Chapter 164 Someone and a Badge
Miao Gui reported to them: All the new garrisons are dispatched and commanded by the local columns, and it is all a game of chess. I believe that the brothers can lead their soldiers well.
Lao Cao was a little anxious, saying that the front army was about to engage in a battle, so what were we still doing in Fengxiang?
He ordered the command and dispatch to move forward immediately.
Zhao Yulin said that the team was still maneuvering, and no matter how urgent it was, they still had to wait until tomorrow morning to set off.
Everyone laughed.
Miao Gui reported to everyone that the tasks of each department had been completed, and he also sent a small team to Qinzhou. The general then rest assured and slept well.
At night, Zhao Yulin told Ma Ling that the dispatch of migrant workers must keep up, and all localities must requisition large carts as planned to help transport food and fodder.
Ma Linger simply told him not to worry, she had already issued orders to the camp, and each place was under the charge of the chief officer. Those who delayed military affairs would be punished according to military regulations.
He knew that Ma Ling'er was ruthless and reminded Ma Ling to be careful and not to run around. The woman happily curled up in his arms and fell asleep.
At dawn, Zhao Yulin and Lao Cao set out together, and Miao Gui was already ahead with the people from the central army tent.
Two days later, Zhao Yulin rushed to Tianshui in Qinzhou, and Wu Yuqi reported the progress of each department:
Feng Guiqi's Fourth Column moved swiftly, dispatching 30,000 troops westward. They had already captured Minzhou and were sweeping through various counties and villages to attract troops from Gongchang Prefecture.
Hao Xiaoming's Fifth Column dispatched 40,000 troops to transport food and supplies, and he himself had already entered Ningyuan County.
Gaojin Group's 40,000 troops are ready and prepared for battle at any time.
The central army headquarters mobilized the Second Column and the Hanzhong garrison columns to rush to the battlefield day and night, and the vanguard of the Second Column had already arrived at Tongqing Prefecture.
The 30,000-man troop stationed at the Simi Mountain camp were following closely behind the Second Cavalry Column and were gathering towards Tianshui.
According to the reconnaissance report from Shunfengchu and the front army, Gongchang Prefecture has assembled an army of one hundred thousand soldiers, ready for battle. Their strength is at least 70% reduced. After Feng Guiqi broke through Minzhou, they were hastily sending reinforcements southward. This move has disrupted Wang Shixian's entire deployment.
Kuoduan's main force advanced to Laohuizhou and had already completed the siege of Huichuan City. He was defeated by Guo Chongma in two fierce battles. However, the remaining Jin army in the northwest was already a weak force. Kuoduan's army was very likely to divide its troops and occupy Lanzhou. Those tribal Jin troops would definitely change their minds and turn to the Mongolian army.
Seeing that the situation had been summarized, Miao Gui looked at the two head coaches, Lao Cao and Zhao Yulin, and asked them to make a decision.
Lao Cao looked at Zhao Yulin and said that he was not familiar enough with the military situation in the Northwest, so he let Brother Yulin make the arrangements.
Zhao Yulin pointed to the battle map and explained that there were two key points at the moment. One was that the Kuoduan Group was attacking Huizhou, and the other was to capture Gongchang Prefecture.
Let's simply divide the work, Lao Cao will be in charge all the way, Miao Gui will assist in the command, and we will first solve Gongchang Prefecture. He will go to Gaojin Group to plan to reinforce Huizhou, how about we meet in Dingxi?
Cao was in a good mood. He was relieved to be able to dispatch 100,000 troops to attack Wang Shixian at once. Zhao Yulin also intended to let him avenge his past life, but he didn't know about this part.
After a simple division of labor, the two of them set off immediately. Wu Yuqi saw that he was about to take another risk and held his hand tightly.
Zhao Yulin smiled and asked Lao Cao to take good care of his wife.
Lao Cao laughed and told him not to worry, the central military tent was absolutely safe.
He smiled and pushed Wu Yuqi back, mounted his horse, whipped it, and headed straight for Qin'an County.
At this time, the emperor in Lin'an was having fun with his concubine Jia, but was suddenly interrupted by the urgent military situation from the Imperial City Bureau. He read Cao Youwen's urgent military report under the lamp in an extremely unhappy mood, and asked Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi helplessly what to do.
