Chapter Thirty-Four: The Battle of Texas City between the Two Armies
Let's say that the colonel sent an order to Wugu Ren'an to discuss the matter in the Chinese military account. Ugu Ren'an replied, "Thou shalt retreat first, and I will come later!"
When the junior colonel heard this, he retreated! Uguren said to Uguren: "The generalissimo is about to raise troops, and the military affairs are busy. When this expedition is over, I will go home to visit my parents, and you will take care of your life!"
Wu Guren shouted: "Second brother must come back safely, I and my father are waiting for you at home!"
The brothers shed tears and said goodbye! Ugu Renhu took Taerna, and Yi Jiangbo returned to Wugubu! Ugu Ren'an sent Ugu Renhu and his party out of the camp, and then returned to the barracks and entered the big tent of the Chinese army!
However, seeing that the generalissimo Wan Yan Zongwang in the tent was sitting at the head of the seat, and the two guards Guo Pin and the military advisor Guo Qiu were standing in the tent! The six generals on the left side of the tent were: Jin Wushu, Tuoba Tong, Wan Yan Qing, Zhao Anmei, Jin Hujing, and Chen Zaisheng.
The five generals on the right are: Wanyan Jiezhong, Yang Xing, Yelu Xiongnu, Wanyan Shengping, and Xiao Guangyuan. Wugu Ren'an is now the right lieutenant of the marching army of Wanyan Zongwang's account!
Wanyan Zongwang saw that Wugu Ren'an had entered the tent, but he saw that all the generals under him had arrived. Then the generals said: "My Dajin's attack on the Song Dynasty this time is aimed at seizing the Kaifeng Mansion in Kyoto of the Great Song Dynasty. This time when we go south, all the generals will use their lives to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and go down in history!
The generals said in unison: "Respect the general's order, never give up!"
Wanyan Zongwang said: "This time the war against the Song Dynasty is divided into two routes, one is led by Generalissimo Wanyan Zongbi, raising 150,000 troops, attacking Taiyuan from the western front, and going down to Kaifeng! We also raised 150,000 troops, passed through Linyi, entered Shandong, and then turned west to join Marshal Wanyan Zongbi in Kaifeng Mansion! I am equal to pulling out the village and raising troops tomorrow!"
Wanyan Zongwang then divided the army into three teams, with Chen Zaisheng and Xiao Guangyuan, two generals, and 8,000 iron cavalry as the vanguard. With Wanyan Jiezhong, Wugu Ren'an, and Wanyan Shengping, the three generals and 30,000 fine cavalry are the second team. Lingye was a heavy slave, and Gu Huilin was the second general of the military food officer, leading more than 20,000 people to escort grain and grass. Since the unification is left in the generals and 100,000 horses for the third team, they will advance to the Great Song Dynasty in echelons!
All the generals ordered, go down and prepare!
The next day, Chen Zaisheng and Xiao Guangyuan, the two generals, immediately supervised eight thousand iron horsemen and rode lightly from the east road to the north of the Great Song River. Along the way, all the towns and cities they encountered were empty, and they did everything they could burn, kill, rob, and rape! When the common people heard this, they went deep into the mountains and old forests one after another to avoid trouble. Wealthy merchants, landlords, and others then collected gold and silver, and took their families to Henan or to Jiangsu and Zhejiang! For a time, it was really determined, and the people in Hejian and Dezhou all fled with their families, starving everywhere, and an unknown number of people starved to death and froze to death on the road.
However, it is said that when Yin Song De'an, the governor of Hejian Prefecture, heard that the Jin soldiers had arrived, he ordered the soldiers to defend the city on the one hand, and fled south with his family on the other! When the people of Hejian heard that Yin had fled first, they also followed him one after another. When tens of thousands of Jin soldiers approached the city, Hejian was already an empty city. The defenders of the city have long since abandoned the city and fled for a long time!
Chen Zaisheng and Xiao Guangyuan, the two generals, led the troops into the river stream, and saw a wolf trail in the city, and men, women, and children all fled. Chen Zaisheng smiled and said: "When the Song people heard that our Jin army had raised troops, they all broke their courage, from the top to Yin, the generals, down to the sergeants and the common people, and no one dared to resist our heavenly soldiers!
When our soldiers are about to open Feng, I don't know what will happen to Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty?"
