122.Battle of Pingnan (I)
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In this era, it is not so easy to fight a surprise attack, more than 20,000 troops stretch endlessly, even if Zhao Dongting has been marching these days and taking remote paths, he is not sure whether Jesur has found information.
The generals gathered in his tent, and Zhao Dongting asked, "Do you think we can win this battle?" ”
At this time, they were only fifty miles away from the county seat of Pingnan.
Yue Peng looked at the sand table made in the middle of the camp using the topographic map drawn by the scouts, and said: "Your Majesty, although Jesur has a large number of soldiers, he is dedicated to attacking Pingnan County. If we can kill Jesul's head in the chaos of the battle, then we will almost win. ”
"What if Jesur doesn't attack the city, or if he pretends to do so?"
Su Quan raised the small cyan flag on the sand table that represented their own military horses, and said: "The scouts of the Yuan army have always been powerful, maybe they have already found out the information of our garrison here at this time, if this is the case, Jesur must have taken precautions, and we will attack his rear army, maybe it will be in his arms." ”
Yue Peng frowned and said: "Even if he is prepared, we will fight with them, and when the time comes, as long as the defenders in Pingnan County come out and attack the head and tail of the Yuan army with us, we may not have no chance of winning." ”
"Huh."
Zhao Dongting laughed and said: "You can't fight like this, if Jesur thinks of our army's plan, attack the city with a small number of troops, and the army will guard against us in the rear, or the commander camp will sit in the middle army, command the soldiers and horses to fight with us and the Xingguo army at the same time." Judging from the strength of the two sides, not to mention whether we can win, it is a victory, and I am afraid that it will also suffer heavy losses. At that time, he will no longer be able to compete with the Yuan army in Guangxi, and he will lose all the games. ”
His military books aren't in vain these days.
When Yue Peng heard this, his face changed slightly, and he stopped talking.
Zhao Dongting's eyes swept over the generals in the tent, and said: "The art of war is to treat the enemy with the right and win with surprise." If we want to win this battle with the least losses, the most appropriate way can be determined to be to capture the main general of the Yuan army, Jesur. As long as Jesur is captured, the Yuan army will be leaderless, and it will be much easier to deal with them when the time comes. Ladies and gentlemen, how can we capture or kill Jesur? ”
Yue Peng, Dongheli, Zhang Xizai and others all pondered.
Zhao Dongting was also thinking in his heart, only how to get the opportunity to get close to Jesur.
Jesur's army attacked Pingnan, and in such a siege battle, nine times out of ten, the commander was sitting in the rear and commanding the whole army. But if he already knew the whereabouts of the Song army, it would be inevitable that he would not plan and invite the king into the urn.
What needs to be done now is to convince Jesur that they will not attack the rear marshal camp directly.
Suddenly, Zhao Dongting's eyes lit up.
He came up with a good idea.
Just as he was about to speak, Su Quandang had already said: "Your Majesty, why don't we make a noise?" ”
Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, because Su Quandang actually thought of going with him, and suddenly smiled: "Pretending to save the city, is it really a surprise attack?" ”
Su Quandang was also a little surprised, but he didn't expect that Zhao Dongting already knew his plan as soon as he spoke, and nodded and said, "Exactly." Jesur's army is gathered at the north gate of the county, and our army can pretend to enter the city from the east gate to assist in the defense, and then attack Jesur's camp with a small force of soldiers and horses, capture the thief and capture the king, and the Yuan army will be defeated. ”
Dongheli heard Su Quandang's words next to him, and wondered: "Then Jesur can sit back and watch us enter the city?" ”
Su Quandang chuckled and said, "Whether he lets us enter the city or not, we can take the lead." If we can get to the city, then we can use the emperor's dragon cannon to bombard their military formation, then the Yuan army will be in a panic, and the Xingguo army will kill from the city, we will attack the left flank of the Yuan thief, and they will attack the front of the Yuan thief. ”
Dongheli asked again: "Then what if he leads his army to stop us before we get close to Pingnan?" ”
"Hey, hey."
Su Quandang's eyes showed a cunning look, "If he, Jesur, wants to capture the city, how many troops can he allocate to stop us?" With the emperor's divine dragon cannon here, as long as the army he comes to block does not exceed 20,000 people, we can completely swallow them. Without these 20,000 troops, Jesur's forces would not have much advantage, and if they did not abandon the city, they would only end up being gradually eaten away by us! ”
"Hmm!"
