Ninety-one Counterinsurgency Battle (II)

After two defeats, the rebel army had less than 40,000 troops at this time, and there were only 30,000 men and horses left in the city of Yan'an. And morale is extremely low. After learning that Wanyan Changzhi treated the surrendered troops well, as long as he surrendered to Ge, he would be pardoned for the crime of rebellion, and the rebels' military spirit was greatly moved, and the guards of Fangzhou, Jiazhou, Danzhou and other places also surrendered to Wanyan Changzhi's Kaicheng. The rebels' territory also shrank rapidly, leaving only four counties: Yan'an, Baoanzhou, Suidezhou, and Juzhou.

After the two victories against the rebels, Wanyan Changzhi's forces suffered almost no losses, and by surrendering and reorganizing the surrendered rebels, the strength was further expanded, reaching more than 75,000 men. Not only did they win Shizhou and Xizhou, but they also accepted the surrender of Fangzhou, Jiazhou, Danzhou and other places, and easily recovered most of the land occupied by the rebels, which also made the soldiers of the Jin army understand why the emperor had treated these surrendered troops well.

Although the generals were confident in capturing these places, siege warfare was the most costly of all wars, and no one could guarantee that bad luck would not befall them. On the other hand, after all, the opponents are all their own people, and there is nothing to show off if they kill more. It is also a good result that it can be solved without war.

Subsequently, Wanyan Changzhi ignored Baoanzhou, Suide Prefecture, and Yanzhou, but successively used troops to capture Yanchuan, Linzhen, Ganquan and other counties in Yan'an Prefecture, and swept the counties on the periphery of Yan'an Prefecture one by one, on the one hand, making full preparations for attacking Yan'an Prefecture. On the other hand, they are also waiting for the siege of the city to be sent to the army.

The defense of Yan'an Mansion was naturally paid for by Po Sa, because he believed that Cui Li's defense in Xizhou was unfavorable, which caused Wanyan Changzhi to make a detour to Yan'an Mansion, so he relieved Cui Li of all military power. Cui Li was naturally not convinced, and went to complain to Wanyan Zongzheng. And Wanyan Zongzheng was also dissatisfied with Posa's decision, but now he was guarding Yan'an Mansion and relying on Posa, so he could only comfort Cui Li and let him endure it temporarily.

Moreover, at this time, the people in Yan'an Mansion were panicking, and many middle- and lower-level generals and soldiers were secretly discussing and wanting to surrender to Yan Changzhi. But Wanyan Zongzheng, Po Sa, Wanyan Yongzhong, Wanyan Yongji, Wulin Datianxi and others knew that if others surrendered, they might still have a way to live, but surrendering themselves was just a dead end. Therefore, he could only defend in the city of Yan'an Mansion and pin all his hopes on the Song army. At the same time, the city defense was also strengthened, and soldiers were absolutely forbidden to flee. Fortunately, most of the defenders of Yan'an Mansion are the old troops of the Sasa, so they can still temporarily control the situation.

After clearing the periphery of Yan'an Mansion, the baggage equipment for the siege of the city was also delivered, so Wanyan Changzhi waved his troops forward, killed under the city of Yan'an Mansion, and began to attack the city.

On the first day of the siege, the Jin army launched ten tower carts, sent two storming vehicles, and also set up bed crossbows and trebuchets to attack the city wall.

In the face of the siege tactics of the Jin army, which had learned from the Song army, the rebels also put up fierce resistance under the command of Poza. On the one hand, it is because Po Sa is also good at using soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also because Yan'an Mansion is an important frontier town in the western border of Dajin, not to mention the high and thick city walls, and the preparation of strategic materials and equipment is also very rich, not only a large number of bows and arrows are reserved, but also large types of equipment such as bed crossbows, trebuchets, and crashes, and a considerable number of firearms have been prepared. For defending the city, it can play a big role.

Therefore, although the Jin army attacked for three days in a row and attacked the city many times, it was still repulsed by the defenders again and again, and the loss of troops was about 6,000 people.

However, although the rebels held the city, they did not lose anything, and replenished the supplies for the city.

Wanyan Changzhi naturally knew that the resistance of the defenders had dropped a lot, although he had suffered a lot of losses, but as long as he held on for a few more days, he could capture Yan'an Mansion, so he also ordered to continue to maintain the intensity of the attack and not relax.

However, at this moment, someone suddenly came to report that the Song army sent troops from Yinzhou and successively captured Xuzhou, Baode Prefecture, and Caolanzhou.

After Yan Changzhi learned about it, he couldn't help but be shocked, although he also expected that the rebels would collude with the Southern Song Dynasty, so he kept using the method of battle decision, but he still didn't expect the Song army to come so soon. Xuzhou, Baodezhou, and Kelanzhou are located at the northern end of Hedong Road, connected to Xijing Road, and can capture Taiyuan Prefecture to the south, to the west can attack the prefecture, and to the north can threaten Datong Prefecture.

And it was a disaster, just after Wanyan Changzhi received the news of the Song army's dispatch, another bad news came, and the Mongolian army went out again and captured Huanzhou.

Wanyan Changzhi couldn't help but sigh at the sky, could it be that he wanted to die in the sky?

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While the Song army launched a full-scale attack on the Jin army on the Central Plains front, it also launched a fierce offensive against the Guanzhong area on the northwest border.

