Eagle Byzantium

Chapter 60: Using Water Instead of Soldiers

When Pharmacist Guo found Wang Tongpan, he was sitting on a chair in the conference hall (the original Privy Council Hall in Balihei only had Crescent Sect-style seat cushions. Later, it was inconvenient for Wang Tongpan to work here, so he specially called The craftsmen in the city built a chair) and looked at the document from Khwarezm with panic on their faces.

"Why is this?" Pharmacist Guo was also surprised and asked hurriedly.

Wang Xianzong stood up with a solemn expression, then walked to the pillar behind the screen, took the pharmacist's arm, and whispered to him: "The army besieging Tusi City was defeated, and the army besieging Yulong Jiechi (Urgench) Also defeated."

"Why is this!" Pharmacist Guo asked exactly the same words, but his tone was obviously more excited. His palms were stretched out and then clenched into fists to express his worry.

Wang Tongpan's eyes also flickered twice, "Suddenly, a group of enemy troops (more than 10,000 elite infantry and cavalry commanded by Diognis) came across from the West Sea (Caspian Sea and Khazar Sea). They first defeated and rescued our troops. Tusi City was surrounded by our army, and then the besieging army on Yulong Jiechi's side was defeated by the Khwarezm people due to lack of military strength. "

"What about this?"

Wang Tongpuan nodded and said distressedly, "The enemy troops who are protecting Tusi City will inevitably return to the north of King Ping Ping. Once they capture Amur City, then the cities of Balihei, Buhuara and the front line of King Ping Ping will be destroyed." The passage will be cut off, and King Ping Ping cannot retreat back to the Wuhu River, which is like a turtle in a jar. "

"What about asking King Fair to withdraw?"

"Idiot, I got news recently... How to withdraw..." Wang Tongpan's face became anxious, obviously dissatisfied with Guo Yaoshi's method, and then he attached to Guo Yaoshi who was leaning closer. He heard this and that, and then gave him a request: "Tong Xiang and Ma Guanglu over there in the camp have sent word - now is the moment to use troops, and you have to use your ever-victorious army!"

Pharmacist Guo was speechless. He first clasped his fists, frowned, raised his head, and faced the sky, full of heroism, "Pharmacist and the soldiers of the fifth battalion of the Changsheng Army were loyal to the Emperor and Song Dynasty. The sun and the moon can..."

"Okay, okay! I'm sorry." Wang Xianzong interrupted him impatiently, waving his sleeves and saying, "Speak like a human being."

The pharmacist immediately vomited his bitter words, "The ever-victorious army originally numbered tens of thousands of people, but after arriving here and fleeing along the way, there were only eight thousand of them left. Gunpowder, war horses, weapons, and arrows and crossbows were all insufficient, and now they have to defend the Black City of Bali." , because Gawain is afraid that he will take the road of Fanjiyan soon... Dashi and Ghaznihan's team in the south is almost completely destroyed. "

Wang Xianzong stayed where he was for a long time, as if a basin of snow had poured down on his head, "Dashi's team is exhausted?"

He did not expect that the brave and scheming Yelu Dashi's team would also be destroyed.

Pharmacist Guo nodded with a mournful face, "Look, we are guarding the southern section of the Wuhu River and Balihei. With just these 8,000 people, can we stop Gao Wen's attack? Even if we can, how many days can we withstand it? That's it We also need to ask someone to go to Maru (Mofu’s nickname) to serve as the King of Justice’s rear line. The safety of the pharmacist and the Changsheng Army is small, but if the Black City of Bali is lost, the enemy will detour and cut off the road at the same time. "

"High, high!" Wang Xianzong's face turned red and he was furious. He scratched the word "high" on the hardwood table with his fingers. He didn't know where the plan came from for a while.

The 1 or 200,000 barbarian cavalry who had previously surrendered to King Da Ping were repeatedly defeated. Some were killed and captured, while others fled one after another. Now the strength of the Imperial Song Expeditionary Corps was really stretched thin, and Gao Wenfang still had plenty of time to spare, and supplies continued to flow in from the Youkexing sea route.

Pharmacist Guo took the opportunity to speak and said, "Wang Tongpan, how about we use water instead of soldiers?"

"Replacing troops with water?" Wang Xianzong was very surprised.

To put it bluntly, Guo Yaoshi asked him to open the dam of the Oxus River (Wuhu River) and turn the entire Balihei into a Zeguo to resist Gawain's advance. "If the city walls are all surrounded by water, it is really an enemy." Even if the army has wings, it can't fly over. Even if it flies over, it can shoot him down with one arrow! Just the remaining troops in the line.”

"But I am the general judge, guarding Balihei. There are hundreds of thousands of people around. Once this dike is dug, there will be a loss of wild lives, and it will definitely affect my reputation." Wang Xianzong hesitated, then he frowned, "How about leading people into the city or into high ground, and then bursting the embankments?"

But Pharmacist Guo strongly objected, "Wang Tongping must not be confused. If these gangsters are informed, many troubles will inevitably arise. It was because Nagasene Khan was unwilling to dig the dam that he surrendered to our Emperor Song. This time and the other time , This thing must be done wisely and well. From my point of view, it is better to raise the issue first, and then lay the blame on the slave Gawain..."

Wang Xianzong thought that as long as someone took the blame and it didn't damage my reputation, I could do anything, so he secretly discussed with Pharmacist Guo "replacing troops with water".

Yelu Dashi, who stayed in the camp over there, was also uneasy. He was always worried about Yaoshi Guo.

This king was originally from the Yi army stationed in the northeast of Daliao. Later, seeing the internal and external troubles in Daliao, he took the opportunity to lead a group of refugees to revolt. He was originally known as the "Resentful Army". Later, he joined the westbound team at both ends. Together they took King Da Ping as their boss, and the army also changed its auspicious name to the "Victorious Army". However, these five battalions of the Ever-Victorious Army have always been charging at After that, plundering comes first, and personnel matters are impenetrable, but just because he talks about "the sun and the moon can be a lesson" on weekdays, he still has the position of security commander with an untouchable salary - before and Gawain After many fierce battles, Yaoshi Guo could not move at all near the Black City of Bali. Now that Gawain is coming, I wonder if he can hold on to the end.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Although Yelu Dashi is honest and brave, he is not a frog in the well. Soon, the scribe who he placed next to Wang Tongpan quickly sent someone to report in secret: "Guo Dutong and Wang Tong It was discussed that we should use water instead of troops to dig up the water of Wuhu River and flood Balihei to stop the advance of the Fulu people. "

Upon hearing this, Yelu Dashi was shocked and angry, and immediately rushed into the meeting hall with a group of Khitan warriors.

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Wang Xianzong and Guo Yaoshi, who were still arranging the details of breaking the embankment, were frightened to death when they saw the big stone coming. They walked around behind the screen and called a group of guards.

"Since the King of Justice is here, then the people in Buhua La and Bali Hei are our subjects, and we are all their parents - how can there be any parents who kill their children to retreat from the enemy?" Yelu Dashi pressed the hilt of his sword. He scolded loudly.

"If you hadn't been defeated so badly in Ghazni, how could you have made such a decision?" Wang Tongpian suddenly remembered his specialty and bit Yelu Dashikou.

"Don't you think that King Ping Ping will be destroyed here!" Dashi was filled with grief and anger.

"You are so bold. You dare to say such crazy words. You are treating my eight thousand ever-victorious army as nothing. Come on, come on." Medicine Master Guo also became angry with shame and immediately went to Binglan to take down his carved bow and bow. With his sword in hand, he shouted again, calling for the soldiers outside the hall to come and protect him and Wang Tongpan.

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