Chapter 362: The Strongest Broken Family Army (4)
The campaign went on for a long time.
It is divided into two parts, starting from Yuan Hao to attack and ending with the fall of Fengzhou, which is the first half. Then encircle the second city of Linfu, for the second half.
Most of the myths take place in the second half.
The first half of the saga has already begun, but because of some, the gloom dominates.
First of all, Kant Yu.
Yuan Hao's army invaded, the Fan Han wanted to enter the city, Kant closed the door, and the people outside the city had no place to flee when the Western Xia army arrived, or had to surrender to the thief, or was killed by the thief. Yuan Hao besieged the city, the Zhejia army was fighting bloodily, Kang Deyu and Wang Yuan, the deputy head of the Ma Bu Army, and Yang Huaizhong, the commander of the soldiers and horses, did not move, but desperately begged Wen Yanbo, the deputy transfer envoy of Hedong, to mobilize materials to help.
Until Yuan Hao attacked Fengzhou, he made a scene, if he didn't save the unlucky, he led the army out of Fuzhou City only a few miles. Three days later, he heard that the city of Toyosu was broken, and he led the army back. When the people saw it, they thought it was the Western Xia army coming again, so they hurriedly left their supplies and livestock at home and fled to the city. As a result, many people were trampled and injured.
The ugliest scene.
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Many wondered, what about the armies in other parts of the imperial court?
But it's not that the court doesn't save it.
Helpless also.
The Song Dynasty had very few troops in Lianghuai and Jiangnan, and even if they did, they were beyond the reach of the whip.
Then there is the capital, the capital has more troops, Zhao Zhi Dynasty when the capital and the counties of the army reached more than 600 battalions, Jingdong Road 14, Jingxi Road 16. But you can't take it seriously, a battalion is not full of 500 people at all, and it is good to have about 300 people. That is, it is full of battles, from the capital to Henan, Shandong and other state capitals, with more than 300,000 forbidden troops. Yes, and it was too late to transfer. They were all infantry troops, and by the time they trekked through thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived in Fuzhou, the daylily had already been cold.
There were more than 300 battalions in Shaanxi, but in fact they were more than that, absorbing local soldiers, and the actual number of regular troops reached 200,000.
There are 254 battalions on the 2nd Road of Hebei, about 100,000 forbidden troops, to prevent the Khitan from being powerless, not to mention transferring troops across the Taihang Mountain.
There are only two roads that can be mobilized, Hedong Road and Yanjun Road.
In order to prevent support from Yanyun Road, Yuan Hao sent tens of thousands of troops to enter Yanyun Road from Hengshan after trapping Fengzhou. Wang Xin ushered in a glorious battle, but this attack made the imperial court dare not throw the army of Yanyun Road to Fulin.
Only the east of the river.
The imperial court also stationed the forbidden army in Fulin, Gonghou Fulin's strength, the third battalion of Fuzhou, that is, Kang Deyu's subordinate troops, and at the same time managed the second battalion of Linzhou and the first battalion of the Volcano Army. The remaining army is the armed forces of the locals, including the Orijia army.
The periphery is the Kelan Army, the Ninghua Army, Lanzhou and Shizhou, and the front two states are only in the five battalions, and they also have to prevent the Khitan in the north, who dares to move. There are only 11 battalions in Lanzhou and Shizhou, and it is too late to protect themselves, so how can they be mobilized?
Only go to the farther outer line, Daizhou, Xinzhou, Taiyuan, Fenzhou, Xizhou. Ten battalions in Daizhou and five battalions in Xinzhou, but do you want to give up Yanmen Pass and go to rescue Fulin? Only to the south, the 36th battalion of Taiyuan, the 21st battalion of Fenzhou, and the 5th battalion of Xizhou were ignored.
It was only possible to transfer troops from Taiyuan and Fenzhou.
Saved, but with a whole bunch of problems.
There's really only one way.
Shaanxi attacked Western Xia in three ways, and Han Qi had no way in the rear.
To put it mildly, this is a football game, at the moment, everyone is half a catty, the Song Dynasty is huge and rich, but the military force is very weak. The Western Xia army was a little fierce and not very capable. An elephant like a bulky elephant, a skinny jackal like a cunning and greedy, the elephant can't trample the skinny wolf, and the skinny wolf can't kill the elephant.
