When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 186 There was obviously a chance, but he failed to seize it.

Li Shimin looked at Shi Chonggui's appointment of generals this time and sighed for the army of the Later Jin Dynasty: "Du Chongwei is greedy for life and afraid of death. He is also a little weak and incapable. I am afraid he will surrender in the end."

He said it more euphemistically. Du Chongwei led a large number of troops to surrender, so what power did the remaining people have to resist?

The meaning is obvious, Du Chongwei will not only surrender before the demise of the Later Jin Dynasty, but may also kick off the prelude to the demise of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Changsun Wuji also looked at it and exclaimed: "This Shi Chonggui really sent out most of the imperial army?!"

Is this Du Chongwei his biological son?
In all the previous Taizong battles, no Taizong has ever sent out all the imperial troops!

Throughout the past dynasties, most of the emperors who lost their imperial guards ended up with nothing good in the end.

There are so many living examples, haven’t you learned anything?

If nothing else, isn't it the most typical example of the imbalance between the central and local governments after the Tang Dynasty?

Besides, the time between the Tang Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty was not that long, so have you forgotten it?

Moreover, the Central Government still had military strength in the Tang Dynasty, but it still could not be restored. If you sent the Forbidden Army out, wouldn't the local army want to repeat the tragedy of the Tang Dynasty?
Li Shimin could not understand this behavior, but this was one of the reasons why he judged that Du Chongwei's surrender preluded the demise of the Later Jin Dynasty.

[Du Chongwei arrived at the gate of Yingzhou City, and Yingzhou, as a bait, at this time you also began to cooperate with the army of the Later Jin Dynasty. 】

[When Du Chongwei arrived with 30 troops, the gates of Yingzhou City were opened. It was quiet and unguarded. When Du Chongwei and others saw this, they were not completely dazzled by Po Tian's achievements and went in directly, but did not dare to enter. 】

[At this time, the "excellent" intelligence system of the Later Jin Dynasty came into play again. Most of the soldiers of Gao Mohan, the Khitan general here, had left Yingzhou. At this time, there were almost no Khitan troops in the city. 】

[If you can't defeat it, how can you let go of the Khitan army in front of you, which is weak and has no support? 】

[So, Du Chongwei sent two thousand cavalry to test. In fact, Gao Mohan was the prerequisite for Yelu Deguang to let Yingzhou Governor Liu Yanzuo use this false surrender strategy. 】

[There are indeed not many soldiers under Gao Mohan's command. After all, it is difficult to hide if there are more people, and it is easy for the later Jin army to see flaws, but this does not stop Gao Mohan from making contributions. 】

[In these several battles with the Later Jin Dynasty, Gao Mohan "pulled out Chicheng, destroyed De and Bei Zhuzhai; captured the Yanshan Mountains and destroyed Rao'an"; he also "oversaw the left and right iron kite troops and dozens of cities in the southern part of Xiaguan". 】

[Yelu Deguang also admired him very much, "I raised an army and fought more than a hundred battles, and my merits were the first, although the ancient famous generals could not add more." "This country's brave general, I unified the world, it is the power of this person."]

[After Du Chongwei arrived with his troops, many of his own people looked at the army of the Later Jin Dynasty. When they looked at their own army, which was less than half of others, they felt panic for a moment. However, Gao Mohan said calmly: "Military law is about righteousness, not too much. With too much, If the mausoleum is small, the unjust will be defeated. What is the name of the Jin Dynasty!"]

[Not to mention the nature of the war this time, Gao Mohan did prove to the world that victory in numbers does not necessarily mean victory. He led 300 of his men to fight Liang Hanzhang and directly killed Liang Hanzhang, causing the remaining soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty to Collapsed everywhere. 】

[And when Du Chongwei learned that Liang Hanzhang died in the battle, he did not hesitate at all and led his troops to withdraw without daring to go out again. 】【After retreating to Wuqiang, Du Chongwei learned that Yelu Deguang had led his army south, so he simply didn't want to stay in Wuqiang and wanted to retreat southward from Jizhou and Beizhou in a straight line. 】
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Han Dynasty, the fourth year of Yuanshou.

Huo Qubing strongly agreed with Gao Mohan's words: "Yes, if the military law is correct, it will be useless if everything else is wrong."

His words were obviously mocking Du Chongwei. You must know that he led his troops to attack the Huns. This is the most typical example. When did he win by numbers?And which time did not cause large-scale destruction to the Xiongnu?
Not to mention the small-scale battles like Gao Mohan in Miracle, there are also many large-scale battles in which a small number of people defeat a large number.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wu Qi's Battle of Yin and Jin, Bai Qi's Battle of Yique, Tian Dan's Battle of Jimo, and Lian Po's Battle of Hadai, which of these world-famous battles had a numerical advantage?
But through various means, they prevailed.

Liu Che also strongly agreed with Huo Qubing's combat experience. After he finished speaking, he suddenly said: "Did someone stop Du Chongwei, or did someone fall over to the Khitan?"

Seeing that Huo Qubing was confused for a moment, he actually found it a little cute. Although his military prodigy was extremely talented at leading troops in war, he was indeed not very sensitive politically.

Then he continued: "Du Chongwei wants to retreat south, but if he surrenders to the Khitan in the end, with the speed of his retreat south, can the Khitan catch up with him before he returns to Yedu or even the capital?"

Furthermore, after all, Shi Chonggui is the boss. If a younger brother of yours retreats too far and too hard, how could Shi Chonggui not be able to react? Du Chongwei will eventually have to reorganize the army and arrange it again.

Then the Khitan and the Later Jin could easily return to the tug-of-war pattern of the previous two times - but Taizong of the Liao Dynasty achieved what he wanted this time, so Du Chongwei should not have really retreated too far.

Huo Qubing immediately reacted: "The main force of the Khitan is now near Zhenzhou. If we want to cut off the possibility of fighting for the army led by Du Chongwei as soon as possible, the best way is to let him take the initiative to move closer to Zhenzhou."

But if it were others, Du Chongwei's previous performance was still fresh in his mind. How could he have the courage to take the initiative to move closer to the Khitan army?
So there must be someone pushing it, and the possibility of this person defecting to Khitan is quite high.

[But this plan was aborted before it could be implemented: Zhang Yanze, who was traveling between Zhenzhou and Dingzhou at the time, led his troops to deliver a message to Du Chongwei, describing the situation of the Khitan at this time and showing that the Khitan army was not invincible and could be defeated. possible.

So Du Chongwei followed Zhang Yanze's suggestion and led the army to turn around and rush west to Zhenzhou, with Zhang Yanze and his troops acting as the vanguard. 】

[On November 27, Du Chongwei led his troops to the Hutuo River. The Khitan situation was not completely dominant at this time, because Hengzhou to the north of the Hutuo River was not captured by the Khitan and was still owned by the Later Jin Dynasty. 】

[Therefore, whether Du Chongwei will attack from the front and back together with the Hengzhou defenders is the key. 】

[Yelu Deguang and others also considered whether to go north to avoid danger; they did not go north until they found out that Hou Jin was camping and planned to stay for a long time. 】
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Khitan, the second year of Tianxian.

Shu Luping sighed: "So it is not that the Later Jin Dynasty has no chance..." Even if there is no achievement, there is still a chance to avoid direct destruction of the country this time.

Of course, her lament was definitely not for the later Jin. On the contrary, the later Jin clearly had opportunities but failed to seize them. Doesn't this mean that he has run out of energy?

(End of this chapter)