Chapter 263: The Difficult Bianliang
"More wins, less wins! The military department is to give full play to the temple calculation. This kind of temple calculation is not to pat your head to decide, but to synthesize all kinds of information, not to evade your own shortcomings, nor to avoid the enemy's advantages, and to pursue objective truth in everything, so that the victory or defeat of the war can be estimated, instead of taking it for granted that you will win, or taking it for granted that you will lose. When making a battle plan, it is necessary to make the best one, but also the worst one! Zhao Pu said while thinking.
Wenwu listened and vaguely understood.
In terms of the initial determination of military personnel, there are only eight people, four civil ministers, and four military generals. Wenchen mainly focuses on logistics, while military generals focus on grassroots officers. However, they are mainly young people, their official positions are not high, mountaineering is not too serious, and the signs of party strife are not obvious, and they have a great shaping nature.
As soon as the military department was created, it began to play a role in formulating the operational plan for the Battle of Xiangyang.
With the existence of the military department, Zhao Pu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, he only needs to play the role of overseer, and the decision-maker is enough to test whether the battle plan formulated by the eight people of the military department is feasible.
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At the moment when the military department was created, the Battle of Bianliang began again.
The mountains and rivers are still the same, but Bianliang has suffered a catastrophe, at this time the Jin army is slowly retreating, and at the same time there are corpses on the ground, only the blood on and under the city wall, proving that there was a bloody battle here.
"General, the Jin army has retreated again!" The adjutant on the side said.
"Yes, the Jin army has retreated again!" Zhang Suo said in a low voice.
The Jin army attacked again and again, the tactical coordination became more and more skillful, and the application of some siege equipment was also more and more exquisite, but Bianliang was still strong, and Bianliang was like a giant city that did not fall, still standing there. Like mountains and mountains.
After the fierce battle, the Song army slowly cleaned up the corpses on the ground, bandaged the wounds on the robe, and some of the seriously injured were treated in time, the whole process was orderly, like a huge machine, and each soldier was just an insignificant small part of the whole machine.
This is the first time that the Jin army has repelled the attack, and Zhang Suo doesn't know it.
It's just that Zhang knows that Bianliang must hold on, and now the situation is extremely unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty. The Daimyo's Mansion was lost, Luoyang City was lost, Yingtianfu was lost, and Chang'an was also lost. Great Song Wujing, at this time, only Bianliang was still holding on. At this moment, sticking to Bianliang is sticking to the backbone of the Han people. Adhere to the belief that the anti-gold will win.
And at this time. His Majesty the Emperor is holding on to Xiangyang, the situation is very dangerous, not long ago a surprise attack of the Jin cavalry, and the guarding Song army had a big battle, the emperor was almost in danger, fortunately the Jin army was defeated and retreated.
Sticking to Bianliang is the best policy. It can inspire the morale of the army and the people, but it is the most dangerous; And sticking to Xiangfan is the middle policy, and the morale is average. Medium security; Retreating to Zhenjiang is the next policy, the safety is the best, but the morale is the lowest. It is too risky to choose the top policy, and too conservative to choose the next policy, His Majesty the Emperor chose the middle strategy and chose Xiangyang.
And to guard Xiangyang, it is inevitable to guard Bianliang.
If Bianliang is held, the Jin army cannot easily go south, so it can only send troops to besiege Bianliang, or divide the troops, besiege Bianliang all the way, and attack Xiangyang all the way, and no matter which way it goes, it will relieve the pressure on Xiangyang.
"What about the casualties?" Zhang asked.
"Our army suffered more than 5,000 casualties in this battle!" The adjutant on the side said.
"How much grain and grass are left?"
"It's been less than three months!"
"Three months, that's enough, three months is enough for a seismic change!" Zhang said, "Our army suffered heavy casualties, and the Jin army was even greater; Our army's consumption of grain and grass is huge, and the consumption of grain and grass of the Jin army is even greater. Stick here for one more day, and Xiangyang will have a relaxing day. His Majesty is in Xiangyang, training soldiers day and night, and the soldiers are well fed, and soon a million-strong army will go on a northern expedition. At that time, the inside and the outside should be combined, and the Jin army will inevitably be broken and the Jin army will be surrounded and annihilated under Bianliang. ”
The lieutenant's eyes flashed with fanaticism, and he said, "I'm a big song, and I will win!" ”
"Da Song will win!" Zhang Suo shouted loudly.
"Da Song will win!"
"Da Song will win!"
And the soldiers around seemed to hear the voice, and they also shouted in unison, and the sound reached the ears of the Jin Jun below, and the Jin Jun was stunned.
