In the first month of the first year of Wu Zhenxing, the thirteenth year after Ning Yi committed regicide, the southwest became a mess.
In the first and middle ten days, with Jianmen Pass as the dividing line, twenty days of non-stop fighting took place in the southwest; while in the northeast, seventeen battles were fought in seven days.
By the end of January and the beginning of February, intelligence from the southwest was gathered and transmitted to Lin'an. At this time, the situation in the capital was becoming tense due to the fall of Fuzhou - of course, the most tense one belonged to the forces of Zuo Xiang Tieyan, who had killed his cousin.
, after losing Fuzhou, his status in the court plummeted - people such as Wu Qimei, Gan Fenglin, Li Shan, etc., plus many officials in the court and the army, mostly for Xi Yin and Qin Shaoqian.
This fight was awe-inspiring.
After more than 20,000 people led by Qin Shaoqian broke through more than ten lines of defense in seven days, they began to retreat. Xi Yin in the front was calm and calm. Although he organized seventeen armies to rush forward one after another and were dispersed, he
His own foundation was not damaged at all, and in the eyes of everyone, the true master's demeanor emerged.
"...The so-called Chinese Seventh Army led by Qin Shaoqian was pinned to the rear of the Jurchens. It originally served as a deterrent. With these 20,000 people on the front line, Zong Han's army on the front line must consider how to turn back in the future.
, so that it cannot attack with all its strength, it must leave some retreat. The seventh army of Black Flag is stationary, and there is a possibility of great changes. Once it moves, there are only 20,000 people, but it will fall into the inferior position and is not a good choice for the army.
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"...It's a pity that although the Black Flag on the Southwest Front was commanded by Ning Yi, who was even more famous, it was actually hard to live up to its reputation. It had exhausted its strength after just one victory at the end of the year, and suffered a major defeat on the fourth day of the first lunar month. Qin Shaoqian must have
I also have a headache, so I have to attack forward. He has 20,000 men, who are really elite soldiers. They are invincible to the Jurchens, so they have to give way. They can protect the troops until they reach the post. 20,000 Jurchens can defeat 700,000. What a pity.
Qin Shaoqian's leader was not Yelu Yanxi back then, but Xi Yin who defeated the Yelu clan..."
"...with the same number of Han troops, they set up more than ten lines of defense in the rear and faced them one after another. Qin Shaoqian was unable to exert the momentum of rolling back the bead curtain. Instead, he went all out and failed. He broke through seventeen lines at a time.
As for the defense line, Xi Yin will gather the Han troops at hand again, and maybe he can form seventeen or twenty-seven lines of defense. So what if he is defeated in one attack? I'm afraid he walked in front of Xi Yin and held the sword.
I have no strength left..."
For a period of time, Lin'an has been talking about this battle. From Wu Qimei down to the scholars in the teahouse, almost everyone has some comments on this battle.
"... Xiyin is extremely sophisticated in his military use, but Qin Shaoqian is really capable of taking it and letting it go. He simply broke through seventeen lines of defense, broke camp and walked back to continue to intimidate. His seventh army was not at Xiyin's side.
The hungry wolf showed its timidity in front of him, and the combat power and threat of this army became more real. Speaking of which, he is worthy of being a son of the Qin family.
We actually met our opponents. According to me, Ning Yi’s signature is the signature in the Chinese army. The real strength is still the Qin faction..."
"...It's just that in this trial, the outcome could not be determined after all. Qin Shaoqian walked gracefully and escaped unscathed. But from a strategic perspective, he hoped to attack the Jurchen's rear to relieve the danger on the front, but his intention failed.
Seventeen battles in seven days. Even though they fought consecutively and won consecutively, could they themselves be unscathed? Therefore, the real winner in this battle was Wanyan Xiyin, who was waiting for work. At this point, the Black Flag Army's battle in the southwest was only
We can completely rely on the so-called Fifth Army in the southwest. What a pity, the Fifth Army commanded by Ning Yi is now retreating steadily..."
Thousands of miles apart, sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight can really give people the comfort of sitting in a warm room on a snowy day and watching people shivering on the road. Wu Qimei and others talked about the subtleties of this military use, or mixed it with
Sighing, or supplemented by sighing, can more or less point to the country and use the heaven and earth as a chessboard.
Of course, the reason why the battle between Qin Shaoqian and Xi Yin is analyzed in such detail is because the entire southwest battle situation after Jianmen Pass is still in a fog. However, after the Jurchens broke through Huangming County,
, the troops began to press forward towards Zizhou, and Ning Yi's defense line retreated. This is always an undoubted general trend.
