The activities of the Song Army on the night of the twelfth day of the first lunar month, or in the early morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, may be due to the fact that the moon was gradually getting bigger, and the Jin army was aware of it almost immediately.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The distance between the two sides is too close. A sudden attack would only take an hour. Therefore, even if there was no fighting between the two sides in the past half month and there was a "peaceful atmosphere", the Jin army really could not ignore it.
A large-scale military movement is approaching.
However, Jin Army coach Wanyan Talan knew the reason earlier than these people, because just that night, someone defected to the Jin Army camp, and before the Jin Army sentries returned from figuring out the situation, they
Informed Ta Lan about the 'dramatic changes' that occurred in Yanling City.
"So...it's not your family who is in charge of Yanling now?" In the early morning of this morning, in the north of the dilapidated Changshe City, between the rivers, Ta Lazy, who came to the Chinese army's tent with a trace of energy to wake up, frowned.
After hearing the person say a few words, even though he was in a bad mood, he couldn't help but become serious. "An angel came from Nanyang and took away his power?"
"There is a vague intention of being put under house arrest!" A Song general who looked embarrassed stood under the tent, with a worried look on his face, and carefully restrained his hands. "The last general came here specifically to inform the marshal of this matter..."
"Tell me more about it." Wanyan Tarlan frowned even more when he heard this. "Who is coming? How can they easily seize the military power left behind by your family?"
"It's Yushi Zhongcheng Hu Yin!"
"What kind of official is that?"
"Second only to the prime minister, half a rank higher than other officials..."
After hearing this, Talan immediately looked at the few Jingxi Jiangren who were sitting next to him. These people nodded quickly, and some even wanted to take the initiative to stand up and explain... But Talan didn't have the motivation to learn at all, so he gave a big hand
He waved, asked the person to sit down, and then continued to ask:
"I see. I don't blame him. It's just that when did that Hu arrive in Yanling?"
"I just arrived yesterday." Li Kui answered all questions, even a little eagerly.
Wanyan Talan nodded slightly, which matched the situation in Nanyang that he only learned about yesterday morning.
However, at this point, Talan still did not ask about the military situation, but suddenly asked something else: "You said your name is Li Kui? Are you a commander under the Tokyo Left Behind Department?"
"Yes!" The person below, Li Kui, quickly responded.
"Where is the person?"
"Yishui people."
"From JD.com?"
"The marshal is very knowledgeable..."
"What a shame. I went to Jingdong last year to get beaten up. Don't you know?" Talan replied angrily. "Since you are from Jingdong, why do you work under the Department of Staying in Tokyo? According to your words,
It must be that you have a lot of trust in your family, so I was afraid that Hu Yin would take advantage of you, so I ran away... How did you get in?"
"Marshal Haojia knows." Li Kui said with a slight embarrassment below. "The last general is from Yishui. After the incident between the marshal and the fourth prince last year, he took the opportunity to occupy Mizhou with a few brothers..."
"As a result, I was attacked and killed by Li Cheng from Qingzhou next door. I had no choice but to lead the remnant soldiers to flee along Mount Tai. I first settled at Zhang Rong's house in Dongping Prefecture. However, Zhang Rong had a group of Shuibo brothers who couldn't tolerate me.
So I had no choice but to continue looking for Jeju Yue Fei, but it turned out that Yue Fei was a man of strict military discipline, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I had no choice but to leave again, and went to Tokyo..."
"Later I arrived in Tokyo, and because I was from Jingdong, I was shunned by others. I lived in many places and didn't have the nerve to go back. It wasn't until this time that my family stayed behind and started to gain momentum. I didn't trust him because I couldn't trust him..."
"This time, I am actually not only worried that Yushi Zhongcheng will take advantage of me, but I am also worried that Yue Fei will take advantage of me... I must escape from Yue Fei once..."
Li Kui kept chattering, and the scribes and generals around him were irritated, but Ta Lai listened with interest. He interrupted him from time to time, called several relevant people to testify, and then allowed him to continue talking.
