Chapter 2197 Worries After Victory

The Yanzhou City Guard stared at the staff member who came up with the idea for a long time, and asked rhetorically: "The Song army was originally in full swing, why did it suddenly want to withdraw?" ”

It is not strange for the Yanzhou city guard to ask this.

In ancient times, Chinese-style siege warfare paid attention to "encircling three and missing one", that is, encircling three sides, leaving one side for the enemy to escape, so that the enemy could understand his situation and despair of resistance, thereby weakening the enemy's sense of resistance and making the enemy only want to escape...... However, Zhao Xing believes that this art of war was born in the Bronze Age, under the oxcart tactics, when people walked at about the same speed, and whoever walked first pulled out his leg and walked first ran far. At the same time, even if a gate is left, the enemy will not be able to get a large amount of supplies if the defenders find money due to their movement speed.

And in the age of cavalry, it was stupid to do so. Leave a gap that makes it easier for enemies to communicate with the outside world and get supplies. For example, when the Mongols attacked Xiangyang City, because there was still a gap in the waterway, they besieged it for several years, but after the gap was closed, Xiangyang City suddenly fell.

Zhao Xing is a pragmatic person, Shuai Fan has forgotten this habit at all, so the Huanqing soldiers came up on all sides, Zhao Xing was also afraid that the encirclement was not strict, and sent several teams of rangers to patrol around the city to prevent the defenders from communicating with the outside world, in this situation, the Yanzhou defenders did not know the new changes in the battle situation at all, and now, when Zhao Xing swaggered and prepared to withdraw, the officers and soldiers in Yancheng were black-eyed outside, so they hesitated.

No one could answer the words of the Yancheng City Guard.

"Why did Officer Zhao Gou withdraw from the army?" Yanzhou City guarded the city wall in circles, frequently asked himself, and also asked the Yanzhou officer: "Zhao Gouguan broke 100,000 with 10,000 to defeat the main force of my Jianing Military Division in Wuyan Gorge, and took advantage of the victory to kill my Yanzhou City." Two days ago. Zhang's old horseman also came to join with the army, and now the siege has only been two days, and Zhao Gouguan has not made any major siege moves. It's just that I'm tightly locked down in Yanzhou. In two days, I estimate that Zhao Gouguan has already built the siege equipment. At this moment, why did he suddenly retreat?

In the past few days, Zhao Gouguan has been increasing troops, we can see a large group of people and horses leading cattle and sheep from the end of the grassland into his camp on the city wall every day, seeing that his supplies are gradually sufficient, and the siege equipment is also coming, why does he suddenly retreat?

Now. The Jianing Military Division has already disabled him, and the elite soldiers of my Xia Kingdom are all in the hands of the Queen Mother, and they are all blocked in the extension road. Zhao Gouguan took my Yanzhou City, and the Queen Mother's retreat was cut off, will Zhang Lao Pifu and Zhao Gouguan not understand this truth?

I don't believe it! Zhang Lao Pifu is full of bad intentions, and Zhao Gouguan's stomach is full of poisonous tricks - all plants and trees are soldiers. Listen to how vicious this name is, can they not know the importance of Yanzhou?

Why did my Yanzhou City fight back? The Queen Mother took away the elite soldiers in the city, although Zhang Jiansi (Zhang Nuoping) left some soldiers behind when he retreated, but they were all some cowards who killed their courage, and they trembled when they sang in the military camp outside the city, can I expect these people to go out of the city and fight? ”

One of the staff members pointed to the outside of the city and asked angrily, "My lord, open your eyes and see." I am afraid that there are not 100,000 people in this sea of lights. Will Zhao Gouguan use 100,000 people to set up a poison plan to lure us out of the city and ambush us by the way? Look at that, my lord, look at this sea of lights. ”

Yanzhou City Shou snorted disdainfully: "You are not Zhao Gouguan, how can you know that he can't come up with such a poisonous plan." 100,000 people, I don't see any, six or seven torches stuck in a carriage. There are three to five thousand people in this sea of lights, and they are also performing. ”