Yuan Hao brought the main army to Fulin, then from Hengshan down, the troops would be weak.
But it cannot be said that there is no army in the country, and if there is, the strength is declining. If you are careless, only attack, not defend, the lower side of the Song Dynasty will lose the ball. But as long as it is done well, the lower side of Western Xia will be attacked into a sieve by the Song army.
In order to thicken the strength of the lower side, Yuan Hao had to return to the army to rescue.
In history, Pang Ji was dragged down by Yuan Hao's tens of thousands of virtual and real troops, and the Yanyun army did not dare to mobilize. Also, Fan Zhongyan, his defensive ability is useless, and he will also make a small knock on the border, but is it possible to expect Fan Zhongyan to lead the main army to launch an attack in the territory of Western Xia?
Then there is only Jingyuan Road along the Wang Yan below.
Wang Yan?
He was frightened and dared to attack. As a result, there was no attack, 70,000 people defended, and they were still buried in Dingchuan.
But now it's not Wang Yan.
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The war began.
It should be very important that the war is not a map, so long hundreds of miles of border, God knows where the main force of the Song Dynasty army is, once the attack is unfavorable, the time is delayed, and there are preparations, which will be unfavorable to the attack.
Moreover, Yuan Hao did not know the distribution of the Song army's troops, let alone how many troops could be drawn from Taiyuan in the rear.
But he helped.
Gilo.
Led by this traitor, the Western Xia army came to Houhe, where the Song army was the weakest defense, cut down wood to make rafts, and crossed the Quye River.
This is of great significance, coming directly to the city of Linzhou, which also means that the troops in front of the Zhuqi Village are all useless, and they are divided into two and isolated by the Western Xia army. You can clean it up.
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Kang Deyu did not let the people into the city, and Miao Jixuan let the people into the city.
The Tangut people crossed the river.
There is no way to stop it, the king of Linzhou City can see with the naked eye that the troops are scarce, and the troops defending the city are not enough, so it is impossible to go out of the city to face the battle. That's serving the enemy.
Dense crowds of people poured into the city.
Miao Jixuan shouted loudly: "Hurry, hurry." ”
Once the enemy arrives, with the panicked situation in front of him, Linzhou City will be lost immediately.
Duzhu Wang Kai was in a hurry, and shouted: "Follow me." ”
He led a group of men out of the city, intercepted the people from outside the city, forcibly lined up the people, and then entered the city through the city gates. At this time, the speed of entering the city finally accelerated, and after a while, fewer and fewer people flocked to the city outside the city for refuge, and finally became a few scattered.
Ye Yugui discussed with Liu Zhenhe Yan at the head of the city: "The enemy is really coming to invade Fulin Road, do you want to notify the Xianggong?" ”
"Wait a little longer." Liu Zhen said.
Now it must have been violated, but I don't know how many enemies came, whether Yuan Hao himself came.
After a while, smoke and dust rose in the distance, and Ye Yugui said: "It's here." ”
When the real war came, although he was brave, he did not personally fight on the battlefield, but he was not as calm as Liu Zhen and He Yan.
"If you come, you can't capture Linzhou City, at least there are Miao Zhizhou and Wang Duzhu in the city." Liu Zhen said.
The two bigwigs of Linzhou City at the gate of the city just now performed well, and coupled with the fact that Linzhou City itself is strong, they may not be able to defend it.
But after the arrival of the Western Xia army, Liu Zhen hated not to take back what he said.
With the arrival of the forward army, there were enemy armies coming one after another, like devils, spreading to the end of the sky.
I don't know how many people there are.
The city of Linzhou was immediately besieged.
Miao Jixuan happened to come to them, looked at the three of them, and shook his head, what are you recording, it's okay now, and you're stuck here.
He and Wang Kai began to command the army, first closed the city gates, and carried the weapons to the city one by one. In fact, Miao Jixuan's heart was also at a loss, and he didn't expect that there were so many enemy troops.
