The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 495

Liu Guangshi and Yue Fei led the army to support them. Instead of letting the army go with them, they arrived at the border of Guangling County and let the army station there. The two of them led a dozen people to the camp.Because, Han Shizhong's urgent letter said clearly, go to discuss first and then make plans.

Liu and Yue rushed for more than ten miles, and finally arrived at Han Shizhong's camp.

Originally, Liu and Yue had gone through a great battle and were exhausted from the journey, so they should have a rest before discussing.However, time waits for no one, so they can only force themselves to discuss the next battle and battle plan with Han Shizhong and others.

"You two brothers have worked hard!" Seeing Liu and Yue's exhausted appearance, Han Shizhong suddenly felt guilty.

Liu Guangshi said with a smile: "Brother Han doesn't have to be like this, we still need to discuss the important matters. After capturing Guangling, we will get drunk again!"

"Okay!" Han Shizhong agreed without hesitation, looked at the battle map again, and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, there was no way to continue the route we originally planned. Even with the battle map, there is still no way to make it very detailed. Except Brother Liu In addition to the relatively small number of enemy troops encountered by Feihu, the strength of the other two places is not optimistic!"

Liu Guangshi nodded in agreement, "Brother Han's words are reasonable! At first I thought that Feihu County was easy to attack, and Lingqiu County was just a little stronger. However, Brother Yue and I have experienced it personally. This battle is more difficult than ours. It was much more difficult than imagined.”

"Brother Liu is right!" Yue Fei smiled wryly, "I thought it would be easy to attack Lingqiu County, but I never thought that just one pass in Lingqiu County would cost our army 6000 people. Now I know that the commander-in-chief Tie Knowing the reason why he wants to capture the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and also understanding the reason why Emperor Taizong failed to conquer Khitan in the past, this place is really not easy to fight. Without sufficient preparation, it will be difficult to crack this bone."

Han Shizhong went on to say: "Brother Gao and I came here, and found that this place is actually a mountain, hills, and basins. Moreover, the altitude has reached thousands of meters, and the shortest hills are hundreds of meters. The only advantage is that we are here. On the southeast side, it has been observed that the terrain of this place has a decreasing trend from east to west, which means that the westernmost place is the plain."

"Brother Gao and I are discussing where to place the battle. Now we are in a higher place such as a mountain. If we continue to confront, it will be against us. Only a showdown will do. According to the information obtained by our spies , Most of the Liao Army's forces are concentrated here, and I am afraid that they also want to wipe us out in one fell swoop."

Gao Chong said in a deep voice: "If we set up a formation and fight freely, our army will not be afraid of the Liao army. However, based on the Liao army's familiarity with this place, if we go to war here, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, Brother Han and I I am worrying about where to fight the Liao army."

Liu Guangshi then asked: "Where do you think it is better to put it?"

Han Shizhong smiled bitterly: "The two of us just don't have an idea, so I want you to help think about where to fight!"

"Brother Han, are you kidding us?" Liu Guangshi was stunned, and looked at Han Shizhong in surprise, "We have just arrived here, and we are not familiar with it at all, if you ask the two of us, it would be a waste of time for a blind man to light a lamp. "

The four sat there discussing with sullen faces, their gazes were all fixed on the map, as if they wished to see through it.The four of them thought for an hour, but they couldn't think of a better place.Until Gao Chong proposed to inform Zhao Gou of the matter and let him give advice.

Everyone suddenly came to their senses, but they were counting the time, maybe it was too late to send the letter.

Seeing that everyone was crying, Gao Chong quietly took out Zhao Gou's reply letter from his bosom, and said, "Brothers, this is the reminder given to us by the commander-in-chief!"

"Hu Liuhe!"

When everyone looked at the three concise words, they were slightly taken aback, and then looked at the map again, suddenly overjoyed.

"Brother Gao, why did you have a letter from the handsome man?"

Han Shizhong was a little confused, he didn't understand how Gao Chong informed Zhao Gou of this matter.Then, Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi also looked at Gao Chong suspiciously, which made him tremble in his heart, and he bit the bullet and told what happened without hiding it.

"Is this the commander's test?" Han Shizhong said in surprise.

Gao Chong nodded and said: "Yes, this is the commander's test. I also told the commander about the previous plan, but the commander didn't say anything. I thought it was a good idea until Brother Yue lost his troops in Pingxingling. Brother's attack also encountered obstacles, let alone us."

"The Commander-in-Chief often said to us, 'Combined life divides death', that is to say, we must unite as one. These days, I have reported the route of the march and the strategies of the three to the Commander-in-Chief one by one. Handsome. Therefore, the commander-in-chief is well aware of our army's itinerary, and this letter also arrived in my hands yesterday."

When Gao Chong told the truth of the matter, he thought the three of them would blame him, but he didn't expect them not only to blame, but also to be very happy.Because of the advice given by Zhao Gou, they understood how to attack next.

