Chapter 453: Governing the Armies

In late September, the three-way western army was assembled, and the military rations, salaries, and ordnance transported from Qinzhou and others piled up in Pizhou behind Yaozhou, and the porters of Xuanfu and the envoys made the population of Pizhou suddenly grow explosively. At this point, there is only one thing that the officers and men of the Western Army have not figured out, that is, how to fight the war? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses can't be bumped around like headless flies, right? In view of this, Xu Shao, who had already arrived in Yaozhou City, decided to gather the generals and set a strategy. But before that, something happened that didn't make him happy.

In Yaozhou City, in the office of the garrison guards, a family gathering is going on.

Everyone in this side hall has a common characteristic, that is, all of them have the surname Xu. Xu Sheng, Xu Hong, Xu Liang, Xu Wei and the later generation of Xu Chengdu were present. In addition, there are five uncles and nephews in the Xu family, and no one speaks. Xu Wei stood by the window, crossed his waist, and his eyes looked out.

Xu Sheng and Xu Hong sat on a chair, one holding a teacup but not drinking, and the other sitting and staring at the ground. Xu Liang sat on the top, his eyes flickering from the brothers from time to time. As a junior, Xu Cheng sat at the end, looking at his nose and nose, and his heart was motionless. No one initiated this meeting, and they came to the city to participate in the meeting convened by Xu Shao. It's just that Yaozhou is Xu Wei's defense area, and it is natural for him to come to the General Office to inspect it. But as luck would have it, as soon as he arrived, Xu Sheng and Xu Hong came together, and then Xu Cheng also came, and Xu Liang was the last to appear.

The atmosphere was a little weird, Xu Liang took a sip of the cup, covered the cup, and pretended to be indifferent: "It's almost time, fourth brother, fifth brother, ninth brother, and Xu Cheng's nephew, let's go." ”

Xu Si and Xu Jiu didn't move, Xu Wei was just about to stand up, but found that Uncle Jiu was still standing by the window, so he sat back. Only Xu Hong raised his head, looked at the brother of a mother's compatriot and said, "This matter ......."

As soon as he said two words, Xu Liang waved his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, wait until you get to Xu Xuanfu." Originally, the purpose of convening the generals was to discuss the strategy of entering the army. ”

He not only interrupted his brother's words, but also deliberately did not call him "Father", only said "Xu Xuanfu", this is to show that everyone is not at home now, but has a life, and there are some things not to say.

But Xu Hong is obviously not a sleek person, he pushed on the armrest of the chair, stood up, and said loudly: "This time the troops were rushed and hasty, several of us are children of the Xu family, easy to speak, first discuss and discuss, and then persuade my father." ”

Xu Liang frowned, fifth brother, we are my father's own son, how can you dismantle his old man's platform? These four brothers and nine brothers didn't speak, what are you in a hurry about? Do you know what Daddy thinks?

"Don't you understand what I mean? The counterattack on Yan Yan is a matter decided by the Xuanfu Disposal Division, there is no doubt that the fifth brother is useless, just recruit it. "Xu Liang didn't have a good airway.

Xu Hong also seemed to be a little angry, and was about to speak, but saw Xu Sheng quickly put down the teacup and persuaded him: "The fifth and sixth are all their own brothers, if you have anything to say, don't hurt the harmony." ”

Xu Liang put his head to the side: "What else do you have to say?" The resolution of the Xuanfu Disposal Division, but we are discussing it here, is not appropriate"

Xu Sheng hit a nail, but he was loyal and didn't attack, and still persuaded: "No matter what, our brothers always have one heart, right?" ”

Xu Liu wanted to resist him for a few words, but found that Lao Jiu came over, so he swallowed back the words that came to his lips and sat back in his position.

As soon as Xu Jiu came over, the brothers and nephews in the cousin naturally set their eyes on him. He kept looking at Xu Liang, walked closer and said, "Sixth brother, this is all the Xu family, it's easy to talk behind closed doors." Fifth brother, it is normal for him to have such worries. ”

Although Xu Liang was impatient, he couldn't refute Xu Jiu's face, and when he glanced at him, he could only hold back his temperament, and said to Xu Si and Xu Wu: "The Jin army has invaded the Central Plains on a large scale, and Xu Xuanfu has taken into account that the Tokyo Left-behind Division will definitely not be able to resist, and it will be a matter of time before the Central Plains falls." As soon as the Central Plains is over, the Jin army will inevitably go south to attack Jianghuai, which will threaten the safety of Zhenjiang. Although the official family did not specify what the Western Army should do, since Shaanxi was not attacked, it must take action, otherwise, it would not be able to explain to Zhenjiang Xing. ”

"Who can't explain to Zhenjiang Xing?" Xu Hong interjected very inappropriately.

