Chapter 1260 Jiayao's Confidence

Tiger's mouth city.

Gao Quan, who is over fifty years old, is a little uneasy.

He had already received accurate information that the enemy had sent reinforcements to Shanghe.

Or a large group of cavalry.

Logically speaking, the support troops of the Xiongjin Navy should have arrived at Longqing Prefecture.

The enemy must also be paying attention to the situation in Longqing Prefecture.

If the enemy army received news that Longqing Prefecture had received a large number of reinforcements, they should have sent reinforcements to Duyang. Why would they send reinforcements to Shanghe?

Isn’t the enemy afraid that they will send troops from Longqing Prefecture to retake Duyang?

Or was this a trap set for them by the enemy?

Is the enemy waiting for them to send troops from Longqing Prefecture to attack Duyang?

Damn!

Now Shanghe City has been occupied by the enemy, and another group of enemy troops is approaching Heji City. There is no way for news from Longqing Prefecture to be transmitted.

He had already sent people to rush to Longqing Prefecture through a hidden path, but it would take a lot of time to go back and forth across mountains and rivers.

Wang Shu sent people many times to urge him to march to Heji as soon as possible.

But he was completely in the dark about Shangqingdao's situation, and the spies he sent to Heji had also returned. How could he possibly send troops rashly?

If he marched towards Heji, the enemy troops in Sanghe City would take the opportunity to attack the enemy, and the gate of Gyeonggi Province would be wide open.

Just when Gao Quan was feeling uneasy, his personal guard suddenly came running to report in a panic: "General, the spy sent to Heji has returned, and brought back a garrison soldier who escaped from Heji..."

The defenders who escaped from Heji?

Gao Quan's face changed drastically.

Could it be that Heji was lost?

Damn!

Heji has a complete defense system, how could it be breached by the enemy so quickly?

Even if a group of pigs were sent to guard Heji, it would be impossible for Heji to be breached by the enemy so quickly!

Gao Quan roared in his heart, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, bring the person in!"

As he spoke, Gao Quan tried hard to calm himself.

He hoped he was just overthinking it.

He hoped that it was just someone who had escaped from Heji and came to ask him for help.

Hope a miracle happens!

Soon, the spy and the Heji garrison he brought back were brought in together.

"Oh!"

As soon as they saw Gao Quan, the defenders of Heji knelt straight down, wailing with grief and indignation on their faces: "General, Heji has been lost, please avenge us..."

Heji was lost!

Sure enough, it was lost!

There are no miracles!

Gao Quan's body swayed slightly, and the guards beside him quickly supported him.

"Tell me, how did Heji fall?"

"Are your city walls, moats, and tens of thousands of defenders just for show?"

"How could such a huge city be lost so quickly?"

Gao Quan roared angrily, and the rage in his eyes seemed to burn the escaped defenders.

Facing Gao Quan's murderous gaze, the man wailed, "The enemy troops of Pingji are approaching Heji, and the city defender ordered people to go to Longqing Prefecture for help. However, what we waited for was not reinforcements, but enemy troops wearing our armor..."

what?

Hearing this man's words, Gao Quan's breathing suddenly became rapid.

Were they tricked into opening the city gate?

Moreover, the enemy is coming from the direction of Longqing Prefecture?

so……

Longqing Prefecture also fell into the hands of the enemy?

Otherwise, how could the enemy army bypass Longqing Prefecture quietly and trick the city gate of Heji into opening?

But the problem is that Longqing Prefecture’s defense is so strong that taking Longqing Prefecture is definitely more difficult than taking Heji!

The enemy had never mobilized Pingji's troops before, so how could they easily capture Longqing Prefecture?

unless……

Thinking of this, Gao Quan suddenly shuddered.

Unless, the Xiongjin Navy supporting Longqing Prefecture was ambushed!

The enemy troops disguised themselves as reinforcements and used the same method to trick open the gate of Longqing Prefecture!

Moreover, before this, Longqing Prefecture had not received any news!

In other words, the 13,000 reinforcements sent from Xiongjin were most likely wiped out!

Judging from the enemy's style of action, the 4,000 reinforcements coming from Uozu are also likely to be ambushed!

Shang Qingdao, they have all fallen into the hands of the enemy!

Da'an Road is also in danger!

If Lu Andao were also defeated, the entire Le Dynasty would be in danger!

The more Gao Quan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his breathing became more rapid.

