Chapter 19 God's Protection
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Fight another battle?
The commanders of each army and the main officials of the General Office were stunned.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became very depressing and heavy. Apart from the rapid breathing, there was no sound anymore, and there was a dead silence.
At this moment, the Jin army reinforcements had arrived and were attacking Mount Targas, while the Liao army reinforcements were a hundred miles away, with a hundred thousand troops coming overwhelmingly. At this time, the only choice of the rebel army was to evacuate and had successfully broken through. Of course, as fast as they could run, they would throw away the people and supplies to protect the army. Unexpectedly, Li Hu not only did not retreat, but also wanted to fight a battle with the Liao army. This would be incredible. If Li Hu had not had a prominent record and a king's prestige, some people would probably be unable to hold back and would slap the table.
Li Hu looked at Chai Yun, "Tell me the current situation."
Chai Yun stood up, still in extreme shock. Although he suggested that Li Hu give Chengzhou to the Jin people, it was just to provoke the fight between the Liao and Jin armies and buy time for the rebels to withdraw. He never thought about the idea of attacking the Liao army. Li Hu was a gambler. Every time he was in a critical moment, Li Hu's gambler's nature was undoubtedly exposed. In the past, he had no capital and made money for nothing. Now that he had the capital, Li Hu was even more unscrupulous. He gambled whatever he wanted, regardless of the current situation, regardless of the actual situation of the rebels, and did whatever he wanted.
Chai Yun analyzed the current situation in detail. In order to allow the military commanders to stop Li Hu's madness, Chai Yun also deliberately made the situation very serious.
The Emperor of Liao insisted on the strategy of resolutely pacifying the country before fighting foreign countries. The proposal of the Eastern Expedition was just a compromise between the power struggle of the palace tent. As the rebel army won the victory in the Targas Mountain and broke through the south, the national policy of the Liao palace tent would change again. In the future, the main target of the Liao army's attack will be the rebel army.
The ultimate goal of this rebel army's journey south was to capture a piece of territory in Youyan, then rely on the Song Dynasty to conquer the city and seize the land, and take advantage of the land of Youyan, and to seek the cause of kings and dominance. Of course, the Liao people knew the consequences of the rebel army's journey south. Therefore, they would do their best to suppress it.
As for the current situation, the most urgent task of the rebel army is to go south to Heishan. There are two obstacles to Heishan. One is Yizhou in the Daling River, and the other is Jinzhou in the Xiaoling River. As long as you break through Jinzhou, the rebel army can gain a foothold in Heishan, and then use Heishan as the foundation to attack Youyan south, hit Beijing north, and threaten Tokyo east. Going to sea can be linked to the Song Dynasty.
Now Dong Zhongsun Zheng led his army to advance east along the Daling River, attacking Qianzhou and Yizhou. From the deployment of Xi Wang Xiao Gan's east road, we can see that the troops of Qianzhou and Yizhou were all transferred to the defense line of Targasus Mountain. They were two empty cities. If nothing unexpected happened, Dong Shuai could easily take it down.
"Please look at Jinzhou."
Chai Yun pointed to the map and analyzed the terrain in detail. "As long as the Liao army deployed heavy troops in Jinzhou and blocked the rebels on the north bank of Xiaoling River, the rebels would then fall into a desperate situation and be completely surrounded."
"There are now 50,000 troops stationed in Jinzhou. This army is mainly composed of the Liaoxing Army, and the commander is Yelu Dashi, the governor of the Liaoxing Army."
"This army set out from Pingzhou on Nanjing Road for the Liao army's eastern expedition. After the news of the Battle of Targastra Mountain reached the palace tent, the proposal for the Eastern expedition would definitely be abolished. This army can be used to encircle and suppress the rebel army."
When the military commanders heard that there were 50,000 Liao troops in Jinzhou, they were all shocked. In this way, when they went south to Heishan, they would be killed.
Li Hu stood up, "So, to break this dead place, you must fight a war in Chengzhou and defeat Yelu Chun."
This is reasonable and correct. If Yelu Chun is defeated, the Liao army will not be able to attack the rebel army from front to back, but the key question is, can you beat Yelu Chun? Among Yelu Chun's 100,000 troops, there are palace tent troops, Yanyun militia, Zhongjing Road guards, Xi army, and other foreign troops, such as the enemy, Zubu, Wugu, etc., they are all elite troops of the Liao army and their strength is too strong.
Although there are many resentment soldiers, they are not strong. Their formation is mainly to solve the problem of hungry people in Liaodong. In fact, it is a militia, a quasi-military and reserve army. Whether it is weapons, equipment, salary and benefits, it is a world of difference from the personal guards.
As for the rebels who broke through the south, there were already heavy casualties. Although they were temporarily supplemented with prisoners, they were simply to make up the number of people and had no combat power.
