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Chapter 914 Song Jiang: It seems to be a winnable battle, why is Xuannv's divination so fierce?
"Follow me! Conquer Luoyang!!"

"Oh--!!"

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"Natural dangers are limited to the west and east, and it is difficult to name good fortune. Lu invites the Three Jins to meet, and the power overwhelms the two rivers."

"The dead grass was covered with snow, and the canopy was torn apart in shock. Just looking at the battle site, the present and the past are empty."

……

Shi Bao roared in front of him, and rushed towards Luoyang City with the Xiandeng army.

Fang La of the Chinese army was on the horse, reciting a poem softly, and said, "Do you know whose poem this is, and what is it about?"

Zheng Biao and Du Wei, who were on the left and right, looked at each other, with simple cultural attainments in their blank eyes: "Your Majesty, I don't know."

Fang La looked towards the east, and said with a light smile, "I wanted to take the imperial examination when I was young, and read a lot of books, so you should read more... This poem was written by Sima Twelve. Locked up sounds better!"

Hulaoguan was renamed in the Song Dynasty. When Song Zhenzong traveled west to worship Fenyin and returned to Xingyang, he took Hulaoguan as "the hub of Yuguan" and "the hub of Dingyi", and the imperial edict was changed to Xingqingguan.

Compared with this obscure name, people who know the military of the past dynasties prefer the name of Hulaoguan. I didn’t dare to say it before. , Hulaoguan is called Hulaoguan!
Fang La said again: "It's a pity that the Hulao Pass is no longer the same as it used to be. As early as the Tang Dynasty, because the Yellow River continued to erode the south bank, and then the earth dragon turned over, it was completely destroyed. Mountains, guarding the important pass from east to west."

"I heard that it was the eve of the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion at that time, which directly affected the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty. The defenders could not resist the defense as they did in history, so they were quickly breached by Anlu Mountain. If the important barrier to the east of Luoyang is still there, Whether the Anshi Rebellion will cause such a big disaster is really hard to say..."

"It can be seen how important God's favor is!"

Zheng Biao showed reverence: "The king must be a man with destiny!"

Fang La smiled and turned back to Luoyang: "It depends on whether this king can break through Luoyang and completely take the initiative!"

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to go north without unplugging Xiangyang.

Once he does that, Xu Ning and Zhang Qing in Xiangyang City will definitely send troops. Whether it is outflanking from the rear or cutting off the grain road, they will be able to deal a fatal blow. reason.

Of course, everything is not absolute. For example, the Liao army of the Chanyuan Alliance did not attack cities and plunder land, but drove straight in. It relied on the high mobility of cavalry, and massacred in Hebei, and plundered food from the people. Supporting the army does not care about the supply of food roads in the rear.

This move is extremely dangerous, and it is entirely possible that the rear will be outflanked. Together with Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong, the entire army will be wiped out in the enemy's territory. Fortunately, the Liao army's enemy is Song.

It may also be that they dared to take such a risk because they saw that the enemy was the Song Army. In the end, under the unfavorable situation, they signed the Chanyuan Alliance and returned victorious.

Fang La's army is composed of southerners, and there are few cavalry. Without the qualifications to drive straight in, they can only attack the city honestly, but now the support of the Shu army in the rear gives them the qualification to go north, and their morale is like a rainbow all the way. Even overcoming difficulties, [-] people arrived at the city.

The king of Wu shook his hand even more, and said with pride: "The battle of Luoyang is the proof of the reversal of the offensive and defensive between Southern Wu and Northern Yan, and let the people of Xianghan and even the west of Beijing know that the Yan army can't protect them. There is a great Wu, and it is also a powerful country that can be relied upon!"

Zheng Biao, Du Wei and other generals all showed excitement: "Your Majesty is mighty! Our army will surely win!"

The morale of the army is amazing. At first they suffered repeated setbacks, the morale of the army was slackened, and they almost turned against each other. Later, Fang La used retreat as an advance, mainly to let his subordinates surrender, and to restore morale. Finally, they allied with Shu and counterattacked Yan. ...

Because Luoyang is so easy to fight!

It’s not that Luoyang is weak. In the Song Dynasty, although it lost its former status, it was still Xijing, one of the three capitals. The volume was placed there. The city wall was repaired and strengthened by Yan Ting, and it stood tall. There was also a moat of nearly [-] feet outside the city. , the water is rolling.

But without comparison, there is no harm.

Compared with Xiangyang's abnormal geographical advantage and the sixty-foot moat expanded by the Yan army, Luoyang is really a younger brother.

But this momentum didn't last long, and Sun Li's steady voice sounded from the top of the city: "Armed archers, shoot!!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh—

A god-armed bow appeared in the hands of Yan Jun, with a range of three hundred steps, and seventy steps could penetrate iron armor. The most critical firing speed is much stronger than ordinary crossbows.

Of course, this kind of magic arm bow is not easy to make, and it takes skill to train it. Fortunately, Bianliang was recovered peacefully, and this kind of crossbow was continuously produced in the workshop, and it was armed in the hands of the Yan army. Once it was used at this time, it was under the city of Luoyang Weaving a miserable scream.

