Chapter 1123: Race Against Time (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
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In order not to give Yan Zonghan enough time to prepare, Li Qi and Seed Master Dao led the army to march quickly, and arrived in Ulzhou in a few days. (Please search for the fastest novel website!)
Ulzhou also has a very special value in the Yanyun region, it can be said to be the center of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and now the east has basically been controlled by the Song Dynasty, but the western states are still in the hands of the Jin people.
In fact, in the follow-up negotiations of Yanshan Mansion, Jin Guo had returned Ulzhou to the Song Dynasty in the face of the Song Dynasty's lawsuit, but due to the Zhang Jue incident, Wanyan Zongwang was angry and took it back.
At that time, Song Huizong saw that Jin Guo had used force, and immediately withered, where do you dare to come back, you can take it, don't come to beat me.
As a result, the money was given, but the land was over, and it was taken back, and it was really lost to grandma's house.
However, because after Yan Zongwang captured Ulzhou at that time, he immediately went back to prepare for the attack on the Great Song Dynasty, and it didn't take long for him to lead his troops south, and he did not expect that the Song army would be able to fight here one day, so that he did not hoard any troops in Ulzhou.
And now his fiasco has also made Jinguo's defense of Ulju even more inadequate.
In the strategy formulated by the Song army, Ulzhou must be recaptured, because Ulzhou is the east gate of Yunzhou, you must pass through GuΓ² here, if you bypass, once the Jin army consolidates the defense here, then it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the army and Yanshan Mansion.
Wanyan Zonghan also knew the purpose of the Song army, but because there were tens of thousands of troops in the west of the Chongjia Army and the Zhejia Army, where did he dare to divide his troops out, in addition, after rescuing Yan Zongwang at the beginning, he also transferred some troops from Ulzhou, and now he can only send people to tell the guards of Ulzhou, delay the Song army as much as possible, and buy time for reinforcements.
However, the Jin army was not well prepared, and the Song army had been planning for a long time, and the master Dao personally went into battle. Commanding an army of 100,000 troops, the troops were divided into three routes, and marched strongly into Ulzhou, the Song army was now in high morale, and in less than three days, it successively broke through the Flying Fox, Guangling, and Lingqiu.
In the face of a tenfold enemy, the Jin army could not block it at all, so it could only retreat into the city of Ulzhou. This is what the master likes to see the most, if you defend the city, then your cavalry will be wasted, and you won't play any false, directly attack Ulzhou City, and you can't give the Jin army a chance to go out of the city to fight.
On the fifth day, the Song army broke through the city of Ulju.
The price to pay is very small. The more the Song army fought, the more confident he became, Jin Bing is just like this, you can't attack if I defend, you can't stop me if I attack, as if Yunzhou is already within reach.
After taking Ulju, Li Qi immediately reported the news to Zong Ze. It was hoped that he could connect the defenses of Yanshan Mansion and Ulzhou, and leave the Wu Jie brothers and his Moon Raiding Army to garrison here to consolidate the defense, and he himself hurriedly led the army to continue to advance.
Wanyan Zonghan didn't expect Ulzhou to fall so quickly, and in the face of the Song army's rapid advance, he finally began to worry a little in his heart.
As soon as I went out of Ulzhou, I arrived in Yunzhou.
However, the Planter Dao was afraid of being attacked by the enemy, so he did not take the trail. Even if it is a little farther, you have to go around the broad road, because there are many of them, if you choose the nearest place, in case you are attacked in a narrow place, then the formation cannot be expanded at all, and the advantage of being more numerous cannot be waved. Fortunately, most of this generation is a plain area, which provides a lot of convenience for the Song army.
It seems that it is about to reach Yunzhou, but along the way, it is calm. I didn't even see the shadow of the famous Jin Army.