The son of the Minister of War Shi who was standing next to him said that the situation in Huaibei and Huainan was more urgent right now, and troops had to be deployed everywhere, so how could they take care of Sichuan and Shaanxi?
Besides, Gongchang Prefecture is far away from Guanzhong. Guanzhong has recaptured so many important places, so losing one or two is not a big deal. But if Jiankang is in danger and the important areas of the capital are lost, that would be dangerous.
What he meant was: Use all your energy in Lin'an, other places are too far away, so why bother about them?
Mom, what's the point of talking about a shovel?
Speaking of lost land, Sichuan and Shaanxi have recovered a lot of it now. From Tongguan to Baoji, and from Guyuan to Qingyeyuan, it is thousands of miles, so it is naturally enough to be lost.
The problem is that if local officials flee without fighting, they will be sentenced to death.
Wouldn't that be a perfect opportunity for Shi's son to catch and deal with him?
Just as the Emperor of Lin'an and his ministers were chatting nonsense, the Mongolian army had intercepted the military report sent to Lin'an by the Sichuan-Shaanxi Administration Office. When the Khan of the Grassland learned that Cao Youwen was going to lead troops to lift the siege of Huizhou, he immediately realized that the entire Guanzhong and even the Northwestern Song army would take action.
Since Cao Youwen only had 30,000 newly recruited soldiers, how could he use the troops?
The Khan knew very well that only Fengxiang Prefecture was dispatched, so he was not afraid.
Once the entire Sichuan-Shaanxi Administration Office is linked together, it must be taken seriously.
Therefore, he immediately sent a letter to Kuoduan Feiying, strictly ordering them to conduct reconnaissance on the battlefield and ordering Wang Shixian to start an uprising immediately to support the Huizhou campaign.
After seeing the secret letter from his father, Kuoduan's reaction was not as nervous as his father's.
One is that he had already deployed a force in Lingzhou, leaving behind a force to intimidate Guyuan, so he was not in a hurry.
The second is that the summary of battlefield intelligence showed that the Song army left Minzhou and entered Ningyuan County to threaten Gongchang Prefecture, and there was no sign of advancing into Huizhou.
Kuo Duan judged that the Song army was going to rescue Zhao from Wei, but they did not want to go to war with the Mongolian army directly, because their court had just signed a peace agreement with our Great Mongolian Empire.
Weakling Xiao Song deserves nothing more than a beating, how dare he do anything else?
However, with his father's advice and the fact that Zhao Qi'er liked to play cards out of the ordinary and even dared to steal from Guanzhong, Kuoduan still ordered to strengthen investigation and vigilance, and sent a message to Wang Shixian to immediately change his flag and submit to the Great Mongol Empire.
At this time, Wang Shixian was like an ant on hot pan, extremely nervous.
The Song army was invading Minzhou and Ningyuan on a large scale, and his old nest was about to be lost. He had not would surrender to.
Therefore, he hastily sent his eldest son and 20,000 soldiers to guard the stone gate below Yanchuan Town, intending to prevent the Song army from cutting off his retreat, while he himself stayed in Gongchang Prefecture to defend it tightly.
He still had a bit of luck in his heart, thinking that the Mongol army's heavy concentration in Hetao was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Song army. Even if Zhao Qier wanted to attack him, he would not dare to take the risk of using a large number of troops.
Now, Prince Kuoduan has received a letter. Should he immediately start a rebellion and surrender to the Mongols, or surrender to the Song Dynasty?
In fact, he had originally planned to surrender to the Mongols. The Mongolian army destroyed his country, and there was a deep hatred between them. Surrendering to the Song Dynasty would allow him to continue fighting against the Mongols, which was a righteous cause.
But the Mongolian army is powerful. If we don’t surrender to the Mongolian army but to the Song Dynasty, won’t we have to surrender again when the Song Dynasty is destroyed in the future?
However, in the past two years he discovered that the Song army in the northwest had suddenly become stronger.