Looking at the high-morale soldiers around him, Zhang Suo was relieved and guilty. It is gratifying that the Great Song Dynasty has such a loyal and unyielding soldier, why are the mountains and rivers uneven; It is a shame that he deceived the soldiers, Bianliang is a lonely city with no reinforcements.
Not long ago, the emperor sent a letter, saying that Xiangyang lacked troops and was unable to aid Bianliang. If Bianliang cannot be defended, you can retreat appropriately, you can go south to Nanyang, you can go west to Hanzhong, or east to Yangzhou, everything is cheap. Even if he loses Bianliang, the emperor will not punish him, at most he will make meritorious contributions.
It's just that Zhang Suo refused and decided to stick to Bianliang, Bianliang may fall, he may become Zhang Yu's second, Bianliang may become the second Taiyuan, but he is still determined to continue to hold on.
"Your Majesty, that's all Weichen can do!"
Zhang Suo's heart is gloomy, he can live and die, he can die for the fight against gold, although he is still honored!
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When the city of Bianliang was down, it was the Jin army stationed.
In the tent, there were two marshals, namely the third prince Zongfu and the fourth prince Jin Wushu.
"Third brother, in this battle, our army has 150,000 people, 60,000 soldiers, and 90,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the strength of the army is unprecedented. This is the fourth siege of Bianliang, but this time, it is much more difficult than the previous times, and there is even a feeling of besieging Taiyuan! Jin Wushu said, "Zhang Suo, this person is not famous, he is just a small person, but he is so difficult!" ”
The first time he besieged Bianliang, with only 70,000 troops, he forced the Song army to cede land and pay compensation and become his grandson;
The second 150,000 army conquered Bianliang, easily captured the two emperors of the Song Dynasty, and after Bianliang sacked one side, he left, which was the most glorious moment of the Jin army. It's just that it seems to be brilliant to the extreme, and it's starting to go downhill.
During the third siege of Bianliang, the defender of Bianliang was Zhang Suo, and the city defense and troops in Bianliang City were greatly inferior to the previous two times, but they simply withstood the Jin army, and the sea of corpses and blood could not be broken. The last heavy snow came, the grain and grass were tired, and the soldiers were quite resentful, so they had no choice but to retreat;
And this is the fourth siege of Bianliang, and it has not been conquered for a long time.
Zong Fu said: "After a long time of attacking, the soldiers vaguely have a sense of disgust. The first two attacks on Bianliang were just because Bianliang was a prosperous place, and after attacking it, there was money, goods, and women; It's just that after the ransacking, Bianliang can be said to be so poor that he wants nothing. There is no profit to be made, there is no property to loot, who wants to fight! ”
This is also one of the disadvantages of the war of the steppe peoples, it is profitable to fight, it can be looted on a large scale, and the morale is high; If it is unprofitable and cannot be conquered for a long time, morale will decline.
Faintly, the morale of the Jin army for conquering Bianliang is not high; At this time, the morale of the Bianliang Song army was high. Under the elimination of one and the other, Bianliang has been unable to overcome for a long time.
Jin Wushu said: "If the siege lasts for half a year, it is enough to break through Bianliang, but I am afraid that the soldiers will not allow it!" ”
"If it is advantageous, it will be fought, if it is not profitable, it will be retreated, the offensive will not be restrained, the morale will decline, it will be unfavorable to our army, and we cannot continue the stalemate, but it will not work. Can you lure the defenders in the city to attack and annihilate the Song army outside the city! Zong Fu said.
Jin Wushu shook his head and said, "This method is not feasible. At this time, there was no emperor of the Song Dynasty in Bianliang City, and there were no many ministers to restrain them. Zhang Suo is a cautious person, he will not take risks, and he will not follow Yao Zhongping's rash attack at all! ”
"If Zhang Suo's Jin army does not attack, all of them will shrink into the city, and I don't know what year and month it will be able to break the city!" Vaguely, Sosuke had a headache. At this moment, all the Song troops cowered in the city without moving, even if there were thousands of means and calculations, they were all useless soldiers. It can only be a trench, a method of locking the city, and a protracted siege.
In that year, in order to break through Taiyuan, the method of locking the city was implemented, and it took a year of siege to break through; It's just that Bianliang City is much larger than Taiyuan City, and it can't be easily implemented to lock the city.
Even if he was willing, the soldiers were not willing.
Go south to loot, take flowers and rivers at will, how beautiful, who wants to sit alone outside the city and drink the northwest! (To be continued......)
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