Chapter 520: Heaven (Part II)
Ren Duo Ling Ding is like an earth color in the big account of the Chinese army. Since the beginning of the war, the losses have mainly been on Erliang's side, and the losses of Renduo Lingding's subordinates are not heavy, it is nothing more than a strong attack on the Slush Castle, breaking a lot of soldiers and horses, but taking the Slush Castle and killing the Song Army's main general.
Therefore, Renduo Lingding's prestige in the army was unmatched for a while, but he didn't expect the damned Song people to finally attack him.
The news on both sides is simply two bad news.
It is impossible to count how many soldiers and horses have been lost now. But I believe it will be a very painful number.
And he also wants to stop the situation from deteriorating.
Don't think about it over there, the Song Dynasty sent more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and this Ren Duo Ding didn't believe it, probably because he exaggerated the number of the Song army. But I believe that the number of troops will not be small, otherwise it will not be so quick to defeat the 15,000 troops of the Tibetan Sect, and even when they fled, they did not dare to use the small village in the rear to block it, and even the soldiers of the small village and several outposts fled to Xigu with them.
This speculation is not far from the truth.
So many officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, I believe they also captured a lot of prisoners of war, these prisoners of war are also laborers, and there are some empty small villages around, there are people in the villages, they are also laborers. When he sends out his army, don't say that the two ice walls, which are real walls, are also almost built. Besides, facing a strong enemy from the south, he may divide his army to carry out a second counterattack?
The Tsusai River Road is completely interrupted!
This is the first judgment made by Renduo Lingding.
The second judgment is also what Ren Duo Lingding is most worried about.
According to the report from the front, it was said that the Song Dynasty did not know how many troops it sent, although the night attack tactics of Yele City were not too successful, and their own men were organized in time, but they were outnumbered, and finally under the cooperation of the Song army, the three armies were defeated.
This is also an exaggeration.
It is estimated that the troops sent by the Song Dynasty will not be more than those in Yele City, or even a little less, otherwise there is no need to wait for the Song army in the city to come out, and it is impossible for the three armies to collapse after a stalemate for more than an hour.
Therefore, the troops sent by the Song Dynasty may be about 10,000, or even more than 10,000, but not much. However, this Song army came from Gyeongju City, which shows that last night, Song Ji's 20,000 soldiers had been completely defeated, and even close to the total annihilation.
However, the Song army gathered the Song army in Yele City at this time, and the actual strength did not decrease because of casualties, but in the process of increasing, it was taking advantage of the power of the big victory, and there was the speed of that strange skateboard, so take a hasty rest for a while, have a breakfast, maybe they will attack Wujiao Town again.
Wujiao Town has arranged its own army of 20,000 troops, but there is also a Song army in Wujiao Town, and the rear convenience of Wujiao Town is Huanzhou City and Ansai Village, where there is a kind of ancient troops, if last night, they interspersed with the trail, then the Song people can achieve absolute strength advantage on the local battlefield. At that time, the three armies will be dispatched together, and the left and right sides will attack the outside and the outside should be combined, and the Xia army in Wujiao Town will be in danger!
This is not counting the consequences of Yan zhòng, if after the battle of Wujiao Town, the three Song armies gathered, continued to rush to Huai'an Town, and joined Yan Da again, his own army would be more auspicious. It has nothing to do with the strength of the troops, although their own troops may have a slight advantage at that time, but the morale is different.
Yele Town is defeated if it is defeated, but Wujiao Town cannot be lost. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of Xia Jun might have let Song Jun eat it in one bite...... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.
So he immediately sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to support Yele Town.
In fact, when it came to this, coupled with the dispersion of the Western Xia army, the strength was no longer sufficient.
Five thousand soldiers and horses immediately rushed to Wujiao Town.
Ren Duo Ling Ding continued to think.
Now the whole thing makes him feel wrong, where did there be nearly 10,000 more Song troops in Gyeongju, and where did Papaya Fort come out of so many Song troops? In the future, how many divine soldiers can the Song Dynasty come out of the sky?
This battle cannot be fought.
He can understand the mood of the Liang family in initiating this war, first, he wants to avenge his personal revenge and revenge for the country, personal revenge is husband's revenge, and national revenge is the shame of losing Suizhou, second, he wants to establish her authority, third, he thinks that the sky is frozen and the Song Dynasty is unprepared, and fourth, he thinks that there are Khitans behind him.
