The next day, just after noon, soldiers came to report that Zhai Xing had arrived outside Luanchuan City.

Wang Xiaolie and Wang Ruohai led people to welcome him out of the city, followed by Zhai Xing and his party. After greeting each other, they went to the county government office and sat down.

Asked about the hardships on the way, Zhai Xing said: "I received a letter from the governor, saying that the army had arrived in Luanchuan. I did not dare to neglect and rushed over in a hurry. The imperial army was defeated in the First Battle of Fuping, and the Jin people took Guanzhong, which is no better than before. How many of us are there?

The generals guarding the local area should unite as one to avoid being taken advantage of by the Jin people."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Dengzhou is far away from this road, so I don't know what the current situation is. Zhenfu is close to this road, so it should be clearer. Can you tell me about some important events?"

Zhai Xing said: "This is what it should mean."

After saying that, he picked up a small wooden stick nearby, drew a few circles on the ground, and said: "After the Battle of Fuping, this area is naturally centered on Luoyang and Shaanzhou. The Jin army came south this time, with Wu

Mainly the 16,000 fine cavalry of Shu, there are also 18,000 people led by Wei Yi who dropped gold in Guanzhong, and 9,000 people led by Gao Qiong, the old general of this dynasty who dropped gold, for a total of about 40,000 people to attack Guo.

Prefecture. Li Yanxian's troops were in Guozhou with about 10,000 people, 2,000 people were stationed in Shangzhou under the leadership of Shao Xing, and 1,500 people were stationed in Lu family under the leadership of Geng Sizong. In Henan Prefecture, after Liu Yu established the Puppet Qi, the original Henan

The six counties in the west of Fuzhou were patrolling to inspect Meng Bangxiong's surrender of the enemy, and were appointed to stay in the puppet Xijing. It is said that he had more than 8,000 troops."

Wang Xiaoxing said: "It turns out that Meng Bangxiong surrendered to the enemy, but I haven't heard about it yet. There is still Ding Jin in the Songshan area. I don't know what to do?"

Zhai Xing said: "Ding Jin still has some backbone. Liu Yu sent people to recruit him to surrender, but he drove him back."

Wang Ruohai said: "In this way, Li Yanxian in Guozhou is facing 16,000 gold troops and nearly 30,000 puppet troops. In addition, there are more than 8,000 men from Meng Bangxiong in the direction of Xijing, who may come west at any time."

Zhai Xing said: "That's not all. In addition to the more than 8,000 Meng Bangxiong men in the Luoyang direction, there are other bandits of various sizes who surrendered to Qi, with a total strength of more than 5,000. If Meng Bangxiong is unable to integrate these people, the total strength will be nearly 20,000.

Dong Xian has five thousand troops stationed on both sides of Luoyang in the four counties of Shouan, Fuchang, Yongning and Changshui. When Meng Bangxiong comes west, he must face Dong Xian first."

A rough estimate shows that there are 60,000 to 70,000 Jin troops plus vassal puppet troops in this area. These are regular soldiers, plus those who transport grain and grass, do various miscellaneous tasks, and raise horses, the number has more than doubled. This war has

The battle was launched in full force, and the scale was even greater than the rescue of Shaanzhou at the beginning of the year.

Sighing, Wang Xiaolie said: "Every time the Jin army wins, there are many more servant armies, which is really a headache. These servant armies are not strong in combat, but they cannot be ignored. If they are accidentally killed,

One bite, but it hurts a lot!"

Wang Ruohai said angrily: "These people are only greedy for wealth and honor, and have no regard for family and country. They help the tyrants to do evil and act as villains. Everyone will punish them!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Swearing is of little use. We must beat them severely to let them know the disadvantages of treason. The court is incompetent and cannot defeat the invaders or defend their homeland. Such people will naturally appear."

Since the Wuhu rebellion in China, the Chinese have seen many people who rebel against the country and surrender to the enemy. The Jin army destroyed the Kaifeng Prefecture, the Yuan army destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Qing army destroyed the Ming Dynasty. There were a large number of Han troops who were the vanguard of the foreign regime. Even in the Anti-Japanese War, there were still

There are a large number of puppet troops.

Those who commit treason and surrender to the enemy and act as collaborators should naturally be condemned and even punished. But for the court, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to defeat the enemy on the battlefield. The more the main force of the court has the upper hand on the battlefield, the fewer people will treason and surrender to the enemy.

, the situation is getting better and better.

This must be clear to those who lead the troops in battle. Of course, they must strike hard and give the puppet troops a hard blow. But they must not forget that their main task is to defeat the enemy on the battlefield. While retreating steadily, scold someone at the same time.

