905 Expedition to Goryeo 3
The enemy's reaction...... The enemy didn't react, and in the face of such a big battle, Yin Qian believed that the rebel leader had already been frightened. To say that the quality of the army in the south has indeed declined a little fast in recent years, a mere group of chaotic people can sweep the four places so quickly, the local government and garrison are simply a bunch of waste, and a few dogs are stronger than them.
He also said that the enemy's bow and crossbow are fierce, and the killing is invisible from 200 paces. I'm bah, why don't you say it's a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, if there were weapons that kill people two hundred steps away, the imperial court would have wiped out the Jin country with such a strong effort as Jin Guofei...... By the way, there is also the Great Song Dynasty, where the land is richer and more fertile!
The Korean Peninsula is still quite cold in winter, except for the southernmost areas near the sea, the temperature will mostly be below zero after nightfall, and rivers with gentle currents such as the Geumgang River can be frozen in general when they reach the lunar month, and people and horses can pass freely, and it is easy to cross the river, and even boats are saved.
Yin Qian is also a little puzzled about this problem, why not rebel in spring or summer, when a heavy rain comes, the army can climb in the mud for half a month and can't climb far, and it is even more troublesome to cross the river.
Although the army of the imperial court had to arrive sooner or later, wouldn't it be better to live a few more months, so why bother to start in the harsh winter season when there was a shortage of food and clothing. The only explanation is that the local government persecuted them too much, these people can't live anymore, rebellion is death, and failure to rebel is death.
"Boom, boom, boom......" Before Yin Qian could figure out the problem, there was a sudden explosion in the sky! In this winter, it is quite strange to suddenly hear thunder, could it be that these people really have grievances?
"This ...... This...... This ......" But soon Yin Qian didn't think about the issue of grievances, what happened on the river made him dumbfounded, and he stammered for a long time, and he didn't even say a whole sentence.
As far as the eye can see, the mile-long river in the Gongju section of the Geumgang River suddenly looks like a boiling pot, and smoke continues to rise from the place near the north bank, accompanied by a deafening thunder. Everywhere the smoke rises, the frozen surface of the river cracks, as if there are water monsters underneath.
If it's usual, whether it's a water monster or not, you can watch it slowly and think about it, but if it's a big deal, stay away from the river, and the water monster can't go ashore. But now it can't be done, dozens of teams are passing on the river, the ice is cracked, what should the people on the ice do!
I can't do it, there is only one word, run!
Those who are destined to stay away from the north shore should run to the south shore quickly, and the teams on both sides should hurry to the east and west. But this is the result of observation from God's point of view, in the thousand-meter-wide and mile-long section of the river, people's observation ability is very limited, the ice on the north bank has been blown open, and most of the Goryeo soldiers in the middle and soon approaching the south bank do not know what is happening, and are even looking back with their necks back, and then talking to each other, and there is no vigilance against the catastrophe that will fall in an instant.
"In the words of adults, the Koreans are all villains who are in the twilight and are not worthy of pity. Hurry up and blow up the ice on both sides and on the south shore as well, as much as you can. The field artillery extended to shoot at the enemy troops on the opposite bank, and informed our troops to prepare to cross the river! ”
This was the first large-scale battle independently commanded by Jiang Erlang, and he was still a little uneasy at first, always feeling that there was no obscene figure behind him, and he had no bottom in his heart. However, the two handsome and upright young men around him gradually regained his self-confidence, to say obscene, these two combat staff officers sent by the promotion society are far from their masters, but to talk about ruthlessness and precise calculation, it is necessary to say an idiom: blue out of blue is better than blue.
In order to obtain the detailed information of the Goryeo general, they tortured all the Goryeo horses they caught, and even the magistrates of several nearby towns died.
Jiang Erlang didn't know how they calculated it, anyway, the two staff officers said that the enemy army was eighty percent likely to cross south from this section of the river, and gave the number of ammonium oil medicine rolls to be used.
Jiang Erlang was a little puzzled, since there were field artillery, why did he bother so much to figure out where the enemy crossed the river from? After they came, we camped wherever they came, and a cannonball flew over, which was no less troublesome than burying ammonium oil medicine rolls on the south bank in advance.
