When the enemy is in a state of defense, there is only one way to break the stalemate and achieve a quick victory: that is, to choose an important stronghold of the enemy and then rush to it, so as to mobilize the movement of the enemy army, so that it is possible to destroy the enemy in the movement. Otherwise, it will only be a stalemate between us and the enemy.

The Yidu cavalry came to the Jeju River. Hu Zhong assisted the engineers and soon built a pontoon bridge. Tens of thousands of troops, including men and horses, a pontoon bridge is obviously not enough. Zhao Guo ordered Tong Shengyang to lead five hundred horsemen to cross the river first. Although there were no enemy troops on the other side of the river, defense was essential.

The professional engineering corps appeared around the time of the Song Dynasty. Prior to this, it was often a mix of step and work.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, because of the large-scale use of firearms, there were tunnel blasting teams in the troops, as well as troops that manufactured and used mines, such as mine cannons and thunderbolt fireballs, all of which were mastered and manipulated by engineers. These engineering units, which have mastered the technology of mines and explosives, "have a good general, 3,000 elite soldiers, and when they are strong enough to be hundreds of thousands, they can be invincible in the world." It can be seen that sappers are also very capable of fighting.

It's just that these firearms sappers in the Southern Song Dynasty may be more than enough to bombard the city wall, but it may be a bit of a professional mismatch to make them "build bridges and pave roads". It doesn't matter, "building bridges and paving roads" is the same as the use of firearms, and there are also professional engineering teams. And not only the Southern Song Dynasty, but also Mongolia, as early as the time of Genghis Khan, there was a team dedicated to "building bridges and paving roads".

During Genghis Khan's western expedition, after capturing the city of Yangjigan (near present-day Khorezm), he organized a special army called "Hassar" from among the prisoners of war and residents to build fortifications. This is similar to the existing engineering units in the Haidong Army.

The two hundred sappers brought by Zhao Guo from Tai'an were all good in the engineer troops, and Hu Zhong led people to help, and the speed of building the bridge was very fast.

There are many kinds of military bridges, including pile bridges, pontoon bridges, rope bridges, machine bridges, etc., which one to use should depend on the depth and turbulence of the river. After all, the Jeju River is a man-made canal, and although the water only rises in early summer, the water surface is relatively stable and the depth of the water is only a few meters. In this case, a pile bridge is most suitable.

The so-called "pile bridge" is a military bridge erected by setting up wooden pile pillar bridges.

When the water depth is suitable, the erection of such a bridge can not only ensure the speed of bridge erection, but also enable the troops to reach the other side safely and quickly. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, this way of building bridges existed. When Zhao Chongguo, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, was ordered to march west and pacify the Qiang Rebellion, he had built 70 bridges in a row on the way to the army.

In the middle of the night, ten thousand horses crossed.

Tong Shengyang crossed the river first, and after crossing the river, he lined up on all sides on the opposite bank, looked at it from a high distance, and waited for the cavalry to explore it, so as to prevent the Yuan army from covering the attack.

Earlier, Wenshang had sent two squads to investigate the enemy situation on the other side and guard the crossing site on the other. Tong Shengyang inquired carefully, knowing that there was no trace of the enemy for more than 20 miles at this time, he praised them a few words, gave them some rewards, and ordered them to return to the city.

Soon after dawn, all the men and horses crossed the river.

While the men were cooking, the troops were temporarily resting. Zhao Guo summoned the generals, unfolded the map, and held a temporary military meeting on the wetland by the river. The crowd sat or squatted in a circle.

Zhao Guo pointed to the map and said, "According to intelligence, there are two nearby Tartar strongholds. One is here, Liang and Liang Mountain, which are in the north of our army, and the distance is about 40 miles. One is here, Kaihe Station, on the south side of our army, about thirty miles apart.

