On the 16th day of the first lunar month of the 10th year of Jianyan, it was the early spring. On this day, the Song Army sent out a large force to launch a tentative attack in the direction of Jingxing. At the same time, some troops from the army gathered around Taiyuan also began to attack with a slightly slower pace.
They quickly broke camp and headed eastward.
The strategic intention behind this action is self-evident.
Moreover, perhaps judging from the hypocritical Zhao Guan family and the thoughtful civil and military leaders on the Taiyuan front line before the war, it is still very difficult to make up their mind to take this step... What about the position of Eastern Mongolia, and what about the violent combat power of the Jin Kingdom's cavalry after gathering in the field?
Increasingly, the Jin Kingdom's mourning of troops may have contributed to the rapid and unexpected outbreak of the decisive battle, including Zhao Guan's own considerations about the war, and Lu Xianggong rushing from Linfen to Taiyuan with illness to urge... These are all realistic experiences worthy of narration and discussion.
The whole thing involves a so-called process of suffering and overcoming.
But in fact, from a macro perspective, from the perspective of the rear bureaucrats, soldiers and civilians, middle and lower-level officers and soldiers, from the Jin people on the opposite side, and from the perspective of the alliance reinforcements that had just arrived in Datong, the advance of the Zhao Guanjia and the main force of the Song Army was actually
It's the kind that goes without hesitation or gap, making onlookers feel suffocating pressure.
the reason is simple.
First of all, the hesitation and struggle of the Zhao Guan family naturally appeared during the necessary war break and preparation period, just like washing the teacups took a lot of effort, but they were washed during the boiling time at the beginning, without delay.
The next thing to do.
Secondly, and the most critical point is that the fall of Taiyuan City was really shocking.
Looking back now, after opening the Queshu Valley, the Zhao Guan family and the Hedong Road army's advance speed, the speed of dividing and encircling, the speed of breaking the city, as well as the scale of the troops advancing from all directions, and the logistics preparations, even if we don't consider the battle that can be called
The mythical process of destroying the city still gives people a shocking feeling.
To put it bluntly, when a very small number of people began to quickly consider the decisive battle in the wild that was likely to occur after the city was breached, everyone else, including enemies and allies, were still immersed in the two-way breach of the city that was destined to be recorded in history from all aspects.
In fact, if this war is to be discussed in the future, the capture of Taiyuan City and Yuancheng may be considered together as the second stage of the Northern Expedition and as the same battle. In this battle of extraordinary strategic significance
, the Song Army achieved decisive victories in two directions at the same time, causing the Jin Army to lose the entire Hedong area, and further lost its subsequent strategic options, and was forced to enter the single strategic track preset by the Song Army.
"So, Hebul Khan himself is not against us, but he is simply unable to enforce orders and prohibitions on the Eastern Mongolian tribes?" That afternoon, in the empty Chinese army tent, Zhao Jiu was thoughtful and seemed to be thinking about it.
This result is not surprising.
"yes."
After learning the news of the dispatch of troops, Ren Baozhong, who was asked by Wu Jie to rush back quickly, ignored the fatigue of his carriage and horse, and immediately explained while holding warm salt tea and wiping his sweat. "According to the information we gathered during this trip, Eastern Mongolia and Inner China, now
The ones with the highest status and the largest tribes are of course the Borjijin-Taichiwu tribes led by Hebule and his cousin, but the Merqi tribe is also very powerful, and the two major factions have always been hidden in Eastern Mongolia.
The opposition was only forced to come together because of the rise of the Jin Kingdom..."
"So this time it was the Merqi tribe who had an affair with the Jin people, and Hebule had no control at all?"
"No." Ren Baozhong was also a little helpless. "According to Wu Dutong and his ministers' inquiries, it should be the Tatar tribe who had liaisons with the Jin people... But it is not certain. It is hard to say that the tribesmen had liaisons with the Jin people.
, maybe the Jin army retreated too quickly and Eastern Mongolia could not advance in time. I can only say that the Tatars are the most likely family to pass through to the Jin."
Zhao Jiu was stunned for a moment, obviously digesting the information, and then asked: "Isn't the Tatar tribe a border tribe artificially kneaded by the Jin people to fight against Eastern Mongolia?"
"Yes." Ren Baozhong became more and more helpless. "But in order to show goodwill to Hebuli Khan, the Jin people had previously transferred all the Tatar tribe and its territorial tribes to Eastern Mongolia."
"Is Hebule going to do it?" Zhao Jiu was completely speechless.