Li Qi rode on the horse, and the calm around him made him feel a little uneasy, and frowned: "Seed man, it seems that something is wrong!" β
Seed Master Dao smiled slightly: "There is nothing wrong with this, Yunzhou's troops are already insufficient, it is impossible to encircle and annihilate our 100,000 army, and they also have to defend the southwest front, these two fronts are fighting, how dare they send troops out lightly, of course, it is to shrink the battle line, so as not to worry about it." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a long voice, "Reportββ! β
A sentry sentry galloped up and said, "Greeting the commander, there is a golden army coming towards us from the north. β
Slap in the face!
"chiluo" naked slap in the face!
The seed master said a moment ago that the Jin army did not dare to go out, but he knew that a Jin army would come immediately.
But at this time, who cares about this, Li Qi hurriedly asked: "How many people?" β
"Since the enemy is dividing his forces into three lines, the humiliation has not yet been clarified, but as far as we know now, it will not be less than 10,000 people."
The Seed Master asked, "How far is the enemy army from us now?" β
"About ten miles away, it won't take half an hour to meet our army."
Seed Master Dao hurriedly ordered the army to stop, ready to fight at any time.
Soon, the Song army set up the formation and waited for the Jin army to come.
However, after waiting for about an hour, Wuzi did not see the shadow of Jin Jun.
Song Jun was at a loss, it's only more than ten miles away, even if you go, you should have walked there!
"Report ββ!"
"Qi Qi Bu Shuai, the enemy army is still five miles away from our army, and suddenly stopped."
"What? Stopped? Richie incredulously, "What are they playing again?" β
The seed master asked again: "Have you found out how many enemy troops there are?" β
"The enemy seems to be intent on hiding their troops, and we haven't been able to find out yet," the sentinel said. β
Yue Fei said: "Bu Shuai, Teacher, this is very likely to be the enemy's delaying tactics." β
Seed Master Dao nodded and said, "They may be doing this to buy time for their reinforcements. β
Yang Zaixing said: "The last general is willing to lead 10,000 cavalry to meet the enemy. β
The planter shook his head and said: "No, no, we don't know how many enemy troops there are, if we don't divide our troops, they will be helpless against us, but if this is the other party's plan to lure the enemy, and we divide our troops out, we may be in the hands of the enemy." β
They can't afford to lose this battle, so they have to be cautious.
Having said that, the Seed Master Dao still asked Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing to lead 10,000 cavalry to protect the right flank to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack, and the army continued to advance in full force
In a mountain forest to the north of the Song army, Wanyan Xiyin was leading 10,000 light cavalry to gather here at this time, and he was ordered to go around Yunzhou, slow down the advance of the Song army, and buy time for his reinforcements.
However, the Dao of the Seed Master was not given in vain, and he led the Song Army to pick the avenue to go, and Yan Xiyin followed him for a long time, but he never found a chance to start. This made him so depressed, so he wanted to use tricks to slow down the Song army's march.
"Report! Qi Yu deputy commander, the Song army moved forward again. β
Wanyan Xiyin frowned and pondered for a moment, and said: "It seems that the Song army has gained insight into our strategy, we are ambushed here, and we can no longer confuse them, and now we can only rely on attack to hold them back." β
Their generals listened. There was a strange look on his face, although it was the Song army, but there were hundreds of thousands of troops, and we had 10,000 horses, and we ran to face them head-on, aren't you sending them to death. And it's not unstoppable.
Wanyan Xiyin saw the hesitation in the hearts of the soldiers, so he said: "Now we have to face a two-sided battle, and the situation is extremely unfavorable for us. In any case, we must do everything we can to drag them down, even if they die here. As soon as our reinforcements arrive, we will be able to turn our reactive into proactive. Although the enemy forces are several times larger than ours, the ranks are too long because of this. We can't take care of each other, we just need to concentrate our forces and storm a little, and the enemy will come to our rescue, and we will withdraw. You must know that the reason why the enemy did not divide their forces to attack us is because they do not know our reality and that we still have a place to hide in the hundred miles ahead. Once we enter the realm of Yunzhou, where there are vast plains, we can no longer hide, if the enemy knows that we are false, they will unscrupulously send troops to pursue us, therefore, we must make good use of this hundred miles of road. β
Soldiers, listen. It's all relieved, it turns out that you can still escape, that's good.
