Chapter 64 The Battle of Liaoji (6)
Gao Minzhi, the commander of the Ji army, said this because after the Liao army generals Wang Shi and other generals led their troops to occupy the cities behind Pingcheng, Shun'an, Baiyuanli, etc., they actually formed a large encirclement of the Ji army.
The initiative in the entire battle situation is completely controlled by the Liao army, and the Ji army is now quite passive. It can only lead the army south as soon as possible to retake Pingcheng and other places, otherwise it will face the danger of the destruction of the entire army.
After listening to the words of the head coach Gao Min, blonde sighed and knew that this was the only way out for the Ji army at present. He said to Gao Min: "Prime Minister, a general knows how to do it, so he will organize a large army to retreat immediately."
Then he said to the several personal guards who were supporting Gao Min: "You protect the Prime Minister as soon as possible and retreat to Shunchuan. I organized a large army and then came."
Gao Min's personal guards also knew that the situation was urgent, so they helped Gao Min down the city wall, helped Gao Min to a van, and retreated to Shun'an along the south gate.
Jinfa Yan didn't care about the soldiers who were fighting against the Liao army, and shouted to his deputy general Su Li: "According to the orders of the prime minister, order our frontier Ji army to fight against the attack of the Liao army at all costs; order our rear army to retreat quickly to Suchuan and Shunchuan areas."
Deputy General Su Li replied with sobs: "No."
In this way, the 150,000 and 160,000 Ji Army soldiers who were fighting against the Liao army on the Beiba Shuihe defense line were thrown to the Liao army by the commander Gao Min.
When the Ji Army generals who were fighting on the front line sent people to report military information to the commander Gao Min and asked for reinforcements, they could not find the commander Gao Min. Finally, they found out that the commander Gao Min had retreated, leading the army in the rear. These soldiers who fought bloody battles with the Liao army at the front were shamelessly abandoned by the commander Gao Min.
After hearing this news, the generals of Ji Kingdom, who were fighting against the Liao army, were so angry! No one of them cursed the head coach Gao Min. The eighteen generations of ancestor women who were the head coach Gao Min were "greetings" by these generals of the Ji army.
The coach of his own run away, how can he fight this battle?
Then the news reached the soldiers below the Ji army, and the entire Beiba Water River defense line, the 150,000-60,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,000-10,00
After learning the news, Rong Fran was stunned. He was not as happy as the other generals of the Liao army, but frowned. He was really impressed with the eyes of Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army.
I thought Gao Min was a good guy! He could actually cut off his arms to survive, abandoning so many soldiers, food and supplies, and retreating backwards, which was as good as himself. In this way, although he lost some of his troops, he could indeed withdraw most of the Ji army and go to the second line of defense between Suchuan and Shunchuan.
Rong Qi knew that this was not the time to sigh, so he immediately ordered: "Tell the entire army to surrender."
Then, the Liao army on the entire Beiba Shuihe defense line shouted: "Surrender! Surrender! Surrender!"
The Ji army was on the Beiba Shuihe defense line, with an army of nearly 150,000 or 60,000 troops. At this moment, without waiting for the orders of its generals, he automatically put down his weapons, then hugged his head with his hands, squatted on the ground, waiting for the Liao army to surrender.
While Rong Fen arranged for the Liao army to accept the surrender of Ji army, he urgently sent someone to report to Ji Kang.
After hearing the news, Ji Kang was stunned like a frog.
After a while, he said to Lu Zhonglian beside him: "Sir, this Ji Xiang is extraordinary!"
Lu Zhonglian nodded, looked at the map, and said to Ji Kang: "Young Master, Gao Min, the commander of the Ji Army, must want to lead the army and retreat to the second line of defense from Suchuan to Shunchuan. Now the Ji Army abandoned by Gao Min is only 150,000 or 60,000."
"If he was allowed to run back to the second line of defense so smoothly, the army he led would be more than 200,000. General Wang Shi's pressure would be too great. Young Master, we must send troops to bite the army of Ji Kingdom tightly and not let them run back."
Ji Kang looked at the map, pondered for a moment, and said to Lu Zhonglian: "That's true. We cannot let Gao Min, the commander of the Ji Army, lead the main army so easily to withdraw, and say that he must "bite" another piece of meat on him."
Speaking of this, Ji Kang said to Shi Gan beside him: "Shi Gan, go and tell General Rong Fen personally, tell him my and Mr. Lu's opinions, and let him deal with it as soon as possible."
Shi Gan bowed and said, "No."
After receiving Shi Gan's report, Rong Qi said to Shi Gan: "When you go back and tell the Lord, you will say that this general already knows. A certain general is ready to lead the cavalry in person to pursue the enemy."
After saying that, he said to the messenger beside him: "Come, I will order all 40,000 cavalrymen to gather immediately and follow me to pursue the enemy. Order Major General Tian Dali to be responsible for all the aftermath after the war."
The messenger hurriedly clasped his fists and replied, "No." Then he rode a horse and sent the messenger.
I have to say that Gao Min, the commander of the Ji Army, is indeed a ruthless character.
While leading the army to retreat, it was also considered that the Liao army would send troops to pursue. On the one hand, retreated, and on the other hand, a small number of Ji army were arranged to set up defenses at each level to block the Liao army's pursuit along the way.