Another staff member asked, "Your Excellency." The people in the Song army camp shouted that the horses were neighing, you listen to it again. Even if there are only 3,000 people outside the camp dressed up in this sea of lights, don't the soldiers in the big camp rest? Even if they were prepared, they would have been tired of preparing all night, and we might as well launch a surprise attack in the early hours of the morning, and perhaps we would have received an unexpected effect. ”

The city guard of Yanzhou slowly shook his head and said, "You still haven't answered me: Why did Zhao Gouguan and Zhang Lao Pifu retreat?" Listening to the people who retreated from the defeat of the Jianing Military Division, Zhao Gouguan had a new weapon to explode thunder, which was loud and loud for more than ten miles, and even the shield array formed by the strong Su Guards could not withstand this kind of thunder. I've been worrying about him throwing thunder at our walls for the past few days, but he hasn't used it.

I would not go out of the city at night. You don't need to persuade us, because the grassland is endless, and there is no way to ambush us, and you can only ambush us at night. Zhao Gouguan is full of poisonous schemes, and Zhang Lao Pifu is full of bad intentions, no matter what you say, even if Song Jun is performing a big drama outside the city, I will not allow you to go out of the city at night.

It's a good idea to get out of the city at dawn - but I want to know, if you are attacked by Zhao Gouguan's thunder when you go out of the city, even if you can withstand it, will the war horses withstand it? I'm still wondering why he retreated, our armies from all walks of life have been entangled with the Song army, the Jianing military division has been defeated again, we are isolated, why did they retreat? Isn't it trying to lure us out of town? ”

Yanzhou City Shou's words made everyone speechless, after all, the amount of information determines judgment. This group of officials in Yanzhou sat in a lonely city, and the situation outside was blackened, so how could they make a judgment.

At dawn, the Song army camp was silent, the Yanzhou defenders were so strange, until noon, only an official mustered up the courage to send someone to touch the Song army camp, only to find that the Song army walked clean overnight, and the camp was full of garbage thrown by the Song army when they walked on the ground...... There were also thousands of proclamations, all calling on the slaves to rise up and join Huanqing.

The defenders of Yanzhou City did not dare to chase, and the first thing they had to do was to send scouts in four directions to collect as much information as possible in order to make a correct judgment......

Three days later, they first received news from the Empress Dowager Liang, who had led the army to withdraw from Yanlu and was rushing all the way to Yanzhou City.

But Yanzhou City still did not dare to chase, at this time Yanzhou City has had a number of slave rebellion incidents, those slaves felt that the Song army did not go far, they stole some of the master's property, some even the master's head was also cut off, secretly rode a few horses all the way to chase the Song army, causing Yanzhou City to be frightened overnight, and the guards were tired of running all over the city to deal with unexpected cases, so that a few days later. Yanzhou Taishou saw that the Empress Dowager Liang was crying, and he poured out with tears in his eyes: "Although Zhao Gouguan did not attack the city, the damage caused to me in Yanzhou was worse than the siege. The four townships of Yanzhou City have been destroyed by him, and all 50,000 people have been taken captive by him...... Inside the city. This paper "Heavenly Holy Order" is like countless thunderbolts, in a few days, more than 2,000 soldiers were stolen and cut off their heads, even my beloved son was not spared, Queen Mother, your army has arrived, you must not let go of that Zhao Dog official. ”

Empress Dowager Liang's face was full of tiredness. After thinking about it for a while, she decided to adopt the same strategy as Zhao Xing - to keep the fruits of the existing victory. She led the army deep into Yanlu, broke through two stockades in a row, and looted back, Yanlu did not dare to fight, this glory has been better than Liang Yiqi. And Zhao Xingdi is known to be fierce. The Xixia people have never bargained in his hands, instead of chasing Zhao Xing and facing the unpredictable fate, it is better to beat the victory drum and return to the dynasty: victory is hers, defeat is someone else's, this is enough for her.

