The Xia army Mangdangshan camp, Liang Wang Li De led the troops outside Gao Xuan and Xu He were all called back, Song Emperor Zhao Xu led the army to drive the news of the northern expedition Li De already knew, and called Gao Xuan and Xu He back in order to discuss the countermeasures together, after all, the Song army's northern expedition was still very stressful for Li De, and he must be fully prepared.
"The last general, Gao Xuan, the last general, Xu He to meet the prince," Gao Xuan and Xu He came to the hall of Liang Wang Xingyuan in Mangdang Mountain, and bowed to Li De.
"Get up," Li De said to the two with a smile; "The two of you have worked hard these days, this Wang Zhen didn't expect that you two boys would have such a great ability, and it only took half a month to sweep the entire Huaibei Four Prefectures, which is really happy."
"The prince praised it falsely, and the prince commanded it well."
Gao Xuan said modestly.
Li De took out a battle report from the handsome case and handed it to the two and said, "Look at this, according to reliable information, Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty raised a million troops to kill us. ” "Why is it so fast, I thought Song Jun would arrive in another half a month," Xu He said.
Gao Xuan joked: "I'm afraid your kid will enter Jiangning Mansion in half a month."
"Alright, no kidding."
Li De said to the two; "You see, the 200,000 troops on the left side of the Song army, under the command of the privy envoy and the commander of the palace in front of the palace, have crossed the Huai River in Haozhou and killed us; On the right side, 100,000 Song troops, under the leadership of the privy deputy envoy and the commander of the guard's pro-army Ma Bujun and the marshal Zeng Bu on the right, had crossed the Huai River in Chuzhou and were heading straight to Suqian; Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty personally led a large army as a backup and was crossing the Yangtze River."
"Lord Wang, although the Song army claims to have a million troops, the last general thinks that the Song army does not have so many soldiers and horses at all, and the Song army is likely to be bluffing, and according to the last general, most of the Jianghuai forbidden army of the Song army are new recruits, although they are well-equipped but they have not fought a single battle, and the army has not been formed for a long time, the last general estimates that the combat power should not be very strong, and our army is enough to deal with it."
Gao Sui said to Li De.
"How many troops does our army have now?"
asked Li De to Gao Sui; Due to the rapid expansion of the army, Li De did not grasp the latest situation of the army.
In addition to more than 40,000 elite iron cavalry, there are about 150,000 soldiers and horses with the power of war, of which the last general has 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Sizhou, and 50,000 troops under General Xu are stationed in the old town of Xi."
"That's all, we now have 200,000 soldiers and horses," Li De said thoughtfully.
Xu He continued to say to Li De: "In addition to this and 200,000 troops, we also have a large number of cannon fodder, and these people together can make up two or three hundred thousand people. ” Li De looked at the map and said: "Now that the Mangdang Mountain camp has been built, our grain and grass have also been transported, and the king of Mangdang Mountain has stored more than 6 million stone grain and grass and a large number of cattle and sheep, which are enough for 100,000 troops for three years; But now there are still 200,000 people in Mangdang Mountain."
"The prince means to send these 200,000 people to the battlefield as cannon fodder."
Xu He asked Li De.
"That's right, that's what this king thinks, it's not the king's style to give up such a large territory without fighting this battle."
Li De said with a sneer; "Gao Xuan obeys the order, leads all the troops under your command, drags the Song army from Chuzhou to the north, and firmly entangles them, don't care about the living force of the enemy army in one city and one place to find ways to kill and injure a large number of enemy troops, understand?"
"Yes, the last will understand" "This king personally led 30,000 elite cavalry and 200,000 people to the south to join forces with Xu He and fight a decisive battle with the Song army on the left under the command of Zhang Di, it is best to eat them in one battle, if they can't eat it, then they will be completely disabled."
Li De said to the two; "This is an opportunity for us, this battle will be more and more difficult to fight in the future, so we must give the Song army a head-on blow at the beginning, beat it painfully and fearfully, so that it does not dare to fight our army easily."
"Yes, the last general understands," Xu He said.
"Now that you understand, let's split up," Li De ordered.
The Xia army's action was very fast, Gao Xuan and Xu He returned to the front line with more than a dozen of their own soldiers that night, and Li De also led 30,000 elite cavalry and 200,000 people to start southward in the early morning of the next day.
Of course, the reason why Li De did this was also carefully considered, and now the Song army in the north is not such a big threat to the Xia army, after all, the main force of the Song army in the north has been dragged by the main force of the Xia army, and the battle on the front line is raging at this time, and there is no way to draw troops to fight south.
Because with 200,000 people, Li De's marching speed is not very fast, leaving Li De from Mangdang Mountain and leading the army all the way to Suzhou, because the Xia army controlled the six states of Huaibei, including Yingtianfu, Haozhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Huaiyang Army, Sizhou, so a large part of the Bianhe section of the Grand Canal is in the control area of the Xia army, that is to say, the grain route of the northern Song army has been completely cut off, and the main force of the northern Song army has been able to hold on to the present because the Song army has stored a large amount of grain and grass in Luoyang and Damingfu.
But even so, the Song army also hoped to quickly open up the canal and grain routes, because every night and one day, the main force of the Song army in the north would be more dangerous.
Therefore, after the arrival of Zhang Dan, the marching speed of the Song army was very fast, and in just a few days, the Song army pointed directly to the west old town, at this time Xu He led his own 50,000 troops and 5,000 Xia army elite cavalry were stationed in the west old town, the west old town is located on the north bank of the river, at this time the Song army has reached the south bank of the river.
"Report, report, report to the general's sentry cavalry to investigate, the Song army has arrived on the south bank of the river and is camping."
An officer ran in to report to Xu.
"The Song army came so quickly, the herald ordered the army to set up defenses on the river bank to prevent the Song army from crossing the river."
Xu He ordered.
As soon as Xu He's military order was issued, a herald hurriedly ran in and said: "Report, report, report to the general's military order, order the general to lead the army to evacuate the western town, only 5,000 fine horsemen are broken." ” "Evacuate, the tips of the Song army's guns are on Lao Tzu's nose, and it is impossible to withdraw at this time."
Xu He decisively refused.
"General, this is a military order issued by the prince himself, please ask the prince to say that the city wall of the old town in the west is low and cannot be held at all, in order to reduce unnecessary losses, the army should immediately withdraw to Qi County."
The herald re-emphasized the military order.
"Yes, the last general commanded," Xu Hezui Zhou took the military order.
That night, Xu He's 50,000 troops evacuated Qi County overnight, and there were only 5,000 fine horsemen, but Xu He also stayed, so that he could not accept the evacuation of Xu He without fighting, not to mention that Xu He also wanted to give the Song army a half-crossing attack, but soon Xu He found that he had no chance at all, the water was not wide, and it was now the dry season, and the Song army directly chose the shoal to wade across the river, not to mention that there were only 5,000 fine horsemen at this time, even Xu He's 50,000 troops were in and could not stop the 200,000 Song army from crossing the river, After a few rounds of arrow rain and killing hundreds of Song troops, Xu He led the cavalry to chase after his own army.
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