On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was freezing cold, and the atmosphere in Ligu Town, in the center of the Jin army's exaggerated camp, was almost frozen.

There was no way, the nobles at the top were all livid, and the people below were inevitably restrained, not to mention that there was no reason to be happy... The Yellow River was frozen on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and then a war of attrition became more and more intense day by day.

, the result was that until yesterday, the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, many soldiers attacked at once, but they did not break through the Song army's defense line, but only lost countless lives in vain... In this case, not to mention the fierce An Mou Ke in the middle level.

We, even the officers who supplemented Han'er's troops, didn't have a good face.

As for the lower-level soldiers, not to mention the soldiers and civilians, they are the direct bearers of casualties, how can they still be happy?

That's right, yesterday evening, the first general attack planned by the Jin Army for three or four days came to an end in a confused manner.

It’s not that we haven’t fought, it’s just that in our imagination, there are five households of ten thousand from west to east, three households of ten thousand from east to west, two households of ten thousand in the south, two households of ten thousand in the north, and there is also a Gaojingshan center blooming, everyone

They fought to the death with all their strength, but the Song army could not hold on, and the scene of the entire line collapsing did not appear.

With Wang Bolong's death in battle, ten thousand households suddenly disappeared. In the afternoon battle, Laohe in the north could not sing with his palm alone, and did not dare to launch any decent offensive against the strongest northern defense line of the Song Army. Wanyan rushed to the east to see Lu Bu.

, in addition to Ali who was misplaced for rescue, and Gao Qingyi who escaped from the city, Pu Suyue and other generals kept their spirits up and followed the duties of soldiers. After several tentative attacks, they all quickly retreated back like a cat passing its claws.

.

There is really no way. The disappearance of Wang Bolong and his tens of thousands of households cannot be concealed in the east and north. The tens of thousands of households in the east, from top to bottom, have depressed the morale of the army to the extreme. None of them are willing to fight to the death.

Angry.

On the west side, with the battlefield being so huge and the news lagging behind, Yu Ba Lisu's military order summoned up a little more courage and rushed twice with all his strength. However, such an offensive could not effectively involve the east and north sides.

However, they were blocked by the Song army, which had high morale and constant support.

In the end, as the Song Army's second-line troops provided full support and began to display a large number of captures of Wang Bolong's troops, the Jin Army's top brass, who were afraid of causing a collapse in morale on the front line, had no choice but to withdraw their troops.

In fact, at that time, some people even worried that the Song army would use the heads of the Jin army to smash out as cannon stones... What else could they do if they did not withdraw their troops?

"how to say?"

In a relatively spacious house in the town, Gao Qingyi was sitting alone on the porch, leaning against the stove and drinking fish soup. There was a copy of the latest Song Dynasty newspaper next to him. At this time, he heard someone coming in and didn't even raise his head.

Ask questions directly.

The visitor was none other than Laohe, a member of the Bohai family.

Hearing the voice, the man did not answer directly. Instead, he first helped his attendants to untie his helmet and remove his armor. Then he took a bowl, chopsticks and spoon for himself, sat down opposite Gao Qingyi, served himself a bowl of hot soup, and sipped a few times.

After he finished speaking, he let out a deep sigh:

"What can I say? It's such a mess that it's not worth talking about!"

"I still have to talk about it, just tell it in detail." Gao Qingyi looked calm. "After what happened yesterday, can I still be scared again?"

"It's just noisy..." Laohe picked up the bowl and took a few more sips before taking a long breath and then briefly talked about it. "The seven or eight ten thousand households who are not on the Eastern Front are still here today.

He was confused. He just couldn't believe that an entire ten thousand households had disappeared so quickly, and it was Wang Bolong's ten thousand households. Only when Zan Lu and others threw Wang Bolong's frozen body into the yard did Shang Xia dare to believe it, and then

He started to shirk the blame again, only saying that it was a few people on the eastern front who refused to save him. Later, Pu Suyue went up and told his face what he had seen and heard on the city wall, and then the matter was over. Then he passed the blame again, and only said that what kind of person Wang Bolong was

How could he mislead the people of the country, and then go on to say that Lubu and Ali were unable to rescue him, and when Wanyan Ben saw that guy, he actually blamed the incident on the high-ranking commander in the city, which caused me to quarrel with him for a long time."