"Get the maximum benefit with the least effort, General Chiang, fighting a war also needs to calculate the cost. In the promotion society, corruption is a capital crime, and three Huangzhou gold coins are enough to kill a member of the promotion society. But wasting is not only a capital crime, it's also a shame. If the embezzler pleads guilty and has a good attitude, he can still deal with it internally without dismissal, and his family members can continue to enjoy welfare benefits, but those who waste it will all be fired first and then executed, without exception. ”
The two operational staff officers took out a few pieces of paper very seriously, which were full of figures, and estimated the ammunition consumption of this battle from beginning to end, and the biggest expenditure was artillery shells. Cannonballs must be more expensive than ammonium oil rolls, much more expensive, and they worked hard for seven or eight days in order to use cheaper ammonium oil rolls instead of shell money.
"My son will be admitted to Yangtze River College next year, and it is said that there is a course dedicated to training generals, if he succeeds in his studies, will he be able to be like you?"
After listening to the words of the two staff officers, Jiang Erlang felt a chill on the back of his neck. From the time he joined Fu Ji's caravan to the Battle of Xijin Mansion, he had experienced a lot of big battles, especially the Battle of Wusheling that year, which was simply a meat grinder, and he had never felt this way.
Compared with them, he was obviously lagging behind, and once he really encountered the Song army under their command in the future, the odds of victory would be reduced by a few points. But it doesn't matter, the colt has a son, and he has a son, so if he can't keep his son even more powerful in the future.
"I used to be able to, but now I'm afraid it can't. The military courses of the Yangtze River College are only open to the serving generals of the New Army, and the New Army does not accept foreigners, so I am afraid that your son-in-law will not have the opportunity to enroll. In fact, I advise you not to ask the regent to open up, the weaker your children will be in the future, the safer they will be, neither the regent nor we want to meet them on the battlefield one day, with the Great Song Dynasty, there will be no one in your country to bully. ”
Expectations will be disappointed immediately, and now Jiang Erlang hopes that there is still that obscene figure behind him, although he speaks very badly, but with a little human touch, these two are a talent, but the words that come out are colder than the ice surface of Jinjiang.
Yin Qian was defeated, the defeat was very miserable, when the 50,000 Goryeo elite soldiers were driven away from the Jinjiang battlefield, there were less than 20,000 left, and all the baggage was gone, and he lost his command, he ran everywhere, and if he wanted to retract it again, it was estimated that he had to run back to Guannai Road to have a chance.
The Western Route Army was defeated, and the Eastern Route Army was not having a good time, and they encountered Xiao Wuna's 3,000 marines and more than 2,000 Japanese mercenaries in Guancheng County of Lingnan Province. There are no rivers and moats, but there are mountains blocking it, and if you want to attack Annambu from the east, you have to go through the valley of Guanseong-gun.
The Goryeo people attacked, Xiao Wu guarded, a dozen was three days, and then changed to Xiao Wu Na attack, the Goryeo people defended, this time it only lasted one day, the Goryeo people couldn't bear it, all the way to defeat and retreat, and finally ran to Shangzhou Mu, Xiao Wu Na followed.
One day, he broke the city, publicly shot more than 80 local officials, and then opened the grain in the official warehouse, and then followed the defeated army of Goryeo all the way north, Liankexianning County, Yonggong County, and Wenxi County, and then drilled into the Central Plains Road, and finally gained a foothold in Chungju Mu.
If you count it carefully, it is worse than Yin Qiang's Western Route Army, less than 10,000 people entered Chungju City, and even if there are scattered soldiers who continue to return to the team, it will not be enough to make up 20,000.
Before the conquest, three and a half roads were occupied by Haidong Kingdom, and after a month, hey, the five and a half roads in the south were lost, and the enemy was still more than 200 miles away from the capital Kaijing.
At this time, the Goryeo court panicked, and hurriedly issued an order to let the soldiers and horses of all provinces quickly serve the king. The elite of the 70,000 elites stationed in Gyeonggi Province were all drawn and went to Chungju Muhwa Cheonanfu to form the first line of defense.
Just sending troops could not reassure the Goryeo court, because the army of Haedong was too powerful, and it was like a withering and decaying face to face, and I was afraid that it would not be able to defeat it with only Goryeo soldiers and horses. What to do, the Goryeo court has a lot of plans for this situation, and it also has a lot of experience.