Chapter 291 Lost before defeat
Corresponding to the palace of Goryeo is the gunfire under the capital of the State of Jin.
Wanyan Zong also pulled a lot of artillery from Song Qing before and after Gan, but in order to fight against Liangshan's army, it has been handed over to Wanyan Zongwang to take to the front line of Youzhou.
Hu Yanzhuo was well shud in the way to use troops. After arriving in Beijing, he did not give Wanyan Zong time to breathe at all and immediately set up cannons to attack the city.
For this suddenly emerging Liangshan army, Wanyan Zong wanted to cry without tears. When he received the news, Luzhou had fallen, and this horse almost bit the tail of the scout. He didn't even have time to prepare.
The people and horses are all on the front line of Youzhou, and it's too late to adjust, but he wants to do something to delay the time. But Liang Shanren didn't give him a chance at all. After arriving, he took a break. Before Wanyan Zong's envoy left the city, the gunfire sounded over there.
The garrison in Beijing is also about 20,000, which is about the same as Liangshan's number, but they are really afraid of Liangshan's army. As soon as they see the sudden appearance of Liangshan's army and those dark artillery under the city, they suddenly lost their fighting spirit.
Hu Yanzhuo didn't even give them a chance to escape. With an order, dozens of artillery aimed at one place and began to bombard them indiscriminately. The power of one cannon is enough, not to mention dozens of cannons bombarding one place at the same time. Soon, the whole wall collapsed. Countless soldiers who had no time to escape were crushed under the city.
Hu Yanzhuo knew that he had few soldiers, so he was not in a hurry to attack. He ordered the soldiers to rush up to occupy the collapsed wall in the gap where the gunfire stopped, and then used it as a stronghold to push the artillery up and continue to shoot into the city.
The golden soldiers defending the city did not want to fight back, but Liangshan's artillery was too fierce. The raindrops made them unable to raise their heads at all. After the artillery stopped, Liangshan people and horses had forcibly occupied the high ground of the city wall and began to shoot into the city condescendingly.
Although Liang Shanren and Ma didn't kill him, Wanyan Zong knew that the general situation was gone, and he couldn't fight. He wanted to negotiate, but they didn't talk to you. Up to now, he really regretted not listening to the words of the Mongols and offending Liang Shan. At the same time, he believed that Wanyan Zongwang's men and horses were over.
In desperation, he had to take people to escape from the gate on the other side. According to his idea, he would spare Liangshan and then rush to meet Wanyan Zongwang. There are still 200,000 troops there. It's no good to fight against Liangshan. It's no problem to go north to the grassland or even farther away.
Wanyan Zonggan's idea is good, but he doesn't want to think that Liang Shan has made such a big formation and Gongsun Sheng led the army. How can he run away like this?
On the way, Gongsun Sheng analyzed the possible actions of Wanyan Zonggan.
The troops in Beijing are empty. With the temperament of Wanyan Zonggan, he can't choose to resist to the end, so the rest is only one way to escape, so can he escape there? What route should I take? It is Gongsun Sheng who is going to study it.
After some research, Gongsun Sheng immediately divided his army into two routes, one way to support Hu Yanzhuo, and the other way to set an ambush on the only way south of Wanyan Zonggan.
Wanyan Zonggan, who was in a hurry, didn't expect that Liangshan's arrangements would be so meticulous. He was caught off guard and crashed into the encirclement of Liangshan. Fortunately, Gongsun Sheng gave the order to be captured alive, otherwise he would have to die under the mine.
Poor Wanyan Zong, who had been busy for most of his life and wanted to be the emperor. Finally, he became the emperor, but before he could sit still, he became Liang Shan's prisoner.
After Gongsun Sheng got the news, he flew the pigeon to Youzhou again. Then he turned and sent it to Luoyang until it was delivered to Song Qing, who was still in Lin'an.
At this time, on the battlefield of Youzhou, Han Shizhong's army led by Liangshan had taken over the battle with the Jin soldiers, but they were all small battles. They had not seen anything for the time being. He was also waiting for the exact news from Beijing.
When Han Shizhong received Gongsun Sheng's capture of Luzhou, he actually knew that there was no suspense in this war. What he had to do was how to kill the golden soldiers to the maximum extent, and it was best to solve them once and for all.
Liangshan Camp is built according to the city, relying on sharp firearms, and the golden soldiers dare not approach too much.
Wanyan Zonggan's original idea was to send troops from the three parties at the same time, so that Liangshan's heads and horses could not be taken care of, thus completely disrupting the deployment of Liangshan's army.
However, what Wanyan Zongwang didn't expect was that the Mongolian Qiyan Department should not know that the tendon was wrong, and suddenly withdrew with the headquarters.
It should also be the leader of Mongolia's troops this time. He suddenly left silently. How can we fight this battle? The unknown Ju Erhan and the bald bone can only stand still. It's time to send someone to chase him quickly and ask him what's going on?
