Listening to Zheng Chuang's answer, Yuan Song didn't say anything, but there was a little disappointment in his eyes, and then he continued to pick up the telescope to observe the situation in Jinyang... ···········
Although Yuan Song didn't say a word of blame, this silent disappointment made Zheng Chuang even more ashamed.
He didn't expect that Zhao Wenbin was so tough. Even after using all means, he still couldn't pry his mouth open. Until the moment of his death, he still believed that the Luo'an court would win the final victory.
Just when Zheng Chuang was blaming himself, Yuan Song's voice came to his ears again.
"How is the situation in Pingyang?"
Facing Yuan Song's inquiry, Zheng Chuang said without hesitation:
"Commander Xun has sent news a few days ago that the Third Division has captured Pingyang and is closely monitoring the movements in Guanzhong!"
Hearing this, Yuan Song nodded slightly and said:
"How is the situation in the direction of Shizhou?"
Regarding this question, Zheng Chuang hesitated for a while and said:
"The task of capturing Shizhou was given to Commander Song Jie of the Eighth Division. There should be no news sent back yet!"
At this point Zheng Chuang paused and continued:
"Although Commander Song Jie has sent back the news, the problem should not be too big. Commander Song Jie is a strong general from the first division. He has a full battalion of 3,700 people under his command. In order to capture Shizhou Five red cannons were specially assigned to him..."
"In order to defend Jinyang before, Wang Muzhi transferred most of the Yun Bing Army from Shizhou. Now there are at most a thousand Yun Bing Army left in Shizhou City, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. I think with these people It shouldn’t be able to stop the troops led by Song Jie!”
Yuan Song thought for a while and said:
"Send communications troops to immediately contact Song Jie's department about the movements. In addition, we ask Commander Xun to launch some tentative attacks on Wei Pass to put some pressure on the enemies of Luo'an and let the dignitaries understand that they are not safe!"
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Chuang immediately took the order and left.
After giving orders to Zheng Chuang, Yuan Song continued to observe Jinyang City with his telescope. He observed it for a full stick of incense before putting down the telescope and shaking his head helplessly.
Shangguan Hongyuan, an old man, appointed Wang Muzhi as the governor of Yunbing. Sure enough, Wang Muzhi still had a few tricks up his sleeve. Although he had just suffered a disastrous defeat and lost tens of thousands of horses, the garrison in the city was still in good order. Wang Muzhi's arrangements were also very appropriate.
However, if it was just like this, Yuan Song would not refuse the invitation of his subordinates to fight. He would immediately order an attack on the city and strive to capture Jinyang City within ten to fifteen days, so as to celebrate Ye Mingsheng's birthday one month later. A congratulatory gift!
But the problem now is that their opponent is not just Yun Bingjun under Wang Muzhi!
Although the Coordination Office and the Staff Department both believed that the reinforcements from the Luo'an court came so quickly, Yuan Song insisted that the reinforcements from Luo'an must exceed everyone's expectations... ·······
There is only one reason!
That is, the enemy's commander-in-chief is called Yang Chongqing!
Although it has been more than ten years, Yuan Song already clearly remembers Yang Chongqing's combat style!
He knew that Yang Chongqing's favorite thing to do was to use surprise troops to do things that everyone thought were impossible!
Just as the Kipchak barbarians thought that the Imperial Zhou Army would not fight them on the grasslands, Yang Chongqing led his troops to attack three hundred miles and killed the Kipchak barbarians by surprise. If it were not for the three eagle divisions of the Kipchak Khanate at that time, If they desperately rush for reinforcements, their most proud Tiger Division may be completely wiped out!
It was this battle that eliminated the Kipchak Khanate's contempt for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the generals of the Kipchak Khanate no longer dared to go south to herd horses. It was also this battle that forced the Kipchak Khanate and the Zhou Dynasty to Zhou signed a peace treaty!
The current situation in Yunbin is more dangerous than when the Qinchak Khanate invaded Yongliang. When the Fengwu Army completes its layout, Jinyang City will be in the Fengwu Army's bag. Even if Yang Chongqing leads reinforcements to kill, They will also be blocked by the Fengwu Army, and it will be difficult for them to reach Jinyang City.