Wanyan Xiyin said: "Pucha Wulie, you lead five thousand cavalry. Follow and storm the tail of the enemy army. β
"Yes!"
"Hun Dean, you have 3,000 cavalry, and you are on the side to cover the retreat of Pucha Wulie."
"Yes."
"If the enemy pursues you, flee to the valley of the tiger's mouth, where the terrain is dangerous, and I have set up a suspicious position there, and the enemy will not dare to enter. Remember, don't think about fighting, if the enemy turns back, wait for the enemy's retreat. β
"Kill!"
As soon as the Song army traveled about ten miles, the sound of killing suddenly rose from behind, and I saw a Jin army coming out from behind, attacking the tail of the Song army, and as soon as they got closer, they rode horses and shot at the Song army with bows and arrows.
Since the enemy's movements had already been grasped in front, the Song army was not too flustered.
The crossbowmen on the chariot also drew arrows with their bows and arrows to shoot back at the enemy, while the infantry and spearmen hurriedly formed formations, ready to block the enemy.
However, the Jin army did not attack, but turned to move laterally, constantly wandering at the end of the Song army's ranks, flickering far and near, fighting on the left and fighting on the right, and never attacking the Song army's formation.
But after a while, Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing led the cavalry from the front to rush to support.
Seeing that Yue Fei and others were coming, Pucha Wulie immediately retreated, and Yang Zaixing led the troops to pursue, and at this time, the ambush on the side led the troops to kill, and used bows and arrows to stop Yang Zaixing's pursuit, and then immediately retreated with Pucha Wulie.
Yang Zaixing saw that the opponent's troops were not many, so he led his troops to catch up, but the master was worried that Yang Zaixing would be ambushed by the enemy, so he hurriedly ordered Yang Zaixing to come back.
This is nothing more than a harassment, and both sides have losses, but they are negligible.
The cavalry of the Jin army ran fast, and they were good at fighting this kind of ambush warfare, and he did not know the reality of the enemy's army, he did not dare to divide his troops lightly, and he did not dare to pursue, and it was difficult to catch up.
However, as soon as the Song army had walked less than ten miles, the enemy army came up from the left side, harassed for a while, and when they saw Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing coming, they hurriedly retreated.
The seed master Dao thought to himself that if you continue to play like this, it's not a thing, but their team is too long, it is difficult to do everything, the enemy is cavalry, you can attack a certain point at will, but they are only fighting on the periphery, I will run if you come, and I can't surround it, this is also their best trick, so I let Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing lead the troops to chase and stick to this Jin army, but you must not rush forward, once there is any trouble, come back immediately. Immediately, he ordered the army to advance quickly and strive to enter Yunzhou as soon as possible.
Yue Fei and the others pursued all the way, until the enemy entered a narrow valley, Yue Fei and they stopped, Yue Fei saw that the valley was surrounded by mist, quiet, worried that the enemy was ambushed here, so he could only lead his troops back.
But their pursuit also bought a lot of time for the main forces.
Not long after Yue Fei and the others came back, the enemy army led their troops to kill them again, and this time the master Dao made preparations and ordered the archers of the chariot to wind the arrows, and when they saw the enemy, they could release the arrows as soon as they saw them.
This time, the Jin army did not gain much.
Wanyan Xiyin This is also no way, he just wants to try to buy time, even if it is a quarter of an hour, at the beginning, his repeated harassment still had a good effect, so that the Song army could not march in full, and the degree was forced to come down.
However, after adjusting the formation, the cavalry has been transferred to the periphery, and if you dare to harass you, I will let the cavalry block your back road.
After Yan Xiyin learned about it, he was so depressed in his heart, and at this moment, a drop of water suddenly fell on the tip of his nose, and he looked up and saw that it was raining in the sky. He stared at the sky blankly, and after a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "God really helps me, Yunzhou is worry-free." β
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