Everyone knows the cruelty of war, but it has attracted countless people to go to the battlefield without hesitation, except for the heroic plot and the belief in defending the country, it has an irresistible charm. And this charm is the ever-changing, eclectic nature of war, which can never be understood by the hidden mysteries. Even if the time, place, and people are the guarantee that determines victory or defeat, subtle changes often affect the direction of the war, and a sudden rainstorm, the diversion of a river, the wit of a general, or even a soldier's temporary change of mind will become factors that change the outcome of the war.

In the face of the emergency situation, Wanyan Yanying's lack of experience in the battle was revealed, and he was blindfolded, and sat in the hall speechless. There is no natural god of war in the world, and there are few famous generals who have not died in blood and fire a few times, and have rolled in the rain of guns and arrows. Even Zhao Ta, who was known as the world's number one general, put down his identity back then, personally led the troops to charge, fought to the death with the enemy, and walked several times between life and death before reaching the peak step by step.

There may really be geniuses in the world, who strategize and win thousands of miles away, but it is by no means a perfect beauty. He can only say that he has the talent to become a handsome talent, but he has not been baptized by a large-scale war, nor has he personally planned and commanded a battle that uses thousands of troops and horses, but he has an empty stomach of ambitions, military books, and war strategies. He centered everything on his battle plan, assuming that the enemy would revolve around his baton.

The plan at the beginning of the war also made Wan Yan Yanying believe that he was the leader of this war, and as long as he continued to fight according to his own ideas, he would win the war. but ignores that the opponent he faces is also human. And a group of professional soldiers who have been in the army since childhood, and they have not read any less than him. He's a fledgling, while his opponent has been immersed in the battlefield for years. Experienced in combat, all of them have led and commanded large-scale battles on their own. And it's this difference that makes the outcome uncertain.

Zhao Li learned that the vanguard army was besieged by the enemy and was in danger of being completely annihilated; At the same time, their own logistical supply bases have also been attacked on an unknown scale, and once they are lost, they will face the situation of having no food to eat and no ammunition to use, and the rear will be disturbed by the enemy and cause turmoil. If it seems that ordinary people will choose to rescue the front army immediately, and then retreat to rescue the rear base, repel the attacking enemy forces, and then plan another plan according to the situation. To ensure safety, of course, this is also Wanyan Yanying's idea.

However, after Zhao Li received the news of being attacked on both sides, of course, he immediately thought of the dangerous situation he was facing, which would cause losses to the Western Route Army at the least, and at worst would cause the emperor's plan to prepare for the Northern Expedition for many years to die halfway. His first consideration was not to withdraw troops to rescue and preserve the Western Route Army, but how to continue to complete the Northern Expedition, because he understood what was the most important issue at the moment. Then he made his own decision, insisted on completing the task assigned by the emperor, and continued to march to capture Yichun. Contain the enemy's main force on the Hoeryeongfu Road, so that it cannot go south for reinforcements, and even if it suffers losses, it must serve the overall situation. Of course, Zhao Li's decision was not made by patting his brain, but based on his own army's combat effectiveness and domestic mobilization forces.

The five generals of the Western Route Army commanded by Zhao Li. plus the two reserve units assigned to him, they are both the main forces of the first-class combat effectiveness of the Great Song Dynasty. And behind them are the state capitals of Hedong, Hezhong, Datong, Dading and Linhuang, where the emperor started. And the people are fierce, brave and good at fighting, and they were used as auxiliary forces to cooperate with the emperor in the war. Therefore, the state army has a high degree of combat readiness and strong combat effectiveness. Not inferior to the standing army of the Jin State. Moreover, the local tribes and the imperial court had close relations, and they could quickly mobilize to cooperate with the war.

Then there is another advantage that the Great Song Dynasty does not have in the Jin Kingdom, that is, it is rich, and it is super rich. For the Northern Expedition, the Great Song Dynasty made active preparations from top to bottom, especially in terms of material reserves, which was evidenced by the fact that the imperial court could easily deal with the drought the year before last. Therefore, taking a step back, even if the baggage stored in Changchun Prefecture is destroyed by the enemy, with the economic strength of the Great Song Dynasty, in less than a month, the materials from the state capitals can be raised and sent to the front line, and the Song army on the southern road will not watch them starving.

It is precisely because of Zhao Li's understanding of the cards in his hand that he has the confidence and dares to act very well. And his rich combat experience also allowed him to discover the fighters in it, which, as the emperor said, 'can turn a bad thing into a good thing'. It was possible to take advantage of Wan Yan Yanying's eagerness to annihilate the enemy and want to force the Western Route Army to retreat, and gave him a set.

After Zhao Li sent the dragon general and the Kryu army to rescue the lion general, he forbade taking advantage of the situation to counterattack and crippled Wanyan Yanying. Instead, they let them continue to stay under the city of Zhaozhou as bait, and put on a posture of waiting for reinforcements to arrive and continue to seize Zhaozhou to cross the river, but they led an army to pretend to be Changchun City, but halfway on the way, under the leadership of those Mengwu people known as 'Lu Lutong', they chose an inaccessible road, and continued to attack Yichun northward in a roundabout way.

Naturally, Zhao Li did not completely give up Changchun Prefecture, if the emperor knew that he had done nothing to let the Jurchens burn millions of stone of grain, even if he took down the Huining Mansion, he would have to compensate himself. He sent someone to notify the desert army on the right flank to go to the rescue, in order to complete his plan, he sent not Zhang Pu, the envoy of Datong who can conquer the war, but the cunning military intelligence department of the capital Shanghu, the request for him is very simple, let Wanyan Yanying believe that Changchun City has been defeated, and all the baggage has been destroyed, and then he is not allowed to let him know the truth before he arrives in Yichun, and now from Wanyan Yanying's performance, he has successfully done it.

And the ending is that despite Wanyan Yanying's caution, she still can't defeat the old treacherous and cunning. Without hesitation, he swallowed the 'incense bait' left by Zhao Li, and continued to mobilize heavy troops to cross the river, until all the mobile troops of the river defense army were mobilized to the city of Zhaozhou, wanting to complete the battle and completely eliminate the threat of the Song army on the west road to the Beijing division, but he never expected that his opponent was more ruthless than him, and abandoned his back road and insisted on attacking......

Wanyan Yanying, who gradually calmed down, understood that he had been tricked, and there was a difficult problem in front of him that also gave the Song army: whether to complete his plan to annihilate the Song army all the way regardless of the safety of the Beijing division, or to abandon the established plan and return to the army.

In fact, this multiple-choice question is not difficult to consider purely from a military point of view. The conditions for encircling and annihilating the Song army under the city of Zhaozhou are ripe, and the current enemy should be annihilated first. It is the best choice to quickly return to the army Qinwang, and even if a partial division can successfully cross the river to the city of Huining, it will not do anything. But at this time, it is obviously the next policy to choose to retreat and rescue. Not only was morale greatly affected, but also faced the fall of Zhaozhou City. The dilemma of being covered up by the enemy.

But Wan Yan Yanying is not only thinking about military issues, but also about political implications. Yichun is only more than 100 miles away from the capital, and there is a palace that is the emperor's summer hunting place, and the Song army is equivalent to entering the emperor's back garden when he arrives there. This will inevitably shock the holy car and cause chaos in the government and the opposition, he will definitely be unable to escape the blame as the commander of this aspect, and what is more troublesome is that the emperor is moody, and no one can say how to deal with him, if he doesn't get it right, it will be the crime of moving his head and exterminating the nine clans, so he has to consider the emperor's attitude now.

There is also the withdrawal of troops. After finishing Yan Yanying, he couldn't help but consider the attitude of the Song army under the city who was trapped by himself. Now that the truth is gradually revealed, the besieged Song army can basically conclude that it is a bait used to attract his attention, and the lack of food, inability to break through, etc., must also be a play for himself. So it seemed that they were a poor sick cat, a tiger that had only temporarily hidden its minions and lurked beside him, and at the slightest sign of retreat, they would pounce on them, and tear their own army to the ground.

"Unify the army, if we divide the troops, one will return to the army to reinforce Yichun. The other continued to besiege the Song army, waiting for an opportunity to attack and annihilate them. Zhaozhou Zhizhou Hecha said.

"This plan is very good, it can save Yichun. It can trap the Song army again, and it can also give an explanation to the imperial court. Meng'an Guoerros nodded repeatedly, he knew it very well in his heart. Once the army withdraws, they will not be able to hold on to the one-third of an acre of land in Zhaozhou alone.

