Chapter 1112: The Empty City Plan (seeking a monthly ticket)
It can be said that the war in the east is completely under the control of the Song army, because Wanyan Zongwang's thousands of defeated soldiers cannot cause any trouble at all. The key lies in whether he can be captured, that's all.
However, the war in the northwest is still very tense. The war is far from over. Taiyuan Wuzi is still under siege. Now Wanyan Zonghan has divided his troops, so we must seize the time to annihilate this army outside. If they are allowed to
In another round, it will be difficult to annihilate this army. Even if we succeed, we will probably have to pay a heavy price.
Therefore, the Seed Division led 60,000 horses and marched day and night, under the stars and the moon, inquiring about the movements of the Jin army along the way. When they were about to reach Handan, he learned from some of the people around him who had not left at the beginning.
The movement of this Jin army was revealed.
After repeated confirmations, it was determined that the Jin army was currently stationed beside a river fifty miles north of Handan. Moreover, the commander of this army was none other than Wanyan Xiyin.
The enemy did not dare to underestimate the enemy, nor did they advance rashly. They hid their troops near Handan and personally led a small group of troops to a high mountain south of the river to observe the enemy's camp with clairvoyance.
I saw a vast grassland by the river full of white tents, densely packed and countless. This grassland is bordered by the water in the south and mountains in the north. It is in line with the living habits of the Jurchens. At this time, many tourists were riding on the river.
Running on the side.
It is now noon, and smoke is rising from the cooking stoves by the river, and the stoves are neatly arranged.
Although there are clairvoyants among the cultivators, you can't count the number of people on the other side one by one. That is unrealistic. You have to judge by the stove. Of course, counting so many stoves is very troublesome. Fortunately, among the cultivators
With rich experience, I had a rough idea in my mind after just one glance. It was almost the same as the information I got earlier, only 20,000 people came.
After returning to the camp, the soldiers gathered together to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.
One of his aides, Gu Qian, said: "The Jin army's camp is close to mountains and rivers, and the mountains are dangerous. Most of us are cavalry and cannot go up and down the mountains. It is difficult to attack from both sides. If we want to bypass the mountains and attack from the front and back,
, it will take a lot of time, and there is a risk of being discovered by the enemy."
Zhong Shizhong nodded and said: "But we must fight quickly. We can't delay. If the enemy knows about it, I'm afraid they will retreat immediately."
Zhong Yan said: "The enemy only has 20,000 troops. Even if they fight head-on, we are not afraid. Besides, we are in the dark and they are in the light. I am willing to lead the troops to sneak attack the enemy's camp."
General Qu Ke also said: "The general agrees with the plan of seduction. This battle is inevitable. If we can annihilate this army as soon as possible, then we can rush to join the Zhejia army as soon as possible and encircle and annihilate the Jin army in Taiyuan."
military."
The other soldiers also nodded in agreement with the planting strategy.
The seed divisions also felt that this was the only way they could do it at the moment. Although they had many people, it was difficult to attack from a flank due to the terrain. However, with three times the number of people in a head-on confrontation, the seed divisions still had great confidence, so they agreed that no
Give the Jin Army a chance to notice, send troops immediately, and sneak attack the Jin Army's Jinzhai tonight.
...
The bright moon is in the sky. The silver moonlight gently shines on the river. Although there are no ripples, it is sparkling, adding to the beauty of the night.
Fourth watch time. This is when people are most sleepy, and it is also the time when they sleep most soundly.
Qu Ke, together with Zhong Shi's two sons Zhong Hao. Zhong Hao led an army of 30,000 people under the cover of night, slowly approached the Jin Army camp, and walked for about a meal. At this time, the Jin Army camp was at
Seeing this, all the soldiers in the army immediately mounted their horses and put arrows on their bowstrings.
"Kill!"
Zhong Yan roared loudly, and all the soldiers immediately rushed towards the Jin army's camp.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Countless rockets shot into the sky, lighting up the sky, and then crashed into the white tents. Whoosh, in an instant, the Jin Army camp turned into a sea of fire, and the night was like day.
quiet!
However, at this time, the Jin camp was completely silent. There were no expected screams or the sound of horse hooves. Even when Zhong Ji and the others rushed into the camp, not even a single person could be seen.
this---!
Zhong Xi was immediately stunned. Where are these people going?
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were in the middle of the golden camp. Looking at the empty tents, they could only hear the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground. The flames were swaying with the help of the night wind. Long figures were swaying everywhere, and the atmosphere was...
Very weird.
One person came to report: "General Qi, we have checked and found that there is no one in the entire military camp."
"General, the situation is not good!" Zhong Hao said anxiously.
Qu Ke was startled for a moment, came to his senses, and was about to give the order to withdraw. Unexpectedly, at this moment, drums were beating and there was a loud earthquake on the mountainside to the north, and then there were sounds of killing from all directions.
Qu Ke hurriedly shouted: "No, we have fallen into a trap. Get out! Get out quickly!"
"withdraw---!"
The 30,000-strong army hurriedly retreated to the camp. Qu Ke and others did not know how many people the other party had ambushed, and this was obviously a trick to lure the enemy. They had lost the opportunity, so they did not dare to fight and led the army to retreat eastward.
Running wildly all the way.
