Chapter 901 Frustration in the first battle!
Song Wensong's blood sacrifice in Yincheng. After the ceremony, he led a large army from Yincheng and headed straight for Bingzhou. The troops were about 100 miles away from Bingzhou. He asked the army to camp and then sent his advisers to Bingzhou Road:
"You went to Bingzhou to meet Cao Weiming and told him clearly that I had led the army in person. The purpose was to advance to the Central Plains and make Cao Weiming prepare well, especially to prepare 50,000 stones of grain and grass. In this way, I will form an alliance with him and help him recover the land of Hebei!"
Song Wensong instructed his messenger that his attitude was quite high. In the current situation, he believed that he had the capital to be proud, because for Cao Weiming of the Central Plains and Tan Lei of the capital, his arrival was the savior.
So Song Wensong was so at ease that he asked them for food and grass, and he was not worried that Cao Weiming would bargain with him. Under the current circumstances, they did not have the capital to bargain.
The camp was set up and Song Wensong had a big banquet for guests. This time Di Qinghai couldn't help but go over and advise, saying, "Prince, war is a major event for the country. Now Bingzhou is close to you. The prince should live in Bingzhou first and then negotiate with Cao Weiming and others, so that it is safe.
The prince is now living in the wild. If there is any change in Bingzhou, it may not be possible to rescue him. If something happens to Bingzhou, it will be a great disadvantage to us!"
Song Wensong looked at Di Qinghai and suddenly laughed, saying, "Mr. Di is an old minister who plans the country, but he doesn't understand the hearts of the people! Cao Weiming and others are all heroes. If I go to Bingzhou to talk to him, he will be able to shirk responsibility in every way, and even directly hand over all the military and political power of Bingzhou to me and let me coordinate.
In this way, I am not familiar with the place and I can’t get any food and grass when I grasp a city in Bingzhou! Now I am outside Bingzhou City, how can Cao Weiming shirk responsibility? He needs me to send troops, so I can only bite the bullet and agree to my conditions. When he agrees to my conditions, I am still afraid that he will fulfill it?
Mr. Wang was worried about the change in Bingzhou. How could Bingzhou change? Cao Weiming had tens of thousands of people guarding Bingzhou. Even if there were any changes, it was all under control. What could it change?"
Di Qinghai frowned slightly and wanted to speak but stopped. Years of experience made Di Qinghai feel an ominous premonition in his heart. The truth of the matter was really just like Song Wensong said. Song Wensong's words made him almost unable to argue.
But the actual situation is often much more complicated than the truth. Di Qinghai is very worried about Song Wensong's mentality now. Since the blood sacrifice ceremony, Song Wensong has been in a state of excitement. To be more serious, Song Wensong seems to be a little fluttering.
The Northwest King, whom he had been dreaming of for many years, now got what he wanted. Now he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands. This time, he seems to be sure to win the battle in Bingzhou. This made Song Wensong feel that once he entered the Central Plains, he could compete for the world and catch Lu Zheng off guard.
As long as Lu Zheng hurts and Lu Zheng defeats the Central Plains, Song Wensong can turn the world around, soar into the sky, and even compete for the world...
I have to say that this path can be integrated and connected together, but once it is done, it will be invincible in the world. But there is another point that must be seen, that is, nothing has happened, things have just begun, everything is in its infancy.
I think very well about the future, but who can know what the real situation is? Nine out of ten people who are not satisfied with life. Di Qinghai is not so optimistic about the future. In fact, only people with extreme inflation will be optimistic about the future!
Di Qinghai's advice was useless, and no one spoke to his counselors, so the atmosphere in the entire military tent was very relaxed. The generals felt that there was no big battle in front of them, and they all acted very relaxed.
Most of the generals are good at drinking, and Song Wensong himself is also very good at drinking. Therefore, he gathered a group of confidant generals in his central army every day, and everyone drank and had a good time and life was not free and happy.
After staying in the military tent for three days, the strategist sent out for missions had not yet returned. Song Wensong felt a little unhappy and immediately wanted to send someone to Bingzhou. This time he was about to go directly to question the crime.
Just at this moment, a scout from the army suddenly came to report, and the scout said loudly:
"Report to the prince, something is wrong! Bingzhou was attacked by the Liaodong army. Cao Weiming guessed that he could not hold on. Bingzhou's city defense was mostly damaged!"
When Song Wensong heard the news, he was shocked and couldn't help but say, "Where did the Liaodong Army come from? Lu Zheng personally led his army to fight in the capital. Who attacked Bingzhou at this time? Everyone, could this person be Liu Song?"
When Song Wensong said this, everyone looked at each other and didn’t know how to answer. They didn’t know what to do about the Central Plains. The scouts sent out and the news was not returned. Who can know the situation?
Song Wensong's face turned pale and shouted: "No matter what the situation is, our army sets out and quickly approaches Bingzhou to rescue Cao Weiming. Bingzhou must not be left behind by the enemy!"
