Wu Jie's judgment was absolutely correct. Wanyan Huonv, who was operating in Danzhou on the side of the battlefield, had indeed received the military order from her father, Lou Shi, immediately, and immediately led her troops to the west, and then rushed to get ahead of Wu Lin.
Before he and Li Yongqi arrived in Fangzhou, they completed the rendezvous with the second general Wanyan Salihe.
It can be said that Wu Jie's previous strategy of hitting his tail and forcing his head so that the head and tail could not see each other was discovered by Lou Shi and was easily resolved.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu was not too disappointed, and neither was Wu Jie... Because as the battlefield was squeezed smaller and smaller, the decisive battle point was basically anchored, so around the core of Yaoshan-Wulongshan
There is not much room for play on the battlefield.
Outside the main battlefield, to the north are the Fangzhou and Jin Army's North Luoshuihekou Camp, to the southwest is the Song Army's Jingyao Town Logistics Camp, to the northeast is Longmen Ferry, and to the southeast is Pujin Ferry, which is heavily guarded by Han Shizhong's main force.
Just these few points, just a few tricks in such a big place, Wu Jie can think of them, but there is no reason why Lou Shi can't think of them.
On the other hand, there is no reason why the Song Army could not imagine what the Jin Army could do.
In this way, three days later, when the agreed date came, the Jin army did not move at all, and correspondingly, the Song army also did not foolishly go out of camp to form an array... Instead, Wu Jie specially sent an envoy to Loushi again.
There, he accused the other party of breaking the contract and gave him a set of women's clothes.
In this regard, Lou Shi calmly accepted it and declared that he would send the clothes outside the customs so that Zhao Ji, the Duke of Hunde, would not have to suffer from the cold this winter.
When the news came back, Wu Jie was completely disgraced, but he publicly listed the crimes of the Jin Army generals in massacring people and killing and plundering innocent people according to the order of the Jin Kingdom's West Route Army, and then publicly offered a reward in the name of Yu Wenxuzhong... From Marshal Nianhan on down,
By the time Wanhu Sanli, the youngest member of the Jin Kingdom's Western Route Army, drank, there were more than ten people with uncertain rewards and specific words.
For example, Wanyan Loushi himself was offered a reward of 10,000 bolts of silk and 10,000 taels of silver for Jiedushi; another example is Wanyan Xiyin (the God of Grains), whose actual status in the West Route Army was not inferior to that of Loushi, and his official position was even higher than that of Loushi
, but because he rarely killed people, he only offered a reward of a thousand pieces of silk. But when he arrived at Yelu, I saw that the Khitan general, who had been idle for a long time and had been deprived of his military power, publicly said that he was an imprisoned Song Dynasty spy and there was no one who could rescue him.
He was rewarded with three thousand pieces of silk and three thousand taels of silver; and Yelu Mawu, who was leading the main force of the Khitan in the camp opposite, was not even mentioned.
Wanyan Loushi still chose to respond lightly this time, and he in turn rewarded Wu Jie with a donkey.
For a time, the two sides kept communicating and talking, but they each knew that this meaningless activity was basically a test. But because this test was not equal... At this time, Song Jun took the initiative
Pushing forward to the foot of Yaoshan Mountain, the war-seeking posture was already obvious, but the Jin army's defensive mentality was temporarily chaotic... Therefore, it seemed that Wu Jie was at a disadvantage in everything.
In fact, in the past few days, countless people came to Zhao Jiu to complain and told all the ridiculous things about Wu Jie, but Zhao Jiu forcibly suppressed them all.
how to say?
In Zhao Jiu's view, this kind of rhetorical advantage is really meaningless at this time. It also depends on the outcome of the final battle. If the Jin army wins, Wu Jie's posture will be a clown's behavior, but if the Song army wins, then it will be Wu Jie's behavior.
Jie successfully paralyzed the opponent.
Moreover, Zhao Jiu, who pulled away and observed the situation in the past few days from a higher perspective, vaguely felt that Wu Jie did not have more and more practical thoughts. The real attention of him and Lou Shi was not on these words.