Gao Qingyi's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't care about the matter: "That's it? How did the King of Wei and the marshal talk? Didn't they discuss future strategies?"

"This is exactly what I want to say." Liao He said in a low voice. "After a long quarrel, the Fourth Prince just didn't say a word. Maybe he was so angry that Wang Bolong had an old wound. Anyway, I don't know what he was thinking.

Li Su simply came here at noon, saying he was going to inspect the barracks and then distribute some rewards to the army..."

"this is correct."

"Of course it's right...Ba Lisu came, and the situation was roughly stabilized." Laohe picked up the soup bowl, took a few sips, and continued. "After the situation was stabilized, this guy put on the appearance of a marshal, and the situation was roughly stabilized.

He said a few decent words... The first one pointed out that Wang Bolong was arrogant and harmed the country, lost his teacher and humiliated himself, and had nothing to do with others; the second one was to promote Pu Suyue to temporarily lead ten thousand households, but to lead the city

The twenty or thirty Mou Ke who came out were put together with Wang Bolong's remaining infantry and defeated troops, and some more sign troops were added to form a force of ten thousand households..."

"Otherwise, what else can we do?" Gao Qingyi finally had some expressions, but he smiled bitterly. "One ten thousand households was lost in such a daze... No matter how hard it is, we have to keep the ten thousand households, otherwise the morale of the army will be low.

Do you want more?"

"It's better than nothing. As for the morale of the army, it has completely disappeared from yesterday to now." Chaohe put down the bowl and looked at the attendants feeding the horses in the yard, feeling a little depressed for a moment. "Actually, how can I not?

You know, there are so many thousands of households, all of them are either senior generals or nobles. The reason why they are so noisy and chaotic is actually not because they have fear in their hearts, and use this to cover up? It is because of the power of the quarrel between me and Ben Jian,

In fact, the same is true inside... By the end of the quarrel, some people were already shouting that they wanted to withdraw their troops, and to withdraw to Yanjing. Others said that they might as well leave tens of thousands of people to confront each other here, and the rest of the troops would take advantage of the frozen Yellow River to go south to the city of Tokyo.

, what kind of siege... to surround Wei and save Zhao."

"No." Gao Qingyi paused for a long time before responding softly. "No, the army of hundreds of thousands is still there, but a few thousand people have been lost... Why is it like this?"

"Gao Tongshi's words are too frivolous." Piaohe shook his head. "Yesterday's battle was not as simple as losing thousands of people in one defeat... If we really talk about military strength, now we look at it carefully.

Talking about Wang Bolong's incident, forty Mou Ke were lost in the stronghold, and Hedong was defeated and trampled by the Song Army's cavalry. One or two thousand were lost, and the total loss was only five or six thousand, and the leader of a ten thousand household, but what about the Song Army?

, those who lured the enemy were also damaged a lot. I heard that a group of soldiers and horses from the west came out to cover up and fight to the death. They were also damaged a lot, and they were not completely unscathed... But no matter how you say it, ten thousand households were wiped out! This is not true.

It’s a matter of calculating military strength!”

Gao Qingyi remained silent. How could he not understand?

When Wang Bolong was defeated yesterday, it was not a matter of thousands of people disappearing at all, but a matter of ten thousand households, an elite, full of ten thousand households, disappearing in a snap, and the problem of the establishment disappearing.

It's really all gone.

The general died, and his body was lying there; the general's flag was broken and trampled; of the more than fifty soldiers, forty were completely surrounded in the Song army's camp. Regardless of whether they were dead or surrendered, they were all thrown away.

He defeated forty soldiers, and then was chased and trampled by Song cavalry outside the ambush circle, suffering one or two thousand casualties... Do we have to point to the remaining group of supplementary infantry and the remaining few hundred cavalry and say that they are still alive?

exist?