"Liangshan is the fortress of Dongping Road, and Kaihe Station is a station. For example, now that our army has all crossed the river, the next course of action is to turn south. In Liangshan, as long as they don't find us, we, we can ignore it. However, Kaihe Station does not. It's just in our way. It must be uprooted first. ”

There is a big river near Liangshan, which is the famous "Liangshanbo", which covers an extremely wide area, commonly known as 800 miles. It is named because it surrounds Yangsan. Liangshan is steep, surrounded by water, easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the Jin Dynasty, the Yellow River migrated south to seize Huai, and the water body of Liangshanbo shrank somewhat. However, since entering the Yuan Dynasty, because the river has broken in, it has become a huge immersion of the ocean with "deep and deep storage". It is an important town of Dongping Road.

Hu Zhong said: "As the general said, Liangshan is difficult to take, and it has no impact on our army's attack on Juye, so we don't have to take the initiative to provoke." Although Kaihe Station is on the road of our army's advance, it is only a small station after all, and there is no way to compare with Liangshan, the garrison is less than 100 people, and there is no barrier as protection, it is really easy to uproot it. Just send a partial general and lead a hundred horsemen forward. ”

"Hundred, hundred rides are not enough. This is the first battle after we cross the river, and we must, we must win ten or ten steady. Liu San, give you five hundred rides, and in two hours, Ben and Ben will hear the good news! ”

Liu San was originally a subordinate of Guo Conglong, so the battle of crossing the river was very important, so Deng She transferred him out and lent him to Zhao Guo. Hearing the order at this time, Liu San jumped up and responded: "Take the order." He stooped down and gave a military salute, then turned and stepped back. After a short time, he gathered the military horses of his headquarters, took five hundred men, and rushed south.

Tong Shengyang saw him go away, and scolded with a smile: "This kid! As soon as I heard that there was a war, I didn't eat anything. ”

"Extinguish, extinguish this eclipse. Generals, Juye is right in front of our army. But if you want to fight Juye, there are two places that you have to guard. One is the ,—— Yuncheng here; One is ,—— Jiaxiang here. "Yuncheng is in the northwest of Juye, and Jiaxiang is in the east of Juye.

"Yun and Yuncheng are on the main road from Puzhou to Jining, and if they occupy this place, they will cut off the enemy reinforcements from Puzhou. Gaxiang is on the main road from Jeju to Juye, and if you take and take this place, you will wait to cut off Juye from Jeju. According to the strategy of the lord, before our army attacks Juye, these two places must be controlled by us. Nor do they seek to be captured, but only to choke them, and to grab and grab the passes, so that the tartars cannot pass, and then it is enough. ”

After a night of rapid marching, Zhao Guo's face was full of dust, but he was in excellent spirits, his eyes were bright, he looked forward to the generals, and asked: "Gentlemen, you, which of you wants to take Yuncheng?" Who wants to take Jiaxiang? ”

A young general was the first to straighten his chest and said loudly: "The last general is willing to take Yuncheng." ”

Everyone looked at it and saw that the person who spoke was none other than Gao Yanshi. Didn't this Gao Yonsei go to reinforce Yanzhou and stationed in Ningyang? But it turned out that it was just a cover. Gao Yanshi is a number of horsemen, brave and good at fighting, this time crossing the river and going deep behind the enemy, Deng She even lent Liu San to Zhao Guo, not to mention Gao Yanshi? How could he be put in Ningyang, useless? He is also with the army.

"Yun, Yuncheng are far away, and our army is cavalry. General Gao, you must be cautious when you go. It doesn't require you to attack cities and plunder land, nor does it require you to kill many enemies, but if you can occupy the key passes, it will be your credit. ”

"Yes."

"Give you a thousand rides. Is it enough? ”

"Only eight hundred in the final headquarters is enough!"

The troops participating in the battle are said to be divided into two systems, one Jurchen cavalry and one Liao army, but these are only the two main components. Actually, there are some other troops.

