Wang Ruohai entered the house, rubbed his hands and said: "It's windy outside, dark clouds are everywhere, and not a single star is visible. It looks like it's going to snow around. In this kind of weather, if it snows heavily, it will be difficult to move for a while. .”
Li Yanxian said: "We have occupied Guozhou, and the Wushu near Shaanxi must come back as soon as possible. It's snowing heavily, and it's not convenient to walk."
Wang Xiaolie smiled: "No matter how difficult the road is, Wu Shu must rush back as soon as possible. Otherwise, if we occupy Shaanzhou and completely block his way to the west, it will be ugly. Now Beijing There is no large force of the Jin Army around Zhao Mansion. How can we hold it with the help of surrendered troops? Wei Yi is considered a figure among these people. We defeated his entire army in one battle. You can imagine the others."
After speaking, Wang Xiaolie greeted Wang Ruohai: "Zhang Chi did a good job today. He shot Wei Yi to death with three arrows. It can be said that we occupied Guozhou with almost no losses and defeated more than 10,000 enemy troops. It was a great victory. Next The snow is good, let's celebrate by drinking and eating meat. The counselor has been busy all day, so he comes over to sit down and have a glass of wine. Put everything aside tonight, and you won't come back until you're drunk!"
Wang Ruohai sat by the fire and stretched out his hand to warm himself up. Said: "Take advantage of Nian Liduo and Wanyan Huonv to go west. Wu Shu can't come back for the time being. The area around Jingzhao Mansion is empty. We can't let go of the opportunity. Tomorrow Wei Yang and Xue Cheng must go west as quickly as possible. Occupy Tongguan. After occupying Tongguan, if we occupy Huazhou and Tongzhou, Guanzhong will be shocked. After the battle of Fuping, the Jin army is blazing fiercely. Kill them with vigor!"
The soldiers placed wine glasses in front of everyone, opened the wine jars, and brought up a large basin of meat.
Wang Xiaolie picked up the wine jar and poured wine for Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai. Said: "When I ate less meat before, I just wanted to eat meat every time. Now that I eat more meat, I also want to eat some vegetables from time to time. People are just very strange."
"Even if you eat delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, you will get tired of it." Wang Ruohai took the wine jar from Wang Xiaolie's hand and placed it in front of him. "But it's not easy to eat vegetables in winter. It's freezing cold. Where can we grow vegetables?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "There are always several vegetables suitable for growing in winter. One is bean sprouts, and then there are leeks and garlic. As long as the room is warm. The army carries these and often changes the taste. Today's big victory, I ordered all these to be done to celebrate the success of the soldiers."
After three drinks, Wang Xiaolie put down his glass. Said: "We lost very little in this battle, so we destroyed Wei Yi. The war went smoothly, which is naturally gratifying. But it would be a pity if we could not seize the opportunity and cause the maximum loss to the Jin army. After the First World War in Fuping , the army in Shaanxi was generally very pessimistic and believed that we could not defeat the Jin army. The Jin army was arrogant and attacked everywhere, trying to completely seize Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road. This victory boosted the morale of the army and dealt a blow to the Jin army. Military arrogance. But the most important thing is that we must expand our results."
Wang Ruohai asked: "How about suppressing the desire?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "The troops are divided into two groups. Li Jinglue's army goes east to block Wushu. Our troops go west to threaten Guanzhong. If Wei Yang can successfully occupy Huazhou, he will quickly leave Lintong and arrive in Beijing. If you can't come back in time, then you can stab Jingzhao Mansion! Being able to capture Jingzhao Mansion, even for just a few days, will be enough to shock the world!"
Li Yanxian said: "With nearly 20,000 elite Wushu cavalry, it is not easy to defend Shaanzhou."
Wang Xiaoxing said: "After Xue Cheng defeated Tongzhou, if the Yellow River was frozen, he would return to the east and occupy Hezhong Prefecture, which would echo Shaanzhou. The number of soldiers and horses that went to Shaanzhou should not be less than 6,000, and Xue With Cheng's help, we can stop Wu Shu for a few months. In a few months, the war will be over."
Having said this, Wang Xiaolie raised his glass and drank it in one gulp. After thinking for a while, he said: "If there is no accident, the purpose of this battle is: Wei Yang captures Jingzhao Mansion and stays as long as he can. He collects the belongings of Jingzhao Mansion and evacuates south together with the people in that area. Blackmail If Liduo sends a large army, retreat quickly and do not fight to the death. Jingzhao Mansion is too far away from Guozhou, and it may be too late to retreat here. You should occupy Lantian in advance, withdraw southward from there into Shangzhou, and return to Lu from Shangzhou. After Let’s inform Shao Xing in advance and respond in advance.”
Li Yanxian thought for a while and nodded heavily: "Okay! I will order Shao Xing to lead the team to clear the road in time and prepare food and grass!"
Li Yanxian and Wang Xiaolie are two different forces, each with their own interests. In fact, there will be many contradictions in joint operations. If Wang Xiaolie hadn't rescued Shaanzhou at the beginning of the year, Li Yanxian wouldn't be so cooperative now.
Looking at Li Yanxian, Wang Xiaolie nodded heavily. Said: "Now is an emergency, and we should also do something extraordinary! The Jinlu invaded the south, and many families were separated from their wives and children, and how many families were broken up and killed! We who lead the troops need to open our minds and unite sincerely, so that we can truly have success. The strength to fight against the Jin people. The Jin people attacked Shaanxi's 100,000-strong army. If we also had 100,000 people, how could we be so constrained. With enough troops, the minimum goal is to encircle and annihilate Wu Shu in Luoyang, or even turn around and annihilate Li Duo in Guanzhong! But the capital is small and it really can’t be done.”
