The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 858 Shi Jingtang's Mistake
The Liaohe River is divided into the Liaodong Dependent State and Liaodong, but the two places are not bounded by the Liaohe River. This is just a general statement.

To the west of the Liaohe River, in the northern part of the Liaodong vassal state, there is another county town belonging to Liaodong County, called Wuli.

All the way south from the hinterland of the northeast is the Liaohe River, which is a plain.In fact, there is no danger in this area, and the Jurchen can actually drive straight in, and enter this plain to separate Liaodong from the Liaodong vassal state.

But it was precisely because there was no danger to defend that Wanyan Aguda didn't dare to take risks, lest he be pinched from left to right.

This plain has both the territory of Liaodong County and the territory of Liaodong vassal state, but the main cities of both sides are not in this area.

The main city of Liaodong is west of Liaohe River and east of Liaoshan Mountain.The main city of the Liaodong vassal state is to the west of Yiwusi Mountain, and the surrounding area of ​​the Liaodong vassal state is surrounded by mountains. If one wants to enter the hinterland of Youzhou in the south, one must pass through the territory of the Liaodong vassal state.

As for Liaodong, in fact, don't care about it, it's just that Liaodong's defense is tight and the land is vast and self-contained.If there are too many soldiers and horses in Liaodong, they dare not march so risky.That's why Wanyan Aguda attacked Liaodong fiercely, but now he can't attack Liaodong for a long time, so he can only attack the Liaodong vassal state first.

Since there was a plain area between the two counties, Guan Yu was also afraid that the Jurchens would come to attack him early in the morning, so he moved the people on the plain and let them live in cities with barriers in the interior.Even if Jurchen came to attack, the place guarded by the Liaodong vassal state also had mountains as a barrier, which was enough to resist Jurchen.

Wanyan Aguda gave an order. That night, two clan generals, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, led Yuan Gai Suwen, two generals An Dianbao, and 20 troops to attack the Liaodong vassal state.

And the next day, Monk Wanyan Chen and Wanyan Zongfu two clan generals led Silver Bullet, Mountain Lion Camel and other generals to attack Gao Xian.In an attempt to attract Guan Yu's attention and create opportunities for friendly troops.

Wanyan Zonghan and Zongwang led their troops from Gaoxian, bypassed the Liaohe River and entered the Liaodong Plain to the west of the Liaohe River.This area along the Liaohe River is a plain, but if you want to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, you must first seize the hinterland of the Liaodong vassal state, Changli!
Changli is located to the west of Yiwushu Mountain, surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains, it is really a precipitous place.In addition to its geographical location, even if the enemy bypasses Changli and attacks Youzhou southward, they will still face a surprise attack from the Changli enemy.Therefore, Changli is a place that must be contested by military strategists. If you want to take Youzhou, the land of the Central Plains, you must first occupy Changli, and use this city as the foundation to fight every step of the way.

The goal of Jurchen is also Changli.

Gaoxian is still some distance away from Changli. Although the road is plain, there are still several feet of snow on the ground that has not yet melted.It was very difficult for the cavalry to march, which greatly delayed their speed.

Since the people all migrated into the Liaodong vassal state, there were few cities in the plain, so the Jurchen cavalry did not meet Liu Bei's scouts along the way.Originally, Shi Jingtang also set up cavalry scouts in the plain area, but the scout operation was canceled due to the extremely cold winter, but he has not yet sent out the scouts again.

Because of this, the Jurchen cavalry went straight to Changli without hindrance.

Changli is surrounded by Yushui on three sides, backed by the Endless Mountain, and in front of it is Yiwushu Mountain as a barrier.If you want to enter the territory of Changli County, you have to go to the vacant land in the south of Yiwusu Mountain and cross the Yushui to reach Changli.

The Jurchens of the other cities don't care, even if they are defeated, it will not help if they cannot take the heavy city of Changli.

When the Jurchen cavalry came to the south of Yiwuwu Mountain, it was already several days later.

At this time, Shi Jingtang and Li Cunmao got the news that Jurchen sent troops, Shi Jingtang was in a panic and wanted to rush to defend against the enemy.

Originally, Changli was in danger, so why was it so hasty?
It turns out that the climate is cold in winter, and the overwater has already frozen. The original natural barrier has lost its effect. If they don't come out to defend against the enemy, the Jurchen cavalry can drive straight into Changli County.

But Li Cunmao put forward an opinion that he didn't understand, and said to Shi Jingtang: "The Jurchen soldiers and horses are coming fiercely, and the overwater has already frozen. Our army is not prepared enough, and we have to fight in a hurry. We can only fail. It is better to defend Changli. The city of Changli is strong, and the Jurchen When a large group of soldiers and horses come to attack, there must not be much food and grass, and when the time comes, the Jurchen will not be able to attack, and the food and grass will be exhausted, and the troops will naturally retreat."

But Shi Jingtang said: "General Li doesn't know something. The Jurchen soldiers and horses came from a long way away, and they are not familiar with our Changli terrain. I went to fight, not to fight head-on, but to lay an ambush. The Jurchen soldiers and horses are not familiar with the terrain. If you are in an ambush, you will definitely not dare to attack easily. In this way, the general can prepare for the defense of the city, and it will be more secure."

What Shi Jingtang said was not unreasonable, but Li Cunmao was not at ease, and refused: "In my opinion, the general should not send troops. The Jurchens have 20 troops. Now our army only has 4 troops, and the general can bring half of them at most. What can you do with 20 soldiers and [-] soldiers in ambush? Even if you are caught in an ambush, the Jurchen soldiers and horses are likely to turn defeat into victory. General, it is better not to take risks."

