Chapter 28 Accident
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The development of the battle situation completely exceeded the expectations of the three parties.
The Liao army did not expect that the rebel army in the city not only had a large number of troops, but also was very fierce and tenacious, and it was very likely that it would surround the main force of the Tiger Li Hu's rebel Li Hu's army.
Yelu Yu was very excited when he saw it, and then increased his troops and attacked the city with all his might.
The Jin soldiers in the city fought hard to stop the attack and complained endlessly.
Wanyan Zongwang was a little confused and couldn't figure out what was wrong with the Liao people. In his opinion, the Liao army would definitely attack the rebels. The situation was very clear. The rebels were retreating, and the army, the people and the baggage were stretching for dozens of miles and were slow to move. At this time, as long as the Liao army broke through the rebels' blockade and rushed forward, the rebels would be defeated. Therefore, the main battlefield should be Xihe. However, the Liao army seemed to be blind, or had a broken mind, and ignored the rebels' retreat, and sent their main forces to attack the city wildly.
Li Hu and the generals of the rebel army were also confused and difficult to understand. Although Li Hu once thought that the Liao army would compete with the Jin army for Tongchang City, this idea was immediately overturned. Everyone was led by troops to fight, and winning was the goal of each commander. From the battlefield in front of him, of course, they had to attack the rebel army's weaknesses and a fatal blow. However, the Liao army was easy to take advantage of and went to fight the city.
Of course, the Liao army did not know that the army guarding the city was the Jin army. Perhaps they thought that the rebels in the city were vulnerable, so they planned to attack the city first and then chase it. The retreating rebels could not fly with wings. Anyway, the action was slow and a few hours later, the effect was the same, and it would not be delayed. This understanding could explain the attack measures of the Liao army. However, in this way, the battlefield situation was very beneficial to the rebels, exactly the same as Li Hu's earliest guess. Since the Liao people and the Jin people fought, it was the rebels' turn to get the bargain. However, in order to prevent the Jin people from being unable to withstand and abandon the city and fleeing, the rebels must regain the Xihe floating bridge. At the same time, along the line of the Xihe River, attack the Liao army's flanks to give strong support to the Jin army in the city.
The suggestion of several head coaches and officials of the General Office was firmly opposed by Li Hu, not only that, he also ordered to abandon the Xihe floating bridge.
Luo Qinghan, Dong Xiaochou, Mao Jun and others could not understand. This battle was a joint attack. Although both sides had hatred, they had to temporarily forget their hatred and work together to fight this battle. Doing this would be equivalent to betrayal, forcing the Jin people into a hurry, leaving the city and fleeing, and in the end it would still harm yourself? If you lose this battle, the most harmed was not the Jin people, but the rebels.
Li Hu doesn't listen, he will do whatever he wants.
He had a idea. Mr. Wuyan not only told him about Zong Wang's situation. He also told Zong Fu that Zong Fu had led his army to aid the land, but Li Hu did not tell anyone about Zong Fu's affairs. This matter could not be said. It would be of no benefit to shake the morale of the army. Zong Wang certainly didn't know that Mr. Wuyan had betrayed him, so he deceived Li Hu. He said that he had only 30,000 people. Li Hu knew that Zong Wang was going to take a damn attack, and he guessed it right for Gao Baolong. The Jurchens raised by these bitches were wild wolves that could not be killed and were unwilling to give up their prey until they died. Now, the Liao people helped him and really ran to fight the city. Zong Wang still had 20,000 people, so he would definitely be able to withstand it. Moreover, he would never abandon the city and flee. Zong Wang was tenacious, and he had already experienced it once, not to mention that Zong Wang fought to the death for his own interests and defeated the Liao army.
God blessed, the initiative in the battlefield is not controlled by Zong Wang, but by himself. Even if you can't win this battle, you won't lose all your money and fall into a fierce battle.
The generals of the Jin army asked for help one after another, asking Zongwang for reinforcements.
The Jin army guarding the city had about seven or eight thousand men, and the troops were enough to support it, but the equipment guarding the city was taken away by the rebels, the warehouses in the city were also emptied by the rebels, the population in the city was forcibly taken away by the rebels, and even the door panels were removed by the rebels. Tongchang City was an empty city, and the weapons and supplies had to be supplemented by the Jin army themselves. This was an important reason why the Jin army was extremely passive at the beginning of the battle.
The Jin army was not prepared enough. They originally intended to plunder the rebel army, but they did not bring enough civilians and supplies when they set out from Weizhou. Zong Fu rushed to support him, and the supplies he brought were limited. Today, the army suddenly crossed the Targas Mountain and killed Chengzhou directly. It was fast and time-consuming. Many supplies were thrown behind and there was no time to transport them.
When the attack strategy was formulated, Zong Wang also expected that the Liao army would attack the city with a group of people and seize Tongchang to prevent the Jin army from threatening Zhongjing Road. There was no doubt about this. Therefore, Zong Wang suggested to Li Hu that the rebel army would be responsible for the replenishment of weapons and supplies. To join forces to attack Liao, Li Hu of course had to agree, and sent heavy troops to guard Xihe Fuqiao. However, the Liao army was fast and fierce, and in a blink of an eye, he grabbed the Xihe Fuqiao Bridge and cut off the connection between the Jin army and the rebel army. What was particularly unexpected was that the Liao army attacked the city with its main force, which gave the Jin army a heavy blow.