Yang Chongqing will not fail to understand this truth, so he will definitely try his best to lead his troops to Yun and stop the Fengwu Army's layout before the Fengwu Army completes its layout... ········
What Yuan Song is doing now is to complete the layout as soon as possible and not give Yang Chongqing any chance to take advantage of it!
Shizhou and Pingyang are key places in the layout. Shizhou is located to the west of Jinyang, and Pingyang is located to the south of Jinyang. Both places are connected to Guanzhong. Through these two places, Yang Chongqing can lead his troops to quickly enter the clouds and solve the problem of Jinyang. outside!
However, compared to Shizhou, Pingyang is closer to Luo'an, and the Luo'an Imperial Army is mostly gathered around Luo'an, so Yang Chongqing can quickly gather troops to enter Yunbin, so Yang Chongqing is more likely to enter Yunbin from here. Therefore, Yuan Song asked Xun Ke to lead the entire third division to capture Pingyang one step ahead and block Yang Chongqing's advance.
Although compared to Pingyang, the possibility of Yang Chongqing fighting into Yunbin from Shizhou is relatively small, but this does not mean that there is no chance at all. According to the intelligence from the Coordination Office, Yanzhou in the northern part of Guanzhong has 10,000 Hujie Forbidden Army stationed.
This Hujie Forbidden Army was originally used to defend against the Kipchak Khanate, but it was impossible for Yang Chongqing to let them raid Shizhou and capture the west gate of Yunbin at this time, opening the way for the Luoan reinforcements to rush to Jinyang.
Therefore, Yuan Song also sent troops to take the lead and close the west gate of Shizhou. However, because he had to prepare to besiege Jinyang and capture Pingyang, the strength of the Fengwu Army in Yunbin was also somewhat stretched, so after repeated consideration, Yuan Song , decided to hand over the task of capturing Shizhou to Song Jie and his 3,700 soldiers...
Song Jie was his former member of the First Division. Later, when the Eighth Division was formed, he was transferred over to assume the position of commander. Yuan Song still trusted his ability.
However, there is currently no news from the direction of Shizhou, so Yuan Song is also a little worried about the situation in Shizhou!
It was precisely because he could not confirm the movements of Yang Chongqing's troops that Yuan Song did not dare to order a rash attack on the city. If Yang Chongqing's troops came and killed them while they were attacking the city, the situation would probably become stalemate again. Woke up!
Although it was already the end of February and spring was about to begin, the weather was still a bit cold. After standing outside for a while, Yuan Song felt a little unbearable. He immediately returned to the camp and sat around the stove to keep warm. At that time, General Zheng Chuang came over with a serious face and said:
"Sir, the ordering troops have just arrived. There is news from Song Jie's command!"
Looking at the serious expression on Zheng Chuang Guozi's face, Yuan Song had some bad premonitions in his heart, but he still nodded and said:
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Zheng Chuang organized his words and said in a deep voice:
"According to what the messenger said, Song Jie's troops arrived at Shizhou on the 21st, and captured Shizhou on the 23rd. On the 25th, Song Jie's troops led an army to clear out the vicinity of Shizhou. When the troops were remnant, the troops led by Song Jie were ambushed by the Luoan Forbidden Army..."
"Commander Song Jie committed suicide after leading his troops to break out of the encirclement with no hope. The 1,700 people who followed him out of the city were completely wiped out!"
"On the night after the death of Commander Song Jie, Shizhou encountered a night attack by the Luo'an Forbidden Army. The sentry commander Ye Shengwei took over the command, but due to being outnumbered, Shizhou fell two days later. The sentry commander Ye Shengwei died of exhaustion, and the deputy sentry commander Cai Shitou leads the remaining 700 men to break out!"
"In addition, according to the messenger, some of the Luoan Forbidden Army who ambushed them were Shenwu Army, and they held high the Yang flag and the flag of the Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses. Therefore, it is possible that Yang Chongqing personally planned this raid. !”
Although he had some psychological expectations, Yuan Song couldn't help but close his eyes in pain after hearing the news.
Yang Chongqing is indeed still the same Yang Chongqing. Even though he made the move as early as possible, he still destroyed a full camp of his with one move!
You must know that when the Fengwu Army connected Wenshan, Xiaode, and Heyi Counties and annihilated nearly 30,000 Yun Bing's troops, only about 4,000 of them died. But now Yang Chongqing kills them as soon as he takes action. We defeated 3,000 Fengwu Army soldiers and almost wiped out a whole battalion of the Fengwu Army...
Although his heart was filled with a sense of frustration, Yuan Song was not swayed by this sense of frustration. He continued to ask Zheng Chuang:
"What's going on in Shizhou now?"
Facing Yuan Song's inquiry, Zheng Chuang continued to introduce:
"According to the messenger, after the enemy captured Shizhou, they did not continue to march towards Jinyang. Instead, they continued to consolidate Shizhou. In the future, more Luo'an Forbidden Forces may pass through Shizhou. Enter Yunbin!"
Hearing the news, Yuan Song nodded slightly. Seeing this, General Zheng Chuang hesitated and asked in a low voice:
"Sir, should the news of Shizhou's defeat be blocked in the army?"
When Yuan Song heard this, he refused without any hesitation:
"You don't need to block the news. You have to spread the news to the whole army and let every soldier in the army know that our army has suffered a defeat in Shizhou!"
When these words came out, Zheng Chuang showed a look of astonishment on his face. He didn't understand why Yuan Song did this. Logically speaking, in order to maintain morale, he should have blocked the news!
Seeing Zheng Chuang's puzzled expression, Yuan Song explained earnestly:
"The previous victory came too easily, which made the whole army underestimate the enemy. The news of Shizhou's defeat was like a basin of cold water that made everyone calm down!"
"Failure will make us realize that our Fengwu Army is not invincible. We will also suffer defeat and be wiped out... ········”
"Now our real opponent is here! If we are not careful, we will lose everything, so we must go all out to win this war!
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Youyan, Jingmen County
Late at night, a carriage slowly drove toward the port escorted by seven guards.
At the same time, in the carriage, a little boy about seven years old gently pulled Liu Yun's sleeve and asked:
"Dad, where are we going?"
Facing his youngest son's inquiry, Liu Yun said impatiently:
"You'll know when the time comes!"
After saying that, Liu Yun lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at the dark night outside the window with some nostalgia. As a native of Youyan, Liu Yun never thought that one day he would abandon his family and business and leave his hometown. But unfortunately, this This kind of thing really happened!
At present, all signs indicate that the Coordination Office is secretly investigating the Daxinchang bank account. Their false accounts and misappropriation of silver for loan sharking may have been exposed. Therefore, there is no place for him in the Fengwu Army. Therefore, in order to survive, Liu Yun can only choose to run away!
Because this trip was in a hurry, with only two days from decision to implementation, Liu Yun had no time to arrange everything.
So all he could do was bring his two sons, his wife and concubines, four relatives, some scattered silver coins, gold bars and the like, and of course the most important thing, his seven most trusted guards.
Liu Yun knows very well that the world is not peaceful now. Without any guards, he is just a big fat sheep that can be plundered. Only swords can protect him and his family... ···················
In addition, Liu Yun could only reluctantly give up most of the family business he had founded and the dozens of concubines he carefully selected.
He didn't know who these beauties and wealth would belong to next, but they were destined to miss him!
The escape route Liu Yun prepared for himself was to take a boat from Jingmen Port and take the sea route to Jiangnan. He planned to use the gold and silver he carried to buy a house in the countryside of Jiangnan, buy some fertile land, and become a rich man incognito. It was Liu Yun who could think of the best ending for himself!
Just when Liu Yun was reluctant to leave his hometown, the carriage suddenly stopped, and then the voice of his men came from outside the carriage.
"Sir, the road is blocked by stones!"
Liu Yun was shocked when he heard this, but before he could say anything, he heard the muffled sound of several fire guns being fired outside the carriage.
The next second, the screams of the guards came from outside the carriage. Just as Liu Yun was frightened, a burst of hearty laughter came to his ears.
"Old Liu, get off the carriage!"
Hearing this voice, Liu Yun was devastated, but at this time, everyone was a knife and he was a fish, so Liu Yun could only get out of the carriage obediently.
At this time, Gu Dejiang and a dozen killers were standing outside the carriage, and at their feet was the corpse of Liu Yun's men... ·········
Looking at the housekeeper Liu Huai beside Gu Dejiang, Liu Yun immediately understood why Gu Dejiang knew his whereabouts, and gritted his teeth and cursed angrily:
"Liu Huai, you piece of shit, you must die a good death!"
