Chapter 299: Zhan Junzhou (Second Watch)
Junzhou, that is, Danjiangkou City in later generations.
However, at this time, Junzhou City was not in the Danjiangkou urban area of the later generations, but in the north of Wudang Mountain, located in the Danjiangkou Reservoir.
That's right, the ancient city of Junzhou was flooded because of the construction of the reservoir in later generations.
Therefore, at this time, there was no Danjiangkou reservoir in Junzhou, and the north of the city was the Han River.
Water transport occupies a very important position in ancient times, the Han River as the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, the shipping industry is developed, Xingyuanfu, Jinzhou and even Guanzhong area many goods are through the Han River downstream, transported to Shannan Dongdao and other places to sell.
It's just that now Shannan Dongdao is occupied by Qin Zongquan's subordinates, and life is ruined, and commerce has long collapsed.
The Junzhou in front of you is a state city, although it has been damaged before, but after all, it is a state city, and the city is much taller than those county towns before, but in front of the forbidden army, there is no difference.
Outside the city of Junzhou, 70,000 forbidden troops gathered, namely the Zuo Tiance Army led by Li Hong, the Right Shence Army led by Liu Kui and the Zuo Longwu Army led by Zhang Jun.
In the big tent, Zheng Congyan, the commander of Xingyang County, Taiwei and Shizhong, and the commander of the camp in the south of Caizhou, sat in the handsome position, with Zhang Chengye on the left as the supervisor of the army, and Li Hong, the general of the Sanyuan County and the left Tiance army on the right.
Below are Liang Guogong, Zhang Jun, the general of the Left Longwu Army, and Liu Kui, the general of the Right Shence Army and the concubine. In addition to this, there were three generals of the forbidden army.
As for the Jingnan army, they did not come, after all, Jingnan is not close to here, and with Xiangzhou stuck in the middle, the Jingnan army can't come. The current Jingnan army is not having a good time, it was beaten badly by Zhao Deyu's army, and Jiangling Mansion was almost lost.
In the big tent, an ordinary man who was less than thirty years old stepped forward and came to Zheng Congyan, clasped his fists and saluted, "Yuan Yin, the captain of the Junzhou Branch of Jinyi Weishan South East Road, pays a visit to the marshal. β
The structure of the Jinyi Guard is actually somewhat similar to that of other forbidden armies, the main difference is that the Jinyi Guard is the commander who is responsible for overseeing the entire Jinyi Guard.
The current main structure of Jinyiwei is in order: commander, general, captain, team leader and ordinary soldiers, of course, there are other deputy positions in the middle.
A road sets up a capital, and the leader is the capital; There is a battalion in each state, and the first one is the captain; There is no county to set up a team, and the leader is the team.
Except for the deputy position, there are ordinary soldiers below the team. Therefore, the rank of the ordinary soldier of the Jinyi Guard is the same level as the fire commander of the forbidden army, and the salary is higher than that of the fire chief.
However, at present, Jinyiwei has not spread this kind of structure throughout Datang, first, time does not allow, but strength does not allow.
However, it is still complete in Shannan Dongdao, so as soon as the imperial army arrived, the Junzhou Jinyiwei branch came.
Jin Yiwei has his own set of identification standards, this person can enter the camp and prove that his identity is no problem, after all, there are also Jin Yiwei in the army this time.
Zheng Congyan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Captain Yuan, please get up, I will trouble you to introduce the situation in Junzhou." β
Yuan Yin hugged his fists and said, "Obey." Marshal, generals, there are a total of 30,000 defenders in Junzhou. β
From the mouth of this Jinyi Lieutenant, everyone also has a general understanding of the situation in Junzhou.
Junzhou had less than 5,000 troops earlier, but Zhao Dexuan, the envoy of the southern eastern province of Qishan, was defended by Zhao Deyu, and there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses at the beginning. However, after the imperial court ordered troops to be sent to conquer Shannan Dongdao, Zhao Delu strengthened the defense of Junzhou, and there are currently a total of 30,000 troops in Junzhou, including 5,000 of Zhao Dexu's elite tooth army.
At present, the Junzhou rebels are commanded by Zhao Kuangning, the eldest son of Zhao Dexu.
