The struggle of the reborn prince

Jinshangjing Road has a total of jurisdiction: one prefecture, namely Huining Mansion; three states, namely Zhaozhou, Jeju, and Xinzhou; five roads, namely Puyu Road, Helan Road, Xiangan Road, Hosuguan Road, and Huligai Road; six counties, namely Huining County, Zhendong County, Yichun County, Shixing County, Lishe County, and Wuchang County.Now Zhaozhou and Xinzhou among the three states have been lost, and Jeju has also been besieged by the Song army on the South Road, cutting off the news.Among the five roads, Helan Road and Xiangan Road also fell into the hands of Song Jun.Now Yichun, the three counties under the jurisdiction of Huining Mansion, has also been seized, indicating that the Song Army has penetrated into the core area of ​​the Kingdom of Jin.

After learning that the Song army captured Yichun, the government and the public were shaken. The emperor Wan Yanquan ordered all the young men on Shangjing Road to be recruited into the army.He appointed Wanyan Yuying, the deputy commander of the capital, as the general manager of the soldiers and horses on the Shangjing Road, and Tang Kuobian, Mu Tang Kuobian of Huining Mansion, as the deputy commander.

While Wanyan Yuying is resting on the south bank, he hastened to reorganize the remnants of the army, strengthen the river defense, and prepare to prevent the Song army from crossing the river. Go east along the river.This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, but soon there was an imperial decree from Beijing. In addition to severe reprimands, it also brought an order that the Song Army had already captured Yichun, and let him lead the troops to annihilate the Song Army.After receiving the order, Wan Yan Yuying did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led his army to the capital, but at this time his army of tens of thousands was less than [-].During the bloody night in Zhaozhou, except for the front army who successfully crossed the river, only half of the Chinese army was able to cross the river. The rear army in charge of covering was almost wiped out. They were not killed by the Song army, but were also washed away by the torrential river. However, only a few thousand people were able to escape, and more than half of the tens of thousands of troops were lost.

According to reports from the downstream garrison, the corpses of the soldiers and horses rushed down from the upstream at the Sanchakou blocked the river, causing the river to surge several feet.There are countless floating corpses along the river branches and bays, and the scene is horrific. There are tens of thousands of corpses salvaged and buried along the river alone by soldiers and civilians.This battle can be said to have severely damaged the vitality of the Jin army led by Wanyan Yuying.Everyone is terrified.At that time, on the north bank of Zhaozhou, under the city of Zhaozhou, and along the banks of the Huntong River, when the Song Army vanguards on the West Road were surrounded.He had many chances to turn the tide of the battle, but he missed the opportunity to wipe out the enemy because of his momentary indecision and wanting everything to be right.

If I resolutely abandon Zhaozhou and take the Song army to cross the river to attack suddenly; instead of waiting for the arrival of a large number of reinforcements in Zhaozhou City, I can start encircling and annihilating it; Launching an attack first and severely injuring the Song army before crossing the river will not suffer such heavy losses.It seems that every opportunity can change the situation of the battle and change history, but if Wanyan Yuying gave up the opportunity, the sky of history will naturally not favor Jin Guo again.Under the current situation, Wanyan Yuying can only struggle to support.He didn't dare to hope to completely defeat the Song Army's West Route Army, and he also knew that this was basically an impossible task.After an order was given, the [-] troops rushed to the predetermined location to meet up with another Jin army led by Pu San Zhongyi, blocking the only way to enter Huining Mansion.But when Wanyan Yuying arrived with his army in a hurry, he did not meet Tang Kuobian, nor did he meet Song Jun. Instead, he received an order: Song Jun suddenly changed lanes midway and turned to the northeast, as if to make a surprise attack. Imperial Mausoleum, let him immediately go to protect the resting place of his ancestors.But Tang Kuo led his troops to pursue them.

Then the [-] troops said goodbye to the capital again.Once again, they rushed to Hu Kaishan where the imperial mausoleum is located.But when Wanyan Yuying arrived in a hurry, he found that the West Route Army of the Song Army hadn't arrived yet, but Tang Kuobian, who was chasing after him, arrived first.Wanyan Yuying found out after asking.After the Song Army crossed Haigushui, he judged that the Song Army would attack Zhendong County. When he took a shortcut and rushed to Zhendong, the Song Army did not appear.He was worried that he would fall into the Song army's strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west, so he hurried across the Hushui and rushed to Hu Kaishan to set up defenses.

The war opportunity seems to appear again. Perhaps the Song army has just crossed the Hu River and is busy resting! But Tang Kuo argues that the best opportunity has been lost. If he ventures to find it, he may be taken advantage of by the floating Song army .And disturbing the emperor's ancestors, no one can afford this crime.Naturally, Wanyan Yuying was unwilling to take risks on such critical issues.So the two discussed to use Hu Kaishan to guard against the danger, and spread out their battles.Put the infantry in front of the mountain and the cavalry behind the mountain.Then quietly waited for Song Jun's arrival...

Compared with the intelligence system of the Kingdom of Jin, the intelligence agencies of Song Dynasty are obviously more complete and efficient.Zhao Li obtained the information about the Kingdom of Jin through the Military Intelligence Department and the Intelligence Department. After Jin Ting learned that he crossed the river and captured Yichun, it was not just a shock like the legend, it was an eight-magnitude earthquake. Wanyan Quan hurriedly summoned all the officials Discussing the matter, he wanted to abandon the city and run away to avoid the edge of the Song army.The emperor's words made everyone dumbfounded. The Song army was about to run away before it arrived. How could this battle be fought? It took him a long time to persuade him to temporarily dispel this idea.