In fact, there is another point. Zhang Jun is now afraid that he has become a burden. He doesn't have much strength, and his official position is high, but he is unwilling to do so. If Wang Xiaolie went all out and fought the Jin army with all his strength, he would probably be targeted by the imperial court. Attacking Guozhou and quickly retreating were Wang Xiaolie's limit this time. Wang Xiaolie's strength does not allow for larger movements.
Cao Yu pulled off his helmet, threw it aside, and said: "Zhi Niang, what a strong wind! I looked around and saw that many trees on the roadside had their branches blown off and rolled on the ground. If I wasn't careful, I almost missed it. He was hit on the head by a falling branch. Everyone is saying that with such strong winds, there will be heavy snow tonight! If it snows, it will be difficult for us to leave tomorrow!"
Wei Yang moved his body and said: "No matter how heavy the snow is, we still have to go! Just now, Zhenfu specially called me and Commander Xue to go to Guanzhong as quickly as possible. This time we go west, if we can fight When you enter Jingzhao Mansion, you must remember a great achievement!"
Cao Yu sat down, first took a large piece of roasted meat and stuffed it into his mouth. Chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed hard. He said: "If you must leave, be prepared to endure hardships. Previously, I thought of bringing less military rations and collecting and purchasing them on the road, but now it seems difficult. It's really going to snow heavily, where can I collect rations?"
After saying that, he grabbed the wine bottle and poured himself a large bowl of wine.
The others raised their wine bowls together and drank from one bowl with Cao Yu.
Xue Chengdao: "If it really snows heavily, you won't be able to use the car. If you are not good enough, you can't even use the pack animals, you can only carry people on your shoulders. It will be miserable along the way! Before arriving at Guozhou, it snowed in Luanchuan River .When we get to Guozhou, damn it, it’s snowing here again!”
Zhang Chi said: "Only by enduring hardship can you become a master. If you want to defeat the Jin army, you must be able to walk in this kind of weather and fight. It is difficult for us to leave, and it is equally difficult for the Jin army. Eat something on the way. It’s hard work, I really broke into Jingzhao Mansion, everything is worth it.”
Wei Yang raised the bowl and said: "That's right! This time, we are taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the Jin army's retreat! If the fight goes smoothly, everything will be worth it!"
After drinking a few bowls of wine, the atmosphere gradually became warmer. Wei Yang said to Zhang Chi: "Today when you went out to fight, I saw a bunch of people mingling in front of you. How could you fire arrows in succession and hit the target? The arrow penetrated through the crowd and was not afraid of hitting others?"
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "I used all my strength on those three arrows. Others looked simple, but they didn't know how difficult it was for me. When I went to battle today, the governor specially ordered me to use a three-stone bow and bring ten armor-piercing arrows -"
Cao Yu said: "Why don't you use a pot of arrows? If you miss three arrows, shoot a few more at him!"
Zhang Chi shook his head repeatedly: "Brother, the three-stone bow is not that easy to shoot. Even I can only fire three arrows in a row. When the three arrows were shot out, half of my body had no strength at all. More than half an hour after the battle, the soreness and numbness The strength slowly subsided. Until now, my right arm still hurts. Zhen Fu asked me to bring ten arrows, just for fear of an accident, so I tried my best to kill Wei Yi!"
Among the people here, apart from Zhang Chi, only Chi Yuping can shoot a bow worth two stones and five buckets. The rest of the people tried their best and could only open a little more than two stones. With two stone bows, everyone will lose their accuracy.
Chi Yuping said slowly: "This is Zhang Chi's ability. It's impossible not to accept it. He can shoot three-stone bows. Although he can only shoot three arrows in a row, these three arrows are accurate. For ordinary people, there are some who can shoot three-stone bows. How many people are accurate?"
Xue Cheng said with a smile: "We can only say that Wei Yi is unlucky! He also wore iron armor on the battlefield, but he didn't expect that we have a sharpshooter!"
Several people laughed together, raised their wine bowls and drank the wine together.
Today's victory was so great that Wang Xiao's army distributed the stored wine and meat to everyone to celebrate. He also specially sent two sheep to Zhang Chi and Chi Yuping so that they could have a feast. They called the two commanders Wei Yang and Xue Cheng and their deputy commanders to come, and everyone drank and ate meat.
After resting for a day, Zhang Chi's arm slowly recovered and he drank happily. Naturally, there are people in the army who can shoot three arrows with a three-stone bow. There are thousands of people in the army, and there are all kinds of strange people and strange things. But it is extremely rare to shoot three arrows in a row and still be accurate, which is regarded as Zhang Chi's talent.
Wei Yang and Xue Cheng's armies will set off tomorrow morning, but they are not the ones leaving. It is impossible for an army of thousands of people to move and stop at the same time. Today's arrangements are in order, so the two of them don't have to get up early tomorrow morning.
It was a great victory to destroy Wei Yi and capture Guozhou. Especially after the Fuping War, the morale of the Song army was greatly improved. If Wang Xiaolie could take advantage of the opportunity when the Jin army attacked and his back was empty, and occupied Jingzhao Mansion, it would be an even greater victory. The Song army, which was facing the fierce attack of the Jin army in front, would have a chance to breathe.
With the adjustment of Wushu to the west, Zhao Gou in the south of the Yangtze River got a breather and was temporarily out of danger. But Shaanxi became the main battlefield, and the Jin army pressed on the border. The Song Dynasty army faced great difficulties. In the coming time, Wang Xiaolie will not be as relaxed as he was in the past few months. However, the Jin army's goal is the prosperous Sichuan and Shu regions and will not threaten Xiangyang and Dengzhou for the time being.
