Chapter 213 Attack the Heart
Attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top.
Song Jun's successive actions caught Wanyan Zongbi a little off guard, and the spies sent out had no way to find out how many reinforcements the Song army still had, which made him feel blind.
Each time five thousand troops are put in, the morale impact of the Jin army on the battlefield is huge, so one is a blow, and then decline, three and exhaustion, Wanyan Zongbi originally wanted to swallow the Song army, but he didn't expect that the current situation is not only not swallowing, but the Song army's reinforcements are still increasing.
"General, the Song army is cunning, they are planning to encroach on our army little by little, if our army can't be pulled out in advance, I'm afraid that it will be completely bitten by the Song army at that time, and the 80,000 army may have to be explained here." Military advisor Heqing said to Wanyan Zongbi.
Wanyan Zongbi knew that he had to make a decision at this time, he couldn't afford to gamble, because he stood on the wrong team in the battle for succession, his status plummeted, and even Wanyan Chang, who had suffered a few defeats, became his top boss, and the current 100,000 army is estimated to be all his belongings, and if he loses all of them at that time, then it is estimated that he can only stand aside.
"Pass my military order, withdraw the army!" These words were almost squeezed out of between his teeth by Yan Zongbi.
"General! At this time, the withdrawal of troops has suffered heavy losses to our army! The right lieutenant stood up against it at this time.
"The Song army is cunning, they lure the enemy deeper step by step, if our army retreats now, it can still save the main force, if it continues to be consumed, I am afraid that there is no way to save the main force!" Wanyan Zongbi also said unwillingly.
"But general, as long as we hold on for a while, our army may be able to break through the gate of the stone city, and when the time comes, we will be based on the city wall, and we will not necessarily be afraid of the encirclement of the Song army."
"Having said that, according to the report from the spies in the city, this stone city has long become an empty city, and there is no one else in the city except for the soldiers. What to drink? If the Song army besieges Shicheng, within ten days, our army will be defeated! Wanyan Zongbi shook his head and said.
Although this sentence is very unwilling, it is very reasonable.
"But there are still 200,000 reinforcements behind our army."
"Don't be stupid, if Wan Yanchang knew that we were encircled, it would be strange if he was willing to send troops to save me, plus the warships of the Song Army's naval division had blocked the Yellow River, how could our army cross the Yellow River?" Wanyan Zongbi asked rhetorically.
The soldiers were silent, although they didn't want to accept this result, but they had to admit that the reality was so cruel.
The Jin army finally decided to withdraw.
Just as the Jin general said, if you want to retreat at this time, it will not be so easy, the Song army and the Jin army are already stuck together, the Jin army Ming Jin withdraws the troops, but the Song army doesn't want to let them go like this, and bites tightly all the way.
Especially Liu Moyu. It's completely a madman's style of play, Wanyan Zongbi is because of his high martial arts and has killed a bloody road, and Liu Moyu is completely because of the bloodthirsty madness that makes the Jin army dare not approach, this person really dares to eat human flesh raw, even the soldiers of the Jin Army who are used to seeing corpses, in the face of this situation of eating human flesh raw, they can't help but feel cold in their hearts.
The soldiers of the Jin Army under the city were generally lucky, and in comparison, the soldiers on the city walls were a little unlucky, to be precise, they were actually equivalent to the part of the people who were abandoned.
When Mingjin withdrew his troops, the soldiers under the city had no way to ensure that the soldiers on the city wall had retreated, and the ladder would be withdrawn, after all, this kind of large siege equipment still had to be carefully protected, and if it was damaged, it would be very difficult to repair.
Therefore, the soldiers on the city wall did not have the tools to go down to the city, so they could only stand on the city wall and wait for death, or jump down from the high city wall, which was as high as a two-story building.
Seeing the retreat of the Jin army, the morale of the defenders on the city wall was greatly boosted, and they rushed forward, while the Jin army was a hasty defeat, and in the case of one or the other, less than one-third of the 30,000 soldiers of the Jin army who attacked the city could survive, and many of them were hacked to death by the Song army when they retreated.
After Yan Zongbi rectified the soldiers and horses, he really suffered heavy losses in this battle at this time, after the first battle, the number of people was sharply reduced to 50,000, in fact, from the point of view of troops, the Song army has already taken the advantage.
If they can't withdraw as soon as possible, when the warships of the Song Army's naval division come over, it is estimated that they will be stopped on the south bank of the Yellow River.
But crossing the river at this time, Wanyan Zongbi didn't dare, after all, if he chose to cross the river at this time, when the river crossing was just halfway through, he would be hit halfway through, and the Jin army's small boat would only be beaten.
But if you don't retreat, it's obviously not good, the Song army is menacing on its side, and its morale is low, so it's not an opponent at all.
Wanyan Zongbi really couldn't understand, when did it start, when the Jin army faced the Song army, he actually felt that he had more than enough heart and insufficient strength, in the past, as soon as the iron cavalry of the Jin army arrived, the Song army would retreat, but now it is different, and it has become that the Jin army wants to avoid the edge of the Song army.
"General, we must cross the river, otherwise when the Song army forms an encirclement of our army, our army will be completely annihilated." Xie Chuanjun said to Wanyan Zongbi.
Wanyan Zongbi didn't know this truth, but at this time, he didn't know whether the river crossing could succeed or not, "The warships of the Song Army's naval division are menacing, and the Song Army's warships are attacking during our army's crossing of the river, how should our army respond?" ”
"General, the last general observed that there is a river in the west, and our army can follow this river in the west, and it should be able to bypass the attack of the Song army's water division." Xie Chuanjun said to Wanyan Zongbi.
When Yan Zongbi heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out the map to take a look, and sure enough, he saw that there was a river on the south bank of the Yellow River, and if he bypassed this river, he should indeed be able to avoid the attack of the Song army's water division.
The situation was urgent, and Wan Yan Zongbi didn't care about letting the spies go to check, so he hurriedly took the remaining more than 50,000 soldiers and hid in this river.
However, after Yan Zongbi led the army into this river, he regretted it, because this river was a dead end, that is to say, if the Song army chased in at this time, Yan Zongbi's army would have no way to retreat, so it would only fight to the death.