In Daming Prefecture on Hebei Road, Wan Yanchang was also in the midst of intense war preparations. Although he could not get information about Jingzhao and Taiyuan, he knew what was going on in Bianliang and Jinan Prefecture. The Western Army was carrying out large-scale troop deployments and transportation.
In order to provide grain and grass supplies, a hundred thousand troops were assembled near Biankou, and an army of two hundred thousand was assembled in Jinan Prefecture, not to mention the troops in Hedong.
The war was approaching and dark clouds were rolling over the city, which really made Wan Yanchang nervous. He hurriedly sent people to Liaodong to deliver a message, asking the court to pay attention to the Hebei Road and the Western Army. Chen Qing was no longer the warlord he was back then, he was already the monarch of a country.
Use the whole country to attack Hebei Road. If the Jin Kingdom cannot respond as a whole, then Hebei Road may not be able to be saved.
Wan Yanchang must make the emperor understand this truth, and must send another 100,000 Jurchen troops to support Hebei.
"Does Marshal Du think the emperor will send reinforcements?" Cui Jiu, an aide, asked.
Wan Yanchang shook his head, "I don't know. Wu Shu and Nian Han are very powerful in the military. If they don't agree, even if the emperor wants to, he will be powerless!"
"They are more likely to object, especially Wu Shu. His relationship with Marshal Du is very bad. He will definitely not agree."
Wan Yanchang sighed and said: "At this time, personal grudges are no longer important. In the final analysis, it is still because of different political opinions. Wushu and Nianhan have persuaded the emperor more than once to abandon Hebei and concentrate their forces to protect Yanshan Mansion, but the emperor does not want to give up. This
If the emperor wants to invest more resources to protect Hebei, they will definitely not agree. It depends on whether the emperor can use his imperial power to overpower them. If not, then only the 50,000 reinforcements from Yanshan Prefecture will go south."
"But the reinforcements haven't moved yet!"
"They want to wait for the emperor's will and will not listen to my arrangements. I can only urge the emperor."
"But the emperor may have been convinced by them."
"not at all!"
Wan Yanchang said coldly: "As long as the negotiators don't come, the emperor doesn't want to give up Hebei!"
Cui Jiu felt helpless and said: "Marshal Du, no matter whether the imperial court wants to send reinforcements or not, we have to deploy our troops in place. I suggest that all the 100,000 signing troops be deployed in Xiangzhou, which can not only deal with the invasion of Hebei by the East and West Army Fukou Xing"
, and can defend Hanoi from the Western Army's sudden advance into Hebei. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone, or even kills three birds with one stone."
Wan Yanchang shook his head and said: "Everything has two sides. Although we can deploy in Xiangzhou to defend from multiple sides, we will also encounter attacks from three sides. In the end, we will lose sight of one and fail to succeed on one side. It is better to separate."
"However, if they are separated, they can easily be defeated by each one. Marshal Du has a hundred thousand soldiers stationed in Anyang, and the other side is also unable to divide his troops!"
Wan Yanchang still shook his head, "If a hundred thousand troops are stationed in Anyang, how can we block Fukouxing, how can we defend Hanoi, how can we defend the Western Army from crossing the Yellow River? Either we do nothing, but if we divide our troops, it will not be the same.
Defeated by everyone?"
Cui Jiu wanted to persuade him again, but Wan Yanchang waved his hand to stop him, "Sir, there is no need to persuade you any more. You don't know some things. These armies are all good and bad. Some have strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness, while others have lax military discipline and weak strength."
If they are forced to come together, the bad ones will get worse, and the good ones will be dragged down. It is better to work independently and be responsible for ourselves. I have made up my mind, so be it!"
"What about Daming Mansion's 80,000 troops? How will the prince arrange it?"
Wan Yanchang was silent for a long time and said: "These 80,000 troops are my foundation, and the foundation cannot be lightly touched."
Cui Jiu looked at Wan Yanchang silently, unable to say a word for a long time.
Chen Qing's fleet has arrived at Jinan Prefecture, and an army of 200,000 is also at Gaoding. Liu Cui and Liu Qiong's leaders have arrived at Jinan Prefecture, and together with the previous 20,000 garrison troops, there are a total of 220,000 troops.
The army built a plank-type camp covering an area of thousands of acres outside Licheng County. The camp covered an area as wide as a county town. Although it had not yet entered wartime, Chen Qing still sent Yao Mei to Licheng.
Fortunately, Li Qingzhao is currently living in Licheng County. She has renovated her ancestral home and is guarding the tombs of her parents. She will not return to Jingzhao until next year, so Yao Mei happens to live in her mansion.
