Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Wu Song, who had been retreating almost continuously, looked disgraced all the way and led the rest of the National Guard troops to withdraw towards Guangzhou.

Zhao Wuji and others took advantage of the victory to pursue. Fortunately, Su Xia's national defense army had been trained for a long time. They retreated alternately and set up ambushes along the way.

In addition, generals such as Wu Song and Shi Jin took the lead and fought tooth and nail to cover. Zhao Wuji, who was leading the pursuit with the imperial army, saw that he could not gain any advantage and simply gave up the pursuit.

The Protectorate Army has never experienced such a defeat since the war began, and thousands of officers and soldiers were lost.

Especially the death of Ruan Xiaowu cast a heavy shadow over this failure. The terrible Zhao Wuji, the National Guard Army had not lost a general of this level since the battle with the Song Army, which made the Ruan brothers feel depressed and sad.

Su Xia only got the news a few days later. After learning about the incident, he immediately decided to lead the army to Guangnan West Road in person. He wanted to meet Zhao Wuji in person.

However, when he proposed this idea, he was quickly stopped by Xiong Hui on the side: "Sir, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. The battle of Guangnan West Road was a temporary defeat for our army. There are high mountains and dense forests, and the land is far away and sparsely populated. Originally, our army officers and soldiers were all from the north and south of the Yangtze River and were not adapted to the local climate. Two days ago, General Li Dong sent a notice that Wu Song and the others were extremely unadapted when they went there. When they went there, the officers and soldiers would inevitably be attacked by a group of people. I'm afraid It’s not conducive to fighting again.”

Su Xia nodded. He understood that Xiong Hui was right, but he must not stop attacking the Song army now, otherwise all the previous efforts would be wasted.

Thinking of this, he said slowly: "Because of this, the morale of the army is low and it is not conducive to fighting again. That's why I have to go to the front line to supervise the battle in person. I cannot give Zhao Wuji a chance to counterattack. In addition to his own troops, he also has a group of people under his control." If you criticize the imperial army, one person can take away ten, and ten can take away a hundred, so this person is a serious problem for us."

When Su Xia said this, he looked up at the sand table map he had arranged in the command room. The sand table map was drawn based on his own memory when he was in the military academy.

After all, as an undergraduate graduate of the Army Special Warfare Academy, he can clearly remember the topography of the motherland. By placing his own, Song and Jin troop deployments on this large sand table, he can understand the enemy's and our strategies in a timely manner. situation.

Seeing Su Xia change her topic, Xiong Hui said hurriedly:

"Sir, what you said is correct, but at present our army has dispatched nearly half of its troops to the south. In addition, you have recently sent Hua Rong to lead a cavalry unit there, and the Navy Li Dong has blocked the Guangzhou Road leading to Regarding Nanyang's shipping, even if Guangnan West Road is not completely surrounded by us, we have basically completed the siege of Song Dynasty, so you won't have to take action personally.

Su Xia shook his head and said, "You can't just look at this. Although the geographical environment of Guangnan West Road (Guangxi) is a bit harsh compared to Jiangnan, it has high mountains and dense forests. It is possible to accumulate a large number of soldiers everywhere, and it is very likely to become a counterattack for the Song army." base. Zhao Wuji cannot underestimate him, nor can he underestimate these sergeants under Zhao Wuji. These thousands of people are his elite. With these thousands of people, he can draw away more forbidden troops and people to fight against us.

Therefore, we must organize a considerable-scale counterattack to suppress Zhao Wuji and his forces, prevent the Song army from counterattacking, completely occupy the Guangzhou area we occupied, and at the same time further consolidate the Fujian Road we occupied.

And this time I want you to stay behind after I go, and you and Zongze will help defend together. Your current strength is enough to deal with them. In addition, Liu Yanqing’s Western Army will support the attack this time. They have never fought on a large scale, so the Western Army The army must coordinate the attack to contain the main force of the Song army.

Remember, after I leave, you have to organize small groups of troops to harass many times. For the Song army, the best defense is to attack. I will take Liu Guangshi with me and order his armored troops to mobilize with me.

In addition, you must actively launch an offensive, otherwise the Song Army will suspect that my coach is not at home, and it is possible that the Jin Kingdom will use all the strength of the country to attack us.

Seeing that Su Xia was determined to leave, Xiong Hui could only nod his head and said: "Don't worry, according to the previous plan, the bunkers we have set up on each main road have been equipped with additional artillery. Do you want to explain it to the generals and local governors?"

"That's not necessary. As long as you, Zongze, Sun Li and other major military and political officials know about my departure, you will immediately deploy manpower. Your secret service headquarters will immediately send people to Bianjing to create rumors that Zhao Wuji is one of ours. .”

"Sir, is this useful?"

Su Xia was confident: "Song Huizong was suspicious by nature. Even if he didn't believe us, after these rumors became rampant, those mediocre people in the Northern Song Dynasty would definitely blow it in front of the emperor. The so-called three people make a tiger, no matter how determined Song Huizong was, their behavior I would definitely not have imagined that this is our alienation strategy, and we have to use the 36 strategies.

In addition, if you tell them, Zhao Wuji has signed a non-aggression treaty with us. After I destroy the Song Dynasty, I will make Zhao Wuji King of Guangnan. "

Xiong Hui nodded trustingly: "I will do it now. The Northern Song Dynasty must be suspicious and will not give Zhao Wuji more military supplies. His Jingwei troops only have a few thousand people, and the servants under his command are numerous. , so the combat effectiveness displayed is much greater than that of Wu Song's army. Once the other Forbidden Army does not obey Zhao Wuji's orders, then how can they be of any importance compared with our National Guard Army, who are just a few thousand people?

Su Xia nodded and said: "I just didn't expect that something like this would happen on Guangnan West Road. After the battle report from Wu Song, I have been thinking whether our stall is too big. It is precisely because of this that I I have to rush to Guangnan West Road to fight in person, otherwise the war will be extremely tragic. In this case, I will lead the guard brigade to go in person. Liu Guangshi’s armored cavalry army will then go into battle."

Four days later, the Guangzhou National Defense Army was in the Chinese army's tent in the enemy's camp before they attacked.

Su Xia and more than 800 advisors and soldiers from the guard brigade rushed outside Guangzhou City at night, and unexpectedly met Wu Song and other generals who had returned from defeat.

As the base camp of the National Defense Army in Guangzhou, it is still rich in supplies.

Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't hide the sadness on their faces. When Wu Song and others saw Su Xia, they all knelt down on one knee. Su Xia hurriedly helped them up: "You don't need to have too much psychological burden, I have heard about it. "