Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 232 Outpost
There is Xishan in the west of Jingmen, and Dongshan in the east. The city is between the two mountains. It really seems that there is a gate.This is the northern gate of Jiangling Mansion, it is considered a strategically important place, and countless wars have occurred throughout the ages.

Wang Xiao hunted outside Jingmen City, and saw that the city was newly built, quite rough and crude, so he couldn't help frowning.I thought it was a strong city, but I didn't expect it to be so unbearable.Xie Qian has been guarding here for a year or two, yet he hasn't rebuilt the city.

Xie Qian and Niu Gao greeted him out of the city early and welcomed Wang Xiaolie into the city.

After sitting down at the yamen, Xie Qian ordered tea to be served.He cupped his hands to Wang Xiaolie and said, "Jingmen is a small town with few soldiers and horses. I was worried when I heard that the Jin army was coming from the north. Fortunately, defense puts state affairs first, and the people of Jingmen are very fortunate to bring a large army to help."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Since you are a minister of the country, you naturally put the country's affairs first. The Jin army invaded the south and devastated the land. I don't know how many evil things they have done. How can people with lofty ideals allow them to come and go freely! However, I see that Jingmen City is extremely simple and crude. , I'm afraid they can't stop the Jin army from attacking the city."

Xie Qian said: "Jingmen City was razed in the Five Dynasties, and it has not been rebuilt in this dynasty. It was not until I knew that the Jingmen Army had a lot of bandits from all over the world, so the city was rebuilt. There are few poor people in Jingmen, and the city was built in a rough way."

Wang Xiaolie said: "I originally wanted to use the strong city as the foundation and deploy a large army around it, but now it seems difficult. For the current plan, we should set up camp between the east and west mountains to block the road going north. Send another army to monitor Take the road to Yingzhou to prevent the Jin army from fleeing east."

Xie Qian surrendered and said yes.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Zhijun, is the Jin army still attacking Dangyang now?"

Xie Qian said: "Getting the news that the defense is coming to Jingmen, the Jin army has withdrawn from Dangyang and is coming to Jingmen. The reason why the Jin army attacked Dangyang is that there are too many looted goods, and more porters are needed to change the water route to the land route. Now that things are urgent, they can't take care of them."

Wang Xiaolie nodded.Said: "It's still early, let's go out to see the terrain. It will take three days to get here from Dangyang. The current Jin army is not moving fast, and it will take the next day. Two days is enough for us to go to camp."

The unspoken claim is.Immediately arrange soldiers to take Wang Xiao out of the city.

The mountains on both sides of Jingmen City are not high, and the trees on the mountains are lush.There is no problem for a small number of people to walk up the mountain, but not for large groups.As long as the south of the city road is guarded, the Jin army must detour through Yingzhou to go north.

After looking outside the city for a long time, Wang Xiaolie said to Xie Qian: "Zhijun leads the troops to defend the city, but my army is still deployed outside the city. 3000 people will defend the city in the west, and the rest will line up in the east of the city, relying on Dongshan to set up camp." .If the Jin army attacks the city, it will attack behind it. If it comes to attack me, know the army and wait for the situation to move.”

Xie Qian said: "With such an arrangement, the Jin people will not dare to attack the city. Doesn't this battle rely entirely on defense?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "There are so many changes on the battlefield. If the Jin army can't break through my army, the Zhijun can send troops to cooperate with the army in the west of the city to attack the Jin army's flank. If you and I work together, we will definitely defeat the Jin army. Under the city!"

Seeing Wang Xiaolie's army, Xie Qian knew in his heart that others might not think highly of his 3000 troops. [-] people is quite a lot, but the sources are too complicated, and the training is not rigorous, so they cannot be incorporated into Wang Xiaolie's army.

According to the customs of the Song army, the regular army will have 2000 to 3000 people, which is a combat unit.The 3000 people who have unleashed potential come from various sources, but they are not training together, lack of training, and cannot be used as generals.

