The onlookers listened with embarrassment, still immersed in the bad news, and still couldn't believe the fact that Jiangfang was so easily breached.

Luo Zhao's worries were uncertain, and the melancholy in his heart could not be eliminated, a huge variable! He knew that he might be facing a huge variable.

Although so far, the Song State still has an absolute advantage, even if the Jiang defense is breached, it will be difficult to solve the predicament of the Yan army, and it stands to reason that defeating the Yan army is not a problem at all, but Meng Shanming's defeat of the Jiang defense in one fell swoop still left an indelible shadow in his heart.

The crux of the problem is still in Meng Shanming, who can turn the impossible into a possible breakthrough of the river defense in one fell swoop, who dares to guarantee that Meng Shanming will not be able to counterattack in a desperate situation?

"Yan Shanming, Qi has no hatred..."Luo Zhao looked up to the sky and sighed again as he wandered.

He thought of his rude behavior of giving Meng Shanming the white horse, and also thought of Meng Shanming's reply, saying that there must be a generous gift in return!

He regretted it a little, not that he regretted his rudeness, it was the method of agitation, and he wanted to provoke Meng Shanming to chase him, but Meng Shanming was not fooled. What he regretted was that he shouldn't have gone deep with the army, and he should have personally confronted Meng Shanming, but who would have thought that Jiang Fang could be broken so quickly?

From his position at that time, this was a war of annihilation against the Yan State, he had to fight for the greatest interests of the Yan State, and it was not wise to spend his troops in the duel with Meng Shanming, he could only cheapen South Korea, and he must stay with enough strength to grab the territory of the Yan State with South Korea.

The situation has changed like this, he can't go to the front line in person, he can't command the Jiangfang men and horses to fight in time, is he really worried that Wu Qunlie can be Meng Shanming's opponent?

Although Wu Qunlie has an absolute advantage, he is really not sure at all now!

What's more troublesome is that on the side of the court, you can say that you have won the battle, and some people who can be blocked by a sentence of 'you don't understand the war' have nothing to say, once the battle is lost, those people in the court can find out countless mistakes for you, and what you face in front of you can also say that you are wrong......

The new strategic plan on his side has just been issued, and a big battle on the Hukou defense line has started again, and the army is fighting, and the sound of killing is shocking!

Qingqu Liao Nanqing's 300,000 troops and Xu Laiping's 130,000 remnants jointly attacked, and attacked at any cost, and Zhang Hu's men, who had just occupied the Hukou defense line, were defeated and retreated.

The Hukou defense line that the Yan people had just won was snatched back by the Song people.

On the way to retreat, Zhang Hu's subordinates were slightly dissatisfied and complained to him, "General, we didn't do our best, and the Hukou defense line was lost. ”

"What are you talking about, let you retreat, where is there so much nonsense?" Zhang Hu scolded, and then ordered, "The army will stop advancing and rest for a while." ”

He had just jumped off his horse here, and Gong Lince also jumped off his horse and walked over, and asked, "This place is not far from the enemy, stop now, aren't you afraid of pursuit?"

"Pursuit?" Zhang Hu snorted disdainfully, "I finally snatched back the Hukou defense line, does the palace master think they dare to lose it? Don't dare to disperse their forces to chase it! The Hukou defense line is the pit dug by Meng Shuai, and Meng Shuai's pit is still trying to climb out when he enters it?"

Gong Lince thought thoughtfully, "This is Meng Shuai's only defeat and not victory?"

Zhang Hu bowed his head: "This Song army has been nailed to the Hukou defense line, and it is already a turtle in the urn!"

Gong Lince sighed, "When will you take it?"

Zhang Hu: "Don't worry, let them be proud first, how can Meng Shuai's advantage be so easy to take advantage of?"

As for the details, Zhang Hu refused to say, only said what had been done.

But seeing that he knew it in his heart, Gong Lince didn't ask much......

The Hukou defense line is a mess, surrounded by ruins and broken walls, and there are still fires burning.

Liao Nanqing and Xu Laiping inspected the devastation and found that Yan Jun had left nothing for them, everything that could not be taken away had been burned or destroyed, and there was not even a house for them to settle in.

