Chapter 9: The Battle of Fengxiang
Fengxiang here, Qinling Lingping, Weishui flows, Longyue west obstructs the horizontal, fertile field cloth in Weibei. It is connected to Jingzhao in the east, Cheng and Feng in the south, and Qinlong in the west, which is an important hub on the Guanlong Plain.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Maozhen had relied on it to stand on his own, and educated the small court of Chang'an several times, and the king of Fengqi, the power of the west, when its power was prosperous, the entire northwest was almost within the scope of Li's influence. In the early history of the "Five Dynasties", although the "Liang and Jin Struggle for Hegemony" has always been the theme, Fengxiang's "Qi State" also played a very important role in this history.
The Guanlong War, which Liu Chengyou was concerned about at the moment in Tokyo, has reached a very important stage. The Shu and Han armies, totaling more than 60,000 people, fought in the area of Longzhou, Baoji, and Dasanguan.
Shu Xiongwu Jiedu led 7,000 Shu troops from Longshang, and Shi Kuangyi personally led the army of Jingyuan for the Zhangyi Army, which was blocked in Anhua Town, Huangyang County, and could not move.
The main force of more than 30,000 troops of the Shu army was led by Zhang Qianzhao, who was recruited by the northern camp, out of the scattered pass, forced Baoji, and the Han army of Wang Jun's general army, in the south of Weishui, around Jifeng Mountain, for field battles.
In the middle of the first month, Wang Jun led the forbidden army to the west to Guanzhong, and the Jin Chang army broke the Shu general Li Tingqi's army of 20,000 in Xiegu Town, and directly thwarted the Shu army's wishful thinking of attacking Yong in three ways.
The news of Li Tingjue's defeat was like a blow to the Shu army, and it suddenly stopped. Zhang Qianzhao's original intention was naturally to be able to appease Feng Xiang and make Hou Yi and take Feng Xiang without damage.
As a result, after hearing about the defeat of the Shu Army's Eastern Route Army, Hou Yi's original ambiguous attitude suddenly became firm, and he wanted to be a "loyal minister" to the Han Dynasty, and led the Qi army to actively block the Wei River. The speed of turning his face caught the Shu army off guard. Coupled with the fact that the North Road He Reconstruction's army was threatened by the flank of Jingyuan's troops, the edge of the Shu army was immediately contained.
In that case, the generals of the Shu army had their own thoughts, either advancing or retreating, and the commander Zhang Qianzhao was also undecided. All things considered, it is better to temporarily retreat to the dispersal of the customs.
Such a hesitant decision also gave the Han army enough time to react. After Wang Jun defeated Li Tingqi in Xiegu Town, he did not focus on expanding the results of the battle, but turned non-stop, led the forbidden army to rush into Fengxiang, and entered Baoji with the power of great victory. Wang Jun's mind is very clear, and he has always remembered Liu Chengyou's advice that Feng Xiang is the key to competing with the Shu army.
After the Shu army withdrew, in the face of the surging imperial forbidden army, the old Fengxiang Jie Du Hou Yi did not dare to think about it anymore and sent people to welcome him. After entering Baoji City, Wang Jun was resolute, relieved Hou Yi's military power, and put more than 4,000 Qi soldiers under his command. At the same time, he took out Liu Chengyou's secret edict and ordered Hou Yi to enter Tokyo to meet him, and with some means, he was decisive and swift, and sent troops to escort Hou Yi and his family Xiaodong.
Then, the news of Emperor Liu Zhiyuan's death came. Hearing this, Wang Jun was afraid to be happy, but Zhang Qianzhao, who was still in Sanguan to peek at the situation in Guanzhong, jumped to his feet and shouted that he had made a mistake. At the same time, the spirit of the Shu army also came, in their opinion, the Han court was in a national funeral, and the new lord succeeded to the throne, it must be disordered up and down, and there was no time to take care of Guanzhong. On the one hand, it was a good opportunity for Chengdu to be announced, and on the other hand, it was carefully made in Fengxiang to spread rumors and disturb people's hearts, on the other hand, it obtained the support of all the armies under its command, raised more than 20,000 troops, and then went out of the pass.
