Chapter 687

Others were still immersed in the bad news and couldn't believe the fact that Jiangfang was so easily broken.

Luo Zhao's melancholy lingers, and the melancholy in his heart is hard to disappear. There are huge variables! He knew he might face a huge variable.

Although the state of song still has an absolute advantage so far, even if the river defense is broken, it is difficult to solve the plight of Yan army. It is reasonable to say that defeating Yan army is not a problem at all, but mengshanming's breaking the river defense still leaves an indelible shadow in his heart.

The key to the problem lies in the man mengshanming, who can make it possible to break the river defense in one fell swoop. Who can guarantee that mengshanming can no longer counter attack in desperate circumstances?

"Yanshan roars, Qi has no hatred..." Luo Zhao sighed again as he wandered.

He thought of his rude behavior of sending Meng Shanming the white horse, and also thought of Meng Shanming's reply, saying that there must be generous gifts!

He regretted a little. He didn't regret his rudeness. That was the method of motivating generals. He wanted to excite mengshanming to chase after him, but mengshanming wasn't fooled. He regretted that he should not go deep into the army and should personally face off with mengshanming, but who could have thought that Jiangfang could be broken so quickly?

From his standpoint at that time, this was the war to destroy the state of Yan. He had to strive for the greatest interests for the state of song. It was unwise to spend his troops in the duel with Meng Shanming. He could only take advantage of South Korea. He had to leave enough strength to rob the territory of the state of Yan with South Korea.

The situation has changed so much that he can't go to the front line and command the people and horses of the river defense in time. Is he really worried that Wu qunlie can be the opponent of Meng Shanming?

Although Wu qunlie has an absolute advantage, he is really not sure now!

What's more troublesome is the chaotang side. You have a reason to win the war. Some people who can be blocked by saying "you don't understand war" have nothing to say. Once you lose the war, those people in the chaotang can pick out countless mistakes for you, and what you face in front can also be said to be wrong for you

His new strategic plan has just been issued, and the battle of Hukou defense line has begun again. The fighting of the army is shaking the sky!

Qingqu Liao Nanqing's 300000 troops and Xu laiping's 130000 remnants jointly attacked at all costs, and Zhang Hu's men and horses who had just occupied the Hukou defense line retreated.

The Hukou defense line just won by the people of the state of Yan was robbed back by the people of the state of song.

On the way back, Zhang Hu's subordinates were slightly dissatisfied and complained about him, "senior general, we didn't try our best. It's unjust to lose the Hukou defense line."

"What are you talking about? If you want to retreat, how can you get so much nonsense?" Zhang Hu scolded and immediately ordered, "the army stops moving and takes a rest."

He just jumped off his horse here. Gong Lince also jumped off his horse and came up and asked, "it's not far from the enemy. Stop now. Aren't you afraid of pursuing?"

"Pursuit?" Zhang Hu groaned disdainfully. "It's not easy to take back the Hukou defense line. Does the palace leader think they dare to lose it? They dare not disperse their troops to chase! The Hukou defense line is the pit dug by Meng Shuai. Do you want to climb out after Meng Shuai's pit?"

Gong Lince thought, "this is Meng Shuai's idea. You can only lose, not win?"

Zhang Hu nodded: "this song army has been nailed to the Hukou defense line. It is a turtle in a jar!"

Gong Lince said, "when will you take it?"

Zhang Hu: "don't worry, let them be proud first. How can Meng Shuai's cheap be so easy to take advantage of?"

As for the details, Zhang Hu refused to say, but only what he had done.

However, since you know it well here, Gong Lince won't ask more

The Hukou defense line was in a mess, surrounded by ruins, and there was still a fire burning.

Liao Nanqing and Xu laiping inspected the ruins and found that Yan Jun left nothing for them, burned or destroyed what they couldn't take away, and didn't even leave a house for them.

The army rushed in an emergency. They were in a hurry. They were light and simple. They didn't bring any luggage at all. Now in the rainy season, hundreds of thousands of people and horses are afraid to sleep in the open air.

What's more troublesome here is that Yan Jun didn't withdraw far and ran to harass him from time to time.

The enemy's purpose is very simple. Bullying here does not dare to give up the defense line, chase far and harass repeatedly, just to make this side unable to rest.

As soon as they chase here, the harassing people and horses immediately run away, and the chasing people and horses dare not run far, for fear of being surrounded and annihilated by the main force of Yan army.

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"Good news! Good news!"

In Jiangfang governor's mansion, a general rushed into Zhenjiang hall with a good news.

Wu qunlie, whose eyes were red, suddenly stood up after the case and showed extremely expectant eyes.

The young general who entered the hall presented a good report with both hands in front of the generals. "General Liao and General Xu have joined forces and recaptured the Hukou defense line at one fell swoop!"

"Ah!" the generals in the hall burst into joy.

Wu qunlie grabbed the good news and watched it. After watching it, he was very happy and said, "good! Good!" then he raised the good news in his hand to the public: "According to the second general's report, the Yan army had only 200000 troops, so it was difficult to stop our army's attack, so it was conquered at one fell swoop. It seems that the loss of Zhang Hu's troops in the war of crossing the river was very heavy, exceeding our estimate, not only 200000, but also 300000!"

Then he threw the good news to the public.

A general looked at the back and said, "under such conditions, crossing the river and making a strong attack, relying only on some wooden rafts, heavy losses are inevitable."

Another general looked at it and said, "it can also be seen that Xu laiping did his best at that time."

Someone frowned and said, "all the river defense facilities have been destroyed by Yan Jun. once Xu Jingyue's Department arrives to cross the river, there are remnants of Zhang Hu behind him. It's hard to stop the internal and external attacks."

