When Li Qi went to the south of the Yangtze River, although he also shouldered a heavy responsibility, he did it without any hurry or slowness. He had beauty accompanying him along the way, and it was endlessly relaxing and comfortable. But this time it was different. Although he also had beauty accompanying him, Li Qi's
His mood was completely different. He was racing against time. For this reason, he didn't even lead the troops. It was really a day and night journey, flying under the stars and the moon, on the official road.
In less than a month, Li Qi entered the Yanyun area and arrived in Hunyuan Prefecture on September 20th.
The predecessor of Hunyuan Prefecture is Hunyuan County. Thanks to the flood, Li Qi pulled out a tooth from Wanyan Zonghan and grabbed this small piece of land. Although it is small, Hunyuan County is a strategic location with mountains and rivers, and it is defensive.
The best place, so Zhao Kai officially promoted Hunyuan County to Hunyuan Prefecture in the second year after he came to the throne, giving Hunyuan Prefecture enough resources to consolidate the local defense.
When Li Qi and others arrived at Hunyuan Prefecture, they saw sentries galloping everywhere and soldiers patrolling day and night. It was obvious that they had entered a state of emergency alert, which made Li Qi's heart freeze.
"In a humble position (lower official, last general), please refer to Privy Envoy."
When Li Qi arrived at the gate of the military camp, Zhang Jun and other generals from the army came out to greet him.
Li Qi returned the salute, smiled softly, and said, "Old general, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you feeling well?"
The planting master said: "The Privy Envoy will remember that everything will be fine if you plant something."
"That's good, that's good."
Although this was just a polite greeting, the tone of both parties was very stiff, going back and forth without any emotion. The key is that they didn't have any thoughts.
When a group of generals came to the military camp, Li Qi naturally sat on the high seat. In fact, he didn't want to. After all, he was an old general in the army, but the official position was here. If he didn't sit down, who would dare to sit down?
After taking his seat, Li Qi stopped talking and asked straight to the point: "How is the situation now?"
The planting master's thick eyebrows intertwined for two days, and he shook his head and said: "The situation is very bad."
Li Qi frowned and said, "Is the Jin Army really going to send troops?"
The seed master nodded dejectedly and said: "We didn't notice it at first. It wasn't until the Zong Prefect received a letter that I sent someone to investigate. I found that a large number of people suddenly increased from Xinzhou to Yunzhou. I estimate that at least there are
Eighty thousand troops and horses.”
Li Qi was shocked when he heard that his illusions when he came were shattered. The Jin Kingdom had hoarded so many soldiers and horses. Who would believe that they were here to make soy sauce? Moreover, they were hoarding them in Yunzhou. This was either an attack on Xixia or an attack on Xixia.
Sending troops to the Song Dynasty. Judging from the current situation, the chance of attacking the Song Dynasty is much higher.
The seed master sighed again and said: "The Jin soldiers pretended to be tribesmen, and the merchants moved and used war horses to transport goods. I was careless and almost caused a catastrophe. Fortunately, the Zong Prefect noticed it, but now it is also extremely bad for us."
To make the growers look so sad, you can imagine how bad the situation is.
Li Qi asked: "How many troops does the other party have in total?"
Zhang Jun replied: "Yunzhou originally stocked Wanyan Zonghan's 60,000 soldiers, plus the newly added 80,000 troops, and there may be more than that. It is estimated that there are nearly 150,000, and they should all be the most elite troops in the Jin Kingdom.
troops."
"One hundred and fifty thousand?"
Zhao Jingyan exclaimed, this is tens of thousands more than the first trip south. The key is that the Jin army did not use any Jurchen troops in the first trip south, most of them were Khitans.
But this is not surprising. The first time they went south, the Jin Kingdom had just wiped out the Liao Kingdom, and the army had not yet been integrated. In addition, no one took the Song army seriously and wanted a quick victory. Therefore, Zong Han, Zong Zong
Wangdu only brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but this time it was different. The Jin Kingdom did not dare to underestimate the enemy anymore. It was actually reasonable to have 150,000 elite troops.
Li Qi also had a headache and asked again: "How many soldiers and horses do we have here now?"
Master Zhong said: "Currently there are only 60,000 soldiers and horses in Hunyuan Prefecture, and there are also 60,000 troops and horses in Huanzhou. Plus the 40,000 reinforcements coming from Fuzhou, the number of troops is not much different. The problem is that all of them are
There are elites, and many of us here are recruited temporarily."
