Chapter 784: Liu's
The wind is up again!
As Liu rode her horse onto a small hillside, the north wind blew the corners of her robe. She looked up at the sky, and in the dim and gloomy sky, a flock of black crows was hovering overhead. The crow on the battlefield is a bad omen, but the husband's most elite tooth soldier is called the crow army, and the appearance of the crow here is a good omen or a bad omen?
Liu Yunniangbu suddenly felt as if she was in an ice cave, cold on all sides, and wanted to struggle, but she became more and more powerless. She had the urge to sigh, but she restrained herself. Because she clearly knew that if the generals saw her sighing at this time, it might make the already uneasy military spirit even more fluctuating. She stopped thinking about it and rode her horse to the top of the slope.
This high slope is a lookout with a very wide view, and Jing Shisanniang, the general of the Women's Army, has been standing there for most of the day. Seeing Liu Yunniang coming, Jing Sanniang stepped forward and saluted, "Madam, why are you here?" ”
Liu replied: "I went to inspect the guards on the lower pass just now, is there any movement?" ”
"Not all the time." Jing Sanniang thought to herself that the tiger husband had no dog wife, Li Keyong was extremely brave, and his wife was also a heroine among women and heroines. As a woman, she single-handedly led an elite army of women, and now she is even more brave to come to the aid and personally lead the troops to stop the world-famous 'Sky Wolf' Li Jing. You must know that there are many people who have been defeated under Li Jing's hands in this world, and even Gao Biao and Li Keyong, who are known as famous generals, have been defeated by Li Jing's sword, but they did not expect that when they were in Yanmen, they heard that Li Jing was attacking with his army, but Liu did not hesitate to lead the troops to come.
Standing on this high slope, you can see the Kwalu River ten miles to the north. On the other side of the river is Guangling Township. It was not a small market town. It's right on the north bank of the Kwalu River. The Kwalu River is a river in Ulju that originates from Hengsan Mountain and eventually joins the Sanggan River from west to east. The three rivers of Kwalu River, Laishui and Huangshui are the center of Ulju, and along the banks of these three rivers, there are the three cities of Lingqiu, Feihu and Anbian.
Liu Yunniang looked at the north for a long time on the horse, and whispered: "General." Please continue to strengthen vigilance and keep an eye on the movements in the north! ”
Jing Sanniang is in her early thirties, she was once the wife of a big leather merchant, and later her husband died in the grassland when she encountered horse bandits. Afterwards, Jing Sanniang did not return to the Central Plains, but stayed with Liu's side. Now he has become a general of the Women's Army. Jing Sanniang agreed, and asked suspiciously, "Madam." Will Li Jing really come? ”
"Definitely!" Liu Shi said affirmatively, and immediately continued: "This person is not an idle person, be careful not to be calculated by him." ”
Liu Yunniang, who was only twenty years old at this time, already had a three-year-old daughter, Li Keyong's wife, Princess Jin, Shatuo Ke Hedun. The ancestor is a wealthy family in the decline of the north, a woman from the gate, good at riding and shooting swords, bold and careful. When she first married Li Keyong, she didn't like Li Keyong, she only thought that Li Keyong was a rude and ugly half-blind man. However, although she is a child of Biansai, she is influenced by the Han family's thoughts, and she believes in the concept of following her father at home, marrying her husband, marrying a chicken with a chicken, and marrying a dog with a dog.
Over the past few years, she has gradually accepted Li Keyong and helped assist this man with her heart. In the series of events of experiencing the Battle of Daibei, fleeing to Mobei, and returning to the Central Plains, with her extraordinary perseverance and bravery, the Liu family is no longer just Li Keyong's wife in the Shatuo clan, but has gradually won the respect of many people. Up to now, she has already become a princess respected and admired by the entire Shatuo clan, especially since she single-handedly trained an elite female army, which has made her highly regarded among the Shatuo generals.
Over the years, she has trained female soldiers, participated in battles and escapes, and fought again, at this time, she has become a female general who does not let her eyebrows go.
The husband sent troops to Hebei, and the righteous sons also went on an expedition with the army, and the father-in-law had just been assassinated, and the general Shatuo was also killed. Sha Tuo encountered a situation where he had no generals available, otherwise he would not have let the weak Li Kexiu come to dominate the four states in front of the mountain, resulting in the loss of the four states in an instant.
The four states in front of the mountain are lost, and Ulju can no longer be lost.
Faced with Li Jing's momentum, no one could stop him, and Liu could only stand up.
This is not only about the territory, nor is it about worrying about the foundation of Yanmen, the most important thing is that Ulzhou is not only the northeast gateway of Yanmen Town, but also the retreat of her husband from Hebei. If Ulzhou is lost, then the Flying Fox Road will fall into the hands of Li Jing, and her husband Li Keyong will be cut off.
knew that she was going to face the "Heavenly Wolf" Li Jing, but the Liu family had no choice but to lead 10,000 female troops and 10,000 Shatuo troops to aid Ulzhou.
