One Piece of Song Dynasty

Jin Wushu said embarrassedly: "The Song army bombarded the city wall of Taiyuan. We left very few people on the wall, so we didn't notice it. If we were really discovered, we would definitely send troops out of the city to cooperate with you to attack the Song army from front to back." Wanyan Xi Yin pointed to the city wall and said: "I understand when I look at the bare and scarred Taiyuan city wall." Jin Wushu said: "But no, the Song army bombarded the city wall with catapults and did not send infantry to attack the city. Qu Duan originally waited He waited until the city wall collapsed before attacking the city, but he didn't expect Gushen's reinforcements to arrive so quickly. Now the Song army's plan to attack Taiyuan is in vain." Wanyan Xiyin shook his head and said: "Marshal, now is not the time for this, Taiyuan City We can no longer defend, we must withdraw as soon as possible." Hearing this, Jin Wushu said with a gloomy face: "Gushen, what happened, why did you abandon Taiyuan?" Wanyan Xiyin replied: "Something happened to Feihu. Marshal should know that once the Song army After defeating Feihu, we can directly attack Daizhou. Daizhou is our retreat." Jin Wushu was shocked and said: "Why Feihu was occupied by the Song army?" Wanyan Xiyin shook his head and said: "That's not the case yet. Yanjing has fallen. Later, the emperor sent me to lead an army of to suppress Yanjing. Later, after learning about the events in Taiyuan, I left Wanyan Yuying to lead an army of to defend Feihu and Huailai respectively. The day before, news came from Yuying that the Song army had begun to attack. We are attacking Feihu. This is the letter sent by Yuying." After receiving the letter, Jin Wushu looked at it and frowned and said, "Come on, let's go to the city first." After entering the Taiyuan government office, Jin Wushu asked: " Gushen, what do you think?" Wanyan Xiyin said: "We must withdraw our troops as soon as possible. Although Feihu has not fallen yet, it is difficult to defend for a few days. We must withdraw through Daizhou before the Song army captures Daizhou. Datong Mansion." Sa Li shouted and asked: "But there is Qu Gan's army outside Taiyuan City. Will he let us withdraw with peace of mind?" Wanyan Xiyin thought for a moment and said, "How many people and cavalry are there under the marshal now?" Jin Wu Shu replied: "There are people in total, including cavalry." Wanyan Xiyin breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good. I don't think the Song army has many cavalry. I brought cavalry this time, and there are still cavalry." There are cavalry left. Counting the marshal's cavalry, we have cavalry, which is far more than the Song army's cavalry. We will withdraw the infantry first, and the cavalry will stay to delay the Song army. How can we see that our cavalry is like this? If there are too many, we will not dare to pursue easily. As long as the infantry passes Shiling Pass, the cavalry can retreat." Jin Wushu nodded and said: "Okay, the infantry will withdraw first tomorrow morning, and the cavalry will stay to watch the Song army until tomorrow. If we retreat in the evening, Taiyuan is only a few dozen miles away from Shiling Pass. If the infantry marches slower for a few hours, they can still reach it." Wanyan Xiyin continued: "There is another problem now, and that is the safety of the general guarding Shiling Pass. The problem is, the Shiling Pass defenders must block the Song army for two days before they can withdraw, and considering the situation on Feihu's side, the Shiling Pass defenders will probably be eaten by the Song army even if they withdraw by then." Wanyan Xiyin's meaning is very clear, The general guarding Shiling Pass must be both able to defend and cannon fodder. After listening to Wanyan Xiyin's words, Jin Wushu was in a dilemma. After all, no one wanted to be cannon fodder, and Jin Wushu, the elite general under his command, was reluctant to leave it to the Song army. The only people who can be used as cannon fodder are unimportant generals, such as Kong Yanzhou and Du Chong. However, letting such people guard Shiling Pass is no different from sending the Song army to nothing. They will never defend Shiling Pass. , maybe as soon as Jin Wushu led the army away, they ran away or surrendered. Jin Wushu still knew their character well. After thinking about Jin Wushu for a long time, no good candidate came up. In addition to Jin Wushu, Nie Li, Bei Jin and Sa Lihe were also thinking about this candidate. They also understood that if the Shiling Pass guard general could not hold back the Song army, then they wanted to be safe. Withdrawal was impossible. In the end, Salihe said, "Marshal, I do have a candidate." Jin Wushu signaled, "Oh, then Salihe is your candidate." Salihe said, "This person's name is Peng Xuan. He was from the university in his early years. The Han general who surrendered to Liao has been in the army for more than twenty years and has a thousand households." Jin Wushu asked: "Is this person reliable?" Sa Lihe nodded and said: "If you don't tell him the truth, then there is no problem. , when we defeated Jiezhou, he was the only Han general who desperately followed me to escape. The others were either captured or surrendered." Jin Wushu said: "Then let Peng Xuan come." At that time, Peng Xuan was lying leisurely in the military camp in Taiyuan. He originally planned to cooperate with Qu Duanli and Yingwai to seize Taiyuan City. However, due to the arrival of Jin Wushu and Nie Libei Jin, this plan could only be scrapped and failed. In the end, he could only lead his brothers to hang out in the city. After Jin Wushu sent someone to call him, Peng Xuan was still a little confused, but he could only follow Jin Wushu first. After arriving in Linfang, Peng Xuan found Jin Wushu, Sa Lihe, Nie Libei Jin, Wanyan Xiyin is here, and Pengxuan still knows Wanyan Xiyin. All secret spies who sneak into the Jin Kingdom are later required to recognize every senior member of the Wanyan family. Even if they cannot see them in person, they will remember these people through their portraits. Peng Xuan knew that it was definitely not a good thing when he saw several big shots were there. If it was really a big good thing, it would definitely not happen to him. Jin Wushu met Peng Xuan and said, "General Peng, I've called you here because I have a big thing for you. As long as it's done, I'll promote you to Ten Thousand Households." Peng Xuan said with a serious expression, "Marshal. Please tell me, the general will not hesitate to go through fire and water." Jin Wushu stood up and said: "I have decided to withdraw the troops from Taiyuan." Before Jin Wushu finished speaking, Peng Xuan was shocked and said: "Why does the marshal want to withdraw the troops? We have been defending for almost a month. Now that the reinforcements have finally arrived, we are withdrawing. Isn’t that an advantage for the Song Army in vain?” Jin Wushu pointed at Wanyan Xiyin and sighed: “I can’t help it. This is Right Prime Minister Xiyin, he brought the reinforcements, and he also brought the emperor's decree. The emperor decreed that due to the instability in the country, we should withdraw our troops back to Datong and abandon Hedong." Peng Xuan clasped his fists and said: "It turns out to be the emperor's decree. The general is abrupt and I don’t know what the marshal wants to do with me." Jin Wushu said: "The infantry will withdraw from Taiyuan early tomorrow morning. The cavalry will break off and hold the Song army until the evening before withdrawing. When the infantry reaches Shiling Pass, General Peng, your army will take over the defense of Shiling Pass. I will replenish your army with men. You must lead these men to resist the Song army at Shiling Pass before they can retreat. This is what I leave to you. The mission." Peng Xuan thought for a while and then replied: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will take the order, but I hope that the Commander-in-Chief can equip all the troops with horses, so that when the troops withdraw, the General will be able to Get rid of the Song army." Jin Wushu nodded without thinking: "Okay, I will leave five thousand horses for you when the cavalry reaches Shiling Pass." Since there is a shortage of cannon fodder, we have to give you some sweetness. I still understand the principles of Jin Wushu.