Chapter 6: The Khitan Destroys the Jin Dynasty (Part II)

After fighting with his godgrandson for three years, Yelu Deguang had a clearer understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Great Jin army...... From the beginning of the third year of Kaiyuan, he adjusted his strategy, no longer conducting a decisive battle with a large army, but changed to small-scale harassment. Visit 78下载 TXT .// Originally, I thought that under his constant harassment, the Jin soldiers should be exhausted and their combat effectiveness declined. However, the Gaoyang ambush once again showed that the combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers should not be underestimated. His army of 50,000 people, taking advantage of the favorable time, place and people, besieged Liang Hanzhang's 8,000 people, and fought for 2 hours to eliminate the other party. In this regard, he reluctantly adjusted his strategy.

After learning that Dewey's army went south to Wuqiang County, Yelu Deguang did not pursue, but instead relieved a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses in Hengzhou, Mozhou, Cangzhou and other places, and set out from Gaoyang to attack Hengzhou to the west.

The Hengzhou emergency document was sent to Shi Chonggui's hands like snowflakes, and Shi Chonggui successively issued orders urging Dewey to lead the army to rescue, and once again expanded Dewey's troops, from 80,000 to 150,000, and all the troops in the entire north were concentrated in Dewey's hands. Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, Zhang Yanze, these famous generals and jiedu envoys north of the Yellow River were all under Dewey's control.

So, Dewey convened the generals to discuss the rescue of Hengzhou, and Gao Xingzhou was the first to say: "Dashuai, according to the report of the spies, Yelu Deguang's army is stationed in the area of Xinle in the northeast of Hengzhou. It was said that there was also a large army stationed in Lingshou in the northwest of Hengzhou. The Khitans are menacing, on the one hand, there are grain and grass attacks from Youzhou and other places, and on the other hand, they are killing people and stealing goods. This group of beasts, collecting grain and grass in our Dajin territory, has no laws at all, they simply rob people when they see them, and kill them after they are done. They slaughtered our people in the Great Jin Dynasty like this, how can we sit idly by, and the last general thinks that we should immediately raise troops to march west, attack Xinle first, and then fight Lingshou. The last general is not talented, and he was the pioneer. ”

Fu Yanqing on the side agreed: "Lao Gao is very reasonable, Dashuai, these eight kings are doing this, there is no shortage of food, we can't do it with them." They have no food, so they can grab it. We're running out of food, but it's going to be difficult. ”

Li Shouzhen also said: "What General Gao said makes sense. But have you ever thought about why the Khitans, with nearly 200,000 troops, surrounded and not fought near Hengzhou? Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look. Saying that, Li Shouzhen walked to the map hanging on the left side of the tent, pointed to the map and said: "There is a dangerous Baima Pass in the northwest near Hengzhou, and there is a dangerous terrain in the southwest. The edge of Hengzhou city is the Tuo River, and to the south is Luancheng County. Nowadays, there are Khitan armies in the northwest and northeast, and this Baima Pass has been defeated by the Khitan. If we rescue Hengzhou now, then once Yelu Deguang, who is in the new optimism, leads his army south and conquers the two counties of Wuji and Jiumen, we will be attacked on three sides: east, north, and west. In the area of Luancheng, relying on the Taihang Mountain, the official road is narrow and dilapidated, and it is bound to be a lot of trouble to transport grain. If the Khitan holds on to our army and does not engage our army, then after a long time, our army will be in chaos without a fight. ”

Seeing that the generals were listening carefully to their analysis, Li Shouzhen couldn't help but be a little happy, and he continued: "Moreover, now near Wuqiang, almost all the troops north of the Yellow River have been gathered, if we fall into Hengzhou, then the Khitan will send a partial division south to Bianliang. So...... My sin of waiting is great. ”

Dewey was not like other generals, he was shocked by Li Shouzhen's words, but he smiled and said: "General Li, what you said is good, but this commander was ordered to rescue Hengzhou, so he can't stay in Wuqiang for a long time." Forget about spending grain and grass, once Hengzhou falls, the emperor will blame it, and I'm afraid I can't afford to eat it. ”

Li Shouzhen sneered and said: "Dashuai is relieved, I didn't say that I wouldn't save Hengzhou." In my opinion, we can send a partial division, 20,000 or 30,000 people, bring enough grain and grass, march quickly, cross the Tuo River and enter Hengzhou, and help defend the city. Most of the remaining troops were deployed around Yecheng, and elite cavalry was selected to cruise around the periphery of the Khitan army and attack it unprepared. The Khitans came from afar, and robbery alone will definitely not be able to meet the food needs, as long as I defeat his grain transportation team, then the Khitans will retreat without a fight. ”

Dewey was very annoyed when he looked at Li Shouzhen pointing out the country, and he categorically intercepted: "Everyone, have you ever thought about why Your Majesty asked the old man to control all the troops north of the Yellow River?" ”

Zhang Yanze flattered and said, "That's Your Majesty's trust in you." ”

Dewey laughed, and Li Shouzhen's face on the side was a little ugly. Dewey laughed twice and stopped: "General Zhang is too praised." The Ming people don't say secret words, Your Majesty asked the old man to control so many soldiers and horses, just to let me command the soldiers and concentrate on finding an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Khitans. ”

Gao Xingzhou and the others believed it, only Li Shouzhen snorted coldly and did not speak.

