Chapter 521: Jiang Gan
When Song Ji left Gyeongju City, he fled to Rouyuan Village without his life.
I'm so scared. In the two battles that just ended, the Song army killed nearly 10,000 Xia troops, of which nearly sixty percent were his subordinates, that is, three out of every ten of his subordinates were killed by the Song army. More than 5,000 corpses were lying outside the entire city of Gyeongju, and it can be said that the real corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.
So Song Ji was afraid that Wang Ju would suddenly regret it and had to leave Gyeongju quickly.
All the way non-stop, rushed to the outside of Rouyuan Village, but before he arrived at Rouyuan Village, he was dumbfounded, what is that floating in the sky above Rouyuan Village?
At this time, the sky was also dark, but there was a fire under that thing, and you could see what was down there, a blue-like thing, because it rose high, it didn't look big, but it could be compared through guò, and it was actually not small. There were a few people in the blue thing, and one of them was holding a flag, and it was not a flag, there were dozens of flags, and the blue was sticking out of the sky and changing the flag, and then waving it with his hand.
This is the most magical scene of the whole battle.
At present, the entire battlefield is not like the battles of Weishui, Guandu, Chibi, and Kunyang, and the various theaters are not together. It is impossible to be in one piece, the entire Gyeongju terrain is the terrain of Liangshan and Xiaochuan Plateau, even if there are some Pingchuan, they are all narrow river corridors, and this terrain also forced the Western Xia to divide the army of hundreds of thousands into several pieces.
But this kind of cutting also divided Song Jun into several pieces. + Now some are surrounded by the Xia army, such as Liyuan Fort, Donggu Qiang, Rouyuan Village, Huai'an Town, and some are free from the battlefield, which is actually equivalent to cutting, such as Dashun City and Mengmen Sancha. Unable to contact or inconvenient to contact.
But the strength of these places. It will be an important sharp knife in the general battle. Therefore, most of them are famous generals, Er Yao, Yan Da, Li Sangou, Gao Yongneng, Lin Guang, Dou Shunqing, and Zhou Yongqing. In addition, other places are also affected by the large groups of enemy rangers, and it is difficult to communicate, such as Whitinburgh, Wujiao Town, and Yele Town. If you can't get in touch, you can't go through the battle.
Therefore, when Wang Ju did not leave the capital, he thought that this situation might occur in the future, so he thought of two things, one is a telescope.
And then there's this hot air balloon.
Of course. Such a hot air balloon could not have played a decisive role like the magical blockbuster "The Three Musketeers". But if it is properly matched and placed in the special environment of Gyeongju, it will also come in handy.
First of all, the distance between the forts in Gyeongju is only a dozen miles away, the longer ones are thirty or forty miles, and there are very few more than forty miles. But this length refers to the length of the road, and Gyeongju has many giryang, which means that there are many mountain roads, and many roads will have twists and turns. When drawn into a straight line, this distance can be shortened by half. The smallest can be reduced by a third.
The naked eye still can't see each other, and even if they do, they don't know very clearly. However, with binoculars and flags, basically the soldiers sitting in the hanging blue of each fort can be contacted. And at this height, every move of the enemy, as well as the number, can be seen at a glance.
Think about how many scouts are dying every day in order to find out the enemy's intelligence. And the information from this investigation is not accurate.
Now, as long as a few brave soldiers are sent to climb the hanging blue and slowly rise into the air, the enemy's every move will be under their noses, how much convenience will this bring to the war?
However, there is a problem that after the balloons are raised, they can vaguely see each other, but they cannot be connected. Therefore, Wang Ju and Zhang Qi set up a set of complex flags, in order to meet the interconnection, a total of 30 flags, the upper, middle and lower waving is different meaning, the upper, middle and lower are divided into one to ten waves, each flag is different from the upper, middle and lower and the number of waves, the meaning is different. Taken together, this can basically meet all simple communications.
Wang Ju raised the balloon from Gyeongju City, and then began to raise the balloon one after another, and the flag was written on the balloon, and the order was given to the army. And Li Sangou also spoke guò flag language, and fed back the current situation in Rouyuan Village.
The Song army waved all kinds of flags strangely above, and the Western Xia army below couldn't understand it.
But I know that there is no good thing, but this is the real man who goes to heaven and heaven!
