Stalking but hitting

Cannibalism leads to rout

Sitting in Bianliang Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, Bu Sanhua ushered in the peak era of life. Father Busan Zhongyi is a famous general of the Jin State, as the second generation of generals, a relative of the royal family, he was born tall and mighty, dignified in appearance, in his early twenties, he was a captain of the horse, hereditary Meng'an. At the age of thirty, he served as the direct and deputy commander of the Gongwei, and five years later, he was promoted to the head of the military department. After Yan Jing ascended the throne, he promoted this cousin-in-law to the commander of the Henan Road. Later, it was changed to the southwest envoy and the envoy of the Tiande Army to guard the border. In order to prevent the invasion of Northern Mongolia, he led the army to build trenches along the border for hundreds of miles.

At this moment, he was camping, holding the emperor's edict on the southern expedition, and fell into deep thought.

Almost at the same time as the edict of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was issued, due to the Song Dynasty's rebellion against the alliance, Emperor Wanyan Jing led hundreds of officials to hold a ceremony to worship the Taimiao Temple of Heaven and Earth, accusing the Song court of unilaterally tearing up the 70-year alliance of the three dynasties, ignoring the life and death of millions of people in the two countries, provoking disputes, and starting the first war. After that, the edict of the Southern Expedition was issued, ordering all the military divisions of all roads to be upgraded to the capital of the Terracotta Division. He called on the people of the country to fight against the invading enemy.

Over the years, he has experienced many wars, and the general impression is that the northerners are fierce and strong, come and go without a trace, and must be dealt with seriously, while the southerners are weak and good at using tactics, although they are not terrible, they should not be careless. For example, this time, the Song people's front was very long, and most of the hundreds of thousands of troops were used. The soldiers are coming, the water is coming, there is no big deal. The two armies fought, avoided their edges, stabilized key states and counties, looked for weak points, and attacked with heavy fists, which would definitely make him slump and unable to get up.

Thinking of this, I called my staff: Give instructions to the guards of Xuzhou, Suzhou, Bozhou, and Tangzhou, not to go out of the city to fight, and to be sure to defend the city, otherwise, cut off the head to show the public.

Now let's take a look at the performance of the soldiers on the battlefield of the Jin and Song sides.

Caizhou was a military town in the Central Henan Plain, Jiangzhou commander Wang Dajie was the main general of the Song army's attack on Caizhou, and Wanyan Buddha was the defender of Jin Caizhou. Wang Dajie led nearly 30,000 troops to surround Caizhou City, launched an attack in the east, west and south of the city, Wanyan Buddha lived in less than 20,000 Jin soldiers stubbornly resisted according to the city, the battle lasted for three days and two nights, both sides had casualties on each other, although the Song army was violent, the siege was endless, but did not take much advantage.

Wanyan Buddha is a general with combat experience, and he knows that on the battlefield, in addition to comparing strength and equipment and strategy, there is also an important point, that is, to see who has patience, calmness, sharp eyes, and quick and powerful grasp of fighters.

Standing on the tower, he observed for a long time, the Song army shooting in front of him was slow, and the Song army in the back looked around, dazed and unbelonging, which showed that in addition to exhaustion, the passion had been exhausted and began to become impetuous.

He frowned, and he thought about it.

The sun was sinking in the west, and a brilliant sunset was shining in the sky.

The offensive and defensive sides are still holding each other, suddenly, the city gate opened, the drawbridge was lowered, a team of cavalry down the mountain tiger, raised the sword, and pounced on the Song army besieging the city. After hearing this, the Song army panicked, threw down the equipment, and fled for their lives.

The siege of Caizhou was lifted.

The geographical location of Suzhou is very important, it is the gateway and barrier of Huaidong, conquer Suzhou, Xuzhou is dangerous, and then can open the whole Qilu.

As the commander of the Eastern Road, it is impossible for Guo Ren to go to the battlefield in person, but for such an important strategic goal, he is not at ease with outsiders, once it is captured, the credit will become someone else's, and he is not reconciled. He handed over this task to his cousin Guo Zuo, the deputy capital of Chizhou, and Li Ruyi, the official secretary of the military and horse department in charge of the front of the palace, as his deputy, led an army of 50,000 to besiege.

