Chapter 1499: The City of Hostages
It was Shen Tan who spoke, and he frowned and looked serious. Although he also thought that Lin Jue's wisdom was very incomparable, in this matter, he thought that even if Lin Jue's plan was successful, it was of little value. He had to get it straight.
All the generals looked at Shen Tan and felt that Shen Tan's words were a bit excessive. What does it mean to ruin the whole situation? Shen Tan couldn't help but have too little confidence in the army's ability to break through. Vice Marshal Shen has been very deep recently, since he was reprimanded by Dashuai in public, the whole person has become weird, and it is really strange to say this kind of thing at this moment.
Lin Jue didn't care, he still smiled and nodded: "Vice Marshal Shen's worry is not superfluous. Even if 58,000 soldiers and horses besieging us were transferred, they would still be more than twice as many as our army. If we break through, even if we can break through, I am afraid that we will suffer heavy casualties. They won't let us succeed easily. However...... When did I say we're going to break through? β
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Everyone was stunned, and everyone talked for a long time, thinking that Lin Jue was using a strategy to divert the tiger from the mountain, deceiving the opponent to mobilize troops and horses to attack Funiu Mountain and create conditions for breaking through. Who would have thought that the military advisor would suddenly come up with such a sentence. Isn't all this for the sake of breaking through? So for what?
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Our army occupies the hill, as stable as Mount Tai, they don't dare to attack at all." In this case, we don't have to worry about safety at all, so why should we risk breaking through? With a little saving, our grain and grass can last for more than ten days, and there is no need to rush at all. If they don't attack, we'll stay here. Why do we want to break through unless we have to? β
"But the handsome...... So what do you mean by this strategy? Liang Qi smacked his lips and asked.
"Yes, if you don't break through and let the other party transfer troops to attack Funiu Mountain, isn't it really as the deputy marshal said, but it will increase the danger to Funiu Mountain and Luoyan Valley? Originally, the enemy may not have thought of attacking Niu Mountain, but isn't this a reminder to them? There can be no mistakes in the Luoyan Valley of Funiu Mountain. If they really want to attack the mountain, we are afraid that we will have to break through and rescue, otherwise we may really go to the general trend. Ma Qingshan frowned and asked eagerly.
All the generals looked at Lin Jue nervously, and they were also very worried. I don't know what the big handsome thinks in his heart. The plan seems a bit unpredictable.
"Everyone, if your brains are more active, isn't it possible that the battlefield is just here with us, and it can't be opened up elsewhere? Isn't it better to ask you to enter the urn than to break through by force? Lin Jue laughed.
"What do you mean by ......?" The generals seemed to have touched some doorways, but they weren't sure.
"Three days ago, I had already ordered my wife Bai Bing to break out. Her mission is to convey orders and prepare to ambush the enemy forces attacking the mountain. They will wait for the enemy to attack the mountain. As long as they plan to send troops to them, they will be greeted head-on. Lin Jue said in a deep voice.
Everyone suddenly realized that the commander was going to induce the enemy to attack the mountain, and then ordered the soldiers and horses in the mountain to prepare for an ambush. But everyone immediately realized that Dashuai's plan seemed to be a bit taken for granted.
"But...... There are only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left in the mountains, and even if you add the reserve regiment to train soldiers and horses, there are less than 40,000 horses. And the elite are all here, and the soldiers and horses left behind in the mountains are actually limited. Moreover, Master Ma is still in the capital, and the only leader in the mountains is Gao Muqing. I don't believe in Gao Muqing's ability, but she is a woman after all, can she withstand the pressure? If the Jurchens mobilized an army of 60,000 or 70,000 to attack the mountain, how could they be defeated by only a few tens of thousands of people in the mountain? Shen Tan asked in a deep voice.
Shen Tan's words were expressing the hidden worries in everyone's hearts. The soldiers and horses left behind in the mountains
The number and combat power are limited, and what is even more troublesome is that there is no decent leader. After leaving the mountain, these soldiers and horses were handed over to Gao Muqing's hands to command. If it's just a simple defense, Gao Muqing may be able to do it. If it is to deal with a large-scale enemy attack, I am afraid that Gao Muqing will not be able to do it. In addition to Gao Muqing, Lin Hu stayed on the mountain as Gao Muqing's deputy. However, although Lin Hu has had experience in the past few years, he is too young after all, and he has not experienced a major battle, so I am afraid that his ability to command operations is also limited. If the Jurchens want to attack Niu Mountain, they must be dispatched with elite soldiers and horses, and the number will never be small. The personnel and soldiers and horses left behind in the mountains must be unable to withstand it.
"Vice Marshal Shen's worries are right, thirty or forty thousand left-behind soldiers and horses will definitely not succeed. But what if it's 100,000? An army of 100,000 is lying in ambush in a critical place, does the enemy attacking the mountain still have a chance to live? Lin Jue laughed.
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In Bianliang City, the atmosphere is tense and depressing. The forbidden soldiers and horses were running around on the streets, and the momentum was violent. From time to time, soldiers and horses broke into private mansions to arrest people, causing chickens and dogs to jump and women to cry. Everyone hid their faces and left, and they didn't dare to take a second look at these things, if they were not careful, they would be targeted by the soldiers, and then they would be arrested and interrogated. Bianliang City, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, has fallen from one of the most prosperous and livable cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is the first time in the memory of the people of Bianliang City.
