Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1356: The situation of Xiangyang City, Tongbai Mountain Tongchuan
Chapter 1356: The situation of Xiangyang City, Tongbai Mountain Tongchuan
Chapter 1356: The situation of Xiangyang City, Tongchuan in Tongbai Mountain
Shen Tang went to Dianjiangtai to gather troops and horses, let alone Xiangyang Mansion!
As mentioned earlier, if the Jin Kingdom in the north wants to go south to the Song Dynasty, there are basically only three options to choose from! One is the Lianghuai area at the junction with Shandong, but the water veins here are developed, which is unfavorable for the Jin Kingdom’s cavalry march, and, There are also important towns such as Yangzhou Prefecture and Jiankang Prefecture that are heavily guarded by troops.
After all, if the Jin people went south and crossed the Lianghuai River, they could attack Lin'an City. Therefore, neither Zhao Gou nor Zhao Shen dared to underestimate this line of defense.
Moreover, because of the Northern Expedition, the Song Dynasty took advantage and allowed Li Xianzhong to station troops in Sizhou, which gave this generation a bit more strategic depth.
The other road is the Sichuan-Sichuan line where Shen Tang is now!
Just like this Dashan Pass, it is one of the most important passages between the north and the south!
The third road is Xiangyang City.
Although Xiangyang City does not have the other two geographical advantages, relying on the height of Xiangyang City and the surrounding area, a mature and complete defense network has been formed!
With Xiangyang City as the core, there is the Guanghua Army to the north, the Jingmen Army to the south, the Fangling Army to the west, and to the east there are the Zaoyang Army originally stationed in Suizhou, and then the Xinyang Army stationed in Belief. The De'an Army in De'an Prefecture, and the Hanyang Army stationed in Hanyang, south of De'an Prefecture.
In other words, with Xiangyang City as the core, eight armies including the Lieyang Army were stationed within hundreds of miles, totaling more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty!
Among these troops, the Guanghua Army, the Zaoyang Army, and the Xinyang Army are the first line. If the first line is defeated by the Jin soldiers, the defeated troops on the front line will retreat to Xiangyang City, De'an Prefecture, and Lieyang. The Jingmen Army, the Fangling Army and the De'an Army form the second line of defense! If the second line of defense is also broken, then the Jingmen Army and the Hanyang Army will be the last line of defense.
However, if Xiangyang really fell, the last troops would just buy the Song Dynasty court some more time!
While the rest of the troops and horses were increasing their numbers, Tu Shan Kening, Wan Yan Hao, the general manager of the Daming Prefecture's military and horse capital, was ordered by Emperor Wan Yanyong to control all the troops and horses in the entire Henan Prefecture (including Kaifeng Prefecture), and led his troops southward. !
After a period of preparation, Wanyan Hao led his 20,000 elite soldiers and horses all the way south. Not to mention the soldiers and horses originally stationed in Henan Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture, there were also soldiers and horses from Xuzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou and other places. , everyone was ordered to gather under Wanyan Yong's command!
By the time his army arrived at the junction of Nanjing Road and the Song Dynasty, the number of soldiers and horses gathered had reached 150,000!
With such a large scale of troops and horses, and almost half of the Jin people and nearly half of the troops in the south, the power it can generate is absolutely shocking.
And Wanyan Hao didn't use any tactics or plans. He directly divided his troops into three groups, each with 30,000 troops on the left and right. They marched south from Dengzhou to attack the Guanghua Army, and marched south from Ruyang to Xinyang and the Xinyang Army across the Huaihe River. The water faces each other from a distance.
He himself personally led the remaining 90,000 main troops to attack the front lines of Huyang and Tongbai Mountain!
Yes, it was the Tongbai Mountain where Shen Tang participated in the battle at the beginning of the Northern Expedition! At that time, because of the participation and planning of Shen Tang and Xin Qiji, Bian Xi of the Zaoyang Army defeated the Jin Army and became famous, and his official position was even higher Gao Sheng.
It can be said that without that battle, Bian Xi would not be where he is now.
But this time, the Jin soldiers came again with nearly 100,000 troops and horses. Naturally, the entire border was in turmoil and war was raging!
Ever since Bian Xi led his troops from Zaoyang to Sizhou, a new Zaoyang Army was established in Zaoyang! In total, this army has been taking shape for two or three years now, but their
The scale and strength, not to mention compared with the current Bian Xi, even compared with the Zaoyang Army back then, are still far behind.
This is not a disadvantage to the general. Speaking of which, although the new general of the Zaoyang Army, Tong Chuan, is not as famous as Bian Xi and others, he can still be regarded as loyal to his duties. Moreover, he is a soldier who grew up fighting on the battlefield, so,
Although this Zaoyang army is not as good as before, if it were really compared, it might be three points better than other veteran local armies.
The reason why they are said to be weak in strength is because these troops are completely new soldiers who have never been on the battlefield! Without the baptism of the battlefield, their strength will naturally not be able to increase. This cannot even be compensated by daily training.
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After Wanyan Hao arrived at the border, he was not in a hurry to launch a large-scale attack. Although small-scale troop movements had begun, all troops and horses were not deployed.
He placed his main camp east of Huyang, and his 90,000-strong army covered almost the entire northern border of Suizhou.
With the Jin people in such a formation, Tong Chuan naturally had little confidence. He had actually fought against the Jin people, and he knew very well how powerful the Jin people were. Therefore, in addition to immediately arranging the front line of defense at Tongbai Mountain, he immediately sent people to attack the Jin people.
Xiangyang City and De'an Prefecture borrowed troops.
The Xinyang Army and the Guanghua Army have been restrained. Not to mention borrowing troops, even their own troops are not enough. Therefore, they can only borrow troops from Xiangyang City and De'an Mansion, which have the largest number of troops and are temporarily free of pressure.
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However, after waiting for more than ten days, news came from De'an Mansion first. They had transferred some troops to Xinyang to help the Xinyang Army garrison the Luoshan area, so they could only send two thousand troops to help.
Although there are not many soldiers and horses, it is somewhat good news! However, when they went to the Lieyang Army to borrow troops, it was like nothing happened, and there was no news at all!
Tong Chuan repeatedly sent troops, but until Wanyan Hao started sending troops to start the war, Xiangyang City remained indifferent!
Next, there is a tug of war between the two sides!
Although the Song army under Tong Chuan had few soldiers, it had the advantage of the Tongbai Mountain! Although Wanyan Hao was in an offensive position, he had many soldiers and generals, and they took turns to attack! Wanyan Hao did not give any orders
In a life-and-death battle, the two sides were inextricably locked in a fight!
Nearly twenty days have passed since this battle!
In the past twenty days, Tong Chuan's troops have reached their limit, suffering heavy casualties, lack of food and grass, and lack of medical officers... If Tong Chuan had not gritted his teeth and persisted, I am afraid that the front line of Tongbai Mountain would have been lost long ago.
The most important thing is that Wanyan Hao may have guessed that they had few soldiers, so he not only sent out troops in turns to start the battle, but also spread the battle line to nearly a hundred miles from east to west to the north of Suizhou.
As a result, Tong Chuan, who already had few soldiers, was even more stretched!
On top of Tongbai Mountain, Tong Chuan's battle flag is still flying high. The entire Tongshan Pass has been in a mess during these dozens of days of battle!