Three thousand miles away, the people in Lin'an still had no way of knowing what kind of quagmire the Jin army in the southwest had fallen into.
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Just after the Spring Festival, the Jurchens' breakthrough in Huangming County did bring a huge loss to the Chinese army.
If we count the attrition of the Second Division of the Chinese Army who have been defending Huang Ming for more than two months, the number has exceeded more than 4,000. However, just a tragic defeat and fight on the third and fourth day of the lunar month, the number of sacrifices and missing persons on the battlefield has reached two
More than 1,800 people.
Most of this terrifying attrition figure comes from the Second Division's unwilling battle for Huangming County. The sudden loss of Huangming County meant that for the Chinese army, they lost not only a city wall, but also a lot of impossible things.
The timely withdrawal of iron cannons and city defense equipment is one of the most important strategic resources at the moment. In order to prepare for a possible counterattack, the amount of explosives and other materials transported by the Chinese army to Huangming County was once increased.
The Chinese Army Staff Headquarters has been brewing the idea of launching a counterattack in Huangming County or Yuyuxi. The original plan was to launch an attack around December 28th, but on the 19th, the results were achieved in Yuyuxi.
, Huangming County pulled away and quickly withdrew its troops to defend, and the idea of launching a counterattack in Huangming County was shelved for a time.
If it really plans to launch a counterattack, the Second Division must cooperate with other troops. However, after the Fourth and Fifth Divisions won at Yuyu Creek, the reduction of troops is too heavy, and they have to guard the wounded. It will be a bit difficult for Huangming County to go all out to counterattack again.
Reluctantly.
At night on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Jurchens' furious attacks broke through the city walls, and fighting broke out on the city walls. A large section of the city wall controlled by the Chinese army fired hundreds of cannons. The artillery team devoted all the accumulated gunpowder into the overwhelming attack.
There were even several cases where the gun barrel overheated and exploded, affecting one's own people. However, this situation still failed to curb the chaotic battlefield situation in the dark night.
Throughout the night, the Chinese army fought and retreated in the small county town. The engineering team dragged part of the iron artillery baggage towards the rear of the county town. On the battlefield, various teams led by the cadre regiments charged countless times. The Jurchens were pulling away.
Under the swift and strict orders, the victory of holding the city head was achieved, but in the county town, the soldiers who rushed in one after another were beaten almost to death under the impact of the Chinese army.
There were mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. Even some of the Khitan, Xi, and Liaodong troops who were the main force of the Jin army were defeated in the city.
However, the superiority in numbers eventually overwhelmed the bravery of the Chinese Army commanders and fighters. Some Chinese Army troops were divided and surrounded on their own positions. They fought until late at night or even until dawn. However, they were gradually submerged in the blood flow of the battlefield. In some cases, they could no longer break through.
On the position, the soldiers detonated explosive shells and gunpowder, and burned the iron cannons around them.
In the early morning of the next day, the fighting on the battlefield continued. Most of the Chinese troops who had gathered at one end of Huangming County to build a position were wounded. They were unable to retreat with their baggage under the enemy's attack. They persisted until around 6:00 p.m.
, Han Jing's packhorse team arrived at the battlefield, and then began to evacuate the wounded soldiers and artillery, and left in an orderly manner along the mountain road.
Ba Lisu was not prepared to end the victory this time. By this time, the Chinese army had lost its advantage in city defense in Huangming County. He gathered his elite troops and went into battle repeatedly, launching attacks against Han Jing at all times.
Attack. Han Jing set up his position and defended from the afternoon of the fourth day to the day of the fifth day. He repelled the Jurchens' attacks several times. Then he saw that the Jurchens seemed to have weakened their attacks and began to evacuate.
His retreat had just begun, and the Jurchen troops came again one after another. The troops of the First Division fought and retreated in the mountain passes. After being about three miles away from Huangming County, the mountains gradually opened up. The Jurchens' troops
The team came from behind and were intercepted by Qu Zhengyan's troops who came out of the mountain road. The first and fourth divisions cooperated and made dumplings of the more than 500 elite Xi people chasing in front.
Forced off the cliff by fierce front and rear attacks, more than 300 people surrendered. The troops in the rear finally retreated after ineffective rescue efforts.
Ba Lisu's pursuit on the fifth day of the lunar month came to a halt.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, with the cooperation of the scout team led by Yu Yu, Ba Lisu once again organized his troops to pursue them. Only then did the huge trouble appear.
