One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yue Fei sighed and said, "That means the newly recruited -strong army has not yet taken shape. It would be great if we could wait for another month. Unfortunately, the fighter planes are waiting for no one. That's all. Just wait for another month." Li Ruoxu advised: " I understand that the commander-in-chief is eager for meritorious service. In fact, the commander-in-chief has already made extraordinary achievements in this Northern Expedition. If he can capture and hold Yanjing, which has been lost for more than a hundred years, he will be remembered forever." Yue Fei He nodded and said: "It is true that Yue is a little impatient. The main reason is that most of the other armies have made great achievements. However, since our army landed in Yanjing, it has only fought a few battles and never fought any major battles. I am just worried." Li Ruoxu smiled and said: "Commander Yue, don't worry, the prince will not forget you. After all, you are still in-laws, and there will be many battles for you to fight in the future." Just when the Song and Jin armies were going to war with Hedong in Hebei, on the other side There was also a big battle in Huacheng County. In preparation for Zheng Zi's attack, Jin Xizong ordered Xiao Qing to lead an army of to Huacheng County at the end of July. After many months of preparation, he set out for Huacheng County on August th, and arrived in Huacheng County nine days later on August th. Then Xiao Qing settled the army and went around Huacheng County to take a look at the city defense facilities in Huacheng County. There is no longer a big move to return to camp. Since Huacheng County was occupied by Liu Qi's army, the city defenses have been reinforced for more than a month and are much stronger than before. Moreover, the east of Huacheng County is adjacent to the sea, so even if Xiao Qing attacks the city, he can only attack from the north, west and south. Of course, because Huacheng County is adjacent to the sea in the east, Xiao Qing's possibility of besieging Huacheng County was shattered, because Liu Qi could continuously obtain supplies through the sea. Xiao Qing had not thought about blocking the sea route in Huacheng County. After observing the city defense of Huacheng County, he decided to deploy trebuchets and other long-range weapons on the north and south sides of Huacheng County to block the sea. However, before Xiao Qing could complete the deployment, , Ruan Wu's fleet used naval guns to destroy his idea. After seeing this, Xiao Qing gave up the idea of ​​blockading Huacheng County, and also gave up the idea of ​​siege. He just led his troops to station in Surrounding Huacheng County, the Song army was monitoring Huacheng County. After all, his task was to monitor Liu Qi's troops and prevent Liu Qi from leading his army north to cause chaos to the Jin Kingdom. Xiao Qing here became calm, while Liu Qi's mind became more active. It was boring to just stare at the Jin army guarding the city and outside the city doing nothing. Besides, the other armies of the Northern Expedition all made great achievements in the end. As long as they occupy Huacheng County and then confront the Jin army without fighting, they will only play a diversionary role, which is not acceptable. So after the two sides spent a few minutes in peace, Liu Qi couldn't sit still. He looked left and right at the map. After having some ideas, Liu Qi called Niu Gao and others over and said, "Don't you guys?" I think it’s boring to stay in this city.” Niu Gao burped and said, “Commander, it’s really boring. All I can do in this city is eat and sleep, and I can’t fight. The weight on my body has gained more than ten kilograms. Yes." Zhao Bingyuan, an old subordinate who had been with Liu Qi for several years, also heard a different flavor from Liu Qi's voice, so he asked: "Does the commander have any ideas?" Liu Qi nodded and said: "Not bad. , I do have some ideas. This time the Prince of the Northern Expedition used hundreds of thousands of troops. Although the Prince's requirements for our journey are not high, we can't just sit around and confront the Jin army outside the city. If this is the case, when we arrive, In the end, we must have the lowest combat merit. We have to create some trouble for the Jin people and kill his tens of thousands of military talents." Niu Gao heard this and said excitedly: "Okay, Commander, you can fight as you like. I can finally move my body. "Liu Qi asked back: "I want to hear your opinions first." The generals looked at the map and thought hard. Zhao Bingyuan rubbed his chin and said: "We definitely can't attack from the front. The chances of success and losses in a frontal attack are not good for our future. For defense, it would be great if we can attack from both front and rear. The enemy's food and fodder must be located in the rear." The others nodded in agreement. Liu Qi saw that all the generals were speechless and said: "I want to ask you, what are we doing in Huacheng County? How did it come?" The generals said in unison: "Of course it came by boat." Niu Gao suddenly realized: "Commander, you want to land behind the enemy by boat, and then attack the enemy from both front and rear." Liu Qi nodded approvingly. : "General Niu is right, this is exactly what I think, and the people who are landing behind enemy lines are your five thousand cavalrymen, General Niu. After your troops land from behind the enemy's rear, we will launch an attack from behind the enemy's rear as appropriate. Try to win the enemy's -strong army in one battle." Niu Gao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander, the general understands." Zhao Bingyuan said, "If you want to land behind the enemy's army by boat, you will need the help of the navy. The commander-in-chief still needs to discuss this matter with General Ruan." Liu Qi nodded and said: "You don't need to worry about this matter. I will go to discuss the matter with General Ruan. You can just prepare your troops and wait for my order. "The generals clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Commander." After everyone dispersed, Liu Qi sent someone to the dock to invite Ruan Wu to come to the county government to discuss matters. After Ruan Wu arrived after hearing the news, Liu Qi came out to greet him personally and said, "General Ruan , welcome." Ruan Wu returned the salute and said, "General Liu's words are serious. I wonder why General Liu has come to see you." Liu Qi pulled Ruan Wu into the house and said, "Today, I have something to ask of General Ruan. Come on, let's go into the house." Talk while looking at the sand table." After entering the county government office, Liu Qi first asked someone to pour a cup of tea for Ruan Wu. Then the two of them came to the sand table. Liu Qi pointed at the sand table and said: "This is Huacheng County where we are now. Jin Jun Now we are stationed outside the city. Now neither the enemy nor we can do anything to the other. I intend to break this situation, but this matter still needs the assistance of General Ruan's navy to complete." Ruan Wu frowned and said: "General Liu precedes your plan. Only after hearing this can someone know whether he can assist General Liu. General Liu needs to know that both Yanyun and Huacheng County now need naval forces to transport large amounts of supplies to and from Jeju Island, so there are very few ships that can actually be used. Liu Qi nodded and said: "Of course I know this. This operation does not require many ships. I only need General Ruan to secretly transport X's five thousand cavalry to a place fifty kilometers behind the enemy. Just five thousand." Cavalry, no one else. Ruan Wu thought for a while and said: "Okay, it's just that five thousand cavalry is no problem. One hundred cavalry per ship is only fifty ships. I will take over this matter. When does General Liu plan to start taking action? I can arrange it well." vessel"