As soon as she heard that they were about to go into battle, Wanyan Yanmu frowned unconsciously.
Although there is probably no Gao Qiu or Zhao Bupo in Huhe Town. But...these two things do exist after all!
Even if Liu Yanzong's counterintuitive plan works, it will take some time for Zhao Kai to destroy the Great Wall, right?
And most of their naval forces are still on the Wuzhang River... These naval forces can either return to Kaifeng Mansion, or they can follow the Wuzhang River and enter Liangshan Po again!
In addition, a Han Taiwei appeared in Liangshanbo in the past two days, and he was also very sinister!
They were clearly cavalry, but they did not want to engage in serious land battles. They preferred to engage in melee battles on land and water. They relied on dozens of warships to pull horses along the watery rivers to deal with the Dajin heavenly soldiers. They defeated several soldiers with only a small amount of gold in succession. Cities and towns guarded by soldiers.
As soon as the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers arrived, he dived into the water...
What if Captain Gao, Marshal Zhao Dianshuai and Lieutenant Han join forces in Liangshanbo and take advantage of the opportunity of the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers to march westward to Huhe Town to seize Yuncheng again?
There are still tens of thousands of sick people here in Yuncheng! These people were still suffering from fever and cough, and their hands and feet were weak. How could they have the strength to fight against Gao Qiu, Zhao Bupo and Han Taiwei?
If they were all killed...then it would be a loss for the Jin soldiers to win the Battle of Huhe!
"Oh no," Wanyan's mother frowned and expressed her worries, "There are too many injuries in the camp now, and the Yuncheng camp is too close to Liangshanbo, so it is easy to be attacked by Gao Qiu, Zhao Bupo and others. If a sneak attack is broken, the gain will outweigh the loss.
It is better to recall Ta Lan and Ma Wu and let them guard the Yuncheng camp, and then we can send troops to Huhe Town. "
"No, no." Wanyan Zongwang shook his head repeatedly, "It will take at least two or three days to recall Talan and Ma Wu. By then, not only Gao Qiu and Zhao Bupo may arrive in Huhe Town, but also the Southern Army in Huhe Town may The camp is strong, it will be even harder for us to fight!"
"But we can't ignore Yuncheng's illness!"
Wanyan Zongwang said: "Just take them with you... let Wu Shu take care of them. You and I, two ten thousand households, plus Liu Yanzong and Han Chang's two Han soldiers, ten thousand households, can now bring them We have no less than 20,000 regular soldiers, so are we still afraid that we won't win?"
He actually gave Jin Wushu a good job...as a head nurse to take care of patients!
But Jin Wushu was not happy, and he immediately protested: "Second brother, why did you send me such an errand? How can I take care of patients?"
"Wu Shu," Wan Yan's mother also agreed with Zong Wang's arrangement, so she interjected, "Didn't you take good care of A Lu? His fever has gone away, and he will be full of life again in a few days. Moreover, Most of the patients who were frozen during the attack on Yuncheng are your people. If you are not responsible for taking care of them, who will be responsible for taking care of them?"
Wanyan Zongwang also said: "Uncle Eleven is right...Wushu, your tens of thousands of households have suffered a huge loss, and their morale has been severely low. You need to take it easy."
Now Wanyan Wushu had nothing to say. He had the largest number of soldiers of ten thousand households, and suffered huge losses in the battle of Hecaikou... Arubu and his soldiers were completely wiped out. ! Although the number of dead people is only a few hundred, these hundreds of people are all elites!
So many backbones have been lost, and so many people are still suffering from fevers and illnesses. Ten thousand households of Wanyan Wushu are disabled and cannot fight at all.
Seeing that Wu Shu had stopped speaking, Wanyan Mu frowned again and said, "The 300,000 Southern soldiers claimed by the Southern envoys were probably an imaginary number, but there should still be 100,000 to 150,000. And ours Three thousand households can now pull out 20,000 regular soldiers. Adding Ali Xi and auxiliary soldiers, the total number is only about 60,000...it seems to be a little less!"
If it were before the battle between Yuncheng and Hecaikou, Wanyan Mu would never have said this.
But now... using 60,000 gold soldiers to defeat 150,000 Song soldiers is a bit unsafe no matter how you look at it!
Wanyan Zongwang nodded, "Although our troops are a little smaller, we can still catch the Southerners by surprise!"
Yan's mother looked at Zong Wang, "How do you want to fight?"
Wanyan Zongwang said: "We can pretend to ask the Song envoy to paralyze Zhao Kai, Li Gang and others...then select 20,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, quietly follow the Song envoy, and raid the Southern Army in Huhe Town. Camp!”
"Okay!" Wanyan's mother slapped her thigh, "That's it... let's catch him off guard!"
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Huhe Town is a town located between Liangshanbo, Wuzhang River, the old course of the Yellow River and the Sanshan Floating Bridge. A small Hu River passes through the town and flows eastward into Liangshan Bo. Around Huhe Town, there are five counties including Juancheng, the first county of Puzhou, Linpu County and Leize County, which belong to Puzhou, and Nanhua County and Chengshi County, which belong to Xingren Prefecture.
These five county towns are certainly stronger than the small town of Huhe, and the Huhe River is not a big river. Even if the water has risen a lot after days of spring rain, it is still a small river that can be crossed, and it is not dangerous at all.
In addition, the terrain around Huhe Town is also extremely flat, almost a flat river with no obstacles, allowing the cavalry to gallop freely.
