Chapter 273: Hesitation Makes a Mistake
The Wushu's attrition tactics were very successful, and Xijing was running out of food, so he had to drive all the old and weak women out of the city, and the soldiers who remained in the city were also starving and surrendered. The time to attack the city is gradually ripe, Wushu ordered the generals to raise the mountain, the camp moved forward, ready to launch the most rearly blow to Xijing, did not expect that the Song army broke through the interception of the rear army from the waterway into Xijing, so that his plan fell short, how not to be annoyed.
"Du Shuai, the Song army brigade entered the city from the water gate, and there are still more than 20 warships on the river, which can be compared with Xijing City, and can carry thousands of people, so the Song army that came to aid is no less than 40,000 people!" Sali said carefully.
"I didn't expect Zhao Er to mobilize so many people to help so quickly, it's really unexpected!" Wushu said with frustration.
"Du Shuai, the Song army came to the rescue of Goryeo, Xijing may be difficult to be captured, why don't you take the opportunity to withdraw the army and return home!" Sa Liyu asked, looking at the face of the vulture.
"No, look at it again!" Wushu hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and rejected the suggestion to drink. Of course, the experienced Wushu was also aware of the crisis he was facing, but he also had unspeakable difficulties: retreating was to cower in front of the Southern Dynasty, and to return empty-handed before the battle was engaged, and his face was really gloomy. Driven by this ambivalence, he ordered to act according to the original plan for the time being, in order to see how the situation changed.
"Du Shuai, Xijing has received reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty, not only has the protection force increased greatly, but also transported a large amount of grain and grass, I am afraid that besieging the city is not the best policy!" Sa Li thought about it and said, now that Goryeo has been strengthened, its strength is on par with that of the Jin army, and with the support of the Song army, the combat effectiveness will increase greatly, and it will inevitably find a way to break the blockade. But now that Song has the support of Goryeo, he has no worries on his back, and the war has not yet started.
"Among them, the joints are handsome!" Wushu waved his hand impatiently. "Zhao Er sent troops to Goryeo so quickly, and the preparations must have been hasty. It will not bring much baggage, and it will need to be transported by the follow-up fleet, and they will have to rely on Goryeo for supplies for the time being, and it is already very difficult in the city, and now there are tens of thousands of more horses and horses that will soon empty the little grain stock in the city, so we are not going to relax the siege, but to strengthen the siege of Xijing, so that they can no longer get supplies from the Song. As long as we hold on for a few more days, it will be the depths of winter, when the harbor is closed. The rivers are frozen, Zhao Er is an immortal and has no way to send the baggage to Goryeo, his soldiers and horses can only be trapped and starved to death, and the world of Goryeo will still be ours at that time. ”
"Du Shuai is reasonable, we can loot grain and grass in Goryeo, even if the supply is not available for a while, we can also transfer it from the country, and the weather in Liaodong is extremely cold, and most of the Song army are intolerant of bitter cold for the Central Plains. The combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and our army will still have an eight-point chance of winning when and in the best place and time! Sali was moved by the vultures and echoed.
"Contact Ali immediately. Let him lead the naval army to meet the battle, trap the Song Dynasty naval army in the Datong River, and I will let them have no return. Wushu said.
"It's all handsome. The news from the deputy marshal was not very good, and they also encountered the Southern Korean naval army. Both battles were lost, and the Song army relieved the siege of Midao. The subordinates are worried that once they leave, will the Song army land and cut off our retreat? Sali thought for a while and said.
"Well, Zhao Er's favorite voice is to attack the west, you must guard against it!" Wu Shuleng nodded and said, in the battle of Yanjing, he fell for Zhao Er's plan and led the army to rescue everywhere, but he was broken by the main force of the hidden Song army, which led to his passivity everywhere, lost his division and lost his land, and was defeated back to Liaodong.
"Also, we know that the day of the closure of the port is not far away, and the Song Navy will not be unaware, the sailors who come to Xijing will not stay for a long time, if they join forces with the Song Army Sailors on Shenmi Island, then our Dajin Navy will be in danger!" Sali saw that Wushu had listened to it, and said again.
"Hmph, I spent a lot of money to build nearly 1,000 warships and recruit tens of thousands of soldiers, but I am still inferior to the naval army of the Southern Dynasties, and Ali is really a waste!" Wushu slammed his palm on the long table in front of him and said angrily.
"Du Shuai is angry, although the navy has a small defeat, but the strength is still there, the deputy marshal will definitely turn defeat into victory, and although the Song army has relieved the siege of Midao, it has not been able to land on the mainland of Goryeo, which is also the credit of the deputy marshal!" Sa Li drank and saw that Wushu turned his face and scolded Ali, and hurriedly persuaded, now Wushu is no longer as good as it was back then, just a captain of ten thousand, he is now above one person in the Jin Kingdom, under ten thousand people, the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, even the emperor has to let him have a few points, and his former comrade-in-arms has to be carefully served, and if he doesn't do it well, he will be killed because of a wrong word.
"Then what do you think, the navy can't be useless!" Wushu said with a slight expression.
