One Piece of Song Dynasty

Chapter 741 The Battle of Taiyuan and Huacheng in the Northern Expedition (21)

Xiao Qing finally came to his senses after listening to Liu Qi's words: "You attacked my camp last night. It's over. I want to know what's going on with my army."

Liu Qi replied: "Your army has been wiped out by our army. Except for the supervisor Wanyan Zongben and Yang Yun who escaped with a few cavalry, the others were either captured or killed."

Xiao Qing's face suddenly fell and he said, "General, may I know your name?"

Liu Qi replied: "My name is Liu Qi, he is the commander-in-chief of the Song Army in Huacheng County."

Xiao Qing clasped his fists and said, "It turns out to be General Liu. I'm glad to meet you. I don't know what your army plans to do with me next."

Liu Qi said: "How to deal with Marshal Xiao is the prince's business. I don't know very well, but I think the prince will not execute Marshal Xiao."

Xiao Qing asked: "Oh, what did General Liu say?"

Liu Qi replied: "Because Marshal Xiao is a Khitan, our prince's ambition is not only to recover these lost lands now. In the future, both Jin and Xia will be our goals for annexation. The prince's ambition is to rebuild the Tang Dynasty. I think Xiao Marshal should know what the Tang Dynasty was like in the past. The Khitans will definitely be under the rule of the prince, and Marshal Xiao will naturally be useful as a Khitan."

Xiao Qing sneered when he heard this: "Your prince has good ambitions, but his tone is a bit loud."

Liu Qi smiled and said: "Haha, big or small, at least now we have recovered a large area of ​​lost territory. This is a good start."

Xiao Qing sighed: "That's true. At least after the end of this war, the strategic situation of Song and Jin has completely changed. In the past, Song defended and Jin attacked, and then Song attacked and Jin defended."

Liu Qi said: "Okay, Marshal Xiao, you can rest first. I will send someone to take you away in a few days."

Looking at Liu Qi's leaving figure, Xiao Qing felt a little lonely and a little uneasy. Li Xin would not kill him depending on Liu Qi's intention, but Xiao Qing was still a little confused about the future. How would Li Xin arrange himself? , this is what Xiao Qing wants to know most, but these can only be answered after meeting Li Xin.

On the same day that the Battle of Huacheng ended, the armies of Li Xin and Han Shizhong successfully merged in Xiongzhou. Not only that, Yue Fei also rushed to Xiongzhou after hearing that the Song army had recaptured Hebei and that Li Xin came to Xiongzhou in person.

Li Xin met everyone at the Xiongzhou government office and said: "Everyone, our army has achieved % of the goal in this Northern Expedition, and only Hedong and Yunzhong are left. I will record your contributions in the past few months. In my heart, I will reward you for your merits after the Northern Expedition is completely over. I would like to thank you all for your hard work in the past few months."

The generals clasped their fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, this is what we should do."

Li Xin continued: "The main combat objectives of our army in the next stage are divided into two parts. One is Hedong and Yunzhong, and the other is to stabilize the areas recovered by our army. Our army has recovered a large area of ​​​​land in the past few months. , but there are still a lot of banditry in these large territories, so our army will allocate a part of it specifically to suppress bandits. Zhang Jun, I will leave this task of suppressing bandits to you. I will give you five Wan Dajun, the whole of Hebei and the Central Plains is your bandit suppression area. No matter how big or small the mountains are, I will clean them all. If anyone is willing to go down the mountain and surrender, the land will be allocated. Of course, the bandit leader will die regardless of whether he surrenders or not."

Zhang Jun cupped his fists and said, "I obey your order."

Li Xin continued: "After talking about suppressing the bandits, let's talk about how to regain Hedong and Yunzhong. According to the information we have received so far, there are heavy Jin army defenses in Taiyuan City, Shiling Pass, and Xinzhou, especially in Taiyuan City. We have defeated tens of thousands of the enemy's main force, as well as Jin Wushu, Wanyan Salihe and other major commanders of the Jin army. Not only that, there are also heavy guards of the Jin army in Feihu and Huailai to prevent our army from attacking from Hebei and Yanjing to the rear of the Jin army in Hedong. Datong, and the Jin Army may continue to send reinforcements to Hedong. However, our army currently only has an army of more than led by Qu Duan and Zhe Yanzhi around Taiyuan. Now it seems that our army has an advantage over the Jin Army in terms of strength. But this advantage is not guaranteed, and the Jin army’s cavalry is stronger than our army, so please tell me.”

Yue Fei said: "Your Majesty, if you want to completely defeat the enemy in Hedong, you must break through Feihu and Huailai. Only by breaking through these two places and threatening Datong Mansion in the rear of the Jin army can the enemy be forced to retreat from Taiyuan. Otherwise, even if more troops are added from other places, The reinforcements can only be used as a refueling tactic, and if we do not cut off the Jin army's channel to reinforce Hedong, our army will have to pay a heavy price if we want to regain Hedong."

Han Shizhong pointed to the sand table and said: "General Yue is right. Our army must break through the Jin army's defenses in Feihu and Huailai at all costs. After breaking through Feihu, our army can go north to Yuzhou to Jincheng to threaten Datong, or directly penetrate Daizhou to intercept it." The retreat route of the Jin army in Hedong is to break through Huailai, and our army can go straight to Datong through Xuandezhou and Fengshengzhou. Your lord, please lead an army to attack Feihu or Huailai."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, General Han, I have this intention as well. You will lead an army of people out of Zijingguan to attack Feihu, and then go straight to Daizhou. General Yue, how many people do you have in your hands now?"

Yue Fei replied: "Your Majesty, I now have an army of , including recruits, but these recruits have only been trained for two months."

Li Xin asked again: "Then if these new soldiers are just to defend the city, there will be no problem."

Yue Fei thought for a moment and said, "It's no problem if we just defend the city."

Li Xin said: "That's good, General Yue. Draw people from the veterans to form a group of troops and go out of Juyongguan to attack Datong to threaten Datong. As for the commander-in-chief, General Yue, you can make arrangements."

Yue Fei cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, can I personally lead this -strong army to attack Huailai?"

Li Xin took one look at Yue Fei and understood what Yue Fei was thinking. In this Northern Expedition, Yue Fei had never fought any battles except to recover Yanjing. Even in the process of recovering Yanjing, he had little experience of fighting. The originally envisioned Jin army would press heavily towards Yan Yun also disappeared because of the war in Hedong. Yue Fei's hands were obviously itchy.

Li Xin asked: "General Yue is going to attack Huailai, so who should I leave the defense of Yanjing and other places to?"

Yue Fei asked: "Your Majesty, after I leave, Zhang Xian can help your Majesty command the defense in northern Yanjing. Since our army has recovered all of Hebei, the garrison originally set up in the south of Yanjing can be deployed to attack Huailai. Please lead generals Yue Fan, Wang Gui, Lu Junyi, Yao Zheng, Kou Cheng and an army of from Juyongguan to attack Datong."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Okay, General Yue, I will agree to your request, and I will leave it to you all the way to Huailai."

Yue Fei cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

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