Empress Dowager Liang said slowly: "This time, the mourning family went deep into Yanlu, and I heard the captive people of Yanyan say that Zhao Gouguan's nickname is unprovoked, and everyone in Bianliang City in Tokyo knows that this person bites someone." into the bone for three points. Since he came with an army of 100,000 and suddenly retreated, I am worried that he is worried that he will not be able to receive supplies, so he will return to the army to shorten the supply route, and if we rush over, we must be careful of his ambush.

Ambush - by the way, this guy is a ruthless man. He came to Jianing Military Division for a trip. This year, the grass growing on the ground of the Jianing Military Division should be careful, even if the grass is exactly the same as in previous years. It should also be used with caution to prevent any sequelae...... We'll wait until the armies come together, and then we'll make a decision. ”

Empress Dowager Liang's so-called plan is to kill Liang Yikui, after the implementation of Confucianism in the Western Xia, the tradition of Confucianism is good at internal strife has also been inherited, in the Western Xia suffered a major setback, the country is in danger, the Empress Dowager Liang's first thought is: has won the military power can not be lost, for this reason, her enemy is first of all her own compatriot - Liang Yi, the minister of the Western Xia State.

On the fifth day of the fourth month, the generals of the Xia Kingdom, named Ah Wu, Ren Duo Baozhong, and others led their troops to kill Liang Yiqi and his entire family.

After Empress Dowager Liang completely mastered the military power, she took the people of the Song Dynasty captured by Yanlu to the Liao State. On this day, Zhao Xing, who received supplies halfway, did not retract from Huanqing, he rushed for more than 200 miles, and raided the Jingsai Military Division in Weizhou at dawn, completely unexpectedly Zhao Xing's Jingsai Military Division was attacked by grenades and fire bombs, and the whole army collapsed. The Xishou Baotai Military Division, which was rushing to the Jingsai Military Division to reinforce it, received news halfway and stalled, causing Zhao Xing to plunder the four realms of Western Xia, and slowly returned to Tokugawa and retreated to Huanqing.

In May, the news of the victory of the Song and Xia battles of the Song army reached the imperial court, the Manchu court first collectively lost its speech, and then was shocked to repeatedly ask for verification, and soon, the rest of the news came one after another to confirm that they confirmed that Zhao Xing did indeed win a great victory in the field of Wuyan Gorge, eliminated the main force of the Jianing military division, pursued along the way, surrounded Yanzhou City, and narrowly captured this Western Xia treasury. Then, when he retreated, he severely damaged the Jingsai military division, plundered the four borders, rescued 120,000 captured Song people, and returned with a full load.

It is said that no less than 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses were captured in this battle, but Zhao Xing's military report still maintained his usual style: only talking about the land he occupied, not about the spoils of war.

Speaking of his encroachment on the land, this is lackluster, because all the fruits of victory are poured out. And after Zhao Xing's hard battle in Wuyan Gorge, the casualties of the soldiers were more than half, and now, the entire Huanqing can't muster 5,000 soldiers and horses. Faced with the advance of the Western Xia armies, Zhao Xing had to retreat to the reward and desperately strengthen the city to cope with the possible retaliation of the Western Xia.

"Great merit", the little emperor Zhao Xu was speechless excitedly, at this time the Empress Dowager Gao has gradually ceased to be a director, and the little emperor can also speak in the court, he is excited and his face is flushed: "Although Zhao Anfu did not seize an inch of land, but beheaded more than 30,000, this is a great achievement, saving more than 120,000 people from my Great Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to avenging the land over the years, this time the Empress Dowager Liang personally conquered and captured our two villages, but also took away 20,000 people, we have taken advantage of 100,000 yuan, no loss!" ”

Su Song raised a finger and said: "One year, it only took one year for Zhao Liren to cooperate with Zhang Zhifu to turn defense into offense, and in another two years, they will definitely be able to subdue Western Xia, this person is worthy of being a capable minister, he wants to be rewarded, he is rewarded!" ”

The privy envoy Wang Yansuo also echoed: "Attacking Western Xia, although it did not occupy an inch of land, it forced the Empress Dowager Liang to withdraw from the army, and successively defeated the Jianing Military Division and the Jingsai Military Division, so that these two major military divisions were greatly demoralized, and they were not enough to suffer in three or five years - this is a great achievement." I pondered that after his term of office expired, he would be transferred to Hedong Road, which was the next offensive route of the Xixia people, and the Liao people were also ready to move on the border, so let Zhao Liren go there to sit in the town, and I would have no worries on the North Song Road! ”

The court officials only count the Xixia people and do not count themselves, Huanqing's victory has used up his savings over the years: more than half of the casualties of the generation of young and strong people have to wait for the next batch of children to grow up if they want to recover their combat effectiveness, so although the Xixia side was disabled by two military divisions, Huanqing Road is also half disabled......