In this battle, the rebels did not have the strength to fight and had no way to fight.
Of course, Li Hu knew it, but he had to fight if he didn't fight. If you don't fight, you would go south and go to death, sooner or later, and survive. It's meaningless. Only by fighting a war here can you gain a glimmer of hope. This is gambling. If you win the bet, you will be an obstacle in Jinzhou. You can always come up with a way. If you lose the bet, the result will be the same as not fighting. Since that's the case, why not fight? Why don't you bet once? Why give up your last chance in vain?
This statement makes sense and is correct. Anyway, it's a dead end. Of course, I have to fight back. Do I have to surrender and stretch out my head to chop you?
Dugu Feng was the first to jump out. The blacksmith limped on one leg, leaning on a stick in his hand, and shouted at the top of his throat, "Fight, fight firmly, what kind of battle did the bastard Yelu Chun win? He took the army to fight Gao Yongchang, but was defeated by the Bohai people. Later, Luo Shuai rebelled, and he led the army to chase him. He met the Jin army halfway and was defeated again. Later, at the Targas Mountain, right here, he fought with the Jin army, defeated again, and lost seven states. With this kind of pickled goods, can he beat our Tiger King?"
Then he glared at Dong Xiaochou and Guo Yaoshi, and asked angrily, "Are you still not willing to fight Yelu Chun?"
This is what he said... Dong Xiaoque smiled without saying anything, and Guo Yaoshi was even more restrained, with no expression on his face.
"Blacksmith..." Luo Qinghan hurriedly shook his hand and signaled Dugu Feng not to scream. After all, the resentful army was formed by Yelu Chun and has been well taken care of by Yelu Chun over the years. When the two armies faced each other, the generals had more or less thoughts in their hearts, which is also human nature.
"It is related to the survival of the rebel army and the life and death of the people, so..." Luo Qinghan looked around everyone, word by word, resolute and powerful, "Abide by the commander-in-chief's military orders and fight." The best result was achieved. Li Hu did not want to waste time, so he directly expressed his ideas, asked everyone to discuss, and then formulate attack strategies and make detailed deployments.
The solution is actually very simple, it is to put the Jin army in.
The Jin army was more than 100 miles away from Chengzhou, and the Liao army was more than 100 miles away from Chengzhou. The rebels led the Jin army to Tongchang City, and led the Liao army to Tongchang City, allowing the two armies to fight, and then pretended to evacuate and fled. When the two armies were defeated, the rebels who were ambushing in advance took the opportunity to raid the Liao army, and severely injured them, forcing Yelu Chun to withdraw back to Xingzhong Prefecture.
There are many uncertainties in this strategy. These uncertainties may lead to failure when implemented, which will directly endanger the survival of the rebels and the safety of the people.
If it were put in the past, it would have been a big fuss here, but this time it was strange that the military commanders were very quiet and could only hear and not say anything.
Dong Xiaochou and Guo Yaoshi had many objections to this plan, but when they saw the military commanders listened carefully, even Luo Qinghan didn't say a word. Of course, they were even more difficult to make a first move. Now they were talking about Li Hu's plan and pointing fingers, which was arrogance. Why should the military commanders be arrogant? What are the achievements of being able to show off? No, what is not being arrogant? It is better to be low-key.
Dong Xiaochou and Guo Yaoshi were afraid of being attacked by other military commanders, so they had to endure it and wait for the opportunity to talk about it.
Li Hu finished speaking. Because he heard that the Liao army was only a hundred miles away, the rebels were in extreme dilemma and could not withdraw even if they wanted to retreat. Li Hu had no choice but to decide to fight, so he was not careful and sorted out his thoughts while talking. He was inevitably a little confused. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and thought for a while. The military commanders thought he had something to say, so they waited patiently.
"What do you think?" Li Hu looked up at everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone expressed his opinions, speak out for the moment, hurry up. This is an extraordinary moment, don't have any scruples and speak freely."
Words? What do you mean? When fighting, making plans is one thing, and attacking in the near future is another thing. If you want to achieve the purpose of the attack, from the commander to the people who transport food and grass, and even the weather, terrain, etc., all of them are fatal factors that determine the outcome. In recent months, a series of battles have been like this, and every battle has been dangerous, but Li Hu has won consecutive battles, so although the generals and generals are confused and uneasy, they have confidence in Li Hu, or in other words, they are instinctive dependence on the gods in times of crisis. Li Hu is of course not a god. Everyone is a person who licks blood from a knife, and worship of Gods will only appear in special circumstances. However, Li Hu's record cannot be explained by luck. It can only be said that there is a god protected in the dark. Li Hu is not a god, but a god protected, which is enough, enough for everyone to trust Li Hu and have full confidence in him.
The military commanders didn't say anything, and Zhang Gao'er and the blacksmith even closed their eyes and seized the time to take a nap.
Chapter completed!