From Sun Ziyi's words, Xin Qiji felt that Sun Ziyi's resentment towards Zhao Kaishan was not just a little bit, but had already developed to the level of hatred.
Sun Ziyi was very disdainful of Zhao Kaishan. He felt that everything he did was malicious and was extremely wary of him.
On the contrary, Sun Tzu Yi's favorable impression of Su Yonglin was very high.
Xin Qiji keenly captured Sun Ziyi's emotions.
He thought about it for a moment and felt that he might be able to talk about something he had been hiding in his heart for a while.
"General Sun, if we win this battle and defeat all the elite cavalry of the Golden Thieves, then my general's reputation will definitely rise to the next level, right?"
Sun Ziyi nodded.
"That's natural. Yu Ting's military exploits are real. He killed many Jin people with real swords and guns. No one is dissatisfied with his record. Sun is so impressed."
"Then General Sun thinks that if my general's reputation reaches a higher level, how will Commander Zhao view this matter?"
"What do you think?"
Sun Tzu Yi sneered: "He is incompetent in marching and fighting. He is jealous of talents and has great ideas. Didn't he just feel the threat of Yuting before he drove Yuting to the north? And he pretended to make Yuting the king of Hebei, which is to frame Yuting. Roast on the fire!
This person has a bad mind, and I wouldn’t be surprised by anything he does. Even if he stops attacking gold men and attacks me and Yuting instead, I won’t be surprised. Our Commander Zhao can definitely do such a thing. ! "
Xin Qiji nodded slowly, thought for a moment, and then spoke slowly.
"If Commander Zhao really does such an unpopular thing, will General Sun resist resolutely?"
"Of course, I will never surrender. I will fight with all my strength to make Zhao Kaishan run away with his head in his arms. When I think of this person behind me and Yu Ting, I feel uneasy. Really, I am really worried. This person has such a big heart. Definitely not broad!”
Sun Ziyi firmly believed that Zhao Kaishan was not a good person.
Xin Qiji was confident, so he said: "The combination of my general and General Sun's armies is definitely not something that Commander Zhao can shake alone. I think Commander Zhao also has this concern, so he does not dare to act rashly.
But if the situation in Hebei changes, it will be difficult to say. Once the situation in Hebei changes and Commander Zhao feels that things are no longer under his control, then... General Sun, we must prepare early. "
After listening to Xin Qiji's words, Sun Ziyi finally felt something was wrong.
"Mr. Xin, did Yu Ting ask you to say this to me?"
"It's just my personal bias. My general didn't say it, but doesn't General Sun think this is very possible?"
"..."
Sun Ziyi looked at Xin Qiji and was silent for a while, then slowly nodded and said: "It is indeed very possible, so if something like this really happens, I will do whatever Yuting does, how about it?"
Xin Qiji heard the implication of Sun Ziyi's words and felt a little excited in his heart.
"If General Sun can do this, it will be a great blessing for the Liberation Army!"
"Hahahaha! Of course it is!"
Sun Ziyi laughed, feeling very happy inside. It felt as if some emotions that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time were released.
Soon, the reorganized 60,000 troops brought by Sun Tzu Yi arrived in Gucheng County and Gaocheng County and began to deploy defenses.
When Sun Ziyi and Xin Qiji were discussing what to do next, Xin Qiji remembered Su Yonglin's previous tricks against the Jin army.
So he discussed with Sun Ziyi and planned to use some local ships and newly built ships to sail eastward, and then scuttle the ships and artificially block the waterway. If the Jin army really came along the Hutuo River, the Jin army would be unable to feed and feed. go ahead.
Wouldn't this shorten the Jin Army's attack range more directly?
Sun Tzu Yi's eyes lit up and he praised Xin Qiji loudly, so the two went east to check the situation. They found that the farther east, the flatter the terrain and the wider the river, making it harder to block the channel.
This strategy seems to have been hindered by nature and cannot be successfully implemented...
The two looked at each other, feeling a little frustrated.
However, Xin Qiji responded quickly.
His brain was spinning rapidly and he quickly thought of a solution.
