Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 306: Battle of Jinju 1

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In the middle of September of the 4th year of Xiande (957 AD), Jinzhou.

Hedong is "mountain and river" in the east, and the mountains and rivers run from north to south like ravines, and the terrain is like the word "chuan". Hedong is also the northern middle zone on the Chinese chessboard. It has always been the core of offensive and defensive forces from the east and west in the north; it is also a corridor from the north to the Central Plains. The corridor of the basin between the mountains is a place where wars have been prone... such as the battle of Changping (Gaoping), such as Jinzhou (Linfen).

Now Jinju is once again shrouded in the flames of war.

It is the dry season. Fenshui flows slowly to the west, and the towering towers on the east side of the river and the stacked mountains of Luliang Mountain on the opposite bank face each other. To the south of the city, the sky was covered by dust and fog, and the horses and soldiers in the yellow dust were like clouds and fog.

Ballistas and stone bullets flew randomly in the air, the "squeaking" and "banging" of the wood rubbing, and the screams of people were mixed together, and there was noisy under the city wall.

Murong Yanzhao looked at the countless siege equipment and the dust that obscured the sky under the city, staring round his eyes and said: "Why didn't the rebels rush to attack the city this morning? Is it going to blow the city!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sudden loud bang, and a large stone fell on the wall outside the tower. The gravel and bricks splashed suddenly, and several soldiers hugged their heads to avoid. "Ah..." A soldier screamed while holding his thigh, "My leg!"

Looking at Gong Gong, turned his head and said to Murong Yanzhao: "In case it explodes, just plug the gap and call the young man to repair overnight."

Murong Yanzhao frowned and said: "The key is when the court reinforcements can come? Li Chongjin is also marching towards Jinju. Jinju will be besieged by 60,000 troops at that time. Can we defend this?"

Xiang Gong groaned silently.

Murong Yanzhao said again: "Tokyo is nearly a thousand miles away from Jinju, Guo Shao is too late, it seems that you and I are really going to die here!"

A strong smile appeared on Xiang Gong’s face: "Death in the battlefield and the shroud of horse leather has always been the ending I expected. As a military soldier, is there a better way to die than this?"

"Xiangjieshuai..." Murong Yanzhao's broad face in the middle of his beard showed a touch of movement.

Xiang Gong patted Murong Yanzhao on the shoulder and said: "If Guo Shao fails, I will lead the Zhenan Army's two thousand cavalry out of the city for a decisive battle; I will leave Jinzhou with the full authority of Murong Jieshuai, and never force it."

At this moment, there was a loud bang suddenly, and the faces of Xiang Gong and Murong Yanzhao changed, and the city walls seemed to tremble. In an instant, the earth and rocks near the east side of the city wall splashed, and a large cloud of white smoke rushed up to the sky.

Immediately afterwards, another puff of white smoke rushed out in front of the fence under the city. The gunpowder took off rapidly, and soon half of the city wall was enveloped in gunpowder smoke, and nothing was seen.

The screams from far away soon passed through, looking towards Gong Gong and looking into the distance. About two hundred steps away, the gunpowder was raging in the rebel fortifications. In the fog, many people hugged their heads, and their horses panicked. The horses galloped noisily.

"The wall didn't collapse?" shouted to the arch after a moment.

The surrounding area was soon covered by smoke, and the voice of "cough cough cough..." was everywhere, Murong Yanzhao's voice said: "Fuck! What is it, the city wall has not moved, the smoke is too big..." /

At this moment, Zhang Jianxiong, who was deployed on the north-south main road, gave a loud shout, and the horses' hoofs roared. Zhang Jianxiong ignored the frightened horses and the cavalry swarmed toward the dense smoke.

……

"Forbidden Army reinforcements are coming!" A general entered Li Jixun's army account and hurriedly reported.

The situation in Li Jixun’s department that had just rushed his camp into a mess because of the failure of the bombing of the city, the atmosphere was gloomy, and the news was even worse, and there was an uproar in the crowd.

"Impossible!" Li Jixun said angrily, "Tokyo is a thousand miles away, did the imperial army fly over with wings!"

The military commander who came in said: "The final general does not know, the banner is'Guo Shao, General Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses', and the Guanzhi Brigade is full of elite soldiers, all equipped with war horses; where there are so many horses except the Forbidden Army..."

Zhao Kuangyin's black face was very gloomy, and he was embarrassed to speak for a while.

Li Jixun asked: "Where are the people?"

The military commander said: "The general came from Jiangzhou, and the enemy arrived in Jiangzhou. The governor who surrendered only half a month ago is definitely going to surrender again... The general waited until the army was weak, so he had to withdraw from that place first."

