Chapter 1125 One and a half (seeking a monthly ticket)
Awkward!
How embarrassing!
Hundreds of thousands of troops came here in high spirits, but they didn't know that the other side didn't even send a single soldier, making it difficult for them to move forward.
It's really disappointing.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Yanyun area has never been controlled. This is a very sad thing for the Han Dynasty, because if you don’t have Yanyun, then you don’t have the Great Wall, and you are completely exposed to the vision of the northern nomads.
, when people want to hit you, they can hit you whenever they want.
Of course, the Song Dynasty also wanted to take back Yanyun, so it fought with the Liao State in the Yanyun area for decades. After the Chanyuan Alliance, it wanted to return Zhuo, Ying, and Mozhou, but the Yanyun area mainly
Several strategic locations in the country are still in the hands of the Liao Kingdom.
After the fall of the Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty finally controlled half of the Yanyun area, but before it had time to consolidate its rule here, it was taken back by the Jin Kingdom.
Li Qi's dispatch of troops can be said to be the third time that the Song Dynasty launched a war against the Yanyun area.
Although people in the Song Dynasty always said that the Yanyun area belongs to us, in fact, Li Qi sent troops this time. The time, place and people were not on his side. Don't talk about him. Even Zhongshi Dao was not on Yanyun's side.
I don’t know much about the geography of the region, especially Yunzhou. Since General Yang Ye, the Song Dynasty has never set foot in Yunzhou. This seems to be the first time.
Zhong Shidao has lived for most of his life, and this is his first time to come to Yunzhou, so he doesn't know much about the geography of Yunzhou.
When it comes to continuous heavy rain in the past few days, not to mention Jiangnan, even Kaifeng often encounters it. When Li Qi observed the Hun River, he also thought that there would be rising water, but he thought that this little rainfall was not enough.
It prevented them from crossing the river, but he never expected that it would rise so high that the river turned into the sea. The nearby villages and fields were submerged, and it was almost impossible to see the side. Moreover, the river was so fast that he looked at it.
All scary.
A group of people stare at each other with big eyes and small eyes, which is very funny.
At this moment, Li Qi saw a group of people standing on the opposite side of the "sea" from a distance, because it was too far away. Even if he used clairvoyance, he couldn't see clearly, but Li Qi could guess who was on the other side, and he was definitely
It was Wanyan Zonghan or Wanyan Zongwang who came here to watch his jokes.
There was no way, God was helping the Kingdom of Jin. Li Qi could only lead his army to retreat to a nearby small village to set up camp, because the people here knew that a war was coming, so they all chose to avoid it.
This first attack was in vain.
But they also learned their lesson and quickly sent people to look for local people to ask when the flood would recede.
I finally found a few fishermen, but it would be better if I didn’t ask. Asking would hurt morale even more!
According to these fishermen, the original upper reaches of the Sangqian River is on the Loess Plateau in the northwest region. Once the water rises, a large amount of river sand rushes here from the upper reaches, so that the sand content of this section of the Sangqian River has already
A staggeringly high level.
This is also the main reason why the water here rises all year round.
When the Liao State ruled Yunzhou, it repeatedly sent people to build rivers to reduce the flow of water. However, in the past twenty years, due to political corruption in the Liao State, officials only cared about having fun, and no one cared about your rivers, so that this
The Sangqian River has been in disrepair for a long time, and the floods have become more severe year by year, and in recent years, due to the constant fighting here. The river has suffered serious damage, and no one is managing it, so that at this time of year, as long as
If it rains for several days in a row, the water will definitely rise here, just because of the size.
Since there had been several heavy rains in the past few days, the water was already relatively turbulent. In addition, it has been raining continuously for the past few days, and it has become what it is now. As for when the flood will recede, it can take as little as seven or eight days, or as long as
For half a month, it mainly depends on how long it rains.
What's even worse is that if you want to cross the Sangqian River, you have to take a very long detour.
If we had to wait this long, the reinforcements from the Jin Army would arrive even if they were riding donkeys.
Man is irreversible after all!
"Report! Report to the Commander-in-Chief, General Zhong has sent a message. Because the water is too strong, it may be dangerous if a ship is sent forcefully."
Li Qi sighed and said, "I understand."
This was already expected.
Yue Fei frowned and said, "Even if General Zhong sends the ships up, Wanyan Zonghan only needs to send 10,000 people to guard the shore. When we finish crossing the river and land on the shore, it won't be too late to come up and annihilate us."
Master Zhong said: "Yue Fei is right. In this case, forcibly crossing the river is a very unclear choice."
Of course Li Qi also knew that even if Han Shizhong's Fuzhou Navy arrived, he would not dare to cross the river rashly and said, "What should we do now?"
Master Zhong said: "Now it seems that it is impossible to capture Yunzhou in one go. Moreover, our troops sent out this time not only regained the lost land in Hebei, but also recovered the six prefectures of Yanshan Prefecture, as well as Yuzhou and Yingzhou.
I think we are almost there. The reinforcements from the Jin Army are about to arrive, or have already arrived, but we have no reinforcements. I think we should take advantage of the flood to retreat quickly and consolidate Yingzhou and Daizhou.
, Shuozhou, Weizhou’s defense line.”
The rest of the soldiers also nodded. Since they can't take Yunzhou, they should retreat quickly. Otherwise, there will be more and more reinforcements from the Jin army, and it will be too dangerous to stay here.
Li Qi thought for a while with a deep brow, then suddenly shook his head and said: "No. The current situation is not so bad that we need to withdraw our troops."
Zhong Shidao frowned and said, "Then what do you mean?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Now that we are here, how can we easily retreat? During the original negotiation, we gave all the money for Yunzhou. It is natural for us to be here. If we can occupy them all, that would be the best. If not,
I also want to go in half."