In other words, this is the advantage of Ta Lai. Although he is rude, he is still an older man, and he can be regarded as rough and fine. At this time, he gradually listens to the other person's words, and can understand almost everything about the way, time, cause and effect.
What I heard was generally correct, so I felt a little relieved.
"Okay, okay..." After listening to a lot of information, and gradually relaxing in his heart, he smiled lazily. "Let's talk about the military situation!"
"Marshal Haojiao knows." Li Kui couldn't help but clasped his hands and lowered his head and took half a step forward, but stopped abruptly under the gaze of several soldiers beside Ta La. "Then Hu Yin came over and conveyed the order and took over the military power.
After that, he ordered the commander of the entire army to enter the city together with the commander who led the army alone, and then urged the battle to relieve the siege of Changshe..."
"So, the Song Army will come to attack me soon?" Ta Lalan frowned slightly, seeming quite worried.
Li Kui shook his head repeatedly: "It's good that Hu Yin pressed hard, but he is new here and he is young. How dare Army Lieutenant General Zuo dare to come here to fight against the marshal's more than 20,000 female real forces because of his few words? Therefore, we discussed for a long time yesterday, the army
Zhong Shangxia argued with him for a long time, but finally decided to send troops immediately. They divided into two groups and went north along the Jianshui River. They attacked Changge first to lure the marshal's soldiers and horses to rescue him, but it was just a pretense; the other group headed towards Changge.
Cross the Yishui River in the south and take a time lag to attack Linying. After capturing Linying, go back to Yingshui again, and then you can find a place to relieve the siege of Yancheng and Xiangcheng to make an explanation... This road is the main force, leading the army.
The one who leads the army is Yue Fei, who has an actual army of 20,000 men under his command!"
Talan thought and nodded slowly.
You must know that the situation among the five rivers (Yingshui, Jianshui, Lishui, Shangshui, and Rushui) is already very critical for the Song Army, and many key points have fallen... For example, connecting Zhongmu and Changchun
Changge of She, who was also the key point for the main force of the Jin army to return to the north, was lost from the beginning because of Han Shizhong's defeat; Linying, which was separated from Changshe by a Gongshui River and controlled the upper reaches of Yingshui River, was also lost because of the surrender of Zhang Yu;
The two front teeth that directly controlled the Nanyang Basin, namely Wuyang and Xiping, also lost one Wuyang... Therefore, the remaining strongholds of the Song Army in this area at this time are nothing more than Changshe where Han Shizhong is located, and Lu Qing is located.
Xiangcheng is where Xu Shian is, Xiping is where Zhai Chong is, and they are just here and there.
Correspondingly speaking, Wanyan Talan's 40,000 troops, excluding the 10,000 households of Yelu Mawu, and the remaining 30,000 main troops, were originally mainly distributed under these four cities in order to continue the siege.
With this arrangement, it was okay before the rivers were frozen in winter, and the cavalry came and went for support very easily, gathering and dispersing at will. However, with the arrival of the first month, the weather became slightly warmer, and the ice gradually melted in the south, but a huge flaw was revealed in the four cities of the Jin Army.
They were far apart, but these five rivers (Yingshui, Lianshui, Lushui, Shangshui, and Rushui) began to greatly inhibit the Jin army's mobility.
However, Wanyan Talan was not unaware of this. In fact, as early as after the Wuyang City was destroyed, he adopted and implemented an extremely safe tactic. He personally led 10,000 people under the Changshe City, and the rest were
In every city, there were just a few fierce soldiers who led a few thousand soldiers to besiege the city. Then he asked his son-in-law, Pucha Balu, who had free hands, to personally lead seven or eight thousand elites to support everywhere, and gathered civilian equipment.
, prepare to unplug everywhere one by one.
However, didn't Du Chong suddenly arrive on the opposite side with an army of 70,000 to 80,000 men?
Therefore, Wanyan Talan stopped this strategy, and asked his son-in-law Pucha Hubalu to lead troops to accompany him at the foot of Changshe City. At the same time, he asked the other three places, as well as Yelu Mawu, to reduce the number of troops and concentrate on supporting the troops.
