Vol 9 Chapter 68: Offensive and defensive strategy

Vol 9 Chapter 68: Offensive and defensive strategy

Jizhou was originally the smelter of the Jizhen Army, Yejier occupied the official residence of Li Zhuo who was acting as a palace, and was also the king's tent of the Southern Expedition Army. After Wang Yeji Baishan and others entered the city, they directly entered the palace for a banquet.

Except for Ye Jiluorong, Zhou Zhizhong and other generals who were delayed by military affairs and had to travel until the last minute, the generals and officials who had been summoned by Jixi, Yannan, and Yanxi to discuss matters had already arrived in Jizhou one step ahead of them.

Yuan Lishan, Zhang Ximin, Yang Wenchang and others who were either captive or captured in the battles of Qingqiangling were also invited to attend.

After the change of the Duke of Jingbei in the Southern Dynasty, Donghu occupied Liaodong. Under the rule of Yejier, he appointed Han ministers on a large scale, and even opened imperial examinations in Liaodong. Almost half of the people who entered the hall for the banquet accounted for almost half of them.

Although Han ministers accounted for nearly half of the people in the hall, the status of Han officials was obviously lower, and they were not even comparable to the generals and officials from the Hu Hu of Yanxi and Goryeo.

The Liaodong Han ministers were even better, and the Liao land had no distinction between Hu and Han. The Yue Dynasty grabbed Liaodong from Gaoli, and it took only 100 years. It has been 16 or 17 years since it lost Liaodong today. The Han people in Liaodong had nothing to do with the Southern Dynasty, and naturally they were more trusted. The Han ministers in the hall were also mainly Liao people.

Zhou Zhizhong and other ministers and generals will have a lower status. Naturally, they should form a group and take advantage of each other, but at the same time, they are worried that they will be suspicious and cause death.

Zhou Zhizhong didn't even know Yuan Lishan, Zhang Ximin, Yang Wenchang and others. He led his troops to fight in Yanxi all the time. He only knew their names and never saw them. After Sun Jichang introduced them, they were considered official. have met.

Among the three, in addition to Yang Wenchang's complete surrender, who immediately flattered the new master and persuaded Changli Shou to surrender the abandoned city and made the first contribution, Zhang Ximin and Yuan Lishan were actually placed under house arrest, this time for Yezier forcibly invited him to the banquet.

Yuan Lishan sat in his seat, a little uneasy. During the Battle of the Northern Territory, the main force of Hao Zongcheng's troops was annihilated, and he led his troops to surround the Qingqiangling. After he was surrendered, Yuan Lishan insisted that he would not accept the official position, but he was too ruthless to kill himself, and he disdain to get close to other surrendered generals and rebels. .

Yeji Luorong had a special status. Although there was no possibility of inheriting the khan throne, Yejier treated him very seriously. On important occasions, he would sit beside him.

Ye Jiluorong fixed his eyes on Yuan Lishan and asked Ye Jier in a low voice, "He still refuses to submit and take up the post of general?"

Yezier shook his head slightly, indicating that he could not compete for the time being.

Ye Ji Luorong smacked his lips regretfully.

Although Li Zhuo, Hao Zongcheng and others were the commanders of the Jizhen army successively, Yuan Lishan and Cheng Tinggui were the leaders of the Jizhen generals.

Cheng Tinggui had already died in battle and did not talk about him. Yuan Lishan and the Yuan family behind him were the traditional military family of the Yanji side army. Among the generals in Jizhen, three or four out of ten were implicated in the Yuan family. It is also so deeply ingrained, which is the fundamental reason why Li Zhuo could not finally master the Jizhen army.

Since the southern expedition, more than 60,000 prisoners have been captured by the Jizhen army alone. Dealing with these people in this way caused a headache for the Yezier people. The mainstream opinion is that the main generals should be imprisoned, the captives will be scattered, and they will be incorporated into the new affiliated Han army units that have established merits and can be used with confidence.

Ye Zier has long established the principle that the surrendered generals will rule the surrendered army. Zhou Zhizhong, Mo Jiben, Sun Jichang and other former commanders of the Han army who were originally attached to the Han army have not had any differences since they surrendered. There is little possibility of repeating the heart, and you can use it with confidence, but there are very few generals who have the ability to stand alone.

