Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 213 Enough is enough
In the evening, under the setting sun in the sky, Tong Qun commanded the soldiers to ascend the city.Outside the city, Ke Shouan led the Iron Armored Army, together with Cao Zhiyan and Shao Ling, flanked Wanyan Huonv and Xiao Haohu.Zhang Qi and Wang Xiao hunted the other troops, but there was little chance of encircling and escaping.

With no compromises to ask for, Lou Su and Xiao Haohu's troops are already at a disadvantage.In particular, Wang Xiaolie's Six Thousand Iron Armors were in full swing. This was the first time Jin Jun encountered them, and he couldn't help but panic for a while.

Looking at the setting sun in the west, Lou Su felt helpless.The Song army had already landed on Pinglu City, and the Jin army outside could not approach the city, obviously unable to hold it.Without the city, there will be no savings. It is completely unrealistic to confront the Song army here.

After thinking and thinking, Lou Su was helpless.I had to order the army to retreat to Jiezhou in the north by night.Regroup the soldiers and horses there, replenish some troops, and then fight the Song army in a decisive battle.Zhe Keqiu led his troops back to Zhangdian Town, preparing to retreat to Xia County.

Shao Ling led the army to chase all the way to the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain and camped at the foot of the mountain.Zhang Qi chased him all the way to the mountain road, killing countless people.

At night, all the generals rested in their own camps.Only in the city of Shanzhou, Wang Xiaolie's army brought supplies, and the soldiers and civilians were completely reveling.

Take a sip of wine.Li Yanxian put down his wine glass and said: "In the past two months, I finally got wine in my mouth today. To be honest, I have forgotten what wine tastes like. Thanks to Wang Guan and his troops today, we have a way out."

Yang Bosun said: "I have only been in the city for a few days, but it feels like years. I don't know how to persist in observing."

Li Yanxian shook his head, looked at the sky full of stars, but did not speak.How to persevere?Gritting his teeth, he persisted.Before Wang Xiaolie's reinforcements arrived, Li Yanxian insisted on defending the city.At the beginning, I believed that I could consume the Jin army, just like the previous few times.In the back, it is relying on tenacious perseverance, a kind of inertia, and a firm belief in not surrendering.It wasn't until Wang Xiaolie's reinforcements arrived that he truly believed that he could hold on.

Yan Pingdao: "Looking at Dengzhou's army today, although there are not many people, their combat power is extremely strong, and it is not comparable to other armies at all. I heard that Wang Guan had only 3000 to [-] people a year ago. strong army."

After speaking, he looked at Chi Yuping and Zhang Chi who were silent.

Seeing that several people were looking at him, Zhang Chi smiled and said: "We are all ordinary people. We were recruited into the army because we grew up. For a year, we only know how to train according to the regulations, but we don't know anything else."

The rest of the people laughed together when they heard this.These days, Zhang Chi and Chi Yuping worked hard, never said a word, and were deeply loved by everyone.Without the two of them, Shanzhou City would not have lasted until today.

Li Yanxian raised his wine glass and said, "Today we are as if we have seen the sun again. It can be said that we are resurrected from the dead! Drink a glass of wine together!"

Everyone toasted and drank.

At this time, in the city of Shanzhou, laughter was everywhere.Wang Xiaolie didn't bring much wine, but it was enough for the soldiers and civilians in Shanzhou to taste it.Although Wang Xiaolie didn't drink alcohol in his army, he still brought dozens of jars with him when he went out.

On the other side of the river, in Pinglu County, Wang Xiaolie sat in the middle, with Shao Ling, Cao Zhiyan, Zhang Jun, and Chen Yuyi sitting on both sides.

Wang Xiaolie looked at the map on the table.After looking at it for a long time, he straightened up and said: "Although this map is too simple, the general terrain is correct. Now that Wanyan Lousu has brought Wanyan Huonv and Xiao Haohu past Zhongtiao Mountain, they should go to Jiezhou Zhe Keqiu went to Zhangdian Town in the east, and it should be retreating to Xia County. If they are separated, this battle will be much easier to fight."