Extending from Jiange to Zizhou, Huangming County and Yuyu Creek are two key blocking points. After these two locations, the mountains leading to Zizhou are slightly gentler, and there are more road choices. But it is not
Representative, everything has been smooth sailing since then.
In fact, after passing Huangming County for a few miles, although the mountains seemed slightly gentle, the rest of the road was unfamiliar to the Jurchens.
The remaining scout troops groped along the mountains, and soon encountered landmines - this was a minefield that no one had touched since the war began. At the same time, some experienced scouts started a new round of mine clearance work.
, the scout troops of the Chinese Army also came over without stopping.
Relying on the thunder array in the forest, the exchange ratio of the scout troops further increased. With only a slight contact, Yu Yu had no choice but to choose a conservative combat attitude. He could only gather a large number of scouts and gradually explore forward along the main road.
There were no landmines on the main road. Ba Li quickly gathered several troops and advanced in coordination with the scout team. However, this lineup could not stop Qu Zhengyan from leading the fourth division to counterattack crazily. The special operations team of the Chinese Army was like a ghost.
Walking through the forest, from time to time he would shoot crossbow bolts or black guns at the Jurchen scouts or Jurchen forces on the road.
The actions of these special operations forces at this time were extremely arrogant. When Jurchen scouts discovered roadside mines and tried to remove or detonate them, they would quickly approach and attack them. Sometimes they would be discovered by Hai Dongqing, and sometimes they would be counterattacked.
, But it doesn’t matter. After being counterattacked, they fled deeper into the mountain forest. More landmines that had not yet been removed were buried on the escape route. Once a small group of Jurchen troops left the team, the Chinese army’s combat team would quickly pounce on them.
, eat the opponent.
From the sixth day of the lunar month, there was never a moment of silence on the Jurchens' march from Huangming County. The enemy advanced and we retreated, the enemy was tired and we harassed, the enemy retreated and we pursued. With the favorable geographical location, we finally took the full initiative.
Qu Zhengyan brought the essence of this tactic to its extreme in front of the Jurchens.
Yu Yu was miserable. At the beginning of the southwest battle, there were scouts fighting in the forest, and there were scenes of clearing mines and even advancing through mines. At that time, it was still a huge numerical advantage that pushed the front line to the front.
At that time, the numerical advantage of Huang Ming's frontline scouts was no longer obvious. The opponent was fully prepared and waiting for work. The price he had to pay for every step forward made him feel heart-wrenching pain.
But the army's advance could not be stopped at this time.
In the overall situation of the battle in Huangming County, the Jurchens have already occupied a certain advantage. This advantage lies in the fact that the strength of the Chinese army has been stretched to the extreme, but the Jurchens still have quite a lot of effective forces that can be put into the battle. From
From a grand strategic point of view, the most profitable thing is to attack at multiple points to break the Chinese Army's military line. The Chinese Army occupies a favorable location and has an advantage in combat. It doesn't matter. Even if a few people are replaced, at some point, they will be fully
Collapse down.
While Huangming County was pushing forward, the battle at Yuyu Creek had begun again. Zong Han hoped to use such a two-front battle to consume every remaining strength of the Chinese army on the battlefield.
In order to intimidate the back roads of Yuyuxi, Ba Lisu needed to let his soldiers control the road about fifteen miles in front of Huangming County. On these fifteen miles of road, the Chinese army's advantage in defending was no longer high. After all,
The mountains are already relatively easy to navigate, and the places that cannot be opened can be bypassed - no more than a wave of thunder - but to withstand the attacks of the Chinese army on the way forward is a torment that must be overcome after all.
Of course, even if you know this truth, as a Jurchen, being ravaged by the enemy like this on the battlefield is really the most frustrating battle in my life.
The constant autumn wind outside the main road is just an appetizer. Sometimes Haidongqing will find hundreds of scouts gathering in the rugged mountains, which makes the Jurchens extremely nervous. On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Qu Zhengyan led the team to the advancing
The heroine's strength spread out and penetrated. After discovering that the opponent was well prepared for defense, she casually fired a few arrows and ran away.
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Xiao Ke, a Khitan man, led more than 3,000 elite men under him and tried to counterattack after discovering traces of Qu Zhengyan's attack. When Qu Zhengyan saw that something was wrong, he turned around and ran away. Xiao Ke led the troops into the mountains. Although they encountered many
The thunder array was not dense, but the 300 men led by Qu Zhengyan launched a flesh-chopping counterattack against Xiao Ke's 3,000 men.
Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, he led the main force to quickly attack the flank of the opponent's still confused team and captured it. Although Xiao Ke's troops were ten times more powerful than Qu Zhengyan, they soon became confused in the unfamiliar mountains. Xiao Ke
Relying on his courage, he charged forward, but soon after he was almost hit in the head by a black gun in the forest. After he regained consciousness, he quickly retreated, but he suffered casualties of more than 200 out of 3,000 people, and all his energy was lost.
The subsequent wave of attacks began on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. Han general Liu Niazhi led more than 4,000 elite men under his command along the mountain road, and was suddenly attacked on the road about seven miles away from Huangming County.
This time, Chen Tian, the chief of staff of the Fourth Division, led the team, which also consisted of more than 300 people. After the first wave of engagement, he did not choose to retreat. Instead, he launched a wave of strong attacks from the side of the mountain road. Liu Nianzhi's soldiers came from the front
They rushed forward and were bombarded by hundreds of grenades from the Chinese army in three batches. Six sniper rifles rang out simultaneously in the mountains and forests. Han general Liu Nian was knocked down in a pool of blood along with his horse. After Liu Nian was killed,
, Chen Tiancai led the soldiers to retreat at full speed.
On the battlefield of Huangming County on the third day of the first lunar month, facing the surrender of the Chinese army, there were two main Han army units that rebelled and attacked, one of which was led by Liu Niazhi. They were soldiers from the Central Plains who had surrendered to the Jurchens for a long time.
The Han army also participated in the battle of Xiaocanghe and had great resistance to the Chinese army. However, the Chinese army's beheading attack on Liu Niazhi also showed that the Chinese army inherited from Ning Yi in combat.
temperament.
After Liu Niazhi was killed by a sniper, another army led by Han general Sun Wang hardly dared to leave Huangming County within a few days.
At Wanfugang, which is more than ten miles away from Huangming County, the main forward force sent by Lisu was struggling to camp here, but they were attacked and harassed by the Fourth Division every day. By the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the camp had not yet been set up.
Han Jing led the troops of the First Division, pulling the artillery withdrawn from Huangming County, and launched a frontal attack aggressively.
The Jin troops who arrived here at this time were only more than 15,000 people. Han Jing and Qu Zhengyan mobilized almost more than 10,000 people. In half a day of fighting, the camp was wiped out by the Chinese army, and more than 10,000 people retreated to nearby areas.
of mountains.
After the Jurchen generals completely chose to retreat, it was not easy to kill them all. After destroying the camp and shitting, the Chinese army did not choose to further attack on this day.
The harassment on the road continued all the time, and the Jurchens also tried their best to familiarize themselves with and control the territory along the way. On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, there was mist in the mountains, and there were fights on the mountain road from Huangming County to Wanfugang.
The sound sounded. This time, Qu Zhengyan encountered an unexpected enemy. Waiting in front of them were white flags all over the mountain.
The Revenge Army, which was formed after the merger of the Jurchen Yanshan Guards led by Wanyan Loushi and the direct army under Shi Bushi, was led by Baoshan King Wanyan Xiebao and arrived at the battlefield in advance. In the mist, they were ready for the surprise attack.
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Qu Zhengyan ordered the people to turn around and run away, and the old scout team belonging to the Yanshan Guards chased them desperately from behind.
On the road from Huangming County to Zizhou, fighting and slaughter, ambushes and counterattacks have been taking place in the mountains and forests every day. The scale may be large or small, but no matter what, the Jurchens continue to suffer losses again and again.
Earthly expanding their control over the surrounding area.
In the direction of Yuyu Creek, the wounded in the wounded camp have been gradually moved to the rear. However, Ning Ji, who was helping in the camp, refused to follow the retreat. As an outstanding member of the military medical team, he was prepared to leave when the main force on the front line retreated.
, Hongti couldn't convince him for a while.
The letter reporting the matter was sent to Zizhou, and when Ning Xi conveyed it to Ning Yi, Ning Yi was looking at the big map in front of him and thinking deeply. He whispered: "Let him go."
"father……"
"Okay, I'll find an excuse to pull everyone back from Yuyuxi."
"...Huh?" Ning Xi was stunned by these words.
He looked at his father's face carefully. At this moment, Ning Yi's eyes were staring at the map but not at him. His eyes and words were generally cold.
This was the first time that Ning Xi couldn't tell whether her father's words were a joke or true.
In Ning Yi's hand, there is a simple piece of information from the front. Please report the two recorded messages.