After hearing Zheng Chuang's report, Yuan Song looked at the sand table in front of him and fell into thinking again...
Before the war, the Fengwu Army was mainly composed of the Second Army and the Third Army, which had more than 100,000 troops. Although there were 100,000 troops, this did not mean that Yuan Song could use all of these troops for attack. After all, the Fengwu Army also has to guard other counties in Jin and other counties.
Therefore, after discussing with Xun Ke, the commander of the Fourth Army, Yuan Song decided to keep the newly restored Fourth Division as the general reserve of the Fengwu Army on the Yunbin battlefield to stay in the rear.
Therefore, the troops that Yuan Song could mobilize, namely the Second Division, the Eighth Division of the Second Army, and the Third Division of the Third Army, totaled about 80,000 people, and the war lasted for more than a month. , although the Fengwu Army achieved a complete victory and wiped out nearly 30,000 Yun Bing Army, it also suffered more than 5,000 casualties in the battle with Yun Bing Army.
In the current situation, with the strength of the Fengwu Army in Yunbin, it would not be a big problem if it could only deal with Wang Muzhi in Jinyang City and the tens of thousands of Wang Muzhi's remaining soldiers who were defeated.
However, with the arrival of Yang Chongqing and tens of thousands of forbidden troops, the strength of the Fengwu Army became somewhat stretched. After realizing this problem, Yuan Song planned to request reinforcements from Ye Mingsheng, hoping that Ye Mingsheng would invest the reserve team he had originally promised. On the battlefield of Yunbin...
However, what surprised Yuan Song was that before he could ask for help from Ye Mingsheng, he received a notification that the 10th Division of the 9th Division was coming to Yunhe to increase its troops. In addition to the two divisions totaling more than 35,000 people, Ye Mingsheng also provided him with military supplies including dozens of heavy artillery.
After realizing that these soldiers and military supplies were about to arrive, Yuan Song's confidence in defeating his former boss Yang Chongqing and winning this cloud war increased again!
After pondering for a while, Yuan Song asked Zheng Chuang again:
"What's going on in the direction of Pingyang?"
Zheng Chuang preached without thinking:
"According to the report sent by the Third Army, under your order from the Commander-in-Chief, Commander Xun has carried out several artillery bombardments on Wei Pass, and in cooperation with the Coordination Office, sent officers from Feihu Camp to cross the Wei Pass via mountain roads to attack Wei Pass. Enemy officials and generals in Guanzhong carried out several beheading operations, and the results were remarkable!"
Hearing the news, Yuan Song nodded slightly. Seeing this, Zheng Chuang, as a general, boldly suggested:
"Commander-in-Chief, judging from the current situation, Yang Chongqing has basically decided to march towards Yunbin from the direction of Shizhou, so it may be a waste to keep the Third Division in Pingyang!"
"The terrain around Jinyang is flat and suitable for cavalry operations. The more than 11,000 cavalrymen of the Third Division will be an important magic weapon for our army to win!"
Regarding Zheng Chuang's suggestion, Yuan Song gave Zheng Chuang an appreciative look, and then said confidently:
"Your idea is very good, but I have other plans for the third division..."
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While Yuan Song was listening to Zheng Chuang's report, hundreds of miles away in Shizhou, Yang Chongqing was also standing on the edge of the sand table studying Yun Bing's situation.
He had passed the scout's report and got the news that Yuan Song had withdrawn his troops from Jinyang City and Fengwu Army had withdrawn to Xiaode County.
And this also allowed Yang Chongqing to complete his most basic goal of leading his troops to support Yun Bing - lifting the siege of Jinyang!
After receiving the news, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army in Shizhou were also in a state of revelry. They all thought that it was Yang Chongqing who came out of the mountain. The victory in the battle with Shizhou greatly shocked the Fengwu Army, causing the Fengwu Army to flee without a fight. Some even accused the so-called Yuan Song, the first general of the Fengwu Army, also sneered at him, thinking that he was just a silver spear and candle head, and was frightened by Yang Chongqing!
Yang Chongqing was very aware of these situations, but Yang Chongqing chose to let it go. The reason why he did this was because in the past year, the Luo'an court suffered consecutive defeats in the face of the Fengwu Army's offensive, and this It also affected the morale of the army.
Even when they set out to support Yunbin, because they heard that they were going to fight the Fengwu Army, there were some deserters. Although the number of deserters was not large, this made Yang Chongqing very angry!
In his eyes, the Forbidden Army was the most elite force of the Zhou Dynasty. How could it be unworthy to be cowardly before the war started?