At this point, he did not forget to ask Wanyan Wushu to support him, but Wanyan Wushu ignored him... and at the moment, the troops and horses here, including the scattered Han troops who surrendered and the temporarily captured civilians, were enough.
There are 25,000 people, a total of 25 fierce and powerful Jin army's main force.
And according to the combat strength of the Jin Army, with such a force, it would be impossible to go wrong against the 780,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Song Army's Tokyo Remaining Division in the wild. In addition, there is a special situation in Changshe City these days.
, it means that the Gushui River comes from the north, but splits into two parts on the north side of Changshe, with the left side clear and the right side turbid. It bypasses the city and merges into one again in the south, forming a large Hejian Island.
Of course, this statement about Hejianzhou is unscientific because it is not caused by alluvial erosion.
However, this area is also very large and vast, twenty miles long and seven or eight miles wide. It contains Changshe City and Wanyan Talan's main force, but it is also a fact... Han Shizhong can survive until now, it is more or less possible
It was partly because of this terrain; and this terrain naturally provided Wanyan Talan with a layer of natural protection, giving the Jin Army a huge sense of security.
All in all, it was reasonable and even in line with the art of war for the Song army to give up the attack on Changshe City and attack the weak points on the upper and lower roads. It was an excellent choice.
Therefore, Wanyan Tart thought for a long time, and after not noticing any flaws, he finally nodded heavily and continued to ask seriously: "Who came up with this idea?"
"It's Yue Fei, the governor of Jezhou!" Li Kui, who was anxious after waiting for a long time, quickly answered.
"It's really him. It's no wonder. After all, he's a figure in the Liangshanbo battle. He can't be underestimated!" Talan sighed, but shook his head again and again, and looked at the guard in front of him. "Go to the tent behind me and leave beside the couch.
Open the innermost box and take out ten kilograms of beads as a reward for Commander Li!"
Without saying a word, the guard quickly took out a large bag of pearls and handed it to Li Kui in person amid the sighs and exclamations of many people in the tent.
"Thank you for your hard work, Commander Li." Talan lay on his side on the main seat, squinting at each other. "You deserve a little bit of vulgar things... take them back!"
Li Kui did not dare to neglect, and immediately bowed and thanked him with the pearl in his arms. After getting up, he turned back and tried to leave... but he could not take more than two steps, but turned back with a wry smile and bowed to the ground again: "Marshal! I don't want the pearl anymore, please ask the marshal.
Give me a way out. Now that I'm here, how can I dare to go back to Yanling? Even though this pearl is good, I still have to live to enjoy it, right?"
After hearing this, Ta Lan finally pointed at the other party and laughed: "Such words make you a right messenger... Do you know that if you dared to walk out of the tent just now, I would dare to have you chopped with a knife...
Keep the beads, and take care of various errands in the civilian camp. When this happens, I will let you go back to Jingdong to enjoy some wealth!"
Li Kui was sweating profusely, so he naturally hurriedly thanked him, and then hurriedly left.
But after Li Kui left, Talan did not let Zhang Wenwu come to discuss the matter, nor did he let the two ten thousand households here, that is, the Bohai wealthy family leader and his son-in-law Pucha Hubalu come to see him. Instead, he calmly let people see him.
Prepared breakfast.
It wasn't until more than half of the breakfast was finished that a sentry rider directly entered the account according to the system and explained that smoke had been curling up from cooking fires under Yanling City since early morning. He put down the bowl, drove away the rest of the people in the account, and then called his son-in-law Pu Cha Huba
See you Lu.
When Weng and his son-in-law met, he was too lazy to tell his son-in-law about Li Kui's incident and the incident about the reconnaissance cavalry... Obviously, the right deputy marshal of the Jin Army went too far than Wanyan Wushu, but he simply ignored him.
I don't care, as long as the father-in-law and son-in-law make the decision.
Pucha Falcon Balu is in his thirties this year, which is the golden age for a Jurchen noble. He heard his father-in-law's words, so he naturally did his part. And after walking back and forth in the empty tent for a while, this Jurchen Ten Thousand Households
He had a plan in mind, but he didn't say it directly. Instead, he first asked his father-in-law about his attitude:
"Can Taishan make a decision?"
