No matter how well Yidu and Jinling calculate, at most they can only be regarded as "strategizing"; When the strategy of the rear has been decided, whether it can win or not depends only on the "decisive victory of a thousand miles" on the front line.

Jinling, Yidu, and even Linfen, Dadu are focused on Jining Road, where ,—— are in full swing.

The jurisdiction of Jining Road, north to Feicheng and Yuncheng; south to Yucheng, Dangshan; west to Shanxian; To the east is Surabaya, which does not occupy a wide area. Although it is said that because of the relationship between the Grand Canal and its territory, commerce was relatively prosperous during the peaceful period, but in terms of the number of households, there were only more than 10,000 households before the war, and the population was less than 100,000. And now, after the Yan army from Yidu entered, plus the soldiers and horses mobilized by Wang Baobao from Henan and other places, counting together, there are no less than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and soldiers of the enemy.

In the immediate vicinity, the two countries are facing each other; Within the square inch, strong armies gathered.

The Yan army was led by Zhao Guo, and the Chahan army was led by Wang Baobao. The evil of war is rare in recent years; The tension is hard to put into words. In other words, "blood flows thousands of miles" is a bit exaggerated, but "the anointing is red" is not false at all.

In fact, this battle has been fought so far, and it has long been beyond the original intention of both sides. Whether you are an enemy or a friend, you all know that it is no longer a place to fight for the road, but the rise and fall of your own army.

Therefore, in the battle of Juye, although Zhao Guo was lucky to win, Wang Baobao was defeated and not discouraged, although he retreated to Shanzhou and Chengwu, he still packed his equipment and actively waited for the battle. Because of this, although Monk Li and Yang Wanhu successfully crossed Shanyang Lake, they still did not dare to be careless, and they did not have half a point of joy and pride.

To borrow the words of Deng Shecai's edict to Tai'an, it is: "It's just a small victory, and there is a long way to go." ”

- Tai'an is the base camp of the Yan army on the front line, so the order was sent here first.

In the edict, Deng She also analyzed in detail the current situation of Jining Road and the situation of friend and foe.

"With the canal as the boundary and Jining Road as the two halves, the east of the canal is now in my hands, and the west of the canal is only half in my hands. The west of the canal, the north is Yuncheng and Juye, and the south is Shanzhou and Yucheng.

"Although Bao Bao was defeated by Juye, his strength still exists. It has been reported that he only recently received 1,000 reinforcements from Caozhou and other places, and is now holding on to Shanzhou and Chengwu to wait for Linfen's rescue. It was also reported that the Tartars on Dongping Road had also received orders from the Chahan Army and had the intention of going south. Moreover, although I have to go to Yanju, Jeju has not yet been able to conquer it; In addition, between Yuncheng, Juye, and Jiaxiang, there are many remnants of the Baobao army. It was our army that won the giant field, and it was still in danger. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of being attacked on both sides and it will be difficult for the battalions to respond. I heard it: 'It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and do not sell the name of the overlord'. Troops, reluctantly! ”

Dongping Road borders Jining Road, just north of Jining Road. Deng She's edict, in short, can be summed up in one sentence: "Wang Baobao's army has not been annihilated, Chahan's Linfen reinforcements can arrive at any time, and there is also a movement of troops going south on Dongping Road." The current situation of Zhao Guo, Monk Li, Yang Wanhu, Qing Qianxing and other departments is actually very dangerous, and they must not be complacent because of a small victory. ”

Along with the order, there are also specific arrangements for the next combat operation.

Deng Chengzhi, Pan Xian'er, and others, who remained in Tai'an, passed down military orders to each army and battalion distributed on the front line one by one according to this arrangement. All are delivered by fast riding, such as Qing Qianxing in the near distance, and Zhao Guo in the distance.

Qing Qianxing got the order, and distributed it to Yang Wanhu and Monk Li; Zhao Guo got the order, and distributed it to Hu Zhong and Gao Yanshi. Since the war of Juye and Shanyang Lake, the armies have not been recuperating for less than ten days, and they have started fighting again.

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Northwest of Juye, Yuncheng.

Yuncheng is a very famous place, especially in the storyteller's book, most of the stories of the Water Margin characters will mention Yuncheng. Because Liangshanbo's first hero was in time for Song Jiang and Song Gongming, he once worked as a charge in Yuncheng. Since the Song Dynasty, storytelling has risen among the people; In the Yuan Dynasty, and miscellaneous dramas flourished, the story of Liang Shanbo was widely circulated, and I dare not say that women and children know it, at least many people have heard it.

It's just that although Yuncheng is famous, the county seat is not very big. Ravaged by the war, the inhabitants of the county became even more scarce, and in the morning, there was almost no one at the city gate.

Twenty miles outside the county seat, a military camp was set up. In the tent, there was a little general who was unhappy.

He took a page of paper in his hand, read it several times in front of him, threw it on the desk with a snort, sat down cross-legged, turned his head to the person on his right, and said, "How unreasonable! ”

"Why is the general angry?"

