Chapter 294 Han Yue devised a clever plan; King Jin was embarrassed
Previously, General Han Shizhong, who had received the mission to launch a surprise attack on Xiping Mansion in the hinterland of Xixia, led the military champion Yue Fei, as well as martial arts scholars Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Niu Gao and others, with a total of 10,000 troops. First, they took warships and set off from Qing Dynasty in the Song Dynasty
Prefecture, go down the river, pass through Huanzhou; arrive at the southeast of the border of Yanzhou in Xixia, near the Hengshan Mountains controlled by the Song Dynasty, abandon the warship and land...
Han Shizhong's troops quietly crossed the Hengshan Mountains and sneaked into the defenseless area at the foot of the Hengshan Mountains in the Xixia territory. If they encountered a small group of enemies who resisted, they would annihilate them all and prevent the enemy from reporting that the Song army's surprise troops had sneaked into the Xia territory.
Han Shizhong led his army to march day and night. After a few days, they arrived at the outskirts of Xiping Mansion.
He sent detective horses to investigate the enemy's situation and found that Xiping Mansion was indeed the Xijing City of Xixia. The thick city walls were seven or eight people high, and the moat under the city was wide and deep.
Moreover, before Han Shizhong went on an expedition, he learned from the envoys of the Song Dynasty who were envoys to Xixia that Xiping Prefecture in Xijing of the Xixia Kingdom learned from the city defense of Bianliang in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty, and there were urns built at various city gates.
Han Shizhong knew that the Wengcheng was the main defense facility of an important city, that is, a small city was built outside the city gate, with the same height as the big city, and its shape could be round or square. The round one resembled an urn, so it was called Wengcheng; the square one was also called Fangcheng.
The urn city was set up on the side, thereby enhancing its defensive capabilities. If the enemy invaded the urn city and closed the main city gate and the urn city gate, the defenders could form a "catching turtle in the urn" situation against the enemy.
Han Shizhong learned from the report of the scouting horses he sent that he found that Xiping Mansion did not send soldiers to assist Xixia's frontal battlefield. He analyzed that Xiping Mansion should be heavily guarded.
Therefore, Han Shizhong asked Yue Fei and other Wu Jinshi to study the enemy's situation. After comprehensive analysis, he decided not to rush into Xiping in a large scale, but to divide his troops to invade Xiping Mansion, and then set up ambushes along the way to lure snakes out of their holes and annihilate them, or to invade Xiping.
Attacking a city with reinforcements...
After Han Shizhong and Yue Fei discussed and formulated the military plan, the Song Army immediately took action.
Han Shizhong sent three generals, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and Niu Gao, who were close to the Jin Dynasty, each with a thousand elite troops. They found a terrain suitable for setting up an ambush every three or four miles along the road section where the Xixia rescue army was most likely to appear.
Set up an ambush.
Yue Fei, who was particularly valued by Han Shizhong, led two thousand cavalry as a mobile reserve force, preparing for a tough battle.
Han Shizhong personally led three thousand troops and called for formation outside the east city gate of Xiping Mansion...
If the Xia army in Xiping Prefecture goes out of the city to fight, then according to the plan discussed by Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and other Wu Jinshi, after Han Shizhong's troops engage the enemy, they will feign defeat and flee, leading the enemy army into the ambush set by the Song army, and then
Han Shizhong's troops killed another carbine, blocking the enemy's pursuit. Along the hillsides and other places on the left and right, there were also a pincer attack by a thousand men and horses led by Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, and Niu Gao...
If the enemy saw that they had fallen into the Song army's ambush plan and wanted to retreat back to the city, then the two thousand troops led by Yue Fei would block the enemy's retreat.
If this strategy is realized, not only will the enemy troops leaving the city be annihilated, but the enemy troops leaving the city will also be severely damaged, causing heavy losses to the enemy.
If the Xixia army from other places comes to rescue Xiping Mansion, this strategy of setting up an ambush along the way can also inflict heavy losses on the enemy.
These strategies were formulated by Han Shizhong with reference to the Zhao Guan family's tips and tricks given to him by General Guo Cheng.
However, after the Dangxiang defenders in Xiping Prefecture learned that the Song army had already attacked Zhejianghui, Mengjing, Pulecheng and other places, they knew how powerful the Song army was. They suddenly came to Xiping Prefecture and called for formation.
The Song army led by Han Shizhong adopted a strategy of avoiding his sharp edge and holding on to the city...
Even if the soldiers sent by Han Shizhong challenged and scolded the formation outside the city, the city gate of Xiping Mansion was tightly closed, and the Xixia soldiers would not come out to challenge.
