Phi-Fic Chapter 441 The intelligence was intercepted!
Chapter 441 The intelligence was intercepted!
Nangong Shouyi frowned.
Huyan Liancheng's words made some sense. He sighed softly and said, "Gu Jingzhi is quite bold and ruthless!"
As the commander-in-chief, he was naturally very worried about the situation in Jin'an City, but Gu Jingzhi's intention was the most important thing at the moment.
If Jin'an is lost, then the 200,000 troops that Gu Jingzhi sent out, and the 50,000 troops in Lingzhou and Daizhou...
In this situation, he was indeed bold enough to mobilize 200,000 people, and the two armies from Lingzhou and Daizhou... were undoubtedly baits he released. After all, they had to detour through Beili, which was extremely risky. He was not only bold, but also cruel!
After all, if these 50,000 people were discovered, there would be no way they would survive.
In order to transfer the Beili Army from Yunzhou, he was indirectly sacrificing these 50,000 people.
Huyan Liancheng saw that he was lost in thought again, and he felt a little worried. As a famous general in the world, Nangong Shouyi's performance this time was indeed a bit hesitant.
He also understands this feeling.
Although they didn't think Gu Jingzhi was very good at leading troops, they couldn't stop him from messing around.
In the battle eight years ago, Gu Jingzhi used only 3,000 men to cut off their food supply, forcing more than 100,000 of them to be surrounded by Li Sheng in the city with starving stomachs, and finally signed a humiliating surrender treaty.
Now the identities of both parties have been exchanged, but they still seem to be a little passive this time.
He thought for a moment and said, "General, we must prepare for the worst. If Jin'an falls, Gu Jingzhi's troops will surely rush to support Jin'an City. By then, we will be attacked from both sides. Even if we still have 300,000 troops, we will be on the defensive!"
"We need to know as soon as possible whether the defenders in Yunzhou City have received Gu Jingzhi's message!"
Although there is a shortage of food and grass in Yunzhou City, as generals, they will never consume all the food and grass until the last moment. After all, there are still 150,000 people in Yunzhou. If they give it a try, at least some of them can escape.
Therefore, no matter how short of food the Yunzhou army was, they would definitely leave some behind to let the soldiers have a full meal before breaking out with all their strength.
Before, their 500,000 people were guarding the area like an iron barrel, so the Yunzhou army naturally couldn't escape, and there was no possibility of even breaking through.
But what about now?
They transferred 150,000 people. If Jin'an fell, they would be short of another 50,000 people. It would be impossible for them to make their arrangements in Yunzhou foolproof.
Why did Gu Jingzhi specifically propose to take Li Sheng away in his secret report? It was probably because he was considering that even if Yunzhou was in danger, Li Sheng had to be rescued.
Three hundred thousand men against two hundred and fifty thousand men. Even if the Yunzhou army lost most of its combat power, they would probably suffer a lot of losses facing a situation where they were sure to die.
Although Daxia could not win, they did not seem to gain any great benefits either.
After all, if Li Sheng left, even if the Yunzhou army was gone, Gu Jingzhi still had 200,000 people mobilized. At that time, as long as they held on until the people came back, the situation would change again.
Without the Yunzhou Army as a restraint, God knows how Gu Jingzhi would use his troops?
Moreover, unknowingly, Gu Jingzhi seemed to have returned to the beginning, faithfully carrying out the orders of the Daxia Army.
While the two were talking.
Suddenly someone rushed in from outside.
"General, Jin'an City has fallen. Also, the spies in Yunzhou City have investigated, and it seems the Yunzhou Army hasn't received any news. However, the Yunzhou Army has been unable to withstand the pressure these days, and there have been many food robberies!"
Nangong Shouyi frowned: "Did Jin'an really fall?"
"Yes!"
The man said, "Jin'an fell yesterday. It was reportedly at Jinshatan. When General Wu Xiao was crossing the river, the Great Xia Army suddenly launched a surprise attack..."
Raid...
Nangong Shouyi felt a tightness in his chest and angrily asked, "Where did the Great Xia Army come from? When did they start lurking on Jinsha Beach?"
"This……"
The messenger soldier was confused, he didn't know either!
Huyan Liancheng seemed to be lost in thought. He asked, "Have you found out how many people Daxia has sent?"
"There aren't many of them, probably less than 10,000. They're shooting at General Wu Xiao with bows and arrows on the other side of the river, and there's a cavalry assault on the shore!"
"Lin Chong!"
Subconsciously, Nangong Shouyi gritted his teeth and spat out Lin Chong's name. In the entire Great Xia army, Lin Chong was famous for his cavalry combat. He had a cavalry of 3,000 men under his command, who were extremely brave!
Once in a battle between them and Daxia, this cavalry of 3,000 people even defeated their cavalry column of 10,000 people.
Fortunately, this cavalry only has 3,000 people.
But he was wrong this time. It was not Lin Chong who led the troops at all. However, the most elite cavalry under Lin Chong did appear on the battlefield!
Nangong Shouyi gritted his teeth and carefully calculated the traces of the Great Xia Army's mobilization.
Huyan Liancheng also frowned: "But the spies ahead have been keeping an eye on Beichuan Prefecture, and we haven't seen any signs of them moving out!"
Nangong Shouyi snorted coldly, "How difficult is that? We're mobilizing an army of 200,000. Even if we lose a few thousand or even ten thousand men along the way... what's the problem?"
"This……"
Huyan Liancheng suddenly gasped and said, "In other words, when Gu Jingzhi mobilized those 200,000 troops, he had already thought of this day?"
Nangong Shouyi glanced at him and fell silent! Only Huyan Liancheng was left exclaiming...
Gu Jingzhi, are you a human or a ghost?
It turns out that the original purpose of transferring the troops from Lingzhou and Daizhou was to force Beili to split its forces. That’s not all... they also killed off 50,000 of their men?
Nangong Shouyi pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "You just said there was a grain robbery in Yunzhou City?"
"Exactly!"
The messenger soldier said, "This incident has caused great resentment among the people in the city. If the Yunzhou Army hadn't ordered severe punishment, I'm afraid the people in the city would have rebelled!"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Shouyi fell into deep thought again.
Yunzhou has reached the point where people are robbing food, which means that the food and grass in the city are so scarce that they are not enough to sustain them daily. Although the food robbery is only happening on a small scale at the moment.
But if this continues, it won’t be long before more food robberies occur!
He looked down at the secret report in his hand, thinking over it in his mind.
With the fall of Jin'an City, he had already lost the first round... No, in fact, he had been losing since Gu Jingzhi started mobilizing troops.
Regardless of Gu Jingzhi's original attitude, his transfer from Qiao Town, and the actions of the Great Xia court, he actually believed that Gu Jingzhi's goal was to attack Beili's homeland.
He originally thought that even if Gu Jingzhi did this, he would eventually outlast Li Sheng's 150,000 men, so as long as Qionghua Prefecture was not lost, it would be fine.
Now, he guessed the beginning, but he didn't expect the ending.
Gu Jingzhi only mobilized a small part of his troops and was able to turn the tables.
Good thing...
He lost in the previous layout, but the next thing cannot be changed by the layout, no matter whether the battlefield is the hearts of the people or the territory.
After all, when the war comes to an end, it will be fought with real guns and swords.
Now that their most capable fighter, Qiao Zhen, has left, it is hard to say who will win or lose on the battlefield.
Is he afraid of fighting Gu Jingzhi with real guns and swords?