She Song

Chapter 269

The Jin Army has obtained the training manual for the new army in Tokyo through secret spies. At the same time, steel forging, gunpowder development and bronze cannon casting are all being actively promoted.

According to Tokyo's experience, ordinary people can be trained into warriors in about three months, and the Jin Kingdom has strong financial resources and abundant supplies. Zong Han plans to train the first batch of [-] new troops.

With the new army, although it may not be as sharp as the Zhenguo Army, it can finally avoid a one-sided massacre. With the new army and cavalry, the Jin Army can have the confidence to fight.

Therefore, Zong Han hopes to have three months to train the new army.

Wu Qimai knew that the Zhenguo Army was very popular now, and forcing a war would inevitably hurt both sides.

"No matter what Menglu did, it must not be handed over to Yanjing!"

Zong Han nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Menglu will be punished for his unauthorized actions, but regarding the issue of the Zhenguo Army and Chen Bing at the Guizhou border, I think that the best way to deal with it is to order the Lou family to shrink its troops and avoid fighting."

At this time, someone asked: "What if the Zhenguo army is greedy and continues to invade Ruzhou, Wuzhou, and Xinzhou?"

Zong Han immediately said: "Continue to make concessions. As long as they have a good appetite, we can retreat all the way to Yunzhou."

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials were in an uproar, and all kinds of anger and humiliation were directed at Zong Han.

"Zong Han, what do you mean? The land that you worked so hard to get is just given to Yanjing for nothing?"

"Are you Wanyan Zonghan still not a Jurchen? What the hell?"

"..."

Seeing that the officials were about to lose control, Wu Qimai knocked on the table with a wooden stick.

Only then did everyone turn their faces, and seeing that no one was talking anymore, Wu Qimai asked, "It's not that I'm so anxious, why are you so anxious? Let Zong Han finish speaking."

Zong Han said: "According to the news from Yanjing, the Zhenguo Army currently has 2 troops and the new reserve army has 1 troops. The first division has a full strength of 5000 people, Jinzhou and Pingzhou have a total of 5000 people, and Yanjing has [-] people. There are a total of [-] garrison troops on the border and in Yandi. If they occupy the Yundi states, they will inevitably divide their troops and garrison them. Even if Yanyun is in their hands at that time, it will only make them weaker. At that time, our new army will send troops southward. , the entire Yanyun will become the spoils of the Great Jin Kingdom!"

Only then did everyone come to their senses. It turned out that they were dividing the Zhenguo army into separate groups and eating them step by step. What an insidious method!

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In Yanjing, after listening to the Jin envoy's vague words for a long time, Han Xiaoyao told him directly: "Since we can't hand over Menglu, there's no need to say anything."

A fast horse rushed directly to the border of Guizhou, and the messenger conveyed Han Xiaoyao's verbal order to Yuan Shili.

"Commander Yuan, the prince ordered: Defeat the Jin army and recapture Guizhou!"

"Yes!" Yuan Shishi saluted: "I promise to complete the mission!"

When Yuan Shili ordered the attack, he was originally looking forward to a bloody battle with Lou Shi, but suddenly found that the Jin army that had blocked the front actually left without a fight. Even Guizhou City was swept away, and no one, property or goods was left.

Strange, why did the Jurchen become a coward?

Feeling that there was fraud, Yuan Shili immediately reported it to Yanjing, and almost everyone in the staff room of the Zhenguo Army believed that the Jurchens must have an ulterior motive.

Han Xiaoyao felt the same way.The Jurchen had always been hot-tempered and had been slapped on the left cheek. Now he smiled and turned his right cheek towards her. He didn't believe that there was no conspiracy.

However, no matter how cunning the Jurchens are, Han Xiaoyao's idea is to take the opportunity to eat the four northeastern states of Yundi together, and then see the reaction of the Jurchens.

Therefore, as the First Division advanced, the Jurchens retreated completely towards Yuzhou.

