Gubeikou is the Great Wall fortress between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan. It is the throat of the Liaodong Plain and Inner Mongolia to the Central Plains. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. ∽↗
However, Gubeikou really flourished in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that during the Ming Dynasty, Gubeikou could only pass one person and one car. Today’s Gubeikou is not that exaggerated, but because of the high terrain of Gubeikou, especially if you have to go from the south to tackle key problems.
, it seems that the terrain is higher, the pass is all on the slope, not to mention the steep slope, there are high mountains on both sides, which means that this is the only way to reach the pass.
"Boom boom boom!"
After a burst of intensive artillery fire, the green grassy hillside suddenly became pitted. Under the cover of gunpowder smoke, densely packed Song soldiers quickly charged up the slope.
"General, the enemy has already attacked. Release Samu quickly."
A deputy general looked at the densely packed Song troops on the ramp and said nervously to Dong Cai who was standing aside.
After Taishi was killed in battle, Dong Cai had no choice but to go into battle and defend Gubeikou. He immediately summoned all the people in Gubeikou to carry wood and boulders. Your people don't know how to fight, but they can still throw wood and stones.
Dong Cai waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, this is just a tentative attack by the Song army. If you release the wood, it will have little effect. Order to go ahead and wait until the enemy army comes within fifty steps before releasing arrows."
"Fifty steps?"
The lieutenant general was shocked.
The Jin Army's crossbows can reach at least a hundred or fifty steps. Wouldn't the enemy come in front of them? This would be so thrilling that it would make your heart beat faster.
Dong Cai also said helplessly: "We have few arrows. If we fire arrows too early, it will be difficult to retrieve them after the battle. If we are within fifty steps, we can retrieve them and use them again."
If you don’t have money, you have to gamble with your life!
When the leading troops of the Song Army entered fifty steps, dense arrows rained down like a torrential rain, because the slope was covered with green grass. There was no cover, so the Song Army could only fight back with bows and arrows while blocking with shields, but
The opponent had already gathered momentum and had a protective barrier. He started shooting arrows even more calmly, but the Song army was still shot so hard that he could not lift his head and was pinned on the hillside.
Zhang Shuye, who was at the foot of the hillside, saw that the vanguard troops were suppressed on the hillside. He immediately issued an order to launch a general attack, and a large number of Song troops rushed up.
But when I was halfway through the rush, I heard a rumbling sound, and saw trees and boulders rolling down the slope, ups and downs, grass and soil flying, condescending and fierce. Ahhhhhh. A shrill scream.
The screams rang out, and countless Song soldiers were crushed to death by trees and boulders.
When Dong Cai saw this, he made a prompt decision and ordered the 500 warriors who had been waiting nearby. Following Shumu, they rolled stones and rushed down the hillside to kill the enemy. Those lucky Song soldiers had just avoided the huge stone Shumu, but the enemy had already
Rushing forward, the sword rolled over and countless Song soldiers were chopped to the ground.
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Liu Qi couldn't bear to see his brothers being mercilessly killed by the enemy on the hillside. He immediately said to Zhang Shuye: "General, the enemy's defender is by no means mediocre. If we attack again, we will only lose troops. Why not withdraw the troops first?"
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Zhang Shuye was unwilling to accept it. He had only 2,000 soldiers, and his 20,000 troops arrived here, but he did not take Gubeikou in one go. However, he was not a reckless man, so he still listened to Liu Qi's suggestion and paid the gold to withdraw his troops.
When the Jin soldiers saw that the Song army had retreated, they were extremely excited. They stood on the slope, brandished their swords and roared.
But Dong Cai did not dare to take it lightly and ordered the people to quickly collect all the arrows.
A sentinel quickly came to Dong Cai's side and said: "General, the second prince has led an army of 20,000 people to rescue us. The second prince also ordered the general to guard Gubeikou."
Dong Cai hurriedly asked: "How far is it?"
"We can reach here in seven days at most."
"Seven days?"
Dong Cai frowned slightly and said to the deputy general on the side: "Go and tell the brothers that the Second Prince's reinforcements will arrive in three days."
"ah?"
Dong Cai whispered: "Although we defended the enemy's first wave of offensive, after all, there is a huge disparity in strength, and General Taishi was killed in the battle. People in Guan are panic-stricken. If we don't withstand this breath, it is very likely that we will not be able to sustain the second wave."
The prince has arrived."
"As commanded."
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In the Song Army's tent, the joyful atmosphere of the previous two days was completely gone, and the tent was filled with dullness.
Gubeikou is really difficult to attack. It’s only protected by the Great Wall. This pass is still on a high slope, and the range of the heartless cannon is very limited. Moreover, it shoots from bottom to top. Unless it is buried on the slope, it will be difficult to attack.
The enemy on the slope will deal a fatal blow, but how can the enemy let you easily place the heartless cannon on the slope?
There were more than a thousand casualties in this first battle, and Zhang Shuye was also very anxious.
Guan Sheng said: "General, this pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We should find another way."
Zhang Shuye asked: "What can you do?"
Guan Sheng said: "There is another pass at Gubeikou, which is on the river. Why don't we attack from land and water?"
Liu Qi suddenly said: "No."
Guan Sheng said: "Why?"