Pulled Wang Kai aside and asked, "Wang Duzhu, send someone to ask the court for support." ”
Wang Kai said: "Linzhou City has been trapped like this, how to go out of the city to deliver letters?" Miao Zhizhou, let's prepare for battle. ”
The Tanguts began to attack the city.
Thanks to Zheng Lang.
A few years before the provincial test, Yuan Hao once tried to invade Fuzhou, and Zheng Lang suggested strengthening Fuzhou. Later, the Western Xia army withdrew, and the imperial court was negligent, but a batch of reinforcements came over. There are more weapons in both cities than ever before.
Soldiers are limited, but weapons don't have to be worried.
The lack of siege equipment in Western Xia was also caused by the geographical environment, and there were few trees in the environment, and without trees, it would not be possible to create a large number of ladders and crash cars like the Song Dynasty. Later, Western Xia also made a siege chariot to fight against each other.
Under the praise of the brick family, it is infinitely exaggerated, saying that it can cross the trench and be invincible. Actually, that's the same thing.
The Song Dynasty was mainly defensive, the main enemies were the Western Xia and the Khitan, and the research on siege equipment was not developed, and even because the siege equipment such as cloud ladders was cumbersome, it was not carried when attacking the Western Xia later, resulting in the same as the Western Xia army, helpless against the strong city.
But it's not that you can't attack the city.
There are no ladders, and some simple ladders can be made, that is, the kind of ladders used by ordinary people to repair their houses, in order to build up to the city, which is longer than the ladders used by the people.
Under the protection of shields, the Western Xia army dismounted and approached the city wall with ladders on their shoulders.
Wang Kai stood at the head of the city, watching silently, getting closer and closer, Wang Kai said: "Put!" ”
The banner was pressed down, and the Song soldiers on the city began to release arrows.
Some of the Tanguts were shot, but many more carried ladders under the walls.
There were constant screams, and after all, there were too many people, and they could be brave enough to climb up the ladder one by one.
Wang Kai had no choice but to let the soldiers move freely. Some were shooting arrows, some were lifting the ladder down, and some were stabbing the enemy above the ladder with their spears.
The Tanguts did not sit still.
Yuan Hao used the flag to command the Chinese army remotely, and the Western Xia army under the city head protected it with shields, and also shot at the city head with arrows to protect his comrades from boarding the city.
There were casualties in each.
The Song army had an advantageous advantage, and the Western Xia had a higher rate of casualties.
Liu Zhen finally couldn't help it, took the bow off his back, drew an arrow from the quiver, aimed at the enemy, and almost killed one of the two arrows. The arrows slowed down, but several of the enemy were killed by him one after another.
He Yan also began to learn from him, hiding his body in the battlements as cover, poking his head out, and constantly releasing arrows.
Ye Yugui's archery skills were poor, but he had a martial art, took out a spear, squeezed in front of a ladder, and pierced the enemy with a gun.
Wang Kai walked over, watched for a while, and said to the people around him: "The three strong men were Zheng Xingzhi and Zheng Xianggong who came to report the news, and they also killed many enemies. They are noble people with a bright future, and we must learn from them. ”
As soon as he shouted, the surrounding soldiers paid attention.
It's really good.
Because if you want to assassinate the enemy, you must lean out of your body, Ye Yugui was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and he was still standing at the head of the city, stabbing down one shot at a time.
The three of them are just guards, but as Zheng Lang's personal guards, the future can be imagined.
is also killing the enemy without killing, which can boost morale.
"Kill!" Ye Yugui shouted, and an enemy was assassinated by him under the gun and fell down the ladder.
"Kill!" Wang Kai also killed an enemy with a spear.
More people shouted.
Yuan Hao had no choice but to blow the horn of retreat.
Let's rest for a while, trap Linzhou City to death, and then build more ladders to strengthen the siege.
The Tanguts retreated.
Wang Kai sent some people to defend the city, and most of them went down to rest.
Ye Yugui, with the help of Liu Zhen, bandaged the wound.
Liu Zhen sighed and said, "Yu Gui, I should listen to your words and go out of the city first to report to the public." ”
Now I can't get out of the city anymore.
