In Ruisheng City, a branch city in the north of Kaifeng Prefecture, outside the government office where Li Gang, the personal envoy of the Song Dynasty, was stationed, there were layers upon layers of armored soldiers waiting on guard. In addition to those tall, handsome-looking guys with a bit of thin skin and tender flesh, who could be identified as soldiers selected by the Kaifeng Forbidden Army at a glance, there were also personal guards brought by various Taiwei.
However, the looks of these two groups of people are quite different! Everyone who came out of Kaifeng Mansion looked very energetic, as if they had just won a battle.
Oh, it’s not like it’s true, it’s actually a victory!
The golden thieves besieged the city for several months, but in the end they only took 500,000 goods, a prince, and a prince and withdrew the troops in despair. This was an out-and-out victory for the Song Dynasty!
How could these good men of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, who thought they had won the battle and protected the Song Dynasty, not feel proud?
As for the personal guards led by the captains from all walks of life, their faces were ashen, as if a disaster was imminent.
It turns out that Kaifeng Mansion has been besieged by gold thieves in the past few days. Although the number of King Qin's troops from various places is large, at least twice as many as the Jin soldiers who besieged the city, no one dares to actually fight with the Jin soldiers. . Therefore, the reinforcement camp was set up in Zhongmou County, which was dozens of miles away from Kaifeng Mansion, and they did not dare to take another step beyond the boundaries.
Until two days ago, the news that the golden thieves had rescued the siege and retreated reached Zhongmou, and all the captains who led the troops suddenly became brave. It only took one day to fly to the outside of Kaifeng City with his soldiers and horses, as fast as the wind!
Among them, there were also a few Taiwei who were not very well-informed and set out late. In order to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion earlier to protect the officials, they even made a quick trip at night. The soldiers under their command seemed to be moved by their loyalty and bravery. They didn't even ask for departure fees or errand fees. Moreover, they were all light and strong, and they had endless strength when walking!
However, these loyal and brave deeds were not realized until outside Kaifeng Prefecture.
It seems that the officials, princes, husbands, and soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng Prefecture have been besieged for a long time and are going crazy!
Yesterday, the dozen or so lieutenants who came to the city to see the king were very happy, as if they could get promoted and make a fortune if they went there. When I came back, they were all as wilted as eggplants beaten by frost.
Then the bad news came out. The peace negotiation between the imperial court and the gold thief was a sham. It was to paralyze the gold thief and to coax the gold thief away from Kaifeng Prefecture. After the gold thief retreats, the imperial court will gather elite soldiers from inside and outside Kaifeng City to follow the gold thief all the way, and then wait for an opportunity to start a decisive battle with the gold thief.
This is really not letting people live!
How ferocious the gold thieves were, Daliao was so powerful that they were able to deal with them easily! The remnants of the Liao Kingdom's Nanjing Road were able to defeat the elite Western Army of the Song Dynasty. But what will happen to these soldiers after they meet the gold thief? Wouldn't he be crushed to pieces as usual?
To be honest, if the gold thief is willing to accept some coins and retreat, then God bless the Song Dynasty! Why doesn't this court know how to cherish this rare opportunity to survive? And if the imperial court starts messing around, it will be them, the Western soldiers, who are killed!
Today is the big day for a military meeting between a group of princes inside and outside Kaifeng Prefecture and Li Gang and Li Xianggong, who were ordered to leave the capital and move to Ruisheng City.
The soldiers who came to protect the generals of each family were naturally restless now, and a group of officers with different positions also spontaneously followed. You can't enter the Military Council Hall. You can just pace back and forth outside the gate with your sword in hand, sighing from time to time...
Now I hope that all the generals can speak lotus flowers and persuade Li Xianggong to be cautious and not to fight the gold thief easily...so as to save everyone's life!
However, the situation in the lobby of the government office would probably disappoint this group of generals who were afraid of the enemy. Because just before today's military meeting began, the mission that escorted His Royal Highness King Kang and Dazai Zhang Bangchang to Jinying as hostages had returned. And he also brought back two pieces of good news!
First, the gold thieves in the Chenqiaoyi area had already begun to break camp and set off back north when the mission returned!
Second, the gold thief also asked Zhao Liangsi to protect King Kang first, and to inform the states and counties along the gold thief's return route to the north, asking them not to block the gold soldiers returning north.
Seeing this, the gold thief really got his fill... No, he was personally conquered by the Yujia of the Song Dynasty official family (Although the Yujia did not leave Kaifeng Fucheng, after all, he had a personal expedition camp, so it can barely be regarded as a personal conquest by the Yujia, right? ?) was so frightened that he ran away.