In order to ensure the capture of Suzhou, Guo Ren sent several troops to clear the periphery of Suzhou. After Chen Xiaoqing and Bi Zaiyu conquered Sizhou, they advanced west and north, conquering Hongxian and Lingbi counties in one fell swoop.

Fan Zuliang, the head of the Huaidong Soldiers and Horses, led 5,000 soldiers to attack Qi County.

It was less than a month since Fan Zuliang took office in Yangzhou, and he was originally only arranged to train new recruits. He repeatedly asked to lead troops to the front line, and Guo Ren had to tell Xu Yi, the commander of the Ma Military Division, to help more.

The army was stationed ten miles south of Suzhou City, the gate of Suzhou was closed, and the outposts of the city wall were full of golden soldiers, and there was no other way to think of it, and they attacked the city directly.

Qi County is a small county seat, more than 30 kilometers away from Suzhou. The troops defending the city seemed insufficient, and Fan Zuliang took it down in only one day and one night. Counting the ranks, there were less than 100 dead and wounded. This was a huge encouragement for him when he was on the battlefield for the first time.

Just as he was about to lead his troops to Suzhou, he received a piece of information from the Jin State: Bu Sanhua received a report from the Suzhou garrison and planned to send 3,000 cavalry to reinforce him.

The Xiang army is all infantry, fighting small counties, and there is no problem in assisting the formation, but if you want to fight with the Jin cavalry, it is obviously not an opponent, Xu Yi suggested that Fan Zuliang send someone to inform Chen Xiaoqing and Bi Zaiyu in Lingbi.

Soon the other party responded, Bi Zaiyu led 4,000 elite soldiers to set up an ambush fifty miles north of Suzhou City, and your department can send 2,000 to 3,000 men and horses to help. Fan Zuliang discussed with Xu Yi and decided to divide the troops, Xu Yi led 2,000 soldiers to block the attack, and Fan Zuliang led the rest of the team to assist in the siege.

As a result, Suzhou City was surrounded by more than 50,000 regular troops, more than 10,000 Xiang troops, and loyal and righteous regiments of the Song Dynasty, like iron buckets, and not even a fly could fly in.

The four gates of the south, east, and west became the focus of the attack. The drums were beating, the arrows were raining down, there were many casualties on both sides, and the offensive and defensive battles were extremely tragic.

The golden general who defended the city was called Nalan Banglie, his face was like black charcoal, thin and tall, and he was angry like a fierce god, he personally went up to the city tower to supervise the battle, and did not dare to relax for a moment, an arrow flew in, dodged by instinct, hit the left arm, and pulled it out with a bite of his teeth, and after a simple bandage, he still encouraged the soldiers to risk death to hold on. Fearing that there would not be enough arrows, the common people were asked to carry stones up the city wall.

Fan Zuliang's Xiang Army and the Loyal and Righteous Army attacked the East Gate. He clearly knew that the situation could not be opened, on the one hand, the defending enemy stubbornly resisted, and on the other hand, the Song army lacked effective siege weapons, neither tall chariots, nor threatening artillery. There is no way, but to play the role of a human being, and work hard again. He believed that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and most of the loyal and righteous soldiers were brave and ruthless, hoping to change their fate by winning the battle. So, find the leaders of the loyal army and ask them to organize death squads.

The death squad really lived up to expectations, and a gap appeared next to the east gate. These young warriors did not avoid arrows and stones, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, rushing forward one after another regardless of what was in front of them, and the spirit of putting life and death aside from everything made the golden soldiers defending the city fearful. Seeing the ladder leaning against the city wall, the loyal soldiers swarmed up, one after another.

The loyal soldiers who climbed the city wall held swords and guns, shouted loudly, and slashed at the Jin soldiers, and the Jin soldiers who held on to them were scattered, turned around and fled.

Seeing that the city was about to be destroyed, an amazing scene appeared:

Just as the soldiers of the loyal army who took the lead in climbing the city wall raised their swords and rushed towards the enemy army to expand the results of the battle, countless arrows flew from behind, but it was the soldiers of the palace front division who drew the bow and shot the arrows, fearing that these loyal and righteous soldiers would rob them of the credit for attacking the city.

