Poor Family Chapter 883

  Chapter 883 Commanding Taiyuan

At the same moment when the Song Army was cooperating with outsiders to capture Luojiao County, the 20,000 Song Army in Fushi County also launched a fire attack on the Jinbing camp three miles away under the cover of wind and snow. In the big camp, the frightened horses rushed out of the barracks and fled in all directions. The eight thousand gold soldiers were either burned to death by the fire, or killed by the Song army ambushing around, and none of them survived in the end.

  Two days later, Li Yanqing led an army of 20,000 to Fushi County and joined the troops of Wu Jie and Liu Kai. Wu Jie and Liu Kai bowed and saluted, "See Duzhi!"

   "What happened to the enemy camp?"

   "Report to the capital, the enemy's camp has been burned down by fire, all five thousand golden soldiers have been wiped out, and nearly eight thousand horses have been captured!"

   "How could there be 3,000 more horses?" Li Yanqing asked with a puzzled smile.

   "Half of them are war horses, half are pack horses. The opponent's war horses are kept in the northwest corner, far away from the camp. After our brothers pulled across the camp fence, most of the war horses ran out in time and were not affected by the fire."

   "This harvest is good. Eight thousand horses, the number of cavalry and the number of scouts will be greatly increased. This time, I will credit you for your great contribution."

  Wu Jie and Liu Kai were overjoyed, "Thank you for the compliment!"

   At this time, Liu Qi asked again: "Excuse me, Dutong, how is the situation of the Jin soldiers going south?"

   "The 10,000 Han troops entrenched in Luojiao County have been completely wiped out. The main force of Wanyan Loushi is trapped on the Luoshui Road, and the road is blocked by heavy snow. We can only wait for spring to collect their bodies."

   "What if they break out?" Wu Jie asked worriedly.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly and said: "I have already considered this point. I left 3,000 troops stationed at the entrance of Luojiao Road, and Fangzhou also left 3,000 troops for defense. Even if they come out, they will be a bunch of ghosts, but trust my judgment." That's right, they can't get out."

   "Dutong, let's go next." Liu Kai and Wu Jie asked expectantly.

Li Yanqing smiled, "I wrote a letter to the officials, promising to take advantage of the situation in Shaanxi to contain the Jin soldiers on the central and eastern fronts. Since I have made a promise, I have to do it. The two think that the most beneficial way to contain the Jin soldiers What is it?"

   "Attack Taiyuan!" Wu Jie blurted out.

  Li Yanqing nodded, "That's right. Half of the 100,000 gold troops on the Hedong Road went to Luoyang, and half went to Shaanxi Road. Now that Hedong Road is waiting for us, why not do it?"

   Liu Kai also said excitedly: "If you can attack Taiyuan, you will be able to shock the world and severely set back the Jin soldiers' strategy of going south. This is a great way to boost the morale of the Song army. Dutong, order it!"

Li Yanqing glanced at the crowd and said: "We can't rush to attack like the Jin soldiers. The food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved. At the same time, we can't let the Jin soldiers cut off the back of our Yan'an mansion. We must prepare before we start. , don't rush this moment!"

  Beside Wang Gui hurriedly said: "Although sufficient preparations are required, soldiers are very fast. I am afraid that it will be troublesome for the Jin soldiers to react. It is better to lead 5,000 troops first, and finally capture Taiyuan City directly, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

Li Yanqing thought about it, and Wang Gui's suggestion made sense. Although the east is empty, the Jin soldiers still have 30,000 cavalry in Datong Mansion. If the 30,000 cavalry go south quickly, they will really seize Taiyuan in front of the Song army. He has to Defend.

   "Since General Wang took the initiative to invite Ying, then I will give you 10,000 troops, 5,000 infantry and cavalry each, and five days of dry food. Take Taiyuan for me!"

  Wang Gui was overjoyed, and quickly clasped his fists together and said, "The humble official will never disappoint Dutong's expectations, and I will definitely win Taiyuan!"

  Besides, Liu Kai and Wu Jie were very regretful. They would have known that they would speak first. It seems that people have to be thick-skinned.

  Wang Gui and Cao Meng immediately led 10,000 infantry cavalry to leave Fushi County, and headed towards the east of the river first

Li Yanqing received an urgent eagle letter from Taiyuan five days ago. There were only 5,000 garrisons in Taiyuan, and there were no garrisons around Taiyuan Prefecture. It was this eagle letter that changed Li Yanqing's strategy. He had to sacrifice the people of Luojiao County At the same price, they lured the Jin soldiers into the urn, and finally trapped the 50,000 Jin soldiers on the Hedong Road on the Shaanxi Road, which enabled Li Yanqing to attack Taiyuan and Hedong Road with all his strength, and restrain the Jin soldiers who were aggressively attacking the Song Dynasty with the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. main force.

