May 11, two battlefields
"Let me temporarily put the 1st Guards Regiment and the Yangshan Special Battalion under his command, myself...... Responding to Tianfu in charge? ”
For the sake of secrecy, Han Shizhong's letter was written in cipher, and when he arrived at Zhou Quan, he had to be translated into plaintext by the cipher before he could understand it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info couldn't help but smile after reading it.
Dong Changqing's face sank next to him.
"There seems to be an encroachment on this." Dong Changqing said unceremoniously.
It has been a long time to follow Zhou Quan, and Dong Changqing knows that Zhou Quan likes to talk straight, and he doesn't want his subordinates to waste time in a roundabout way.
"Military power is a heavy weapon, he made such a request, even if Duke Zhou trusted him, but after that, other generals also made this request, did Duke Zhou give it or not?"
That's a problem.
Zhou Quan pondered for a while: "In your opinion, reject Han Shizhong's request?" ”
"Naturally, it should be dismissed, not only that, but it should also be publicly reprimanded, but at this time, when employing people, it is not appropriate to do so, and write it down, and reprimand it after the war." Dong Changqing is categorical.
The group, with Zhou Quan as the leader, has now formed some habits of its own group, such as rules are rules, and no matter who they are, they must not break the rules. Dong Changqing deeply agrees with this, and is also a staunch defender of this habit, Han Shizhong's suggestion is completely inconsistent with the rules, and may even make a bad start, so Dong Changqing will oppose it, not only to oppose it, but also to press down the momentum of the martial artist's unauthorized claims that may appear in the future.
Zhou Quan agrees with Dong Changqing's stubborn attitude, but when it comes to today's events, he has different ideas.
"The battlefield is improvised, and sometimes it is inevitable that it will exceed the norm...... I have an idea and agree with Han Shizhong's request, but before that, I have to state that he will not be rewarded for winning this battle, on the contrary, if he loses or fails to achieve the battle goal, he will bear double the responsibility, this is a later example, what do you think? Zhou Quan asked Dong Changqing.
Dong Changqing was stunned for a moment: "Then how could he agree?" ”
If you win, you will not be profitable, and if you lose, you will be severely punished, which kind of thing will be willing to do? Now Han Shizhong has limited troops in his hands, even if Zhou Quan's 3,000 people are added, it is only 8,000 people, and it is not like Yue Fei with a musket team, in the face of Wu Qimai's more than 20,000 mourning soldiers, it is not difficult to win, but to achieve the battle goal, that is, to kill and injure a large number of Jin soldiers and capture Wu Qimai himself, it may not be able to achieve it.
Martial artists are born and die, isn't it just to make a meritorious service, and ask them to gnaw hard bones, but they don't give a reward, and maybe even double the punishment, who would agree to such treatment!
"Others may not agree, but Pengju and Pohan Wu will never say anything." Zhou Quan said with a smile.
Dong Changqing was silent, and when it came to this, he had nothing to say.
It's just that he didn't think that Han Shizhong would agree with Zhou Quan's statement, maybe after the messenger brought the news, Han Shizhong would change his mind immediately after.
Of course, Han Shizhong will not change his mind.
When he received Zhou Quan's reply, he smiled and showed it to his subordinates: "Everyone, look! ”
Like Song Xingfeng, among his subordinates, there are also two who are old in the Western Army, seeing this, they can't help but have anger on their faces, and one of them said: "This must be a villain around Duke Zhou, it must be Dong Changqing, these literati have always been wary of our martial artists!" We can't do such a loss-making thing, Tuanzheng! ”
"Exactly, what does it mean that we are born and die without merit? Tuan is the sister-in-law of Jiguo Gong, Dong Changqing is just a scholar who has failed in the imperial examination, what is it, don't you know if you are close to each other? ”
Even in Zhou Quan's subordinates, there are some contradictions between the civil and military, and even those who are from Longchuan Academy, there is always some isolation between those who enter the guard army and those who enter various public offices.
Hearing the complaints of the people around him, Han Shizhong laughed: "You all say this, but I think this is Zhou Gong's greatest trust in me." ”
"Oh?" The subordinates are unbelieving.
"If you change someone else, Zhou Gong will only refuse directly, after all, my request violates the rules we have always made, and it can even be said to be arrogant. But because it was me, Zhou Gong replied like this, that victory is not aimed at me, but for those who may follow me in the future! When Han Shizhong said this, his eyes flashed fiercely: "It's no nonsense, people treat me as a countryman, I will repay me as a countryman, Zhou Gong trusts me so much, then Wu Qimai and his more than 20,000 dog offal, I will eat it!" ”
Immediately after saying that, he began to give orders.
It is a very terrible thing for a man to go crazy, especially when some men who are usually a fool get serious, coupled with the already highly trained troops, in the blink of an eye, one after another orders are issued, and one by one the troops begin to act.
Wu Qimai, who had already come to Tangyin County, immediately felt the change.
He also dispatched troops to deal with it - the two sides were in a tug-of-war for Tangyin County, and every time he felt that as long as he exerted a little more strength, he could drive Han Shizhong out of Tangyin, but every time he was always supported by Han Shizhong. This feeling that made him see that hope was within reach but could not grasp it tempted him to entangle with Han Shizhong in Tangyin City for two days and two nights.