"So that the officials know that Hebule is not that stupid." Ren Baozhong felt his mouth was dry. "But Hebule took advantage of the repeated rise and fall of Jin and Liao Dynasties, and learned about the smuggling trade of Song and Jin Dynasties. His troops were on the grassland.
After the expansion, they divided their accounts with their cousin Anba'ai according to tradition. Anba'ai lived in the south. Their tribe gradually became stronger and stronger, and was renamed the Taichiwu tribe. Its power was gradually not weaker than that of Hebule's own Bo'er clan...
…It’s not bad that the two families are one and the same, and I am the main force of Hebule, but it’s not bad that they have become two families after all…”
"Let me guess." Zhao Jiu suddenly sneered at the superior. "The Tatar people are formed from small tribes supported by the Jin Kingdom. Naturally, they are on the southeastern border of the grassland. It has always been my Bahai and his Taichiwu tribe who are responsible for dealing with them.
And if they were transferred to Eastern Mongolia, they would inevitably become direct subordinates of the Anbahai and Taichiwu tribes. In fact, the Anbahai had no intention of falling out with the Song Dynasty, and they also knew that the Tatars were destined to have a close relationship with the Jin people.
The thread couldn't be broken, but anyway, Hebule was there to support him when the sky fell. He was happy to bleed less and expand his own power, so he directly accepted the Tatar people, and Hebule couldn't do anything for this with his cousin.
Falling out...yes or no?"
"Yes." Ren Baozhong hurriedly bowed his head in his seat. "The sage in the official family can see thousands of miles clearly."
"Shit can be seen thousands of miles away." Zhao Jiu stopped smiling and felt bad. "What I fear most is this kind of primitive tribe that has no evil intentions, but can become an enemy even if it is said to be an enemy. What can I argue but not do?
Trouble can be caused..."
Ren Baozhong did not dare to answer for a moment, and at this time there were only a few guards from Liu Yan down in the tent, so the tent was silent for a while.
"In any case, there are Tatar tribesmen among the Eastern Mongolians who serve as internal correspondents for the Jin people, right?" Zhao Jiu waited for a moment, signaled Ren Baozhong to drink a cup of salt tea, and then asked again.
"Well... yes." Ren Baozhong obviously hesitated for a moment, but after wiping his mouth, he answered in the affirmative.
"How did Wu Jinqing make the decision?" Zhao Guanjia continued to ask.
"Wu Dutong said that since the officials decided to send troops, he would deal with it quickly and strictly according to his previous instructions... Before the minister came, Wu Dutong had already sent a letter asking Hebul Khan to deal with all the Central Tatar troops within three days.
"Ren Baozhong didn't dare to stop at all.
"What happens after you deal with it?" Zhao Jiu frowned slightly. "Take the remaining reinforcements from Eastern Mongolia and go south?"
"No." Ren Baozhong finally swallowed. "No matter how Eastern Mongolia is dealt with or not, he will leave one to guard Datong and monitor Eastern Mongolia; another to guard Yanmen Pass as the key; and then take the Khitan with him
People, the Mongolian tribes, and the soldiers of the two deputy commanders Wang and Guo will return to Taiyuan together, so as not to delay the war... This is what Wu Dutong meant when he asked his ministers to come back first and tell the officials."
Zhao Jiu finally nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with this solution, but soon fell into silence for the second time, seeming to be thinking about something.
On the other side, Ren Baozhong drank the salt tea and reported the vital points, but he still felt out of breath and seemed a little nervous.
This is also inevitable. You must know that what happened in Datong this time once again made Ren Baozhong have the mentality of being sad when a rabbit dies and a fox hurts others, because he once again felt the same panic as when Xixia was destroyed a few years ago.
This kind of fear is not caused by any specific betrayal or treatment, but because of the layers of indifference of the superiors, the fate of many people has been decided.
To be fair, the Tatars in the Eastern Mongolian Army this time may have had internal connections with the Jin people, but maybe not. It is really possible that the Jin people withdrew too quickly and did not catch up.
But Wu Da didn't care.
Those Tatar tribesmen who followed the army, a total of two to three thousand people, are likely to suffer the fate of all being wiped out because of Wu Da's words. Many so-called Tatar tribes on the border will also be wiped out because of this incident.
in disaster.
And one level up, no matter how Hebul and his cousin deal with the Tatar tribe, whether those Tatar people live or die, they cannot change the reality that the Eastern Mongolian tribes will be isolated in this war.
