Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1626: The party project is based on the three states, Wang Yingchen arrives
Chapter 1626: The party project is based on the three states, Wang Yingchen arrives
Chapter 1626: The party controls the three states and Wang Yingchen arrives
Tu Shan Kening, as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army of the Jin Kingdom, is naturally not incompetent, but he does not have many troops under his command. If he divides his troops, he is afraid that the opponent will defeat them one by one, but if he joins forces, he will naturally not be able to defend comprehensively.
He has already sent some soldiers and horses to station in Lanzhou and other border areas, and relies on the natural dangers of the Yellow River for defense! However, the commander of the troops and horses of the Dangxiang clan is not an easy person!
The commander-in-chief of Xia and Liao soldiers and horses in Xining Prefecture was named Zhang Hua, who was a descendant of Zhang Yuan, a general during Li Yuanhao's period.
Zhang Yuan was originally from the Song Dynasty, but he failed several imperial examinations! Therefore, he was extremely resentful towards the Song Dynasty court! During the reign of Renzong Jingyou, Zhang Hua fled to the Dangxiang tribe to join Li Yuanhao! Li Yuanhao valued his talents and learning and entrusted him with important responsibilities! Yuan Ye was grateful for Li Yuanhao's kindness in knowing him, and carefully planned the founding of the country for him.
Later, when Li Yuanhao founded the country, he first promoted him to the position of Zhongshu Ling and then appointed him as the prime minister. He was the most popular person in the Xia Kingdom.
After Zhang Yuan's death, his descendants also served as officials in the party for generations, either civil or military, and their power was extremely huge! This time the troops were sent to the Kingdom of Jin, the Zhang family also tried their best to help Ren Dejing and others to facilitate this, and the family heads and then the Zi Zhanghua personally led the troops and became the commander-in-chief along the way.
Zhang Hua is not a playboy. On the contrary, he is extremely proficient in military strategy and likes the Central Plains literature and art of war!
After the troops were divided into three groups, he sent one group of troops to forcibly cross the river to attack Jishi Prefecture, leaving Shankening's general Wu Tong to defend the area. Both sides fought to the death in Jishi Prefecture and suffered heavy losses.
However, Zhang Hualing sent a force of a thousand elite cavalry around to Datong City, dozens of miles downstream, and crossed the river on rafts in the dark night!
Then, they made a surprise attack on the rear of Jishi Prefecture.
Attacked from two sides, the Jin soldiers were defeated. The Xia and Liao soldiers successfully crossed the river and entered Jishi Prefecture. Jishi Prefecture changed hands!
After this elite cavalry team supported the main force to capture Jishi Prefecture, they attacked the Anxiang area of Hezhou at the fastest speed day and night. The Jin soldiers and defenders in the Anxiang area were caught off guard, and the second line of troops went smoothly. Cross the river and occupy Hezhou.
Lanzhou Jingyuguan is an important pass, and together with the original defenders, Tu Shankening dispatched more than 10,000 troops to garrison Jingyuguan.
Jingyuguan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With these ten thousand troops, even if Xia and Liao attack with several times more troops, it will be difficult to achieve success.
However, Ren Dejing sent a secret envoy to Jingyuguan to meet with the guard general of Jingyuguan. The guard was bribed by the high-ranking official Houlu. Not only did he open and close the city himself, but he also directly trapped thousands of soldiers and horses sent by his disciple Shan Kening.
In this way, the three states were swept by Xia and Liao soldiers and horses, and then three groups of soldiers and horses moved forward to attack Lintao Mansion!
Looking at the secret report, Shen Tang couldn't help but squinted his eyes. Zhang Hua was indeed not an easy person! Although he had many soldiers and generals, the fact that he was able to capture the three border states so easily showed his profound military strategy!
"Commander, do we want to march in the army?"
Shao Hongyuan asked attentively!
"Now that Xia and Liao are powerful, the Jin Kingdom's troops and horses are being restrained in other places. It may not be easy for the West Route Army alone to defeat the Xia and Liao troops!"
Shen Tang thought for a long time, but shook his head slightly, "It's not time for us to send troops yet!"