At this time, he had already realized that something was wrong, but when he looked at the form of the battlefield again, unless he risked being pursued and withdrew from Tang Yin, Hugh wanted to easily get rid of the escort army on the opposite side.
If you can't get rid of it, you can only pursue total victory. Wu Qimai is also a simple person, feeling that Han Shizhong's army operation seems to have changed, and guessing that Han Shizhong may make a big move, so he preemptively attacked, and the whole army pressed on it, and no longer had any reservations.
But he still underestimated the resilience of Han Shizhong and the guards.
The only way was to urge the rear, so that his subordinates could quickly go north, and to defeat Han Shizhong before Yue Fei came to help, and help him withdraw.
In this way, the siege of Jingshi was relieved.
And Li Gang also took Yao Pingzhong and other generals out of Beijing to "fight a decisive battle" with the Jin people.
Li Gang knew very well that he was not good at using troops, so after leaving Beijing, he advanced slowly, with a battalion of ten miles, and did not give the Jin people any opportunity to take advantage of. However, his subordinates Yao Pingzhong and other generals felt that this method of warfare was too conservative, and Sun Fu, who had recently been appointed by Zhao Huan as the secretary of the military department, that is, the one who had visited Zhou Quan in Haizhou as an envoy, began to study the prophetic poems of the ancients.
He got the words "Guo Jing Yang Shi Liu Wuji" from Qiu Jun's "Sentimental Poems", such as a treasure, he found a person named Liu Wuji among the citizens of Kaifeng, and got a person named Guo Jing in the Dragon Guards, who felt that it was in line with the prophecy of the ancients, and the capital was worry-free since then, so he recommended these two to Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan is also convinced of this - he has always believed that his throne comes from the mandate of heaven and the destiny of God, so he has luck, so he can get Liu Wuji, Guo Jing and others. And those who have good deeds also advocate for Guo Jing, saying that this person is good at using the Liujia Dao method and can defeat the Jin people. Thinking of establishing Zhao Huan, who was far superior to Zhou Quan's exploits, he took Guo Jing as a noble official and gave him tens of thousands of silver yuan, allowing him to recruit soldiers in Beijing.
Li Gang didn't know what was happening in Bianjing, and knew that there was nothing he could do. On Tangyin's side, Han Shizhong finally found an opportunity, and he decisively ordered to abandon Lanzhou, gather all his own forces, and increase his manpower to 12,000 people. He used the 3,000 men given to him by Zhou Quan to cut off Wu Qimai's reinforcements and grain routes, and then recruited people among the people to strengthen his momentum, in just a few days, Tangyin County was everywhere to wave flags, and Wu Qimai tried to go south to join the reinforcements at this time, but was beaten by Han Shizhong and had to shrink back into the city.
But even in the small Tangyin City, Wu Qimai attacked for more than ten days, but he failed to completely seize the East Gate. Therefore, he shrank into Tang Yin, but he couldn't defend Tang Yin at all.
At this point, the battle situation has become clear, Wu Qimai's defeat has been decided, if he does not get strong support, he may even be wiped out, not only the more than 20,000 people and horses he originally brought, but also the more than 10,000 reinforcements he summoned later, a total of nearly 40,000 people, will be eaten by Han Shizhong in one bite!
Unless he is desperate to come to his aid!
The letter asking for help was thrown on the ground, and his face was so gloomy that he did not read the contents of the letter at all.
What he feared more in his heart was his fate.
This time the southern invasion of the alliance was an adventure for the Jurchens, although the Song State was indeed full of holes and was vulnerable, but Zhou Quan joined the battle at the right time, as if he had withstood the waist of the Jin people.
"Bo Jilie, you can't help it!" Seeing this, the messenger sent by Wu Qimai cried out in despair.
"I'll go and save it, but I'm understaffed." He snorted: "All the soldiers and horses left here by the Chenban will be handed over to me, and I will immediately go to the rescue, anyway, after rescuing the Chenban, the soldiers and horses will be returned to him - you go back and talk to the people left by your uncle, at this time, if you can't work together with me, then everyone will be doomed!" ”
The messenger was a close confidant of Wu Qimai, and he believed the words of the separation, and immediately went to persuade the troops left by Wu Qimai. The two armies were completely united in one place, and the number of troops in their hands increased greatly, and there were more than 100,000 people.
He ordered the camp to be pulled out overnight, but the goal was not to return to Xiangzhou, but to Bianjing!
After the news of the joint camp of the two armies of the Jin State reached Li Gang, Li Gang immediately ordered the Song army not to continue to advance, but to camp on the spot. It's just that Yao Pingzhong and other generals are very dissatisfied, they all feel that the Jurchens have even been captured by the emperor, and now they are out of control, and as long as they put a little pressure, they will completely collapse. After they discussed in secret, they bypassed Li Gang and wrote directly to Emperor Zhao Huan, requesting a night attack on Jinying.
At this time, Li Gang's troops were only more than 20 miles, and the order from Beijing was that it would be there in a moment. After receiving Zhao Huan's order for Yao Pingzhong to wait for the night attack, Li Gang sighed and could only promise.
As a result, nature speaks for itself. Yao Pingzhong and the others did not meet head-on with the well-prepared separation, although Yao Pingzhong himself was very brave, but neither in terms of strength nor combat power could not be separated, and even in terms of the will to fight, the Song army was far from being a golden opponent who was eager to open up the way home! (To be continued.) )