After Yuan Yin finished speaking, he stepped aside, Zheng Congyan looked at everyone and said with a smile, "What do you think of this battle?" β
"Dashuai, I am willing to lead the right god to lead the army and guarantee to take Junzhou within three days." Liu Kui, who was dressed in black armor, stood up and asked.
Zhang Jun next to him hurriedly stood up, "Liu Yuma, the Right Shence Army also has a lot of combat exploits. Since the formation of the Zuolong Martial Army, it has not made any military achievements to the imperial court, so how about handing over the siege task to the Zuolong Martial Army this time? β
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In addition to the generals of the forbidden army, there were also envoys from Zhang Gui, the envoy of the Jingnan Festival. When I saw this scene, I couldn't help but be a little surprised.
What is the situation, this is when Zhao Dexu's rebels are in the bag?
If Zhao Delu was so good at fighting, they Jingnan would not almost change hands, you must know that Jingnan also has an army of forty or fifty thousand, but in the battle with Zhao Dexu, there are fewer victories and more defeats, and the army has also suffered heavy losses, and now it is only 30,000 rabble.
It can be seen that Zhao Deyu's army is not easy to fight, why is the army of the imperial court so unreliable?
Zheng Congyan waved his hand, "Don't fight with the two of you, it's just a rabble of 30,000, and the real enemy is in Xiangzhou." Liu Juma, since Zhang Guogong is willing to lead the troops into battle, how about handing over the task of attacking Junzhou to Zhang Guogong this time? β
Liu Kui nodded, hugged his fists and said, "Everything depends on what the marshal said." β
"Liu Yuma, after all, there are only 15,000 people in the Left Dragon Martial Army, I wonder if the Right Divine Command Army can help suppress the formation?" Zhang Jun said politely.
"Why not!" Liu Kui nodded, and agreed.
The reason why the right Shence army is needed to suppress the formation is because the Junzhou rebels are not all stationed in the city, and 10,000 people are stationed on a gentle slope in the south, which is the horn of each other with the rebels in Junzhou City, which shows that the rebels are not all brave and unscrupulous.
However, in the face of absolute strength, all plans are empty talk, and Zhao Deyu's mistake was that he did not personally lead the army to start a major battle with the imperial army in Junzhou, but only sent a part of the non-cronies to consume the strength of the imperial army.
The role of Liu Kui's right god army is to keep an eye on the 10,000 rebels stationed outside the city, so that they cannot reinforce Junzhou City.
As for Li Hong, he did not ask for battle, because the Junzhou rebels in front of him were not enough for his Zuo Tiance army to dispatch.
The enemy of Zuo Tiance's army is Zhao Deyan's elite troops!
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Regarding the Tang Army's crusade, the people of Shannan Dongdao did not care too much.
In their opinion, the Tang Court has been corrupted, and the so-called Shence Army has experienced several heavy losses, and even if it is reorganized, it is a rabble.
The current Datang, in Zhao Kuangning's view, is already in decline, like a terminally ill tiger whose life is short, anyone can bully.
That's why he will support his father to follow Qin Zongquan to rebel, so that their father and son will be the ministers of Conglong, and they will be the real Guangzong Yao Ancestor at that time.
Tang Ting's conquest had already reached Xiangzhou two months ago, but Shannan Dongdao did not take it to heart.
If Tang Ting was strong, he would not have been attacked into Chang'an several times. Although they had defeated the Shatuo Army before, it was just a fluke in their eyes.
This time, he personally led an army of 25,000, and he also had the idea of defeating the so-called Tang Ting army in one fell swoop and then establishing his prestige in the army.
Of course, if it is defeated, it can also consume the strength of the Tang Army. After all, most of the 30,000 troops in Junzhou were not his father's cronies, and he would not feel distressed if he lost them, if he could inflict heavy damage on the Tang army, it would naturally be the best.
But when Zhao Kuangning saw Tang Jun, he regretted it a little, just the military appearance and the gap were too big.
At present, the Tang army is known as 100,000, but Zhao Kuangning guesses that there is no 100,000, at most 70,000 or 80,000, but it is not something that the 30,000 army in his hands can match.
