Chapter 131: Chang'an Battle Sets the World!
Wanyan Loushi is nearly fifty years old. When he was young, he fought at the risk of his life and suffered from many illnesses.
At this time, he could only command from the Central Military Command Station.
The left army, led by Wanyan Xishi, attacked the right wing of the Song army with 3,000 kidnap horses.
After Wanyan's studio defeated the Song army in Yan'an Prefecture, he set up a temple in Beijing and became arrogant for a while.
In this battle of Chang'an, he personally led 3,000 kidnapper horses, and his momentum was like a rainbow, like a sharp sword.
But he was unlucky and met Liu Qi.
Who is Liu Qi?
In the official history, Zhang Jun assembled a large army in Shaanxi, sniped at the Jin army, and changed the entire battle situation. Wanyan Wushu on the middle line and Wanyan Zongfu on the east line were forced to withdraw to support Shaanxi.
In the Battle of Fuping, hundreds of thousands of Song troops were forced to abandon the army and flee first due to the Huanqing strategy, resulting in the complete defeat of the Song army.
But in this battle, Liu Qi's army defeated Wu Shu's left wing and shot Wu Shu's general Han Chang out of one eye.
Although they were defeated in the battle of Fuping, Liu Qi was sent by Zhang Jun to provide support in the later stage.
This is nothing, this guy has even more impressive achievements in official history.
What did he do?
He led 20,000 infantrymen and defeated Jin Wushu's 100,000 troops.
That's right, besides Yue Fei, Liu Qi was also the one who taught Jin Wu how to behave.
Moreover, Liu Qi's posthumous title was also "Wu Mu".
When it comes to the four generals of ZTE, even Han Shizhong may not be able to compare with him.
Why is this guy so fierce?
He is not a growth genius like Yue Fei, but a natural genius.
As early as when he was in the Western Army, Zhang Jun felt that he was an extraordinary person when he first saw him.
When using troops against the Xixia people, they defeated them many times.
When a Xixia child cries, the mother will say to the child, "Be careful Liu Dutong comes to arrest you," and the child will stop crying.
Wang Fuzhi evaluated it this way: By exerting the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, fulfilling the ambition of Yue Fei, and benefiting from Han (Han Shizhong), Liu Qi, and Wu Lin (Wu Jie, Wu Lin), we can restore Bianjing and take over Shaanxi Province. ? Said: Yes.
Speaking of which, Liu Qi can be in the Western Army thanks to one person.
who?
Golf king.
When Gao Qiu achieved military exploits in Shaanxi, he did so under the command of Liu Qi's father, Liu Zhongwu.
Although Gao Qiu is a bit dandy, he is definitely an emotional person.
Liu Zhongwu was kind to him, so he recommended Liu Qi to Song Huizong.
It was this man who was placed on the right wing of the Song army by Zhang Jun at this time.
Why did the kidnap horse collapse?
Because the horse's legs are starting to get stuck.
This tactic was invented by Liu Qi and he taught it to Yue Fei.
Wanyan's studio didn't react at all.
The Guaizi horse at the front screamed and fell to the ground, sliding on the ground and attacking the Song army.
The surrounding Song soldiers moved quickly.
The Jin Army cavalry behind saw the collapse in front and immediately changed their direction to avoid the impact.
But Liu Qi's troops around him began to chop off the horse's legs.
Wanyan's studio didn't react at all.
The massive kidnapping horse began to collapse uncontrollably.
As soon as Wanyan Xishi rushed over, his body tilted and his horse fell to the ground. Half of his body was pinned underneath. Before he could get up, he was struck in the waist by a Song soldier with an axe.
Suddenly the armor deformed, and before he could scream, another Song army hammer came and hit his helmet, which was dented.
Wanyan died on the spot, and his brains flowed out of his helmet.
The 3,000 kidnap horses on the left wing lost 2,438, and the rest rushed out desperately.
The news of the defeat of the left wing reached Wanyan Lou's room, who suddenly cried out sadly: "I lost my left arm!"