However, after repeated discussions between Li Gang, his marching counselor, Zhe Yanzhi, the son of the famous general Zhe Keshi, and the marching commander Fan Ne, as well as the former army commander Yao Pingzhong during the march, they placed the camp in a position where there was no danger at all. The defendable Huhe Town and its surroundings.
With Huhe Town as the center, the 100,000-strong army set up a large but loose company camp along the narrow and shallow Huhe River.
This camp in Huhe Town is comparable to the previous camp where Liang Fangping set up at the foot of Dagong Mountain. The trenches were dug narrow and shallow, and the fences and camp walls were built extremely sloppily, making them vulnerable. The tents within the fence and camp wall were spread out... very convenient for both the enemy and us to enter and exit.
However, the military quality of Zhe Yanzhi and Yao Pingzhong who assisted Li Gang was much better than that of Liang Fangping. Although the camp they helped Li Gang set up was careless, their vigilance around the camp was not relaxed at all. They took out the more than a thousand fine cavalry of the Yao family army at the bottom of the box. They were led by Yao Pingzhong, the successor of the Yao family general, and Wang De, the number one tiger general of the Yao family army, who took turns to go out to guard the camp.
And on the evening of the ninth day of February, when Qin Hui brought the good news that the gold thieves had agreed to move their camp north of the old Yellow River route and begin peace negotiations, Li Gang did not dare to slack off at all.
He immediately ordered someone to call Yao Pingzhong, who was resting in the camp, and warned him: "There is no need for gold thieves to be deceitful. Be careful and watch out. Please work hard and lead your troops out of the camp to be on guard. If you encounter the gold thieves in advance, defeat them with force." But you must not rush forward in a fight, and win back quickly!"
Yao Pingzhong is the most powerful man among the Yao family generals in the northwest... He is tall and strong, young, but has a very thick beard. He looks like a rough man with excess male hormones.
His temper is as violent as his appearance. He dares to quarrel with anyone and is not afraid of anyone (if he is not afraid now, it is hard to say in the future). When he was fighting against the Western bandits (Xixia) in the northwest, he would always fight to be the first to behead in every battle!
Although a bit brave and foolhardy, it is rare to see a somewhat brave Song Army general these days... So he and Wang De took 1,000 Yao Jiajun cavalry and followed Zhong Shidao to Kaifeng Mansion to visit the queen. He was immediately reused by Li Gang. Now is the time for Niubi to coax him. How can he be willing to "return as soon as he wins"?
So he immediately said to Li Gang with a particularly loud voice: "Yuanshu, if the general and Wang De can defeat the golden thief's forward, the whole army should take advantage of the victory to attack. Maybe the golden thief will be defeated, how can we return quickly?"
Li Gang was not happy when he heard this. Just when he was about to teach Yao Pingzhong how to fight with a straight face, Qin Hui beside him also spoke up to help Yao Pingzhong.
"Privy Master, when I was on a mission to the Jin camp, I saw that the morale of the gold thieves was low. The soldiers packed their luggage at night and seemed ready to escape at any time... Moreover, Liu Yanzong of the Jin people also asked about Gao Qiu and Mrs. Gao. There was quite a bit of fear in his words about the matter between Lieutenant and Commander Zhao. Could it be that Lieutenant Gao led King Qin's army from the southeast to Liangshanbo, joined forces with the officials, and defeated the golden thief?"
"There's fraud! There's fraud!" Li Gang was so stubborn. Of course he couldn't hear Qin Hui's words, and he also looked down upon this little imperial censor. He kept a straight face and said in a lecturing tone: "What kind of person is Gao Qiu?" ? Doesn’t the Vice-President (referring to the imperial censor in the palace) not know? He can defeat the golden thief? Besides, if the golden thief is really defeated, how can he dare to betray my trust and attack me? If they send people to attack me, they will definitely have no soldiers. defeat!"
This statement makes sense. If that coward Gao Qiu could defeat the golden thief, would the Supreme Emperor need to abdicate and run away? The gold thief just wanted to use others to deceive others, but he used Gao Qiu as a cover to deceive others. How could Li Gang be so smart and fall for it?
Qin Hui was also convinced by Li Gang... How could Gao Qiu have that ability? It seems that I was too honest and was deceived by the treacherous gold thief! It seems that I still need to read more sage books in the future!
"What Yuanshu said is absolutely true," Qin Hui cupped his hands and said, "Xiaoguan was confused for a moment and almost fell into the gold thief's trick." He thought for a moment and then asked, "Since the gold thief deceived me, it seems likely that There will be a sneak attack, I wonder what Yuan Shu can do?"
Of course there are good strategies!
Li Gang smiled, twirled his beard, and said proudly: "If the gold thief comes to attack, I will fake the defeat!"
"Fake defeat?"
"Yuanshu means..."
Both Yao Pingzhong and Qin Hui were shocked by this unexpected plan. Fake defeat versus sneak attack? Can this number be won?
Li Gang stroked his beard and said with a wise face: "The purpose of my officer's sending troops this time is to help the emperor get out of trouble... This requires luring the gold thief away from Liangshan Po. This is a fraud plan. Used to lure away gold thieves!
Commander Yao, whether my plan to fake defeat will succeed depends on whether you and Wang De can defeat the enemy first and then fight back quickly. As long as you can defeat the enemy and return quickly, I can lead the 100,000 troops from Huhe Town to fake defeat and return to Kaifeng Mansion! "
Qin Hui and Yao Pingzhong finally understood Li Gang's wishful thinking.
Does that mean he faked defeat and returned to Kaifeng Mansion?
He clearly wants to escape back to Kaifeng Mansion without fighting...