"Juye and Shanyang Lake are in full swing, but our Yuncheng is quiet! Seeing that Zhao Zuocheng captured Juye, Lao Yang and Lao Li also fought Shanyang Lake. There is no trace of half of the enemy in our Yuncheng! It's easy to wait for the lord's order, and Tai'an sent this military order, but he only told us to sweep the surrounding area. The great credit has fallen on someone else's head, and I brought a thousand horsemen here, so I just came to watch the play? It's annoying. ”

This distressed and angry little general was none other than Gao Yanshi, and the person on his right hand was Su Baiyu, one of his generals.

Su Baiyu was dumbfounded and said: "At the beginning, the general crossed the river with Zuo Cheng and attacked Juye, but you took the initiative to come to Yuncheng. Moreover, at that time, Lord Zuo Cheng only ordered the general to hold the fortress and not let go of Caozhou and Dongping Road, which was regarded as a credit; When the general arrived in Yuncheng, he captured the county seat in less than three days, which is already a meritorious achievement. Although he was not able to participate in the battle of Juye and Shanyang Lake, why complain? ”

With a "snap", Gao Yanshi slapped the case table and said angrily: "Yes, I took the initiative to ask for it when I came to Yuncheng!" But why did I take the initiative to ask to come to Yuncheng? It's not because Yuncheng is adjacent to Dongping Road, I think that the Tartars of Dongping will not sit idly by and watch Juye be surrounded and not rescued, and as long as they dare to come to the rescue, we will be able to have a good battle in Yuncheng! But how could he know that Dongping's Tartar was as timid as a mouse, and he fell for Tai'an's plan, and from beginning to end, he didn't even send half a soldier! I've been waiting so far. You say, how can this not teach me to feel annoyed? ”

But it turned out that he took the initiative to invite Ying and come to Yuncheng because of the idea.

To be honest, his idea was pretty good. Instead of following Zhao Guo to attack Juye, the group of generals is full of people, and the credit is difficult to show; It's really better to lead an army alone and make another contribution. It's a pity that the wishful thinking was only half of it, and the Yuan army on Dongping Road didn't cooperate with him at all.

The so-called "Tai'an's plan", he said Pan Xian'er's plan. In order to prevent the enemy on Dongping Road from moving south and putting pressure on Zhao Guo, Pan Xianer offered a plan to Deng Chengzhi, asking him to set up a suspicious formation and make a move to attack Dongping, so that the enemy of Dongping would not dare to move. The Dongping Yuan army really hit the plan.

Su Baiyu said: "Although the Tartars of Dongping did not go south, the general failed to fight with them; However, according to military reports, in the Battle of Juye, the main force of Zuo Cheng's department suffered great losses, but the general was able to take the army alone because of Yuncheng in the distance. At this point, the battle in Jining was at most the first half, and when it came to a decisive battle with Wang Baobao and Linfen's Tartar reinforcements, it was expected that the general would be of great use. The last will be foolish, and there is no need to be angry. ”

"Say it lightly!"

Gao Yanshi picked up the military order from the case again and pointed it to Su Baiyu: "Do you see it?" ordered Yang Wanhu and Monk Li to clear the remnants of the enemy in front of them and quickly stationed in Yutai and Jinxiang; He also ordered Kyung Qianxing and Fu Youde to step up the attack on Jeju, and the city must be conquered within three days; He also ordered Zuo Cheng, Tong Shengyang, and Hu Zhong to clean up the remnants of the enemy between Juye and Jiaxiang, and rest in place to prepare for the future war.

"Do you understand? What does this mean? ......, all armies have a heavy use!

"Zuo Cheng doesn't need to say more, being able to lay down Juye is the first achievement, and no one can compare. Qing Qianxing and Fu Youde don't need to say much, they went to Yanzhou first, and then they were limited to Jeju, and when they captured Jeju, they would be two important towns in a row, and more importantly, they completely opened up the road from Tai'an to Juye. Yang Wanhu and Monk Li, there is no need to say much about their military exploits in forcibly crossing Shanyang Lake, but this military order ordered them to 'quickly enter Yutai and Jinxiang', what does it mean? Wang Baobao is now stationed in Shanzhou and Chengwu, where is the closest place to these two places? It is Yutai and Jinxiang! It is clear that when the decisive battle with Wang Baobao is due, Lao Yang and Lao Li will be the vanguard. ......, what if I can save an army? So far, the war has only been able to conquer Yuncheng, how can it be compared with them? This is going to be introduced to Yidu, I'm afraid it won't make people laugh off their big teeth! ”

"Yes, yes."

Su Baiyu's gaze followed the military order up and down, and finally he couldn't hold it back, reminded Gao Yanshi, and said, "General, you took the military order backwards." ”

"Oh?" Gao Yanshi hurriedly turned the paperwork around, annoyed himself, and said, "Hmph." ”

"Then, according to the general's opinion, what should our army do?"

Gao Yanshi held down the case, stood up, and said angrily: "What else can I do now?" Yan Yun: 'If you want to eat fat, you need to be strong in the womb'. We were wrong from the beginning, why did I get lost in the first place and volunteered to come to Yuncheng? There is only one way to correct it. ”

"What's the plan?"

