Chapter 334: The Battle of the Gaoliang River

Everyone bowed their heads and pondered, and Guo Jintao first suggested:

"I don't think it's better to spread all the ships apart, anyway, the wind and waves in Penghu Bay are calm, and the ships are anchored and stationed separately, once the enemy is found, they can also have enough time to raise their sails and anchor, and they will not let the family end up."

Everyone had a heated conversation, and they all said that Guo Jintao's method was very effective.

Seeing that the officers had reached an agreement, Zhao Zi added:

"That's it, you convey the order, so that the ships cannot let down their vigilance, and must arrange the personnel on the night shift, and must not be careless."

Everyone agreed, and Zhao Zizhong told everyone that he was going to transport the residents of Penghu to Liuqiu.

Du Dalei asked, "Zhang Hong, how much grain do we have?" Is it enough for these people to eat for a while? ”

Zhang Hong stood up and said, "We have brought enough food for 1,000 people to eat for half a year, and we have already reserved one-third of the people on Liuqiu Island. Now the fleet carries enough food for a thousand people to feed for four months.

If you add the residents of Penghu and our own consumption, I estimate that it can last for about two months. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Zi nodded emphatically and said:

"The situation is not bad, we just need to transport these people to Liuqiu as soon as possible, and then return to Qishan Island immediately, and raise a batch of food and supplies, which is enough for them to survive the winter."

Du Dalei immediately said: "Boss, then let's start tomorrow, we must quickly cut through the mess, and immediately start transporting these people to Liuqiu Island." ”

Boris thought about it and said: "I think Lao Du's proposal is okay, there is no need to transport these people away at one time." Tomorrow it will be enough to transport away a batch first, and send three warships to escort it. Then transport these people to Flowk in batches. ”

Everyone began to discuss the details, and the meeting lasted until late at night, and finally all the plans were completed.

Everyone left in small boats, and Taichen followed Du Dalei back to his own boat.

After boarding the deck, Du Dalei arranged the night watch, and then pulled Taiqin and went to the deck to drink.

The two went to the kitchen to find some snacks, took another jar of spirits, and went to the bow of the warship.

Du Dalei opened the seal of the wine jar, poured two bowls of wine, and drank bitterly with Tai Qin.

Du Dalei said while drinking: "Monk, Lao Tzu is very depressed today. Originally, he was holding back his strength to take revenge, but who knew that Lin Xiwang and his subordinates were a group of bad seeds! It's really not a thing to run away without saying hello! ”

Tai Qin smiled and said, "People know that they can't beat you, so why don't you run?" Waiting for you to cut off your head? ”

Du Dalei took a big sip of wine, shook his head and said, "They're just a bunch of stupid donkeys!" Dare to go to Qishan Island to sneak attack, Lao Tzu will catch them sooner or later and avenge the victims! ”

Tai Qin sighed: "Hey, when is the time for retribution!" Lord Dushi, can't you let go of your hatred and give these people a way out? ”

Du Dalei shook his head: "No, to treat these wicked people, we must get rid of the evil." A great writer in our hometown once said, 'To punish evil is to promote good', if we slaughter all the wicked, good people will not be bullied, and the world will be peaceful." ”

Taichen was speechless, he lowered his head and drank the sullen wine, without saying a word.

Du Dalei said with a smile: "Monk, I know you don't agree with my point of view. You monks are compassionate and compassionate, and you are universal to all sentient beings. We hope that the wicked will be reformed and will not be killed. Am I right? ”

Tai Qin chewed the salt beans and said slowly: "Actually, the Sprinkle family knows that what you said is very right, but as a disciple of Buddhism, I haven't turned a corner in my thinking.

Since the decline of the Tang Dynasty, during the past hundred years, the Central Plains has been full of smoke, and all walks of life have been fighting endlessly. The lives of the people of Li are devastated, and in the troubled times, human lives are not as good as wild dogs.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty has finally revealed the trend of unifying the world, the Sprinkle family estimates that the world will be peaceful. But the arrival of your brothers here has added a lot of variables.

These days, the Sprinkle family is very conflicted, and I really don't know what to do. Lord Dushi, if your brothers can take over the world, can you be kind to the people of Limin? ”

Du Dalei was happy: "Monk, our brother has no interest in the world you said, the affairs of the Central Plains are too complicated, no matter who becomes the emperor of the Central Plains, he will be tired and half dead." Because the Han people are too cunning and too difficult to manage.

There are seven of us brothers, and none of them want to be the emperor of the Central Plains. That would be exhausting.

Besides, the world is so vast, and there are countless islands on the sea waiting for us to occupy. It's much bigger than the Central Plains, and I guess our brothers won't be able to completely occupy those islands in their lifetimes.

And many of those islands are uninhabited, so we will occupy them without much difficulty. Some of the islands are very rich in resources, and you know, we are from a thousand years later.

We know that there are good things on those islands, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, sulfur, saltpeter, precious stones, pearls, and other valuable things.

It's too late for us to get rich, how can we have time to be an emperor? ”

Tai Qin was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that others wanted to be the emperor of the Central Plains in every possible way, but these guys from later generations were very disdainful.

Du Dalei continued: "Monk, you also know that we are familiar with this thousand-year history. Let me tell you, ten years later, Zhao Kuangyin will destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, and then annex Wu Yue and unify the Central Plains.

