The struggle of the reborn prince

Wu Shu waited for many days but failed to receive the good news of the navy's victory, but there was bad news from the defeated soldiers who escaped from Bochuan and Baozhou. The Song army captured the two places with the assistance of the navy.He immediately realized that his retreat had been cut off, and the navy army must have been defeated, but he didn't know what the loss was?In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Wu Shu ordered his confidantes to confine all these rout soldiers and not allow them to contact the soldiers of the camp, so as to prevent the spread of news that the rear route was cut off.

Now there is a strong city in the front that is difficult to break through, and a strong army cuts off the road in the back. There is a vast sea in the west and mountains in the east. The Jin army seems to have fallen into a dead end.At this time, Wu Shu had some of his own decisions to insist on attacking Xijing without withdrawing troops, and also underestimated the determination of the Southern Dynasty to protect Goryeo. He was too optimistic about the situation, so that the army was stuck here and could not move forward or retreat.

"Supervisor, how much food is left in our army now? How many days can we eat?" Wu Shu knew that the news of the fall of the two places could not be hidden for a long time, especially those who were able to hide it. He had to find a way to get through the crisis. Simply summon several senior generals in the army to separate the matter and discuss the matter together.

"Grand Master, some of the looted food has not been transported away. If three meals can last for 20 days, two meals can last for 30 days, but the weather is already cold. If there is heavy snowfall, the horse grass may be unsustainable and there will be a shortage. !” Sa Li drank and thought for a while to report.

"Well, order all the ministries to step up the harvesting of grass and grain, and the gold and silver can belong to themselves, but the grain and grass must be allocated by the camp, and anyone who hides them will be executed!" Wu Shu knew that there was no food in the cold, and the army would collapse in an instant. , He lost the battle first, he didn't count gold and silver, one was to improve morale.The other is to increase their enthusiasm, but he is very pleased that there are still [-] days of food in reserve.In extreme cases, war horses can also be slaughtered for food, and it is still possible to persist for two months.

"Yes. Grand Master, my subordinates will give you an order immediately!" Sa Li replied, "Grand Master, are we hoarding food and grass, are we going to stick to this place?" He asked again, Xijing City is guarded by danger, but outside the city is the terrain It is flat and there is no danger to defend. It would be a dream to survive the long winter here.

"Do you guys have any other good strategies?" Wu Shu asked with a frown when he saw the worried faces of several people.

"Grand Master, the general thinks it's better to take back Bochuan and open up the domestic passage while the enemy is just getting a foothold. Return to the army quickly!" Wanyan Yulie suggested.I can't help complaining about Wushu in my heart. The Jin army is best at cavalry field battles. It pays attention to quick raids. If you can't beat it, you can go around. If you can't beat it, you can go around. It took more than a month of effort here, and the city was not captured.But the Song Army brigade was recruited.

"Withdraw the army now, even if we regain Bochuan, there will be a big river in the front, and the Song army will cover up and kill them. At that time, the army will be defeated. I am afraid that even if we return to the country, there will be no survivors, and the loss will be heavy!" Big Tat Buye shook his head.thought it was not feasible.

"Then can we keep it safe by staying here?" Wanyan Yulie said with disdain, curling her lips, Da Tabuye was increasingly valued by Wushu because of the skill of 'burning the boat'.Who doesn't understand that the credit is just that the grand master had to pack a defeat into a victory in order to cover up the failure, but he unconsciously put up a score in front of them.It is embarrassing, and now dare to refute conscious opinions in public.

"This... I don't mean to sit and wait for death, we can concentrate our forces to attack Xijing City!" Da Tubuye was choked, this place is already dead, a hundred thousand troops are here two hundred miles deep and only a hundred miles wide. Even if Song Jun sat still in the city, he could watch them starve and freeze to death, but he didn't want to lose face and argued strongly.

"Hehe, very good!" Wanyan Yulie was amused by his talk, and he got up and saluted Da Tabu wildly, "The general is brave, if your department can ascend to Xijing City, the young general is willing to be under his command and willing to be a pawn!"

"You... this..." Da Tu stood up abruptly and pointed at Wanyan Yulie, but he couldn't refute. He also realized that he had said something wrong, and the grand master couldn't take down the city. He lowered Wushu, but he ran on himself even more ruthlessly.

"Grand Master, the general thinks that there is still a way to survive if we withdraw, and there is only a dead end if we stay here. The general thinks that we should withdraw as soon as possible, otherwise it will be even more difficult for us to retreat when a large number of Korean reinforcements arrive in Xijing!" Wanyan Yulie didn't even look at it. Da Tatbuye, who was blushing with anger and had a thick neck, begged Wushu again.

"Both generals are right!" Sa Lihe saw that the two men were arguing without saying a word, as if they were about to eat each other, Wu Shu remained silent, he hurriedly let them sit down and said, " Whether to withdraw or fight, we must consider the long-term plan. If we withdraw, if there is no response from the front, we will suffer losses; if we stay, how long can we hold on, and can we hold on until reinforcements arrive?"