The two generals laughed at what they said, and then led their troops to pass through the city, crossing the Yellow River east and coming to Dezhou. The Texas guard general Zhixian and others did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and the Jin soldiers had already swept gold and silver before crossing the Yellow River, and fled south with their families!
However, it was said that Chen Zaisheng and Xiao Guangyuan led 8,000 elite horsemen to Linyi Ferry, it was midwinter, and they saw that the Yellow River port was calm and calm, and there were no boats at the ferry. The second general doesn't know what to do for a while, and he has no plan to cross the river!
Suddenly, a general in the army jumped forward and said that Chen Zaisheng and the second general Xiao Guangyuan said: "I will grow up in this Linyi ferry since I was a child, and I know that there is another ferry ten miles upstream of this ferry called Huilongwan! There are often boats docked in Huilong Bay, and the general can let people go upstream to Huilong Bay to cross the river." ”
When Chen Xiao heard this, he asked people to cross the river in Huilongwan!
The second general led the army to march ten miles to the Yellow River, that is, to Huilong Bay. However, the water in Huilong Bay was gentle, but there were still no big boats at the pace, only two small boats moored at the ferry.
Chen Zaisheng immediately ordered the general to say: "You take ten people to see if the boat is in good condition and whether there are people in the boat." If there is anyone in the ship, they will be caught. ”
The general will go in response. Walk to the ferry port and get inside the boat. There was no one inside, but luckily both boats were undamaged and could be used to cross the river!
The general found that these two boats could be used, so he returned and reported to General Chen Xiao: "There is no one in the boat, but the two boats are not damaged, and they can be used to cross the river!"
Chen Zaisheng said that Xiao Guangyuan said: "There are no boats on the north shore of the ferry, and the weather is cold. If our 8,000 men and horses crossed the river by these two small boats, they would not be able to cross the river in a few days. If this is the case, it will certainly delay the generalissimo's schedule. I wonder if General Xiao has any good ideas at his disposal?"
Xiao Guangyuan has nothing to do. Suddenly, a general of the army stepped forward and said: "Two generals!
Chen Zaisheng said: "What is the good plan of the general, and please explain!"
The general said: "Since there are no ships on the north shore of the ferry, presumably all the ships have been hired by the rich merchants who fled south to the south to the south shore." Fortunately, there are still two small boats here, and if we can cross the river with 40 men at a time, we can choose 200 soldiers from the army to cross the river in five times! Then look for boats on the south bank, and if we can get a large boat, we can pass by 8,000 men and horses in half a day!"
Xiao Guangyuan said: "What the general said is very true!"
Chen Zaisheng made the first contribution to crossing the river, but said: "I personally took 200 people to cross the river, and you wait here for a while!"
After Chen led 200 men to cross the river, he saw that there were no boats on the south bank of the Yellow River, and there were no Song soldiers guarding the ferry on the south bank. If the Jin Army really crosses the river and comes, it will be like entering a no-man's land!"
After Chan came ashore, he ordered the two to sail to the north shore to ferry people, and on the other hand, he asked them to look for boats on the south shore. On the second day, he found one big boat and three small boats in a bay 40 miles upstream of the south bank! Chen Zaisheng was overjoyed and said: "With these boats, our army can cross the Yellow River crossing in one day!" So he led people to kill all the boatmen and seize their boats to cross the Jin army. Several boats crossed back and forth from Chenshi to Shenshi, and all 8,000 men and horses crossed the Yellow River port!
After crossing the river, Xiao Guangyuan called to the Yiya gate general and said: "There is no boat to cross on the north bank! You can take 500 sergeants to sail the boat to the north bank to cross our rear army!"
That's going to be the answer!
That night, Chen Xiao and his wife led 8,000 troops to camp at the crossing of the Yellow River. Lead the troops into Texas the next day!
However, it is said that when the envoys of Dezhou and Zhizhou heard that the Jin soldiers were going south, they had fled south with their families for a long time, and the common people also went to the mountains and forests to avoid trouble and hide! The people in the city were panicked, and the dogs were barking!
When Wu Guobang, the general of Dezhou, heard this, he was furious and said: "According to the envoy, the Lord Zhizhou is a parent official, but he only cares about his own life, regardless of the life or death of others, if everyone in the court is like this, wouldn't he give up my great Song Heshan to Dajinhu!"
