Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 505: Attacking the city is the next priority, attacking the heart is the highest priority

Wang Jin outside the tent bowed when he saw Li Qinglu approaching.

Although he didn't know what the relationship between this woman who covered her face all day long was with Zhao Mu, judging from the respect that the four guards of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum showed to her, it was clear that this person was anything but ordinary. Since Wang Jin was promoted by Zhao Mu, his behavior has become much smoother, and he has become upright from being upright before. At least I won't act recklessly anymore, and I've learned a little bit about how to use every opportunity in officialdom.

Zhao Mu said in the tent at this time: "This question is very simple, haste makes waste. Come in and talk."

As soon as Zhao Mu finished speaking, Plum Sword and Bamboo Sword opened the tent door curtain, and Wang Jin and Li Qinglu walked into the Chinese army's tent respectively.

Zhao Mu gave them a gesture, and they both sat on the ground in two rows. After all, I'm out on an expedition and there aren't that many chairs.

Li Qinglu looked at Zhao Mu and said: "Please explain to us, Generalissimo. You put the camp in such a dangerous place and did not even move troops for a few days. In these few days, if we fight, Xiazhou City The city has already been captured. And even if we don't fight, we should be in Lingzhou City now. You should be sleeping on my father's dragon bed, not in this military tent."

Hearing Li Qinglu's words, Wang Jin looked at her in surprise.

He had doubted Li Qinglu's identity before, but he never figured out that she was the princess of Xixia Kingdom. However, Wang Jin also admired Zhao Mu for being able to get the princess of Xixia to side with the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Mu looked at Li Qinglu and said, "Of course it's for Qinglu you."

Li Qinglu rolled her eyes at Zhao Mu and said, "Don't always make trouble with me. If you really care about me, you should rush into the army quickly instead of staying here. The longer we delay, the more trouble we will have." Many. We are working hard here, and the battle in Xining Prefecture is fierce now. "

Zhao Mu nodded and said, "What's wrong with the heated fight? What's the result?"

Li Qinglu smiled bitterly and said: "The result is that our coalition forces of Daxia and Tubo, with hundreds of thousands of troops, were unable to capture Xining City."

Zhao Mu said: "That's it. There is General Huyan and General Yang over there, and the defense is impregnable. What are we worried about?"

Li Qinglu retorted: "If we delay here for one day, we will end this war one day later. If we do not end this war for one day, one more person will die. Whether it is the soldiers of the Song Dynasty or my soldiers of the Xia Dynasty. They They all have their parents, wives and children waiting for them to return safely.”

Zhao Muwang replied to Li Qinglu: "Qinglu, I can understand your mood, but there is nothing we can do about it. We are now on the east bank of the Yellow River, and Lingzhou City is on the west bank of the Yellow River. Although winter has just entered, the ice surface It's not very cold. There's no way we can cross the river, and I'm not moving now just to get the most out of you."

Li Qinglu pointed at herself and said, "Me? All I can do to help you is persuade you to surrender. But if you don't fight, how can I persuade you to surrender?"

Zhao Mu replied: "The Art of War says that attacking the city is the bottom priority, and attacking the heart is the top priority. What I want now is to use grace and power together, with gentleness and majesty, to destroy the Xixia army's will to resist as soon as possible. If we attack the city, we can only destroy their physical bodies. , but if their spirit is destroyed, then three or five words can make them surrender, and the speed of this message can be sent to the city behind, which is much faster than our attack speed. It was worth the wait.”

Li Qinglu said: "What you said makes sense. But isn't the place where we camp too dangerous? What if?"

Zhao Mu smiled and said, "We are surrounded by enemies, right?"

While everyone was talking, the guard scout came to report: "Report! Report to the prince! The gate of Xiazhou City is open, and the enemy army came to rob the camp at night. Thirty thousand cavalry from the Liao people have surrounded us. There is news of fire in the direction of Yingchou Gorge. It seems that the brothers guarding Yingchou Gorge have already made war with the Liao people."

When Wang Jin heard this, he quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty! Our camp has less than ten days of food and supplies. What should we do? Why don't we rush out and ask for help?"

Zhao Mu heard the words and said with a smile: "Son Turtle, he finally came out. I have been waiting impatiently these days. What I am afraid of is not that they will jump over the wall and surround us, but that they will not come out. Since they dare to come out to fight, then Tonight is the day for them to die!" Zhao Mu shouted: "Send the commander's order! Beat the drum and gather the generals!"

"Yes!" Mei Jian responded, and then quickly beat the military drum.

Hearing the sound of military drums, the generals of each battalion dressed up and gathered in the commander's tent.

Soon Zhao Mu's Chinese army commander's tent was filled with people. And Zhao Mu also began to hold his own combat meetings.

Zhao Mu's battle meeting was also very simple, that is, each camp fought independently, and every enemy soldier who left the city was counted as one. Cut their heads off. Whoever cuts off more heads will be rewarded more.

As the main force of the regiment, Tiefutu used a wild goose formation to cover the charge of the other infantry.

Although they didn't know what kind of medicine Zhao Mu was selling in his gourd, they had never fought such an unorganized battle in their eight lives. But everyone also went back to their camps to issue these random battle orders.

After all, Zhao Mu was at the front, so even if there was any danger, he would die first. With a coach who always takes the lead, it goes without saying that the morale of the soldiers is high.

Soon the soldiers from each battalion were assembled, and everyone was holding a weapon in one hand and a torch in the other.

Fortunately, the moonlight is very bright tonight. After Zhao Mu changed into his battle armor, he briefly conducted a war mobilization, and the gate of the camp was opened.

When the camp gate opened, Zhao Mu still took the lead bravely, taking the lead to rush out on his sweaty horse Zhutianlong, followed closely by his ace main force Tiefutu.

Behind Tiefutu was a large group of chariot soldiers.

The Tiefu Tu moved directly towards the Xixia army that surrounded the Song army's camp at night in a wild goose formation.

However, this battle was much simpler than Zhao Mu imagined.

Zhao Mu led a raid on Tiefutu, which immediately blinded the Liao-Xia coalition forces.

Among the Liao-Xia coalition, many people had the idea of ​​​​cowardice after seeing the entire Longque Army annihilated. As a result, the current Xixia Army's organizational strength and combat effectiveness have been greatly reduced.

Moreover, this was a night attack, and information exchange in this era was also very slow, so much so that Zhao Mu even led his troops to rush out. The encirclement of the Liao-Xia coalition forces has not yet been completely closed. The most important thing is that even Helian Tieshu and Xiao Ye did not expect that the Song Army would dare to launch a counterattack at night.

According to their previous estimates, one night, 200,000 Xixia troops, combined with 30,000 Liao troops, was completely enough to complete the siege of Zhao Mu's less than 100,000 Song troops.

Moreover, they were superior in numbers, and they also concluded that the Song army did not dare to fight at night.

It is precisely because of this that the sudden intrusion of the Song Army is like a tiger and a wolf entering a sheepfold.

(End of this chapter)