Chapter 168: On the eve of the storm
In this battle, the three-way army besieged the Great Song Dynasty.
And Wanyan Wanyan Lou Room is the commander of the Western Route Army, leading soldiers and horses in the early 10,000s, and the goal is to attack the Guanshan region, which is the lair of the Western Army.
Shaanxi has been a place of strong armies since ancient times, there was a powerful Qin army in the pre-Qin era, the relevant middle children of the Han Dynasty, and the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are all invincible existences. And in this era, the Western Army was the strongest army of the Song Dynasty. In the battle to rescue Bianliang and Taiyuan, the elite of the Western Army was wiped out, but there were still many remnants of the Western Army.
"This battle is not easy to fight!" Wan Yan Lou had a headache.
"There are still 200,000 Western troops in Guanzhong, these Western troops have been fighting with Western Xia for many years, and they are all good soldiers. And Zong Ze is even more guarded, although he has not been in charge of soldiers before, he is good at accepting the opinions of his subordinates, and he is cautious and bold in using soldiers, and he is a big enemy. However, there was a lack of contact and coordination between the various units of the Western Army; The Western Army has been defeated repeatedly, and I have a sense of fear of my Jurchen soldiers in my bones; The Western Army had to face the encroachment of Western Xia, the so-called enemy on both sides; And those generals of the Western Army will obey the command of Zong Ze? Wan Yan Lou smiled.
From the intelligence, I learned that the emperor of the Song Dynasty still has the ability, without the weakness of Song Huizong, without the indecisiveness of Song Qinzong, and some are ruthless and decisive. This time, Zong Ze Guanshan military affairs, government affairs, etc., all Guanzhong generals are subject to Zong Ze's control, and officials below the fifth grade can be cut first and then played; Officials below the third grade shall be appointed and dismissed at will.
Neither sent eunuchs to be the overseers, nor did they send literati to contain each other, and it seemed that he was very relieved of Zong Ze and handed everything over to him.
At this time, Zong Ze controlled the military and political affairs of Guanshan and Shaanxi, and was a well-deserved emperor of the soil.
And this Zong Ze is also extremely shrewd, integrating the forces of various factions, saving grain and grass, actively training troops, and looking like he wants to send troops to Hedong to recover mountains and rivers.
However, the Song army will still be defeated.
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At this time, Zong Ze was also analyzing Yan Wanyan Lou's room, and he was still holding a handwritten letter sent by His Majesty the Emperor in his hand. I saw that the letter wrote: Wanyan Wanyan Lou Room, the first general of the Jin State, uses soldiers like gods, such as Li Mu of Zhao, Han Xin of Han, the blade of the Jin army, and the strong arrow of Liao. In the battle of Hedong, the planter was defeated............
In the letter, he redescribed the battle of Hedong in Wanyan Loumur, the battle of the great defeat of the division of the Dao, and analyzed his troop strategy, command characteristics, and so on.
In the letter, it was written that Wan Yan Lou had not read too many military books, and his art of war was mostly summed up in battles again and again, like an eagle, with extremely keen eyes, and easily able to meet the enemy's shortcomings, and then give the enemy a fatal blow. Once the enemy has no shortcomings, he will constantly provoke the enemy, let the enemy show his flaws, and then strike a fatal blow.
He is good at encircling points to send reinforcements, is good at surprise, is good at thousands of miles of surprise attacks, and easily detects the enemy's traps............ There is no rule in the use of soldiers, and the only drawback is probably that there are few soldiers!
To deal with such a powerful general, it is necessary to have ten times the strength of the enemy, and the soldiers must work together, focusing on the strong walls and clearing the wilderness, constantly cutting off the logistics and supplies, making him stuck, tired, and finally trapped him alive.
In short, it is not too prudent to deal with such a formidable enemy.
Looking at the letter, a trace of jealousy, excitement, and emotion flashed in Zong Ze's eyes.
After finishing the name of Yan Lou's room, he trampled on the bones of the planter, and it completely resounded in China.
The use of soldiers in the division is not old, but it was still defeated in his hands and died in battle. And His Majesty the Emperor was even more at war with Wanyan Lou's room, and after the battle, it seemed that a small victory had been achieved. However, the emperor did not despise Yan Lou because of this small victory, but paid special attention to it and regarded him as the first general of the Jin Army, comparable to Li Mu and Han Xin.
How much admiration is this?
