The city of Dizhou fell.

When the news reached Yidu, it was already two days later.

Along with this news, there was another news: after more than ten days of bloody battles, Zhao Guo finally captured Juye. Ji Zongzhou and others' guesses were correct, the reason why the Yuan army suddenly launched a general attack on Dizhou at any cost was precisely this.

As soon as Juye was lost, it was equivalent to Jining Road falling into the hands of Haidong. Although Wang Baobao was able to break through successfully by luck under the guards of the generals, his troops suffered great losses. After the Caozhou army was in charge, the whole army was destroyed. More than half of the more than 10,000 Henan troops were lost. In other words, the Yuan army on Jining Road had no spare strength to counterattack.

In this case, if Chahan wants to redeem his passivity, there is no other way than to quickly conquer Dizhou.

Because of the defeat of Dizhou, it can threaten Yidu. Although Yidu's reinforcements have arrived, they may soon be able to retake Dizhou. But at the very least, it can distract Dunshe. Only in this way can Chahan win a buffer, so that he can send troops to Jining to fight for Juye.

The strategic position of Jining Road is too important, Linhuaisi, control the canal, go south to Henan, go west to pass Shanxi, go north to threaten Hebei, Chakhan Timur will definitely not easily give up to Deng She. Otherwise, once Deng She gained a firm foothold here, it would no longer be him who took the initiative, but became Yidu who took the initiative.

"Dizhou has fallen. Conquer the Wild? ”

Inside Yidu City, Deng She didn't know whether to be happy or shocked.

"Good news; Bad news. ”

"The fall of Dizhou is not terrible. Counting the time, our reinforcements should have arrived. It is reported that when the city fell, Luo Guoqi and Ji Zongzhou resisted fiercely, presumably the casualties of the Yuan army should be very serious. Moreover, Luo Guoqi also burned the city gate and baggage before retreating. The walls also collapsed. Therefore, it should not be difficult to recapture Dizhou. ......, the problem is in Juye. ”

"How's Juye?"

"Chahan took Dizhou at any cost, obviously buying time for Jining to increase his troops. Although it is said that our army has conquered Juye, the casualties paid are not small, and for the time being, with the barrier of Sanyang Lake and Jeju, Qing Qianxing, Yang Wanhu, Li Monk and other troops cannot join forces with Zhao Guo. If before this, Chahan attracted the attention of my Yidu to Dizhou, and at the same time mobilized enough military horses to launch a counterattack against Juye. With Zhao Guo's little cavalry, I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand it. ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Now the battle has entered a critical moment. In the opinion of the minister, the lord should pay more attention to Juye. Dizhou, small affected ear. There is a good comparison, Dizhou seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is unharmed; Juye, on the other hand, seems to be a success, but in fact there are many hidden dangers. ”

There is no danger in Dizhou, and Juye is still the main contradiction.

"To tell the truth, Ah Guo was able to live up to his high expectations, and with 10,000 cavalry, he really captured Juye and defeated Wang Baobao, which was not easy. Sir, I have been mentioning my heart for a long time, and I have not let go until this time. Deng She said with emotion.

He stood up, walked a few steps indoors, stretched, moved his hands and feet, then smiled, and continued: "Which is more important, Juye and Dizhou?" In fact, I don't need to be reminded by my husband, I also know it in my heart, and I know it very well. It is the talent of the mediocre who will be restless at the slightest disturbance. Although I don't dare to boast, Chahan's attempt to use Dizhou to put pressure on me is too underestimated! ”

"The lord is going to do it?"

"As Mr. said, now, the battle has entered a critical moment! Success or failure, in one fell swoop. If our army can gain a firm foothold in Jining, then the entire situation in the north will inevitably change as a result. I only hated that Dizhou City was too far away from Jining, and I couldn't send troops to help. I decided to give an order to Tai'an and teach him to do his best with his three armies, one is to attack Yanzhou with all his strength and open the road to Juye; Second, select some elites, make a detour to Wenshang, and follow the old road into Jining along Ah, and support Juye in advance! ”

Although Wang Baobao was defeated, he did not leave. After withdrawing from Juye, he was now in the southern part of Jining Road. If the Yidu army storms Yanzhou, it is very likely that he will send someone to help, so he can't put all his hopes on conquering Yanzhou, and he must select another army horse to gallop along the old road to help Juye first.

"What about Dizhou?"

"Don't be left unguarded. Ordered Chen Yutou to immediately lead troops to Yidu to assist in the defense. In case our army could not recapture Dizhou, it would be chaotic and delay the decisive battle on Jining Road. ”

"Yes."

These two urgent military affairs were discussed, and orders were handed down one by one. Deng She relaxed a little, turned to the map hanging on the wall, looked at it, and said, "Speaking of which, Ah Guo's tactics of capturing Juye can be called 'wonderful'. ”

"Didn't you say it in the military text of the victory? Said that this was Pan Xianji's idea. ”

"Pan Xian'er is far away in Tai'an, and he can come up with a strange plan to help Ah Guo lay down the giant field. Sir, although this person's character is not very good, he is still a talent. ”

Deng She knew that Hong Jixun looked down on Pan Xian'er, so he didn't say much, just mentioned it briefly, changed the conversation, and brought the topic back to the process of Zhao Guo's capture of Juye.

