"retreat?"
Yelu Yujian asked very uncertainly: "Shiye Malangjun, do you mean to retreat?"
Wan Yanshe also took a look at Yelu Yu and said, "The Yellow-headed Army has been defeated. What else can we do if we don't retreat? Are you going to let your Khitan men fight for a while longer?"
Yelu Yujian didn't dare to follow Sheyema's advice. Although Sheyema was commanding this battle, Sheyema's official position was not high, so Yelu Yujian was the nominal commander.
Although he, the commander-in-chief, had no command authority, when he returned to Wanyan Zonghan after a defeat and wanted to chop off his head, it was his turn to do it!
Otherwise, Wanyan Zonghan could have brought his own son Shiye out to kill him?
"Sheye Malangjun..." Yelu Yujian frowned and said, "We can't withdraw! If we withdraw, the Song army will advance all the way to the vicinity of Pingding Military City! The deputy marshal has not laid down Pingding yet. As for the military city, if the Song soldiers arrived, the deputy marshal would have to be attacked from both sides, and it would be impossible to pacify the military city.
Moreover, we have not captured Shouyang County before. If we retreat, we may have to retreat to Taiyuan City. Maybe even the siege of Taiyuan will be lifted!
If the siege of Taiyuan is solved..."
Wan Yanshe waved his hand nonchalantly, "The siege of Taiyuan has been solved, what's the big deal? The most important thing now is to send troops to Hebei... We have to open up contact with the East Route Army, and annex some if possible. The Hebei prefectures and counties will just encroach on the land of the Song Dynasty bit by bit from now on. The Song Dynasty is so big and powerful, we can't swallow it in one bite!"
After suffering Yue Fei's losses at the pacification of the army city and being repaired by Zhao Kai at Niangzi Pass, Shi Yema certainly did not dare to destroy the Song Dynasty.
And compared with the survival of the Eastern Route Army, Taiyuan City is nothing at all. If it can't be captured, it will be stopped... For the Kingdom of Jin, taking Taiyuan is nothing more than gaining more land. If Taiyuan cannot be taken, it will not make any difference if it is replaced by Zhendingfu or Dingzhou in Hebei.
If the Eastern Route Army was really defeated by the 800,000 imperial troops of the Song Dynasty, then the Jin Kingdom might not even be able to defend Yanshan Prefecture, so why besiege Taiyuan Prefecture?
Of course Yelu Yujian also knew that Shi Yema was right, but the battle at Niangziguan was defeated anyway!
Moreover, if the defeat of Niangziguan extends to the liberation of Pingding Military City, the liberation of Taiyuan, or even the withdrawal of the Jin Army from Hedong... the blame will be huge!
Whoever wants to take the blame may have his head moved!
Seeing Yelu Yujian looking like he was about to die, Wanyan Sheye was also a little surprised - winning or losing was a common thing among military strategists, what's the big deal?
I, the Jurchen royal family, are not in a hurry, why are you, a Khitan, in a hurry? Is it because they are worried that the prestige of the Jin Kingdom will be damaged due to a military defeat? I never thought you, a Khitan dog, would be quite loyal!
In fact, Wanyan Sheye did not intend to admit defeat so simply. He saw that Yelu Yujian was a bit "the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is," so he whispered to him: "Prince, don't be anxious, a certain family has a plan... ...This fortress is no longer defensible. Instead of incurring casualties, it is better to take a step back and show pride to the enemy. When the moon is dark tonight and the wind is high, we can select three thousand dead men and kill him with a carbine. Maybe Can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!”
Yeluyu felt slightly relieved after hearing this.
Wanyan Sheye immediately said to him in an encouraging tone: "Captain, tonight we will lead our troops to rob Zhao Mujiu's camp... You will send 500 Khitan warriors, and a certain family will send 2,500 Jurchen warriors!"
Yelu Yu saw that he had just regained his composure. He had been losing troops and generals during this period!
Hundreds of people were lost in Pingding Military City, a thousand were lost in Niangziguan, and even the confidant General Han Funu was lost. This time, I have to follow Shi Yema to fight a night attack. I won't risk my life. ?
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As dusk approached, Wanyan Sheyema and Yelu Yujian, who had been tortured by the "rain of bullets" for more than an hour, finally gave up the camp that made them sad, and withdrew along the Mianman River with more than 8,000 defeated troops. .