But a few years later, he died. His younger brother Zhao Kuangyi ascended the throne, destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, and then fought a great war with the Liao State. ”

Tai Qin asked eagerly: "Lord Du Shi, you tell the Sprinkle family, how did Zhao Kuangyin die?" What was the outcome of the Song-Liao War? ”

"Hehe" Du Dalei said with a smile: "Monk, calm, calm, aren't you a monk?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Tai Qin smiled dumbly: "Haha, the Sprinkle family is in love, it really shouldn't be!" ”

Du Dalei continued: "Monk, let me tell you, Zhao Kuangyin's death is a mystery in history. It is said that he died of illness; It is said that he was killed by Zhao Kuangyi; It is also said that he was angry with Zhao Kuangyi. Now no one knows how he died. ”

Tai Qin sighed: "Hey, what if you become an emperor?" In the end, isn't it a flash in the pan? Lord Dushi, tell me about the Song Liao War. ”

Du Dalei took a sip of wine, and then whispered: "Monk, after Zhao Kuangyi ascended the throne, he made preparations for war for several years, and then sent troops to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty.

That happened fifteen years later, in early May after the Chinese New Year, Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, without any ideological and military preparations in advance, despite the fact that the Song army had been exhausted after months of arduous battles, and that his troops had been exhausted, and that he had not received a routine reward after the victory. The unfavorable factors of slack morale and hot weather forced the troops to move eastward, trying to take advantage of the power of victory to immediately capture the thistle.

The generals were reluctant to do it because of the fatigue of their teachers. Only Cui Han thinks that time cannot be lost, the opportunity will not come again, if you can take advantage of this momentum, you can go down to Youzhou like a bag to get things.

On the 29th, the army arrived at Zhenzhou and assembled to be ready to go, and sent an envoy to supervise the transportation of grain from all over the country to the north camp. On June 13, Taizong personally led a large army out of Zhenzhou, and marched northward, entering the Liao border to recruit his people as guides, linking Jintaidun (now southeast of Yi County, Hebei), Dongyi Prefecture (i.e., Qigou Pass, now southwest of Zhuozhou, Hebei), Zhuozhou and other places.

At that time, Yelu Xidi, the king of the Northern Yuan of Liao, and Xiao Qigu, the commander of the army, guarded Youzhou, and led the army south to intercept in order to prevent the Song army from advancing north. Song Taizong sent the commander of the east and west classes to make Fu Qian and Kong Shouzheng lead the forward army to attack, and since he led the main force to follow, defeated Yelu Xi at the bottom of the Shahe, and advanced to the south of Youzhou on the 23rd.

The city wall of Youzhou is high and solid, with a radius of more than 30 miles, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since Shi Jingtang cut the sixteen states of Yanyun to belong to Liao, Youzhou is the military town of Liao.

The Song army approached the city, and Han Derang led his troops to defend Nanjing; In order to divide the offensive of the Song army, Yelu Xian, the king of the court, ordered his subordinates to hold the blue flag at the bottom of Yelu Xi, feigned a rout and retreated north, showing weakness and ambush.

The Song army rashly attacked and was defeated by Deshengkou. Taizong was divided into troops to contain Yelu's troops in the Qingsha River, and led the main force to besiege Youzhou City on all sides.

On the 25th, Song Wu was ordered to make the national festival, Cui Yanjin was made to the Heyang festival, Liu Yu was made to be made by the Zhangbei festival, and Meng Xuanzhe was divided into Meng Xuanzhe to attack from all sides, and the city was attacked with trebuchets, and the battle was fierce.

Liao Tielin commanded Li Zalu Cun to lead more than 100 people to surrender, and the city fell into chaos. The right Nanjing Mabu army commanded Yelu Xuegu to lead his troops from behind the mountain to Youzhou, dug tunnels to sneak in, and joined forces with the defenders in the city to refuse, causing the Song army to attack the city.

On the 30th, Taizong once again gathered troops to attack the city, because the veteran soldiers were tired, and the soldiers were tired and tired of fighting, so they repeatedly failed to conquer. Liaojingzong Yeluxian took the opportunity to send Yelusha, the prime minister of the Southern Mansion, and Yelu Xiuge, the king of the Northern Courtyard, to lead the cavalry of the department to rescue.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, the Yelu Shabu and the Song army fought on the bank of the Gaoliang River, and were defeated and retreated, and the Song army pursued after the victory. It was nearly dusk, Yelu Hugo led a large army, and people galloped from the middle road with two torches, and the Song army was unprepared, stopped the pursuit, and quickly lined up on the bank of the Gaoliang River.

Not long after, the Yelu Hugo Division, with the cooperation of the Yelu Division, attacked left and right, and the Yelu Xue Ancient Department also went out of the city to participate in the battle, so that the Song army was attacked on three sides, and the whole line was defeated, with more than 10,000 dead. Song Taizong fled south in a donkey cart, and the Liao army pursued to Zhuozhou, where the seized weapons and grain were incalculable.

The Battle of Gaoliang River was the first large-scale initiative of the Song Dynasty to attack the Liao Territory, and it was the first effort made by the Song Dynasty to recover the lost territory of Yanyun, which ended in failure.

In addition to the huge losses in manpower, material resources, and financial resources, the most important thing is that this defeat seriously dampened the self-confidence of the Song army.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the previous wars have been almost invincible, quelling the Erli rebellion, recovering Jinghu, leveling Bashu, taking Lingnan, and breaking Jiangnan. Except for a little effort in the Northern Han, there was almost no failure. ”