In the Changbai Mountains, Guan Bao and Gao opened Chahan's tips.

It reads: "When you open the bag now, it is expected that it is only because of two hostile situations. First, the reinforcements of the red thieves did not go to Changbai Mountain, and their main force was rushing towards Yidu. Second, the reinforcements of the red thieves have gone to Changbai Mountain, but your initial battle is unfavorable. I have two plans for these two different situations.

"If it's the former, the main force of the red thief will pounce on Yidu, and the old man will have his own skills to deal with it. You don't have to pay attention to it, just roll to the west, and join the division with Baobao, and be sure to defeat the Huashan Zhao Guo camp in a short time. Then, the coalition army was protected, and the combined army was 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the power of the great victory was carried out, and then they came to Yidu again. In this way, you and I echo inside and outside the two armies, although the red thief Wenhua is numerous, it is not my enemy.

"If it's the latter, the Red Thief's reinforcements have gone to Changbai Mountain, but your initial battle is unfavorable. It doesn't matter. Your army can divide a military horse, hold the key pass, and block the Wenhua Kingdom outside Changbai Mountain. Then, still bring the elite westward, or take Huashan first. Since your troops lost the first battle, it can be seen that the combat strength of the Red Thieves must be considerable, so the men and horses left to fight the blocking battle should not be too few, and it is best to have 5,000 to 8,000 people.

"Your army has a total of 20,000 people, leaving 5,000 to 8,000 people, that is to say, there should be about 10,000 people who can be used to fight Huashan. Ten thousand people seem to be a lot, but if you expect to quickly defeat Zhao Guo's troops with this, I am afraid it is still not enough.

"In this bag, there is an old man's command. You can take it out immediately, send a fast horse, and send it to the generals of Tai'an Yan Sixiao. Yan Sixiao has more than 10,000 people, but he can divide one first, at least 5,000 to 6,000 people, and also rush to Jinan. In this way, there are 20,000 people in Jinan City, 10,000 people in your department, 5,600 people in Yan Sixiao's army, and 30,000 or 40,000 people in one place. And Zhao Guo's military horses were less than 10,000. With four enemies and one, it is enough to win quickly.

"After the victory, the three armies are one. With Bao Bao as the main commander, the two of you and Yan Sixiao as the deputy general, and then depending on the changes in the battle situation, or with the momentum of thunder, you can first annihilate the Wenhua State Department. Or go back to the division to help, and attack Yidu with the old man. This is a foolproof strategy. ”

After the two of them looked at it, they poured the bag, and sure enough, there was another order in it, which was written to Yan Sixiao. This handsome order was not sealed, but when it was opened, it was written:

On the day of receiving this order, the army was divided into 5,000 to 6,000, and attacked Huashan urgently, joined hands with the generals of Gao Gao and Guan Bao, obeyed the orders of Jinan Baobao, and took Zhao Guo together. As for the division of the army, will the red thieves in Tai'an City break through because of this? You don't have to worry. Tai'an has been besieged so far, and it is expected that the red thieves in the city have long been exhausted. And the old man has already had a military order, ordering your troops to besiege but not attack, and now your soldiers must have enough energy to recuperate. With the exhaustion of the enemy, it is enough to leave four or five thousand people to continue the siege!

"In addition, the old man heard that the Taishan Red Thieves Gao Yanshi and Li Zifanbu, you have not annihilated them until now. Now that the war situation has taken a turn for the worse, when it is important to gather and annihilate Huashan, let's let them go first. ”

If you want to say that Chahan is really good at using soldiers, let's not talk about his two military orders, only the last sentence of this order written to Yan Sixiao, a short sentence, seems to be mild, but the meaning of reprimand and dissatisfaction is undoubtedly revealed. Yan Sixiao has not been able to annihilate Gao Yanshi for several months, and now seeing this military order, he must be afraid. When attacking Huashan, I must have to do my best. By the way, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, it also hinted at Guan Bao and Gao.

The implication of his words: "Your previous failures, the old man can not be blamed in the past." But now it's the most critical moment, if you can't atone for your sins, then the front account, the back account, wait for it to be counted together. Beneath the surface of the gentle words, there is a murderous threat hidden.

