Wuyan Puluhun, the chief general of the Jin army, was afraid that the Song army would attack the convoy. He commanded 30,000 cavalry to form a battle formation, ready to fight the Song army at any time. However, the Song army did not attack, allowing the huge convoy to pass through a hundred miles away from Mingsha County.
The desert area continues towards Xingqing Mansion.
Three days later, the Jin soldiers' reinforcements arrived at Xingqing Mansion. The Xixia court organized more than 100,000 people to go out of the city to sing and dance to welcome the reinforcements. Changping King Li Kan went out of the city to greet the Jin soldiers. However, the Jin soldiers did not enter the city, but camped outside the city.
After arriving at the camp, the first generous gift they received was three hundred thousand fat sheep.
Of course, the Kingdom of Jin also brought the urgently needed supplies for the Xixia Army, 80,000 sets of armor, which solved the urgent need for the Xixia Army to wear white cloth armor.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, dozens of Jurchens and Xixia generals gathered together. Changping King Li Kan hung a map of Xixia. Although they didn't understand each other's languages, it didn't matter. Most of them knew Chinese, and Chinese became the language of communication for them.
"Currently, the Song Army occupies the area south of Mingsha County, but the Song Army also captured Xiping Mansion. This is a bit difficult to handle. It is like a sharp knife thrust into our abdomen. We feel that we must recapture Xiping Mansion first."
Speaking of this, Li Kan glanced at Wuyan Puluhun and Han Chang, and the implication was that he hoped they would send troops to retake Xiping Mansion.
Wuyan Puluhun ignored Li Kan's inducement. They were all cavalry. Isn't it a joke to let them attack the city?
He waved his hand and asked: "How many troops are there on both sides?"
Seeing that he did not pick up the fight, Li Kan felt slightly disappointed. He added: "The current strength of the Song army is estimated to be over 200,000, with 100,000 cavalry and the rest being infantry. Our army has 230,000."
People, the strength of both sides is similar. If you add your 60,000 troops, then our strength will be 300,000, which is stronger than the other side."
"But even so, you are still repeatedly suppressed by the opponent, and you are unable to fight back. What is the reason?" Wuyan Puluhun asked unceremoniously.
"The reason is the problem of the general. The previous general was Brother Richard, King of Jin. He was too selfish and did not use all his strength to deal with the Song army, which led to defeat in every battle. The emperor could not bear it anymore and changed generals on the spot."
Wuyan Puluhun nodded and asked: "Is there any news about the Song Army now?"
"I just got news from spies that the Song army is evacuating on a large scale."
"Evacuate?"
Wuyan Puluhun was startled, "What do you mean?"
Li Kan said hurriedly: "What I mean is not to evacuate the army, but to evacuate the logistics, food and grass supplies. There are also hundreds of thousands of Han slaves who are evacuating in the direction of Cuta Village. To be honest, I can't understand their intentions."
Wuyan Puluhun glanced at Han Chang next to him, "What do you think, General Han?"
Han Chang said calmly: "This should be Chen Qing's worst-case scenario. If he is defeated by us and has to evacuate Xixia, he will not retreat in a hurry and suffer huge losses."
"I understand, it's a word commonly used by Han people. What is it called Wei?"
Han Chang said with a smile: "It's called preparing for a rainy day!"
"Yes! That's the word, prepare for the best and prepare for the worst. This Chen Qing is not simple. I underestimated him before."
Han Chang shook his head, "Puluhun must not underestimate the enemy. Not long ago, Yin Keshu was defeated miserably in his hands, and he is still unable to stand up. Didn't the Fourth Prince also lose to him in Dashan Pass before?"
Wuyan Pulu's face sank, and he said a little unhappy: "The fourth prince was not defeated by him. The fourth prince was defeated by the unfavorable terrain. If it were a plain area, a hundred Wu Jie and Chen Qing would not belong to the fourth prince.
Opponent, I heard that General Han was repeatedly defeated by Chen Qing."
Han Chang's face suddenly became very ugly and he said nothing. Li Kan next to him looked embarrassed. He suddenly discovered that there seemed to be deep conflicts within Jin Bing!
At this time, Cao Baozong asked from the side: "Excuse me, General Puluhun, how should we fight next?"