The main section of Jingxing Road is actually a slender and winding river valley. There are three relatively wide places where heavy troops can be stationed, which have become important places and passes. From west to east, these three areas are Pingdingjuncheng area, Niangziguan area and Jingxingkou Basin.
Beyond these three open areas are extremely narrow river valleys. It is very dangerous, but the terrain is too narrow, making it inconvenient to station troops (it is easy to station troops into scattered companies and camps), and there are no passes to defend (because there is a river at the bottom of the Mianmanshui Valley, and there are sometimes floods) , so the passes can only be built on the hillside, and the cost is too high), so once the Jin soldiers withdraw from the valley below Niangzi Pass, it will be difficult to set up defenses in the valley area from Niangzi Pass to the Pingding Army - there are too few soldiers in those places. There are no passes to rely on, making it difficult to defend.
Therefore, when the Jin soldiers retreat, they will most likely retreat directly to the Pingding Military City area.
"The golden thief retreated! Gu won again, won again... Wow haha!" Zhao Kai, who was standing on a high place, saw the golden soldiers pushing out their camp like a tide, while lighting the fire that was too late to take away. One look at the tents, food, fodder, and vehicles showed that they had lost the battle and were about to run away.
"Your Majesty, the gold thieves burned their tents, vehicles, and supplies before retreating. This shows that they were unable and did not want to set up defenses in the valley leading to Pingding Military City. We can hit Pingding Military City in one go!" Chen Ji, the Sima, held his hand. Hu Hu began to analyze the latest situation between the enemy and ourselves for Zhao Kai.
Zhao Kai nodded, turned his gaze to Han Shizhong, and asked with a smile: "Good minister, what do you think? Do you want to pursue the victory?"
Han Shizhong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, we can't catch up. The golden thieves have more horses, and they have more horsepower than us... After all, we have marched five hundred miles in a hurry.
Moreover, it is getting late now. If we insist on pursuing, we are afraid that we will have to fight at night. Night fighting is beneficial to elite soldiers and experienced soldiers. And our team is still a bit disorganized, so it will definitely be disadvantageous if we really want to fight at night. It would be better to divide the troops first and occupy the camp that the gold thieves abandoned, and then send out troops from there tomorrow morning, slowly move west along the Mianman River, and approach Pingding Military City. "
Han Shizhong was very experienced. Of course he could see that although the Jin soldiers were defeated, their vitality was still there. If they pursued blindly, they might get a bite from them. It's better to have a good night's rest first, regain enough energy and then proceed slowly. It gave the golden thieves who were besieging the Pingding Army the feeling of being overwhelmed by soldiers, and they might retreat on their own.
Zhao Kai looked at the Jin soldiers who had already exited the camp and retreated along the Mianman River. Sure enough, good order was maintained, the team was neat and clear-cut.
Han Shizhong added from the side: "Your Majesty, the leader of this band of gold thieves is still very skilled in fighting. Although he was defeated for a while, he did not lose his position and did not exhaust his strength. He just knew that it would be difficult to win, so he took the initiative to evacuate. ..... This golden thief has many horses and is easy to maneuver. If he encounters a blockage somewhere and is defeated, he is likely to evacuate on his own initiative and attack somewhere else.
We will definitely encounter situations like this often in the future, so we should not be proud of small victories, let alone take them lightly. "
As soon as Han Shizhong said these words, Liu Kai, Liu Ziyu, and Chen Ji, who were standing on a high platform with Zhao Kai to watch the battle, were a little surprised.
The king is in high spirits, why does Han Shizhong pour cold water on him?
Han Shizhong frowned slightly. It was not that he had forgotten the iron rule of "not disobeying the superior", but that military matters were the hardest to mess with... The war was in danger now!
The Jurchens on the opposite side have a lot of capital, so it doesn't matter if they lose ten battles. But Zhao Kai only has these more than ten thousand elites. If he loses them all, he will have nothing!
Of course Zhao Kai is very good at accepting advice now - he can't help but listen to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei no matter what!
So he nodded and said solemnly: "The good minister is right to remind you, now is not the time to take it lightly... Let's do this. I will join the soldiers tonight in the camp abandoned by the gold thief." overnight!
After dawn, Gu Gu personally led them forward cautiously, so that they should be safe. "
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