Kung Fu, both parties' estimation and patience in other more practical, simpler and more direct places.
Of course, Zhao Jiu is just looking at the flowers in the fog. If you let him think about it, not to mention the conditions for the decisive battle, he can't even figure out Wanyan Lou's thoughts, and he can't figure out whether the famous Jin Army general on the opposite side wants to fight.
Or do you want to avoid fighting?
If we talk about asking for war, why have we been unable to hold on since a long time ago?
If he said he was avoiding war, what was he waiting for? Do he really want to wait for the Hedong army to complete a decisive breakthrough? Wait for the victory or defeat there to affect Guanzhong?
To be fair, this is not Lou Shi's character. This kind of person will not leave the outcome of the battle to others. This is something no matter how many times the Song Army was beaten by Lou Shi, as well as the entire Jin Guo West Route Army.
Zhao Jiu was also convinced.
So, either he or Wu Jie, what are they waiting for?
"Du Tong, can you let me lead a light cavalry and go around the other side of Yao Mountain to knock on Jing Yao?"
While the top brass of the Song Army were complaining all day long, the top brass of the Jin Army also had their own activities. For example, Lou Shi liked to go hunting on Jinsu Mountain where he could observe the surroundings of the entire Song Army camp. On this day, it was hoped that
Looking at the huge but increasingly complete camp system of the Song Army, Deputy Commander Wanyan Balisu, who came with Lou Shi once again, frowned and put forward tactical suggestions to Lou Shi. "Jingyao Camp is the logistics center of the Song Army.
Once it is broken, the front army will be in chaos!"
Under the shade of a tree, Lou Shi, who was riding on a horse, kept looking in the direction of the Song Army's stronghold. Around there, the previously white water gradually returned to what it was like before the rainstorm. At this time, there was only a little white light... And Wen Deba
When Li Su opened his mouth, Lou Shi didn't even turn around and just shook his head.
"Why?" Ba Lisu asked seriously.
Lou Shi finally turned around after hearing this, but still didn't say a word.
Ba Lisu finally had no choice but to sneer and laugh at himself: "Indeed, the place in Jingyao is protected by four cities, and the terrain is the same as here. It looks like a melon, but in fact it looks like a trap... If
How many troops should I bring with me to attack Jingyao? If I bring too few, how can I ensure that I can hit the target with one blow? If I bring more, how can I ensure that Wu Jie will not abandon his camp and counterattack, blocking the rest of his troops in Jingyao?
A place like Yao with cities on all sides? And if we go further around, what if the Song army hears the news and simply rushes directly to Dazhai? After all, we don’t have enough troops..."
"Pu Lisu." Lou Shi finally couldn't listen anymore and was forced to speak. "What on earth do you want to say?"
Ba Lisu turned around and glanced at the entourage behind him. All the officers and soldiers evacuated knowingly. For a while, only Mou Yan, the second son of the Lou family, stood not far behind him holding a knife. Ba Lisu originally wanted Mou Yan to get out too.
Yes, but I didn’t dare to speak.
"I want to ask Du Tong, how are you going to solve the problem of insufficient troops?" He looked away from Mouyan, turned to Lou Shi, and was extremely candid. "Qu Duan and Wu Lin led 20,000 troops to Fangzhou.
, you sent the living women to the Hekou camp. This response is certainly correct, but now we only have 30,000 soldiers here, and 10,000 of them are Han soldiers... How can we fight a decisive battle with the Song army of this size?
"
Just as Lou Shi was about to answer, Ba Lisu kept talking:
"After you came back from Tongguan at the beginning of the year, the troop strength you calculated for us was not like this! When we sent out troops, everyone was afraid of the heat, but you said that we had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers on our way to the Song army of 80,000, and it didn't matter if there was heat. As a result, we are like this
The total number of Song troops actually encountered along the way must be more than 100,000! The decisive battle you calculated at that time, even if reinforcements did not arrive, could be 40,000 versus 60,000, with plenty of margin, but now it is obvious that it is 30,000
Right eighty thousand!”
