Chapter 524: Qishan Ambush

Zhang Xian happened to have an idea, and when he heard this, he asked tentatively, "Oh? Do you want to ask for instructions? ”

Yang Yan craned his neck and glanced at him, and said with a smile: "The handsome man often praises you for being brave and strategic, and not panicking in case of trouble, I don't believe you didn't see it." Collection ~ Niu * Wen * Reading Network)"

Zhang Xian smiled and pointed to the sand table with his hand, which was where Qishan was located.

Yang Yan nodded: "Well, Qishan, so what?" ”

"Ambush." Zhang Xian said in a deep voice. "Since we have an insight into the opponent's march route in advance, then ambushing troops in Qishan is the best way to connect the south of Qishan and end in the south, leaning on a thousand mountains in the north, 'two mountains and one river, two rivers and three plateaus', is there anything more suitable for an ambush?"

Yang Yan hugged his arms, looked at the sand table for a long time, and admitted: "Ambush is a feasible strategy. However, it should be noted that the troops of the other side attacking Jingzhou must be partial divisions, and its main force should be between Qishan County and Fufeng County, not to mention the open terrain here, and it is not far from Qishan. Once we ambush and start a battle, its main force can react quickly, you know, the other side has the advantage of the horse army, or it will not take half a day to rush to it, so what can I do? ”

Zhang Xian touched the short beard on his lips, was speechless for a while, and said for a long time: "Then the ambush soldiers can only hold on to it first, until the main force of our army arrives." Of course, the premise is that they are willing to take the risk. ”

Yang Yan also fell silent, and Brother Jiu repeatedly explained that the main purpose of our army is to seek stability, and even if there is a fighter, we must be cautious. But Brother Jiu didn't say that even if there is a fighter, he won't need it, right? Since we have spied on the other party's march route in advance, if we don't have a group, we are really unwilling

"Let's go our separate ways, and you are responsible for sending someone to survey the terrain of Qishan on the spot and figure out the suitable location for ambushes. I immediately reported to the commander and asked the commander to decide. Yang Yan said solemnly.

On the third day of the lunar month, Yang Yanzheng estimated that there should be an echo from Shuai Si, and Wu Jue, the "staff military" of the Shaanxi Preparation Division, rushed to Fengxiang Mansion City. However, Wu Jue came, although he represented Xu Wei, he was not in charge of Yang Yan. He came here to convey Xu Wei's orders and assist the staff officers. Xu Wei agreed to the request of the Fengxiang garrison, and after discussion, the strategy was drawn up as follows.

From Fengxiang Mansion, he set up an ambush in Qishan and ate the enemy's division to the north. If the enemy's main force rushes north to help, the ambush must rely on the terrain to hold on, in order not to make the other party suspicious, the Fucheng garrison and the Zhujiguan garrison will not come out before the ambush begins. Anyway, the city of Fucheng is in the west of Qishan, and Zhu Jiguan is in the southwest of Qishan, which is less than a hundred miles away. After the enemy's main force moved north, the troops of Fengxiang Mansion and Zhu Jiguan rushed to the Qishan battlefield to attack at the fastest speed

In order to ensure the strength of the joint attack, in addition to the troops of Fucheng and Zhujiguan, Xu Hong of Dasanguan had already led 15,000 men and horses to Zhujiguan. In addition, once the enemy army re-enters Fengxiang, the surrendered troops led by Li Cheng will move eastward on the south bank of Weishui, once the reinforcements that may come out of Jingzhao Mansion are blocked, and the second is to cut off the retreat of the Jin army.

Of course, this is the best thing to expect. In the unlikely event that the enemy's main force senses the danger when it learns that the northbound division is being blocked, and does not rush to its aid, then the troops from all walks of life will still hold the city pass and continue to follow it.

Xu Wei repeatedly instructed the front-line generals that although we all desperately want to be disgraced by the state, we must not act rashly and must be cautious. In this battle, the key to victory lies in the coordination and cooperation between the various armies, whether it is the troops of Qin Fengshuai's division or the troops of the Liangxing pacification division, they must be sincerely united and act according to the plan

On the fifth day of the lunar month, after detailed reconnaissance, Yang Yan ordered Zhang Xian's general Yang Congyi, to lead 7,000 regular troops and more than 4,000 volunteers to Qishan to set up an ambush, and sent Yang Zaixing, the number one general of the Hu'er Army, to select 1,500 horsemen to help in the battle, prepare more strong bows and crossbows, rolling stones and wood, and be sure to annihilate the enemy going north.