Wu Guobang was furious, shouted wildly, stepped forward with a sword, cut down the drunken general to the ground with a sword, and shouted: "When the national disaster is in power, you don't want to repay it, and the Jin people are already in the city." You don't want to defend the city, but you are drunk here! What is the use of raising you and others?"
All the sergeants in the camp were surprised when they saw Wu Guobang slashing a general with a sword, and hurriedly got up and stood.
Wu Guobang shouted, saying to the sergeants: "Where is the herald?"
When the herald heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The young general is here, what does the general command?"
Wu Guobang said: "Quickly order the whole battalion of sergeants to gather and go to defend the city together!"
The herald received the order and left, and in a moment, the sergeants of the whole battalion were assembled, and there were more than 6,000 people.
Wu Guobang said: "Yesterday I heard that the front team of the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River, and it would be possible to reach Wudezhou in one day!
A small school colonel said: "Wen Dajin raised an army of 250,000 to the south, and none of the prefectures and counties he went to, but not a single town dared to resist. How can we resist Dajin's 150,000 elite soldiers, with only 6,000 men and horses! Besides, the imperial court has no reinforcements to respond, so what is the general's good strategy for defending this Texas city?"
Wu Guobang said: "The ancients said: 'The hearts of the people are united, Mount Tai moves!' Although we only have 6,000 people, there are still tens of thousands of people in the city. We can take advantage of the fact that the Jin army has not yet arrived, and we can strengthen the city defense with the people in the city, and defend the city to the death!
The Jin army is far away, and it is expected that it will not last too long with our army. Besides, our city fortifications are strong, even if the Jin army storms the city, we will still have to severely defeat the spirit of the other army! If our Great Song Dynasty resists everywhere, how can the Jin army advance so quickly! On the contrary, if we do not resist everywhere and flee everywhere, then what is the use of this city wall, and what is the use of supporting us!
We are all dignified men, how can we be greedy for life and fear death, and disregard the lives of tens of thousands of people in the city! Now that the national crisis is at hand, if our generation does not dare to stand up, we will only abandon the city and flee, will we not let the Jin army laugh at our Song Dynasty and no one, and the whole country is full of straw bales!"
When the junior colonel heard this, he said: "What General Wu said is very true, we are willing to defend the city of Dezhou with the general!
Wu Guobang said: "From now on, if someone gets drunk in the barracks again, those who bewitch the military will definitely follow military law!"
All the generals and soldiers said: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general and fight against the Jin army!"
Wu Guobang then divided more than 6,000 soldiers into four teams to guard the four city gates. He also organized the people to strengthen the city's defenses.
At the end of the next day, Chen Zaisheng, the vanguard of the Jin Army, and more than 7,000 soldiers under the second general Xiao Guangyuan came to the city of Dezhou. Seeing that the city of Texas was well defended, there were elite soldiers on all sides. And there are countless soldiers in the city, and there are many pennants. Chen Zaisheng said to Xiao Guangyuan: "We are advancing all the way, and all the states and counties along the way have heard the wind and surrendered, and I don't want this small Texas city to dare to resist our army!"
Xiao Guangyuan said: "I see that the banners on this Dezhou city are neat, and there are countless armor soldiers, it seems that they have been prepared for a long time, and if they attack us, they will definitely suffer." It's better to retreat for a few miles and set up camp, and then make plans when the rear army arrives!"
The battle was victorious: "Wait! Don't you hear the art of war: 'The real is false, and the virtual is real.'" "I see that this Texas is a small city, how can there be so many soldiers and armor guards, wait for me to move forward to see what is going on before I pay attention to it!" For a while, there was nothing to break, so he jumped to the north gate, pointed at the city guards with a whip, and shouted: "Who is the city guard? How dare you resist our army? Don't you know that the people of the times are handsome! If you are willing to surrender the city, you can spare your lives! If you fight the trapped beasts, when the city is broken, you will be slaughtered all over the city!"
The guard at the north gate said to him: "I am the commander of the Dezhou inspection school, Wu Guobang, and you are all untrustworthy people, who have repeatedly invaded the south and seized our land, but you are still not satisfied! If you want to go to Wudezhou this time, although you must first break through the city defense of Wudezhou! All the officers and men of Wudezhou are ready to fight! Don't say much, just come to battle with the whole army!"
