What can Su Jin do? If a hundred thousand Xixia troops attack Weizhou, even if the city wall is raised and widened by two feet, it will not help. There will be a time when it cannot hold out.
Seeing Han and Fan gloating about their misfortune, Su Jin suddenly smiled: "I can't help it. If the Xixia army really comes towards Weizhou, I have only one way to go."
Han Qi asked: "Which way?"
Su Jin said: "Abandon the city and leave."
Everyone rolled their eyes and ran away before the fight started. What kind of method was this?
"The emperor just issued a decree to commend you, and you abandoned the city and fled. Isn't this a slap in the face of the emperor? Besides, you are the prefect of Weizhou, and now you are the envoy of Jingyuan Road. If you dare to abandon the city and flee, no one will save you.
If you don't, you will definitely be prosecuted by military law." Han Qi said angrily.
Su Jin said with a sad face: "There is nothing I can do. It is better for me to die alone than to kill more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city for the Xixia army. Originally, I wanted to tie myself up and send it to Yuan Hao to kill, but I was afraid that even if I died,
It would still be stigmatized as surrendering to the enemy, so I had no choice but to retreat."
Han Qi scolded: "What are you talking about? The emperor has many expectations for you, and this is how you serve the court?"
Su Jin spread his hands and shrugged, expressing that there was nothing he could do. Han Qi was so angry that he was blowing his beard. Before he could reprimand him, Fan Zhongyan suddenly burst into laughter.
Han Qi said angrily: "Brother Xiwen, you didn't even say a few words. Mr. Su is so shameless. You are so happy."
Fan Zhongyan's dark and thin face was wrinkled into orange peel, and he said with a smile: "Han Shuai was deceived by him, he will not abandon the city and flee."
Han Qi was surprised and said: "How can you see it? Didn't he say it himself?"
Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "You and I accompanied Eunuch Huang to this city. Don't you remember what we saw and heard? The people in the city are busy. The mountains of wood and stone are piled up in the city. The urn city is still being built outside the north gate. With so much effort,
Did he just want to give up the city? Han Shuai was deceived by him."
Han Qi suddenly realized, turned to Su Jin and said displeasedly: "Master Su seems to have treated me, Han Qi, like a monkey. I want to inform Master Sansi about this and ask him to comment. I want to ask Mr. Yan Shu, what do you think?"
Isn’t this what he taught the elders to be disrespectful to?”
Su Jin hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said with a smile: "Don't blame Han Shuai, but you can't blame me. The two of you teased me, Su Jin first. I'm just learning now and selling it now."
Fan Zhongyan laughed loudly and said, "When did I make fun of you?"
Su Jindao: "Since the two adults came to Weizhou to talk to me about this matter, how can they come to ask me what to do if they don't have a solution? Isn't this a joke?"
Fan Zhongyan said: "You have made a good calculation. Did I and Han Shuai come here with a plan to defeat the enemy? Stop dreaming."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "Don't you two adults send troops to help me defend the city?"
Fan Zhongyan said: "This is all just speculation. Although the captured Jianxi inquired about your position and revealed the Western Bandits' intention to invade, the Western Bandits are cunning and cunning. How could they know that this was not a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain? What if I had captured Yanyan Road and Huanyan Road?"
What if the Qinglu army arrives at Weizhou and the Western bandits suddenly attack the line between Yanzhou and Qingzhou? The Western bandits cavalry are fast and flexible and can pretend to attack Weizhou. If our army arrives at Weizhou and they turn around and head east, the two of them will
The troops will arrive at the gates of Gyeongju within a few days. By then, it will take four or five days for our infantry to return to the rescue, and we will be lost even if we rush back to Gyeongju."
Su Jin didn't think Fan Zhongyan was joking at all. In fact, the battlefield is ever-changing. The two armies will go to great lengths to win. Su Jin is someone who has read the Three Kingdoms. The various strategies there are difficult to guard against. There is no doubt that the ancients'
His IQ is not inferior to those of later generations, especially in military matters.
"Han Shuai can assist you, but Qin Feng Road only has more than 40,000 troops, and it is impossible to send them all out. The six or seven cities under his jurisdiction must be guarded by soldiers. I estimate that Han Shuai can support you with about 10,000 troops at most.
, Han Shuai, what do you think?"
Han Qi nodded and said: "I did some calculations and found that I can probably send about fifteen thousand, but no more will be enough."
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "Fifteen thousand plus the 20,000 people in the city are only 35,000. Moreover, since the Western Bandits are attacking Jingyuan, they will most likely attack Weizhou and also Jingzhou and Yuanzhou. Even if they
If we don’t divide our troops to attack other state capitals, I will definitely not dare to send troops to assist. If the Western bandits besiege the city for reinforcements, and my infantry intercepts them on the way, and there is no danger to defend, I don’t dare to think about the consequences."
Fan Zhongyan said solemnly: "As long as you understand, it seems that you have some understanding of the Western thieves' fighting methods. Now the Western thieves want us to face the enemy head-on with them, and the strategy I emphasize is to persist in counterattack with our own strength."
Once the battle begins, unless you are absolutely sure, I do not recommend going out to the city to fight in the field or provide long-distance assistance; even if you can detect the enemy's movements in advance, it is not possible because the West bandits can move several times faster than us.