He believed that this battle should take advantage of the Jin people's weakness in water warfare, and temporarily formed a naval force to intercept the Jin army's fleet transporting grain down the river.
The Jin people are not good at water warfare, and I have never heard of them adding naval forces to their army, so the people transporting grain must be ordinary civilians and grain boats.
This gave the Liberation Army a lot of room for maneuver.
The lower reaches of the Hutuo River are wide. The Liberation Army attacked the Jin Army's fleet on the river. The Jin Army on the bank had almost no way to deal with them, and the people on the boat may not be able to compete with them.
They can select soldiers who are familiar with water and boat handling for emergency training, and attack the Jin army fleet along the river. They can advance, attack, retreat or escape. The horses can run smoothly, but they cannot cross the river to attack the fleet directly.
So at least on the river surface, the Liberation Army was far stronger than the Jin Army, and this was something that could be well exploited.
"My general often says that in war, we must use our strengths and avoid weaknesses. We cannot compare our shortcomings with those of the Jin Army. Right now, our weakness is the cavalry and the gold thieves' weakness is the navy. So naturally we should use our strengths to attack the gold thieves. shortcomings."
Xin Qiji's suggestion was taken seriously by Sun Ziyi.
"You mean, we should make more use of the navy to hit the gold thieves hard from the river?"
"Yes! We must maximize our advantages!"
Xin Qiji said: "The golden thieves use the Hutuo River to transport grain. We have to go down the river and turn the river into our world. We have to keep attacking forward. Then the golden thieves' grain will not be able to be transported to the front line. Without grain, How can we fight this battle?"
Xin Qiji and Su Yonglin, who were familiar with cavalry, had the same view and firmly believed that the biggest weakness of the Jin army was logistics.
Unless absolutely necessary, you should never fight with them head-on. You should definitely use your strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Don't resort to last resort if there is even the slightest chance.
On the Great Plains of Hebei, relying on the rebel army and elite cavalry lacking cavalry to fight in the field, the possibility of success is really low.
Before Sun Tzu Yi suffered a big loss, he might have thought that he was capable of fighting, but after suffering a big loss, he agreed with Su Yonglin's view.
The failure of his more elite troops compared to other Liberation Army and his two favorite generals made him realize the gap in combat power between the Liberation Army and the real elite of the Jin Army.
Finding ways to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses is the way to go.
"Now I don't know how many troops the Golden Thieves plan to use to attack our grain road. They will use thousands of troops to attack me. The main force will attack from the front. I don't think they will change their tactics this time."
Xin Qiji nodded.
"There is no need to change effective tactics. We just need to learn lessons and protect their logistics. Although we have not yet received information that the golden thieves have invaded again, we must seize the time to do what we should do."
"Well, let's do it like this!"
Sun Tzu Yi and Xin Qiji reached a high degree of agreement and advocated the transformation and construction of small warships. They also looked for soldiers who were familiar with water to quickly form a navy and conduct emergency drills. The cooperation was very pleasant.
Under Zhending City, with the cooperation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, the siege dam gradually took shape, and the progress of the project continued to accelerate, and it was about to be completed.
The golden soldiers guarding the city became more and more impetuous and worried. They also began to send troops out of the city to harass the city day and night, trying to slow down the progress of the project, but it was in vain.
There are more and more corpses piled outside the city, and the siege dam is getting longer, taller, and thicker.
In the end, Ugu Lun Wo Lun really had no choice but to secretly build a wooden boat in the city in desperation. He planned to rely on such a boat to survive when the coalition forces were flooded and support them until reinforcements arrived.
Speaking of reinforcements, Wu Gulunjige was really depressed and dissatisfied. He didn't know when the imperial reinforcements would arrive. Didn't the imperial court care about the life and death of Zhending City?
Not to mention the army of more than 10,000 people in the city, there are also nearly 200,000 Jurchens who have taken refuge in the city. Doesn't the imperial court care?
Where are the reinforcements?
Ugu Lunjige was looking forward to reinforcements, but the reinforcements never arrived.
Zhending City is at the end of its rope and there is nothing we can do.
