After coming out of the canyon, Chen Qing ordered to stop and rest on the spot and no longer follow the Jin soldiers.
Gao Ding hurried back to the camp to deliver the order, and met Liu Cui at the gate of the tent. Liu Cui shook his head and said to him: "The general is very angry, so be careful."
Gao Ding felt uneasy, so he had no choice but to walk into the tent and saw the coach sitting in his seat with a gloomy face. Gao Ding stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying, "I'm here to give you my order!"
Chen Qing slammed the table hard and said coldly: "Gaoding, do you know your guilt?"
"I don't know what my humble position is!" "Hmph! What mission did I give you? I asked you to ambush the enemy on the cliff. How did you do it and pretend that you were not guilty?"
"Reporting to the capital, it is of little significance to attack the enemy on the cliff. The Jin soldiers walked in the river, and their bows and arrows could not reach them. The fact proved that the humble officer left a thousand people near the top of the mountain to attack the enemy, and only killed dozens of them.
The humble officer intercepted him at the mouth of the valley and shot him."
"enough!"
Chen Qing roared and interrupted Gao Ding's words. He said angrily: "Am I here to destroy the enemy? Could it be that I didn't expect to send troops to intercept the enemy at the mouth of the valley, and you still need to make your own decisions? You are doing it without permission and want to be bad.
My big deal!"
Gao Ding then lowered his head and said, "I know my crime because of my humble position!"
Chen Qing said angrily: "You disobeyed military orders and acted without permission. According to military regulations, it is a serious crime. In recognition of your outstanding military achievements, I will spare you the punishment of your flesh and blood. From now on, you will be demoted from commander to commander. If you do it again next time, I will definitely do it."
I’ll behead you in public!”
"I accept the blame for my humble position!"
"Back off!"
Gao Ding withdrew with a face full of shame and returned to his tent. The commander Du Min came forward and said: "I don't understand the humble position. The commander shot and killed more than 1,200 enemy troops. Not only did he get no credit, but he was punished and demoted. This
Why?"
Gao Ding sighed and said: "The commander-in-chief gave me a clear mission. Where to go and what to do were all clearly stated. It was not General Liu Qiong's target mission. He gave you a goal and you can perform it on your own. As long as you complete the goal, that's it."
They were two completely different tasks. Both of them gave me a clear task, but I accomplished the target task. Based on this, I disobeyed military orders and acted without permission during the war, which is a serious crime under Article 7 of the Military Regulations.
If you win, you can get a light punishment. If you lose, it will be a death penalty. If you just demote me by one level, it will be a light punishment."
"I understand the humble position!"
Du Min retreated. Although Gao Ding was aware of his guilt, he was in a bad mood and sat alone in the tent feeling bored.
At this time, a soldier outside said: "See the capital!"
Then I heard the coach's voice, "Is your general here?"
Gao Ding was startled and quickly stood up and walked out of the tent, "I'm here!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I want to inspect the morale. You and I should go together!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Gao Ding quickly asked his soldiers to fetch the war horse. He got on his horse and followed Chen Qing.
Chen Qing said calmly: "I thought about it later, and I also have a certain responsibility. I was pressed for time at the time, so I didn't explain it clearly to you."
"It's wrong for me to be a humble employee. I was given a clear task, but I treated it as a target task. This is indeed a violation of the rules. I was punished and accepted it with all my heart."
Chen Qing shook his head, "That being said, this is not my style of doing things. You are a first-level general, not a commander. If I ask you to do things in a muddle, how can you lead your subordinates?"
Gao Ding nodded silently and said nothing.
Chen Qing added: "My strategic goal is to use the unique terrain of Luoshui Road and the disadvantage of the enemy's lack of food and grass to trap the enemy in Luoshui Road. To be precise, it is to trap the enemy in Yichuan County and Luojiao."
On the northwest official road between counties, if they want to take Wuren Road, they can be trapped and killed in Wuren Road. Since I have this goal, why don't I trap the enemy in this canyon? You
Tell me why?"