"And Wang Yuan, they are in Fuzhou, and they will report the news." Ye Yugui comforted. The hope was very vague, and the Western Xia army reached Linzhou, unless it crossed the Yellow River from Fuzhou, entered Hedong, and made a detour from Hedong to Jingyuan, and then went to inform Zheng Lang. How many detours does that have to take?
Or from the territory of Western Xia, forcibly sneak through Yinxia Erzhou and enter Yanyun Road, which one has the ability? It is best to be one of the three of them, not only knowing the number of the Western Xia army, but also knowing that Yuan Hao himself did come to Fulin Road.
They are thinking of a way to get out of the city, and Miao Jixuan is also thinking of a way to get out of the city.
and Wang Kai couldn't think of it, so they gave a heavy reward, and whoever could go out of the city to deliver a letter would be rewarded.
When the order came out, they were all at a loss, including Ye Yugui, Lord Miao, you can think too much, how many enemies are outside the city, 70,000, 80,000, or 100,000? I can't count them all. Encircling the city of Linzhou inside and out, how to get out? It is not okay to give 100,000 taels of gold.
But there was really a little soldier who stood up and said, "Master Miao, let me give it a try." ”
The legend of Zhang Qi and Zhang Kang has not yet begun, and the first legend has arrived.
Creep Legends!
Wang Ji!
It's not a small soldier, it's a middle-aged soldier, and a son is also in the army. Equally heroic.
Later, the two sides fought a bloody battle, and after the war, Wang Ji found that his eighteen-year-old son Wang Wenxuan, who was fighting together, was missing, and some people said that he might be caught by the Tanguts, and he needed to spend some money to fight the enemy to see if he could get it out.
Wang Ji said, my son was caught by the enemy, what else do you ask?
It's not that you can't give up money, and you can't ask for it no matter how much money you spend. Unless it calms down after the war, see if you can figure out a way. A few days later, Wang Wenxuan returned, carrying the heads of several Tangut people. Wang Ji said happily, you deserve to be my son.
Dispersed, Wang Wenxuan left the main force, but forcibly passed through the enemy's blockade line, killed back, and by the way, cut off the heads of several Western Xia soldiers and came back to receive rewards.
But Wang Wenxuanmeng is not as strong as his thirties Lao Tzumeng.
Wang Ji said again: "I have one condition, Miao Zhizhou, you make me a military robe of the Tangut people." ”
"Okay." Miao Jixuan found a weaver in the city and snatched a Xixia man's robe.
It was not dark and I could not go out of the city.
In the middle of the night, Wang Ji began to go out of the city, and Ye Yugui and the three of them also came out of the military camp in the city to record, but the record was fake, it was to watch.
At the end of the month, the night was pitch black.
There was light, it was the light of the bonfire in the Xixia military camp, but the city was dark, and only a few hundred soldiers on duty watched the enemy's movements vigilantly.
Miao Jixuan and Wang Kai also personally went to the city to see off Wang Ji.
Wang Kai took out a rope and tied it to Wang Ji and quietly put Wang Ji down.
When he came to the city, Wang Ji untied the rope and made a gesture to the city, and Wang Kai withdrew the rope.
Then seeing a surprising scene, Wang Ji swaggered towards the Xixia military camp.
There was also a patrol team in Western Xia, and Wang Ji saw it, and without waiting for them to interrogate, he took the initiative to come forward to say hello. Far away, I faintly heard that it was said in the party language. I couldn't hear what he said, and the leader of the patrol reprimanded, Wang Ji giggled and swaggered, as if he was strolling in his own back garden, and officially entered the Xixia military camp.
Disappear for a while.
Ye Yugui was dumbfounded, grandma's, where did the fierce brother come from, this courage is even greater than that of a tiger.
The freak is not his one.
Arrogantly sneaked out of the Xixia military camp, no one knows if he was afraid. But based on this person's later performance, it is estimated that the sweat will not break out for a while.
Out of the enemy camp, Wang Ji didn't know where to get a horse, and rushed to Taiyuan Mansion quickly.
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Herein lies the problem.
There were soldiers in Taiyuan, but they didn't dare to move.
Why?
Without him, the Khitan also.
