Chapter 222: Defeat after defeat
Most of the capitals were defeated in Tangzhou
The two generals were killed in a sneak attack
Rout, rout, rout, rout, like dominoes, the first one is poured, the chain reaction is followed. The third domino that Song fell on the battlefield of Tangzhou, and the main one would be Han Yanxuan's confidant Wang Fubin.
Wang Fubin was born in a family of military generals, grew up in the barracks since he was a child, although he entered the military through martial arts, he has always been the main battle, likes to talk about war, and has the reputation of loving soldiers like children. Fame and fame are taken immediately, galloping on the battlefield, and making meritorious contributions are the mission and glory of a soldier.
Tangzhou is located in the southwest of Henan, bordering Hubei, and is now Tanghe County, Nanyang City. There were as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Wang Fubin, and they slowly arrived outside the city of Tangzhou. He rode a large white horse and surveyed from west to east. The city is not large, and the walls are intact but not very tall. Spy report: There are less than 10,000 gold soldiers defending the city, and the guard general is a thorn in history, called Uguluntun, who is an unknown person.
Wang Fubin couldn't help but be full of ambition, the little Tangzhou City, within ten days, I will ask it to plant my Wang's flag.
Sitting in the big tent of the march, summoning several subordinate generals, and asking them if they have a good plan to attack the city, Xiangyang soldiers and horses said flatteringly: Marshal, where do I have any good strategies, they all say that you are rich and rich in five cars and eight buckets, and you can strategize and win thousands of miles, and we are good under the big tree to enjoy the cool, so you can give orders.
Wang Fubin fluttered, and in this case, Ben Shuai gave an order. The army camped along Tianzhu Mountain, took out half of its troops, besieged the various city gates, and the other half rested and rotated with each other. Allow it to enter but not to go out, trap it, and see how long this group of gold thieves can keep.
Next, we can see that this is the only way to siege the city in history. Every day at sunrise, tens of thousands of Song soldiers outside the city, taking the golden soldiers on the city wall as the target, revealing one, dozens of arrows swooped down like locusts, either dead or wounded, and some people shouted to the city, asking to surrender as soon as possible, and collect the troops at sunset; The next day, another shift was made.
Jin General Wuguluntun was also surprised by the Song people's elegant siege method, and he would definitely not be able to afford it if it went on like this. There are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, and they have to eat and drink, and they can't go out or get in, so how long can they last? If you rush out of the city, you will undoubtedly kill yourself by hitting the stone with an egg, and you must find a way to find Marshal Busanyu to move the rescue troops.
Uguluntun was in a hurry, and there were casualties of soldiers every day, and without rescue, the city could only be destroyed. But how can the rescuers get out to Bianliang? The state master gave him an idea: invite the high-ranking officials and giants in the city to see if they have a secret passage outside the city.
This is really a good idea, there is a big landlord surnamed Wang, who lives in the northwest of the city. Straight to the outside of the city, the exit is halfway up the hill, and at first glance it looks like a small stone cave. However, this secret passage has been useless for decades. I don't know if it's still possible.
In this way, before the gods knew it, the messenger of the Jin army went out of the city and asked for help from Busan. Busanhua sent 5,000 elite soldiers, led by the Nalan army of the Yiyang Patrol Inspectorate, and gave him a chance to fight. The messenger then returned the way he came, informing the city of the response.
On this morning, Song Bing, as in the past, began shooting training. Unexpectedly, the soldiers defending the city suddenly rushed out, and before they came to their senses, thousands of reinforcements appeared on the left and right sides, attacking from inside and outside, swords and swords, flesh and blood flying, and fell down, and the Song soldiers were suddenly in chaos, and they abandoned the battle and fled for their lives, hating only the legs and feet given by their father and mother were not flexible enough.
At this time, Wang Fubin had a hangover because of the first day and night, and was still asleep in a private house under Tianzhu Mountain, and the reinforcements of the Nalan army quietly approached the camp, burned the camp tent, and killed people when they saw them.