When the hall is quiet, it is really a troublesome thing. The remnant of Zhang Hu will certainly not give Liao and Xu the opportunity to collect materials to reconstruct the river defense facilities. They must be harassed constantly to cooperate with Xu Jingyue's people to cross the river.

After Wu Qun lie was a little silent, "at present, Liao and Xu can only stop them at any cost. Then I will send 400000 people to support."

Another person warned: "the army hurried and did not bring enough supplies. The sergeant only carried rations for two days. The supplies for the Hukou defense line should be in place as soon as possible."

A general said, "supplies will be in place soon. As soon as the canal cleaning men and horses set out, grain and grass have been sent."

Wu qunlie reminded them in a deep voice, "tell Liao and Xu that they must keep an eye on Zhang Hu's men and horses to prevent them from robbing food. As soon as the food and grass arrive, ask them to send a man and horse to meet them immediately! Tell them that we can arrive with 400000 reinforcements in just a few days."

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Across the Hukou defense line, Xu Jingyue's troops rushed to the other side and immediately prepared the raft crossing the river.

While Xu Jingyue was checking along the river, a message from Zhang Hu arrived. It said that he would suspend crossing the river here. Just prepare in advance and listen to the notice when crossing the river.

After reading the news, the deputy general frowned and said, "the Hukou defense line that we finally got is lost. We should cross the river and attack while the song army is not standing firm. Do we have to wait until the song army has constructed the defense facilities? What the hell is going on in Meng Shuai?"

Xu Jingyue looked across the bank and said slowly, "Meng Shuai will not aim at nothing. There must be some arrangements. I'll listen to the order."

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In Jiangxia County, there are mountains and fields. The grain truck fleet is like a long dragon, escorted by 20000 people and horses.

Approaching the mountain forest, several friars who explored the way in front rushed over and urgently reported: "retreat quickly, there is an ambush in the mountain forest!"

While talking, the horn sounded in the mountains and forests ahead.

Countless people and horses rushed out of the mountain forest and rushed forward.

"Withdraw!" exclaimed the grain officer.

The convoy turned around in a hurry, but it couldn't run away with so much luggage. The grain army immediately cut off its rear protection.

When the army faced off, Guo Xianfu came out of the crowd on a war horse, holding a long gun. Before the battle, he said, "Meng Shuai expected that the reinforcements would rush, and the luggage must be behind. Guo has been waiting here for a long time! Those who lay down their weapons and surrender can avoid death!"

What is it? Zhang Hu had only 200000 people left in his hand. Guo Xianfu led the 100000 people to rob the granary. He immediately came to Jiangxia County quietly at night and hid in the only way of the grain and grass convoy. Zhang Hu's actions had already been done in front. Liao and Xu stared at the people on Zhang Huming's face. It was a mistake.

The other party didn't listen and refused to surrender. Instead, the grain officer ordered to destroy the grain. He saw that the other side began to cut the grain bags with a knife and wanted to sprinkle all the grain on the muddy ground.

Guo Xianfu's eyes are about to crack. Now food is the lifeblood of Yan Jun. otherwise, why should he spend so much time and shout angrily: "kill!"

On the plain under the river, there was a sudden killing sound, and the two men and horses collided together.

The elite of the 100000 Yan army fought against the 20000 grain soldiers. The outcome was not difficult to predict. The latter suffered a disastrous defeat. After throwing down a pile of bodies, thousands of grain soldiers fled in all directions.

Almost all the ten day grain prepared by 300000 reinforcements fell into Guo Xianfu's hands. After a little consolidation, Guo Xianfu escorted the grain back.

At the same time, a golden wing quickly swept away and reported to Zhang Hu that the food had arrived!

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There was a lot of discussion in the Jiangfang governor's office. Governor Luo arrived according to the new strategic deployment and asked this side to give up Jiangfang and implement the new strategy.

"It's a pity to give up Jiangfang like this."

"My Lord, the metropolitan governor doesn't know the war situation here. I don't know that we have recaptured the Hukou defense line. If we know, we will not give up the defense line. Why don't we wait for the new reply from the metropolitan governor after receiving the war report here?"

"Yes, it is our bounden duty to block the war outside the national border. Once the main battlefield is put into China, it will be our people in the Song Dynasty who will suffer."

Facing the voice of persuasion, Wu qunlie, sitting behind the case, looked at the new orders on the case and hesitated.

Just then, a cry came from outside, "report!" a young general hurried into the report, "Sir, the grain and grass escorted to the Hukou defense line were robbed in Jiangxia County!"

Wu Qun lie suddenly stood up and said angrily, "who robbed it?"

The young general said, "Guo Xianfu, the left commander of the Chinese army under Zhang Hu, led 100000 troops to set up ambushes in Jiangxia county to rob grain!"

"Zhang Hu still ambushed 100000 people in Jiangxia county?" Wu qunlie was surprised. At this time, he finally realized that he had been caught. The Hukou defense line was not broken by this side because of insufficient troops, but the enemy deliberately gave up the Hukou defense line to them, inducing this side to continue to send food to the front line.

A group of generals in the hall also stood up and realized the seriousness of the problem. They didn't expect the other party to go around in such a big circle and don't hesitate to take the pot mouth defense line as bait to grab so much food.

For them, this grain may not be much, and for Yan Jun, it is really not much. The grain for 300000 people and horses for ten days, that is, the grain for 3 million people and horses for one day. But for Meng Shanming, Yan Jun is really short of food. After ten days of food operation for 300000 people and horses, he can drink thin at ordinary times and eat dry before the war. He can persist for a few days for 3 million people and horses.