He led the army to a place like Wende, looked at the terrain, and said slowly to the jinhai who was following him: "General Jin, I think the Liao army will come afterwards, and the terrain here will be snobbish."
"We can use a small number of troops to block the enemy's troops in the front of Wende City, and the remaining troops set up ambush on both sides of Wende City. Only as long as we can defeat the pursuers of the Liao army here, our army can smoothly return to the defense lines between Shunchuan and Suchuan."
Jin Hair Slow looked at the terrain here in Wende, nodded to Gao Min, "What the Prime Minister said is very good, this place is conducive to setting up an ambush. As long as we defeat the pursuers of the Liao army here, our army will have no worries on the way back."
After the two agreed, they ordered a small number of troops from the Ji army to garrison Wende City, and the main force was ambushed in the hills on both sides of Wende, preparing to ambush the Liao army.
Following the Liao army general Rong Fran, he acted slowly under the layers of blocking of a small number of troops of the Ji army. In this regard, Rong Fran attached more importance to Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army.
Because it was dark and the terrain was not very familiar, Rong Feng did not dare to lead the Liao army to pursue it too much, for fear of being ambushed.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Rongfu thought for a while and ordered the pursuit to stop and camp on the spot.
On the other hand, he sent someone to report to Ji Kang, asking Ji Kang to send Tian Dali to lead the 100,000 army to come quickly, preparing to pursue the main force of Ji Army tomorrow.
The commander of Ji Kingdom, Gao Min, waited until midnight, but did not see the Ji army coming. He knew that this plan was discovered by Rongfu, and he regretted it. He ordered the general to lead 20,000 troops to defend Wende City and block the Liao army's pursuit.
He led the remaining Ji army without caring about fatigue and quickly retreated to the rear.
Now, Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army, had no choice but to abandon nearly 70,000 troops to block the Liao army's pursuit. The Ji army he led was still 150,000 or 60,000 left.
On the afternoon of April 25, the Ji army retreated to the Suchuan and Shunchuan defense lines. After Gao Min counted all the Ji army's numbers, he found that there were a lot of Ji army running along the way. Now the Ji army on the second line of defense is less than 150,000.
The commander of the Liao army, Rong Fen, led 150,000 Liao troops to Wende City on the next day, preparing to attack Wende City.
The more than 20,000 Ji army guarding Wende City, saw that the commander Gao Min led the army to run away again, without any resistance. Under the leadership of the defender, he put down his weapons and surrendered to the Ji army.
Rongfu left five thousand Liao troops to guard Wende City, and he led his army to the defense line between Suchuan and Shunchuan. He also urgently ordered the rear army to come quickly and prepare to take down the entire remaining Ji army in one fell swoop.
Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army who retreated to Suchuan and Shunchuan, ordered the Ji army to strengthen the defense line between Suchuan and Shunchuan, and on the other hand, he reorganized the army and prepared to attack Pingcheng in an attempt to open a connection with Jidu.
At this time, Ji Shi, the king of Jidu, received news of Pingcheng in advance than Gaomin, the prime minister, that Shun'an had fallen. He was shocked and trembled all over.
In the court, he said to the ministers of Ji Kingdom: "How could this be? How could this be?"
Seeing this, General Goldman Sachs came out to Ji Shi and said, "King, now we must send troops to take Pingcheng to open up the connection with the main force of Ji Jun on the front line, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
Ji Shi nodded and said to Goldman Sachs: "General Gao, now the main force of my army is on the front line. I don't have much military strength!"
Goldman Sachs pondered for a while and said to Ji Shi: "King, now we can only do our best to help our front-line army. The king can send his Yulin Army and recruit cities near Jidu to recruit males over fifteen years old to join the army."
After hearing Goldman Sachs' words, Ji Shi gritted his teeth and said to Goldman Sachs: "General Gao, I have 20,000 Yulin Army, but I can give you 15,000. You can quickly send someone to Jidu and nearby recruit soldiers. You will be responsible for this matter, the faster the better."
General Goldman Sachs bowed to Ji Shi and said, "I obey the order."
Just when Ji Shi, the king of Ji Kingdom, discussed with the ministers in the court, was busy dispatching troops and preparing to reinforce the front-line army. The Liao army reinforced General Wang Shi's 50,000 troops, led by General Liu Sheng, and had already arrived in Huajinli by boat.
At this time, Wu Yangjing and deputy general Rong Yan led 30,000 cavalrymen had occupied Heishui.
Just after taking the Hei Shui, Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan were discussing how to occupy Jiangjie City without any rest.
"General Wu, a general thinks that the defenders of Jiangjie City have not yet received the news that we have occupied the Hei Shui. At this moment, our army should, regardless of fatigue, lead the army to Jiangjie City quickly to attack the enemy unexpectedly."
Deputy General and Political Commissar Rong Yan was cautious in suggesting to Wu Yangjing.
Given the communication and transportation conditions of this era, this situation exists. Therefore, Rong Yan suggested this to Wu Yangjing.
After hearing this, Wu Yangjing looked at the map on the wall, thought for a moment, and nodded: "General Rong Yan, what he said is the most. Our army is all cavalry, one man and two horses, and rest for another two hours, and then heading towards the river border."
After the two agreed, they no longer delayed. They continued to lead 30,000 cavalry to quickly march towards Jiangjie City, preparing to launch a raid on Jiangjie City.
Chapter completed!