The Jin army obviously had a conspiracy in advance. On the other hand, the Song army rushed to the battle and lost a step in preparation. Moreover, the Song army always maintained a numerical advantage in the battle with the northern powers. It won more defeats than it won.
, this battle would be even more difficult to win if we did not have a numerical advantage.
This is also due to the poor geographical location of the Song Dynasty. There are enemies on all sides, but the Jin Kingdom is much better. Now that Mongolia has not yet risen, Goryeo and Xixia cannot protect themselves, let alone attack, so they only have one enemy. Then
Even in the Song Dynasty, their military use could be more concentrated.
Master Zhong said: "And according to the information obtained by Zong Zhifu from Ying and Pingzhou, this army in Xinzhou is probably Wanyan Zongwang's army."
Li Qi frowned and said: "Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang are the two most powerful forces in the Jin Kingdom. They have always been independent and do not interfere with each other. Wanyan Zonghan's headquarters is in Yunzhou, Wanyan Zongwang's is in the camp, and Ping Er
Prefecture, and camp, Ping Er Prefecture is relatively close to Yanshan Prefecture, Wanyan Zongwang transferred the camp, and all the main forces of Ping Er Prefecture came to Yun Prefecture, isn't he worried that we will take advantage of the opportunity to attack the camp and Ping Er Prefecture?
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Zhong Shizhong said: "I was confused at first, but the Privy Council should not forget that most of our troops are infantry and are advancing slowly. Even if we capture the camp and level the two states, it will be difficult to go further. Judging from the movements of the Jin army,
From the looks of it, they obviously abandoned their camp to level two states and annihilated our main force first. Once the main forces of Huanzhou, Yingzhou, Hunyuan Prefecture, Daizhou and Shuozhou were defeated by the Jin army, then they could make a roundabout way back
Yanshan Prefecture will be attacked from two sides. By then, they will not only be able to recapture the camp and level the two states, but they will also be able to completely wipe out our troops in Yanshan Prefecture.
By then, the entire Yanyun area will fall into the hands of the Jin Kingdom. This also makes Zong Zhifu feel very entangled. Although he has 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, his people were all temporarily recruited from the previous war. In addition,
Even those prisoners, and if he sends troops to rescue Yunzhou, if the Jin army makes a false shot and attacks Yanshan Prefecture, then the situation will be extremely bad. But if the Zong Prefecture sends troops to Yanshan Prefecture, what if Huanzhou and Hunyuan Prefecture have
If he loses, he will also face the situation of being attacked from both sides, so he has not dared to send troops for a long time."
This is the advantage of horses. The Jin soldiers have three horses per person, and the Song army has n people and one horse. They also have many heavy weapons. The heavy infantry that is the most restrained by the Jin soldiers is extremely slow. If they have to fight a positional battle, the Song army can still fight to the death.
In World War I, if it was a guerrilla war, the Song Army would definitely not be able to win. The Yanyun area is not small, and the Song Army would not be able to concentrate its forces like the Jin Army. If the Jin Army tried to attack from both sides, as if they wanted to return, the Song Army would have won.
The hope is great, but if the Jin army concentrates its forces to destroy one side first and then detours to annihilate the other side, it will be very difficult.
Zhao Jingyan said: "In this way, it is very likely that Wanyan Zonghan's troops left Yunzhou and Wanyan Zongwang's troops left Xinzhou to attack Huanzhou and Hunyuan Prefecture at the same time."
Zhong Shizhong also knew Zhao Jingyan, and knew that this little girl was his elder brother's apprentice. He nodded and said: "Looking at the movement of the Jin Army, it should be like this, so we must defend separately. On the eve of the Yunsang Alliance, we faced
Wanyan Zonghan only had troops along his route, so Wanyan Zonghan did not dare to send troops easily. He concentrated his troops and attacked any side. We have already taken advantage of the opportunity to attack Yunzhou. If we divide our troops, both fronts may fail. Therefore, when Wanyan Zonghan was on
After requesting Xixia to send troops failed, he agreed to sign the Yunsang Alliance with us."
Zhao Jingyan said: "Now that we have Wanyan Zongwang's main force to help us, now it's our turn to face difficulties, whether to divide our forces to defend or give up one side."
Zhang Jun said: "If Huanzhou is lost, the Jin soldiers can take the opportunity to go south and take Taiyuan directly. Now all Taiyuan's troops are deployed in Daizhou and Shuozhou. If the front line is lost, it will be difficult for Taiyuan to hold it. Once Taiyuan is lost, then the Central Plains will be
It would be dangerous. But Hunyuan Prefecture is also very important. If Hunyuan Prefecture falls, we will lose contact with Yanshan Prefecture, and then the Jin Army can separate Yanyun and annihilate them separately."
