Jingkang Chapter A Lonely City and Ten Thousand Mountains Section 58 Crossing the River

On this day, the Jin army attacked Xianfeng Gate, Jin Hui Gate, Kaiyuan Gate, and Shuntian Gate, and it was the most urgent to attack the Far Gate. Under Liu Yanqing, no matter whether it is good or bad, virtuous or foolish, Liu Guangguo, Xin Qizong, Xin Daozong, and Xin Kangzong were almost all dispatched, and after there was no major battle in Shuntianmen, Xin Kangzong was also transferred to Kaiyuan Gate to supervise the battle. The battle between the two sides was unprecedentedly fierce, from mid-morning to between Shen and You. The attacking Jin army suffered heavy losses, with thousands of soldiers and more than a dozen generals with gold and silver rings killed, and countless wounded. The Song Dynasty also suffered considerable losses, and some city towers were filled with countless arrows, and many officers and soldiers were killed or wounded by arrows.

The Jin soldiers on the east and north sides did not attack smoothly either, and they had not yet crossed the Song soldiers' trenches. The winner of the battle on this day undoubtedly belonged to the defenders.

Today's battle is over, and all the generals under Wanyan Muhan are very annoyed.

"I have already killed the head of Bianliang City, but I have been ruined by the Song army in the south."

"This Song army in the south is quite powerful, I saw that monk when I was on the north bank of the Yellow River."

"If he is harassed by the Song army in the south, it will be difficult for Bianliang to fight."

Syllable! But it was Sticky Han who threw a teacup on the ground: "Bianliang is a broken house, and it will collapse if you kick it hard." ”

After venting his anger, Mu Han thought about it carefully, "The Song army in the south, on the west bank of the Cai River, was divided into a bump by the Cai River, and it will be besieged by heavy troops tomorrow, and it will definitely eat the Song army west of the Cai River." ”

At this time, Yalazy River Sigong stood up and said: "Prime Minister, I have met with the Song army in the south several times, and this trench is not easy to deal with, so it is better to be careful." ”

Pu Jianu jumped out: "That's because you don't know the tactics of war, in my opinion, the Song army on the west bank of the Cai River is like a steamed bun placed between the upper and lower teeth, just bite hard, hehe......"

Sticky Han praised: "Tomorrow, Pu Jianu will lead the headquarters to attack the Song army from the south, and Hulu will attack the Song army from the west. ”

Early the next morning, the three of them set out with their troops and marched south. Recently, the Meng'an of Hulu arrived to the west of the Shenwu Southern Army, stood in formation, and waited for the remaining two Meng'an to be in place.

Pujianu's Meng'an reached the southwest corner of the Shenwu Southern Army's trench and began to spread eastward, all the way to the Caihe River. And Gu Zhen crossed the Cai River and also attacked the Song army from the south.

When the Gu Xuan Division had just begun to cross the river, it was blocked by the Song army on the east bank of the Cai River. Eight ox crossbows, bed crossbows, divine arm bows, foot bows, all kinds of bows and crossbows are fired at the river. Most of the Meng'an directly under Gu Zhen were born Jurchen, did not know the nature of water, and were wearing heavy armor, and lost their lives when they were shot over in the river.

Jin Bing didn't expect that the Song army in the south was different from others, and it was not nesting in the trenches, waiting for Jin Bing to attack, but would take the initiative to attack. Pu Jianu no longer waited for Gu Zhen to contain the Song army on the east bank of the Cai River, and began to attack the Song army trenches on the west bank of the Cai River from the south, while Hulu attacked from the west.

The layout of the entrenchment of the Shenwu Southern Army on the west bank of the Cai River resembles an irregular quadrilateral: the north side is against the Bianliang city wall and Anshangmen, the east is the Cai River, the south is the Meng'an of Pujianu, and the west is the Meng'an of Hulu. Hu Yangeng placed a total of five commanders in the trench on the west bank of the Cai River, two to defend the west and two to defend the south, and Shi Jin's commander was responsible for mobile support.