"Of course there are mistakes when marching and fighting." Lou Shi waited until the other party finished speaking before speaking, but he didn't take it seriously at all. "Of course there were mistakes in the matter of troop strength, but I have already considered it, and it is not a key issue. You also
Don’t worry…do you have anything else to ask?”
Ba Lisu was speechless for a moment, but he forced himself to hold his breath and said: "Lou Shi, I have always respected you, but you should also be a little more honest with me. Do you really think I don't know the situation in Hedong? Ali and Nian Lu crossed the river and broke into Luoyang.
It was a clever move, but it was impossible to open the Sishui Pass and pass through Shaanzhou. Could it be a lie? On the contrary, tens of thousands of Song troops came ashore from Hebei, and Hebei was surrounded by ferocious plans by the Eastern Route Army.
At the location of Ke Genji, the East Route Army was shouting. The third prince sent 40,000 troops the day before yesterday. He simply asked the fourth prince to lead the army back to the north, and then turned to Huguan to reinforce and protect the north of the river!"
"So what?" Lou Shi said calmly.
"What can we do?" Ba Lisu was anxious for a moment. "The soldiers and horses in Hedong are originally more Han soldiers and their combat strength is swollen. We will go to Luoyang some, some Hebei, and some Taiyuan. Then we will face Li Yanxian and Han Shizhong.
Generals who have been around for many years don't dare to allocate their remaining strength... Where do you 'consider' troop strength?"
Lou Shi's expression remained as usual and he didn't take it seriously: "Ba Lisu, you are only the deputy commander, there are some important things that you don't know about."
"I don't know? What don't I know?" As soon as he said this, Ba Lisu finally became furious: "You told the marshal of the capital and the king that you were seriously injured and about to die, so you went out to fight in the next few days. I don't want to
You know? Your old injuries are unbearable. Once it encounters rainy days, the pain is almost too painful to move. For this reason, you have destroyed several fighter planes in a row before. I don’t know? In Fangzhou, you were careless and disrespectful towards Wu Jie, causing Tu Hesu to be injured.
, Sa Lihe's defeat caused huge mistakes in the route and the strength of the expedition, so that he panicked and lost his temper before the battle, almost ridiculous to the point of wanting to challenge Wu Jie... I don't know? Or, you are here
Shi Xin clearly felt that he was suffering unbearably due to the heat, the strength of the troops, and the terrain, but he still had to force himself to be calm... I don't know?!"
At the end of his words, Ba Lisu was so excited that the horse under his crotch also neighed for a moment.
"I almost forgot, you are Yin Shuke's younger brother, you know everything." Lou Shi turned to look at Ba Lisu's attack, with a slightly complicated look on his face. "But Ba Lisu, do you still know that I am the coach here?
Head of the Marching Division?"
"So what?" Balisu sneered and turned away.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the deputy commander of the Jin Army turned pale with horror, because his whole body was lifted directly from the horse like a child by Lou Shi beside him, and then he was easily thrown to the ground.
Behind him, Mouyan quickly drew his sword and tried to stop Ba Lisu, but Lou Shi raised his hand to stop him.
"Ba Lisu, if the silver art could be seen face to face, he would never ask such nonsense. He would only sharpen his spear, maintain his big bow, and wait patiently to charge with me." Lou Shi looked down at his deputy.
Handsome and cold to each other.
"Of course I'm not as good as my brother!" Ba Lisu gasped repeatedly on the ground. After calming down for a while, he actually sneered again.
"This is not a matter of inferiority to your brother." Lou Shi continued to hold the reins and said coldly to the people on the ground. "Ba Lisu, I know what you are thinking. Your brother went with Xiyin (Wanyan Gushen)
In Yanjing, the Marshal of the Capital is in power again at the center, and I am becoming increasingly ill. It is unusual for you in this position to boast of your qualifications, fame and status, and to have the intention of succeeding Taiyuan as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, but you should not
I'm so anxious that I can't bear it anymore after suffering here for half a month, so that I end up neglecting public affairs for personal reasons and feel resentful everywhere!"
