Chapter 983 Protracted War
The outbreak of a war will never be missing speculators, and these scenes can be detected some clues since before the war.
As the Jin people approached the Yellow River, the officials left behind in the officialdom became very moved, and some of them had begun to make various preparations for the Song army to be defeated.
Although the battle of the Yellow River, which was covered with clouds, did not have much impact on the people, even so, the panic scene was still everywhere in the entire Hetao Three Roads. As a large number of officials pondered their own way of retreat and judged the situation of Jin and Song, even the people began to secretly discuss whether the next Hetao Three Roads will change again?
The war was still in full swing, and the 30,000 troops of the Song army withstood the first few waves of attacks by the Jin people for the first time. However, even so, the Song army, which was not superior in numbers, was still not favored by the people and officials.
Especially those remaining officials, as well as wealthy nobles who are influential in the local area, or wealthy businessmen and scholars, have become the weather vane in the eyes of the people. They always prick up their ears and listen to their high-profile discussions on the current Hetao form, and then secretly sighed: Why can't the Song court truly become tough over the years?
Compared with scholars who are good at speculation and wealthy businessmen, the more grassroots people are more determined than those with influential and powerful people on the stance of right and wrong.
After all, in the hearts of the people, no matter whether the surname is Zhao or Wanyan, as long as they can eat and wear and live a peaceful life, it is enough. Of course, in terms of emotions, they are more inclined to belong to the Song Dynasty. After all, in the historical civilization of China, the scene where foreign races occupy most of the country has never been as strong as the Jin people. Naturally, I hope that the orthodox Zhao Song of China will continue to rule the three routes of Hetao.
It seems that no matter which dynasty is in, it will always be in opposition to the position of the court government. People want to live and work in peace, officials want to increase taxes, people want to eat and wear, officials want to fill their own pockets, people want to be peaceful in the prosperous times, officials are fighting openly and secretly because of their own interests.
The voice of the people has never been a priority for the ruling class, and interests will always be the first preferred choice for the ruling group.
The people of the three routes of Hetao shared their hatred for the enemy and wanted to fight against the Jin army with the Song army, while the officials chose to hold on and hide silently and watch the wind direction, hoping that the Jin people would take over again, or hope that Ye Qing could defeat the Jin people.
A not very stable rear, even if it has nothing to do with the 30,000 soldiers on the front line, will also affect the morale and combat strength of the soldiers on the front line who share the same hatred of the enemy.
King Qing Zhao Kai and Ye Heng rushed to Yanzhou Prefecture before the war began. At this time, Yanzhou, after Liu Minxing's departure, all the government affairs officials in charge of the government became Han Fu and Fan Wen. As for the other Pang Chuan, who was listed on the "blacklist" by Ye Qing, he was competing with Liu Minxing in Suidezhou. For a while, no one could do anything to anyone because of the war ahead.
The arrival of King Qing Zhao Kai gave some of the people of Hetao 3rd Routes a feeling of shaking the clouds and seeing the sun. After all, as a member of the Zhao Song royal family, appearing in Yanzhou at this critical moment, at least sending a signal to the local people and officials that they will persevere.
Similarly, because of the arrival of King Qing Zhao Kai, some of the officials left behind in the three routes seemed to have a shadow on their hearts.
Although Zhao Kai and Ye Heng did not bring reinforcements to Ye Qing, the governor who was in charge in person, the hundreds of troops under his command were obviously enough to suppress some officials with dissent intent in Yanzhou.
The timely arrival of the two of them naturally made Ye Qing on the front line feel relieved. He and the Gods Slave Qi Shilie had been engaged in several tragic offensive and defensive battles within these three days. The surface of the Yellow River seemed to have risen a lot due to the filling of countless corpses.
The cavalry on both wings are now exhausted, and the troops of the 30,000 Longcheng barracks are also exhausted a lot. As for the Jin people, it is still difficult to successfully cross the river.
The reason why the Jin people were able to steadily stalk on the other side like a nail, preventing the Jin people from crossing the river on a large scale, in addition to the 30,000 troops in the Longcheng camp showed unbelievable combat power, was that the five thousand people from the Hua family army. Under the leadership of Xu Han and Ye Qing, they had been able to support the right-wing cavalry and the infantry that was the central army, forming the first iron-hoofed whirlwind on its front line, which made the small Jin people's troops crossing the river. Even if they could cross the river successfully, they were defeated by the wind and cruelly and cruel means of the Hua family army. The infantry behind them would be replenished in time and carried out a second wave of massacres against the defeated Jin people.