No matter how hard they struggled and remedied, they could not change the fact that Hebul and Eastern Mongolia had lost the military trust of the Song Dynasty.
In the same way, if you go up one level and come to the house of this kind official who did not forget to give you a seat and salted tea, I am afraid that the fate of the entire Eastern Mongolian tribe will depend on some potential possibilities.
Because of a misunderstanding and the official's thoughts, they were completely changed after the war.
Ren Baozhong has seen this kind of thing once. Last time, this official easily chose to destroy Xixia because he wanted to gain a decisive position when attacking Hedong... And after destroying Xixia on the grounds of excessive land and water reclamation,
, in Ningxia, in order to reserve military rations for this dispatch, the irrigation area was even larger.
"Renqing...Renqing."
"I'm here." Ren Baozhong came to his senses and broke into a cold sweat, but he quickly stood up and responded.
"Sit down."
"Here."
"What did Simon Gu say?"
"It's okay for Mongolian. Hu'erzahusi Khan is just a mixed person. As for the tribes of Mongolian, as I said before, because they are between the Western Liao and the Song Dynasty, they are mostly influenced by the eight tribes of the Western Liao. Basically,
It's still safe... It's just that after the official asked Tuoli to go back, Tuoli jumped up and down, acting like a fox and pretending to be a tiger, and won over many members of his father's direct subordinates, which seemed a little inappropriate."
"Even so, you can't keep the gangsters." Zhao Jiu said suddenly, looking confused.
"What the officials said is..." Ren Baozhong didn't stop at all and quickly agreed.
"Where's the Khitan?"
"Khitan is even more appropriate...Although they had allowed Hu'er Zahusi Khan to plunder Datong and were tempted to do so, Yelu Yujian was a frightened bird at first. He knew that the long-term relationship between Yinshan and him in the future would still be in the Song Dynasty. With this
On the contrary, it is reasonable and reasonable." Ren Baozhong continued. "This matter is the responsibility of Academician Mei. He only stayed in Datong for two or three days, but he actually had seven banquets with a group of Khitan people and wrote eighty-nine poems..."
"It doesn't matter." Zhao Jiu sneered. After confirming that the Khitan people were fine, he quickly interrupted him. "This is what he was asked to do."
"Yes." Ren Baozhong became more cautious.
At this time, the Chinese army's headquarters also fell silent for the third time... because Ren Baozhong's report was theoretically completed.
"Is Renqing in good health?" After a moment, Zhao Jiu looked at the other person thoughtfully.
"Although I am old, I can still wear armor and ride a horse." Ren Baozhong was startled and stood up again.
"I don't need you to put on armor and ride horses." Zhao Jiu finally smiled in response, but had no intention of letting him sit down again. "I want to say that you have been by my side for several years, and you have served as counselor in military affairs and border affairs.
Achievement. And if this battle can be successful, no matter where the northern border is pushed, there must be a new road set up along the border... I am not talking about the Yanshan Road, but I am talking about taking Datong as the core to control the surrounding states.
The county is involved in Yinshan affairs and Mongolian affairs, which is probably equivalent to that before the Liao Kingdom..."
"Xijing Road." Ren Baozhong finally couldn't help but remind him.
At this moment, any worries, timidity, and panic that I had before were all gone.
"Yes, Xijing Road."
Zhao Jiu thought thoughtfully. "Renqing has been with me for many years and knows that I am not the kind of person who likes empty talk. Whether it is Datong Road or Xijing Road, I feel that the Qing family is the most suitable to be the first manager of this new road."
It’s because you are a close minister, so you can definitely understand my thoughts and won’t do anything wrong.”
"Chen..." Ren Baozhong's mind almost went blank.
"Moreover, most of the territories on this road cannot be established at the beginning. There are too many tribes and they are too confusing. They should be drawn in, merged and suppressed. You are also experienced." Zhao Jiu did not care about the other party's reaction.
, but continued to analyze on his own. "What's more, Renqing is still from the Dangxiang clan, and he is a Dangxiang hero who has become world-famous decades ago. Although the court opposes ethnic divisions, some things can be regarded as historical issues. We, the monarch and his ministers,
There is no need to hide it. As a role model for party members, you should also have the experience of being an envoy with real power, so that the party members can return to their hearts. I even thought about it, if you can handle the affairs of Datong Road beautifully, you can come back to serve as minister.
It's all feasible...but the age of the Qing family really makes me a little worried."