The Jin soldiers, who were busy running for their lives, found that the people chasing them had fallen one by one, and quickly woke up from the initial panic: their family was killing each other, what else should I flee from?

Kill your own people, how can you fight this battle? More than 10,000 loyal rebels disbanded themselves.

At this time, the wind came suddenly, and after a while, the heavy rain poured down, and tens of thousands of Song troops besieging the city became chickens in the soup, with nowhere to hide, but the rain was as tight as a burst, and the next one was endless.

Finally, the rain has lightened and is about to stop. Suddenly, seeing the black pressure of the golden soldiers galloping forward, using swords and guns together, in the blink of an eye, a large number of Song troops fell to the ground and died, and the rest were in a mess and scattered in all directions. The Jin army took this opportunity to re-strengthen the city wall.

After five days of hard fighting, Suzhou was still defeated, and only half of it was left, retreating outside the city of Qixian, sixty miles south of Suzhou.

Seeing that the Song army was defeated and retreating, Nalan Banglie did not continue to pursue, and the next night, he sent a small force to burn the grain and grass of the Song army.

Next is the exhausted Song Army. It is summer, and the Jianghuai region enters the rainy season of the year. It seems that the heavens are playing tricks, the sky is overcast, the rain is falling all the time, sometimes it is big and sometimes it is small, it is endless, there is a lack of food and grass, only one meal a day can be served, and the soldiers are hungry.

After a long period of rain soaking, the military tent was also overwhelmed, leaking rain everywhere, and because of the low-lying terrain, the tent was full of water, and it was impossible to sleep at night.

Nalan Banglie in Suzhou City relieved himself and sent someone to spy on the situation of the Song army. Half a day later, the Malay newspaper was explored: Tens of thousands of troops of the Song army were stationed under the embankment of the Changshan River in the southeast of Qi County, and it was rainy and difficult for several days.

When Nalan Banglie heard this, he shouted happily, God help me. frowned, and thought about it. Call the generals, and give orders.

It was night, the rain was falling, a Jin army quietly arrived, broke open the embankment of the Changshan River, the river went downstream, and rushed straight to the camp of the Song army, and the Song army who was camping found that the flood had not reached the knees, and the bitter wind and rain had already consumed the will of the soldiers, and the mud was everywhere, wrapping the legs of the iron man on the battlefield; The sergeants were colorless and miserable, how to resist? So, in a panic, they couldn't care about anything, and the soldiers fled one after another, and at this time, a cavalry took advantage of the chaos to kill, and the Song army suffered countless casualties.

Guo Ming and Li Ruyi lived in the city, and they were terrified when they saw the golden soldiers flocking to the city, like lost dogs. Nalan Banglie shouted loudly: "General Song Guoguo, listen, you have been surrounded, surrender quickly, Emperor Dajin is merciful, Rao Er will not die." ”

Guo Zuo, who once promised himself Changshan Zhao Zilong, was a son-in-law, and when he heard the shouting, he trembled. Li Ruyi came up with an idea: Dashuai, the surname Fan is blamed, and when he captured Qi County, he thought it was great and grabbed credit from us. It's better to take him and hand him over to the Golden Chief, and change our life.

Okay, that's it. "Someone came to stab Yang Ti for me!"

Fan Zuliang couldn't have imagined that Guo Zuo would give him this hand again. "Guo Shuai, why is this? What crime did I commit? ”

"You don't listen to the command, you attack the city indiscriminately, and you will be defeated."

Fan Zuliang was so angry that he smoked.

Guo Zuo negotiated with Nalan Banglie on the battlefield, the siege was provoked by Yang Yuandao, I handed him over to you, you let us out of the city, how.

When Nalan Banglie heard this, he secretly laughed in his heart, what kind of army is this, just because this Bangzhuluo also wants to recover the Central Plains, let's dream. However, this friendship is good, the trapped beast is still fighting, and the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry, not to mention so many sergeants.

The city gate was opened, making way for the way, and Guo Zuo and Li Ruyi led thousands of people to flee in panic.

Internal divisions are stronger than any external force. This is really not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of mad dog-like teammates. Yang Yuandao, who became a prisoner of the Jin people, couldn't help but feel sad and wanted to cry without tears.