Fang La immediately said: "Admonish Marshal Shi, don't underestimate the enemy, the Weisheng Army returns to the defense very quickly, and this commander Sun Li is also a general who followed King Yan to restore Yanyun in the early years, so don't underestimate it!"

The personal guard took the order: "Yes!"

Shi Bao didn't underestimate the enemy, sometimes he couldn't beat him but he couldn't beat him. Soon, under the pressure of the god arm bow and various equipment, Wu Jun suffered heavy losses and retreated.

Fang La's eyes narrowed slightly.

In front of the King of Shu, he talked a lot about the excessiveness of the King Yan and the fact that he recruited too few soldiers, but he avoided talking about it. With the strong national strength of the Yan State, the level of "elite" soldiers used may be different from what he had seen before. Think of the elite is very different.

The treatment enjoyed by these [-] people is simply terrifying!
No matter in terms of food, the Yan army is obviously stronger than the Wu army, or all kinds of armor and equipment, the individual armed forces of the Yan army are far from what the Wu army can match...

He is also leading the elite of the Wu army, but let alone a one-to-one confrontation with the opponent, even if it is a one-to-two confrontation, there is no certainty of victory in a field confrontation.

Fortunately, it was nine against one. After the vanguard of the small force fought and determined the size of the enemy, Sun Li did not attack rashly. Instead, he decisively retracted the line of defense. The Weisheng army returned to Luoyang City to start another round of offensive and defensive warfare.

Shi Bao was defeated and retreated to the formation, there was silence in the army, but Fang La's high-spirited voice quickly sounded: "Luoyang has suffered two major military disasters in recent years, one was destroyed by the Liao army, and the other was occupied by Zhang Xian. The people who defected to Xiangyang were all sent there, this is to transfer the hidden danger of Xiangyang's defense to Luoyang City, this city will lose if it keeps defending for a long time!"

All the generals nodded one after another, just as another scout came to report: "Report! The Song army has dispatched troops!"

Fang La took over the military situation, laughed out loud after reading it, and spread it to the left and right: "Sure enough, the Song Army did not miss the opportunity, and went north to take Bianliang directly!"

"The political significance of this place is too great. If the Song army can regain the capital of the Great Song Dynasty and revive the authority of the imperial court, the people's hearts will change again. The Yan army will never let it go. Shi Wengong's Ansu army and Luan Tingyu's Ninghua army even want to come. Luoyang doesn’t even have many troops!”

"You see, this is the shortcoming of the small number of troops. If the Yan army left a hundred thousand troops in Hunan and divided them into garrisons, how could they be so stretched?"

Pang Wanchun was a little worried: "Your Majesty, what if the Yan army is urgently recruiting locally?"

Fang La laughed and said, "Let's not say whether it's too late, didn't Yan Ting say 'emphasize the people, uphold justice, fight against bullies, and govern the powerful'?"

"The core of King Yan's governance is people-oriented. It is because of the livelihood of the people that all regions can recover quickly and the national power is strong. Once it is violated, various problems will erupt. Whether a new regime can withstand such a test, I will wait and see! "

"The bottom line is that King Yan is too confident. These things should be done after the unification of the world, but this person can't wait to do it. He really doesn't take the heroes of the world seriously. This defeat is due to here!"

These words made everyone's blood boil, Shi Bao wiped the blood on the armor, and said vigorously: "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead [-] people to stop the reinforcements of the Yan army!"

Fang La had just recited the poems of Hulao Pass, and actually planned to encircle the points and divide the troops to break them, but after weighing the pros and cons, he still carried out his original intention: "The number of [-] and the strength of the troops are the greatest reliance of our army. Don't divide your troops, give the enemy every opportunity to defeat..."

"This time, we will do our best to win!"

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"I've put in all my strength this time, and I have no regrets!"

Inside the big tent of the Song army, Zhang Dun looked at Zhe Keshi and Zhongshi and said, "This is the court's last chance!"

The two clasped their fists together: "Please don't worry, Mr. Benedict, I'll wait for Dingke Bianliang!"

When it was confirmed that Fang La had sent his army northward and arrived in Luoyang City, the two commanders of the Western Army would also lead the last [-] elites to make a military gamble.

Betting on Zhao Song's century-old rule, there will be residual prestige in the end!

Bet that Fangla's elite soldiers are threatening, Yan Jun has no time to take care of him!

Compared with the determination of the three top leaders in the army, when Li Kui heard that war was about to start again, he happily ran to Song Jiang's tent, calling all the way: "Brother Gongming! Brother Gongming!"

But before he arrived at the tent, he was stopped by Mu Hong and Deng Fei, and said solemnly: "Tie Niu keep quiet, Brother Gongming is divination inside!"

Song Jiang burned incense and prayed, turning a deaf ear to the movement outside, and began to perform the only Taoism he had mastered so far in the book of heavenly scriptures, Xuannv class!
This is the method of folding grass divination, which has played a role in the original work several times. When Zengtou City attacked the camp, it was a minor misfortune. When Liangshan was recruited, it was auspicious.

Now Song Jiang folds the grass into a human shape, puts it on the flame and roasts it, and at the same time, he recites mantras to see the changes of the thatch when it is roasted, and predict good or bad.

But gradually, his expectant eyes froze and turned into doubt and horror.

Because according to the hexagram, this trip...

fierce!fierce!
(End of this chapter)