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When Wanyan Zongwang, who was in Gaoyi, learned that Luan City was besieged, it was already the fourth day of the siege.

Wanyan Zongwang knew that once Luan City was defeated, Zhending Mansion would lose its last barrier, so the [-]-strong army quickly moved back to rescue Luan City.

Wanyan Zongwang learned the news about Luan Cheng's defeat the day after they set out on the road.

Wanyan Zong jumped in anger.

In order to attack the area around Zhending, he has now transferred all his main forces to the area around Zhending Mansion, leaving only 1 garrison troops each in Hejian Mansion and Zhongshan Mansion.

At this time, Luan City was blocked by the protection army. The [-] troops brought out by Wanyan Zongwang lost contact with Hejian and Zhongshan. The defenders of the two mansions were afraid that it would be difficult to even leave the city, and Wanyan Zongwang himself The [-]-strong army is also besieged in a small area. Although there is still room for return, they cannot enter Zhending and rely on the strong city defense. The [-]-strong army in the wilderness will one day be surrounded by a steady stream of protective troops. Had dumplings.

After the battle in Liyang, he knew the strength of the protective army in field battles.

The situation in front of him became difficult in an instant. There were only two ways before him now, either surrender or breakout.

Wanyan Zongwang thought for a long time and said to several Jurchen generals under his command: "The protection army has actually occupied Luan City. It is impossible to go north to Zhending. If you want to break out, you have to cross the Taihang Mountains."

The generals under his command all had bitter expressions on their faces when they heard this. They certainly had a chance of winning by crossing the Taihang Mountains to fight Zongze's Song army, but the process of crossing the Taihang Mountains would be enough to kill half of their troops.

Moreover, they originally expected to obtain supplies by capturing Huangzan County or Gaoyi.

Unexpectedly, after the Supervisory Committee arrived, although it did not send many protective troops, it effectively organized the local rebel armed forces. From Wuma Mountain to Gaoyi, they all implemented a strong-wall and clear-out policy. The Jurchens clashed in these two places for a long time. But not a grain of food could be harvested.

All the people were withdrawn into the county for defense, and all the food was taken away.

Now that their [-]-strong army has been out for such a long time, they only carry enough food and grass for ten days. What's even more frightening is that almost all the Jurchens in the [-]-strong army are cavalry. They are the biggest consumers of food and grass. The Han servant army is originally There is no food to eat.

Therefore, even if all the Han servant armies were given up like before, the food saved would not be enough to last the Jurchen army for a long time. If they had to cross the Taihang Mountains, they would probably have to kill the Han troops and use them as military rations. The number of Han troops under their command was also Twenty thousand, if we deal with it like this, I'm afraid the Han army will rebel again.

After thinking for a long time, Wanyan Zongwang nodded: "This is not the way to fight."

He called his Han staff, opened a map seized from the Supervisory Committee, looked at it for a long time, gritted his teeth and said to his subordinates: "Let's attack here!"

When the Jurchen officers saw the place pointed by Wanyan Zongwang, they were stunned for a moment and then nodded.

In Luan City, after occupying the city, it will be easily accessible to the protecting army.

However, Lu Zhishen was not in a hurry to attack Zhending. On the one hand, he organized local people to build the city wall, and on the other hand, he gathered his troops to actively explore the whereabouts of the main Jurchens.

There are only a few thousand Jurchen defenders in Zhending Mansion. Although some Jurchens have hoarded food, grass and baggage, for the protection army at this time, it is not a shortage of supplies.

Now for Lu Zhishen, as long as he can capture Wanyan Zongwang's main force, Zhending, Hejian and Zhongshan will have been pacified.

But after they captured Luancheng, Wanyan Zongwang's main force suddenly lost news.

Zhao Qi was now the chief of staff under Lu Zhishen. He lay in front of the map and studied it carefully. He looked at it for a long time with a depressed look on his face.Zhao Qizao was not the horse bandit who only knew how to fight on horseback in Yinmachuan. After several years of accumulation of practical experience, he also went through a short training class for senior generals of the Managers Association. Although his test scores were always not very good. , but Zhao Qi now has the thinking that a general should have.

He picked up the magnifying glass from the map, beat his hands and said depressedly: "Where did Wanyan Zongwang go? His soldiers were attacking in all directions, sometimes to the north, sometimes to the east, but his main force was always nestled there. If they continue to attack this place, their military rations may be exhausted. What is this guy’s plan?”

Lu Zhishen stroked his beard and thought for a while, then suddenly asked Zhao Qidao: "Is there something wrong with our previous thinking? Maybe their main force has already left Wozhou."

When Zhao Qi heard this, he was quite confused: "Leave Wozhou? The Jin army we have fought against in the past few days has at least 3 people, and there is no shortage of food. There are many female immortals among them. If we did not carry most of Wanyan Zongwang's men, Military rations, these people are not so brave and brave."

When Lu Zhishen heard this, he just thought about it and did not answer.

At this moment, a security guard hurried into the tent.

"General, there is an emergency in Wuji County!"

"What?" Hearing this, Zhao Qi looked confused. Wuji County was their first stronghold on the Hutuo River and was also the material transfer center. It was quite far away from Wozhou and Luancheng, where the war was taking place at this time. How could it suddenly happen? Will there be an emergency report?

After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Qi thought of what Lu Zhishen said just now, suddenly reacted, and quickly took the letter and checked it with Lu Zhishen.

After a long while, Zhao Qi couldn't help but cursed: "This Wanyan Zongwang is really evil!"

The news in this letter was that tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers suddenly appeared outside Wuji County. These Jurchens were all cavalry, and they had caused a lot of damage to Wuji County's maternity care team and the protection army.

Why didn't Zhao Qi react at this time?It turned out that Wanyan Zongwang had abandoned most of his troops and only brought tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers to raid Wuji County as Lu Zhishen said.

Wanyan Zongwang's strategy was not to defeat the protective army, but to gain time.

Wuji County is the material transfer hub for the Protective Army. If it is defeated by the Jurchen soldiers, the Protective Army will have no choice but to defend and wait for reinforcements after losing supplies.

Of course, the Jurchens did not have the strength to retake Wuji County from the Protector Army, and even had to give up Zhending Mansion. However, once the Protector Army lacked supplies, they would not be able to continue their attack, and Zhending's war situation would immediately come to a stalemate.

The time gained will not be too much. The follow-up troops of the Protective Army from Liyang will soon be able to bring material supplies, and the Protective Army in Shandong will also be able to open new supply routes in a short time.

But just over half a month is enough for the Jurchens to calmly withdraw from Zhending. As long as their army returns to Zhongshan and Hejian, Wanyan Zongwang will still have the opportunity to use these two strongholds to find the weaknesses of the protective army step by step. at.

Lu Zhishen also frowned: "This is because the Jurchens are remembering the old method."

Zhao Qi was stunned for a moment and quickly came to his senses.

Yes, isn't this the old way of fighting the Jurchens against the Liao people?The Jurchens originally started out as cavalry, fighting, running, and robbing, looking for the enemy's weak points.

Wanyan Zongwang was able to make such a determination in a critical moment, abandoning all his infantry and some Jurchens to attract the attention of the protecting army, but returned to his old profession with his cavalry.

(End of this chapter)