Chapter 328: A Tactic for Exhausting the Army

After Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi's troops were stationed in Jishui County, everyone sat in the county hall and discussed the strategy against the enemy.

Through a conversation with Lu Changping, the commander of the garrison in Jishui County, Xiao Ding had a general understanding of the current battle situation at the front.

Hearing Lu Changping say that the king of Jiaozhou only left a small number of troops to defend the border in Jiangzhou, Xiao Ding suddenly thought, can you agitate and let the Great Tubo Kingdom attack Jiangzhou? It also allows the king of Jiaozhou to experience the feeling of being hit from both sides!

Thinking of this, Xiao Ding immediately told Song Yinzi about his idea. Song Yinzi immediately said that he would write a letter to his father later, to see if he could send an envoy to the Great Tubo Kingdom to persuade the Great Tubo Kingdom to send troops to attack the Jiangzhou border pass.

The king of Jiaozhou rebelled this time, colluding with the Dali Kingdom and the Great Southern Barbarian State in the south, as well as the Dahala Kingdom, the Great Intarsity Kingdom and the Great Xia Kingdom in the north, but he did not collude with this Great Tubo Kingdom on the southwest plateau.

Through a conversation with Lu Changping, Xiao Ding discovered this loophole in the King of Jiaozhou, so he came up with this method to exploit the loophole.

If this plan is successful, it will be of great benefit to Xiaoding's troops.

After almost understanding the battle situation on the front line, Xiao Ding made clear the next combat mission: first, to recapture several county towns that had been occupied by the king of Jiaozhou, Bin County, Qu County, Yongcheng County, and Qianling County. Second, it is necessary to send rescue troops to rescue Tingzhou Pass in Yuezhou. If it is not possible to rescue in time, I am afraid that Tingzhou Pass will be lost, and the soldiers of the king of Jiaozhou will cross the Wuyi Mountains and take Yuezhou directly. In that case, it's a bit of a hassle. Third, it is necessary to conquer Jiaozhou as soon as possible after capturing several county towns occupied by the king of Jiaozhou.

Of course, this third article is not in a hurry at present, and it is not too late to discuss the strategy after these counties are laid.

However, what needs to be considered is that after today's battle, after Song Yinbei goes back, he will definitely not give up, and he will definitely mobilize soldiers and horses to fight back again. This is something that needs to be done in a foolproof way.

Xiao Ding looked at the military map spread out on the table by Lu Changping, and he found that because of the barrier of Da Yuling, Bin County, Qu County, and Yongcheng County needed to pass through Qianling County if they wanted to get in touch with Jiaozhou, that is to say, Qianling County was a necessary way to Jiaozhou.

Therefore, Xiaoding immediately decided to focus on taking Qianling County first, and cut off the connection between Bin County, Qu County, Yongcheng County and Jiaozhou.

As for the rescue of Tingzhou Pass, Xiao Ding immediately sent Yue Yunfeng and Yue Yunyu brothers, led 10,000 soldiers and supplies, and set off early tomorrow morning to go to Yuezhou to rescue Tingzhou Pass, and told them to bring more bows and arrows, if they encounter the troops of the king of Jiaozhou on the road, they should try to avoid frontal charges, but adopt guerrilla tactics and use bows and arrows to attack remotely. Anyway, the number of bows and arrows captured in today's battle is extremely large, so let them bring more.

The two young generals of the Yue family nodded in agreement, and the Yue family brothers went with three commanders of the Xiang army. There are a total of five generals, with 10,000 soldiers, which is enough to be independent.

As for how to seize Qianling County, Xiao Ding also made arrangements on the spot, and still sent the two brothers Han Qi and Han Qi to lead the 10,000 forbidden troops as the vanguard force, and went to camp ten miles outside Qianling County. Send the three Yang Yueling sisters and brothers, as well as the remaining commanders, to lead the remaining 10,000 soldiers as the receiving force, following the forbidden army of the Han family brothers, and responding at any time.

He also ordered Lu Changping, Gao Hongxiu, and Luo Sikou to lead 5,000 soldiers in Jishui County, responsible for escorting grain, grass, materials, ordnance and other materials.

Jishui County left 4,000 soldiers to defend, led and commanded by Chang County Commander.

Mu King Song Yinzi, for the sake of safety, it is better to stay in Jishui County.

However, when Xiao Ding said the words to let Song Yinzi stay, Song Yinzi asked: "General Tian asked me to stay in Jishui County, so what about you, General Tian?" Do you also stay in this Jishui County? ”

"I can't stay, I want to go to the front line to supervise the battle myself!" Xiao Ding said.

"Since General Tian has gone to the front line to supervise the war, then I will also go to the front line to supervise the war." Song Yinzi said.

"Why go? It will be more dangerous at the front line. Xiao Ding reminded.

"General Tian is the deputy marshal and goes to the front line to supervise the war, as the commander-in-chief, how can there be any reason not to go to the front line to supervise the war? General Tian doesn't need to persuade me, I must go to the front line to supervise the battle. Song Yinzi said categorically.

Xiao Ding saw that Song Yinzi insisted on going, so he no longer dissuaded him.

The plan to capture Qianling County is still to be carried out from tomorrow morning. The army has been marching for several days, and today there is another big battle, and it must be necessary to rest well for a night to recover its strength.

After that, Chang County Ling and Lu Changping arranged a banquet in the hall to wash the dust for Song Yinzi, the king of Mu, and the generals. The banquet was drunk until the time of the lamp, and then it dispersed.