Since Han Shizhong's troops were sent deep into the hinterland of Xixia to surprise Xiping Prefecture, they left all the red cannons to the Song army of Guo Cheng's troops who were attacking Xixia head-on. The gunpowder weapons they brought were lighter mountain cannons and grenades.
Gunpowder bags, etc.
After all, Xiping City is the Xijing of the Xixia Kingdom. Its city defense is strong, there is also a barbican city, and there are many defenders. This makes Han Shizhong dare not adopt rash attack tactics.
"Report! General Han, we have detected the enemy's situation." A scout reported back.
Han Shizhong, who was worried, said hurriedly: "Speak quickly!"
"My troops scouted the horse and found that a hundred miles northwest of Xiping Mansion, there was an elite cavalry force of thousands of people who came from nowhere and were stationed there to rest. It seems to have come from a long distance, but it is most likely...
Reinforcements to support the Xixia front line."
Han Shizhong immediately asked: "Please tell me in detail."
The detective captain immediately reported to Han Shizhong in more detail the situation of the Iron Kites commanded by Brother Richard that his team had seen from a distance...
Although, after the scouting captain finished his report, Han Shizhong murmured to himself:
"It seems that there are more than 3,000 Xixia elite cavalry, each with three horses, and the vital parts of both humans and horses are equipped with iron armor. It seems to be Xixia's elite heavy armored cavalry kite army!"
The captain of the detective team also nodded, and did not forget to flatter the coach Han Shizhong and said: "General Han really knows things well, and his subordinates are very impressed..."
Han Shizhong was not in the mood to listen to the flattery of the detective captain. He waved his hand and said: "Go down, investigate again, and report again."
"Obey the order!" Captain Tanma hurriedly ran out of the Chinese army's tent.
Han Shizhong summoned Yue Fei to discuss how to deal with Xixia's powerful reinforcements - the Iron Kites Army.
After Yue Fei entered Han Shizhong's Chinese army tent, the two did not exchange too many greetings...
Although Han Shizhong is more than ten years older than Yue Fei, the two have known each other since they first met.
Now, Han Shizhong's generals, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, and Niu Gao, who were all new martial arts scholars, each led more than a thousand troops to ambush the enemy in three places.
As Yue Fei's men and horses were mobile troops, they were also responsible for the rear security of Han Shizhong's men and horses who were pretending to attack Xiping Prefecture. Therefore, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei's men and horses were very close to each other, so they could be summoned.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Han Shizhong went straight to the point and told Yue Fei about the latest military information detected by Tanma. Xixia's elite cavalry Iron Kites Army was most likely coming to aid Xiping Mansion.
Yue Fei calmly said:
"Although the Iron Harrier Army of Brother Richard, the Jin King of the Xia Kingdom, was strong in men and horses, three years ago it defeated the army of Liu Fa, the famous general of the Song Dynasty;
However, although the Iron Kites Army is powerful, General Han must not forget that our Zhao Guan family invented and manufactured gunpowder weapons.
Our troops sent surprise troops deep into the Xixia hinterland outside the city of Xiping Prefecture. So far, we have not used the mountain cannons, grenades, muskets and other gunpowder weapons given to our troops by the Zhao Guan family to attack the city. This is not to leave these gunpowder weapons to the strongest troops in Xixia who came to aid Xiping Prefecture.
Reinforcements?”
Listening to the analysis of the young general Yue Fei, Han Shizhong felt that the heroes had similar opinions. He nodded with relief and said:
"Peng Ju's words are exactly what I want."
As Han Shizhong spoke, he pulled Yue Fei to the military map, and worked out a more detailed military plan with Yue Fei to deal with the Iron Kites Army...
After the military plan was formulated, Han Shizhong immediately sent three teams of messenger cavalry to deliver them quickly to the three generals Zhang Xian, Wang Gui and Niu Gao.
After Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, and Niu Gao received a secret message from the general Han Shizhong, they learned that the Xixia Kingdom had actually sent an iron kite army, and it was very likely that they would pass by their ambush point to rescue Xiping Mansion...
Of course, Niu Gao asked his literate subordinates to read the contents of the secret message to him. After listening to it, he said with great joy: "Hahaha! The Iron Harrier Army has always been praised so much. If you dare to pass by the area where my troops ambush, grandpa, grandpa
We will definitely fight until you are defeated and run away!"
Zhang Xian and Wang Gui, who were several miles away from the ambush site of Niu Gao's troops, had also seen Han Shizhong's secret military information, and they were far less optimistic than Niu Gao, the reckless man.
The two of them knew the name of King Richard of the Jin Dynasty of the Xixia Kingdom, and they also knew that the Iron Kites Army of Heavy Armored Cavalry of the Xixia Kingdom had been built by the King of Jin over the years. It had great military exploits and was frightening to hear.
