In the camp of the Song army, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Yan received a war letter sent by Li Bingchang.
Zhao Yan threw the war book aside and said to the messenger who sent the war book: "The king of the war book has read it, and he is not interested. ” The envoy smiled and said to Zhao Zhen: "I'm afraid His Royal Highness King Zhao doesn't dare to fight."
Zhao Yan said with a smile: "This king has millions of soldiers in his hands, how can he not dare to fight; This king did not immediately send troops because of the friendship between the two countries, and went back to tell your master that this king did not want the lives of the two countries to be ruined, and he would talk about it after the matter was investigated. ” "In that case, I will take my leave."
The messenger arched his hand.
After the envoy left, Zhang Miao asked Zhao Yu in puzzlement: "Prince, this war book has been sent, why shouldn't the prince fight, are you really?"
"You really think that this king is afraid, don't worry, this king knows in his heart, it's not time to fight now, and it will take some longer."
Zhao Yu said thoughtfully; "Where is our follow-up food?"
"It's been three days since Huoyi, and you can reach Pingyao."
Zhang Miao said to Zhao Yan.
"Pingyao is our grain and grass camp, where are all the grain and grass of our 120,000 army stored, be careful of the Xia army attacking our grain and grass camp."
Zhao Yan admonished.
"Don't worry, the prince has already laid down heavy troops in Pingyao, as long as the Xia army comes, they will definitely have no return."
Zhang Miao said confidently.
"Zhang Miao, don't underestimate Xia Jun, and don't underestimate Li Bingchang, it's better to be cautious."
Zhao Yu said to Zhang Miao: "Although this battle is mainly based on temptation, this king still hopes to completely annihilate this Xia army and recover Taiyuan.
You look at the border of Song and Xia in Hedong, just in the Taiyuan Basin, Yima Pingchuan is very suitable for the Xia army field battle; As far as the king knows, there are 80,000 soldiers and horses in the Xia army going south, of which 50,000 are cavalry, and the cavalry has an advantage over the foot soldiers in this field battle, which is why the king should not fight. ” Zhang Miao looked at the map and said, "Lord Wang, I have an idea when the end comes."
"What do you think," Zhao Yan asked.
"Lord, you see, our army is now deployed along the Taigu River, and the main strength of the Xia army is deployed in Qi County, north of Taigu Water, if the Xia army wants our army to attack, it must cross the Taigu River."
Zhang Miao pointed and said: "The defense of our army's 120,000 army can be said to be impregnable, now the main force of the Xia army is on the front line, and the rear must be empty, if we draw out a part of our troops to bypass Taiyuan Mansion along the Taihang Mountain, it will be equivalent to cutting off the back road of the Xia army."
Hearing Zhang Miao say this, Zhao Yan's eyes lit up, if the Song army can really capture Taiyuan Mansion, this is definitely a fatal blow to the Xia army, Zhao Yu repeatedly thought about what Zhang Miao said, this Taiyuan Mansion is high and deep, if the number of troops sent is less, it will definitely not work, and it is a troublesome thing to march on the mountain with more troops.
Zhao Yan asked Zhang Miao: "How many soldiers and horses do you need?"
"You don't need too many soldiers and horses, and the last general only needs 10,000 troops."
Zhang Miao said; "But these 10,000 soldiers and horses must all be elite."
"It's nature."
Zhao Yan said: "It will take at least five or six days to travel through the mountains from us to reach Taiyuan, and how sure you are that you will have to bypass Taigu and Yuci." ” "Not less than sixty percent."
Zhang Miao said firmly.
After some ideological struggle, Zhao Yan finally made up his mind and said: "Okay, this king will give you 10,000 elite soldiers, and you will take Taiyuan no matter what." ” "Yes, the last general commands" This was the first time that the Song army took the initiative to attack the Xia army, and this battle was of great political significance to the Song army, no matter what the outcome of this battle was, it could show that the Song army was not only a passive defensive army, but also able to take the initiative; The next night, after preparing everything, Zhang Miao set off with an army of 10,000 people, and in order to prevent accidents, everyone carried ten days' dry food, and at this time, Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, did not know that the danger was approaching him again.
In the camp of the Xia army, the envoy reported everything to Li Bingchang after returning.
Li Bingchang said: "This Zhao Yan is really cautious, and he refused to fight. ” "The Xia army relies on Taigu water to defend, our army must cross the river first if it takes the initiative to attack, and Zhao Yan must attack us halfway, so it will be a big blow to our morale," An Qinggui said.
"Do you have any suggestions?"
asked Li Bingchang.
"Retire."
An Qinggui said.
"You mean lure the enemy deeper."
Li Bingchang said; "I'm afraid this trick won't work for Zhao Yan, this guy is famous for being able to calm down, my war books are written like that, it won't fight, even if we retreat, he won't fight; I can see that this time Zhao Yanlai didn't want to fight at all, he just wanted to stabilize the situation in Hedong. ” "This battle should have been fought a long time ago, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, if we had launched an attack before the Song army's northern defense line was built, why did we fall into such a situation today," An Qinggui said complainingly; "Now on the border between the two sides, the Song army has more than one million border guards alone, and the reserve force together has nearly three or four million.
"Alright, don't talk about that."
Li Bingchang said; "In the past few days, you have led the troops to test it, sent a small army to cross the river, and tested the Song army."
"Yes, lord."
An Qinggui said.
In the depths of Taihang Mountain, Zhang Miao led an army of 10,000 people to the north, this 10,000 army was personally selected by Zhang Miao, and they were all troops stationed in Hedong, this is an absolute mountain army, and they are very experienced in marching in the mountains, and after taking over this 10,000 army, Zhang Miao personally selected 500 people among them, these 500 people were all hunters before enlisting in the army, and Zhang Miao used them to lead the way in front of them.
In the mountains and forests in the east of Taiyuan Mansion, Zhang Miao led this 10,000 army is lurking here, in order to be able to kill with a blow, Zhang Miao decided to enter the city first to investigate, at this time Taiyuan Mansion is the same as usual, as if the war in the south for hundreds of miles has nothing to do with them, Zhang Miao took dozens of people to change into the people's clothes, prepared a bundle of firewood, and went down from the mountain to Taiyuan Mansion.
Before leaving, Zhang Miao instructed his lieutenant general: "After I leave, you lead the army to hide, remember not to live and cook, if someone finds out, you must take it down at all costs, understand?"
"Please rest assured, General."
"I'll be back tomorrow morning at the latest, be careful."
When Zhang Miao and others walked outside the Taiyuan Mansion, the city gate was about to close, unlike the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Xia Empire implemented a curfew system, and no one was allowed to move outside after dark, after entering the city, Zhang Miao and others sold the firewood they brought, and then went to the Xia army camp in Taiyuan, the main force of the Xia army had all gone south, and there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses defending the city, Zhang Miao stayed in the inn not far from the military camp, and used the night time to find out the law of the Xia army out of the camp, and every half an hour there would be a patrol team to leave the camp to patrol; The next morning, Zhang Miao found out the location of the grain and grass storage place, the arsenal and the Jin Wangfu in Taiyuan Mansion, and the situation in the entire Taiyuan Mansion was basically found out by Zhang Miao and others.
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