The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 438 Yi Shui Flaws, Song Zhengben's Policy
Chapter 430 Six Flaws in Yishui, Song Zhengben's Policy

After several hours of delay, Shi Siming officially led the army and galloped towards Ji County.

On the one hand, it was to pursue the Qi army and seize the due military equipment and supplies. On the other hand, Shi Siming had thought carefully and knew that the current situation was urgent.

If the Qi army is not defeated as soon as possible, then as the battle situation takes a turn for the worse, our army will be besieged by Xia Qi's two armies at that time.

The consequences can be described as unimaginable!
Therefore, after Shi Siming's serious consideration, he first pointed the spearhead at the Qi army, ending with the defeat of the Qi army.

The reason why the Qi army was chosen is also because the Qi army is slightly weaker than the Xia army and easier to deal with.

After all, the Xia army was almost the main force dispatched, commanded by Xia Wang Dou Jiande himself, coupled with the assistance of Zhao Kuangyin who is good at commanding troops, and the mastermind Song Zhengben.

Especially when Zhao Kuangyin was mentioned, Shi Siming couldn't help but shudder. Shi Siming never wanted to meet this terrifying enemy in his life.

Shi Siming vaguely remembered that in every defensive battle, the soldiers and horses under Zhao Kuangyin's command were often the most difficult to deal with, and it was also the team with the least losses.

On the other hand, the Qi army was different, because it was Gao Qi who ordered Su Lie to divide his army to participate in the battle in Youzhou, and did not join the main force, so its strength was relatively weak.

It is said that eating persimmons should be squeezed softly, and the same is true in wars, and Shi Siming happened to plan in this way.

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On the official road, on the way, the Anjun scouts who went to the front to inquire about the military situation had returned and reported to Shi Siming.

"General, the villain, and everyone in Paoze have already found out. At this time, the team escorted by the Qi army to escort the military equipment and food has already left the border of Jixian County and arrived at Cage Fire City. It is not far from Jixian County!"

Hearing this, Shi Siming thought for a while, then waved his gun and gave an order, shouting: "Soldiers, Qi Kou, who captured my city the day before yesterday and killed my son, is in front. What do you think we should do?"

"Vengeance, revenge!"

It has to be said that Shi Siming's prestige in the army is not low on weekdays, and a few words can raise the morale of his soldiers to a high level.

Immediately, Shi Siming was on a horse with his hips on his hips, holding a long spear, leading the soldiers and leading the crowd to gallop.

For a moment, the speed of the entire Anjun army suddenly increased, but within a day, they passed through one of the important checkpoints, Liangxiang.

As the battle report came, because the Qi army was escorting the soldiers, as well as the military supplies, their speed had not increased, so they had just left the city of fire, and the distance was not too far.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Siming made a decisive decision and continued to order the whole army to speed up and attack behind the Qi army!

Immediately afterwards, the An army safely passed through the cage fire city and stepped into the boundary of Ji County, almost getting closer and closer to Qin Qiong's troops, and the front of the army was about to approach.

However, the sky was not what people wished, and there was another fire behind it!
"Report, report to the general, Zhuo County urgently report!"

"A cavalry force in the Qi army, the leading general Su Lie has led another surprise attack on Zhuo County a few days ago."

"Because the people in the city were all favored by the Qi army, when the Qi army approached the city, they rioted one after another, distracting the defenders' attention, causing Su Lie to easily attack the city again."

Hearing this, Shi Siming couldn't help but fell silent for a moment, not knowing what to think.

After all, Zhuo County was attacked one after another and changed hands several times. This move could not help suppressing the morale of the general An's soldiers.

Hearing the news, Shi Siming was shocked, how dare he continue to pursue the Qi army in front, and immediately turned his horse's head, and returned to the army to take back Zhuo County.

Although Qin Qiong's army is not far ahead at this time, and it only takes a few hours to pursue them, but the situation in Zhuo County cannot be ignored!

It should be noted that once Zhuo County is not recaptured, Su Lie can take the opportunity to cause chaos in the rear. Once he crosses Laishui, he will join forces with the Xia army on the other side of Yishui to attack him.

It's hard to imagine what kind of consequences will happen then, so Shi Siming didn't dare to gamble, and could only be led by the nose by Su Lie helplessly, but there was nothing he could do!
Due to the galloping of the An army for several days, coupled with the experience of a big battle, there were already complaints in the army at this time, if it weren't for Shi Siming's prestige to suppress them.

Perhaps his voice of resentment has already spread throughout the army!
In fact, the reason why Su Lie was able to avoid the eyeliner of Shi Siming's main force, returned again, and attacked Zhuo County by surprise.