For example, Liu San's hundreds of headquarters, and Gao Yanshi's eight hundred headquarters. Liu San and Gao Yanshi's headquarters were both re-supplemented for them after the last war, and they were both elite veterans.

Zhao Guo smiled slightly and said, "Strong, ambitious and commendable." But for the sake of safety, he still insisted on his opinion, and allocated another two hundred Jurchens to Gao Yanshi, enough for a thousand horses.

"The last general is willing to take Jiaxiang."

When everyone went to see it again, they saw that this time it was a Jurchen Qianhu who volunteered.

Zhao Guo shook his head slightly and said, "Jiaxing is not as good as Yuncheng. It is very close to Jeju and not too far from Juye. Now, Wang Baobao's 10,000-strong reinforcements have arrived in Jeju, and Juye has his main force of 20,000. After the battle of our army to attack Juye began, it was foreseeable that the enemy of Jeju and Juye would definitely do everything possible to storm our troops stationed in Jiaxiang at any cost in an attempt to open the way. Therefore, the troops sent to Jiaxiang must not only be good at attacking, but also good at defense. Although the Jurchen cavalry was brave, it was slightly deficient in defense. ......, General Hu, Jiaxiang will be handed over to you, what do you think? ”

Most of Hu Zhong's Du Liao army were Han cavalry, many of which were originally foot soldiers. You can fight on the horse, and you can defend when you get off the horse. And because they are all Han Chinese, it is also more convenient to connect with Yang Wanhu in Sanyang Lake and Qingqianxing in Jeju. It is indeed the best to use it to settle in Jiaxiang.

The lord will give an order, Hu Zhong has no reason to refuse, and stands up and answers: "Take the order!" ”

"Because of the above reasons, there must be more troops going to Jiaxiang than going to Yuncheng. You will lead your headquarters with 2,000 horsemen, and the requirements for you are the same as those for General Gao, and it is a great achievement to defend the pass. ”

"Whoa!"

At this point, three thousand people were dispatched, and Zhao Guo had nearly eight thousand available at hand. Although his unit is a "strange soldier", when it comes to fighting, it has to be divided into "Zhengqi". If Zhao Guo's headquarters is compared to "positive", then Gao Yanshi and Hu Zhong are "strange". Only when it is a good fit can we win.

Take the Kaihe station first, in order to clear the way forward; and then take Yuncheng and Jiaxiang in order to cut off the wings of Juye. At this point, everything is ready. After several days and nights of hard work and busyness, Zhao Guo was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. A scout came from afar, rushed to the front of Zhu, rolled off his horse, fell to the ground, and hurriedly said: "In the north of Liangshanbo, there is a Tartar movement. Perhaps our army has been discovered. ”

The sky has already brightened, and tens of thousands of people are gathered on the riverbank, both men and horses, can they not be discovered? It was only now discovered by the Yuan army, and it was too late. Zhao Guo Huo Ran got up, looked at the crowd of people and horses, called the junior colonel on duty in the Chinese military camp, and asked, "Have you finished breakfast for the ministry and troops?" ”

"Most of them have already been eaten."

"How are the men and horses resting?"

"It's been an hour since we crossed the river. The leaders of all the camps have come to report, saying that the men and horses are resting. ”

"Pass the order, pass the order, prepare the saddle of the horse, put on the armor, and when Liu San returns, the three armies will start."

"Yes!"

"General Gao, General Hu?"

"The end will be waiting."

"That's the general situation, and you know the specific tasks. Two generals, now—I'm going to ask you to go first, right? ”

Zhao Guo's style of leading soldiers was greatly influenced by Deng She and was approachable. Although it was a military order, the tone of his speech was very gentle. Gao Yanshi and Hu Zhong responded in unison, saluted Zhao Guo, looked at Tong Shengyang and the others slightly, did not drag the mud and water at all, and turned around very neatly.

"In order to prevent the Tartars from coming too quickly, take advantage of my army to raid, General Tong, please take someone to defend the north side."

