Chapter 390: The Jurchen Army Appears
Everyone in the hall was so frightened by Jin Fushi's speculation that they couldn't speak.
"The king, if Weichen's guess is correct, wait for three days, the news of Xijing will inevitably come, please order the army to prepare, once Xijing really falls, our army will immediately move westward, and lure the thief army to the north, if the thief army and the Jurchen army fight, our army can also take advantage of the two tigers to fight, waiting for the fighter." Jin Fushi gave up his hand and said his plan.
Wang Yu thought for a while, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid General Jin is a little alarmist...", he looked at the sergeant who was still kneeling on the ground, and waved his sleeves violently, "Lonely... Lone's body was a little unwell, and everything was left to General Kim. ”
Jin Fushi looked at Wang Yu, who seemed to be fleeing, sighed, turned to everyone and said, "Gentlemen, this is the time of life and death, please put aside your prejudices and encourage me!" ”
These Goryeo ministers bowed their hands to Jin Fushi with a heavy heart, and Jin Fushi was not polite, and began to arrange them separately.
After another two days, the Liangshan army in these two days is still using various siege equipment to do siege performances, Jiang De and others are waiting for the moment when the grain and grass in Pingzhou City will run out, and at dusk, the Liangshan army began to collect troops, Zhu Wu looked at the sky and said, "Lord, I'm afraid there will be heavy rain from tonight, to prevent the Goryeo army from sneaking up on our army." ”
"Heavy rain? Okay, you can set it up. Jiang De said indifferently, in his heart, the Goryeo Army was no longer afraid.
In the sky, the clouds gradually accumulated, in the city of Pingzhou, Wang Yu was holding a strip of cloth in a daze, this is a flying pigeon from Xijing, there is only a short line of words on it: "Tuojun Jing rebelled, Jurchen invaded the south, Xijing City fell, the king did not return!" ”
Looking at this strip of cloth, Wang Mata's eyes were completely dull, and suddenly a thunderbolt sounded in the sky, Wang Mata suddenly woke up, he stammered and took the strip of cloth and said, "Everyone.. Ladies and gentlemen... Now that we have come to this, what should we do? ”
Wang Zizhi came out and said, "Don't be sorrowful, don't you have a prejudgment on this matter, tonight is a heavy rain, our army can abandon the city at any time, the ancients are not extremely Tailai, want to come and wait for the west, when the two tigers fight, it is the time for our army to recover the world." ”
Wang Yu gritted his teeth and nodded, in fact, he had been mentally prepared for the past few days, but it was really up to now, but he was very timid in his heart.
At this time, Wang Mata was really attacked by the enemy on his back and was in danger.
"King, please give an order quickly, take advantage of the night, I will go to Dongzhou tonight, and then continue to the west after arriving in Dongzhou, relying on Dafeng Mountain, Maxiling and other places, and based on Yizhou, Dingzhou and other places, I will be able to rejuvenate my Goryeo!" Jin Fushi said loudly to Wang Yu, his loud voice invisibly gave Wang Yu a lot of strength.
Wang Yu hummed in agreement.
Jin Fushi saw that Wang Yu agreed, and said, "Our army still needs to leave a soldier and horse to contain the thief army here, and retreat north after dawn to lead the thief army to Xijing, which adult is willing to do this?" ”
Everyone in the hall bowed their heads and did not dare to speak, everyone knew that this was a life-and-death task.
Wang Yu frowned and said, "Isn't there anyone to worry about?" ”
Wang Zizhi looked around, sighed, stood up and said, "King, the old minister is willing to go!" ”
Jin Fushi said in surprise, "Lord Wang, your age..."
Wang Zizhi laughed and said, "The old minister can't fight immediately if he doesn't get the sixtieth birthday?" What's more, if there is no minister to suppress the formation, how can he deceive the thief army?
The ancestor of the old minister was surnamed Park, and the ancestor made great contributions to the royal family and gave the surname as the king, and received the king's favor for generations, and today, it is time to return the favor! ”
Jin Fushi waved his sleeves and said to Wang Zizhi, "My lord's move will be recorded in history forever and shine with the sages!" ”
Wang Zizhi kowtowed to Wang Yu three times, got up and said, "King, the old minister has gone!" ”
Wang Yu looked at Wang Zizhi's back, with tears in his eyes, and said to Jin Fushi, "Pass the order!" ”
The whole land under the heavy rain was full of noise, and the Goryeo army took advantage of the heavy rain and left the main force to the west overnight.
