One Piece of Song Dynasty

News of the Jin army's withdrawal quickly reached Wang Yan's ears. After Wang Yan left the camp to understand the situation, he immediately ordered: "General Zhang, you lead five thousand crossbowmen out of the camp to cover our cavalry's attack on the Jin army. ." After receiving the order, Zhang Xia led five thousand crossbowmen out of the camp to attack the Jin cavalry. Just when the Song and Jin armies were fighting fiercely under Taiyuan City, they were five miles east of Taiyuan City. An army also came, this was the Jin Army led by Nie Libei Jin. After gathering along the way, Nie Libei Jin's hand had grown from the initial to . Naturally, the battle under Taiyuan City was not hidden from Nie Li Bei Jin. After learning of the situation, Nie Li Bei Jin immediately accelerated her march. A quarter of an hour later, Nie Libei's army suddenly found itself in the east of Taiyuan City. Li Shifu, who was commanding the army to fight, realized that something was wrong and immediately sent someone to withdraw the troops. The two sides quickly broke away from contact, and the two armies did not take the initiative to attack. The Song army could only watch the Jin army retreat into Taiyuan City. After the Jin army withdrew into the city, the Song army also withdrew its camp. When Li Shifu saw Wang Yan, he dismounted and said, "General Wang, I, Li Shifu, have been ordered by Commander Qu to come to rescue you." Wang Yan cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much. You guys, if you hadn't arrived in time, our army would have suffered great losses." Li Shifu sighed: "The only fly in the ointment is that it failed to inflict heavy damage on the Jin army." Wang Yan nodded in agreement: "Yeah, I don't know if we came from the east. Where did the enemy troops come from? Taiyuan City is not easy to fight now. The strength of the enemies in the city has increased several times." Li Shifu said: "We can only wait until the afternoon when Qu Shuai comes with his army." Li Shifu from the camp called Yue Yun and said: "Yue Yun, how many casualties did our cavalry have in this battle?" Yue Yun frowned and replied: "No casualties, more than two thousand people can't fight anymore." The Song army outside the city frowned, and the Jin army in the city However, he breathed a long sigh of relief. At the Taiyuan City Government Office, Nie Libei Jin saluted and said: "The last general Nie Libei Jin is here to see the marshal." Jin Wushu helped Nie Libei Jin up and said, "Thanks to General Nie for leading the army in time today." Arrive, otherwise our army will suffer heavy losses. How many troops did General Nie bring here?" Nie Li Bei Jin replied: "At the end of the day, when we will withdraw from Shandong, there will be people. Young master, there are now cavalry and infantry, a total of people." Jin Wushu asked: "Han Chang, Saili, how many people did our army lose in the melee outside the city today?" Wanyan Zongxian replied: "The infantry and cavalry lost a total of people." Jin Wushu nodded and said: "That means our army currently has people in Taiyuan City. Now I am more confident in defending Taiyuan City." Sa Lihe suggested Said: "Marshal, I suggest that while the Song army has not yet laid siege to the city, five thousand men should be stationed at Shiling Pass in the north of Taiyuan, and another ten thousand men should be stationed in Xinzhou. These two places are the retreat for our army to retreat north. We must Make sure." Jin Wushu nodded and said: "Okay, Saili, I will give you troops to garrison Xinzhou. Sa Lihe, do you have a suitable candidate for the Shiling Gate Guard?" Salihe thought for a while and said: "Marshal, let Xi Buzhu, one of my subordinates, go." Jin Wushu said, "Okay, then let General Xi go." In the afternoon, Qu Duan led his army to Taiyuan City as promised, and Qu Duan arrived at the Queen's Yan and Li Shifu reported the morning's battle to Qu Duan. Qu Duan scratched his head after hearing this. Qu Duan asked: "What do you think?" Wang Yan tried and said: "Commander, why don't we lay siege to the city first?" Qu Duan asked Duan shook his head and said: "No, our army's strength does not have much advantage over the enemy's. The siege will only disperse our army's strength and give the enemy the possibility of defeating us." Zhang Xia reminded: "Commander, we are here There are still internal forces in Taiyuan City." Qu Duan stroked his beard and said: "If we are still the original enemy, the internal forces may still be useful. Now there are tens of thousands more enemy troops in the city. The internal forces cannot be moved lightly, and the internal forces controlled Taiyuan before. The north gate of the city is estimated to be out of service now. In short, the internal intelligence has become our army's trump card in Taiyuan City. It must not be used before the opportunity comes." Li Shifu said: "Qu Shuai, why don't you send a team to Hebei to look for the prince first? Let's take a look. What does the prince think? We can't wait here forever." Qu Zang said, "Okay, Taiyuan is not far from Hebei. Let General Li take the cavalry there, meet the prince, and tell him everything about the situation here. For a while, I will first build siege equipment. Li Shifu clasped his fists and said: "Okay, then I will take five thousand cavalry to Hebei, and the remaining cavalry will stay here. It can take a few days to go to Hebei, or it can take half a month to come back." Qu Duan said: "Okay, then I'll leave everything to General Li. I will wait for General Li's good news at the foot of Taiyuan City." "After Li Shifu received the order, he left Yue Yun behind and rushed eastward toward Jingxing Zhending Mansion alone with five thousand cavalry. At this time, after Li Xin joined Han Shizhong in Daming Mansion, the -strong army divided into two groups. On the one hand, Han Shizhong led an army of with the goal of recovering Enzhou, Jingzhou, Xianzhou, Cangzhou, Qingzhou, Hejianfu, Mozhou, and Bazhou; on the other hand, Li Xin personally led an army of with the goal of recovering Mingzhou and Xingzhou , Wozhou, Jizhou, Shenzhou, Zhendingfu, Baozhou, Lizhou, Qizhou, Anzhou, Ansuzhou, Suizhou, and finally the two armies planned to meet in Xiongzhou. Li Xin and Han Shizhong arrived on the th Those who divided their forces and went north have just recaptured Xingzhou. On August , while Qu Duan was building siege equipment and waiting for Li Shifu's reply, the -strong army led by Zhe Yanzhi finally arrived at the gates of Taiyuan City. Qu Duan watched Zhe Yanzhi held his hand tightly and said, "General Zhe has come at the right time. I have been wasting five days under Taiyuan City. General Zhe's arrival has solved my big problem." Zheyan smiled and said: "I also came to reinforce you under the order of the prince. The prince was afraid that you would not be able to deal with Hedong because of insufficient troops, so he asked me to come from Tokyo to support you." "Qu Duan asked: "How many people did General Zhe bring here?" Zhe Yanzhi raised his hand and said: "Fifty thousand troops, including your subordinate Li Dao's troops. Qu Duan said slightly excitedly: "That's great. With these troops, I can besiege the city." "Zhe Yanzhi said in surprise: "Why, your Marshal Qu hasn't sent people to surround Taiyuan City yet?" Qu Duan sighed: "No, I only have men in my hands, and the Jin army in the city is almost seven. With people, the strength of both sides was almost the same. He could not besiege the city. The siege would disperse the troops and give the Jin army in the city a chance to attack our army, so he did not order the siege. In the past few days, he had watched the Jin army coming in and out unscrupulously. There is no other way but to wait for news from the prince while constantly building siege equipment. Now with your -strong army, I can finally lay siege to the city. "