"The officials." Ren Baozhong finally waited until the other party's words came to an end, but he knelt down directly in the tent and burst into tears. "I can share the worries of the officials, and I am not afraid even if I am broken into pieces. Why does it matter that I am just old?
For the sake of the official family, I can still work for another ten years!"
Zhao Jiu nodded: "Renqing is willing... Just take a rest. After I discuss it with Mr. Lu, I will give you a formal decree, and you can go back to Datong directly."
Ren Baozhong was startled for a moment, and then he suddenly realized that he finally knew why Wu Jie wanted to send this old man back to report the news! This was a huge favor!
However, despite his awakening, Renbao's loyalty did not show up at all, but he became more serious: "Since the official has chosen me as the envoy of Datong Road, I will do my best to repay the trust of the official."
"The situation is like this. At this time, we need an envoy who is so different from the envoys from the mainland, but Renqing is right here." Zhao Jiu sighed quietly. "So, it can be said that the times and the country chose Renqing. Please also ask
Renqing also should not let down the times and the country."
Ren Baozhong just kowtowed and had no idea what Zhao Guanjia was talking about.
In this way, after hastily determining the layout in the direction of Datong, the Song Army's last scruples disappeared. In the next few days, with the Control Department as a unit, one after another the main imperial battalion troops began to advance eastward on a large scale.
At the beginning, of course it was Dong Xian and Zhang Qi who were the first to attack on the 16th day of the first lunar month.
In the afternoon of that day, there were four commanders, Niugao, Zhai Jin, Zhai Chong, and Shao Yun, with a total of more than 10,000 people. They divided their troops into two groups, one from the south and one from the north. They attacked Xiong Ling and headed east as backup.
On the morning of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, generals Dong Xian and Zhang Qi arrived in the eastern part of Shouyang County, which is almost the easternmost part of Taiyuan Prefecture. They came to the famous Mianman River and fought with a small group of Jin troops.
The so-called Mianmanshui is a tributary of the Hutuo River, which is also the famous river that passed through Jingxing and experienced a last-ditch battle.
At the same time, Han Shizhong, the commander of the imperial camp's left army, personally led seven commanders headed by Xie Yuan, with the imperial camp's left army as the main body, and nearly 25,000 imperial soldiers, plus more than 10,000 civilians and auxiliary troops.
Take the road on the north side of Shaxiong Ridge.
By the afternoon of that day, when Ren Baozhong hurriedly returned to Taiyuan, the four following commanders headed by Niu Gao also divided into north and south and arrived at Yu County and Shouyang County in the east of Taiyuan Prefecture respectively.
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On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Ren Baozhong returned north early in the morning with his appointment.
In the morning, Zhao Guanjia personally led Long Yu, and left Taiyuan City under the escort of Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan. The accompanying people included Wang Yan, the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp, and Li Shifu, the deputy commander of the imperial cavalry.
As well as Wu Lin, the deputy commander of the imperial army who arrived from the rear not long after the rendezvous. The three of them, together with fifteen commanders, led the various ministries. There was almost no attrition in the Northern Expedition, and it was considered a new force.
The 30,000 imperial camp rear troops and the 15,000 imperial camp cavalry troops were party members of the Qingqi.
Such a large number, plus the 4,000 Imperial Banzhi, the 60,000 party auxiliary soldiers with rich combat experience, plus the Japanese samurai and Poxi troops to prepare for consultation with these miscellaneous people, the total is eleven
There must be many people.
Of course, with such a large number of people, they could only march thirty miles a day, but they were slowly heading east along the south side of Shaxiong Ridge, passing through Yuci.
The grandness of this troop dispatch basically overshadowed all other news... Dong Xian and Zhang Qi, who were the vanguard, cooperated with each other tacitly and successfully captured Pingding City, the capital of the Pingding Army, which had few troops stationed on the Mianman River.
Approaching the Jingxing Pass in the narrow sense; no one cared whether Li Qiong's 10,000 troops moved from Shangdang Basin to Liaozhou (later Zuoquan County area); or whether Wang De led his troops from Datong Prefecture to turn back and pass Yanmen Pass, no one cared.
On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather was calm and the troops were advancing without stopping.
On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the impatient Wang De first returned from Datong and led 20,000 troops into the Taiyuan Basin. After learning the news, Lu Yihao, the Prime Minister of the army, also set off immediately. He only led a few thousand troops and 20,000 horses to expand the selection.
The civilian men who came out carried a large amount of baggage and most of the civilian officials who accompanied the army and headed east.