However, after Zhang Xian and Wang Gui finished reading the second half of the secret military order, they became more confident in defeating the Iron Kites Army.
It turned out that Han Shizhong also wrote and discussed with Yue Fei how to deal heavy blows to the enemy at three ambush points along the way if the Iron Kites Army came to rescue Xiping Mansion, and how to encircle and annihilate them in the end...
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In Baojing City in Jingzhou, a hundred miles away northwest of Xiping Prefecture, Richard, the king of Jin Dynasty in the Xia Dynasty, led an army of three thousand iron kites and entered Baojing City to spend the night.
When Brother Richard left Xingqingfu, the capital of Xia Kingdom, he only led 3,000 iron kite cavalry and more than 9,000 horses.
When he entered Baojing City, he immediately took out the imperial edict given to him by his imperial brother Li Qianshun to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the capital of Daxia along the way, and ordered the magistrate of Jingzhou to raise enough food and grass for the iron kite army to go out for a month overnight, and asked Jingzhou to
Allocate 10,000 elite troops to accompany Brother Richard on the expedition...
Since Emperor Li Qianshun of the Western Xia Dynasty took office more than 20 years ago, he has implemented the official system of the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty in Daxia. Therefore, Jingzhou of the Western Xia also set up the official position of Zhizhou, and the Zhizhou of the Song Dynasty was able to manage its area. Military and other powers are similar.
The magistrate of Jingzhou complained repeatedly, but after he saw with his own eyes the imperial edict of Emperor Xia brought by Brother Richard, the king of Jin, he had no choice but to follow the instructions and immediately assigned 10,000 troops to Brother Richard, and transferred many places in Jingzhou The granary was opened, civilians were recruited, grain and grass were transported out of the granary, and sent to the headquarters of King Richard of Jin...
Late at night, after King Richard of Jin received a large amount of grain and 10,000 horses from Jingzhou, he immediately sent 5,000 men and horses to escape from Jingzhou and left them behind the Iron Harriers who were preparing to leave the city in the morning to escort the grain and grass.
As for the other five thousand Jingzhou soldiers and horses who seemed to be strong, Brother Richard asked them to go out with the Iron Kites Army as auxiliary troops.
Historically, the Iron Kites of Xixia did not fight alone, but required a large number of auxiliary troops to cooperate with them.
Not to mention the distance, just three years ago, when King Richard of Jin led the Iron Kites Army to challenge Liu Fa, the famous Song Dynasty general who went deep into the Xia Kingdom alone, he was not the only one who only used his three thousand Iron Kites. military.
Therefore, Brother Richard felt that it was necessary and timely to take out the imperial edict from his brother Li Qianshun in Jingzhou and urgently summon 10,000 troops as auxiliary troops for the Iron Kites Army.
Brother Richard, King of Jin, who had experienced hundreds of battles, assessed the situation. He knew that it would be too late to recruit auxiliary troops for the Iron Kites when they reached Xiping Mansion in Xijing, a hundred miles away, and they would be scattered. increased the defensive strength of Xijing.
Late that night, Brother Richard used the government office hall of Baojing City in Jingzhou as a temporary military meeting hall. He summoned ten captains of the Iron Kites Army and 10,000 soldiers and horses urgently recruited from Jingzhou. Among the twenty generals.
The person in charge of this temporary military meeting hall in the government office lobby is none other than Jin King Richard of Xixia. Below, arranged in two rows, are the ten captains of the Iron Kites Army and the soldiers and horses recruited from Jingzhou. Twenty generals.
Brother Richard looked around at the generals and said loudly:
"The Song army suddenly provoked and invaded the border, and has already captured the Zhejianghui and Mengjing defense lines of our Daxia Kingdom;
When I, the Emperor of Great Xia, heard this news, I was furious with thunder.
I have specially ordered King Gu to lead the most elite iron kite army of Daxia Kingdom on an expedition. Along the way, I have the right to recruit soldiers and horses from various states in Daxia Kingdom!"
The generals at the scene had already known about this, and they also knew that this was Jin King Richard's preparation for the following words, and it was also to let everyone know that the emperor attached great importance to this expedition.
Brother Richard said again: "Now, despite the fact that the Song army is having a lot of fun, they have occupied two cities on the border of our Daxia Kingdom with despicable and shameless sneak attacks;
However, are they the opponents of the Iron Kites Army led by King Gu?!
Not to mention that the Song Army will be defeated when it encounters the Iron Harrier Army of the Solitary King. Even if the Song Army invades outside Pule City in Daxia, they will definitely encounter the troops of Pule City Guards Fei Ting Yuan Shang. The horse’s stubborn resistance!