What is the relationship between the Khitan and the Western Xia, everyone knows that Li Jiqian rose back then, Wang Xiaobo had the merit for the uprising, and the Khitan had even more merit. Originally, the strength of Hedong was very thin, think about it, there are only ten battalions of troops in Daizhou Yanmen Pass, and the actual number may only be 3,000 people. Once the Khitan invaded, they would soon be able to attack Taiyuan, and the terrain from Taiyuan to Fenzhou was flat, which was the reason why Taiyuan, Fenzhou, Luzhou, and Jinzhou on Hedong Road had the most troops. The 36th Battalion of Taiyuan, the 21st Battalion of Fenzhou, the 16th Battalion of Luzhou, and the 15th Battalion of Jinzhou.
In the states between Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain, there are more than six or seven battalions, and only two or three battalions.
This force cannot be moved.
It later turned out that the Khitans did not cooperate with Li Yuanhao's operation. But once it moves, the troops in Hedong are empty, and the Khitan Xijing Dao generals will not be moved?
And the state governor is Gao Jixuan.
This will be the second freak of the Song army in the Battle of Fulin Road, the son of Gao Qiong.
After receiving the news, he was very calm, Taiyuan troops could not be drawn, not because they were afraid of death, once they were drawn, the consequences would be very serious. If the Khitan does not invade, the crisis is not big. After pumping, the Khitan people were moved and rolled in, and it was very likely that the two countries would join forces to invade the Song Dynasty. These soldiers do not fight, but they act as a deterrent.
In desperation, he sent a fast horse to the capital to report to the capital.
It is the first real request for help information on Fulin Road. What is hateful is that Kan Deyu only asked Wen Yanbo for supplies, grain and grass.
Supplies and food are also needed, but what is the most important thing at this time, reinforcements!
He had a lot of time, but he didn't call for help.
Yes, the Zhejia army and the Linzhou border army are very brave, but they are people, not gods.
Gao Jixuan said to the spy, you give me a horse to run fast, and I will travel at night, even if the horse runs to death, I have to snatch the time out. Really snatch it out. The news soon reached the capital. The capital fried the pot, and then discussed. Zhao Zhen looked at the prime ministers and said, Zhuqing, don't discuss.
By the time you finish your discussions, Fulin Road will have already been lost. So he sent 20 commanders including Jing Shenwei to Taiyuan, and asked Gao Jixuan to lead them to support Fulin Road.
That is, twenty battalions, full of 10,000 people.
Actually, no, there were only five or six thousand people, and all of them were infantry.
However, this time, the 20 battalions of infantry showed great bravery, and actually rushed to Taiyuan within a few days, and the journey reached almost more than 150 miles in one day, which also created a small miracle.
When the army arrived, Gao Jixuan handed over the affairs to the general judge and led the army to Fulin Road.
I came in a hurry, but I was also tired, but at this time, Linzhou City had been holding on for more than ten days, and the situation was critical, and Gao Jixuan couldn't manage it so much.
But there are many disasters and difficulties, and when we arrived at Tianmen Pass, it suddenly rained heavily, and the water of the Yellow River in front of us rose sharply.
When night fell, Song Jun stood by the river and shivered, unable to row or swim.
Gao Jixuan reluctantly set up camp, killed pigs and sheep by the river, set up incense cases, and worshiped God, God is above, the river god is down, let the heavy rain stop.
In the wee hours of the morning, the rain really stopped.
Gao Jixuan said: "The river god has appeared, and this time he will definitely win." ”
But this is the north, even if it rains, the rain will not be very long, whether Gao Jixuan deliberately used a psychological tactic, it is unknown.
At dawn, we crossed the Yellow River, and in the evening, we came to the outskirts of Linzhou. In the distance, you can still see that Linzhou City is at war with the Tanguts.
After more than ten days of bloody battles, Linzhou City is still in the hands of the Song army!
It was also dark, and it was mid-August, when the moon was full.
Staring at the enemy camp, Gao Jixuan also had a headache, how many enemies there must be, more than 100,000.
So he said, let's rob the camp tonight and play.
The bright moon shone for thousands of miles, and the Western Xia army fought hard for more than ten days, and they were also tired and sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the sound of killing rang out, and the Song army killed from the rear.