"Quick, send someone across the Mil River and notify the reinforcements from Yujin as quickly as possible. Withdraw to Linhai immediately and occupy the city... Puff..."

Before Gao Quan could finish his sentence, he spat out a mouthful of blood...

……

Soon, Jia Yao got the exact news.

The 4,000 enemy troops coming to support from Linhai have arrived at Shiniubei, a small town less than 60 miles away from Heji.

The Stone Ox Stele is located downstream of a tributary of the Miljiang River.

A small impact plain was formed there due to the erosion of river water.

According to the captives of the Le Dynasty, floods often occurred there many years ago, and the people living downstream suffered greatly.

Later, the people followed the advice of the master and carved a huge stone bull out of a huge stone to suppress the evil spirits in the river.

From then on, floods rarely occurred there.

The place name Shiniubei comes from this.

Jia Yao pondered for a while, and then ordered Beihuan general Du Gen to lead 3,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack to cut off the escape route of the 4,000 enemy troops back to Linhai.

She personally led her guards and two thousand men to intercept the enemy head-on.

Shen Kuan thought for a moment and asked Jia Yao, "Madam Jia Yao, do you want to surround them and lure the enemy to rescue them?"

Isn't this what Your Highness often says about surrounding a point and attacking its reinforcements?

"Correct!"

Jia Yao nodded gently, "Do you have any other opinions?"

"No no."

Shen Kuan shook his head repeatedly, "I am just worried that the enemy troops in the tiger's mouth will not be fooled. After all, Gao Quan is the most famous general of the Li Dynasty, so he should be quite capable."

"It doesn't matter!"

Jia Yao didn't care. "If the enemy troops in the tiger's mouth don't move, we will slowly surround the four thousand enemy troops and try to force them to land directly!"

This strategy doesn't necessarily have to succeed.

Even if someone in high power sees through it, it doesn't matter.

As long as Gao Quan does not send troops to support, the 4,000 enemy troops will inevitably fall into great panic facing their siege.

It is acceptable to force the surrender of 4,000 enemy troops without sacrificing a single soldier.

Anyway, she gave the choice to Gao Quan.

Whatever the high power chooses, the advantage is on their side.

Shen Kuan hesitated for a moment and replied, "I am worried that Gao Quan will choose other ways to rescue the four thousand troops."

Jia Yao smiled, "Are you saying that Gao Quan will directly send a large army to attack Shanghe or Heji, thus forcing us to withdraw our troops and return for reinforcements?"

"Ah."

Shen Kuan nodded slightly.

This is what he is worried about now.

The situation in Shanghe City is actually not bad, as there are reinforcements sent by His Highness. As long as the enemy attacks Shanghe City, they will be delayed and worry about being attacked by them.

Under such circumstances, the enemy should not dare to attack Shanghe rashly.

The main problem still lies in Heji.

Madam Jiayao divided her troops many times. After they occupied the enemy's city, they had to leave some troops to guard the city, which resulted in a shortage of troops in their hands.

If these more than 6,000 people were to besiege the enemy's 4,000 reinforcements at Shiniubei, Heji City would basically only have 2,000 of their own troops.

The rest were surrendered soldiers.

If Gao Quan launched a large-scale attack on Heji, and the surrendered soldiers of Heji turned against them and joined forces with the enemy, Heji City would be in danger.

Once Heji City was occupied by the enemy, their 6,000-plus troops would be cut off from their retreat.

Moreover, Longqing Prefecture, which had few troops to defend it, would also be threatened.

Listening to Shen Kuan's analysis, Jia Yao couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Shen Kuan had served as the commander of Yun Zheng’s personal guard for such a long time, and it was not in vain.

"Your concerns are valid."

Jia Yao smiled, "However, we can bet that the enemy is not aware of our strength and will not dare to attack Heji without caring about Hukou's safety! You have to know that we can afford the bet, but Gao Quan can't!"

At this point, it becomes a psychological game between the two sides.

If it really doesn't work, all the troops in other places will retreat, and their 6,000 troops will directly charge into Da'an Road, which has extremely few troops, and pretend to attack Gyeonggi Province from Jiangkou Ferry.

The enemy could at best attack from the direction of Shangqing Road and enter Lu'an Road.

If someone else was leading the army on Lu Andao's side, she would be worried that Lu Andao's army would be defeated.

But, Yun Zheng is in charge over there!

She doesn't need to worry about this at all!

This is where her confidence comes from!