Chen Zaisheng was furious when he heard this, and he jumped his horse and retreated. Xiao Guangyuan said: "The defense of the city of Dezhou is strong, and the soldiers can only attack it with their lives! Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to break this city of Dezhou!"
Xiao Guangyuan said: "There are only 8,000 people in the two of us, and all of them are elite. If you storm this city, you will surely lose countless losses. I would like to retire for the time being, and then make plans after the marshal arrives. ”
Chen Zaisheng said: "What General Xiao said is very true!
The two retreated thirty miles to camp and go down to the village!
It was night, and the moon was as clear as day. Wu Guobang led the three generals to inspect the city defense, and the general Zhao Degao said: "The Jin army advanced all the way, no one dared to stop it, and it was invincible. Now its vanguard saw that the soldiers of Dezhou were neatly armoured, and did not dare to advance rashly, but they were waiting for reinforcements! If the reinforcements arrived, they would definitely attack the city!
I saw that his vanguard force was only a few thousand people, and now I have found that his army has set up camp in Yangjia Village, which is thirty miles away. Why don't we take advantage of the clear moonlight to lead an army to attack it at night, and first thwart its sharp spirit in the south!
Wu Guobang said: "What General Zhao said is very true, the Jin army went all the way south, and no one dared to stop the prefectures and counties it passed. If we don't thwart their spirit first, we will be cowardly! I will, tonight the Jin army will definitely not beware of us attacking its camp, if it does, it will be a surprise!" After that, Zhao Degao and Xie Penglin led 2,000 soldiers to attack the Jin army's camp. I took 2,000 people to answer!
said that Chen Zaisheng and Xiao Guangyuan led the troops to retreat to Yangjia Village and set up camp. Chen Zaisheng said: "Tonight is clear, like day, we need to prevent the other army from robbing our camp in the middle of the night!
Xiao Guangyuan said: "Our army is going south this time, if it enters a no-man's land, the Song army will be frightened when it hears the wind, how can it be reasonable to send an army to attack our army's camp! Although the defenders of Dezhou dare to defend the city, they dare not come here to fight our army! If they dare to come, I will call him and there will be no return!"
Chen Zaisheng no longer stepped up night patrols. Only a few dozen people were sent to the outside of the camp to sentry.
It was night, Zhao Degao and Xie Penglin led 2,000 men and horses to Yangjia Village. Zhao Degao said to Xie Penglin: "The two of us can each lead 1,000 men and horses to attack the camp from both sides, so that the Jin army cannot figure out the number of our troops and disturb the Jin army's camp." Only in this way can you enter the battle and kill and win!"
Xie Penglin said: "I also have this intention!"
Therefore, the two of them went to the vicinity of Yangjia Village and agreed to raise the fire as a signal! Xie Penglin was on the left, and Zhao Degao was on the right. But seeing the firelight, the shouts of killing on both sides began, and the Jin army was in chaos. The second general intercepted and killed most of the night, and the Jin army suffered countless casualties. Chen Xiao and the others abandoned the camp and fled!
The Jin army was defeated and retreated more than 30 miles, with more than 2,000 casualties! The Song army won the first battle, and the people's hearts were excited!
Chen Xiao and the others gathered the remnants of the army the next day and defeated the generals, and there were still more than 4,500 people! Xiao Guangyuan wanted to raise troops to attack the city. Chen Zaisheng advised: "The Texas garrison general Wu Guobang is resourceful and brave, and his city cannot be easily destroyed! We still need to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and then we can plan in the long run!"
Xiao Guangyuan follows his words!
Wait for the second day, Wanyan Jiezhong, Wugu Ren'an, Wanyan Shengping and three people will lead 30,000 people to arrive!
Chen Xiao and the others then reported the robbery of the camp to Yan Jiezhong, and Yan Jiezhong gathered the generals to discuss the strategy of breaking the city!
Wan Yan Shengping said: "The fortifications of the city of Dezhou are strong, and the defenders in the city have been prepared, if we attack, there will definitely be a lot of losses." And the other army waits for work, and defends the city to the death, all of them are ten with one!
