Fuchuan City was finally captured, and the defender Liu Chi led the remaining troops to break through, abandoning the people in the city and fleeing south to Huichuan City.
The people of Shichuan City were driven out of Huichuan City by Dangxiang's cavalry. Thousands of victims flocked to Huichuan City like a tide. This is the seat of the state government of Huizhou. The city is tall and solid. If you want to attack Dangxiang, you must
Pay a huge price.
Li Yuanhao had no intention of attacking Huichuan City. The reason why he drove the people of Fuchuan City here was to prevent the defenders of Huichuan City from joining up with reinforcements from other state capitals to block the retreat of Dangxiang's army.
Yes, Li Yuanhao did this to buy more time for Dang Xiang's looting and retreat. The fundamental purpose of Dang Xiang's army was to plunder Fuchuan City and return with a great victory.
This is establishing his own prestige, and also attacking the prestige of the Song Dynasty. Li Yuanhao doesn't care about other places, but he must let the party departments know that only under his leadership can he be fully capable of carrying out large-scale attacks on the Song Dynasty.
Loot.
At the same time, let everyone in the party know that this strong man in the south is not invincible!
This battle was over, and ended with Dangxiang's great victory before the reinforcements from the Song Dynasty arrived. Under this situation, the reinforcements from all walks of life did not dare to pursue them without the military orders of the imperial court.
When the news came back to Tokyo City, the whole court was shocked. Zhao Zhen was furious and issued a stern order to rebuke Liu Chi, the commander of Huaide Army. As the defender of Shikawa City, he must persist until reinforcements from all walks of life arrived. In Zhao Zhen's view, Shikawa City was completely
It has the ability to delay the attack of the party's army until reinforcements from all directions arrive.
At the beginning of the war, Zhao Zhen received accurate information from the Imperial City Division so quickly that even half an hour after the urgent delivery of the message arrived, Ye An put all the information collected by Liu Yong on the imperial case.
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At the same time, Zhao Zhen issued an order to send the information he received to the two governments at the same time. The Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council were the administrative and military centers of the Song Dynasty. After the suggestions of the two governments and Zhao Zhen's own judgment, he decided to mobilize the surrounding areas of Huizhou.
The army supported Shikawa Castle.
This is not only support for Huizhou, but also an encirclement and suppression of Li Yuanhao's army!
Zhao Zhen is young and hot-blooded. In his opinion, although Li Yuanhao's attack was swift and violent and he pulled out five forts outside Shichuan City, Shichuan City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Bianzhou cities are often the strongest, let alone Shichuan City.
This city is facing the southern invasion of the party.
But there was one thing he didn't know. Shikawa City relied too much on the fortress near Romon Mountain, so the city defense was slack. It can be said that no one would have thought that Shikawa City would be the target of the party's attack.
As for Huichuan City, where the state government is located, they reduced their troops and tried their best to defend the city, and did not send troops to rescue Fuchuan City. Wang Chang, the prefect of the state, was worried that Li Yuanhao would encircle the point for reinforcements and did not dare to send troops.
This completely ruined Zhao Zhen's plan. He wanted to let Shichuan City and Huichuan City hold back the Dangxiang army, and let all armies form a siege on the Dangxiang people.
It's a pity that the officials of the Song Dynasty far away in Tokyo could not think of it. How could Li Yuanhao, the leader of the party who had followed his father since he was a child and had been on the battlefield as a teenager, not even understand the biggest taboo of military strategists?
He has a natural sensitivity to the rhythm of war, perhaps this is his talent.
Compared with Zhao Zhen who grew up in a deep palace, Li Yuanhao was more comfortable commanding the battlefield and could understand the changes on the battlefield at the first time, but the Song Dynasty could not.
The generals of the Song Dynasty did not dare to adapt at will, did not dare to disobey any military orders from the central government, and did not dare to adapt to changes, because any disobedience would bear huge responsibilities and risks.
