Chapter 46 Firelight(1/3)
To be honest, Wen Dunsizhong definitely wronged a person.
Among the four people who were considered by Wen Dun Sizhong to have abandoned him, Han Shizhong and Li Yanxian needless to say, they really regarded him as nothing. And his little brother for many years spent almost ten years with him in the A Gu account.
, the gold medal husband Wan Yan Ben met should be regarded as ignoring him.
However, in the Jin Kingdom, Taiyuan was left behind, and Taiyuan March Division Commander, Wanyan Balisu, the actual commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, could not be said to have given up on Wen Dunsizhong.
Ba Lisu probably just felt that there was no need to notify Wen Dunsizhong specifically, especially since the Taiyuan stayer had already dispatched the main force to the south at a high speed.
If the army arrives directly, it will naturally save Wen Dunsizhong. But if it is speculated that there is a high probability that Wen Dunsizhong will not arrive, let everyone in Hezhong Mansion defend the city with peace of mind. Finally, we will get 500 righteous men from Hezhong Mansion, and Taizu Agu will settle down in the old city.
A man who died heroically for his country and delayed some troops and time, isn't he also a loyal minister of the Jin Kingdom?
What do you want to know specifically?
It can only be said that Wen Dun Sizhong was still emotionally unstable and could not appreciate the kindness of his superior Wanyan Bali Sudutong.
In fact, on the third day after Wen Dunsizhong's emotional collapse, that is, the fifth day of October, the Taiyuan reinforcements that had pulled out of Lisu encountered the Song army at the junction of the Linfen Basin and the Hezhong (Yuncheng) Basin.
And if the battlefield is expanded to a radius of hundreds of miles around the encounter point between the two sides, then the actual number of troops participating in this battle is still scary.
In the direction of the Jin Kingdom, at least three veterans of the Jin Kingdom's West Route Army, Wanhu, including Wanhu, the headquarters of Wanyanba Lisu, Wanhu, the headquarters of Wanyantu Hesu, and Wanhu, the headquarters of Wanyanhesu, entered the battle. The cavalry arrived first, followed by the infantry.
.The Song Army here includes Li Yanxian's headquarters and his subordinate commanders Shao Long, Lu Monk, Song Yan, Jia He, Yan Ping, Zhao Cheng, Zhai Jin, Zhai Cong, Zhai Chong, Niu Gao, Dong Xian,
A total of 35,000 people, plus the Ma Kuangyi Army whose strength and quantity could not be calculated at all, pressed in together.
Or in other words, Ba Lisu hastily mobilized the main force he could summon around Taiyuan as soon as possible and came directly, while Li Yanxian almost only left the most stable Shao Yun to sit firmly on Pinglu, plus himself
His younger brother Li Kui served as the rear support, and the rest of the army rushed forward immediately.
Considering that both sides had Dutong-level figures personally attending the battle, it can be said to be the first large-scale battle after the Northern Expedition of the Song Army.
But the battle itself was extremely chaotic.
First of all, both sides sent out troops in a hurry and attacked over long distances... For the Jin army, it was a full 550 miles from Taiyuan to Tieling Pass, and there were small-scale attacks along the way that the Taihang rebels had already prepared;
On the other hand, even if Li Yanxian made a decisive decision and left Jiezhou directly from Zhongtiao Mountain, and it was only 140 to 50 miles away from Tieling Pass, he must not forget that before the war, although the Jiezhou area north of Zhongtiao Mountain had penetrated to a certain extent, it was still
It belongs to the Jin Army, so it is inevitable to temporarily establish logistics channels and divide the troops to besiege a few stubborn towns.
Therefore, no matter which side it is, it is inevitable to fight in an exhausted state, with chaotic marching routes and different arrival times.
Secondly, the combat power of both sides is uneven.
For example, in the Jin Army, those who are directly under the command of Wanhu are not only equipped with the best equipment, but also have the most experienced soldiers. They also have a large number of Muke in a Meng'an, often reaching seven or eight in a Meng'an.
Mou Ke... there is even a personal guard Meng'an modeled after He Zha Meng Ontario, which is actually ten elite Mou Ke.
Relatively speaking, the Wanyan Shenhe and Wanyan Tu Heshu troops, which had suffered the heaviest losses in the Yaoshan battle, inevitably had many newly recruited soldiers after the war. Between Meng'an and Meng'an, there was a conflict.
The relationship between Ke and Mouke also goes from heaven to earth.