After running for about half an hour, they saw that they were almost reaching Handan City, and the sound of killing behind them could no longer be heard at all, so they stopped.
Qu Ke first ordered people to go and investigate to see if the enemy was coming. Then he adjusted his formation and was ready to fight at any time.
Soon, the sentry came back, "Report! General, the enemy is not pursuing us."
Qu Ke was curious and said: "It's strange, if the enemy set up an ambush here, how could we escape so easily. By the way, did you just see the main force of the enemy army?"
Zhong Hao and Zhong Hao shook their heads.
They just heard the sound of war drums and the sound of killing, and vaguely saw some figures moving, but when it came to the main force, they really didn't see it.
The cavalry of the Jin Army are world-famous. They are extremely fast and are best at chasing. It is impossible to be thrown away by tens of thousands of horses without even being able to see the tail of the horse. This is too weird.
Moreover, since it was an ambush, logically speaking, an army should be ambushed in front to prevent the enemy from escaping. How could the enemy escape from the camp so easily?
Zhong Zhong asked: "Could it be that the Jin Army was deliberately bluffing?"
Qu Ke shook his head and said: "I haven't figured it out yet, but I heard from the old general that this Wanyan Xiyin was both civil and military, and it was he who created the Jurchen script. Moreover, it is said that this man is familiar with our Han people's art of war and is good at using it.
I think there must be something fishy in it."
Just when everyone didn't know whether to retreat or continue the attack, fire suddenly came from the east. Everyone turned around and saw what seemed to be a huge team approaching from the opposite side.
Now Qu Ke and others were frightened. It was so late at night, and they couldn't see who the other party was, so they quickly ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.
Suddenly I heard someone in front shout: "That's General Qu on the other side."
When Qu Ke heard it, it was Gu Qian's voice, and he quickly replied: "Exactly."
Zhong Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that dad and the others are here."
His guess was correct. The person who came was Zhong Shizhong. It turned out that Zhong Shizhong was still worried and was afraid that Qu Ke would fall into the trap, so he led his men and horses to rush over. But when he saw them stopping here, he was curious and immediately asked
what's going on.
Zhong Xi explained in detail what had just happened.
Upon hearing this, the cultivator frowned and said in deep thought, "If it's as you said, it was an excellent opportunity. Logically speaking, they shouldn't let you go easily. This is so unreasonable, unless ---.
"
Speaking of this, a flash of fear flashed in his eyes, and he immediately ordered a thousand cavalry to go to Jin Camp to find out what was going on.
After more than an hour, the thousand cavalry sent came back. The general said with surprise: "Reporting to the general, there was no Jin army found around. However, the general sent someone to investigate the mountain and found that there were
There are more than a hundred war drums at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside."
"As expected."
The seed master said in shock.
Zhong Lao asked curiously: "Dad, what on earth is going on?"
Master Zhong said: "This is a suspicious formation created by the Jin Army. I estimate that there were only about a thousand people around just now."
Qu Ke said: "But what is their purpose of doing this?"
"I think Wanyan Xiyin may have an insight into our plan."
Zhong Li was surprised and said: "How is this possible? We never stopped after we came out of Daming Mansion. Could they have predicted it beforehand?"
Master Zhong shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily true. If Wanyan Zongwang met Wanyan Xiyin, or Wanyan Zongwang sent someone to inform Wanyan Xiyin."
Qu Ke said: "Even so, they only knew that Wanyan Zongwang was defeated. How could they have expected that we would come here to annihilate them."
Zhong Shizhong frowned and said: "Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Zonghan are both good at fighting. If they learned the news of Wanyan Zongwang's defeat and combined with the rumors spread by the Zhejia Army, they would be able to guess our plan.
It’s not impossible.”
Zhong Han said: "If they know our plan, then they should withdraw their troops immediately. Why are they setting up a suspicious formation here? Is it to delay our pursuit?"
"I don't think it's that simple. Even if they knew it one day earlier, if they just ran away, we might not be able to catch up. They have plenty of time." Zhongshi thought for a while, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said:
"Could it be that ---, they want to use a trick to lure the Zhejia Army out of Taiyuan, and then attack from both sides to annihilate the Zhejia Army. If so, they set up a suspicious formation here not to slow down our pursuit, but to delay
Let’s go to Taiyuan for rescue.”
At this point, the Zhongshi soldiers were sweating in cold sweat, and the rest of the soldiers were also shocked. If this is the case, then the Zhejia army will be in danger.
No matter how many there are, Zhong Shizhong quickly led the whole army to Taiyuan at full speed. If he was even half a moment late, the entire Zhe family army might be wiped out. At this time, Zhong Shizhong only hoped that Wanyan Xiyin had not left for a long time.
The reason why this kind of family army is the strongest army in the Song Dynasty is because horses are produced in the northwest. They have enough horses. When the breeder is hit, the soldiers are not allowed to dismount and rest. They have to eat on the horse. Hurry up and hurry up. Finally, they arrive in Liao.
Prefecture, and further up is Taiyuan, but at this moment, the vanguard army suddenly reported back, saying that they found another camp where Jin soldiers were stationed thirty miles away, and someone had seen a large number of Jin soldiers stationed here a few days ago.
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PS: I will continue with three updates today, and try to finish writing about the Taiyuan War in one breath. I hope everyone can continue to vote for the Little Chef.