Dewey continued: "Actually, General Gao was right just now. Let's do it quickly. Why? First, the people are suffering, and we, as generals in the army, cannot drive out the Khitan and protect the country and the people, so we are sorry for Your Majesty and the people of Li. Second, you are all senior generals in the army, and I might as well tell you the truth, now we are short of food and grass, and we can only support it for two months. If we can't do it quickly, the time will ...... Hey......" Dewey sighed and stopped talking.

"But Hengzhou, ten is a trap. We can't be fooled. Li Shouzhen insisted on her opinion.

Dewey glanced at Li Shouzhen a few times, this guy sang against him all day long, but his ability was really good, if he wasn't the emperor's uncle, I was afraid that this official who was recruited by the northern camp would be robbed by Li Shouzhen. Du Wei sneered: "Of course Ben Shuai knows this trap, but for us, isn't this an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Khitans?" We rescue Hengzhou, and the Khitans can't ignore it. He's going to attack us, so we're going to give him a color! ”

Du Weili decided to advance to Hengzhou. When passing through Gaocheng, under Li Shouzhen's verbal request, Dewey left Li Shouzhen and 10,000 horses to garrison Gaocheng and block the only way for the Khitan to go south. On 10 October, Dewey led his army to a place called Zhongdu, 20 miles southeast of Hengzhou, and settled down. This place is on the south bank of the Tuo River. The next day, Yerod's army came to the Tuo River and camped opposite Dewey's camp.

Dewey, who originally wanted to cross the river, was afraid that he would be hit by the Khitan half-crossing. As a last resort, he continued north along the Tuohe River and entered Hengzhou on the same day. In order to ensure the safety of his flank, Dewey ordered Gao Xing Zhou to garrison 10,000 troops in Luquan in the southwest of Hengzhou, and Fu Yanqing to garrison 10,000 troops in Shiyi County, south of Hengzhou.

Dewey stayed in Hengzhou for five days, but Yelu Deguang still did not attack Hengzhou, but also led his army eastward and captured Jiumen County. Yelu Deguang's action to capture Jiumen County had long been guessed by Li Shouzhen, so Dewey, who got the news, did not have a big reaction, and still stayed in Hengzhou City calmly and waited for Yelu Deguang's attack. However, in the following ten days, Yelu Deguang neither attacked Hengzhou, nor did he attack Yecheng in the south. Instead, it was near Hengzhou and Dewey was consumed.

On the eleventh day, an unexpected piece of news completely disrupted Dewey's plan. To the south of Hengzhou, Luancheng, the only way to connect the Great Jin Dynasty with Hengzhou, was broken by the Khitan army.

Dewey was furious and shocked, completely dumbfounded.

There are three ways to Luancheng, one has to pass through Shiyi, one has to pass through Gaocheng, and one has to pass through Liu Zhiyuan's territory and pass through Taihang Mountain to arrive. Shiyi and Gaocheng have always been in the hands of Dewey, and it is impossible for the Khitans to grow wings and fly over by themselves, and the only way to say is that Liu Zhiyuan lent the road to the Khitan.

As soon as Luancheng was lost, Dewey really fell into the encirclement, near Hengzhou was the elite troops of the Great Jin, in addition to the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Gaocheng, north of the Yellow River, the Jin army no longer had any fighting troops. Expecting the imperial court to send troops to recover Luancheng is basically impossible.

In desperation, Dewey could only take the initiative to find the Khitan army for the main decisive battle. It's a pity that he didn't want to fight, Yelu Deguang fought with him, he sent more troops, Yelu Deguang went around in circles with him, and sent fewer troops, Yelu Deguang swallowed it unceremoniously. And Yelu Deguang also made a bad move. For the Jin soldiers captured in the war, Yelu Deguang sent all the soldiers back to Dewey, but everyone engraved the words "pardon but not kill" on their foreheads. If Li Shouzhen was here, maybe he could still come up with some ideas, and if he didn't get it right, he could break out, but Li Shouzhen was abandoned in Gaocheng. The more Dewey fought, the less confident he became, and the more he broke through, the fewer his numbers fewer. And it was divided into several pieces by the Khitans, staying in Hengzhou, Zhang Yanze in Zhongdu, Gao Xingzhou in Luquan, and Fu Yanqing in Shiyi.

In November, there was still some food to eat, and it was easier to stabilize the morale of the army. In December, the north wind was howling, there was a shortage of food and clothing, and the four big words of "pardon but not kill" deeply affected the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty, even including senior generals such as Dewey. At this time, Zhao Yanshou finally appeared on the stage, he wore a dragon and phoenix germanium red robe swaggering to Zhongdu City, after some consultations, Zhang Yanze was the first to surrender, two days later, Yelu Deguang sent a confidant, to Hengzhou to establish, also gave Dewey dragon and phoenix germanium red robe to wear, and promised to overthrow the Great Jin, on the establishment of Dewey as the emperor of the Central Plains.

Between sitting on the emperor and being the emperor's uncle, Dewey chose to sit on the emperor. Dewey surrendered, and Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen, who were alone and lonely, had no choice but to get together and surrender. Even Liu Zhiyuan in Taiyuan City sent someone to recognize Yelu Deguang as his godfather. The Great Jin Dynasty has gone.