Chapter 67: Retreat in panic
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On September 11, Zong Han led his army to Shouyang City.
Shouyang is generally unfamiliar with people, but during the Spring and Autumn Period, two stories that have been passed down through the ages were produced in this place, one is Mr. Dongguo and Wolf, and the other is an orphan of Zhao. Both of these stories happened in Shouyang City. Shouyang has Wufeng Mountain and Fangshan, and Mianman Water originated from this, so the mountains here are covered with ridges and the terrain is relatively dangerous.
After Zong Han arrived here, he was worried about being blocked, so the generals attacked fiercely, intending to conquer the small city within one day and then kill Taiyuan. However, until dusk, the Jin army failed to enter the city, and the Tiger and Lieutenant Army became more and more brave as they fought.
The Jin army attacked the cities and camps all the way, exhausted. Zong Han considered that this place was only more than 200 miles away from Taiyuan, and then he immediately fought bloody battles, so he ordered a retreat of twenty miles, camping at the foot of Fangshan to rest, and preparing to fight again tomorrow.
If he knew that the Tiger and Lieutenant Army was coming and that Luo Qinghan was entering Shouyang City at this moment, he would not order a truce in any case.
Luo Qinghan arrived at Shouyang City at dusk. Song Jiang
Wu Yong went out of the city to greet him. Luo Qinghan went directly to the city tower, inspected him, returned to the commander camp, and summoned the commanders of the army to discuss strategies to attack the enemy.
Shouyang is full of mountains and the terrain is not good. If you want to siege and kill more than 100,000 Jin troops, it is impossible. The only way is to face the Jin army head-on and defeat the Jin army with its strength. There is no shortcut. Luo Qinghan and everyone discussed for a long time, and everyone agreed that they could not fight quickly and could only stop the Jin army here. The Jin army had no choice but to retreat.
Wuyan also followed Luo Qinghan to the front line this time... After the commanders of each army dispersed, Wuyan found Luo Qinghan and once again expressed his opinion, dragging Zong Han and the Western Tent army here, allowing Li Hu to find ways to defeat Zong Wang on the Hebei battlefield.
"In fact, this is impossible." Luo Qing and Han smiled bitterly, "You also know that Baoshuai and Langshuai are about to arrive in Taiyuan. The only tiger lieutenant army on the battlefield in Hebei are the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth armies, the resentful army, and the four thousand tiger guards of the general commander, and the other is Yang Keshi, Liu Guangshi and Yang Zhi's 40,000 Northwest army, which together are less than 100,000. Zongze's Hebei rebel army cannot count on it. That army is even in a difficult position to defend the city, let alone face the head-on."
Wuyan shook her head and sighed, "The general general was determined to defend Datong and Taiyuan, so she decided to give up Hebei, right?"
"This is for sure." Luo Qinghan said, "The General General must not only give up Hebei, but also give up Bianjing, and even most of the Central Plains."
"You can't give up Bian Jing." Wuyan said anxiously, "Tell the general general, give up. Bian Jing is a mistake, an unforgivable mistake. This will not only give the Song Dynasty a fatal blow, but will also cause the people on both sides of the Yellow River to fall into despair. This despair will make them surrender to the Jin thieves, which will seriously hinder the pace of the Song Dynasty's revival."
"The world is moving towards three points, and no one can stop it."
"I know this, but if we can seize all opportunities, the three-minute time in the world will be greatly shortened, and we can unify Zhongtu and complete the great cause of ZTE in the shortest time."
Luo Qinghan lowered his head and thought. Wuyan continued to persuade him. After a long time, Luo Qinghan interrupted him, "Why don't you tell the general in person?"
"I wrote him a letter and said everything I thought, but always
The coach didn't listen. Not only that, he continued to draw reinforcements from Taiyuan. So, I hope you can tell him the situation in front of you, please calm down and carefully consider my suggestions."
Luo Qinghan thought for a moment and said, "The situation is obvious now. We cannot fight quickly. The Northwest Army has limited time. They must return to Shaanxi before it snows in winter. The Northwest Army has left, and the troops guarding Taiyuan are only enough to stop the Jin army. Therefore, we can only fight this battle like this unless the general commander creates a miracle on the Hebei battlefield."
"Maybe he can create miracles." Wuyan said, "If he can defeat Zong Wang in Hebei, then Zonghan will inevitably withdraw his troops, and this battle will immediately reverse the entire battle."
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Li Hu hopes that Luo Qinghan will create a miracle and defeat Zong Han immediately under Taiyuan City because he is now in trouble.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Jin army in the direction of Daming Prefecture suddenly advanced westward along the Zhang River and headed straight toward Wuyang.
On the same day, Zong Wang commanded the Jin army to attack Handan with a very obvious intention, and he wanted to surround Handan.
Handan currently has the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth armies, the Hebei rebel army led by Zong Ze, as well as the emperor's palace Sima Zhubanzhi and Li Hu's Hu Guard Army. The resentful army led by Hu Jiayong is guarding the front lines of Fuyang and Anyang, Xiangzhou. If these troops surround the Jin army in Handan, they will not last for a few days without the support of food and grass weapons. What's more serious is that if an accident occurs here, all Li Hu's plans will be ruined.
Li Hu did not think much and ordered to retreat immediately overnight. The 9th Army of Tiger Lie and Fang Jin's Tiger Guards protected the emperor and the emperor's camp, rushed quickly, and retreated to Anyang City, Xiangzhou first.
Li Hu hurriedly sued Hu Jiayong to defend Fuyang and leave a way for the army to retreat.