While dealing with the deserters seriously, Yang Chongqing also deeply realized that the soldiers of the Forbidden Army were somewhat afraid of the Fengwu Army... ·······
As a battle-hardened general, Yang Chongqing understands very well the principle that the brave will win in a narrow encounter!
When fighting against a powerful opponent like Fengwu Army, if you are timid, you have already lost half the battle, and it will be difficult to win the final victory!
Therefore, in order to change the Forbidden Army's fear of the Fengwu Army, Yang Chongqing also vigorously publicized the victory of the Battle of Shizhou. He also paraded the captured Fengwu Army officers in the streets and allowed the Forbidden Army officers to humiliate them. In this way, he eliminated the soldiers' fear of the Fengwu Army. Fengwu army's fear and enhance their confidence!
I have to say that Yang Chongqing's method is still very useful. The morale of the current Forbidden Army officers and soldiers is very high. They are all screaming, wishing for a decisive battle with the Fengwu Army tomorrow, and rushing into Yi Jing the day after tomorrow to kill the dog thief Ye Mingsheng. Ling Chi was executed and the entire Ye family was killed!
Under this circumstance, after learning the news that Yuan Song had withdrawn to Xiaode County, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army also called for a fight, asking Yang Chongqing to order the march to Jinyang as soon as possible, and fight with Yun Bingjun in Jinyang City to completely save Yun The situation of merging!
However, Yang Chongqing flatly refused this. Although the morale of the entire army was high due to his various methods, Yang Chongqing, as the last famous general of the Luo'an court and the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, still kept a calm mind. He was not swayed by the rising emotions of the entire army...
Yang Chongqing knew that the reason why Yuan Song took the initiative to lift the siege of Jinyang and withdrew the Fengwu Army to Xiaode County was not because Yuan Song was frightened by him!
As a general, in the process of studying the rise of Fengwu, he realized that Yuan Song, known as the first general of the Fengwu Army, played an indispensable key role in the Fengwu Army's foreign wars!
Yuan Song's style is calm and sophisticated, but he does not lack the ability to win by surprise. He fully demonstrated his military talents in the wars between Fengwu Army against Youyan and against Hebei Province. Therefore, it is impossible for a character like this to be dismissed. His victory of annihilating thousands of people was so frightening that he gave in!
Therefore, in Yang Chongqing's eyes, there are two reasons why Yuan Song took the initiative to lift the siege of Jinyang and retreat his troops to Xiaode County!
The first reason is that Yuan Song has keenly realized that the current strength of the Fengwu Army in Yunbin is not enough to capture Jinyang, a powerful city in the north!
The second reason is the key point. Yuan Song set a trap for himself under Jinyang City!
The assembly and mobilization of the army, especially the assembly and mobilization of tens of thousands of troops, is not a simple matter that can be completed quickly. It takes a certain amount of time!
Because of this, Yang Chongqing, who was aware of the emergency situation in Jinyang at that time, gave up his plan to gather the Imperial Army in Luo'an for action, and instead went to Yanzhou in person to lead a 10,000-strong Tiger Army to raid Shizhou... ··························
Although almost ten days have passed since the capture of Shizhou, not all the assembled Forbidden Army soldiers came to Shizhou because of the relatively long distance. Currently, there are only 37,000 people in Shizhou, and there will be more to come. Nearly 50,000 forbidden troops will rush to Shizhou.
It was precisely because of this that Yuan Song chose to give in, trying to lure himself out of Shizhou, and led more than 30,000 people to Jinyang!
On the surface, there are nearly 30,000 Yun soldiers in Jinyang City, and he now has more than 30,000 people in his hands. As long as he leads his troops to Jinyang, he can basically ensure the safety of Jinyang, even with the Fengwu Army. There is no problem in a head-on confrontation, and our side even has an advantage in terms of military strength!
But after communicating with Wang Muzhi in Jinyang City, Yang Chongqing realized that the situation looked so good!
Although the current Yun Bing Army seems to still have 30,000 people, more than 70% of these 30,000 people are new recruits who have just joined the army and have only undergone less than three months of training without any actual combat experience.
