Chapter 183: Doubts about the retreat to the south

Since the Western Xia Dynasty was destroyed, there have not been many organized rebellions against the Yuan people, but there are still many counterattacks similar to guerrilla warfare, especially in the original places where the Western Xia, Song, and Yuan were at the junction.

The 500 Western Xia cavalry rushed from the north like the wind, which made the Yuan soldiers stationed in Wanggubu (now Alxa League) feel very frightened and surprised.

The perennial conquest made the Yuan soldiers deduce from the performance of Shi Bin and others that they were a brave and warlike army, but most of them would not attack the cities they were stationing. It's a really bad feeling to not know who is coming and what you're here for. Even if these defenders wanted to fight, they were not strong enough, so they could only huddle in the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Shi Bin, who thought that he was going to fight a bloody way, found that when he went south, he was almost not blocked by any strong resistance, and the five hundred people under his command could actually make a defender of the Wang Gu Yuan people with at least three hundred cavalry unable to retreat.

Not only did Shi Bin not believe in such a situation, but even Wang San, a wise multi-star, did not believe it, but Zhao Gang was very happy, and said that this raid was an absolute success, and Shi Bin was the god of war.

Shi Bin and Wang San, who were full of doubts, and the generals of the defenders of Wang Gubu were full of paste at this time, and in order to prevent the trap, both sides did not act rashly for the time being.

"My lord, why do you say that these Yuan soldiers of the Wang Gu Department are so cautious? This is not like the style of the Yuan people. Wang San asked a little nervously.

"It's a little strange, could it be that our previous attack on the cities of Xinzhou and Hanzhong has been reported by them to the guards everywhere, asking them to be careful?"

After hearing this, Wang San immediately agreed, but still questioned whether even if he had scruples in this regard, whether he was too afraid of war and too easy to cause instability in the army's morale if he retreated into the city without the slightest confrontation.

"Commander Wang is right, even if those Yuan people don't want to fight, it is still necessary to put two arrows to probe our old bottom, but this guard will not let go of one arrow, so it is really strange for us to cross the border so publicly."

"My lord, could this be their trick to lure the enemy? Use a show of weakness to lure us into besieging the city, and then surround us on all sides. Zhao Gang said a very simple and practical strategy.

Of course, this is likely to be the strategy of the current Wang Gu Ministry's guards, but looking at this situation, Shi Bin has a new idea.

"My lord, you don't want to occupy this Wanggu Department again, do you? It was too dangerous, and the lower officials didn't think it was appropriate. Seeing Shi Bin's face flickering and darkening, he was firm for a while and confused for a while, which made Zhao Gang, who was relatively nervous, naturally think that Shi Bin wanted to seize the city.

"Commander Zhao, don't talk nonsense in the army." Wang San immediately warned Zhao Gang very seriously.

Run off at the mouth? Of course Zhao Gang was very unhappy when he heard this, he was obviously worried about the overall situation, didn't he just say a little too much, why did it become nonsense? Wang San really used chicken feathers as an arrow, and treated himself too much as a dish.

Zhao Gang's face suddenly sank, and he looked at Wang San very unhappily, how could there be internal contradictions at this time? Shi Bin immediately ran out to be a firefighter, and the mud.

"Commander Zhao, Commander Wang said a little stiff just now, don't you care, can't a dignified seven-foot man stand a word? Commander Wang, you can't speak too much, Commander Zhao and we are both old brothers, even if he makes a mistake, let's not be so blunt, just remind and remind him. ”

Although the two of them are not so good-tempered, they are still generous and do not hold grudges, and now they are on the front line, and Shi Bin has come to mediate in person, so naturally he can only press the fire and get down to business.

"Commander Zhao, what I said just now was because I was worried that I wouldn't want to attack Wang Gubu, right?" Shi Bin asked with a smile.

Seeing Shi Bin using 'self-indulgence', Zhao Gang immediately trembled, "Of course not, of course not, how can an adult do something that is beyond his strength?" ”

Knowing that Zhao Gang must be uneasy, Shi Bin just wanted to joke with him, and continued, "Don't worry, I'm just puzzled by Yuanren's reaction this time, so I want to find out the reason, but I definitely won't get carried away and want to attack Wang Gubu." ”

Shi Bin finished talking about his purpose seriously, Zhao was relieved just now, and couldn't help but gently stroke his chest with his hand, but his body leaned forward and the amplitude was very small, so he couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully.

is also a veteran of the battlefield, even if he knows that Shi Bin does not want to attack the city, but in this endless plateau once bitten by the Yuan army is still very dangerous, Wang San immediately asked, "My lord, it is right not to attack the city, but we still should not stay for a long time, according to the opinion of the lower officials, our soldiers and horses should not stay here for more than three days, and we must return to the south of Lanzhou within five days." ”

Such a plan made Shi Bin and Zhao Gang dumbfounded, if it really came according to Wang San's plan, it meant that from the third day of the camp to the south, they had to ride horses and gallop nearly two hundred miles every day.

In this way, even if you don't care about the life or death of the horse, you don't need any baggage, it is absolutely impossible to achieve it.

"My lord, Xia Guan is just making a speculation, please pay attention to the time, because the post guard of the Yuan people must have been out for half a day, so we have to hurry up the time of every incense." Wang San said very seriously.

