Chapter 586: Embattled
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After learning that Yang Zhi had successfully captured Gubeikou and completed the task of closing the gate, Yang Yi was resurrected overnight, and mobilized 8,000 men and horses from Youzhou, and nearly 40,000 troops quickly went north to fight dogs.
At this time, Wanyan Zonghan's army was still wading through mountains and rivers in Yanshan, Yang Yi preempted an infantry to come to Danzhou, and there were only 10,000 men and horses in Danzhou who fled back from Yinshuke, seeing the Song army covering the sun with flags, and iron hooves rushing like a tide, these had already been frightened and broke the rout, and abandoned the city and fled without hesitation.
Wanyan Zonghan's army was still more than 30 miles away from Danzhou, and he suddenly received the news that Gubeikou had changed hands, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
Gubeikou has been a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times, all because of its dangerous situation, steep mountains and dangerous roads, peaks and peaks, it can be said that it is a one-man pass, ten thousand people can not be opened, and it is an important place for Youzhou to lock and key.
Now that this gate has changed hands, Wanyan Zonghan's army is equivalent to being locked in the reckless mountain, with no way forward and no way back.
Before Yan Zonghan could react, Yinshuke's 10,000 defeated soldiers fled back;
These 10,000 horses not only failed to add a little momentum to the Jin army, but their dejected appearance caused great panic to Wanyan Zonghan's 60,000 horses.
Now Wanyan Zonghan understands in his heart that he has fallen into the trap carefully designed by Yang Yi, what Danzhou went down in one day, and what Yang Yi died in Qinglong Gorge is just a bait laid by Yang Yi with a blinding method, the purpose is to lure himself into this lofty mountain and dangerous road, and then trap to death.
Wanyan Zonghan urgently collected Wanyan Xianye and others to discuss countermeasures, and Yinshuke, who was trapped in danger, was completely excluded from this military meeting that decided the fate of the 70,000 Jin army, and Wanyan Zonghan did not immediately cut off his head, which was already polite.
Time was urgent, this military meeting quickly negotiated a battle plan, Wanyan Zonghan personally led 20,000 horses to block Yang Yi's army, Wanyan Xian also led 50,000 people to return north, and made every effort to recapture Gubeikou.
After Yang Yi successfully recaptured Danzhou, he used this place as a storage place for the grain and grass of the army, and the grain and grass transported by Waqiao Customs were temporarily stored here.
In addition, the administrative structure of Nanjing Province in the Liao State has not completely collapsed. Yelu Mingyu was brought to the front of the stage by Yang Yi again;
This guy is so useful. If the officials of the prefectures and counties of Nanjing Province still want to get mixed up, they must obediently obey the holy decree of Yelu Mingqi, raise grain and grass materials, and dispatch people and animals.
Yang Yi has promised Yelu Ming to let him re-establish the country in Mobei, in order to grasp this life-saving straw, Ye Lu Ming has worked very hard, as if he has become Yang Yi's logistics officer. spared no effort to let the Nanjing Provincial officials mobilize grain and grass to send to Danzhou;
Yang Yi was very satisfied with this, and praised him from time to time, and he was even more happy to "bow his head and be willing to be a son of a cow." β
When Yang Yi led the army to Yanzi Peak, which was more than 30 miles away from Danzhou, Wanyan Zonghan's 20,000 horses were already in full array.
The Jin army is now adopting the strategy of defending in the south and attacking in the north, with Yanzifeng defending to the death and Gubeikou attacking with all its might. In order to open the escape route outside the retreat as soon as possible.
Yang Yi saw that Yan Zonghan had used the mountains on both sides to lay a large number of fortifications, and his brows were secretly furrowed.
But this urn is a bit long, from Miyun to Gubeikou, if you count the straight-line distance, it is less than 100 miles, but in this group of mountains, the peaks turn around, and it really takes 200 miles to walk up.
Now Wanyan Xian also led 50,000 horses to turn back and storm Gubeikou. Yang Zhi only had 10,000 horses. The weapons they carried were limited, and the Jin army wanted to break through the escape gate of Gubeikou. There will be a fierce onslaught regardless of casualties.