It is that everyone has weaknesses, and the right weakness is Gerile, but he never thought that he was going to wave his army to fight against Liangshan people and horses, but at this time, the rear came to report that Gerile ran away with other men.
In fact, Li Yu has always been around, and Gerile was not abducted by him, but Gerile should take this opportunity to leave quickly and fly away with Li Yu. This has long been negotiated between the two.
Li Yu knew that he should care about Gerile very much. He just wanted to disturb his mind through this move, but he didn't expect that this old man was so affectionate that he could put down such a big thing and go back to find his woman.
Li Yu really sighed in addition to sighing.
The Mongolian army has stagnated, which makes the cautious Wanyan Zongwang also have a bad feeling.
Soon, this feeling became a reality. A Liangshan army that emerged from there forced Wanyan to death. After occupying Luzhou, it had quickly rushed to Beijing.
Hearing this news, Wanyan Zongwang couldn't help sweating coldly. Only now did he understand that Han Shizhong was not less than himself, but he refused to fight. He dared to wait for the news of going to Beijing!
It's ridiculous that his three families of more than 500,000 troops attacked the Central Plains. Now it looks like a child's play, but it has already been under the control of Song Qing.
Shangjing is empty. With Liang Shan's military front, it is not impossible to take Shangjing. Now even if I want to save it, it's too late.
What should I do? The two armies have already clashed. If they withdraw like this, Han Shizhong will definitely catch up with him. With the caution of Han Shizhong's use of troops, it is almost impossible for him to ambush him.
But it can't be so hard! It won't be long before there is news from Beijing. Even if you want to hide it, Liang Shan must have a way to let the soldiers know that they don't have to fight at that time, and the army will be confused.
Anyway, this battle can't be fought. Wanyan Zongwang ordered the generals to gather in the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss the next step.
In fact, it's not just Wanyan Zongwang, but many generals in the Jin camp are not optimistic about this battle. After all, Liangshan's army is too powerful. Hearing the rumor of the general, he thought he was going to fight against Liang Shan and rushed over in the shortest time.
After the generals arrived, Wanyan Zongwang glanced at the generals first, and then slowly said, "Tell everyone a very bad news. Liang Shan has sent a strange soldier to Beijing. If I expected it well, Beijing will soon fall. Now I want to hear your thoughts. What should we do next?"
A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and Wanyan Zongwang's words were like a thunderbolt, which stunned the generals, but this was just a short silence, and then buzzed like a nest of bees.
How could this happen? There are 200,000 troops guarding here. How did Liangshan people run to the back?
Wanyanzong waited for the generals to buzz for a while before saying, "It's useless to say anything now, and if we suddenly retreat, Liangshan people and horses will definitely hunt down. It is almost impossible for us to retreat whole bodies, so I want to hear your ideas on how to save our people to the maximum extent."
Wanyan's mother said in a low voice, "Please forgive me for saying more. Liangshan people and horses have appeared in the rear. Where should we retreat?"
In fact, Wanyan Zongwang has also been thinking about this problem. After going to Beijing, his brother Wanyan Zong is also afraid that it is more bad luck. Then why did he take his troops back to Beijing?
In addition, if Liangshan people in Beijing return to fight back and forth with Han Shizhong, wouldn't they be in danger of the destruction of the whole army?
"The north is the ancestral land of our real women. Only when we go back there can we be safe, but the route needs to be carefully considered."
After listening to Yan Zongwang's words, a general couldn't help saying, "We might as well go back to Zhongdu before making plans. There is a strong city guard, and Liangshan people are afraid there is nothing to do!"
Wanyan Zong was afraid that the generals were going to Zhongdu. He couldn't help smiling bitterly and said, "Can the walls of Zhongdu block the artillery of Liangshan?"
One sentence makes everyone silent, yes! Liangshan's army has broken through Zhongdu once. If they go to Zhongdu, won't they seek their own death?
When Wanyan Zongwang held a military meeting, Han Shizhong was also silently staring at the map.
After Gongsun Sheng calms down to Beijing, he will soon wave his troops south and surround Wanyan Zongwang. With Wanyan Zongwang's ability, he can obviously think of this, so now he should think about how to withdraw from the army.
Of course, Han Shizhong also hopes that Wanyan Zong will retreat to Zhongdu, so he can repeat the battle to break the city, but that is obviously impossible. So how will he retreat and where will he retreat?
Looking at the map, after a long time, Han Shizhong's eyes gradually lit up.
A pen obviously can't describe several pictures at the same time, but many things really happen at the same time.
The sudden withdrawal also led to the stagnation of the Mongolian army. While waiting for the exact news, Wu Yong also saw the opportunity.
He immediately handed over 20,000 iron horses to Gao Chong and raided the Mongolian camp at night. Lin Chong sent 100,000 troops and followed him to respond.
Soon, this grassland battle, which has been planned by all parties for nearly half a year, will finally start in an all-round way.