Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1362: The battle situation in Suizhou has changed, and troops are approaching Xiangyang City
Chapter 1362: The battle situation in Suizhou has changed, and troops are approaching Xiangyang City
Chapter 1362: The war situation in Suizhou changes and troops approach Xiangyang City
With the defeat of the Zaoyang Army at Tongbai Mountain and Zhanghe River, there was no longer any obstacle in the entire Suizhou area. The Jin soldiers marched south and occupied the entire territory of Suizhou in just three to five days! And with the fall of Suizhou
, the war in Xiangyang Prefecture has also entered a new stage.
The biggest reason why Xiangyang Prefecture was able to become a fortress against the Jin soldiers was that it formed an overall defense network with Xiangyang Prefecture as the core and the surrounding prefectures and counties as branches! The lack of Suizhou allowed the Jin soldiers to
A breakthrough was found in this defense network.
The first line to be affected was the front line of this defense network! After the Jin soldiers occupied Suizhou, they divided two groups of troops and crossed the Baihe River to the west, and attacked the horse cave from two directions with the Jin soldiers at the Dengzhou border in the north.
The Guanghua Army in the mountains! Moreover, the westward advance of this army directly cut off the connection between the Guanghua Army and Xiangyang Prefecture!
Another group of soldiers and horses attacked Xinyang eastward, and the East Route Army under Wan Yanhao also attacked the Xinyang Army from two groups!
The originally unified battlefield was cut in half by Wanyan Hao's army! Sure enough, within a short time, the Guanghua Army and the Xinyang Army, who were attacked from both sides, were defeated successively, and the Guanghua Land and the Xinyang Land were included in Wanyan Hao's army.
The occupied area also means that the entire Xiangyang area and the front line have fallen! Moreover, the Jin soldiers have gained the strategic depth of the entire Suizhou!
After taking Suizhou, the Jin soldiers under Wanyan Hao, as mentioned before, except for collecting some grain and grass from local governments, did not harass the people everywhere! Suizhou government offices, various county government offices, Wanyan Hao
Send some people there to unite with the original government and bring peace to the people!
Jin Bing's uncharacteristic attitude quickly calmed down the local people!
Afterwards, Wanyan Hao ordered troops from both the east and west routes to station in Guanghua and Xinyang. After the West Route Army captured Guanghua, they stabilized the area of Guanghua, and then continued southward, looking out for the wind in small towns such as Luyan, Dengcheng, and Niushou Town.
And surrender! The West Route Army attacked Fancheng directly in the area of Cimenguan with almost no bloodshed! And this is the north gate of Xiangyang City!
The East Route Army also swept through the entire Jinshan area and occupied the entire territory of Xinyang. Then the cavalry went south and marched to Xindian, Dashengguan area! As long as this area is broken, the entire De'an Prefecture will be exposed naked under the iron hooves of the Jin soldiers.
Down.
A small part of Wanyan Hao's main troops was stationed in Suizhou Fucheng and Suicheng Mountain. This part of the troops was, firstly, to stabilize Suizhou Fucheng, and secondly, to prevent troops from De'an Prefecture from coming west!
A small number of soldiers and horses went straight south and stationed directly at the junction of Suizhou and Yingzhou, while he himself led the army to the west and forced Xiangyang City!
The war situation in Suizhou was not kept secret for long, and it spread quickly! The entire Xiangyang area was shocked, and the government and the public were in an uproar!
Needless to say, the importance of Xiangyang Mansion. Once the entire Xiangyang falls into the hands of the Jin people, it almost means that the entire central Song Dynasty area will no longer have any obstacles to the Jin people. The Jin Kingdom's cavalry can go south smoothly.
The surrounding areas are all under the military front of the Jin Kingdom.
Lin'an, in the Palace of Qinzheng! Zhao Shen rubbed his brows tiredly!
The battle situation in Xiangyang Mansion was reported, and quarrels continued in the court! The voices for peace were getting louder! Moreover, Ye Yong and others once again proposed changing the commander-in-chief! However, they were refuted by Shi Hao and others! Now, Shen Tang
He was the commander-in-chief of the entire war against the Jin Kingdom. The defeat of Xiangyang City certainly had nothing to do with him. However, Shen Tang had only been in office for a few days, so it was somewhat unfair to place the responsibility on him.
In addition, Shen Tang is currently supervising the war in Fengxiang Mansion. The Song and Jin Dynasties have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to gather in Fengxiang Mansion. The war is about to break out, and he really can't care about the situation in Xiangyang City!
"Is there any battle report coming back from Shen Tang?"
After returning to Qinzheng Hall, Zhao Shen asked Wang Quan!
Wang Quan nodded, "Guan family, Master Shen did ask the Imperial City Department's secret agent to send a secret letter!"
He took the secret letter from Wang Quan's hand and opened it. After a moment, his tightened brows relaxed a little, "Hey, Shen Tang, now I have put all my hopes on you. I hope you won't let me go." I’m disappointed!”
If Fengxiang Mansion is defeated, then Shen Tang can return to Xiangyang City, which can at least stop Wanyan Hao from advancing. However, if Fengxiang Mansion is defeated again, then the entire Sichuan-Sichuan area and Xiangyang City area will fall, and the Song Dynasty will have no hope. Got it!
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Shen said in a deep voice, "Send trustworthy personnel to deliver my oral instructions to Shen Tang! I will leave everything to you in this battle, and you can make your own decisions when the opportunity arises! All soldiers, generals and local officials at all levels will cooperate with you at all costs. In the battle with Jin, if there is any disobedience, you can hold the emperor's sword and kill first and then report! This is my special permission!"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Shen turned to Wang Quan and said, "Send a message to all the supervisors at all levels in Shen Tang's army. What they need to do in this battle is to listen and watch. All the battles will be made by Shen Tang!" If this battle is a mistake because of them, even if Shen Tang doesn't kill them, I will kill them!"
The profession of the supervisor can be said to be both good and bad! His existence is to monitor the army for the emperor and prevent the commander from becoming bigger! Therefore, most of the supervisors are mainly composed of eunuchs or censors! However, this supervisor The bad thing is that the layman gives advice to the expert! Theoretically speaking, the supervisory army actually has no right to say anything about the war of the army. However, because the supervisory army is the emperor's confidant and can give secret reports to the emperor, the supervisory army's rights are greatly improved. Expansion, even if the commander of an army faces the supervisory army, he must retreat by three points!
It was precisely because of this that the supervisors acted recklessly! It was not uncommon in the Song Dynasty that defeats were caused by the supervisors!
Because Zhao Shen knew this situation, he directly ordered these supervisors not to interfere with Shen Tang's use of troops, so as to ensure the victory of the battle...
Shen Tang, who was far away in Fengxiang Mansion, of course also learned about the changes in the battle situation in Xiangyang City. In the Chinese military tent, he looked coldly at the secret military report that came over, without any emotion at all!
brush!
The military report was thrown into the brazier by Shen Tang. He looked towards the direction of Xiangyang City, "General Xin Feiguang, do you still remember that man who was overwhelmed by dozens of your soldiers and could not breathe, and even died? A little person who has no qualifications?"
"Commander!"
Xin Qiji's voice came, and then he pushed the door open and entered!
Shen Tang nodded and asked Xin Qiji to sit down, only to hear Xin Qiji say, "Commander, all the soldiers and horses under our command have entered the predetermined positions according to the commander's order. In addition, according to the commander's order, three thousand scouts were sent out. , Chencang Mountain, Wuzhangyuan, and Taibai Mountain, all are investigated!"