Even if Pu Suyue became Wanhu, everyone knew it well. In fact, it was more like the Wanhu who inherited Gaojingshan in the city. It belonged to the change of military power within the Bohai people and had nothing to do with Wang Bolong in essence.

Therefore, Wang Bolong's ten thousand households were completely wiped out.

So how many of these ten-thousand-household golden troops are there?

Twenty?

Actually not that much anymore.

On the surface, there are twenty, but in fact, there are no more than twenty households like Wang Bolong, who belong to the direct lineage and have a foundation since the founding of the country. They are well-equipped, capable soldiers, and have continuous inheritance.

. Starting from Yanling, Yaoshan was at its most prosperous, and everything was in disarray. The losses of the Jin army were as many as 30,000 to 40,000 households, not to mention the ruin of living women in northern Shaanxi.

In fact, the importance of this kind of organized military force can also be seen from Yanling and Yaoshan... In the battle of Yanling, only a dozen men were lost, and they were not lost in the established system. As a result, the Jin Army

The entire offensive collapsed, and Wanyan Talan suddenly changed from the famous commander in the past to a useless person who dared not speak out. Yaoshan, let alone Yaoshan, if the battle continues, only 20,000 to 30,000 losses will be lost, and everyone in the world will be wiped out.

Knowing that the Jurchens can no longer continue to make progress in the overall situation, neither the Central Plains nor Kansai can be touched by them. Because of this, this battle directly affects the overall situation of the world and reverses the trend.

Why did the Wushu brothers want to build a new army in Yanjing?

In addition to checks and balances, essentially this old foundation is withering, and we have to seek to maintain a reassuring military force.

Speaking of peace of mind, Wang Bolong's defeat was not just a matter of losing his organizational strength. He actually used his qualifications and the foundation of his department to raise a question for all the Jin army - that is, if he, Wang Bolong, could not even join

Ten thousand households can be easily wiped out in such a short time on such a battlefield. Does this mean that all ten thousand households have lost the security of independent action?

This may be an exaggeration.

But now, let’s not talk about the far-reaching impact, but the problem that the Jin Army has to face is, after maintaining morale, what should we do next?

Obviously, the loss of 10,000 households and the subsequent failure of the first general offensive had truly shaken the confidence of the top brass of the Jin Army in annihilating Yue Fei's troops and rescuing Yuancheng.

It even affects their judgment on long-term strategy.

"Laohe."

After sitting on the porch for a long time, watching the other party drink two bowls of soup and eat half a fish, Gao Qingyi finally said, "Please do me a favor."

"What?" Liaohe raised his head in surprise.

"I want to see King Wei." Gao Qingyi said seriously.

Liaohe immediately frowned: "You are Marshal Du's confidant. The so-called remnant of the guilty ministers. How can he trust you when you go to see the King of Wei in your capacity? And if you want to say something, it is better to go to see Balisu and follow me.

Look, he seems to be somewhat responsible as a marshal."

"Ba Lisu has a responsibility, but basically the person who can really make the decision is the King of Wei, so we still have to see the King of Wei." Gao Qingyi explained calmly. "As for the remnants of the guilty ministers... If he doesn't believe it, I will

It’s considered a great effort.”

"For whom do you do your best?" Piaohe asked with a frown.

Gao Qingyi avoided speaking.

"Forget it!" Liaohe stood up with a serious face. "You should repay your kindness by drinking two bowls of fish soup. I will go and speak for you. I just want to say that Gao Dutong has something to tell you. As for whether King Wei is willing to

If I want to see you, then it’s none of my business.”

Gao Qingyi just remained silent.

However, as the sun continued to sink to the west, the fire gradually went out, the soup pot became cold, and Gao Qingyi, who was sitting in the corridor, finally waited for the personal guards sent by King Wei Wanyan Wushu. Then, in

After being searched, Gao Tongshi was also taken to the house where Wu Shu lived in the town before sunset.

Specifically, it was in the bedroom of the back house.

Wu Shu was lying on the kang, with a hot towel on his face, and Lao He stood on one side. However, as Gao Qingyi bowed respectfully to the man on the kang, and then stood with his hands folded, Lao He simply turned around and left without saying a word.
To be continued...