Chapter 687: The Liao Army Returns to the Country

Han Chang returned to Jiangzhou City full of resentment. The soldiers of the Jin Army, who fled from the north one after another, gradually made the whole strange thing have a clear outline. It turned out that just when Han Chang left Jiezhou and rushed to Jiangzhou, the defender of Jiangzhou heard that the Western Army had crossed the Yellow River and captured Zezhou. Previously, they had learned that the Western Army had attacked Hazhong Province in a big way, and now that Zezhou had been captured, it meant that they would be in a desperate situation!

As a result, the Jiangzhou garrison "made a decision immediately" and immediately ordered the troops to move north. The order passed down to the officers and men from above was that the Western Army had raided Jersey in an attempt to cut off the rear route of our army, and that we should now immediately go north and seize Binh Duong before the Western Army. In this way, it is possible to ensure that Han Anfu in Hezhong Province has a way to retreat, and it can also ensure that the friendly forces in Taiyuan can support smoothly.

But after all, the Jiangzhou guards are thinking about the overall situation, or to abandon the city and escape, this matter is unknown. What Han Chang knew was that not long after the Jiangzhou army went north, it happened to hit the sword edge of the Western Army, and the troops of more than 5,000 people were crushed at the first touch, and now there are only a few hundred people who have returned to Jiangzhou City.

Now, the situation he faces is very serious. Needless to say, the back road was cut off, and the commander of the Western Army, Dan Fan, who had a little brain, would also send troops to seize Pingyang Mansion, where there were not many defenders at all. And the Western Army on the other side of the Yellow River is afraid that it will soon launch a fierce attack!

Han Chang knew that if he was a luàn now, then everything would be over, and Xu Hu'er might even fight all the way to Taiyuan Mansion! The top priority is to stabilize the situation! Jiangzhou can't be lost! If Jiangzhou is lost, Jiezhou will also be earthquaked, and then it will be affected by Hezhong Mansion! But now there are less than 1,000 soldiers in Jiangzhou City, and they are all like frightened birds, in case the Western army comes to attack? What to do? He did have the courage to decide to personally sit in Jiangzhou and send people to Jiezhou to transfer troops and reinforcements.

Sure enough, in the afternoon of the same day, Wang Fubu under Wu Luan led thousands of people to attack Jiangzhou. But he saw Han Chang's banner erected on the city, and the soldiers of the Jin army stood at the head of the city, holding bows in their hands. This made Wang Fu feel uncertain, Wu Lu sent him because he defeated the Jiangzhou army, and he expected that Jiangzhou City should be a drum, but he didn't expect that it was still heavily guarded, and there was Han Chang's military flag, he came to Jiangzhou?

Wang Fu thought that his troops were not enough, and he did not dare to attack the city rashly, so he set up in the north of the city and sent people to quickly ask Wu Lu for instructions. At this time, Wu Lan had already led a large army to attack Pingyang Mansion in person, and was caught up halfway, and when he heard that Han Chang might be in Jiangzhou, he hesitated a little.

If they continue to attack Pingyang Mansion in the north, even if they take it, the Jin army in Taiyuan will soon get the news and go south for reinforcements. And Han Chang can also send troops to the north and attack from both sides. The army of King Xu Jun is still on the west bank, and if the Hezhong Mansion is not luàn, it may not be able to come for a while.

How good is that? He summoned Liang Xing and Fan Zhong, two former puppet Han generals, to discuss, and the latter two believed that although the order given to us by the king was to seize Zezhou, then go north to seize Pingyang and cut off the connection between Taiyuan and Hezhong Province. But now the situation has changed, and Han Chang is in Jiangzhou, which shows that he is prepared, and if we continue to go north, it is difficult to ensure that we will not fall into the situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy. Instead of this, it is better to transfer troops to the south to attack Jiangzhou, so that Han Chang can taste the taste of being attacked by the enemy on his back.

In this way, although the connection between Taiyuan and Hezhong cannot be cut off for a while, it may make Hezhong Fu fall into chaos. When a general is leading his troops outside, it should naturally be a dictatorship, and he should make decisions as the situation changes, and he should not stick to orders.