Xiao Ding, Song Yinzi and Yue Yurou were all arranged to live in the guest room of the county government. The other generals went back to live in the barracks of the barracks.

There were more than 30,000 troops in the county seat at once, and the barracks in the county were definitely not enough to live in before, and many nearby houses were requisitioned, and the soldiers also set up a lot of marching tents in the barracks.

When the residents near the barracks heard that the houses were being requisitioned for the support troops, they were naturally willing to give their homes, and these soldiers came to help them defend their homes, so they naturally did not complain, and happily let go of their houses to find relatives and friends to stay overnight.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, several soldiers and horses began to move according to the plan.

Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou protected Song Yinzi and followed the army, all the way to Qianling County.

There were originally 10,000 defenders in Qianling County, and after Song Yinbei returned from defeat, there were seven or eight thousand more remnants in the city. Song Yin returned to Qianling County in a humiliated manner, and immediately sent someone to Jiaozhou to send a letter to his father to explain the situation at the front, and at the same time continued to ask for soldiers and horses.

After receiving Song Yinbei's letter, Song Yuanyan, the king of Jiaozhou, was also surprised, his army of 50,000 was wiped out by the support army at once, more than 40,000, when did the army of the Great Song Kingdom become so powerful?

He hurriedly asked the messenger who the main general of the other party's support army was, and the messenger told him that the main general of the other party was his nephew Song Yinzi, and the king of Jiaozhou began to wonder, the twelfth prince Song Yinzi He knew, but he was just a scholar, although he had also learned martial arts, but it was commonplace, when did he learn to fight? And he is so good at fighting, as soon as he comes, he will give himself a heavy blow, and it is not a big deal to lose some soldiers, but the impact on the morale of the soldiers is very significant.

After this battle, the morale of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy and the enemy has risen and gone, which will seriously affect the subsequent battle situation.

The king of Jiaozhou has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and he is scheming, so he is naturally more sophisticated than Song Yinbei when he sees things.

If in the short term, if your side can't win a big battle to get back into the game, the morale of your army will be severely damaged, and you may never recover. In that case, what kind of rebellion are you going to make? What else to take to seize the country of the Great Song Dynasty?

Thinking of the cause and effect, the king of Jiaozhou immediately ordered to immediately send people to Yuezhou, ordering the military general Yi Chunzhu to send 30,000 soldiers and horses to Qianling County to support Song Yinbei, and at the same time, ordered the military general Da Chunlu to transfer 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Jiangzhou border pass to Qianling County.

Since the other side has 30,000 reinforcements, then we will send 60,000 troops to fight, can't we still fight?

At the same time, Song Yuanyan, the king of Jiaozhou, also immediately sent envoys to Dali and Dananban, demanding that these two countries immediately send troops to support.

However, before the soldiers sent by the King of Jiaozhou arrived in Qianling County, the troops sent by Xiao Ding had already arrived first.

The 10,000 forbidden troops led by the two brothers Han Qi and Han Qi set off in the morning, and in the afternoon, they had already set up camp ten miles north of Qianling County, waiting for the next order.

Immediately afterwards, the 10,000 troops led by Yang Yueling's sister and brother also followed to help the Han brothers' troops set up camp.

Xiao Ding, Song Yinzi, and Yue Yurou followed Lu Changping, Gao Hongxiu and others to escort the troops to the outside of Qianling County.

After entering the camp, Xiao Ding rode on his horse and looked at the county seat of Qianling from afar, and saw that this city was not too big, but the location was excellent, under the mountain of Da Yu Ling, and there was a valley in the south of the city, which directly penetrated into Da Yu Ling. Presumably it is the only way to Jiaozhou.

If this small county town is attacked, then the other counties occupied by the king of Jiaozhou, Bin County, Qu County, and Yongcheng County will inevitably be cut off from Jiaozhou, and sooner or later they will be self-defeating.

Due to the relatively slow pace of the team escorting supplies, it was already evening at this time, and it was naturally impossible to attack the city at night. But after dinner, Xiao Ding sat in the Chinese military tent with Song Yinzi and others, and summoned all the generals into the tent.

"I said cockroach crawling deputy marshal, do you want to attack the city overnight?" Yang Yueling shouted loudly. Since she recognized Xiao Ding as the person who wrote uglier than her that night, she gave Xiao Ding the nickname and called him Cockroach Crawling Deputy Marshal, which means that he writes like a cockroach crawling out.

Xiao Ding knew that this Miss Yang Yueling of Yang Wangfu was not only tough, but also a little rude, but she was very brave in battle, and she did not lose to men at all. So I don't bother with her about these little things, just let her call.

He raised his head and looked at Yang Yueling and said, "General Yang, you sit down first, and later I will have something more important than the siege of the city for you to do." ”

Although Yang Yueling's personality is a little rough, she is not stupid, she can distinguish the importance of things, and when she heard Xiao Ding say this, she didn't say anything more, and sat on the side with a big thorn.

After all the generals arrived, Xiao Ding said the purpose of his summoning of all the generals: "Although we don't plan to attack the city tonight, we can't let Song Yinbei be too idle." I suspect that their reports have already detected that our army has arrived. Therefore, I came up with a strategy to exhaust the soldiers in the city, so that our army could successfully attack the city at dawn tomorrow. ”

"What is the strategy of exhausting the army?" The generals were confused, and someone immediately asked questions.

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