He said: "Wang Baobao is still young in the end, and he can't hold his breath. Ah Guo brought all the cavalry, and the advantage was in the field, not in the siege. If I am Wang Baobao, no matter how the other party acts, whether it is a strong attack, whether it is a plan or a strategy, it is ever-changing, and I only have one countermeasure, that is, I will not be able to go out according to the army. ......, there is a strong city, there is plenty of food and grass, and it is a home battle, which can be said to have an advantage. What can I do? ”

Although it seemed a little funny to hear Deng She say that others were young, Hong Jixun did not feel uncomfortable in the slightest, he nodded solemnly and said, "What the lord said is." Although Wang Baobao is a tiger and has a reputation, after all, he lacks experience and training. What's more, guarding Juye this time should be the first time he has stood alone. So it's not surprising that it's a little breathless. ”

"Or maybe he heard that Li Chahan had won a victory on the battlefield of Jinji and Hebei, so he thought he had nothing to fear, so he got carried away and boldly marched into the army, and it is estimated that there are also some people." At this point, Deng She couldn't help but hey, "Hehe." The old horseman of Chahan is really ruthless in his use of soldiers. Polo Timur tried his best, but he didn't support it for even half a month, and he was completely defeated, and he was forced to sign the alliance under the city! ”

"The heroes of the Northlands, despite the title of lord, Chahan, and Polo. But in the eyes of the ministers, Polo was just indiscriminate, far inferior to the lord and Richard. ”

"Haha."

Deng She looked at the map, recalled the process of capturing Juye described in the text of the Jiejun army, and praised it again and again.

But it turned out: after Zhao Guo surrounded Juye, he first cleared the surrounding Yuan army barriers, and then attacked the city on a large scale. On the one hand, it was also because the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, and on the other hand, it was also because Wang Baobao defended properly, and he fought for three or four days in a row, but the results were not at all. The two armies were at a stalemate, and on the sixth day, a messenger sent a secret letter from Tai'an. When I opened it, it was the strategy that Pan Xianer came up with.

The strategy is simple.

In a nutshell, it is eight words: "With my strength, attack the enemy's short." ”

What is "my strength"? As Dunsher said, of course, it was a field battle. What is the "shortness of the enemy"? Or a field battle. As long as Wang Baobao can be lured out of the city and urged him to fight in the field, Haidong has the possibility of victory.

But the question arises, how can Wang Baobao be lured out?

You must know that Zhao Guo has already used a similar trick once,—— at the beginning of the war, he once ambushed Wang Baobao once in the mountains north of Juye City. Eat a trench, grow a wisdom. Since Wang Baobao has already suffered a loss, it will definitely be very difficult to lure him out again.

Pan Xianji thought of a solution.

First of all, from the other party's point of view, from Wang Baobao's point of view, to speculate, under what circumstances will he be willing to go out of the city again? There is only one answer: only if he is sure that he has won.

The Juye defenders won, Zhao Guo was defeated, and fled in embarrassment. Wang Baobao is strong-blooded, will he be willing to watch such an opportunity slip away but be willing not to go out of the city to chase and kill? Apparently not! So, how can we convince Wang Baobao that he has won and Zhao Guo has lost?

At that time, the news of Chahan's victory on the Jin-Hebei battlefield had not yet spread, and Pan Xianer did not know it. But he believed that in order for Wang Baobao to be convinced of victory, he had to convince him that Chahan had won. Because only in such a situation did Zhao Guo have an excuse to take the initiative to retreat and feint away.

Therefore, he suggested that Zhao Guo, while strictly sealing the news inside and outside the city, deliberately fabricate a rumor of Chahan's victory, and deliberately leak it out to let Wang Baobao know. then pretended to be unstable and frightened because of this, and retreated "quietly" at night.

Zhao Guo was originally alone, if it weren't for Chahan trapped in the Jinji battlefield and temporarily unable to take care of Jining, he would not have come to fight Juye. Now that Chahan has won and a large number of reinforcements can come at any time, it is reasonable for him to retreat when he hears the wind. Wang Baobao learned that he would definitely go out of the city to catch up. Then, you can set up an ambush outside the city and wait for the rabbit. Annihilate the Yuan army out of the city first, and then take advantage of the situation to capture the city.

Zhao Guo completely followed this strategy. Wang Baobao was really fooled.

Fighting in the east of the city at night, nearly 4,000 enemies were annihilated in the first battle.

In this battle, Zhao Guo also used some other strategies. In the first few battles, he captured a lot of Yuan army armor, and handed it all over to the soldiers to change into, and only tied a piece of red cloth on his arm to make it easier for his own people to identify. After Wang Baobao fell into an ambush, it was late at night, and the pawns could not distinguish between the enemy and me, and killed each other.

Killed until the next morning, he took the prisoners, deceived the defeated soldiers, and gently and skillfully opened the gate of Juye City. Zhao Guo knew that Deng She's army was strictly disciplined, and he specially wrote a sentence in the military document of the victory: "After entering the city, Qiu did not commit any crimes." Until the minister wrote this military report, there were still people in the city who did not know that Juye had changed hands. ”

Before Deng She turned back to the case, he picked up Zhao Guo's military report, read it again, put it down, and then picked up the military report sent by Dizhou, and sighed: "Attacking Juye can be described as difficult first and then easy. Guarding Dizhou is easy first and then difficult. Ah Guo fights Juye, it doesn't seem difficult. Luo Guoqi, Ji Zong, Zhou Shoudizhou, is indeed tragic! ”