One Piece of Song Dynasty

Qu Duan said solemnly: "That is to say, our army will arrive at Taiyuan City at least half later than the Jin army. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and we will suffer heavy losses in this half time." Wang De nodded and said: "Well, Marshal, we are in a hurry now. There is nothing we can do. The friendly cavalry commander Li Shifu will be visiting the commander in a while, so we might as well think of a solution then." Qu Duan understood and said: "You mean we use the power of this friendly cavalry to pursue Jin Wushu." Wang De said: "Yes, after all, the cavalry is fast. They can travel at least more than a hundred miles at a time. They will definitely reach Taiyuan City on the nd." Qu Duan clapped his thigh and said: "Okay, then it's settled. , have a banquet, I want to entertain the friendly generals well." Wang De clasped his fists and said: "Yes, Marshal." Soon Li Shifu took Yue Yun and several personal guards to the Qu Gambling Camp, and Qu Duan took Wang De personally went out to greet Li Shifu and Yue Yun. When he saw Qu Duan personally coming out to greet Li Shifu and Yue Yun, he immediately dismounted and said, "Commander Qu personally came out to greet Li Shifu and Yue Yun. This is a great ceremony." Qu Duan smiled and said, "It's not important, it's not important. If it weren't for the two of you, General, I am still kept in the dark by Jin Wushu. Any further delay may cause heavy losses to our army. Come on, two generals, follow me into the camp. I have already prepared troops in the camp. Let's have a banquet and talk while we eat." Li Shifu signaled: "Okay, Commander Qu will invite you first." After everyone entered the commander's tent and sat down, Qu Duan raised his tea cup and said: "The war is not over yet, and you are not allowed to drink in the army. I, Commander Today I have no choice but to thank the two generals with tea instead of wine." Li Shifu also raised his tea cup and said: "Commander Qu said seriously, you and I are colleagues, and we should help each other. Besides, on the occasion of the Northern Expedition, it is time to It's a great opportunity to make great achievements. Wherever there are enemies, we will of course go there, so Commander Qu doesn't have to be so polite." After everyone drank the tea, Qu Duan asked, "General Li, our troops have been heading north for more than a month. , I wonder what the situation in the Central Plains is now." Li Shifu said: "I estimate that the entire south of the Yellow River should have been recovered by our army, and our army should have crossed the Yellow River and entered Hebei. A certain person led the cavalry to act alone on the order of the prince. At that time, Jin Wushu had led the defeated army back to Tokyo. Later, after our troops crossed the Yellow River, we found out that Jin Wushu had withdrawn from Tokyo and came to Hedong. A certain person followed Jin Wushu, but he didn't expect Jin Wushu. Wushu divided his troops into two groups in Qinzhou. Later we looked at the map and analyzed that it might be that Jin Wushu was afraid that Commander Qu would set up an ambush on this road in Nan'an Town, so he sent a partial division to test and contain Commander Qu's ambush troops, so we I thought that by destroying this partial division first, I might be able to contact Marshal Qu in advance, but it’s a pity that the leader of this partial division of the Jin Army let him run away.” Qu Zhidang said, “Well, General Li, I have a problem with this commander. I hope General Li can agree to your request." Li Shifu signaled, "Commander Qu, please tell me. If I can do it, I won't refuse." Qu Duan said, "Really only your cavalry unit can do it. Come on, our current position is still two hundred and sixty miles away from Taiyuan City. Since Jin Wushu left Yushe one minute early, our army will definitely not be able to reach Taiyuan City before Jin Wushu, and it will be at least better than Jin Wushu. Wu Shu arrived half a day late. General Li should have understood that the battlefield situation is changing rapidly. In this half time, there may be major changes in the strength of both the enemy and ourselves. That is to say, the troops sent by the commander to Taiyuan City may be attacked by the enemy from both front and rear. After being defeated, a certain person has sent someone to Taiyuan City to deliver the news, but he doesn't know if he can make it in time. Of course, I can't just count on the people who deliver the news. They may arrive in time, or they may be intercepted and killed by the Jin army before they can arrive. Therefore, in order to save the war situation, I need General Li to rush to Taiyuan with his cavalry. Of course, I am with him. There are more than cavalry, and some of these cavalry will also strengthen General Lee's cavalry force. Li Shifu clasped his fists and said, "Okay, I will take over this matter, and soon I will take the cavalry and set off first." Qu Zang nodded and said: "General Li is very happy. I only need General Li to hold off the Jin army for half a day, and then I can lead his troops to arrive. After this battle, I will definitely report General Li's achievements to the prince." "After eating and resting for half an hour, Li Shifu and Yue Yun set off first with the integrated cavalry, followed closely by Quduan Wang De with more than infantry. Even as several armies were rushing towards Taiyuan City, Taiyuan City was still surprisingly calm. After Wang Yan led his army to Taiyuan City on August and set up camp in the south of the city, no siege was organized. Wang Yan just sent people to build siege equipment. After the Song army arrived at Taiyuan City, Salihe would climb up the city wall every day to take a look. On this day, Salihe still climbed up the south wall of Taiyuan City as usual. The southern guard Xi Buzhu saw Sa Li and shouted: "Commander, it seems that the Song army still does not intend to attack the city, and there has been no movement yet. Sa Lihe looked at the Song Army's camp in the distance and said: "Normally, the Song Army arrived at Taiyuan City on the th, and it has only been three days since. They must be stepping up their efforts to build siege equipment. When the siege equipment is completed, It's time for them to attack the city. That's fine. If the Song army builds a few more siege equipment, our reinforcements should arrive. " Xi Buzhu asked: "Commander, why didn't the Song army besiege the city? I saw that the Song army was only stationed in the south of the city, and the other three walls were unguarded. "Sa Li replied: "I have thought about this. It may be that the Song army has already known the news that Marshal Wushu led his troops to come for reinforcements and divided his troops to deal with them. It can be seen from the map that Marshal Wushu led his troops to withdraw to Hebei. It's meaningless. We can only come to Hedong. I think the Song army must know this. So the Song army under the city now is not all the troops of Qu Bet, maybe only half or even less. So they don't have the ability to siege the city now. If they don't have enough troops, they can siege the city. It is possible that they will be defeated by our army one by one. Xi Buzhu frowned and said: "If the Song army divides its troops to deal with Marshal Wushu, does the Marshal need us to do anything now?" Sa Li shouted and waved his hands: "No, we can just defend Taiyuan City. That's it." We only have more than people, and we don't have the energy to do anything else. We have to believe that Marshal Wushu and the others will arrive in time. Xi Buzhu cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Marshal." "On the morning of August , the messenger sent by Qu Duan finally arrived in Taiyuan City. Wang Yan looked at the messenger who had an arrow in his arm and said: "What's going on? What's going on? How's the commander doing?" He took out the message with difficulty: "General, this is the commander-in-chief's letter. The Jin army has divided its troops in Qinzhou. The Jin army only sent more than troops to Nan'an Town to contain our army. The rest of the main force took the road from Yushe to Taiyuan. , it was already too late when we found out. After the commander got the news, he asked his subordinates to deliver the message quickly, so that you can be prepared to resist the Jin army's front and rear attacks. The commander's army was at least half a day later than the Jin army. Fifty miles away from here, Xia Zai met the intercepting force of the Jin Army. Several Pao Ze who came with his subordinates to deliver the message were shot dead by the Jin Army. Only one of his subordinates was hit by an arrow and escaped. "