Besides, this matter is not what Gao Chong wants to do willingly.Now that he was able to confess that everyone would really care about it, it was just for the good of the army, and there was no harm in doing so, so everyone never blamed Gao Chong.

When they saw the reminder given by Zhao Gou, they immediately understood the meaning of these three words.

Because the Huliu River is the lowest point in Guangling County, and both sides are plains, it can be said that the army has a very wide field of vision.Moreover, on both sides of the Huliu River, the upper bed is wide and the lower bed is narrow, and its shape is like a pot.If the Liao army is forced to retreat here, then everything will be easy to handle.

In fact, after Zhao Gou learned of the marching route of Han Shizhong's army and his understanding of Weizhou, he had already judged that Han Shizhong had encountered a problem.When Liu Guangshi's letter was conveyed to him, he studied it carefully, and it happened that Gao Chong briefly mentioned this matter in the letter, so he replied.

Zhao Gou remembered that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Weizhou had the reputation of "Eight Scenic Spots of Weizhou", namely: Taishan Xiaori, Jinhe Qingyue, Huliu Spring Rising, Shiling Autumn Clouds, Fengtai Xinyu, Shimen Nonglan , Pond bridge willow smoke, river embankment spring.It just so happens that Huliu Chunshang is in Guangling County, where the terrain is low.

Due to the thawing in spring every year, the ice and snow melt, and the river water rises steeply. Now it is autumn, and the river water has receded.Even if there is a river, the river will not be rushing, so this place is the only place where a decisive battle can be made, and other places are very unfavorable to the Song army.

Now that the location of the battle is determined, the next thing is to let the Liao army retreat here, and the Song army will fight the Liao army.As for Liu Guangshi and Yue Fei, they rushed back and led the entire army to Huliuhe.

At the same time, Han Shizhong personally wrote the letter of war and sent it to the Liao army camp and handed it over to their generals.

"Report to the general, the Song army sent an envoy to send a letter of war."

"Let him in!" Yeludequan sneered.

"General!" Song Envoy saluted respectfully, and said, "This is the letter of war sent by my general's order, please read it!"

General Yelude took the letter of war, read it again, and said sarcastically: "The people of Song Dynasty betrayed their trust and led their troops to attack our dynasty. If they dared to send someone to send the letter of war, don't they think that the commander would not dare to kill you?"

"It doesn't matter if the villain dies!" The man smiled calmly, "I'm afraid that if the villain dies, the general will be infamous for beheading. If other people don't know, some people may say that the general is timid and fearful." , afraid of my Great Song army, and dare not fight with it."

Yelu Dequan roared angrily: "I don't dare? You go back and tell your general, and say that the commander agreed, let him wash his neck, and I will take his head as a stool."

The man smiled smugly, he knew the plan was successful.Through his observation, Yelude is an impulsive person, and he can't be stimulated by others.That's why he was so excited.In fact, he was also beating drums in his heart. If he was really killed, there was really nothing he could do.

The man turned to leave, and heard Yelu Dequan sneer again, "Is this place where you can come and leave whenever you want?"

"Come here and pull this person down, beat the fifty army sticks hard, just leave him a breath, and then throw him out, let Song Jun come to pick him up!"

The Liao soldiers escorted him out, but he walked out without any resistance.It wasn't until he endured [-] army sticks that he was thrown out by the Liao army. He happened to be seen by the soldiers of the Song army and took him away in a hurry.

"Brother, thank you for your hard work!" Han Shizhong came to visit him personally, saw his flesh and blood bruised, he grabbed his fist fiercely, and secretly vowed to kill Yelude completely.

Sweat dripped from the man's forehead, and he really endured it. No one can stand being beaten with thirty army sticks.What's more, it was Liao Bing himself who did it himself.It was simply not something ordinary people could bear, and he passed out on the road.

After the military doctor's diagnosis and treatment, he finally woke up, and he only woke up for a while. He reported the general's situation to Han Shizhong, and then passed out again.This time, Han Shizhong didn't bother him, so he let him rest well, and ordered the military doctor to take care of him.

At the same time, a lieutenant general and others in the Liao army camp were worried that the Song army would cheat, and persuaded them in a loud voice: "General, I think it is better to report this matter to the commander-in-chief for decision. If the Song army cheated, what should I do?" Is good?"

Yelude said confidently: "You don't have to worry. With our army's fighting power and strength, we don't need to worry about their tricks. This is the battlefield we are most familiar with. As long as we make good use of the terrain, we can wipe them all out." .”

"Since they declare war, how can we back down? If other generals find out, what should they say about us! Since they want to die by themselves, then we will fulfill them and let them die without a place to bury them. Pass my order , all the soldiers went to Huliuhe to fight the Song army."

Seeing that Yelude was determined to go his own way, everyone could only obey his order and send all the soldiers to go to the place of engagement to fight the Song army.In fact, the Weizhou coach's military order is to fight a protracted war, try to avoid direct confrontation, and focus on defense. However, Yelude thinks highly of himself and doesn't take other people's suggestions to heart.

(End of this chapter)