Gao Ding thought for a moment and said, "Are the conditions in the canyon not good enough?"
"Completely correct!"
Chen Qing explained in detail: "The length of the canyon is less than ten miles, but the length of the enemy's team is more than ten miles. The head has already come out of the canyon before the tail enters the canyon, so I did not consider using this canyon to block the enemy."
The army is just arranging troops to harass them, destroy the enemy's morale, and make the enemy a frightened bird."
Hearing this, Gao Ding suddenly understood, "By intercepting the enemy at the mouth of the canyon, we actually leaked our strategic intentions to the enemy commander."
Chen Qing smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a leak. How could the enemy coach not think of it? It just made him more sure of our intentions. I guess Wanyan Yinkeshu will not follow the northwest official path again. It is most likely that he will
Counterattack us, so I can no longer follow at this time, but must use this canyon to withstand the enemy's counterattack. The trapped beasts are still fighting. If we really fight, our 30,000 troops may not be able to withstand the enemy's 60,000 troops."
Gao Ding said with shame on his face: "I know my crime because of my humble position!"
This time he really realized his guilt. He didn't just violate the rules, but revealed the coach's strategic intentions.
Chen Qing said slowly: "I'll give you a chance to perform a meritorious service. You lead an army of five thousand to defend the abandoned official road above. No matter what means you use, you can withstand the enemy's breakout from above..."
"You must fight to the death for your humble position!"
Chen Qing immediately ordered soldiers to cut down the trees, and 10,000 troops started to work together. In just half a day, all the jujube trees were cut down. Thousands of big trees were transported to the south of the canyon, and some of the big trees were pulled up the mountain by soldiers using ropes.
The army returned to the south of the canyon, preparing to meet the enemy's breakthrough.
At this time, the main force of the Jin army also stopped advancing sixty miles ahead. The reason was that one of the troops previously sent to explore Wurendao escaped. This soldier brought back bad news. Han Chang's army was defeated and Wurendao was occupied by the Song army.
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This news was definitely a bombshell and shocked all the generals. Wu Rendao's retreat was actually cut off. What should they do?
Everyone looked at the coach Wanyan Yinkeshu who was half lying on the cart. At this moment, Wanyan Yinkeshu was calmer than everyone else. This result was completely expected by him.
"When we were crossing the canyon, I saw Chen Qing's true intention. He just wanted to use the terrain to trap us, just like he used the Luo River to flood Heli Sa's army. This was his defensive advantage.
It is impossible for him to abandon us, and there is no need to deny that we are indeed facing a severe existential crisis now, and maybe our entire army will be annihilated."
The generals were immediately in an uproar, "Marshal, what should we do?"
The generals were all excited and the big tent was noisy.
"Shut up, everyone!"
Wanyan Huonu shouted angrily, and like a thunderbolt from the blue, the tent suddenly became quiet.
"Continue to listen to Marshal Du."
Wanyan Yin Keshu waved his hand, "Don't worry, everyone. There is no way out. If it doesn't work, we will fight against the Song army. I believe that at least half of the army can survive."
"Fight with Song Jun!"
A captain of ten thousand men roared, and the crowd suddenly became excited, demanding a battle with the Song army. This trip south was too humiliating, and their anger had already accumulated in their hearts.
Wanyan Yinkeshu waved his hand again, and the tent quickly became quiet. Wanyan Yinkeshu said again: "The top priority now is to appease the morale of the army, living female marshal!"
Wanyan Huonv hurriedly stepped forward, "I'm here to serve you!"
"Can you bring out all the horses that were shot in the canyon?"
"They were all brought out, a total of 1,100 horses."
Wanyan Yinkeshu said to everyone: "Although I also know that everyone cannot emotionally accept eating horse meat, but now is a special situation. You must make it clear to the brothers that we have never killed horses. These are all taken by the Song Army."
It would be a pity not to eat the horses that were shot."
Everyone agreed and left.
Wan Yanhuo Nu arranged for people to break down the horse meat and reward the three armies.