After hearing the last sentence, Ba Lisu's expression finally changed.
"Actually, if I kill you today, it would be like killing a dog or horse. The reason why I don't kill you is not because you are Yin Shuke's younger brother, but because the war is about to start and you are still useful..." Lou Shi added.
After a few words, he found it boring, so he simply waved his hand. "Go back! Since you know my body well, you should know that I can't wait for the autumn rain. The decisive battle will come sooner or later. You just go back and prepare!"
Ba Lisu got up from the ground expressionlessly, showing neither resentment nor obedience. He directly got on his horse, then reined in his horse and turned around, trying to go down the mountain.
However, the man walked a few steps and when he came behind Mouyan, he turned back to look at him again: "Capital! I don't know what your plan is, but as the deputy commander, you said that I will command the west road here after you die."
Everyone in the army has to remind you of something... Do you want to listen or not?"
"Why don't you listen when you are talking seriously?" Lou Shi remained calm.
"Don't let the living girls go south temporarily for support!" Bazilisu suddenly responded seriously. "It should be noted that our army is all cavalry. If we accidentally lose this battle, we will only be defeated. There is no serious problem in nature.
The worst we can do is lose some weak soldiers and horses, and then return without success. But if you lose the Hekou Camp and Fucheng behind you, it will be a disaster! You risk your own life for the future of your children and grandchildren, and we
As a subordinate, it’s okay to be ordered to die with you in the battle. But if for the sake of your family, I cut off the way out and caused tens of thousands of people to become wild ghosts here, let alone anything else, after your death, the living daughter
There will never be a good ending if you try to get along with me!"
"I understand." Lou Shi replied calmly.
When Ba Lisu saw this, he sneered again and again, then shook his head and rode away.
Let’s say that the midsummer heat lasted for several days. The sun was blazing during the day and the breeze was blowing at night. The armies of the Song and Jin Dynasties continued to confront each other in a strange and tense state for several days. With the end of the month in sight, on this day, the heat was slightly cooler.
It was reported that Wu Jie, who had been asked not to report everything, suddenly came directly to the foothill camp at night and asked to see the "deputy commander".
"Official family."
Under the stars, the military camp had already gradually calmed down, and even the cicadas had begun to sing again around the military camp. Therefore, Wu Jie, who followed Academician Xiaolin to the open space of the shooting range next to the 'Deputy Commander's' tent, was directly under the Milky Way sky.
He changed his title. "The war will begin in the next two days!"
Zhao Jiu, who was sitting in the shooting range blowing the air, nodded and didn't react much. However, Wang Yuan, Yang Yizhong, and Liu Yan who were accompanying him had already changed their expressions. On the other hand, Bachelor Xiao Lin, who went to greet Wu Jie, maintained his demeanor.
"Do you have anything to say?" Wang Yuan, who was reduced to an idle job here because it was a very important matter, asked seriously.
"Wang Dutong." Wu Jie was polite to Wang Yuan, because he knew that what he said was actually for the Zhao Guan family. In fact, he immediately targeted the Zhao Guan family who seemed a little careless. "The official family, ministers and
The Lou family has been at war for several years, and I ask myself that no one knows the Lou family better than I do... So I thought from the beginning that the Lou family has not fought for a long time. It's not that they don't dare to fight, or that they don't want to fight, but that they do have the right time and place for this battle.
It's not appropriate, so I just want to find a suitable fighter."
"So the fighter plane has arrived?" Under the starry sky and torches, Zhao Jiu finally looked a little more serious.
"No, it's because the fighter planes are running out." Wu Jie answered seriously.
And Zhao Jiu finally became somewhat interested: "How to say?"