A similar situation was even worse here in the Song Army.
Because Li Yanxian's regiment has been active on both sides of the Yellow River all year round, it has never counted the number of people. It only sends him military pay and ordnance supplies according to the establishment, and then Li Yanxian distributes them down from the commander level, so his troops have a strong sense of authority.
Personal mountain color.
Here, not to mention Li Yanxian's several core troops in Shaanzhou City and Pinglu City, there are more armies. Their combat effectiveness depends entirely on the commander's own level and ethics, so that the gap in combat effectiveness between the troops often reaches an incredible level.
What's more, there are troops brought by Ma Kuo, which are basically auxiliary troops.
Finally, the terrain is complex.
The area around Tieling Pass is the junction of the Linfen Basin and the Hezhong Basin (Yuncheng Basin), with plains, mountains, and hills mixed together. Moreover, Tieling Pass itself, the focus of the battle, is not a majestic pass... and its surroundings are not exaggerated to the point of a man.
It's beyond the reach of a million people.
There is Fenshui Channel next to the Yellow River in the west, and troops can also go to Jiangxian County in the east. Tieling Pass is by no means the only channel where troops can go. Even the surrounding mountains are not a dead end. Just a few dozen miles west of Tieling Pass is the Camel Pass.
There is a small pass in the middle of the ridge. No one can tell the path that the mountain people walked through.
Of course, this does not mean that Tielingguan itself is still the most important hub between the Linfen Basin and the Hezhong (Yuncheng) Basin, and it is still a typical battleground for military strategists, especially since it is the next door Shangdang Basin leading to Hezhong Prefecture.
The end of Zhiguanxing.
In short, under the influence of these complex factors, the battle process was both fierce and chaotic, bloody and dramatic.
In just one day, Tieling Pass changed hands three times.
Early that morning, the nearest local rebel army sent by Ma Kuo came to seize the pass. The leader of the rebel army, who had been with Ma Kuo from Wuma Mountain, followed the military orders of his own general manager and walked around in civilian clothes.
Later, he tried to cheat the pass from the rear, but was detected by the garrisoned Jin army and failed to succeed.
The rebels lacked equipment and attack capabilities, and were unable to do anything for a while.
But soon, as a commander under the command of Monk Lu of the Song Army arrived at the vanguard with hundreds of regular troops and launched an attack, the rebel commander immediately became aware of the existence of the opposite side in the northern part of the pass.
He also selected some mountain men from the rebel army, wore double-layered leather armor, climbed a huge ravine and sneaked into the pass, and succeeded.
The Jin army at Tieling Pass only had one or two hundred defenders, and any one of them was defeated and directly slaughtered by the influx of Song troops.
Immediately, more or less subordinates from Lu Heshang's, Zhai Cong's, and Zhao Cheng's tribes arrived one after another. Several nearby rebel armies under Ma Kuo, ranging from five to six hundred to as many as one or two thousand, also appeared from the east.
In the morning, the maximum number of Song troops around Tieling Pass exceeded 10,000.
At this time, there was no sign of the Jin Army troops.
Overjoyed, perhaps they are greedy for merit, or underestimate the enemy, or are homesick, or there is a military order to seize the geographical location, or it is simply that everyone came in a hurry, and there is no one who can make the decision to restrain and deploy these disciplines.
As for the unsatisfactory troops, none of the troops could hold back anyway. Except for Monk Lu who left behind a few hundred men, all the other troops poured out of Tieling Pass and headed for the Linfen Basin in the north.
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Instead, villages and towns were seized one after another, and some troops even engaged in looting and rape, as well as scattered fights between local rebels and foreign rebels.
The result of this was that in the afternoon, after the main forward troops of the Jin Army appeared on the plains of Linfen Basin, the Song Army was unable to organize itself at all. It could only watch thousands of Jin troops under the supervision of the Tuhesu banner.
The army cavalry calmly crossed the Huishui River and launched a sweep against the nearly 10,000 scattered Song troops.
Moreover, there are more and more Jin troops.
Facing the established female main force cavalry, coupled with their own dispersion and aggressive advance, the Song army suffered a complete defeat on the plain more than ten miles wide from the north of Tieling Pass to Huishui. Even Zhao Cheng himself lost information.
Moreover, after a Jin Army commander discovered the fact that most of the Song troops on the opposite side were just mountain rebels with poor equipment, he took advantage of the situation to defeat the defeated troops and press all the way into Tieling Pass.
