Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 671 The End of the Xuhuai War 2
Gao Sheng was forced by the power of the crossbow arrows on the ship. In order to reduce the casualties of the horse army, he did not approach the port when retreating, and allowed the Tiger Wing Army to board the ship and evacuate one after another.

The Tiger Wing Army was not defeated, but suffered heavy losses. More than [-] people were killed in battle, and more than [-] people died at sea one after another.

Experience is also very valuable. Li Changsheng didn't lament at all. He got into the cabin to write and draw pictures immediately after getting on the boat, and wrote down his gains and losses.

At the beginning, their two-way coaxial attack was successful and could be used as a landing tactic, but without the reinforcement of follow-up troops, compared to offensive operations, the landing scale of 5000 people was too small to fight against the Jin army's horse army. For special operations, the scale seems a bit too large.

"What does Master Wang think?" Zhu Shengfei couldn't help asking more when he saw that Wang Xiu was silent.

Only then did Wang Xiu get out of his thoughts. He glanced at Zhu Shengfei and said, "As long as you retreat from the enemy, you will be victorious. Now you should pay attention to the battle in Xuzhou. Now that the Western Army has begun to enter the west of Beijing, you can quickly move [-] troops to the east. Use the raw army to fight against the exhausted army."

Li Gang agrees with Wang Xiu's attention. It is definitely a tactic that will definitely drag Wushu to death. Even if Xuzhou has not gained absolute control, as long as the troops from the west of Beijing arrive, they can still inflict heavy damage on Wushu. He has never Unlike today's supporter of Wang Xiu's point of view, he said excitedly: "Okay, let's do it like this."

Tan Shiji frowned slightly, Wang Xiu's strategy was too blunt, a completely reckless consumption strategy.Now, all the armies in the west of Beijing are counterattacking Hedong. Even if the western army arrives, it is impossible to draw out too many troops. Li Gang is also a stubborn donkey.

"Then harass Hedong on a small scale, and concentrate our forces eastward to intercept Wushu." Wang Xiu made the final decision, and he wanted to fight a war of annihilation.

It has to be said that when Wang Xiu made his decision, the situation on the battlefield changed a lot.Under the powerful offensive of the Song army, Tarlan was severely beaten on the scalp, lost two states in a row, and lost face.

He immediately turned into a thorough defensive stance. The Western Golden Army was too weak, and the Western Army continued to march to the front. They didn't even have enough strength to counterattack, so they could only call for reinforcements.

The Golden Army on the Eastern Front maintained a strong force, but was divided into three clusters due to the battlefield. The largest is of course the main force of Wushu. It already has a 2 army, and the 5 troops in the partial division are firmly guarded by the Gyeonggi soldiers and horses. First-line support, the follow-up Jin army has a strength of [-] to [-], but it has to defend the communication line and fight against the Song army that is constantly gathering in Xuzhou. The strength is constantly compressed, and it is difficult to form support for Wushu.

The rebel army in Hebei was earth-shattering. Not only did they attack the city and conquer the land, they destroyed the Jurchens' ruling institutions in large numbers, and they also restrained a large number of signing troops from the Jin army, preventing them from crossing the river to support them.

What's more terrible is that as the main force of the Jin army continued to deepen, the offensive strength continued to weaken. Facing the strict defense of the front office, Wushu was no longer able to do what it wanted.

The army that had just crossed the Huai River had to face the embarrassment of returning. What surprised him the most was that the Song Army navy suddenly appeared in the Huai River.

The Song Army's river boat and water army responded quite quickly. Shao Qing was eager to make contributions, and urgently mobilized warships from various ports to go north. The vanguard troops had already entered the Huai River, which greatly shocked the Jin Army.

Facing the heavy troops in the front and the deadly battle in the back, he no longer cared about attacking Zhongli County, and immediately ordered the main force to withdraw northward quickly.

Ali and Han Chang were ordered to lead the team to leave the battlefield and head north quickly to open the way back north.But Yue Fei was not a vegetarian either. He immediately led [-] cavalry in pursuit, followed by [-] infantry, and directly entered Bozhou without going to support Gao Ping.

For the sake of his own face, Wu Shu had no choice but to declare to the outside world that 'the search of mountains and seas has been completed', and the various Jin armies began to withdraw northward.

How could Shao Qing let go of this great opportunity to make contributions? The Huai River is shallow, but he used a knifefish boat to organize officials to intercept him. He cut off the Jin army on the Huai River for four full days. .

Gao Ping also broke the boat, organized and participated in the decisive battle of soldiers and horses out of the city, and even broke into Helusuo's camp at one point, almost capturing Helusuo. The situation of the Jin army's soldiers and horses still in Huainan was critical.

Giving up the tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops who have crossed the Huai River is an established strategy, but it is very difficult to implement. If you dare to give up until the last moment, it will definitely deal a serious blow to morale. Who will dare to work for you in the future?
Fortunately, Wu Lie led his army to defeat a Song army fleet, opened up a shoal road, and led his army to defend the large army across the river, so that most of the troops crossing the Huai River were safe and sound.Those Han troops finally crossed the Huai River, but 8000 to [-] people were wiped out, which can be described as heavy losses, especially in the battle for the Huai River, where the water flow was red.

Wushu didn't get a bad reputation, at least the generals of the Han army didn't think that the Jurchens had abandoned them.

At this point in the battle, anyone with a discerning eye knows it's over!

It seems that just as Wang Xiu said, the beginning of the end is often the cruelest. The battle of Xuzhou officially started with the withdrawal of Wushu to the north.

Feng Yuan took the lead in launching the attack, breaking through the Jinjun camp in the west of Liguojian in one fell swoop, shaking Huonu's flank defense system, and almost allowing Han Shizhong and Wang De to take advantage of the loophole.

If Ali and Han Chang hadn't led the army to arrive, I'm afraid there would be a big mistake in the Jin army's defense line. This is already the ninth day since Wushu announced its northward withdrawal, and Yue Fei also joined the Xuzhou battlefield.

Huo Nu, Ali, Han Chang and others faced the Song army's attack from three sides, and fought extremely brutally.

There are almost no elite troops in Huo Nu's army. Many of them are issued by the Han army, and a small number of Khitan and Bohai troops. The combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the Song army. With the addition of Ali and Han Changma's army, it is possible to fight in Xuzhou. capital.

However, the Song army had Feng Yuan sticking to Liguo, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers on the periphery, it was definitely a central blooming tactic, and the Jin army could only barely persist.In the end, Wushu passed Fuli, and they had to launch a decisive battle. If they didn't disperse the Song army, Wushu would be put in danger.

It's a pity that Feng Yuan took the lead in attacking again. He led the army to attack Pengcheng directly, which was completely unexpected by the Jin army.In less than a day, Pengcheng was taken by the Song army, and the Jin army lost its most powerful stronghold in Xuzhou. Han Chang led the army to counterattack twice and failed, so he had to hide in Xu and Yi to accumulate strength.

The Jin army in the Xuzhou area was no longer able to launch a large-scale offensive, so they could only come with the main force of contemporary Wushu.

In a few days, Wushu led the army to Xuzhou, and the balance of troops changed. Because the army of Dianqiansi was too slow, the Jin army formed a superior force in Xuzhou. The war reached its climax.

(End of this chapter)