The first thousand three hundred and fifty-five chapters
The reason why Li Shengdao chose to hide in the valley can be said to have learned the lesson from the last time. Decades ago, when the Song army attacked here, the guard at that time was Prince Hongzhen. Not only did Prince Hongzhen not choose to hide, but he
He chose to go out to fight, but he was severely defeated. He couldn't help but lose the important military place of Jueli Pass, and he himself also lost his life here.
But the result of that war taught Jiaozhi a truth, that is, against these outsiders, the right time and place are their best helpers, because the last time the Song army withdrew, it was not because of defeat, but because they could not adapt to the climate here and were forced to withdraw.
, so Li Shengdao chose the retreat tactic, hoping to delay the war until the hot summer.
After some exploration, Yue Fei returned to the big tent and immediately summoned all the soldiers to discuss countermeasures.
A group of soldiers gathered around the enemy's deployment plan and thought hard. They all felt that the enemy's defense was very tight and that such a strong attack was not advisable. Even if Juili Pass was captured, a heavy price would be paid.
You must know that Li Qi specially told Yue Fei and the others before the war that our soldiers are very valuable, and the soldiers in Jiaozhi only have a low life. This is the collision of jade and tiles. If they exchange one for one, it will not be a loss for grandma.
We have gone home, and if we suffer heavy losses in a small battle with Cochin, then what is there to talk about? In the future, every war must minimize casualties, make full use of advanced weapons to attack the enemy, and try not to risk lives.
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It's funny to say that when he first fought with the Jin Kingdom, Li Qi used people to pile up the Jin Army. He had only one purpose in mind, which was to block the Jin Army's iron hoof, no matter how much it cost.
But when facing Jiaozhi, Li Qi cherished his soldiers very much and was unwilling to pay a high price.
To put it bluntly, I just look down on Jiaozhi.
A group of soldiers discussed it for more than an hour, but found no countermeasures.
After all, Wang Gui was young and energetic, and he was a little impatient. He hummed: "This Li Shengdao is really a coward. In terms of military strength, he is not much different from us, but he does not dare to come out and fight to the death."
Having said that, why didn't he understand that if it were him, he would do the same thing, because for Jiaozhi, not losing means winning, not retreating means advancing, and for the Song Army, not winning means losing.
If you don't advance, you will retreat.
Niu Gao suddenly said: "Commander of the Palace, why don't we choose to imitate the tactics of the Jin army when they went south. If they can't fight, they will go around. Capture the thieves first and capture the king first, and go directly to Shenglong Mansion."
Yue Fan shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, General Niu. This place is not like the north. Roads extend in all directions. You can go around as much as you want. The roads in the south are complicated, with mostly mountain roads. The roads are also narrow. If you choose to take a detour,
If we do, we may have to take a long detour, and the geographical location of Juili Pass is very critical. If we go around to the rear, they can either choose to attack us from the north or the south, or they can choose to encircle Wei to save Zhao and capture Guangyuan Prefecture. Our future supplies will also be lost.
We will face a huge test, and don’t forget that the Privy Councilor hasn’t arrived yet. If we are blocked by the enemy when the Privy Councilor joins us, it will be a disaster."
When Niu Gao thought of Li Qi, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, Yue Er, you are right. What I thought was too simple."
Yue Fei kept his eyes on the map. After a while, he suddenly said: "I think Niu Gao's strategy is feasible."
Niu Gao shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, the safety of the Privy Council is much more important than this little Jiaozhi."
Yue Fei said angrily: "You are really annoying, could I ignore the safety of the Privy Council?"
Niu Gao asked curiously: "What do you mean?"
Yue Fei suddenly pointed at the map and said: "This is a trail thirty miles east of Juili Pass. Tuanlian, do you know where this trail leads to?"
Nong Yunqing was a native of this generation and was very familiar with the terrain here, so Yue Fei took him south together. For Nong Yunqing, he naturally wanted to achieve military success and be promoted to a noble rank.
He looked at it carefully and said, "This trail leads to Menzhou."
The Menzhou he mentioned was Dongxi County in later Vietnam, which was also considered a big city in Jiaozhi.