In ancient times, human beings were yearning for the sky and fearful of it, so when they flew into the sky that night, Gao Min's subordinates were dumbfounded.
But that's not called flying, it can only be called gliding, it's actually descending slowly, not rising. Now it's really above the sky. Seeing several Song soldiers waving flags in the sky, the Song army in Rouyuan Village was thunderous, while the Xia army outside the village was silent.
It's not that I'm not brave, it's that this battle is so hard that I can't think about it......
Song Ji was also stunned.
Grandma's, this is not a war with humans, but a battle against demons.
At this time, Song Ji was faintly happy in his heart, if I lost to Li Fugui, it would be a killing, but if I lost to this monster, it can be regarded as a wish.
Therefore, his mood was relaxed and he quickly returned to the camp.
When Liang Yiburi saw him coming, he was furious, not all of Song Ji's 20,000 soldiers and horses were killed by Wang Ju, and some people escaped. This is inevitable, just like the large gap in strength at Sanchuankou, Huang Dehe wanted to escape, but he still escaped. Even if there was a huge difference in strength between the two battles of Haoshuichuan and Junziguan, if the Song army did not fight to the end and wanted to escape, some people would still escape. For example, the Battle of Qigou Pass and the Battle of Dingchuan, and then the enemy will like it very much, and will use a very small price to kill and injure the Song army to the greatest extent. I'm afraid of being like Liu Ping and Wang Qi.
But although he escaped, the situation was very miserable, because then the Song army killed Yele Town, and the guide zhì escaped again, and a small number of people escaped one after another, and there are still deserters fleeing to the battalions one after another, and even this escape will continue until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, no way, turn around in the mountains, many summer soldiers do not know the road, and they get lost together.
However, although some soldiers escaped, almost none of the Xia troops escaped.
Theoretically, it can be said that it is the same as Brother Ding, who is under Anjiang Fort, and the Xiying Xia Army who is rewarded in Dashun City, and the whole army is annihilated.
However, this kid is very loyal to himself, and even in consolidating the power of the Liang family. There are a lot of clever ideas. Liang Yi couldn't bear to kill. So he looked at Song Ji with a cold face.
Song Ji said: "General, Gyeongju Sinjiju is the security king Ju. ”
Liang Yi didn't speak, and the news of Wang Ju's appearance also reached his ears, plus three fiascos, and this big balloon in the sky, making him six gods and no master. But you can't be defeated like this because of Wang Ju.
Song Ji said again: "This is also my fault. Yesterday I received a letter from the Song Dynasty, thinking that the Song Dynasty really did not have a large army in the rear, so it was defeated. ”
said that he kept slapping himself, it is not easy to be a traitor, you have to learn to be a dog, let go of all your self-esteem, you have to learn to be submissive, and be cheap. However, this kind of dog made by Song Ji still has some value compared to many dogs. At least Western Xia did give him glory and wealth.
He was really clever in doing so, and he had to admit his mistake first. But what was wrong with him? The mistake was not to be careless, but it was to carefully build the camp fence, and it was still a big defeat last night. Who would have thought? But isn't it even more wrong to be wrong? His letter not only deceived himself, but also deceived Song Ji, and more than 10,000 Xia soldiers outside Yele Town, and on the way he also met the Xia soldiers who escaped from Yele Town.
But Zang Kui is a favorite general under Renduo Lingding, does Liang Yibury dare to kill now? If you don't kill it, then you can save your own life. and also gave Liang Yibury a great opportunity to shirk responsibility.
Liang Yibury really snorted coldly.
There is salvation, Song Ji thought to himself, he is not afraid that Liang Yi will be angry, even if he kicks himself a few times, it is not a big problem, he is afraid that Liang Yi will not speak, that is the expression of murderous intentions.
He said: "But I heard a few news when I was detained, this time not only did the officers and soldiers of Huanqing Road fight, Yanzhou and Weizhou also sent 10,000 troops to support, and Wang Ju also brought the 40,000 Baojie from Zhengbaiqu, and secretly sent a part of the Baojie army to the front line very early. Now our army is not fighting with 30,000 or 40,000 Song troops, but with 90,000 Song troops. ”
"Oh," Liang Yi's face eased again, and now the headache is not only Wang Ju's arrival in Gyeongju, but also Wang Ju's elusiveness, the most headache is that I don't know how many troops the Song Dynasty has put over. At every turn, thousands or ten thousand troops will appear out of nowhere, and then launch a night attack. The news spread, and now the remaining Xia troops are all suspicious and demoralized, so that when they saw the balloon rise into the sky, Liang Yibury simply ordered to stop the attack. There is no way to attack, even if the summer soldiers on the earth mountain are weak and have no strength to shoot arrows, how to attack?