"Grand Master, the final general thinks it's a war or stay in the capital. We should make early plans. The defenders of Xijing City will recharge their batteries for a long time. Once they go to battle, they will definitely launch a decisive battle with us. It would be best if our army can defeat the coalition forces of the two countries. But they drove south and approached Kaijing, and the crisis was resolved, if there is no certainty of victory, they have to think of ways to get out!" Wanyan Nie'er said.

"Well, the supervising army thought it was a fight or a stay!" Wu Shu nodded, then turned to ask Sa Li, he knew that neither advancing nor retreating was an easy task.

"Taishi, according to the report of the defeated army, it was the navy army of the Southern Dynasty who attacked Baozhou, with a strength of about 2 people, concentrated in Baozhou and Yuanzhou. The Great Wall was guarded by about [-] Korean troops; The rest of the states and counties are all occupied by the Koryo army, and the defenders range from three to five thousand to ten thousand; the Xijing Song army is the leopard and lion of the Song army from the banner. General, the number should be about [-], plus the Koryo defenders, the strength is the strongest. As for its naval fleet has withdrawn from Baozhou, and its traces have not been found near Bochuan, it is estimated that it has left under the expulsion of our naval forces. Or return to Hong Kong to escape the winter." Said Sa Li, he first introduced the deployment of the Song and Koryo coalition forces.

"The meaning of the supervising army is that it is impossible to capture Xijing, so we can only return to the army quickly?" Wu Shu took a sip of wine and said in a deep voice. Although the words of Sa Li's drink were cryptic, he could also hear the subtext: earlier, only Gaoli The army guarded Xijing City, and we fought for nearly a month but failed to capture it. Now that there are [-] more Song troops, there is definitely no hope.

"The subordinates think that our army has swept the northern part of Koryo this time, seized a large amount of supplies, wiped out tens of thousands of Koryo troops, and deterred the king of Koryo. The goal has been achieved. Now the Southern Dynasty intervenes in the affairs of Koryo and sends a large army. There is a huge gap between the enemy and us. However, there are domestic reports that the Song army has gathered a large army in Yingzhou, and it seems that they are taking advantage of the grand master's expedition and the emptiness of the country to invade our Dajin. Therefore, the subordinates think that if there is any change in the country, the grand master will be out of reach!" Sa Li said. Now, he has grasped the pulse of the grand master, and his words and actions must not hurt his face or damage his majesty, so he has to turn his words around.

"What the Supervising Army said was exactly what I thought. People in the Southern Dynasties have always been despicable, and they did little things. While I was leading the army to attack Goryeo, the emperor was young and didn't know how to fight. He invaded Dajin with a sinister heart! "Wu Shu rubbed his beard and smiled back at Sally, expressing his comfort, "It has been ten days since the Song army arrived in Xijing city, but they stayed in the city and did not fight with me. Aid, this is Zhao Er's trick, I will never let it succeed!"

"The grand master is really the pillar of our great gold, the mainstay of the army, and he is dedicated to the country!" Da Tubuye immediately stood up and saluted.

But Yu Lie and Nie Er got goosebumps all over the floor when they heard it, but seeing that the "new generation" was about to ride on their necks, so they quickly endured their nausea and followed up with a few perfunctory words .But he smiled wryly in his heart, Jurchen warriors judge heroes with swords and guns, but the grand master is more and more concerned about his own reputation and feathers, and cares about other people's opinions. The army commander's deception in this way is to mislead the country and the army, and his confidence in the next battle will be greatly reduced.

"Excellent reputation, since everyone thinks that the troops should be withdrawn, then we have to come up with a proper strategy!" Wu Shu finally hadn't taken to the sky yet, remembering that the situation in front of him was not good for him, he asked for everyone's opinions with a smile.

"Teacher, the Song army in Xijing probably expected us to withdraw after we learned that Baozhou and Bochuan had fallen, so they were not in a hurry to fight, but wanted to intercept and kill us along the way when we withdrew, so we must try not to let us Its treacherous plan has succeeded!" Sa Li said.

"Tell me in detail!" Wu Shu listened deeply. He has been marching and fighting for many years, of course he knows that withdrawing troops is the most difficult. A slight withdrawal of troops will turn into a rout. .

"Grand Master, we can focus on offense!" Sa Liyao moved forward and said, "The biggest threat to us now is the reinforcements from the Song Dynasty, and they are now divided into three, and Xijing City has the most and strongest troops. As long as they are held back, the other two roads are nothing to worry about, and the Koryo army is like a chicken and a dog in front of my Dajin warrior!"

"Does the Supervising Army Attack mean to attack Xijing City?" Da Tat Buye interjected.

"No, it's Wei!" Although Sa Lihe hated the "upstart" in front of the grand master, he didn't dare to embarrass him in front of Wu Shu, and swallowed back the words.

"It's not for you to intervene in what the supervisor is talking about, just listen carefully!" Unexpectedly, Wu Shu scolded him with a big stare, obviously he still relied on his own people in his heart at critical moments.

"Grand Master, since the Song army is expecting us to leave at this time, we just put on a posture of continuing to besiege the city, building strongholds and building fortifications, so that they can't figure out our true intentions, and at the same time can strengthen our defense. Afterwards, we can..." Sa Lihe leaned into Wushu's ear and revealed his plan, Wushu nodded frequently, obviously very much in his mind... (to be continued...)