Xu Liang was upset Xu Jiu Seeing this, he hurriedly waved his hand at Xu Wu, and shouted in his mouth: "Fifth brother." Xu Hong turned his face away.

Xu Sheng was also puzzled at this time: "Even if you want to make a move, you don't necessarily have to counterattack Yanyan, right?" Since the Jin army only invaded the Central Plains, Shaanxi must also be fully prepared, and this is really not a good time to send troops. ”

Xu Liang sighed when he heard this, and asked rhetorically: "Then Fourth Brother, do you have any other good suggestions?" Xu Sheng was speechless.

"The situation has reached this point, and the Western Army has to fight if it doesn't, and if it doesn't, it has to fight. Everyone wants to recuperate, but the problem is that the gold thief doesn't give us this opportunity. Instead of discussing here how to advise the boss, the brothers should discuss how to fight. I'll do my word, and I'll go ahead and wait for my brothers. After finishing speaking, he went straight out.

A few people in this room couldn't help but shake their heads when they looked at his back.

"Ninth brother, you are the South Road Recruiter, you have to speak. Now is not the season for a counteroffensive at all, and if you continue like this, something will happen if you don't do it well," Xu Hong said quickly. It's strange, Xu Shao is his father, isn't it convenient for him to say it himself?

Xu Wei slapped him twice: "He is the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, and I am the envoy of the South Road, I listen to his moderation, is it useful?" ”

Xu Hong's eyebrows and beard were twisted together, and after being bored for a long time, Huo Ran got up and said, "If you don't say it, I will say" After speaking, he really walked out.

Xu Wei stepped forward and dragged him and persuaded: "Fifth brother, it's useless, the third uncle has made up his mind, and there is no possibility of turning back." Moreover, these hundreds of thousands of troops have been assembled, and they are ready to send arrows. ”

Xu Wuyi shook off his cousin's hand and said indignantly: "I don't know what you think, isn't this a joke?" After speaking, he strode out.

Xu Sheng came to his younger brother and sighed, "Look at this situation, alas. After saying that, he quickly chased after him.

Xu Wei stood in place and didn't move, Xu Cheng was left alone in the house, and only after several uncles were gone, he came forward and whispered: "Uncle Jiu, when I was leaving, my father repeatedly instructed that he couldn't get a bargain this time, and let the North Road Ask Division to fight for Dunzhou." In this way, even if you lose, you won't lose too much, and you must not go to the Guanzhong Plain. ”

Xu Wei's eyes flashed, often at such times, the eldest brother really showed a high degree of forward-looking strategic vision......

Seeing that his uncle was silent, Xu Cheng asked again: "Uncle Nine, it seems that the generals from all walks of life are worried, this battle is not easy to fight." ”

"It depends on how far you want to fight." Xu Wei's words made Xu Cheng a little inexplicable, didn't he say it, counterattack Yanyan and march to Hedong.

Before he could figure out what he meant, Xu Wei had already urged: "Go, go see Xu Xuanfu." ”

In the Yaozhou Prefecture Ya, dozens of civil and military officials gathered together, none of them were sitting, all of them were standing in the hall, and only Xu Shaogao was sitting on it. has no martial arts, and he is playing a small drum in his heart, just because of the counterattack, how unreliable he thinks.

Of course, Xu Shao could sense this emotion, but he summoned the civil and military forces to come here today to strengthen their confidence, no matter whether there was a sword mountain or a sea of fire in front of them, they must work hard to move forward

"The Jin people have repeatedly betrayed the alliance to invade, and now the brutal army has invaded the Central Plains, and the Western Army is the elite of the country, so it should turn the tide and save the country" Xu Shao's passionate opening shocked everyone in the audience and raised their heads one after another.

Xu Shao's gaze swept over the audience, and he said loudly: "This official knows that there are still some of you who are still trying to dissuade me. You don't have to open the bow and don't look back, this battle must be fought"

As soon as Xu Wei heard this, he felt that the fourth brother behind him touched him with his hand, which meant that he was saying, shouldn't the sixth brother go back to "tell" the third uncle?

"Today, the army of the three roads is gathered in Yaozhou, and the grain, grass and ordnance are all stationed in Pizhou, which is enough to use the soldiers as a concerted effort to expel Beiyi and return my homeland" At this point, Xu Shao paused.

