(Xie: The protagonist does disappear for a long time, but the man is coming soon.) ）

At the head of the city, Lu Zhongtian and others witnessed the collapse of the Northwest Army, and also saw the unreasonable strength of the Jurchen Tiefutu cavalry. There was a dead silence on the city, and everyone was stunned and speechless.

Lu Zhongtian sighed and said, "You now understand why the old man refuses to send troops out of the city to fight." The old man can't take this risk. Even if I am willing to send troops to attack with Yuan Zhenqian, the result may not be much better. Yuan Zhenqian wants to make meritorious service and wants to be a privy envoy, he is dizzy, but the old man will not be dizzy. With the combat effectiveness of our army, fighting the Jurchens head-on is tantamount to self-destruction. Yuan Zhenqian doesn't understand, the emperor doesn't understand, and there are many of you who don't understand. I think the old man is not saved when he sees death, what can the old man say? But it doesn't matter, the old man has been wronged and misunderstood by many people over the years, and the old man has long been used to it. ”

Everyone hurriedly echoed: "What Lu Xiang said is extremely true, defending the city is the best policy, and Lu Xiang doesn't need to be as knowledgeable as those who don't understand." ”

Lu Zhongtian groaned and stroked his beard silently.

Looking at the scene of the Jurchens wantonly chasing and killing the soldiers and horses in the northwest, all the generals at the head of the city were a little unbearable. Chen Jue said: "Lu Xiang, should we open the city gate to respond, it is not a way to let the Jurchens chase and kill like this." ”

Lu Zhongtian nodded and said, "Of course, we have to answer, give a signal, and summon the remnants of the northwest to go to the southern city." But be careful, as soon as a Jurchen soldier or horse is close behind, close the city gate immediately. The safety of the city is a priority. ”

Chen Jue bowed and said, "Obey." The lower official ordered someone to do it. ”

Lu Zhongtian nodded, and said: "Remember, the defeated soldiers who enter the city need to collect their horses, armor and weapons first, and concentrate them in one place to guard. ”

Chen Jue was puzzled: "This ...... Why? Why not all of them in the army? ”

Lu Zhongtian glanced at him and said, "That's the Northwest Army, and the army is full of Yang Jun and Yuan Zhenqian's people. Yang Jun is still poisonous, how can he be indiscriminately incorporated into the army? Wouldn't there be serious consequences? Now that the situation is like this, if there is chaos in the city, will it be able to control the situation? ”

Chen Jue and the others suddenly realized, and secretly praised Lu Xiang's deep thoughts.

Chen Jue instructed his generals to do this, and Lu Zhongtian stood up and stretched his waist. The crowd thought he was going to go down to the city, so they got up. Lu Zhongtian did not go down to the city, slowly walked out of the Luo umbrella, stood on the bare city wall with his hands in his hands, looked at the sunset in the west, and fell into deep thought. Everyone stood silently behind him, watching his gray bun and beard dancing in the cold wind and his thin back. This is an old man who is too old, but his back is still straight and straight, and his whole body exudes a majestic aura. No one dared to underestimate this rare man. Since this person entered the Great Zhou Dynasty, he has been standing tall, and decades have passed, and he is still dominant. His opponents are all dying, and now he is the only one in Da Zhou who counts.

Many people still can't see through what he does. For example, today, although the Jurchens have strong frontal combat capabilities, in fact, every general knows that if the forbidden army is dispatched and attacked from both sides, the chances of victory are quite high. And Lu Zhongtian chose to stand still and sit back and watch the defeat of the Northwest Army, which was actually not beneficial to the situation of the Great Zhou. After defeating the Northwest Army, the Jurchens would still launch an attack on Bianliang. Didn't Lu Zhongtian understand this? But why would he do it? Many people are puzzled.

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The battle lasted all day and finally ended with nightfall. In addition to more than 20,000 people from the 150,000 Northwest Army who were taken from Nancheng into Bianliang, more than 30,000 people fled to the west. More than 20,000 cavalry scattered in panic and fled in the cold wilderness.

