The Yidu cavalry is mainly divided into two parts, one is the Jurchen cavalry raised by Tong, and the other is one of the five Ya in Haidong, where Hu Zhong and Wang Guoyi are located, the Liao army. A total of 16,000 people.

This time, there were about 10,000 people sent to Tai'an by Deng She. The main force is the Tong Health and Breeding Department, with about 8,000 people; There are also 2,000 Du Liao troops, led by Hu Zhong. From Yidu to Tai'an, the road was flat, the distance was not too far, and the cavalry marched quickly, and it only took two days and one night to arrive.

Zhao Guo had already arranged the Tai'an military in advance, and in accordance with Deng She's military order, during the period when he personally led the army and horses to fight, Tai'an was temporarily led by Deng Chengzhi, with Pan Xianer as his assistant, and Bi Qianniu and others as his minions. On the night when Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong arrived, he summoned the generals again to give an explanation before leaving.

"Wang and Wang Baobao are not mediocre talents, and Chakhan Timur is even more talented. For example, if the news that Yanzhou has been conquered by our army spreads to Linfen, coupled with the successive changes of our army in recent days, it is possible that Chakhan Timur will be wary of this. The lord's plan to use cavalry to penetrate deep behind enemy lines and make long-distance attacks may not be realized.

"Yesterday and yesterday afternoon, Mr. Pan said a word to the general, saying that 'the submarine master attacks from afar, and the advantage is to be fast'. Generals, 'soldiers are fast'. So far, there is no longer any longer room for delay. Listen to me! ”

Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong, Deng Chengzhi, Bi Qianniu, Pan Xianer and others all stood up and obeyed respectfully.

"Deng Chengzhi."

"The end will be."

"After Ben leaves, Tai and Tai'an will be handed over to you to guard. In terms of Yan and Yanzhou, Qing Qianxing is the master, and Monk Li and Yang Wanhu are also famous generals in a hundred battles, and you don't need to ask more about the Yanzhou front. And if it goes deep and deep behind enemy lines, it will have its own will. You, you just need to take care of Tai'an; If there is an emergency in Yanzhou and Wenzhou, save it. In this way, it is a great achievement. Is it possible for you to do it? ”

Deng Chengzhi's days in the army have not been short, and he has participated in several major battles, but this is the first time he has carried a heavy burden and served as the chief officer of the department. Rao is he has been on the battlefield for a long time, in the end, he is young, his black face is flushed, he holds back his strength, and said loudly: "Please rest assured Zuo Cheng, the last general will not dishonor the military order!" ”

Zhao Guo smiled a little, looked at his face, and said softly: "Cheng, Chengzhi, your bravery and good fighting are known to everyone in my three armies, but, but after all, you are taking on this important task for the first time, and you must be careful about everything. Before leaving, I, I have two words to tell you: If the enemy is treacherous, then, ask Mr. Pan; If the enemy is in a hurry, then ask Bi Qianniu. I—I ask you, can you—can you fulfill these two requirements? ”

Pan Xianer is wise, if the Yuan military is scheming, he will definitely be able to see through it. Bi Qianniu is steady, if the enemy situation is urgent, he will not be careless. Deng Chengzhi replied loudly: "Oh! ”

Zhao bowed his head and handed over the military order to him. picked up another token and ordered: "Mr. Pan, Bi Qianniu." ”

Pan Xianer and Bi Qianniu came out of the ranks, and one said: "Humble duty." "One shall:" The end will be. ”

"The responsibility of assisting Chengzhi and guarding Tai'an will be entrusted to the two of you. Only, as long as you guard the city, you will have a stroke in the merit book. This time, the general will raise the army to fight, deep behind the enemy's back, Wen and Wen have the responsibility to respond, if the enemy situation changes, I, our army want to retreat, and there is only one way to go. On the basis of assisting Chengzhi and guarding Tai'an, the two of you should not take Wen and Wen lightly. ”

"Order!"

The two stepped forward and took the order.

"Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong."

"The end will be waiting."

"In this battle, you and you two are the right-hand men of the general. After mentioning the crowd and driving the enemy for a long time, there will be a good comparison between this and this general, for example, if you know that there are tigers in the mountains, you prefer to go to the tiger mountain. Strong, strong men lift their swords and take the initiative to go to Longtan Tiger's Den! Ben and Ben will ask you two, do you have the confidence to win the battle and live up to the king's grace? ”

Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong held their heads high, and replied concisely: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger!" ”

"Good!"

Zhao Guo looked out of the tent, watching the night from afar, the stars were moving, and it was almost the second watch. He handed over the token, gave the order, and said, "Even if you and you two return to the camp, the priest will be able to recuperate." Tomorrow and tomorrow we will rest for another day, and until tomorrow night, we will go north to Wenshang and cross the Jeju River. ”

"Whoa!"

