Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1639: A sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, New Year's Eve surprise attack
Chapter 1639: A sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, New Year's Eve surprise attack
Chapter 1639: Sumptuous New Year’s Eve Dinner, New Year’s Eve Surprise Attack
"Bang, bang, bang..."
With the sound of a series of rapid drum beats, all activities came to an end! Then, Shen Tang led the generals to the general ordering platform in person to distribute rewards to the winners of the corresponding activities.
The rewards are not huge, most of them are only three to five taels of silver, and some are even just a bowl of wine.
However, even if it is like this, it is enough to make people jump for joy.
After the rewards were distributed, Shen Tang stood up and shouted loudly, "We are paid as soldiers, and the young and old at home have something to rely on. We should be grateful to Your Majesty!"
After that, Shen Tang led the soldiers to look at the tower and kowtow!
No matter what the real situation is, I am the greatest emperor of heaven and earth. At least I must have political awareness.
"The soldiers fought in blood, but we are still alive today because of Paoze's protection! How many brothers in Paoze have been stained with blood on the battlefield, but we are still able to stand here. It is their contribution! This second worship, we must worship Paoze!"
"Since ancient times, there has been a dilemma between loyalty and filial piety. When we are away fighting, our parents, wives and children at home are watching and worried! They are our roots and our home! The third time we bow, we should pay homage to the elders in the family!"
After three bows, Shen Tang waved his hand and said, "Today is New Year's Eve. I have no other skills, but I can still make all the brothers drink a sip of warm wine and eat a bite of meat! Let's have a banquet and let everyone drink! Today we and others For my sake, I will die on the battlefield one day and be wrapped in horse leather, no regrets!"
"Thank you, Marshal!"
The three armies paid homage together!
Afterwards, the chef who had already prepared brought countless pieces of food up and distributed them one by one!
Since it is the Chinese New Year, the New Year's Eve dinner is naturally extremely rich! If you think about it carefully, each soldier has three bowls of turbid wine, two kilograms of beef, five bowls of rice, two bet cakes, two steamed cakes, onion, ginger, vinegar, etc. There are also seasonings, lamb head meat, lamb trotters, sauced pork liver, etc.
For soldiers, even if they celebrate the New Year at home, the food may not be as rich as this.
Including patrols and garrison soldiers, they are also provided with food and wine, but there is no wine!
After the generals toasted to Shen Tang, the banquet was held! For a moment, the cold wind in the huge campus was directly driven away by the bonfire, and a group of rough men gathered around the long table to eat.
Some were making drinking orders, and some were telling dirty jokes they didn't know where they heard from! The crackling of firecrackers in the cooperation camp made these military men feel like they were back home.
Many soldiers from the same village dressed up for each other and played house games like children! Some accompanied their parents in the hall, some imitated their brothers, some dressed up as children and grandchildren, and some dressed up as daughters-in-law. My dear girl! In addition to everyone having fun, it also relieves the homesickness a little!
Compared with the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty, the two soldiers and horses of the Northern Territory did not fare better!
The soldiers and horses of the Dangxiang tribe are not bad. Their New Year is different from that of the Song Dynasty. Instead, the first day of the twelfth lunar month is the New Year! This is not an explanation. Dangxiang does not have its own calendar. Most of the customs are actually similar to those in the Central Plains. However, When Li Yuanhao founded the country, if he followed the example of the Song Dynasty during the New Year, it would make people feel that the Xia Kingdom was inferior, so the twelfth lunar month was regarded as the first month of the new year.
However, the festivals of the Liao and Jin countries were the same as those of the Song Dynasty!
Let’s just say that the Jurchen tribe was originally a barbarian tribe with white mountains and black waters. They didn’t even have writing, so how could they have a calendar?
How can there be various festivals without a calendar?
Therefore, most of the Jurchen festivals follow those of the Liao and Song Dynasties. Especially after Jingkang, the Jurchen nobles basically celebrated various festivals like the Song people.
However, now that the army is fighting, the enemy is dozens of miles away, and no one can think about celebrating the New Year.
Especially the Xia Liao side, which had been deprived of a lot of food and grass by the Jin soldiers in Ninghe, was short of food and grass. Now is the time to be frugal, how could they eat and drink so much at this time?
The soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom are basically in good condition. After all, they are in their own country and they will not run out of food.
Of course, now that the Jin Kingdom is at war in many places, food and wages are not sufficient, so they just slaughter some cattle and sheep and eat more abundantly than usual.
However, this New Year’s Eve will not be too peaceful after all!
A few days ago, an elite cavalry force of 10,000 people quietly entered Lanzhou from Jingyuguan, and then merged with the Xia and Liao troops downstream of the Agan River! Then, on the night of New Year's Eve, the two troops joined forces.
Two as one, they took advantage of the darkness of night and braved the heavy snow to make a surprise attack on the Jinbing camp near Taobao.
Xia Liao soldiers and horses not only had the advantage, but also took advantage of the Jin State's unpreparedness, and the Jin people were defeated! After that, these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses did not go south to Lintao Prefecture, but rushed eastward at high speed.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Tu Dankening received bad news: Pu San and Wuzhong were defeated, leaving only two or three thousand defeated soldiers who did not know where they had fled.
Tu Shan Kening was furious and summoned the generals to discuss matters!
Inside the tent, more than a dozen generals looked at Tu Dankening's stern face. After a long while, Tu Dankening said in a deep voice, "Send an order to Li Da and ask him to investigate the movements of the enemy's camp in detail. All troops and horses must be on guard."
Hold on tight, anyone who dares to be careless will be killed!"
"Tulha, I will allocate five thousand soldiers and horses to you and head to Longxi immediately! No matter how many troops Xia Liao comes to, I will never lose anything in Longxi!"
"Gaocang, you lead your troops to Lintao Fort to join Pusan Wu Zhong immediately, help him gather the defeated troops, and march out of Lanzhou! Tell Pu San Wu Zhong that I will give him a chance to make meritorious deeds and wait for an opportunity to capture Lanzhou City.
Cut off this lone army's rear food route for me!"
"The rest of the generals should prepare their troops and be ready to march at any time!"
In fact, if Pu San and Wu Zhong were defeated, it would be painful for Tu Shan Kening, but he could still bear it! However, Xia Liao's 10,000 troops actually advanced eastward, so he had to be alert.
stand up.
Southeast of Lanzhou is Gongzhou, and Longxi, the capital of Gongzhou, is his current rear area.
Once Longxi is occupied by these 10,000 troops, not only will the food route to the rear be cut off, but his troops will also be besieged by Xia Liao in Lintao Mansion! By then, defeat will only be a matter of time.
Therefore, the most important thing now is to defend Longxi and preserve the grain roads in the rear.
In this way, there is no need to be trapped! As for whether Lanzhou can be recaptured, it can only be left to fate. Lanzhou is also a deep city with high walls, so it will not be easy to recapture it.
However, if a force of troops went to attack Lanzhou, it would prevent the more than 10,000 Xia and Liao elites from going deep alone.
Moreover, he also made the worst plan. If nothing could be done, he could only retreat as soon as possible to the Deshun and Qinzhou areas east of Longxi.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Shen Tang also got news about the Northland! Looking at the location on the geological map, Shen Tang thought for a long time and suddenly said in shock, "Zhang Hua has been attacking from the east to the west. This time, Shan Kening fell into the trap."
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When the generals in the camp heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little different, because no matter how they looked at it, there was nothing wrong with Tu Dankening's arrangement. Could it be that there was something that they hadn't understood yet?