There is no future if you surrender to the enemy.

After analyzing the situation nearby, Wang Xiaoxian said: "Guozhou is on the bank of the Yellow River, outside the mountains, and it is not easy to rescue. At the beginning of the year, when Lousu besieged Shaanzhou, I concentrated all my money and food and made a desperate move. With Li Yanxian's cooperation in the city, we were able to save him.

Defeated the Jin army. Now the main force of our army is in Ruzhou. It takes a lot of time to concentrate it and it is difficult to do it. We can only let Li Yanxian temporarily withdraw to Lu to resist the Jin army there. Three hundred people from Lu to Guozhou

Lishan Road is difficult for us, but it is even more difficult for the Jin army. We can defend the Lu family, and when the Jin army runs out of food and grass, they will naturally withdraw. At that time, it will be much easier to counterattack Guozhou."

Zhai Xing pondered for a while and said: "It can be said that Li Yanxian spent all his energy defending Shaanxi Province. If he is asked to withdraw from Guozhou, I am afraid he will not want to."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The situation is like this, there is really no way. To transport grain and grass to Guozhou, I must at least gather all the men and women in Dengzhou. To be honest, the impact on Dengzhou is too great. Twice a year, the people are tossing

I'm sorry."

Wang Ruohai said: "We can only let Li Yanxian withdraw from Guozhou, and cannot sit there to defend the isolated city. At the beginning of the year, we had to rely on Privy Zhang's army in Jingzhao to defend Shaanzhou. What can we rely on to defend Guozhou now?"

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and said: "I have sent an official document to Li Yanxian, suggesting that he immediately abandon Guozhou and retreat to Lushi. An army of 60,000 to 70,000 people is coming to attack, and all of us are threatened. It is best to be here

Mr. Lu, let’s get together and discuss what to do.”

Zhai Xing said: "A few days ago, I ordered Dong to go to Yiyang to discuss matters, but there has been no news. I don't know——"

Wang Xiaolie's heart tightened, and he had some unknown premonitions. Dong Xian was a very complicated person, and Wang Xiaolie was a little unsure.

Dong Xian was from Luoyang. He raised troops during the war in Jingkang and later became the commander of Zhai Xing's former army. He was a brave man and always strived to be first in every battle. He was a rare strong general. In the past two years, Dong Xian had been stationed along the Luo River and had no relationship with Zhai Xing.

Together, Mr. Dong's current military strength has exceeded that of Zhai Xing, and he actually doesn't listen to Zhai Xing's military orders very much. It's just that Zhai Xing is from a wealthy family in Luoyang, so he didn't break his skin.

Dong Xian can fight, loves money, longs for fame and wealth, and is unwilling to live in a ravine. But unlike Meng Bangxiong and others, he has the most basic bottom line and does not want to surrender to the enemy and betray his country. But the temptation is big enough, and the bottom line may be broken. In the final analysis

, for Dong Xian, his loyalty to Zhao Song is not enough to make him sacrifice his life. But as long as there is a chance, he does not want to betray the country.

In this era, there are actually many such people. As long as the Song Dynasty is a little more decent on the battlefield, not to mention having the upper hand, even if it is slightly behind, it doesn't matter. As long as it is not defeated thousands of miles away, a large number of people in the north will rise up and respond. History

Shang Yue flew to the Northern Expedition, and after winning several battles in a row, Qianli responded. As far north as Taihang, there were rebels using military banners to fight against the Jin army.

The problem of the Song Dynasty was that it was captured from Kaifeng Mansion and then lost consecutive battles. Moreover, Zhao Gou was as fearful of the Jin army as a tiger, and it was really impossible to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians. Without the support of the court, a large number of rebels were defeated by the Jin army and the puppet Qi.

They broke through one by one. The rebels were gone, and the last remaining ones were those who were determined to surrender to the enemy. Those who were not firm about the court and did not want to surrender to the enemy gradually surrendered to the enemy.

In a war, the court, or the government, is the mainstream. The attitude of the mainstream is very important. If you resist the enemy resolutely, even if your strength is temporarily insufficient, a large number of forces will follow. Once the official resistance to the enemy is not firm, how can you expect the people to do so?

Woolen cloth?

At this time, the Jin army was very powerful. Once a place was conquered, a large number of puppet troops would join in. If the Jin army could not be defeated on the frontal battlefield, it would be difficult to change the situation. Before entering Guanzhong, Wushu could only count 30,000 fine cavalry.
Chapter completed!