"Half?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, it will be divided from Sangqian River, one person and half. This Hunyuan County will be my Datong Prefecture of the Song Dynasty."
He said it was half, but in fact it only occupied one-third of Yunzhou's territory. Most areas, including Datong Prefecture, were still under the control of the Jin people.
Zhong Shidao pondered for a moment, then laughed and said: "This is a good idea. The southeast of Sangqian River is bordered by Yuzhou in the east, and Yingzhou and Daizhou in the south. This division is really suitable."
Yue Fei said: "The flood is so fierce now that even if their reinforcements arrive, they will not dare to cross the river. We can take the opportunity to build forts and dig trenches on the river bank. When the flood recedes, they will not dare to attack rashly."
"That's good, let's do it."
Li Qi nodded and smiled, and then said: "Oh, we have to send a letter to the Zhejia Army, asking them to guard the Shuozhou border and not to rush in again. We will just waste it with them."
"As commanded."
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Li Qi is a real person, so we will do what he says. He ordered the soldiers to build forts at all the important roads that day. There are at least hundreds of thousands of people here, so the speed is amazing.
Now, Li Qi hopes that the flood will recede later.
To be honest, with the current composition of this army, it is indeed a bit risky to attack Yunzhou, but when it comes to defense, everyone is an expert!
Zhong Shidao is the chief engineer of this defense system, and Yue Fei is commanding at the front line. Everyone braves the rain and speeds up the construction of defense equipment. Fortunately, Hunyuan County already has a complete set of defense equipment, which alleviates a lot of pressure on Li Qi.
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On the north bank of Sangqian River.
Wanyan Zonghan led 20,000 troops to garrison here. If the Song army dared to cross the river, he would definitely welcome it. Of course, he also understood that as long as the Song army did not break their brains, they would never forcefully cross the river.
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Originally, he planned to garrison Hunyuan County and try to prevent the Song army from entering Yunzhou, but Wanyan Xiyin suddenly rushed back from the front line and asked him to quickly retreat to the other side of the Sangqian River, because he knew this place very well and saw that
With this rain, it is expected that the Sangqian River is likely to rise. If you are stationed in Hunyuan County, once the Sangqian River rises, you will have no way to retreat, and it will also cut off you from the southwest front.
When the Song army attacks from both sides, it will be impossible to stop them.
Moreover, this flood can stop the Song army very well, and when reinforcements arrive, the crisis in Yunzhou will be relieved.
After Wanyan Zonghan heard this, he immediately decided to let Wanyan Xiyin lead the 30,000 main force to the southwest front to fight against Wanyan Yinshuke's 20,000 main force in an effort to defeat the Zhejia Army.
He himself led 20,000 soldiers to retreat to the northwest bank of the Sangqian River before the flood came.
"Report to the capital, the Song army has retreated."
After a while, another sentry came in and said, "I'd like to report to the capital that our reinforcements will arrive within three days."
Wanyan Zonghan laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "God is really helping me. In less than three days, the Song army will definitely retreat. At that time, we can launch a massive counterattack, attack from both sides with Wanyan Zongwang, and recapture Yanshan Mansion."
An aide named Gao Qingyi beside him said: "Capital, please don't be careless. If we send a few troops to Yanshan Mansion, it will be useless, but if we send too many troops, tens of thousands of Song soldiers from the southwest will take advantage of the opportunity and invade.
The state is in danger, we may be attacked from two sides by the Song army."
Wanyan Zonghan asked modestly: "I wonder what Mr. Gao would suggest."
He was the most loyal person in his life, and he regarded this Gao Qing native as his confidant and respectfully called him sir. Historically, Wanyan Zonghan was so angry that Gao Qing native was killed by a traitor. The two of them could be said to be good friends who passed away.
, Wanyan Zonghan valued Gao Qingyi's opinions very much.
Gao Qingyi said: "The most capable troops of the Song Army are all in the northwest. The Heshuo Army is already in name only. There is no army in Hebei that can be the opponent of the general. This forbidden army originally came from the capital and will retreat sooner or later. So Yanshan Prefecture
It is like being alone, and the second prince will definitely seize Yanshan Mansion. We should consolidate Yunzhou now. After this forbidden army retreats, we can first send troops to annihilate the Song army in Yingzhou and Shuozhou, and then plot Taiyuan. If
If we control the northwest, we can't help but inflict heavy losses on the Song army and cut off the Song Dynasty's food routes. Once Taiyuan is lost, we can directly take Kaifeng. As for Yanshan Mansion, even if we capture it, the emperor will not allow us to take charge of the entire Yanshan Prefecture.
In the Yun area, the second prince will definitely be sent to guard Yanshan Mansion, so why not let the second prince go and capture it, and we will take advantage of this opportunity to capture the northwest."
Wanyan Zonghan was great in military matters, but not so good in politics. He was at two extremes from Cai Jing. In this regard, he had always listened to Gao Qingyi's advice. After thinking for a moment, he understood what Gao Qingyi meant. He and Wanyan Zongwang had the military power.
It has weakened the emperor's power to a great extent. No matter how stupid Wanyan Sheng is, he will not be stupid enough to let you control the military power alone. So what else do I think of as the emperor? I'll leave it to you. Therefore, Wanyan Sheng will definitely
To balance the power of the two of them, these three people are equivalent to a triangle, restraining each other. Once the balance is broken, no one can control the situation. He nodded and said: "Sir, what you said makes sense, just listen to him, and wait for reinforcements."
When they arrive, we will send troops to Shuozhou."
But after a while, another sentry came in and said: "To report to the capital, the Song army returned and came to the other side again."
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