"Yes!"

When the cavalry was resting, in order to better recuperate their horsepower, they would often remove the saddle. However, because after crossing the river, they were in the rear of the enemy, so not all the cavalry were unarmoured and unsaddled, and some of the people who were in charge of guarding were still fully clothed. Tong Shengyang took them and rushed to the north to fortify.

Zhao Guo's military order was handed down, and the main force had a bunch of armor, after all, they were all elites, and they were all very fast. In less than two quarters of an hour, Hu Zhong and Gao Yanshi had already set off. After another quarter of an hour, the battalions sent people to report that the preparations of the three armies were complete and they could be deployed at any time. Zhao Guo's heart was as careful as a hair, and when he remembered something, he ordered: "Order the leader of the gang to bury the pot stove quickly." Do not expose the reality of our army's strength to the enemy. ”

The river flows from north to south, and the pontoon bridges on the water have been removed. At the bend of the water, the depression is overgrown with reeds. The morning breeze blows, bringing with it the smell of earth and the fragrance of aquatic plants.

Zhao Guo stood on the side of the mount, grabbed the reins, pressed the saber in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, and took a deep breath of the air of this early summer morning. I heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping from the south. He opened his eyes and looked over, through the military formation of thousands of troops, a "willow" flag was galloping towards the rising sun. The messenger flew through the formation, shouting all the way: "Liu Saburo has slaughtered the river!" ”

"'Soldiers are fast'. Soldiers, get on the horse and take the giant field! ”

Because the strategic position of Jining Road is very important, it can lead to the river and Huai in the south, and connect the river and Ji to the north, controlling the Jinyao to Xuzhou and guarding the throat of the Changqi Henan. During the Warring States Period, Su Qin was "in danger of his father". Therefore, "if there is something in the East, we must fight for Jining". Chakhan Timur took Shandong, that is, he went down to Jining first. Therefore, since ancient times, in troubled times, there are often wars in the land of Jining.

Since Juye is located in the north of Jining Road, it is an important town, and of course it is no stranger to war. During the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao broke and beheaded Lu Bu and Xue Lan here; At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Quanzhong slaughtered Yanzhou's Zhu Hibiscus Department in the south of the city.

However, although Juye is an important town in Jining, in terms of topography, it is far from being compared with Yanzhou, Jeju and other places. Especially since the Mongol Yuan, since the opening of the two Grand Canals of Jeju River and Huitong River, Yanju and Jeju are just beside the Jeju River, so they have become more and more difficult to defend and difficult to attack.

As mentioned earlier, along the line of the Jeju River, Jeju is used as the dividing line, and there are large lakes in the north and south, called "North Five Lakes" and "South Four Lakes", which are connected by beads. In particular, Nansi Lake is nearly 300 miles long from north to south, more than 40 miles in the widest place from east to west, and more than 10 miles in the narrow place. Therefore, if you attack Jeju, there is only one way to attack head-on, "thousands of troops and horses fight to cross the single-plank bridge".

Not so with Juye.

The northern part of Jining Road is plain, and there is no danger. Around Juye, only fifty miles away from the south of the city, there is a high flat mountain, the mountain is ten miles from east to west, five miles from north to south, four miles high, and the top is flat, hence the name. The height is only three or four miles, and the area occupied is not very large, and it is far away from the giant field, although the mountain shape is still quite steep, but it does not play a role in the overall defense of the giant field city.

Thirty miles north of the city, there is a single mountain again, "the four fields are flat, and they rise in the middle of the building, because of the name". As can be seen from the name of the mountain, "the four fields are flat", and even if there is such a mountain, it will not play a role in blocking the enemy.

But five miles east of the county, there is a giant Yeze.

In the pre-Qin period, Junozawa was very large. "100 miles from east to west, 300 miles from north to south". At the end of Qin, Peng Yue, a native of Changyi, was a group of thieves here. In the Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen and Yan were sent to dig 300 miles of Juyeze, divert Wen water and clear water, and lead boats into the Yellow River. Liu Yu cut Qin, and also sent the general to open Juyeze into the river and enter the slipway.

