Near the south gate of Taiyuan City, there is a Qingjiang Inn and a Qingjiang Restaurant next to it. This inn and restaurant existed during the Zhenghe period, but due to the impact of the war, several owners have changed. No one knows what they are now.
Who is the proprietor of?
However, the Western Military Intelligence Agency took a fancy to this inn and restaurant. In March last year, a Qinzhou businessman bought the inn and restaurant for 6,000 yuan, and replaced the shopkeeper and clerk to run it.
It became the intelligence point of the Western Army in Taiyuan.
What is certain at present is that the Jin soldiers' counterattack on Shaanxi Road must have started from Hedong Road, and after Wan Yanchang became the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom, he was able to mobilize more resources and increase the offensive against Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Therefore, strengthening Taiyuan's intelligence power was increasingly valued by Chen Qing.
The innkeeper is Wu Xingping, a middle-aged man in his forties, short and fat, with a pleasant smile. He is a veteran of the Intelligence Agency and has been an innkeeper in several places.
That morning, the inn and restaurant were still open as usual, but the shopkeeper was a little uneasy. He got the news that at midnight last night, a gold army of tens of thousands arrived in Taiyuan. He was eager to know the detailed information.
Several guys were sent out early in the morning.
"Housekeeper!" Li San, the innkeeper, ran back panting.
"What are you in a hurry for?"
Wu Xingping glared at him fiercely, "There are so many guests waiting, hurry up and boil water!"
Li San agreed and went quickly.
When Wu Xingping saw no one around him, he also slipped away to the kitchen.
"How do you say it?" Wu Xingping asked eagerly.
Li San lowered his voice and said: "Sixty thousand troops have arrived. It is said that they are all Jurchen soldiers, including infantry and cavalry. The leader is Wanyan Yinkeshu."
Wu Xingping took a breath of air. There were actually 60,000 troops. There were already 50,000 Jurchens on Hexi Road. Adding in the 80,000 auxiliary troops recruited last year, there were almost 200,000 troops. Moreover, Wanyan Yinke's technique was golden.
He is a famous general in the country, and everyone on Hedong Road knows that he led his army to fight dozens of battles with the Song Army on Hedong Road, and almost won all the battles.
"Shopkeeper, let's send a pigeon message to Jingzhao now. I'm afraid the management will be strict."
"Wait a minute!"
Not long after, several other guys came back, bringing other aspects of information, but when they were pieced together, the information was complete.
It is true that 60,000 gold soldiers arrived last night, but they were not entirely the Jurchen army. There were also four East Hu armies, including the Khitan army, the Goryeo army, the Xi army and the Bohai navy. The pure Jurchens only had 20,000 cavalry. In fact, they were
A mixed army, led by none other than Wanyan Yinkeshu, who succeeded Wanyanchang as Marshal of the West Route and was fully responsible for the Sichuan-Shaanxi strategy.
At noon that day, two homing pigeons took off from outside Taiyuan City and flew towards Jingzhao.
At present, there are indeed 110,000 Jin soldiers in Hedong, plus 80,000 auxiliary troops, nearly 200,000 people. The high-level command consists of five people, Marshal Wanyan Yinkeshu, Marshal Wanyanhelisa, Marshal Wanyanhuo
Female, Marshal Han Chang, Marshal Hu Shi said goodbye.
Of course, the five of them have their own division of labor, Wanyan Yinkeshu is the chief general and commands the entire army, Wanyan Helisa and Wanyan Huonv are the commanders of the Jurchens, Han Chang is the commander of the Han Chinese Association Army, and Hu Shidabie is the commander of the Donghu Army.
Today is the first day Wanyan Yinkeshu arrived. He immediately convened everyone in the military government hall to discuss matters.
Wanyan Yinkeshu was nearly sixty years old. He was a fierce general second only to Wanyan Loushi among the founding generals of the Jin Dynasty. He was also a general who fought in hundreds of battles. He fought dozens of battles with the Song army. Except for the disadvantage in attacking Taiyuan City, everything else remained the same.
With a complete victory, his prestige in the Jin Kingdom was extremely high, and all the generals were convinced.
In the past few years, Wanyan Zongbi was extremely powerful, which inevitably affected the strategy of the Jin Dynasty. Wanyan Zongbi focused on Hebei and the east, while despising Sichuan and Shaanxi, which caused the Jin Dynasty's resources to tilt to the east and Hebei, while Sichuan and Shaanxi were in the Jin army.
After several consecutive defeats, Wanyan Wushu was transferred to the Central Plains, and Shaanxi Road was ignored by the Jin Kingdom, which also led to the rise of Chen Qing in the northwest.
