At this time, the army was stationed a hundred miles north of Nongdong Mansion.
Compared with Jiaozhi, the war in Dali is much more complicated, because the Song army has not directly participated in the war, but sent Wu Jie and others to supervise the war. This means that Duan Zhengyan started from scratch and did not have an advantage in terms of military strength.
Therefore, the two sides fought back and forth, which was very lively.
However, due to the battle of Huichuan Prefecture, Wu Jie and Duan completed their first joint forces and defeated the Gaojiao Allied Forces. They took advantage of the situation and captured Huichuan Prefecture. In this way, Jianchang Prefecture, which is adjacent to Huichuan Prefecture, was stabilized.
Lord.
The battlefield moved to Nongdong Mansion again. If Nongdong Mansion was breached, then the Gao family's base camp, Shanchan Mansion, the capital of Dali, would be completely exposed to Wu Jie and the others. It is precisely because of this that Wu Jie,
The attack of Duan's army encountered the strongest resistance from the enemy here, and it has not yet broken through Nongdong Mansion.
Just a few days ago, Zhe Meiyue led 5,000 Western troops from Chengdu Prefecture to Jianchang Prefecture on Li Qi's order. This was the first time the Song Dynasty increased troops in Dali, but this was only done secretly and no war was declared.
At the beginning, Duan Zhengyan was a little reluctant. This Jianchang Mansion is his base camp. Why did your Song army come here?
As soon as Zhe Meiyue heard this, she led the troops and prepared to go back without saying a word.
Wu Jie quickly ordered someone to stop Zhe Meiyue, and then went to Duan Zhengyan to explain, telling him that the Western Army was not good at fighting in the south. The Song court did this just to add troops to the front line, and your target is Shanchan Mansion.
, What can you do with a marginal city like Jianchang Prefecture? The Song Dynasty has a vast land. How can we take your Jianchang Prefecture seriously? We are here to help you.
Moreover, Zhe Meiyue also lent you 8,000 horses from the Western Army to fight, which shows the sincerity of our Song Dynasty.
Duan Zhengyan thought that the 8,000 Western troops were not many, and they also lent their war horses to him. Although the Western troops were powerful, without the horses, they were even less of a concern. I guess the Song court really wanted to help him.
In order to eliminate the Gao family as soon as possible, they agreed, leaving only 3,000 people in Jianchang Mansion, and the remaining 8,000 people were all transferred to the front line.
As soon as the 8,000 men arrived, Duan immediately launched a fierce attack on Nongdong Mansion. However, when they were about to break through the outer defense line of Nongdong Mansion, they suddenly collapsed and retreated fifty miles in a row.
Duan Zhengyan looked puzzled. After asking, he found out that there were two reasons. One was that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived and they counterattacked very fiercely. The other was that Wu Jie did not use all his strength and immediately attacked as soon as the enemy's reinforcements arrived.
He ordered the troops to retreat. In fact, given the circumstances at the time, it was entirely possible to fight.
Duan Zhengyan couldn't understand Wu Jie's military skills, so he called Wu Jie. He asked very humbly: "General Wu, I heard that you, the general, suddenly ordered the withdrawal of troops yesterday?"
Although Duan Zhengyan is the commander-in-chief and Wu Jie is just a helper, because Wu Jie is in the north and south of Dali, it is like no one's land. The Gao family was frightened by the attack and became famous. From this point, it can be seen that this
Face is not given by others, it is earned by oneself.
The few thousand soldiers and horses in Mangkang County suddenly grew to 30,000. You must know that those thousands of soldiers and horses were borrowed from Tubo. As the war progressed, these people gradually regarded Wu Jie as their own.
The commander-in-chief.
Because Wu Jie himself has no soldiers, his 10,000 moon-attacking troops have now been transferred to the Jiaozhi battlefield by Li Qi. He wants to expand his power, so he is very, very good to his soldiers. You snatched them
Everything belongs to you, I don't want a penny.