The Jurchens did not chase and kill the scattered enemies too presumptuously, one was already dark, the dark sky was cold night, the ice and snow wilderness, and the terrain was unfamiliar and it was not suitable to chase and kill. Second, these defeated armies in the northwest are threatening even after the rout. If the 30,000 fled westward, the cavalry obviously wanted to join their more than 40,000 infantry, and the northwest army had more than 200,000 troops to come to the rescue of the capital after taking Taiyuan Mansion. Their grain, grass, baggage and other goods were escorted into the city by the follow-up infantry, and Yuan Zhenqian was only anxious to save the enemy in the capital, so he led 150,000 cavalry to come first. Once the defeated army and infantry converge, there are really a lot of them, and they have the power to counterattack, so it is better to take it when it is good. The third is because the Jurchen soldiers and horses themselves have suffered a lot of casualties. Before the Tiefutu heavy cavalry broke through the formation, the Jurchens suffered losses in the frontal battle, and the Jurchen cavalry suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the Tiefutu also lost nearly 300 horsemen, and its own losses were also very heavy. If you chase and kill unscrupulously, if the camp is stolen by the forbidden army in the city, it will be worth the loss.

In view of this, Wanyan Agu ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and all the soldiers and horses returned to the camp to rest.

This big victory completely reversed the difficult situation, originally the Jurchen army was ready to slip eastward, but now, the opponent's 200,000 reinforcements were beaten and more than half annihilated, so the situation was completely different. This battle not only reversed the balance of military strength, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Jurchen army, and the entire army fell into a frenzy that thought it was invincible in the world.

At the celebration banquet that night, many generals clamored for a proposal to attack Bianliang again immediately, and the vast majority of generals supported it. They believe that they should take advantage of the power of a great victory and storm Bianliang. The soldiers and horses in the Great Zhou City are afraid that they have been frightened by yesterday's battle, and attacking at this moment will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

In the face of such a proposal, Wanyan Aguda did not express his position. He didn't want to capture Bianliang, and he didn't want to take advantage of the high morale to accomplish the goal of capturing Bianliang that he had set before, but the current situation was extremely difficult. After the siege and today's battle, the army has less than 200,000 fighting troops, including more than 100,000 cavalry and Tiefutu cavalry. The actual strength of the infantry that could be sieged was only 100,000. Unless all the cavalry is used as infantry, but this is clearly a tyrannical thing. Cavalry is such a precious class, and their role on horses is far greater than on the ground.

When I was forced to give up the siege the day before yesterday, more than 30 cloud chariots under the city did not have time to return, and they were all lost under the city wall. That night, it was burned down by the forbidden army defending the city. More than a dozen rushing vehicles were also destroyed. In other words, if you want to attack the city now, you can only use the most primitive means to attack the city with a ladder. Even if the defense system of Bianliang North City has been completely destroyed now, it is obvious that it will pay a greater price to attack the city in this way. More soldiers and horses will be killed and wounded.

Although the forbidden army in Bianliang City suffered losses, it still had at least 150,000 people. If these forbidden armies were to break away from the protection of the city, they would be vulnerable in a head-to-head battle. But the problem is that if they stick to the wall, it will not be the same, and it will bring great trouble. Not to mention that many defeated troops of the Northwest Army were accepted into Bianliang City, which was equivalent to the other party's increased strength to defend the city. In the end of the night, thousands more may flee into Bianliang, and their strength will increase further.

Considering all these factors, it seems that attacking the city is not a good choice at this moment, at least it will definitely not be as simple as the generals say. If you want to capture Bianliang, I am afraid that you will have to spend a lot of effort and kill more people. Wanyan Aguda didn't want to run out of his old capital for a Bianliang city. All his soldiers and horses are only these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he still has to count on these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight all over the Great Zhou and conquer this land. Are they all buried under Bianliang City? That's not going to happen. But this Bianliang City must also be taken, otherwise today's victory in the battle will be meaningless. Therefore, Wanyan Agu Da also had a headache and fell into a dilemma.

After the banquet, Wanyan Aguda left the military advisor Li Guoqiu to discuss countermeasures with him. Li Guoqiu was injured a little when he led the Tiefu Tu battle today, and he was slashed in the face through the mask, but he was not injured, but the fine iron mask cut his nose, making the whole front of the nose lose skin and flesh, and it was red, like a clown with a red nose, which looked very ridiculous. At the banquet before, he was teased by the Jurchen generals for a long time with the strength of wine.

At this moment, Wanyan Agu couldn't directly face Li Guoqiu's face, because he was also afraid that he couldn't help laughing. But Li Guoqiu's serious appearance is even more funny, and it is really funny. The topic started with Li Guoqiu's nose.

"Strategist, the wound on the nose is fine. Do you want to find a witch doctor to apply some herbs? ”

"The big leader doesn't have to worry, it's just a wound in the flesh. Let's discuss the siege. ”

Li Guoqiu pulled the topic back with one sentence, he doesn't like nonsense, he doesn't like idle talk, he pays attention to efficiency and speed, he doesn't want to waste any life on meaningless politeness and idle talk.