If the Khitans really sent troops, it might really work. But the Khitans only made a verbal promise, maybe they would send troops, and then they could only send troops if they saw the defeat of the Song Dynasty. If they did not send troops together, then the Song Dynasty could concentrate its forces on dealing with Western Xia.
That's the problem.
But the Liang clan thought about the benefits, so they almost poured the strength of the whole country into this campaign, and if it was defeated this time, the consequences would be unimaginable. It was now wise to retreat immediately, at least to preserve most of the main force, and as for the losses caused by this battle, it was slowly recovered.
But Ren Duo Lingding didn't dare to say it, and he was beheaded, which made many generals feel cold. Why? It is nothing more than Liang Yibury shirking responsibility. But is there any responsibility for this battle? How could it not be!
There was a misjudgment, but this misjudgment was also recognized by himself, so he handed over the letter to Liang Yi to bury, and it was handed over by a fast horse, maybe Song Ji's mistake was also related to this letter.
Now that so many soldiers and horses have been broken, Liang Yibury can't step down, and if he persuades him to withdraw the army, what will Liang Yibury think? Ten percent of myself will end up in a bad situation.
Thinking of this, he didn't dare to say it, so he reported the situation to Liang Yiburi, but in some of the key points where there were his own mistakes, he downplayed them.
Protect yourself!
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The sun is actually out, which shows that the weather is improving.
But this doesn't matter, unless there is a sudden weather, the temperature can rise to more than five degrees Celsius on average, then there will be trouble on the three forks of the cute door. Otherwise, no matter how good the weather is in the future, it will not pose a danger to the three forks of the moe door.
But everyone's atmosphere was a little depressed, and Wang Junwan directly scolded: "General Li, why did you delay for so long?" ”
Li Kezhong made a strict mistake in this battle, and finally came out, but it came out too late, although the Tanguts have not been able to organize a complete formation, but many local battlefields have been successfully assembled. Therefore, the two armies flanked and killed for more than half an hour before defeating the Xia army. But if it were a quarter of an hour in the morning, Xia Jun would not have so many people successfully assembled together, and they had just gotten up, sleepy-eyed, and their whole brains had not yet woken up, then it would be more beneficial to Song Jun.
In fact, because of Li Kezhong's delay, the miraculous effect of the night attack on the entire battlefield only played a quarter role in the middle, and the rest was equivalent to a head-to-head confrontation.
Li Kezhong said: "I have not received an order from the Duke of Ming. ”
"But can't you see, can't you hear?"
"Give me a few words," Wang Ju stopped. But I was thinking in my heart, this Li Kezhong is really not good. This person is very brave, so he is appreciated by Li Fugui. So after the failure of the Fort last year, Li Fugui took revenge on Western Xia. The first time he asked him to counterattack with Lin Guang, if it weren't for Lin Guang, the Song army would have suffered another fiasco. As a result, the second time Li Fugui sent him and Zhao Yuqing to attack Jintang City, but he was really defeated by the Xia people at Luohechuan, and if Zhao Yuqing was not familiar with the terrain, he would not have been able to escape. The third time was Han Jiang's order, and that time it was Wang Wenliang who missed the appointment, but Li Kezhong and Zhao Yuqing couldn't be blamed.
Therefore, it is not enough for the Lord to be brave, unless he is brave enough to be as brave as Xue Rengui, but is it possible?
This is also a bloody lesson, just like Zhao Guo replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, and Yan Guo replaced Le Yi with a cavalry, and the result was completely different. However, the generals and officials of Gyeongju repeatedly recommended Li Kezhong, and there were some people below who talked about their nepotism, and Wang Ju also heard a little. Therefore, his ears softened and Li Kezhong was put on the top of Yele Town.
Now because of Li Kezhong, the Song army has at least nearly 1,000 casualties, and it has also brought some problems for the next plan.
But the matter has come to this point, I can only find a way to save it, Wang Ju said: "Qu Zhen, Zhao Long, you immediately lead the way forward, capture the prisoners of war, Wang Junwan, you lead the rest of the Baojie army, immediately slide along the Yanqing River to Wujiao Town, if you encounter a large number of deserters, immediately divide your troops ashore, and force them to flee back, so that Quzhen Zhao Long can arrest them, and then shout in front of Wujiao Town, but remember, you can't really attack the Xia army." ”
The three generals led the troops to retreat.
"Li Kezhong, you immediately send someone to clean up the battlefield."
"Whoa."