The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for more than 150 years, and the people of the capital have experienced a lot. Many major events are frightening in places outside the capital, but they are not big in the eyes of the people of Bianliang. Even if it is a change of court, a battle between the palace, and a court dump, in the end, it can only become a topic of conversation among the people in the capital after dinner. Because they've been through so much, it's no wonder. All the people in the capital understand a basic truth better than people outside the capital, that is, no matter how the fight is above, no matter what happens in the court, no matter what the prince becomes the emperor, as long as the Great Zhou is not destroyed, the day is still that day, and everything will not change.
The life of the rich people in Bianliang is very comfortable. When I get up in the morning, I go to eat crab roe buns from Zhangjiazheng's store and drink the Longjing tea Dahongpao brought by southern businessmen. Then go to the tile to listen to the opera and play, and go to a big restaurant like Fanlou and Panlou at noon to have a sumptuous banquet and listen to the music. In the evening, go to the cloud pool on Bianhe Street to take a bath, and then go to Goolan Qingren to have a time, this day is moisturizing and comfortable. Even ordinary people, their lives are also delicious, each has their favorite teahouse, favorite street snacks, and a place to spend time after work. These lives are untouchable, and they are delicious. As for those major events in the DPRK and China, they are just big dramas on the stage on the clouds, and they have little to do with the lives of ordinary people.
I saw a lot and listened to a lot, and over time, the people of Bianliang were cultivated to have a temperament of being at the feet of the Son of Heaven and the people of the capital of Bianliang. They are not alarmed, they are calm, they will not worry about the sky, they will not panic. They have more frank and lazy temperament, and more pride that is considered to be unique to the people of Beijing.
Even after Guo Xu killed his brother and father to seize the throne, the entire capital was controlled very strictly. and the subsequent failure of the Great Zhou Northern Expedition, when the whole Great Zhou fell into a state of decadence and disappointment. When the imperial court imposed additional taxes and fees, people all over the world complained. The people of Bianliang did not despair because of these things. Although the days are tighter, they will not lose hope for the future. They believe that no matter what, they are the people of the capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they will not have no way to live, and everything will be fine.
However, everything changed in just a few months. It's a strange place to live
In a short period of time, the bustling capital city became a dead city. The minds of millions of people in the city have gone through a process of falling from the clouds to the ground and then to hell. In just a few months, the people of Bianliang suddenly fell from a comfortable and lazy state to a difficult step. All their pride was shattered.
So much has happened in these months. The sudden attack of the Jurchens and the Liao did not cause panic among the people of the capital at first. The people of the capital, who had experienced strong winds and waves, thought in their hearts that this was just another war in a border town. In the past, the Liao people often violated the border, and the news of wars on the border often came, which is nothing new. The only difference is that this time it was because of the revenge of the Liao people after the failure of Yang Jun's northern expedition, and a white-eyed wolf Jurchen followed in the fun. In the end, this battle will inevitably be the same as the war in countless border towns, either Da Zhou will win and everything will subside. Either Da Zhou loses and takes money to make amends. How to be or how to eat, how to eat and drink, it's not a big deal.
However, what they never expected was that the Jurchen army and the soldiers and horses of the Liao State moved east and southwest, defeating hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou and attacking all the way to the land of Gyeonggi. It was only then that the people of Bianliang City suddenly realized the great danger. They became extremely panicked. However, by this time, Bianliang City had already sealed four cities and was not allowed to enter or leave.
This was followed by the death of Emperor Guo Xu and the assumption of power by Lu Zhongtian. The people were not stupid, they smelled a strange smell, but at this time, they only wanted to protect themselves, and they had no time to care about anything else. If Lu Zhongtian could really protect their safety, they wouldn't mind listening to Lu Zhongtian. But what Lu Zhongtian did completely knocked them into the abyss. Lu Zhongtian issued an order to conscript food, materials, property, and manpower, imposed martial law on the entire city, requisitioned food and materials, and ordered the implementation of a rationing system. From the moment this order was issued, all the people of the capital became refugees. Lu Zhongtian took everything away from them, and only divided a very small amount according to the head, and said that they would tide over the difficulties together and contribute all their strength to the Great Zhou Sheji. In fact, he took the opportunity to deprive all the people of their property and made them beggars under Lu Zhongtian's knees all at once. Many people understand that this is actually Lu Zhongtian's means of controlling the entire city and the people, through the centralized control of food and materials, he controls the people in the entire city, and can drive and enslave them at will.
Curfews, news blockades, and brutal suppression of those who resisted were the means by which LΓΌ Zhongtian exercised strong control in the capital. In the propaganda of the government, Lu Zhongtian is simply a big hero who saved the Great Zhou. Good news one after another. What Lu Xiang led the army to defeat the besieging Jurchen army and annihilate the enemy. What Lu Xiang forced the Jurchens to open peace talks, the Great Zhou Society was protected, and the war was in sight. What barberry bandits took the opportunity to make trouble, were trapped somewhere and were almost wiped out, etc. Every day, the streets are filled with a group of officials who roam around with gongs, spreading these headless and tailless news all over the world to deceive the people of the capital. Of course, about Guo Xu's death, it was naturally blamed on the rebels of the Luoyan Army, saying how Lin Jue and Guo Kun brutally tortured and killed the emperor. The emperor could have lived well in the Jurchen camp, and after the peace negotiations were successful, the emperor would return safely. These messages fill the streets every day, forcibly stuffed into the ears of the people, chattering endlessly.
The people of the capital were kept in captivity in the huge animal pen of Bianliang City, completely blinded, deprived of their freedom, and deprived of all means of life. In fact, they have become hostages in the hands of Lu Zhongtian.