This Wu Jie is actually very smart. He knows that if he wants the money, he will have to send it to the court sooner or later, so he simply uses it to gain military morale. Anyway, the trouble is not here. Who cares? I just need to win.
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This is indeed the case. Li Qi did not give Wu Jie a single soldier in the first place. It is understandable that he did so. It is impossible to blame him for this. As long as you can complete the strategic purpose, the rest is up to you.
Duan Zhengyan was relatively strong in politics, but he was not as good as he wanted in fighting. When reinforcements from Jiaozhi arrived, they almost beat him back to Jianchang Mansion. Fortunately, Wu Jie was brave enough to give up everything and lead all the troops to run wildly for seven days and seven nights.
Attacking Huichuan Prefecture, encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, they not only defeated the Gaojiao Allied Forces, but also captured Huichuan Prefecture.
Duan Zhengyan was also powerless. He had to rely on Wu Jie. He could not defeat the Gao family on his own. Therefore, after the two armies joined forces, Duan Zhengyan controlled the internal affairs, but Wu Jie gradually took control of the military affairs.
There is nothing that can be done about this. If you don't hand over the military affairs to Wu Jie, this war will not be fought.
Wu Jie nodded and said: "Exactly."
Duan Zhengyan asked curiously: "Why is this? As far as I know, our army had every hope of breaking through the enemy's outer defense line at that time."
Wu Jie smiled and said: "There is great hope."
"Oh? Then what did the general do---?"
Wu Jie said: "The commander-in-chief doesn't know. I got the news two days ago that the Gao family has been gathering troops to Nongdong Mansion. But judging from the number of additional troops, I don't think they want to defend Nongdong Mansion.
Instead, we are preparing for a massive counterattack, and during the battle a few days ago, the supporting troops that arrived came from Shanchan Mansion."
Duan Zhengyan said: "This is normal."
"This is not normal."
Wu Jie smiled and said: "Our army is advancing with great success and its morale is boosted. At this time, they should avoid its sharp edge and defend to the death. However, they are eager to counterattack. There must be something hidden in it. If I guessed correctly, it must be Jiaozhi.
The reason why Gao was urged to do this was because the privy envoy had already sent news that our Song Dynasty had defeated the main force of Jiaozhi in Guangyuan and won a complete victory in Juili Pass. This is the reason."
Duan Zhengyan didn't understand what he heard and said, "What's the relationship between the two?"
"It matters a lot."
Wu Jie said: "Now Jiaozhi has too much time to take care of itself, but at the same time he also knows that even withdrawing the reinforcements from here will not have a big effect. If the Gao family can defeat us as soon as possible, then they can immediately lead an army to rescue Jiaozhi. In this way, I
The Song army will be attacked from two sides.
They sent 20,000 to 30,000 men and horses, but they could exchange for hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from Dali. This is what Jiaozhi desperately wanted. In order to confirm my idea, I secretly ordered people to go to the border west of Jiaozhi to inquire, and sure enough,
Jiaozhi once again assembled 20,000 reinforcements in the northern area and rushed to Dali, hoping to defeat us as soon as possible so that we can return to rescue."
Duan Zhengyan was a little panicked when he heard this, and said: "If that's the case, we should take advantage of the enemy's reinforcements to capture Nongdong Mansion first."
Wu Jie shook his head and said: "No, no, the south is not as good as the north. Even if we defeat the enemy, it will be difficult to expand the results. They can retreat to Shanchan Mansion calmly. If they insist on defending Shanchan Mansion, we want to capture it.
, is also very difficult. Therefore, our goal should not be placed on those cities. Instead, it should be placed on the opponent's main force."
In fact, he had another meaning that he didn't say. Jiaozhi hoped to resolve the Dali battlefield quickly, and Li Qi also hoped very much. Otherwise, the Western Army would not be dispatched to Jianchang Mansion. If the Gao family insisted on defending the city, it would give Wu
It has caused a lot of trouble, and even if we win in the end, it will probably take a long time.