Wanyan Xie was also very worried that the Western Army would come to aid the East. For this reason, he formulated a strategy to capture Luoyang and block Hangu Pass, so that the Western Army could not reach the Central Plains. But Wanyan Xie never expected that Wanyan Lou Shi The army was actually lost in the Luoshui Road, and the empty Taiyuan Mansion appeared in front of Li Yanqing defenselessly.

The general of Jin Bing in Taiyuan City is called Wanyan Hulu, who is about fifty years old. Going to attack Luoyang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion left Taiyuan City empty. Currently there are only 1,000 Jurchen soldiers and 4,000 surrendered Han troops.

  Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Loushi never thought that the Song army could counterattack Hedong Road at this time, otherwise there would not be so few troops in Taiyuan.

At night, Wanyan Hulu patrolled around the top of the city as usual, and then slipped back to the mansion to drink. Wanyan Hulu was addicted to alcohol, which was his biggest weakness. He was severely reprimanded once, but Wanyan Hulu was still unable to get rid of his alcoholism, which also caused him to be unable to be reused. His brother Wanyan Loushi made a lot of military exploits and became a famous general in the Kingdom of Jin. In comparison, Wanyan Hulu, the general manager of Jin Guohe East Road, is just a mere commander in chief.

After coming to the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Hulu became obsessed with the good wine of the Song Dynasty, which made him intoxicated all day long and could not extricate himself from it. Yan Hulu was afraid that he would miss important military affairs by drinking too much, so he stayed in Taiyuan.

In addition to Wanyan Hulu in Taiyuan City, there is also a deputy general of the Han army named Yang Ke. He was originally a general of Yao Gu and served as the guard of Jingxing Pass. After Taiyuan fell, Yang Ke led 4,000 defenders to surrender to the Jin Kingdom. Appointed as the Han army's Muke, he led 4,000 Han troops to assist Wanyan Hulu in maintaining order in Taiyuan.

Taiyuan City also experienced heavy snowfall. Compared with the blizzard in northern Shaanxi, the heavy snow in Taiyuan City was a little gentler, and the deepest part of the snow was only as high as a person's calf. However, the cold weather made people feel tired easily. Hiding back to the barracks early to have a rest by the fire, few people were willing to patrol the cold streets, Yang Ke was sympathetic to the soldiers, and reduced the number of patrols by half, reducing ten patrols per night to five, also because there were almost no pedestrians at night for the sake.

  When Yang Ke came to the top of the city, he saw groups of soldiers warming themselves by the fire. He didn't stop drinking. As long as he didn't hide and go to sleep, it was also allowed to warm himself by the fire at the top of the city.

   "Is there any abnormal situation?"

  A soldier stood up and saluted, "Everything is normal, nothing suspicious?"

There are only 400 soldiers stationed at the top of the city, basically 100 soldiers on each side of the city wall, and the 5,000 soldiers left behind are not to defend the city, but to maintain order, but the army sent people to garrison out of habit. city ​​head.

  Yang Ke nodded and asked again: "Has General Hulu been here?"

  The soldiers all had weird smiles in their eyes, "He came here before, and left in a hurry!"

  Yang Ke shook his head, he had never seen such an alcoholic General of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Loushi asked him to partner with him, I really don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing?

   "Don't patronize the fire, or go on patrol, do you hear me?"

   "Humble post obeys orders!"

Yang Ke was just talking, and he didn't want to stay on the top of the city for too long. After a little inspection, he turned and went down the city. The soldiers continued to warm up and chat. No one really got up to patrol, just talking, no one would really.

At this time, a few miles away from the west city of Taiyuan, Wang Gui led the army to reach the destination. This time the Song army marched very fast. The distance from Yan'an Mansion to Taiyuan Mansion was 800 miles, and the Song army reached Taiyuan in only three days. .

  The soldiers were resting in a forest, while Wang Gui was looking at Taiyuan City from a distance. Cao Meng whispered from the side: "There are no defenders on the top of the city, why not go straight to the city!"

  Wang Gui shook his head, "Not seeing the defenders doesn't mean that there are no defenders. They are likely to gather around the fire and drink. Climbing the city is easy to be found, or the thunder blasts the city gate!"

   "But bombing the city is easy to wake up the sleeping golden soldiers. If it is a sneak attack, maybe they will be dealt with in their sleep."

  Wang Gui curled his lips, "It's just one thousand Jurchen soldiers and four thousand Han soldiers. Could it be that our 10,000 elite army is still afraid of them? Or is it that Cao Meng's hammer has softened?"

  Cao Meng's face flushed immediately, and he said angrily, "When have I ever been afraid of Jin soldiers? Don't believe me, let's compare and see who kills more Jin soldiers this time?"

  Wang Gui smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "If you win, I will give you the first victory."

  Cao Meng was overjoyed, "Then we've made a deal!"

  (end of this chapter)

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