March 26, the twelfth year of the Great Jin Tianhui.
Dajin Nanjing Road, Daxingfu.
In the Marshal's Mansion in the Imperial City of Daxing Prefecture, several kings of the Wanyan family were turning over and over with the urgent military reports sent by Wan Yanqi, the military governor of Weibo Town, and Wan Yanchang, the commander of the Hebei Road Army. Watch.
Marshal Liang Wang Wanyan Zongqian sat at the top with his horse and golden sword, frowning, looking at the kings below.
The title of the great king of the Jin Kingdom in this time and space started with the Wanyan Zonggou - it was actually this guy who first made a king of the Song Dynasty, and then everyone became the king one by one.
The royal titles of the Jin Kingdom are divided into three levels: king, prince, and county prince. Among them, there are currently four kings: King Wanyan Zonggou of Song Dynasty, King Wanyan Zonghan of Qi Dynasty, King Wanyan Zongqian of Yan Dynasty, and King Wanyan Zongpan of Liao Dynasty.
The princes include Ning Wang Wanyan Zongbi, Dai Wang Wanyan Zongfu, Hui Wang Wanyan Zongjun, Wei Wang Wanyan Qi, Fu Wang Wanyan Xiebao, Yi Wang Wanyan Dan, Ping Wang Wanyan Zonggu and others.
Wanyan, who can be named king or prince, has a territory and can be a military governor by himself.
By the way, although Fu Wang Wanyan Xiebao was the heir of King Wanyan Zonghan of Qi and the remaining queen of Ziqing Town, he followed the Western Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions and was assigned to Luntai Town, so he is also considered Got the territory.
The princes include Wanyan Zongqiang, the prince of Yuyang, Wanyan Zongmin, the prince of Yongji, and many other Wanyan who have no territory.
Now there are Ning Wang Zongbi, Hui Wang Zongjun, Fu Wang Xiebao, Ping Wang Zonggu, Yi Wang Wanyandan, plus Wanyan Zongqian himself as King Yan, as well as Yuyang County Prince Wanyan Zongqiang, Yongji County Prince Wanyan Zongmin, in total The great kings gathered together in Daxing Mansion to discuss how to defeat the Song army that had invaded the Kingdom of Jin.
While Wanyan Zongqian, who was presiding over the military meeting of the eight kings, was silent, the seven kings below had already begun to discuss it in various directions.
"We swore an oath in Kaifeng Prefecture on the first day of March, captured Daming Prefecture on the eighth day of March, marched to Jizhou on March 16th, captured Shenzhou on March 20th, and captured Junziguan and Hejian Prefecture on March 24th. Suning Village, the vanguard arrived at Gaoyang Pass on March 25th... Zhao Kai's Northern Expedition was quite aggressive this time. Is he going to go all the way and attack Daxing Mansion? He didn't care about the two wings at all. Is there any way out?”
"If he is defeated, it is called rushing forward. If he is defeated, he will be unstoppable! He will move forward in this way. Although he will not occupy many cities and his retreat will not be stable, his troops will not be scattered..."
"It's impossible not to be scattered at all, right? Daming Mansion, Jizhou, Junziguan, Suning Village... Hejian City, and Gaoyangguan. These six places must have troops to guard them, right? Wait for Gaoyangguang Going north, we have to leave defenders in Ansu Army and Xiongzhou, and we have to leave troops at Baigou Station on the south bank of Baigou River. How can we all have 30 or 40,000 people in nine must-defend places?
By the time they cross the Baigou River, their strength will definitely be less than 200,000. And now we have gathered 200,000 people on the north bank of Baigou River, ready for a fight! "
"200,000 vs. 200,000...it seems to be a bit uncertain! How about we retreat? How about a fight to the death under the city of Daxingfu?"
"It's wrong, it's wrong...it's too dangerous when troops are approaching the city. If we can't win, it's too late to run away. We'd better fight at Qigou Pass!"
"I think it would be better to fight in Daxing City. Daxing City must be attacked by the enemy. Now we have artillery, pot, and tube armies... and even water armies. It will be time to attack the Song Dynasty. The army was caught off guard!"
"If there is a naval force, it is even more important to fight at Qigou Pass... Qigou Pass is surrounded by ditches on all sides! To the north is Zhuoshui, to the east is the Liuli River, to the south is the Baigou River, and to the west is the Baigou River. Facing the Juma River, it is really a place where navy gunboats can show off their skills."
Those who fight life and death in the East Asian monster room can't do it without working hard! The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties worked very hard, and the Jin Kingdom in the north did not dare to waste their time.
During this period, in addition to training an artillery army, a pot army, and a tube army, they actually also trained a navy army!
Counting the cavalry army and the infantry army, the Kingdom of Jin now has a total of six armies: horse, infantry, artillery, pot, tube, and water.
The navy of the Jin Kingdom was actually divided into two types, the sea navy and the river navy, just like the Southern Song Dynasty. Among them, the Haihai Army is only found in the two towns of Ziqing and Guide, while the Heshui Army is directly under the jurisdiction of the Du Marshal's Mansion... and is an elite soldier specially trained for the decisive battle on Nanjing Road.
Because the Northern Song Dynasty army currently does not have a Hebei navy, and after the Yellow River was diverted to the north, it was unable to sail warships from the river south of the Yellow River to the Yanyun area. Therefore, the inland river navy of the Jin Kingdom was not used for water warfare. It is used to support land warfare.
Therefore, the most important warship of this naval force is the cannon ship - a warship that mounts cannons on specially modified inland river boats and uses them to launch explosive cannons.
In addition, this kind of river warship can also be used to transport tubes and hot pot cannons. It can be said that it is versatile and is also a trump card for the Jin Dynasty to win the Nanjing Road!
There are now two opinions on how to use this trump card.
