The two stood in front of the sand table. Yang Zaixing sighed and blamed himself: "His Royal Highness told me before that Han Chang is our old opponent and knows each other well. He repeatedly told me not to underestimate the enemy, but I still. I always come up with surprise attacks.
, it’s essentially a kind of underestimating the enemy!”
Wang Duo advised: "Every time you suffer, you will gain wisdom and learn a lesson. Fortunately, the loss this time is not big, but I don't understand the humble position. Han Chang deliberately set a trap, but in the end he only hurt three thousand of our brothers. We
But it doesn't hurt the bones at all. What's the point of him doing this?"
"To boost morale!"
Yang Zaixing said slowly: "This time the 50,000 Jurchen army retreated eastward, which had a great impact on the morale of the signing army. In order to boost morale, Han Chang needs a victory, so he does not need to annihilate many of our enemies. The key is to win."
, he just wants to tell the soldiers that they can defeat us with 50,000 troops!"
Wang Duo shook his head, "It's a pity that he is just wishful thinking!"
"He is indeed wishful thinking!"
Yang Zaixing sneered: "He wants to use 50,000 troops to defeat 120,000 troops. He must be thinking about using surprise troops to win, but I won't give him any chance. Or he is waiting for Sima An's army to go south to join forces. He has 100,000 troops."
A large army, but he forgot that we also have an army of 50,000 in the north."
"Does the capital want to wait for Sima An's army to move south?" Wang Duo asked again.
Yang Zaixing shook his head, "Whether Sima An's army is going south doesn't mean much to me. I'm actually waiting for news from His Highness King Yong. His Highness suddenly led his army north to attack Daming Mansion. There must be deep meaning. I have to wait until His Highness hears the news.
, to take further action!”
At noon, the messenger soldiers sent by Chen Qing arrived at Yang Zaixing's camp. In the tent, dozens of generals were separated. The messenger soldiers saluted and handed the letter from King Yong to Yang Zaixing.
Yang Zaixing took the letter and opened it, read it over, refreshed, and smiled at everyone: "There is good news. Niu Dutong has completely wiped out the 50,000 troops in Anyang County. Sima An surrendered. Now Niu Dutong's army is moving rapidly.
Go south, cut off the retreat route of the signing army, and receive the news from Niu Dutong. This is the time for us to launch a large-scale attack."
At the signing of the army camp, Han Chang also received urgent information from Anyang. The news came back from the spies he sent to Anyang. The result surprised Han Chang. Sima An failed in the sneak attack and Kaicheng surrendered to the Western Army.
This news also shattered Han Chang's only hope. He hoped to join forces with Sima An so that he could command an army of 100,000. Everyone was of the order of 100,000. Even if the other party had 50,000 or 60,000 more troops than him, he would still
No fear at all.
But now it's the other way around, the opponent's troops have increased by fifty thousand, while he still only has fifty thousand troops, so that the opponent's troops are three times his.
Han Chang knew very well that the next step for Niugao's army must be to cut off his retreat, and then the seventeenth army would begin to encircle and suppress him. He would undoubtedly be defeated.
After all, Han Chang is an experienced veteran and is very familiar with the Western Army's combat style. They will definitely launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against him after the deployment is completed. The time left for him is almost running out, and the opportunity to retreat is fleeting.
Han Chang immediately made a decision and shouted: "Send the order for the entire army to assemble!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drum beat rapidly.
Fifty thousand troops ran out from various tents and quickly lined up in the square, with bright armor and murderous intent.
Han Chang shouted: "Daming City is in danger. After receiving the order from the capital marshal, we must rush to Daming City to support immediately!"
Of course he had to fake the order. If the three armies knew that they were about to be completely annihilated, their morale would completely collapse.
"Give everyone a quarter of an hour to go back to your account to pick up your belongings and set off immediately!"
The soldiers rushed back to the big tent to get their personal belongings, mainly money and belongings. A quarter of an hour later, the 50,000-strong army left the camp and retreated quickly to the east.
Han Chang was worthy of being a famous general of the Jin Kingdom. He was brave, resourceful and decisive. Once he found out that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately retreated eastward, even abandoning his camp and food supplies. Each soldier only carried a small amount of dry food and all the baggage was lost.
Abandon them all, just to evacuate quickly.
Which one is more important? Han Chang's heart is like a clear mirror. Preserving his vitality is the most important thing, and everything else is secondary.
As soon as Han Chang's army left the camp, they were immediately discovered by the Western Army's scouts. The scouts hurried back to the camp ten miles away to report.
At the Western Army camp, Yang Zaixing was discussing the deployment of the army with several important generals, including the capital commanders Li Fuxing and Wang Lun, the deputy commanders Wang Duo and Hu Yanyun, and Yang Zaixing's confidants Sun Jian and Zhang Wu.
If Niu Gao's 50,000-strong army cuts off the enemy's retreat, then their 120,000-strong army can attack the enemy from three directions: upper, middle and lower.
