Late Tang

Wang Jingyin stood beside his big sand table in Shenzhou Xingyuan, thinking about those troublesome problems, for a moment, he felt helpless.

"Deputy Commander!" A dental soldier walked up to him cautiously, and said softly, "General Wang Jingbin, the envoy of Boye Army, has been ordered to come back."

Wang Jingyin hummed absently, without turning his head, his eyes were still fixed on the entire sand table.Shenzhou is located in the northeast of Chengde Town's Zhen, Zhao, Ji, and Ding, and is surrounded by four prefectures from southeast to west.To the north of Shenzhou is Yunzhou, and further north is Mozhou.

Shenzhou is the strategic location of Chengde Town, which connects the other four prefectures. The Hutuo River passes through Zhenzhou from the east, then enters Shenzhou through the southernmost tip of Dingzhou, flows into the river of Yingzhou, and passes through Mozhou.In addition, to the east of Shenzhou, there are two large rivers that run through almost the entire Hebei, the Zhangshui River and the Yongji Canal of the North Canal, plus the four rivers from west to east, namely Zishui, Mudaogou, Yishui, and Luoshui, which cross the town of Shenzhou. Tributary of the Tri-States.Shenzhou can be said to be the gateway to central Hebei.

Not long ago, Tian Lingzi held the emperor hostage and attacked Yang Fugong.During the civil strife in the Tang court who had fled to Chengdu, the two eunuch groups, Tian Lingzi and the Yang brothers, broke out in conflict and were ready to fight at any time.Each of the two eunuchs has the support of several feudal towns and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.When they were in chaos, the whole world of Tang Dynasty was shaken.

And at such a moment, Qin Fan, who had been low-key and silent for a year and a half since he seized the entire Daibei last time, suddenly woke up again with his eyes open, showing his sharp teeth, and issued an order to Chengdezhen. An ultimatum to allow them to surrender to the court within three days.The so-called surrender to the court is actually asking them to surrender to Qin Fan Li Jing.

With this ultimatum, the entire Chengde town panicked and panicked.Many generals proposed to surrender to Li Jing. After all, the strength of Qin Fan is obvious to all. Li Keyong, Li Quanzhong, etc. have been defeated by him successively. Since Li Jing entered the pass, he has annexed Lulong Town and Yiwu Town successively. The five towns of Hebei, Cangjing, Datong, and Yanmen have not lost at least one.Especially in the last Battle of Daibei, Li Jing only dispatched a small number of soldiers and horses, and already defeated Shatuo, winning two towns in a row, and annihilating 20 Huqi who went south.

Even Chengde Town's former Jieshuai Wang Jingchong and Weibozhen's former Jieshuai Han Jian, two veterans who had experienced countless turmoil, were directly assassinated by Li Jing's assassins.

Now, in Hedong, Hebei, Li Jing's opponents are only Cheng De and Wei Bo, and Wei Bo is still in the south, Li Jing suddenly seized this opportunity to face Cheng De's opponent, the timing was too good.There are no reinforcements outside Chengde Town, and the coach is newly lost. The current Marshal Jie is only a ten-year-old boy, how can he fight against Li Jing?

No one among the generals of Chengde asked Wang Rong about his decision. What decisions could a ten-year-old child make?

But at the last moment, Wang Jingyin appeared and reprimanded those descendants.Wang Jingyin is the elder brother of Wang Jingchong, Wang Jingchong is the son of the concubine, and he is the eldest son of the concubine.Therefore, when Wang Jingchong's father died, the generals of Chengde Town did not have Wang Jingchong as the commander because Wang Jingchong was too young, but they did not let the elder Wang Jingyin take the commander-in-chief, but let Wang Jingchong's uncle inherit the commander-in-chief.When Uncle Wang Jingchong was seriously ill, he handed over the position of commander to Wang Jingchong.Twice, he was not given the chance.

When Wang Jingchong was assassinated, the generals discussed who should inherit the command. Many people suggested that Wang Rong was too young, so the command should be handed over to Wang Jingchong's uncle's son.

For the third time, Wang Jingyin was completely unqualified to inherit the handsome position.

This time, however, he spoke.As the deputy governor of Chengde Town, Wang Jingyin finally stood up and proposed that the nine-year-old Wang Rong be the new commander. Some of the generals were still dissatisfied. The other clansmen and the generals all agreed that Wang Jingyin would take over the seal of command.

After Wang Rong took over the commander-in-chief, Wang Jingyin, as his uncle, continued to serve as the deputy Jiedu envoy, and then his younger brother Wang Jingyi served as the Boye army envoy, and promoted a group of officers. They reused the two confidants and actually controlled Chengde Town.

Qin Fan issued an ultimatum to ask Chengdezhen to surrender, and many people were willing to surrender, because Qin Fan treated obedient generals who surrendered well, which was very different from the treatment given to captives who surrendered.As for Wang Rong, the new handsome guy, no one cared about him, not only because he was young, but it was obvious that he was just a puppet.Because Wang Jingyin is just a bastard, he has no chance to become a handsome man.That's why he strongly opposed the succession by his uncle's adult son, but strongly supported his ten-year-old nephew.

At the critical moment, Wang Jingyin stood up again and said no loudly.

The generals can surrender, and if they surrender, they may become even richer in the future.Even his nephew Wang Rong can surrender, because he is just a child and has the title of handsome man. If he surrenders, although Li Jing will not give him any rights, a lifetime of wealth and honor is indispensable.

The only difference is that Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingbin brothers are the actual controllers of Chengde Town, but they don't have that status.If Cheng De surrendered, Li Jing would definitely not tolerate them staying in order to control Cheng Dezhen.No matter what, they will never surrender Li Jing.

Although many generals were worried about his decision, but now that Chengde Town was under his control, there was nothing he could do.