"Xia Liao has 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses, but half of them are ordinary soldiers and horses dispatched by the military department, and they cannot be considered elite soldiers! They were able to capture these three states, but they just caught the Jin Kingdom by surprise.
Tu Shan Kening is the top general of the Jin Kingdom, and he is also not an easy person!"
"He has more than 30,000 Western Route Army troops, all of whom are elite soldiers! Although some have been damaged and are at a numerical disadvantage, it is delusional to say that Zhang Hua can easily defeat Tudan Kening!"
"When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Now the two sides are still fighting, so we can just continue to sit back and watch the world! When they fight enough, that will be the day when we sweep Liuhe!"
"Send an order to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang Jun, and ask him to also stay put. No generals without my own commander are allowed to leave the seclusion and join the army without permission!"
"If the party sends envoys to urge us again, let them know that the commander is temporarily seriously ill and unable to march!"
Zhang Hua is not weak, and his disciple Dan Kening is equally fierce. Although Zhang Hua has the upper hand, the Jin soldiers have the advantage. This war has just begun, and it is still very early to determine the winner! If you add it now, it will not be a big deal for the Song Dynasty.
There is no benefit, even if it helps Xia Liao win one or two lands, so what?
It's better to wait for both sides to suffer losses and then go in and finish it off.
The Kingdom of Jin must also know about Chen Bing Tianshui, but the current situation does not allow them to remain immobile, so they can only take precautions first and strive to capture one of them as quickly as possible before continuing to deal with it! And the two countries of Xia and Liao
The soldiers and horses obviously wanted to take the lead. The two countries sent tens of thousands of troops. If they failed in the first battle, it would definitely not be good news for the two countries.
"Report!"
"Commander, the deputy envoy Wang Yingchen is here!"
Shen Tang nodded and then stood up and said, "Generals, let's go and greet him!"
Although Shen Tang is the Xuanfu envoy and Wang Yingchen is his deputy, Wang Yingchen has a good reputation and can be regarded as a senior figure, so Shen Tang will naturally give him the respect he deserves! Furthermore, he will need Wang Yingchen to work next, and now
It should be treated with some courtesy.
General Shen Tang and his party left the tent, then mounted their horses and headed out of the military camp!
When we arrived at the camp gate, we saw a troop of about a thousand soldiers and horses approaching slowly.
It's no wonder that Wang Yingchen arrived at this time. He was a civil servant. At first, it was okay to take a boat by water, but after arriving at Xingyuan Mansion, he had to go ashore. He couldn't ride a horse and could only ride a carriage.
It's so wobbly that you can't go far in a day!
Shen Tang and others dismounted. When the more than a thousand escorting soldiers and horses saw Shen Tang, they quickly dismounted and paid homage. Wang Yingchen, who was in the carriage, also quickly got off the carriage and took a few steps forward to pay homage to Shen Tang. "Your Majesty, Wang Yingchen,
Meet the Xuanfu Envoy!"
Shen Tang stepped forward and helped him up with a big smile, "Master Wang, it's hard work coming from afar!"
Wang Yingchen is actually not very old, and he is not yet old enough to know his destiny! However, the civil servant is in a frail body. It is more than 600 miles from Xingyuan Mansion to Tianshui, and the carriage almost knocked him apart! Fortunately, he has arrived.
Otherwise, he almost wanted to walk directly there.
"Make Master Shen laugh!"
Wang Yingchen said with a wry smile, saying that the young man opposite was also a scholar and a real top scholar, but he not only commanded the army, but also often rode hundreds or thousands of miles to attack. From this point of view, he was speechless.
"Let's go back to camp first!"
Shen Tang said with a smile.
The group returned to the Chinese army's tent. Shen Tang briefly introduced the situation in the North to Wang Yingchen, and then heard Wang Yingchen say, "Although I am a little older than your Excellency, I don't know anything about military matters! Therefore, I am an official."
Don’t dare to meddle in military matters at will! Before this trip, Your Majesty told me to ask my subordinates to assist you and help you recruit civilians, food and grass, so you can give your orders on related matters!"