"As far as the Jin army is concerned, the so-called disturbances of the right time and place are caused by the summer heat and the water." Wu Jie quickly explained. "In the past few days, although the sun has been scorching like fire during the day, fortunately the wind has been clear and clear, so only
It can be said to be hot, but it is not the so-called summer air... For Jin Jun, what he fears most is actually the sultry air..."
"So, the good weather is gone and it's going to be sweltering?" Zhao Jiu understood almost immediately. "And although the water has not completely dried up, we can't wait any longer?"
"Not only is it going to be muggy, but it's also going to rain again." Wu Jie finally laughed. "I have been observing the water and paying attention to the weather... Today, several veterans in the camp who had arrows in their bodies came to find me and said that they
Although my whole body is not sore yet, I already feel that the wound is a little swollen, and there will be rain in two days!"
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly: "The Jin army also has many people who have fought hundreds of battles, and they also know how to predict rain in this way... Therefore, if Lou Shi really has the intention to fight, there is no way he can wait any longer!"
"Guan Jia Ming Hui!"
"Stop saying these words, what do you want me to do?" Zhao Jiu looked at him seriously, his eyes shining brightly in the dark night.
"There is no need for the officials to do anything... I have already sent a message to Qu Da and Chen's brother, asking them to observe the movements of the women, and to attack the Hekou camp at all costs." Wu Jie was silent for a moment, and then faced him. "And I, Chen.
When I came here this time, I originally wanted to persuade the officials to go to Jingyao overnight to avoid the war. The officials could just leave a dragon scarf..."
"I won't leave." Zhao Jiu sighed calmly. "My army is here, and my rivers and mountains are also here. Just do your best...and if I leave, those people will definitely cause trouble."
Wu Jie said nothing, folded his hands and stepped back.
Wu Da had been gone for a long time, and Zhao Jiu just greeted someone on the stool: "Pingfu!"
Liu Yan quickly stepped forward: "Guan family."
"I want you to do something." As Yang Yizhong and others looked at each other, Zhao Jiu sighed softly. "Go now, go to Jingyao and bring the last 3,500 troops and horses to me at a selected time.
!”
Liu Yan was silent for a moment, then he cupped his hands and left.
And on the same night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, at a place more than a hundred miles away in a straight line, at the northernmost point of Tongzhou, at Longmendu behind Liangshan, a group of Jin Army messengers crossed the river here as usual regardless of the late night... This
It is a matter of course and commonplace. The Jin army at both ends of the river wants to get in touch, so they naturally go here.
However, what is interesting is that after the Jin army crossed the river, they did not go south along the river to Hezhong Mansion to meet the nominal commander-in-chief. The third prince, Wanyan Liduo, instead turned north through Longmen Mountain and arrived at
We entered a large camp late at night.
"Crossing the river?" Wanyan Wushu stood up in a hurry and looked at Wanyan Mouyan in front of him. Before he could speak, his expression turned serious. "Now? Fight tomorrow? If we fight tomorrow, why don't you come early? Is it too late?"
"We are crossing the river at night and fighting the day after tomorrow." Mouyan quickly bowed his head and corrected. "My father-in-law asked the fourth prince to leave the camp and baggage immediately and cross the river with General Han. Then he must cross the Beiluoshui before sunset tomorrow.
Arrive at the west bank of Bei Luoshui and settle down. There will be a family there to provide supplies. Then the next morning, we will risk everything and rush south. You must follow me in the afternoon from the west side of Yao Mountain to the southern end of the Song Army's Dazhai.
A pincer attack from the north and the south!"
When Wu Shu heard this, he finally took a long breath: "I have a word for your father. I almost broke up with the East Route Army. I just forced to leave these 20,000 people behind, and then I had to attack hundreds of miles for two consecutive days.
I am at the end of my strength to fight the Song army... I hope your father will not let me down!"
"My father has never suffered a loss in his life!" Mouyan raised his head, regardless of the fact that the person in front of him was the flesh and blood of Taizu, the dignified fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, and his expression became ferocious on the spot.
When Wanyan Wushu saw this, he was not angry but happy: "That's exactly what I meant!"
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