When he found that there were no pursuers, Wang Fubin realized that he had been defeated, his reputation was ruined, and the 50,000-strong army had collapsed, like a plate of scattered sand. Thinking of what Han Yanxuan said to him that day, he got off his horse and knelt down to the south, tears rained down, and cried: King Pingzhang, my Wang deserves to die for his crimes, and I am ashamed of your old man's cultivation.
Thinking about it, unwilling to do so. I had to take my subordinates out of anger: You guys are pigs, you know that if you fight unhurriedly, you can't think of an effective siege method? Where did these reinforcements come from? So many people, and they didn't notice any movement? Why didn't the enemy soldiers notice when they approached the camp? Tell you, Lao Tzu is dismissed, and you have no good fruit to eat!
Order your generals to gather their troops and clean up the battlefield. According to the count, 3,177 officers and men were killed and 5,300 wounded. Five days passed, and the remnants of the assembled men from all directions were less than 30,000 men, that is, more than 10,000 soldiers had fled privately.
What's next? Take a break, turn back and fight again, and swear to take Tangzhou City? The subordinate commanders do not approve of it, Tangzhou City has been rebuilt, the two armies are combined, like a tiger with wings, and the morale is high, how to fight again? Let's wait for orders.
Then return to the Huaidong battlefield.
After sending troops to attack Suzhou, Shouzhou and other important military towns, Deng Youlong, the envoy of Lianghuai Xuanfu, and Guo Ren, the envoy of Shandong Jingdong, decided to send another naval army to the north. Shang Rong, the commander of the Yangzhou Navy, and Qi Chun, the commander of the Taizhou Navy, each led a thousand sailors and went north along the canal. The 2,000 naval army had nearly 100 large and small ships, wheeled boats equipped with wheels on both sides and moved by manpower, multi-oared boats that were light to and fro, fast and swift hook boats, and loach boats used to ram enemy ships.
Such a large fleet of warships marched north along the canal from Yangzhou, encountering almost no strong resistance and counterattack along the way. Entering the territory of Donghai County, Shang Rong went ashore with 500 sailors, and with the cooperation of Lu Zhang, the commander of the Loyal and Righteous Army, attacked Yicheng Town, Donghai County. Yicheng Town is a market town in the south of Haizhou, and it is a necessary place for Haizhou in the north, only thirty miles away from the Banpu Salt Farm, trying to get close to Haizhou.
Haizhou is the territory of Hu Shahu, the fierce general of the Jin State, and Hu Shahu learned that he sent Yan Zhounu to reinforce Yicheng with 300 cavalry.
Originally, I wanted to capture a small town with few soldiers and put gold on my face, but suddenly saw reinforcements coming, Shang Rong and Lu Zhang did not dare to fight, gave up Yicheng Town, and turned to attack Shuyang County. Who knows, Hu Shahu had already expected that Mou Ke Wanyan Sanhe was already waiting on the way to Shuyang County. Wanyan Sanhe set up an ambush in the Huangzhu Forest, and the ambush was not large, only one hundred and fifty people, with the purpose of disrupting the two thousand Song troops who were trying to sneak attack.
Sudden ambush, a battle chaos, this Song army and the previous Song army, habitual rout, and at this time Wanyan Zhou Nu took the back road to surround it, burned the warship, formed a north-south joint attack, there was an ambush in front, there were chasing soldiers in the back, the Song army had no way to escape, and the whole army was wiped out. The commander Shang Rong was killed, and the commander of the Loyal Army, LĂź Zhang, was captured.
Qi Chun, the commander of the Taizhou naval army, and Xia Xingguo, who led Xia Xingguo, arrived in Pizhou and abandoned the ship to go ashore, intending to approach Xuzhou. How do you know, just ashore, before figuring out the east, west, north and south, was ambushed by Xuzhou Sima Moran Shi Suda, hastily responded to the battle, while fighting and retreating, two hours later, six hundred soldiers were killed and wounded, Qi Chun was killed by an arrow, and the remaining dozens of people finally got on the boat, Xia Xingguo saw that he was so defeated, the lord was killed in battle, looked up to the sky and roared, and fell into the river, waiting for people to find out, salvaged up, and there was no sound.
The only bright spot of the generals on the entire Dongzhong battlefield in Song was the fifty-nine-year-old Bi Zaiyu.