Chapter 79 Reversal
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On the 27th, the battle situation in Xijing suddenly reversed.
On the morning of that day, Dong Xiaochou suddenly received a message from Hulie Mansion at Zhenchuan Fort, killing Hukou. Li Hu commanded the coalition forces to defeat the Jin army on the 25th and are now chasing the remaining Jin army. It is estimated that Baishuilu can be killed directly late at night on the 27th or early morning on the 28th, and cut off the retreat of the Jin army in Zhenchuan Fort.
Hulie Mansion also told Dong Xiaochou that he received a letter from Tieying and Zhang Gaoer last night that the Jin army captured Yehuling and Shenjing Fort, and its main force was approaching Datong quickly. It is estimated that the Jin army will arrive in Changqing City tonight. Considering that the situation of the war has reversed, the Jin army on the front line of Zhenchuan Fort will quickly evacuate, Hulie Mansion suggested that reinforcements be drawn from Zhenchuan Fort to rush to Qingpi Road, encircle and kill the invading Jin army in Cailiangshan area, and fight another battle to completely drive the Jin army out of Daibei.
Dong Xiaochou was surprised and immediately sent an order to urgently inform the generals of the army of the army of the Great Victory.
Mao Jun smiled happily, holding a letter in his hand, leaned over and looked at the map carefully, "Dong Shuai, what's the idea? Is it the idea of the wife or Lao Huo?"
"In my opinion, this is Li Gang's idea." Dong Xiaochou's eyebrows were swept away, and he stroked his beard and smiled, "Madam is so happy, cheering, how could he think of fighting another battle? After hearing this news, Lao Huo's first thought must be to fight Baishuilu, where there are hundreds of thousands of war horses and millions of livestock. Of course, he had to gather all the troops to grab valuable things first to make up for the losses of this battle. Therefore, only Li Gang could think of this idea."
"This person has been by our side for many years. He is so hiding his strength and is amazing." Mao Jun smiled. "The general coach was very nice to him back then, and many people complained. Now it seems that the general coach has vision and knows people and uses it well."
"What? Do you agree to fight another battle?" Dong Xiaohou stretched out long, and a feeling of fatigue came, and he yawned several times, as if he had no interest in the suggestions of Hu Lie Mansion.
"Do we still have the strength to fight?" Mao Jun threw the letter onto the map, shook his head with a smile.
"Mao Shuai, we have the strength to fight." Wang Ping walked to the map and pointed to Baishuilu on the map and said, "The Jin army has successively divided troops, causing the Zhenchuan Fort battlefield to lose its military advantage. Now the Jin army on the front line of the Killing Hukou has been almost wiped out." Wang Ping stopped when he said this, picked up the letter and looked carefully. "The Hulie Mansion said in the letter that according to Hu Shuai's report, the Killing Hukou battle was wiped out about 30,000 enemies, more than 20,000 prisoners were captured. More than 20,000 escaped. More than 20,000 people were missing food and weapons. Under the constant pursuit of the Chief General's Day and Night, there were probably very few people who could escape back to Baishuilu. Therefore, the Chief General could easily occupy Baishuilu and form a front-and-back attack with us."
"The main force of the Jin army in Zhenchuan Fort must retreat. Although this Jin army fought with us continuously, it still has strong strength. Even if the General Commander and us attacked each other from the front and back, it would be difficult to trap them. We suffered heavy losses and were unsustainable. The General Commander probably wouldn't be able to get better. This battle cannot be fought any longer."
"The main force of the Jin army withdraws Yuanyanglu from Zhenchuan Fort. It takes at least three to four days. They have no time to inform the army from Fengshengzhou to enter Datong."
"There are about 100,000 Jin troops attacking Fengshengzhou. Some of them must attack Guihua Prefecture to ensure the safety of their retreat. In this way, they only have 60,000 or 70,000 people to attack Xijing at most." Wang Ping pointed to Cailiang Mountain and Qingpi Road on the map. "We are very close to Cailiang Mountain. We can all reach our destination within two days. If the Jin army arrives at Qingpi Road tomorrow, we will start to act the day after tomorrow. Then we can surround this Jin army."
"From the current forces of the army, we can call at least 100,000 troops." Wang Ping said. "The Yunshuo Di Feiyun Army set out to support Datong yesterday. They can reach Qingpi Road today. Yunshuo has at least six generals to use. The six Hu Lie army still have the power to fight. The Black Mountain Army, the Martial Army, and the Shenlong Army can also continue to fight. The Yunshuo Army suffered too much loss. It can no longer be called. The Wangshuo Army can arrive at Datong late at night. He has at least 30,000 to 40,000 people to use. Therefore, we can gather more than 100,000 troops to fight this battle."
Dong Xiaochou listened carefully, laughing without saying anything. Mao Jun also smiled and nodded frequently.
"This battle can be fought." Xie Zhibin said with a smile after Wang Ping finished speaking. "But how many troops do we have after this battle?"
Wang Ping was full of enthusiasm. When he heard this sentence, he looked froze. He suddenly understood the meaning of Dong Xiaochou and Mao Jun. This battle is not something that cannot be fought, but it cannot be fought.
