Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 612 Difficult choices

Fort Gukou, Li Rong personally went to the front line.

But in fact, he doesn't care about the first line or the second line here.

Because these forts were almost completely demolished by the retreating Hedong Army, the only thing Li Rong could rely on was perhaps a slope in front of the forts, which could not be defended in depth.

And even this slope is steeper on the outside, but much slower on the inside. This is inevitable. If both inside and outside are steep, it will be too inconvenient to transport grain and grass.

More importantly, the 500 people under Li Rong's command were not real pro-army or forbidden troops. They were not even Yi Cong, but the teeth soldiers of Weizhou Yicheng Jiedushi.

The Jiedu Envoy of the Yicheng Army in the later Jin Dynasty was originally Liang Hanzhang. He died in the battle to attack Khitan in the north, and he was posthumously named Ying Guogong. ride.

They died in this battle, and the elite of the Yicheng Army were all gone. After Zhang Ting entered the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, the entire territory of the Yicheng Army was occupied by the Khitans, and most of the Yabing soldiers were scattered.

So Zhang Wei appointed Li Rong, who had made great achievements in the battle of Yanshi in Zhou, Liao and Yan, as the horse envoy of Yicheng army, horse infantry and horse envoy, to stabilize the situation in Weizhou. These 500 people were recruited by Li Rong after he arrived in Weizhou. .

Therefore, no matter in terms of combat effectiveness or spirit, it cannot be compared with the pro-army and forbidden army of the direct line.

Although Shi Hongzhao was not well received by others, his personal force and ability to command troops were still good. Therefore, the initial attack of the Hedong Army put great pressure on Li Rong.

The soldiers of the Hedong Army holding huge wooden shields charged forward, and behind them were a large number of elites wearing iron armor.

At the end are elite crossbowmen wearing two layers of cowhide armor. Their cowhide armor is only used as a breastplate, and their hands have no armor, which is convenient for shooting.

The stones and wood on the fort had long been taken away by the Hedong army, so after Li Rong could only resist for a while, he abandoned the other two forts that could be besieged from three sides, and retreated to the one that was only attacked on one side. The last fort.

After Shi Hongzhao took down the two forts easily, he also stood still.

Because he didn't come to eat the thousand 500 people, but to cooperate with the 5000 people outside, force Zhang Zhaojun's people to fight actively, and let the Zhou army in Yecheng increase their troops.

Li Rong, who was under the mountain bag, ordered people to use the few remaining materials to build roadblocks, and at the same time held a strong bow and shot downwards in person.

As long as any soldier from the east of the river is not paying attention to getting too close, he will be shot and knocked to the ground by his arrow.

Of course, if Li Rong is a little careless, he will be shot by the good shooters of the Hedong Army below. Once, the arrow that flew almost broke the nail leaf on his chest, but Li Rong had to do this, because it was Best way to boost morale.

Sure enough, as Li Rong hit every shot, the morale of the soldiers of the Yicheng Army immediately rose.

All the Ya soldiers cheered and jumped on the mountain, and loudly insulted the soldiers from the east of the river below. Even Zhang Quan, a hundred soldiers from the west of the river, admired Li Rong.

On the battlefield, especially in such a duel with thousands of people, the heroic general can often play a great role.

"Good shot! Even at the shooting ceremony in Hexi Township, he is also a hero who can win the title of Gui Yilang!" Zhang Quan praised loudly.

For a person like him who is always proud of being born in Hexi, to be able to praise people outside of Hexi for being able to get the title of Gui Yilang is to agree with this person's performance very much.

"Commander, the Hedong thieves at the foot of the mountain didn't come up to attack, they were all clamoring, and their intention was to let us raise the red flag asking for help, and let the elite cavalry of the surname of the country come to attack.

Then let's not fly the red flag and let them risk their lives to attack the fort they built themselves! "

Sure enough, Zhang Quan immediately respected Li Rong, and Guo's surname refers to Zhang Zhaojun, the horse killer outside.

The five of them were given the surname Zhang, and after they could use the character Zhao, Zhou Guo called them by the surname Gong of the Five Kingdoms.

A satisfied smile appeared on Li Rong's face, he finally touched the door to enter the high-level warriors.

That is to show your strong force and let the Hexi warriors feel that you are qualified to be respected by them, then these Hexi warriors will accept him, and the command will be more convenient.

"Zhang Dutou is the same as what a certain family saw. We, [-] brave men occupy a favorable location here. We still have food for two days, and drinking water for three days. We will never raise the red flag until we run out of water and food. "

If Li Rong didn't raise the red flag, Zhang Zhaojun, the horse killer, would not go to the rescue. Instead, he ordered his cavalry to set up camp at a distance of more than one mile.

Zhang Zhaojun's 5000 Jingqi could not move, and Li Chongjin and Bai Zairong's [-] people were even more afraid to move.

Most of their 5000 people are infantry. If they set up camp and guarded tightly, Zhang Zhaojun would not have many chances, but if he took the initiative to ask for a fight, that would be a big opening.

Hearing the non-stop insults outside, Zhang Zhaojun just smiled sneeringly, wanting to use this method to provoke him out, it would be too underestimating his Zuo Jinwu Guard.

You must know that when he was in Anxi and other places, Zhang Zhaojun and Ma Zhaoyuan (Ma Yaozi) were the young masters of cursing under Zhang Yu's command.

And the abuse of the Hedong Army outside still stays on various organs and the eighteen generations of ancestors, which is too childish.

Not only did Zhang Zhaojun feel nothing, but the Zuo Jinwu guards below didn't take it seriously either.

Holding a brush, Zhang Zhaojun was writing stroke by stroke on a piece of silk cloth. He felt that the Hedong Army was so abnormal, there were only two possibilities.

