Chapter 731
Being high up in the sky, you can clearly see the watershed below.
'Su Zhao', who was also on the large bird, looked down and was able to confirm that the Dongyu River was below, and also confirmed that the person holding her had taken her back to the territory of Yan Kingdom.
"Is the battle between Song and Yan over?" She turned around and asked Yuan Gang beside her.
Yuan Gang stared at her, "You are very concerned about this war."
'Su Zhao' asked back: "Don't you care? How about the outcome?"
Yuan Gang looked forward and did not answer.
'Su Zhao' bit her lip, knowing what the other person meant, she would not want to know anything unless she revealed her identity, but she had her concerns, and even though she was extremely worried about the war, she still didn't dare to reveal her identity.
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As soon as Song's retreating troops crossed the Dongyu River, they immediately advanced in depth.
Yan and Song negotiated and formed an alliance, and there was no need to keep troops to defend the Eastern Region River defense line. Facing the point of food shortage, the relevant area had been cleared by Meng Shanming, and the Song army was unable to defend it anymore. And this is exactly what the country of Yan needs. After the opponent compromises and forms an alliance, the country of Yan also does not need to spend a lot of resources in the Dongyu River area.
And Meng Shanming's strategy and tactics are clever, always keep a backup just in case, Shi Xinmao's troops who are stranded in the rear and have not retreated back not only consolidated the effect of clearing the field, but also can respond at any time, if necessary, they can also stay behind Defend on the riverside of the Eastern Territory.
In this way, without any worries, Meng Shanming can lead most of the troops to deal with possible crises in other areas with peace of mind. The most important thing now is to wait for the food and grass support from the Wei Kingdom.
After crossing the river, Meng Shanming and Shang Chaozong met successfully. The scene where the two met was very exciting. The people returning from the Eastern Expedition cheered like a tsunami. For them, the threat from the Song Dynasty was dispelled by them , is the return of victory.
In order to save Dayan, the two had a long talk after meeting, but Niu Youdao still disappeared...
The Song army who withdrew across the Dongyu River was in a different situation. Their morale was extremely low, and they couldn't even eat enough.
After many ups and downs, after several times of consumption, the food was almost exhausted, the dry rice turned into porridge, and three meals of porridge became two meals. The army was in a state of hunger and hunger all day long, weak and moving slowly.
Knowing that Wu Gongling came across the river, Luo Zhao became highly vigilant, and quickly recruited someone to ask, "Are you sure there will be no problem with Wu Gongling?"
Wen You, who was swaying on the horse's back, said: "There shouldn't be any problems. According to the news from the imperial court, Meng Shanming let us all evacuate because he hoped that Wu Gongling would kill us, but Meng Shanming didn't know that Wu Gongling had already been killed. My Song court secretly bought it."
Su Yuanbai nodded: "The price is the territory of the two states!"
Luo Zhao sneered: "Take advantage of the fire to rob, this thief is ambitious, he doesn't hesitate to kill his elder brother, leaving it behind will become trouble sooner or later!"
Wen You sighed: "Great Governor, the imperial court has no choice but to make this compromise. The current situation can only appease him first, and when he recovers, it will not be too late to deal with him!"
Several forces, Jin Jue intends to use Wu Gongling to enter the Song State to make trouble, in order to break the balance of Song-Yan alliance and confrontation, subvert and weaken one side so that South Korea can win the Song State at the least cost, but Wu Gongling betrayed him.
Meng Shanming knew Jin Jue's intentions, and in order to stabilize Jin Jue and prevent him from making troubles against Yan State, after all, Yan State's situation is very dangerous, and there is another Zhao State who is eyeing him. Shun Shui pushed the boat to use Wu Gongling to attack Luo Zhao's men, but was betrayed by Wu Gongling.
The State of Song knew Meng Shanming's intentions, and at a time when they were stretched and weak, they could only do their best to appease Wu Gongling with benefits, and directly set aside two lands for Wu Gongling to occupy directly after entering the State of Song.
Jin Jue's intention was sold to Meng Shanming by Wu Gongling, and Meng Shanming's intention was sold to Song Guozhi by Wu Gongling.
The three contacted one to sell the other to show their sincerity, but they always kept the secret from the other. Behind the cunning was a last resort. Wu Gongling himself was also in a difficult situation. In order to protect himself, he first stabilized the three parties to ensure his own safety, and then made a decision according to the situation.
But at this time, Luo Zhao looked at the people who were walking weakly around him, and he was still uneasy, "Three elders, please send people to Wugongling to confirm whether there is no worry, otherwise if there is any change in Wugongling, our department will be vulnerable. It's unimaginable, and the personnel who supervise Shi Xinmao's troops must not relax!"
His worry was not unreasonable. Currently, Wu Gongling and Shi Xinmao were the ones who could threaten this side. Su Yuanbai and others immediately sent people to carry it out.
But the news that came after that was very disturbing. To be precise, there was no news. The people sent to Wu Gongling never heard from them again, and it was as if nothing had happened, even after sending two groups.
According to the observation of the spies, the troops from Wu Gongling were rushing towards this side.
The court of the Song Dynasty was still in shock after hearing the news. Luo Zhao, who was on the front line and keenly aware of the crisis, made a decisive decision and decisively ordered the grain transport officer of the Song Dynasty to disperse the food and grass by breaking them into pieces.
At the same time, the more than 2 million horses in hand were retreated in a way of breaking up into parts, and in groups of thousands of people, they were divided into groups of grain and grass for evacuation and transportation.
