Chapter 22: Scattered Troops and Horses, but the words should be restored, and the West Road should be reconquered
On the other hand, Hejian Mansion is also like Taiyuan Mansion, but there are more military horses in the Guansheng Division, and many places in Hebei have the activities of the righteous army of the Guansheng Division. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and the two soldiers and horses just withdrew the water army, and there were officials on the imperial court and the river to see it, and the Song court did not doubt it at all. So many soldiers and horses did not withdraw to Shandong Road, so they deceived the past in the joint efforts of Gao Yu and Wen Huanzhang. Thinking that the Zangdi River City was defeated that year, the Song army lost tens of thousands of military horses, and it was also Tong Guan, Gao Yu, Cai Jing and a group of people who united with the local government and the court to fool the emperor and cover up the past.
Seeing the retreat of the Shandong Road army, Song Qinzong breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole court thought that the Jin people did not dare to invade the south, but they did not think that the Jin people were just secretly mobilizing troops and horses to prepare for various matters of the southern expedition, and the ignorant Song Qinzong thought that the situation was very good, so the Song court began to die again.
In July of the first year of Jingkang, Xiao Zhonggong, the envoy of the Jin State, sent an envoy to the Song Court, this time he sent an envoy to the Song Court, and the Jin people took the original peace agreement signed by the Song Court to question the Song Court, why the peace was reached, but the Song Court reversed itself, not only did not hand over the three towns such as Taiyuan, but also did not pay the remaining coins, but also sent troops to fight with the Jin army.
For Xiao Zhonggong's envoy, the Song court played a scoundrel, Song Qinzong said that the ministers of the court and the central government opposed it, and it was only because of this that they tore up the peace agreement, while the ministers of the court and the central government said that the military and the people were surging and could not be ceded. So after some arguing, Xiao Zhonggong did not get any reply.
In the process of negotiation, Song Qinzong accidentally learned that Yelu Yujian, the general of Liao, was serving as a supervisor in Yanjing, and Xiao Zhonggong was also serving as a guard Taibao leader in Yanjing, so Song Qinzong had a whim, thinking that these two people were Liao nobles, and they might be able to fight for internal response, induce them to rebel against Jin, maybe they could operate well and recover Yanjing.
So Song Qinzong ordered Geng Nanzhong to write a letter and seal it with wax pills, so that Xiao Zhonggong could send Yelu Yu to see it, so that it would be an internal response. At the same time, he gave Xiao Zhonggong more money to tie his heart. Xiao Zhonggong agreed on the surface, and also collected the wealth, so he hurriedly returned to Yanjing.
Xiao Zhonggong's matter, Wen Huanzhang knew that it was too late, Xiao Zhonggong had already crossed the Yellow River, and Wen Huanzhang heard Geng Nanzhong talk about it. After hearing this, Wen Huanzhang was shocked and said: "Today, instead of taking advantage of the retreat of the Jin people, take the initiative to seek peace, hoping to get a few years, rectify the mountains and rivers, and reprepare the army and horses, but at this time to provoke the Jin people, do you really want the Great Song Dynasty to die?!" Geng Nanzhong said with a smile: "These two are Liao people, and they are both bought with wealth and official positions, and they will be used by me." ”
Wen Huanzhang said bitterly: "Both of them are Liao people, and the one who hates them deeply is not the Jin people who killed them, but our Song people, have you forgotten that it was my Great Song Dynasty who treacherously attacked the Liao State with the Jin people?" Moreover, the two of them have small families and their foundations are in Yanjing, and the Jin people are powerful in Yanjing, how can the two of them take the risk to rebel against the Jin Kingdom with their mere wealth? ! Once those two people come out, the Jin people will definitely hate the Great Song Dynasty, and then there will be a situation of endless death! Geng Nanzhong was silent when he heard this.
