Chapter 554: All the way to the north (2)(1/2)
"Wang Junwan, Yanzhou has sent troops to Jintang City. You can also lead your subordinates to Jintang City. Don't be too fast, but the momentum is strong. Only in this way can the Xia army in Jintang City be forced away." Wang Ju said.
The results of this battle are enough. It is okay to add icing on the cake, but there is no need to make heavy sacrifices to add icing on the cake. The people of Xixia who are not good at siege in the city, and the Song army also has a headache. Although Jintang City cannot be called imperfect, it is almost as imperfect as possible in the front line of Xixia, and can at least be regarded as a tall and majestic protection village.
So Wang Ju tried to defeat Jin Tangcheng without fighting.
In addition, there is a large amount of food and grass in this fortress. As long as the enemy evacuates, these food and grass can be obtained by the Song army.
It's the turn of King Jin to suffer from this food and grass problem.
"Ming Gong, this," Wang Jun hesitated.
"Jun Wan, you have made enough contributions to this battle. Could it be that you want to seal the wolf's servant?
Fenglangjuxu pointed out that Huo Qubing sent more than 2,000 miles from Dai County, crossed Lihou Mountain, crossed Gonglu River, fought with the Zuoxian King of the Xiongnu, annihilated more than 70,000 enemies, took advantage of the victory to chase Langjuxu Mountain, held a ceremony to worship the heavens and sacrifice to the earth in Guyan Mountain, and the army approached the Hanhai (Lake Baikal). After this battle, the Xiongnu fled far away, leaving the royal court in the desert. Some people fled to Europe, and then the first whip of God in Europe came.
Since then, Fenglangjuxu has become one of the highest achievements of the Han people's military achievements.
But it is almost impossible in the Song Dynasty. Unless Xixia is destroyed and a large number of war horses are obtained, there will be no cavalry. When they go to the desert, they may be sent to death.
Don’t ask Huo Qubing is also mainly infantry, so did he have any kicks at that time?
Of course, Wang Ju made a small joke. Although Wang Junwan was full of confidence at this time, he did not dare to say that he could seal the wolf's servant.
Wang Ju said again: "The war has come to an end, and there are not many contributions. We also need to give others a chance to hone their skills, just like this time. Without Zhang Zhifu's assistance in planning, can we formulate a plan for a great victory? You are with me all the way, but how difficult is this plan?"
How difficult it is, Wang Ju cannot see it on his appearance, so he must maintain a calm look to give everyone confidence. However, Liu Changzuo and Wang Junwan also participated in the plan by chance and knew the real inside story.
In short, this battle does not reflect the real level of the two teams. It is mainly to win in conspiracy and intrigue, even in the final battle. The reason for the victory is that it repeatedly oppresses the morale of the enemy and mobilizes one's own morale. The morale gap is large, and the terrain is reasonable. If you think that the Song army is invincible in the world, it is equivalent to moving from one extreme to another.
"The future battle will still be like this. The cooperation of the generals is the key. The court cannot expect that you can use the generals. There must be many Jun Wan, preferably twenty or thirty. Then there is a qualified coach with the support from the rear, and the next battle will be won. As long as you come to two or three such battles, Xixia will defeat you without any attack."
After this general, many generals will step out of the stage one after another.
For example, Dou Shunqing gradually felt exhausted, and Wang Ju had to let him take charge of escorting food and grass.
This task does not have to go through so day and night. But it is also very important. If it is not an experienced veteran, if the people of Xixia robbed the food and grass, the major event will be over. And in the future, it will be the enemy's territory. Of course, prisoners of war will not be escorted with food and grass in the enemy's territory. The places where prisoners of war are escorted are only Dashun City and Baibao City, and behind are the tasks of the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers and civilians. However, in the enemy's territory, anything can happen. This requires an experienced and steady veteran, and Lao Dou is undoubtedly the best choice.
In addition to Dou Shunqing, there are also Yang Wenguang, Liu Yan and He Bin from Huanzhou, who are all old.
Even Li Sangou has to gradually withdraw from the stage.
However, there were many famous generals in the Middle Zodiac, such as the Yao brothers, Yan Da, Gao Yongneng, Miao Su, Liu Changzuo, Zhou Yongqing and others. These people not only know how to fight and command, but also have good personalities, but if they want them to go to the stage, they have to give them room to grow.