What you don't know is that in order to show his determination to live and die with Pule City, Fei Tingyuan Shang has sent twenty of his closest relatives, sons and nephews to the capital as hostages!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Think about it, the Song army will definitely suffer heavy losses when they attack Pule City, which has a high city and a deep pool. Moreover, their Song army has to go on a long expedition, and it will definitely be exhausted. By the time the Song Dynasty arrives,
When the army clashes with our troops, they will be defeated!"
The generals present heard the lucid analysis of General Yum Jin and Prince Richard. They also became confident along with King Jin and praised him one after another:
"What King Jin said is absolutely true. I admire you very much..."
"The King of Jin is worthy of being a victorious general. He is brave and strategic. The general will be so impressed that he fell to the ground..."
"The King of Jin is wise and powerful..."
"The King of Jin is wise and powerful..."
"Prince Jin..."
Brother Richard, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at the confident expressions of all the generals and listened to their words of praise, and he couldn't help but feel a little elated.
In fact, Jin King Richard Brother has become proud in the past three years since he defeated the famous Song general Liu Fa and his auxiliary soldiers captured Liu Fa's head. He often takes pride in his military exploits.
, and there is an intensifying trend...
Originally, Brother Richard held this late-night military meeting just to boost morale. Of course, he was very reassured about the morale of the Iron Kites Army he had brought to the present. The main reason was that he wanted to use tonight's meeting to also boost the morale of the Iron Kites.
The ten thousand auxiliary soldiers recruited from Jingzhou also had high morale and were full of determination to win.
Then, the best way is to first cheer up the generals at all levels of the Jingzhou Auxiliary Army and boost their morale.
Brother Richard listened to the generals praising him, and he said happily in Dangxiang dialect:
"The lonely king concluded that Fei Tingyuan Shang, the defender of Pule City, can hold on to Pule City for at least five days and inflict heavy losses on the Song army!"
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
All the generals applauded and praised;
Before the applause stopped, I suddenly heard someone shouting outside the lobby door:
"Report! Report!! Report on the urgent military intelligence of 100,000 people..."
The generals were clapping their hands. Some of them stopped in mid-air, and some of them had their hands together, unable to clap the next time.
There was a brief silence.
All the generals know that in Daxia, when the current emperor orders and the soldiers shout "One hundred thousand urgent military information" in Dangxiang language, the guards are not allowed to intercept, and the general must receive him and listen to the military information reported by him.
Brother Richard, the King of Jin, had just blurted out his big words and was feeling proud. After he heard the shouts of the captain of a scouting horse sent outside the hall, his expression quickly changed from the proud look before to one of curiosity and worry.
He shouted: "Come in and report!"
After receiving the order from King Jin, the panting Captain Tanma ran into the government office lobby, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said loudly in Party dialect:
"Reporting to the King of Jin, our detective horses rushed to the vicinity of Xiping Mansion in Xijing. We heard that Fei Tingyuan Shang, the lord of Pule City, led his troops to resist the Song army's siege for less than half an hour. He led his troops to flee the city. Now, Pule City has been lost!"
"Ah?!" Brother Richard, the king of Jin, was shocked when he heard this. Even before he left the capital, when he was summoned by his brother Li Qianshun, and when the two brothers discussed the enemy situation on the front line, they did not guess that Fei Tingyuan Shang Hui and his troops abandoned the city and fled so quickly...
All the generals present were shocked and couldn't believe their ears.
The King of Jin just analyzed: Fei Tingyuan Shang, the chief general of Pule City, will definitely lead his troops to resist the Song army's five-day attack and inflict heavy losses on the rebels. Isn't this a blind analysis?!
Moreover, when faced with Prince Jin’s blind analysis, he shamelessly flattered me. I felt as if I had slapped a tiger on the butt...
The faces of the generals turned red...
Brother Richard, the King of Jin, also turned red and white for a while.
The complacent look on his face that he had just analyzed the battle situation on the front line was no longer there, and instead his face was full of embarrassment and anger.
"Report to King Jin..." Captain Tanma said breathlessly:
"Also... outside our Xijing East City, there are thousands of Song troops attacking the city..."
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
Brother Richard, the King of Jin, and the generals in charge were even more shocked and incredulous.
Brother Richard asked eagerly: "Are you serious about what you said?"
Captain Tanma hurriedly reported back: "Everything I said is true. The military situation is extremely urgent. How dare you deceive the King of Jin?!"
Brother Richard waved his hand and said: "Go down and explore again!"
"Follow the order!"
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Brother Richard originally wanted to use tonight's military meeting to cheer up the ten captains of his Iron Kites Army and the generals at all levels who had recruited 10,000 soldiers and horses from Jingzhou, but he did not expect that the Song Army would attack The city was plundering land so quickly that he had no choice but to adjust his strategy...