Zhao Huan in Chang'an City climbed onto the city wall again. Looking at the Jin people who had assembled and slowly evacuated, he did not feel much joy.
There are many ways for the Jin army to evacuate quietly without him noticing, but this is the most unreasonable one, and at this time, the Jin army has not yet reached the time to evacuate.
"Uncle Xin, what do you think the Jin people are doing?" Zhao Huan looked at Liu Qi on the side and called him by his cousin.
Liu Qi had also recovered from his guilt at this time. He bowed to Zhao Huan and then looked at the people in the city and said softly, "I'm afraid that Nianhan is planning to abandon Chang'an City and attack Shaanzhou.
Judging from the battle report, Li Yanxian now wants to defend Shaanzhou City to give us a chance.
But there is a problem here. If we move quickly enough, we can quickly regain the various places in the city and echo with Shaanzhou.
This is an excellent result.
But if we can't quickly regain the various places in Guanzhong and are held back by Nianhan, then Nianhan only needs to deploy another army in Jiezhou to completely turn Shaanzhou into an isolated city.
And the result of doing this...Li Yanxian is short of food and fodder! "
After saying these words, Li Gang couldn't help but blush.
However, he didn't feel guilty, and Zhao Huan didn't think there was anything wrong with what happened before.
"Li Xiang, don't think too much, you are not wrong in this matter.
Liu Qi was only thirty years old. Two years ago, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and Wu Jie, the four of them together could not exceed 200,000 troops.
In the entire Song Dynasty, the only person who had real experience in commanding an army and could be called a famous general was Prime Minister Li. Even if you let Taizu come back to life, he would still have to use Prime Minister Li to lead the army.
After all, commanding 350,000 people and commanding 3.5 million people are not the same concept.
My intention over the years has been very clear, to lead the new with the old. Before these people grow completely barbaric, veterans like Li Xiang, Yu Wenxu and Guo Yaoshi need to give them time.
Li Yanxian's impeachment of Li Xiang... This is a bit aggressive. There is no problem in being thrown into Sanshu Mountain to fight with the Jin people to increase his seniority, but it is very embarrassing to have developed to this stage.
Li Xiang is a famous general, but my previous arrangements did make Li Gang a little top-heavy. Moreover, many famous generals were dissatisfied with each other, and even Li Xiang, the coach, may not be very convinced.
None of you dare to tell me these things, but I am not a fool. I also know very well how we did not support each other in the Fuping War.
It's just that everyone was young and energetic at the time, so I couldn't continue to delve deeper.
This result is inevitable.
Now Li Yanxian is doing well and has found a way to survive in adversity, but he is also faced with the situation of insufficient food and baggage.
He has persisted for two years, serving as a soldier and eating food. Over the years, he is better than Wu Jie, but he is still able to be self-sufficient.
But now that his power is increasing rapidly, he has problems with his food supply. If it weren't for this, why would Hu Yeyi go around plundering people?
He also had to eat, and so did the soldiers under his command.
But I know the current situation very well. How long can Li Yanxian last? "
Li Xiang couldn't help but blush after hearing Zhao Huan's words.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."
"The general feels that Li Yanxian can only last for three months at most." Liu Qi also stood up at this time, "Li Yanxian was once a subordinate of the general, and he knew the general very well.
He is loyal, brave and capable, but due to his flexible skills, he has never truly commanded an army.
According to the current style of play, he will continue to expand his military strength, recruit refugees and civilians to Shaanxi Province, and absorb young people.
Three months is probably his limit. "
Zhao Huan listened to Liu Qi's analysis and couldn't help but nod. After experiencing these big and small failures, Liu Qi finally had the posture of a true famous general.
"In this case, let Chang'an be defended by Liu Xi, and the army be led by Liu Qi to regain Guanzhong and support Shaanzhou!"
Zhao Huan gave the order and the army set off again.
Liu Qi's vision has improved quite a bit along the way. At the beginning, he would be disturbed by the real and fake suspicious soldiers. Later, he could see clearly whether they were suspicious soldiers or ambushes.
After hearing the news, Nianhan immediately mobilized troops and horses to build many defense lines, preparing to block them layer by layer.
Upon seeing this, Liu Qi was completely relieved and directly summoned the soldiers.
"After all these years, it has always been the Northerners who invaded. We defended with all our might. Now, although we are in the land of Guanzhong, the Jin people have formed a formation, and we can launch a charge.
This has not happened for many years!
Today we are regaining our homeland, counterattacking, killing the golden man, and making our name immortal.
All officers and soldiers, from today on, we will fight to the death and never retreat, and we will never fight back until we are defeated! "
Liu Qi loudly encouraged his morale, then asked someone to fetch three layers of armor and put it on himself, beat his chest with a spear, and walked to the front of the army.
After giving the order, the soldiers blew the whistle, and the whimpering sound resounded through the sky. Liu Qi roared and charged out first, showing no fear in the face of the crazy arrow rain and the constantly harassing and wandering cavalry.