However, Wang Ju saw some unconvincing and loss in his eyes.
"If you really can't do it, just take off this person's position as a brigade general, and break up his army and integrate it into other brigades." Wang Juxin thought.
There is no fear of making mistakes, and this is also related to everyone's military talent. I am afraid of making mistakes but not correcting them, or even making mistakes, and my heart is uneven. If this is the case, Wang Ju is very displeased. It's like a seed that can be beaten, but don't want to expect Wang Ju to use a seed seed, this person is too alone, don't say Wang Ju, even Cai Ting may not be able to use it well.
Renduo Lingding's 5,000 soldiers and horses are rushing to Wujiao Town, and Wang Junwan's soldiers and horses are also rushing to Wujiao Town.
It is inevitable that many prisoners of war will be encountered on the way, and Gyeongju is dominated by the terrain of Yangjiao, so Pyongcheon on both sides of the Yanqing River will undoubtedly become the main thoroughfare. If you don't run away along the avenue to Wujiao Town, do you have to cross the Yanqing water, climb the mountain and cross the country, and escape to Rouyuan Village?
However, seeing the Song army roaring in, these people had to flee to the mountains to the west, but it may not be safe to flee anywhere, first of all, Qu Zhen came over immediately behind. It is to flee into the deep mountains, and then along the Maling River is the Fucheng Walled, Maling Town, and Fangqu Village, where the troops are empty, three heavy villages plus some garrisons, and only a few battalions of soldiers and horses in the hands of Gu Yongping are stationed. But it was enough to capture these escaped prisoners of war.
Therefore, Wang Junwan didn't care, but only encountered a large number of defeated Western Xia troops, so he let the three armies go ashore, dispersed them, and forced them to flee back again, or flee to the mountains in the south. Therefore, he quickly rushed to Wujiao Town. At this time, the reinforcements of Renduo Lingding had not yet arrived, and when they saw a large Song army sliding over the river, the entire Xia army was like a great enemy.
In fact, it was not the case, and Wang Junwan's trip was only to scare him, so as to give the officers and soldiers in the rear more time to capture prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war are money!
Moreover, among these prisoners of war were the war horses that the Song Dynasty longed for.
Time passed quickly, and the five thousand reinforcements sent by Rinduo Lingding arrived, but they did not dare to move. Then Liang Yi was buried, at this time only he had the most sufficient troops, and immediately after hearing it, he also sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to Wujiao Town.
Wujiao Town is only thirty miles away from Huai'an Town, and less than thirty miles away from Rouyuan Village, but the latter's thirty miles is a real sheep intestine road. Therefore, this Wanxia army was like a snail, marching slowly towards Wujiao Town.
Seeing that there were still less than ten miles of mountain roads, Wang Junwan gave the order to retreat, and even went ashore with great strength and carried out some prisoner battles, and then joined up with Quzhen Zhao Long's subordinates behind him, and returned to Yele Town with a large number of prisoners of war.
Seeing that the Song army was so arrogant, the Xia army was demoralized because of several defeats, and they did not dare to pursue, for fear of falling into the tricks of the Song army again.
The third battle in the past two days has also come to an end, although it is the battle that Wang Ju paid the least attention to before the war, but the actual results are equally brilliant, killing nearly 10,000 Xia soldiers, while capturing more than 9,000 prisoners of war, and with the stalemate behind, nearly 1,000 escaped prisoners of war were captured one after another. After three battles, nearly 55,000 Xia soldiers were bitten out alive.
Three battles are undoubtedly three death movements.
Even Wang Ju suspected that during the war, he might not be able to kill and injure so many Xia troops.
And with Yang Wenguang's reinforcements coming, this makes the comparison of forces between the two sides, from nearly four to one at the beginning, to six to ten. Coupled with the advantages of morale and terrain, the Song army was already able to really initiate a battle.
Wang Ju asked the prisoners of war to be escorted to the rear, and the prisoners of war on the side of Dashun City had no way to bring them out for the time being, but the prisoners of war on the side of Mengmen Sancha built the ice castle, and in the evening of this day, they were also escorted to Papaya Fort with the war horses, and then they were also escorted to the rear from Huanzhou City.
The arrival of a large number of prisoners of war finally alleviated the difficulties of labor in the rear.