Not to mention that Academician Xiao Qin is not here, but even if he is here, this son-in-law is also the person he trusts the most. Of course he is lazy: "I think so! First of all, this is true. Then Li Kui is not telling lies..."
"Of course it's true." Falcon Balu hurried to his father-in-law and nodded repeatedly. "The military information and numbers are all right... The key is that what this person is talking about is not a top-secret plot. Our Sentinel Cavalry
It can also be distinguished clearly, but it will be a little later, so I am really careful and use these simple military information to sell for the future."
Talan nodded repeatedly: "I think so too, so I don't need to worry too much about the authenticity of this person. I'm just talking about how to deal with it right now..."
"My child has three strategies." Pucha Falcon Balu responded immediately.
"Tell me."
"The best strategy is to ignore Changge in the north and Ying in the south. When the enemy's troops are divided up and down, Lord Taishan will abandon Han Shizhong, gather the entire army from here and attack Yanling City! By then, not only will a great victory be expected, but also the enemy will be defeated.
Taishan surpassed the Fourth Prince and became the first contributor to this expedition to the south!"
"You know nothing!" Talan shook his head after hearing this. "I won't say that your strategy is too worrying about whether you can capture Yanling in a short time, nor will I say that Han Shizhong is a tiger-like figure who cannot relax until he is dead... I
I just want to ask you, your father-in-law and I still have great military merits at this time? To become the deputy marshal of the Marshal's Mansion, with only a few Bo Jilie, do you really think that with what military merits I can step on the inheritance of several Taizu families?
Is it? If I want to take a step forward in the future, I can only rely on the grace of the king."
Pucha Falcon Balu was a little stunned, but he still understood something, and then nodded slightly: "Master Taishan is right... the child is young and ignorant... then what's the right strategy?"
"What does Zhongce say?"
"Naturally, we went step by step and called Yelu Mawu to go south to protect Changge, and then notified Linying to make preparations. Now, the boy is taking ten elite Meng'an to cross the Zhuogu River to the west bank... It's on time.
He took the opportunity, and the cavalry rushed up, crushing alive the main force of the Song Army that dared to fight the most under Linying City! After this battle, although the Song Army still has a large scale, it must be discouraged, and can only sit back and watch us waste away the four soldiers.
City, things went back to normal."
Talan hesitated for a moment, then continued to ask: "What's the next best thing?"
"The next step is actually simpler... Ignore Linying, I will cross the Qingshui River and wait for orders. When the enemy makes a move, I will directly use the advantage of the cavalry to set up an ambush at the foot of Changge City, and then attack the first army from the north.
The Song Army can do that."
"What is this?" Ta Lai was puzzled for a moment. "What do you mean?"
"Taishan, think about it... What is the key to this battle? Is it Xiping, Xiangcheng, or Yancheng? None of them. For us, the most important thing is Changshe or Han Shizhong."
"This is very appropriate." Talan suddenly realized. "I understand what you mean... Changshe is the foundation, Changge is the retreat, so it is also the place that must be saved. Gains and losses in Linying do not matter, the key is the path.
It's still a long time and we still have to cross the river. The Song army is still late in setting off, so if we can quickly defeat the enemy army under the cover of Changge, then the Song army may not dare to attack Linying anymore?"
"Master Taishan said it thoroughly." Falcon Balu praised him repeatedly, but he said it again seriously. "So, sir, just make your decision, and then just sit here and let me go and defeat the enemy!"
Talan hesitated for a moment, but then said slowly: "I think the next step is the best!"
Pucha Falcon Balu nodded immediately... He didn't think he had to choose a certain strategy. His father-in-law was becoming more and more lazy, so it would be good if he could make a decision.
However, Talan couldn't help but explain a few more words: "Fulcan Balu, I have already refuted your best strategy, so I won't say more. In fact, according to my opinion, it should be the safest and best strategy.
...But I have also fought in the army and hunted with Emperor Taizu, and I also have some thoughts on the art of war... In military affairs, the simpler, the better! Any strategies or ideas, the more you think about them, the more you think about them.