She came a little late, and half of Ulju had been lost. However, she came in time, although she lost most of Ulzhou, but the key Naoya Pass also allowed her to rush to reinforcements. The Zhigu Pass is an important pass in Ulju, and this pass divides Ulju into two. Anbian City in the north of Zhigu Pass, Hengye Military City, Tiancheng Military City, Qingsai Military City, etc. are connected with Datong Shuozhou and the four prefectures in front of the mountain, and are important passages out of the grassland, Datong and Youzhou.
Naoya Kannan, on the other hand, is a relatively closed area, but it is also very important. Here to the southeast, is one of the eight Taihang flying fox, can go straight to Yizhou, Hebei. To the southwest, it is the northeast gateway of Daizhou, Taixi Pass.
Guarding the Zhigu Pass is to guard the first gate of Daizhou, and it is also an important passage from Yanmen Town to Hebei. Especially after the loss of the four states in front of the mountain, the Zhigu Pass became more and more important to the Jin army. If the Zhigu Pass is lost, and the remaining half of Ulzhou is lost, then the Jin army will really be completely in a situation where it is completely passive and unable to fight back. From now on, the Shatuo army will be blocked in Yanmen, and there will be no way to enter Hebei.
In the battle of attacking and defending the city, only the stupidest defender would block the gate with stones. Because even in the case of disadvantage, although the city gate will be the key breakthrough point of the enemy, the city gate is also an important support for the defenders. When defending the city, it is extremely important to send troops out of the city at the right time. Even if you can't really send troops out of the city, you have to keep this possibility. If you take the initiative to close your city gates, then the besieging side can rest assured that you can attack the city without any worries, and in this case, it is definitely more disadvantageous to the defenders.
Now the situation in Yanmen Town is similar, the four states in front of the mountain and Ulzhou are respectively leading to the military capital pass and the flying fox. The former allows the Shatuo army to directly threaten Youzhou. The latter can threaten Yizhou. And once these two roads were blocked by Li Jing. In the future of the Nashatuo and Li Jing, they will be completely at a disadvantage.
No matter what, Ulju has to hold on.
Liu Yunniang is not an ordinary woman, a woman who can lead tens of thousands of troops is by no means ordinary.
She believes that the best defense is offense!
She now has no more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, plus 20,000 young and strong auxiliaries raised. And the news she got was Li Jing on the other side. There are 30,000 elite soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary troops. Although the number of the two armies is comparable, just by virtue of Li Jing's achievements in destroying Li Kexiu's 20,000 soldiers and horses in a few days with this army and winning the four states, it can be seen that the strength of their two armies is not at the same level at all.
Although Zhigu Pass is dangerous, it can't stop Li Jing's attack. Guarding the gate is just repeating the mistakes of Li Kexiu.
In Liu Yunniang's plan, passive defense is not feasible, and the only way to attack is to take the initiative. However, in the face of Li Jing's elite Qin army, the Liu clan will not attack blindly. The memory of being strangled by Li Jing and the Zhenguo army in Daibei is still deeply in her mind.
Therefore. Liu Yunniang planned to defend and counterattack, but there were not many soldiers and horses in Zhigu Pass. Just a bluff. Liu Yunniang took 15,000 elites to ambush in the mountain pass ten miles north of Zhigu Pass. If the Qin army attacked Zhigu Pass, then Liu Yunniang led the troops to outflank from behind, attack from both sides, and use the mountainous terrain in front of the pass to limit the elite cavalry of the Qin army, and use the terrain to fight against the Qin army.
If the plan is successful, he will be able to counterattack Li Jing. The Qin army is elite, but the Qin army that came to attack this time also has a weakness, that is, they have few soldiers. Once their losses were too great, the Qin army might not dare to continue fighting them in Ulzhou.
If the Qin army retreated, her husband would have returned to the division at that time, and they would join forces to counterattack, and they would be able to take back the four states in front of the mountain.
It's like a ray of light in the night, and it's their only chance.
It's just that the general of the unified army opposite is Li Jing now. As the nemesis of the Shatuo people, Li Jing is by no means an idle person. Li Jing likes to use surprise attacks and ambushes the most, but now she wants to use ambushes to deal with Li Jing, and Liu Yunniang doesn't have much success in her heart.
In Liu Yunniang's plan, several small forces will be sent to lure the enemy, and then they will set up an ambush. These small units that lured the enemy almost went to their deaths, and for two days in a row, several small units sent to lure the enemy were all annihilated. And the expected Li Jing's army still did not appear!