After three days, the Qin army may go south to attack at any time.

Wang Jingyin refused to surrender, but he also knew the consequences of this.After refusing to surrender, Wang Jingyin had already begun to mobilize integrated German soldiers and horses to garrison the front line, and at the same time forced young men to join the army, and sent people to ask for help from Wei Bo and Li Keyong.

The main defense plan of Chengde Town is to gather heavy troops to defend in Shenzhou, and defend the two big rivers, Hutuoshui and Zhangshui.Then send another army to Dingzhou, relying on the Taihang Mountains and various things to cross the calm and deep river, and intercept the Qin army.

When fighting a war, especially if the Qin army wants to go south to fight, the route they choose must be the road.Although the Hutuoshui and Zhangshui rivers will freeze in winter, there is a flat road along the two rivers, which is suitable for the rapid transportation of soldiers, horses, grain and grass.

Wang Jingyin is also a veteran of the Yuan battlefield, and he participated in the pacification of the Pang Xun Rebellion in Xuzhou at the earliest, and he has fought many battles in recent years.He predicted that the Qin army's offensive plan was that the Qin army's army would go down the three major rivers of Hutuoshui, Zhangshui, and the canal, and come straight to Shenzhou.

Shenzhou is already preparing for the city defense battle. The Qin army is very strong. Wang Jingyin, who has fought against the Qin army more than once, knows it well, but if it is a city defense battle this time, they may not be unable to fight.First of all, it is winter now, and the powerful navy of the Qin army is completely useless. They cannot enter the inland river from the sea to support the battle.Second, the strongest cavalry in the Qin army is the second artillery, but the cavalry is powerful in field battles, and it is not enough to attack the city.As for the artillery of the Qin army, even though they had defeated [-] Hu cavalry with only a few thousand artillery, he knew clearly that in that battle, Li Jing spent hundreds of thousands of catties of gunpowder in a short time. Pretty much the output of several years.Although the Qin army hadn't fought in the pass for more than a year, the battle outside the pass had not stopped. The Qin army's artillery had no ammunition, and it was almost useless if it could not be scaled up.Moreover, it is winter now, a season of wet, cold, rainy, snowy, frosty and dew. In such a season, artillery is most vulnerable to moisture and cannot be used.

On the contrary, what they are fighting this time is to defend the city. Shenzhou, as the gateway to Chengde, has been continuously reinforced for more than a hundred years, and the city is solid.And in defensive operations, there is already an advantage, and the people can be recruited to defend the city at that time.In addition, he believes that Wei Bozhen will not sit idly by and refuse to save him.Wei Bo and Cheng De had bitter lips and teeth, and the Qin army went south. If Cheng De lost, Wei Bo could not survive alone.What's more, the Qin army is still fighting in the northeast. I heard that Qin Fan's continuous fighting in the past few years has also seriously injured his vitality. Even if the Qin army attacks, it cannot attack with all its strength.Therefore, as long as they fight with all their strength, this may not necessarily lead to defeat.

Shenzhou City is under martial law and is fully preparing for war.

"Raoyang County has been lost!" Wang Jingbin strode into the courtyard, and shouted angrily while taking off his rain-soaked cloak.

"How is it possible?" Wang Jingyin raised his head in surprise. His spies had already been dispatched to Hejian in Yingzhou. The Qin army's soldiers and horses hadn't gone south at all. How could Raoyang County be lost?Raoyang County is the northernmost county in Shenzhou, east of Hutuo River.

"The magistrate of Raoyang County and the envoy of the Raoyang regiment directly changed the flag and banner, announcing that they have abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and they have surrendered to Li Jing." Wang Jingpo took up a large cup of warm wine and drank it in one gulp, and let out a long breath of alcohol. Much more comfortable.

Wang Jingyin knew that Raoyang county magistrate was a useless guy, but unexpectedly even Raoyang's training envoy was also a coward.Neither of these two were their confidantes, but it was too late to replace them, but they didn't expect that these two guys would directly link up and surrender to Qin Jun.Damn it, before the battle started, a basin of ice water was already pouring on his face.His face was hot, and he cursed loudly: "Bastard, bastard, these shameless people should have withdrawn a long time ago, chopped off their heads and fed them to the dogs. Damn, once they surrender, the morale of this army will be destroyed before the battle." It has already been reduced by half. Pass the commander's order and send a troop to Raoyang immediately to chop up these two traitors, and see you!"

Wang Jingyi glanced at the sand table in the hall, saluted Wang Jingyin, and said, "Brother, Raoyang can be lost, but Anping must not be lost."

Raoyang is to the east of the Hutuo River, but Anping, which is very close to Raoyang, is to the west of the Hutuo River, and this is also the confluence zone of the Mudaogou, Lushui and other rivers and the Hutuo River. Zhenzhou is very convenient.

Wang Jingyin was hit by a single sentence, and murmured with a wry smile: "Even so, the small town of Anping can be held firmly. I mean, this time we will fight to the death with the Qin people, and we must prepare for the worst. Therefore, We have to concentrate our strength to hold on to those big cities. As for those small cities, we should give up, but we can't give up in vain. We must first transfer the money, food and population in the city, and then leave an empty city for the Qin people. The defense of Jincheng and the defense of Yunzhou are two completely different ways of obeying the law. Zhang Yu, the guard of Jincheng, divided his troops to guard each pass and city, but was eventually defeated by the barbarians. On the contrary, the guard of Yunzhou adopted the method of abandoning the surrounding areas. , The method of concentrating on defending the city of Yunzhou, as a result, more than ten thousand soldiers in Yunzhou blocked the onslaught of [-] Hu soldiers, so it can be seen that Yunzhou's law-abiding is more worthy of reference." (To be continued.)