With Song Wensong's order, the generals took the order one after another, and a battle seemed to be about to begin slowly. At this moment, Di Qinghai suddenly stood up and said:
"Prince, wait. At this time, we send troops. What if the besiege of Bingzhou is fake and tempting us to send troops to rescue is real. They are surrounded by a point, with the purpose of fighting reinforcements, then wouldn't we fall into the trap of the other party?
Now that our intelligence is unknown, our opponents may know our mobilization well. The enemy is dark and we can't help but be careful!"
Song Wensong frowned. He was a soldier-minded person. Of course, he knew that Di Qinghai's words were definitely not aimless, but were definitely a famous saying. However, in this situation, Song Wensong couldn't help but think that Lu Zheng would never arrive in Bingzhou so soon.
You should know that there are at least a thousand miles from the capital to Bingzhou. Even if Lu Zheng does not attack the capital and directly leads his troops to Bingzhou, it will take at least ten days for his army to come north.
Moreover, if you march for ten days, you will march more than a hundred miles every day. The army will inevitably be exhausted. How can a tired army capture such a dangerous city as Bingzhou?
Therefore, Song Wensong felt that it might be certain that the enemy in Bingzhou was not the main force of the Liaodong Army. Song Wensong thought that the Northwest Army led by him were all elite, and the combat power of the Northwest Army was already stronger than that of the Liaodong Army. Although the Liaodong Army was attacking now, if the Northwest Army could attack the Bingzhou Army externally, the Liaodong Army would be in a very dangerous situation no matter how you look at it.
As he thought of this, he said: "Since ancient times, Ren has been Pang Juan's grandson, and they have not been able to do their best in their use of troops. The enemy in Bingzhou is sure that it is not the main force of the Liaodong Army. As long as Lu Zheng does not attack Bingzhou, the main force of the Liaodong Army will not be there. Where can I ask the enemy of our Northwest Army near Bingzhou?
Come, continue to send my order, the army will set out immediately and rescue Bingzhou quickly!"
Lu Zheng's army set out and immediately issued a ban on alcohol. The military discipline that was loose these days suddenly tightened, and many generals of the Northwest Army also put away their previous relaxed mentality. Everyone knew that they would fight the Liaodong Army next, so they did not dare to be arrogant. The army was filled with a tense atmosphere.
The army set out and headed south to Bingzhou. From a distance, they saw the sound of killing under the city of Bingzhou, and the siege army's attack was shouting loudly, and the battle situation above the city seemed extremely fierce.
Seeing this scene, Song Wensong's eyes were cracked and he shouted: "What a thief, it's indeed the Liaodong Army. Hehe, fortunately we rescued quickly. People came, and we blew the flags. Ten battalions went hand in hand to rescue the outside of Bingzhou City!"
With his roar, the army quickly moved closer to Bingzhou. The so-called "Looking at the mountain and running to death" can be seen from afar, but it is actually at least two hours away from Bingzhou!
The army advanced in unison, and there was a river ahead that needed to be crossed. This river was not wide and horses could cross the river directly. However, with this river there, the speed of the army's marching was reduced at once.
The army marched slowed down and advanced in unison. For a moment, there was congestion on the river. At this moment, suddenly the sound of trumpets sounded on the surrounding hillsides, and teams of people suddenly emerged from the grass on the hillside.
After these men appeared on the hillside, they rushed down quickly. Look, many of them were very armored iron cavalry!
Song Wensong suddenly heard the sound of the horn, and realized that something was wrong in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up, call the flag, and withdraw first!"
But at this moment, the horn of the enemy's attack had sounded, and the cavalry of both sides had rushed together and strangled into a group.
Fortunately, Song Wensong's army only crossed a small part of the river, and most of them were still on the side of the river. In addition, the cavalry led by Lu Zheng this time were the most elite of the Northwest Army. These guys have always grown up in the Turkic tribes. They are extremely good at fighting sports wars. Although they encountered a crisis, they were not panicked and could soon come out of chaos. Then they immediately organized a counterattack, and they actually fought well.
In this way, the two sides fought hastily for more than three hours. Until the sky gradually darkened, Song Wensong fought and retreated before leaving the battlefield. Song Wensong asked the battalions to count the troops and report that the battle actually lost as many as three or four thousand people.
Song Wensong's heart was really bleeding after losing so many people in one battle. In his opinion, every soldier of his is a treasure! Especially the 20,000 elite soldiers that Song Wensong gave him were even more the military spirit of the rise of the Northwest Army.
Now that the first battle has encountered setbacks, it is really unreasonable! Song Wensong couldn't help but feel very impetuous. At this time, the spy came to report that the Northwest Army had already captured Bingzhou, Cao Weiming abandoned Bingzhou City, and the army fled north.
The soldiers of the Northwest Army had stopped the deserter and asked Song Wensong how to make a decision!
Song Wensong's eyes were red and he said angrily: "This Cao Weiming is really outrageous. He can't defend a Bingzhou in tens of thousands of people? What's the use of keeping such waste? Let's kill it for me!"
Di Qinghai stood up and said, "Prince, this is absolutely impossible. Cao Weiming is not an ordinary general. He is the first-class prince in the Daqian Dynasty. If you kill him, you may cause countless troubles.
Chapter completed!