also fell ill, Wanyan's mother won the support of the generals by virtue of his qualifications and seniority, and was in charge of military affairs, but his philosophy was the opposite of Wanyan Zongfu's. But Yan Yan's mother firmly opposed it. He knew very well that once he returned to Yanshan Mansion, it would be tantamount to giving up Hebei.

   This not only violated the order of the wolf lord, but also did not conform to the national policy of the Kingdom of Jin. He insisted on guarding Hebei, waiting for the arrival of the wolf lord's reinforcements.

  The two quarreled many times over this, but Wanyan's mother had the latest order from the wolf lord to stick to Hebei, so his opinion prevailed.

  Wan Yan Zongfu walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army, and asked in a low voice, "How is the Marshal?"

  The soldier shook his head sadly, "Hematemesis is severe, and he has been in a continuous coma. The military doctor said the situation is not good!"

  At this time, Wanyan Xieye's weak voice suddenly came from inside the big tent, "Is it Zongfu? Come in and talk."

  Wanyan Zongfu hurried into the big tent, only to see Wanyan Xie also lying weakly on the sickbed, as thin as a bone, his face was extremely pale, but there was a gleam of light in his eyes.

  After Wan Yan Zongfu quickly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "See you, Commander!"

   "Is there any important military situation?" Wanyan Xie also asked weakly.

  Yan Zongfu nodded, "I just got the news that Li Yanqing led an army of 250,000 troops and started crossing the Yellow River north."

"ah!"

  Wanyan Xie also exclaimed, grabbed Wanyan Zongfu's hand, and said with difficulty: "Immediately. Withdraw the troops and return to Yanshan Mansion, hurry up!"

  Wanyan Zongfu nodded again and again, "I understand!"

  At this time, Wanyan Xie suddenly vomited a few mouthfuls of blood and fell on the bed. The soldiers rushed to find the military doctor.

  Wan Yan Zongfu saw the coach's lips trembling, as if he was talking about something?

  He hurriedly leaned forward and put his ear to his mouth, only to hear Yan Xie faintly say two words, "Withdraw!"

  Wanyan Xie immediately let out his last breath and passed away.

  (end of this chapter)