Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1667: The situation of Xia Liao Army, Pingliang Prefecture Camp
Chapter 1667: The situation of Xia Liao Army, Pingliang Prefecture Camp
Chapter 1667: Xia Liao Army Situation, Pingliang Mansion Camp
After saying that, Shen Tang directly asked someone to serve a large bowl of rice and greeted him, "Master Chen, since you have arrived at the military camp, there is no need to be polite. I dare not say whether you want to eat or not, but you must not let Master Chen go hungry!"
Chen Junqing wanted to say that Shen Tang and others were deliberately playing tricks on him, but he saw that everyone from Shen Tang to the generals were eating with gusto, but he really couldn't say it.
He barely managed to eat a few mouthfuls of food, and then he couldn't swallow it anymore! He usually ate carefully and mainly light food, and he couldn't eat this kind of military food.
However, Shen Tang and others were not polite, and there was no food left on the large table.
"Master Chen still seems a little uncomfortable, but that's normal. How can Lin'an compare with the army?
After some time, you will naturally get used to it.
It’s getting late today, and I think Mr. Chen is already tired, so I’ll take a rest early!”
"Come here, escort Mr. Chen to the big tent to rest!"
After Chen Junqing left, all the generals in the tent looked at each other in tacit understanding.
Shen Tang also smiled knowingly. Since this Chen Junqing has some thoughts, he should be cut off directly. If he is sensible, Shen Tang will naturally not be accommodating, and he will naturally be credited with the contribution of the Northern Expedition.
But if you have other ideas, Shen Tang is not a weak person who can be bullied.
If you want to stand on his head and use these soldiers and horses to cause chaos, you can only say that you are overthinking.
In mid-May, Zhang Hua's two vanguard troops advanced one after another, directly crossing Xining and entering Deshun Prefecture from the north.
The other route attacked Chengji, the capital of Qinzhou.
Tu Danke Ning sent a small group of soldiers and horses to ambush along the Weishui River and around Fuqiang City and Dingxi Village. After the ambush soldiers let go of the leading soldiers and horses of Xia Liao, they prepared to intercept and kill the rear grain road.
However, Zhang Hua prepared in advance that the first batch of food and grass was just bait, but there was an elite ambush in the dark!
The two sides fought several battles, but the Jin soldiers and horses were unable to succeed and suffered losses. In the end, they all retreated. After the sniper failed, the willpower of Cheng Ji's defenders was visibly reduced! The most important thing is that Cheng Ji's defenders only had one lone army left within the boundaries of Qinzhou. There are no more big stocks of golden soldiers.
Zhang Hua's follow-up troops arrived and the army besieged the city. More than ten days later, some people in the city opened the city gate to offer sacrifices to the city. The defenders in the city had already quietly retreated.
At this point, Xia and Liao soldiers and horses opened the first gap in Fengxiang Road, and Qinzhou fell.
Qinzhou Xia Liao soldiers and horses attacked everywhere, completely controlling the entire Qinzhou in a very short period of time, and then left some soldiers and horses at important city passes, and the army marched toward Longcheng in the northeast.
Almost at the same time, a troop of troops from Zhenrong Prefecture approached Huaiyuan Village in the northeastern area of Deshun Prefecture.
The entire three directions of Deshun Prefecture were controlled by Xia and Liao soldiers and horses.
Pingliang Mansion, Tu Dan Kening’s army is now stationed here!
After Tu Dankening abandoned Lintao Road and retreated eastward, he had anticipated the situation in Qinzhou and Deshun Prefecture. These two states were connected to Lintao Road and there was no danger to defend them.
If you want to defend these two states, you can only fight to the death with Xia and Liao soldiers.
However, he does not have many troops under his command now, so although it is not stated explicitly, these two states have obviously been abandoned.
Except for leaving a small group of soldiers and horses as an ambush, all the other soldiers and horses from all over the place were gathered together!
