It is common knowledge in the world that the cavalry of the Jin Army is powerful. Even if they are both cavalry, it is difficult to compare the cavalry of the Song Army with the cavalry of the Jin Army in terms of combat power.
What the Song army was better at was defending the city.
As long as there is a solid city, it is generally difficult for the Jin army to capture it.
But at the moment they only have two strongholds, the east and the west, which can be used as a place for the army to hoard, but if they want to defend based on this, it will be a bit stretched.
Gaokan must use their own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. There is no difference in strategy, but the key is that they don't have a city in their hands.
So after the words fell, no one in the hall answered.
Lin Chong watched from the side, his eyes twinkling, and he had some calculations in his heart. He stood up and said, "Young Master, what do you mean, can we try to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to attack Lingshou and regain the city so that we can defend the city?" ?”
Gao Kan nodded and said, "That's what I meant."
As he spoke, he looked at Cao Qi again, and continued: "But Lingshou City is high, there are still many rebels in the city, and we have reinforcements from the rebels from Zhending Mansion. Although our army is brave, it will take a while." I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack the city."
"If the attack on the city goes unfavorably and the war drags on, and the enemy forces over Cigu gain confidence and lead troops to encircle us, the battle situation will be dangerous."
When Cao Qi saw Gao Kan's eyes falling on him, he immediately understood what he meant.
He and the soldiers and horses in his hands all came from Lingshou. They were originally the majority of the Xiang army that guarded Lingshou and guarded the northwest gate of Zhending Mansion.
If Lin Chong hadn't had the military order from the palace commander's office and received the transfer order, it would have been impossible for him to lead his troops out of Lingshou's headquarters privately.
Now if we want to kill Hui Lingshou and seize the city, of course the first ones to bear the brunt are the locals like them.
So Cao Qi immediately stood up and said: "The general is willing to enter the city to persuade them to surrender, but he won't. Let them abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, open the city and surrender."
When taking the two strongholds in the east and west, the method of combining the inside and the outside was used at the high ridge, so that everything could go smoothly, minimizing the loss of troops and horses attacking the stronghold, and at the same time, most of the people and horses in the two strongholds were preserved.
If we want to take Lingshou City now, the difficulty of attacking by force is much higher than attacking the second village, so naturally we should take this plan first.
Gao Kan said: "General Cao's plan is very good, but Lingshou is different from the two villages in the east and west. There are officials from the prefecture's yamen in it. In addition to the soldiers and horses guarding the city, there are also arrests from the prefecture and swordsmen from each yamen. Just opening the city gates and letting the army enter the city, and then clearing them out everywhere, not only is troublesome, but also delays a lot of time."
"In case something is missed, we can ask people to escape from the city and then report the news to the enemy, which will attract the enemy to attack the city. It is not easy to arrange the city defense."
Hearing this, Cao Qi clasped his fists and said, "Master, please tell me how to behave?"
Gao Kan continued: "In this case, General Cao, please select a team of good players, and then ask Coach Lin to accompany you, sneak into the city, first contact the people with lofty ideals in the city, control the city defense, and then plot the government offices in the city."
"It would be best to gather all the yamen of Lingshou in one place and deal with them in one go, so as to avoid unnecessary problems."
Upon hearing this, Cao Qi and Lin Chong immediately responded at the same time: "I accept your orders!"
Nodding slightly, Gao Kan gestured for the two of them to sit down. Gao Kan then looked at the other military attachés in the hall and continued: "As for the other generals, each will count the entire army. Two thousand men and horses will be left in the stronghold, and the rest will be sent out. They will stay in day and night. , quietly approach the outside of Lingshou City, wait until everything in the city is in order, the city gate has been opened, and the army will enter the city immediately."
"I will obey the order of the young master!" All the soldiers in the hall stood up and responded.
The general layout is complete, and the details of mobilization are left to the respective armies.
Gao Kan asked Yang Zhi to turn around from the front and come to the side room.
Wang Er was still waiting for him. When he saw him coming in, he quickly came forward to pay his respects.
He waved his hand to invite him to follow, took him to the study next to him, and asked him to wait outside with Yang Zhi. Gao Kan himself meditated in the study.
Wu Song was now leading the soldiers and horses to Liukoupu. The location was right behind the infantry baggage at the rear of the Jin army. It was a good position given by God.
Although Gao Kan still didn't know the true purpose of the Jin army's move south and where they were going to fight, one thing was certain.
As long as the rear baggage of this Jin army is given to him, no matter where they want to attack, they will not succeed.
Moreover, as long as the front line of Jiayou Town is taken advantage of, it will be equivalent to completely cutting off the retreat of the Jin army that has penetrated into the Zhending Mansion. It will be extremely difficult to withdraw in the future.
They would have to go wherever Gaokan wanted to drive the cavalry.
However, Gaokan was currently unable to determine the details of the enemy forces on Jiayou's side. Wu Song only had a few thousand men at his disposal, so was he sure he could defeat the enemy?
Don't steal the chicken but lose the rice when the time comes, and then lose the men and horses that you finally gathered together, it will be more gain than loss.
After thinking about it for a long time, Gao Kan started writing a secret letter to Wu Song, trying to arrange the plan as properly as possible.
After the secret letter was written, he called Wang Er in, entrusted the secret letter to him, and said: "This letter is of great importance. After you leave the stronghold, rush back immediately without any stopover. Remember. "
"The villain takes the order!" Wang Er immediately responded.
Gao Kan's eyes flashed, and then he said: "After you see Commander Wu, tell him to proceed with caution and not to rush forward recklessly. It is better to miss the opportunity than to suffer too much loss of troops."
"Yes, the villain has taken note of it." Wang Er responded again.
"Go ahead and be careful."
After giving instructions to Wang Er, Gao Kan asked him to step back and called Yang Zhi in again.
"Instructor Yang, find some brothers who came out from Tokyo together and ask them to clean up and go to the camp to select some good horses and prepare to return to Huangmen Mountain."
When Yang Zhi heard this, his expression changed and he asked: "Sir, the Zhending Mansion is in urgent need right now. The bandit army is right in front of us. Master Lu and the others are there over at Huangmen Mountain, so they should be fine, right?"
Gao Kan nodded and said, "It's because the situation here is urgent, so we have to ask for more help."
Hearing this, Yang Zhi immediately understood: "Master, do you want to ask Master Lu to come and help?"
With his brows furrowed, Gao Kan said: "The gold thieves are coming fiercely. I expect there will be a hard battle within the month. Even if everything goes well in Lingshou, we still cannot defend the city. If we want to go out to fight, we need brave generals who can Lead the troops to charge and kill."
"Although you and Coach Lin are excellent in martial arts, you can't stand alone. Please invite Master De Lu to come over, so that you can have a helper."
"Young Master is wise!" Yang Zhi immediately said, cupping his fists.
Gao Kan specially asked Lu Zhishen to come from Huangmen Mountain to help. Instead of being unhappy at all, he was very happy.
Lu Zhishen has great martial arts skills and is a heroic, loyal and courageous man. It is a blessing to be able to fight alongside him.
Of course, Gao Kan specially asked people to go back to Huangmen Mountain not just to invite Lu Zhishen, but also to bring back the situation in Daming Mansion.
It is said that Wanyan Zonghan's west route army has already entered Taiyuan Prefecture, so Wanyan Zongwang's east route army should have almost passed Hejian Yongjing Army. The next step is to go to Daming Prefecture, kill through Hebei East Road, go straight to Gyeonggi Road, and threaten From Tokyo to Bianliang, we still turn to Cangzhou and go down Jingdong Road. It is unknown whether the high road is thousands of miles away.