Now that the gold thief has escaped, the big guy might as well follow him carefully...
I saw Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Yao Gu, Fan Zhixu, Zhang Shen, Wang Si, Wang Yi, Xigong, Zhao Dian and other Taiwei generals from all walks of life in Shaanxi exposed their faces after learning that the gold thief was sincere in his retreat. A relaxed expression. Li Gang also breathed a sigh of relief, because this pursuit battle still had to rely on the strength of these Western Army lieutenants!
Although Li Gang discussed with Zhao Ji in the court a few days ago, he said that he could use the infantry in Kaifeng City and the cavalry of the royal army outside the city to lay out the entire army, and then slowly move to pursue the enemy.
However, no matter how unprofessional Li Gang was about military matters, he knew that the Kaifeng Army at his disposal was generally not capable of field combat. Among them were only Liu Yanqing (Western Army) and Zhang Shizheng (Shengjie Army) with more than 20,000 troops, and Li Gang personally came from the Sanya Forbidden Army. And the more than 30,000 people selected from Kaifeng Minzhuang are still capable of fighting.
These people are only over 50,000 when fully calculated. To form a full array of tens of thousands of soldiers, there is still at least more than 80,000. If you want to form a more solid array of ten thousand soldiers, it is best to recruit 100,000 soldiers!
This number can only be supplemented by the military leaders of the Western Army who came to participate in the military meeting today.
Thinking of this, Li Gang nodded to Jiyi standing next to him. This Ji Yi looks a bit like Li Gang, but he is ten or twenty years younger. I don't know if he is Li Gang's son or nephew. He was holding a scroll in his hand. When he saw Li Gang's eyes, he raised the scroll above his head and then unfolded it downwards.
A white drawing of iron wire and silver hook was displayed in front of everyone's eyes.
This line drawing is really good, and several Taiwei who are familiar with point painting can tell at a glance that this painting has the true meaning of Wu Daozi, and the brushstrokes are vigorous and powerful, and they can tell at a glance that it is a masterpiece by a famous artist.
Li Gang looked at Zhong Shidao, who was squeezing his beard and nodding his head, and asked with a smile: "Private Master Zhong (Zhong Shidao was appointed deputy privy envoy on the spot when he met you yesterday), do you also think that the entire army of ordinary soldiers OK."
Zhong Shidao was stunned when he heard this, and quickly moved forward to take a closer look. Only then did he realize that the bunch of little figures on the painting had indeed formed a battle formation - not one formation, but four hollow square formations set together. . The outer circle is a large hollow array, and the inside is three smaller hollow arrays side by side.
There is also an inscription and postscript in the "blank" space... Oh, it should be an annotation. It is written in thin gold script. At a glance, you can tell that it is a masterpiece of an official.
The content of the inscription and postscript is to introduce the use of the Pingrong, Ten Thousand and Ten Thousand Formations - this Pingrong and Ten Thousand Formations are not just for standing there and being beaten, but can be used to attack, defend, advance and retreat, one big, three and four small It turns out that the formations can advance alternately!
And under the inscription is the famous Shuanglong seal!
This seal... as long as it is true, it would be a big deal in the 21st century. It would be easy to exchange it for a big house in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou!
And according to the experience of Zhongshi Dao, this seal is real, how could it be fake? Can Li Gang still carve one privately and knock it everywhere?
Since the seal is authentic and the inscription and postscript are also in Zhao Ji's handwriting, then of course this painting cannot be fake. It must be an official's handwriting... Since it is an official's handwriting, of course it cannot be wrong!
However, Zhong Shidao would not say how good this formation was. Instead, he changed the subject and said to Li Gang: "Ms. Li, as far as I know, the gold thieves have been plundering Kaifeng Mansion for several months and gained a lot. I want to It will not be easy to transport them all... They will definitely be blocked on the Sanshan Floating Bridge between Huazhou and Liyang. Our army can follow the enemy to the bank of the Yellow River, and then set up a dignified formation south of the Sanshan Floating Bridge. We can attack him halfway across the river. It would be better to ask the officials to send a message to the Commander-in-Chief of Hebei Province, so that King Yun can send troops to the vicinity of Liyang, set up flags widely, and make a bluff to think that the troops are suspicious, so as to divide the enemy's strength."
"Okay!" Li Gang cheered loudly, "Old Privy Councilor Zhong's plan is indeed brilliant... Coupled with the perfect formation given by the officials, this battle is sure to be foolproof!"
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