On the other hand, if Wanyan Zonghan used this nearly two hundred miles of mountain road to continuously block him, I am afraid that before he advanced to Gubeikou, Yang Zhi's side might be broken through by the Jin army.
How to quickly defeat Yan Zonghan's 20,000 horses became a big problem in front of Yang Yi.
Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: make good use of soldiers, bend people's soldiers instead of fighting, pull out people's cities instead of attacking them, destroy people's countries instead of long-term also, and will fight for the whole world, so the soldiers are not immediately profitable, and this method of attacking is also!
The gist of this sentence is that a person who is good at using troops can bring the enemy to his knees without fighting a war, and make the enemy surrender without attacking the city, and that it is not necessary to fight for a long time to destroy the enemy country, but must use the strategy of "total victory" to win the world, so as not to inflict setbacks on the national strength and troops, but also to obtain the benefits of a total victory.
Yi pondered this sentence repeatedly in his heart, what he needed most now was a soldier who surrendered without a fight;
Otherwise, from Yanzi Peak to Gubeikou, if you attack one mountain after another, you will suffer heavy casualties, not to mention that even if you can attack Gubeikou, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold.
The problem is that Sun Tzu's soldiers can be recited, but how to really surrender without a fight is the key and the most difficult.
The easiest way is undoubtedly to tie up the two ends tightly, trap the Jin army in this lofty mountain range, and wait for the Jin army to run out of food after ten days and eight days, and naturally it can easily eat the 70,000 Jin army.
But the premise is that Yang Zhi can withstand Yan Xianye's fierce blow, as the saying goes, those who are afraid of being stunned, those who are stunned are afraid of dying, in order to escape, the Jin army will definitely attack regardless of casualties, can Yang Zhi hold on?
Yang Yi didn't dare to bet on this, in addition, there were still 10,000 horses in Yuguan, but that could not be moved anymore, the gateway to Yuguan was equally important, and the 10,000 horses were transferred, and the empty Nanjing Road was completely opened.
Yang Yi thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered Yelu Minghu, although this girl is not mixed up now, but it is still the emperor of Liao, most of the Jin army is actually the Liao army, and the longest time to belong to the Jin army is only one or two months.........
Thinking of this, Yang Yi decided to use Yelu Ming again, but to persuade him to surrender, he had to talk about some strategies, Yang Yi first brought a hundred soldiers with the best marksmanship to the bottom of the mountain;
The fortifications of the Jin army were built on the middle of the mountain, and a stone wall was erected according to the mountain, and the handsome flag of Wanyan Zonghan was waving in the wind, and many Jin troops were looking down behind the stone wall. If the Song army attacks on the back, the Jin army only needs to easily push down the stones, and you can smash you on your back.
Yang Yi shouted at the place where Yan Zonghan's handsome banner was: "Hey! Bird slave, listen, Gubeikou has been sealed by my 30,000 army, you have become a turtle in the urn, you can't escape, you know each other and surrender quickly, otherwise I don't have to fight at all, as long as I trap you in this mountain for ten days and eight days, you will have to starve to death. β
The hundred soldiers around Yang Yi all stared at the place where Yan Zonghan's handsome banner was, just waiting for Yan Zonghan to appear. Immediately come with a salvo. It's a pity that no matter how Yang Yi insulted, Wanyan Zonghan just didn't show up.
"Shoot me aim, kill a few chickens to make an example of the monkeys!"
Yang Yi ordered, and a hundred soldiers immediately opened fire, and a series of screams were heard on the mountain, and some Jin soldiers were shot in the head. He died very miserably, which made the other Jin soldiers frightened a lot, and they didn't dare to come up again after lying on the stone wall.
Yang Yi took a gun from the guard's hand and aimed at Yan Zonghan's handsome banner, Woo! If you don't hit it, come again. Bang!
After the second shot, the handsome flag was shot off and fell, and the Jin army on the mountain couldn't help but make a big fuss.
