Poor Family Chapter 915

  Chapter 915 Forced to withdraw troops

  The Jinbing Camp is located forty miles southeast of Taiyuan City. It combines the former East Camp and the North Camp into one. The camp stretches for more than 20 miles and houses more than 100,000 troops.

However, since the fiasco of the siege twenty days ago, the Jin soldiers have died down, and Wan Yanxie also knows that it is impossible to capture Taiyuan. room news.

Of course Wanyan Xie also knew that Wanyan Loushi was trapped in the Luoshui Channel, but the Yellow River had already thawed, and it was too late for him to rush to the rescue. Besides, after being trapped for two months, the hope of Wanyan Loushi's survival was extremely slim. Could you There is still a glimmer of life, depending on the melting of ice and snow in the past few days.

  In the big tent, Wanyan Xie was also pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling quite irritable. Next to him, Wanyanchang whispered: "You are handsome, if we don't go to the rescue, I'm afraid the wolf master will have trouble explaining it!"

This is exactly what Wanyan Xie was worried about, logically he should go to help Wanyan Loushi, even if he pretended to go, but Wanyan Xie only got the exact news ten days ago, when the Yellow River was already in a thaw On the verge, Wanyan Xie was also worried that the rescue army would not be able to return after going to Shaanxi Road. As a general, not only must consider advancing, but also retreat first. If a battle can only be advanced but not retreated, then the battle will be lost undoubtedly.

  Wan Yanxie was also silent for a moment and said: "It can only be said that we got the news too late. If we could know a month earlier, I believe I will definitely send troops to enter Shaanxi Road."

  Wan Yanchang shook his head secretly. Anyone can say beautiful words. Even if they didn't know that Wanyan Loushi was trapped in Luoshui Road, at least he knew that they were trapped in Shaanxi Road. Why didn't they send troops there? In the final analysis, even Wanyan Xie didn't want to send troops to rescue Wanyan Loushi, so what's the point of saying these things that don't help?

  Wan Yanchang was dissatisfied, but he didn't say a word. At this moment, a soldier outside the tent reported, "I want to report to Commander-in-Chief, Li Yanqing sent someone to send a letter to Commander-in-Chief!"

  Wan Yanxie was also startled, and immediately asked: "Where is the letter?"

   "It has been sent, and it is in the hands of the humble staff."

   "Hurry up and bring it in!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a personal guard of Wanyan Xieye walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and presented a letter, Wanyan Xieye took the letter and opened it impatiently. Over and over, his face gradually became heavy.

  Wan Yanchang stood aside and observed Wanyan Xie secretly. He was surprised at first when he saw Wanyan Xie, then very annoyed, and his eyes gradually became serious. He knew the content of this letter was not trivial.

   "You are handsome, what happened?" Wan Yanchang couldn't help asking in a low voice.

  Wan Yanxie also let out a long sigh and said: "Li Yanqing said that Wan Yan Loushi was still alive, and surrendered to the Song army with more than 200 surviving people."

  Wan Yanchang took a deep breath, there were only two hundred people left. Back then Wanyan Loushi led an army of 40,000 to march west! Has the entire army been wiped out?

   "Then what did Li Yanqing say?" Wan Yanchang hurriedly asked: "Did he put forward any conditions for his release?"

   "He said that both Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Zongya have been sent to Lin'an. If you want to get them back, you can ask Jin Guo to send a special envoy to Lin'an for negotiations."

   "What does he mean by that?"

  Wan Yanxie was also silent for a while and said: "I guess he is implying that we can negotiate between Song and Jin."

  Wan Yanchang suddenly said angrily: "Negotiation! Is it possible?"

Wanyan Xieye was very calm. He pondered for a moment and said, "It's not up to you and me to decide whether to negotiate, nor is it up to him, Li Yanqing. Now our question is, what should we do next? We have a suggestion."

"what did he say?"

   "He suggested that our army retreat to Hebei."

"What!"

  Wan Yanchang was completely angry, "Does he think he has settled in Taiyuan? What is he? He actually asked us to withdraw our troops. Please send all 30,000 troops to the humble rank and see how the humble rank can seize Taiyuan."

  Wan Yanxie also gave him a cold look, "Then tell me first, what method do you use to deal with Song Jun's giant thunder?"

  Wan Yanchang said bitterly for a long time: "Now that there is no ice and snow shell in Taiyuan, he may not dare to project the thunder at fifty paces."

   "Hmph!" Wanyan Xie also snorted heavily, "You can find a city to do an experiment at will, and just explode the sky-shattering thunder directly under the city, do you think you can blow the city down?"