Zhao Dongting patted the sand table lightly and said, "Then deploy according to General Su's method." ”
His eyes swept over the generals in the tent again, "In the battle of surprise attacks, elite soldiers must be used, which general is willing to lead the Flying Dragon Army to attack the marshal camp?" ”
"The last will go!"
"The last will go!"
I never thought that when these words came out, Dongheli, Zhang Xizai, Zhang Hongwei, and even Zhao Da and Zhao Hu all stood up.
The morale of the Southern Song Dynasty is now high.
"Okay."
Zhao Dongting thought for a while and said, "Then Zhao Da and Zhao Hu will lead the Flying Dragon Army to follow me and wait for the opportunity to attack the Marshal Bandit's camp, and the rest of the army and horses will be coordinated and mobilized by General Su." ”
"Huh?"
All the generals were stunned, and Su Quan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the surprise attack on the Shuai camp is too dangerous, you can't go." ”
Zhao Dongting smiled: "How can there be a war that is not dangerous? I follow the army to fight the Yuan Thief, even if I wait here, who would dare to predict that the Yuan Thief will not come to attack our Shuai Camp? ”
Su Quandang fell silent.
Zhao Dongting said again: "As long as you and the Yuan army rush to kill, we will surprise the Shuai camp, but it will be much safer." ”
He wanted to go like this, but he was actually worried that Zhao Da and Zhao Hu were not cautious enough. The surprise attack on the camp of the commander of Jesur must not allow the scouts of the Yuan army to show the slightest trace, otherwise the surprise attack will only turn into death.
Although the generals didn't want Zhao Dongting to take risks, they didn't know what to say.
He is right, there is no such thing as absolute safety in a war.
On this night, Zhao Dongting took Le Wufu, Zhao Da, and Zhao Hu to leave the camp at night with eight hundred flying dragon soldiers and continued to approach Pingnan County.
Wen Qi is familiar with the terrain in this area and also follows this team.
When it was slightly light, they stopped marching and rested in the depths of the mountains, only more than ten miles away from the Yuan army camp.
Su Quandang also led the army to set off, but it was a banner waving, marching along the Xunjiang River at a high speed, no longer hidden, and there was a momentum of rushing to save the city.
The generals of all the armies are all dignified, because even if they have a good plan, no one dares to say that they will win.
War is inherently changeable, and it is likely that some subtle accident will turn the entire war situation upside down.
Outside the city in the north and south of Ping, the Yuan army camped for more than ten miles.
The camp of Jessur is located in the center of the barracks, and at this time, there are also many generals of the Yuan army gathered in the tent.
A scout hurried to the front of the tent and said: "General, there are more than 20,000 Song troops marching to Pingnan on the east bank of the Chengdong River in Pingnan...... There was also a banner with a stick on it, but it was impossible to tell which army horse it was. ”
"Oh?"
Jesur, who was sitting in front of the bookcase inside the camp, was slightly surprised, "They plan to save the city quickly?" ”
Indeed, two days ago, their investigation found the traces of Zhao Dongting leading the army quietly to Pingnan.
Jesur originally expected that the Song army was only more than 20,000, and he should not choose a hard battle, and the most likely thing was to surprise their rear army. Now when he heard the scout say that the Song army actually gave up hiding and hurried to the east gate of Pingnan, he was naturally surprised.
"Huh."
Immediately, Jesur laughed softly again, "It seems that it is not luck that the Song army was able to take Jinjin, there are capable people in their army!" ”
He looked at the generals of the Yuan army in the tent, "Everyone, now that the Song army intends to aid the city, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”
A Mongol general said: "Commander, the marshal told me to take Pingnan as soon as possible, and we categorically cannot let them into the city." ”
"No, no, no."
Jesur waved his hand, "The marshal ordered the general to take Pingnan quickly, that was because he was worried that this Song army would go north to invade Jingjiang Mansion, and now that this Song army has arrived here, we have no need to storm Pingnan." According to General Ben, it is better to let them into the city, let their two armies converge, and when the time comes, when the marshal sends reinforcements over, we will attack the city on a large scale, and annihilate the Song army, horses, and Xingguo army in the city. ”
"Hey."
As he spoke, he suddenly laughed again, "I heard that the little emperor of the Great Song Dynasty drove out on the expedition, and the people were also in this army, as long as Pingnan was taken at that time, the Song Dynasty would be destroyed." ”