Eight hundred and fifty-ninth chapter Yizhou urgent letter
A cavalryman rushed to Tumen Pass, drew his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow letter onto the gate. A soldier picked up the arrow letter and handed it to Li Wanquan.
This letter was not written by Guo Song, but by General Yang Meng, asking Li Wanquan to surrender within half an hour, otherwise the army would raze Tumen Pass.
Given Li Wanquan's current situation and status, it was not Guo Song's turn to write to him to persuade him to surrender.
To be precise, Li Wanquan was Zhu Tao's general. He was a homeless orphan back then and was adopted by Zhu Tao's father, Zhu Huaigui. When he grew up, he practiced martial arts and became the leader of Zhu Huaigui's personal soldiers.
After Zhu Huaigui's death, he was favored by brothers Zhu Si and Zhu Tao. It can be said that the Zhu family was not only kind to him in raising him, but also kind in knowing him.
After being silent for a long time, he shook his head and said, "Three generations of the Zhu family have treated me well. If I surrender, how can I have the dignity to go to my lord?"
He brushed it a few times, tore the surrender letter into pieces, and shouted sternly: "As long as I'm here, you can't even think of crossing the pass!"
Time passed little by little, and the agreed time passed, but the Tumen Pass defenders still had no intention of surrendering.
Yang Meng was furious and ordered: "Prepare the trebuchet!"
The huge trebuchet was pushed forward by more than a hundred soldiers, and two hundred soldiers holding large shields guarded the soldiers on the cart.
Li Wanquan had been serving as a military envoy in Hengzhou and did not follow Zhu Tao into Hedong to fight. He had never seen the power of iron fire thunder, and none of his soldiers had seen it. He had only occasionally heard of the name iron fire thunder.
, is a very powerful weapon for the Jin army, but how powerful is it? They have no idea.
"Archers fire!" Li Wanquan gave the order, and more than a thousand soldiers fired arrows at random, densely shooting at the approaching trebuchet.
Li Wanquan was not worried about the enemy troops to the west. The west side was high and narrow, and the mountain road could be blocked by rolling logs and stones.
The main reason is that the east side is more dangerous, but the road halfway up the mountain near the pass is also relatively narrow, making it impossible to launch a large-scale attack. Having more troops may not be useful.
The dense arrows were blocked by the Jin soldiers with shields, and the trebuchet continued to move forward, only about 60 steps away from Guancheng.
The soldiers fixed the trebuchet, and dozens of soldiers began to pull the throwing pole. Several soldiers put a large iron fire mine weighing two hundred kilograms into the throwing pocket. Guo Song had just promulgated the rules for the use of iron fire mines, which were clearly stated.
It is stipulated that iron fire thunder can only be used when attacking and defending city passes and water battles, and Tumen Pass is just allowed.
Arrows rained down on Guancheng. A firearms battalion brigade commander lit the match with a fire stick. When it reached the red line, the brigade commander shouted, "Fire!"
The soldier cut the rope, and there was a loud noise, "Bang!", the pole was thrown, and a huge black iron can flew into the pass with green smoke. The soldiers on the pass shouted and squatted down one after another.
, the iron fire laser shot into the pass,
At the same time, all the Jin soldiers lay on the ground at the same time, blocking their ears tightly. For a moment, they heard an earth-shattering explosion, and the earth was shaking. This strong explosion made the hearts of the Jin soldiers seem to have stopped beating.
I could feel the sand, gravel and flesh falling from the sky.
After a while, the soldiers slowly raised their heads. The scene in front of them stunned them. Half of Tumen Pass had disappeared, and the wall of the other half had also collapsed, revealing the shattered buildings inside. There were incomplete buildings everywhere.
Among the corpses, there was not even a living soldier in sight.
This large iron fire mine is the most lethal iron fire mine. It directly killed more than a thousand people and seriously injured more than 300 people. It also almost shattered the internal organs and left 1,800 people unable to be treated.
In the pass, less than a hundred soldiers survived. They survived by hiding in their rooms. However, all of these hundreds of soldiers were deaf, and their hearing was permanently damaged.
Without Tumen Pass, Liu Guanghui led 15,000 troops to fight out from Jingxing and quickly joined the main force, bringing the number of troops led by Guo Song to 50,000. He did not stop and immediately marched eastward to kill Dingzhou.
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In Xindu County, Yao Jin's 30,000 troops remained stationary. After they set up camp twenty miles south of Xindu County, there was no movement. There was no sign of attack on Xindu County, and no troops were sent against Zhu Tao's army.
Plans for a decisive battle.
After nearly ten days of confrontation, Zhu Tao began to feel that something was not right.
His feeling that something was wrong came from Jingxing. Zhu Tao also learned that General Lu Jinsuo escaped back to Youzhou. Zhaozhou fell subsequently, and the northern part of Zhaozhou is close to Jingxing, so during this period, Zhu Tao has been waiting for Jingxing's arrival.
information.
Unless the Jin army stops at Zhaozhou, there will be news from Jingxing anyway, but will the Jin army stop at Zhaozhou?