Even though Junju is close to Hanshui in June, it is still very hot.
Zhao Kuangning picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite, and her irritable heart was stimulated by the watermelon in this cold estuary, and instantly calmed down. He didn't expect this watermelon to be so delicious, so he ate a few more bites in one go.
This watermelon is a rare thing, it is said that it came from the Western Regions, and the people below went to find some ice cubes and made it into a chilled watermelon, not to mention that it tastes really refreshing.
A burly general walked in and saluted Zhao Kuangning, "Young marshal, according to the scouts, I'm afraid the Tang army will launch an attack in a few days." The Tang army was numerous and well-equipped, and he was afraid of losing the enemy, so he asked the young marshal to immediately order the withdrawal of the army. β
Zhao Kuangning's face was a little unhappy, "Sun Tingshi, retreat before the fight starts, have you considered morale?" And I have already sent someone to ask my father for help, and I believe that in less than five days, the reinforcements will arrive, so can't our 30,000 men hold out for five days?
The Tang army was just bluffing, if their army was really strong, it would not be attacked in Chang'an. β
"But our equipment is so poor, and most of our soldiers have no armor. The Tang Army is different, it is basically iron armor, and if we fight like this, we will suffer a lot. "The surname Sun Assassin obviously doesn't want to fight to the death with Tang Jun here.
If the odds of victory are very high, he naturally doesn't mind stepping on Tang Jun's body to make meritorious contributions. But at present, there is obviously no chance of winning, and if he continues to fight, his little family background will be lost.
"Could it be that Sun Tingshi is afraid?" Zhao Kuangning said coldly, "If Sun Tingshi has an idea, he can say it like his father." If my father had ordered a retreat, I would naturally not have fought the Tang Army here; But the father's retreat order did not come, and I asked Sun Tingshi to go back and defend the city well, don't think so much.
You and I cooperate well, the Tang army doesn't want to defeat our 30,000 army in a short time. β
Zhao Dexu was a subordinate of Qin Zongquan, and Qin Zongquan had already been proclaimed emperor, and the country name continued to be 'Qi'. Therefore, the forbidden army in front of you is the 'foreign army', which is naturally called the Tang Army.
Seeing Zhao Kuangning's resolute attitude, Sun Tingshi could only give up.
Even if he is dissatisfied, he can only hide his inner thoughts, and at this time in Junzhou City, his army does not have an advantage. In addition, the 15,000 army, in addition to assisting him in defending the city, also meant to supervise him.
Zhao Kuangning knew that his army was not the opponent of the Tang army, so he strictly defended it and did not take the initiative to attack, so as not to let the Tang army seize the opportunity. As long as he persists until the reinforcements arrive, he is naturally not afraid of the tens of thousands of Tang troops in front of him.
But soon Zhao Kuangning regretted it again.
On the fifth day of the sixth month of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Congyan ordered the Left Longwu Army to launch an attack on Junzhou, and the Right Shence Army pressed the formation from the side, staring at the 10,000 pseudo-Qi army outside the city.
It was only after the sixteen Tiance cannons were fired that the rebels realized the gap.
The firing range of the Tiance cannon was very long, exceeding the range of the bow and crossbow of the puppet Qi army in Junzhou City, and the army in the city could only watch the Tiance cannon exert its might.
The city wall of Junzhou, which was not very strong, was blown down hundreds of zhang in less than half an hour.
Seeing that the Tiance cannon could blow up the city wall so easily, Zhang Jun was overjoyed.
"Zuo Long Wujun, rush me!"
Zhang Jun's tone was excited with a slight tremble, and after his order, tens of thousands of Zuolong Wu troops roared out and killed Junzhou City.
Half an hour later, Zuo Longwu's army attacked Junzhou City. Immediately, Liu Kui sent two compartments to reinforce the Zuo Longwu army and take Junzhou City as soon as possible.
The battle lasted until dark, and the 20,000 puppet Qi troops in the city were almost completely annihilated, with 9,000 killed and nearly 10,000 captured.
At dawn the next day, as the red sun slowly rose, the pseudo-Qi banner on Junzhou City had been replaced by the banner of the imperial court, fluttering in the wind under the river breeze!
(End of chapter)