At this time, Wang Ju and Zhang Qi also learned the news from the three forks of Mengmen, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief, the most risky place in this battle is the three forks of Mengmen. But now there is no problem, there are enough weapons, and a large number of weapons, grain and grass have been seized from the enemy, and all the ice castles have been repaired, plus Zhou Yongqing's 5,000 officers and soldiers are stationed, and the three forks of Mengmen are completely worry-free.
After getting the news of Mengmen's three forks, as well as Wang Ju's worries about Li Kezhong, Zhang Qi finally thought of the final battle plan.
When Wang Ju heard the news, he immediately rode back to Gyeongju City.
Almost all the people in Gyeongju came out to welcome them.
Not only did they have the backbone, but they also had these two joyful victories, which made the people in the city excited.
Wang Ju waved his hand and quickly entered the state office. The decisive battle is about to begin, and a detailed battle plan must be drawn up immediately.
After a long time, Wang Jucai and Zhang Qi finished discussing.
At this time, it was also approaching dusk, and Wang Ju ordered someone to bring Song Ji up.
Song Ji was so frightened that his face turned pale, his calves trembled, there was not only a national feud between him and Wang Ju, but also a family hatred, so he didn't know if Wang Ju knew that it was his own idea.
Wang Ju was very polite and said: "Don't worry, the two countries are at war, each is its own master, since the Yeli tribe has defected to our dynasty, then they must be loyal to our dynasty." If you defect to Western Xia, you must be loyal to Western Xia. I don't blame you. ”
Song Ji's expression softened at this time, and he still said very carefully: "Thank you, the prince." ”
"Don't use it, I called you, first of all, I asked you a few questions, why did you send troops to Gyeongju this time. I think there are three reasons, there are many troops, surprise, and the support of Liao. Let's talk about the troops first, the troops on Huanqing Road are not much, and there are still troops left behind in the rear. Even if the strongmen are included, they can only use 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there are still some Murong who are unruly. But are we really short of troops? Yanzhou has Han Gong and Guo Gong in charge, Han Gong is the first official in charge of military affairs on Shaanxi Road, and Cai Gong is in Weizhou, so don't talk about his relationship with me. Therefore, Cai Gong sent 10,000 troops to support, and Han Gong also sent 10,000 troops to support. There are 20,000 more soldiers and horses, and I am in charge of Zheng Baiqu, one is water conservancy, and the other is to set up a strong Baojie army in Anza, this time I brought nearly 80 battalions of Baojie, and part of the Baojie army was put into the front line. Not 30,000 soldiers and horses, but more than 90,000 soldiers and horses. There is also a geographical advantage, is this force still small? ”
No wonder, Song Ji thought to himself.
has been counting the strength of the Song Dynasty, but it can't be calculated correctly, and it turns out that the error is on the nearly 40,000 Baojie.
But Song Ji fell into the pit, in fact, the number of troops invested by Wang Ju this time was not more than 90,000, and with the support of the Yongxing Army on the third road, including the strongman, it reached nearly 120,000 soldiers and horses. But here, Wang Ju deliberately turned the 86th Battalion of the Baojie Army into the 80th Battalion, and deliberately omitted the officers and soldiers of the 37th Battalion supported by the Yongxing Army. More than 20,000 people have been corrected.
This error can be fatal later on.
Moreover, Wang Ju said that more than 90,000 soldiers and horses were put in, which is also in line with the figures obtained by the Tangut people after reconnaissance.
"This is the army, so many soldiers and horses are deployed, if they can fight, they will fight, but if they can't fight us to defend the city, how can you Xia Guo do anything? I'll take it by surprise again, you Xixia people have hit Murong with your idea. But do you know how many nobles were trading with our Song Dynasty merchants in the private salt or other ways? Actually, we got your marching plan earlier, so why did you talk about surprise? ”
Wang Ju has many eyes, and Song Ji has more eyes, but Wang Ju can be placed on the court of the Song Dynasty for a long time, that is the paradise of all kinds of power arts, growing up in that environment, where can Song Ji catch up with Wang Ju now?
So he understood again, no wonder the Xia army fought so suffocating this time, in fact, the Song Dynasty had already let Wang Ju replace Li Fugui, and these schemes were all from the hands of this terrible young man.
At the beginning, he was just a teenager, and he made himself miserable, but now he is in a high position, and he may be his opponent. The defeat is not unjust.
