Chapter 569: A lonely man outside the sky, a moment of light and fire (Part 2)
The moment the change quietly appeared, in the main formation of the Jin Army opposite, Wanyan Zongwang and his uncle Wanyan Yanmu were talking about Medicine Master Guo. They were also a little surprised that the Wu Dynasty people could recruit such a famous general and a powerful enemy. "
"Previously, due to Zhang Jue's incident, troops came to Yanjing City. I heard that Medicine Master Guo advocated occupying the city and defending it." Wanyan's mother tilted her head on her horse and said, "It's a pity that nothing happened later. If we could have fought once,
This time I feel confident."
"That's okay, uncle. What I hope in my heart is to fight against the world's heroes. This time he can surprise me... uh..." Wanyan Zongwang was speaking boldly, and suddenly frowned. In the darkness,
He looked to one side of the battle formation and raised his riding crop, "What is that...what are they planning?"
Wanyan Yanmu also squinted her eyes for a while: "Retreat? Or regroup and attack?"
"Instruct all the generals advancing in the northeast to slow down and gather the cavalry troops at Maji Meng'an. Do not advance rashly and be on guard against fraud! Hurry!"
Following Zong Wang's order, the messengers flew down, rockets rose into the night sky, and the entire Jin Army's main formation began to operate more noisily in a tense atmosphere.
On the other side, Pharmacist Guo looked at the situation on that flank, and suddenly subconsciously galloped a few steps forward, then stopped: "What's going on! Why are you retreating!"
"It's Zhang Shuai, under Liu Shuai's command..."
"I know it's them. They've been attacking Qiu Feng from the side, just making small feint attacks. Why do they have to retreat! Pass my order and let them move forward——"
This sudden and strange situation caught Pharmacist Guo off guard. He couldn't even figure out why Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, two sworn brothers, would do such a thing. The battlefield was huge. It was night again, and when he saw the changes clearly,
At that time, the two armies on the northeast flank had already
After retreating, there was a big trough in the withdrawal, and the Jin people seemed to be shocked. Their team gathered in front of the retreating army, silent in surprise. The whole process lasted about half a stick of incense.
, countless orders and wills rushed over the chaotic battlefield.
The Jurchens blew the horn.
Then, the cavalry followed the retreating army and charged straight down!
A rout like a tidal wave began to appear on one side of the battlefield. The cavalry under Guo Yaoshi's command crossed from the flanks, trying to block the Jurchens' attack. However, the collapse had already taken place. The main formation of the Ever-Victorious Army rushed towards this side.
At the same time, he issued an order, trying to make his team and Zhang
Ling Hui and Liu Shunren distanced themselves from the two defeated troops and reorganized a tight defense, but it was still too late. The defeated army and the troops directly under their command had formed a situation where you are among me and you are among me.
The collapse of a mountain cliff gradually turned into the collapse of half a mountain.
Countless corpses flowed down the Chaobai River, and the light of fire flowed in the night sky. What was left was the continuous formation of the army, and continuous fighting. On the opposite side, the Jin army, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, once again resumed its raging offensive, heading towards the unbroken
Half of the victorious army rolled over, and Guo Yaoshi
He just subconsciously held on to the chaotic formation and led the army towards the defeat of Yanjing City. After a few years, the scene of being crushed and defeated by Xiao Qian at the foot of Yanjing City seemed to have returned before his eyes, and here
At that time, the first person to betray him was actually the brother next to him...
Late at night, countless broken troops poured into the gate of Yanjing City. The prefect Cai Jing stood on the city gate and watched this scene. His whole body became cold. As the direct troops led by Guo Yaoshi from the rear entered the city gate, the Jurchens were like a flood.
Come here and rush towards this city.
After the city gate was closed, Cai Jing ran down and found Pharmacist Guo in the chaotic military formation. He was wearing a large cloak and holding a steel knife. Half of his body was covered in blood. His eyes were bloodshot, like a tiger that wanted to devour someone.
Cai Jing did not dare to hold him accountable and said: "It will be good if the general comes back. It will be good if the general comes back. As long as the general is here, we can defend Yanjing..."
Pharmacist Guo had already gotten off his horse and turned to look at him: "Don't you ask me why I lost?"
"No matter why we failed, as long as we can learn a lesson..."
"But I really want to know why I lost!" Yaoshi Guo roared, "Follow me! Let's go and ask!"
He suddenly turned around and led the generals who followed him towards the inner city. The other generals had already begun to guard the city wall consciously. The Jurchen offensive outside the city stopped. Cai Jing followed Guo Yaoshi and walked forward.
I was in a state of confusion. Not long after, I arrived at the school on the side of the city.
