The soldiers and horses that attacked Zhuozhou City were the 30,000 Zhou cavalry led by Han Gang and Ma Qingshan. After the two reached a consensus at the top of Bazhou City, they decided to die standing and make the Liao people pay the brave decision.
After three days of preparation, the two selected 30,000 elite troops from the nearly 100,000 troops in Bazhou City to prepare for the attack.
The process of selecting soldiers and horses was not smooth. Although Han Gang and Ma Qingshan were the top military generals in Bazhou City at the moment, they did not have the right to mobilize troops. One was a general who was wanted to be punished by Yang Jun, and the other was the defeated Beizheng.
The generals of the army, considering the current situation, neither of them had the right to mobilize troops. Therefore, when the two began to select troops and horses, gather supplies and manpower to prepare, they were soon questioned by the generals in the city.
Han Gang and Ma Qingshan pulled off a trick in order to successfully assemble their troops. They claimed that the imperial officials who had just come to Bazhou to convey the decree had given them a secret order, and the two chose to assemble their troops precisely because they had obtained
The imperial court's will is not to make any opinions. As for what it wants to do, there is no comment for the time being.
Although the officials and generals in the city were doubtful, they were reluctant to question them openly. Three days later, when everything was ready, Han Gang and Ma Qingshan summoned dozens of mid-level and senior generals in the army for a showdown. They truthfully informed them of their purpose, and they
They wanted to counterattack the Liao people and avenge Privy Yang. Moreover, as Zhou soldiers, they felt really guilty because the imperial court had to make a humiliating peace treaty with the Liao people due to the defeat of the Northern Expedition. So they wanted to counterattack the Liao people, with the hope of certain death.
To forgive sins with a heart, this is what Zhou soldiers should do at this moment.
All the generals were shocked. They never expected that Han Gang and Ma Qingshan would actually fight against the Liao people. This was simply unbelievable. The imperial court and the Liao people had reached a peace agreement, and the armies in the border towns had received instructions not to conflict with the Liao people.
According to the order, what Han Gang and Ma Qingshan are doing now is a blatant act of disobedience and violation of the imperial court's will. What's more, Privy Yang personally led 300,000 elite soldiers and horses but failed to win. These two people lost their heads.
Isn’t this dragging everyone together to die together?
The generals questioned one after another and said that this move must not be done. Han Gang and Ma Qingshan told the generals that this action was purely voluntary and they would never force everyone to participate in it. They could withdraw. A dozen generals immediately stated that they wanted to withdraw.
, they will not participate in this illegal military operation. Even if Han Gang and Ma Qingshan have higher official positions than them, they will never obey such military orders.
Han Gang smiled and expressed his understanding, and asked them to leave the government hall where the meeting was taking place. However, when a dozen generals stepped out of the hall and walked to the open space under the steps, countless arrows came from all directions, and they were shot.
These dozen generals were shot into hedgehogs on the spot. Han Gang used thunderous means to suppress the dissidents in the army. At this moment, he must use such means to solve the problem of command authority. Since he was determined to die, Han Gang
I had no plans just now
Leave a way out for yourself. Most of these generals are generals of the Northern Expedition Army. After the defeat of the Northern Expedition Army, they could not stay out of the matter. They redeemed themselves because of their actions, rather than retreating. They should be in the battle of Jinfu.
Fight to the death rather than oppose this plan now.
There were also hesitants among the remaining generals, but they were not as direct as the dozen people. When they saw the dozen people shot and killed instantly under the autumn sun outside the lobby, they all understood one thing. Han
The general and General Ma were determined. They would never tolerate anyone opposing this operation. Everyone immediately expressed their obedience to the order and were willing to follow Han Gang and Ma Qingshan to launch a revenge operation against the Liao people.
Both Han Gang and Ma Qingshan understood that it was indeed disgraceful to force everyone to act with them in this way, but they could only do this, otherwise no one would be willing to fight with them. Of course, the disadvantages of this were obvious, and the entire army
It relies on force to integrate together, and there is no cohesion. Maybe it will fall apart after a battle. But the result is not important. What is important is that the two people fulfill their wishes, die on the battlefield, and kill the enemy. Never want to
He died in a conspiracy inexplicably.
Neither of them had any idea about this battle, but the 30,000 soldiers and horses set off amidst this hesitation and uncertainty. The primary target was of course Zhuozhou City. The intelligence they received beforehand was that the Liao people had withdrawn from Zhuozhou.
Some soldiers and horses were stationed in Zhuozhou, but it is unknown how many soldiers and horses were stationed in Zhuozhou.
