Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 385 Battle unfolds
In Yanxi Town, west of Xin'an City, Wu Shu looked at the city wall in front of him, his face full of anger.Turning around, he said angrily: "There is only a small town in front, and the Song army is less than a thousand. My army has attacked for three days, but it has no effect. How can it be reasonable!"

Zhou Qidao: "Your Majesty, Yanxi Town is also known as Tiemenguan. It is located between two mountains. It is the most dangerous place to block the road to the west. There was no Guancheng here. After the Song army arrived, they urgently repaired the city. .”

Wu Shu looked at the city, frowning tightly.After a long time, he said: "Wang Xiaolie's army has broken through Tongguan, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Guanzhong. If we delay here, and Wang Xiaolie breaks through the Jingzhao Mansion, it will shake the world. The third prince's army is in Fengxiang, if he attracts his soldiers Back to aid, we will not redeem our sins! Starting tomorrow, the whole army will be divided into ten armies, and they will take turns attacking the city day and night!"

Zhou Qi saw Wu Shu's ruthless expression, he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to agree.

Yanxi Town is not far from Xin'an County, it is between two mountains, and it strangles the intersection going west.This is a post station, there is no Guancheng.After the arrival of the Song army a few days ago, an earthen city was urgently built.The Jin army was not good at attacking the city, but faced with such a city, it was actually blocked.In fact, Yanxi Town is not big. Although the terrain is dangerous, it is far away from Mianchi in the rear, so it is not suitable for long-term defense.

Xue Cheng got off his horse, went to the bank of the Yellow River, and looked at the opposite river city.The Yellow River was very quiet, and there was no one in sight.

After looking at it for a while, Xue Cheng asked the soldiers around him, "Have you checked clearly? Is there no defenders in the opposite Hezhong Prefecture?"

The soldiers crossed their hands and said: "Registration, we have found out that there is indeed no Jin army on the opposite side. The guard is a general of the dynasty who surrendered Jin, named Ji Xiong. Hearing that our army has arrived, Ji Xiong has already opened the city gate. Willing to surrender."

Xue Cheng nodded and said: "That's the best. The Hezhong Mansion on the opposite side is Puban, which has been a strategically important place since ancient times. The Jin army has insufficient troops. After occupying Guanzhong, they didn't even deploy a large army to defend such a place. It's really dead!"

This is the characteristic of Jin Jun.No matter how important the place is, once it is breached and robbed, it will be discarded like a shoe.Not to mention the Hezhong Mansion, even the Kaifeng Mansion and Henan Mansion, the Jin Army did not send troops to guard them.The Song army did not attack, not because it could not attack, but because it could not defend.

If the Song army is large enough and elite enough, the Jin army's defense line will be full of loopholes.If there is not enough troops, the mutton will go to the tiger's mouth. It is very cool to attack the city and plunder the land, but it will soon face the siege of the Jin army.Most of the time, Jun Song had no luck coming back alive.

Jin Jun's arrangement in this way naturally has advantages and disadvantages.The disadvantage is that the control of the place is not enough, and it cannot be effectively occupied after it is breached.If the enemy is strong enough, it is easy for the opponent to regain the lost ground.The advantage is that it has always maintained a strong mobile force on the front line, and good steel is used wisely.As long as the opponent's regular army is defeated, the resistance in the rear can always be extinguished.After a long time, you can use the demoted officials to govern the place.

After Xue Cheng captured Tongzhou, he arranged to transport a large amount of seized materials to Guozhou.He himself led the troops to turn to the east and go straight to Hezhong Mansion.At this time, the troops in this area were empty, and almost no resistance was encountered.

Slowly walking down the embankment, Xue Cheng reached the ice of the Yellow River.He stomped his feet vigorously, and said: "This winter is cold, and the ice on the Yellow River is thick enough. The water flow in this area is gentle, and you can cross the river by fording the ice. Order to go down, tomorrow morning, the army will cross the Yellow River!"

Wang Xiaolie stood outside the house, looking up at the sky.After a while, he went back to the house and said to Li Yanxian: "The sky is cloudy again, maybe it will snow again in the next few days. This year there is a lot of snow."

Li Yanxian said: "Speaking of which, this year is not particularly cold, it's just that there is a lot of snow."

Wang Xiaolie nodded, entered the house, and sat by the fire to warm up.It won't take long for a while, and the whole body will be warm.

Wang Ruohai was looking at the official documents.Suddenly said: "Xue Cheng came to the Yellow River and said that there was no Jin army on the opposite side, and the defenders surrendered after opening the city. Not to mention the Hezhong Mansion, if you want, you can always occupy Jiangzhou."

Wang Xiaolie said: "We are short of troops, and it is useless to occupy so many places. Tell Xue Cheng that his most important task is to cooperate with the defenders of Shanzhou after occupying Hezhong Mansion, and delay the westward advance of the Wushu army."