This is the camp where Zhang Linghui and others are stationed. The guards in the camp were obviously on guard. Someone came up and tried to stop them. However, Medicine Master Guo ignored them at all. The people around him had already rushed to subdue the opponent. After a while, the team
Pressing in like a tide.
On the school field in the center of the camp, two generals, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, were obviously waiting for his arrival. The soldiers on both sides were confronting each other. Guo Pharmacist walked straight towards the other two. Zhang Linghui wanted to say hello, but Guo Pharmacist had already jerked a
Punch him in the face, Liu Shunren
Then he rushed over and tried to break up the fight. He was punched in the lower abdomen by Yaoshi Guo, and another punch hit him from the back, knocking him to the ground. Zhang Linghui was beaten back a few steps, raised his head and asked again.
As he was talking, Yaoshi Guo walked up to him and kicked him out.
The surroundings were tense, but under the pressure of Medical Master Guo, no one dared to take action.
"You escaped before the battle and betrayed your brothers." Medicine Master Guo walked back to his side and pulled out the steel knife from his attendant's waist. "I will kill you today. Do you have anything to say?"
Only then did Cai Jing roughly understand what had happened.
Zhang Linghui got up from the ground: "I have something to say." Then he pointed at Cai Jing, "But with him here, what should I say?"
Pharmacist Guo pointed at Cai Jing and roared: "Say it in front of him!"
Zhang Linghui gritted his teeth: "Okay, you are the eldest brother. If you want me to say something, I will say it. The people of Wu Dynasty are not worth it! They are just mud that can't hold up the wall! We can't hold it!"
"Who says I can't defend it!" Yaoshi Guo roared, "I will defeat Wanyan Zongwang today!"
"Brother, you can only defeat Wanyan Zongwang! They still have Wanyanchang's army to the west, and there are more in the rear! What about you, brother? You only have the victorious army! How much can you hold? The people of the Wu Dynasty are not worthy of trust, brother.
Have you forgotten the big defeat here last time? Have you forgotten how Zhang Jue died? They only know how to be greedy for power and money. There are no men in the Wu Dynasty!"
Pharmacist Guo looked at him and shook his head: "But this time...it was you who defeated me..."
Zhang Linghui said: "But if you win, brother, and if you fight too badly, what if you kill Wanyan Zongwang? Brother, we only have so many people in our hands, brothers don't want to be enemies with the Jurchens..."
"Is it your brother, or are you the only one who's a coward!?" Medicine Master Guo waved his hand to all the soldiers densely packed around him.
Liu Shunren came from the side: "Brother, this is also my idea..."
"Then there are two cowards among my brothers." Yaoshi Guo took a breath, "You are in a hurry to retreat. You are afraid that there will be no chance of surrender. You are in a hurry to be slaves. You say that the Wu Dynasty has no
Men, how can you be considered men yourself? You were not like this in the past... I don't like the Wu Dynasty either. I don't like Zhang Jue's incident. But how can I be like you..."
Pharmacist Guo's voice gradually became lower. Cai Jing was frightened when he heard it. After a while, he saw Pharmacist Guo's shoulders shaking: "Hahahaha...hahahaha..." and laughed. When he raised his head, his tall body
His image collapsed, his eyes and laughter were filled with sadness.
Cai Jing walked over and said: "Generals, as long as we work together, Yanjing can still be defended. As long as Yanjing is defended, there will be reinforcements from the south..." Before he finished speaking, he stopped because Guo Yaoshi turned his head and looked at
I have already set my sights on him.
He looked at Cai Jing for a long time and sighed in a low voice: "Master Cai, do you know that you people in the Wu Dynasty are like an epidemic..." After saying this, his figure suddenly rose up. Zhang Linghui originally saw him sighing and thought it was something.
There was a turning point, and he came closer. This time, Yaoshi Guo kicked him in the heart again, sending him flying backwards. He knelt on the ground and slid far away, with blood spurting out from his mouth.
"Do you know how many brothers you let me die unjustly——"
Pharmacist Guo's voice resounded throughout the camp. Seeing Zhang Linghui being kicked away, Liu Shunren took two steps back, but Pharmacist Guo just swung his knife, cut off a large piece of clothes from his body, and threw it into the sky.
"I will surrender, but from now on, we will never be friends and we will no longer be brothers."
Countless soldiers around looked at this scene.
Cai Jing rushed up: "General Guo, you can't do this..."
Pharmacist Guo reached out and grabbed his shoulders, turned around and said, "What else can we do now? Mr. Cai, please surrender."
"No, General Guo, you once said that as long as we defend the city..."