Today, he has nearly 30,000 elite soldiers under his command. However, he has already gathered most of the soldiers and horses from various state capitals on Fengxiang Road. Together with some soldiers and horses on Qingyuan Road, he now has more than 100,000 soldiers under his command.
Just now, the military report from Qinzhou came. Even though he had already known that this would be the result, Tu Dankening's expression was still gloomy!
In the large tent of the Chinese army, more than ten generals were present.
After a while, a general stood up and said, "Commander, now we have sent troops to Pingliang Mansion, but we have left other places on Fengxiang Road and many areas on Qingyuan Road empty!"
"The soldiers and horses of Lizhou in the Song Dynasty are stationed in Dasanguan area. If they send troops to the north and attack our rear directly, they will be completely unable to fight!"
"Therefore, should we send a force to garrison troops south of the Weishui River to guard the key areas?
Once the Song Dynasty sends troops, we will have certain means to suppress them!"
Tu Dankening waved his hand, "Don't worry, with the current situation, how could the Song Dynasty easily send troops?"
"Commander, the Song Dynasty has coveted Fengxiang Road for many years. It even sent troops to conquer it before. Now Fengxiang Road is empty. If they send troops, it will be almost at their fingertips. How could they not send troops under such temptation?"
Tu Dankening smiled and said, "The Song Dynasty does want Fengxiang Road, but they will not send troops at this time."
"The commander-in-chief of the Song Army is Shen Tang. You should be familiar with him. Although this man is young, he is experienced in military warfare and will never take risks easily.
Moreover, if the Song Dynasty goes north to Fengxiang Road, then we can only choose to go to war with the Song Dynasty, but this is obviously not what the Song Dynasty wants."
"Now Shen Tang has stationed troops on Tao Road and has become the oriole behind Zhang Hua. I don't know what Zhang Hua's look is now."
"However, now that Xia Liao continues to use troops to the east, it is obvious that Zhang Hua has compromised with Shen Tang! Shen Tang easily suppressed all Xia Liao's troops. Now Zhang Hua is just a sword in Jia Cong's hand."
"Shen Tang's heavy troops easily occupied the lands in Lintao, leaving Zhang Hua in a dilemma! At first, Zhang Hua was naturally unwilling to give in, so he sent out his troops to prepare for a battle with Shen Tang, but Zhang Hua ultimately underestimated Shen Tang's methods.
Almost all the 20,000 elite troops were wiped out! From this, Zhang Hua also knew that he was no longer able to fight Shen Tang again."
"In this situation, Zhang Hua has only two options left. One is to use his subordinates' strength to fight Shen Tang and fight tooth and nail.
However, Zhang Hua did not have enough confidence and did not want his troops to be completely damaged.
And the other way is to negotiate peace with Shen Tang!"
"However, Shen Tang obviously doesn't want to let Zhang Hua go, and if Shen Tang doesn't let go, Zhang Hua's troops will only die.
Shen Tang's purpose in leaving Zhang Hua's troops is to fight with us, and he will reap the benefits! However, Zhang Hua will certainly not give up, but now, Zhang Hua still gives up the confrontation with Shen Tang. The only possibility for him to continue marching is that Shen Tang gave him an irresistible reason!"
"We don't know what the conditions are that allow Zhang Hua to use his own troops to conquer the world for Shen Tang. However, we can at least know one thing, that is, before Zhang Hua's troops are wiped out, he will not waste his own. One soldier and one soldier.
Moreover, although we have many soldiers and horses, we do not have many elites. If the two sides start a war, they cannot look after each other.
Therefore, our only choice is to completely defeat Zhang Hua's troops first and try our best to preserve our strength."
"When the battle with Zhang Hua ends, regardless of victory or defeat, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty will definitely attack when we are at our weakest, and that will be the time for us to go to war with the Song army."
"So, our most important thing now is to guard the Longshan line and completely bury the Xia Liao soldiers and horses here!"