With the extension of the war, the scale of the newly attached Han army will also become larger and larger. In the later stage, the newly attached Han army will also need to stand up and stand up to the front to stand alone. Yejier is very eager to have Yuan Lishan. A level 1 with prestige and talent will be able to use it with confidence.

Compared with breaking up the 50,000-60,000-60,000 Ji town surrendered army and integrating it into various ministries, if Yuan Lishan can sincerely join in, he can directly get a strong army to use in the battle against Jinhai.

Of course, Yuan Lishan's influence in Jizhen surrendered army was enormous. If he had the will to repeat, it would bring extremely bad and terrible consequences; if Yuan Lishan surrendered easily, Ye Jier would not dare to reuse him.

Thinking of how to deal with or appoint Yuan Lishan, Ye Jiluorong also had a headache. He thought to himself: The second child is always good at employing people and grasping people's hearts, so he should leave this headache.

Seeing that Zhang Ximin, who was under house arrest at the same place, was sitting there with a calm expression, Ye Jiluorong whispered to Ye Jier, "This kind of soft **** doesn't have any real skills. Learning from Yuan Lishan, it's not as good as Hao Zongcheng, who has the guts to search for life in prison - why don't you just kill him and leave him to waste food?"

"Hao Zongcheng had the backbone, but he didn't die; Zhang Ximin had no backbone, and he didn't really surrender," Yejier shook his head and smiled, saying, "When it comes to leading troops to fight or supporting grain, Zhang Ximin has nothing to do with it. Really capable, but if Yanjing can beat him down a little easier, I hope it will probably fall on him!"

"How?" Ye Ji Luorong was puzzled.

"I'll tell you in detail later." Ye Zier said, there are too many people and things to deal with at the banquet, and there is no time to tell Ye Ji Luorong about this in detail.

Seeing Ye Jiluorong's eyes swept across him, Zhang Ximin lowered his head and whispered to the King of Donghu Khan, thinking that he was talking about him. The occasional fierce light in Ye Jiluorong's eyes made him very uneasy.

After Zhang Ximin was captured, he couldn't bear to die generously, but he was no more careless than Yang Wenchang. His father and brother were two, one was the emperor and the other was the long history of Prince Ning's mansion. His wife, children and concubines were still there. Yanjing made him unable to return.

If he surrenders, it will only matter if Donghu can capture Yanjing. He will not only be able to save himself, but also persuade his father to submit to Donghu and become Donghu's leading official in ruling the Central Plains - at this time, he will not care about his elder brother in Jiangning. . But if Donghu failed to capture Yanjing this time, and instead sent Zhu Luqin Wang Jun back to the border, if he surrendered, not only would his father and brother not be saved, but he himself would not be human inside or outside. They will also put the blame for the defeat on their traitors.

It's not that Zhang Ximin has no intention of surrendering. In his opinion, now is not the time to surrender. Therefore, the Donghu people said surrender, but he insisted that he should not, but the Donghu people treated him with courtesy, and he also liked it.

Yezier is very clear about his mentality, so he will use water mill time to deal with him.

On the contrary, Hao Zongcheng knew in his heart that he was of no use to the Donghu people. He took a firm stance to seek death in prison and refused to accept the slightest benefit from the Donghu people. He also went on an intermittent hunger strike for several days. Now, he is starving to the bone, scarred from torture, and looks like a loyal general and minister.

After the banquet, many matters were left to be discussed tomorrow. Ye Jier only asked Ye Ji Luorong and other important officials to follow him to the back garden to discuss matters. After arriving in the back garden, he sent his attendants to bring Zhang Ximin over.

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It has been more than two months since Lin Fu left Jinhai, the Tianjin Navy abandoned Hejian and Cangzhou, and retreated to Jinhai.

In the past two months, the Donghu people did not force them to encircle Jinhai. However, in the north of Ninghe, the Ninghe Camp, headed by Ye Ji Luorong, has more than 30,000 cavalrymen, cutting off the passage from Jinhai to the north, and even peeping at the passage from Jinhai to Gyeonggi. In the Hejian cities in the southwest, Ye Jiduodi even led 20,000 elite cavalry. While Yannan was preparing for the Liang family to lead his troops north from Pingyuan, he also cut off the passage of the Jin navy to the west.