"Another 800 miles of gold medal expedited, sent an order to Qing Qianxing, and ordered him to be sure to prepare to feint to cross Sanyang Lake before tomorrow night, and start the first tentative attack on Jeju City!"

All the generals in the tent received the order together.

The day is in the second watch, and the night is getting darker.

In the camp outside the city of Tai'an, the flags are like a forest. Most of the soldiers were rested, and it was very quiet. From time to time, there were night patrols, carrying torches, and marching through the camp.

Outside the camp, there are old trees on the bank of the stream. The old trees are green vines, and there are faint crows on the top. I don't know what movement I heard, and suddenly a flock of crows startled and flew past the camp. Just below where they flew, in the middle of the camp for more than ten miles, the largest tent was suddenly lifted, and dozens of murderous generals and colonels, divided into two columns, rushed out. Everyone is in fresh armor, and they all press their swords and swords. When they got out of the tent, they didn't just go, but stopped, turned around in unison, and bowed down to the tent.

A voice came out of the tent: "This battle will determine the ownership of Jining." In the event of a big war, it should have been fought with wine, but military law: 'In case of war, alcohol is forbidden.' 'Gentlemen, and, wait for the Yellow Dragon to go straight to the Yellow Dragon, and after the triumphant return, drink with you! Kill the head of the Tartar captives and drink the wine of heroes, wouldn't it be happy! ”

"General's ambition! The last general is waiting for the general's good news. ”

The generals retired. In the huge tent, it was empty, and only Zhao Guo was left. The torch was extinguished, and the light was like a bean. He reclined on the bed, in the shadows, lifted his saber, drew half of the blade, and faced the light, flicking his fingers with a clear sound. The three-foot Longquan sword, the frost blade is as cold as water. The warm night breeze blew the lights and reflected them on his face. Although it is quiet and tranquil, it is intertwined with light and shadow.

After so many years of fighting and fighting, Zhao Guo has encountered many dangers. From a small pawn, to the commander of tens of thousands of people today.

Yes, in the fight, he gradually matured. He knows his worth and knows his place. He knows more deeply who gave him everything he has today. Therefore, he always unswervingly carried out Dunshe's orders; And every time he saw Deng She, and even when he faced the generals in the army, he always maintained his respect and respect, and did not dare to be a little arrogant.

However, he is also a human being. Yesterday in front of Pan Xian'er and tonight in front of the generals, although his performance is indeed very calm, but when he is alone, who can be ruthless, he will inevitably have a weak and hesitant side. Although it is said that he joined the army when he tied his hair, there were more than a hundred bloody battles! However, he has never been in such a danger that the slightest mistake will wipe out the entire army.

Not to mention, the victory or defeat of his battle is more related to the belonging of Jining and the prospect of Yidu. From a private point of view, their own safety; In terms of business, the prospect of Yidu.

He said that Deng Chengzhi was young, but he was only in his twenties. Under heavy pressure, his face sank like water, he stared at the knife, stretched out his finger again, and flicked it gently. The sound of the knife is clear, circling around the beam, and the aftermath is endless. It merges into the wind, and it goes out of the curtain, and it is scattered by the wind, and falls into thousands of tents.

"Thirty merits, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad. ”

Yue Wumu's song "Man Jianghong" is impassioned, famous, and heroic. With this sound of the knife, accompanied by this poem, Zhao Guo's complicated thoughts seemed to dissipate. He rolled over, drew his saber, unfolded the map, and with the help of the lights, he began to look at the terrain and deduce the battle.

Out of Tai'an, ten thousand horses galloped and swept through the wilderness. After passing through Wenshang, turn to the west and race across the long river. After traveling hundreds of miles, Zhao Guo carried a long knife in his hand and plunged it heavily into the giant field.

……

Red candles in the hall.

A sleek jade Ruyi lightly nodded at Juye, and then, on the yellowed map, it headed east, across the Jeju River, to Bonsang. After a slight pause in Wenshang, he continued to move again, and instead headed south, finally stopping at the position of Tai'an. In the Linfen Marshal Mansion, Chahan was discussing with Li Weixin.

He had just learned the news of the loss of Yanzhou, his expression was very solemn, and he said to Li Weixin: "He Zongzhe is my general, according to the strong city, with a strong army, but he has not been able to hold Yanzhou. The thieves' tactics seem to be becoming more sophisticated. ......, in this battle of Yanzhou, the main commander of the thief army will be called Qing Qianxing? ”

Li Weixin nodded and said, "This person is a general." When the Deng thief captured Guanbei, he subdued him. I have always heard that he is stationed in Liaodong. In the military newspaper sent by Shijiabao to Dadu, his name has been seen many times. According to Shi Jiabao's evaluation, this person's ability seems to be above Li Ye. ”

Chahan had people in the court, so the military report played by Shijiabao to Emperor Yuan could also be seen by him and his cronies.