However, since the Sui Dynasty, "the flow of money has dried up, and the giant field has gradually declined". More than ten years ago, the Yellow River burst its banks, and under the wash, Junoze was also "broken". It was already "fading", but it was washed away by the Yellow River, and then gradually "dried up into flat land". Although there is still some remnant, it is difficult to become a barrier to Giant Wild City.

All in all, the giant field is safe on all sides, and the terrain is generally flat, which is conducive to the march of large troops, and more conducive to the vertical and horizontal cavalry. In order to gain time and not give Wang Baobao a chance to rectify the defense, the main force of the Yidu cavalry continued to march under the leadership of Zhao Guo after resting for more than an hour, and went straight to the city of Juye.

From the Jeju River to Juye, there are only more than 200 miles. It can be reached in one day and one night.

As for the distribution of the enemy army in Juye, Zhao had already understood it through careful investigation. Wang Baobao divided the army into four places, and there were 2,000 Dongping troops stationed in Juye Zetun in the east of the city; Guangye Pavilion in the northwest of the city, there are 2,000 Caozhou troops stationed in the cantonment; Xianting in the south of the city, there are 2,000 single-state troops stationed in the cantonment. In addition, he led the main force of the Henan Army to more than 10,000 people stationed in Juye City.

Juye City is not very large, and more than 20,000 troops are stationed under it, so it is divided into four places.

The so-called "Dongping Army", "Caozhou Army", and "Shanzhou Army" were all local troops from various states that rushed to Juye at the behest of Wang Baobao's military order. Since they are local troops, they are all formed by natives, not field armies, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not very strong. Among them, the strongest is probably the "Caozhou Army".

Caozhou's customs are still martial, and the people of its place are "strong and righteous" and "dare to do anything in trouble".

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Shandong and Henan, and the drought in Caozhou was particularly severe. The local people were desperate, and "turned Caozhou into the world". Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao raised troops from here, led the children of Caozhou, went south to Guangzhou, took Chang'an in the west, and fought in 12 provinces, traveling tens of thousands of miles, and fighting bloodily for ten years. The earth-shattering and majestic mountains and rivers dealt a devastating blow to the Tang Dynasty. It can be seen that the people of Caozhou are strong and able to fight.

Once the giant field is taken, the Yuan army of these roads cannot be ignored.

The Caozhou Army and the Shanzhou Army are also okay, one in the northwest and one in the south of the city, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. However, the Dongping army in the east of the city was in the direction of the Yidu cavalry, and it must be annihilated first.

Zhao Guo thought about it, and chose again and again among the generals, but still decided to choose Liu San, and then added him hundreds of horses, including his headquarters, a total of 1,000 horses, as the striker start, within two days, it was necessary to occupy Juyeze.

Before Liu San left, Zhao Guo confessed: "San Lang, you are witty and courageous. First of all, in the previous battle to recover Jinan, you used 200 horsemen to block thousands of enemy soldiers, and made great achievements for our army to defeat Jinan, and you, you also became famous.

"This 'secret capture of the giant field', in the morning, you used 500 horsemen to capture Kaihe, yes, yes, you have made the first contribution. Ben will let you be the vanguard, you go to Juyeze, and the enemy you face and face is 2,000 Dongping troops. Junoze is only a few miles away from Juye City, and if you can successfully attack, you will quickly annihilate the enemy. If the enemy is prepared, no, you can't be annihilated quickly, and you don't have to rush it, but, but you can lure out the enemy in Juye City, and wait for my main force to cover the attack, still, it's still a miracle. Remember? ”

"Remembered."

Liu San's mission this time is not only to destroy the enemy, but more importantly, to lure the enemy.