On the afternoon of this day, Generals Dong and Zhang, who had officially entered the Jingxing area, suddenly encountered the main force of the Jin army in Baijingzhai. The Song army was caught off guard and was unable to defeat it, so they had to retreat ten miles to camp.
On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month, after three days of leisurely marching, the main force led by Zhao Guanjia arrived in Shouyang County, while Wu Jie led 10,000 Khitan Yinshan reinforcements, 15,000 Mongolian reinforcements, plus the remaining 10,000 imperial camp rear troops.
Cross Xinzhou and enter the Taiyuan Basin.
Immediately, Li Yanxian led the remaining Shaanluo troops, about 10,000 troops, plus Wang De's 20,000 troops, a total of 30,000 soldiers, and set off together, and within one day they moved forward to catch up with Lu Yihao.
Almost all of the more than 10,000 Eastern Mongolian tribesmen, from the leader down, were in panic and confusion, not knowing where to go.
But again, no one cares.
Even so, even if all these branch issues are put aside, everyone can calculate a possible and horrifying final number of participants.
"At least 150,000 or 60,000, and at most 200,000, in the end there may actually be 170,000 or 80,000..."
Across the Taihang Mountains, less than a hundred miles away from the front line of the Song Army, north of Daluze, in Gaoyi County, Zhaozhou, in the lobby of the county government office in the city, after gathering information from all aspects, his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. Gao Qingyi, who was sitting next to him, gave a more accurate figure than that of Zhao Guan's family, because they knew very well how many cavalry groups would be gathered by Qu Duan, Liu Qi, Zhang Zhongfu, Zhang Zhongyan, Zhang Xian and others standing far behind them. People. "It mainly depends on whether Wang Sheng from Puyinxing and Hebule further north will gather together. As for Qu Duan and Zhang Xian, it is no longer possible to solve the problem before the main force of the Song army leaves Jingxing. "
"It can be said that we have already watched them in Zhenlu. We have 130,000 households here, but there is no time to make up for the various battle losses. In fact, there are still more than 100,000 soldiers and infantry left." The lobby is empty, except for one person. The table was laid with a map, and Wu Shu, who was also exhausted, was closing his eyes and speaking on the side of the table, but he was repeating the numbers that were already familiar to him. "Huo Nu and Wu Lin Da Taiyu have arrived in Baozhou ( Later, Baoding), the eldest brother also handed over the four Hezha Meng'an of Yanjing to Uncle Wanyan, according to my letter, and will arrive in Baozhou soon... These three people will definitely be able to make it in time! But what about the south? ? Undefended? What if Yue Fei comes after him and gets involved? "
"So we must launch it as soon as possible." Gao Qingyi also repeated the words he had repeated many times. "It is best to launch it before Yue Fei reaches Hejian down the river, and before Zhao Song official Chu Jingxing arrives at Zhending... Wang Sheng from the north had no time to join forces, so it would be a battle of 120,000 to 30,000 against 170,000 to 170,000!"
"What do you think, Marshal?" Wu Shu, who was thirsty and exhausted, closed his eyes and called to another person in the hall... In fact, there were only three people around the table with the map in the hall at this time, and they also arrived in a hurry. Here, a small-scale military meeting was hastily convened.
Retreating is not that easy, especially when Quduan came out of Fukouxing to meet up with Yue Fei's "cavalry" and followed closely behind them. In desperation, countless troops were abandoned in large numbers, a lot of supplies were also thrown away, and only a few family members were left behind. , valuable belongings, and military supplies were preserved... Fortunately, the signed army could be replenished along the way, and Zhending still had a certain amount of storage.
But after saying this, there was no reply for a long time.
Wu Shu was surprised and opened his eyes to look, only to find that Ku was sitting diagonally across from him. He was looking at the map with bloodshot eyes like Gao Qingyi, and then he raised his head and glanced at himself: "That's the number, along the way. After calculating it so many times, why does King Wei need to calculate it again?"
Wu Shu was noncommittal and just asked: "What was the marshal thinking about just now?"
"I'm thinking about the advance of the Zhao Guan family." Ba Lisu stroked the simple map in front of him and shook his head. "King Wei, do you think the Zhao Guan family's previous advance into Taiyuan was as fast as the wind? This time they marched from Taiyuan to Jingxing. Does it count as Qi Xu Rulin? Next, will we invade Ruhuo?"
