Wang Xiaolie kicked the broken walls of Yongli Prison with his feet. He felt a little irritated and looked up at the Taiyuan City Wall to the north.
The Jin people are not good at defending, but if pressed, they will find a way. Hundreds of thousands of troops were surrounded for ten or twenty miles around Taiyuan City, forcing them to their full potential. Using the old city defenses of Yongli Prison and Taiyuan City, the new city walls were connected, which caused great trouble for the Song army. After several days of fierce attacks, they finally destroyed Yongli Prison and completely blocked the Jin army in Taiyuan.
Zhang Chi suffered from the pressure of nearly 100,000 Jin troops at Yanmen Pass, and Wang Xiaolie was dragged into Taiyuan, which was very detrimental to him. After capturing Yongli Prison, Wang Xiaolie immediately sent Shi Rong's division north to assist Zhang Chi. But before that, Yelu Yujian led his troops to escape.
Yeluyu saw that Yongli Prison was broken in the Jincheng Village area to the west of Taiyuan City. Without any warning, he suddenly led his troops to withdraw northward.
Let Yelu Yujian escape? impossible. Yeluyu saw tens of thousands of people. Once they reach the north, no one can control them. Who knows what they will do? But chasing and annihilating him is not easy. Now that Taiyuan is being surrounded, Wang Xiaolie's troops are somewhat insufficient.
Back at the headquarters, Zhao Ding, who was sitting at the table, stood up quickly and asked, "Xuanfu, I heard that Yelu Yujian has fled north, is that true?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "That's right. He took more than 60,000 people with him and went all the way to Daizhou."
"Great! God help me!" Zhao Ding stamped his feet fiercely. "Without Yelu Yujian, how can Taiyuan be defended? In the battle of Taiyuan Mansion, Xuanfu won!"
Wang Xiaolie looked at Zhao Ding. After a while, he smiled and shook his head: "Captain, I have spent a lot of effort to lure the Jin Army to Taiyuan. Why? I want to annihilate the Jin Army in Taiyuan and save the province. It will prevent countless troubles in the future. In Taiyuan, the more than 60,000 people Yelu Yu saw had no use, and it just took more time. But if we change to another place, and there are more than 60,000 people swarming around, it will be difficult to catch them! "
Zhao Ding was startled and said: "Xuanfu, how can we underestimate the tens of thousands of troops! As long as we break Taiyuan, we can slowly deal with it in the future. You always think of annihilating hundreds of thousands of Jin troops in the Taiyuan area in one battle. It is really too risky. !With this kind of ability, how could this dynasty end up in this situation?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "It is precisely because they do not have this ability that the Jin army of 10,000 or 20,000 people can search the mountains and seas, so the Jin Kingdom looks down on this dynasty! Today, I have hundreds of thousands of troops in Taiyuan, so I should be determined to fight a war of annihilation!" "
After saying that, he ignored Zhao Ding and sat at the table looking at the map on the table in trance.
After a while, Wang Ruohai came in. Seeing Zhao Ding sitting aside, he was so angry that he didn't know who he was angry with. Not bothering to pay attention to him, he said to Wang Xiaolie: "Xuanfu, Yelu Yujian predicted that he would arrive in Xinzhou today, and Shi Rong just arrived at Baijing Village. Looking at the speed at which Yelu Yujian ran away, it would be difficult for Shi Rong to catch up."
Wang Xiaolie was silent for a while and then said: "Where does the staff think Yelu Yu will go?"
Wang Ruohai said: "Yanmen Pass is blocked by Zhang Chi, and he can't get through it no matter what. The road in the direction of Yangwuzhai is too dangerous. If he takes this road, there is no way to avoid Shi Rong behind him. After much deliberation, he has no choice but to walk Fanju County, went to Yuzhou."
Wang Xiaolie nodded: "There are already many Khitans in Yuzhou and Hongzhou, so it is really possible for him to come here."
After that, he looked at the map again and said: "Order the two divisions Cao Zhiyan and Zhai Cong to follow Yelu Yujian in pursuit. Shi Rong's army should go to Yanmen Pass and cooperate with Zhang Chi to eliminate the Jin army there. Jiang Min has occupied it. In Datong Mansion, it is no longer appropriate for Yanmen Pass to be blocked."
Wang Ruohai said yes and turned around.