The attack of Hulu and Pujianu began, and the rain of arrows of the Song army also began. Unlike most of the invaded countries in ancient and modern times, the Song Dynasty was not short of money or equipment, and the Song Dynasty only lacked the will to fight to the end and the preparations for the war. And in this time and space of Huyangeng, there is finally Uncle Zhang who presides over the overall situation, and there is a general like Wang Yu who can convincingly make effective preparations. The arrows and blades in the treasury worth 300,000 guan were all moved out for the Song soldiers to equip. In another time and space, these weapons were eventually removed intact by the Golden Soldiers. Moreover, Huyan Geng's department also has 600,000 armor grain and straw intercepted in Zezhou.

As a result, the arrows faced by the golden soldiers seemed to be endless. The Song army set up a stacked formation between the trenches, and each Song soldier put his blade at his feet and acted as a shooter, and before the Jin soldiers could get close to the edge of the trench, they were cut off by one percent of their strength.

On the city wall of Guangli Water Gate, Hu Yangeng saw the banner of Hulu and Pujianu attacking the salient on the west bank of the Cai River, and his heart sank. These two people are the fierce generals of the Jin Kingdom who have left their names in history, and their direct subordinates should all be high-class Meng'an, that is, the number of people is more than 2,000, or even close to 3,000. The salient on the west bank of the Cai River directly faced more than 5,000 gold soldiers, not counting the bones that were preparing to cross the river.

Hu Yangeng sent people to ask Wang Yu for help, but Wang Yu didn't say a word, and immediately dispatched five commanders of an army and handed them over to Hu Yangeng to lead and reinforce the southwest corner.

But most of the new five commanders were village archers from Gyeonggi, and they had never seen a big battle. Hu Yangeng first sent 500 people, went out to the door, and supplemented them into the salient, and added 100 people to each of the five commanders in the salient. Led by experienced veterans, these village archers are not prone to sudden breakup.

The Song army was either in the trench or in the fortress, Pu Jianu first used the grassland tribes under his command to rush close and release arrows, most of the arrows were shot on the trench wall, only a few people were injured, and the approaching grassland tribes were shot down by the Song army.

Pu Jianu called three Khitans, Li was inactive, Sun Guo was beheaded, and Ye Mo Tie, they were all Liao Dynasty cavalry generals who surrendered to the Jin State, and they were brought under the command of Pu Jianu. Pu Jianu said: "Bring your headquarters and charge for me." ”

These three people all brought a hundred iron harriers, which were originally the personal guards of these three Khitan generals, and they were the foundation of their survival in the troubled times, but now they were used by Pu Jianu to fill the trenches. But under the prestige of the golden people, these three people did not dare to disobey. As a result, Li lost the first formation, Sun Guo cut the second formation, and Ye Mo posted the third formation.

The tactics of the personal soldiers of these three men followed their commanders. Li lost his life was the most reckless, he took a hundred iron harriers to charge against the rain of arrows of the Song soldiers, nearly 100 horsemen did not hesitate, all the people squeezed into the first ditch of the Song people, fell to pieces, and were slashed and killed by the Song army in the trench.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Guo's second formation was not good, and when he reached the front of the trench, he jumped up and wanted to jump over the trench, but he knew that a spear stretched out from the trench, stabbed the horse's belly, and shot an arrow upward, hitting the horse's belly. After these riders fell on the first trench, the Song army in the second trench ran forward and took their lives.

Ye Mo Tie is the most careful, look at the approaching Song soldiers' trenches, they slowed down, who knows that the artemisia ditch stretched out to scratch the hook, barbed the horse's legs, these hundred riders were pulled down one after another, the riders even fell to the ground with armor, and they didn't even have the strength to get up, and they were also sent to the Yama Palace by the Song soldiers.