The Song soldiers liked it loudly, and the sound of tens of thousands of people echoed like a tsunami in the mountains.
This move had a great effect on the morale of the Jin army, and the effect was good, so Yang Yicai pushed Ye Lu Ming out. and selected hundreds of soldiers with loud voices. Let them cry out according to the words of Jerod Min.
"The soldiers of the Liao army on the mountain, the Jurchen is just a small state of Yuer. Taking advantage of the situation to steal the weapons of my Great Liao State, its foundation is completely gone, how can it last for a long time? Now I have asked the Song State to send troops to help crusade against the Jurchen traitors, and the quelling of the Jurchen rebellion is just around the corner;
As long as you know your way back, fight back, and make meritorious contributions to the prisoners, I will not only not be held accountable for the mistakes you have made in the past, but will also be rewarded and promoted;
Now that you have been trapped and died between these poor mountains and bad waters, it is impossible to escape again, and there is only one way to die if you try to resist stubbornly, soldiers, hurry down the mountain and surrender!
I and Scholar Yang promise that we will never hold you accountable for past wrongdoings, and if you can capture the thief and go down the mountain to take prisoners, you will immediately be rewarded richly, and I and Scholar Yang will not break their promise. β
Hundreds of loud soldiers shouted in unison, repeating Yelu Ming's words again and again, at least half of the Jin army was forced to surrender the gold, and it was not that no one missed their homeland.
This is still secondary, more importantly, now they are trapped between these poor mountains and bad waters, there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to enter the ground, as Yang Yi just said, the Song army does not need to attack, as long as they block their escape route, they can starve to death;
In this case, the morale of the Jin army was already extremely low and panicked, and Yelu Ming came forward to persuade him to surrender, and those Liao army soldiers would inevitably fluctuate.
Yang Yi saw that the effect was good, and he was not in a hurry to attack, and when it was evening, he asked Yelu Mingwei to send people to sing at the bottom of the mountain, singing some sentimental homesick songs in Khitan dialect.
In the vast night, the melancholy song floats in the mountains, which makes people sound particularly desolate.
At the beginning, Han Xinxin's trick sang the Chu Overlord to a dead end, and after a thousand years, this trick can be said to be very old-fashioned, but no matter how old-fashioned the trick is, as long as it is used in the right place, it will still be effective.
This song is like a bitter wind and rain, eroding the morale of the Jin army on the mountain bit by bit, and in the middle of the night, there are soldiers of the original Liao army who began to go down the mountain in the dark to surrender.
There were not many people coming down the mountain, just about a hundred.
But Yang Yi's heart is very open, the number of people is not how many, as long as someone goes down the mountain to surrender, this is a good thing, as long as a cracks, then it is not far from bursting.
The next day, Yang Yi asked these 100 soldiers to eat a large piece of meat at the bottom of the mountain, drink wine in a big bowl, and drink until they were a little drunk, and then let them shout to the Jin army on the mountain to persuade them to surrender.
In order to hold on for a long time, the military rations have already been halved, and the Jin soldiers can only eat half of them now.
Seeing their companions, who were still starving with them yesterday, they were eating meat and drinking wine in large bowls at the bottom of the mountain at this time, and their saliva almost didn't wet their plackets.
Wanyan Zonghan was also worried, Yang Yi's strategy of attacking the heart made him feel powerless, and he couldn't parry at all, so he could only promulgate the law of sitting, one person escaped, and everyone was killed.
But not only did this torture not only have no effect, but it caused more Jin troops to surrender down the mountain.
The one who wants to escape, how can he care if your teammates are affected or not, one person runs away, and the others will die anyway, and they will be forced to flee down the mountain together.
There is no need to wait until the evening, people began to look for gaps in the middle of the day to go down the mountain and surrender, which made Wanyan Zonghan feel a chill in his heart, according to this situation, I am afraid that it will not take a few days for the 20,000 horses on the mountain to defect.
What to do? Wanyan Zonghan asked himself repeatedly in his heart.
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