Hedong battlefield, in the camp of the Song army.
Zhao Yan sat on the handsome chair with a sad face, although the Song army's large camp and front camp were saved, the Song army only lost more than 20,000 people, and still had an advantage in the total strength, but the Song army suffered heavy losses in logistics materials, and the Song army had a large amount of grain and grass, as well as siege equipment and bed crossbows were stored in the back camp, which was served by Li Bingchang at one time.
Zhao Yan asked the adjutant general beside him: "How much grain and grass does our army have now, and how long can it last?"
"Lord Wang, the grain and grass left by our army can be used for seven days."
The adjutant general said to Zhao Yan.
"Seven days is enough," Zhao said meaningfully.
The rear camp of the Song army has now become the frontline position of the Xia army, after a night of fighting, the Xia army has been very tired, but even so, Li Bingchang still ordered to establish a defense line on the front line of the Xia and Song dynasties, which is composed of trenches, thistles, traps, and behind them is a large number of bed crossbows, catapults and crossbowmen.
"Is there any news of General An?"
asked Li Bingchang.
"Lord Wang, General An sent someone to deliver a message, the losses of the attacking cavalry last night were not small, and now General An has sent 20,000 iron cavalry to support."
The adjutant general said to Li Bingchang. "20,000 iron horsemen, can you pass?"
asked Li Bingchang.
The adjutant general said to Li Bingchang: "Lord Wang, the Song army has begun to shrink the defensive line, and our army can make a detour from the edge of the eastern mountains and forests. ” "Is there any news from Taiyuan and Lingshi," Li Bingchang continued to ask.
"Lord Wang, not yet."
"The herald ordered the army to hurry up and recuperate, and prepare to attack after noon."
Li Bingchang ordered.
"Yes, the last general commands."
After Li Bingchang returned to his Chinese army tent, he drove everyone out, Li Bingchang needed to think calmly about his next plan, this time the defeat made Li Bingchang feel very passive, this is a feeling that Li Bingchang has never had on the battlefield, this feeling makes Li Bingchang very uncomfortable.
The situation between the two sides has been drawn very clearly on the map, although the Song army is under the attack of the Xia army on both sides, but still has sufficient strength to defend, if the Xia army attacks at this time, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, and the gains outweigh the losses; Li Bingchang only has 80,000 troops in his hands, and now that Taiyuan has fallen, if he loses all these 80,000 soldiers and horses, Li Bingchang will not be able to atone for his sins even if he dies.
Besides, Deputy General Pang, leading the five thousand Xia army is rushing towards the Lingshi, the Lingshi is located at the intersection of the remaining veins of Luliang Mountain and the remaining veins of Taiyue Mountain, Fenshui flows through here, the Lingshi is the only way to enter the Taiyuan Basin from the Linfen Basin, and it is also the only way for the Song army to pass through the grain road, taking the Lingshi is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the Song army, Lingshi is just a small city, and although the strategic location is important here, there is no heavy defense, Zhao Yu did not expect that the Xia Army dared to attack the Lingshi at night.
Early in the morning, the sky is not completely bright, Vice General Pang led five thousand Xia soldiers to the city, at this time most of the people in the city are still sleeping, the soldiers guarding the city are also the most tired time, the Xia soldiers climbed the city wall at the fastest speed, opened the city gate to welcome the army into the city, the Xia army quickly occupied the city after entering the city, so far the Song army retreated south The road has been completely sealed, after taking the spirit stone, Vice General Pang reported the news to Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, as soon as possible.
Time passed quickly, five days passed in a blink of an eye, in these five days, the two armies of Song and Xia were not idle, the two armies fought many times, but there was no large-scale hand-to-hand contact, basically using catapults and bed crossbows to attack, the long-range attack of the Xia army caused a lot of casualties to the Song army, although the Song army was also counterattacked, but did not cause much damage to the Xia army; The reason for this result is considerable, due to the loss of the logistics battalion, the Song army did not have many heavy weapons, and the Song army was all concentrated in the Chinese army camp and the front army camp, and the density was too large, so basically every attack of the Xia army could hit the target.
In the past five days, Zhao Yan has been anxiously waiting, waiting for news about Taiyuan, but five days have passed, Zhang Miao still has no news, in fact, Zhang Miao sent people back as early as the first day of the invasion of Taiyuan, but unfortunately, the patrol of the Xia army was killed on the way, of course, Zhang Miao could not only send this wave of people, but the other group of people went around a long way, and it would take some time to return to the Song army camp.
Night had fallen, and a man dressed in the clothes of the people appeared in front of the Song army camp, and the man panted and said, "Take me to see the prince, I have something important to report." ” After seeing Zhao Yan, the person who came immediately reported to Zhao Yu: "Lord Yu, General Zhang Miao has captured the outer city of Taiyuan Mansion. ” Zhao Yan grabbed the person and said excitedly: "What you said is true" Under Zhao Yan's shaking, the person fainted directly.
The deputy general said to Zhao Yan: "Lord Wang, his body is too weak and he has passed out. ” "Carry him down."
Zhao Yan calmed down and said; "Now that Taiyuan has fallen into the hands of our army, the back road of the Xia army has been completely cut off, in other words, the Xia army is already a turtle in the urn."
"But Lord Wang, even so, the battle situation is not optimistic, and now our army is being attacked from both sides by the Xia army."
The adjutant general reminded Zhao Yan; "And our army's military rations are running out, and because the grain route has been cut off, the grain and grass stored by our army in Pingyao cannot be transported at all."
"This king now finally understands why Li Bingchang is in such a hurry to attack."
Zhao Yan suddenly realized; "The reason why the Xia army still has such combat power now, Li Bingchang must have blocked all the news about Taiyuan, and if the whole news is spread tomorrow, the Xia army will inevitably be in chaos, and we will take the opportunity to break through."
"Lord Wang, you mean that we are going to break through."
The adjutant general asked puzzled.
"Yes, now we are under the attack of the Xia army on both sides, and our army has captured Taiyuan, there are 10,000 troops in Zhang Miao will definitely be able to defend Taiyuan, these 80,000 Xia troops have become a lone army, in this case, we have no need to waste our troops to fight with them, our army retreated to Pingyao; The king has stored enough grain and grass there to last my army for a year, and we can fight with them until their morale is broken, and then we can crush them in one fell swoop."
In the early morning of the next day, rumors spread in the camp of the Xia army, and the entire Xia army was panicked, and the news of the loss of Taiyuan could not be concealed. ” "Lord Wang, are we just withdrawing?"
The adjutant general said unwillingly.
Li Bingchang said viciously: "Retreat first, this account will be calculated with them in the future, now the army is unstable and easy to be attacked by the Song army, it has not yet reached the end, this king is not in a hurry, this king still has a chance to turn defeat into victory." ” Thank you for the master's three recommendations, and if you have a monthly pass, you can also support it, and the first one will be presented today, please support more: