Chapter 356: Hedong Chaos (2)
Zhang Xian and a group of generals shouted loudly for the soldiers to put down their bows and arrows, and they came out first, and saw that under the shining torches, it was their own military horses, and a group of dozens of people, all of whom were from the Black Cloud Capital or Shence Army, surrounded by a tightly wrapped man, this person was Wang Gui.
Wang Gui sat in the east of the town, dispatching the north and south sides of Yanggu County, Zhang Xian immediately reported to him after learning about the Jurchen military situation, but he didn't expect that Wang Gui would rush here after two days and one night at most!
Charging and raining along the way, almost sleepless, Wang Gui's eyebrows were white, his body was almost frozen, and he fell to the ground with a sound of struggling to get off Ma Dong, and several people helped him up, Zhang Xian only said: "Haha, fourth brother, why do you have to work so hard?" ”
Wang Gui has not led the army for a long time, he has always been in charge of local affairs, or in charge of logistics matters, and his qualifications are considered old in the new army of the Jinyang Army, but he has no prestige.
Zhang Xian's return to the military situation is also to follow the law of the army, and he does not expect him to make any decisions. Even talking to himself, he was ready to defend here and buy time for the rear to respond, but he didn't expect Wang Gui to react so quickly, and immediately rushed to the front line.
Wang Gui took a breath and moved his legs and feet: "The Jurchen military horse is suddenly so big, and it is very important, and it is related to the overall situation of General Xiao Yang, although I am not talented, how can I not come?" Needless to say, go up to the city wall and have a look! ”
Dozens of generals hugged Wang Gui straight up to the city wall, looking at the flickering fires in the west. Wang Gui looked at it for a long time before asking, "How many Jurchen military horses are there?" ”
Zhang Xian said in a deep voice: "I try my best to inquire and ask the people who have fled, the Jurchen army is here, the main army is not less than three hundred, and the number of auxiliary troops is almost like this. The momentum is even stronger, and now I am afraid that there are thousands of people, and the number of horses is double......"
The armor soldiers who came with Wang Gui changed color in unison, and many of them had dealt with the Jurchen military horses, and that day in Yandi, the Jurchen military horses wanted to attack Yanjing. Yang Ling personally went into battle, led the whole army, and it took a lot of effort to break it, and the number of Wanyan Zongbi and Guo Yaoshi's allied army was not as good as that of the Shence army, even if Yang Ling defeated the Jurchen soldiers and horses at the cost of his own safety, he was still escaped by Wanyan Zongbi and Guo Yaoshi.
And the Shence Army's own losses are by no means inferior to those of the Jurchen Tartars, and now although the morale of the Jinyang Army has been reinvigorated, it also has some strong appearance. But in the final analysis, where can it compare to the Shence Army in the land of Youyan, you must know that at that time, Yang Ling carried the soldiers of the Shence Army to cross the Baigou River to the north, outwitted Zhuoyi Erzhou, broke Xiao Gan, and restored Yanjing, and the morale of the army reached the peak. Such a big enemy is definitely not something that the Jinyang army can resist!
Not to mention the weather. The Jurchens actually came suddenly over the desperate place, and there were only hundreds of Jurchen Tartars, but it was only half a battalion, and it was just a test of Shuozhou, Huanzhou, and Yingzhou. Unexpectedly, it was followed by a sweeping trend, this kind of strong and tenacious, it is really the first-class strong army in the world!
"Who will the Lord be?" Wang Gui asked again.
Zhang Xian shook his head: "I don't know if I have to make a single one to understand." Wang Gui glanced at the countless refugees who were staring at the movement on the city wall with their faces in the city, and frowned: "What's going on?" So many people fled? "Virtue to the lord of the fortresses of the Beattys. Wang Gui also knows very well.
He also has to deal with their group, the Jurchen army is so strong, these people can naturally surrender, why did they all flee to Yanggu County?
Zhang Xian replied in a deep voice: "The Jurchen Tartars have never surrendered and rebelled, and the lord of the fortress was slaughtered along the way, the old and weak were killed, and the strong were strong to transport grain and grass for them...... Straight lady thief, ruthless! ”
Wang Gui glanced left and right: "What do you think?" There are many skilled military generals next to him, and someone replied at the moment: "The Jurchen Tartars crossed the desperate place, and the lone army went deep, and the poor sores here, and they couldn't afford to surrender and rebel, and after the guy surnamed Wang Taiyuan came, he pressed Li Zhifu and Wu Jie, and the supply of grain and grass was less than half, and all the grain and grass must be concentrated in their own hands to facilitate the long-term war, so they acted like this!" ”
Wang Gui nodded and said to Zhang Xian: "Since the army is so leading the army to retreat east and join the brigade, there is no need to stay here." ”
Zhang Xian was stunned, but he didn't expect Wang Gui, who was also a good man, to make such a decisive decision, and the wind seemed to come as if he was coming, and after learning about the first-hand military situation, he immediately made a decision!
Wang Gui has also been delayed in the north for more than a year, and the wind and frost in the north have also honed him.
Zhang Xian hesitated and said, "Don't you stick here to contain the Jurchen Tartar soldiers, so as to facilitate the assembly of the army?" ”
Wang Gui glanced at Zhang Xian: "Yingzhou is stuck in the north, the pass, and the main force of the Jinyang Army in the south, and now the Ruwuwei Prefectures have been lost to the Jurchen Tartars, and the reserves here are enough for more than 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of war horses, and they will eat until May?" Every bit of strength is accumulated, waiting for Xiao Yang to lead us to break the Jurchen Tartar again! ”
Zhang Xian's thoughts, all in vain, he had this plan before, but also because he really didn't have much confidence in Wang Gui, who couldn't take charge alone, for fear that he would not deal with it properly, and if the Jurchen Tartars drove straight in, it would be a big deal. Now that Wang Gui is so decisive and appropriately punished, what else is there to say?
He muttered: "Yanggu County is just a small affiliated county before Yingzhou, and the key is Yingzhou ......"
Wang Gui nodded: "That's right, the real military strength of the Jurchens will be passed on to Brother Yue Fei as soon as possible...... Non-Jinyang army can be defeated! The top priority is to retreat and defend Yingzhou, waiting for the army to come from the south! It must be as soon as possible! ”
Wang Gui desperately rushed here, in order to grasp the most real Jurchen military situation, he was really afraid that he would learn that the Jurchen Tartars were attacking, and led the army to help, if the Jurchen Tartars came too much, they might be able to fight a battle to drive the Jurchen army horses back, and now these Jurchen Tartars are no more, no less, and they are forced to cross the desperate place in winter! There is really no need to mobilize the army, the army is different, people eat horses and chew, and the cost is not a few, so they can only hold Yingzhou to the death, then these hundreds of Jurchen strong troops, after most of the horses and mules starved to death, and then turn back, I don't know if there is half left, or they can only lead a considerable number of soldiers and horses after telling Yue Fei's brother, and the Jurchen Tartars will be crushed by the army!
He looked back, and wanted to choose a competent person to pass the news over as soon as possible, but Yang Zaixing, who was beside Zhang Xian, suddenly spoke: "I'll go!" I am familiar with the road, and I can endure it hard, and I can endure it if I don't come down for three days and three nights, and it will take five days for others to go to Yingzhou, and I will not be able to go for four days! ”
Zhang Xian patted him on the shoulder, "You go, be careful on the road, it's not that we are afraid of the Jurchen Tartars, we really can't bear to miss the overall situation of General Xiao Yang, the life of the son, you must not throw it lightly, there will be a time to fight in the future." (To be continued.) )