"However, it seems that the strong wall Qingye is a little too much!" A hint of hesitation flashed in Zong Ze's eyes. The strong wall clears the wilderness, which is to harvest the crops of the farmland quickly, and destroy what cannot be withstanded. The wells in the village were buried, all kinds of grain were emptied, and all the food was moved to the city, and in the end, it was often a hundred enemies killed and a thousand self-inflicted.
The walls are clear, and the damage to people's livelihood is too great.
Guanzhong at this time is not Guanzhong in the Han and Tang dynasties. At this time, the soil erosion in Guanzhong was serious, and most of the canals were seriously damaged. Coupled with the continuous invasion of Western Xia, this is a war zone, a front line, and most of the labor force has gone to war, making agriculture wasted.
Every year, it is necessary to transport finance, taxation, money and grain from Jiangnan in order to support the various operations of Guanzhong.
And this year, when the war broke out, there were more places to spend money, and the taxes allocated to Guan Shaanxi were much less. At this time, if the walls are clear, there may be a famine in the winter, and there will be a shortage of seeds in the spring.
"Quickly order all places, quickly harvest the grain, and then clear the field, the key to this battle is whether the grain can be harvested before the Jin army arrives!" Zong Ze issued an order.
However, at this time, the Jin army had already advanced rapidly and launched an attack on Guanzhong.
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Walking near Bianliang, Zhao Pu looked at the crops all over the ground and the farmers who were harvesting, and secretly regretted in his heart.
The harvest of the year lies in autumn. Autumn is the harvest season, the crops in the fields are ripe, a large number of laborers have to harvest, once the time is delayed, the wind blows, and it is another year of poor harvest. Once the harvest fails, it will be another catastrophe year, and you will be hungry again. It is very important to harvest the crops in time, otherwise they will rot in the ground.
In this era of predominantly agrarian affairs, in this era of low productivity, in this era of serious exploitation, with food, it is easy to put down the rebels, it is easy to resist foreigners, and it is easy to solve any problem.
As long as there is food, everything is not a problem.
In this era, grain is the strongest hard currency. The main thing to evaluate is how much money is worth is to see how much food can be bought.
It's just a pity that the Jin Jun also always likes to invade in the fall.
Autumn is the season of high and crisp autumn, and there is less rain, which is conducive to the galloping of war horses. At this time, most of the labor force of the Song Dynasty was harvesting in the fields, and the number of troops was seriously insufficient, and it was also a good time to go south.
In short, autumn is a time of tangle.
It would be nice if half of this grain could be harvested. Most of the grain would be held up in the ground because of the war, and much of the grain would be burned by the Jin army or by the Song army itself.
Guarding the Yellow River is also to grab grain and buy time. If the Yellow River is held for one more day, it will be able to harvest more grain. In order to harvest the grain in the field, it has been working day and night, but there is still a lot of grain in the field............
At this time, the dust was flying in the distance, and a group of war horses rushed over, looking at the armor as if it was the Bianliang defenders. At this time, the guards around were secretly vigilant and firmly protected Zhao Pu.
"Ahead are the brothers of the Eight-Character Army?"
"Exactly!" Zhao Pu replied.
"We are ordered to greet Your Majesty!" The horses stopped in unison, and a man dismounted, "I don't know where Your Majesty is?" “
"I'm Zhao Pu!" Zhao Pu said calmly.
"You are ............" Surprise flashed in the eyes of the leading man, and then he understood, isn't Zhao Pu the name of His Majesty the Emperor? Thinking that no one dared to pretend, he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "The last general Yue Fei will meet Your Majesty!" ”
"What's your name?" Zhao Pu's eyes flashed with surprise, but he still asked.
"The last general, Yue Fei!"
"What's your name?"
"Yue Fei!"
"That Yue, that Fei?" Zhao Pu continued to ask.
"The mountain of the mountain, the flight of the bird!" The young general said.
"Good name, good name, good name!" Zhao Pu said three good words in a row and said, "I remember you!" ”
"I am the third in my family, and I am called Yue Xiaosan in the army!" The young general said.
Zhao Pu nodded and said, "Yue Xiaosan, I remember you!" ”
Although there are many people with the same name and surname in this world, this Yue Fei is probably the "Grandpa Yue" in history! Just took a closer look, this Yue Fei is very ordinary, no handsome appearance, no domineering spirit, no wise eyes, and no other inconsistencies, but the young man looks very energetic, with a kind of high-spirited spirit.
Is he Yue Fei, Yue Pengju? Is that a martial saint who has been a model for literati for thousands of years?