Zhao Ding endured it for a while and said, "If we send two divisions at once, will Taiyuan's troops be insufficient?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "I surrounded Taiyuan with an army of 200,000 men and a 100,000 gold army. If we don't have enough troops, we should be killed!"
Seeing Wang Xiaolie's bad temper, Zhao Ding had no choice but to keep silent.
Forty thousand troops from the Shaanxi Army have arrived in Taiyuan and have participated in the battle to siege Taiyuan these days. By this time, they were little worse than other armies.
In the Taiyuan area, Wang Xiaolie originally had six divisions, plus two divisions, Xie Linong and Li Xing, for a total of eight divisions. Now that the three divisions of Shi Rong, Cao Zhiyan and Cao Cong have been divided, there are still five divisions left, and the troops to besiege Taiyuan are somewhat insufficient. But with the addition of the Shaanxi Army, barely enough is enough.
Zhao Ding was silent for a while and said: "Xuanfu, even if Yelu Yujian ran away, as long as we annihilated the Jin army there at Yanmen Pass, we still annihilated nearly 300,000 Jin troops in the Taiyuan area. Such a victory is unprecedented! If the pursuit of Yelu Yujian results in insufficient troops to besiege Taiyuan, wouldn’t it be worth the loss!"
Wang Xiaolie turned around, looked at Zhao Ding and said: "The governor only wants to preserve the victory and besiege Taiyuan. He doesn't care about anything else. This is not possible. Yelu Yu saw a total of more than 60,000 people. Once they run out, there will be no one behind the mountain except No one in our army can control him. What if he goes all the way north? By that time, it is possible for him to restore the Khitan. There are a large number of Khitan people behind the mountains. Restoring the Khitan will be much more difficult to deal with than the Jurchens ”
At this point, seeing that Zhao Ding was still convinced, Wang Xiaolie continued: "In Taiyuan, the total Jin army only has about 100,000 people left. And we have 160,000 to 70,000 people here, which is enough to surround us. Not counting the Shaanxi army, there are still 120,000 to 30,000 troops, so why should we be afraid of them? It’s just that the attack will be difficult and it will take more time.”
Zhao Ding sighed: "In Fenzhou, the Xuanfu army was struggling. I thought I was afraid of the Jin people, but I didn't know that I was waiting for the enemy's reinforcements. When I knew that the Jin people's reinforcements numbered more than 300,000, I was so worried at that time. He was so frightened that he jumped. Looking at the world, who dares to face such a huge Jin army? After this battle, who would have thought that it would end like this? Xuanfu, as long as you capture Taiyuan, you will be the best in the world. A hero!"
Wang Xiaolie looked at Zhao Ding, smiled and said: "The governor thinks of the world's most heroic hero, but I don't think so. As long as we can completely wipe out all the Jin Kingdom's West Route Army in the Taiyuan area, this dynasty will defeat the Jin Kingdom. I have the upper hand completely and I am no longer afraid of him. For me, this is the most important thing."
Zhao Ding shook his head: "In front of Xuan Fu, he is playing tricks."
Wang Xiaolie understood that it was not Zhao Ding's fault, but that he had no confidence in the final victory. A few years ago, I was really scared of being beaten by the Jin Army. A few thousand Jin troops dared to pursue Zhao Gou, ten thousand Jin troops could penetrate the Song Dynasty, and twenty to thirty thousand Jin troops dared to search the mountains and seas. At that time, I was afraid that the Jin Army was almost invincible. Looking at the world, I didn't know what could stop this monster. It was simply despairing.
In the past two months, although Zhao Ding had seen Wang Xiaolie's army suppressing the Jin army and winning every battle, he was still frightened. It was finally time for the final battle, and Zhao Ding was afraid of an accident and losing everything. Therefore, the most important thing in his eyes is to concentrate his forces to eliminate the troops in Taiyuan City and gain victory first. The Jin army that escaped will fight slowly in the future. How can they complete their success in one battle?
It’s not wrong to think this way, and even many officials in the DPRK think so. Unlike the officials under Wang Xiaolie, in recent years. He had never suffered a loss at the hands of the Jin Army. He was very ambitious and wanted to destroy all the Jin Army.
Zhao Ding was not wrong, but he seemed out of place among Wang Xiao's hunting army. When everyone was thinking about how to wipe out all the Jin army, he was noisy every day to besiege Taiyuan first, which was inevitably annoying.
(End of chapter)
