Chapter 145: The Situation in Guanzhong

In other words, Song Sheng's decision is likely to represent the best choice for a group of people.

The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring.

Song Sheng will definitely not be the last, Geng Bingwen can't believe what the situation will look like in the future.

However, he quickly perked up and wiped away the blood he had vomited, and in an instant it seemed that his spirit had returned. Organize a retreat immediately. The end point of the retreat was Xi'an.

Geng Bingwen first had to secure Xi'an.

Xi'an City is in, and the Guanzhong Plain can at least be evenly divided with the opponent. Xi'an is gone. Tongguan is also very difficult to hold. After all, today's Tongguan is no longer the Tongguan in history. Tongguan in history is indeed an iron and copper wall, and it is difficult for birds to cross. But now Tongguan because of the perennial erosion of the river, the terrain has changed, so that the front of Tongguan is not so dangerous, not to mention, the battle has always been carried out, and a few trails have been opened up near Tongguan, which can be bypassed.

What's more, Tongguan was defended to the east. Instead of defending to the west, it is very difficult to hit Tongguan from the east. But it's different from the northwest to Tongguan.

Now there is one more variable. That is the Lantian Railway.

This horse-drawn railway has been repaired. It would have been possible to carry out large-scale transportation of supplies. But something happened. The rear stopped the delivery of supplies to the front line, and now it has not fully recovered.

But this line of communication has already been opened. Look at the book

Therefore, he must nail Xi'an, occupy the eastern part of Guanzhong, and block Wuguan Road, the newly completed Danyang Road, Tongguan Road, these roads. The Northern Army could not be allowed to bypass the Yellow River defense line and directly attack the Xiangfan area. Once the Northern Army took root in Xiangfan.

For Nanjing, it was a disaster.

Geng Bingwen must persevere, he must perk up.

It's just that it's hard to say how long his body can support it.

Geng Bingwen didn't think about whether he wanted to surrender. His son took Emperor Zhenzong, the daughter of the crown prince Zhu Biao, and he could talk to both emperors. If he surrenders, he will be treated better than this Song Sheng.

But, so what?

For Geng Bingwen, none of this matters.

Geng Bingwen is such an old person, even if he doesn't die on the battlefield, he won't be able to live for a few years. Why are you still wronging yourself for the sake of fame at this time? He may not be the character to die for Zhu Yunwen.

After all, there are few old ministers at such an age who are so dead-eyed, which is why many emperors hate old ministers and are not easy to fool.

It's just that Geng Bingwen has a veteran arrogance.

He took the place of his father and brother to guard Changxing, and he never gave up in the face of any situation. Yes, Zhang Shicheng's military luck seems to have been consumed in the first battle of Yangzhou. After that, there were almost no victories, but it doesn't mean that Zhang Shicheng is a soft persimmon.

Geng Bingwen and Zhang Shicheng's army have been honed for ten years, and they have never seen any kind of scene.

At that time, Geng Bingwen was still very young and could be regarded as a general of the Shaozhuang faction. In such a long-term war, Geng Bingwen has learned a lot of things, and his understanding of defensive warfare is deep in the bone marrow, which means that even if Geng Bingwen meets the version update, he can quickly get started in the matter of defense, in fact, if the logistics are enough, he can make the Northern Army not go further, he dares to come, I dare to kill, he dares to die, I dare to bury.

But the number of wins and losses, many times do not look at a certain general.

also cultivated Geng Bingwen's temperament, perseverance, and will never give up as long as he has the opportunity on the battlefield. In fact, he can accept Beijing's domination of the world, but he can't accept his surrender. He can't get past his own level, and he has arrangements for his children and grandchildren.

Evacuated from the front-line battlefield a long time ago.

As I said before, he is the son-in-law of the Zhu family, as long as he doesn't die, he will still have a bite to eat in the future. As for more, Geng Bingwen can't care about it.

He's going to keep going anyway.

You can't do anything, it's just death, the eldest husband died in bed, it is a humiliating thing, and what is more important is to leave the name of loyal ministers to children and grandchildren, and to leave contacts in the army for children and grandchildren. Each has its own opinion.

