Chapter 294: Farce

After Xijing temporarily stabilized the defense line with the help of the Song army and opened the road to Kaijing, a large number of materials and military aid unloaded from the port of Busan were successively transported to Xijingcheng, and a large number of troops in the rear were transported to the enemy rear by sea. Landing at Bochuan, he quickly defeated the Jin army left behind, restored the defense line of the Great Wall, completely annihilated the Jin army, and trapped the main force of the Jin army under Xijing.

The reversal of the situation made the Goryeo lord Wang Kai and the people of the court see the hope of victory, but the Song army did not launch an attack for a long time, and the two armies had a conflict because of the defense of Baozhou, but this did not make the Goryeo people wake up. Gao Kai did not actively mediate the relationship between the two armies, but thought that as long as he used the strength of the Song army to keep the Jin reinforcements out of the country, he was fully capable of defeating the Jin army with his own strength, and then he could 'gift' the Song army back to China and take back Baozhou.

The topography of Goryeo is a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides, only the north is connected to the mainland, so the focus of defense is naturally placed in the border area adjacent to Jin, most of the standing army is used to guard the Great Wall on the border, but in the invasion of the Jin country, they were cut off by the Jin Navy from the rear and most of the retreat was annihilated, which can be described as heavy losses, and the rear troops were empty, there were simply no soldiers to send, and Jin Fushi, who went to aid Xijing on the same day, could only raise 10,000 reinforcements by collecting all kinds of resources while walking.

So Wang Kai in the Song army's 'cowardice' situation, wantonly requisitioned the young and strong to form an army of 100,000 people to march to the vicinity of Xijing, they thought that they now have the fifteenth army, the strength has surpassed the Jin army, but they did not consider that these newly recruited soldiers in their own army are just people who put down their hoes and picked up swords and guns, and have not received military training at all, but these people have become the main force of the campaign. However, the Jin army that invaded Goryeo was the elite soldiers of their country.

Goryeo's national policy of emphasizing literature over military force was learned from the Song Dynasty. But it is better than the blue, and it has been brought to the extreme. The low status of the martial artist is like the follower of the Wenchen, and he is regarded as a playmaker and bodyguard who performs martial arts. You can scold at will, and even greet you with a 'big mouth' at every turn. The morale and combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined, and the military personnel have no right to participate in such a high-end matter as formulating combat plans.

But Wang Kai didn't care about these little things, but was excited about his bold idea, because it was planned by the lord of the country, and a group of Wenchen, who knew nothing about the war, was the chief director. Hiding in the house, he formulated a plan for the map to encircle the north and south and annihilate the enemy outside the Xijing City......

Wang Wei's crown prince has been a lot of years, but he only has the role of listening to the government in the palace, that is, he has no experience in actually managing politics, let alone leading troops to fight, and of course he has no power in his hands. Hearing that Goryeo was going to send troops to land in Bochuan with the Song army to defend the Great Wall, he offered to lead his troops to boost morale. In fact, he thought that with the Song army as his aid and occupation of the danger, the danger of this task was very small, and he could use it to accumulate military merits. Enhance his prestige in the government and the opposition in order to lay the foundation for his future accession to the throne. Wang Kai felt that the prince's words were reasonable and readily agreed, after all, at this moment when the country was in danger, it was more reassuring that the army was in his own hands.

Wang Wei really lived up to expectations, and after landing, he led his troops to 'sweep' the remnants of the enemy. He recovered many states and counties, restored the defense line of the Great Wall, and immediately became famous. You can go forward when you are ready to receive Baozhou. Halfway through, I heard that the fighting was fierce there, and the Jurchens sent a large army to constantly harass them. When he wanted to regain this level, the high-spirited prince's legs softened. So he came up with a plan of 'refusing to accept Baozhou, preserving strength, and watching the tiger fight', but he didn't expect to be appreciated by the lord of the country. Therefore, the leading role of this farce fell on the prince who led the army to land behind the enemy and marched bravely, and Jin Fushi, who was the main advocate of resisting Jin, could only be reduced to a supporting role because of his 'passive' attitude......

In December, the northern part of Goryeo entered the coldest season, the rivers froze, dripping into ice, and a heavy snow came unexpectedly, which soon shrouded the western city of Seokyung in the wind and snow, and Jin Fushi let the Goryeo reinforcements stationed in the south of the city drive into the city in the name of avoiding the cold, taking over the defense of the southern city of the Song army.

"Dashuai, why do you want to replace all of our people and replace them with the Goryeo Army?" As soon as the defense was handed over, Jiang Wei and Zhang Pu went to the Shuaifu to 'ask for the guilt'.

"Jin Shoufu said that the weather is cold, and most of our Southern Korean troops are people from the Central Plains who are not tolerant of the cold, so they will temporarily go down to the city to rest, and they will take over the defense!" Zhao Yong sat the two down and said.

"That's too weird, isn't it? Are they going to do something behind our backs, for fear that we will interfere! Zhang Pu sat down, picked up a few hot teas, and drank a sigh and said.

"What's strange, people care about us, don't live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Besides, we are a guest army, this is other people's territory, and it is not our turn to toss as much as they want! Zhao Yong looked at the unceremonious Zhang Pu and shook his head with a wry smile, and asked the soldiers to send two more cups of tea and said.