Guan Bao turned over and turned over, looked at these two military orders several times in a row, and sighed: "The commander uses the soldiers, it is really clever." The Art of War: 'Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods.' 'Dashuai's move can also be described as 'god', it is really wonderful! ”

The water is controlled by the land, and the soldiers are defeated by the enemy. If Huashan Zhao Guo was a dead chess, then Tai'an Yan Sixiao was an idle chess earlier. These two chess pieces, although one is on the Haidong side and the other is on the Yuan army's side, in the final analysis, they were both laid by Chahan successively. Wang Baobao took Jinan, and Zhao Guo became a dead chess player. Chahan ordered Yan Sixiao to besiege Tai'an without attacking, so Yan Sixiao became an idle chess.

These two chess pieces originally seemed to be useless, but as soon as the Haidong reinforcements arrived. Dead chess suddenly became a living chess piece. Isn't Wenhuaguo's primary goal to attack Jinan? If there were no nearly 10,000 people outside Jinan, would he still attack Jinan? For Haidong, this is a decoy.

Knowing that it was the bait laid by Chahan, he had to jump inside. Fortunately, Zhao Guo fought against the water and lost Wen Guo to break through the customs, otherwise, the fate of the reinforcements can be imagined. In fact, even if Wenhua Guo does not go to Changbai Mountain, according to the first countermeasure in Chahan's bag, the reinforcements will still be unable to escape the end of destruction.

In other words, it means that until Wen and Guo Da broke through the customs, the entire initiative on the battlefield was still in the hands of Chahan.

Now, Wen and Guo Da have broken through the customs protection, and Chahan has failed to send reinforcements. Zhang Ji'er rushed to the outside of Yidu City, and the initiative on a few battlefields seemed to have reversed. However, Chahan was not flustered, because he still had one more move. When you make a move, it becomes a heavy chess. Five or six thousand people may not seem like much, but they can be the biggest bargaining chips in deciding the outcome of the game. Without these five or six thousand, it may not be enough to win quickly. With these five or six thousand more, there is a certainty that it will be enough to win quickly. That's Chahan's biggest chip.

Guan Bao and Gao Gao can only understand it so far, this dead move and this idle move, isn't it just Chahan to take precautions and have long been prepared for Haidong reinforcements? The two of them were convinced, and in accordance with Chahan's order, they sent flying horses to deliver a letter with Yan Sixiao. At the same time, he left 6,000 people to guard the mountain, and Guan Bao led more than 10,000 people out of the mountain and prepared to go to Huashan.

It's just that on the west side of Changbai Mountain, there are still 3,000 Jurchen cavalry raised by Tong Sheng, and if you want to meet Wang Baobao, you must first break it. Three thousand cavalry, say not too much, say no less. Guan Bao gritted his teeth and wanted to make meritorious service with his guilt.

He personally supervised the battle, selected 3,000 elites, as the vanguard of the mountain, with foot soldiers as the backbone, with cavalry behind the palace, and mobilized a large number of crossbows and firecrackers to support its two wings. At the sound of an order, the three armies moved together. Not long after coming out of the mountain, he met Tong Sheng's cavalry.

How could Tong Shengyang sit back and watch Guan Bao go out of the mountain? The army was immediately organized, and the elite was also selected to intercept it. However, several times he rushed into battle, but he could not break it. The soldiers of the Chahan army were indeed strong, and although they were only defeated, they did not have the slightest fear in the face of the cavalry charge.

The place where they fought was not far from Changbai Mountain, with streams crisscrossing the waters, undulating hills, and rugged ground, which was actually not conducive to cavalry combat.

Seeing that several successive shocks failed to drive the Yuan army back to the mountains, Tong Shengyang couldn't help but get angry, put on his armor and mounted his horse, leading three hundred Jurchen warriors of his own clan, shouting with bows, riding with guns, and rushing straight into the enemy formation. Before a hundred paces away, there were bows and crossbows on both wings of the Yuan army, and arrows and stones were like rain.