Shao Ling said: "It can be said that the siege has lasted for nearly two months, and the soldiers have been lost. The attack was the heaviest today, and there are not many soldiers left. You should send troops to chase after him. If you don't chase closely, you may flee back to Fuzhou. "

Wang Xiaolie pondered for a while, and said: "Zhe Keqiu was originally a local tyrant in the prefecture. During this dynasty, he defended the land of the three prefectures, and he has made great contributions to the country. Even if we surrender the enemy now, we don't need to push him too hard. As long as After defeating the Jin army, the Fuzhou soldiers are nothing to worry about. You can order Zhang Qi and others to chase after Xia County. We concentrate our forces, and it is best to be able to encircle and wipe out Wanyan Lousu."

Shao Ling said: "I have fought with the Khitan under Xiao Haohu for many days. To be honest, their strength is not weak. Compared with the general imperial army, they should be far superior. In addition, Lou Su's personal soldiers are not easy to deal with. .”

Cao Zhiyan said: "In today's battle, our armored army is going forward, and the Jin army can't stop it. If the two armies confront each other, our army of [-] armored troops can come out together, how can the Jin army stop it? If the Jurchens are defeated, the Khitans are nothing!"

Shao Ling said: "The reason for our success is that the Jurchen's fighting style is exactly the same as ours. Every time they go into battle, the Jurchens put on heavy armor, and the soldiers are linked together. They only know how to attack forward and do not look back. This kind of fighting method is just defeated by the armored soldiers." Stay. However, the Jurchens have a lot of horses, if they don’t confront each other head-on, but ride around on horseback, it’s hard to say.”

Zhang Jundao: "In the past, the Jurchens were not good at using cavalry, so it may not be so."

Wang Xiaolie waved his hand: "You can't guess about the battle, let alone take chances. This year, the Jin Army on the East Road often moves quickly, of course, relying on the strength of the cavalry. Especially in the middle road, a few days Baili, who can stop it? The soldiers brought here are our entire family property, and we can't fight against the Jin army. Whether we can wipe out the Jin army can only be done as humanly possible and obey the destiny."

After speaking, he looked at the map and didn't speak for a while.At the end, Wang Xiaolie raised his head and said: "We will concentrate our army and chase the Jin army over Zhongtiao Mountain to Jiezhou. It is best to force the Jin army to the Hezhong Prefecture area. After that, the army will go north and take Jiangzhou with all its strength! The Jin army When you arrive at Hezhong Mansion, whether you want to go north to Yanzhou, or go north to take Longmen and return to Jinzhou, don't worry about him!"

After hearing this, everyone was silent.Wang Xiaolie's meaning was obvious, he didn't have many troops, and he didn't want to fight head-on with the Jin army.Taking advantage of the golden army's siege of Shanzhou, it is possible to inflict heavy damage on the golden army.But when Jin Jun established a firm foothold, it was beyond Wang Xiaolie's ability to fight head-on with Jin Jun.Driving the Jin Army to the area of ​​Hezhong Mansion was obviously for Zhang Jun to lead troops to fight.

Looking at the crowd, Wang Xiaolie said: "You must not forget that we are here to rescue Shanzhou. When the Jin army was retreating, we should have captured more counties and counties. The Jin army has plundered for the past two years. Most of the craftsmen who came here are in Jiezhou and Jiangzhou, let's rescue them."

Shao Ling said: "If Jiangzhou is occupied, Jinzhou, Fenzhou, and even Taiyuan Prefecture will not have heavy troops, why not keep marching?"

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "When we arrived in Shanzhou, the logistics and food were very difficult. What did we eat if we kept marching? Now we can chase the Jin army because the food and grass of the Jin army have been lost, and we can't defend in every place. Once they pass Jiangzhou, the situation is reversed. After defeating the Jin army in this battle, they left tens of thousands of signed troops. Don't we care? The surrounding counties and counties have been robbed of food and grass by the Jin army. There is no hope at all. I can only let the signers return to Dengzhou as soon as possible, and don't waste too much food and grass. I counted and calculated, even if I try my best, I can only occupy Jiezhou and Jiangzhou, and there is really nothing I can do in other places .In combat, you must know when enough is enough, and don’t be greedy for military exploits.”