It wasn't until the second day, after the rain had subsided, that the sentinels reported that there seemed to be something abnormal in Pingzhou City, and Jiang De and others found that the main force of Pingzhou City had disappeared.
"My lord, the grain route of the Goryeo army was cut off by our army, and it must have gone north." Zhu Wu pointed to the north and said.
Jiang De looked at Pingzhou City, which no longer had many troops, and said, "The grain and grass in Huangzhou City have been basically destroyed, and there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in the hands of Division Commander Lu, and the Goryeo Army can't take Huangzhou in a few days, let's pull out Pingzhou City first, and then say, send an order to the generals, today's lunch, I want to eat in Pingzhou City!" ”
There were only less than 5,000 people left in Pingzhou City, and these 5,000 people knew that they were the outcasts of this war, and Wang Zizhi also understood that such a sergeant was used well.
Wang Zizhi first opened all the granaries and other places, moved out all the materials, let the 5,000 people eat a meal, and issued a lot of money, so as to boost the morale, when the siege equipment of Liangshan began to exert power, these bulging morale quickly began to slide.
When the Yangsan Army organized tens of thousands of Goryeo soldiers to begin to persuade them to surrender in Goryeo, the morale of these 5,000 people was as uncontrollable as an avalanche.
The temptation of dividing the land really made these Goryeo troops, who were mostly peasants, unable to resist, and before the second drum of the siege was finished, the banner of the head of Pingzhou City was replaced by the banner of Yangsan.
Wang Zizhi saw that the battle had fallen so much faster than expected, sighed, and headed north with the remnants of the army, and the Liangshan army was not in a hurry to chase, but while collecting and surrendering the army, he comforted the people, and prepared to rest for a day before pursuing.
"My lord! Something is wrong! Zhu Wu walked to the palace with a few Goryeo soldiers and said to Jiang De, who was flipping through the various archives left behind.
"What's wrong?" Jiang De raised his head and asked.
"My lord, according to the surrendered Goryeo sergeant, the Goryeo army went west last night."
"To the west?" Jiang De asked suspiciously.
"That's right, it's to the west, and the west is Niufeng County, and it is impossible for Wang Yu to abandon the city and go to Niufeng County at this time anyway, the only explanation is that Niufeng County has changed."
"You mean Tuo Junjing? Our army has a spy in Niufeng County, and if he goes south, our army will definitely be able to find out. Jiang De said puzzled.
"But what if Tuo Junjing is going north?"
"Going north?" Jiang De looked at the map, scratched it and said, "What is he doing in the north?" ”
"Lord, don't forget the Jin Kingdom." Zhu Wu reminded.
"Jurchen!"
Jiang De looked at the top of the map suddenly, and in his eyes, it seemed that he saw the scene of countless Jurchen cavalry coming to him.
"The Jurchens have invaded Goryeo?"
"Or was put into Goryeo, if Tuo Junjing really went north, he must have a connection with the Jurchens, I think, now the Jin soldiers should have hit Xijing City." Zhu Wu judged.
"Order the three armies, immediately go north to Huangzhou, we must at least take Huangzhou City, send an order to Li Ziqian, let him prepare for general mobilization!" Jiang De stood up with a sigh, and the two people next to him, Huadiao and Niu Gao, hurriedly followed.
"Obey!"
Jiang De walked out of the door and looked at the sky that had already revealed a glimmer of sunshine.
"Do you mean that you have to face Jin Bing now? .... Come on, let me see how terrible the invincible Jurchens are! Jiang De clenched his fists and cheered himself up.
The Liangshan army that had just been repaired immediately repacked and set off, leaving behind 3,000 Liangshan troops and more than 10,000 Goryeo troops, and the rest of the army all went north, marched for two days, and first arrived at Fengzhou between the two places.
"My lord, there has been no news from this Huangzhou for nearly ten days, not to mention the official documents, not even the people and merchants." The guard of Fengzhou knelt on the ground and said while trembling.
"Didn't there be a cavalry before? Where did they go? ”
"That's right! It's a cavalryman! The guard looked up and said, "But the cavalry never came back after it went north.
Some Tanma reported that tens of thousands of troops were besieging outside the city of Huangzhou.
The only thing that relieved Jiang De was that Tanma did not encounter an army dressed as Jurchens, and it seemed that even if the real Jurchens invaded, they had not yet reached Huangzhou.
Jiang De was unwilling to wait slowly in the back, so he took Niu Gao and Hua Diao, ordered Cheng Min, Qin Ming and two thousand cavalry, and threw off the army and ran towards Huangzhou City.