After a long time, he was tricked by Wang San, but this reminder is right, there is really not much time.

Shi Bin immediately sent at least thirty of his subordinates to the countryside around the Wanggu tribe to learn about the rule of the Yuan people here and the survival of the Dangxiang clan, and also sent five experienced senior subordinates to infiltrate the Alxa League to learn about the same situation.

I thought that I would not be able to return to the camp one after another until at least the first quarter of the hour, but I didn't expect that most of the time would be back at the third hour.

At first, Shi Bin and others were very angry at such a perfunctory task, and without saying a word, they beat the first few fine workers who returned to the camp with ten military sticks.

However, when they heard the reports made by Xi Zuo, they were all similar, and many of them were his descendants, which made Shi Bin and others realize that they had probably hit the wrong person.

As a military commander, he naturally couldn't bend his waist and apologize, so he asked Xu Feng to secretly send ten taels of silver to a few fine works who had been beaten with military sticks.

Since Shi Bin is so reasonable, everyone is hungry and full, and with these ten taels of silver, the beaten will naturally be thrown out of the clouds.

Taking a closer look at the information about Wang Gubu Yuanren that Wang San had sorted out in front of him, Shi Bin couldn't help but clench his fists, regretting that he had listened to Bu Rigude's words.

"My lord, the resistance of the party members of this Wang Gu Department is not very fierce, and there are still many party members in the city. The resistance is fierce, such as Yinchuan early in the past, there are corpses all over the field, and the people are not left alone. ”

Seeing that Shi Bin was still speechless for a long time, Wang San said again: "However, there is a detailed report, recently there is a relatively powerful horse thief near the Wang Gu Department, who picks the Yuan people to carry out the grain and grass, which makes the Yuan people have a headache, and it is estimated that this is the reason why they can't shrink back." ”

It turned out to be a guerrilla unit, Shi Bin said secretly, and then asked, "Is there any more detailed information?" For example, where is it so much haunted? How often did the Yuan people of the Wanggu Department go to the city to transport grain and grass baggage? What is the temperament of the guard? ”

Wang Sanhao didn't pretend to understand, and immediately said that he didn't know clearly, and brought the details he knew clearly to Shi Bin for him to ask.

In less than half an hour, it was known that the Yuan people mostly transported grain from the south into the small city garrisoned by the Wanggu Department, and a total of three official roads would be more cautious, and each time the grain was transported from time to time, the route was changed from time to time, which was elusive, and only knew that the grain and grass were transported once every ten to twelve days.

Naturally, the guerrillas of the party were also more frequent in the southern part of the city at the junction with Yinchuan, and one of them also emphasized that the leader was a woman.

Quite a cunning little girl, this is Shi Bin's first impression of this leader, maybe she is the same type as Sai Xishi.

Seeing that Shi Bin's face was ruddy, of course Wang San knew what he was doing as a big brother, so he immediately coughed loudly, signaling Shi Bin to come back to his senses and do the right thing, not to lose his majesty in front of the soldiers, so that they thought that his lord was a guy who would want to do crooked things when he was marching and fighting.

After the handsome account was made, Wang San naturally wouldn't mention this matter again, Zhao Gang's nerves didn't notice it at all, and Wang San also pretended to be okay and said: "This guard is a powerful character." I definitely won't attack the city, but can we find a way to win over this party's anti-Yuan armed forces? ”

As the saying goes, 'the enemy of the enemy is the friend', as long as Shi Bin throws out the olive branch of the party's armed forces, it will definitely follow. This kind of good thing that has all the benefits and no harm is good, Wang San and Zhao Gang of course raised their hands in favor.

"My lord, we have to find a way to contact them first, we don't have much time, we have to do it as soon as possible. Since they have succeeded in plundering grain repeatedly, it means that they have also spread out fine work in the city. Wang San touched his pointed chin, which had few beards, and groaned.

"That's for sure, but how to find out this latent work is a problem, and it must be an old fritter to be able to lurk for a long time without being discovered."

"Adults don't need to worry, since it is ten to twelve days to receive grain and grass, then we should be in time. We understand that 'the enemy of our enemy is our friend', and presumably those party members should also understand that maybe they will take the initiative to contact us. ”

"The king's command is very true. Although what you said about not more than five days is a joke, it does remind the official that I have decided to stay in the north of Lanzhou for no more than eight days, and in the territory of Wanggubu for no more than four days, and to retreat south for 120 li a day. After listening to Wang San's suggestion, Shi Bin also solemnly issued a military order.

Since the second day, Shi Bin has attacked the Yuan soldiers outside the city while retreating south, and the entire Wang Gu Department has also been stirred into a pot of porridge, but due to the lack of internal fighting troops of the Yuan people, they can only sigh in vain.

It was already the fourth day, and the time limit for completely leaving the Alxa League was approaching, but he didn't see a person sent by the party's armed forces to come to contact, which made Shi Bin a little disappointed.

However, there are still some things that make Shi Bin happy. Instead of killing a few Yuan soldiers, he snatched a lot of good horses and treasures from the hands of the gang of party traitors they drunk, made a windfall, and recruited dozens of party youths who swore to avenge blood as his iron core.

In the early morning of the fifth day, Shi Bin was completely disappointed and immediately ordered: travel 300 miles a day and return to Tianshui within four days.