The rest of the people nodded, understanding what Wang Xiaolie meant.

Although Shanzhou was saved, Shanzhou had already been robbed by the Jin army and could not provide food and grass.Occupying the Jin Army's camp and robbing the Jin Army's reserves here, but the Jin Army's reserves are not large enough to support a long-term army stationed here.In fact, the most important thing is that Wang Xiaolie must have Zhang Jun's full assistance in order to attack north.But for Zhang Jun and Qu Duan, Wang Xiaolie didn't expect too much.

After discussing it, Wang Xiaolie ordered Shao Ling and Cao Zhiyan to continue to chase north, following Wanyan Lousu and Xiao Haohu, and approaching Xiezhou.The Jin army's occupation in this area was not stable. If the Song army pressed hard, they could only retreat.The army can only be reorganized when it is far away from the Song army.Zhang Jun led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to cooperate with Zhang Qi in pursuit.If you don't give up, you can seek to join Lou Su, and chase north until Jiangzhou.

Wang Xiaolie led the remaining two to 3000 people to station in Pinglu to pacify the area.Especially appease Jin Jun's signing army.When Niu Gao arrived, he arranged for the signing army and the people in this area to retreat south to Dengzhou.Without strong support from the rear, Wang Xiaolie would not be able to defend this area when the Jin army from the east came to the west.

Several people were ordered to leave.Wang Xiaolie sat alone in the tent, staring at a lamp in a trance.

On the way here, I kept receiving reports from Shao Ling and Zhang Jun.Wang Xiaolie understands that as long as the city of Shanzhou is not destroyed, the Jin army will definitely not be his opponent after he arrives.It's just that the battle went so smoothly, which was unexpected.

The most important reason is that the siege army is exhausted.Destroyed by himself in the first battle, he couldn't even gather the army.With no discount to ask for, Wanyan Lousu's flanks were exposed to him, and he was defeated in a short time.

Victory in the first battle is extremely important to Wang Xiaolie.As long as Shao Ling and Cao Zhiyan hold on to the Jin army tightly and don't allow them time to rest, the overall situation of this battle will be settled.The follow-up results will depend on Zhang Jun, Qu Duan and Zhai Xing, and I will not participate too much in it.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiaolie stretched.Combat must be done in moderation, and you must be careful not to be dazzled by victory.Even if the Golden Army was defeated in World War I, they should not be underestimated.With enough time, they can still regroup and still have combat effectiveness.Now, Wang Xiaolie wanted to calculate the outcome of this battle.

Tens of thousands of signing troops are just slaves in the eyes of Jin Jun, and a rare labor force here in Wang Xiaolie.Moving them to Dengzhou can reclaim a large piece of land.Wang Xiaolie planned to move all the people in this area away, and it required a lot of manpower.Tangzhou Dengzhou has a large piece of vacant land, Wang Xiaolie is not afraid of crowds.With people, places can develop.

In addition to people, there are horses.The Jurchens who attacked Shanzhou had at least two horses per person, or even three to five horses per person.Of course, many of them cannot be used as war horses, but they can still be used as draft horses.Including the Khitans and the horses in the Zhe Keqiu army, nearly [-] horses could be captured in this battle.

For Wang Xiaolie now, horses are really important.Even if there are [-] horses here, thousands of cavalry can be developed.With thousands of cavalry in his hands, plus six thousand iron cavalry, Wang Xiaolie has truly become an important force.

Wang Xiaolie even thought that these horses, which cannot be used as war horses, are still important domestic animals.You can develop your own carriage and organize a powerful transportation team.Coupled with self-breeding, it can form an important logistics transportation force.

(End of this chapter)