Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 591 Take the initiative to attack
Shihao Town was established in Kipshi County, Xining Six Years.Because of Du Fu's "Shihao Officials", this place name has been handed down to later generations.Located between Shanxian County and Mianchi County, it is an important station on the Weihan Ancient Road connecting Luoyang and Shaanxi.

Li Yanxian's headquarters is located here.

As the evening approached, generals continued to arrive, and the small ancient town became lively.

In the post station beside the road, Li Yanxian stood in front of the map, thinking about his thoughts.Generals such as Qian Jue Yuan Gai and Deputy Du Tong Zhang Yin sat at the table. The commanders and staff officers of the various regiments below could not sit down, and some people moved a stool to sit on the side.

The last one to come in was the cavalry commander Chi Yuping.

Seeing Chi Yuping coming in, Yuan Ga hurriedly said: "How is the front? Is there an army that has drawn up the speed and sealed the city?"

Chi Yuping said: "It is difficult to completely seal off Shanzhou. The Jin army has too many cavalry. But on the seventy-mile road from Shihao Town to Shanzhou, I can guarantee that there will never be a Jin army! Tens of thousands of troops If we rush to the city of Shanzhou, the Jin army will not notice!"

Li Yanxian turned around and said: "Jieshuai has decided that this battle should not be delayed for too long. If it is too long, the Jin army may go back. We will take the initiative to attack Shanzhou's Balisu. The artillery troops have already passed the stone Haozhen, in two more days, we can go to the city of Shanzhou. In these two days, we must block the road from Shihao Town to Shanzhou, and we must never let the Jin army discover our intentions. When the artillery arrives, we will occupy it Absolute advantage over the Jin army."

Chi Yuping crossed his hands and said yes.

Li Yanxian said: "Sit down. Next, I will assign a mission to attack the various ministries in Shanzhou. You must pay attention to it. If anyone makes a mistake, he will never be spared!"

All will promise together.

Chi Yuping sat down on the side, and took out a small notebook.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the soldiers lit more than a dozen red candles in the room, which illuminated the room brightly.

Li Yanxian pointed to the map and said: "From Shihao Town to Shanzhou, there is only one mountain road that is feasible, and that is the Weihan Ancient Road. Our tens of thousands of troops can only go through this road. Now the former army and the engineering team should have arrived at Liao In the water area, build a bridge there. The bridge will be built within two days, so as not to delay the artillery troops from crossing the river."

After finishing speaking, he turned and pointed at the map and said: "Zheng Jianchong led the army to Hucheng County, and he has not moved there for seven or eight days. His intention is obvious. It should be waiting for the first army to arrive. Zhe Keqiu We have arrived in Cizhou, and we are about to walk out of the mountains soon. Time is urgent, and we cannot wait any longer. This time we attacked Shanzhou, the front army, the left army and the right army were responsible for the siege, encircling three ques and one, leaving us alone There is a road to the west. If the Jin army flees to the west, it will be blocked by Shao Ling who came out of the Lu family."

Speaking of this, Li Yanxian emphasized: "Zheng Jianchong is in Hucheng County. As soon as he gets the news that we are attacking Shanzhou and Shaoling's exit from the Lu family, he will probably try his best to attack eastward. Pull away and flee westward, and Shaoling will be killed." Two-way attack. We are behind Balisu, and we are also two-way attack against the Jin army. This battle depends on which one can hold on, Shao Ling's army or Balisu's army! So when attacking the city , the attack must be fierce and fast! Most of the artillery is used to attack the city. It is best to catch the Jin army by surprise! If the Jin army fled westward, Chi Yuping's cavalry regiment must catch up and hold them firmly !"

"It was originally expected that Zheng Jianchong would rush to Shanzhou quickly to join Balisu. Jieshuai's plan was that after Shaoling left Lushi County, one army would attack Guozhou and Lingbao, and another army would go northward to occupy Jiezhou. , blocked the road to Balisu from the north. As a result, Zheng Jianchong did not go in Hucheng County, and Shao Ling had no way to divide his troops. If we attack Shanzhou this time, if Balisu does not go west, but goes north and south I don't have the strength to deal with them for a while. So no matter what, we must try our best not to let Ba Lisu retreat to the north. After our army reaches the city of Shanzhou, Zhang Chi of the Chinese Army will lead the headquarters to cross the river and block the Jin army. The army's retreat to the north."