Unexpectedly, Wang Jun was also hard-hearted, and personally led the forbidden army to the south of the Fuwei River to meet the attack, defeated its forward 3,000, and forced the Shu army to retreat to the area of Jifeng Mountain in the southeast of Baoji with weak soldiers.
With the momentum of "mourning soldiers", the Shu army was defeated again, and the morale of the Han army was suddenly greatly boosted. Although the Shu army was defeated before and after, but in Fengxiang, the Han army was still more than enough to defend and not enough to attack, but Wang Junchu stood alone, originally for the meritorious service, the spirit was very strong, if the Shu army retreated back to Hanzhong, it would be fine, but he went north to take advantage of the fire to rob, but he could not be satisfied with just repelling Zhang Qianzhao.
Issued a document to invite the army of Changyi, Jingnan, and Jinchang to come west, and before that, with the great victory of the valley, Liu Chengyou issued an edict to Wang Jun as the southwest camp to recruit envoys, and was fully responsible for the matter of attacking Shu. He also deployed Shi Kuangyi for the southwest camp and Zhao Kuangzan for the camp and the Marquis of Yu, and told the Guannei Zhujiedu to send troops to cooperate with the battle.
In order to defeat, the Guanzhong army came to the aid together, Shi Kuangyi carried alone on the northern front, Fengxiang here, Wang Jun to the forbidden army, Qi army, Yong army as the mainstay, and a part of the soldiers and horses of Sui, Tong, and Hua, more than 17,000 horse infantry troops, went south to fight with the Shu army at the foot of Jifeng Mountain.
On Zhang Qianzhao's side, after personally experiencing the combat effectiveness of the Han army, he felt that it was difficult to defeat the Han army with only the soldiers under his command, and also ordered that the defenders who stayed behind the rank and Cheng were transferred to the north, and sent troops from Xingyuan Mansion, and more than 10,000 soldiers were transferred before and after, so that he had the confidence to wrestle with Wang Jun.
The two sides fought for more than 10 days between the first line of Jifeng Mountain and Dasanguan, and although the actual engagement lasted only three days, the battle was extremely fierce from the very beginning.
The Han army was outnumbered, and the Shu army was numerous, almost twice as large as the Han army. Moreover, the composition of the Han army is complex, and the scattered soldiers of the forbidden army, the Qi army, the Yong army, and the states in the Guannai seem to be a "miscellaneous army", and they all belong to different groups. However, it was this "rabble" that forcibly suppressed the Shu army.
Jifeng Mountain, the mountain is like its name, there is the strangeness of the peaks and mountains, the chicken peak is inserted into the clouds, the heavenly pillar stands, and the jade shoots are emptied. The three peaks stand side by side, which is the crown of a city. Chencang County was renamed Baoji, which originated from this mountain.
Of course, although the peak scenery is strange, it is not considered a natural danger for soldiers, and a place that is too dangerous is not conducive to attacking, and how can it be conducive to defending? The Shu army occupies the west peak of the lower village, with its tendency to become a corner with the Great Sanguan, can rely on each other.
The Han army didn't care so much, and set up a village in front of the mountain to force the battle. This war between Shu and Han was obviously provoked by the Shu army and launched an attack, and it developed to the current situation, but it was the Han army that attacked with weak troops and the Shu army defended.
Jifeng Mountain, the Shu camp stands next to the mountain, divided into three large camps, there are quite a lot of camps, but it seems a little messy, nearly 30,000 Shu troops are forced to be in it, very aggrieved.
In front of the mountain, the camp of the Han army is much simpler, much more strict and organized, and even a little rampant. It's not that the Shu army hasn't gone down the mountain to attack, and it is a bargain for the Han army's strong bows and crossbows, and the warriors and warriors. Up to now, after more than ten days of fierce soldiers, they can only shrink into the wall and defend passively.
In fact, if you take a bird's-eye view of the attack and defense of the two armies, whether from the perspective of camp defense, troops, or self-supply, in the overall situation, the Shu army has an advantage, but the reality is that in a head-to-head confrontation, even if it is one enemy and two, the Shu army is not the opponent of the Han army, and besides, the battle of the army is not simply one-to-one, one-to-many.