They went to various places suitable for camping and formation to check the terrain. It was almost evening, and everyone returned to Jingmen City.Xie Qian welcomes Wang Xiaolie's arrival.Because before the war, Wang Xiaolie was not allowed to drink alcohol, which made Xie Qian a little embarrassed.

On the second day, before dawn, Wang Xiaohun's army rearranged their camps and blocked the main road in front of Jingmen City.Wang Xiaolie led the army to take the front, Niu Gao led [-] soldiers and horses at the foot of Dongshan Mountain as the left wing, and Jingmen City as the right wing.

Zhang Chi led more than [-] cavalry, all the way south.

This is a habit in Wang Xiao's hunting army. Whenever there is a war, rangers will be sent to scout the battlefield.According to the scale of the campaign and the geographical situation, the exploration distance ranged from ten to fifty miles.There are special cavalry in the army to do this.Their organization and command are different from ordinary cavalry, and they are good at fighting in small groups.

After passing through Ping'an City, Zhang Chi saw that there were still merchants selling goods in the market.He couldn't help frowning and said: "The Jin army is coming, why are the people here so unwilling to die? Didn't they hide in the nearby mountains early, and still sell goods here! Once the Jin army arrives, won't they all be ashamed!"

After finishing speaking, he ordered his soldiers to go to the market and order the people to hide.If there is someone who does not know how to die, the consequences are all at your own risk.

One person carried two chickens and shouted loudly to the soldiers who came to drive them away: "You are the imperial army, how can we let our people hide! If the Jin army comes, you just drive it away! We ordinary people, we just count on the soldiers who are in the city to hide. Sell ​​some chickens and ducks at the market to earn some food. We are not allowed to sell, there is an eighty-year-old mother in the family, and a two-year-old child, how can we survive!"

Zhang Chi looked the man up and down, and said coldly: "Didn't you hear that all the officials were chased into the sea by the Jin army? The Jin people came to attack, and it is the common people and the army that can defeat the Jin people. You only care about your own family's mouth." The food is falling into the hands of the golden man!"

Seeing Zhang Chi's ferocious face, the man dared not speak again.Muttering in his mouth, he carried two chickens and left angrily.

Looking at the leaving back, Zhang Chi sighed: "Facing the golden man, he is as cowardly as a chicken, but he is fierce to the officers and soldiers. Sometimes, I really feel that some people are not worth saving. People in this world, sometimes it is really hard to tell. .”

With the officers and soldiers driving away, the market quickly became deserted.

Zhang Chi was about to take the officers and soldiers away when a person who was hesitant outside the city finally made up his mind and came over.He cupped his hands and said, "Tiha, when I came to the market, I heard that the Jin people came to the village at the foot of a hill not far from Zhangshui last night. The village is not on the main road and the population is not large, so there is no people know."

After hearing this, Zhang Chi hurriedly asked: "How many Jin troops are there? Are they still there?"

The man said: "How can the small ones know? But there are only seven or eight families in that village, and there are too many Jin troops to live in."

Zhang Chi asked about the location in detail, but thought he might not be able to find it.He said to the man: "You are a citizen of this dynasty, how about being my guide this time? If you go to the wrong place, the golden man will run away for nothing."

The man was a little embarrassed: "Tiha, the golden men are like evil spirits. Seeing that you don't have many soldiers and horses, wouldn't it be miserable if the golden men are not young?"

Zhang Chi said: "I am an elite soldier under King Dengzhou's defense, a small group of golden troops. How can I not defeat them? If you guide our army, I will give you five pennies after it is done. Don't worry, I will never break my promise!"

The man was afraid, and he was greedy for five pennies.He hesitated there for a long time before agreeing.

At this time, many people hated the Jin people, and even more feared the Jin people.But at this time custom, common people love money.With the money in their hands, even if Jin Jun is really a devil, they gritted their teeth and went.

(End of this chapter)