Now that the new emperor came to the throne, Wan Yanchang won the final power struggle and became the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom. Wanyan Zongbi's power was suppressed, and the Jin Kingdom's resources once again tilted towards the west, even sending out senior generals like Wanyan Yinkeshu.
Take charge of the overall situation.
Wanyan Yinkeshu's beard and hair were all white, but his voice was still as loud as a bell, "We have two tasks this time. One is to recover the Shaanxi Road. It would be best if we can completely annihilate Chen Qing's army. If we can't annihilate them all, they must be severely damaged."
, and then drove out of Shaanxi Road.
The second is Xixia. The leader of the Xixia Kingdom once again asked for help from the Jin Kingdom. The imperial court has decided to send troops to help Xixia quell Xiao Heda's rebellion, allowing Xixia to restore its national strength as soon as possible and allow it to attack Xihe Road from the north."
Wanyan shouted at Lisa and raised his hand: "May I ask, Marshal, do we want to send troops to Xixia first, and then attack Shaanxi Road?"
Wanyan Yinkeshu shook his head, "Ba Lisu has already commanded 20,000 troops to go to Xixia. In fact, 80,000 troops were sent this time, of which 20,000 were to implement the Xixia strategy, and 60,000 were brought to Taiyuan under my command. After the army gathered together, it was carried out in Shaanxi
road strategy.”
Han Chang pondered for a moment and said: "Chen Qing's Western Army is different from other Song armies. It has elite equipment, sufficient logistics support, well-trained soldiers, strong combat effectiveness, and capable generals. It is a powerful force. We must not
Underestimating the enemy, I wonder if Marshal Du has any strategies?"
Wanyan Yinkeshu nodded slightly and said: "I have a plan. The first step of the plan is to seize a foothold on the west bank of the Yellow River on Shaanxi Road!"
After the defeat of Liu Guangshi, the number of Chen Qingxi's troops had expanded to 230,000, of which 50,000 were guarding Bashu, 10,000 were stationed in Hanzhong, 30,000 were stationed at Xihe Road, and Guanzhong and Jingzhao were also guarding. In fact,
At the time, Chen Qingneng mobilized only about 120,000 troops.
How these 120,000 people are deployed and how they fight is the most important factor in whether they can win this battle.
Chen Qing received the urgent pigeon message from Taiyuan and learned about the enemy's movements. He immediately summoned senior military and political officials to discuss countermeasures.
In the meeting hall of the military government office, Chen Qing asked the sergeant to carry out the entire sand table on Shaanxi Road. The sand table was two feet long and about one foot wide. Everyone stood around the sand table.
Chen Qing held a wooden pole in his hand and said to the crowd: "The enemy general is Wanyan Yin Keshu. This is a veteran general. He has experienced hundreds of battles against the Song Dynasty and has almost no defeats. He is rich in experience and brave in combat. We cannot expect the Jin Kingdom to continue to fight."
We all sent mediocre generals like Wanyan and Helisa to attack Shaanxi Road. When the enemy's truly elite troops come out, we cannot underestimate the enemy in the slightest, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
"Does the capital have information about Wanyan Yinke's skills?" Yang Zaixing asked.
Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "We don't know much about Yin Keshu, but if we analyze this person's ability based on his past battles, it is easy to make misjudgments. For example, it would be unfavorable for him to attack Taiyuan. If we think that he is not good at attacking based on this,
city, that would be a misjudgment. He was actually besieging the city for reinforcements, and thus annihilated all the elites from all walks of life in Hexi who came to the rescue. Even Zhongshi was killed by Wanyan Huonv’s arrows. In fact, his siege
He was very capable, and it was he who led the army to conquer Bianjing.
Secondly, he is very good at running long distances and fighting in roundabouts, taking full advantage of the cavalry."
Zhang Xiao asked: "May I ask Du Tong, is he good at long-distance raids, or does he like to use long-distance raid strategies?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I'm both good at it and I also like it!"
Everyone was talking in low voices, and Zhang Xiao continued: "I was thinking just now that running a long distance attack actually has advantages and disadvantages. If the attack is successful, it is easy to say, but what if the attack fails? Then you will be passive, and maybe you will be surrounded and annihilated instead, so everything
There are advantages and disadvantages, but the key is that we must be fully prepared so that we can defeat his long-distance attack."
Chen Qing nodded, "Zhang Sima said it very well. Let me ask you a question. Who do you think Wan Yan Yin Keshu's first long-distance attack target will be?"