Compared with the previous few generals, Wang Junwan's personality is indeed a bit bad, but Wang Ju didn't say it out.
"Ming Gong, don't talk about it anymore, I'm going." Wang Junwan said embarrassedly.
Wang Junwan took his men to Jintang City.
Liu Yan and Liu Shaoneng rushed to Malingchuan early in the morning to support the battle on the Western Front.
Dou Shunqing escorted prisoners of war horses and returned to Rouyuan Village early in the morning. Most of these prisoners of war continued to be escorted to Qingzhou, asking them to take on the position of escorting food and grass. There were many tasks. Not only did Qingzhou, but also had to escort a large amount of food and grass from the rear.
Before the war, Wang Ju "overdrawed" and asked the people of the villages to hand over the food, grass, livestock and poultry to the officers and soldiers of the Zhubao Village. Therefore, Zhubao Village got a lot of food, and the people came back. However, when the people came back, they had to return the food to them, so they had to transport it slowly from the rear. These prisoners of war came at the right time. At least in terms of labor, there was no need to worry about the people. In addition to food, there were many other matters. Wang Ju took advantage of the great victory to chew a large piece from Hengshan in Xixia. But he had to defend it and had to build more than ten medium-sized fortresses. It might even be like in the late Northern Song Dynasty that they had set up troops here.
This requires a lot of labor. Also, Xixia has come. Although the clear walls and fields are cleared, the people of Xixia have demolished many houses. Since the government has made a promise in advance, it is necessary to pay labor and money to rebuild their homes for them.
If it weren't for these huge prisoners of war in their hands, just labor, it would immediately make Wang Jitou's pain.
However, Dou Shunqing's main task was food and grass. In addition, there were many corpses along the way from seven or eight miles east of the city to Baibao City. The corpses still need to be identified. The body of the Song army must be taken home, and the people of Xixia must search for the ground to bury it, otherwise the people who came back would be scared.
Yang Wenguang continued to search for Xia army in the surrounding areas.
At this moment, only Gui Nianglang buried a group of troops in Baibao City, which was very quiet.
"Ming Gong, why didn't he use this great victory to advance into Lingzhou?" Gui Nianglang asked.
What a good opportunity, at least Cai Ting will cooperate with Wang Ju. Although Guo Kui in Yanzhou may not cooperate with Wang Ju, the Han Gong has won the title of Qingzhou for his contributions. If Han Jiang returns to Yanzhou, Yanzhou will also allocate a group of troops.
After this great defeat, how many troops can Xixia draw to resist?
Wang Ju shook his head and said, "There is no money."
Not only did they have no money, once they faced the destruction of the country and the Xixia fish to the death, the Song army still faced some unpredictable risks.
Therefore, Wang Ju has made some arrangements since last year. An arrangement that no one can imagine, Helan Inkstone!
At least it is not the time to destroy Xixia.
"There is no money?" Gui Niang looked incredible. Don't be too much. Even if you take out half of the wealthy people from Shaanxi Road, it is enough to support the War to Destroy Xia. Why are you no money?
Wang Ju really can't answer this question.
Just like in the late Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng rebelled, was it because the Ming Dynasty was poor? The Ming Dynasty was also poor. What was poor was the national fiscal revenue. As long as the landlords of the Ming Dynasty donated one-twentieth of their property, the famine problem in Shaanxi could be solved. Where did Li Zicheng get the soil for the uprising? How could the Qing people enter the pass?
"I don't know what the war is going on in the west?"
"Don't worry, you underestimate General Liu Changzuo."
That was the best general of the Song Dynasty.
Rendaoling Ding continued to withdraw his troops, but at this time Miao Suo followed with his troops decisively.
When the Xia army retreated, he led his men to kill the enemy from behind. When the Xia army counterattacked, he immediately ordered his men to be on guard and defend on the spot. Of course, his troops would not be placed in Renduolingding's eyes, but this was a valley, and no more troops could be used. On the contrary, it would be delayed because of counterattack.
Miao Shu’s troops are not afraid, but what are the ones behind?
Renda Lingding had to pull out the most powerful infantry rear, and continued to move forward while fighting with Miao Shu's subordinates.
In fact, at this time, his subordinates' morale also became depressed.