The main purpose is that in the event of an accident, he wants to preserve the strength of Song State as much as possible, so as to avoid the concentration of people and horses and being given to one pot.
The dispersal of food and grass, and the dispersal of people and horses will inevitably increase the distance between the two sides, and lengthen the time for people and horses to meet with food and grass. In such a predicament, how many people will survive to see the food and grass to help Luo Zhao is no longer caring.
At least, after the people disperse, they may be able to find food no matter what they eat if they eat grass and bark. If more than two million people gather together, the balance between supply and demand of grass and bark will also be broken. How can there be so many places where they go? Edible grass and bark loot?
It was difficult for Luo Zhao to make this decision, but it was also forced.
For Wu Gongling, now that South Korea has been settled, and Meng Shanming, the biggest threat, has been successfully overcome, he has been able to breathe.
He kept going around in circles like this, and he couldn't go on. He had to make a choice, and finally tore apart the kindness, bared his fangs, and attacked Ruan Persimmon, and rushed to kill Luo Zhaoren!
The act of Luo Zhao's army breaking up into parts did cause huge troubles to Wu Gongling's troops. After all, Wu Gongling's troops were limited.
However, Wu Gongling was not a vegetarian either. He sent people to keep an eye on the movement of the food and grass after it was dispersed, divided up the troops to rob the food, and at the same time divided the troops to chase and kill Luo Zhao's dispersed troops.
The troops on both sides are scattered on a large scale, and it is difficult to detect specific intentions. Wu Gongling still has considerable combat experience.
Wu Gongling's efforts were indeed not a joke. Jin Jue from South Korea saw it and was very relieved, thinking that he had indeed misunderstood Wu Gongling before.
Meng Shanming also saw it, but it was something he expected. Wu Gongling's life was already in the hands of the three major sects in South Korea. He knew that Wu Gongling had to follow, plus his threat.
Why did he let all Luo Zhao's troops go back? It is a response to the times, first of all, to maintain the alliance situation on a large scale, to stabilize Song State as much as possible, and at the same time to stabilize Jin Jue's strategy to prevent Jin Jue from targeting Yan State. Create trouble for Wu Gongling.
If he had directly wiped out half of Luo Zhao's troops as originally planned, it would be too easy to clean up the remaining half of Wu Gongling. Now there are more than two million people, no matter how weak they are, it is impossible for Wu Gongling to wipe them all out.
He wants to reduce the strength of Song State, but also preserve Song State’s certain strength to deal with the enemy, and also keep Wu Gongling in Song State’s territory to deal with South Korea’s attack. The purpose is to make it easier for South Korea to firmly attack Song State than Yan State The determination to carry out the strategy of diverting disasters to the east to the end.
The so-called joining forces with the Song Dynasty to form an alliance against South Korea is just a cover to stabilize all parties, but it is indeed a grand strategy that Meng Shanming must implement, otherwise, for the Shang Dynasty, who holds the military power, the negotiation power will not fall to Yan at all. In the hands of the imperial court.
But the premise of this alliance against South Korea strategy is to ensure the safety of Yan State first. South Korea has been heavily suppressing the border in the north of Yan State, and Zhao Guo is eyeing it. The situation is too dangerous. To transfer away, the only way is to pit Song Guo as bait.
It's not the first time Meng Shanming has fought against Jin Jue, and he knows Jin Jue's style well. This person seeks stability, and if he can't contain Zhao Guo, Jin Jue will not make a move easily.
Meng Shanming can already predict that South Korea must have colluded with Zhao Guo in secret, and Zhao Guo's sending troops to Yan is imminent. He can only put Wu Gongling in the territory of Song State to pit Song Guo, an ally, to defuse the threat from the north of Yan State. Force to deal with Zhao Guo.
He won't care about the safety of his allies, and he can't easily let South Korea take the lead, but at this time, he can only let Song Guo suffer first and delay South Korea. He must win the strategic initiative for Yan State, and cannot be passive in a critical situation Handle.
If it really doesn't work, it can only let South Korea annex Song State, at least to buy Yan State a strategic breathing time, and then deal with South Korea's threat later.
Wu Gongling's actions angered Song Guo, who was reprimanded by Song Guo for treachery.
Wu Gongling didn't take it seriously at all, you scolded you, I did mine, and with the support of the Korean spiritual forces, he was not afraid at all, Song Guo had nothing to do with him.
As Song Guo broke the matter, Jin Jue was also angry. As expected, he had guessed before that this grandson actually colluded with Meng Shanming behind his back, and also colluded with Song Guo at the same time. Can you step on three boats?
Wu Gongling doesn't need to explain anything, the reason for the explanation is very simple, you are all using me, why don't you allow me to protect myself? Look at the performance behind me.
The situation has reached this point, all conspiracies have become overt schemes, and everything will come to fruition, so we can only follow the trend, and Jin Jue can only endure Wu Gongling first.
Meng Shanming didn't care about Wu Gongling's behavior of betraying himself, and he has nothing to do with Wu Gongling now.
In short, Jin Jue's goal has been achieved, Meng Shanming's goal has been achieved, and Wu Gongling has also obtained his own key voice that can influence the situation.
From the beginning to the end, Jin Jue withstood the pressure and grasped the invincible situation of advancing, attacking, retreating and defending for South Korea, making South Korea invincible. Meng Shanming tried his best to turn the tide and turn the tide for the country of Yan, and stabilized his position for the time being. Wu Gongling took advantage of the trend at first, then fell into a desperate situation, and then escaped the crisis again.
Big powers come and go to confront each other, small powers struggle to survive, big and small people lead their own way, and those who know are amazed!