Chapter 105: The Battle of Liangming Pass
The current situation in Yan Kingdom made Lin Feng feel the urge to cry, after this war, the land area of Yan Kingdom expanded and the national strength increased, but he became more and more uneasy. Please search () to see the most complete! The fastest update
Feeling melancholy and thinking about it thousands of times, he made up his mind and decided to transfer tens of thousands of people under Zhang Yu's command back to Beijing to replace Zhao Hongru to defend the capital, while Zhao Hongru led 60,000 infantry and went directly out of Gyeongju to the southeast to attack Liangming Pass.
However, after seeing the attack speed of the Song army, in order to prevent another bamboo basket from being empty, Lin Feng deliberately paid attention.
Zhao Hongru was instructed not to rush to battle when he arrived at Liangming Pass, to hold the west of Liangming Pass, and to wait for Lei Jieying and others to seize Huainan Road and Shannan Road, and to unite with the Song army to attack Liangming Pass from east to west.
To avoid the Song army breaking the Liangming Pass, and sweeping the leaves with the autumn wind, swept Huainan Road and Shannan Road, ate meat by themselves, and did not give Yan Jun a chance to drink soup.
The most important thing is that after this battle, it is necessary to control Liangming Pass in the hands of Yan State, otherwise it borders the Song State on both sides in the southeast, and the giant Zhao State in the west, and the north is full of grasslands, and the Yan State is really in danger and there is no way out.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Fengjue's Yan Kingdom can only rely on a strong country first, and it is best to contain the Song Kingdom.
It's just that the powerful countries on all sides of the Song State seem to have contradictions with themselves, Zheng State in the west, the two countries are still at war, and there is no way to talk about it, and the Yue Kingdom in the south, because of Duan Mengrou, I'm afraid there will be no play.
The Liang Kingdom in the east seems to be a bit of a doorway, but the huge Liang Kingdom, the entire west is completely different from the Song Kingdom, and the remaining three sides are all seas, and there is no way to make wool.
and spent time changing the law, and in the face of Song Guo's secret provocation, most of them would choose to compromise.
Zhao State in the west, even more useless, there is Cangyan Mountain between the two countries, Zhao State cannot attack Yan State, of course, it will definitely not be able to protect Yan State.
Besides, Zhao Wang Wuji, this person is unreliable, mercenary, last time he pit Yan Guo, this time he pit Zheng Guo, and if he cooperates with him, he will be killed sooner or later.
After thinking about it, Lin Feng was really helpless, and there were no eggs under the nest!
South, Shannan Road, west of Ryomeikan.
After Zhao Hongru arrived from Gyeongju with his troops, he did not surround Liangming Pass like an iron bucket, nor did he actively attack, but sent his deputy general, Feng Yi, the former leader of the Red Shirt Army, with 30,000 people, to begin to attack the city and plunder the land, clear the area around Liangming Pass, and the state capitals of Shannan Province, so that Liangming Pass became a lonely city in Shannan Province.
At this time, Shannan Province and Huainan Province had become a lonely place.
To the west, the Yan army cut off the connection between the two places and Yulin Dao, and the 60,000 or 70,000 remnants led by Xing Yike fled to Shangyu Road in the west of Pishan.
Most of Yulindao has either fallen or been annihilated by floods, and Zhao has captured a large area and isolated, and there is no way to rescue.
To the east, Liangming Pass, the Song army of 200,000 people, is approaching the city, with a strong siege equipment to attack in turn, if it is not for the guard Zhu Hai Laocheng, there is a way to guard the pass, Liangming Pass does not know how much will be lost.
Liangming Pass, according to the Bishan Plain in the west, bordering the Jiejian in the east, connecting the Bishan Mountain in the south, the mountains in the north, the one husband is the pass and ten thousand people are not open, it is the first Xiongguan in the northeast of the north.
If the Song State wants to attack the Central Plains from the east, it must capture the throat of Liangming Pass, and Zheng Guo wants to attack the Song Dynasty and occupy the eastern land, but also needs to go out of Liangming Pass.
