Chapter 350: The Last Northern Expedition
Regarding the power of Liu Qi's soybeans and bamboo tubes, some netizens questioned it.
For these questions, I happen to have some information in my hand, and I am entitled to answer them.
The power of soybeans, not to mention the melee of the cold weapon era, still plays an important role in the modern high-tech era of hot weapons.
It was in 1946, when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party fought for the most tragic battle of Siping in the Northeast.
At that time, Lin Biao, the victorious general, besieged the national Chang Chen Mingren department with four or five troops, and saw that it was only a few hundred meters away from Chen Mingren's headquarters, but he couldn't attack it.
Chen Mingren's troops sprinkled beans all over the streets, and the soldiers of the Northeast Field Army slipped and fell at any time, becoming live targets. Many years later, Chen Mingren surrendered and became a general of the People's Republic of China, and the veterans of Dongye still gritted their teeth with hatred when they mentioned him: "Chen Mingren, this old boy!" โ
Even the military god Lin Biao has suffered a loss of soybeans, let alone the Wanyan Wushu hundreds of years ago?
After finishing the Yan Wushu, he escaped, and he was so tired that he was "sick with qi" and "vomited blood".
These two medical terms explain very clearly the physical condition of Wanyan Wushu at that time: under the condition of continuous hot work, there is no way to quench the heat and thirst, and Wanyan Wushu is involved in qi and vomits blood.
The problem is that among the golden soldiers, the conditions are the best, and the body and martial arts are second to none, and the martial arts are still like this, wouldn't those golden soldiers on the front line be even worse.
Therefore, it is not so much that Jin Bing was defeated by Liu Qi as by the scorching heat of the south.
In fact, when Wanyan and Wanyan Wushu decided to use troops in the summer. They should have estimated the likelihood of this happening.
Wanyan Wushu's escape led to the rout of the entire Jin Soldier Legion. The golden man "abandoned the corpse and killed the horse." Flesh and blood pillows. The car flag armor is like a mountain......
In a word, how miserable and miserable!
After retreating for more than 40 miles, Wanyan Wushu was able to regather his men and horses, set up a company camp in the northwest of Shunchang, and dug trenches for self-defense, wanting to take a little respite.
But at this time, the initiative on the battlefield and the rhythm of offense and defense have all fallen into Liu Qi's hands.
Heaven is beautiful. That night, it suddenly rained heavily, and the water in Jinying was more than a foot deep.
During the day, he was roasted into a roast pig by the sun, and after escaping for dozens of miles, he became a soup chicken at night.
The attack of the Song army at night could no longer be said to be a sneak attack. Such an opportunity is really rare, and no one will be willing to give it up.
Although he knew that Liu Qi would come back to attack at night, the Jin soldiers still couldn't resist itโwhere did they get their physical strength and morale, and they understood each other. Good no good?
The final result was that Wanyan Wushu arranged for people to strictly guard the three barriers of Tokyo, namely Guidefu, Xuzhou, and Chenzhou. I led the remnants back to Tokyo.
It is said that on the way back to Tokyo, Wanyan Wushu also did a very special thing:
Wanyan Wushu tied the Dragon and Tiger King and Han Chang to the big tree and whipped them hard with wicker. The reason is that the Dragon and Tiger King has been nagging in his ear, saying that this southern invasion is too failed and should not come at all
This is understandable, this dragon and tiger king is really annoying.
But Han Chang was depressed, what did it matter to me, why did he pull me to smoke together, and was there any reason for it?
Thus ended the Battle of Shunchang.
Wanyan Wushu fled back to Henan with his main force, shrinking like Kaifeng Mansion, preparing to defend it strictly.
There are only two reasons that Jin Bing can think of for such an arrangement:
The first is the combat effectiveness of Liu Qi and the eight-character army he led: the Jurchens insisted that this was not the army of the Song Dynasty, but "ghost soldiers" borrowed from abroad.