Fifty steps into the Yuan army, the small axes, javelins and other objects of the Yuan army's foot soldiers were all thrown, and the black pressure was overwhelming, like a swarm of locusts covering the sun. To thirty paces, there are Yuan army's firearms at close range, beating horses and not people. Ten more steps, crashing into the spears and Changge of the Yuan army's foot soldiers. The short distance of 100 steps, it was too late, it was fast, but in the blink of an eye, Tong Shengyang had already rushed to the front of the Yuan army.

He looked back in his busy schedule and saw that the three hundred warriors he had brought with him had suffered dozens of casualties.

Tong Shengyang shouted angrily: "If our army can't stop the Tartars and let them out of the mountain, then Huashan Zhao Zuocheng will be difficult to support!" The Battle of Yidu, so far, all battalions have made great meritorious contributions! Our army alone has not made an inch of success so far. Let's look at today, from this battle, the majesty of our Jurchens will be brought out! ”

More than 200 people shouted and screamed, some shouted Jurchen, some spoke Chinese, and even some shouted Mongolian, mixed together, and with their appearance, it was really like a ghost crying wolf. In a few breaths, more than ten steps into the Yuan Array, guns rang out, soldiers and horses trampled each other, steaming blood flew in the air in the winter sun, severed limbs and stumps, and fell to the battlefield everywhere.

Tong Shengyang rushed to the front, and the Yuan army retreated slightly. The hundred households led by him couldn't support it, and before he could turn around, he caught a glimpse of a horse galloping with a knife from the rear of the general flag. But it was a military judge sent by Guan Bao. As early as before the start of the war, Guan Bao issued a strict military order: "In all wars, those who look forward to it will be beheaded, and those who turn their steps will be beheaded."

Needless to say, I also know that this military judge who carries a knife will come to take the head of this hundred households. Backward is also death, and moving forward is also death. Rather than die at your own hand, how can you die in battle? At least if you die in battle, you will have honor, and you will have a bereavement pension for your family. The hundred households screamed, forcibly pulled out the arrow in the chest, did not wrap the wound, wiped the blood, smeared it on the face, turned backward into forward, and fought a decisive battle.

Tong Shengyang's cavalry attacked it on three sides, and the soldiers of the Yuan army fought to the death.

From the afternoon to the evening, nearly 1,000 casualties were suffered on both sides, and they were bleeding from their ankles. Tong Shengyang fought to the death and did not retreat, with several wounds in his body, bleeding all over his face, and full of spirit. Guan Bao divided his people into three, took turns to fight, and fought without rest. The wind will blow from east to west, the dust will be all over the sky, and the Jurchen cavalry will be dazzled. Guan Bao retreated, fought with cavalry, marched to death, and the cry moved the ground. At this point in the battle, the Jurchens were tired, the horses were also tired, and they were at a downwind, so they were finally unable to stop their sharpness, so they were defeated and retreated.

Guan Bao took advantage of the noise and drove thousands of people to chase after him, covering up for twenty miles. The military discipline of the Jurchens was not as good as that of the Han soldiers, and the defeat was like a mountain. Tong Shengyang beheaded several generals, but he couldn't stop repeating it, so he had to give up the Changbai Pass and run for dozens of miles before he slowly stopped. Collecting the remnants, less than two thousand.

It's dark at night.

Tong Shengyang temporarily camped. Before coming to Changbai Mountain, Zhao Guo gave him a detailed analysis of the importance of customs protection and high security. He knew that once Guan Bao was called, Huashan would be defeated. Therefore, although he lost a game, he still refused to give up interception, but he still refused to give up interception. Rectify the remnants of the army and want to wait for another battle. After all, although he lost, he was still stuck in front of Guan Bao.

At this moment, Yao Yao heard the chasing team of the border guards behind him, and shouted in the wind: "Your army has been defeated, and I have rushed out of the mountain pass." The battle of Changbai Mountain is a matter of great importance. According to the army*, you will surely escape death! You are originally of a different race, not the same species as the red thief. In this case, why bother with Haidong Xiao Deng?