"Is the message accurate?"
"Absolutely."
"That's the Baojie army in Guanzhong, how can it have combat effectiveness?"
"It's the Baojie army in Guanzhong, and the last general saw many Baojie soldiers vomiting on the battlefield, but about they have land and salary, plus the Song Dynasty sent people to train for a long time, although they lack combat experience, they cooperate properly, the formation is neat, and the combat effectiveness is relatively strong. It seems that we were negligent. ”
Liang Yi's face was miserable, if this is the case, then it is really negligent, it is a full 40,000 Song army that can fight, with these 40,000, and without these 40,000, the nature will be completely different.
"I also heard a piece of news, the reason why the Song army is prepared, is from our Great Xia salt merchants learned from the mouth, and General Renduo persuaded a part of the Murong clan to join our Great Xia, this news was also leaked to the Song Dynasty by these salt merchants, so the Song Dynasty was prepared to fight, and also prepared to take the opportunity to exterminate those Murong warriors who defected to our country."
Well, what Wang Ju said to him became what he inquired about by his wit and wisdom, and there was no sin but merit.
It's a pity that the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms has not appeared at this time, otherwise Song Ji will finally think sadly, I am the Jiang Gan who was scandalized by Luo Guanzhong.
Liang Yi buried a few steps, if so, although Song Ji has a big crime, he also has a little credit, at least he said this, many things are understood, although that Wang giant boy is haunted, but the main thing is that people have a heart, and they have no heart. People are prepared, but they are unprepared, so they suffer big losses.
He paused and asked, "How did you escape?" ”
"General, I have the ability to escape, it was that Wang Ju who pulled me to persuade me to surrender, saying that if I don't surrender, I will be divided into five horses."
Not to mention, Liang Yi really believes that for example, Zhang Yuan's family, when Zhang Yuan was the number one traitor in the Song Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty not only did not punish Zhang Yuan's family, but in turn promoted Zhang Yuan's family and rewarded him with money, so as to persuade Zhang Yuan to come back.
After this stupid thing was done, as a result, many literati who fell at the end of the Song Dynasty defected to Western Xia and became traitors.
"And how did you answer?"
"I said I wanted to kill, I had to listen to it. But let me surrender. That's impossible. The general is very kind to me, and my wife and children are all in Xingqing Mansion, how can I surrender to the Song Dynasty. ”
"That's a good point." Liang Yi's face finally calmed down. Although this kid failed miserably this time, he was indeed very loyal to himself and the Liang family, and asked: "Then why didn't he kill you?" ”
"I don't know, but after I said it at the time, the kid was happy and said. There is a kind, and then said, our Great Song Dynasty is now strong and strong, and your Western Xia has suffered heavy losses, so let's withdraw our troops and go back quickly. I said I can't call the shots about it. He said that you, General Liang, would definitely figure it out, and asked me to bring you a letter. Song Ji said and took out the letter written by Wang Ju.
After Liang Yi buried it, he put down the letter with a puzzled face.
In fact, when it comes to this, he is also considering whether to withdraw his troops. Now the losses are bearable, if the 300,000 troops are lost here. If Western Xia doesn't get it right, there is a danger of losing the country.
But Wang Ju took the initiative to ask for peace, so he didn't understand. Now the Song army has the upper hand, at least except for the troops, it is stronger than the Xia army in all aspects, morale, food and grass, armor, the command ability of the generals, and the terrain.
Song Ji said again: "By the way, I heard one more thing, on the way to arrest me, there were two generals discussing, saying that the Liao State sent troops on the prairie and pressed them to the back of the mountain, probably because of this, the Song Dynasty had great pressure." Although the Song army has won several battles in succession, the overall strength is still less than that of our Great Xia, and if this stalemate continues, once the Liao army appears in Daizhou or Fuzhou, the Song Dynasty will be in danger. So the kid made a threat, trying to get us to withdraw as soon as possible. Once our country withdraws its troops, Liao will inevitably withdraw its troops and go back. The crisis of the Song Dynasty was resolved. At the same time, that kid also kept Gyeongju alive and killed and injured a large number of soldiers in our country, which also means that he has made great contributions. ”
Only this explanation remains.