Gao Zongting accompanied Lin Xuwen to stand on the top of the city and look to the north. Scattered around the city wall were the scouts from Jinhai.

Because Zhou Pu led the Huaidong cavalry battalion to defend Jinhai, before the main force of the Donghu people came up to encircle, the defenders could effectively control the area dozens of miles deep outside Jinhai, so that the Donghu people would not be allowed to escape. Sentinels infiltrated.

But Gao Zongting knew in his heart that all this was temporary. As long as the Donghu people pressed their troops and horses to encircle Jinhai, the only 2,000 cavalrymen here could only retreat to the interior line, and their role was very limited.

"Can't Jin Hai really be guarded?" Lin Xuwen asked his entourage aside, leaving only Gao Zongting and Sun Shangwang by his side, and asked in a low voice.

Lin Xuwen's achievements and foundation lie in Jinhai.

For a long time, Lin Xuwen, Lin Fu and Lin Tingli belonged to the Lin clan.

If he gave up Jinhai this time and retreated to the south, his rank would not drop, but he would lose his foundation. Lin Xuwen either chooses to be loyal to the new emperor, or he can only rely on Huaidong, and it is impossible to have the relatively independent position and power when he monopolized Jinhai.

Until the last moment, Lin Xuwen was never willing to give up Jinhai easily, so he asked this question.

Sun Shangwang glanced at Lin Xuwen, but he didn't say a word.

Gao Zongting looked into the distance, and said softly, "After Datong fell, the situation in the north has collapsed and there is no help, but whether Jinhai can hold it depends on how determined Master Lin is!"

"How do you say it?" Lin Xuwen heard Gao Zongting's tone, and seemed to have the hope of guarding Jinhai, and there was some expectation in his heart.

"It is best to avoid both ends in doing things. Either give up or defend. You can only choose one to strengthen your ambition, but you can't give up and defend at the same time. There are more than 300,000 people who evacuated into Jinhai, and these more than 300,000 people. Not withdrawing at all, choose 100,000 people to join the army, even if it is cutting wooden spears, as long as the old and the weak, women and children follow, all will be sincere, and guarding the sea is enough!" Gao Zongting said, "Once the large-scale military When evacuated by sea, those who stay behind will have the heart to hope and leave, and the heart of defending the city is not strong. If you can stick to it at first, after a long time, you will feel abandoned, and your morale will be useless, and you cannot rely on it to defend the city..."

"That's it!" Lin Xuwen took a slight breath. According to Gao Zongting's policy, the sea route was used as the food route instead of the retreat route, and the old and weak women and children were taken as hostages, and the entire city was threatened to stay and defend the city with all their might.

It's just that the cost of doing this is too high, not to mention that such a small city is squeezed into so many small openings, it is very easy to induce large-scale epidemics over time, and it is unknown how many human lives will be filled in the end. Many people stay in Jinhai City, and the monthly payment for food is an eye-popping figure.

Gao Zongting glanced at Lin Xuwen and said goodbye to take a rest. Sun Shangwang chased after him and said in a reproachful tone, "Mr. Gao should not encourage the eldest son to guard Jinhai..."

"The longer Jinhai defends, the better it will be for Huaidong?" Gao Zongting stood with folded arms and turned to look at Sun Shangwang.

"Does Mr. Gao really think so?" Sun Shangwang asked back.

Gao Zongting narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Sun Shangwang, and said nothing.

Sun Shangwang was only born as a scholar, and he failed in many trials. He was so destitute that he could only teach in Jinan as a career. Yannan was invaded. Except for the youngest son Dequan, the eldest son and his wife were all taken away, and there was no news. After that, he followed Lin Fu to the north. King Qin, used Lin Fu as an official in Jinhai, so far there is no official official position - such a person is not well-known, but Lin Fu has used him for a long time to preside over Huaidong's affairs in Jinhai, so he is not an incompetent person.

However, Sun Shangwang is usually very low-key, and Gao Zongting did not expect his eyes to be so sharp, and he thought again: none of the people in Huaidong who can be reused by Lin Fu are really fuel-efficient lamps.