Geng Bingwen's hands and feet are very fast.

When it was time to retreat, Geng Bingwen was very decisive, and almost threw dozens of cities on the front line, a complete defense line in northern Shaanxi, and hundreds of thousands of stone grain to Qu Neng, so he could only go to Xi'an.

Even when Qu was able to take these things, some of them did not come to their senses.

After all, before, it was not without progress. But every step must be paid in blood. Now, it's so easy.

But Geng Bingwen's retreat was also very wise.

Because almost after Geng Bingwen entered Xi'an, Qu Neng joined Song Sheng.

The area on the north bank of the Wei River in Guanzhong was almost entirely occupied by the Northern Army. Only a few cities are still under Geng Bingwen's control. This is also the first major victory of the Northern Army since the start of the war this year.

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"Sin General Song Sheng has seen the privy envoy, and the sin general is too late, and he asks the privy envoy to forgive his sins." Song Sheng saluted and said as soon as he saw Qu Neng.

Qu Neng hurriedly helped Song Sheng up and said, "Old General Song, why do you say this, today is a family, there is no need to mention the previous things, everything looks forward, and now you are the chief military officer of Shaanxi in the imperial court, and you are the same as before. This Shaanxi ground is your place. What do you think of the current situation?"

Song Sheng was silent for a moment and said, "My lord, the minister thinks that he should repair for a month or two before making preparations."

Qu Neng said, "Why do you say that? Don't you have a handover here? If you don't take advantage of this time to go south in one fell swoop, take Guanzhong, and wait for Geng Bingwen to gain a firm foothold, wouldn't it be even more difficult?"

Song Sheng said, "My lord, I don't know. It is very difficult to find the flaws of Changxinghou. If the Marquis of Changxing is allowed to lead the troops to attack the city, but Er'er, without him, the Marquis of Changxing thinks too much. There are thousands of changes on the battlefield, how can they be counted one by one, and when Chang Xinghou feels sure, the fighters are lost. At this point, Changxinghou lacked sharpness. But defensively, it has become Changxinghou's strength. What you and I can think of, Changxinghou must have thought of. I also thought very carefully. Our army met here all the way, and basically did not encounter any obstacles, and even if there were, many of them were spontaneous resistance, not the arrangements of the Marquis of Changxing. But then it's different."

"Changxinghou needed time, so he gave up these places. Now he's on his feet. But our army has fought all the way here and occupied so many places, although there is my old here, how can I attack rashly without the old days of Changxing Hou. After all, the Marquis of Changxing will give us two nails."

"It's a morale-boosting thing."

"Moreover, Xi'an Jiancheng is a big city in the world second only to the north and south and Kaifeng Mansion, and if such a city is bent on taking it, it will not work without preparation. With Geng Bingwen here, I don't want to think about deception at all, if the adults don't believe it, I bet that within a day, I will hear the news that the Marquis of Changxing has been purged of female cadres in Xi'an."

Qu Neng was a little unconvinced, he knew less about Geng Bingwen. Although they are all Huaixi groups, they are not very close to each other.

However, he couldn't help but believe this thing.

Someone immediately reported that Geng Bingwen had entered Xi'an City, immediately carried out a large-scale investigation, and directly arrested more than 10,000 people.

Whether it was Qu Neng's or Song Sheng's intelligence network in Xi'an City, they were all paralyzed. There is no news at all, let alone the difficult operations of opening the city gate and defrauding the city.

Immediately, Geng Bingwen sent troops to set up fortifications outside the city of Xi'an. In addition, the original city wall of Xi'an City is simply an iron wall. It's almost impossible to have any chance of taking it by chance.

Qu Neng said, "Old General Song still knows Geng Bingwen? Is it just a great opportunity to just sit back and ignore it?"

Song Sheng said: "The minister has already sent several light troops to attack Dasanguan in the west, and enter the Yellow River in the east to conquer Shanxi, and the main force of our army is here to prepare, and the strength of the Wei River, between Xi'an and Tongguan," Song Sheng made a gesture with a knife in his hand, and said sharply: "Cut Geng Bingwen's headquarters in two here."