When Chen Lin led the remnants of the army to flee back to Changzhou, he found that a large number of Song troops had been stationed in Changzhou City, and the city defense had been taken over by the forbidden army, and the entire Changzhou had become a huge barracks, and there were constantly newly recruited Song troops assembling in Changzhou.
"It's down there.
"Please enter the city quickly, Your Majesty is waiting in the city."
Chen Lin immediately returned to the Changzhou Command Mansion as soon as he heard this, at this time Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty was reading the bookcase in the lobby, Chen Lin immediately knelt on the ground after seeing Zhao Xu and pleaded: "Weichen Chen Lin visits Your Majesty, please punish Your Majesty." ” Zhao Xu put down the imperial pen in his hand, got up from the dragon chair, walked to Chen Lin's side, helped him up, and said: "Aiqing, please get up quickly, what is the crime of Aiqing in a big battle with the Xia army in Wuxi." ” "Your Majesty, Weichen is incapable of losing Wuxi City, and when he evacuated, he also ordered the city to be burned, which is a capital crime, please punish Your Majesty."
"Although Aiqing was defeated and burned the city, although he was guilty, he also had merit; If it weren't for Aiqing in Wuxi, I'm afraid that Changzhou would have already fallen, and the Xia army would have been in Beijing after that.
Zhao Xu said to Chen Lin; Aiqing dares to fight in the Xia army, and this is much stronger than others, you go down and rest first, I will still call you if there is something. ” "Thank you, Your Majesty, Wechen retired" Although the Battle of Wuxi ended in the defeat of the Song army, it won valuable time for the follow-up troops of the Song army, and at the same time dampened the spirit of the Xia army; After Zhao Xu returned to Jiangnan, he immediately led the 50,000 forbidden troops who stayed in Jiangning Mansion to march east into Changzhou, and at the same time recruited troops to gather in Changzhou, which gave rise to a scene when Chen Lin entered the city, and at the same time, Zhao Xu also killed all the officials who fled back from Suzhou, Xiuzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou, Mingzhou, etc., so as to deter officials from all over Jiangnan and order them to resist desperately.
In the next few days, the defeated soldiers from Wuxi returned to Changzhou City one after another, and finally successfully escaped back with more than 30,000 people, but don't underestimate these more than 30,000 people who rolled over from the corpse-strewn field, although they were temporarily frightened by the Xia army, but after a good rest, it was a rare force.
Besides, after Li Qing successfully captured Wuxi City, the Xia army did not launch an attack on Changzhou City, and Li Qing already knew the information about Changzhou; In the past few days, Li Qing has been thinking about the next battle plan of the Xia army, and the plan for changing the battle situation should also be changed, and in the past few days, the reinforcements of the Xia army led by Zhou Yang have also arrived, and the Xia army that went north this time has a total of 30,000 Japanese soldiers and 10,000 elite cavalry.
"The last general, Zhou Yang, visited the prince."
Zhou Yang saluted Li Qing after entering the Chinese army's tent.
"Hurry up, please."
Li Qing said happily; "The reinforcements you led will have a lot more confidence in the heart of this king."
"Lord Wang, the last general heard that Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty personally sat in Changzhou."
"Yes, the Song army has actively raised 400,000 troops in Changzhou, and according to the report, the Song army is still recruiting a large number of troops, and the final strength is unknown."
"Then Wangye, what should we do next?"
"How's the transport of the baggage we seized?"
"Less than 30 percent of them have arrived on Changguk Island."
"It's too slow."
Li Qing said; "Send someone to inform Zhao Ge and Zhou Tao that they will give priority to transporting grain and grass, as for gold, silver, jewelry, or something, they will be buried on the spot, as for weapons and armor, we have them, and the most important thing now is grain and grass."
"Yes, the last general understands and will send someone to do it immediately."
Li Qing brought Zhou Yang to the map and said: "The Song army will launch an attack on our army in the near future, and we will block the Song army outside the city of Wuxi before all the grain and grass are transported.
The key to holding the defense line in Wuxi is here."
"The prince refers to Huishan."
"Yes, it's Huishan; Although Huishan is not high, it is the highest commanding height in Wuxi, and the mountain is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as Huishan is held, it can form a corner with Wuxi City, and the two places can help each other."
"The prince means to let the last general guard Huishan."
"Tell me how many soldiers and horses you want" "Lord Yu, the last general needs 10,000 Japanese soldiers and 5,000 elites are enough."
"This king will give you 15,000 Japanese soldiers and 10,000 elites, and in the next two months, no matter what the cost, you will have to defend Huishan, understand?"
"The last will understand."
Zhou Yang knelt down on one knee and said.
"The king has prepared the grain and grass that he needs on this mountain, and there is a water source on the mountain; You can take someone up the mountain at any time. ” "Without further ado, the last general will leave today."
As soon as Zhou Yang finished speaking, Zhou Hai came in and said: "Lord Wang, the sentry cavalry has reported that the Song army has moved, and it is estimated that it will arrive in Wuxi City in three days." ” After Zhou finished speaking, he saw Zhou Yang shouting, "Second brother, when did you arrive?"
” "I just arrived, brother, I still have military affairs, our brothers talk about the old things, and we will talk about it after this battle."
"Second brother, take care" Looking at the two brothers who were separated from each other, Li Qing smiled with envy, once upon a time between their brothers was not like this Back to the point, Zhou Yang took away 25,000 people to Huishan, and now Li Qing still has 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 30,000 elite cavalry in his hands, that is to say, the total strength of the Xia army in Wuxi is only 75,000 people, while the strength of the Song army is 400,000, and the gap between the two sides is not a star and a half Three days later, outside the city of Wuxi.
A sentry rode a fast horse and whipped to Wuxi City, at this time Wuxi City is in the midst of intense preparations, in addition to the buildings that were burned down in Wuxi City, there are a large number of houses preserved, in addition to a part of the barracks, many have been picked up by the Xia army, all the stones and wood are used as thunder stone rolling wood, or used to make simple catapults, and the city defense of Wuxi City has also been reinforced, the north gate has been completely blocked by the Xia army.
"Newspaper, report, report to the prince, the forward of the Song army has reached thirty miles from Wuxi City, and is camping by the canal."
"How many soldiers and horses did the Song army strike" "The prince is no less than 50,000, led by Chen Lin."
"Lord Wang, the Song army has just arrived and has not yet gained a stable foothold, and the last general asked for orders to lead 5,000 cavalry to raid the Song army, and he was caught off guard."
Li Qing sneered: "Since you want to raid, it's not just as simple as catching him off guard, this king wants to give Song Jun a dismount; Zhou Tao obeyed the order, and the king handed over all the 30,000 elite cavalry in the city to your commander, and went out of the city to raid the Song army; In addition, the 20,000 Japanese soldiers in the castle will be led by Yamashita Masao himself to fight with you. ” "Lord, there are only 50,000 people in our city, what should we do if they all leave the city and Wuxi City?"
"The city of Wuxi is guarded by the king himself."
Li Qing said resolutely: "Remember to give the Song army the most ferocious charge, and completely defeat the trace of morale that the Song army has accumulated with great difficulty; This king wants to see how he Zhao Xu's forwards have been wiped out, and how he can fight this battle. ” "Yes, Admiral Order" Li Qing's move is completely sacrificing his life, this is simply a tiger's mouth, to eat the Song army's 50,000 strikers before the main force of the Song army arrives, if the timing is a little inaccurate, the 50,000 troops under Li Qing's command are afraid that they will be folded in.
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