Not only that, a series of previous defeats basically wiped out most of Yun Bingjun's family fortune. This also resulted in the fact that Yun Bingjun in the city is now only equipped with a small number of firearms, and only a few thousand people have weapons in terms of armor and stomach. Armor, the remaining 20,000 people have no armor at all, only simple swords and spears
In terms of military morale, unlike the Forbidden Army, which was only somewhat feared by the Fengwu Army, the Yun Bing Army was completely discouraged from top to bottom... ···············
Based on these circumstances, although the Yun Bing Army is known as a regular force, the remaining tens of thousands of people facing the Fengwu Army will not be much more effective than the homeless grass bandits. If the defenders are under the protection of the city, they can still fight with the Fengwu Army. The Fengwu Army fought for a while. If they went out of the city and fought with the Fengwu Army in the field, Yang Chongqing doubted that they would collapse at the first touch!
At the same time, Yang Chongqing knew very well that if he led his troops towards Jinyang, Yuan Song would never let him lead his troops into the city.
Shizhou is about five hundred miles away from Jinyang, and Xiaode County is less than a hundred miles away from Jinyang. Therefore, when he leads his troops to the surrounding areas of Jinyang, he will definitely encounter Yuan Song, who is waiting for work. The Second Army of the Fengwu Army will start a fierce battle with themselves to prevent them from entering Jinyang City!
Perhaps Yuan Song will arrange thousands of people to defend Wang Muzhi's Yun Bing army, but his own troops will still be at a disadvantage!
If this is the case, then Yang Chongqing will definitely lead his troops to Jinyang. He is very confident in his own abilities and the combat power of the Forbidden Army. He feels that even if he is at a disadvantage in physical strength and military strength, he is sure to defeat Jinyang around Yuan Song!
But the problem is that Yuan Song also has a very insidious trick up his sleeve!
This trump card is the Third Division of the Fengwu Army located in Pingyang...
As the only division-level combat unit of the Fengwu Army equipped with tens of thousands of cavalry, Yang Chongqing never dared to ignore their combat effectiveness!
Judging from the current situation, Yuan Song seems to have placed them in Pingyang Mansion and asked them to prepare for the Luoan Imperial Army to leave Wei Pass and march toward Yunbing!
But Yang Chongqing can realize that once he leads his troops to the vicinity of Jinyang at this moment, the cavalry of the Third Division of Pingyang will take his retreat!
That was tens of thousands of cavalry. Although the terrain of Yunbin restricted their performance to a certain extent, tens of thousands of cavalry were still able to unleash powerful combat effectiveness!
And with the Fengwu Army attacking from both front and back, there will be no luck. Failure or annihilation is the only result!
It was precisely because he saw through Yuan Song's trap that Yang Chongqing did not dare to add more troops to Jinyang and continued to stay in Shizhou to wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops of the Forbidden Army.
This method seems very safe, but just because you have reinforcements, it doesn't mean that the Fengwu Army doesn't have them. Through the intelligence network of the Supervision Department, Yang Chongqing already knows that the Fengwu Army's 9th and 10th Divisions, as well as a large number of military supplies, are about to arrive. front.
Therefore, even if we wait until all the forbidden troops arrive in Shizhou, our side is still at a disadvantage, and Yang Chongqing is also very helpless about this... ······
Faced with this dilemma, Yang Chongqing also thought of ways to break the situation. For example, when he led his troops to Jinyang, he ordered the Imperial Army to make some moves in the direction of Wei Pass to firmly attract the Third Division of the Fengwu Army to Pingyang. , don’t let them take their own retreat!
But the problem is that the Third Division of the Fengwu Army is the main ace division of the Fengwu Army with a total strength of nearly 25,000 people. Therefore, even if the Third Army's more than 10,000 cavalry leaves, there will still be more than 10,000 people in the Third Division guarding Pingyang.
And with the strength of the Luo'an Forbidden Army in the direction of Wei Guan, it would be difficult for them to capture Pingyang where more than 10,000 Fengwu troops were guarding the city, so it was basically impossible to contain the Fengwu Army cavalry.
Not to mention that the Fengwu Army in Pingyang took frequent actions. They first bombarded Wei Pass, then sent small groups of troops to bypass Wei Pass and enter Guanzhong via mountain roads, and carried out beheading operations on generals and officials in Guanzhong. Although these actions did not have much impact on the war situation. Meaningful, but it has a strong political influence!
They made the dignitaries in Luo'an realize that they were not safe. In this way, people in Luo'an would be panicked. Shangguan Changgong was also distressed. They could only hope that the Supervision Department could play its role. Fortunately, Murong Lun has been trying his best to stabilize the court at this time, otherwise things will be even more troublesome!
Therefore, considering all the above situations, Yang Chongqing can only continue to choose to be patient and wait for a suitable opportunity to show his fangs to Fengwu Army... ·············