In the big tent, eight generals above the commander-in-chief gathered in front of the sand table. Chen Qing smiled at everyone and said: "First of all, I want to explain to you. I have assembled more than 200,000 troops in Jinan Prefecture. I am not just pretending. Second, I want to explain to you.
I will definitely put 100,000 troops into the Hebei battlefield. In fact, you are the main force attacking Damingfu, so don’t worry, I will definitely give you a chance."
The generals gathered in Jinan Mansion. When they heard that they were the reserve army, they immediately became anxious. After hearing His Highness's promise, the generals' anxious hearts gradually calmed down.
Liu Qiong asked: "Your Highness, when will the attack on Hebei Road be launched?"
Chen Qing said lightly: "In fact, it has already begun. Niu Gao's 50,000 troops have already entered Fukou Xing. Once they break through Fukou Pass, they will inevitably attract the main force of the enemy. Huaizhou's 20,000 troops will begin to advance eastward, and then
It is Yang Zaixing's 100,000-strong army that crosses the river and goes north. After the battle breaks out in the west of Hebei Road, I will observe the enemy's advance and then decide the investment time of our 200,000-strong army. Throwing all the chips away too early is not a good thing!
"
"Your Highness, will the Jin Kingdom send reinforcements again?" Gao Ding asked.
Chen Qing shook his head, "To be honest, I don't know. It is said that the military is now in power in the Jin Dynasty. Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Nianhan have taken control of the court, and the emperor of Jin has to submit to their opinions."
Liu Cui pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness, if these two are in power, then they will definitely advocate sending troops to Hebei!"
"It's quite the opposite!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "In the past, the two of them were hard-line factions that fought hard, but now it's the other way around. Both of them have become local defenders, advocating giving up Hebei and trying their best to defend Yanshan Prefecture."
Everyone looked at each other and didn't understand! Liu Qiong asked: "Your Highness, can you explain it to us? This change is really surprising!"
"This. I don't have specific information, and my understanding may not be correct. My understanding is that the Jin Kingdom is now underpopulated and its military strength has dropped sharply. They can no longer support a large territory in terms of national strength. They are already considering giving up Hebei and retaining the basic territory outside the Song Dynasty.
Pan, of course, they also have selfish motives. Nianhan hopes that the Kingdom of Jin will continue to develop on the Mobei grassland, which is his sphere of influence. Wushu is unwilling to send troops to support Wanyanchang because of his deep personal grudge with Wanyanchang, so
It's public rather than private, so they don't agree to support Hebei Road."
After a pause, Chen Qing continued: "I originally thought that the Jin Congress sent envoys to negotiate with us. They gave up the Hebei Road, and the two sides signed an armistice agreement. They continued to use the Juma River as the boundary and maintained the former Song, Liao, and Hebei boundaries. I started from the beginning of the year
We have been planning to attack Hebei, but the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin have not arrived yet, which shows one thing."
Chen Qing stopped talking and glanced at everyone. Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, he smiled slightly and said: "It means that their emperor wants to protect Hebei Road, or in other words, another faction of the Jin Kingdom wants to protect Hebei Road. The two factions
The struggle was so fierce that there were no reinforcements to support Hebei Road and no envoys to negotiate with us."
Fukouxing is the fourth of the eight passes in Taihang. It actually uses the Zhang River to travel in the valley of the Taihang Mountains. It starts from Shexian County, Longde Prefecture, Hedong Road in the west, and ends at Fuyang Pass at the junction of Cizhou and Xiangzhou on Hebei Road in the east.
This road across the Taihang Mountains has been very difficult and dangerous since ancient times. It is possible to walk on mules and horses, but not on carts. Only Jingxing can walk carts. Despite this, merchants still use mules and donkeys to carry goods across Fukouxing, traveling between Hebei and
Hedong.
However, Fukouxing is dotted with large and small basins, which are both flat and flat, and are home to many villages.
A Western Army of 5,000 men was marching quickly on the mountain road. This army was the vanguard of Niu Gao's army and was led by the young fierce general Shao Jichun.
Shao Jichun has always been Niu Gao's number one general. He dares to fight, is brave and good at fighting, and is known as the desperate Saburo. This time his mission is to capture Fuyang Pass.
Most of the area in Fukouxing was controlled by the Western Army, while the Jin soldiers controlled Fuyang Pass and the 30-mile mountain road. Among them, there is a mile-long canyon that is very difficult and dangerous, called a line of sky, and can only accommodate one person and one horse.
Now, this is the first pass that the Western Army wants to capture, followed by Fuyang Pass.
The signing army deployed 300 soldiers on the front line. They had a large amount of dry straw and hundreds of barrels of kerosene, and used crossbows to block the exit. At this time, the 300 signing army soldiers had discovered the 5,000 Western troops and the 300 gold soldiers who were coming.
Immediately deploy hay and kerosene and stand ready.