"The great war is coming, and the rewards and punishments must be explained. This time, the army was determined to counterattack Yanyan, lose the whole of Shaanxi, chase the north out of Guanzhong and then wave the army to Hedong, deter the gold thieves For this reason, the Xuanfu Disposal Division decided that no matter who it is, those who will return to one county will be promoted to one official, and those who will be rewarded with 50,000 yuan and one government and one state and one army will be promoted to two officials, and those who will have 100,000 money to recover Yan'an, and 2,000 thieves will be killed in Jianjie and arrive in one county; 5,000, on a par with the Fufu Prefecture Army; If you are public, you will be rewarded with Yan'an"

The so-called heavy reward must have a brave man, as soon as he heard the price he offered, there were many people in the hall whose eyes lit up, because among the military ministers present, including Xu Wei, there was no one who built a festival, whether it was to recover Yan'an, or to kill him 10,000 golden troops, but it was directly built a festival, which in the past, how many years of grinding and how many military merits were saved

The rewards and punishments are clear, and if there is a reward, there will be a punishment, Xu Shao immediately said the ugly words: "However, if someone is ineffective in combat, retreats from the enemy, deliberately delays, etc., no matter who it is, no matter how high the official rank, will be severely punished?" Listening to this, it is a bit specific to the Xu family brothers.

"Yes," the hall roared.

"When the army moves, it must seek food and salary, and now the judge of the Xuanfu Disposal Department of the Commission, Wang Shu, together with Liu Gan, the transfer envoy of Shaanxi, and the grain and grass, salary, and armament required by the governor's soldiers and horses on all roads must not be mistaken" Xu Shao completely turned this place into his "Yiyan Hall".

"Command" Wang Shu and Liu Gan responded in unison.

"All armies cannot be without commanders, and this time the troops are very important. If it is not brave and strategic, it is difficult for those who are crowned with the army to be the envoy of Xu Wei on the South Shaanxi Road."

Xu Wei was already standing at the forefront, and when he heard the voice, he hugged his fists and said: "Humble duty"

"I entrust you to be in charge of the Xuanfu and disposal divisions, and the military orders are prohibited, all of them are subject to moderation, and those who dare to commit crimes will not be tolerated by military law," Xu Shao took a big seal from the case and said in a deep voice.

There is basically no suspense in this matter, Xu Yuan Wang Yi did not come, except for the Purple Golden Tiger, no one can take on this responsibility, and no one dares to do this. In the Song Dynasty, when civil affairs were used to control military force, although Wenchen often led the army as the supreme commander, the actual commander of the battle was often the temporarily appointed "capital commander".

When Xu Wei stepped forward to take over the seal, he knew that he had been "kidnapped" by his uncle. Xu Shao just wants to tie him to the same chariot, whether you like it or not, you will control the Great Seal as soon as you take it, you must take responsibility for the victory or defeat of the battle Therefore, Xu Jiu feels that what he has taken over is not the power to temporarily command an army of more than 100,000 people, but a hot potato, no, a soldering iron

After announcing a series of routines and appointments, Xu Shaofang sat down, his eyes were like torches, and he said with a solemn face: "You must work together, its plan to restore the great cause will live up to the Son of Heaven and the people, the things that the official has done have been done, and how to fight the rest of the battle depends on the generals." ”

Xu Shao put the burden on his nephew, and even if Xu Wei complained, he couldn't let go of this pick. There are 120,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which is not too much, but it is too difficult to drive the Jin army out of Shaanxi. Before coming to Yaozhou to assemble, he had already sent the White Horse Army to reconnoitre, and the Jin army really gathered its troops, Huazhou was not defended, and there were only a small number of Jin army activities in Tongzhou. Huatong and the two states are both located in the Guanzhong Plain, and the Jurchens with cavalry superiority can appear at any time.

Xu Wei even thought that Jin Jun did this purely to lure the enemy deeper. The other party wishes that your army will advance through the Guanzhong Plain and be annihilated with a drum, and stage a drama that is exactly the same as the "Battle of Fuping" in the original history

How to command this hasty and hasty counteroffensive was extremely testing for Xu Wei and his generals.

In the blink of an eye, by the beginning of October of the fifth year of Longxing, the weather began to turn cooler. The Shaanxi generals who were planning a counteroffensive did not know that at this time, the Central Plains battlefield was over.

At the beginning of October, the soldiers and civilians of Tokyo, who had sworn to live and die, were finally unable to withstand the stormy attack of the Jin army. The Jurchens persevered, and finally burned down the water gate of Tokyo City with a fireboat, tearing a hole in the fortified city defenses. As soon as the water gate was broken, the big ships and small boats of the Jin army went into battle and swarmed there. This was a heavy blow to the morale of the defenders, and Han Shizhong, who was defending the West Water Gate, immediately went down to the city and fled. When Yue Fei's general Wang Gui heard the wind and came to help, it was too late.

After the fall of the Water Gate, Wushu seized the opportunity and continued to tear the opening, while gathering heavy troops, and breaking through the urn city and city gate of Donghua Gate. The news of the Jin army's entry into the city immediately went viral in the streets of Tokyo. Although the people were panicked, they still fought hard with the last hope.