While the Han army was able to suppress the main force of the Shu army, it was also able to take into account the Shu army in Dasanguan, and resisted the two sides with weak soldiers, and completely overwhelmed the Shu army in terms of momentum. However, this is a dangerous strategy, as long as there is a slight accident, the Han army will be in danger.
For example, Shi Kuangyi in the north was broken through, Wang Jun gathered a large army, and it was an extra limit to be able to face the anti-Shu army on both sides, and it was estimated that he would be directly defeated by the enemy on three sides. Wang Jun's combat style this time is really surprisingly dangerous.
In addition, it is also the most important and dangerous problem, the food and straw of the Han army, which is insufficient!
In order to carry out this battle, the Fengxiang Mansion Treasury has been emptied by Wang Jun, and the loss of food and equipment is too great.
The sound of horses' hooves and neighing, accompanied by the sound of killing, echoed in an open field north of Dasanguan. After half a day of harassment, more than 2,000 Han cavalry, under the personal command of the general, launched a fatal blow to the Shu army that wanted to go east to aid Jifeng Mountain. Not surprisingly, the Shu army was defeated. Catch up until you are miles away.
Looking at the defeated soldiers of the Shu army who fled to the pass, Yang Ye stopped his horse: "Stop the pursuit!" ”
"General, why don't you kill them all?" Yu Hou beside him, still full of fighting spirit, waved his sword and asked.
Yang Ye pointed ahead and said: "Before the Great Dispersion Pass, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, the terrain is treacherous, and it is not a place for horsemen. After this defeat, the Shu army will definitely lose all its gall, and dare not come out lightly, and our goal will be achieved! ”
Saying that, Yang Ye changed his hand to hold the reins, and muttered in his mouth: "These Shu troops are too unbeatable!" ”
Yang Ye, this time as a protector commander and Fengzhou regiment training envoy, followed Wang Jun to the west. Basically, he was released by Liu Chengyou to practice. In the previous battle of Xiegu Town, he led the horse army of his headquarters to attack Li Tingqi, and his meritorious service was not small.
As for Fengxiang, after fighting with the main force of the Shu army, after solving the few cavalry in Shu, Wang Jun took Yang Ye as the commander of the horse army, and collected more than 2,000 people from the Yong, Qima army and his headquarters, and paid him to let him monitor the Shu army in Dasanguan on the western front, so as not to affect the decisive battle of Jifeng Mountain.
Obviously, Wang Jun probably understood what Liu Chengyou meant, and after the previous battle, Yang Ye's bravery also moved Wang Jun and made him let go of his worries. Yang Ye also did a good job, and he was also very smart in fighting, reckless when he should be reckless, and cowardly when he should be cowardly, he insisted on nailing the nearly 10,000 Shu troops in the Dasan Pass to the death.
This time, it was Han Baozhen, the deputy marshal of Shu, who personally led the army and marched in formation, wanting to slowly push east and support Zhang Qianzhao. It turned out that the idea was good, and it was effective at first, but under Yang Ye's patient harassment, it ended in failure after all.
On the field, the limitations of the infantry army against the cavalry army lie in this. Moreover, the armament of the Shu army is not sharp enough, the soldiers are not refined enough, and even the generals are stupid.
"This time it was Han Baozhen, the deputy commander of the Shu army, who personally commanded the army, but I didn't expect this person to be so incompetent, and you will be defeated without much effort to unify the army!" Yu Hou's mouth bloomed into a flower, with the blood splashed on his face, completely like a warrior of a hundred battles.
"Send someone to report to the battalion, saying that our army has blocked the Dasanguan Shu army, and tell the envoy that he can attack Zhang Qianzhao with confidence!" Leading an army by himself and shouldering heavy responsibilities, Yang Ye's temperament is obviously much more condensed than before, and he commanded in a cold voice.
"Yes!"
"Rescue the wounded, clean up the battlefield, search for prisoners, collect troops and return to the garrison!" Turning the horse's head, Yang Ye took the lead away from the mountain pass.
However, when looking at the east, Yang Ye couldn't help but feel a little worried between his eyebrows.