Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 589 Difficulties
In the Henan Government Office, Wang Xiaolie sat on a chair and looked at the map hanging on the wall.There is a pot of tea next to it, which is already cold.

Wang Ruohai came in and said: "Niu Gao came to report that Liu Lin had arrived in Zhongmou County, and his forward Li Cheng had arrived in Baisha Town, and suddenly stopped moving. They estimated that Liu Lin should have received the news of the defeat of the Jin Army on the Hedong Road. Dare to move forward."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Normally, Liu Lin is not so courageous yet, he dared to attack without the Jin army. What is Niu Gao going to do?"

Wang Ruohai said: "The result of their discussion is that Xie Linong's right army will attack Zhongmu, and Liu Lin will be dealt with first. Then Cao Zhiyan will leave Zhengzhou and attack Li Cheng's troops together with Xie Linong. Liu Lin has a total of 2 troops, and [-] are the forwards. Zhongmu County should There are about [-] people."

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while, and said: "Since that's the case, tell Niu Gao that when attacking Zhongmu, you should not pursue total annihilation, but block the way back to Kaifeng Mansion, and let Liu Lin and Li Cheng join forces. When they join forces, Cao Zhiyan It's easier to flank Xie Linong."

Wang Ruohai said yes.

Wang Xiaolie stood up and walked a few steps back and forth.Turning around, he said: "The plan we made before the war may have been too simple. Shenshan County won, and the Jin Army was obviously much more cautious. Not only was Liu Lin on the eastern front hesitant to patrol, but the speed of pulling out on the western front was up." After Shanzhou, Zheng Jianchong did not move. Zheng Jianchong arrived in Tongguan, which is very close to Shanzhou. Logically speaking, at this time, Balisu should have moved eastward, and Zheng Jianchong would cover him in the back. If he did not move in Shanzhou, his behavior would be Elusive."

Wang Ruohai said: "It should be waiting for Zheng Jianchong in Shanzhou, or even waiting for a discount."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "It's almost April, and the weather is getting hot soon. How can I afford to wait? The movement of the Jin army may be unexpected. What I'm worried about now is that they feint, Stop fighting and withdrawing troops."

Wang Ruohai smiled and said: "Commander Jie is worrying too much, how can the Jin army be so useless? Tens of thousands of troops came, just a feint."

Wang Xiaolie said: "As long as we don't leave Shanzhou, we can't stop him, and this battle will be very difficult. When Wu Shu entered Shaanxi, he was once blocked in Mianchi. It might not be possible to pull out the speed before. Care about it, he came aggressively. He became cautious when the Golden Army on the East Road failed."

After speaking, Wang Xiaolie turned and looked at the map.Said: "I am worried that the most important battle on the West Road will not be so easy to fight. If the Jin army is cautious, it will be difficult to block them in the mountains. There are no fools in the world. Our layout in the Mianchi area is too obvious. How could Jin Jun rush in?"

Wang Ruohai stepped forward and looked at the map on the wall together.

After a while, Wang Ruohai said, "How does Marshal Jie think we arrange it?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "I think that Mianchi may not be the battlefield for the first battle on the western front. —— Liu Lin stopped in Zhongmou on the eastern front, and the cavalry is of little use. Immediately order the cavalry regiment to transfer the whole army to Xin'an is used on the western front. All the mules and horses around Luoyang were collected and used by the Chinese army to fire cannons. Also, let Li Yanxian return to Luoyang for a few days, and we can discuss it. This battle needs to be fought in a different way. "

Wang Ruohai said yes, and hurried to make arrangements.

Wang Xiaolie sat down again, looked at the map on the wall, and couldn't stop thinking.

On the morning of the third day, Li Yanxian hurried back to Luoyang and went directly to the Henan government office.

Seeing Li Yanxian coming back, Wang Xiao said: "Now that the battle is urgent, you should work harder, and I won't prepare a banquet to entertain you."

Li Yanxian said: "Wine can be drunk at any time, of course the war is important. Commander-in-Chief Jie asked me to come back, what's the matter?"