Wu Ling was a little embarrassed, he was not Wu Jue. If Wu Jinqing was here, he would definitely not want to think about it, and immediately transferred his troops to attack Jiangzhou. But Wu Xuan is known for his seriousness, and he does not compromise on carrying out orders. He especially knew that this time King Xu Jun sent him to lead an army alone, not because he made this suggestion, but because he had the intention to make meritorious contributions.

Under the hard work of the generals, Wu Lan finally decided to temporarily give up attacking Pingyang and instead attack Jiangzhou. Now, it will be bitter for Han Chang.

In early March, the Western Army's Wu Lan Department attacked Jiang, and there were less than 1,000 soldiers in the city, but under the personal command of Han Chang, they simply blocked the attack of Wu Lan's army for a day and a half. But after all, it is difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, the next afternoon, Jiangzhou was broken through the north city by Wu Lan, Han Chang only led the guards to flee from the south city, Wu Lan led Fan Zhong to chase the army, killing nearly half of Han Chang's guards. However, when he chased to Wenxi County, Jiezhou, more than 80 miles south of Jiangzhou, he suddenly encountered a large number of Jin army reinforcements, and Fan Zhong hurriedly turned around and returned to Wu Lan.

Wu Lan did not dare to be careless when he heard the news, and organized troops to strengthen the city defense overnight, however, to his surprise, Han Chang did not lead troops to attack on the second day. It turned out that Fan Zhong encountered halfway was the Jin army that rushed from Jiezhou to reinforce them, and after they rescued Han Chang, they thought that they were unable to capture Jiangzhou, so they led the army back to relieve them, and did not make any plans.

But frightened, Wu Lan no longer dared to divide his troops to take Pingyang, held on to Jiangzhou and Zezhou, and paid close attention to the movements of the Jin army in the direction of Jiezhou and Hezhongfu, and only sent a small force out of the cities and towns of Suqing County, recruited righteous soldiers, and attacked Jiezhou.

After Han Chang retreated to Jiezhou, he summoned all the officers above the level of Mouke, and solemnly told the generals that Jiezhou and Hezhong Mansion were the final bottom line, and there could be no mistakes anywhere. If Hezhongfu is lost, the western army will attack Hedong on a large scale, and Jiezhou will not be protected; If the state is lost, the Hezhong Mansion will be alone, and in the end it will not be able to escape the fate of defeat. So, be sure to keep both.

It was easy to keep Hezhong Province, a Yellow River blocked the Western Army, and only a small number of troops were needed to hold the river defense. However, the city of Jiezhou is small and difficult to resist the onslaught, and the only way to keep Jiezhou is to attack instead of defend.

He believes that the Western Army that suddenly appeared behind must be a partial division sent by Xu Wei, and the troops will not be too many. And now, how many soldiers and horses are there in Hezhong Prefecture combined? There are more than 27,000, most of which are concentrated in Hazhong Province. Therefore, 10,000 elite soldiers were transferred from Hezhong Province to Jiezhou to attack this western army that suddenly appeared.

Just when Han Chang transferred troops to reinforce Jiezhou, the four prefectures of Hexi, far in the northwest, made a big move. In early March, according to the tradition of the Khitan people, after killing the green ox and white horse to sacrifice to the ancestors of heaven and earth, he personally led the deployment of Yelu Yanshan, the capital supervisor Yelu Tiege and a large group of brave generals who followed the Dashi expedition to the Western Regions, sent 70,000 horsemen, and returned to the country!

The Khitan army set out from the west of the river and marched eastward along the north of Hengshan. When passing through the Xia realm, Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, sent his maternal grandfather Ren Dejing to represent the Lao army and wished the Liao army a victory. The offensive targets of the Liao army's trip were Dongshengzhou, Fengzhou, and Yunnei, which they themselves called the "Western Three Prefectures" in the past. If you control the Mobei Pass here, take the three western states and gain a firm foothold, you will be able to contact the old ministry and recruit the Mongols to come to help in the war!