It wasn't until very late that Zhao Ding could fall asleep. The next morning, he just fell asleep at dawn.
Suddenly, Qi Chongli rushed into Zhao Ding's bedroom. Seeing that Zhao Ding was still lying high, he hurriedly woke him up.
Zhao Ding woke up, bleary-eyed, and stayed there for a while. Turning around, he saw Qi Chongli and asked, "Advisor, what's the matter? You came to call me so early!"
Qi Chongli took a breath and said: "Captain, something bad happened! We just came from the front line of Pingyao to report that the Jin army suddenly came out of the city to attack last night. Our army was unprepared and was pushed back five miles by them. Moreover, the Jin army killed a lot of people! "
Zhao Ding was stunned for a while and then said: "It doesn't matter if we retreat a few miles. Just regroup and fight forward today."
Qi Chongli said: "After retreating five miles, the high platform built a few days ago was bulldozed by the Jin army. How is this not a big deal? To attack Pingyao City, we had to rebuild the high platform, and a few days passed. How can we survive like this?"
After hearing this, Zhao Ding completely woke up. He sat up suddenly and said: "Wu Jie and Liu Qi are really useless! After attacking the small city of Pingyao for several days, not only did they fail to break the city, but the Jin people didn't come back! If this continues, how can we talk about breaking it? Taiyuan!”
After saying that, he ordered his soldiers to get clothes quickly, get dressed and get up.
In the Jinzhou Prefectural Government Office, Wang Xiaolie looked around at the environment and said to Wang Ruohai: "This place is too cramped and is too small for a headquarters. But now that the war has begun, our headquarters will not be located here. Don’t worry about it.”
Wang Ruohai said: "Of course the headquarters must be located around Taiyuan City, why is it here?"
While talking, the two entered the official hall. At this time, the magistrate of Jinzhou had moved out, and the official hall seemed empty. In the middle, there was a large table, which looked very abrupt. This is Wang Xiaolie's habit. A big table is set up in the headquarters first.
After sitting down at the table, Wang Xiaolie asked, "How is the front line now?"
Wang Ruohai ordered his staff to come over and lay out a map detailing the situation in the Taiyuan Basin. He pointed and said: "Captain Zhao commanded Wu Jie, Liu Qi and Guan Shigu to march north and quickly occupy Jiexiu. Then, Guan Shigu led his troops to attack Fenzhou garrison Xihe, and Wu Jie and Liu Qi attacked Pingyao. Obviously, they had the intention of attacking Xihe in vain and actually attacking Pingyao. However, the attack did not go smoothly, and now we are all at the gate of the city."
Wang Xiaolie looked at the map for a while and asked, "Who are the generals of the Jin Army guarding these two cities?"
Wang Ruohai said: "Wanyan Yinshu can personally guard Xihe, while Pingyao will be guarded by his son Wanyan Yuying."
Wang Xiaolie sighed: "With this arrangement, the Jin Army does not want to give up the two cities. Yin Shuke and his son, one on the left and one on the right, guarded the entrance to the Taiyuan Basin. They are very determined. With such determination, they are only afraid of the attack of the Shaanxi Army. It’s not going to go well.”
Wang Ruohai said: "Although Guan Shigu has slightly more soldiers and horses than Wanyan Yinshu in Xihe City, the Jin army relies on the city, and Guan Shigu cannot take any advantage. From the moment he arrived at the gate of Xihe City, he was overrun by the Jin army. Several times, they could only confront each other five miles away from the city. Although Wu Jie and Liu Qi had the upper hand, Wanyan Yuying closed the city gate and could not get out, so they had no choice. Later, they came up with a way to build a high platform outside the city. Use artillery to suppress the city. Not wanting to wait until the high platform was built, Wanyan Yuying led his troops to attack the city and drove them back five miles. At this time, the Jin soldiers leveled the high platform."
Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and said: "The more anxious Shaanxi is, the more it will fall into the Jin Army's trap. If the confrontation lasts for a few more days, it is possible that the Jin Army's branch will be broken. Okay, we will recruit the headquarters staff later. We will have a meeting with several divisions in Shaanxi to study what our next step should be."
Wang Ruohai nodded in agreement and went out to inform.
It turned out that Wang Xiaolie thought that the Jin army would abandon Fenzhou and retreat to Taiyuan Prefecture to resist again. Unexpectedly, Wanyan Yinshu was more thoughtful and did not take the Shaanxi Army seriously at all. Xihe is the headquarters of Fenzhou, and together with Pingyao are the only two remaining cities in Fenzhou. One to the east and one to the west, it is the gateway into the Taiyuan Valley. Wanyan Yinshu was able to defend here because he wanted to defend Fenzhou and even planned to repel the Song army.
Sighing, Wang Xiaolie understood that if Wanyan Yinshu could do this, he must be relying on it. This reliance is, of course, Nianhan's reinforcements.
Wang Xiaolie concentrated six divisions with a total of 150,000 people in Jinzhou. In addition, there are two divisions from Longde Prefecture, and two divisions from Shizhou and Fuzhou, with a total of nearly 200,000 troops, besieging Taiyuan Prefecture. Under such a tight siege, Wanyan Yinshuke's confidence showed that he had the size of the Jin Army's reinforcements.
Sitting on the chair, Wang Xiaolie stared at the map and fell into deep thought.
After a while, the headquarters staff entered the official hall one after another. Seeing Wang Xiaolie's appearance, they all sat down in their seats.
Wang Xiaolie raised his head, looked at everyone, and said: "The Shaanxi army ahead has started fighting with the Jin people, and now it looks like the results are not good. We have to make a decision, what should we do. Not only the Jin army on the opposite side, There must be reinforcements from the Jin Army, how should we deal with them.”
Wang Yan said: "What else can we do? The soldiers are coming to block it, and the ground is leveled. Everything is subject to the orders of the Xuanfu Army!"
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "What we are going to face this time is all the power of the Jin Army's West Route Army. Try your best and risk your life! I have already made arrangements for the final victory. The most important thing now is How to resist the Jin army’s attack.”
Ma Kuo frowned: "Xuanfu, we have an army of 150,000 in Jinzhou, why should we care about the Jin army?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "Now that we send out troops, it will not be difficult to defeat Wanyan Yinshu, and it will not be difficult to occupy Taiyuan. The difficult thing is, how to stop the Jin army's reinforcements from coming? No one has long-term worries, and there must be immediate worries. The Jin army's reinforcements are pressing The near worry in the eyebrows."
After being silent for a while, Niu Gao said: "Only Xuanfu can know this situation well, so how can we know? Even if Xuanfu gives the order, he will not go into water or fire, we just have to risk our lives and fight." .”
Wang Xiaolie looked at everyone and said, "From now on, our army must quickly gather and divide into several parts. One part will attack Taiyuan Mansion, and the other part will pay attention to reinforcements. It is still estimated that the Jin Army's reinforcements will start from now on. They will arrive one after another. By October, all the reinforcements should arrive. Before October, we must focus on annihilating the Jin army as much as possible. In this way, by October, we will have an advantage."
The others listened and nodded.
Wang Xiaolie said: "So when we join the battle, we must be fierce and fight hard! We must not be indecisive and give the enemy a chance to breathe! Now that the Shaanxi army has established its foothold at Xihe and Pingyao City, we should decisively join the battle. There can be no hesitation. , win the two cities decisively!"
Seeing that everyone had no doubts, Wang Xiaolie continued: "Push the battle line forward, the closer to Taiyuan City, the better. Compress the enemy's fighting space, leaving them no room to maneuver. They can only fight us to the death under Taiyuan City!"
(End of chapter)