It was also because when Qin Qiong was passing by the cage fire city, he met up with Su Lie who was rushing from behind. At this time, Su Lie observed that there was a road leading to Daxing next to his city.

For a moment, Su Lie couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, and a clever plan flashed out. Afterwards, he discussed with Qin Qiong and other generals, and they reached a consensus.

Therefore, Qin Qiong continued to lead the army through the cage fire city, but slowed down a lot intentionally or unintentionally, hanging An Jun far behind.

In fact, the real purpose is to win the opportunity for Su Lie to lead the army to surprise Zhuo County.

As for why the people would choose to riot after Su Lie's soldiers approached the city, and give their all to help!

This is also mainly because Su Lie opened up granaries to release grain in a big way at that time, so that the people in the city could receive the grain, and established his popularity among them.

Secondly, we need to start with Shi Siming leading the An army into the city. Since the generals of the An army entered the city one after another heard that the Qi army opened a warehouse to distribute the treasury and military grain to the people in the city, they couldn't help but be angry!

Therefore, although Shi Siming strictly prohibited robbing and intimidating the people for the sake of the overall situation, it is a pity that some generals in the army took risks and took money as their life, leading soldiers to rush into every household in the city to search for food and grass.

Not only that, but the most despicable thing is that many people have taken advantage of it, killing innocent people, burning, killing, looting, raping prostitutes, and doing all kinds of evil!

All these incidents one after another immediately made the chief general Shi Siming furious. He couldn't help being extremely angry and merciless.

Later, Shi Siming personally sent soldiers to the homes of the people again, apologizing strictly and gaining popularity, not wanting to gradually deteriorate the relationship with the people.

It's a pity that the matter has come to this point. Although Shi Siming tried his best to maintain the relationship with the people, the people also compared him with the Qi army.

Only after comparison did we know where the gap between the two armies was. At least when the Qi army took over, the military discipline was strict and Qiu committed no crimes.

On the other hand, Anjun. . .Then it can really be said that there is a sky and an underground, there is no comparison at all!
Therefore, Su Lie was able to easily break through the city again, enter Zhuo County, and force the An army.

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Although the journey from Daxing City to Zhuo County was relatively long, because Su Lie was leading war cavalry, his mobility would inevitably increase.

Therefore, it was able to reach the city of Zhuo County steadily before the Anjun.

After capturing Zhuo County, Su Lie dispatched scouts in a large scale, waiting for the return of the An army to prevent accidents!

A day or two later, following the investigation of the sentry cavalry of the Qi army, Su Lie learned that the An army had returned in large numbers and was less than tens of miles away from Zhuo County.

Hearing this, Su Lie made a decisive decision, and once again ordered the whole army to gallop on horseback, detour to Daxing official road, and avoid the An army.

However, at this time Su Lie did not expect that his army would actually gain the hearts of the people in Zhuo County.

All of a sudden, many people stopped the cavalrymen of the Qi army and refused to let them leave. Seeing this, Su Lie couldn't help dismounting, and comforted him with a pleasant face: "Fellow folks, don't worry, our army is only leaving temporarily!"

"I will assure you that within a month or so, our army will definitely continue to fight back."

"At that time, you will know that the brutal rebel soldiers will definitely be killed by our Great Qi Heavenly Army, making them terrified!"

For a moment, Su Lie couldn't help standing on the spot, trying to persuade him, and after a long time, the crowd reluctantly watched the Qi army's cavalry gallop away!

At this time, all the people gathered at the gate of the city and looked at it. What's more, their eyes were filled with tears and became moist!
It can be seen from this that the Qi army can be said to have truly firmly controlled the hearts of the people of Zhuo County.

Although the Qi army temporarily withdrew from Zhuo County, it is conceivable that once the Qi army returns again, the people will surely respond.

It can be said that although the city has not yet become the territory of the Qi army, in fact the Qi army really occupies this place.

It's just that when Su Lie left, Shi Siming also led the army to Zhuo County.

Looking at the back of Su Lie leaving slowly, seeing the humiliation of Zhuo County being attacked again and again by him, Shi Siming's pent-up anger broke out completely, and he shouted: "Su Lie, I swear to kill you! "

Looking at the looming flames of war around Zhuo County, it seems that the whole city is densely covered in gunpowder smoke, and there is no way out!
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On the other side of Yishui, Xia Jun's camp

At this time, all the civil and military personnel in the Xia army stood in the military tent, facing the king of Xia, Dou Jiande, who was at the top.

On the left is the leading general standing first, and it is well-deserved that Zhao Kuangyin, who assisted Dou Jiande to dominate Hebei and became one of the most powerful anti-kings in Hebei.