"Jiangzhou is only a hundred miles away." the staff reminded.

Li Jixun asked: "How many people?"

The general replied: "It looks like... there are twenty thousand."

Li Jixun paced back and forth in front, "It may be the left arm of the Tiger and Jiefang, that is Guo Shao’s direct line. The horse should be mobilized and supplemented from various armies. The Tiger and Jiezi are mainly infantry. The horsepower was consumed before the war; he ran so fast...but he should have left some people on the left side to guard the situation in Tokyo. These people may also be mainly not from the Tigers."

Everyone watched Li Jixun make his decision. At this time, Li Jixun turned around and said: "There are only 20,000 people, and it's still a battle! Taking advantage of the long way to come, the troops are exhausted, let's go forward for a decisive battle!"

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help listening, and hurriedly advised: "Don't! The forbidden army has the best combat power in the world. Brother Li does not have much advantage. He is a local soldier, so the chance of winning is not great; Fighting south, there are Jinju defenders behind, it is very likely that they will go out of the city to attack Brother Li."

Li Jixun said: "Then Brother Zhao thought what to do?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "For today's plan, retreat north, retreat into the Northern Han Dynasty, and wait for Li Zhong to enter the army and join forces, and then we can decide the outcome."

Li Jixun shook his head and said: "A few days ago, someone came from Tokyo to report that the imperial army has not moved; plus the time spent on the road, it is only twelve days before and after. Tokyo rushes to Jiangzhou. At this speed, only a hundred miles apart, we can win? Unless everything is lost, what do I eat for tens of thousands?

Furthermore, we have been running northward, a little chaotic, and Xiang Gong is about to go out of the city and get down! "

Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "Li Chongjin, Li Chongjin! This is not a big deal!"

Li Jixun also scolded: "The dog | has walked more than five hundred miles a day and it hasn't been there yet, and others have walked more than eight hundred miles late."

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a long time, and said with a serious tone: "Immediately build a pontoon bridge on the Fen River, and the army retreats to Luliang Mountain on the spot, confronts Guo Shao and Xianggong across the river, first defends the line and waits for Li Zhongjin to arrive."

Li Jixun frowned and said: "Li Chongjin knows that we are trapped in Luliang Mountain, will he stand still? Guo Shao may first go north to deal with Li Chongjin, and then withdraw to deal with our ministry, then only retreat to the northern mountainous area of ​​Guanzhong. Complex and barren land, tens of thousands of us will be dragged down."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Now there is no other way. If you go south for a decisive battle, you will be defeated by the enemy! I hope Brother Li will make a decision soon."

Li Jixun rubbed his hands: "Okay! The horse passes the order and builds a bridge on the river as soon as possible."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Work overnight, the more bridges, the better; in case the enemy soldiers come quickly, they will defend themselves against the water."

...Jiangzhou city gate was wide open, the governor led the officials, soldiers and civilians to kneel on the ground along the way, the governor looked up on the yellow thick flag with the dragon pattern, "Marshal Guo Shao of the World Soldiers and Horses", and another line "Called to Rebellion" "The thief army is coming fiercely, and the officers and soldiers are few, so as to save the people of the city from being disgraced, they have to drop it... Although the people are down, the heart is in the big Zhou..."

Guo Shao, wearing heavy armor, moved forward and pointed to the round robe official on the ground and said: "This marshal forgive you for your innocence, and the official is restored to his duty and the people and the land, no mistakes!"

"The next official kowtowed thanks to Marshal Guo for his great kindness!" Regardless of his decency, the governor kowtowed on the loess.

At this moment, Shuqi rolled up the loess and ran from the post road. One of the knights rolled over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists, saying, "I'm going to report to Grandmaster Guo, Li Jixun's thieves are building a bridge in Fenshui."

Guo Shao beckoned, Tan Dashi hurriedly bent forward and unfolded a map. Guo Shao took his whip and pointed: "The other side of Fenshui is the Luliang Mountain area. Li Jixun intends to delay time across the river." He turned to Shi Yanchao and said, "History forward, you immediately control the crane and horse army to advance to Li Jixun's army and march overnight." Turned around and said, "Ma Quanyi, you immediately control the crane bow and arrow straight behind."

"Get the order!" "The end will get the order!"

Guo Shao again urged: "Shi Yanchao, you must not fight lightly tonight when the soldiers and horses on the march are tired. After arriving in Jinzhou, they will camp and rest and wait for the main force. Your goal is to threaten Li Jixun’s ministry and force him to be listed. I dare not hurriedly cross the river."

Shi Yanchao said calmly: "I understand." r1058

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