The ministers of the imperial court discussed here that Zhao Xing had entered the Huanqing Road at this time, and along the way, half of them were joyful mountains and half of them were sad seas.

When Zhao Xing attacked, he attacked from Guide River, and he took away all the strong men and strong men in the vicinity; When he came back, almost every family on this road wore filial piety, although countless wounded veterans were still at the door of the house, sitting on stretchers and saluting Zhao Xing with crutches, but he was not happy.

"We had a chance to turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop - we could have slit the throat of Western Xia, but alas, we lost. With this loss, we will not be able to attack for at least three years, and after that, we can only hide in Huanqing Road and lick our wounds......" Zhao Xing sighed sadly. Shuai Fan persuaded on the side: "My lord, you have forgotten, we have rescued 120,000 people, although more than seventy percent of them are women and children, but in just two or three years, we will be stronger than before - we have won!" The Jianing Military Division has been hollowed out by us, and behind us there are thousands of slaves who are defecting to us, with the heads of Tanguts pinned to their waists, and the arrival of each of them means the death of a Tangut soldier.

We won! We will become stronger day by day, but the Tangut people are declining day by day, we can afford to spend time, but the Tangut people cannot afford to consume it. ”

Ma Cong, who came to greet Huanqing Road, also echoed loudly: "Yes, my lord, we have won!" I will only fight stronger and stronger in the future, but the Xia people will get weaker and weaker. In three years, I can capture Xingqing Mansion for my lords. ”

Zhao Xing smiled faintly: "War, it's not a matter of one county and one county, he should be a national act, and it is impossible to defeat Western Xia by relying on me alone in the corner of Huanqing Road." We still need more awakened people, but I'm worried that once a son of heaven and a courtier, I have been preparing for Huanqing Road for three years, and after I leave, can Huanqing Road still be like this? Therefore, what you just said is not right, my Great Song may have time, but I have no time, and I have no time than the Xixia people. ”

Zhao Xing's words were silent.

A typical feature of slave societies is that the rules vary from person to person, and people often die from one person to another. This is also the saying "people go to tea and cool", "once a son of heaven is a courtier"

Huanqing Road relieved for a while, that is because Zhao Xing was in power, and when Zhao Xing's term of office arrived, he would change a magistrate - that is, a serf overseer, he would implement his own policies, if the predecessor had great merits, in order to show that he was better than his predecessor, he would strive to revise the predecessor's policy, which was called "innovation". When he knows that the more he creates, the worse things will become, his term of office will also come, and he can pat his ass and leave. As a result, the local people who were tormented by his experiments were left behind......

This is a helpless thing, everyone here understands, and no one is powerless to change this situation, at this moment, they only hope that Zhao Xing can finish this term...... However, what makes everyone uneasy is that when Zhao Xing, known as a person of ambition, first arrived in Huanqing, the first thing he asked was to complete his term, and he seemed to have expected that he would not stay in Huanqing for a long time. Thinking of this, the Huanqing officials became more and more heavy.

But they won, and it was a big win. The 120,000 people who were rescued after a period of intense operation by the government, everyone got a new household registration, was allocated a new wasteland, and then invested in rebuilding their homes, their arrival enriched the war potential of Huanqing, behind them, there was a steady stream of Western Xia slaves carrying their master's belongings and heads, over the mountains and mountains, day and night out of Huanqing.

As they walked along, the news of victory swept across the plains like a storm, raising the dust and smoke in the sky, and the cheers resounded like this dust and smoke......