Chapter 007: Not in the Stream
Bishui Pass, also called Tiger Prison Pass, north of the Yellow River, south of Songyue, east of the Bihe River, west of Gongyi, is the main road to Guanzhong, known as "lock the sky center, the throat of Sanqin".
According to the "Bianshui County Chronicle", it is recorded: "The tiger prison is the hub of the east and the west, and the jade gate is the throat of the north and the south." Two cliffs stand on the wall, a line of sheep intestines, overlooking the river, relying on the heavy danger, there is a husband when the pass, ten thousand people are not close to the momentum, the so-called one move and the weight of the world, for the people who have the world since ancient times. Many battles, such as "Three Heroes Fighting LΓΌ Bu", "Wenjiu Killing Huaxiong", and "Li Shimin's Capture of Dou Jiande", etc., took place at Hubi Shuiguan.
The Jurchens also gathered heavy troops here, and Luoyang, Luokou, and Zhengzhou were each other's horns to fight against the Western army reinforcements from Tongguan.
The cold wind blew into the hall of Bishui Guanzhai, the tongue of fire flew in the charcoal basin, and in the main hall, the screams continued to sound, and a Jurchen nobleman about forty years old and with a white mink collar sat on a chair in the hall, staring coldly at the two Jurchen warriors who were whipped below.
The Jurchen nobleman seemed to be calm, and the bone joints on his clenched fists protruded and trembled slightly, but it revealed his mood.
Wanyan Lou Room, a famous warrior of the Great Jin Dynasty, the founder of the Meng'an Mou Restraint military system, the hero of the Liao Eradication, the pioneer of the Western Route Army, and the god of war in the minds of the Jurchen warriors.
The headless body of the son's Wanyan living girl was placed in the hall, the body was stiff, several gunshot wounds and knife wounds on the body, and the knife marks on the neck were still clearly visible, which showed how painful the son was before he died.
I thought that Luoyang City was impregnable, guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but who knew that it would be lost in one day, and what was exchanged was only the corpse of more than a thousand defeated troops and his son's headlessness.
The two Jurchen warriors finally couldn't hold it anymore and were beaten to death, a Han man dressed as a soldier waved his hand, and the sergeants quickly dragged the two people out.
After a short silence, Shizi persuaded in a low voice on the side: "General Wanyan, the young general has passed away, and it is better to enter the earth as soon as possible. How to deal with this Song army next, you have to ask the general to dispatch from it. β
Wanyan Lou's face returned to calm, he waved his hand, and the two Jurchen sergeants stepped forward and carried the body of Wanyan Huonu out.
Wan Yan Lou nodded and said, "Gao Tong, there will be no big problem." In your opinion, what is the origin of these Song people, and how should we deal with it next?"
Now that the Jurchen army is attacking from two sides, and the capture of Tokyo City is just around the corner, he doesn't want to make a fuss and let these sneak Song troops sweep away.
Gao Qingyi, the former Liao minister, and now Wanyan Zonghan's staff, pondered for a while, and stepped forward to reply: "General, if it is as expected, this Song army is the Song rebel army that is pacifying the army and causing heavy losses to our army. It's just that I don't know how these people came to the land of Henan and actually started the idea of our army?"
The Lou Room Army is the elite of the Jurchen army, and the soldiers in it are all warriors of the Jurchen tribe, and Wanyan Lou Mur's son, Wanyan Huonu, is the brave champion of the three armies. It is really incredible that these Song troops actually broke the defenders of Xijing and killed Wanyan Huonu.
"Qualcomm expected to be good, just what I wanted."
Wan Yan Lou Room picked up an unexploded earth-shattering thunder in front of him, and it seemed that he had recovered from the grief of losing his son.
Judging by the firearms used, it should be the same group. It's just that this earth-shattering thunder, we have fought with the Song army, and we have never seen it explode and hurt people. β
Wan Yan Lou shook his head, put down the earth-shaking thunder in his hand, and said slowly: "Gao Tongshi, in your opinion, what will happen to these Song troops next, and how will our army deal with it?"
When Gao Qingyi saw Yan Lou's room say the word "Song Jun", his face was extremely ugly, his body trembled slightly, and he was obviously really angry. Indeed, how can you just leave the pain of losing a child.
"The Song people are treacherous and changeable, and it is not surprising that they have come up with these strange tricks."
Gao Qingyi said softly: "General, these Song troops can annihilate 5,000 soldiers of our army in the Pingding Army, and they can break through Luoyang City and annihilate nearly 10,000 of our army, and there are at least tens of thousands of their troops, and there is no shortage of brave people. These Song troops broke through Luoyang City, and they must have been held here. Luoyang City has high walls and thick walls, and there are many granaries in the city. In my opinion, these Song soldiers may be resting in the city at this moment. β
The weather is cold, there are Jurchen armies everywhere, and these Song troops are all foot soldiers, they live up to their stubborn resistance, do they want to abandon the city and attack and bring about their own destruction?
Wan Yan Lou Room nodded, and said coldly: "Ben Jiang thinks the same, he must slaughter this group of Song dogs to save them from being hindered behind his back."
Gao Qingyi hesitated: "General, do you want to wait for the scouts to come back and tell you, and then it's not too late to send troops?"
"Bishui Pass is five hundred miles away from Luoyang City, and I don't know how many hours it will take to come and go!"
Wanyan Lou shook his head and said: "The soldiers are very fast, pass down the military order, and let Shuli rush to Luoyang with 10,000 foot soldiers." Early tomorrow morning, the general will bring 10,000 iron horsemen west into Luoyang City, and the defense of Bishui Pass will be handed over to the generals. β
Next to him, the generals arched their hands together and said, "The villains and others obey the general's orders!"