Wu Shu was stunned for a moment and couldn't refute for a moment, but soon he came back to his senses and went to see Gao Qingyi again: "Gao Tongshi, I'll ask you again. Putting aside the question of troop strength, and taking a breather now, are there any people in the army?
Is there anything important that needs to be dealt with?"
"First, do you want to defend Jingxing?" Gao Qingyi blurted out. "Second, where to choose as the battlefield? The two are interrelated."
Wu Shu thought for a moment and asked, "Is this all there is?"
"There are many more." Gao Qingyi almost sneered. "For example, is Yanjing stable? Will a cavalry army be sent to Duxing to attack Yanjing? Are the new recruits of Yanjing's new army available? Who should be the commander?
How much military supplies does Zhending Mansion actually have? How many troops has King Chen (Lu Guan) prepared for us in Zhending to assist us? Our army has worked hard so far, how many stragglers have been lost? When will we be able to gather them properly? Just think about it
, things are everywhere…”
"But none of it is a top priority, nor is it the overall situation." Wu Shu sighed quietly, and then steeled himself to look at the simple map again. "Right now, the decision that needs to be made regardless of anything is whether Yelu Mawu should withdraw.
Come out of Jingxing and join us, and then choose where to fight?"
"Withdraw!"
Ba Lisu suddenly said: "Jingxing is wide in the middle. When Han Xin fought a battle of 100,000 people in the Jingxing Road, it was not too narrow... Ma Wu and his subordinates must not be able to stop the Song Army brigade, so they should withdraw and preserve it."
Strength comes first. Moreover, along the way, you kept saying that we must fight as soon as possible, fight as soon as possible, and fight before Yue Fei catches up... Counting on the delay of layers of resistance will be detrimental to us."
"Can we have a decisive battle in Jingxing?" Wu Shu suddenly interrupted, as if he directly acquiesced in letting Yelu Mawu retreat.
"After all, it's a passage terrain, not suitable for a cavalry brigade." Ba Lisu shook his head in reply.
Wu Shufu went to see Gao Qingyi again, and Gao Qingyi also shook his head.
"So." The fourth prince nodded first, then looked at the map and muttered something. "Today we need to find a good terrain to fight on, east of Jingxing and west of Zhending? Guard the Hutuo River or the Mianman River.
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"Is the King of Wei confused?" Ba Lisu suddenly became impatient. "I told you that we can't delay it... The sooner we fight the Song army, the more powerful we will be. If we delay it, we will drag it until Yue Fei goes north to Hejian.
, flanked by two sides, the situation is even worse! And if we want to quickly fight the Song army, what is the purpose of guarding these rivers? Letting them go through the rivers is the main topic!"
Wu Shu was suddenly startled and looked at the map again, but his eyes moved to the area east of Mianmanshui, which turned almost due north after entering the Hebei Plain.
At this time, Gao Qingyi also slowly spoke: "Even so, the Song army cannot be allowed to cross the Hutuo River, because Zhending City is behind the Hutuo River. If the Song army tries to destroy the city again, the whole army will be shocked.
I'm afraid, I don't dare to fight, what should I do if I just sit back and watch the Song army seize Zhending?"
"We can't set up camp next to the Hutuo River." Ba Lisu added again. "Otherwise, we will be at our backs... Once... once we are defeated, even though we are cavalry, it is difficult for us to scatter in all directions and risk being wiped out.
Danger of outflanking."
Wu Shu heard this and finally touched the map and smiled bitterly: "In this way, it can almost only be between the east of Mianmanshui (running north-south after leaving Jingxing) and the southwest of Hutuo River (running northwest and southeast near Zhending)
They found a random place in the plains, and then led the Song army across the Mianman River to get me... But this area only has one county, and it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of troops will almost fill the place.
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"Get the deer!"
The next moment, after a slight pause, Balisu and Gao Qingyi, who were not looking at the map at all, shouted out the name of the county almost at the same time.
"One hundred and twenty miles away from here." Gao Qingyi added, "To the northwest of us."
"Huo Lu...a good name."
On the bank of Mianman River, which is only a hundred and fifty miles away from Gaoyi, Zhaozhou, in the camp, Zhao Jiu looked at the map and made another evaluation of this place. "What a good name."
Just as Han Shizhong was about to agree, Zhao Jiu suddenly raised his head and asked again: "Look at the map. How far is it to the northeast of us?"
"One hundred and twenty miles." Han Shizhong was startled for a moment, then became solemn. "It's just a Jingxing passage, plus a continuous stream of water."
PS: Thanks to Mr. Song of Yunzhu for his second cuteness.