"Li Ye?"

"The number is ironclad, and there have been many defeats of Sajiabao. It is actually the fierce defense of Deng thieves in western Liaoning. ”

"Oh!" Chahan thought about it and said, "A little impressed. After pondering for a moment, he turned back to the topic, and continued, "Last time, when the old man was in Yidu, I didn't see Qing Qianxing. I really didn't expect that Deng Thief's subordinates could still have such characters. The old man watched the military report, this Qing Qianxing won the battle of Yanzhou, he refused to take it, and used all his wisdom to attack, 'attacking the heart first', and completely grasped He Zongzhe's weakness. That's remarkable! ”

"It's not your fault, my lord.

"First, our army has never fought with Qing Qianxing, I don't know his military habits and preferences, and I don't know enough about him. Second, it was also an unexpected thing for Deng Thief to transfer him from Liaodong and serve as the chief general of the front line of the thief army. If you change the generation of Monk Li and Yang Wanhu, with the talent of He Zongzhe, it is enough to resist it. ”

"The old man originally thought that the only important generals under the command of Deng Thief were Wen, Chen, and Zhao Guo. My original idea was to use He Zongzhe to oppose Monk Li and Yang Wanhu; Use Bao Bao to deal with Zhao Guo. Celebrate Qianxing, celebrate Qianxing. ......, hehe, I really didn't expect that I would make a trip to bite the gold halfway. ”

"'A wise man thinks a thousand times, or he makes a mistake.'" Although Yanju was lost, Jeju is still in the hands of our army. And now that there is a young master sitting in Juye, and reinforcements from Henan and other places have also gathered, presumably Jeju will be foolproof. As long as Jeju is not lost, Jinyeong-ro is impregnable. A small loss, why should the lord be worried? ”

"Not really."

Tsahan shook his head.

"What? What does the lord think? ”

"Yanju is in front, Jeju is in the back. These two states echo back and forth, like two fists of people. Now, Yanju has been defeated, and only Jeju remains, which is equivalent to the front line of our army has been abolished with a fist. On the one hand, it limits the room for maneuver of our army; On the other hand, it also gives the thief army the opportunity to be flexible and maneuverable. ”

"What does the lord mean?"

"Sir, come and see." Chahan picked up the jade Ruyi again, first placed it near Sanyang Lake at the bottom of Jeju, and said, "Although Sanyang Lake is wide, it is not impossible to cross. After Shanyang Lake, it is the hinterland of my Jining Road. If the red thieves abandon Jeju and do not fight, and instead take Sanyang Lake and plunge into the plains south of Jining, then the road to Henan can be cut off; It can besiege Juye and other places. ”

"There's a possibility."

"Sir, please look again." Chahan moved Yu Ruyi and placed it in the area of Wenshang above Jeju, saying, "Wenshang is now under the control of the thief army. If the red thief does not take Shanyang Lake, he can start from Tai'an, turn to Wenshang, cross the Jeju River, and detour to the north of my Jining Road. If the Red Thief does this, the same is that the upper can cut off the road to the East Equality Land of the Giant Field, and the lower can besiege the Giant Field. ”

"This ,......。"

"These two may not be the most dangerous."

"Ask my lord, what might be the most dangerous?"

Chakhan Timur looked at the map, was silent for a moment, and then clicked Yu Ruyi on Shanyang Lake and Wenshang respectively, and then moved to Jeju and said, "Divide the troops into three routes." With a partial division, it crossed Shanyang Lake, inserted into the southern part of Jining Road, and harassed the rear of our army in Juye. Then, he used a detachment of troops to mobilize the people, feigned an attack on Jeju City, and forced Juye to send military horses to the rescue. In the end, taking advantage of the emptiness of the giant field, he crossed the Jeju River with an elite Jingwen and ran for a long time. If this is the case, then the main force has been sent out in front of Juye, and it is difficult to return quickly, and there are thieves in the rear to disrupt the rear, and the enemy will be attacked on three sides, which will inevitably be difficult to protect. ”

Li Weixin was shocked and said: "The lord's strategy is ruthless!" If that's the case, the giant is in danger! After thinking about it, he groaned again and said, "If the lord divides the army into three routes, at least it will require the use of forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses. According to sources, the total number of available troops in Yidu is only 30,000 or 40,000. Deng Thief only experienced the defeat of Yidu a few years ago, and his vitality has not recovered. Will he have the guts to make an all-or-nothing gamble?

"If he wins, maybe Jining Road can be owned by him. But if he loses, the elite will be lost, but even Yidu will not be able to keep it. ”

"I watched Deng thief use the army, although he sought to be safe, but the more critical the moment, the more he dared to take risks. Sir, haven't you heard a saying? 'The afterlife is terrible' also! Whether he dares to make a desperate bet, the old man can't say. But it is really necessary to be unguarded. ”

"How can I prevent it?"

Chahan refused to speak, and asked Li Weixin instead, saying, "What about Mr.'s opinion?" ”

Li Weixin was stunned, stroked her beard, suddenly gained something, and said with a smile: "The lord's plan, the minister knows!" ”

"Oh? What is the old man's plan? ”

Li Weixin took the jade Ruyi in Chahan's hand, walked to the easternmost side of the map, pointed to the ground in South Goryeo, and said with a smile: "The lord's dark pile has been ambushed here for a long time, and it is time for them to move." Asked Chahan and said, "I don't know if Weichen guessed correctly?" ”

"Haha! Whoever knows me, sir. However, the old man has long heard that there are two talented people among the red thieves, one is Hong Jixun and the other is Yao Haogu. Now Yao Haogu is guarding Southern Goryeo for Deng Thief, and I am afraid that only these few hidden piles may not be able to play much of a role. If you want to stabilize Jining, you have to have another plan. ”

"Two plans?"

"Excuse me, sir, how is our army fighting Polo now?"

"Polo's army occupied Yan'an, and the lord ordered Li Siqi and the Guanzhong army to monitor Zhang Liangbi and prevent Polo from going south to take Guanzhong; On the one hand, it did its best to be the elite of the Jinji Zhulu, and went north from Linfen to Datong. used the strategy of 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', prompting Polo to withdraw his troops from Yan'an and return to Datong. ”

"Not bad. It is 'encircling Wei to save Zhao'. Sir, I wonder if you remember? Not long after the fall of Jinan, the old man, you and Bao Bao discussed the military together. Baobao proposed a way to recover Jinan? ”

At that time, Wang Baobao proposed to abolish Dizhou first, feint to attack Tai'an, and induce Yang Wanhu of Jinan to go out to rescue Tai'an, "transfer the tiger from the mountain", and then lift the light horse, interspersed with double roads, and take Jinan.

Of course Li Weixin remembered, and nodded.

Before Chahan talked about the topic, he first sighed and sighed: "The use of troops is nothing more than dispersing the enemy's forces, concentrating his own army, taking advantage of the weakness, and fighting one with ten. If the red thief's behavior this time is really as expected by the old man, it can be regarded as coinciding with Baobao's previous arguments. ”

Wang Baobao's discussion of Jinan is to use "transfer the tiger from the mountain"; If, as Chahan said, Yidu took Juye this time, it can also be regarded as "diverting the tiger from the mountain". It is in response to that sentence: with the way of the other, give back to the other. It's just two differences, first of all, last time Wang Baobao was a soldier on paper, and this time the benefits are all real guns. Secondly, last time, Wang Baobao was a strategist, and this time he was in the game.

It's a pity that at present, he doesn't seem to realize that Yidu's plan is actually a copy of what he once sought to get Jinan. After a few words of emotion, he got back to business and said: "Last time, Bao Bao Yi first took Dizhou, and then Jinan. It was not implemented because the timing was wrong. Now, the time has come! ”

"What do you mean?"

"The old man wants to be in Yidu and in Jinji, and also give Deng Thief a 'siege of Wei to save Zhao'!"

"How to encircle Wei? How to save Zhao? ”

"There is the Yellow River between Jinan and Gaotang Prefecture, which is difficult to take lightly. Dizhou is only two or three hundred miles away from Yidu, as long as you lay down Dizhou, you can see Yidu from afar. Dizhou is 'Wei', and Jining is 'Zhao'. ”

"Hit Dizhou, Relief Ning?"

"Yes! Immediately passed the old man's military order, hurriedly sent the book to Baobao, and told him to be cautious of the thief army to raid from the direction of Shanyang Lake and Wenshang. Then order our army in Hejian Province and other places to surround Dizhou within five days! Chahan cut it down, handed down the military order, his tone was a little slower, he smiled at Li Weixin, and said, "If you are on the side of Goryeo, leave it to Mr. to do it." ”

"The minister receives the order."

Chakhan Timur was scheming, and while dealing with the Jin-Hebei war, he still had the spare strength to guide Jining. If you want to wait, you have to take a two-pronged approach, and the chaos and benefits are all in place.