The army rushed urgently, in a hurry, traveled lightly, and did not bring any baggage at all, and now in this rainy season, hundreds of thousands of horses are now afraid that they will have to eat and sleep in the open.

What's even more of a headache here is that the Yan army did not retreat, and came to harass from time to time.

The purpose of the enemy army is very simple, to bully this side and not dare to give up the defense line to chase from afar, and repeatedly harass it, that is, to make this side unable to rest.

As soon as they chased here, the attacking people and horses immediately ran away, and the chasing people and horses did not dare to run far, for fear of being surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the Yan army.

......

"Good news!

In the Jiangfang Governor's Palace, a general rushed into the Zhenjiang Hall with the good news.

Wu Qunlie, whose eyes were red, suddenly stood up from behind the case, revealing extremely expectant eyes.

In front of the generals, the young general entered the hall and presented the good news with both hands, "General Liao and General Xu have joined forces and have recaptured the Hukou defense line in one fell swoop!"

"Ah!" the generals in the hall were suddenly overjoyed.

Wu Qunlie snatched the good news and watched it, and after reading it, he was overjoyed and said: "Good! Very good!" Fu raised the good news in his hand and said to everyone: "According to the report of the second general, the Yan army only has about 200,000 horses, so it is difficult to resist the offensive of our army, so it was conquered in one fell swoop. It seems that during the battle of crossing the river, the losses of Zhang Hu's men and horses were very heavy, exceeding our estimates, not only 200,000, but more than 300,000!"

As he spoke, he threw the good news to everyone to see.

The first general looked at it and said: "Under such conditions, crossing the river and attacking strongly, and relying only on some wooden platoons, heavy losses are inevitable." ”

Another general looked at it and said: "It can also be seen that Xu Laiping did his best at that time." ”

Someone frowned and said: "The river defense facilities were all destroyed by the Yan army, once Xu Jingyue's troops rushed to cross the river, there were Zhang Hu's remnants behind him, and the internal and external attacks were afraid that it would be difficult to stop." ”

The hall was quiet, this was indeed a troublesome matter, and Zhang Hu's remnants would definitely not give Liao and Xu the opportunity to reconstruct the river defense facilities, and they would inevitably continue to harass them to cooperate with Xu Jingyue's men and horses to cross the river.

After Wu Qunlie was silent, "At present, we can only let Liao and Xu stop them at any cost, and my side will then send another 400,000 horses to support." ”

Another person reminded: "The army marched in a hurry, did not bring enough heavy grain and grass, the sergeant only carried two days' rations, and the supply of the Hukou defense line should be in place as soon as possible." ”

Yijiang said: "The supplies will be in place soon, and as soon as the people and horses of Qingqu set off, the grain and grass will be sent later." ”

Wu Qunlie reminded in a deep voice: "Tell Liao and Xu that they must keep an eye on Zhang Hu's men and horses, beware of him robbing grain, and as soon as the grain and grass arrive, let the two immediately dispatch a group of men and horses to respond! Tell them that as long as they hold on for a few days, my 400,000 reinforcements will be able to arrive." ”

......

On the other side of the Hukou defense line, Xu Jingyue's men and horses hurriedly arrived and immediately urgently prepared a raft to cross the river.

When Xu Jingyue was checking along the river, a message from Zhang Hu's side arrived, only to see that it was written on it, let this side suspend crossing the river, just prepare first, and listen to the notice from that side at any time when to cross the river.

After reading the news, the adjutant general on the side frowned and said: "The Hukou defense line that was finally in hand has been lost, and it should be taken advantage of the Song army's unstable foothold to cross the river to attack, do you have to wait for the Song army to build up the defensive facilities before attacking? What the hell is Meng Shuai doing there?"

Xu Jingyue looked at the other side and said slowly: "Meng Shuai will not be untargeted, there must be some arrangement, I will wait for the order." ”

......

In Jiangxia County, in a mountainous wilderness, the grain truck convoy is like a long dragon, escorted by 20,000 horses.