Yue Fei nodded and said: "This Menzhou is also an important town in Jiaozhi. You can also go south from here."
Nong Yunqing frowned and asked again: "Does the palace commander want to divert from this trail to capture Menzhou?"
Yue Fei didn't answer but asked: "Isn't it possible?"
Nong Yunqing said: "I advise the commander to give up this plan. This trail is very narrow and is not conducive to the march of my army. Although I have not walked through it, it is said that there is a very rugged section in the middle of this trail, let alone those who attack."
The city is equipped with tools, and even our grain carts may not be able to survive, and there is a miasma area in the middle. Those who usually use this trail are the traders who come and go."
Yue Fei chuckled and said: "What you said makes sense, but if I just plan to divide my troops to capture Menzhou first, each person only needs to bring a few days of food. After capturing Menzhou, we can directly supply supplies on the spot, and then go around from Menzhou to the decisive point.
What about behind the pass, attacking the enemy from both sides?"
Nong Yunqing said thoughtfully: "This is feasible. It is much easier to attack Menzhou than to attack Juili Pass. Then Menzhou's garrison is only about 5,000. If the palace commander wants to attack Menzhou, send a group
It's enough for ten thousand people to go forward. But if Li Shengdao finds out, they will definitely intercept us from behind. This trail is too close to the pass, and the other party may have arranged sentinels there."
Yue Fei laughed and said: "Very good, very good. Niu Gao, you and I have 10,000 people. It's up to you to take this Menzhou. At that time, I will advance the army to set up camp ten miles away from Juili Pass to cover your journey from here."
Take the trail.”
Niu Gao was stunned for a moment and said: "It's no problem for me to capture Menzhou, but---."
Yue Fei interrupted him with a frown and said: "This is a military order."
Niu Gao glanced at Yue Fei suspiciously, then clasped his fists and said, "As ordered."
"Okay!" Yue Fei slapped the table and said very confidently: "I'm told that at dawn tomorrow, we will break out of the stronghold and move forward. Within half a month, I will take Menzhou and pass through the pass."
Half a month? Are you making an international joke?
Wei Ping, Nong Yunqing and others were all shocked when they heard this. Even if you attack from both sides for half a month, it would be enough to capture the Juili Pass. Besides, if you want to capture Menzhou first on the way, this time is not enough at all.
Ah. It's nothing more than talking nonsense.
But Yue Fei had already decided, and Wei Ping and the others could only obey the order.
After the meeting, Niu Gao suddenly left and returned, saying: "Yue Fei, what on earth do you want to do? This pass is a valley. Even if we attack from two sides, the other side can also respond to the enemy from both sides, although the damage may be less. But.
We still have to attack Menzhou, so it’s not much difference after all.”
Yue Fei seemed to have expected that Niu Gao would come, and said with a smile: "Do you still remember that when General Zhong Er led his troops to rescue the Zhejia Army, Wanyan Xiyin gave Zhong Er without even a single soldier?
The general caused a lot of trouble and almost wiped out the entire family army."
Niu Gao said: "I heard it from Mr. Zhong. That Wanyan Xiyin is very cunning. He laid a suspicious formation halfway along the road. Fortunately, General Zhong Er has rich experience and was not frightened by him. If it were me, there would be eight out of ten cases.
Jiuhui fell into the trap."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "There is a saying in the art of war. Know yourself and the enemy. You will be victorious in every battle. But if you look at this sentence in reverse, the way of using troops is to use the virtual to be real and the real to be virtual. At the beginning, Wanyan Xiyin set up a suspicious formation to hinder Zhong Lao
When the general comes to rescue, we can also set up a suspicious formation to induce the other party to take the initiative to attack."
"Inducing the other party to take the initiative?" Niu Gao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he seemed to understand a little, and asked doubtfully: "Then why didn't you say that just now?"
Yue Fei whispered: "You are confused. This matter is of great importance. If the enemy finds out in advance, then we will be defeated. Many of the people who were here just now are new members. I do this
I’m just afraid that the news will leak out.”