The Western Xia army was full of chickens and dogs.
But it did not play a big role, the original army was small, and almost within ten days from Kaifeng to Fuzhou.
Even if it takes a long time to draw a map, even the cavalry is not of high quality, and it will take seven or eight days to arrive.
Song Jun's physical strength has also reached its limit.
Yang Wenguang said that Yanzhou's two victories were won in terms of physical strength. Now it is reversed, and it is used on this Song army. Although many Western Xia soldiers were killed in the chaos, the Song army was killed and dispersed after a while. If he was another general, he would have fled back long ago. However, Gao's is very strange and bold.
Gao Qiong was beheaded for breaking the law, it happened to be raining heavily, the executioner ran to hide from the rain, Gao Qiong didn't know how to get it, pulled the nails away, untied the rope, swaggered away, and went to Wang Xianqi. Later, he made many great contributions, and when he was in Yuanyuan, it was he and Kou Zhun who pushed Song Zhenzong's Xiaolong chair to Lanzhou City.
Gao Jixuan inherited his Laozi's bloodline.
Scratching his head and thinking hard, there is no way, withdraw first, and recruit the nearby border people, on the condition that they are soldiers and are treated as forbidden soldiers. No matter what the treatment, the Tangut people have been killed at your doorstep, do you want to protect your family and defend the country. gave some benefits, and made some reinforcements, so that he gathered 2,000 border people, and a new army was born within half a day, and Gao Jixuan gave it a name, Qingbian Army.
But with this army to fight against the main army of hundreds of thousands of Western Xia, no matter how you look at it, you will still be sent to death.
Gao Jixuan didn't care, rode a horse to look at the terrain, and came again the next night.
Yuan Hao was so angry that his mind was dizzy, is there still any end? Tens of thousands of horses were sent out of the camp to chase after me, and this army was completely annihilated for me. Pursued to Sansongling, the Western Xia army arrived viciously.
It's all mountainous, and the cavalry of Western Xia, including the Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry, has all become waste here. Horses can't run if they want to, what is the role of cavalry?
But there are still tens of thousands of horses.
Gao Jixuan did not hesitate and said, "Kill." ”
Kill the past.
The Tangut people were still thinking about whether to dismount and fight. But after getting off the war horse to fight, it seems that it is not their strength, and the Song army has come over.
Especially these border troops who did not enter the city, there were many soldiers whose relatives were killed by the Western Xia army, and their eyes were red at this time. I also saw the discouraged appearance of the Western Xia army, and the morale was high.
After only holding on for a while, the bandit surnames unique to the Western Xia army flare-up, and when they saw that it was unfavorable, some people turned around and ran away. However, this is a mountainous area, and there is a deep valley on the side, and there are war horses to pull behind. As a result, in a panic, many people fell into the valley with horses like rain. As a result, when the battlefield was cleaned the next day, there were piles of human corpses and horse corpses in the valley.
This battle is like writing a fantasy novel, and it is extremely magical.
There is no fantasy on the other side, and it is very hard to fight. But there was one person in charge, and it also hit Yuan Hao hard.
Wang Kai, whose origin is also prominent, his Lao Tzu's Lao Tzu is the famous God Killer Wang Quanbin.
This side of the city has not been captured, and a ghost killer who doesn't know where to run out of the city is showing off his might in Sansongling, and Yuan Hao is faint. Shout to the city, I let you kill more than 30,000 people in this battle, and the eggs will be crushed for you, and you will be wounded, and you will go home to recuperate.
But no one takes it seriously, this guy is too cunning.
As expected, Yuan Hao turned his head and pounced on Fuzhou.
He Yan sent the letter to Weizhou, and there was originally a chance to let Wang Ji take the letter away. But none of the three believed that Wang Ji alone could break out of the 100,000 army of Western Xia and report to the outside world. So it was delayed for more than ten days.
Ye Yugui was killed in battle, and Liu Zhen was injured.
The siege of Linzhou City was lifted for the first time, but more tragic battles broke out again on the Fuzhou side.
This time it will be more magical and legendary than Gao Jixuan.