Ma Qingshan made a plan to sneak in quietly in the middle of the night and launch sneak attacks from the three walls of the southeast and west. Preliminary reconnaissance showed that the Zhuozhou city defense had not yet been repaired. During the day, a large number of Liao people were busy repairing the defense system of the city wall, which was enough to prove the defense of the opponent's city.
The means are insufficient. Therefore, there is a possibility of a successful sneak attack. But this plan only has a possibility of success. For Han Gang, Zhuozhou City was the humiliating place where he failed in the first battle of the Northern Expedition. He even had a psychological shadow in his heart.
Ma Qingshan's plan was so similar to his failed sneak attack that Han Gang even had an ominous premonition that he would make the same mistake again, and this time he was afraid that he would die here.
However, when the siege battle started, what Han Gang and Ma Qingshan never expected was that things went incredibly smoothly. When a large number of soldiers and horses reached the city, the Liao army at the top of the city did not react at all.
After the crossbows shot down a small number of mobile surveillance posts wandering around the city, there was actually no awareness or commotion at the city. The Zhou soldiers and horses, which only carried the simplest siege ladders, were probably the most shabby siege troops in history.
However, they were not discovered by the sleeping defenders in the tents below the city until they used ladders to attack the city wall in large numbers. Except for the mobile sentries on duty at night, there were no defensive measures or troops stationed on the city wall.
When the Liao army discovered that Zhou soldiers and horses had already attacked the city, it was already too late.
Zhou soldiers and horses poured into the city, and the three city gates in the southeast and west were captured and the city gates were opened. More Zhou soldiers and horses rushed in crazily, filling the streets and alleys like a sea tide.
This group of Liao soldiers and horses guarding the city are infantry transferred from Zhongjing Road. They originally belonged to the infantry and cavalry army of Yelucai, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Privy Council. A few months ago, the Jurchen army of Wanyan Agu broke through the dangerous mountains and broke into Zhongjing.
Dao, slaughtering all the way to Xingzhong Mansion, Yelucai made the fastest reaction. He ordered more than 150,000 cavalry to take the lead in pursuit, and the remaining 50,000 infantry could only follow on foot. Until Yelucai was in Xingzhong,
Wanyan Aguda's cavalry was ambushed in the wilderness on the south bank of Daling River in Fu Daling. When almost the entire army was wiped out, the infantry did not arrive at the Xingzhong Fu battlefield.
Precisely because of their slow movement, they were able to avoid the catastrophic disaster of the flood as a blessing in disguise. But then they had to detour to the north bank of the Daling River, and finally joined Yelv Chun's troops and rushed to Dading Mansion. They arrived.
After Dading Prefecture, 30,000 of them had to march six to seven hundred miles to Xijin Prefecture. Because the battle at Xijin Prefecture was over, the imperial court gathered all the troops in Dading Prefecture, and these 30,000 people had to
Fill the gap where the defenders of Jijin Prefecture were killed in battle.
In other words, in just two months, these infantrymen marched from Haibei Prefecture in the east of Zhongjing Road, all the way to the west, and finally arrived at Xijin Prefecture, 1,300 miles away. This does not include
Finally, after arriving at Xijin Mansion, the 20,000 unlucky ones among them had to go to Zhuozhou. When they arrived in Zhuozhou, they thought they could finally settle down. However, Zhuozhou guard Han Zongze, a guy who relied on his father's power to get the position of guarding the city,
He actually issued an order to build Zhuozhou City with 20,000 people.
After many days of hard marching, and now the heavy work of building the city wall, the 20,000 infantrymen were already exhausted. They were half exhausted during the day, and at night they slept like dead pigs, fearing that they would be exploded by thunder.
Do not wake them up. Han Zongze thought he was smart and considerate of the soldiers' feelings. He specially built a shed for them to sleep at night under the city wall so that they could sleep more soundly. In order to restore their physical strength and prevent them from getting too tired
Not happy, Han Zongze even ordered the lifting of the ban on alcohol in the army and allowed them to drink in the evening. Those unlucky Liao army coolies who were drunk and tired were not at all vigilant. The knife was placed on their necks, and blood flowed from the cuts.
, they will wake up.
In fact, Han Zongze was right to do this. It can only be said that the attack by Han Gang and Ma Qingshan was completely unexpected. How could the Liao people have thought that after signing a peace agreement, the Zhou Dynasty troops would attack the city on the back?
All these factors led to the Zhou soldiers and horses quickly taking control of the situation without any effort. Han Gang and Ma Qingshan also realized that there were not many soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou City, and their combat effectiveness was not strong. They were pleasantly surprised to find that this attack
The city battle could actually go so smoothly and be so devastating. This was a surprise for both the enemy and us.
