Han Shizu

Chapter 1332 Great appetite for counterattack

"What is the irreversible crisis that Han Qing said? If you have something to say, please speak it out. You don't need to keep it. Have you noticed anything?" Yeluxian frowned deeply, looking at Handerang with some doubts in his eyes.

Han Derang had an expression of bitterness and hatred, and he cupped his hands and said: "I have no conclusion, I just feel that the Southern Dynasty is strong and has sufficient military power and people's strength to call on. loss, but will never sit back and watch the situation worsen.

The reinforcements from the Han army did not arrive. The more this is the case, the more shocking the ministers will be. Perhaps, before we noticed, the Han army secretly stockpiled troops and came lurking, intending to murder me!
Your Majesty, the current cloud is too deep for our army! "

"Han Qing, this is the first time I've seen you look so timid!" Seeing Han Derang's hesitant expression and full of guesses, Ye Luxian sighed.

"I'm just deeply worried!" Han De stepped aside.

"Isn't that the case!" Ye Luxian's tired face showed a little desolation, he pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Call the soldiers outside, and the whole army is ready to evacuate!"

Although Ye Luxian listened to the advice and made a decision, Han Derang didn't slack off much, but followed up and asked: "Your Majesty, hurry up!"

"Call the generals immediately and decide on the withdrawal of troops!" Facing Han Derang's solemn gaze, Ye Luxian almost gritted his teeth.

Withdrawing troops is a technical task for any army. If there is any carelessness or some accidents, the retreat will become a defeat.

The same is true for the Liao army. If Ye Luxian wants to retreat north safely, the Liao army itself has many difficulties to overcome.First, the general wishes of the soldiers, when there is no obvious crisis, many people are unwilling to retreat northward in fear of war; second, the troops are in a state of dispersion, and they want to regroup the troops who are addicted to looting in Outer Shanyang. It will take time; third, although the Liao army is all cavalry and has a lot of livestock and horses, the captured money, food and materials will greatly reduce their mobility.

Of course, the most important thing is, how can the Han army be willing to rest and let them leave easily?There is no doubt about this point. When the Liao army was surrounded by clouds and plundered Shanyang, a large number of Han army reinforcements had advanced from three sides to Shanyang. Perhaps it should not be called reinforcements, because the goal of the Han army was obviously not to rescue Yunzhong, but to defeat this bold and rampant Liao army.

Twenty days was enough time for Emperor Liu to dispatch an elite team from Liaodong to return and gather for rest.More troops will move in place in accordance with the military order in the follow-up and continuous improvement of the battle plan, just waiting for a thunderous blow.

Of course, the movement of the Liao army camp in Yunzhong could not be hidden from the eyes of the Han army in Yunzhong City.Although the veteran has not led troops for many years, he is still strong and strong, and he is still extremely powerful.

Climb to Beicheng Pass and look far away. Although you can't see anything clearly, you can feel the busyness and tension promised by the Liao Army across several miles.

"In the past two days, three plundered Liao troops have returned to Yunzhong. The two battalions in the northwest of the enemy are preparing for preparations. The situation is already obvious. The Liao army is planning to retreat!" The deputy commander of the army, Tian Zhongjin, spoke very fast, and said to Li Wanchao.

"Want to leave? How can you do what you want?" Li Wanchao's gray beard was disheveled in the cool wind, and his old eyes were still as sharp as a falcon.

"Before, there was no movement, and the change happened in the past two days. The final general was not sure, what went wrong, and the Liao army was so shocked that they wanted to escape!" Bing has rich experience, but at this time, there is a bit of anxiety in his tone.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Liao army going south, they set up a trick to lure Shanyang into deep, encircled and wiped out it. This strategy was first proposed by Tian Zhongjin, and then Li Wanchao came forward to report and coordinate the implementation.

The result is basically going according to the plan. The Liao army has indeed broken the defense and moved south, and the soldiers are in the clouds. However, the most critical step, and the most difficult step to grasp, has not yet begun.

Shanyang has already been harmed by the Liao army, and the officials and the people suffered serious losses. If the Liao army slipped away in the end, the result would be too difficult for people to accept.Although Li Wanchao is on the top, as Tian Zhongjin who first proposed the strategy and assisted in the implementation, it is also a huge setback, which will affect his official career.

"There are also capable people in the Liao army!" Li Wanchao was steady, and said calmly: "It is not surprising to be vigilant. Without such vigilance, even if they are given a chance, they may not be able to catch them. Go south to break through!"

Li Wanchao's old but deep voice seemed to have the effect of soothing emotions, Tian Zhongjin also calmed down, thought for a while, and said: "Now the Liao army is about to leave, and the encircled army does not know where it is, and how it is going!"

This is the most difficult part of the implementation of this kind of big plan. It is inconvenient to transmit information and it is difficult to be timely. It is even more difficult to achieve perfect cooperation among the participating troops. In many cases, the generals can only rely on the opportunity Decision, and any choice may cause a difference in the outcome and affect the success or failure of the outcome.

It is even more difficult for Yunzhong to coordinate in time and cooperate closely with other armies when he is surrounded.

Of course Li Wanchao also understood this truth, his expression tensed slightly, which made the gully on his face clearer, after pondering for a while, Li Wanchao said: "Send someone south again, contact Kang Yanze, and let him go north as soon as possible."