Before he finished speaking, Medical Master Guo punched him in the face, sending him flying out and landing at the feet of a group of generals.
"I gave you so much money, all you have to do is know how to nod..."
He murmured, touched his mouth, and took one last look at Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren in the camp. He looked at the many soldiers in front, then turned and walked outside. The wind was whimpering, and the huge city under the night sky
, the people of Wu Dynasty have
After operating here for two years and spending countless silver coins, the city is now towering and solid, like a crouching giant beast. To the east of the city, the Jurchens have begun to set up camp. Tomorrow, they will start making siege equipment and make psychological preparations for a long-term attack.
A person's ambition, in such a night, cuts through the sky and passes away quietly.
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In the capital, the Prime Minister's Mansion was chaotic and noisy. In the study, all the information that Ning Yi brought, together with many documents taken from the Ministry of Household Affairs, were summarized and classified here. In the year of Yao Zu, Ji Kun, Wenren Buer
Others are doing various kinds of work here.
"The edict to confer the title of King of Yan on Pharmacist Guo is about to be issued..." Ning Yi looked at the document in his hand, drinking tea and talking casually.
"The Holy One is scared." Putting a file on the shelf next to him, Yao Zunian said in a low voice, "As soon as the news of the Jurchens going south came, everyone knew that something was wrong, but at this time, he was crowned king...
Seek medical attention urgently."
Ji Kun said: "From a side perspective, Your Majesty seems to be very clear about the entire situation."
"Yeah, you know it better than us..." Ning Yi frowned.
While talking, Qin Siyuan came in from outside the door. He looked at the things piled on Ning Yi's table: "Is this what Li Heng said before?"
Ning Yi took a look and nodded: "Well, the terrain of the household department, the household registration information, together with Zhuji's survey of the north, all the mountainous and forest terrain that is not conducive to the cavalry's march, as well as the surrounding villages, and the preliminary plan for rural transfer...
...But now it seems that it is of no use."
When the news of the Jurchens' southern invasion arrived, there were a lot of predictions and deductions in the Prime Minister's Office, one of which was the most radical. Based on the comparison of the strength of the Jurchens against the Liao people, and the Liao people against the Wu Dynasty army.
Look, if the Jurchens play riding
With the advantage of his troops, he crazily marched southward. When he broke through Yanjing and Yanmen Pass, he would not take the important towns but only plunder the countryside. The Wu Dynasty's army would be powerless against their advance. In the end, the only battle and the decisive battle place would only be
It's Bianliang City.
Such inference results can only be discussed internally. No one dares to go up to the Golden Palace, because the other party has just started to go south. We here say: "Abandon the entire north of the Yellow River, they may have no meaning at all."
It can't be justified anywhere, but if we really want to say, how much hindrance can the hundreds of thousands of troops north of the Yellow River have on the Jurchens. Everyone seems to have no confidence at all.
This is something beyond reason and tactics. But in reality, the Jurchens' repeated victories over the Liao people seem to be evidence of this "unreality".
Under the premise that "the north of the Yellow River is of little significance" and "the Jin people's only strategic goal is Bianliang", Ning Yi asked Zhu Ji to do a lot of work. The most important thing was to survey the terrain of the area where people live north of the Yellow River.
Summarize all places that are not conducive to horse warfare to accommodate the transfer of people and food, and the clearing of the country.
needs. He even made a big move based on a lot of information from the Ministry of Revenue, a plan to strengthen the walls and clear the country within thousands of miles, and strangle the enemy's logistics. But of course, all this is meaningless now, because no one will play with him like this
.Because no one understands that there may be a "Jingkang shame" in the future.
Of course, his plan is only a preliminary idea at present, and it is still not perfect enough. We all discussed it together a few days ago. We are all smart people, so we can only discuss it as a brainstorming fantasy proposal:
The strength of the other side is that a pure cavalry attack may not require logistical support. But the problem on our side is that in a place that has been in business for more than two hundred years, the losses caused by the fortification and clearing of the country are not to mention the possibility.
Maybe it's bigger than losing this war.
"It may be useful now." Qin Siyuan walked into the room and sighed, and handed some of the information sent to everyone. Then everyone fell silent, and Wenren Buer said: "Your Majesty...
"Then he was cautious and didn't say anything further. After Ning Yi finished reading those things, he sat back on the chair. Even if he had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but think: "Are you kidding..."
The information can be roughly summarized into three pieces:
After resisting Wanyan Zongwang for several hours, Guo Yaoshi was defeated and surrendered to the Jin Kingdom. The people of the Wu Dynasty spent a lot of money to buy him back, and then used the entire Yanyun as nourishment. They worked hard to manage Yanjing City for more than two years, and overnight
With the change of ownership, there was no danger for Wanyan Zongwang to defend on his way south. By this time, the Jurchen East Route Army had probably rushed to the three towns in Hebei.
