549, the beginning of the war
Saijar didn't just let Wushu and Li Qianshun step forward, and he stayed behind to watch. After www.biquge.info learning that Wushu and Li Qianshun's troops were divided into two and re-entered the fortress, he personally supervised the armies and also moved forward until Hengshan.
And Wushu and Li Qianshun were in the north and one in the east, and they attacked from two sides, and once again attacked Yanzhou.
During this time, the Huaxia army in Yanzhou did not go out to block the attack, and even the scouts were much less, and there were signs that although there were no internal disputes among the Huaxia army, there was a rift between them and the Western army.
The seed master strongly demanded revenge for Zhou Quan, but Yue Fei returned to the army in the name of treating Zhou Quan's funeral, and the two sides quarreled several times, but they all broke up unhappily.
The white cloth and black cloth near Yanzhou have been bought off by the Huaxia Army, and the incense, candles, paper money and so on are gone, and the people spontaneously rushed to worship in front of the mourning hall.
Yue Fei withdrew the army directly without consulting with the seed master, and the military funds, including grain, had been transported out of Yanzhou first, and the seed master heard the news and came to stop it, but was blocked back by Yue Fei strongly, and the two sides almost met each other, or Zhou Quan's think tank Bai Xianfeng rushed to dissuade him, so he left angrily.
There are all kinds of signs that Zhou Quan is really dead!
A series of news was transmitted back to Sajjar's ears through Li Qianshun, Wushu, or through the meticulous work sent by Seljuk himself.
At this point, Sajar's doubts have lost most of his doubts, and he feels that even if Zhou Quan wants to act, he will not do this.
Immediately afterwards, news came from Wushu's side that Yue Fei's second batch of military funds had departed from Yanzhou City, and this batch of military funds was artillery!
A total of one hundred and twenty artillery pieces, in the eyes of Saijar, this is an incredible amount of talent, he has long heard that Zhou Quan is the best at using cannons, and has the most artillery, but when he really heard this number, he was still shocked.
There are only more than 20,000 people, and he carries 120 artillery pieces, so how many artillery pieces does Zhou Quan have, and how much wealth does he have?
If these are all his own, he can use them to seize Byzantium, and even fight to the lair of the Crusaders, and rebuild the glory of the Caliphate Empire.
On September 16, the fifth year of the Great Song Jingkang, Saijar finally couldn't hold back and ordered the whole army to march.
The battlefield was at the southern foot of Hengshan, and the Seljuk allied forces, a total of more than 300,000, were divided into six waves and three directions into battle. Wushu took the initiative to ask Ying to do the most difficult thing, that is, to bypass Yanzhou and intercept the retreat of the Huaxia army. Li Qianshun received an order to use him as the main force to attack Yanzhou from the front.
Li Qianshun accepted this order very honestly, and at the same time also worked hard to attack from the front, from the Omar sent to supervise the army, Saijar got the information, Li Qianshun really poured out of the nest, and went all out to attack the two new fortresses of the Song people, only by capturing these two fortresses, can the gate of Yanzhou be opened. However, the Song people also did their best to protect these two forts, so every day the cannon rumbled, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the Western Xia soldiers suffered heavy losses, but the results of the battle were never obvious.
Sajar was very dissatisfied with this, and he was very satisfied. The dissatisfaction was naturally due to Li Qianshun's failure to achieve the results he wanted, and the satisfaction was that this kind of consumption could weaken Li Qianshun's strength. You must know that his crusade was nominally to deal with Zhou Quan's threat, but in fact it was to weaken Wushu and Li Qianshun and avoid strong branches.
"Your Majesty, the time is ripe!"
"If we don't do it again, then after the Han people break through, how much cheaper can we get, and where will we have our share of the things that can be obtained by Wushu and Li Qianshun?"
"That's, that's it, the hard bones they have gnawed, eating meat...... We've got to get on, right? ”
Sajal's tent was full of such shouts. Saijar was a little hurt by the noise, he knew very well why these people quarreled, after all, everyone came all the way to the legendary wealth of Huaxia, not to stay north of Hengshan and gnaw on the northwest wind.
And at this time, the weather is getting colder, and if it is postponed here, this battle will not be won.
Sajar turned his gaze to a big man beside him, just like the rest of the Great God of Food Cult disciples, this person also had a thick beard, his eyes were firm, and when he saw Sajar looking at him, he nodded calmly: "We, Sigistan, will not let the Sultan down!" ”
"We, the Western Lara Khanate, are willing to fight to the death for the Sultan!" The other shouted.
This is Sajal's right-hand man, especially the king of Sigistan, he has fought for many years, has a wealth of combat experience, and his subordinates are the elite of the elite, extraordinary bravery, Sajar trusts and remembers him very much.
Even though the army led by these two people was not the largest number of troops under Sajar, Sajar still made a decision.
"The king of Sigistan is the commander of the left wing, and the commander of the right wing of Silarakhan, we ...... The whole army is on the march! ”
With Sajar's order, the coalition camp was filled with cheers.
The various troops left the camp one after another and gathered together, although there were no troops of Wushu and Li Qianshun, but the total number was still more than 100,000. They marched from a road to the west towards Yanzhou.
