Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

There are many mountains in Hedong, especially Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain. The two mountains are hundreds of miles deep from north to south, like two giant dragons.

At this time, Wu Jie's troops were among the many mountains extending from the northernmost side of Luliang Mountain.

The road here is no better than the plains.

The most difficult thing to go was the logistics troops, who carried a lot of luggage, including soldiers' armor, food, and key parts of the giant catapult.

The scouts ahead will bring back the latest news every once in a while.

Including water sources, villages with a radius of tens of miles, road conditions, and whether enemy troops have been found.

Even though the road was very difficult, it took Wu Jie only six days to complete the [-] miles of winding and rugged journey, and arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River, only [-] miles away from Baode City.

How far is Baode from Fugu?

Baode City is on the south bank of the Yellow River, and on the opposite bank is Fugu.

At this time, although they had not entered the boundary of Fuzhou, the large number of scouts sent by Zhe Keqiu had already known that the Song army was coming.

Zhewen, who was mobilizing the army in Baode, also got the news.

"What! Song Jun has arrived in Baode!" Zhewen was taken aback.

As soon as Zhewu heard about it, he immediately asked, "How many people are here?"

"There are tens of thousands of people!"

Zhewu seemed very excited, and he said: "Brother, the Song army has come from a long way, and it must be a tired army at this time. If we send a group of troops to harass the Song army so that they cannot rest, after the father's army arrives, gather the main force advantage." , you can defeat the Song army in one go!"

Zhewen nodded, obviously agreeing with Zhewu's statement.

Although Wu Jie's marching speed was beyond Zhe's father and son's expectations, but he went so recklessly into Baode, from Zhewen Zhewu's point of view, Song Jun was dazed by the victory of Lanzhou City.

At this time, Zhewen had assembled 2 horses in Baode City, and 3 horses in Fuzhou on the north bank, a total of [-] horses.

And Wu Jie's total army is [-].

Judging from the number of people alone, Zhejia has the advantage.

Let's talk about home and away games.

The Song army marched from afar, and entering this place is naturally an away game.

Zhewu is right, Song Jun is a tired army.

On the afternoon of April [-]th, a group of [-] troops came out of Baode City to cover up and kill the Song army.

It is said that it was a direct cover-up, but it is not that they came to harass.

It is well known that after a long walk it takes a few days for a person to regain his normal strength.

From this point of view, Oreitake's proposal is quite correct.

However, they obviously didn't know that Wu Jie had a stronger hole card in his hand.

On the evening of April [-]th, the scouts reported intensively and found that a group of people was advancing rapidly towards this side.

Yang Zheng said: "It seems that the Zhejia army is very confident in itself and is ready to fight a tough battle with us head-on!"

Guo Hao said: "No, no, the main force of the Zhejia army is in Fuzhou, and this is Baode. Before the main force moves, it is impossible to think about fighting a tough battle with us. Maybe they just sent people to harass us and make us Tired, waiting for the main force to come."

"I think they are going to fight, Wu Shuai, please give the junior general 3000 troops, and the latter is willing to lead the battle!" Yang Zheng was obviously having fun in Lanzhou City.

Wu Jie didn't speak, but he continued to drink. By the way, in the evening, he went back to his camp and had a good talk about life with the two beautiful ladies who came with him.

I don't know what they are talking about, anyway, I can always hear some nice calls.

Wu Jie didn't speak, and everyone set up camp and patrolled strictly according to the original plan.

Nothing happened tonight.

Early in the morning of the second day, Guo Hao hurried to Wu Jie's tent.

"Wu Shuai! Wu Shuai!"

Wu Jie, who was still asleep, turned over, hugged another little lady, pinched the softest part casually, and asked lazily: "What's the matter?"

"The enemy army has arrived, ten miles away from the left flank of our army, and they are still advancing."

"how many people?"

"Thousands."

"Watch and fight!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Jie fell asleep again.

"Watching?" Guo Hao was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Wu Jie meant.

He ran to the left flank.

The commander of the left-wing military capital is Yang Zheng, who has been clamoring for a tough battle all day long.

He said this to Yang Zheng: "Wu Shuai said to be on the defensive and not to move casually."

"Don't we have cavalry?" Yang Zheng questioned, "Why can't we have a quick fight?"

"Wu Shuai said that the enemy is not only here to harass us, but also to test the strength of our army. Don't use your cards casually."

"When will it be dispatched?"

"Wu Shuai didn't say anything."

"What is he doing?"

"He...he's still sleeping."

What the hell!

If that man hadn't been for Wu Jie, Yang Zheng would have wanted to kill him.

But when he heard that Wu Jie was still sleeping, the violent Yang Zheng lost his temper at all.

Wu Jie is not a person who doesn't know his priorities. When he said defense, there must be a reason for defense.

In the morning, the Zhewu faction dispatched several vanguard battalions and began to approach Song Jun's left.

The Zhejia army first shot at the Song army with crossbow arrows, and then made several tentative attacks on the Song army.

Both sides played obviously more conservative.

Even after a few rounds, the Zhejia army returned to their camp.

This scene continued until the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Zhewu added a few more battalions and continued to harass the Song army in turn.