Li Qi pondered for a while and said: "So, we have to fight this battle forcefully."
All the generals nodded. Unless they gave up Yan Yun, there would be no way out. Although the Jin army was concentrating its forces, strictly speaking, they were not trying to take advantage of the situation, but seeking a decisive battle with the elite Western Army of the Song Dynasty. Their intention was very obvious.
It is to annihilate the Western Army and occupy an absolute offensive position against the Central Plains. If the Jin Army is coming for the territory, it can avoid its sharp edge. But the problem is that the other side is coming for your main force. This is inevitable.
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Li Qidao: "Since we want to fight this battle head on, we must find out the true and false status of the enemy. Whether it is Yunzhou or Huanzhou, they are adjacent to Xixia. Therefore, Xixia's movements have become extremely critical. We must investigate immediately.
Know the movements of the Xixia army."
This is actually what Zhongshi is worried about. If Xixia also sends troops, it will be really bad. Zhongshi said: "As for Xixia, Yue Fei and his wife have led 20,000 Western troops to guard against Xixia's sudden attack.
Moreover, the Zhejia Army has already sent people to investigate, and I believe there will be news soon."
There is no way around this, 20,000 is already the limit. No matter how many people come from Xixia, the Zhejia Army can only give Yue Fei 20,000 troops. In fact, these 20,000 troops are just squeezed out.
Since he had no choice, and Li Qi had no good solution for the time being, he could only order the soldiers to step up their defenses and never let the Jin army take back Hunyuan Prefecture.
In the southern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the upper reaches of the Yalong River near Chengdu Prefecture, Wu Jie's Siwanzhen Western Army is stationed here.
In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Yanqin only had a small territory. After Wu Jie came, he conquered many surrounding tribes. However, he only fought a few small battles and did not have large-scale contact. The key lies here.
The tribes in the upper reaches were too poor, and the Song Dynasty was too rich. People moved to higher places. In addition, the imperial court decided to set up granaries in Chengdu Prefecture, which led to many tribes voluntarily surrendering to the Song Dynasty. Now Wu Jie has connected Chengdu Prefecture and Dali.
, occupying the entire Yalong River.
Inside the big tent.
"It doesn't make sense."
Wu Jie slapped the table and said angrily: "Young man from the Kingdom of Jin is really evil-minded, and you want to try to kill me, Yan Yun."
When the generals learned that Yan Yun was in danger, they were very panicked, because this meant that the court would definitely not give them any help, and the opponent's nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses were coming menacingly, and the difference in strength was extremely large. How could this be?
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Wu Jie swept his eyes and said, "What? Are you scared?"
All the soldiers responded in silence.
Wu Jie snorted coldly and said: "If it weren't for the emperor's decree, the enemy would already be in my pocket."
Zhang Xian said excitedly: "Might the general have a strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Wu Jie smiled and said: "The various tribes in Tubo have conflicts with each other. There must be many conflicts within their alliance, but we are united. I really can't imagine that we will lose. If the enemy wins the battle, it's okay. Once we lose, we will definitely lose."
The army was defeated like a mountain, and our army could take advantage of the situation to annihilate all their main forces. I used to think that if we had to deal with them one by one, how long would it take to fight? Now it's better, they all came to the door by themselves.
.It’s just that time has not waited for me. Such a big piece of fat meat has been delivered to my door, but it cannot be eaten. If Yan Yun is lost, the Central Plains is in danger, we--we should withdraw."
Zhao Yanqin was surprised and said: "General, are you going to withdraw from Tubo?"
Wu Jie nodded and said: "Tubo can come and get it at any time, but Yan Yun can't make any mistakes. All the officers and men must obey orders."
"The end will be here."
Wu Jie looked up to the sky and sighed, then said: "We will move northward immediately and divert to Hehuang. In this way, we can help the Western Army share some responsibilities and perhaps contain Xixia."
"As commanded."
At the same time, Wu Lin and Yue Fan led the Zhennan Army to Mangkang, because once the Zhenxi Army left, the west side of the Dali Army was very empty. This move was to prevent the Tibetan allied forces from taking advantage of the situation to attack Dali, and at the same time, it could also cover the Chengdu Prefecture.
In this way, Li Qi's plan in Tubo could only be stopped. The southern troops moved north one after another, ready to go to the north for rescue in case of emergency. r1152