Zong Wang didn't expect Li Hu to lend a helping hand at all. The Han thief was originally treacherous and shameless, and this time he had a deep hatred. Of course, he had to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. Now the only hope is that Li Hu would not run away. At the critical moment, he could cooperate with the Jin army and give a fatal blow to the Liao people. If he took the opportunity to run away and left the Jin army here to deal with the Liao army alone, then this battle would be painful. It would be good to be able to safely withdraw the Targastra Mountain.
Two of you plot against me, I plot against you, and you laugh at you for fifty steps. At this time, you still want to talk together, which is nothing more than a dream.
Zong Wang ordered the banner of asking for help to test Li Hu.
Li Hu immediately raised the banner. The Liao army was attacking our army from the direction of Zidutai, trying to surround me on the Xihe line. I was fighting fiercely. When I repelled the Liao army, I would immediately open the Xixihe floating bridge to give you support.
Zong Wang sneered and cursed Li Hu secretly. Now he had to give up attacking the rebel army, transfer Zong Fu's army to defend the city to death, and echoed among the mountains.
The fierce battle between Tongchang City was in full swing, and the Liao and Jin armies were fighting bloody battles. In order to capture the city as soon as possible, the Liao army opened up the battlefield in Xicheng and attacked from both directions at the same time.
On the Xihe battlefield, the Liao army and the rebel army lined up along the banks of the glacier, each waiting for the battle, and it was about to break out.
At this time, piles of bonfires were lit on the battlefield, and the fire and smoke rose into the sky, and the soldiers on both sides began to prepare for a night battle.
The tent of the Qin and Jin king Yelu Chun is located on a small hill at the northwest end of Zidutai.
At dusk, Yelu Chen Tunu, the southwest, came on a horse. He brought letters from the former commander Yelu Yuji and the central commander Xiao Tabuye.
The two commanders once again made suggestions and launched an attack on the rebels on the east bank of the West River.
Judging from the current battlefield situation, the army in Tongchang City must be the main force of the rebels. They lacked the equipment to defend the city and suffered heavy losses during the fierce battle, but they continued to increase their troops, which shows that the defenders in the city and the rebels on the east bank of the Xihe River. For this reason, the two commanders suggested that Yelu Chun immediately attack the rebels on the east bank of the Xihe River, forcing them to be unable to support the defenders in the city.
Yelu Chun sat by the brazier, silent.
Yelu Chen Tunu pointed to the map and explained in detail. After preliminary investigation by the scouts, the rebels were retreating along the east bank of the Xihe River. The people, livestock and the convoys transporting supplies lined up in a long queue, at least fifty or sixty miles. It was because they could not retreat enough that the rebels used heavy troops to defend the city, and at the same time formed a formation on the east bank of the Xihe River to block the Liao army, trying to hold the Liao army. If the Liao army killed from the Xihe River at this moment and broke through the rebels' blockage, the defenders in the city would lose support and could go down every day, and the fleeing rebels could not escape in time because of the road blockage, and they would definitely be wiped out. Such a rebel can be determined.
"What's the movement of the Jin army?" Xiao Degong asked.
"We sent many scouts deep into the rear of Tongchang City, and only one came back, and no trace of the Jin army was found." Yelu Chen Tunu said, "According to this scout, he saw a large number of people and supplies retreating rapidly from the direction of Targastra Mountain. Based on this, the two commanders judged that this was a rebellion withdrawn from Targastra Mountain.
"The rebels captured Tongchang City at noon yesterday. They needed time to withdraw the people, livestock and supplies. Then there must be rebels in the direction of Targas Mountain to block the Jin army. The rebels obviously did not expect that we would come so quickly, and there would be no time to withdraw this army in a hurry. If nothing unexpected happens, this army can retreat to Tongchang City at night, so there will be more rebels in the city. What is particularly troublesome is that after the Jin army takes Targas Mountain, they will definitely chase after them. One hundred miles away, the horse army gallops rapidly and can arrive in one or two hours. In other words, we must take the Tongchang City before midnight today, otherwise the rebels will most likely throw Tongchang City to the Jin army, so that we can fight with the Jin army to escape."
"We don't have much time left, so the two commanders asked the marshal to launch an attack on Xihe immediately."
Xiao Degong leaned over and looked at the map, muttering to himself, "Channel...Tripoth Mountain..."
Suddenly he straightened his body, turned around and waved at the guards, "Go and invite King Xi."
King Xi Xiao Gan was hit too much, guilt, regret, and self-blame... All kinds of emotions were entangled, knocking him down and laying down.
Not long after, Xiao Gan, who was in a bad mood, walked into the commander's tent. Xiao Degong pulled him to the map. Chen Tunu said it again. Xiao Gan confirmed that there was indeed a passage where the rebels drove the people to dig the land temporarily. If there was no such passage, the rebels would not withdraw at all. As for whether the rebels had left troops in the Tribulus Mountain, there was no need to ask at all. There must be, and there were not small teams. Otherwise, the main force of the rebels would not defend Tongchang City to the death, nor would they have stationed troops in Xihe, and they would have acted as if they were to block the ground to the death.
"This is the best attack opportunity." Xiao Gan said, "The rebels would never have thought that the King of Yan would come so soon. Now they are in a hurry and fearless manner. We should immediately launch an attack towards Xihe and give the rebels a fatal blow."
Xiao Degong, Xiao Gan, and Yelu Chentunu all looked at Yelu Chun. At this time, he should have ordered, and there is no reason to delay time.
Chapter completed!