"Then what do you say our army should do?"
"I don't know." Song Jiquan let Wang Ju kill Meng, if it weren't for Wang Ju's inexplicable initiative to ask for peace, he could have taken the lead in tricking Liang Yibury to withdraw as soon as possible.
The psychological trauma that Wang Ju gave him, it was simply a heavy history of disasters, from the security army to Huachi County last time, then to Dashun City, and this time to Gyeongju City. In the face of Wang Ju, he had almost no confidence. At this time, how dare you talk nonsense, and if you say it, you will have to bear the responsibility in the future.
Liang Yibury had no choice but to summon the generals.
Some people doubt, but most people believe that this scum literati of the Song Dynasty has no skills in using troops in a bright and bright way, but he can be clever in secret, and his skills in playing tricks are a set, maybe those stupid soldiers in the Song Dynasty let him trap the news. Besides, if Wang Ju didn't show up because of some bad circumstances, it would be impossible for him to let Song Ji go.
There was silence in the tent.
Now there are only two choices in front of everyone, one is to withdraw immediately, but it is very miserable to withdraw like this, and it is not very clear how many soldiers and horses have been broken now, because there are many deserters on the way to escape, some will be captured by the Song army, and some can escape back. However, the approximate number can be estimated, which is about 90,000. These three battles were more than 50,000, and in the stalemate between Anjiang Fort and the first Dashun City, nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses were also lost. Also, there were so many tragic offensive and defensive battles in Rouyuan Village, and the offensive and defensive battles of Slush Castle, Liyuan Fort and Fort Merry also suffered heavy casualties, and although the offensive and defensive battles of the remaining forts were not tragic, there were also some casualties.
In this way, Liang Yi can't pay the difference, and he can't pay the difference either.
Either wait, if the Liao State really sends troops, it will be great news. First of all, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty in Yanzhou will be forced back to support the north. Moreover, a war on both sides will inevitably bring great difficulties to the Song Dynasty's troops, financial resources, material resources, and manpower. At that time, the Western Xia will be able to reap a lot of benefits and recover losses, and the worst will be able to turn defeat into victory. As for why the Liao State sent troops, the reason is simple, and they also want to reap the benefits. Just like the Qingli Song-Xia War, the Liao State pressed the troops in Youzhou, and the Song Dynasty obediently increased the annual coin from 300,000 to 500,000! It was only later that Liao Xingzong had a nervous disorder and suddenly sent troops to Western Xia, but was defeated by Li Yuanhao in Hequ and fled, and the two countries formed some grudges. But can there be eternal hatred and friendship between countries?
I'm afraid this is the reason why the little emperor of Liao promised to send troops.
However, what if the Liao State does not send troops, if it drags on day by day, the morale of the three armies will drop vigorously, and the grain and grass will become more and more nervous.
Therefore, the severity of the family could not be controlled, and the general said: "General, it is better to use a fast horse to inquire over there first, and then urge the rear to allocate a batch of grain and grass, and then order the three armies not to move lightly, especially at night, and must strengthen vigilance." ”
That's the only way to do it.
However, after these battles, Wang Ju was crowned with two titles by the Tanguts, one is the good name, the king of night battles, and the second is the hated title, night ghost!
When he was in Huachi County, he launched many night battles, including the nine corpses to welcome the guests, after the war, people who had a lot of things to check and found that there were really some legends of the nine corpses welcoming guests in ancient history, but it was completely different from Wang Ju's nine corpses welcoming guests.
Therefore, Wang Ju is a night ghost, and when it comes to night, Wang Ju is as terrifying as a ghost.
Liang Yi buried: "That's it, immediately give an order, inform the three armies of the truth, and every time twilight falls, the three armies must be vigilant." ”
Now there are many bad rumors in the army, and the morale of the army must be appeased, and the reason for the victory of the Song army is not that it is a god soldier from heaven......
But no matter how much they appeased, every time it was dark, most of the summer soldiers felt panicked...... And when it gets dark, the Western Xia people are scared, will Wang Ju let them go? (To be continued......) R1292