Wang Xiaolie got up and stood in front of the map.Looking at the map, he said: "Hedong Jiangmin won a big victory, and wiped out three thousand Jinjun in the first battle. When the news came, the Jinjun and Liu Lin became cautious. Liu Lin in the east stayed in Zhongmou, as if waiting and watching. The western front Ba Lisu didn't move in Shanzhou, as if he was waiting for the other two armies. In this way, our previous plan would not work. Niu Gao decided that Xie Linong's right army would take the initiative to attack Zhongmu. After occupying Zhongmu, they encircled Cao Zhiyan Baisha. I think the layout of the western front needs to be changed."

Li Yanxian stepped forward, looked at the map and said: "Ba Lisu came east, he can't stay in Shanzhou all the time, he will definitely go east. It's nothing more than waiting for the other two armies to come, leaving enough people to guard Shanzhou, don't be cut off by us back way."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Not only that, he will be very cautious when he comes from the east. As soon as we leave Lushi County, the whole army will probably go back. In the Mianchi area, our original plan was to hold our ground and Shao Ling occupy Shanzhou After that, take the initiative to attack. If you run too fast, you won’t be able to catch up. If you run away, why do we have such a big battle on the Western Front? The battle on the Western Front must be The goal is to wipe out most of the pull-out speed."

Li Yanxian said: "What Jieshuai said is true. It's not difficult to beat back Ba Lisu, the difficulty is to annihilate him."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Yes, since Jingkang, for several years, the main force of the Jin army has not suffered any losses, and they have continued to fight stronger and stronger. How can this be done? From now on, we will not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place when dealing with the Jin army. Instead, the goal is to annihilate the enemy."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the map and said, "It seems very difficult to encircle and annihilate Ba Lisu in Mianchi. It's meaningless to repel him. In this case, we must take the initiative to attack and look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy. I It means that you led the Chinese army in Xin'an County to attack Shanzhou on its own initiative, and Shao Ling attacked Guozhou from Lushi. As long as the speed of capturing Guozhou is fast enough, you can block the pull-out speed in the area of ​​​​Shaanzhou, gather together and annihilate Of!"

Li Yanxian looked at the map, and said after a while: "Shaanzhou is a gateway, and it's not so easy to encircle Balisu."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Yes, we can block the east and west, but there is nothing to do in the north. So in this battle, you have to deal with Ba Lisu, and Shao Ling will block the Jin army's retreat. Your army marched west to Shanzhou Afterwards, Shao Ling immediately left the Lu clan and besieged Guozhou with a part of his troops, and the majority crossed the river from Lingbao to occupy Jiezhou to the north. In this way, although our troops were dispersed, the retreat route of Balisu was blocked. "

Li Yanxian nodded and looked at the map carefully.After a while, he said: "Zhe Keqiu has just arrived in Xizhou, so you can ignore it for the time being. I have more than 2 troops to attack more than 3 people in Balisu. There is no problem. Shaoling has less than [-] people, and he wants to attack Guozhou. It is too heavy a task to deal with Zheng Jianchong's more than [-] men, and to block the pull-out speed. In the event of an accident, there is no one to support it, which is too risky."

"Zheng Jianchong—" Wang Xiaolie recited the name silently, walking back and forth in front of the map.

Before surrendering to the Jin Dynasty, Zheng Jianchong was the commander of the Song Army, the military commander of Yanyan Road, and also knew the Yan'an Mansion. After Lou Su invaded Shaanxi, he surrendered the gold.To be honest, this is a pretty good officer.Don't flatter your superiors, treat your subordinates seriously, and be lenient and simple in government, so that both the army and the people can enjoy it.As a general, the army also has combat effectiveness.

This is the case with many demoted officials in Shaanxi.The Song army was a Song official when the Jin people came, and they surrendered the gold. They have been serving as officials in Shaanxi and leading the army in Shaanxi.Many of them are quite capable, much better than the people on Liu Yu's side.

To deal with such a person, Wang Xiaolie didn't have a good way for a while.They are capable in their own right, and they cannot be ignored.Loyalty is not high, and she will fall to one side for a while, and fall to the other side for a while, completely unreliable.

(End of this chapter)