"I want to go to Tai'an, please take Shanzhou and become a martial striker!"

Su Baiyu was suddenly surprised, and said: "The lord's military order is serious, and now he has ordered the general to sweep away the surrounding remnants, if the general asks Tai'an to change the military order again, I am afraid that he will be punished." ”

Gao Yanshi glanced at him and said, "Am I so stupid?" Tai'an's military order, of course, will not be violated, and will be carried out according to the order; But in addition to execution, why not ask me to be a striker again? ”

"The general is right, it is the last general who has a false alarm."

After making this decision, Gao Yanshi's mood was a little more relaxed, he glanced at the military order a few more times, raised his head, looked at Su Baiyu a few more times, and simply handed it over to him, and ordered: "There are not many remnants around Yuncheng, only three or four units, most of them are still local green troops, more than 100 people, and only dozens of few." It's up to you to do this 'sweep'. ”

Su Baiyu took the order.

Don't improve Yonsei in the tent to think about writing the war paperwork, only say Su Baiyu.

He went out of the commander's tent, and acted resolutely, that is, he ordered the headquarters, a total of 200 cavalry, who gave up the banner and did not fight, all of them were full of spears, and went out of the camp lightly. The remnants of the enemy around Yuncheng, Gao Yanshi has long been clear, except for the one entrenched in the village in the south of the county town is the defeated soldier of Yuncheng, the others are all local strong young soldiers. Then again, since he had already figured it out, why didn't he delay exterminating it? Because the previous battle of Juye had not ended, he was thinking about waiting for the Dongping army to come, so he looked down on these defeated soldiers and rabble. It was delayed until this time, and when I saw that a military order had been issued, I started it.

If you want to do it, you naturally need to choose the strong one first.

Su Baiyu's first stop was Chengnan Village, which was about forty or fifty miles away from the military camp.

Two hundred horsemen are coming.

Speaking of the remnants of the enemy entrenched here are "defeated pawns", in fact, there are only twenty or thirty people, because they are led by the natives of the village, so after the city is broken, they have fled to this point, and they have long lost much combat effectiveness. Seeing that the Yidu army had arrived, before they could fight, they surrendered a lot. There are fierce generals under him, and Gao Yanshi deserves to be called a fierce general, so Su Baiyu is also very strong. Regardless of whether he surrendered or not, he only ordered the subordinates to roar and gallop, running through the village, back and forth, and the hundreds of households and nine masters of each department came to win one after another.

There are only dozens of "defeated pawns", but there are hundreds of beheadings.

Although it is strictly forbidden by military law to "kill good people and risk meritorious deeds," it is extremely difficult to carry it out. The difference between an army with good military discipline and an army with bad military discipline is often at most a matter of "killing good people." Two hundred horsemen were unbroken, and in less than an hour, each man's horse was covered with bloody heads.

Someone asked Su Baiyu and asked, "The villagers are guilty of hiding thieves, how should they be dealt with?" ”

Su Baiyu understated it and said, "Just like the general's old routine. ”

The "old precedent of the shogun", that is, the old precedent of Koyonsei.

The commander was given the order, lit the torches, and entered the village again, ignoring the wails and screams of the remaining villagers, throwing them everywhere. Those who dared to stand in the way of the horse were all trampled to death. In a short time, the whole village was filled with fire and smoke.

The crowd withdrew from the village, and in the smoke, the villagers ran and fled.

Su Baiyu gestured slightly, and a hundred households came out of the ranks, leading a few soldiers to gallop around the village, and shouted loudly while galloping: "Han and thieves do not stand together, and there are those who dare to tolerate the Tartar captives, such an example!" ”

This sentence is really loud and sound, but in the current environment, it can't help but make people feel a little "pretending to be righteous". It sounds high-sounding, but it is unbearable. But if you analyze it realistically, Su Baiyu is actually understandable for doing this. After all, the war in Jining has not been extinguished, and Yuncheng is close to the enemy's territory, so there is no way to deter the people, let alone deter wrongdoing.

After setting fire to the village, the horses did not stop, and the two hundred horsemen turned to the southwest.

Twenty miles to the southwest, there is a large surname to gather in the place, elected Haoqiang as the leader, and now there are more than 100 young soldiers. The number of people seems to be quite large, they have not gone through battles, and there are no weapons to use, which is really as Gao Yanshi's judgment: at most, they can be regarded as a "rabble". is also like the previous war, it is also a drum down.

Gram, as precedented, set fire to the village.

In this way, it only took two days for Su Baiyu to wipe out all the remnants of the enemy around Yuncheng.

On the day of the purge, Gao Yanshi sent a petition to Tai'an on the grounds of reinstatement.

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1. Jining's business is relatively prosperous.

During the reign of Yuan Wenzong (1328-1329), in the 21 roads and 7 directly subordinate prefectures of Zhongshu Province (i.e., the belly), only Jinning Road, Jiading Road, Jinan Road, Jining Road and other 7 roads paid more than 10,000 ingots of silver were paid to the treasury, of which the commercial tax of Jining Road was 12,403 ingots and 4 taels and 1 yuan, ranking fourth.