The emergence of a new Shenwei Army with strict military discipline and advanced weapons caused him huge losses, and he also lost Qinzhou, an important bargaining chip waiting to be sold.
Moreover, he found that even the Mongolian army was unable to defeat the Shenwei Army, and they took the opportunity to seize Guanzhong, the birthplace of the dragon.
So, he began to hesitate again, should he surrender to the Mongols or to the Song Dynasty?
He originally wanted to delay it a little longer, until Guo Xiazi in the north surrendered to Mongolia, and then surrender to which family. In this way, everyone would think that he was loyal to his lord and was willing to bear the infamy of a surrendered general in order to save the common people from the suffering of war.
Now, Kuoduan sternly ordered him to surrender immediately and raise troops to reinforce Huizhou.
Wang was obviously angry. Why was she sure that he would surrender?
But what can we do?
He wrote a letter to the Song Dynasty requesting allegiance, but the Song Dynasty ignored him. The Shenwei Army even demanded that he surrender unconditionally.
How could he bear to give up tens of thousands of troops under his command? No one should be underestimated. At least he had to be given a cheap title of commander-in-chief of Gongchang Prefecture. Prince Kuoduan promised him that his original position would remain unchanged, and he would be in charge of the territory conquered by the troops.
At the last moment, Wang Xian made up his mind and surrendered.
Gongchang Prefecture immediately took away the Jin Dynasty's tattered flag and replaced it with the Mongolian army flag that had been prepared long ago.
He immediately ordered General Cao Yong to lead 20,000 troops to reinforce Huizhou, while he personally dealt with the Song army coming from Ningyuan.
It is said that Zhao Yulin traveled overnight to Qin'an County. Just as he entered the county government office and took a nap, Gao Jin came running in. When he learned that Zhao Yulin had also arrived, he immediately went to the county government office to meet him happily.
Zhao Yulin rubbed his eyes and got up. Before he came to his senses, Gao Jin asked: "Third Young Master, please give the order. What should we do?"
Zhao Yulin asked Li Chuan to make tea, and continued to rub his eyes, saying that it should wake his brain up first.
He asked Gao Jin, "Has General Manager Miao made all the arrangements?"
Gao Jin said that the general manager ordered him to monitor Lingzhou and wait for an opportunity to attack. Lingzhou was quiet. Tens of thousands of troops were hiding there, and how much food would they need every day? The brothers were eager to fight, and they were too embarrassed to eat for free, so they came to ask for a fight.
Zhao Yulin smiled and took a sip of tea, saying that he had received a report that the 9th Column had rushed to Tongwei County, so who gave the order?
Gao Jin shamelessly said that it was a collective discussion. He gave the order, but the infantry was not moving slowly. Wang Hancheng's Seventh Column was also moving towards Huichuan City.
Zhao Yulin immediately walked over to look at the map, rolled his eyes at him and said that he couldn't go too fast, otherwise Prince Kuoduan would run away. He should send a cavalry to Laohuizhou to rob their food and grass, because Kuoduan must have brought a lot of cattle, sheep and horses when he came out.
Gao Jin said happily, "Yes, that's right." Han Chengcai had just set out. He had already asked his deputy to lead 3,000 soldiers as bandits and 7,000 soldiers as reinforcements to take Laohuizhou directly.
Zhao Yulin raised his leg and kicked him, cursing: Damn it, everything has been arranged, and you still give the order to shovel?
Gao Jin was very thick-skinned. He smiled and asked him for instructions. If it was wrong, he would take it back immediately.
He said that this time he would launch a blitzkrieg to let the expansion end also experience what it means to be caught off guard?
Gao Jin said with expectation, "How about going back now and leading the cavalry straight to Xinhui Prefecture and arriving at the battlefield to join the battle at the same time as the infantry?"
Zhao Yulin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Smart, don't get too tired and be careful."
Lao Gao immediately jumped up excitedly and ran away quickly under the protection of the guards.
He looked at Gao Jin, who was already a grown man but still acted like a child, and shook his head. He had a simple meal and rushed to Tongwei. Wanyan Chengmin had already set up a large camp there, and his vanguard first corps was advancing rapidly.
As soon as Zhao Yulin entered the central military tent, he asked him what to do next.