"I'll just say don't be suspicious of him and don't listen, if you don't say that there is a conspiracy to replace us, the city is as cold as an ice cellar, what's wrong with resting in the camp!" Jiang Wei said as he roasted his frozen hands on the brazier.

"I don't look like it, the Goryeo army that entered the city is incomprehensible, and those with swords and arrows are assembled under the city, not like they are entering the city to avoid the cold, but like they are preparing to fight, do they think that the Jin army will be defeated, and they want to take the opportunity to make some cheap!" Zhang Pu retorted unconvinced.

"They are here to fight, and if you don't take a sword or a hoe, you should have crops outside the city?" Jiang Wei teased.

"Since it's been replaced, don't think about it, rest in peace, Jin Shoufu sent some wine and meat to each battalion, go back and enjoy it! But remember that you are not allowed to drink too much, you are not allowed to leave the camp without an order, you are not allowed to clash with the Goryeo army, and you are not allowed to spread rumors, do you understand? Zhao Yong admonished.

"This ......"

"What are you talking about, let's go, go back to the bar, the handsome has issued an order to evict customers!" Jiang Wei stood up and pulled Zhang Pu, who was still about to say something, Zhang Pu sighed and left without even saluting.

"Dashuai, do you think what Jin Fushi said is credible?" Seeing the two of them go out, Zhuge Hong asked.

"Hmph, the ghost only believes it!" Zhao Yong snorted coldly and said, "He spoke heavily, his eyes flickered, he didn't need to ask if he was a lie, and he wanted to fool us, which was far worse than the emperor's level!" ”

"What does the big marshal think he has made up a lie and sent meat and wine?" Zhuge Hong asked with a smile, secretly happy in his heart Jin Fushi may not have thought that his carefully made up lies were easily recognized, it was not because of his low level of fabrication, but because the emperor's level of lying was too high, and he could deceive the emperor and the queen mother, and even those ministers since he was a child.

"The emperor often said that sophistry is to conceal the truth and show falsehood, and what Jin Fushi wants to hide is what he wants to do?" Zhao Yong said.

"And what does he want to cover up with?" Zhuge Hong touched his head and thought.

"A few days ago, he stepped through our threshold and wanted to do something, but he hasn't been to the door for many days in the past two days, which shows that he has a solution, and the purpose of their troop transfer is to get rid of us and do it!" Zhao Yong saw that Zhuge Hong still didn't know why, and reminded him with a sneer.

"They are going to start a decisive battle with the Jin army?!" Zhuge Hong exclaimed, "Although the Jin army has suffered some losses, there are still seventy or eighty thousand soldiers who can fight, and their strength should not be underestimated. ”

"It's too late, Bochuan sent an urgent report, the Goryeo prince Wang Wei has almost withdrawn the Goryeo army that defended the defense line of the thousand-mile Great Wall and marched to the western capital, Jin Fushi is afraid that he will also receive an edict to transfer troops into the city, they are trying to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army under the city!" Zhao Yong said.

"Isn't the thousand-mile Great Wall defense line useless, and the reinforcements of the Jin State can drive in and join the Wushu for a long time, destroying our entire battle plan, can we sit idly by!" Zhuge Hong said urgently.

"Hehe, there are naturally people to do things, but since they don't want us to interfere, why should we bother, don't you also want to see the reality of the Jin Army's fortifications, wouldn't it be good for them to test it!" Zhao Yong sold a pass and said with a wicked smile, Zhuge Hong shook his head helplessly, he found that Zhao Yong's smile was more and more like the emperor......

In the early morning of the next day, the main gate and side gate of the south city of Xijing City were all opened, the suspension bridge fell, tens of thousands of Goryeo troops swarmed out, the archers shot their feet, the Goryeo army lined up in front of the two arrows in front of the Jin army's Tucheng, and Jin Fushi boarded the city tower to supervise the battle. A general in the Goryeo array stepped forward to challenge the scolding formation, but surprisingly after scolding for a long time, the Jin army in the Tucheng was silent, and the gate of the fortress was closed and no one was fighting.

Jin Fushi waved the flag, more than a dozen war drums on the city tower sounded at the same time, the archers moved forward and threw arrows into the Tucheng, and then a group of Goryeo troops in the formation pushed several crashing cars and rushed towards the Tucheng, followed by the sword and shield soldiers, and thousands of people shouted in unison to launch an overwhelming attack on the Tucheng.

When the besieging Goryeo army approached within 100 paces of Tucheng, a long horn sounded from the Tuseong, which had been silent, and then countless stones crossed the earthen ramparts like a hailstorm and smashed into the ranks of the Goryeo archers. At the same time, countless archers appeared from behind the earthen ramparts to shoot at the Goryeo soldiers pushing the crashing cart, and in the blink of an eye, one fell to the ground, and the sword and shield soldiers braved the rain of arrows with their shields to provide cover for the soldiers pushing the carts.

The Goryeo archers suffered heavy casualties under the wave of blows from the Jin army's catapults, and soon fell into disarray and scattered to hide. The crashing car, which had lost the cover of the archers, braved the rain of arrows to advance with difficulty, and saw the root of the wall, threw several oil cans from the inside and smashed them on the car, several rockets roared, and the wooden crash car immediately turned into a firewood pile and ignited a raging fire!

"It's a farce!" Zhang Pu, who was watching the battle in the corner of the city, let out a sigh...... (To be continued......)