What is Li Jing waiting for?
Li Jing's movements were as fast as thunder before, and before they could react, they had already broken through the four states in front of the mountain in one fell swoop and annihilated Li Kexiu's troops. But after entering Ulju, Li Jing's actions became slow. Especially after crossing the Sangguo River to the south and crossing the Bears Ears Mountain, the movement became more and more sluggish. If it weren't for this, Liu Yunniang would not have been able to reinforce Zhigu Pass before the Qin army.
Jing Sanniang suggested that perhaps the Qin army's previous offensive was too fast, which caused their logistical baggage to not keep up, and the Qin army had to slow down. Moreover, after capturing four and a half states in a row, Li Jing must also have a lot of post-war affairs to deal with. In any case, Li Jing can fight all the way from Jundu Pass to Zhigu Pass in a few days, which can already be regarded as a soldier and horse.
Maybe!
But Liu Yunniang doesn't fully believe in this reason, in her opinion, this is more like a conspiracy and a trap by Li Jing.
Maybe Li Jing is moving the tiger away from the mountain, or maybe he is attacking the west.
Maybe Li Jing has set a trap in Ulju and is luring her to chase her. Maybe Li Jing just wanted to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, and then let the three departments of Datong go to Yanmen.
These Liu had thought of and considered before sending troops, but she still came after the worst of all.
What exactly does Li Jing want to do? Liu couldn't help but press his fingers to his eyebrows and rub them.
She clearly remembered that at the beginning, Li Jing was sharp and sharp, taking the lead, like a broken bamboo, unstoppable, and the appearance of the blocker. In the battle of Daibei, Li Jing always saw the head and tail of the dragon, coming and going without a trace, but every time he appeared, it must appear suddenly, and then launch a fatal blow. Several years have passed, and now the Qin army is stronger, and the soldiers and horses are more prosperous, and Li Jing, the sharpest sword, cannot wear out the blade so quickly.
A deep feeling of uneasiness enveloped Liu's heart, but she couldn't retreat at the moment. Her husband has not yet returned from Hebei, and once she has retreated, he has lost his way home.
She was thinking about it when suddenly a ride came from the foot of the mountain.
It was a familiar figure, and when the knight arrived at Liu Yunniang, he was already exhausted and out of breath.
It was Jing Niang, the commander of the guards sent by the Liu family to Hebei to report to her husband, "Report to Mrs., the king has returned to his division, and now he has arrived at Lingqiu in Ulzhou City!" ”
This news made Liu and Jing Sanniang present all look surprised, stunned for a moment, Jing Sanniang took the lead and said: "Great, there is a king rushing back, we don't have to be afraid of Li Jing." ”
Liu Shi also felt a sense of relief in his heart, as if he had let go of the burden of a thousand catties at once.
"How many people did King Jin bring back?" She asked.
After the king of Jin heard the urgent news here, he immediately rushed back from Hebei. led 30,000 cavalry to come back first, and then King Zhao led 30,000 infantry from the second town of Yanmen in Chengde to follow. However, the king of Jin was worried about the safety of Yanmen, and was afraid that Li Jing would collude with the three departments of Datong to take advantage of the fire and send troops to Yanmen, so he asked General Li Siyuan to lead 20,000 cavalry to rush back to Yanmen, and now the king of Jin is hurrying with 10,000 cavalry. ”
Hearing that there were only 10,000 reinforcements, everyone couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
Liu asked the female sword guard to take out the map and look at it carefully, "It will take a day for King Jin to arrive here at the earliest, and it will take a day and a half at the latest." And the infantry will have to arrive in three days at the earliest, and now that the weather is marching, even if they do, the soldiers will inevitably be tired and tired, and they will have to rest for a day or two before they can fight. ”
Jing Sanniang said with some concern: "Madame plans to plan as usual?" ”
"Well, if we give up the ambush plan at this time and retreat to Zhigu Pass, and Li Jing attacks at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for a few days. Until King Jin arrives, we will continue to stay here! Liu decided.
Li Jing has always been well-informed, and he will definitely know the news that her husband has returned to help. If Li Jing doesn't plan to accept it when he sees it, and still wants to continue to attack and gain something, then these two days will be a great opportunity for Li Jing to attack and seize Zhigu Pass in the last time.
Perhaps the Qin army thought that the Jin army would retreat into the city to wait for reinforcements after learning that reinforcements were imminent, so that they could relax their vigilance and attack.
This may be an opportunity for her, although it is a bit risky to continue the original plan, but the risk is very high, and the possible benefits are also very large, for this reason, she is willing to take this risk!
The decision has been made, and Liu Shi doesn't know whether his step is right or wrong, and he is relaxed for a while, but there is a sudden uneasiness! (To be continued......)