Before the war began, the army belonging to Hulie Mansion was about 160,000, many of which were not full. Later, the Yisheng Army and Jinglei Army were expanded, but these two armies were recruits and had no combat capabilities. After more than a month of battle, the losses currently counted were about 50,000, but the actual number was definitely more than 50,000. In other words, the army that Hulie Mansion can use for combat is less than 100,000. The big tiger, which was originally powerful, turned into a sick cat with scars. At this time, even if the Jin army killed from Fengshengzhou was less than 50,000, the Hulie Mansion could not fight. If you destroy this Jin army, you will be finished. Now there are many tigers staring at Xijing, the Song people, the Jurchens, the Xixia people, and the Khitan people. These people are eyeing you. Seeing that you are no longer able to do it, you will not rush forward and eat you.
Mao Jun walked to Wang Ping, patted him on the back, and said with a smile: "You are for the general coach, but someone is not."
"The Song Dynasty does not believe us, and one mind will eat us." Xie Zhibin shook his head and sneered, "In this period, you must stop beating the Jurchens and not beat them away. The Jurchens are gone, and the biggest enemy in the north is gone, and we are the biggest enemies of the Song Dynasty." Xie Zhibin smiled meaningfully at Wang Ping, "Sometimes, cutting off one of the enemy's hands is more valuable than killing him." Wanyan Yu's urgent report and defeated the tiger's mouth.
Zong Han, Zong Pan, Yelu Yuji and other commanders came here. Everyone was shocked when they heard this news and everyone was stunned. How could this be possible? Wanyan Yu had 80,000 troops, half of which were elite Jin troops. If Li Hu wanted to defeat him, he would need at least three to five times the strength of the troops. Where did Li Hu transform his army from?
"The Song Dynasty reinforcements went north." Wanyan Yu looked pale and handed the letter to Zong Han. "According to Pu Jianu, at least 100,000 troops came to the Song Dynasty. In addition to the Khitans and Dangxiang people, Li Hu had at least 150,000 reinforcements."
"Even if Li Hu has 200,000 people, he cannot defeat the Pu family slaves." Zong Pan asked anxiously, "How did he lose? Did someone turn against him at the last minute?"
Wanyan Gao said about the rough passage, "After the main force was surrounded by the tiger's mouth, the Pu family slave gathered away the deserters and tried to rescue them, but failed. Talan, Yin Shuke and others had no choice but to abandon the infantry and lead the horse army to break through. After they met with the Pu family slave, they retreated towards Daihai, intending to go to the nearest Dezhou to get supplements first, but Li Hu led his army to pursue him relentlessly, and he once again injured the Pu family slave in the Chanhe Pond southwest of Daihe yesterday morning..."
The atmosphere in the tent suddenly solidified, and the breathing of the generals of each army suddenly became very rapid.
"How many people are left?" Zong Jun asked in a low voice.
"There are more than 15,000 people." Zong Han put the letter on the table, "Li Hu rushed over quickly, and his target was not Zhenchuan Fort, but Baishuilu. Obviously he wanted to surround us in Zhenchuan Fort." He walked to the map in three or two steps, "We retreat immediately, retreat now, and retreat directly to Yuanyanglu."
"Where is Baishuilu?" Zong Pan asked.
"Give up." Zong Han's tone was very firm, "Zong Gan of Baishuilu only had five thousand troops. After he met with the Pu family, he had no other choice except retreating."
"We still have more than 100,000 people, and we can still fight to the death with Li Hu." Zong Pan stood up suddenly and shouted.
"Yes, we still have the power to fight, but what should Zong Wang do?" Zong Han asked sternly, "Li Hu seized Baishuilu, with the purpose of tempting us to fight him in a decisive battle. He has more than 100,000 troops in his hands, and we cannot decide the outcome with him in the short term. At this time, he can draw the troops on the front line of Zhenchuan Fort to Qingpi Road to surround Zong Wang. If Zong Wang and his 90,000 troops are wiped out, we can give up Daibei from now on and never expect to unify the north again."
There was a silence in the tent. Many people were thinking about entering Xijing the moment ago, but they were about to retreat at this moment. This change was too amazing and could not be accepted for the moment.
"It will take time for us to retreat to Yuanyanglu, but Zong Wang will soon reach Xijing." Yelu Yuji reminded Zong Han in a low voice, "It is not appropriate to retreat now. We should line up near Baishuilu to restrain Li Hu's main force, so as to win time for Zong Wang to retreat."
"Send people to cross Cailiang Mountain immediately to find Zong Wang and ask him to withdraw to Fengsheng Prefecture." Zong Han rejected Yu Ji's suggestion, "Our army retreated to Yuanyanglu as quickly as possible. We can immediately enter Fengsheng Prefecture and kill Juyong Pass directly, and we can still firmly grasp the initiative of the entire battlefield."
Speaking of this, Zong Han glanced at Wanyan Gao and was furious. If he had adopted his suggestion from the beginning and conquered Fengshengzhou with his main force, Xijing would have been defeated long ago. Why would he have today’s crushing defeat? Now that he is defeated, if he wants to turn the situation around, he still has to use this move. The battle for these three months will be in vain.
"What if Zong Wang is surrounded?" Zong Jun asked worriedly.
"Then I will exchange Fengshengzhou for Zong Wang and his 90,000 troops." Zong Han said angrily, "Retreat, retreat quickly."
Chapter completed!