One was that Liu Zhiyuan's army had already infiltrated into the Fushan area, and Guo Wei made various moves to lure them out of Yecheng in order to surprise them here.

The second possibility, Zhang Zhaojun looked at Taniguchi, that is, Guo Wei really built a dam to block the Zhangshui, fearing that they would discover the secret, so they had to block it again.

After writing down the actual situation and his own guesses, Zhang Zhaojun summoned the Tangma emergency envoy of the Chinese army and issued a death order.

"Within today, the letter must be sent to the deployment of the capital."

According to the system of Zhang Zhou's army, Zhang Zhaojun knew that the besieged Li Rong's troops only had a maximum of two days' rations, and they could last for a maximum of three days before they had to be rescued.

As for seeing death and not saving him, Zhou Jun hadn't had that habit since Fengtian Army.

. . . .

A qualified first army commander is not only good at finding clues from the vast and complicated information, but also good at making decisions.

Compared with Zhang Zhaojun, Yan Jin's judgment is undoubtedly better. The entire topographical features from Hezhang to Yecheng, and the movement of each army are almost imprinted in Yan Jin's mind.

The most comprehensive handsome talent under Zhang Wei quickly made a judgment. First of all, Guo Wei is not a fool, on the contrary, his level is still very high.

Then it is unlikely for him to make such an obvious flawed move, there must be something that he, Yan Jin, has not figured out.

Regarding Liu Zhiyuan's movements, this is precisely what Yan Jin knows best, because the Hedong Army only has a few thousand fine cavalry, and lacks the leisurely cavalry to cover, search, and explore.

So in fact, since Liu Zhiyuan's brigade left Hengzhou, Zhou Guoxiao's cavalry could not get close to investigate, but the approximate location was determined.

The large force of the Hedong Army is moving towards Beizhou, and at most three to five thousand elites can escape the monitoring of Zhou Guoxiao's cavalry. It is impossible for the large force to disappear suddenly.

Without the sudden reinforcements from Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei would not lose his mind and give orders indiscriminately, so there is only one possibility, that is, Guo Wei is really blocking the Zhang River.

And Yan Jin saw another possibility from Zhang Zhaojun's analysis, he said to Murong Nobunaga beside him.

"It seems that Liu Zhiyuan really wants to attack Fu Yanqing in Beizhou first. Guo Wei wants to drag our army along the Zhangshui River."

Murong Nobunaga raised his brows, "Everyone thinks that Guo Wei is really building a dam to block the Zhang River? And it's not to destroy Yecheng, but to turn the west of Yecheng into a country?"

A look of surprise appeared on Yan Jin's face. Murong Nobunaga was able to become the saint's most beloved adoptive son, and even with his wife, the title of Princess Yongle in the later dynasty was still retained in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There was indeed a reason.

This military acuity surpasses all kinship, and it is completely capable to this extent.

"That's right! A certain old fisherman who personally asked Yecheng said that even if the Zhangshui River is torrential in summer, it is impossible for Yecheng to be washed away.

However, after leaving Hezhang, in the area near Yecheng, the river course is shallow and wide, and it often floods in summer.

The surrounding area of ​​Yecheng is different from Hezhang and Fuyang. It is a large plain. If Zhangshui slopes down from Hezhang at this moment, it will easily submerge the surrounding area. of. "

Yan Jin and Murong Nobunaga basically guessed Guo Wei's plan, that is to let the Zhang River pour eastward, soften the land from Hezhang to Yecheng, make it difficult for the cavalry to walk, and make Zhou Guohe Xi Xiaoqi lose the advantage of speed.

Nobunaga Murong nodded, "All arrangements, let's write a letter together, let the sage make a decision!"

Judging from the current situation, Liu Zhiyuan wanted to capture Beizhou first, defeat and even capture Fu Yanqing and others, and then turn around and fight a bloody battle with the Zhou army.

Because at this time, if you want to pay attention to convenience from the north of Henan, there are only two ways to go.

One is to take the Zhangshui River in Yecheng to the north, roughly from the road of Anyang in Henan-Handan in Hebei-Xingtai-Jixian in later generations.

The other is to take the Yongjiqu Canal from Weizhou to the north. The general route is the road of later daimyo-Guantao-Qinghe-Dezhou-Nanpi.

Yecheng occupies the favorable location of Zhangshui River, and Beizhou is located in the later Qinghe River, which blocks the north passage of Yongji Canal. Liu Zhiyuan occupies these two places, so he can arrange them calmly and wait for work at leisure.

If Zhou Jun wants to fight, he must first defeat Guo Wei in Yecheng, but this will put Fu Yanqing in Beizhou under great pressure.

Either give up the more than a thousand Li Rong people who were besieged at the mouth of the Hezhang Valley, and the whole army went north to relieve the siege of Beizhou.

Whether it is to put the pressure on Fu Yanqing or to give up the thousand people like Li Rong, Yan Jin can naturally make a choice if Zhang Tie did not come, but Zhang Teng has already arrived in Xiangzhou, so the decision must be made by the emperor.

Just when the two were about to sign a joint letter, someone came to report that He Fujin, the general of Zuo Shenwuwei, had come from Xiangzhou, and Yan Jin hurriedly sent the small school around him to meet He Fujin.

He Fujin hurried in and saw that Yan Jin only said a few words.

"The sage has ordered Huang Yingda to lead [-] Uighur Yicongs to reinforce Zhang Zhaojun.

The sage had already set off from Xiangzhou, and he only brought more than a thousand soldiers from Regret Mountain Capital with him, and he will arrive in Yecheng later today. "

(End of this chapter)