As he said that, Li Wanchao couldn't help looking to the northwest, and said solemnly: "The actions of the rest of the armies are certainly important, but what I am most concerned about is the descendants of Kang Bao! Whether the Liao army can be left behind and how much success can be achieved depends on his side. , Can you tighten the opening to the north!"

Hearing this, Tian Zhongjin nodded and echoed, "It's been so long, Kang Baoyi should have enough time to come east. If there is no accident, he should have passed Baidaoban by now, and he can catch up! The only concern is that he has few soldiers and is far away. Marching will inevitably be exhausting, and there is no guarantee whether the Liao army will be able to cut off the return route!"

Li Wanchao sighed: "Your Majesty once said in the past that it is up to people to plan and achieve things! The situation has developed to this point, and the progress of the remaining routes is out of our control. As the basis for the encirclement and counterattack, we can only use our Do what you can and do your best! Send an order to the soldiers to get ready. Once the Liao army retreats northward, they will go out of the city to pursue them. Be sure to trap them and wait for backup!"

"Yes!" Tian Zhongjin replied solemnly.

"There will be an invitation at the end!" Looking at Li Wanchao, Tian Zhongjin cupped his hands with a serious look on his face.

"Please tell me, you don't have to be so polite!" Seeing this, Li Wanchao smiled lightly.

Tian Zhongjin: "For the pursuit, the last general will lead the people out of the city, please sit in the cloud and don't have to come to the battle in person!"

"General Tian thinks that this old man is too old to carry a sword and jump on a horse, so he can go out and kill the enemy?" Li Wanchao narrowed his eyes and stared at Tian Zhongjin, dissatisfied in his tone.

Seeing this, Tian Zhongjin looked serious and sincere, and replied: "This battle is dangerous, and the outcome is unpredictable. In the end, I will lead the people to fight to the death. If there is a mistake, I will be caught in it, and I will not regret it in the end. The old general sits in town, as long as Yunzhong is there, the battle situation is still under our control, for the sake of the overall situation, I ask the old general to temporarily suppress the desire to kill the enemy and stay in Yunzhong!"

Hearing Tian Zhongjin's words, the unhappy look on Li Wanchao's face dissipated, and his eyes became kind. Although he had worked together for less than a month, he really appreciated Tian Zhongjin.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Wanchao said: "Forget it, my old body will stay in Yunzhong City, and wait for you to win and return!"

"Yes!" Tian Zhongjin cupped his hands again and said with emotion.

In the cloud, the Liao army was eager to retreat, and the Han army also faced it tit for tat. After ten days of siege, the Han cavalry left the city for the first time, breaking through the blockade of the Liao cavalry. After going south, the Liao army responded even more urgently.

For Han Derang, this situation couldn't be more clear. It was a conclusion that the Han army planned them, otherwise, they wouldn't have such a big reaction to their move.

For both Han and Liao, this seems to be another battle for time.On the same day, Yeluxian sent a light cavalry to the north to protect the retreat road. At the same time, the first batch of troops of about 20,000 people also returned to the north.The Han army in Yunzhong City did not move lightly, what they were going to fight was a pursuit battle, and the timing of the attack must be grasped!
When the Liao army officially set out to withdraw northward, an army of tens of thousands of people had already crossed the Sanggan River and marched northward more than a hundred miles south of Yunzhong.The flags flying high, the long line of troops, and the cruising knights all prove that this is the main force of the encircling army.

This army has a total of more than [-] people, and its composition is relatively complicated. There are frontier soldiers, prefectural and county soldiers, Tibetan soldiers, and a large number of volunteer soldiers from the countryside, but they basically come from Hedong Road.This is also the army that was organized on the other side of the river in less than a month.

Although the combat effectiveness is much weaker than that of the banned and frontier troops, they all have basic training and have a certain degree of discipline, even those soldiers who are brave.

Even so, the assembled army took additional time to prepare, and the middle and lower-level officers were mostly from officers and soldiers with battle experience, and they marched northward in an orderly manner, accompanied by reorganization and training.

When receiving the urgent message from the cloud, the speed of going north immediately increased. On the 29th, they were still hiding in Yingzhou for rest and recuperation. On October [-]st, they entered Huairen territory.

And Huairen is only eighty miles away from Yunzhong.The leader of the Hedong reinforcements, named Kang Yanze, was Yang Ye's deputy general and participated in the Battle of Baicaokou, beating the invading Liao army.Although this person is not well-known, he has extraordinary insight and strong ability to lead the army, especially the ability to organize and train the army.

At noon, the army arrived in Huairen, with the battalion as a unit, each formed a defensive formation, rested on the spot, drank and ate.The north wind whizzed past, and Huairen County, which was swept by the Liao army, was empty, standing there desertedly, as if telling infinite desolation.

Kang Yanze looked like a Confucian general, usually with an easy-going temperament, but at this time, staring at the dilapidated county town, his face was stern, speechless for a long time.

"General, do you want to send someone into the city to contain the corpse?" The general beside him asked for instructions.

"No! It's important to break Liao!" Kang Yanze's voice could not hear any emotion, but it put great pressure on his subordinates.

"The sky is already dark, do you want to order to go down, camp on the spot, and march into the clouds tomorrow?"

"No!" Kang Yanze refused again, turned to the north, his eyes flickered with astonishment, and said: "The Liao army has withdrawn to the north, you can march with peace of mind! Send the order, the whole army will hold up the torches, make a full momentum, and form a formation to go north , marching overnight!"

"Isn't it too risky to march overnight?"

"Rush to the cloud!"

(End of this chapter)