Not far ahead is the territory of Xixia, but what can we do when we reach the territory of Xixia? The troops from the rear were all exhausted, and the Song army chased Wuyan Gorge, but no rescuers came.
But they could not even think of reaching the territory of Western Xia.
The two armies kept entangling. Seeing the Xixia people forcing this mountain valley that was dozens of miles long together, Zhonggu and Zhongyi led his army to follow him. He understood. Wang Juti called his little brother, so he would give him a chance to make meritorious service.
Gao Min also requested to go to the battle. Zhong Gu also agreed.
Gao Min left, and Liu Changzuo's army came in a mighty manner.
With Liu Yan and thousands of cavalry, he also came here.
It's not over.
Seeing noon passing, Wang Zangbu sent someone to surrender, but put forward the conditions and we could surrender, but we had to go home.
If he had negotiated terms in the morning, he would have done it. Now he negotiated terms, Zhou Yongqing ignored him at all. War horses are good, but wouldn’t it be better to have so many prisoners of war? But he asked several camps to hang a sign in front of them, with a line of big words: “Surrender and come in.”
Please come over by surrendering.
But it was ineffective, so Gao Min hung up another sign with a large line of words on it: "If you don't surrender in the time of Shen, you will die!"
Shenshi is from three to five o'clock in the afternoon, but literally speaking, it does not mean five o'clock, but three o'clock!
It was already past one o'clock, and they only had one hour left.
Once this brand was hung, Wang Zangbu's order was useless. Countless Xia soldiers put down their weapons and rushed towards the Song camp. No matter what the outcome is in the future, it is better than death.
Moreover, since yesterday afternoon, their military camp lacked cooking firewood, and even brought all the mattresses that kept warm at night to cook. Could it be that they really started eating raw horse meat from now on?
There is no need to fight anymore, as long as it is at night, I will automatically blow up the camp.
Wang Zangbu sighed and committed suicide by plucking his sword.
No matter what, he died in the end, so Zhou Yongqing deliberately ordered someone to build a coffin for him and bury him.
When the three Western Xia armies surrendered, Zhou Yongqing arranged personnel to imprison them in Yonghe Village first, and then led the army to chase them.
Now behind Renduolingding are not only Miao Su's subordinates, but also Zhong Yi, Gao Min, Liu Changzuo, Yao Yi and his son, Qu Zhen, Lin Guang, Li Sangou, Gu Yongping, Yang Pei, Liu Yan and Zhou Yongqing's subordinates.
There is still something ahead.
In fact, the Song army's troops at this time had exceeded the strength of Renduolingding.
Of course, Renduolingding has more cavalry, but in this ravine area, it is not even as wide as the ravine in Rouyuan Village. How much role can the cavalry play?
Renda Lingding knew something was wrong, so he kept looking at the sun and urged the army to speed up.
At this moment, the scout in front reported that the Song army was building a wall at the mouth of Daluogan River.
Rendoring's head was about to explode when he heard this.
He continued to let the three armies move forward, and then rode his horse to the front to see.
In front is the wall of Song Jun. It may have been built urgently since the morning. Due to time, the wall of the east side is slightly weaker. It has not been completely built. But is it really the case?
Now Renduolingding is a little puzzled. In fact, if it weren't for the arrival of 10,000 reinforcements from Hebin and Guo Cheng, they would have to attack the wall under Suyuan Village for a long time before they could break through. However, with the arrival of Hebin's reinforcements, Liu Changzuo "unauthorized" changed Wang Ju's plan and let Zhong Gu let him go in advance to reduce unnecessary casualties. However, Renduolingding's army must be forced into this valley. Then Hebin led 10,000 Song troops from Jingyuan Road to march to arrive here last night. The wall was repaired at dawn.
But it is not completely blocked, otherwise the Xixia people would have to fight to the death. Moreover, the mountain here is short and the soldiers under Renduolingding are huge.
So I deliberately made the East Gate wall imperfect.
Renduoling Ding didn't expect it to be a conspiracy, but it was an open conspiracy when he thought about it.
No matter how unexpected he was, the Song army left this shortage and he could only choose to attack.
The offensive and defensive battle began again.
After fighting for more than half an hour, it was approaching evening, and He Bin said, "Let me go."
Let go of the east wall.
But at this time, Liu Changzuo had already led his troops to catch up.
To be continued...