Sajar still retained his senses, and although the whole army attacked, he still sent many scouts to not only reconnoiter the reaction of the Han Chinese, but also monitor the movements of Li Qianshun and Wushu troops. When the army had crossed the Hengshan Mountains and was about to enter an unnamed gorge, he received news from the scouts that the Han people, numbering about 6,000, had come out of the city of Yanzhou to meet them, and the two armies were less than twenty miles apart.
"Six thousand men to meet me hundred thousand? I don't know whether to praise the other party for their courage or comment on their stupidity! After passing the news to his subordinates, Sajar laughed.
"Your Majesty the Sultan, Li Qianshun has put too much pressure on the Han people, and their remaining troops have been transferred to Li Qianshun's side, and it is already surprising that they can draw out 6,000 people." A vassal king.
"I'm afraid this is the last strength of these heretics, as long as they are defeated, the rich Central Plains will open the door to us, Your Majesty, the valley ahead is unfavorable, we must rush ahead of them, cross the canyon, and fight them in the flat!" One of his generals suggested.
Sajar's heart was moved, and he was about to give an order, but he heard someone say: "Your Majesty, please be cautious!" ”
Speaking was his important retainer, Emir Kumaji, who had always been a close confidant of Sajjar, and who would have been the commander of the first wing if not for the most valiant generals on the left and right flanks. Sajar may ignore other people's suggestions, but this person has always been known for his wisdom, and Sajar can't help but be cautious about his suggestions.
"How prudent?" Seeing that Sajar showed hesitation again, someone asked.
"Reconnoiter the canyon, what if the Han people hide an ambush in the canyon?"
This suggestion made people speechless, so a large number of scouts were dispatched, and not long after, on the mountains at both ends of the canyon, flags were raised, which was a signal of peace.
Confirming that there was no ambush in the canyon, Saijar laughed: "It is said that Zhou Quan is resourceful, it seems that he is really dead, if he is not dead, how can he give up such a good ambush location?" If I were him, I would have laid a bait at the other end of the canyon, forcing me to move forward quickly, and at the same time planting ambushes on both sides of the canyon, and then I would be defeated and defeated! ”
"That is, Li Qianshun and Wushu were scared out of their courage, we have the blessing of the true gods, how can we be afraid of a few heretics! It was said in the precept that these people who do not believe in the true God, their property can be plundered at will, and their lives can be killed at will, Your Majesty Sultan, do not waste any more time! Someone shouted.
Even Sajar himself couldn't stop his subordinates' greed for Huaxia's wealth, so he, along with these people, was coerced by greed. After confirming that there were no ambushes in the canyon, his last doubts about Zhou Quan's death were dispelled, and greed urged him to give the order, and the whole army quickly crossed the canyon.
It is not a simple matter for more than 100,000 people to cross the canyon, when their long line passes through the canyon more than ten miles long, there is an open land in front of them, and the army of the Han people has appeared at the other end of the open space.
"They came one step late, if they came early, they could also block the mouth of the canyon, so that we can't give full play to our military advantage, now...... Give the order to pass, and the left and right wings spread! After observing the situation of the Han army, Sajar ordered.
Almost at the same time, on the opposite side, Yue Fei also gave a concise order: "Unfold, prepare for battle!" ”
When the two sides lined up, Saijar was a little surprised, because the formation of the Huaxia army was very strange, completely lined up, rather than the square or circle formation commonly used at this time. This kind of line lined up so that the battle line was extended to several miles, but because of the limited number of people and the lack of thickness of the Huaxia army, Sajar was sure that just one charge would be enough to penetrate the Huaxia army's formation.
This discovery brought Sajar back to his senses.
He would not pin his hopes of victory on the stupidity of the enemy, so he did not send his army without reservation, but left the most elite veterans in the rear, leaving the left and right flanks to attack first.
In his plan, as long as either of the left and right wings gained an advantage, then his middle army and the elite veterans in the rear would rush forward and expand the advantage into victory.
After the two armies lined up, Saijar found that before he had given the order to attack, the Huaxia army had already sounded a dense drumbeat.
At first, the drum beat was only intensive, but later, there was a sense of rhythm, and with the sound of a drum, there was an earth-shattering cry in the Huaxia army, and then the whole army stepped on the drum beat and began to step forward.
The artillery on both sides began to roar, and this was the first time that Sajar had seen the power of the Chinese artillery. At least thirty guns kept firing shells into the coalition array, which forced the coalition array to relax a little.
In comparison, the power and range of the artillery of the coalition forces are really not flattering. Moreover, after a short bombardment, the artillery of the Huaxia Army immediately shifted the target, and these technical soldiers who could calculate the projectiles calculated the position of the artillery of the coalition army, and the artillery of the Huaxia Army used all their firepower to suppress the opponent's artillery. For a while, the infantry on both sides were not shelled.
Yue Fei sighed softly in the rear army: The enemy is too weak.
Even if the enemy in front of him was more than ten times that of him, he understood that this war would inevitably be a one-sided slaughter.
And he chose a battlefield that was very suitable for slaughter.