At the same time, he informed Xu Hong, who had arrived at Zhuji Pass, that he would control all the troops in front of the pass and cooperate with the Fucheng garrison. As soon as the main force of the enemy army galloped north, the soldiers and horses from both sides would attack from the side

On the sixth day of the first month, everything was arranged, but there was no trace of the enemy. On the seventh day of the first month, I didn't see anything abnormal, which made the generals on the front line wonder if the boss's intelligence was wrong?

But they obviously underestimated Xu Wei's attention to being a spy. In the entire enemy-occupied area of Shaanxi, there are detailed works sent by Xu Wei in places above the state level, and Jingzhao Mansion is the top priority. When Xu Wei evacuated Chang'an, he left behind a large number of people and weaved a huge intelligence network in Jingzhao Mansion. Soon after Liu Yu, the puppet ambassador of Shaanxi Xuanfu, took office, Xu Wei got the list of officials of Shaanxi in the puppet dynasty.

The eighth day of the first month is an auspicious day of the zodiac that "everything is suitable", and the people of the western region call the auspicious day of the good day "period", and the eighth day of the first month is a "big period".

On this day, after a short period of rectification, Chi Zhanhui led 50,000 Jin troops and 30,000 Korean troops, a total of 80,000 cavalry to cross the border. In fact, in the western part of the Guanzhong Plain, there is no secret to speak of, and both sides are under the noses of the other party.

Qishan, the place where the Zhou Dynasty was founded, the birthplace of Chinese ritual and music, and the birthplace of political civilization. Heading north from the plain area where Fufu and other prefectures are located to the territory of Gishan, the terrain begins to elevate and becomes more complex.

The wind was bitterly cold, and the wind blowing on the face was like cutting meat with a knife in the ears of a cow. As early as a few days ago, some rivers in Fengxiang were frozen, and today's winter is not easy.

A troop of soldiers and horses came from the south. It marched extremely slowly, stretching for two miles in front and back. Most of the soldiers craned their necks, their weapons in their arms, their heads bowed, and they spit fog, and walked against the wind. Even the officer on horseback also had a feeling of "unbearable coldness in the heights", shrunk into a ball, and looked up from time to time to look around.

"Qishan." A middle-aged officer wearing a cotton coat and an iron armor coat said suddenly.

"Haven't you seen it? On such a cold day, the phoenix has to freeze into a dehaired chicken. The colleague spat out clouds of white mist and said casually.

Qishan is already in sight, the stretching peaks seem to stand tall in the dim sky, obviously looking at it is not far away, but it is not a matter of a while and a half to really walk.

"Hey, do you say that the Jurchens are really not afraid of the cold? How can I see that many Jurchen soldiers are not wearing thick clothes, and they are still very energetic. ”

"People live in the bitter cold land of the north, how can they compare with me?"

"Ouch, no, I can't even hold this knife, it's so fucking cold"

The officers were gossiping, and there was a roar of hooves, but it was the former army that left the brigade and went to reconnoitre. In fact, what is there to reconnoiter here, the western army is afraid that they are all shrinking in the city pass at this moment.

The more than 100 horsemen left the brigade and ran north to the front of Qishan. But seeing that the mountain is not steep, but it is complicated, the army is about to pass by this road, so it shuttles between the two plateaus. The so-called plateau refers to several huge high platforms with steep sides and flat tops. But the plateau here is different from northern Shaanxi. The plateaus in northern Shaanxi are all bare loess bags, but the plateaus here are shrouded in grass and trees. Just one hill can hide thousands of troops

A Jurchen rider grabbed the reins and took a closer look at the terrain. Between these two plateaus, a hundred steps wide, but it can allow the army to pass calmly.

"Let's go, let's go inside." The Jurchen rider lifted the reins, and the war horse rushed north.

Entering the area between the two plateaus, the white knights found that the head was more open than the entrance, and the height of the two plateaus began to decrease from here. A pair of alert eyes, scanning the two hills, everything is normal, not even a bird call. The knights did not stop, and passed smoothly through the area between the two hills. This shows that they have not found any alarm, otherwise, as the vanguard of the whole army, they will immediately warn the main forces behind.

The army finally slowly stepped between the two plateaus. The soldiers, still with their heads drooped and their necks hunched and weapons in their arms, walked forward unhurriedly. They didn't even bother to look up at the view above, because that would leave their necks bared and they would freeze uncomfortably.

"This place is not quite right, the commanders, we have to let the troops pass quickly." The officer who screamed earlier was too cold to hold his knife suddenly said.

"it, you're still afraid of a stone falling off your head?" The Commander quipped.

"It's always good to be careful, it's quite open here, you don't have to stretch the troops so long." The officer insisted.

"Let's go and tell the Jurchens behind me, let them catch up and pass quickly." After looking up at the terrain, the commander also thought that it was better to be cautious.