There is no big mountain danger from Huangzhou to Pingzhou, so everyone is not afraid of any traps, and brings several days of grain and grass, and arrives in Huangzhou at noon the next day.
"Is there an enemy ahead?" Jiang De asked as he whipped his horse over and over again.
"Tanma hasn't come back yet, this time they should be able to get to Huangzhou City." Qin Ming said beside him.
"Let the speed of the brothers slow down, if there is really a change in Huangzhou, the horsepower of our army is the key to our battle." Jiang De waved his hand and said, the order was handed down, and the speed of the army suddenly slowed down.
"At this speed, you will see Huangzhou City in two hours. If there are enemy troops, it won't be long before there will be a sentinel battle. Hua Diao looked around and said.
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A somewhat nervous voice came, Jiang De waved his hand violently, the cavalry quickly stopped, and a horse with an arrow in the shoulder rushed over, and said to Jiang De, "Commander, there is an enemy cavalry in front of the horse, very elite, five people in our squad against five of them, but I was the only one left, and we only killed two of them." ”
"What? Four to two? Did they sneak attack? Qin Ming asked in disbelief.
"It's... It was our sneak attack, they were fetching water by a small stream, and we tried to catch our tongues, but it turned out that the first sneak attack killed one person, and then they pressed and beat them. The tanma said with his head down.
"Is it the Northland cavalry of Goryeo? Do they have such an elite? Qin Ming said in disbelief.
"No, they're all wearing fur and they feel like Liao." The tanma shook his head and said.
"Liao?" Jiang De thought for a moment, and then said, "It's impossible for the Liao people to come here.... Fear... It's the golden people, you talk about their dress. ”
"They are all dressed in leather clothes, their bodies are very thick, and their hair is different from our Song people and even Goryeo people, they are braided." Tanma's breath said a little weakly.
"Sure enough, it's a golden man, come and send him down to rest. Send a few people to take care of him. After Jiang De finished speaking, he looked at Huangzhou and said, "There is a Jurchen cavalry in the south of Huangzhou, I'm afraid Huangzhou has been surrounded, let's go!" ”
The cavalry suddenly moved, only to see the horse's hooves shake and the dust was flying, and soon the army came to a small high ground, where Jiang De could clearly see the situation of Huangzhou City.
I saw that the gate of Huangzhou City was filled with countless rubble, and the sun and moon flag on the city tower was inserted on behalf of Liangshan, and there were a lot of blood stains and black burned traces on the city wall, and there were many arrows inserted in the wall, indicating that a siege battle broke out here not long ago.
Under the city wall, you can see a lot of corpses discarded on the ground at will, and there are not many things to treat the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle, after all, the sergeants in the back will lower their morale because of it, but when Jiang De's telescope looked at the besieged military camp under the city, he immediately understood.
The military camp under the city is not too big, about 20,000 or 30,000 people, most of them are the banners of the Goryeo army, but in the middle, there is a camp with a wolf flag representing the Jurchens.
"It's cavalry, it's all cavalry, at least a thousand or more." Niu Gao looked at it and said, "You see, the corpses on the ground are all Goryeo, and it seems that the Jurchens did not go into battle. ”
"There are too few Jurchens, siege warfare is the last thing they want to fight, you remember, if you encounter Jurchens in the future, it is best to defend and counterattack." After Jiang De finished speaking, he pointed to the camp and said, "Do you dare to say hello to them with me?" ”
"What do you mean?" Hua Diao looked at Jiang De with smart eyes, and his eyes were full of curiosity.
"They already know we're coming, and you see, they're ready to meet us." Jiang De pointed forward and said.
Everyone looked carefully, and sure enough, seeing that there was frequent movement in the military camp, Jiang De raised his spear, pointed to the joint camp of Goryeo and the Jin army, and said, "Let's go, let's go to call the formation and see how much the Jin soldiers weigh." ”
Thousands of cavalry galloped up quickly, such a large formation was discovered inside and outside the city of Huangzhou, and the defenders in the city looked at the fluttering sun and moon flags and immediately cheered, but the hearts of the Goryeo troops camped under the city fell to a low point.
At this time, a large number of cavalry appeared, which can only prove that Pingzhou City has been broken, and their original king is probably already a lost dog at this time, and he can't stop worrying.
"This is the cavalry of the Song people? It's pretty decent. A Jurchen stood on horseback and looked at the scene outside, laughing.
"General, such a fancy can also be said to be decent, please let the last general fight, and he will definitely behead twenty heads back!" A strong man snorted unconvinced, and the generals of the Goryeo Army next to him lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.