Of course, Jin Bing will not raise the morale of others to extinguish his own prestige. On that day, they did see a lot of ghosts and gods helping the Song army in battle.
Why is this happening?
The problem is very simple: the Jin soldiers wear dozens of kilograms of tightly wrapped armor and bask in the fierce sun for most of the day, and after a few more fights, they will not be replenished with water (because the water of the Yinghe River is poisonous).
In such a situation, it is only natural for people to hallucinate.
Don't say ghosts and gods, even Taishang Laojun and Buddha have the possibility of appearing.
The second reason for the Jin soldiers to return to defense was the dispatch of the Yue family's army.
Yue Fei, the first person in the military with the largest number of troops, the largest area under his jurisdiction, the highest military value, and the most resounding civil reputation in the Southern Song Dynasty, finally received an edict from the imperial court to send troops, and started the last battle of his life in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
Throughout the life of Marshal Jin Guo's Wanyan Wushu, he had three major reluctances:
The first is that he is unwilling to meet Han Shizhong in the water; the second is that they are unwilling to meet the two brothers Wu Jue in the mountains; The third reluctance, and the most taboo for him, was to meet Yue Fei in the plains.
Now that he learned that Yue Fei was dispatched, did he not obediently retreat to Kaifeng City to defend after completing his martial arts?
This is a bit strange, at the beginning, the imperial court held Yue Fei to death, and would rather send a non-main force like the Bazi Army, why did it suddenly make a 180-degree turn now?
Could it be that conscience cannot be found?
Alas, the taste of conscience has long been reduced to the exclusive food of vicious dogs in China's history.
The actual reasons for Emperor Gaozong to let Yue Fei go on the expedition were: the Song army had completely fallen on the battlefield in Shaanxi, and the Sichuan-Shaanxi region was in danger; If there was any accident on the battlefield in the middle road, the Southern Song Dynasty court would be extremely dangerous.
The intention of the imperial court was to hope that Yue Fei would be able to surprise the Central Plains battlefield and deter the Jin soldiers, so as to force the Jin soldiers to retreat from the Sichuan-Shaanxi battlefield, or at least temporarily stop the attack.
Well? What happened in the Northwest Battlefield was a complete defeat. What about Wu Jue, why did he go?
Speaking of which, this matter really has nothing to do with Wu Jue, because not long ago, he took the pill by mistake and has returned to the heavenly godhood.
It's a pity to die young.
All along, Wu Jue was like a sturdy shield with spikes.
He not only protected Shaanxi, an important source of troops, but also held the upper reaches of Sichuan and Shu. to ensure the safety of the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River; While stabilizing the line of defense. Kill and injure a large number of the living forces of the Jin army.
These outstanding contributions. For the Southern Song Dynasty, it was the foundation of the founding of the country.
It is of course a pity that people go to empty buildings, but the various arrangements of the Southern Song Dynasty court after the death of this hero are painful.
After Wu Jue's death, his younger brother Wu Phosphorus was the most natural replacement.
As Wu Jue's younger brother, Wu Phosphorus participated in all the battles of Wu Jie in the Northwest Battlefield, and many of them were even directly commanded by Wu Phosphorus. For example, the Battle of Dasanguan.
Whether in terms of ability, popularity, prestige, or familiarity with the Northwest Battlefield, etc., Wu Phosphorus was the best candidate at that time.
It can be said that as long as Wu Phosphorus is allowed to take over his brother Wu Jue's class, there will not be any major changes in the Northwest Battlefield, even if it is difficult for Wu Phosphorus to do better than his brother, it will definitely not be bad.
The problem is that the imperial court has its own selection criteria for the imperial court.
What has always been the most taboo in the Southern Song Dynasty? The dominance of military generals.
Although the northwest battlefield has been stable in recent years, the power of Wu Jue, the king of the northwest, has become more and more powerful, which has also caused all kinds of uneasiness in the imperial court; Now that Wu Jue died suddenly, won't the imperial court take the opportunity to take back the rights in the northwest?