Li Hu urgently summoned Lu Junyi and asked him to take the 7th Army of Hulie to retreat to the kuokaku, defend the pass to the death, and prevent the Jin army from entering Hedong at all costs. Then he wrote to Hulie's Mansion and immediately transferred Gao Baolong and Abaddon to Longde Mansion. On the one hand, he guarded Huguan, and on the other hand, he helped Lu Junyi to guard the kuokaku.
Late at night, Li Hu invited Liu, Zongze, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Lin Chong and Luo Lan to the coach camp.
"I want to withdraw from Handan, but Handan cannot abandon it. I need someone to stay and guard Handan."
Li Hu's words shocked everyone. When everyone saw Li Hu coming and the main force of the Hu Lie Army came, they thought the situation in Hebei could be reversed. But the development of things was beyond everyone's expectations, and Li Hu actually wanted to retreat.
"When the Tiger and Lieutenant Army is gone, how can Handan stand?" Liu? said loudly in desperation, "Master General, you gave up Hebei. How long can you last with just one Yellow River defense line? Do you really want Bianjing and hand it over to the Jin thieves?"
Zong Ze's white beard was tilted, and he wanted to say something but stopped several times. He was disappointed and completely disappointed with Li Hu. After all, Li Hu was still a traitor from the north. His purpose was to subvert the great Song Dynasty and seize the country of the great Song Dynasty, rather than guarding the territory for the great Song Dynasty. The people of the great Song Dynasty placed their hopes on Li Hu, which was completely self-deception.
"I'll stay and stay in Handan." Zong Ze reached out and patted Liu's arm, signaling him not to blame Li Hu. Since Li Hu decided to give up Hebei, no one could stop him.
"No, you go to Bianjing." Li Hu shook his hand and said, "I have reported to the emperor that you will serve as the deputy marshal of Tokyo and will also lead the world's military commander, and will be fully responsible for the Central Plains military."
Zong Ze refused without thinking, "I am the commander of the Hebei rebel army. I once swore that I would share life and death with them."
"You went to Bianjing to serve as a left-behind Tokyo and led your army to defend the Central Plains. You did not violate this oath. You can still take them to fight the Jin army." Li Hu turned his head and looked at Yue Fei, "Pengju, are you willing to stay and defend Handan?"
Yue Fei was about to bow to take the order, but Zong Ze grabbed him, "Master, I recommend someone."
Zong Ze did not believe Li Hu, nor did Li Hu would defend Bian Jing, so he was willing to go to Bian Jing, but he also did not believe Yue Fei. He was worried that Yue Fei would easily abandon Handan like Li Hu, because Yue Fei had a characteristic in fighting in Hebei. He never fought for gains and losses in one city and one place. Many times Yue Fei took the initiative to give up the city and waited for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy in the wild, so Zong Ze decided to use his own people to defend Handan.
"Who?" Li Hu asked, "He must be familiar with Handan."
"Wang Yan, the former commander of the Hebei Rebel Army."
Li Hu knew this person. When the Hebei Rebel Army was reorganized, five armies were formed in front, back, left and right, each army had its own commander, and Wang Yan was one of them. Before he became the commander, this person was just a battalion (commander) under Zhong Shidao. Can he take on this important task? Li Hu hesitated for a moment and turned to Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong is the deputy commander and commander of the vanguard army of this army. He should have some understanding of Wang Yan. Han Shizhong nodded at Li Hu, "Master, Wang Shijian is deeply supported by the soldiers of the rebel army, and he can take on this important task."
"Okay." Li Hu no longer hesitated, nor did he want to refute Zong Ze's face. He respected the old man too much and had no intention of offending him. "I urgently told Wang Yan that from now on, he would also be the governor of Cizhou and lead his army to guard Handan City."
"Pengju." Li Hu pointed to Yue Fei and said, "Most of your subordinates are rebel soldiers. Please retreat first and immediately arrive at Xiangzhou to guard Anyang."
Yue Fei took the order and was about to leave, Li Hu called him again and leaned into his ear and whispered: "This retreat, we may have to cross the Yellow River, and we will not come back for a long time. After you arrive in Xiangzhou, Ma
The emperor sent someone to Tangyin to find your family." Yue Fei nodded gratefully. When the Jin army first went south to invade Tangyin, Yue Fei's family fled and had not been found. If it was still not found this time, there would be no news from now on.
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At noon on the 11th, the Jin army approached Wuyang and launched an attack. In the afternoon, Li Hu, Zong Ze and Hu Jiayong led their troops to evacuate Wuyang, quickly crossed the Zhang River, and headed south to Xiangzhou.
On the afternoon of the same day, Wanyan's mother and Zong Bi led their army to Anyang City, the commander of Xiangzhou, and attacked and killed.
Tian Zongwang saw Li Hu's retreating in panic from the continuous news. He made a right judgment, and this move forced Li Hu to abandon Handan and urgently retreat to the Yellow River. In this way, Handan and Daming Mansion were at your fingertips. Zong Wang was in a good mood, walked out of the tent and looked up to the northwest.
At this moment, Zong Han and his Western Tent Army were killed at the city of Taiyuan? The main forces of the Tiger Lieutenant Army gathered at the city of Taiyuan. Zong Han might have suffered a defeat in this battle, but he did not want Zong Han to be defeated. He hoped that Zong Han could hold on for a while, drag the main forces of the Tiger Lieutenant Army and help him cross the Yellow River and fight to Bianjing smoothly.
On the 12th, the Jin army surrounded Handan and launched a fierce attack.
Chapter completed!