The order flew over, and the soldiers picked up their speed and trotted forward. In the deep valley, there was a loud footstep for a while, but it still did not startle a cold bird.

Suddenly, a sharp and loud horn sounded rapidly

The running soldiers raised their heads alertly, looked around, and asked what was going on, who was blowing the trumpet, was it the sound of the Jurchen horn?

"No, go back," the commander immediately understood what was going on, and he didn't listen to the sound of the golden army's horn, and it was definitely not this tune

The whistling sound of the arrows breaking through the air was like a violent wind above their heads, and a large net of arrows was falling rapidly

Surprised, the soldiers who were still marching suddenly exploded the pot and slashed their heads, and the rain of arrows shot down pierced their armor, pierced their winter clothes, embedded in the tearing pain of their skin and bones, turned into a terrible wail, and rose to the sky

What made them even more frightened was that above their heads, there was a sudden roar, and some soldiers saw with their own eyes, and the basket of big stones was rushing and jumping on the cliff, jumping faster and faster, and smashing straight to the bottom of the valley

"Quickly change the rear team to the front team, exit to exit," the officers on horseback forgot about the cold, brandished their sabers and roared. But their voices were soon muffled by the exclamations and wails of the soldiers, and the roar of the boulders

On the left and right hills, I don't know when countless figures have appeared, firing sharp arrows in an orderly manner, pushing the boulder sharp arrows to set off blood flowers, and the boulders smash out pieces of meat sauce, this is not a battle, this is a massacre

When a sky-shattering thunder exploded in the crowd, it brought the enemy's fear to its apex, and the South Korean soldiers panicked and squeezed back desperately, but the denser the crowd, the more likely they were to be attacked. Many soldiers were shot into hedgehogs by sharp arrows and smashed into meatloaf by boulders in the congestion

The desperate people huddled at the foot of the cliff and huddled in a ball, losing the courage to escape......

Compared with the chaotic Korean army, the Kim army, which was walking behind, was obviously much calmer. When they found out that they had been ambushed, the commander of the Jin army immediately ordered to retreat. They had not been attacked much, and because they had not been well mened, they could easily have retreated from between the two hills.

But just when the soldiers of the Jin army were in shock, at the foot of the eastern mountain, a horse army came out of nowhere and attacked them quickly

"Go back quickly," Jin Jun Wanhu decisively ordered. The enemy army has seized the opportunity to fight, and the truth is unknown, so there is no point in stubbornly resisting here, and it should quickly move closer to the main force.

The infantry ran away, while the cavalry looked in the direction of the enemy's gallop and slanted over

Yang Zaixing didn't shout, he didn't call, he clutched the iron gun in his hand, and stared at the enemy with a pair of eagle eyes. One horse galloped in front, and a thousand horses followed, gradually expanding the attack formation......

The Jurchens, who are good at cavalry, do not have an advantage here, and Yang Zaixing's 1,000-5 cavalry opened their bloody mouths, swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, and suddenly smashed away the enemy cavalry

In this battle, the knights who did not choose the front horse army in the round once they broke away from the entanglement of the enemy cavalry, they immediately killed the fleeing infantry without stopping

The skilful knights of the arched horses buckled their strings, and the sharp arrows tore through the air and shot at the unsuspecting Jurchen infantry. One figure after another fell, and the unprepared Jin Army infantry watched as something that shouldn't have happened to them happened

The roar of thunder, accompanied by the power of Wan Jun, Yang Zaixing's cavalry stopped and crashed into it, there was no dense formation, no thick armor, no bow and crossbow suppression, and the Jin army infantry was easily knocked into two by the horse army of Xuanfeng, they did not stop, and after coming out of the formation, they made a big detour and continued to collide

Soon, the infantry army was divided into many pieces, and Yang Zaixing led the knights to use swords and spears as sickles to harvest heads......

Yidian Town

The blackened ruins still stood in the cold wind, but the difference was that the town was surrounded by the camps of the Kim and Han coalition forces on all sides. As far as the eye can see, there is a military tent like a grave, which is difficult to count. The dense crowd of soldiers walked through the camp without seeing anything unusual.

In a relatively intact house in the town, a stove was set up, and the senior generals of the Kim and Han armies all lifted the big guns and sat around the fire to discuss the military situation.

In this bad weather, Chi Zhanhui could no longer show his bare top, wearing a pointed felt hat and iron armor wrapped around his fur coat, only the arrogance on his face did not change.

He stretched out his hands to enjoy the warmth brought by the bonfire, and said: "Our army is stationed here, whether the Western Army comes out of Fengxiang Mansion or from Zhu Ji Pass, it is within the range of my attack." ”