Facing the friendly troops who were oppressed by the Jin army and fell into a panic in the panic, the officers of Lu Heshang's department who had closed the gate had no ability to deal with it at all. They lost the checkpoint in a daze and dispersed to the south of Guannan along with their own troops and these defeated friendly troops.
However, the matter was not over yet. In the chaos, just after the Jin army pressed into Tieling Pass, and more Jin and Song troops were still making a mess on the south side of the choke point, the real main force of the Song army arrived.
Li Yanxian himself even visited Guanxia in person.
Seeing the dense flags and neat armors surrounding the 'mainstay' banner coming like a wave from south to north, the Jin army who had just entered the pass and had not had a sip of tea suddenly panicked. And with
At the same time, those Taihang rebels also exerted their unique advantages... Although they collapsed quickly, they were able to quickly assemble after escaping into the mountains. In addition, at this time, they saw the arrival of their main force on the mountains, Shuai
Minister Da Huang also arrived, and he was even more confident. He went to the north plain to support his defeated army, obstructed the large Jin army, and tried to attack the small Jin army.
Upon seeing this, the Jin army came to drive back, but they were unable to pursue Shangling. They could only watch as these light-moving rebels gathered again and poured out again.
For a time, Guanbei fell into a deadlock.
At this time, Tuhe Subu Meng'an who broke into Tieling Pass couldn't hold on anymore. He was afraid of being surrounded by the main force of the Song Army in the city, and also afraid of being attacked at night. He didn't even understand the internal structure of this pass... So ever
, this fellow was heartbroken, but chose to evacuate voluntarily, and gave the pass to him without even raising the flag.
Many Jin troops had no idea that one of them had captured Tieling Pass...the so-called capture was done in a daze, and then they gave up in a daze.
The sky gradually darkened, and the light stopped all melees. The Jin army retreated to the Huishui ferry area in the northeast direction behind them. Li Yanxian also ordered the entire army to set up camp.
Let’s not mention how Li Yanxian cleaned up the mess for the moment, and then tried to figure out what happened during the day and the current situation that he might never be able to figure out for the rest of his life.
Just saying that on the other side, the Jin Jun withdrew suddenly and returned to a long-empty market on the bank of Huishui, only twenty miles away. Not long after, just when it was getting dark, he just grabbed a
I was about to find two eggs to lay some noodles in my house, but I was suddenly called over by Wanhu Tuhe.
I felt bad in my heart at that time.
When the guards following Tu Hesu arrived at a place with a bonfire outside the market, they saw that in addition to Tu Hesu, there were several familiar middle-aged generals sitting there cross-legged. They felt a chill on the back of their heads, and then hurriedly took the
After going out and putting on the bag again, he placed it on the ground, then bent down and bowed his hands.
"Get up."
Tu Hesu, who was crossing his legs, frowned slightly. "Where did you learn from the Song Dynasty people to look like this?"
"There's nothing wrong with learning from the people of the Song Dynasty. I'm afraid that if you don't learn from the good, you'll learn from the bad." The man directly behind the bonfire, that is, the man in the middle, Ba Lisu himself, heard this and said quietly across the fire. "I remember your name is Su.
Wu? You are also an old soldier?"
"Yes." Meng An felt uncomfortable hearing this, so he quickly stood up and intervened. "Do the governor and several ten thousand households want to hear about today's war?"
To intervene means to obey orders and make a gesture of apology. Regardless of the Song and Jin Dynasties, they have a unified appearance.
"That's not why I asked you here." Tu Hesu said as he stretched out his leg, but it was itchy from the fire, and he directly hammered the old injury on the foot through the boot. "We have just summoned the generals.
Many Meng'an, Muke, and some of them entered the pass with you... The situation today is clear. It was just a chaotic battle. Everyone was tired and confused... But in the end, you only saw Li Yanxian's army.
When they arrive, they will cower and abandon the pass without even fighting, right?"
Su Wu was silent for a moment, and then he gritted his teeth and made a decision: "What happened today is that I lost two points of integrity, but I wanted to let Dutong and several tens of thousands of households know that the situation at that time was indeed confusing, and there was chaos behind the gate.
No one came to pick me up, so I thought about not throwing away my son's life easily... But after all, the military plane was lost, and I, Su Wu, had nothing to say... Dutong, Wanhu, I am willing to surrender this marching silver medal warrior.
To be continued...