The restored king Wanyan Xiebao advocated a decisive battle on the Gaoliang River, using the fortified Daxing City and powerful gunboats to defeat Zhao Kai as the second "Gaoliang River Chariot God"!
King Ning Wanyan Zongwang advocated starting the war at Qigou Pass and using the four "water ditches" around Qigou Pass to beat Zhao Kai to Cao Bin's second place!
As for the strategy of withdrawing to the Yuguan area and defeating Zhao Kai as Zhao Zicheng, no one has yet proposed it.
Two plans are now placed in front of Wanyan Zongqian... He is the Zuo Deputy Marshal, and Du Marshal Wan Yanliang is his son, so he still has to come up with the big idea.
Although Wanyan Zongqian trusts his brother Wanyan Zongbi more, now it is the military meeting of the Marshal's Mansion, so he has to let someone speak!
"King Fu, please first tell me the benefits of decisive battle against Daxing Mansion."
Wanyan Xiebao said: "Marshal Du, if we fight in Qigou, it will be 200,000 versus 200,000 at best. We have no advantage in numbers. But if we fight in Daxing, then all the soldiers and their families will have to join the battle... ....The strength of the troops can be doubled at least! Although these troops are not enough for field battles, they are enough to defend the city.
Of course, once the army is defeated in Daxing Mansion... it will be difficult for the families of the soldiers to escape. "
A city offensive and defensive battle is never a battle between soldiers. Most of the family members and civilians of the defenders will participate in the battle.
In particular, the castle of the defending side is the center of its rule. Most of the military families and civilians in the city are supporters of the defending side and will most likely participate in the battle.
Wanyan Zongqian nodded. Wanyan's method of protecting himself was not bad... but it was too risky. If he lost, most of the family members of Taizu's line would die!
He looked at Zong Bi again, and Zong Bi said: "Zhao Kai is a thief who likes to take risks, and he is very good at risking his life. When pressed, he will risk his own life and beat the crowd to attack Daxing Mansion... And once Daxing Mansion is If Zhao Kai breaks through, the Battle of Nanjing Road will be defeated, and the vitality of our country, Dajin, will be greatly damaged. It is better to rely on the four rivers around Qigou Pass and the two strong cities of Zhuozhou and Yizhou to trap Zhao Kai's army. Put him in a dilemma. At the same time, send Qingqi and Guaizi horses to rob his food route. As long as he can't advance or retreat. When the food is exhausted, he will inevitably become Cao Bin's second best!"
"Prince Ning's method is safer..." Wanyan Zongqian quickly made a decision, but his brows did not loosen, "Zhao Kai does not necessarily have to go to Qigou Pass. What if he does? We go north from the east bank of Liuli River, camp step by step, and advance all the way to Liangxiang. What should we do?"
Wanyan Zongbi smiled and said: "Then let's use the method of restoring the king to decisively defeat Daxing Fucheng!"
Wanyan Zongqian thought for a while, "That's all we have to do!"
Wanyan Zongbi added: "We can place 10,000 Khitan and Han soldiers at Qigou Pass as a way to lure the enemy... Zhao Kai has never had a good fight all the way north, so he will definitely not Let them go."
Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "This is the best!"
...
When Wanyan and his men held a military meeting in Daxing Mansion and discussed how to lure "Zhao Kai" into Qigou area, which was surrounded by ditches, and besieged it, Yue Fei, who led six armies to the north, had already arrived in Hejian County, Hejian Prefecture. .....Of course, before he arrives, there will still be a "major arrest"!
The traitors in Daming Prefecture, Jizhou, Shenzhou, Hejian Prefecture, and Guide Prefecture were all in bad luck now, and the slow ones were all arrested.
But he hasn’t been killed yet... It’s not that Zhao Kai is soft-hearted, but if he is killed now, it will be difficult to expand!
They have to tell their accomplices!
How could they not have any accomplices? These are all traitors selling out the Song Dynasty Group, and we have to dig deep and investigate carefully. We can't let a bad guy go... Of course, we can't unjustly accuse a good guy either! But there is no problem in wronging the bad guys. How can someone who can continue to occupy a large area of land under the brutal rule of a gold thief be a good guy?
So... we have to ask the Secretary of State to investigate them!
Because he took a resolute stance against the traitors and traitors to the Song Dynasty in these places, Yue Fei had to garrison the occupied state capitals respectively.
Daming Prefecture, Jizhou, Shenzhou, Hejian Prefecture, and Guide Prefecture all have one general left, and the Shun'an Army (Gaoyangguan), Xiongzhou, and Ansu Army, which have not yet been completely pacified, must also leave at least one general. Will.
In other words, Yue Fei had to leave behind eight infantry generals to guard his retreat...
Of course, these eight infantrymen will not be the only Song troops on the territory of these eight prefecture armies... There are also many rebels and volunteers!
The more bad guys Zhao Kai's court captures in these territories, the more "good guys" will come to seek refuge... The bad guys' property can be distributed to the good guys, and the good guys have the spirit!
But enough troops must be left to suppress the local area!
Therefore, Yue Fei's six armies all owe at least one general, and two armies even owe two generals.
Adding in those who got sick, wounded, and died during the march, the main force he had at hand now only had 100,000 to 2,000 men left.
A little less...
"Commander Xuan," Xu Qing, Yue Fei's soldier, came to his side at this time and reported in a low voice, "The people who crossed the river for reconnaissance are back... They were found in Qigou Pass, Xincheng, and Fanyang (Zhuozhou). Traces of the gold thieves’ army!”
"Qigou Pass?" Yue Fei paused, "That's where the Jiyang Commandery Prince (Cao Bin) suffered a disastrous defeat... It seems that the golden thief regarded me as the Jiyang Commandery Prince!"