In addition, the Shanzhou Army and the Caozhou Army were divided into the northwest and south of the city, and the Hedong Ping Army was a corner. You rushed to attack the Dongping army, and after the news came out, it was very likely that these two military horses would also gallop to help. You don't have to care about the Shanzhou army, they will not have the elite of our army; But, but the Caozhou army, although it is not the main force of the Tartars, but, but it should not be underestimated. ......, if the enemy, the enemy's Henan Army, Caozhou Army, and Shanzhou Army all go to the aid of the Dongping Army, you, do you know how to act? ”

"If that's the case, the end will shrink the formation and fight and retreat. to lure the Tartars into pursuit. ”

"Very, very good! But there is one thing you should keep in mind: when luring the enemy, no, do not go east. No matter how many horses the Tartars have produced, you will go north. ”

"Heading north? But if the main force of our army goes to Juye, won't it have to come from the east? "In other words, the large army led by Zhao Guo was going to Juye from the east, why did he lure the Yuan army to the north?

Zhao Guo smiled and said, "You, if you come east, the Tartars will be vigilant, or they will not dare to chase after them for fear of our army setting up an ambush." Therefore I would have sent you to the north. ”

"What do you mean?"

"You—don't ask too much, just do what you do."

"Whoa!"

After Liu San led the team away, Zhao Guo called Tong Shengyang and whispered a few words to him. Tong Shengyang was stunned at first, then rejoiced, hugged his fists in understanding, took 2,000 people, and quietly left the main force to go. After these two groups of people went far away one after another, Zhao Guo ordered the main force to continue to move forward and rush towards Juye.

But said Liu San.

He brought a thousand horsemen, all of them had two horses, and the horses did not stop, day and night, raiding Junoze.

Along the way, when you encounter the village, you will bypass by; When encountering the stockade, they also avoided fighting. After driving two hundred miles, early the next morning, they entered ten miles east of Juno Zedong. I don't know how many passers-by were shocked along the way; I don't know how many chickens, flying dogs and jumps have been caused to the villages along the way.

Not only Liu San's way, Hu Zhong and Gao Yanshi also caused shocks to all parts of Jining. As if he had just woken up from a great dream, a wave of urgent messengers sprung up from all over the place, rushing towards the giant field.

"The red thief crossed the river and suddenly appeared on the north side of Jining Road."

"Red thieves raided Kaihe Station. The guards were outnumbered and all of them were annihilated. ”

"The thieves are divided into three ways. All the way to the northwest, to Yuncheng. All the way to the southeast, go to Jiaxiang. ”

"The red thief has divided a thousand pioneers, and they are coming to the giant field day and night! After that, there are nearly 10,000 main forces. ”

"The vanguard of the thief army is approaching Junozawa. The main force of the thief army followed fifty miles behind. ”

"The Red Thief garrison is ten miles east of Juno. Fighting has already begun on the front. ”

"Jining is dangerous! Wild Danger! ”

The military report was delivered to Juye City, and Wang Baobao was shocked.

"My father's military literature just came, so I prevented the red thieves from marching from Wenshang and Shanyang Lake, and before I had time to arrange, I never expected that the red thieves had already crossed the river!" Wang Baobao hurried down to the hall, grabbed a messenger who came to report the news, and asked sharply, "Who is the main general of the Red Thief leading the army?" How many soldiers and horses? ”

"The red thief pioneer is a thousand horses, and its banner is Liu San. The main force brigade is seven or eight thousand people, and the main one will be Zhao Guo. There are also Tong character flags, Hu character flags, and high character flags. ”

"Who led the army to Yuncheng? Who led the army to Jiaxiang? ”

"These two military horses did not carry flags, and I don't know who the generals are."

Hu Zhong and Gao Yanshi did not fly the flag in order to give Wang Baobao an impression of "unfathomable". The two of them, together with Tong Shengyang's banner, are still in the Chinese army, marching with Zhao Guo.