The offensive of the Song army was divided into two routes, north and south, the southern route was led by Meng Zongzheng, and the three imperial garrisons of Jinzhou, Xingzhou and Xingyuanfu, totaling 80,000 horses, attacked the Jingzhaofu Road of the Jin State.

The Song army first captured Qinzhou and Fengxiangfu, two important towns in the Guanzhong region, and formed a semi-encirclement situation for Jingzhaofu, and then divided the troops into two routes, attacking Qianzhou all the way and Shangzhou all the way, forming a flanking attack on Jingzhaofu.

Due to the lack of its own troops, the defender of Jingzhao Mansion Guo Shrimp Toad in the face of the aggressive offensive of the Song army, can only use the method of shrinking the defense area, Jingzhao Mansion is the ancient capital of Chang'an, but also the core of the Guanzhong region, as long as Jingzhao Mansion is not lost, the Jin army can gain a foothold in the Guanzhong area. Therefore, Guo Shrimp Toad took Jingzhao Mansion as the core and guarded Qianzhou, Shangzhou, Yuzhou and other places. And made full use of the favorable terrain to resist the attack of the Song army.

In the face of such a contraction defense of the Jin army, the Song army was also a little helpless, and attacked the Jin army from multiple fronts, but they did not achieve much results. Both sides are at a stalemate for the time being.

Compared with the Song army's small gains on the southern front, the Song army was like a broken bamboo on the northern front, and the two of them dispatched 70,000 troops to attack Fengxiang Road and Qingyuan Road. Due to the Jin State's reoccupation and defense of the Jingzhaofu area, the guards on Fengxiang Road and Qingyuan Road were very weak, although there were dangers to defend, but they could not stop the strong front of the Song army.

Bi Zaiyu and Yang Changpeng divided their troops into two roads, Bi Zaiyu started from Qingyang Mansion, Yang Changpeng from Deshunzhou Mountain Army, the two armies were divided from the northwest two directions, the implementation of iron arm encirclement tactics, more than ten days later, the two armies converged in Jingzhou, Zhenrongzhou, Pingliangfu, Huanzhou, Yuanzhou and other places were surrounded by the iron arm of the Song army.

At this time, Yang Yan sent an order to Anxi Road, ordering the Song army on Anxi Road to pay attention to the rebellion of the Jin State, and prepare to send troops into the northwest of the Jin State to help the rebels fight against Yan Changzhi. And look for opportunities to recover Datongfu, Yingzhou, Daizhou, Shuozhou, Ulzhou and other places near the northeast of Anxi Road.

Datongfu, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, and Ulzhou all belong to the area of the sixteen states of Yanyun that the Great Song Dynasty tried to recover in the past, and it is the danger of the Central Plains regime to prevent the southern invasion of the northern nomads since ancient times. Therefore, taking the opportunity to support the rebels, it is just right to recover a few counties first.

As soon as he received Yang Yan's general order, he sent people to recruit Bi Zaiyu on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent Li Haoyi to lead 20,000 horses and horses to go out first, and entered the three counties of Xuzhou, Baode Prefecture, and Caolanzhou, so as to prepare for the Song army's next comprehensive attack into the northern border of Jinguo.

After Bi Zaiyu received the order, he did not hesitate much, leaving only Yang Changpeng to lead 30,000 horses to continue to sweep the rest of Fengxiang Road and Qingyuan Road, and cooperate with Meng Zongzheng to seize Jingzhao Mansion and fully occupy the Guanzhong area. He led 40,000 horses back to Yinzhou, preparing to send troops to the north of the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, in the Mongolian steppe, since the last time Mu Huali sent troops, broke through the boundary trench, and entered the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Mu Huali attacked twice, but the Jin State also strengthened the border guards, so the Mongol army did not break through the boundary trench again. Seeing that the Jin army was well guarded, Mu Huali also temporarily stopped the attack to find the weak points of the Jin army.

At the same time, Mu Huali also actively discussed with Yelu Ahai and Yelu Bald Flower on the method of attacking the Jin Kingdom. In the end, it was also concluded that if the Mongol army wanted to attack the Jin State in an all-out way, it must change the previous combat method of fighting to plunder the territory of the Jin State and then retreat to the steppe. Instead, after conquering a place, do not destroy it, but occupy it permanently, and then use this as a basis to attack the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom. This is also the same point as Yelu Chucai's view.

Therefore, Mu Huali also decided to change the way the Mongol army fought and looked for an opportunity to first seize a few cities on the border of Mongolia and Jinjin and occupy them permanently.

At this time, the Jin State rebelled, Bai Yanjing took 20,000 border men and horses to participate in the rebellion, and Wanyan Changzhi transferred 20,000 horses from the north in order to quell the rebellion. The number of troops was reduced by 40,000 at once, and the northern defense of the Jin Kingdom immediately revealed many loopholes.

Mu Huali took the opportunity to concentrate his forces and once again attacked the Jin Kingdom. And in one fell swoop, he broke through the boundary trench and besieged Huanzhou. Under the training of Yelu Ahai and Yelu Baldhua, the Mongol infantry made great progress and finally broke through Huanzhou after several days of continuous attack.

This time, Mu Huali forbade the Mongol army to plunder the city again, but took stock of household registration and property, strengthened the city defense, and permanently occupied Huanzhou.

And with the intervention of the Song army and the Mongol army, it also complicated the counter-rebellion battle of the Jin State. Wanyan Nagayuki must now face attacks from three directions.