Jiangling, also known as Jingzhou City, is located in the south-central part of Hubei, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the west of the Jianghan Plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the south, relying on the Hanshui River in the north, controlling Bashu in the west, and Hunan and Guangdong in the south.

Jiangling, formerly known as the capital of Chu State "Ying", from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there were 34 generations of emperors who built their capitals here, which lasted 515 years. Since the Han Dynasty, Jiangling City has existed as the seat of Jingzhou for a long time, so it is often called Jiangling with "Jingzhou".

Since the five dynasties, the ruling center of the Central Plains Dynasty is between Henan and Shaanxi, Jiangling controls Bashu in the west, connects Xianghan in the north, takes the rivers and lakes in the north, and refers to Wu and Yue, which is the key point of the Central Plains to communicate with Lingnan, and is called "the important town in the southeast" and "Yidu also". The regimes that built their capitals in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the past dynasties built their capitals here, there are five dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period, and there are ten generations of regimes to build the capital, among which Chu is a big country and a powerful country, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties all have half of the rivers in southern China, so the ancient capital of Jiangling has a higher status, second only to the "seven ancient capitals", and is the famous capital of Jing and Chu.

The importance of Gangneung is second only to that of Xiangyang.

Persimmon grasp soft pinch.

After repeatedly attacking Xiangyang, he could not overcome it for a long time, so he could only fight Jiangling. As long as Gangneung is conquered, it can be regarded as a big victory!

At least, this move, Jin Wushu made the right move.

In fact, the Song army did not have much of a main force to defend Gangneung. It's not that they can't see the importance of Gangneung, but that they lack troops.

Soldiers, not a few spears, but bows and arrows, are soldiers!

It must be trained to withstand certain losses without collapsing; Able to fight to the death without retreating!

It's just a pity that time is too short!

Twice, the Jin army went south and besieged Bianliang and Taiyuan. A battle of Taiyuan, encircling the point to send reinforcements, wiped out the elite of the Western Army; And the two beats to Bianliang consumed the last bit of elite of the Song Dynasty. In Zhao Pu's first year as emperor, it was actually the most dangerous thought. That year. The regular troops of the Song army were depleted, and the new troops had not yet been replenished.

Zhao Pu only relied on the more than 10,000 troops under his command.

As for Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei and other places, it is more dependent on the local gentry and local officials, and the division of the king of Qin. To put it bluntly, it is to rely on local officials or the local armed support established by the gentry, which has the flavor of feudal town separation.

It's just that at this moment, Zhao Puke can't scruple so much; As long as it's not nakedly waving the anti-flag. Completely surrendered to the Jin army, Zhao Pu acquiesced to the existence of the separatist forces in these places. Even if these places are divided and armed, they listen to the tune and do not listen to the propaganda, or they are in line with the yin and the yang, or they are the common people. or eyebrows with Jin Jun, or kill good and risky merits. Endure it too!

And some are extremely powerful. The anti-gold armed forces with strong combat power, Zhao Pu is even more stingy with rewards, the official who should be crowned, and the reward that should be rewarded. As the saying goes, the official position in troubled times is the least valuable, and it is used to win people over with a false name. The buying and selling value should be.

It was not until the second year that the new troops were organized.

It's just that the combat power of the new troops is limited and their number is limited. It's okay to just guard Nanyang, and it's okay to guard Xiangyang; If the troops are divided, there will be some apportionment of the troops, and it will only be lost everywhere, and there will be nothing.

It is better to lose a place than a division.

In order to concentrate the troops, in order to have sufficient mobile troops, only 3,000 Bazi troops were sent in Gangneung, and then mixed with the local defenders of Gangneung, which constituted the entire Gangneung defense battle.

Because of the lack of troops, coupled with Zhao Pu's lack of confidence, he thought that Jiangling would inevitably be lost, but it was just a matter of how long he could hold it.

In order to avoid losses, before the war, Zhao Pu reminded the governor of Jiangling and the general judgment that if something could not be done, he could evacuate Jiangling. Before evacuating, the people must be covered, the food must be burned, and all the ships must be removed. did not leave the Jin army a grain of food, did not leave the Jin army a boat, and completely isolated the Jin army on the north shore.

In this way, in Zhao Pu's panic, the battle of Gangneung began!

