Chapter 701 Ambush
In the Yanjing City of Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Jing ran quickly to Wanyan Yong's bedroom again, with a look of panic on his face completely covering up his confidence a few days ago.
"The grandson has seen the emperor's grandfather." Wanyan Jing immediately saluted.
"Is something wrong?" Wanyan Yong lay on the couch and said in a low voice.
"Jingzhao Mansion was surrounded, and now it has begun to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. He dared not confront Yu Yunwen's siege army." Wanyan Jing gritted his teeth with some dissatisfaction.
"It seems that the Song army is really strong this time." Wanyan Yong slowly stood up from the couch with the help of the palace maid.
As he grows older, Wanyan Yong is now like the Supreme Emperor after abdicating. The big and small things in the court are now under the jurisdiction of Wanyan Jing.
"What do you mean? Are you planning to set off immediately?" Wanyan Yong signaled the eunuch to spread the map and, as the candlelight shone, he looked at the map carefully again and asked.
"Sun son...the grandson really wants to set off immediately to Jinan Prefecture. Regardless of whether Jingzhao Prefecture can be defended, the grandson thinks that Jinan Prefecture cannot make any mistakes. If Jinan Prefecture fails, my Dajin will lose the support of the heavy city north of the Yellow River. I am afraid that if I want to retake it again, it will be more difficult." Wanyan Jing said truthfully.
Compared with the court officials' contempt for the Song army, Wanyan Jing has an extremely clear and profound understanding of the Song army and Ye Qing.
What's more, Ye Qing is no longer the general who was timid in front of the Song court. He was promoted from an imperial guard by Zhao Gou. Now he is no longer controlled by the Song court. Song court's repeated orders failed to recall Ye Qing, let alone Ye Qing stopped his pace of going north.
"This is a wolf that is more dangerous than a prairie wolf." Wanyan Yong's tone was filled with a hint of praise at this moment: "The wolf that Zhao Gou raised himself back then seemed to be no one to suppress after his death. But what did he... what exactly did he want?" Wanyan Yong raised his head and thought: "Make himself king and rebel against the country? He doesn't have that strength now, let alone he is not a stupid person. If he wants to rebel against the country, he will inevitably be scolded by the world, and will also attract Song Ting and you to attack him from the north and south. Is Ye Qing that stupid?"
"No matter what, Ye Qing is probably following Yue Fei, who was disrespectful to the orders back then, or it is because of Yue Fei's past lessons that Ye Qing dared not return to Lin'an alone at this time, so he has only one path to take, occupying all the territory north of the Yellow River, and increasing the strength of no one dares to move him after he returns to Lin'an." Wanyan Jing frowned and analyzed.
Then his fingers followed Wanyan Yong's fingers and the fingers of the grandfather and grandson fell on Jinan's mansion almost at the same time.
"Ye Qing's target has always been Jinan Prefecture, not Kaifeng Prefecture, which we prefer!" Wanyan Jing looked up at Wanyan Yong and said.
"Capture Xuzhou as the defense camp and take Tengzhou to confuse our predictions for his next step. Wandering back and forth between Pizhou and Jeju, seducing Wanyan Shoudao's army..." Wanyan Yong took a deep breath, frowned and continued: "He wants to fight quickly, so he chose to take such a risky battle with Wanyan Shoudao. Ye Qing wants to... a battle to determine the world!"
"So my grandson thought that Kaifeng Prefecture did not have to be heavily guarded, but Jinan Prefecture had to be heavily guarded by Ye Qing's surprise attack." Wanyan Jing's expression seemed to be asking Wanyan Yong for advice.
"I ordered the Kaifeng magistrate Tang Kuoanli to lead his troops to Shandong East Road immediately. When Yu Yunwen had not captured Jingzhao Mansion and could not restrain him, be sure to arrive in Tai'an Prefecture before Ye Qing captured Jinan Prefecture." Wanyan Yong's hand slammed heavily on the map and continued, "If Jingzhao Mansion is lost, there will be no mercy!"
"Yes, Grandpa Emperor, grandson will issue an order now." Wanyan Jing was shocked. It was rare that his prediction was consistent with Grandpa Emperor. This was a kind of recognition for Wanyan Jing, who was in charge of the court, and it also made him feel great confidence.
"Tomorrow you will set off to Jinan Prefecture to supervise the battle. Jinan Prefecture... must not be lost." Wanyan Yong looked at Wanyan Jing and gave a serious instructor.
Wanyan Jing nodded firmly and immediately walked out of Wanyan Yong's bedroom after saluting. Naturally, he didn't hear it. The moment he walked out, Wanyan Yong's words: It's dangerous to guard the way.
As soon as the sky was dawn, Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun watched Ye Qing lead their own army and rushed out of the barracks again.
Now, the two men who were under house arrest were completely isolated by the entire army due to the problems of food and grass and winter cotton coats in the camp on Huainan East Road.