But the emperor didn't leave for the time being, which didn't mean the crisis was over. Huanglong Mansion was now under siege, and Zhao Er was leading the South Route Army to attack.However, the West Route Army defeated Yan Yuying in Zhaozhou and crossed the river from Yichun. Nearly [-] enemy troops were less than [-] miles away from the capital, and the situation was already extremely critical.After urgent discussions with several important ministers, Taishi Wushu decided to mobilize all the Jurchen men to join the army, order Meng'an and Mou Ke Jinqin King in the state capitals and stationed in various places, and resolutely wipe out the invading enemy.

After Zhao Li grasped the dynamics of the Jin Kingdom, he also obtained the military intelligence of the Jin Kingdom in a timely manner. He knew the enemy army's leading generals, the composition of the troops, and the latest trends.Now most of the elite troops stationed in the capital have been dispatched by Wanyan Gouying, and more than half of them have been lost, but they are unable to defeat the Song army, so they urgently conscripted [-] troops and handed them over to Tang Kuobian, the son-in-law captain. .

Perhaps Wushu also knew that since the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin army had suffered successive defeats, and the elites deployed in the two marshal's mansions and other mansions were almost completely lost. The guards of the capital allocated two teams of 10 people with the title of "Hu*" to strengthen Tang Kuo's defense, making up 20 people.After the combined forces of the two armies, the total strength of the auxiliary force reached [-].

However, Zhao Li learned that due to the conquests of the Song Dynasty over the years, the land for raising horses in the Kingdom of Jin was gradually captured, resulting in a serious shortage of war horses, and he had to requisition supplementary military horses from the people.After the Song Army launched the Northern Expedition, the Kingdom of Jin lost a large number of war horses, which exceeded their replenishment capacity, so they had to reduce the cavalry and increase the infantry.Therefore, almost all the newly recruited troops were organized into infantry, and Wanyan Yuying's troops also lost a lot of horses when they crossed the river, and the number of cavalry was also greatly reduced.

Looking at the overall situation, the Kingdom of Jin is already at an absolute disadvantage. As long as the two armies of the Song Army work together and cooperate with each other, the destruction of the Kingdom of Jin is just around the corner.As the supreme commander of the West Route Army, Zhao Li's main goal was to try his best to attract and restrain the Jin Kingdom's army, and create the most favorable conditions for the emperor's South Route Army to attack Huining Mansion.In a head-to-head contest with nearly 20 gold troops, Zhao Li, a good student of the emperor, is not so stupid, and this is also a critical moment to test his ability.On the one hand, Zhao Li immediately sent a messenger to report the latest progress of the West Route Army to the emperor, and asked the emperor to quickly march to Huining; *Team.

Zhao Li knew that if he wanted to take the initiative in the battle, he had to give full play to the combat advantages of the Song Army's cavalry, which were efficient and good at maneuvering.And this must be carried lightly. He left the infantry of the Dragon Wing Army and the Tiger Wing Army and the Dragon General Yichun City who needed to cooperate in the battle to guard the baggage and the pontoon bridge.Thirteen brigades of Lion Generals, Chaser Cavalry, and Dragon Wing and Lion Wing Dragoons formed a mobile corps, carrying [-] days of food, grass and supplies to attack the enemy...

In order to avoid being caught in a pincer attack between the two enemy armies, Zhao Li first made a gesture of attacking Huining City, mobilized Wanyan Yuying's troops to move closer to Huining, and then suddenly changed the marching route to break the enemy's plan for a two-pronged attack.In order to further mobilize the enemy troops, and considering that the Jin army may also take the initiative to attack, Zhao Li chose the battlefield in Hu Kaishan, where the enemy must save. This is the birthplace of the Jurchens. A few years ago, Wan Yanquan moved the mausoleum of his grandfather Aguda After arriving here, Wu Qimai and the tombs of his ancestors were all buried here.The digging of the ancestral graves is not only a great disgrace to the Wanyan family, but it will also leak the legendary "royal spirit" and affect the fate of the country. This is an unbearable disaster for the Jin Kingdom.

Mount Hukai lies on the east and west, faces south from the north, the south of the mountain is wide and gentle but the two sides are raised, and the north of the mountain is steep and steep as a natural barrier, looking like an equilateral triangle from a distance.If you look closely, it looks like a straw hat with a slightly slanted buckle.In front of the mountain is the confluence of the two tributaries of Yashuihu River. The small streams overflowing from the main peak to the gaps in the surrounding veins form two major source streams in the east and west. It is indeed a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The army was deployed in front of and behind the mountain, occupying a favorable position.

When Zhao Li led his army to the foot of the mountain, he immediately made deployments, and the whole army spread out horizontally like wild goose wings.He ordered the hunting cavalry to go around the mountain to attack the cavalry that harassed the Jin country, and at the same time ordered the dragoons to attack the Jin country's infantry in front of the mountain.And he seems to have pinpointed the weakness and lifeline of the Jin Kingdom. Although the Jin army has a large number of people, it lacks cavalry and is timid to fight the Song army in the field. loss!

And Zhao Li also knew that it was impossible for him, and he didn't expect to be able to win in one battle and eat a fat man with one bite.His purpose is to take advantage of the fast maneuverability of his cavalry to repeatedly harass and toss the 20 troops of the Kingdom of Jin, making them restless day and night, until the opponent is exhausted, and then eat meat, swallowing it mouthful...