It's just that the development of the battle situation was beyond Zhao Pu's expectations, and it was also beyond the expectations of Jin Wushu.

The battle of Gangneung was in full swing, the Jin army desperately attacked the city, and there were countless dead, but it still did not conquer Gangneung. The soldiers and people of Gangneung City also seem to have fought bloodily, and the city wall was breached several times, but it was still blocked; Several times he was killed on the city wall, but he was still driven down.

It's been a month, and Gangneung is still strong.

Finally, some Jin army generals commented: Jiangling City is no less strong than Xiangyang City.

After a month of siege in a row, it was still not overcome, and the morale of the 30,000 gold troops under the city was low, and they gradually lost the desire to siege the city, and when they were about to withdraw their troops, the counterattack of the defenders in Gangneung City began.

A great flood has begun!

Above Gangneung Fortress, there are a large number of dammed lakes, which are extremely numerous and large, and mainly serve as irrigation farmland. They were not connected to each other, but before the war, they were connected together, and a dam was built, and the more the lake accumulated, the more it accumulated, and when it accumulated to a certain extent, the embankment was dug and flooded under the order of Gangneung Zhiju.

Flooding is not a new thing.

The Jin army flooded Xiangyang with water, which proved unsuccessful. During the siege of Gangneung this time, they were also prepared for flooding, and the location of the camp, the terrain was higher, which should be able to prevent flooding.

It's just that it should, and it becomes unreliable!

The generals of the Jin Army, after all, are not locals, they do not know much about the local hydrology, although they prevent flooding, but in some links, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions, and in the end they still did not prevent flooding, and the water gushed down, instantly flooding the Jin Army camp, and more than 30,000 troops made dumplings.

And at this time, the Song army appeared, drove the bamboo row to attack, and beat the water dogs!

Having lost its war horses and land, the Jin army was like a tiger that had pulled out its teeth and removed its claws, without a trace of majesty. Although it fluttered and struggled, it was of little use, and in the end it was still dead material!

The first war wiped out the 30,000 troops of the Jin army!

It's a big win!

It's just that the cost of this victory is also huge! Fire and water are ruthless, and flooding has always been indistinguishable from each other, from friend to foe. In fact, some areas of Gangneung City were even lower lying than the place where the Jin army camped, and while the Jin army was flooded, Gangneung City was also flooded.

Although many precautions were taken before the war, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured under the flood, and countless properties were lost, causing a certain amount of chaos in a short period of time.

The cost is huge, but compared to this great victory, the so-called loss was negligent, and the world was shocked by the great victory.

…………

"What! An army of 30,000 was wiped out! ”

After hearing the news, Jin Wushu immediately vomited blood, and his face turned pale, like a ghost. Counting carefully, the 150,000 army went south, and the fragmentary losses were counted, and the battle losses had reached as many as 70,000, of which more than 20,000 Jurchen soldiers were killed.

This is an unprecedented blow to the whole country, and it can be described as a nerve-wracking blow!

"How so!" Jin Wushu's face was a little pale, and he ordered: "Block the news, don't let outsiders know!" ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

When everyone left, the golden vulture still didn't come back for a long time.

This time he went south, and the battle was difficult and fierce, which exceeded his expectations. The battle came to this point, the Jin army still had the advantage, and it was still on the offensive, except for some big cities and some hard bones, the entire Hubei was almost swept away by the Jin army. Although we have gone through the clear fields of the strong walls, it is only that the clear fields of the strong walls in some areas are not thorough, or there is no time to deal with them, and there are still some gains.

It's just that compared to the previous harvests; Compared to the losses, some of the gains outweigh the losses.

"I don't know, the Eastern Route Army, the Western Route Army, how is the battle situation?" Jin Wushu thought silently, and vaguely had a bad feeling, the middle route army had suffered a fiasco; The western and eastern routes can still go as smoothly as an accident!

"That's it, that's not what I should think about, let's imagine how to get through the current difficulties!" Jin Wushu muttered to himself, "You must come up with some achievements, otherwise you will be hit by Zong Han after repeated fiascos." This man is narrow-minded and has a special discord with our brothers, and if he takes the opportunity to attack our brothers and seize military power, it will be a big deal! ”

After making up his mind, Jin Wushu decisively gave up the occupied city, shrank his forces, gathered into a unit, and slowly retreated towards Nanyang. (To be continued......)

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