On the embankment, the Song and Jin armies fought hard, and the slaves of the gods of Qishilie wanted to send troops to cross the river while the iron was hot to quickly support the troops to the shore. They would often be blocked by greater catapults and crossbows like storms.
Both sides suffered casualties, but overall, in three days, the casualties of the Jin people were far greater than those of Ye Qing. Wanyan Xiang and Wanyan Zonghao were already one of them. However, whether Wanyan Xiang died under the stones and arrows of the Song people, was drowned by the Yellow River water, or... being secretly solved by the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie, has become an eternal mystery, and no one can know the real answer.
After missing Wanyan Xiang, the fly that had been buzzing in the ears of the gods of Qi Shilie, the other fly, Wanyan Zonghao's voice became much smaller. As the war over the past three days became more and more tragic, Wanyan Zonghao no longer dared to sarcastically beside the gods of Qi Shilie, and no longer thought that the Song people on the other side were vulnerable.
Wanyan Zonghao is now eager to hide from a place invisible to the gods of Qishilie. He is no longer interested in fighting in the future. Is it because the Song people win or the Jin people can cross the river successfully? Now he only hopes to escape safely and safely. As for the title of prince who has been obsessed with, in his heart, he is far less important than his life that he has given him attention.
But the slaves of the gods Qi Shilie seemed to have been determined to go against him, Wanyan Zonghao. Whether they were making arrangements before crossing the river in the morning or sneak attacks crossing the river in the evening, they would summon him into the tent to discuss matters together.
Compared with the arbitrary force he had when he first set out from Yanjing, the current Qishilie Gods slaves showed white teeth every time after three days of unsuccessful battle, and asked Wanyan Zonghao how to view the next battle, and how to resist the desperate catapult of the Song people, and the bed crossbow came to cross the river.
Every time at this time, Wanyan Zonghao could hear the sound of his teeth trembling and trembling. He was afraid that the slaves of the gods of Queshilie would send him the first wave to cross the river tomorrow, and he would completely lose his courageous appearance at the beginning. He stuttered that everything would be based on the general's plan.
The slaves of the gods Qi Shilie were not in a hurry, and their expressions were still as relaxed as before. They were not concerned about the casualties in the war over the past three days, just as if they had not died in the past three days.
The calm actions made the Jin people unable to cross the river on a large scale for three days, but the morale of the military was still in an extremely stable state because of the calmness of the Qishilie Gods slaves, and there was no sign of impatience or cowardice in fighting.
He made up his mind to fight a lasting war of attrition with Ye Qing. Even when he set out from Yanjing, the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie had already made up their minds and would never have too much trouble with Ye Qing in strategy and tactics.
Ye Qing's insidiousness is famous, especially in the Guanshan battle, which has allowed everyone to see the extremely sinister side of the cunning. The Xia people's sufficient preparations for more than two months were unable to bury Ye Qing and the 5,000 troops of the Zhuanghua Family Army in Guanshan. Instead, because of minor mistakes, they ruined the good situation and were taken away by Ye Qing.
Such a battle that was not worth the loss naturally became a shame for the Xia people and the lifelong shame for the slaves of the gods who beg for Shi Lie.
So this time, after Qi Shilie's Gods Slave knew that his military strength was far better than Ye Qing, he immediately gave up all strategies and tactics and made up his mind to exhaust all Ye Qing's troops and morale on the other side of the Yellow River even if Ye Qing's troops are short of strength and it is difficult to support him.
He saw the wars that happened over the past three days. Although he watched his soldiers overturning the river, the ferry was smashed into holes and burned to ashes by the war, he still firmly determined to keep consuming with Ye Qing.
What's more, his main army has never fought once, and Ye Qing's troops have been touched clearly by him. Now he is just relying on the 5,000 people from the Huahua Army to cruise back and forth, running around to support the entire battle situation.
As for the 30,000 troops, the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie didn't care at all. He also believed that without rushing to help the army, as long as he continued to attack for a few days, the Song people on the opposite side could be in a dilemma of exhaustion.
The flower-planting family army is very strong and fearful, but it is still flesh and blood, and there is always a time to be exhausted. At that time, he would not even have to dispatch the main army to completely defeat Ye Qing on the other side.
Chapter completed!