, once you are bitten, you may suffer big losses, so you have to think more carefully about the distribution of troops on Jingyuan Road and the Prefecture."
Su Jin thought for a while and suddenly shouted: "Come here, bring the sand table."
Neither Fan Zhongyan nor Han Qi knew what the sand tray was. They saw two horse army guards walking in carrying a wooden tray the size of a desktop. It was covered with a red cloth and placed on the table.
Su Jin stretched out his hand to uncover the red cloth, and saw that the wooden plate was densely covered with high and low sand dunes, like a map.
Su Jin explained: "Two adults, this is a topographic map of Jingyuan Road that I solicited from dozens of local hunters and medicine farmers in the city. The red flags are from our Jingyuan Road Prefecture garrison, and the blue ones are
The flag is the location of the Western Bandit Army reported by the scouts, the white strip of paper is the river, the high place is the mountain peak, and the location is the plain, which can be clearly seen at a glance."
Fan Zhongyan raised his thumb and praised: "Yes, it's a good idea. I'm glad you came up with it."
Han Qi also nodded repeatedly, staring at the sand table and wandering back and forth: "This is indeed a good method. It is more clear than the map. I will also ask someone to make a Qinfeng Road terrain sand table when I go back."
Su Jin didn't know that there was no such thing as a sandbox in this era. He was map-illiterate and often couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north when looking at a map. So he imitated the scenes in later war movies and built a sandbox, but it inadvertently became a personal patent.
"Two gentlemen, please take a look. Judging from the topography of Jingyuan, Longshan is surrounded by mountains to the west, and Liupanshan is a continuous high mountain. Therefore, Lanzhou, Hezhou and other counties in the south of the mountain should not be in danger of being attacked, while Longshan is surrounded by mountains.
To the east are Weizhou, Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, arranged in a zigzag pattern. Among them, Yuanzhou seems to be the northernmost and seems to bear the brunt, but I think the Western bandits will never attack Yuanzhou."
Fan Zhongyan said: "How can you see it?"
Su Jindao: "Yuanzhou is the closest to the two prefectures of Huanqing where Fan Shuai is stationed, even a little closer than the distance to Weizhou, and the rescue is the most convenient. If the enemy attacks Yuanzhou, it is equivalent to directly attacking Fan Shuai's Huanqing Road.
Fan Shuai is the last thing they want to do to threaten the enemy head-on; of course this is just a guess, but if Fan Shuai makes some adjustments, he only needs to pretend to mobilize a small number of Yanzhou soldiers and horses to station in Qingzhou City, and the enemy will definitely know it.
I will stay away from Yuanzhou and will not dare to attack Yuanzhou."
Han Qi nodded and said: "That's right. This trick is called sharpening the knife on the edge of the pigsty. It's strange that the pigs are not afraid."
Fan Zhongyan said: "Then what's the benefit of doing this to you? After abandoning Yuanzhou, the first choice target to attack is Weizhou. Jingzhou is behind Weizhou and Yuanzhou, and there is the Jinghe River separating them. They will never sacrifice the distance for the near.
A sneak attack on Jingzhou."
Su Jin nodded and said: "What Fan Shuai said is that I just want to simplify the complicated situation. At present, we cannot determine the enemy's attack direction. This is the biggest problem. I want to force the Western thieves to have no other target to attack.
Let them only attack Weizhou
City, this will make the situation clearer, and other state capitals will not need to worry about how to assist in defense. I only need to take care of myself. I can focus on setting up defenses here to face the battle; although the Western thieves have the ability to maneuver, unless they are unable to
Come, come only to Weizhou."
Fan Zhongyan clapped his hands gently and said: "Yes, this is a good idea and it can indeed make the situation clearer."
Han Qi frowned and said: "But in that case, wouldn't we force these 100,000 troops to attack Weizhou? Can Weizhou stop it?"
Su Jindao: "You have to block it even if you can't. No matter where this army of 100,000 people attacks, who can be sure to block it? Originally, I had hoped that Lord Fan could lead his troops to help, but what Lord Fan said makes sense.
The Western bandit envoys lied about the plan of attacking from the east to the west, and that would be a big deal. Therefore, the soldiers and horses on Yanyan Road and Huanqing Road could not move, and they could only rely on the 15,000 soldiers and horses supported by Han Shuai and the 20,000 soldiers and horses from Weizhou City.
Come and resist."
Han Qi shook his head and said: "If Weizhou falls, wouldn't the situation be very bad?"
Su Jindao: "It's not that easy to lose. Weizhou City has the strongest defenses among the cities on the frontier. With the fortified city to defend it to the death, even if the city is lost, how many percent of the 100,000-strong army of the Western Thieves will be left? Once the enemy forces
If they become remnants of soldiers, why won’t Master Fan come to clean up the mess? As soon as the fighting starts, Master Fan can send troops to assist. At that time, the main force of the enemy army will appear, and there is no danger of enemy attacks on both sides of the road around Qingxiaoyan. Could it be that Master Fan will stand still?
?”
Fan Zhongyan looked at Su Jin worriedly and said: "But my reinforcements will definitely come very late. When the enemy's strength is greater than mine, I will not take the risk of encountering it in the wild; and I can only take a detour to come from the south for support, I'm afraid