"Tong Shengyang! My general has heard of your name for a long time. If you are willing to surrender, you can be given a position of tens of thousands of households! Why not rappel? But it was Guan Bao who used a trick to try to recruit Tong Shengyang.

Tong Shengyang, as Deng She's righteous brother, was very favored by him, and it is said that he is a descendant of Yue Fei, and he has long thought that he is a Han, so of course he will not surrender.

However, when he turned his eyes around, he found that there were many generals, who seemed to be bewitched by Guan Bao. Someone whispered, "What the Tartar said is not unreasonable. As soon as our Changbai Mountain is defeated, Huashan Zhao Zuocheng will be affected by this, and he will definitely be defeated. If Huashan fails, it will be difficult to protect the benefits. This is no small fault. Although His Royal Highness is generous and loving, Hong Jixun and these people are all ruthless. Let's not call it really beheaded! ”

The Jurchen cavalry was originally a union of many tribes. If you are suspicious, you will naturally be as loyal as Tong Shengyang. retorted disapprovingly: "No matter how mean and ruthless Lord Hong is, it is not him who is in charge. The lord is forgiving, and he must know that we have done our best, and we will never blame it.

"Besides, everyone, don't forget where our people are now! Most migrated to the Twin Cities. The Tartars beckoned us to surrender, it was not good for us, it was to bring our people to death! Although you and I are our own people, it is better not to say some things. ”

Tong Shengyang's heart suddenly floated with a sentence: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different." ”

It is rumored that Zhang Lu'er is in Guanbei, and he is decisive in killing, and he is both encouraged, perhaps, this is the best way to govern the alien race. He hid this sudden thought in his heart and laughed, but he also knew that the military heart was like this, and he was afraid that he would not be able to continue to intercept Guan Bao. He pretended to ignore the words of the generals just now, looked up at the night sky, and said: "Guan Bao recruited our army because he was afraid of the courage of our army. Although our army was defeated in this battle, its majesty was also fought.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the interception of Guan Bao fails, our army will return to Huashan. Zhao Zuocheng has four or five thousand people, plus us, there are nearly 10,000. There are no more than 10,000 military horses out of the Tartars, and in the battle just now, we have killed a lot, even if we add Wang Baobao of Jinan, as long as our army sticks to it and does not fight, what can I do? ”

At the moment, Tong Shengyang gathered the remnants and took advantage of the night to take the westward route.

At noon the next day, I returned to Huashan.

Seeing Tong Shengyang with an injury in the account, Zhao Guo was shocked. In a few words, Tong Shengyang reported the defeat to Zhao Guo. Zhao Guo was in a hurry, got up too quickly, and brought down the case. Ignoring it, he asked anxiously: "How many military horses are in the Guanbao Army?" ”

"Thirteen thousand."

"How far is it from my Huashan?"

"The Tartars have many foot soldiers, and the speed of the march is not as fast as our cavalry. According to the scouts' exploration, it is still fifty miles away from Huashan. ”

"Fifty miles?"

At a distance of fifty miles, if you march in a hurry, even if you are a foot soldier, you can reach it in a day at most. Zhao Guo pressed his sword and hurried around, turning around in the tent, and he said, "Thirteen thousand people, fifty miles." Tong Shengyang knelt on the ground and said: "The last general will be ashamed of Zuocheng's high hopes, and the crime deserves death!" Willing to be punished by military law. ”

Zhang Zhen'er's 5,000 people broke the ambush of 3,000 people in Chahan, which surprised Deng She and others. Tong Sheng's three thousand iron horsemen could not stop Guan Bao from leaving the mountain, which was also unexpected by Zhao Guo. He held the hilt of the sword tightly, glanced at Tong Shengyang, held back his anger, and said, "You get up!" The urgency of the war is not the time to pursue accountability. How many of your horses have brought back? ”

He did not hold Tong Shengyang accountable for the time being, but not because Tong Shengyang was Deng She's brother-in-law, but because Tong Shengyang was a Jurchen. If you want to punish him with military law now, the Jurchen cavalry will definitely be in an uproar. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, we should not act rashly. Tong Shengyang said: "There are nearly 2,000 people brought back. There were a few more on the way, and now there were more than 2,000 in total. He raised his eyes, peeked at Zhao Guo's expression, and asked, "May I ask Lord Zuo Cheng, I don't know how our army is fighting with Wang Baobao?" ”