"Mr. Gao is afraid that as long as Jinhai can be defended, Yanjing will have hope of defending it!" Sun Shangwang did not mention the benefits of defending Jinhai to Huaidong, but directly revealed Gao Zongting's mind and said, "I would like to ask Mr. Gao, even if Jinhai pays a heavy price to stick to it for two years, can Jiangning be prepared? Can the world avoid a broken end? Will the Liang family and the Cao family hope to see Yuanshi ZTE?"

"..." Gao Zongting was silent. Li Zhuo offered his plan to pacify the prisoners and put everything before and after his death in the hope that it would be delayed for three to five years and give the Dayue Dynasty a chance to breathe, but since Chongguan ten years ago , Li Zhuo barely supported on the northern line, but the situation in the hinterland of the Central Plains was only getting worse, and there was no trend for improvement.

Under the circumstance that the Donghu people almost controlled Yanji, the longer Jinhai dragged on, and at the same time paying a heavy price, it would only give the Liang and Cao families more time to breathe, and would not benefit Huaidong and Jiangning directly.

Rather than expecting the Cao family to get out of the customs and contain the Donghu cavalry southward, Huaidong was more worried that the Cao family would take the opportunity to occupy eastern Sichuan and Bashu.

The Donghu people went south to occupy Youyan. Even if a new emperor was established in Jiangning, the power of the Yue Dynasty would be extremely weak. First of all, they had to block the offensive of the She family from the south. Shu, the best chance to be king in the west - the Cao family is obviously hard to resist this temptation.

In the battle of Chentangyi, the Liang family may have lost the courage to confront the Donghu people head-on. Besides, the Liang family had already defeated the Donghu people in the battle of Chentangyi. Even if the Liang family were given another year or two years, they could not pin their hopes on the Liang family being able to defend Shandong.

On the contrary, once the main force of the Donghu people is dragged in Yanji and cannot go south immediately, the Donghu people will naturally adjust their strategies in a timely manner. If the Donghu people turn to win over the Liang family and support the Liang family to cut the king in Shandong, what choice will the Liang family make?

Cao, Liang, and Huaidong, to this day, are all fiefdoms on one side, and there is no need to hide them. Fan towns and fan towns have always been based on distrust, mutual defense, and maintenance of their own interests. There is no possibility of mutual trust and cooperation, sacrificing oneself to serve others.

Otherwise, how could the Red Jacket Army and Chen Hansan have a chance to breathe between Huaidong and the Liang family?

Donghu Tieqi swept the world The Liang family naturally has no possibility of survival; similarly, if the Yuan clan gets ZTE, it is also impossible for the Yuan clan to continue to let the Liang family occupy the central parts of the Central Plains such as western Shandong and Hezhongfu.

For the Liang family, the best result is that the world is torn apart, and the Liang family is divided into one.

Donghu was strong, and the Liang family did not dare to act rashly, and even tried to unite the forces of Jiangning and Huaidong to resist Donghu. Once the main force of Donghu is dragged in Yanji and cannot go south, or even consumes too many troops under Jinhai City, and temporarily loses the possibility of sweeping the world, the Liang family is likely to make a move to advance to Qingzhou and take the first step to separate Shandong.

Huaidong has come to this stage, in addition to defending against Donghu and Shejia, he will not give up his vigilance towards Liang and Cao's family.

"Mr. Gao also knows that once the Jiangning side decides to establish a new emperor," Sun Shangwang said, "the first one who will hinder the solution of the siege of Yanjing, except for the new emperor, I am afraid that there will be no one else--at that time, even if Jinhai uses Holding on at a heavy price will only give Jiangning the illusion that the crisis has been alleviated. At this time, Liang and Cao are on the periphery, and Huaidong is on the near side. Mr. Gao does not believe that Jiangning will join Liang and Cao to suppress Huaidong. stupid move?"

Gao Zongting sighed, since Huaidong was determined to give up Jinhai, it would be impossible for Lin Xuwen to stand alone - Huaidong will take care of the overall situation, but he will not make wedding dresses for other families for the so-called overall situation, and he will not sacrifice his own life. In the hands of others - Gao Zongting asked Sun Shangwang: "Haidong reached this point, is there no way out?"

"This matter is not something I can figure out," Sun Shangwang said. "Your Excellency always respects Mr. Gao, and Shangwang just hopes that Mr. Gao will not disappoint you."

"Alas!" Gao Zongting sighed slightly, and left without saying anything. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter