Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 164 Attacking Tong Guan

"Report, the Baima Mountain camp has been destroyed, and the more than 3,000 Hedong Pingding Army and former Hebei daredevils stationed in the camp have been wiped out!"

"A bandit army under the banner of Korean characters has broken through the Shicheng camp and is heading towards our army's headquarters camp!"

Baima Mountain is to the north of Yizhou and Shicheng is to the west of Luanzhou.

Tong Guan did not fully deploy his troops in front of Zhuozhou City. In addition to sending 6,000 selected vanguard troops north to attack Yanjing, he was also wary of the defenders of Yizhou and Luanzhou bypassing the rear and attacking the grain road, so he specially assigned soldiers to garrison the east and west areas. both sides.

Now that both camps have fallen, it means that the Song Army's flanks have become quite unsafe.

The most terrible thing is that because the military sentinels and many generals were not familiar with the Yan region, the Song people had extremely limited information. They did not even know the numbers of the soldiers and horses that attacked the east and west camps.

Two battle reports came in one after another, and the Song officials and generals in the tent were a little panicked, because they knew that almost none of the main force of their army was in the main camp. Although there were many soldiers and horses there, they probably could not stop them. Defeat the enemy's offensive.

In case the headquarters camp falls again.

"Everyone, what's the hurry?"

Tong Guan took a sip of tea slowly and said slowly:

"Han, it should be Han Shizhong. This thief was originally from the Song Dynasty. I heard that he was good at killing and eager for merit, so I gave him a great achievement. Look, this guy really swallowed the bait. "

The sentinel report said that Han Shizhong not only defeated the thousands of vanguard troops led by Yang Weizhong, but also went all the way south to meet the Yelu Dashi tribe on the Luanzhou side, and successively defeated the Song army blocking the west of Luanzhou, breaking the siege of Luanzhou. .

Now the Yanjing garrison and the Luanzhou garrison have joined forces, known to the outside world as fifty thousand elites, which has already posed a serious threat to Tong Guan's flanks and grain roads.

Immediately someone asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, our army is suffering from frequent losses, the soldiers are depressed, and the grain and grass sent from Hebei in the rear are getting less and less. Something must have happened in the rear! Your Majesty, since we already know that the Yan bandits are going south, Why don’t we withdraw our troops quickly and rescue them?”

Withdrawal?

Tong Guan snorted coldly and said: "The Yanjing garrison and the Luanzhou garrison are all gathered to the east of our army at the moment. There must be a lot of troops, but this just proves that Yanjing City is empty and unprepared at the moment!"

"Capture Yanjing and capture Yanshan Mansion. Our army will win this battle. He Liu Ling just led a few rebel troops to plunder in Hebei, just like Song Jiang back then. Oh, how does he compare to Song Jiang?

If this kind of rogue bandit loses its lair, it will be impossible to make any noise. After I capture Yanjing, I will lead my army back for reinforcements. At that time, I will join the imperial soldiers and horses to catch turtles in the jar. I want to capture Liu Ling, but Just catch the thieves and soldiers in three or five. "

Someone else couldn't help but ask: "What good plan does the king have?"

Tong Guan waved his hand, and next to him, a school captain immediately unfolded the map. Tong Guan stood up in person and pointed it out to everyone.

"The city of Yanjing is empty and unprepared at the moment. I deliberately let out the news that the main camp of our headquarters is undefended to induce the Yan thieves to join forces and attack our main camp. Then, our army detached a force to block them and then retreated to defense. On the road to Yanjing, the rest of the army marched from the small road together and rushed to attack Yanjing!"

Speaking of this, Tong Guan couldn't help but show a hint of pride in his eyes.

"But General Mo has heard that the southwest of Yanjing is full of mountains and rivers, and there are no roads leading there.

Your Majesty, the morale of our army is low right now, there is a shortage of food and grass, there are more and more Yan thieves around, and reinforcements from the Xia people may arrive at any time; the land of Yan is not as thin as the legend says, with a small number of people and a weak army, so our army cannot There should be more adventures,

Furthermore, I heard that the Hebei area was severely damaged and countless people died. Doesn’t your Majesty want to think about how to explain to the officials when he returns? "

The person who asked the question still talked to himself.

Tong Guan looked at the man and asked softly: "Is Zhang Xuanfu teaching me how to do things?"

Zongze is now constantly wondering: Why did Liu Ling not attack the northwest region of Hebei, capture Jingxing, and open the road to Yunzhong as he expected.

You know, Jingxing is connected to Hedong. Once Jingxing is in the hands of the Song people, Hedong reinforcements can continuously arrive in Hebei through here, blocking Liu Ling's retreat.

But Liu Ling knew from the beginning that in the Hedong area, almost 40% of the elites in the Hedong area, from Zhang Xiaochun, the Xuanfu envoy and governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, to all the soldiers and horses in Hedong, were dispatched to Tong Guan's army to follow him in the Northern Expedition to Yanyun.

In other words, most of the top command officials in the Hedong War Zone are not here, and the daily affairs are naturally handled by the lower-level officials. But when it comes to sending troops, few people dare to exceed their authority and mobilize troops for reinforcements.

You know, rashly deploying troops without the decree of the imperial court is a capital crime!

Zhang Xiaochun had always respected Tong Guan, but now he couldn't help but say: "Yanyun is a foreign land, but Hebei is the territory of the Song Dynasty. The Yan thieves were lucky enough to enter the soil and ravage the common people. The king did not think of mercy and immediately returned to the army to rescue. On the contrary, Isn’t it a little ridiculous to think about taking risks and marching for profit?”

Even if the news spreads slowly about Hebei, many people in the army now know about it, but they don't know where Liu Ling has gone south. After all, Hebei is in chaos, and only Zongze and others are constantly sending envoys north to ask for help.

The morale of the army has begun to decline.

Tong Guan's face darkened and he said coldly: "It is not that there are no paths to the hinterland to the west of Yanjing. When Liu Ni was in Zhuozhou, he led an army of three thousand to attack Yanjing from the west and destroyed the city of Yanjing in one battle."

"But Liu Ling had Jin reinforcements at that time!" Zhang Xiaochun could no longer care about being polite and stared at Tong Guan.

"Your Majesty, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers depend on you, so be careful!" "Nonsense!"

A general stood up and said coldly: "Victory or defeat on the battlefield is only temporary. Only by capturing the city and conquering the territory can the real victory be considered. We currently have an army of 60,000. If we attack Yanjing, we will definitely be able to defeat it in one fell swoop." The battle is successful!

Not only did Zhang Xuanfu disagree, but he kept blocking him. Could it be that he wanted to help Liu Ni? "

Zhang Xiaochun could clearly see that the general had an abnormal blush on his face because he was overly excited, and he was obviously indulging in wine and sex.

He took another look and suddenly sneered: "Who is this official? It turned out to be you. Oh, one of your two brothers died in the northwest, a ridiculous way; the other died in the White Horse Mountain camp, and lost his army in defeat. They are both mediocre. Will!

Xin Daozong, because of your own selfish desires, you instigated the king to take risks and march, if so in the future."

"enough."

When they were quarreling, Tong Guan realized that some people in the tent clearly disagreed and even resisted his decision, and he couldn't help but feel agitated.

"Since Zhang Xuanfu does not agree, well, I will give you 10,000 soldiers and horses. Anyone who wants to follow can follow him. You can go south to help Hebei. The others will prepare to march together in three days."

"Here!"

No matter how angry Zhang Xiaochun was at this time, he had no choice but to lower his head and bow and salute along with the others. After all, the commander of the army was Tong Guan, so he had no way to seize power.

Immediately, his eyes moved to the map spread out next to him, and his brows furrowed more and more tightly.

Back then, Liu Ling led 3,000 Zhuozhou troops to attack north. He had only 3,000 men. Even if the burden of military food supply was difficult, it would not be too heavy.

But now Tong Guan actually plans to go north with 50,000 soldiers and re-take Liu Ling's path.

Which one is more, food for 50,000 people, or food for 3,000 people?

Not to mention that at that time, the Jin people who went south to support Liu Ling's army must have brought their own food and grass, or they also provided subsequent food and grass for the Zhuozhou Army.

Zhang Xiaochun did not doubt the combat effectiveness of these 50,000 Song troops. After all, these were elite soldiers drawn from the Hedong, Hebei, and Xi armies, and many of them were direct descendants of Tong Guan. They were really capable of fighting.

But if these 50,000 people were trapped in Yan, it would mean that more than 60% of the area north of Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty would be paralyzed when the enemy troops arrived!

I just hope he can really succeed.

After the meeting was over, Xin Daozong and others left and couldn't wait to come to Tong Guan's side.

"Your Majesty, that man named Zhang has no respect for you at all. He"

"Shut up."

Tong Guan said coldly.

Xin Daozong couldn't help but be stunned.

Looking at his expression, Tong Guan didn't intend to explain too much. In fact, it was not his intention to almost quarrel with Zhang Xiaochun in front of everyone today. That guy was really too presumptuous!

Furthermore,

"Since I am learning from Liu Ling, I naturally have to learn the whole set, haha. Who said that the golden man will not come this time.

When I conquer Yanjing and get Liu Ling's family home, then let's see what kind of face this guy has to see me! "

Zhang Xiaochun began to pack up the troops assigned to him by Tong Guan the next day, and began to go south non-stop for rescue. When he was about to arrive at Baigou River, the sentinel suddenly came back and reported that the leader of a group of more than a thousand people had been defeated and asked to see him.

Since it was a rout, how could it be possible for it to spontaneously organize into a scale of more than a thousand people?

Zhang Xiaochun resisted the urge to scold the detective and was about to ask for details when the detective handed over the letter in his hand and said:

"Commander, this is a personal letter from the leader of the defeated army,"

"Ah."

Zhang Xiaochun unfolded the letter and began to read the letter silently.

"Yue Fei, a small commander of the Pingding Army in Hedong, was originally under the jurisdiction of the Baima Mountain Camp. The previous camp had no choice but to gather broken soldiers along the way in an attempt to regroup and beg the commander to take him in regardless of the past. Fei and more than a thousand soldiers in the army The heart of fighting to the death for the country pauses again and again."

"Yue Fei."

Zhang Xiaochun frowned. The other party's method of spontaneously organizing soldiers reminded him of a Yan man.

"Hmph, call him over. I want to have a good talk with him."

(End of this chapter)