When he returned to the camp just now, he didn't see any fighting on the front line, so he asked. Zhao Guo replied: "From last night to this afternoon, Wang Baobao has attacked our army's positions three or four times in a row. Yang Wanhu, Hu Zhong, and Deng Chengzhi fought bloodily. Especially, especially Wanhu, fought to the death, bleeding and bleeding, and never small. This、This is barely holding the position without losing。 Before you returned, Bao Bao withdrew his troops a little. ”

Zhao Guo replied to Tong Shengyang, and his mind turned sharply.

Tong Shengyang couldn't stop Guan Bao, and one day later, Guan Bao could come to Huashan. Then there are only two paths before him. Either continue to defend with danger, fight hard and wait for help, and wait for Wen Huaguo and Guo Conglong to defeat Gui Gao and come to help. Either abandon Huashan, turn to the trail, and withdraw to Yidu.

Which one should I choose?

Zhao Guo muttered: "Guan Bao led 13,000 people to attack, and there are at most 4,000 or 5,000 people in Changbai Mountain. There are more than 20,000 people in the Wenping Zhangbu Department, and there should be no problem in passing through Changbai Mountain. It's just that he is holding the key pass, and within three or two days, he is afraid that it will be difficult to defeat it. Therefore, if our army chooses to fight hard and wait for reinforcements, it needs to hold Huashan for at least three days.

"Three days, three days. Wang Bao had 20,000 people, Guan Bao 13,000 people, except for the troops used to defend the city of Jinan, the Tartars could be used to attack our army a total of about 30,000. Our troops, excluding casualties, are less than 8,000 men. One for three. ”

He gasped. Yang Xingjian was also in the tent, with a worried face, and said, "I'm afraid it's hard to resist." "But just withdraw? If the army is withdrawn, it is equivalent to completely handing over Jinan to the Yuan army. Wenhuaguo's deployment of attacking Jinan first and then rescuing Yidu is also equivalent to a wasted effort. I can't be reconciled!

Zhao Guo turned back to the front of the case, slapped it hard, made a decision, and said: "The lord, the lord has a saying: no, don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger!" The lord has the determination to go deep into the dangerous place and stick to Yidu, why can't our army have the will to fight hard in Huashan without fear of danger? Pass the general's orders, shrink the defensive line, wait for Guan Bao to come, and prepare for the battle on both sides! ”

made up his mind to defend Huashan and wait for Wenhuaguo to lead his troops to help. Yang Xingjian was also very bold, and when he heard the words, he cheered, laughed and said: "Although he is a civil servant, he is willing to live and die with Zhao Gong!" Tong Shengyang walked forward on his knees, ashamed and ashamed, and said: "The last general will be defeated by Guan Bao, not Guan War Crime, but because of the wind and sand." The last general is not convinced, please give an order, and the last general headquarters will still play against Guan Bao! ”

Zhao Guo smiled, and before he could speak, someone rushed into the account: "Report, Taishan Army Report!" ”

"Pass in."

The messenger of Mount Tai came in, bowed on the spot, looked pale, and said: "Tai'an Tartar Yan Sixiao Department, divided 6,000 troops, passed Mount Tai this morning. Looking at its direction, it is from Benhua Mountain. ”

"Six thousand? Six thousand! The two generals, Gao and Li, have they ever sent troops to ambush? ”

"There are less than five hundred horses in our army. Most of them were injured. Although General Gao personally led the dead soldiers and ambushed them for a while, he really couldn't intercept them. ”

Zhao Guo stood in front of the case, speechless for a long time.

With one to three, it may be able to barely support it for a few days. With one to four, not to mention that the rest of the soldiers are defeated now, even if they are all elites, it is absolutely difficult to hold on. After a long time, he said: "Change the general's order, order Yang Wanhu Palace's army, and Deng Chengzhi go first." Stay until nightfall, that is, abandon Jinan and withdraw from Huashan. ”