In my opinion, if you want to break through this Texas city, even if you raise troops at night, you can choose dozens of strong martial artists in the army, climb the wall in the dark night, open the gap, and then we can raise a large army to break the city!"
When Wu Gu Ren'an heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "The general's plan is very much in line with my wishes!" So he selected more than 80 strong martial artists in the army, changed into night clothes, carried climbing ropes, and prepared sharp blade weapons. Ordered Wanyan Shengping to lead a sneak attack on Texas City!
It was the second watch of the night, there was no moonlight, and Wanyan Shengping took 80 strong soldiers with martial arts to perform light skills and rushed to the city of Dezhou. I saw that the city was heavily guarded, and the torches shone like day.
Wanyan Shengping lurked outside the city and secretly inspected for half an hour, and saw a team of night patrol sergeants just walking by, so he took a breath of true qi, performed light skills and flew to the foot of the city wall. When I looked up, I saw a sergeant on the city wall more than ten zhang high, drowsy. Shengping then took out the climbing chain chain and threw it on the city wall. I only heard a soft "ding" sound, and the hundred chains were hooked to the city wall. After waiting for a while, he saw that the guards on the city did not find that the hundred chains had locked the city! With a wave of his left hand, the more than 80 warriors jumped to the foot of the city wall.
Wanyan Shengping held dozens of flying knives in his left hand, grabbed the hundred chain locks with his right hand, took a breath of true qi, and jumped onto the city after three or four ups and downs. I saw a flash of white light, and several soldiers defending the city fell to the ground before they could make a sound. The secret weapon is as fast as a meteor.
More than 80 people in the city saw that Yan Shengping had succeeded, and they also took out a hundred chains to lock the wall and went up. I saw that these more than 80 people were all skilled, and they flew up to the wall as if they were walking on the ground, and they jumped to the head of the city in an instant.
Suddenly, a team of night patrol sergeants arrived, Wan Yan Shengping's eyes were quick, and he pushed forward with both hands at the same time, only to see several cold lights shooting out at the same time. The group of night patrol sergeants fell.
Wanyan Shengping saw that more than 80 martial arts masters had already gained a foothold on the city wall, so he sent out the signal. Fu took several people to fly to the city gate, killed all the guards in an instant, and opened the city gate.
Seeing the signal arrow flashing in the air, Ugu Renan ordered more than 30,000 soldiers to storm the city of Dezhou. The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth!
Wu Guobang and other soldiers heard the sound of killing in the north of the city, and hurriedly gathered people and horses to come to the north of the city.
When Wu Guobang led the generals to the north gate, he saw that the north gate had been opened by the Jin army, and a large group of people poured into the city. But when he saw the first white horse and silver armor, holding eight spears in his hand, sitting upright on a horse, he was very majestic. The deputy general on the left is Chen Zaisheng, and the deputy general on the right is Xiao Guangyuan!
Wu Guobang was dressed in a heavy coat, riding a jujube red horse, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, blocking the way of the general!
The general replied: "I am the generalissimo, the right governor of the marching army of Wanyan Zongwang's tent, Wugu Ren'an, who is you, who dare to stop our army!"
Wu Guobang said: "I am the Texas guard general Wu Guobang is also!"
Wugu Ren'an shouted: "Who dares to come forward and arrest this person?"
Xiao Guangyuan responded to the call! Behind Wu Guobang, the deputy general Zhang Chang jumped on a horse to greet him.
The second general fought against Ersi in front of the two armies, but he saw a silver spear in Xiao Guangyuan's hand flying like a spiritual snake, blocking left and right, stabbing up and down, and killing him! A hook gun in Zhang Chang's hand was also dancing like flying, and the shadow of the gun was heavy. The two fought for more than 50 years, and suddenly saw Xiao Guangyuan stabbing Zhang Chang with a shot and falling off the horse.
Seeing that Xiao Guangyuan was victorious, Wugu Ren'an gave an order, and all the soldiers rushed forward bravely and took the road to kill. Wu Guobang also led all the soldiers to resist desperately!
The two armies fought in the city for three hours, and from the time of the battle to the hour, the city was full of corpses and rivers of blood. Because the Song army had no reinforcements to support, they fought until the last soldier, and no one fled, and all of them were killed. The city is gone.
The Jin army also suffered 10,000 casualties and heavy casualties!