At this time, a soldier reported at the gate of the camp, "Scouts are reporting urgently, fifty thousand troops have left the camp and are retreating quickly to the east!"
"not good!"
Yang Zaixing immediately realized that the other party must have received news of the destruction of Sima An'an's army, and the army retreated.
He said anxiously to Sun Jian and Zhang Wu: "You two can each lead 10,000 cavalry to chase the enemy!"
"Wait a minute!"
Wang Duo was so anxious that he shouted, "Commander, don't pursue me. If you pursue me, you will be ambushed!"
Yang Zaixing suddenly realized that he had almost made the same mistake again. He quickly told Sun Jian and Zhang Wu: "There is no need to chase, just follow the army."
Yang Zaixing immediately left Hu Yanyun with 20,000 troops to deal with the aftermath. He immediately led an army of 100,000 and set off an hour later. The 100,000 troops followed Han Chang's army eastward.
Nearly a thousand large warships appeared on the sea outside Cangzhou. They were the 20,000 naval troops of the Western Army. Their mission was to capture the northern part of Hebei Road, destroy the remnant Jurchen army that had retreated to Yanshan Prefecture, and also cut off the Jin Dynasty court.
Contact with Hebei Road Jinbing.
The terrain along the western coast of the Bohai Sea is mainly tidal flats and salt pans, and most places are not suitable for landing. However, there is a section of coast in the middle of Cangzhou that is suitable for large ships to dock. This is the later Huanghua, and the Huanghua Port is also here.
The fleet gradually approached the coast, but the leading warship did not dock directly, but was looking for the entrance of a river.
"Over there!" the observer on the warship yelled, pointing to the right front.
The boatmen also saw the mouth of the river and turned their boats towards the mouth of the river.
The river that flows into the Bohai Sea is called Fushui. It is the largest river in Cangzhou and leads directly to Qingchi County, the capital of Cangzhou. The fleet gradually sailed into the mouth of the river and was replaced by manual fiber pulling. The soldiers found thousands of villagers nearby and promised a lot of money.
Driving a donkey to pull fiber.
The Western fleet entered the river mouth one by one and sailed along the river towards the hinterland.
Qingchi County is a large county with a population of nearly 100,000. Cangzhou is a salt-producing center in Hebei Province. The Hebei Road Salt and Iron Transfer Department is located in Qingchi County. With the support of the salt industry, the fiscal revenue is good and the people's lives are also decent.
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There was no army in Qingchi County, but there were hundreds of salt soldiers in the Salt and Iron Transport Envoy. Twenty thousand Western troops came to kill them. The Jin Kingdom's Salt and Iron Envoy and the salt soldiers escaped from the city and fled towards Yanshan Prefecture.
The state officials and magistrates had no choice but to come to the city to surrender to the Western Army. Tang Huai ordered the army to move the grain and grass supplies off the ship. Then he ordered two thousand soldiers and boatmen to moor the ship to the sea. The fleet sailed to Qingchi County because they wanted to
It transports grain and grass supplies, but it is unsafe for the fleet to be anchored by the river. It is easy to be attacked by the enemy and destroyed by fire. It is safer to anchor at sea.
At this time, Tang Huai got the news that the 20,000 troops in Hejian Prefecture had been mobilized south, and there were no troops stationed in Hejian Prefecture. This made Tang Huai a little disappointed. After discussing with Zhang Gongyu for a while, they decided that Zhang Gongyu would lead the three troops.
Thousands of troops were stationed in Qingchi County, while Tang Huai led 15,000 troops to continue the offensive northward. Tang Huai's army swept through Xianzhou, Shenzhou, Qingzhou, Lizhou and Hejian Prefecture. The army was overwhelming, and all states and counties were on the lookout.
And descend.
Chen Qing's 200,000-strong army set up a large camp in the wilderness ten miles east of Daming City. The camp covered an area of several thousand acres and had tens of thousands of tents. They set up a large camp with tens of thousands of troops.
It took ten days to complete the construction. Daying is comparable to a county seat, a county seat east of Daming City.
Chen Qing had achieved his goal and attracted 50,000 Jurchen reinforcements to Daming City, thus greatly reducing the pressure on Yang Zaixing.
He needs a big battle to completely defeat the enemy forces in Daming Mansion.
That morning, Chen Qing was inspecting the soldiers building board walls, which were made of wood and soil and were extremely strong. At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported: "Your Highness, Yang Dutong sent someone to report urgently!
"
"Where is the messenger?"
After a while, a reporting soldier was brought up. He knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!"
Then he presented a letter from Yang Zaixing to Chen Qing. Chen Qing opened the letter and read it. Han Chang led 50,000 troops to retreat towards Damingfu. Yang Zaixing hoped that he could send troops to intercept. He sent another 30,000 cavalry, and the two armies cooperated.
, wipe out all 50,000 signature troops.
Chen Qing thought for a moment and then immediately ordered: "Get Yue Yun and Zhang Xian for me!"