Even the Zhejia Army prepared some stones and threw stones at the Song Army's formation not far from the Song Army.

After throwing, he did not continue to advance, but began to withdraw troops.

Song Jun did not pursue either.

The two sides continued like this for a day.

On the tenth day of April, that is, the next day, the number of troops sent by Zhewu to harass the Song army had increased to 3000, and the scale of the use of force by both sides was expanding.

But Song Jun still maintained restraint.

And because Wu Jie has been sleeping soundly for the past two days, the other officers are also very relaxed.

As soon as the officers relaxed, the soldiers also ate and slept well, completely without the sense of urgency that the enemy is currently facing.

But Guo Hao is not in this state. The scout team he is in charge of is the most exhausted, and it is divided into multiple channels to spy back and forth intensively.

And he stipulated that the surrounding patrols must send someone back to report the situation to him every hour.

Obviously, Wu Jie was giving the army time to rest and prepare for a one-time outbreak.

Chapter 671 Wu Jie's Game (Second Change)

"Report!" The scout came back, "The Song army is still not moving!"

"General, the Song army has not moved. Could it be that they are afraid of us?" said Zhewu's assistant general Liu Chen.

"In my opinion, Song Jun wants to recharge his batteries. The more this is the case, the more we can't let Song Jun rest." Zhewu said, "The order will be passed on, and all the troops will cooperate with each other and take turns to fight!"

"Yes!"

"General, since the Song army is a tired army, why not attack the Song army directly, and the general is willing to be a forward!" Liu Chen said.

"No!" It seems that Zhewu became cautious because he was defeated once, "We are just probing, harassing, delaying time, and exhausting the Song army."

"What if the Song army attacks?"

"Isn't this what we want to see the most?" Zhewu laughed loudly, "The Song army came from afar, the tired army, if they only defend, I can't do anything with them, if they attack, I will fight with them If the strange soldiers attack it, they will defeat the main force of the Song army in one battle!"

The defensive state, offensive state, and retreat state of the army are all different.

It is most difficult to find weak points in the defensive state, and the army is moving when attacking.

Once the army moves, it is easy to expose its weaknesses.

In the state of retreating, the army is not only moving, but most of the soldiers have no will to fight and just want to go home quickly.

Once retreating, the army is the weakest.

Just like that, two days passed.

Song Jun was still lying there like a turtle.

This made Zhewu want to go crazy.

No matter how provocative he was, Song Jun just didn't move.

Many of Wu Jie's behaviors seem absurd to ordinary people.

Compared with Yue Fei's military orders like mountains, he is more like a son of a flamboyant family.

But behind his behavior, there is a deeper meaning.

Looking at the entire army from the perspective of the supreme commander, the Zhe family in the Northwest is not weak, and Fugu is an important town on the border, with densely populated cities.

Moreover, Fugu is on the north bank of the Yellow River. If the Song army wants to attack Fugu directly, it must cross the Yellow River.

The best way to get it is that you only need to send out a group of people to patrol the Yellow River. When you find that the Song army is crossing the river, you will gather your troops to wait for work.

Even if you cross the Yellow River, you have to face dense walled cities.

Such a situation is very passive for Song Jun.

What's more, Daizhou and the Jin Army are ready to cut off the Song Army's retreat at any time after the Song Army falls into the quagmire of the Fugu Battle.

In addition, Yang Zongmin, the grandfather of Yang Yizhong, led the Linzhou soldiers Ma Qinwang when the Jin army went south, and was defeated later. Linzhou, not far from Fugu, broke away from the control of the Song Dynasty.

Linzhou must now be in the hands of Yi Keqiu.

Linzhou and Fugu formed a corner. If the Song army could not fight for a long time at Baode on the south bank of the Yellow River, Linzhou, a hundred miles to the west, could send another army to attack the Song army from the rear.

At that time, Song Jun will probably be made dumplings.

At least Wu Jie inferred that Zhe Keqiu would definitely have such a layout.

In view of this situation, Wu Jie's strategy is actually very simple: hide the hole cards, besiege the city and fight for aid!

How to besiege and fight for aid?

Wu Jie has an elite cavalry in his hands, which Zhao Ning spent money on.

However, Zhe Keqiu didn't know, and Jin Jun didn't know either.

Linzhou is a hundred miles away to the west, and it is impossible for the Song army to divide its troops to fight both Baode and Linzhou.

So simply encircle Baode and force Zheke to ask for help from the encirclement point.

In fact, it is to attract the main force of the Zhejia army to dispatch, and then use the high mobility of the cavalry to defeat the Zhejia army.

This is still the first step. After the Zhejia army is defeated, the rest must retreat in the city for defense and ask for help from the Jin army.

At this time, you can directly hit the city with a heavy trebuchet.

The reason why they are shrinking back now and not moving Zhewu is because they want to attract more Zhejia troops out of the city, and secondly, they want the army to rest.

Most of the roads from Lanzhou to Baode are mountain roads. In ancient times, marching on mountain roads was very dangerous, and it was easy to be ambushed by enemy troops with well-arranged conditions.

Therefore, the Song army adopted a high-pressure rapid march.

The Song army is a living person, and after a rapid march, they must need to rest.