A hundred years ago, the ancestors of Zheng Guo seized the land of Liangming from the hands of the small princes and set up Liangming Pass here. This pass is more than seven kilometers long from east to west, the canyon is deep, there are nearly 100 miles from east to west, the valley road only allows ten war horses to run in parallel, the terrain is no different from the black flag pass in the north of Yan country.
From the beginning of summer to the summer solstice, in the past two months, Lei Jieying and others 150,000 cavalry, and Feng Yi's 30,000 infantry, attacked from east to west.
Lei Jieying, Bai Yisheng sent 100,000 troops, taking advantage of the prosperity of the army, and joined Zhao Hongru to the west of the Black Flag Pass.
When the three of them met, Zhao Hongru went out of the camp to greet the two, Lei Jieying and Bai Yisheng dismounted, handed over the reins to their subordinates, and the two hurriedly walked up.
Lei Jieying punched Zhao Hongru in the chest, and said with a smile: "Lao Bai, you really have you, the ironclad infantry is too powerful, and it is too terrible to be like a pack of hungry wolves when attacking the city." ”
"General Lei said that you are laughing, your cavalry is also very powerful, and the three southern counties have all been eaten by you." Zhao Hongru clenched his fists and chuckled.
"Hahaha:" Bai Yisheng laughed and said excitedly: "Don't say it, the southern and northern wars in the past half a year are really enjoyable." ”
"Congratulations to the two generals, the two generals have made great contributions to this battle of Bishan!" Zhao Hongru said.
"Words are better than early, the emperor instructed in the letter that once the two armies merge, not only must Liangming Pass be conquered, but more importantly, Liangming Pass must be controlled in the hands of the Yan army, this matter is not easy!" Lei Jieying is old in the end, and after greetings, although there is joy on his face, he is not carried away by the victory.
Looking at the majestic Xiongguan, he felt a dilemma in his heart, fighting in the south and the north, attacking the city and plundering the land, but it was not difficult for him.
The order issued by the emperor made the three of them not only to capture Liangming Pass, but also to recapture Liangming Pass in the hands of the Song army, but also to protect the vast fertile land in the Bishan area.
He thought that the two armies were combined, with more than 100,000 troops, and the Song army was flanked from east to west, even if Zhu Hai was good at defending the city, he might not be able to conquer it.
But the emperor asked to capture Liangming Pass, must be controlled in the hands of his own Yan army, he also knows the importance of Liangming Pass, it is the gateway from the east to the Central Plains, the Song army invaded the bridgehead of Yan, without Liangming Pass, Yan land in the Bishan area, I am afraid that it will be easily taken away by the Song army.
But Song Jun is not a fool, he will not know the importance of Liangming Pass and the Bishan area, how can he easily give up Liangming Pass. If the two sides compete, it will be difficult for the Yan army to resist the Song army's advance at present.
Zhao Hongru nodded and affirmed Lei Jieying's words.
At present, the Yan army has achieved a favorable position in the Bishan area, if the back attack Liangming Pass, through the valley, surprise troops, far easier than the east, but the two armies are flanked by the east and west, how to control the Liangming Pass in their hands, this is indeed a problem that cannot be ignored.
The performance of the Song army on the battlefield of the Jin Kingdom is impressive, and the wind and rain are thunderous, and it simply has the courage to level the world.
Nowadays, the Yan State has also achieved great victories in the two battlefields of the north and south, but the Yan State is not clear, which has a lot to do with the Song army's restraint of Zheng Jin.
Once Liangming Pass is captured and there is a conflict with the Song army, this is not what Lin Feng is willing to see, nor is it something that the Yan army can currently block, so it is necessary to think carefully about capturing Liangming Pass.
"Let's enter the camp first, this matter must still need detailed planning, I have prepared good wine, everyone will talk while eating!" Zhao Hongru invited the two of them into the big tent and then made calculations.