"Isn't the commander worried that the Song army will land behind us, why don't we let the navy defeat the Song navy near Shenmi Island as soon as possible, and then the battleships will withdraw to the domestic port to avoid the harm of ice and snow, and the deputy marshal will lead the navy to abandon the boat and land on the shore to garrison Sanguan, and when the sea is frozen, the Song army on the islands such as Shenmi Island will not have the support of warships, and the protection of the sea water, we can step on the ice and go to the island, take the islands lightly, and pull out this thorn in the eye!" Sali said and arranged a way out for the water army.
"Okay, just give it the order!" Wushu thought for a while and said, this arrangement just saved him from worries.
"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it!" Sa Li bowed down to receive the order, secretly wiped the sweat from his face and said, Deputy Marshal of the Heart Dao, I can only help you get here, and it depends on your creation below, but I don't know that I have sent the Jin Guoshui Army to a point of no return.
It turned out that after Yan Kang ascended the throne, the Jin Kingdom was in civil strife, and after several purges in the DPRK and China, countless people were implicated and lost their heads. Xianmao Ali and Sali drink these people know that they can live until now not because of how much credit they have made, but because their background is not qualified to participate, if you talk about the credit, who is more than the credit of Zong Han, Wanyan Xiyin and others!
Ali Zhilu, who has been up and down for many years, said that he was not born in the Wanyan Department of the core of the Jurchens, but was the Lie Department with whom he had a feud, and later surrendered to the Wanyan Department in defeat, so he could not enter the center of power at all, but they were able to be preserved. After being appointed as the commander of the navy, Ali was also trembling, understanding his position, and not being trusted, lest he be caught by the vultures and purged.
After the defeat, Ali was extremely frightened, hesitated for two days and concealed the loss of fifty percent, reported the large warship as a small warship to the prison guard, and sent a large amount of money to ask him to mediate. Sa Lijiu was quite a task, hesitated and accepted the gift, and then gave a five-fold report on the battle report and vultures, which made him feel that although the navy was defeated, the losses were extremely slight, and it did not affect the future battle, so he was angry and did not pursue too much. However, Ali laid a hidden danger for his lie, and now he wants to take a remnant of the army to defeat the Song army.
Wushu's wait-and-see situation was not a passive wait, he knew that the Song army's firearms were sharp, and if he used the same method as trapping the Goryeos, he would not be able to stop them, so he captured a large number of Goryeo people to dig trenches and build fortifications outside the city, and at the same time sent troops to try to recapture the water village occupied by the Song army to block the river, block the Song Dynasty reinforcements to continue to reinforce, and also to trap the Song army fleet in the Datong River!
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The Song Dynasty reinforcements entered Xijing City and were welcomed by the military and civilians led by Jin Fushi, but for a few days, Zhao Yong only inspected the defense of Xijing and went to the city to observe the movements of the Jin army. In fact, Zhao Yong also has plans:
A long-distance expedition of the Song army, leopard generals and lion generals these strong forces on land, but were tossed by the sea into sick cats, although they have been trained, but after all, they are not the professional team of the Marine Corps, ten days of continuous drifting on the sea, but also catch up with the tail of a storm, almost no one is not seasick, especially those war horses get off the boat and the road will not go. Therefore, it was imperative to recover their strength, and the fleet did not leave for the time being, providing them with cover, fortunately the Jin army was afraid of their former prestige, and did not rashly launch an attack, and was able to rest in peace.
Second, the situation in Goryeo had changed, and the emperor revised the original plan of quick battle and quick victory into a long-term battle to annihilate the enemy in Goryeo. Because the third echelon has not entered the attack position at sea, and now the attack is launched, he is worried that the grass will startle the snake, and the Jin army will quickly retreat and return to the country, so now it is to entangle the other party, so that they are still lucky, and this time because the rescue is like fire, in order to avoid the loss of Xijing, the emperor instructed the second echelon to transport troops, and the materials of the companions are not sufficient, and they need to wait for the arrival of materials from Busan.
Zhao Yong had a plan in his heart, but Jin Fushi saw that the Song army had not moved for a few days, and his heart was a little up and down, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd of the reinforcements in Ludao.
"The handsome man is here, Jin is terrified!" Jin Fushi received the report and hurriedly asked people to open the door of the house to greet him personally.
"Your Excellency is polite, Ben Shuai has been here for many days before visiting the door, please forgive me!" Zhao Yong paused for a moment, this Jin Fushi's Great Song Dynasty official spoke in a correct manner, which surprised him, but when he thought about it, Goryeo admired Han etiquette, and it was not uncommon for a high-ranking official of Goryeo to be able to speak Chinese, but it was also good that the interpretation of the province was passed around in the middle, and he hurriedly replied.
"Da Shuai is in a high position at such an age, and he is also a rich man, I don't know which year he topped the high school list?" The two sides exchanged a few words of greeting, sat down relatively closely, and Jin Fushi asked politely.
"Hehe, my lord is handsome, but he only knows a few words, and he has never won the imperial examination!" Zhao Yong said with a smile.
"That handsome man is from a martial arts background?" Jin Fushi asked again.
"I have never taken the martial arts test, but I just fought with a knife and a gun on the battlefield!" Zhao Yong said, wondering a little in his heart, why does this old man always ask about his origin, I don't know what his intentions are. (To be continued......)