"Well, you have thought more carefully." Niu Gao asked in a low voice: "Then was the fight in Menzhou real or fake?"
Yue Fei chuckled and said: "If it's true, use some strength to fight, but you can't break the city too quickly. You have to pretend that you still have a breath left."
Niu Gao scratched his head and said, "This is really difficult."
Yue Fei laughed and said: "You have been with the Privy Councilor for the longest time. For you, this kind of thing is just a piece of cake. How difficult is it?"
"If the Privy Council heard this, we would have to be punished by military law." Although he said this, Niu Gao laughed happily.
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In fact, the current location of Yue Fei's army is only eighty or ninety miles away from Jueli Pass or Menzhou. However, because the roads in Jiaozhi are extremely underdeveloped, if they want to march along the main road, the Song army must first attack Jueli.
Pass, captured Huanglang County, and then Menzhou, but Yue Fei did not do this.
He first ordered the army to march at full speed. In just one or two days, he pushed the army to a place only ten miles away from Juili Pass and set up camp. At the same time, Niu Gao and Nong Yunqing also led 10,000 soldiers to the small road towards Menzhou.
Moving forward, the reason why Yue Fei asked Nong Yunqing to go was mainly because Niu Gao was not familiar with the local terrain.
Moreover, Yue Fei seemed to be acting in a very high-profile manner this time. He set up camp in front of the Jueli Pass, a vast expanse of white, with tens of thousands of flags fluttering in the wind, creating a huge momentum.
This war looks like it's about to break out.
Inside the big tent.
Yue Fei smiled and asked: "Is there any movement from the enemy?"
Yue Fan replied: "My army is pressing down on the border. How can the enemy dare to attack? They can only huddle inside."
"Then let them continue to cower."
Yue Fei smiled and suddenly said: "Yang Zaixing, Wang Gui."
"The end will be here."
Yang and Wang immediately stood up.
"You lead two thousand cavalry forward to call for battle. Remember, if the enemy comes out, you must flee back immediately. You must not fight. Otherwise, military law will be dealt with in front of you."
"The general will obey your orders."
"Wait a minute, bring some thunder cannons, and throw two at night to scare these Cochin monkeys. Aren't they using war elephants to scare us? Just tell them, don't let those war elephants come out to embarrass themselves. I have a few thunder cannons
We can repel those war elephants."
Yue Fei learned this move from Li Qi. When Li Qi used this move against the golden soldiers, he achieved good results. If it were used on the Cochin Monkey, the effect would definitely be more obvious.
Wang and Yang sang, turned around and left the tent.
On the same day Yang Zaixing, Wang Gui led his troops to the front of the Jiaozhi army to yell at them. The careful Wang Gui was worried that the other party would not understand Chinese, so he specially borrowed a hundred men from Nong Yunqing who had a loud voice and could speak Jiaozhi dialect.
Come.
These 100 men were holding wine jars and shouting insults at the top of their lungs. Drinking wine was good for fun. The more they drank, the more they cursed. The targets were narrowed from the entire Jiaozhi Kingdom to the eighteenth generation of Li Shengdao's ancestors, and then they insulted Jiaozhi again.
King, those curse words are really as unpleasant as they sound. All in all, they use all possible means. When they are tired, they just sit on the roadside to rest. When they have rested enough, they stand up and continue to curse.
At night, Yang Zaixing retreated two miles to set up camp, and ordered his soldiers to take turns on duty. They used three small catapults to find a hidden place in the mountains to drop thunderbolts in front of the opponent's position. Accuracy was not important, nor was it important.
You don't have to expect to be able to join the enemy camp, the key is to be loud enough.
Throw it once an hour.
Boom boom boom!
There was a thunderous explosion and the noisy Cochin soldiers were miserable. At first, they thought the other side was attacking, so they quickly got up, and when they looked outside, there was no one there. They were glad that it was a false alarm.
After a while, I went back to sleep.
But just an hour later, there was another roar, and they got up and ran out to take a look, but they still couldn't see a single figure.
When the dozen or so Song soldiers hiding in the mountains saw the Jiaozhi soldiers startled, they laughed so much that their stomachs ached and they couldn't stop at all.