Pu Jianu won these 300 Liaoguo Iron Harriers, and he thought he had a baby, but who knew that he would be reimbursed here today. While Pu Jianu was annoyed in his heart, he also called luck in his heart: "Fortunately, I didn't let my Jurchen guards rush into battle, otherwise, the losses would be all clansmen." ”

Seeing that the Song army's trench was waiting for him, and thinking of his boastful words in front of the national minister yesterday, Pu Jianu couldn't help but get irritable, but when he arrived at this trench array, couldn't he break through it?

In the west, the Hulu attack salient was also average, not only rushing as the Jin soldiers were accustomed to, but also adopting some of the methods of the Liao soldiers, first using mounted archers to disturb the enemy army, looking for flaws, and then breaking through with heavy troops. But these methods, in the face of the trenches, have failed.

At noon, the front of the palace commanded Wang Zongmi, and the guards and horses were called into the palace, and when they arrived at the Ruisi Palace, they saw Uncle Zhang of the Privy Council with an angry face, and the two of them saluted Uncle Zhang at night, and Uncle Zhang returned the salute at night, and walked away.

Wang Zongwei and Cao Sheng entered the Ruisi Palace, and saw that the prime minister He Li, the Zhongshu waiter Wang Xiaodi, the Tongzhi Privy Council Sun Fu, the right Shangshu Li Hui, the Zhongshu Sheren Sun Yu, the official Shangshu Wang Shiyong and others were all there, and they already vaguely understood what was going on.

I only heard Zhao Huan say: "In the past three days, the Jin people have been severely defeated, and Zhang Shumi once advised me that I can only make peace if I can fight." Now that our army is capable of fighting, it is a good time to seek peace. The Jin soldiers had been attacking the city for three days, and except for the west wall, the Jin soldiers on the east, south, and north sides could not enter the entrenchment. Moreover, because the entrenchment expanded the perimeter of Bianliang, the Jin soldiers only surrounded the east, north and west sides in a short time, and the south side was still unobstructed. Bianliang seemed to have become safer again, and Zhao Huan's thoughts of "fighting and two pennies" became active again.

Here he gathered all the rulers to discuss the plan of "forcing peace by war". Uncle Zhang tried his best to persuade him at night, but Zhao Huan didn't listen, and he had to summon Xie Qianzhi and others, who were in charge of the specific troops, to discuss. Uncle Zhang refused to pass the order and retired angrily. Zhao Huan also had to summon his uncle Wang Zongwei and Cao Sheng, the two relatives in charge of the soldiers.

Cao Sheng was originally a non-advocate. Wang Zongwei has a plan: to use the identity of the uncle of the country to reap the greatest benefits.

When the Jin soldiers besieged Kaifeng for the first time, Wang Zongmao advocated peace, and wrote to Zhao Huan that the treasures that the Emperor Taishang had rewarded Master Li and other kaki over the years were all handled by Zhang Di, and the total amount accumulated was not less than half of the inner house, and there were several ornaments among them, which were rare treasures in the world. Emperor Taishang's favored singer Zhao Yuannu, visiting envoy Yuan Xuan, Wu Zhen and others, also have millions of furniture, should come to a lightning fast stealing of the bell, confiscate all the gold silk, transfer to the household department to transport the gold, the gold soldiers can retreat without a fight, the community is safe, the official family can also win a love and compassion, abandon the close to the family, and even the reputation of "the Gu of the father", which is really an immortal cause for thousands of years. In this round of raids, Wang Zongwei not only filled his own pockets, but also arrested Zhao Yuannu, who looked down on him in the past, to his own mansion and ravaged him in every way.

is such a palace marshal, when he heard Zhao Huan say that he wanted to negotiate peace again, he immediately echoed loudly: Use the gold silk to let the Jin people withdraw and save the lives of the soldiers, which is really a great good governance.

Seeing Uncle Guo's statement, the other courtiers in the Rui Si Palace immediately followed up. Now the question becomes: Are the Jin people willing to make peace?

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