And when the news reached Shandong Road, Sanniang and Huang Wenbing were ecstatic, Huang Wenbing smiled and said: "Song Ting really did not live by himself, and he dared to do so in such a situation." It seems that the day of the southern invasion of the Jin people is not far away, and the day when the lord's hegemony will be completed is approaching! Sanniang smiled faintly and said, "It's expected." ”
Sure enough, things were as Wen Huanzhang expected, Xiao Zhonggong hurriedly ran back to the Jin Kingdom to see Yan Zongwang and offered him a wax pill letter. In August, after Jin Taizong got the report, he was furious, and now the Dajin Kingdom is in full swing, but he didn't expect to be so teased by the cowardly Song State, so he immediately used this as a reason to order the Jin army to conquer the Song Dynasty in the south!
In August of the first year of Jingkang, the Jin State gathered 300,000 military horses from various tribes such as Jurchen, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Jilimi, and Wuguobu, divided into two military horses, east and west, and was commanded by Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, known as 500,000 troops, and attacked the Song Dynasty in a big way.
The Dajin East Route Army is still the commander of Wanyan Zongwang, this time Zongwang is still arrogant and sent troops to go first, and said to Wanyan Zonghan when he left: "This is the second time to attack the Song Dynasty, and I can't afford to lose it again, I'm waiting for you in Bianjing, don't miss the appointment again." Then he walked away.
Being so ridiculed by Zong Wang, all the generals under the command of Wanyan Zonghan were all angry, and Yinshu said indignantly: "We all know that the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty is the elite of the world, and the main forces are all in the northwest. The Song people are good at defending, and our army is not good at attacking the city, so there are naturally many obstacles. The Eastern Route Army is a plain from below Yanjing Jingcheng, which can be driven for a long time, so it is naturally faster. If we take the east road, we can also go down as fast as ever! How can this child be so rampant. ”
Wanyan Zonghan's face was pale, and he only said lightly: "The west road is where I want to go, we lost the battle under Taiyuan City last time, and the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom should only face the difficulties, where they are defeated, they will stand up!" After that, he looked around at the generals and said: "Today, we will go west, and everyone on the road will think about how we should use our troops, instead of being willful!" When the generals heard this, they all respected. After finishing the same day, Yan Zonghan led the army to 160,000 points and three roads to Yunzhong Mansion.
Within a day, Zong Han's military horse arrived at Yunzhong Mansion and raised his account to discuss the matter. After the generals arrived in Qi, Zong Han said: "This trip to the south to attack the Song Dynasty, we and the Western Route Army still want to attack Taiyuan, we were defeated last time, how should we use troops on this trip?" ”
Wanyan Xiyin, deputy marshal of the West Route Army, said: "Recently, I visited the Malay newspaper and said that although Taiyuan is still guarded by Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu, the Song army of Shandong Road Domain, which came to support last time, has withdrawn its troops back to Shandong. The defeat of the last trip was due to the fact that the Song army on this Shandong Road advanced by land and water, and the supply of grain and grass depended on the waterway, and the shore was also a hard village to deal with our army, relying on their sharp firearms, only to win by luck. Now that the other army is gone, our army should be victorious. ”
Zong Han shook his head and said: "Taiyuan City is strong and difficult, if our army fights Taiyuan again, and the Song Dynasty sends the Shandong Road Army to help, what should we do?" If you want to win the crusade against the Song Kingdom, the Shandong Road Army and Horse must be defeated, whether he comes or not, whether he is not there, our army must think of the method of war to defeat him! ”
Another deputy marshal Wan Yan Lou said: "What the marshal said is that the military horses of the Shandong Road are indeed different from other Song troops, in addition to the sharp firearms, the combat methods of the infantry army are very powerful, and thousands of people can actually order and prohibit the battle, advance and retreat are like one person, and there are many cavalry there there, and the combat power is not weak, so it is difficult to deal with." ”
Yinshu Ke said: "After fighting against the Song army of the department, our army also brainstormed and came up with many ways to deal with that firearm. Zong Han bowed his head slightly and said: "When your department has been engaged with the Shandong Road Army and Horse for a long time, you will know the details of the enemy's firearms, and how to deal with the department in the future, you will tell me in detail." ”