The results are self-evident. Li Yuanhao led his army to move around Huizhou. The looting did not end with the victory of Shikawa City. The whole Huizhou was huge, but there were only two cities, Shikawa City and Aichuan City.
In the big city, apart from the forts, there are only villages and towns of various sizes.
In smaller counties, even the city walls are only one person high. Huizhou has been stable for so long that no one pays attention to Huizhou's defense.
"If I were Li Yuanhao, I would choose to invade Huizhou from the south. The reason why there were no signs at all is that I must have found a trail in the mountain to pass through. This is where the defenders of Huizhou missed their inspection and were attacked by someone on their own one-third of an acre of land.
Is there anything else to criticize?"
Ye An read Wang Chang's confession and did not mention his fault. Instead, he attributed the party's attack to his discovery of the secret trail in Rouyu Mountain. He also said that he did not fight for the tens of thousands of people in Huichuan City.
Think about the people.
Liu Yong frowned slightly and said: "Huaide's army is weak in combat. Perhaps Wang Chang thinks that Huichuan City's rush to support Fuchuan City will not be of much use..."
"Wrong! Big mistake! If Wang Chang tried his best to help, do you think Shichuan City would be lost so quickly? After all, it is an important town in Bianzhou. The walls of Shichuan City are indeed rammed earth, but there are enough
With 5,000 combatable soldiers, so what if Li Yuanhao had tens of thousands of troops? It was impossible to send them all to fight on the city wall at once. As long as he delayed, Liu Chi would not abandon the city and flee in just three days! Reinforcements from all walks of life would then come.
So much so, do you think Li Yuanhao will still fight to the death to attack the city?"
Ye An put down the memorial in his hand in disappointment, and when he saw Liu Yong's face full of astonishment, he sighed: "In the final analysis, the timidity in his heart defeated everything. The method of using troops is to surround an enemy ten times, attack it five times, and divide it twice."
, the enemy can be fought, if they are few, they can escape, if not, they can be avoided. As long as we persist until the Anhua Army arrives, this war will reach a turning point, but unfortunately, one is a short-sighted person, and the other is greedy.
Those who are afraid of death miss a good opportunity! If Zhe Weizhong is stationed in Huizhou, he is afraid that the armies from all directions will surround Li Yuanhao, and even if he does not fight, he will be forced to withdraw his troops and return to the division to avoid cutting off his retreat."
Liu Yong looked at Ye An in shock. He had analyzed the situation on the battlefield so thoroughly. Hearing what he said, it seemed as if he had already figured out the thoughts of the officials and the Privy Council.
"Since the bachelor knew it, why didn't he report it to the court in the first place?"
Ye An chuckled: "I am not a general in the court, nor an official in the Privy Council. I will only be criticized if I overstep my authority, but now it is no longer possible. Li Yuanhao may have to withdraw his troops, but even so, we must be careful
His unexpected attack, this person is very resourceful and decisive, and he is not a person to be dealt with!"
After saying this, Ye An started writing notes on the public case, while Liu Yong was studying ink for him while reading the contents of the notes. Ye An was not shy about this.
Ye An knew very well what Li Yuanhao had in mind. He wanted to plunder wealth through the war against the Song Dynasty, and at the same time establish his own prestige in the party.
Since Li Deming passed away and Li Yuanhao took over, there have been many voices of dissatisfaction with him among the Dangxiang tribe, but he has continued to use strong methods to suppress it. This is not a smart approach. Now the Song Dynasty is a springboard for him.
As long as he can lead Dangxiang people to live a good life and slap the Song Dynasty hard, then Dangxiang people will definitely support him as the king of Dangxiang. This is integrating Dangxiang's power and laying the foundation for him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
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If possible, Ye An even wanted to go to Huizhou in person. If he could undermine Li Yuanhao's prestige, this would undoubtedly be better than anything else. Unfortunately, neither the imperial court nor Zhao Zhen would give him the opportunity to lead troops again for a while.
The Song Dynasty had very strict control over military generals, and it was even more difficult for a well-known literary talent like Ye An to command troops.