Regardless of whether it was a soldier or a civilian, after the Jin army entered the city, they fought street by street and street by street with the enemy, even women, girls and children climbed on the roof to uncover the roof tiles to attack Beiyi. But this kind of heroic act can play a very limited role. The strength of the defenders was far inferior to that of the Jin army, and once the city was breached, the fate that awaited them was already doomed.

At the time of crisis, Han Shizhong escorted Zhang Suo and other officials to break through. At that time, there were only a few hundred soldiers left around him, and he took advantage of the chaos to kill out of the city. The elite cavalry of the Jin army heard the wind and came to chase after him, Han Shizhong led the remnants of the bloody battle, hundreds of soldiers were almost killed and wounded, and finally fought a bloody way and fled south in a hurry.

After Yue Fei broke the city, he still led his troops to fight to the death, seeing that there was no hope of blocking the enemy, he looked for the old chief Zong Ze everywhere but could not, and he could only lead his troops to break through. At that time, the situation was critical, and he couldn't distinguish between things and things, and Yue Fei's headquarters actually stood out from the west gate, but he was caught up by the Jin army in Mu Huogang, where Xu Wei was stationed. Yue Pengju raised all the men under his command who dared to fight, in exchange for the determination to die, and fought with the enemy to burn jade. Yue Fei used an iron spear to stab several generals and dozens of soldiers of the Jin army, so that the iron spear was bent and had to be killed with a saber.

Yue Fei's eldest son, Yue Yun, was sixteen years old and fought from his father at the beginning. The young man was influenced by his father, and he was excellent in martial arts and had a stoic temperament. Prepare two iron cone guns, rush all the way to kill, and the blocker is invincible. When he arrived at Mu Huogang, because of his great strength, even the iron cone gun that was not easy to break was broken into two sections. Take another one and continue to fight Jin Bing Seeing that his bravery was abnormal, he surrounded one after another, but no one was his opponent. In the fierce battle, in between killing the enemy, he changed to a horse and broke off for his father.

In this battle, almost all the troops of the Tokyo Garrison Division were lost. Except for Han Shizhong and Yue Fei's old troops who fought hard, most of them were martyred, and only a few escaped south from the encirclement, most of the other newly recruited soldiers were captured by the Jin army or surrendered on their own initiative.

The Jin army entered the city and plundered on a large scale, and all the utensils and property in the people's homes, as long as they were not too large or too heavy to carry, were robbed, and whether they resisted or not, depending on the mood of the soldiers, they were killed at every turn. If it weren't for Han Fang's strong dissuasion and the explicit prohibition of Wushu, the soldiers and civilians of Tokyo would have almost suffered the fate of slaughtering the city.

Take the city of Tokyo, the ambitious Wanyan Wushu in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the emperor accepted the hundred officials to congratulate the palace, the conference was civil and military, and the merit was rewarded and punished. He also ordered Han Fang to compose a lyric to record his brilliant martial arts, and engraved it on the palace of senior ministers to show off.

Under the guidance of the officials and chamberlains of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Wushu also visited the palace city where the kings of the Great Song Dynasty governed and stayed with great interest. It's just that Zhao Huan moved south to Zhenjiang and transported most of the property, classics, and utensils in the palace, which disappointed him a lot.

Now that Tokyo has fallen, the land of Qiyu has fallen into the hands of the golden people, and the vultures have not lingered in the palatial palace of Tokyo for too long. On the one hand, he reported the victory to the Jin country, and on the other hand, he packed up his troops and horses and went straight to Huainan. He left the rich Jinghu land not to attack, and the goal was very clear, that is, to take Huainan and approach the Great Song Dynasty in Zhenjiang

When Tokyo City was struggling to support, the Imperial Camp Division did not send a single soldier to rescue him. Although no one said anything, the people who were there knew very well that the Central Plains could not be saved, and instead of traveling long distances to save it, it was better to arrange a defensive line north of the Yangtze River to prevent the Jin people from attacking the center of Zhenjiang.

After the news of the destruction of Tokyo and the fall of the Central Plains reached Jiangnan, many of the ministers suggested that Zhao Guan's family evacuate in order to be safe. But when Zhao Huan moved south, he was going to be in Zhenjiang, and he had a clear statement to the military and civilians of the world. The reason why I set up the line in Zhenjiang is to take the meaning of "Zhenjiang Defense of the Son of Heaven". Now that the shadow of the Jin army has not been seen, he fled in a hurry, which seems to be unreasonable. Then he issued an edict to Zhe Keqiu and Zhao Dian and others in Jiangbei, the Jurchens are here, I am behind you, watch and do it.

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