"Now there are more than 50,000 Song troops outside Zhaozhou. How many people do you have to keep to trap them? Shi Jianu raised a very real question. If there are too many people, Yichun can't stop it, and if there are fewer people, I'm afraid that it will add dishes to Song Jun.

"This ...... That's at least twice as much! Another Meng'an Wusu stationed in Zhaozhou hesitated and said.

"How dare you say it. Leaving 100,000 people, the Song army on the Yichun side also has tens of thousands, so how can the unified army be blocked. Shi Jianu roared angrily. In the battle for Qingshan, he understood the strength of the Song army, if he said that he was not afraid at all, it would be false, he was worried that the unified army would leave his remnants in Zhaozhou, and at that time it might be the end of the annihilation of the whole army.

"Then we will abandon Zhaozhou and return to Jiangnan, and burn this place clean with a fire." Shi Lie, one of the three Meng'an stationed in Zhaozhou, did not show weakness and replied loudly. Although this is his foundation, but when he dies, there is nothing, and now the war continues, the harvest in his field has been destroyed, and the family has also let these people eat clean, and he still wants to be a substitute for the dead, no way!

"Zhaozhou is the land of Taizu Zhaoji's achievements, how can you abandon it lightly, Taishi has already ordered Zhaozhou not to be lost!" Pucha stood up and said. Everyone here understood his subtext, everyone knew that the Song army would sit idly by as soon as the army moved, and everyone was not at ease after no one broke off, since you are the head of the snake, it is your responsibility.

"Okay, since the Taishi has an order, then ask the general to defend the city with us!" Shi Lie said with a sneer.

"I ...... What if I stay here, am I still afraid? Pu Cha was defeated by the stone martyr, of course he couldn't show weakness in front of everyone, patted his chest and said, but everyone could hear that he had no confidence in saying this.

"Don't quarrel, everyone is worried about the safety of His Majesty, King Qin's heart is very clear, but ......" Wanyan Yanying knows the thoughts of these people very well, it seems that the battle left a shadow in their hearts that day, and no one wants to take over this work of sending them to death, just when he wanted to stop this senseless quarrel and discuss a foolproof plan, a soldier walked in quickly and whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing this, Yan Yanying's face changed suddenly, and she hurriedly left her seat to greet the generals to come out of the tent, and everyone realized that there must be another holy decree in Beijing, but it was the third time in two days. Such an intensive order to Zhaozhou made everyone inevitably preoccupied, looked at each other, and had no interest in arguing, but also understood the tension of the situation, and followed the unified army to meet the envoy outside to listen to the order. After the emperor's edict was passed, it was really about the Song army's entry into Yichun, but this time the emperor's tone was much harsher than the previous two, and he was obviously in a hurry, and ordered all the armies in Zhaozhou to cross the river and return to the south bank, expel the enemy, and stick to the river defense to defend the Beijing division without delay.

As soon as the decree arrives. All problems are solved, and there is no need to worry about who crosses the river. Who stayed, but everyone did not feel relaxed in their hearts. Instead, I felt faintly uneasy. Hundreds of thousands of troops rushed back and forth, not to mention, and now they withdrew in a gloomy way without a battle, and this retreat showed that the Taishi Wushu to defend Zhaozhou was bankrupt, and the deputy capital commander finished Yan Yanying's carefully designed plan to completely end, and returned to the contraction defense formulated before.

Although there are antecedents for the Song army to smuggle into Yichun, everyone understands that the Beijing division is closer to Yichun than Zhaozhou, and it can be reached day and night, and the Beijing division is still stationed with tens of thousands of pro-troops, but now the emperor has issued a series of holy decrees to transfer the Zhaozhou army back to defense. This is a bit strange, and it also makes people have to think about it more. In the past, the Taishi was in charge of military and political affairs, and the battle of Zhaozhou was also promoted by him, but it was the emperor who issued orders to return to the army again and again...... In the future, everyone doesn't dare to think about it anymore, everyone knows what kind of beating the emperor is. If it is really the Taishi who has an accident, it will be another bloody storm in the court!

"The holy decree has been issued, abandon Zhaozhou and return to the south bank, and the people will listen to the order!" Send off the envoys. After Yan Yanying returned to the big tent and re-seated, he said in a deep voice.