Wanyan Lou Room's eyes were hideous, his face was pale, and none of the generals dared to disobey him. Gao Qingyi was also helpless, and he could only say goodbye.
On an official road leading from Bishui Pass to Luoyang, Dong Ping and Li Yanxian led people to ambush behind the narrow and steep cliffs on both sides of the official road, looking in the direction of Bishui Pass to the east.
In the valley behind everyone, the snow was stained with blood, and the corpses of the golden scouts were all blurred in flesh and blood, and there were hundreds of people in a cursory way.
The valley on the other side of the official road was also densely packed with the corpses of the Golden Rangers. If you add up the corpses in the valleys on both sides of the official road, there are as many as two or three hundred people.
attacked Xijing City, and the war horses in the loyal army also became rich, not only did the army have two or three thousand cavalry, but those good horses in the loyal army were also equipped with good horses.
According to Wang Song's idea of blocking the Guandao, Li Yanxian and Dong Ping led a battalion of cavalry to rob and kill the Jin rangers on the official road, so as to achieve the effect of blocking the ears and eyes of the Jin people.
In the past two consecutive days, everyone has intercepted and killed two or three hundred golden rangers, and seeing that the Jurchen spies on the official road are becoming more and more sparse, it is urgent to leave.
"Brother Li, it's been almost a day and a night, and I haven't seen Fanzi's rangers haunting, so we should also withdraw, right?"
Dong Ping stomped on his numb legs and feet, and said to Li Yanxian on the side.
Li Yanxian looked at the empty official road and nodded.
"Dong Tongzhi, you are the commander of the first army, naturally you have the final say!"
"That's not what you have to ask what Brother Li means."
Dong Ping smiled, then turned his head and ordered: "Pass the order, let the brothers hide all the corpses, and let's retreat!"
At the northern foot of Songshan Mountain, thousands of loyal and righteous soldiers hid in the ravine, with the rank of soldier, the horse picked the bell, and gave the halter head, and the people and horses were silenced, so as not to be discovered by the Jurchen soldiers.
If you look at it from the sky, the valley is densely packed with people and horses, but hiding in this big mountain, from the foot of the mountain, you can't see a single thing.
After coming out of Luoyang, everyone traveled day and night, and arrived at Bishui Pass two days later. The winter was cold, the temperature had dropped below zero, and many of the soldiers' hands and feet were numb and stiff from the cold, but no one dared to move wantonly.
Fortunately, a lot of warm clothes were harvested from Xijing City, otherwise the army would have to suffer.
Seeing the Jurchen soldiers continuously passing through the valley and heading west, Zhang Heng said: "Big official, do you want to do it, check these Jurchen soldiers!"
Raided Xijing City, broke tens of thousands of gold soldiers, and all the troops were in high mood and strong in battle.
Wang Song shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly.
According to the information of Yelu Yan and others, Wanyan Lou should be stationed here. With these rabbles of his own, the chances of winning against the most elite Lou room army of the Jurchens are slim.
Despite the presence of war horses, most of them were cavalrymen tied to horses, fighting in the field with the Jurchen iron cavalry, at least, there was no fire in front of them.
Zhang Xian said on the side: "Looking at the formation of these Jurchen soldiers, it should be the elite Lou Room army of the Jurchens, and there are no less than 10,000 people. If you are close, you can use a firearm to sneak attack. But it will take at least half an hour to walk from this mountain, so how can you sneak attack?"
If Wang Song knew that what was in front of him was Wanyan Lou's room, he would definitely regret grabbing the land with his head.
Although it is easy to hide on the mountain, it is not easy to find the location of this ambush, the Jurchen cavalry comes and goes freely, although they now have three or four thousand cavalry, but the combat power of the horse is much worse than that of the Jurchens, and the attack needs to be infantry.
"Big official, Dong Ping, they're back!"
Wang Song was in good spirits, and as soon as he turned around, Dong Ping and Li Yanxian walked over from the valley.
"Daguan, I waited for more than 200 Jurchen spies to intercept and kill on the official road, and from yesterday evening to now, no other spies have been found, so I withdrew back."
The two stepped forward to report, Wang Song nodded, and most of the worries in his heart were put down.
If Wanyan Lou knew that Xijing City had been broken and that he and the others had left, the purpose of diverting the tiger from the mountain would not be achieved, and it would be even more difficult for his party to cross the Surabaya Pass.
"Two brothers, well done, go down and rest!"
After Wang Song finished speaking, he looked at the surrounding mountains and forests, and felt that it was too quiet, not even a single bird, and it was easy for the Jurchen soldiers to see the flaws, especially since there were battlefield generals like Wanyan Lou Room in the Jurchen army.
Wang Song whispered a few words in Zhang Heng's ear, and Zhang Heng nodded and left.
"There is not even a single flying bird, it is so quiet, there must be an ambush of the Song people above!"
Sure enough, Wan Yan Lou looked at the reckless mountains and forests in the distance, and frowned unconsciously.
"You send a few people to go up and inquire to see if it's ......."
Before Yan Lou's voice fell, he saw the sergeants pointing to the mountain beams in the distance, and they all made loud noises.
After Yan Lou looked fixedly, he saw a team of more than 100 people on the snowy mountain road, and when he looked closely, they were all dressed as Song people, and it seemed that they should be local bandits.
The bandits shouted on the mountain beams, shouted insults, made all kinds of humiliating gestures, and finally took off their pants all, revealing a big white buttocks, swaying left and right against the ranks of the Jurchen army, extremely arrogant.
Wang Song couldn't help but sigh. Unexpectedly, Zhang Heng and these rough brothers were willing to "dedicate themselves" to the country, which is really eye-popping.