Wan Yanxie has also done similar experiments many times. Ordinary sky-shattering thunders have an effect on the city gate, but on the city wall, they can only be effective if placed inside the city wall. Iron pieces and iron nails hurt people. Although the super-large Thunderbolt is indeed powerful, it is believed to have no effect on the city walls fifty steps away. Wanyan Xie has also fought Li Yanqing for a long time. is fully understood.

Wan Yanchang was not willing to retreat like this, he clasped his fists and said: "We have a giant trebuchet, which is our advantage, we can throw fire oil at the top of the city, or hit huge boulders at the gate of the city. This advantage is used to combat Li Yanqing's arrogance, and now it is a bit too early to withdraw the troops, and we have no way to explain to the wolf lord."

  At this time, there were hurried footsteps outside again, and another soldier reported outside the tent, "Report to Commander-in-Chief, Jiexiu County urgently reports that the warehouse camp was attacked by enemy fire and suffered heavy losses."

"What!"

  Even Wanyan Xie's expression changed drastically in shock, and he said urgently, "Come in and report!"

Two people came in from outside the tent, one was the personal guard outside the tent, and the other was a soldier who came from Jiexiu County to deliver the letter. The soldier knelt down on one knee and said, "The spies from the Song army sneaked into the Han army and set fire to the warehouse while on duty." , the loss was extremely heavy.”

   "How serious is it?" Wan Yanchang grabbed the messenger soldier by the lapel and couldn't help shouting.

  The messenger said tremblingly: "The main thing is that the grain and grass were basically burned. Only 20,000 shi of grain were rescued, and the other 30,000 barrels of kerosene and 20,000 sets of armor were burned. Other losses are basically gone."

   Even food is burned out, isn't this serious?

  Wanyan Xie also had a murderous intent in his heart, and immediately said to the soldiers: "Take my sword and go to Jiexiu County, and chop off the heads of Liu Daliu and Yelumu to see me!"

  One of these two men is the leader of the Han army on the Hedong Road, and the other is the commander of the Han army in Yanshan Prefecture. If they are not killed, Wanyan Xie will be furious.

   "Follow the order!"

The soldiers took the sword and left. At this time, Wan Yanxie also turned to Wan Yanchang and said, "You understand now! Why did Li Yanqing dare to suggest that we withdraw the army and burn our food and grass? How long can we stay here? ?”

  Wan Yanchang was silent for a moment and said: "If the troops are withdrawn to Hebei, what about the south of the River East Road? Will it be handed over to Li Yanqing?"

  This question is very acute. Although Taiyuan City is lost, it does not mean that the south of the East Road is gone. Moreover, the south of the East Road is very rich and is an important grain-producing area. It is really a pity to abandon it.

Wanyan Xie also took two steps with his hands behind his back, and suddenly turned to Wanyan Chang and said, "I will give you 20,000 elite cavalry, plus 20,000 Han troops from Jiexiu County. The situation is not good, you want to withdraw the troops to Luoyang immediately, or withdraw the troops to Hebei, maybe you can do it?"

  Wan Yanchang knew that Marshal Du had made the final decision at this time, he nodded and said: "The humble official will definitely guard the south of the River East Road, and will never let Marshal Du down!"

Wan Yanxie also looked at him for a while, and then repeatedly asked: "I didn't tell you to stick to the East Road, if you can hold it, you will hold it, if you can't hold it, you will retreat. It's not shameful. It's not shameful to be surrounded by the Song army. Things I worry about."

  Wan Yanchang sneered, "This kind of thing will never happen!"

Early the next morning, Wan Yanxie also handed over 20,000 elite cavalry to Wan Yanchang, and the two golden soldiers immediately divided into two groups. The cavalry went south to Jiexiu County, and after rectifying the 20,000 defenders in Jiexiu County, the army then went south to Jinzhou and stationed in Linfen County. Due to the serious shortage of military rations and fodder, Wan Yanchang forced 200,000 rations from the states in the south of the East Road Stone, 200,000 Dan of fodder.

At this time, when the green and yellow were not ready, the people were very difficult. When the Jin Bing ordered the food requisition, the people suddenly boiled, and the angry people rose up one after another. Wang Daqing of Jiangzhou, Liu Da of Longde Mansion, Li Zhong of Puzhou, Ze Liao Xiaoli and other rebels in the state quickly formed forces. Among them, Liu Da in Longde Prefecture was the most powerful, with nearly 10,000 troops. He expelled the prefect and county officials, and called on the people to fight to the end.

  Wan Yanchang was furious and ordered Zhao Wenhui, the commander of the Han army, to lead 10,000 Han troops to suppress Liu Da who was entrenched in Shangdang County.

  (end of this chapter)

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