Shi Jingtang pointed to a mountain range on the map and said: "Crossing Yushui to the north, there is also this Tianlang Mountain, which is extremely steep. As long as I lead my troops to set up an ambush here, the Jurchen soldiers and horses will undoubtedly be defeated. Now the Jurchen soldiers and horses have died Arriving at the southern part of Wuwu Mountain, it won’t be long before we arrive, time is running out, I must send troops quickly.”

Unable to dissuade Li Cunmao, he could only allow Shi Jingtang to send troops.The two had different opinions, but there was no such thing as arrogance.It's just that one thinks it's better to send troops to ambush, and the other thinks it's better to defend instead of attack.

But Shi Jingtang led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry and arrived at Tianlang Mountain, a hundred miles away from the south of Changli County, where he planned to set up an ambush.

It's just that Shi Jingtang overlooked one point, that is the weather!
Thinking about how difficult it is to obtain rolling stones and logs for ambushes in this time of ice and snow, no more than other times?

It is said that the rolling stone is buried at the bottom of the snow, and the snow has accumulated for several months. It can be said that it is covered with ice. Getting the rolling stone is as difficult as panning for gold underground.

There are also rolling logs, which can only be obtained by cutting down trees. Although trees are everywhere, it is clear that cutting down trees in cold weather is not as easy as cutting down trees in spring and summer.

Shi Jingtang's idea was not wrong, but he ignored the factors brought by the weather. The cold weather greatly increased the time for Shi Jingtang to set up an ambush!
But the speed of the Jurchen cavalry far exceeded Shi Jingtang's expectation.

At first, Shi Jingtang didn't think there was anything wrong, but after three or four hours, the soldiers only dug out a few stones from the bottom of the snow, and the soldiers who went to cut down the trees brought back an unsatisfactory amount of logs, so Shi Jingtang realized that own mistakes.

"Oops, at this time there are no more rolling stones than usual, but the Jurchen cavalry is nowhere!" Shi Jingtang's heart was agitated, and he quickly sent out scouts to find out the news.

But after more than an hour, scouts came to report: "The Jurchen cavalry is less than twenty miles away from here."

Shi Jingtang quickly said: "It's too late to set up an ambush, let the infantry go first, and I will lead the cavalry to stop the rear."

Less than an hour after Shi Jingtang led his troops away, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan arrived here with their troops.

"Report to the general, the development of the front scout is wrong." A cavalry flew to report.

Wanyan Zonghan looked at the terrain ahead, and pondered: "The front is a long and narrow mountain road, with high slopes on both sides. It is convenient for soldiers and horses to ambush, why? There are traces of soldiers and horses ambushing ahead!"

"According to what the general said, when encountering this kind of terrain, we will send people to investigate. The soldiers went up to the mountains. Although they didn't find the soldiers and horses in ambush, they found the rolling stones and logs used for ambush!" The soldier said with his hands clasped.

"Go, go and have a look!" Wan Yan Zonghan urged the horse, and ran towards the mountain that the soldiers said.Behind Wanyan Zongwang, Yuan Gai Suwen, An Dianbao and others quickly followed.

When a group of people came to the mountain, Wanyan Zonghan checked it out: "The cuts on the trees are still fresh, and the stones still have soil. They are obviously just excavated. The footprints nearby are messy. I'm afraid there are quite a few soldiers and horses who stayed there."

An Dianbao was now on the mountain, looked at the opposite mountain and said: "There are also stones and rolling logs on the opposite mountain. Liaodong soldiers and horses are probably going to set up an ambush here, how are they going?"

"Heh, set up an ambush? You can move this rock!" Wanyan Zonghan sneered.

"Oh?" An Dianbao let out a low voice when he heard the words, but stretched out his hands to move the stones on the ground.

"Huh?" An Dianbao moved a few times, but found that he couldn't lift it up, so he couldn't help but increase his strength, and finally lifted it up.

"It's strange that the stone only weighs about fifty catties, why is it so troublesome?" An Dianbao asked doubtfully.

Yuan Gai Suwen glanced at An Dianbao, and explained: "The weather is cold, and the stones are frozen with ice and snow, so you can't move them. Liaodong County wanted to ambush, but forgot the weather, and the rolling stones were difficult to take out, so After wasting time, we found that our army had already arrived, so we had no choice but to retreat."

"The footprints on the ground are very fresh. I'm afraid most of the soldiers and horses are infantry. We haven't left for a long time. Let's go after them immediately?" Wanyan Zongwang didn't talk nonsense.

But Shi Jingtang covered the infantry's retreat, but even if the infantry left first, it was just a tandem and a back situation.The soldiers and horses on both sides are together, which also leads to the fact that the cavalry has only the speed of infantry.

In this case, only the strong men cut their wrists, abandon the infantry, and the cavalry go back alone, in order to minimize the loss.But Shi Jingtang didn't do this, so that half an hour later, he was chased by the Jurchen cavalry.

On the ice sheet, the war will start.

The 20 Liaodong Army faced [-] Jurchen cavalry. The Liaodong Army was no match for the Jurchen cavalry, but they were defeated after a long time.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Shi Jingtang broke out with only [-] cavalry, and the rest of the soldiers and horses fell under Jurchen's iron hooves, staining the white ice field red.

Shi Jingtang led the soldiers and horses and fled into the city of Changli. The two generals Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan led 20 cavalry to the city. 20 soldiers and horses surrounded Changli City completely, and for a while, black clouds overwhelmed the city and threatened to destroy it, as if the end was coming.

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