"Liangshan Bo, Wuzhang River, Sanshan Floating Bridge, Wannian New Dam, Biankou and Guangwu Mountain. Isn't this just a pocket formation? Moreover, we can use water to replace troops. Once we attack Kaifeng City, we will be flooded. Flooded... This Captain Gao Qiu really deserves his reputation!"
In the Zichen Hall of the Daming Mansion Palace, Emperor Wu Qimai of the Jin Dynasty stood in front of a huge wooden map with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, and his eyes swept over the map over and over again at the important place heavily guarded by the Song Army. After watching it for a while, my brain hurt a little, and I couldn't help but mutter to myself.
Can it not hurt? Captain Gao is too tall! We set up a huge pocket array and waited for the big golden soldiers to get inside!
This pocket formation runs roughly east-west. The opening is in the northeast of Kaifeng Mansion. At one end of the opening is the Sanshan Floating Bridge. After Guo Yaoshi retreated from Liyang, He Guan, who was stationed at the Sanshan Floating Bridge, was able to go all out to strengthen the defense line. . Tiancheng Fort, Daqian Village, Wenzi Village, Baima City, Jushan Fort, Wannian Xindi's North and South Villages are being built one after another, the whole infrastructure is crazy!
Jin Bing's hard-hitting sentry cavalry saw the Song Army's "growing bigger and bigger" from a distance, and they could only shake their heads and sigh...
And at the other end of the opening of the big pocket array is Shuibo Liangshan, which is said to be eight hundred miles wide.
Now due to the shrinkage of the Jin soldiers, the area around Liangshanbo was controlled by the Song army again, and three major strongholds including Jishuikou, Hecaikou and Liangshan were formed. The Song Army's navy and army stationed in Liangshanbo can not only fight around Liangshanbo, but also move through Jishui and Wuzhang Rivers. And the army of Kaifeng Prefecture can also drive to Liangshanbo through the Wuzhang River waterway, then disembark at Jishui Port, and then advance towards Daming Prefecture!
The two sides of this pocket formation are formed by the Yellow River's new 10,000-year-old dam and the Wuzhang River. According to the Jin Thief's secret spies, the Song army had built a large number of military forts south of the Wannian New Dike of the Yellow River, and also reinforced and built various fortifications along the Wuzhang River. Moreover, a large number of arrow towers and fortresses were built on the south embankment of Wannian Xindi and on the south bank of Wuzhang River.
It is extremely difficult for the Jin soldiers to break through both sides of this pocket formation.
As for the bottom of this pocket formation, of course it is the impregnable Kaifeng City itself!
Once the main force of the Jin army crashes into the pocket formation, there is no way to quickly break through Kaifeng Mansion, or even effectively break through the Wuzhang River and the Yellow River's ten thousand-year-old new embankments.
Then the Song army occupying the Sanshan Floating Bridge will dig up the dam, use water to replace troops, and flood the Jin camp! At the same time, the main force of the Song army will enter Liangshanbo via the Wuzhang River from Kaifeng Prefecture, then land at Jishuikou (located in the north of Liangshanbo), and then go straight to Daming Mansion to block the retreat of the Jin soldiers who were forced to retreat by the flood. .....The Dajin soldiers were first flooded, and then their retreat was blocked by the Song army. Even if they could escape and ascend to heaven, their vitality would probably be severely damaged!
The way Gao Qiu and Taiwei used troops were really ruthless!
"Janmu, Wo Libu, Talan, and Wushu, you have been staying in Daming Mansion for several months, have you ever thought about how to break Gao Qiu's pocket array?"
The person who asked the question was Marshal Wanyan Xieye, who was familiar with Banbo Jilie. He was also looking at the wooden diagram just now, and the more he looked at it, the more headache he got, and he couldn't think of a way to solve it for a while. So we could only kick the ball to a few generals of the Eastern Route Army.
Several Jurchen generals looked at each other and shook their heads, with their helplessness written on their faces.
"What? There's nothing you can do?" Wan Yanxie was also a little annoyed, "Huh, when we started the war against the Southerners, you all patted your chests and said you would win, but now you have nothing to do?"
Wanyan's mother shook her head and said: "You are familiar with Banbo's extreme force, but you don't know... At that time, we didn't know how powerful Gao Qiu was!"
Wanyan Wushu nodded repeatedly on the side, "That's right! I thought he was a Cuju master, but I didn't expect that he was so good at using soldiers! The trouble now is not the pocket formation, but Gao Qiu who put up the pocket formation! "
The second prince, Wanyan Wanli, said: "The Sanshan Floating Bridge will definitely not be destroyed, and the Liangshan Bo will definitely not be destroyed. It is also impossible to completely control the waterway of the Wuzhang River... We have never seen what Kaifeng Mansion is like. , but the spies all say that it’s so solid that it can’t be chewed off in ten days and half a month!”
Wanyan Xie also became a little annoyed when he heard this, "Then what should we do now? All the soldiers from the country are here, are we going to return without success?"
Returning without success means losing!
For this war against the Song Dynasty, everyone in the Jin Kingdom spent a lot of money! Just the eastern and western armies dispatched at the beginning, including Zhengbing, Alixi, Han'er army, Khitan army, and tribal army, mobilized more than 300,000 people!
Now Wanyanwu begged for purchases and Wanyanxie also brought 50,000 regular soldiers and 100,000 Alixi and other auxiliary soldiers to look after the house.
Therefore, the total number of troops invested in the attack on Song Dynasty has reached 450,000!
Moreover, the war started last fall and has been going on for a year!
Hundreds of thousands of strong laborers are away from production for such a long time, and they also have to provide some of their own equipment, horses, and rations... This is really a high price to pay!
