Chapter 60: Sizhou Battalion
In order to be a soldier, he even sold his own sister, Lu Can couldn't cry or laugh: "Didn't you tell Dao Si before that when he came back from Anhe, he would call a matchmaker to come to the door to propose marriage?" ”
"That time didn't count, now I'm offering new conditions. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info dare not agree, he does not want to step into the door of my house. Yue Yun smirked.
After laughing for a long time, he asked again: "Marquis Yu, when will you fight?" How can you say that you are now under the command of the Left-behind Division, and the baggage battalion has also been renamed the Sizhou battalion, which is subordinate to the front army of Qi Fang, what is the front army, the main force of attacking the fortifications, just leaving you in the city No matter what? Is it difficult to save a little military salary? ”
"Perhaps, the Jurchen scouts have appeared on the north bank, and the states and counties north of the river are frightened three times a day, and they are in chaos, and they should fight soon."
Yue Yunxi said: "It's good to have to fight, it's not a good thing, anyway, we are now the soldiers and horses of the left-behind division." The young master wants to see if the Jurchen people are the three-headed and six-armed like the legend, and they also want to make a name for themselves on the battlefield and shine on the lintel of our Yue family. ”
It turned out that the reason why the Jurchens invaded the south had to be traced back to the second year of Jingkang. At that time, after the Jurchens captured the second emperor, they did not have the intention of destroying the Song Dynasty. In their eyes, they are just going south to make a grass valley and get some money and food. And there are few of them, and the Central Plains is too big to manage at all.
So, he set up Zhang Bangchang as the emperor, the country name Dachu, and became their puppet.
Later, Zhang Bangchang was deposed by the Empress Dowager Meng, and Zhao Gou ascended the throne. This annoyed the Jurchens, who felt that their dignity had been violated. As a result, military preparations began, and in the autumn of this year, he brazenly went south, preparing to arrest Zhao Gou.
This time, the Jin army's southern invasion was divided into two routes. The Western Route Army was led by Wanyan Zongwang, that is, Zhu Libu, with an army of 10,000, known as 50,000, preparing to cross the river from Huangzhou, preparing to attack Hongzhou, and chasing after the Empress Dowager Meng, who had fled there first. The Eastern Route Army was led by Wanyan Zongbi, that is, the fourth prince Wushu, with 50,000 troops, known as 100,000 in charge of the Central Plains and Jiangnan battlefields.
After going down to Jianghuai, the Eastern Route Army was divided into two routes. One route is led by Wan Yanchang, and the goal is Huainan.
The main force of Wushu prepared to cross the river and pursue Zhao Gou.
In real history, this war history is called "searching the mountains and inspecting the sea to arrest Zhao Gou." And the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was chased by the Jin soldiers in a panic, and in desperation, he had to flee to the sea in a big boat.
At this time, the Jurchens are still in Jiangbei, sweeping all states and counties. Once the rear is pacified, it will cross the river and attack Jiankang Province.
Jiankang dragon is entrenched, and the southeast shape is a beautiful place. In addition, the city defense is strong, and the materials in the city are piled up, which is the strategic node of the station guarding the river. If Jiankang holds it, Jiangnan will hold it. Jiankang fell, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were within the attack range of the Jin soldiers.
Lu Can, who has always been serious, couldn't help but smile: "Dao Si hasn't promised you to join our army yet, you just want to be famous, but you take it from right away." You are also a person who has been on the battlefield, and in all battles, there are losses and wins, and no one knows what the outcome will be until the end. Moreover, wars are about bloodshed, what if we lose? If I lose Jinling, where should I go in the Great Song Dynasty? ”
Thinking of the tragedy of the first battle in Pingyuan Town, and thinking of the future war, the smile on Lu Can's face disappeared, and his heart seemed to be pressing a boulder.
Yue Yun said with a big grin: "Isn't it Zhao Jiu, Zhao's official family and the imperial court fled to Hangzhou, this is a faint king, it doesn't matter if he is not there." Hmph, what's the matter, we and Wang Shen have made such a great contribution to him, and there is no reward at all, which is not cold. ”
"Ying Xiang!" Lu Can raised his eyebrows.
Yue Yun: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, anyway, I'm not an official of the imperial court." A mustard grass, even if this word spreads, who can help me? ”
Hearing him talk about the injustice of the imperial court, Lu Can's heart was even more depressed.
Yes, the battle of Plains Town is just that. In the battle of Anhe, Dao Si slashed Li Yu, the great Kou of Shandong, with 300 light cavalry, and it can be said that the entire situation in Huaixi was determined by him alone.
The good news spread to Jiankang, the official family was happy, and the army was rewarded, Liu Guangshi, Li Cheng, Li Qiong, and Wang De were all rewarded, and Uncle Liu Ping was even named the envoy of the festival, reaching the peak of the honor of the martial arts. However, Wang Shen, the first hero, was not given by an official and a half-knight, which made people feel unconvinced.