The two sides fought a bloody battle for a day. Perhaps there were too many Song troops and the Song army's formation could never be completely defeated.
Both sides fought back and forth, with rivers of blood flowing.
The Song army almost exchanged two or three people for one Jin man.
By noon, the Song army had killed tens of thousands of people.
In the afternoon, the Song army's left army and the Jingyuan Road commander Xi Gong suddenly escaped, causing a massive collapse on the left road and triggering the collapse of the entire army.
In the Battle of Chang'an alone, more than 160,000 people were killed by the Song army, including the Xiang army.
Corpses were strewn across the field, looking like a huge red carpet when viewed from a high altitude.
The Jin army also felt uncomfortable. Wanyan Loushi lost 50,000 elite soldiers here, and Wanyan Loushi was so killed that he suffered from insomnia for several days and nights.
The large-scale counterattack of the Jin Army was caused by the collapse of the horse on the left.
The main purpose of Guaizima was to attack the Song Army's military formation, causing the Song Army to completely lose its combat effectiveness.
But this tactic failed on the Song Army's right flank.
On December 17, Zhang Jun ordered Liu Qi to provide support in Jingzhao Mansion and assemble those who were defeated.
Zhang Shen, the envoy to the Yanyan Road, Wang Si, the envoy to the Huanqing Road, and Wang Yi, the envoy to the Xihe Road, began to write impeachment memorials all night to impeach Zhang Jun.
Three hundred thousand people have died in the war in Shaanxi, and this crime is now all blamed on Zhang Jun.
It was also on December 17, after the Battle of Chang'an, that the Jin army completely stopped moving forward.
Wanyan Lou's office urgently wrote a military report and sent it to Yanjing for Banbo Jilie Wanyan Gao.
This 800-mile urgent battle report arrived in Yanjing on December 28.
Wanyan Gao, who had always ignored the Song army, was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time after seeing the military report.
In fact, the Jin Dynasty court had been debating an issue before going south this time.
what is the problem?
Should we attack the western front with heavy troops, attack the central front with heavy troops, or should we attack the eastern front with heavy troops?
All three can be used to find reasons to fight.
The Western Front was an important military center in the Song Dynasty. The Jin Army had long since discovered that Zhang Jun was working hard in Shaanxi and recruiting a large number of troops.
Some people in the Jin court believed that the Song army should not be given time to prepare in Shaanxi because the folk customs in Shaanxi were too tough.
If Zhang Jun is given one year, he may not know what kind of army he can form.
You must know that the Western Army could not defeat the Jin Army before because the Western Army had been fighting with Xixia for a long time and deployed a large number of crossbowmen, as high as 70%.
The Jin army wore iron armor and their crossbows had limited lethality.
Therefore, in the first year of Jingkang, the Western Army was pinned to the ground and rubbed by the Jin Army. It was not that the Western Army really couldn't fight, but that the weapons were wrong.
The Kingdom of Jin has actually done research on this point. It is said that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious in any battle.
The Kingdom of Jin was most worried about the weapon reform in the Song Dynasty.
Zhang Jun is now very powerful in Shaanxi, and the powerful forces represented by Wanyan Loushi are urging the Jin State to press heavily into Shaanxi and comprehensively attack the most elite army of the Song Dynasty.
However, Zong Han believed that we should go south again from the central and eastern lines. Even if we could not capture Tokyo, we could go deep into the hinterland and plunder the most prosperous areas of the Song Dynasty.
This was a direct contribution to the Song Dynasty's money bank.
If the money bank is gone, the army will naturally be unable to fight.
Both sides have their own reasons.
In the end, in order to balance the situation, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and the Crown Prince Wanyan Gao made an absolutely even distribution and went south.
Hence the current situation.
If Lou Shi's military report still made Wanyan Gao hesitate, then another military report made Wanyan Gao jump to his feet.
He received news that on December 21, 100,000 Song troops suddenly appeared in Taiyuan Prefecture, and the commander was a Song general named Wu Jie.
At this time, Taiyuan was officially empty and lonely... Oh no, it was empty of military strength.
Chapter completed!