Chapter 31: Gathering (Part II)
When the guide flag with the book "Participating in the Governor's Affairs, the Privy Council of the Fellowship, the Establishment of the System along the River, the Queen's Palace, and the Jianghuai Recruiting Ambassadors" appeared under the city, cheers rang out everywhere, and the faces of every soldier defending the city were filled with joy, which was a kind of excitement for the rest of his life, and Liu Yu was no exception.
Contrary to the situation during the Battle of Jiankang, at that time, Li Tingzhi's troops were contacted in advance, and Zhang Shijie's team was unexpected. At the moment, Liu Yu himself did not expect that Li Tingzhi would take the initiative to send troops and appear at the right place at the right time.
Miao Zaicheng, who had accumulated merit and was promoted to "Qinzhou Observer and Zhizhenzhou", had already crossed Dongliu County with the forward, and they did not form a formation, not even a whole team, and more than 10,000 people were divided into two groups and rushed to the enemy army in front. The sound of killing is all over the sky, the flags are everywhere, and Zhang Hongfan is not in the army, in the face of this unreasonable way of playing, Zhang Bu almost did not touch the first to collapse, the cavalry that lost the space to sprint first retreated, where can the new annex army with low morale still hold on, and Miao Zaicheng, who can kill it, does not care about the strong enemy on the side, and chases them all the way through Madang Mountain.
"See, this is the evil result of Jiankang's defeat, how many times have you ever seen them dare to fight like this?"
Zhang Hongfan and the others are all face to face, Zhang Bu has no preparation for fighting again, and the other party is mainly foot soldiers, and the losses are basically negligible when they retreat, and of course what Pingzhang refers to is not this. Once upon a time, the Song people, who were hiding behind the city and trembling, actually dared to chase the cavalry in the field, who gave them such courage?
Defeat is cowardly, victory is arrogant, all of you are generals, this truth can not be clearer, the heart will be hot-headed, for the march and war is not a good thing, however, the Song people have been weak for a long time, and now they need the encouragement of this heart, such Song people are not good for the southern expedition, that is, the evil consequences of Pingzhang's mouth.
"Zhong Chou, send someone with more weight, it's really not okay for you to run in person, don't worry, they won't kill people."
The temporary bowing of his head is also a helpless move, Li Tingzhi's actions are quite unusual, to say that this Chizhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangdong Road, it is normal for him, the marshal of Jianghuai, to do what he wants, but this sudden arrival of the army made Ali Hague sensitively aware that there was something wrong, could it be that the Song people also had the same thoughts as Zhang Hongfan?
This is a very fatal thing, not far from here, the defenders of Jiangzhou have been evacuated by Zhang Hongfan, and the farther Ezhou, which has brought most of its military strength, has been at a disadvantage in terms of numbers due to the division of troops to attack Anqing Mansion, and Li Bu is still coming in a steady stream, which has long been beyond the scope of rescue, what do they want to do?
On the tower of Dongliu County, Liu Yu also had the same question, because the number of people was really too much, the Chinese army led by Li Tingzhi had not yet ended, and Xu Wende, the general of the Huai Army in the rear, appeared in the field of vision.
"There are no less than 60,000 infantry troops, and there are about more than 10,000 naval troops.
Zhang Shijie made a visual survey and said, this number is about the same as what Liu Yu has in his hands, and it is already the majority of what Li Tingzhi can mobilize, on the other hand, the Tartars, from Jingbei to Jiangzhou, counting the defeated army, are less than 50,000, Ali Hague brought about 30,000 people, and the rest are all scattered in the Qihuang area.
Coupled with Zhang Shijie's Hubei soldiers and the rest of the Huaixi Xia Gui, Liu Yu suddenly discovered that the strength of the Song army in this area had far surpassed that of the Tartars. The enemy's forces are still being assembled, and the nearest one has only arrived in Xiangyang Mansion, and Ezhou, the former department, is now full of grain, grass and ordnance, Liu Yu opened his mouth wide, Zhang Shijie lowered his head thoughtfully, and was speechless for a while.
When Jiankang was established, Liu Yu had this kind of thought, chasing the rout army straight to Jingbei, pulling the battle line back to the situation at the beginning of the war, it is best to recapture Xiangyang Mansion, in that case, the Great Song Dynasty can breathe for a few more years, and the Yuan people who have lost hundreds of thousands of old pawns are impossible to continue to fight, but now?
"Without him, for the young and strong."
The expressions of the two were fully watched by Li Tingzhi, and as soon as he fell off the horse, he waved his hand and said, Liu Yu was relieved after hearing this, and Zhang Shijie had some gains and losses.
"It's not that I don't want to fight."
Li Tingzhi explained to them as he walked.
"I can't fight, this time is different from the past, although the number of Tartars is small, the combat power is still there, and they are waiting for work. With this momentum, it is not a problem to take Jiangzhou, no matter how far it is, it will not be able to reach it, but Jiangzhou has been told by Ziqing, and there is no need to use swords at all. ”
"Let's talk about your Anqing Mansion first, can you be sure to take Qizhou and force Huangzhou?"
Looking at Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi asked, the former nodded first, and then shook his head, his soldiers are the same as other Song troops, they are good at defending and not attacking, and it is not difficult to attack Qizhou, but if the Tartars defend the city, and then attack their grain routes with light troops, or cut off their backup? Zhang Shijie shook his head.
"Besides, Huaixi, if Ben Shuai dares to transfer the Xia Department out of Dabie Mountain, the enemy of Suzhou will dare to cross the Huaishui to attack Shouchun, lose the strategy of these two roads, and want to take Ezhou City? Difficult. ”
Liu Yu had already thought of this, most of Li Tingzhi's analysis was for Zhang Shijie, the relationship between the two is a bit complicated, only nominally subordinate, and the meaning of containment is more, and with Zhang Shijie's unwilling to succumb to others, he is afraid that he will not listen, and if he wants to persuade him, he can only come up with facts.
If the peace treaty is not concluded for a day, the war will not stop for a day, so Zhang Hongfan dares to sneak attack at night, and Li Bu's big attack along the river is naturally nothing. However, what he said was to see someone off, Liu Yu was just polite, he was self-aware, how could he have such a big face, and there may be another deep meaning in it.
"Miao Zaicheng is back."
Li Tingzhi took off his helmet and handed it to his soldiers, and said casually, on the official road leading to Jiangzhou, the red tide is rolling back, different from the scattered during the pursuit, the returning forwards have formed a marching column, the sergeants are carrying spears, holding armor, weapons, flags and other things discarded by the enemy, all of them are elated, and after a while, a burst of singing sounds.
"Tianwei swept across the Yellow River, and the Qiang people sang all the Han songs. Moyan crosses the mountain and flows backwards, and goes from the west of the church to make Enbo. ”
The singing started from the defenders at the head of the city, and then, the Huai soldiers under the city, the Hubei soldiers, and the people of Jiangnan and Jiangbei Shu sang all kinds of tunes together, although they were not very clear, but the majestic momentum still made Liu Yu feel heroic, and there were military songs in this era.
"I haven't heard of it for a long time."
Li Tingzhi sighed softly, several people were silent, unwilling to disturb the happy moments of the soldiers, such moments are too rare, I don't know if there will be any more in the future?