After making peace with Li Cheng, Liu Guangshi set up his line in Tianchang County. After hearing the southern invasion of the Jin people, the Huaixi army was shaken, and Liu Guangshi led the Chinese army to retreat south across the Yangtze River overnight, and invited the holy decree to go up the river and garrison Jiangzhou, which was the Jiujiang in later generations, saying that it was to prevent the Jurchen West Route Army from crossing the river.
Jiangzhou is thousands of miles away from Jinling, and Taiwei Liu is completely out of the bitter sea of Jinling battlefield.
His Chinese army is in Jiangzhou, but the front army is still in Chuzhou, and the rear army is in Tianping, the dignified Huaixi Army, and the battle line has dragged on for a long time. The most terrible thing is that the little family foundation that the Huaixi Army had accumulated in Chuzhou before is still in Jiangbei.
Therefore, the main task of the rear army was to be responsible for sending those grains to the old camp in Jiangzhou by ship, and they could transport as much as they could.
However, as soon as the Jurchens came. The rear army in Jiangbei also collapsed, and those supplies were naturally lost to the Jin people.
Lu Can's baggage battalion had been stationed in Jiankang on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the defeat of the rear army was only known after many days, and Li Qiong did not send anyone to instruct Lu Can what to do next.
Li Qiong hated Lu Can deeply, and wished that all the baggage battalions would die on the battlefield.
In this way, the baggage battalion lost contact with the main forces. In fact, since the Jingkang year, the Jiangbei Northern Army can be said to have been frightened by the Jurchens, because there are many small units that have broken away from the main force because of the hasty retreat, and the baggage battalion is only one of them.
After Lu Can heard the news, he was shocked, and originally wanted to take soldiers and horses to Jiangzhou by boat. However, I was worried about Wang Shen and was ready to wait for a while before making plans.
In this way, the baggage battalion remained in Jiankang.
Today, the north of the Great River is in chaos, and so are the emperors and imperial courts in Jinling City south of the Great River. Jiankang dragon is entrenched, and the southeast shape is a beautiful place. In addition, the city defense is strong, and the materials in the city are piled up, which is a strategic node in the battle to defend the river. If Jiankang holds it, Jiangnan will hold it. Jiankang fell, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were within the attack range of the Jin soldiers.
But the official family had seen the fierceness of the Jurchens during the Battle of Jingkang, and it can be said that they had been frightened by the enemy. Since he ascended the throne as emperor, he has been writing letters to the Jurchens to ask for peace from the very beginning, and his words are extremely humble, which can be said to be a loss of personality.
He really didn't want to fight, so he moved his line to Hangzhou.
When the imperial court left, Jiankang City was really panicked, and the army had no heart to fight. Jinling is the former capital of the Six Dynasties, and it is imperative to defend it.
If Zhao Gou stays in the city, the army and the people are united, and this battle still has to be fought. But now...... Jiang Fang is led by Du Chong, a mediocre and brutal man.
In this battle, our Great Song is hanging.
Flee and escape, our official family has opened the Generalissimo's Mansion since then, and we have not fought a few serious battles, so we only care about protecting ourselves. fled from Hebei to Yingtian, and from Yingtian to Jiangdu, Jiangning, and Hangzhou, and the ambition of the Chinese people was completely lost in this escape one after another.
stayed in Jinling for a month, did not wait for Wang Shen, but waited for Du Chong's military order, saying that the baggage battalion was now merged into the Qi Fang Department of the former army of the Left-behind Division, separated from the jurisdiction of the Huaixi Army, and was ready to participate in the battle of Jiankang.
This Du Chong lost Kaifeng, and it was a capital crime to lose the soldiers and horses of the Tokyo Left-behind Division. Not only did the court not punish him, but now he was promoted to the right servant of Shangshu to shoot Tongpingzhang, that is, the right minister, and became the minister who held the palm seal in the political hall. He also served as the Jianghuai Xuanfu envoy, stayed behind in Jiankang, and was responsible for guarding Jiankang in Jiangfang Town.
Such a stupid person has become the supreme commander of Jianghuai, and I am afraid that this Jinling City will not be able to hold it.
Thinking of this, Lu Can felt bitter in his heart, took another sip of tea, and said in his heart: I can't fight a war, anyway, when the time comes, it's a big deal to sprinkle this cavity of blood on the river, worthy of the country and the nation, and worthy of the ancestors. I only hope that Dao Si will come back soon to lead the troops, with him, my heart is much more stable.
Hehe, now we are in the baggage battalion, no, it is the Sizhou battalion and our serious field army of the Great Song Dynasty, we are not a garbage army, we deserve this title, and I don't know what kind of joy Dao Si will be when he comes back.
Hey, what did Daosi bring with him when he came back this time, and he needed to use ten boats to transport it, which is really strange and alas!