Liu Qidao: "I also thought of this before, so I went to the river to check the water situation, but found that the water situation was very gentle. Logically speaking, it is spring now, there is sufficient rain, and the river flows from north to south, so the water situation is
It should be very fast, and it can be seen that the opponent is already blocking the river. If we attack from the waterway, from the downstream to the upstream, once the opponent breaks the embankment and releases water, our entire army may be annihilated."
"Yes, this move is too risky."
Zhang Shuye nodded.
A general suddenly said: "But we can't delay it any longer. If General Han fails to contain Pingzhou's reinforcements, it will be even more difficult to capture the opponent's reinforcements once they arrive."
Zhang Shuye sighed: "In fact, General Han can only involve the main force in Pingzhou to prevent the Jin army from entering the pass and counterattacking our Tanzhou and Shunzhou, destroying our strategic intentions, because all our main forces are in Yunzhou and Wei
Prefecture and other places, once the main force of the Jin army enters the pass from Gubeikou, we must mobilize troops from behind the mountains to rescue. If I were Wanyan Zongbi, even if General Han successfully captured Yingzhou, a small number of troops would come to the rescue.
So we only have three days at most, otherwise, it will only become more difficult."
With that said, he asked Liu Qi again: "Liu Qi, do you have any idea?"
Liu Qi thought for a while and said, "I have a plan, but I don't know if it's feasible."
Zhang Shuye said hurriedly: "Tell me and listen."
Liu Qi said: "The enemy is placed on a slope. From a high position, it is difficult for us to use bows and crossbows to cover our attack, but there is something that can cover our attack very well."
"What?"
"Thick smoke."
"Smoke?"
Liu Qi nodded and said: "The south wind has turned now. If we store a lot of dead grass and trees at the foot of the hillside, and after lighting them, the thick smoke will move upwards. If the south wind blows again, we can cover the enemy.
, As long as the number of vegetation is enough to cover us, as long as we tell the soldiers to put on gas masks, and we are going upwind, we will not be too affected." He said with an embarrassed look on his face again.
: "It's just that no one has ever tried it, and it also depends on the wind direction, so I can't be sure that it will achieve miraculous results."
Zhang Shuye thought for a while. Anyway, there was no better way now, and the time left for them was running out. They had to conquer Gubeikou as soon as possible. He made a decision: "Okay, let's do it like this." Then he immediately said
The whole army was ordered to search for dead trees and dead grass in all directions.
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He was anxious. There was another person who was even more anxious than him. This person was Wanyan Zongbi. General Taishi was killed in battle, which was a big blow to Wanyan Zongbi. He was afraid that Gubeikou would be lost, so he led his army to rush towards Gubeikou. He couldn't come.
It's just to defend Gubeikou. If so, he can just send a few thousand men and horses casually. He wants to attack, because according to the formation of troops behind the Yunsang Alliance, Wanyan Zongwang has hoarded heavy troops in Pingzhou, which is
In order to contain the Song army in the Yanyun area, if you attack my Yunzhou and Xinzhou, I will attack your Yanshan Mansion, so that you must divide your troops to rescue them, thereby resolving the crisis in Yunzhou.
So when Wanyan Zongbi heard that the Song Dynasty had declared war, he knew that Yunzhou would definitely bear the brunt, and it was too far for him to go to the rescue. The only way was to enter the pass and attack the seven states of the Song Dynasty in front of the mountain.
"Report---!"
A sentry rushed over. He didn't even have time to get off his horse, so he said: "Second Prince, something bad has happened. Yingzhou has been captured by the Song army."
Wanyan Zongbi was horrified. I have only been out for a few days and you have lost Yingzhou. He said, "What did you say?"
The sentry scout said: "Song Navy's navy suddenly attacked Yingzhou."
Wanyan Zongbi looked surprised and said: "Where is our navy?"
The sentry's face turned purple and pale, and he was afraid and said: "The navy of the Song Army descended from the sky and attacked with fire ships. We were not prepared enough. All the war ships were burned and the entire navy was wiped out."
Wanyan Zongbi swayed and almost fell off his horse. The navy he had worked so hard to build was instantly wiped out. He pulled out his knife and wanted to kill this guy with one strike. He roared: "You young man is deceiving the public with your monstrous words.
If something falls from the sky, is it possible that the navy of the Song Army can still fly?"
The sentry was so frightened that he rolled off his horse, fell to his knees, and cried: "Second Prince, in the evening three days ago, hundreds of fast ships suddenly appeared in front of our harbor and took advantage of the strong wind to rush towards our navy.
, suddenly, the hundreds of clippers all burst into flames, but before that, the sentries we placed on various islands did not light beacon fires, so we were unable to prepare, and it was already too late to intercept them.
The enemy's fireship rushed into our navy. We were already struggling to put out the fire, but the fire was too strong. Then the Song Navy's navy arrived again, and we---we were no match---"
"waste."
Wanyan Zongbi raised his whip, his face turned purple with anger, but he was more puzzled. They had placed beacon towers on various islands near Yingzhou and were guarded by soldiers. Once the navy of the Song Army showed up,
, just light the beacon fire, pass it one by one, and it will reach Yingzhou in a moment. The defense is comprehensive. How could the Song Army appear in front of Yingzhou Port without anyone noticing, and the Song Army must break through it in a very short time?
There must be tens of thousands of people in Yingzhou. How on earth such a huge fleet managed to cross the sea without being noticed is incredible.
A general looked anxious and said: "Second Prince, if Yingzhou is lost, Pingzhou will be in danger. Let's get back to the defense quickly."
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