The more you do, the more likely it is that something will happen! And don’t delay! There is a saying in the Song Dynasty that changes come with delay! That’s why I chose your last strategy!”
"Master Taishan is absolutely right!" Pucha Falcon Balu immediately sat up straight and responded. "Then I will order my troops and horses to cross the river and wait for orders. I will just wait for the military intelligence from the front to report, and then directly dispatch the camera?"
"Go!" Talan simply nodded, but warned again. "When I went out, I asked the civilian husband camp Wang Canjun who was waiting at the door to keep an eye on Li Kui these days..."
"Here!" Falcon Balu didn't hesitate anymore, stood up and left as ordered.
After Wanyan Tarlan watched his son-in-law leave the tent, he continued to eat breakfast with his head down. However, after taking a mouthful of porridge, he realized that it was already cold. However, he took several photos of the porridge and yelled, which shocked countless scribes outside the tent.
The soldiers and attendants came in one after another, but they quickly gave the right deputy marshal of the Kingdom of Jin some hot food.
After breakfast, Ta Lanfu summoned the rest of the army to sit quietly in the central army tent. Countless Jin army sentries and cavalry were also coming and going like a revolving lantern, constantly sending messages from the Song army at Yanling.
Excellent war horses can reach dozens of miles per hour in a short period of time regardless of their horsepower. Therefore, the movement of the Song army is basically only half an hour behind the main camp of the Jin army.
Sure enough, in the morning, a horse galloped to the front of the tent, but he dismounted and directly brought a key military information. It was that after morning, a section of the Song Army suddenly set off to the north along the Jishui River. The flag seemed to be from the Tokyo Remaining Division.
Control the Magao tribe...
This was the sudden action of the Song Army after the two sides had "coexisted peacefully" for dozens of days. Ma Gao was also a well-known commander of the Tokyo Stay-behind Division. Many uninformed people in the tent were naturally shocked by it, but Talan knew it well.
But he didn't care, and even issued a military order, telling his son-in-law, who had already formed a complete formation on the east bank of Qinggong River, to be patient and wait a little longer.
Then, news continued to be passed on. After Ma Gao, at least four commanders, Liu Wenshun, Ma You, and Xu Yan, were marching north together. Not only that, there were also troops of similar size marching north on the other side of the Jishui River.
Tarlan did not hesitate at this time... Not to mention how many Song troops were on the other side of the Jishui River, these four commanders were enough to be worthy of the word "pretence", so he immediately sent the order and let the sentry cavalry rely on their numerical advantage to hunt down the Song Dynasty.
The military sentry cavalry ensured that the Song army's vision was insufficient; on the other hand, he simply asked his son-in-law to lead Wanqi to set out for an ambush at the foot of Changge City.
Another hour passed, and it was estimated that his son-in-law had gone far away. The sentry cavalry came again to report that there was suddenly a troop with a banner with the word "Yue" under the Yanling City opposite, and they began to move out, coming diagonally to the southwest...
...The reason why I say coming, not going, is because Changshe is located due west of Yanling. For the time being, the straight-line distance between the two sides is shrinking slightly...Then the sentry rider also said that although this army deliberately stopped its activities, but
Judging from its quantity and quality, it is definitely not ordinary.
Ta Lai became more and more certain, but naturally he still didn't take it seriously.
After noon, the Sentinel Cavalry reported that Song Army Yue Fei's troops had arrived at the lower reaches of the Gishui River. After a short pause, they were probably trying to rest and then cross the river. At this time, it goes without saying that Pucha Falcon Balu should have almost arrived.
We arrived at Changge, which is further away.
Lazy and bored, he just waited for Yue Fei to cross the river, then prepared to dissolve the military meeting and go to catch up on his sleep.
But the next moment, a horseman galloped to the door of the military tent, sweating profusely, and went straight into the Chinese army's tent to tell him something: "Marshal! Yue Fei suddenly changed his direction and attracted 20,000 people to rush here!"
The room was filled with silence, and Talan didn't react at the first moment. He lowered his head and took a sip of tea. When he looked up again, he saw countless people below him staring at him. He was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized:
"Yue Fei is coming to me?"
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