At this time, they were not allowed to find out what happened in the Huainan East Army camp, not to mention contacting the court, even if they wanted to know the matter in the Huainan East Army camp, so what they could do during these days was that when Ye Qing was in the barracks, they threatened like flies, warning Ye Qing that once they returned to Lin'an, they must make them look good.
Ye Qing said, think about your current situation first. Whether you can return to Lin'an is not up to you to decide, so they made the two lose their lust in an instant and dared not speak ill again.
The two looked at the direction where Ye Qing disappeared for a long time and didn't say anything. In the end, Hong Zun broke the silence between them: "It seems that Ye Qing is a sign of discovering the Jin people's army."
"Last night, Li Zhongfang suddenly led a lot of cavalry out of the camp, and has not come back yet. Ye Qing suddenly led his personal army and ran out of the barracks in a hurry at this time. It was not like he wanted to fight the Jin people. If it was a war, the entire army should be dispatched. It would be impossible for most of them to be left in the camp." Li Zhixiao shook his head and looked at the dark morning in the distance. The cold in the air made the two of them tremble a little at this time.
"Did you find the small force of the Jin people? That's why Ye Qing went out of the camp so anxiously?" Hong Zun said, shaking the cold air on his body.
"Not like, no like, no like." Li Zhixiao continued to shake his head. The coldness in the morning made him unable to withstand it and said as he walked: "If it were a small force, why would Li Zhongfang lead his troops out of the camp in the middle of the night yesterday? Could it be that it has not been taken down yet, or is it that Li Zhongfang was defeated?"
Speaking of this, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other. Although they didn't say it, their mentality now naturally hopes that Ye Qing's Huainan East Army can be defeated by the Jin people once quickly.
After guessing, the two still couldn't figure out one. From yesterday, at Ye Qing's order, the entire camp suddenly became solemn and the reason for the murderous death, and the sudden departure of Li Zhongfang last night.
He went down the foot of Phoenix Mountain to the last recess. Mo Xiaobao had been waiting with Zhong Can for a long time. After negotiations with Jia She for a few words, he disappeared from the sight of Jia She and others with Mo Xiaobao carrying a long wooden box.
As the morning sun slowly rose from the horizon, Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao also rushed from Fenghuang Mountain to the official road from Yanzhou to Jeju.
Looking around the official road, looking for places suitable for ambushing and sniping, the war horse was also led by Mo Xiaobao to a secluded place to be placed. Then the two climbed up a tall hill, as was the same as professional habits. Ye Qing signaled Mo Xiaobao to pull out the withered and yellow weeds and then covered them.
As the sun rises higher and higher from the east, time also flows slowly from the fingers. Mo Xiaobao's excitement is no less than his mood before every battle on the grassland.
"It was only after Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu here and pacified Yanzhou that the court officially recognized his identity as the governor of Yanzhou, which also made Cao Cao's reputation as a hero spread like wildfire." Mo Xiaobao said with a warm air.
"That's because Cao Cao killed famous people indiscriminately, which ruined his reputation. In addition, he later met Zhang Miao in a military battle, Cao Cao was able to be said to have become a hero." Ye Qing said while fiddling with the rifle in his hand.
Just like what Qi Shilie was guessing, Mo Yan guessed exactly, Ye Qing did have the intention to ambush Wanyan Shoudao, but Ye Qing did not have any imagination to annihilate Wanyan Shoudao's army in one fell swoop through the ambush.
Because Ye Qing's army has been wandering around the Jeju area, there are almost no pedestrians on the official roads from Jeju to Yanzhou.
The army led by Wanyan Shoudao has been sending scouts continuously since he set out in Yanzhou, which has also caused Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao to see several groups of Jin people scouts speeding past.
Looking at the watch on my wrist, Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao were ambushed here at about nine o'clock. As the sun had already passed by overhead, it began to gradually move westward. Nearly six hours passed. At three hours, the originally quiet direction of Yanzhou gradually sounded slightly denser the sound of horse hooves.
As several groups of scouts ran back and forth, they saw a small group of golden cavalry, their armor flashing in the sun, and quickly sped on the official road.
"Here, sir." Mo Xiaobao pulled the yellow weeds in front of him and said.
"Did Wanyan Shoudao guess that we would ambush him?" Ye Qing asked, starting to lie on the cold ground and taking a deep breath.
So far, he has sent Mo Xiaobao and others to be scouts personally, but no one has seen Wanyan Shoudao's true face. However, one thing is certain that the one with a gray beard is Wanyan Shoudao.
As the two Jin man cavalry on the official road ran by and fluttered in the wind, the flag with the words Wanyan on it slowly came from afar.
Compared with the two cavalry that had just passed, it can be clearly felt that these are the real main cavalry of the Jin people. Unlike the cavalry that explored the way forward, this huge team not only has a large number of people, but also has a much more powerful and domineering momentum than the two that had just passed.
Chapter completed!