Wuyan Puluhun said coldly: "I suggest you take back Xiping Mansion at all costs. Once Xiping Mansion cannot be defended, Chen Qing will definitely send troops to rescue. That is the time for me to send troops. This strategy is called by the Han
It’s very useful to besiege a city and call for reinforcements!”
After saying that, Wuyan Puluhun turned around and walked away, and the Jurchen generals also left one after another, leaving behind a group of Xixia generals who looked at each other in embarrassment and annoyance. The Jurchens were simply too arrogant.
Li Kan dismissed the generals, and then Li Kan asked Han Chang in a low voice: "This Pulhun seems to be difficult to deal with?"
Han Chang smiled and said: "Jurchens! They are all like this. They are very proud. But he is not talking nonsense. He is serious. Besieging the city and raising reinforcements is a strategy he has made before. He learned about Xixia's strategy on the way.
status quo."
"I understand, thank you General Han!"
Han Chang added: "Let me give you another suggestion. There are exactly 50,000 Han charioteers. Let them work as laborers to dig a moat around the capital. Without a moat, the city will be easily broken by the opponent's battering ram, especially Chen.
Qing is good at using fire, I guess Xiping City was captured by him using fire."
Li Kan was not as stubborn as Brother Richard. What the other party said did make sense. He saluted and said, "I will follow General Han's advice!"
Han Chang also left, leaving only Li Kan and Cao Baozong in the tent. Li Kan shook his head and said: "I didn't expect that there were conflicts within the Jin soldiers. Did you find out?"
Cao Baozong smiled and said: "Of course I can see that the factions in the Jin Kingdom are very fierce. The two of them should belong to different factions. In fact, this is not important. What is important is that if the 30,000 Jurchen cavalry can defeat the Song army, Chen Qing will have to
Retired."
Li Kan nodded, "Go and report to the emperor! If the emperor agrees to Wuyan Puluhun's plan, then we will send troops to besiege Xiping City and create opportunities for the Jurchen cavalry to attack the Song army."
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Qianshun, the prince of Western Xia Dynasty, agreed in principle to Wuyan Puluhun's plan for siege and reinforcements. He ordered Generalissimo Li Kan and the Privy Council to continue negotiating with Wuyan Puluhun about the details of sending troops.
Two days later, Li Kan personally led an army of 150,000 people to the south in a mighty manner, while Wuyan Puluhun and Han Chang also led 30,000 Jurchen cavalry and 30,000 auxiliary troops to go south simultaneously. Cao Baozong used 50,000 carts for transportation.
, transporting grain, grass, baggage and other materials.
At this time, the Song army was still continuing to transfer various supplies to the valley behind Cuta Village. A team of 30,000 camels had already made two trips. There was too much food and supplies. The food alone exceeded 500,000 dan. There were also
Copper coins, sheepskins, cloth, utensils, wood, tents, bacon and other materials were all trophies obtained from cleaning up various large estates.
Naturally, there were also three thousand camels carrying the wealth of the Xixia dignitaries, who had already been sent away in the first batch.
Chen Qing is indeed preparing for a retreat, but this does not mean that he will give up Xixia. This is just his worst plan. Once his army is defeated by the Jurchen army, he will temporarily retreat to the Cuta Stronghold, and in
Before that, he had to swallow the meat that had reached his mouth.
Chen Qing stood at the head of Mingsha County, staring at the camel caravan not far away. Thirty thousand camels stretched for dozens of miles, and the end could not be seen at a glance.
At this time, a cavalry team came from a distance, with about a dozen people. They quickly rushed into the county town. Not long after, Yang Zaixing led a messenger to the city.
"Reporting to the capital, hundreds of thousands of Xixia troops and Jin soldiers have left Xingqing Mansion and are heading towards Xiping City."
Chen Qing nodded, as he expected, and asked again: "Does General Liu Cui know?"
"We have brothers who have gone to notify General Liu."
"I know, let's go explore again!"
The messengers retreated, and Yang Zaixing said with a smile: "The Jin soldiers should be Xiangzhuang Wushu, aiming at Peigong! Their real target is us, and they are besieging the city and waiting for us to rescue them."
Chen Qing sneered and said: "Then wait for the opportunity and kill Xiang Zhuang!"
[Today’s two chapters, my fingers hurt too much and my typing efficiency is low, I’m sorry!]