At this time, 200,000 Song troops have been attacking Yangliangmingguan for two months in a row, during which they have used all kinds of siege equipment, but unfortunately the terrain of Liangmingguan is really weird, and the city is high and thick, and the Song army has suffered heavy casualties in the past two months, but it is difficult to move an inch.
"General, the people of Yan are really hateful, they have captured Zhengguoshan South Road and Huainan Road in the past two months, and then merged with the west of Liangming Pass, and now they are still besieging but not attacking, this has long violated the alliance between the two countries, and it is extremely shameless, too shameless."
"It's normal, it must be the performance of the Song army on the battlefield of the Jin Kingdom that shocked the Yan Kingdom. If I am the commander of the Yan army, in order to occupy more land, in this case, I will also occupy the land first, and then destroy the enemy. Song Qi, the general of the Song State, said: "Moreover, the practice of the Yan army in the west is not incomplete, they occupied Huainan Road, after Shannan Road, Liangming Pass has become a lonely city, spare him how much Zhu Hai is capable, when there is no surplus food in the city, see how he can defend it." ”
Song Qi, also known as Lin Qi, the son of the royal family of the Song Kingdom, and the younger brother of the empress Lin Shuying, in order to distinguish it from the Yan State Lin clan and the Song State Lin clan, they are usually named according to the name of the country.
This person, one or two years older than Lin Feng, was personally cultivated and raised by the empress Lin Shuying, extremely talented and good at strategy, although he did not become famous in the vassal states, but the battle of Jin was under his overall command.
For the Yan State in the west to attack the city and plunder the land, he was never in a hurry, every day to let the soldiers storm Liangming Pass, although only to break the pass, the powerful power of the siege equipment made Liangming Pass dilapidated, and the soldiers defending the city suffered heavy casualties.
Before leaving, the empress personally explained that once the Liangming Pass was broken, she would immediately move westward and occupy all the areas north of Bishan, directly opening up all the areas between the Song State and the Chen State.
This is a very large area, equivalent to the area of five Yan States, Shangyu Dao is still under the control of Zheng State, and part of Yulin Road is also under the control of Zhao State.
But the Song State has no doubt that under the overall planning of the empress, the Song State can occupy this area and lay the foundation for future hegemony.
Therefore, Song Qi is waiting, waiting for Yan Zheng's internal friction, once the time is ripe, he can directly break through the barrier and move westward.
"But, but, in Liangming Pass, the Iron Cavalry Army is the same enemy, it seems to be in a state of stubborn defense, we are attacking on the eastern front, but the Yan army is plundering land on the western front, even if it is like the general said, the last general thinks that he should send troops from Shaoliang County, destroy the Yan country, attack the Bishan Plain from the north, and attack Liangming Pass from the east and west, and the harvest will be greater." The deputy general was a little unwilling, and continued to ask, in his heart, a small country like Yan Country should not exist.
This time, although the attack on Jin and Zheng was provoked by Yan State, Song State secretly prepared for five years, and in the past five years, Song State has accumulated a lot of wealth and trained soldiers, just for today.
Although the Song army achieved good results in the Jin State and occupied as many as five counties, the Yan State also fished in troubled waters and occupied Yiyang County in the north of Jin, and the east of Shaoyang County in the Jin State.
Now in the south, taking advantage of the fact that the main force in the west of Zheng Guo was wiped out and the main force in the east was trapped in Liangming Pass, the greed was not enough to seize Shannan Province, Huainan Province, and most of Yulin Road. This trip is really hateful!
"Confused, how can Yan be destroyed if it is destroyed, if it can be destroyed, how can Yan survive until now, the geographical location of Yan determines that it is destined to be a buffer zone between Zhao and Song, otherwise it borders on Zhao State, and Zhao Song will have a war, which is not conducive to Song State." Song Qi said: "The imperial sister once said that if there is no accident, the Yan State will survive for ten years, once there are vassal states in the north, and the strength greatly exceeds the Zhao State, the Yan State is destined to be destroyed first." ”
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