The fourteenth year of Yuan Dynasty could not help but feel a surge of confidence. This Jurchen was like a dog in the water. If the saber didn't show its power now, what were they waiting for?
However, Sun Zhi stopped him: "It is suspicious that Lou Shi suddenly changed his tactics. Now the first division has only [-] troops available for mobile field operations. Consolidate the four states of Yundi first!"

Yuan Shishi frowned. This was the first time that Sun Zhi objected to his decision. Although it is indeed a taboo for military strategists to disperse their troops, the situation in Yundi is changing rapidly. If the Jurchens wait for their breath to recover, it will be difficult to fight.

"You can reserve your opinion, but Weizhou must be captured!" Yuan Shili's gangsterism came up again, and he directly led his men to attack Weizhou further west.

"Bandits are bandits!" Sun Zhi was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but no matter what, he could not let Yuan Shili's army be in danger alone, so he reported to Han Xiaoyao immediately.

Facing the pursuit of Yuan Shishi, Lou Shi, who is well versed in military strategy, felt that he wanted to challenge the arrogance and anger of the Zhen Guojun, so he arranged a defensive battle in Weizhou City.

The morale of one side was high, and the other side was suffocating. The two sides started fighting with thunder and fire. After two days of fighting, each other suffered heavy casualties. But then, the Jurchen army burned Yuzhou and decisively moved to Yunzhou.

During the Battle of Yuzhou, Lou Shi launched many raids, and even sent the Han'er Army to pretend to be the Zhenguo Army, and even attacked the transportation team behind the First Division, resulting in the loss of nearly 2000 people in the Yuan [-]th Dynasty.

Stimulated by such unprecedented casualties, Yuan Shili was furious and prepared to continue the pursuit. Han Xiaoyao's order came: in order to ensure the transportation of supplies, the First Division was no longer allowed to cross the Yuzhou border to pursue the Jurchens.

In fact, the more than [-] men of the First Division scattered across the five states of Yundi are not particularly solid. Moreover, after the Jin Army emptied all the supplies, the logistics and transportation pressure of the First Division was very huge, especially since Yuzhou is located between Yunzhou and Guizhou. , there is the danger of being cut off by the Jin army at any time.

This shortage of troops was soon discovered by Lou Shi, so hundreds of cavalrymen often appeared in the rear of Yuzhou, and even sent small groups of troops to continue harassing the four northeastern states.

Han Xiaoyao learned about Lou Shi's new tactics and soon realized that the other party had given up on frontal confrontation and instead resorted to "guerrilla warfare" harassment. Although these harassments were not fatal, they were very nerve-wracking.

The purpose of the Jurchens was probably to drag the First Division firmly to Yundi.

"Want to fight guerrilla warfare? That's all you want!"

Han Xiaoyao took three steps: First, promote preferential conditions to migrate people to fill the five states.Second, dispatching outstanding reserve forces to rotate and garrison in the five states can not only alleviate the shortage of troops in the First Division, but also improve the actual combat level of the reserve forces.Third, dispatch special forces and cavalry brigades to counterattack with the strategy of small groups versus small groups of guerrillas versus guerrillas.

As a result, wars broke out everywhere in Yundi, and even the city of Yunzhou was sometimes alarmed three times a day. Yuan Shisi and Lou Shi read stacks of military reports every day.

However, the armies of both sides made rapid progress in this battle of wits and courage in the guerrilla war. Especially when Jiang Queer planned a sneak attack on Yunzhou and burned down the largest forage yard of the Jin Army, Lou Shi could not help but scold her. .

In the ice and snow, all the food and grass they had finally stored were burned. At least half of the [-] cavalry horses were short of food and lost weight immediately. It was difficult to carry out long-distance attacks, and their combat power was reduced by at least [-]%.

Of course, such an entangled war will ultimately rely on strength. If nothing else, the daily cost of the national army alone is around [-] guan, which is a million guan in a month.

After the sneak attack in Yunzhou, Lou Shi had to slow down the frequency of attacks and put more troops behind him to eliminate the opponent's guerrilla forces.

Han Xiaoyao also promptly terminated the money-burning war, re-maintained the defense line to the west of Yuzhou, and firmly included the five states in his territory.

(End of this chapter)