Zhu Tao's second uneasiness came from Guo Song. Of course he knew that Guo Song had arrived in Hebei, but the banner of the Jin army coach in Xindu County still had the word "Yao", which meant that Guo Song had not come to Xindu. Could it be that he was still there?
Mingzhou?
Zhu Tao thought it was impossible. Guo Song made his fortune by leading troops in wars. He came to Hebei just to lead troops to fight in person. How could he be in charge of Mingzhou? It would be better to be in charge of Chang'an.
After thinking this through, Zhu Tao became even more frightened. Where would Guo Song be now? After ruling out all other possibilities, Guo Song could only go to one place, and that was Zhaozhou.
At this time, a soldier reported, "Your Majesty, Mr. Bochang is back."
Zhu Tao was overjoyed and said quickly: "Invite him to my tent quickly!"
Mr. Bochang's name is Li Bochang, and his ancestral home is Yingzhou, Liaodong. His father is a businessman named Li Da. He has been purchasing ginseng in Khitan and Mohe for many years. Later, he married a wife from the Bohai Kingdom and settled down in the Bohai Kingdom. Li Da
His wife gave birth to two sons, named Li Bochang and Li Zhongchang. Li Da made a fortune from trading ginseng and invested a lot of money in his son's education. He also sent his eldest son Li Bochang to study in Youzhou.
After his father's death, the family property was divided into two. Li Zhongchang inherited his father's business and still settled in Bohai. However, the eldest son Li Bochang did not want to go back. He received a large sum of money and traveled around the Tang Dynasty.
In the second year of Jianzhong, Li Bochang took the imperial examination in Chang'an and passed the Mingjing Keke. He worked as a county official in Lantian County for a year. He felt bored and resigned and returned to Youzhou. He was already thirty years old and was recommended to
He appointed Zhu Tao as his staff.
Li Bochang's shrewdness, ability and resourcefulness gradually attracted Zhu Tao's attention. In particular, Li Bochang could speak fluent Khitan. He went on several missions to the Khitan for Zhu Tao and made great contributions to Zhu Tao's support of Khitan war horses. He gradually became Zhu Tao's friend.
counselor.
Li Bochang is forty years old and has been with Zhu Tao for ten years. He also married Zhang, the cousin of Princess Zhu Tao, and has some relatives with Zhu Tao. This time he came back from Yingzhou as an envoy for Zhu Si.
Came directly from Yingzhou to Xindu County.
"Mr. Bo Chang, you came back just in time."
Zhu Tao welcomed Li Bochang into the tent and said impatiently: "The situation is not good!"
"The situation is indeed not good. Your Majesty should return to Youzhou immediately."
Zhu Tao was startled, "Why do you say that, sir?"
Li Bochang said calmly: "Your Majesty, do you still remember what I persuaded you to do at the beginning of the year?"
Zhu Tao couldn't remember for a while, so he asked after a while: "I wonder what you are referring to?"
"Why didn't Guo Song just kill Li Wujun last year?"
Zhu Tao suddenly remembered that Li Bochang had told him at the beginning of the year that Guo Song had defeated Li Wujun last year and could completely destroy him in one go and seize Li Wujun's territory in the five states, but Guo Song retreated to Mingzhou.
What Li Bochang meant was that Guo Song deliberately left Li Wujun as a bait to lure his army south. At that time, he did not accept his analysis and insisted that Guo Song withdrew his troops because of insufficient combat readiness.
This knowledge is extremely important. It is related to whether he can launch the north-south pincer attack that he and his brother have planned for a long time. More importantly, Guo Song has captured Mingzhou and is about to get involved in Hebei. There is not much time left for them, so Zhu Tao is anxious
The government wanted to promote the strategy of unifying Hebei, so they ignored Li Bochang's reminder.
Judging from the current situation, it is a bit like what Li Bochang said, Guo Song left Li Wujun as a bait.
But he felt something was wrong. He and his eldest brother had planned to unify Hebei for many years. Regardless of whether Guo Song destroyed Li Wujun or not, this north-south pincer battle was inevitable. Guo Song left Li Wujun behind last year and did not attack. Wouldn't it be a bit redundant?
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Zhu Tao forgot one thing, Guo Song did not know the strategy between him and Zhu Si. It was only recently that he discovered that Zhu Si's army had made some changes and diverted ships to go north. Only then did Guo Song vaguely guess.
"Bo Chang, there's no point in saying this now!" Zhu Tao felt a little unhappy when he heard him mention old things again.
"No! This matter is the key to the entire current situation. It depends on whether the prince can accept my point of view?"
"Okay! Even if it's bait, so what?"
"Your Majesty, if Xindu County is the bait, then Guo Song's target may not only be Li Wujun."
Zhu Tao jumped up, grabbed Li Bochang's wrist and said urgently: "You can't tell me that Guo Song led his army to attack Youzhou, right?"
"Bizhi just said that the situation is serious, but that's exactly what he meant!"
At this moment, a soldier outside the tent shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, there is urgent news in Yizhou!"