Chapter 62: Helpless Defense

In fact, the Yellow Slap Aruda ceased operations after only a tentative assault in Jingshanwa Town.

As a qualified general, Yellow Slap Aruda has already come to his own judgment and is unwilling to be consumed by the opponent's continuous resistance.

The stone thrower, the flying thunder cannon, and the pine cannon have already given Huang Slap Aruda and the troops he led a great shock, and they have produced fear.

Moreover, the purpose of going to Anqiu is obviously unattainable. Just looking at the opponent's unhurried appearance, Huang Slap Aruda thought that Anqiu had been lost. Otherwise, the opponent will not let go of the enemy in his heart and calmly resist his own army.

According to the same reasoning, if you think about it again, Huang Slap Aruda feels that the two plagiarized troops who are scattered and left at home and Wanyan are also unlucky.

Under this analysis, Huang Slap Aruda believes that it is very difficult to defeat the opponent at present, and if his mobile force makes any mistakes, the enemy can harass Weizhou and other places where the defense is empty.

Therefore, the Yellow Slap Arruda gathered his troops and confronted the Red Turban Army. On the one hand, he reported to the servant and Anzhen quickly, stating his analysis and judgment, and requesting a change in the battle plan.

From the point of view of Meng Jiucheng and the Red Turban Army, it was a wise move for the Jin Army to give up the strong attack and take it, although they felt dissatisfied and regretful because of this.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng left a guard force in Jingshanwa, and after Han Shouzhong guarded it, he led a group of men and horses to retreat to Liujiayao Town, continuing to stabilize the second and third lines of defense.

So far, although the ambush has failed and the attack on Weizhou has failed, the purpose of containing the Jin army and responding to Li Quan's department has been achieved.

Fusan Anzhen received an urgent report, although he couldn't believe it, he believed that Huang slapped Aruda, and also judged from the dynamics of the Mulingguan Red Jacket Army that most of the plagiarism had failed.

Now, Anzhen's attention to the Red Turban Army has suddenly increased, and it seems that Li Quan can also be put on the back burner.

However, there are still practical difficulties in moving troops to attack.

On the opposite side, Li Quan's department should leave troops to monitor and prevent him from disturbing; The rebel army of Liu Erzu's farther away is also getting more and more tormented, and there are already Peng Yibin, Shi Qi, Xia Quan, Shi Qing, Pei Yuan, Ge Ping, Yang Deguang, Wang Xianzhong, Hao Ding and other rebels have joined them.

After the power was strong, Liu Erzu built a stone throwing machine according to the drawings given by Meng Jiucheng, attacked the city everywhere, and conquered more than ten counties such as Tai'an, Teng, Yan, Shan Zhuzhou, and Laiwu and Xintai.

The combined forces of Peng Yibin, Shi Qi, and Xia Quan broke through Pizhou and obtained hundreds of warships, and were preparing to contact the Red Jacket Army on both sides of the Yellow River to take matters together.

Jin Ting has sent an edict to Fusan An Zhen to move south and attack the rebel army of Liu Erzu's department to ensure the safety of the two important towns of Jinan and Xuzhou.

After moving south, Ginting did not get much respite.

Genghis Khan sent the Mongol general Miki Hebadu to join the Mongol army led by Shi Mo Ming'an (Khitan) from Fuzhou of the Jin Dynasty and Wang Ji (Han Chinese) from Zhuozhou.

Shi Mo Ming'an, Wang Ji and other armies attacked Gubeikou, successively captured Jing, Ji, Tan, Shun and other prefectures, approaching Zhongdu.

In October, Mu Huali led his army to attack and plunder 15 cities, including Huihe, Jinyuan, Hezhong, Longshan, Li, Jian, and Fufu, and then attacked Zhongdu.

Although the Jin Emperor moved the capital to Bianjing, the central capital, as an important town, still gathered elite troops to garrison. However, the 200,000 troops led by the Zhongdu Xuanfu and the remaining Otunxiang refused to fight, and fought with the Mongol army in Ikebana, but suffered a heavy defeat, with more than 80,000 people dead.

Now, Otunxiang can only hold on to the city and make a turtle with a shrunken head. But the fate of failure is already doomed, it just depends on the length of perseverance.

In such a situation, Ginting also had to deal with the harassment of Western Xia and consolidate the very weak northwest defense line. As for the crisis in the north and the turmoil in Shandong, it is no longer enough to take care of it.

However, Jinan, as an important town that shields Henan and blocks the southward movement of the Mongolian army, its importance is self-evident. Therefore, Jin Ting thinks that Fusan Anzhen should beat Liu Erzu first, and what is the strength of Li Quan in Muling Pass?

For Anzhen, who is on the front line and knows the situation in Shandong, he knows that it is difficult to cut grass and eradicate the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows again. He also knew that after defeating Yang An'er, the reoccupied prefectures and counties were quite weak in defense, and he was not at ease when he surrendered his troops and generals.

However, under the pressure of the general situation, Fusan Anzhen also had to sigh, make adjustments, and try his best not to make the current situation worse.

The first was to send 3,000 men and horses to Weizhou to garrison and curb the possibility of the Red Turban Army attacking and plundering northward; secondly, the two mobile forces of the "Flower Hat Army" and the "Yellow Crane Sleeve Army" were transferred back, and prepared to go to Jinan with him; In the end, he left 3,000 troops in Linqu to prevent Li Quan from attacking Qingzhou again.

In other words, Fusan Anzhen reluctantly ended the attack, switched to the defensive, and led his men and horses to attack Liu Erzu.

Of course, Fusan Anzhen was still a little unwilling, so he launched an attack on Muling Pass.

However, Li Quan's division used the advantage of manpower and the help of the stone thrower, although it paid more casualties than the Jin soldiers, but repelled the Jin soldiers.

At this moment, Anzhen is dead-hearted, and he doesn't dare to consume many men and horses, so he honestly deploys defenses and honestly prepares to go to the battlefield.

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After getting the news that the Jin army had retreated to Weizhou, Meng Jiucheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he was really afraid that Anzhen would lead a large army to fight without hesitation.

The enemy retreated, and the Red Turban Army also abandoned the defense of Jingshanwa and Liujiayao Town, and retreated directly across Wenshui to rest in Anqiu.

I'm not ready yet! Meng Jiucheng weighed the situation of troops and materials, and believed that it was a wise choice to temporarily stop the army.

The loss of troops could soon be replenished from the militia groups, and even with the opening of the grain purchase channel and the results of the development of production, Meng Jiucheng also decided to expand.

There were also a lot of captures in three battles and three victories, guns, knives, equipment, horses and armor, which greatly improved the equipment level of the Red Turban Army.

As for the material consumption, it can also be fully produced and replenished in a month or two. There are three states and a relatively stable social order, which is the logistical foundation for the Red Turban Army to develop and grow.

The common people are simple, and the requirements are not high, they can eat their bellies, have clothes to cover themselves, and they can not suffer from war, which is already very satisfying at this stage.

Compared with other war-torn places, in the territory under Meng Jiucheng's rule, although the food is not very good and the food is also tight, it is not starving to death.

Even the standard of living is improving slightly. It's not obvious, but the people can still perceive that there are indeed more things in their stomachs, and the market is not so depressed.

The most important thing is the stability of people's hearts, which have not experienced war for more than a year, although there are constantly displaced people who have fled to tell the sorrow of displacement caused by the war.