"The last general will wait for the order!" The generals replied in unison, and everyone stared at the capital commander. They tried to see a clue on their faces, but they were disappointed. He was neither happy nor sad, but still as usual. I don't see any change at all.

"In order to prevent the news of the withdrawal from leaking out, all armies are not allowed to make noise, they are not allowed to leave the camp without permission, they are not allowed to keep their guard of honor as they are, everything is done in secret, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Wanyan Yanying glanced at everyone and said sharply.

"The last general obeys!" Wherever the eyes of the commanders went, everyone avoided them, only to feel that their eyes were like knives and they did not dare to look directly.

"Hecha, you lead the Zhaozhou subordinates to immediately collect boats and planks, and requisition the people to cut down trees and transport them to the riverbank, which must be completed before noon; Borja, you have 5,000 troops, and when the materials needed to build the bridge are transported to the riverbank, the erection of two pontoon bridges will begin immediately, which must be completed before sunset; Shi Jianu and Pu Cha each led their headquarters to escort the people in the city to leave their homes and store materials in the warehouse, and used the original pontoon bridge to escort them all to the south bank before sunset, and burned the city after the withdrawal of the army, so as not to be used by the Song army. Wanyan Yanying threw down three arrows.

"The army is in command, and there are only two hours before noon, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the lower officials to raise so many supplies for a while." Zhaozhou Zhizhou Hecha said with a sad face.

"Hmph, I don't care about this, even if you demolish the City Lord's Mansion, you have to collect all the materials within two hours, otherwise don't blame Ben Shuai for being ruthless." Wanyan Yanying said with a cold snort.

"Xiaguan...... The lower officials will do their best! Hecha sighed secretly and said, this is really forcing people to die! Several other people were also hesitant to complete the task of erecting the pontoon bridge and transferring the military and civilians within a few hours.

"The other armies should also prepare for evacuation, and leave the camp after dark in the order of first north and then north, before everything was as usual so that the Song army could not find flaws, and after the evacuation, the lights in the camp were not extinguished, and the drums did not stop, and the flag did not fall. Migrate to the three single maps, finish Yan Ahu, the two of you have their own consulates fortified in Qingshan to ensure the safety of the army crossing the river. After Yan Yanying threw down two more arrows.

"Prison army, you led 3,000 pro-army troops to garrison the ferry, and those who did not obey the order to cross the river first were immediately beheaded." Wanyan Yanying turned his face and said to the prison army Jiagu Xie Nu.

"Obey the commander's order!" The armies received the order and prepared separately to prepare for the return to the army.

In the blink of an eye, the big tent became empty, and Wanyan Yanying sat silent, he was a little unwilling. Since receiving the task of rejecting the enemy, he has been sleepless for several nights and spent countless efforts to plan this matter, from how to march and arrange, to food, clothing, housing and transportation, and all these small things have been considered, I am afraid that there will be mistakes and be discovered by the Song army. But the result was still unsatisfactory, and he was passive from beginning to end, as if Song Jun had insight into all his plans, and took the initiative everywhere, and finally made himself fall short and ended dismally.

The Art of War? In the "Fiction and Reality", it is said: "The water is controlled by the ground, and the soldiers are defeated by the enemy." Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods. This means that the flow of water is restricted by the elevation of the terrain, and the use of troops must be based on the enemy's situation to determine its winning policy, so there is no fixed way and method to use troops to fight, just as the flow of water does not have a fixed shape, and those who can win according to the changes in the enemy's situation can be called using troops like gods.

But Wanyan Yanying has never been able to understand this sentence, thinking that he can lead the enemy into the hub by careful planning, but there is a lack of change, and once things change, there is no way to deal with it, but he still insists on acting according to his script. If the intention of the surprise attack on the Song army at that time was exposed, the army could be withdrawn, and it would not have caused such a big loss, let alone have to transfer the Jiang defense troops to forcibly encircle and annihilate the reinforced Song army brigade in the future, so that Zhao Li had the opportunity to secretly Chen Cang, and finally had to be forced to retreat.

The withdrawal of the army was carried out in an orderly manner under the careful arrangement of Wanyan Yanying, and the erection of pontoon bridges, the large-scale relocation of soldiers and civilians in Zhaozhou City, and even the quiet relocation of various armies did not let the Song army notice anything. And the bad luck still doesn't seem to be far away from Wanyan Yanying, still hovering above his head and refusing to let him go...... (To be continued......)