Although Caogu can be conquered after conquering the Song Dynasty, in the past year since the war began, except for the Damingfu City that was almost empty, no big city has been conquered, so the oil and water gained is not much.
If we settle down and withdraw our troops now...it will almost be in vain!
"Fifth Uncle," Wanyan Wanli said without a smile, "it is impossible to return without success. We have now firmly captured the land of Yanshanfu Road, and we have also captured Qingzhou, Xin'an Army, Bazhou, and Baoding. Army, Xiongzhou, Mozhou, Ansu Army, Guangxin Army and other four states and four armies along Hebei. They also captured Leshou County in Hejian Prefecture, Nanpi County in Cangzhou, and Fucheng County of Yongjing Army. , Wuqiang County in Shenzhou, Wuyi County and Xindu County in Jizhou, Qinghe County in Enzhou, Qincheng County, Linqing County, Guantao County, Yuancheng County, Daming County, Guanshi County in Daming Prefecture, Qingping County. If we put pressure on Kaifeng Prefecture and divide our forces to attack the prefectures and counties on both sides of the Yellow River in the north, we should be able to eat most of Hebei... These territories are much richer than Yanshan Prefecture! "
"Yes," Wanyan Talan said, "We can digest these territories first, and then plot the western part of Hebei and Hedong. Once we take over the whole of Hebei and Hedong, won't Kaifeng Mansion be ours?"
Wanyan Wu Qimai was a little annoyed by what they said. He turned to look at Xieye, "Xieye, what do you think?"
Wanyan Xie also frowned, as if he was thinking carefully in his mind.
Everyone in the Great Jin Kingdom has spent a lot of money on this big troop dispatch. If they are defeated... their vitality will be greatly damaged! The Khitans and Xi people who had just been suppressed were very likely to cause trouble again. The Zubu, Mongol, and Tatar tribes on the Mobei grasslands are even more uneasy.
Therefore, the failure of a national war is something that Daikin cannot bear... It is better to win less than to fail!
Just when Wan Yanxie was about to nod his head in support of the "less wins, peace" policy, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the palace: "Good news, good news... Gao Qiu has been demoted!"
What? Gao Qiu was demoted?
real or fake?
Everyone in the hall turned to look at the gate, and saw a tall and thin man standing outside the door, who was stopped by Wu Qibi's soldiers.
When Wu Qimai was wondering who that person was, Wu Shu beside him had already spoken, "Your Majesty, this person is Pharmacist Guo."
"Let him in!" Wu Qimai shouted.
The soldiers guarding outside heard his order and immediately asked Pharmacist Guo to enter the palace. Pharmacist Guo quickly stepped inside, and when he saw Wu Qimai, he bowed to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the spy sent by me has just found out the news. Gao Qiu He has been demoted by Zhao Kai, lost the assignment of the three yamen and the army, and was sent to Dengzhou to serve as the propaganda envoy of Jingdong and Liaodong."
"What? The Xuanfu envoy of Jingdong and Liaodong? He is going to..." Wanyan Wu Qimai felt something was wrong when he heard the news.
"The southern officials must be planning to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao!" Wanyan Wushu sneered, "He wants Gao Qiu to send troops from Dengzhou and attack Liao across the sea to force us to return."
Wanyan Wanli said without a smile: "The method is a good one, but sending Gao Qiu out to do this is a stupid move!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai frowned, "Why is it a stupid move?"
Oli Bu smiled and said: "Although Liaodong is empty, it is vast and sparsely populated. There are not many people on the seaside, and there are few roads to pass... Even if we allow Gao Qiu's troops to land, it will not last for two or three years." The development of Kaifeng Mansion does not pose much of a threat. But without him, how long can Kaifeng Mansion be able to hold on?"
Liu Yanzong, who was squinting in the corner of the hall, suddenly became energetic. He smiled and said to Wanyan Wu: "Your Majesty, I think that letting Gao Qiu cross the sea to attack Liao is just an excuse to demote him from Kaifeng Mansion. . This Gao Qiu can’t reach the heights for much longer!”
Wanyan Wu still didn't believe it, "Didn't Zhao Kai kill Cai Jing before? Why don't you believe Gao Qiu now?"
Liu Yanzong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. This Cai Jing is a civil servant and is very noble in the Southern Dynasty. Zhao Kai killed Cai Jing to protect Gao Qiu, which is enough to make Gao Qiu a thorn in the eyes of scholars all over the world! In this world Scholars all opposed Gao Qiu, how could he gain a foothold in Kaifeng Mansion? These days, the memorials to impeach Gao Qiu might even bury Gao Qiu... These three people are like tigers, how can Zhao Kai be able to do anything? Don’t you doubt Gao Qiu?”
Wanyan Wu Qimai raised his eyebrows slightly. Just when he was about to agree with Liu Yanzong's words, someone in the hall suddenly interjected: "Guo will stay behind. After Gao Qiu leaves, who will be the chief general of the Kaifeng armies?"
Wu Qimai glanced at the man. It turned out to be the junior Wanyan Xiebao. He had a good impression of the fat man... This kid was not at all like his father Nianhan and his brother Sheyema, both of whom were very different. Too fierce, this one is good, chubby, looks harmless to humans and animals.
Therefore, Wu Qimai did not stop Xie Bao from speaking, but turned his attention to Yaoshi Guo.
Pharmacist Guo smiled and said: "The person who replaced Gao Qiu is Zhao Bupo... This person should be a member of the Song Dynasty's clan. He is worshiped as General Jinwu Guard, the governor of Songzhou, and he commands envoys in front of the palace and conducts camp envoys."