Wang Ruohai nodded.He also said: "Xue Cheng suggested that after occupying Xiezhou, he should support Shanzhou. But he has no big intentions to go south, and it is useless to have more defenders in Shanzhou. It is better to go around behind the Wushu army, so that Wushu has scruples."

Wang Xiaolie nodded, but did not speak.After a while, he said: "To the south of Jiezhou is a mountainous area. It is not easy to go around Wushu."

Wang Ruohai said: "There are many rebels in the mountain area, each occupying a stronghold, and there are quite a few of them. Cooperating with them, it is not difficult to continuously attack the Jin army from the west. Moreover, when they heard that the imperial army was coming, many people took the initiative to contact them."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie got up suddenly, went to the table and looked at the map.After a while, he pointed to the map and said, "If you take Jiangzhou and cross the river, will you arrive at Mianchi?"

Wang Ruohai nodded: "Yuanqu is an ancient ferry for a big river, and not far from crossing the river is Mianchi."

Wang Xiaolie said to Li Yanxian: "Look at it briefly. If so, Xue Cheng's marching route can be changed."

Li Yanxian came to the table, looked at the map and said, "Zhen Fu means——"

Wang Xiaolie said: "After Xue Cheng occupied Hezhong Mansion, he marched all the way to occupy Jiangzhou. From there, he went south, passed Yuanqu Ferry, crossed the river after the Wushu army occupied Mianchi, and surrounded the Wushu army. Ruowu When Shu returned to his division and couldn't resist, he went south to Yongning and joined forces with Dong Xian. Wu Shu was so courageous that he didn't dare to go back to Luoyang, so he had nothing to do with Xue Cheng's army. In the future, no matter whether Xue Cheng returned to Lu's or Ruzhou, There is no army to stop it. With his support, it will be much easier for Shao Yun to defend Shanzhou."

Li Yanxian looked at the map, hesitant: "If we do this, Xue Cheng has no army to support him, and he is alone in the enemy's territory. I'm afraid it will not be easy."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The Yuanqu area is different from other places. There are many rebels there, and there are many cottages, many of which are connected with Zhai Zhenfu. Our army is stationed, and it is much easier to have them to support us. The only problem is that the [-] army There is a lot of food and grass needed, so we need to prepare early.”

He lowered his head and thought for a while, Wang Xiaolie said: "This matter is decided by Xue Cheng in front. Tell him, if possible, it is best to cross Yuanqu in the south, and together with the rebel army in the mountains, threaten Wushu's back. The state prepared food and grass, and at the same time brought some money to the rebels in the mountains. Tell him that the food and grass must be prepared in advance and not rely entirely on the rebels for supply. If it is very inconvenient, the army's actions will be decided by Xue Cheng himself. "

Wang Ruohai said yes.Draft official documents now.

At this time, with Guozhou as the center, Wang Xiaolie had already established an official document system to Wei Yang and Xue Chengjun, which was convenient and quick.Even to the farthest Weiyang army, the official document did not arrive for more than five days.

At this point the entire battle has been fully launched.Shao Yun, Jia He and others lead Li Yanxian's old troops to occupy Shanzhou, and block the Wushu army step by step.After Xue Cheng occupied Tongzhou, he crossed the Yellow River east and occupied Hezhong Mansion.Wei Yang occupied Weinan and approached Jingzhao Mansion.As for the Jin Army, Wushu was in Xin'an, so they couldn't break through Yanxi Town for a while.The main force of Wanyan Yinshu, who stayed behind in Hedong, was in Taiyuan, and the southernmost point of the army deployment was in Jinzhou, which was still hundreds of miles away.The army of Wanyan Huo women is in Yuanzhou, and the army of Eriduo is in Fengxiang Mansion, which is hundreds of miles away from Jingzhao Mansion.The area around Jingzhao Mansion is already empty.

Marking the power of the Jin army on the map, Wang Xiao said: "This is a rare opportunity. Our three thousand troops will be unstoppable across the pass. If we can't take this opportunity to go to Jingzhao Mansion, What a pity! Blocking the Wushu army, Wei Yang can enter the Jingzhao Mansion. This is great news, enough to boost the morale of the army. And it can take away the wealth that the Jin army searched in Guanzhong, and it is guaranteed to make money!"

Li Yanxian said: "If Li Duo returns to the army from Fengxiang Mansion, Wei Yang will not be very good."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Order Wei Yang to pay attention to Ye Liduo's movements at all times. If Ye Liduo returns to the army, at most Zhouzhi, he will withdraw the whole army. There is no need to go back to Guozhou, and go to Shangzhou via Lantian. In this battle, There are not many enemies killed, but the movement is not small."

(End of this chapter)