The military situation is urgent, and Zhao Heng and others are all disgraced.

Zhao Heng took two steps forward, grabbed Wang Baobao's cloak, and said hastily: "Young master! It's urgent. The Red Thief Striker has arrived in Junozawa, less than a place away from our city. Please also ask the young master to quickly make a plan to defend against the enemy. ”

Wang Baobao peeked at the generals in the hall, and saw that they were all sweating, and suddenly woke up, quietly let go of the messenger's clothes, and did not answer Zhao Heng first, but slowed down and paced in the hall. After two turns, he returned to the messenger, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You sent this information in a timely manner. Not bad, not bad. Come and reward a plate of silver. ......, stand down and go and rest first. ”

The messenger stepped back.

It was morning, and the sun was shining outside the hall. Wang Baobao laughed.

"Today, the military situation is as urgent as fire, and the thief army is close at hand. I don't know why the young master is laughing? ”

"I laugh at the red thief and have no plan."

"Huh?"

The enemy has been killed in front of him, and he still says that the enemy has no plan?

Wang Baobao was not in a hurry, analyzed it for the generals, and said: "Comprehensive intelligence, the army of red thieves crossing the river is at most 10,000 people, and all of them are cavalry. It is true that the terrain of our Jining Road is gentle, and it is indeed very suitable for cavalry operations. But the red thief forgot that I had a strong city to lean on. Rush with a horse, attack with a step. Without foot soldiers, even if there are more cavalry coming, what can I do? The thief has no plan to do this, why don't I laugh? ”

All the generals said, "Yes, yes." "The complexion is slightly gentle.

Wang Baobao laughed again.

"Although the thieves have no plan, after all, they are already in the city. The young master didn't think about how to resist the enemy, why did he laugh again? ”

"I laugh at the red thief and throw himself into his own death."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The thieves are no more than ten thousand horsemen. And our army has more than 10,000 elite soldiers in Juye City alone, plus garrisons in various places outside the city, more than 20,000 people. Not only do I have a fortified city to rely on, but we have many troops and few enemies. In addition, Juye is located at the intersection of the three states, and as long as a military order is issued, not to mention that Jeju's army can be quickly withdrawn, even Choju, Dongpyeong Road and other places can immediately send reinforcements. As long as our army cuts off the retreat of the red thieves, aren't their ten thousand horsemen just throwing themselves to a dead end? ”

"What the young master said is very true." And the people were terrified.

Wang Baobao paced with his hands in his hands, didn't take two steps, and laughed again.

"Why is the young master laughing?"

"I laughed at the war of the red thief who committed my Jining, at the beginning it seemed to be huge, and even the cities of Ningyang, Wenshang, Yanzhou, etc., but now, it is very likely that they have to be blocked in the middle of the road, and they will be defeated. Our army's victory is in sight, how can I not laugh. ”

"Even if the thieves cross the river, it won't bring us much danger. But Yanzhou and other cities are now controlled by red thieves, and it is not easy to get them, but why does the young master say that our army's victory is in sight? ”

"The 10,000 cavalry thieves who crossed the river must be the elite of the elite of the red thieves in Yidu. As long as our army can wipe them out, it will be like killing all the elite of the red thieves. Hit by this, let's ask, how can the red thieves in Yanzhou, Ningyang, Wenshang and other places still have fighting spirit? Our army is holding on to the power of victory, make persistent efforts, and it is as easy as looking at the pattern of the city! ”

"The young master is wise!" All the generals were overjoyed when they heard this.

"Passing on my military order, I ordered the Dongping army of Junozawa to defend against danger and be sure to drag the incoming enemy. Then he ordered the Caozhou Army and the Shanzhou Army to attack from the south and north, cut off their rear roads, and block the main force of the thief army. I was going to personally lead the Henan army and first surround and eliminate this group of thieves. ”

No matter how loud it blows, it is only moving in words; If you want to stabilize morale, you have to have actual combat achievements.