The spear in his hand kept killing the enemy, and the strong armor on his body blocked the arrows. He even ran into the charging horse cavalry regardless of the danger.
The huge impact made Liu Qi feel dizzy, but he still did not stop.
The ferocious mask prevented everyone from seeing Liu Qi's appearance clearly, and the strong armor could not slow down Liu Qi's pace.
The constant fighting kept the Song army from stopping, but since Nianhan had this preparation, he naturally could not let Liu Qi break through his defense line so easily.
The cavalry commander responsible for delaying surprise attacks in all directions was Xiemao Ali, who once defeated Goryeo three times in one day, outsmarted Tuoji City, captured Ningjiang Prefecture, and frightened off tens of thousands of Liao troops with more than a hundred cavalrymen in split clothes. .
He is also one of the rising stars of the Jin people, and is the first foreign general of the non-Wanyan clan. His talent makes Nianhan often sigh with emotion.
Faced with Liu Qi's crazy attack, Xiemao Ali only responded calmly, without luring the enemy deeper or bluffing.
Under this madness, he used the most basic water grinding skills to chip away at the morale of the Song Army. As long as their morale dropped, the Song Army would no longer be a threat to him.
Similarly, the cavalry commander who was jointly responsible for the defense with Xie Mao Ali was Ulin Da Taiyu. As another Jurchen general, his record was not something to brag about.
When he was fighting with Zong Shuai, he once defeated Wang Shan, the first general under Zong Ze's command, and defeated his 200,000 troops head on.
At this time, the two famous generals attacked Liu Qi together, blocking his steps and making his progress extremely slow.
At the same time, in Shaanzhou on the other side, Nianhan personally took charge and faced Li Yanxian who was trapped in the isolated city of Shaanzhou for the second time.
Nianhan did not launch a direct attack on Shaanzhou, but scattered the army in all directions, and cooperated with Wanyan Pujianu, who was already facing Li Yanxian, to form an encirclement.
Then let the scouts bypass Zhang Jun who was left behind in Hedong to find the Jin army in Hedong, and let them cooperate to attack Hedong and contain Zhang Jun's main force in the Taiyuan area.
Then, taking advantage of the emptiness in the rear of Hedong, he directly sent troops to attack Jiezhou.
Although Zhang Jun's general Yang Yizhong who stayed in Anyi also relied on his familiarity with the terrain to give Han Qixian under Nian Han a surprise and killed many Jin people.
However, Jiezhou was still lost under his strong attack. With Jiezhou blocked and Puzhou snatched back before, the relationship between Hedong and Shaanzhou was severed again.
At this time, Li Yanxian was truly alone and helpless.
Nianhan still did not attack Shaanzhou City immediately. Instead, he asked Wanyan Pu's slaves to delay Li Yanxian's actions directly under Shaanzhou City, while he surrounded Shaanzhou City and began to massacre crazily in the surrounding counties.
Nianhan already knew that they could no longer stay here, and they wanted to retreat back the same way, so they looted and plundered, burned farmland and houses, and drove the people away.
Naturally, the city walls in the county cannot be compared with places like Shaanzhou, which has been an important town since the Northern Wei Dynasty. Under the attack of the Jin army, almost no one could hold out for more than half a day.
Afterwards, a large number of refugees fled in panic.
At this time, the news that Shaanzhou was still safe finally appeared in the ears of the refugees. In order to survive, they did not know how good Shaanzhou's defense was, nor how good the food and grass in Li Yanxian's hands were.
They knew that only Li Yanxian and Shaanzhou City could save them now.
As a general of the Song Dynasty, he must do this, he must save himself, there is no reason to say so!
A large number of refugees poured in. Looking at Wanyan Pu's slaves and the many Jin troops under his command who were sneering without massacre in the city, Li Yanxian knew the opponent's methods.
If he collects it, these people will speed up his consumption of food and grass.
If he doesn't accept it, what will follow is a massacre in front of his eyes, and the people of Shaanzhou will lose their hearts.
If the invaders come again in the future, the people will not resist desperately.
Is your own life more important or the future of Song Dynasty?
How could there be any hesitation about such a silly question? Li Yanxian waved his hand, and all the crossbowmen bent their bows and drew arrows.
“If you open the city gate and harass the people, kill them!
Anyone who takes the opportunity to cause trouble shall be killed!
Our army of the Song Dynasty is to protect the people, and we must not do anything rashly to the people.
From today on, all grain will be given priority to the people! "
After the order was given, the whole army was in awe. Many generals under his command wanted to persuade but no one really stood up.
Li Yanxian looked at Wanyan Pu's slave below the city and smiled at him as well.
How can your own life be compared with that of your family, country and the world? You really asked a stupid question.
"We will defend Shaanzhou City until death, the city gate will not be breached, and the Jin people will not retreat, we will not retreat!"
"kill!"