As for the second place, it is Dou Jiande's confidant general Xiong Kuohai.

And then Zhao Kuangyin brought out the Northern Song Dynasty Wenwu, such as Hu Yanzan, Li Jilong and so on.

As for the right side, it is headed by the conspirator Song Zhengben, followed by the counselor Zhao Pu and other counselors.

Immediately afterwards, Dou Jiande took the lead and said: "I didn't expect the Yishui line of defense to be so impenetrable. Let our army use all their strengths, no matter how we attack, it will be extremely difficult to overcome."

"At this time, our army's food and grass have gradually begun to fail. Is it true that the Northern Expedition to Youzhou will return in vain?"

For a moment, Dou Jiande couldn't help but speak slowly, his words revealing an extremely unwilling expression.

This time, Dou Jiande's Northern Expedition to Youzhou, in addition to responding to his allies, the Qi Army, did not use the excuse of attacking the rebels in Anlu Mountain to take advantage of the opportunity to loot and expand his power to the front line of Youzhou.

Strive to be able to gain a firm foothold in Youzhou this time, and lay a solid foundation for fighting Luo Yi in the future and occupying the land of Youyan.

Now that he has been unable to attack for a long time, why is Dou Jiande not in a hurry?
Just when Dou Jiande had no idea, Song Zhengben, the chief counselor, could not help but stand up first, cupped his hands and said slowly: "King Xia, I have a suggestion, as long as the preparations are done properly, Lenovo will definitely be able to break the Yishui defense line without a fight. Fall apart!"

Suddenly, Dou Jiande seemed to find a bright light in the dark, and he was very happy immediately, and said: "Original, I don't know what to do?"

At this time, not only Dou Jiande behaved abnormally, but also the Chinese warriors in his tent also focused their attention on Song Zheng himself.

Hearing this, Song Zhengben couldn't help walking slowly to the screen, pointing at the map and explaining: "Everyone, please look here!"

"The Yishui line of defense is a huge tributary between Laishui and Juma River in the depths, resulting in the formation of a natural line of defense here, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack!"

"As long as sufficient defenses are deployed, it is better than a hundred thousand soldiers. From the south to the north, if you want to raid and seize it, it will be almost more difficult."

For a while, Zhao Pu heard Song Zhengben's words, and couldn't help but hurriedly asked: "Could it be that according to Song Nayan's meaning, our army is helpless against the defenders on the other side, and we need to return home without gaining anything?"

Zhao Pu's words can be said to have asked the hearts of many generals, and he couldn't help looking at Song Zhengben with even more doubts.

Immediately afterwards, Song Zhengben said without hesitation, "Of course not, there are loopholes in every solid line of defense."

"Even Yi Shui has loopholes. As long as you grasp the loopholes, you will be able to break through the enemy's defenses and break through their defense lines."

Immediately afterwards, Song Zhengben couldn't help but suddenly became solemn, looked at his colleagues beside him, and then bowed his hands to Dou Jiande who was above the throne: "King Xia, all generals, as natives of Hebei, they know very well the history of this place. Geography of mountains and rivers."

"Ben traveled almost all over Hebei in his early years. It can be said that he has touched almost all the mountains, rivers and rivers very clearly."

"Yishui, although it seems to be impenetrable, it also has its fatal weakness, that is, there is a Baigou River running through it at the junction of Rongcheng and the lower reaches of Yishui."

"Moreover, a section of the Baigou River happens to be right next to Rongcheng. The terrain here is low-lying and the river is not slow. It is not difficult to support an army to cross the river!"

"Not only that, the Baigou River connects Xincheng and Dingxing on the other side of Laishui. As long as these two cities are occupied, not only the Yishui defense line can be easily broken."

"At that time, we will be able to break through the Laishui defense line in one fell swoop, and then the whole army will converge and approach Zhuo County, the capital of Zhuo County."

All of a sudden, Song Zhengben was in high spirits, pointing out the maze for everyone in the tent, with a feeling of pointing out the country.

At this time, following Song Zhengben's reminder, everyone in his tent couldn't help observing the map carefully, checking whether the method Song Zhengben said was feasible?

After observing for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but have a sharp eye, and asked a question first, saying: "Baigou River is indeed an excellent place to break through the Yishui defense line."

"It's just that the low-lying terrain here means that this place is not so easy to walk. If there are defenders from Xincheng and Dingxing to harass, how will our army cross the river in an orderly manner?"

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help asking out his doubts, and the other generals agreed with Zhao Kuangyin's statement and nodded frequently.

Immediately, he also fixed his eyes on Song Zheng himself, ready to see how he explained this matter, and came up with a perfect plan!
(End of this chapter)