On the west road, tens of thousands of soldiers at Yanmen Pass were scattered by the army led by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin. They did not spend too much time on conquering the pass. In addition to the Wu Sheng Army guarding Yanmen Pass, there were also many soldiers recruited in the past two years.
The righteousness of the Liao people gathered together
The victorious army. Facing the Jurchens who once destroyed their entire country, these victorious armies did not show any hatred or fighting power. They all turned against the enemy and opened the door to dedicate the city. Then, they moved from Yanmen Pass to Taiyuan, and from Taiyuan to Bianliang.
, it is almost a flat plain.
Whether it is a male pass or a fortified city, just like the ancient motto, in the end, none of them will be breached from the outside. In order to prevent the Jurchens from going south, the imperial court once made a strategy of recruiting the remnants of the Liao Kingdom.
It was a near complete failure.
As for the third article, Tong Guan left Taiyuan and was on his way back to Beijing when he passed the imperial edict from the north granting him the post of privy envoy with full authority to control the war in the north.
Although he understood that the Jurchens in this era were just cheating, Ning Yi never thought that everything would be so fast. In just ten days, the entire northern defense along the Yanmen Pass line fell, and the Jurchens were driven like a torrent.
Straight down.
"Next, south of Yanmen Pass, it is our own place after all. Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed everywhere. No matter how fast they are, they will not be faster than the previous march. We still have time. Li Heng, try to organize your hands
The information will be prepared when the time comes
Combined with the interception in the north and slowing down the logistics of the Jurchens, as long as the Holy Emperor nods, all the officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs in the north will listen to your deployment. At the same time, you will also ask your Zhuji people to join in to help, move people into the mountains, take away food, and gather bait.
Cooperate with the nearby northern army to fight."
Ning Yi's eyes were complicated, and Yao Zunian said in a voice: "Master, at this time, the risk is too great to fortify the wall and clear the country." Everyone can understand this matter, even if they know that the Jurchens are powerful, even if the first line of northern defense has been
Total fall, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops behind
, it has only been ten days since the war started, and now it is proposed to clear out the Northern Territory and make the people lose their homes. The political risk is too big to bear. Maybe some people really blocked the Jurchens on the front line in Taiyuan and defeated them? Dozens?
With thousands of people, there is no reason to declare their defeat.
"There is nothing we can do." Qin Siyuan shook his head, "Fortunately, the Holy One knows... well. I won't mention it to the court for the time being. I will go to the palace later and tell the Holy One privately, and he will be approved."
Ning Yi nodded: "The order of migration should be from north to south."
Ji Kun also said: "Expand the whole matter. Maybe it is a good thing for the Duke of Chu to return to the capital. He does not want to stay in Taiyuan, so we will find reasons for the Duke of Chu. The core of this battle will definitely fall in the capital, so the country
The father-in-law returned to Beijing early to take charge. Now it sounds a bit alarmist, but the father-in-law will most likely receive the goods. Let's push him to the forefront."
Wenren Buer laughed. On the other side, Ning Yi packed up his things: "If allowed, I will go north."
Yao Zunian frowned: "Isn't it enough for Li Heng to sit in the capital?"
"The fastest intelligence feedback has the highest efficiency. Anyway, after receiving it, I don't have the energy to deal with other things. I'd better go to the nearest place and take a look. Don't worry, I will run away immediately if there is danger."
"Then I will go north with you." Wenren Buer said with a smile, "Anyway, you will run away immediately."
Qin Siyuan looked at everyone and smiled: "I'm going to enter the palace. The matter will be settled in the next two days."
The old man turned and left the room, and Ning Yi also smiled: "I'll go back and settle down first." He said goodbye to everyone.
Originally, the war had just begun, and the Right Prime Minister's Office, which was responsible for logistics, was still responsible for many trivial and complex tasks. But at this time, the sense of urgency finally subsided, and people had to prepare to take action. And right here.
During the ten days or so since the war began,
Residents in many places north of the Yellow River began to drag their families and families away from their places of residence under the threat of war. This was the first wave of relatively well-informed people in the entire Great Migration. Countless armies were quickly moving towards the front.
Mobilize at the pass.
War is a matter for soldiers, and ordinary people have no choice but to walk away or endure it silently. And in this atmosphere, there are some very special people who are either in twos or threes, or alone, holding or
Different weapons such as knives or guns, dressed in bright or shabby clothes, riding horses, boats or cars, come upstream towards the front line of the battle that heralds death... (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better updates on the novel.