There is another point. When Wu Jie heard that Yue Fei was advancing with great success and overwhelming momentum, he was a little worried. He was very military-minded. He also knew the purpose of Li Qi's expedition. If Yue Fei attacked Shenglong Mansion first and eliminated Jiaozhi,
Then Li Qi will definitely lead troops into Dali and control Duan Zhengyan at the same time. In this case, the title of King of Zhennan that he has already cherished will probably be given to others.
Wu Jie did not agree to this. At first, he still held back and continued to fight, deliberately consuming Duan Zhengyan's power. Now that Li Qi has mobilized troops to Dali, he clearly hopes that he can deal with the Gao family as soon as possible. He no longer needs to be timid.
He was confident that he could be one step ahead of Yue Fei and lead his troops into Jiaozhi first.
This is just a normal person's thinking. Yue Fei must also have this intention in his heart. Both sides have a sense of competition.
Duan Zhengyan nodded slightly and said, "Then what does the general think we should do?"
Wu Jie said simply and clearly: "Lure the enemy to go deep, find suitable terrain, and then wipe out their main force."
Duan Zhengyan was surprised and said: "The opponent's troops in Nongdong Mansion are as many as 70,000 to 80,000!" They only have more than 50,000 troops, which is far different, and the combat capabilities of the soldiers are not as good as those of the opponent.
"This is the only way to look good. Otherwise, I won't have to worry about it."
Duan Zhengyan said happily: "Oh? Does the general have a good plan?"
Wu Jie stretched out his hand and invited Duan Zhengyan to come to the map and said: "After we get the eight thousand horses of the Western Army, plus the original cavalry, we have a cavalry of fifteen thousand people. If we can
If we make good use of this powerful cavalry, we will be able to annihilate all the enemy troops. However, there are mostly mountains here and the power of the cavalry cannot be fully exerted, so we have to find a way to lure the enemy troops to the plains.
Now under the urging of Jiaozhi, the enemy will definitely rush to counterattack, which will give us an opportunity to take advantage of it. We can pretend to be invincible and retreat. When the enemy sees that our army is invincible, they will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue us."
Having said this, he pointed at the map and said: "This is the place where I will encircle and annihilate all the enemy's main forces. This is only eighty miles away from Huichuan Mansion, on the south bank of the Jinsha River, which is about 30 kilometers away from where we are now.
About a hundred miles away, this is the only plain area within a radius of two hundred miles. Surrounded by rivers on three sides, this is an excellent terrain. If we can lure the enemy here, we can use the advantages of the cavalry to wipe out the enemy."
Duan Zhengyan felt that what he said was very reasonable, and seeing Wu Jie swearing by it again, he thought about it for a while, and finally decided to adopt Wu Jie's strategy.
Just as Wu Jie expected, after resisting Duan's most ferocious wave of attacks, the Gaojiao Allied Forces began to gather forces for a massive counterattack, and they acted very eagerly.
Duan Zhengyan saw it all, and he admired Wu Jie's military talents even more in his heart. He just hated that this man was not from Dali.
In order to make this drama more realistic, Wu Jie led his soldiers to resist tenaciously. He even planned a sneak attack before retreating for the first time, but it failed, but this was what he expected.
This sneak attack failed, which gave Wu Jie a sufficient reason to retreat, so he retreated while fighting. Whenever he retreated to favorable terrain, Wu Jie would make a show of resisting, and then retreat again.
Seeing that Wu Jie was retreating steadily, the Gaojiao Allied Forces' morale was greatly boosted, and they began to plan in their hearts to take advantage of the situation and take back Huichuan Mansion.
They are not just dreaming, because if Duan's army wants to return to Huichuan Prefecture, it must cross the Jinsha River north. This is their opportunity. They plan to take advantage of Wu Jie's crossing of the river to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop and annihilate Duan.
Clan's army, so they were chasing after him closely.
Little did they know that Wu Jie also planned to annihilate them all there.
A decisive battle will begin on the banks of the Jinsha River. (To be continued...)