Here, Song Ji ignored another problem, there were many people engaged in the private salt business in Western Xia, and most of them were party nobles. Liang is Han, but she is Obama, what about a black president, and he still doesn't ultimately defend the interests of white people? Now it is the news of the leakage of the smuggler of salt, and if the Liang family does not check it, it will offend countless party nobles if it is checked. Does she dare? Especially after the fiasco. But if she doesn't check, it will become a thorn in her heart.
Song Ji didn't expect it, but this explains the various things since the start of the war, including the changes in Zhizhou, and the reason why the Murong people defected to Western Xia, but the Song Dynasty suppressed it in time.
The betrayal of the Murong clan made Wang Ju know that it was not leaked by the private salt merchant, and if he thought so, he would suffer many people.
Wang Ju continued: "As for the Liao side, yes, they have gathered some troops on the desert and pressed them to the back of the mountain, but they also need food, grass and material support when they send troops, this weather, whether it is colder in the desert or behind the mountain, do you think they will really send troops to Hedong or Fulin Road in our Great Song Dynasty for your Western Xia?" It's just a gesture. ”
Maybe Liao Guo has some troop movements, otherwise Feng Jing wouldn't dare to say it in the court, but even if there is, as Wang Ju said, at most make a gesture, how can it be taken seriously?
Besides, Wang Ju didn't know at all, he was just talking nonsense.
But Song Ji's eyes lit up when he heard it, no, if this is true, it is undoubtedly great news.
In fact, Wang Ju wanted to dismantle this traitor very much, but for the sake of the overall situation, he endured it and let this traitor continue to pit his godfather.
Wang Ju said again: "Isn't it good that the two countries are reconciled? Now I will give you a chance to Western Xia, as long as you withdraw within two days of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will not send any army to pursue, and I will also persuade the official family not to blame the past, the two countries will be reconciled, and reopen the mutual market between the Zhenrong army and the security army, and I will also give you the Western Xia New Year. What do you think? ”
There is a door, he will not die, Song Ji was ecstatic in his heart, but his face tried to remain calm, and said: "Prince, I can't call the shots in this matter." ”
"You are an important think tank of Liang Yiburi, Liang Yibury is the younger brother of the Queen Mother of your country, you can't call the shots, but Liang Yibury can call the shots. Therefore, for the happiness of the people of the two countries, can you persuade Liang Yi to bury Liang Yi for your Western Xia and our Great Song Dynasty. ”
"It's going to work, but I can't guarantee it."
"As long as you persuade, there is hope for success, and the battle to this day, your Western Xia has suffered heavy losses, just like the battle of Hanzhong, Yang Xiu said that chicken ribs and chicken ribs, it is a pity to abandon it, and the food is tasteless. Cao Cao angrily beheaded Yang Xiu, but in the end, he had to withdraw his troops back. Wang Ju wrote two letters, one for Liang Yibury and the other for the imperial court, which was similar to what he had just said to Song Ji.
While persuading Liang Yi to bury, he said that he would report the matter to Zhao Ji, and after writing it, he stamped his official seal, and then said: "I have asked Master Song to sign and draw it." ”
Wang Ju's attitude has always been very polite, but he is not polite, Song Ji dares not to sign and draw? However, Song Ji's bet on painting this is just a proof, but Wang Jugai's official seal can be used as evidence for the future. If the Western Xia withdraws its troops in the next two days and Wang Ju sends troops to pursue, then the Song Dynasty will lose its morality in the future, and in Gyeongju, Wang Ju represents the Song Dynasty!
Song Ji signed and drew the seal, Wang Ju sent war horses, including several captured Song Ji's personal soldiers, and asked him to carry the letter written by Wang Ju to Liang Yi and release a few people back.
Looking at his back, Zhang Qi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This kind of goods can also be reused by the Xixia people." ”
"Half a jar of vinegar can shake loudly, and you can win the trust of half a jar of vinegar, but who can say that you can know people and make good use of them?" Wang Ju said. If you don't have a golden finger, can you accurately take on each member? Still can't! Maybe like Han Jiang, he regards the seed as the biggest treasure. Or like his own soft ears and eyes, he put Li Kezhong in Yele Town.
Wang Xiaoma asked unconvinced: "Da Lang, why did you let this person go?" ”
"Don't worry, he will die a terrible death soon......," Wang Ju said, and then said, "Let's start." ”
From now on, the curtain of the battle will be officially opened, and then the entire Song army will be connected in series.
It began, and some soldiers were secretly preparing.
The sun had not yet set, and the people were preparing to make dinner, when suddenly someone shouted, "Look, look at the ...... in heaven" R1152