"The speed of the Yellow River in Shanzhou is relatively gentle, and there are several ferries. It is difficult for us to seize all the ferries at once. If we decide to retreat northward, we have no good way. This task can only fall to Zhang Chi Shoulder. As long as you can block it, we are likely to wipe out the Jin army this time!"

Zhang Chi hurriedly stood up and sang the promise loudly.

Li Yanxian said: "In this battle, we have the front, left, and right regiments attacking the city. The Chinese army blocks the Jin army's northward retreat, the cavalry regiment pursues the rout troops, and the rear army and other transport regiments serve as reserves. The use of troops can be done at any time. It is said that the limit has been reached. You must do your best to fight the battle well!"

Looking at the crowd, Li Yanxian raised his voice and said: "Since Jingkang, this dynasty has fought against the Jin army. There have been very few battles that wiped out a thousand soldiers of the Jin army in the First World War, let alone ten thousand people. A speed of 2 Jinjun is an unprecedented victory! With such a victory, the Jinjun would not dare to come and go unscrupulously when there are only [-], [-], or even a few thousand people! Everyone, you must realize The importance of this battle!"

The generals said yes, and they discussed it below.Yes, the annihilation of more than 2 Jinjun troops in World War I will inevitably shake the world. More than 2 people used to be a strategic offensive direction of the Golden Army.After winning this battle, would the Jin army dare to use another 3 or [-] people for strategic offensives?
Seeing that everyone was discussing non-stop, Yuan Ji said: "Time is tight and the task is heavy, so we won't keep everyone for dinner tonight. After a while, each of us will eat a bowl of noodles and go back to our army overnight. If any army encounters an accident, we must Report to us immediately. Alright, let’s all eat noodles and hurry.”

All the generals left one after another and went outside to eat noodles.

The main reason for eating noodles in an emergency is that the noodles are cooked quickly.And adding meat and vegetables to the soup is up to you.In Wang Xiao's hunting army, this is already a habit.Although the Xiangyang area is south of the Huaihe River, the people grow a lot of wheat, and the eating habits of the army are still mainly white flour.

After everyone left, Yuan Gai said to Li Yanxian: "In this battle, we have more than 3 people against Balisu and 3000 people. The strength is superior, but not large. The Jin army is not comparable to other puppet troops. The battle is particularly tenacious. The whole army must be prepared for a tough fight."

Li Yanxian nodded: "That's right, the Jin army endured hardships, which is incomparable to other armies. We surrounded Shanzhou and drove them to a dead end. How can the Jin people be reconciled?"

Zhang Yindao: "Not only that, we are still fighting against the city. Jiang Min's tactics in Shenshan County are to defend the city first and use cavalry to chase down the defeated soldiers. It is much easier than ours. The battle of Shanzhou is bound to be difficult. But as long as we win, it will be of great benefit to our army!"

Li Yanxian nodded: "How can an army survive without going through hard battles? It can't grow without seeing the world."

Zhang Yin said: "When it's time for war, we will go to Shanzhou City. Will Zhang Chi also send someone there?"

Li Yanxian thought for a while, then shook his head: "Lin Wei and Tian Cheng have their own missions. When you go to the city, where are there people? Yuan Qianju, Staff Officer Xu and Secretary Zheng are all in the headquarters, so they are not suitable to go to the front line. .”

Zhang Yindao: "Shao Ling's departure from the Lu family was expected by everyone, including Ba Lisu. Once we attacked the city, I was afraid that Ba Lisu would not be sure whether Zheng Jianchong would come to rescue him, so he went northward desperately." At that time, the pressure on Zhang Chi will be great."

Yuan Ji said: "Besides, Zhang Chi is going to cross the Yellow River to the north, and the time is too tight, so he can't take the artillery there. This battle is a special test for him."

(End of this chapter)