When approaching the mountains and forests, several monks who were exploring the way ahead rushed over and hurriedly reported: "Quickly retreat, there is an army in the mountains and forests in ambush!"

While speaking, the horn sounded in the mountains and forests ahead.

Countless men and horses rushed out of the mountains and forests, and rushed straight at them.

"Withdraw!" exclaimed the grain officer.

The convoy turned back in a hurry, but it was carrying so much baggage, and it still ran away, and the army of grain immediately broke off the defense.

The army confronted, Guo Xianfu came out of the crowd on a war horse, held a spear, and said proudly in front of the battle: "Meng Shuai expected that the reinforcements would be in a hurry, and the baggage must be behind, Guo has been waiting here for a long time! Those who put down their arms and surrender will be spared death!"

What is Zhang Hu only about 200,000 horses left in his hands, Guo Xianfu led the 100,000 horses to grab the granary but failed to grab it, and immediately quietly rushed to Jiangxia County at night and hid on the road where the grain and grass convoy must pass. Zhang Hu's actions had already been done in front, and it was a mistake for Liao and Xu to keep an eye on the people on Zhang Hu's face.

The other party did not listen and refused to surrender, but the grain officer ordered the grain to be destroyed, and saw that the other side began to swing his knife to cut through the grain bags, trying to spill all the grain on the muddy ground.

Guo Xianfu's eyes were split, now food is the lifeblood of the Yan army, otherwise why would he have to spend so much effort, and immediately shouted angrily: "Kill!"

The sound of killing on the plain under the river suddenly shook the sky, and the people and horses on both sides collided together.

The elite of the 100,000 Yan army faced 20,000 grain carriers, and the outcome was not difficult to predict, the latter suffered a crushing defeat, and after throwing a pile of corpses, thousands of grain carriers scattered and fled.

Almost all of the ten days of food prepared by the 300,000 reinforcements in Qingqu fell into Guo Xianfu's hands.

At the same time, a golden wing hurriedly swept away into the air, and reported to Zhang Hu that the food had arrived!

......

In the Jiangfang Governor's Palace, there was a lot of discussion, and the Metropolitan Governor Luo Zhao had arrived according to the new strategy, and he wanted this side to abandon Jiangfang and implement the new strategy.

"It's a pity to give up the river defense like this. ”

"My lord, the Metropolitan Governor doesn't know the battle situation here, I don't know that we have recaptured the Hukou defense line, if I know, I will not let me give up the defense line, why not wait for the new reply after the Metropolitan Governor receives the battle report here before making a decision?"

"Yes, it is our duty to keep the war out of the country, and once the main battlefield is put into the country, it is my people of the Song Dynasty who will suffer. ”

In the face of the sound of exhortation, Wu Qunlie, who was sitting behind the case, looked at the new order on the case, and was also a little hesitant.

At this moment, a shout came from outside, "Report!" A young general hurriedly ran into the report, "My lord, the grain and grass escorted to the Hukou defense line have been robbed in Jiangxia County!"

Wu Qunlie stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "Who robbed it?"

The young general said: "Guo Xianfu, the left commander of the Chinese army under Zhang Hu, personally led 100,000 horses to set up an ambush in Jiangxia County to rob grain!"

"Zhang Hu still has 100,000 horses in ambush in Jiangxia County?" Wu Qunlie was taken aback, and finally realized at this time that the Hukou defense line was not broken by this side in one fell swoop due to a lack of troops, but the enemy's defeat and deliberately gave up the Hukou defense line to them, inducing this side to continue to send food to the front line.

A group of generals in the hall also stood up in shock, realizing the seriousness of the problem, but they didn't expect the other party to go around in such a big circle, and they did not hesitate to use the Hukou defense line as bait, just to grab such a little food.

For them, this little food may not be much, but it is indeed not much for the Yan army, 300,000 horses and ten days of food, that is, three million people and horses a day's rations. But for Meng Shanming, the Yan army is really too short of food, 300,000 horses and horses can operate for ten days, drink thin in normal times, eat dry before the war, and give 3 million men and horses can still hold out for a few days.