War is a catalyst, after the emergence of new tactics and new weapons, as an enemy, they will try their best to deal with it, and Yinshu is no exception, he is the golden general who has played the most against the Liangshan Song army, and he has summed up a set of tactics. At the moment, Yinshu can say: "Although the firearms of the Song army are sharp, they are also launched with gunpowder, and they must be afraid of water, so the first thing is that in the future, if it rains, he can advance bravely, and his firearms are useless in rainy days." This Song army firearms are so powerful, want to come to the workmanship is complicated, it must be limited in quantity, is the second is that if the battle starts, when the cavalry of other tribes is sent forward to spend their ammunition, just because the Jurchen elite of our army is precious, it is not worth using them to resist, it is to use the cavalry of other tribes to do cannon fodder before the battle begins, and the cavalry moves quickly, can be dispersed to avoid the enemy's firearms, it is best to send cavalry out of the battle at the beginning. ”
Zong Han bowed his head and said: "These two items are the most important, all generals should be taught to the whole army, and the generals and colonels know it." Silver, you go on. Yinshu can see Zong Han's approval, his spirit perked, and then said: "When the battle is long, the enemy's firearms are divided into two types: rockets and artillery, the rocket is lighter, if it encounters a cross wind, the accuracy will be poor, so when facing the enemy, the election is a cross wind or a tailwind formation before the formation, this is the third article. The enemy's firearms are also divided into two kinds: burning and exploding, and the incendiary bombs are ignited immediately when they hit the ground, and most of them are ignited with fire oil, so the army should prepare more iron catalpa to extinguish the fire, and dig the soil on the spot to extinguish the fire, and not use water. If this happens, the soldier had better dig the soil as a trench, hide his body in the trench, and he can avoid being killed, if he can't dig a trench, when he lies on the ground, he can be less killed and injured, this is the fourth article. ”
Wan Yan Lou Room sneered when he heard this: "In the future, when my Dajin warriors fight, everyone will have to carry an iron catalpa?" Yinshu Ke's face turned red, and he was about to refute it, but Wanyan Zonghan waved his hand and said: "This is the experience of Yinshu Ke in exchange for flesh and blood, which should not be underestimated, and should be remembered." Anything else? ”
Yinshuke breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The fifth is night fighting, if you fight against the enemy army at night, the enemy's firearms cannot see, it is useless, so night combat is also beneficial to me." There is also the sixth rule, that is, if they meet on a narrow road, they should not be desperate to meet the enemy in a short manner, and they should not be arranged to wait for the enemy, and only within the shortest time of effort, the two armies will be strangled together, and the enemy will not dare to set firearms, for fear that they will accidentally injure their own people. ”
Zong Han stroked his palms and said: "These last two are better, the armies will compile the six firearms of the Song army into a song and sing it in the army, and be sure to teach every soldier to clearly understand, and in the future, when encountering the Song army on the Shandong Road, they will fight against it." ”
After a pause, Zong Han asked again: "I heard that the formation of the Shandong Road Infantry Army is also very powerful, the silver technique is good, can you think of a way to crack it?" "Yinshu Ke said: "The last battle, only because of the narrow terrain, is not conducive to the development of soldiers and horses, although his military formation is rigorous, but it is expected that if the battle is fought on flat ground, it can be broken if the two wings of the enemy are also guarded by cavalry, it will be very tricky." If he is hostile to him in a narrow place, he can only use the stalemate of the infantry army, I have thought about it for a long time, but I have not thought of any way to break him. ”
Zong Han sighed and said in surprise: "Then isn't his formation invincible?" Yinshu said bitterly: "The subordinates are blunt, and I can't think of a way to crack it for the time being, the handsome and wise, if you can see this formation, you may be able to find a flaw." Zong Han muttered: "In this case, in the future, in addition to guarding against firearms, we also need to be cautious about the Song army's infantry formation. ”