For Wu Jue's death. The final arrangement of the imperial court was:
First, posthumously presented Wu Jue as a young master, and gave 300,000 yuan. Zhen Wu'an.
Second, the military power of the right guard army of the camp was handed over to General Hu Shi, the new leader of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The specific military power is divided into three generals, namely Wu Lan, Guo Hao, the son of the famous general Guo Cheng, and Wu Yangzheng, the veteran of the right guard; They were later known as the "Three Great Generals of Shuzhong".
For such an arrangement, Emperor Gaozong was very proud, and Sichuan finally had the surname Zhao, not Wu.
As a result, Emperor Gaozong was complacent for a few days, and tens of thousands of Jin cavalry from Wanyan came to Shaanxi
I have to say that it was a very good time to enter Shaanxi after Yan Sa left the drink.
At this stage, the officialdom in the northwest is busy with how to redivide the new jurisdiction, each paying homage to the new governor, and so on.
Therefore, Wanyan Sa left the army and marched quickly, and almost encountered any decent resistance.
The Jin soldiers crossed the Yellow River from Hezhongfu into Tongzhou (now Dali, Shaanxi), drove straight forward, rushed for nearly 250 miles, and took Chang'an within a few days.
This speed made it impossible for the new leadership of Sichuan and Shaanxi to react, and to be honest, the speed of the scouts and horses was not necessarily faster than that of Sa Li.
Until the end of Yan Sa drunk approached Fengxiang Mansion, nearly 50,000 right guards were still scattered in various parts of Shaanxi, and the generals who temporarily adjusted the dispatch were still on the way to take office.
Just when Hu Shijiang was extremely anxious, he finally waited for the first military general to come to report.
He is Wu Jue's biological brother - Wu Phosphorus.
When the northwest reaches the most critical time, the one who can be relied on is still surnamed Wu.
When Wu Lan arrived, it happened to be General Hu Shijiang and his staff members in a meeting. And the topic they discussed was: Should the base camp still be set up in the river pool?
Why would they discuss this topic?
One of the staff officers explained to Wu Phosphorus: "The speed of the Jin soldiers' advance is too fast, and now the right guard army is scattered, and the defensive strength of Hechi is very weak, and Sa Liyu will definitely take this place as the goal and focus on breaking through......"
These words almost stunned Wu Phosphorus.
I think that Wu Jue set Hechi as the base camp back then, because it is geographically dangerous to take the overall situation, and the more dangerous it is, the more important it is to be highlighted.
The river pool is so heavy, what does it mean to take the initiative to give up at this time?
So Wu Phosphorus reprimanded loudly: "Cowardice frustrates the army, but you can be killed!" โ
It's time for these dead showmen to be pulled out and chopped
At this time, a touching scene appeared.
Hu Shijiang, the first person in Sichuan and Shaanxi who had just been appointed by the imperial court, and the envoy of Sichuan and the Xuanfu envoy, stood up and said to Wu Fu: "I am a literati and do not understand military affairs, and the imperial court sent me to take over the Xuanfu Division, just to continue the old tradition of using literature to control military affairs, so all military affairs are still according to the system when Wu Xuanfu was alive." โ
What General Hu meant was that military affairs were my amateur, and you had the final say here.
With Hu Shijiang's words, Wu Lan promised with the lives of his family of 100 people that he must guard the river.
In this way, the iron-blooded defense of the Northwest Army reappeared in Hechi.
The specific process is: for three days in a row, the Song army withstood countless attacks by the cavalry of the Jin army. During this time they were attacked and withheld; Later, the Song army counterattacked the sneak attack, but was surrounded by the counter-sneak attack; They broke out of the encirclement; fled to Weizhou and was pursued; Later, they fought back......
In short, the final result was that the Song army suffered heavy losses, but it was still able to keep the river; The Jin soldiers were also depleted terribly, and were forced to retreat to Fengxiang and recuperate.
It was in this context that Yue Fei began his fourth and final Northern Expedition to the Central Plains...... (To be continued......)
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