Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 930 Song Jun's Provocation

"As for Ding Jiagang, I believe he will have no problem holding on to Gaizhu City for five days, and if we share the Tubo forces for him, it will not be difficult to hold on for ten days. In addition, the current situation that the deputy army commander said does not allow us to delay It is also a fact that it is necessary to drive the Tubo people out of the country as soon as possible. Therefore, the general decided to take a rest for a day and prepare to cross the river tomorrow to kill the enemy. It is difficult for us to ambush. Could it be that the Suzaku Legion can't win more with less in a frontal field battle?"

Including Kou Zhun and Wang Chao, everyone has long been convinced by Deng Chongxuan's analysis, and the brigade and battalion commanders are also full of fighting spirit.

On July 25th, which was the second day after Dangjin received the imperial approval, the provocation against the border of Xiangfu State that he arranged according to the imperial approval began.

Huangwan Pass was originally a border pass of the Song State. Not long after Xiangfu State was established last year, the Song State invaded on a large scale, and finally lost three military strongholds, one of which was Huangwan Pass.So far, because Huangwanguan is the closest to Qingzhou of the Song Dynasty, it has become the most important military stronghold of the Xiangfu Kingdom to the Song Dynasty. Over the past year, it has been repaired several times, not to mention the iron wall, but it is far from being built. The defense of Zhucheng's inland military strongholds cannot be compared.

According to the analysis of the information obtained by Dangjin, if he wanted to break through Huangwan Pass, which was stationed by 5000 people, he would have to attack with an army of [-] for at least a month before he could break it if there was no conspiracy and internal response.But how could Xiangfu Kingdom allow him to attack for a month without counterattacking.So when Dang Jin thought of this, he felt very helpless.

However, in response to this situation, Dangjin has also thought of some methods over the past year. The biggest strategic direction is to try to lure the defenders of Huangwan Pass out for an ambush.But to achieve this involves all aspects, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rare.Because it has something to do with the character of the general at Huangwan Gate, the situation in Xiangfu State and Song State, and other factors.

Today, a Song army came to Huangwan Pass.There are not too many horses in this Song army, about [-] horses. It can be seen from the banner uniforms that they are all the Northwest Frontier Army of the Song Dynasty.Since the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, the Northwest Frontier Army has been defeated twice by the Xiangfu Kingdom. In order to fight against the Xiangfu Kingdom, the number of troops is no longer the original [-]. Like the Beidaying in the Zhending Mansion of the Song Dynasty, it had [-] elite soldiers.

This Song army lined up a few miles away from Huangwan Pass, and then a thousand or so horsemen slowly advanced from the formation, and stopped about two miles in front of the south gate of Huangwan Pass.

The Song army only came with 5000 people. Obviously, they didn't want to attack Huangwan Pass, but put on a gesture of asking for a fight.

The brigade commander who was stationed at Huangwan Pass was named Zhang Shouyi, and because the soldiers of the Song Army had recently suppressed Dakouzhai, Zhe Yuxuan, the deputy head of the White Wolf Army, also came to Huangwan Pass to sit in person.Zhe Yuxun is the second person in the original Fuzhou Zhe family, and the younger brother of Zhe Yuxun, the head of the Zhelan Legion.After the Zhe family surrendered to the Chengxiang Fu Kingdom, the Zhelan Army was first established with the Zhe family army, but soon Ye Chen carried out the first military reform, breaking up the soldiers within the entire army, and disbanding the soldiers who had surrendered from the Song army. , the [-] cavalry from the Dangxiang Ba clan, and those from the Fuzhou Zhe family were all disrupted and rearranged, completing the most important military reform in the history of Xiangfu Kingdom.Originally, Zhe Yuxuan was originally the deputy head of the Zhelan Army, but was transferred to the White Wolf Army as the deputy head of the White Wolf Army during the first reform.

It’s just that Zhe Yuxuan’s performance has always been mediocre, or quite satisfactory, no matter whether it’s the battle with the Song Dynasty or the Liao Kingdom. At the court meeting, Zhe Yuxuan became one of the few senior generals who was not knighted.Although Zhe Yuxuan regards this incident as a great shame and humiliation, it also made him extremely eager to make military achievements.This time the army of the Song Dynasty may invade at any time. Originally, the head of the army, Tuoba Gelu, wanted to sit in Huangwan Pass in person and let Zhe Yuxuan stay behind, but he couldn't stand Zhe Yuxuan's pleading all day long, so he let Zhe Yuxuan Yuxuan came to Huangwan Pass.

At this time, 5000 people from the Song army came to invade, and the spies of the White Wolf Army at Huangwanguan had already inquired and reported the news to Zhe Yuxuan and Zhang Shouyi in the city.The two stood at the top of the city early and looked with binoculars, and sent several waves of spies to inquire again and again to confirm that the main force of the Song army had not moved near Dakouzhai. The plot to lure the guards of Huangwan Gate out of the city and carry out an ambush was actually intended to engage in a war.Both of them are powerful people, after a brief discussion, they decided not to show weakness, and immediately sent Wang Jing, the commander of the cavalry battalion in the walled city, to lead a thousand cavalry from the headquarters.

Wang Jing was about [-] steps away from Huangwanguan, and the distance between him and the Song army was less than a mile.Zhe Yuxuan and Zhang Shouyi were watching the battle from the top of the city. The [-] soldiers and horses in the city were ready to go out to fight at any time.

The two of them had already seen from the thousand cavalrymen of the Song Dynasty that these 1000 people must be carefully selected elite veterans from the Northwest Frontier Army, and each of them had a calm momentum.They thought it would be a fierce battle for Wang Jing to go out of the camp, but unexpectedly, the thousand Song soldiers were not in a hurry, and they rushed out of the formation only after Wang Jing had finished forming the formation with 1000 men.

Don't say Zhe Yuxuan, even Zhang Shouyi is also stunned.At the same time, an idea popped up in the minds of the two of them to fight one-on-one?
In this era, the two armies confronted each other, and there were occasional one-on-one events in novels and dramas such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. During the Five Dynasties period, countries fought in chaos and conflicts continued.But this kind of thing has never happened between Xiangfu Kingdom and Song Kingdom, and it is the first time now.

The most important thing is that no matter whether Xiangfu Kingdom is instilled with the concept of peacetime combat from top to bottom, or Xiangfu Military Academy's various studies on warfare have never mentioned this matter.

Can this kind of personal bravery be achieved?

After Wang Jing sneered, he gave an order. The standard-bearer around him waved the banner, and the soldiers under his command raised their bows and arrows, ready for battle. Known as a hedgehog.

But seeing the Song army stop five hundred steps away from Wang Jing's cavalry battalion, he shouted in very standard Kaifeng Song State official dialect: "Listen up to the Xiangfu army on the opposite side, I am from the northwest of Song State." Marquis Meng Guangwu of Yu Yu, the commander of the Frontier Army Party, may I ask who is the commander of the Xiangfu Army on the opposite side?"

Wang Jing thought for a while, this kind of heads-up first, winning can boost morale, and both sides have equal opportunities.If he didn't take over, wouldn't it look too 'bad', but Song Jun dared to send someone out to fight, obviously he must be a good player selected by Song Jun, if the person he sent out was defeated, his morale would be weakened.He glanced left and right at the military officers under his command, and was thinking about who to send, when he saw a military officer wearing the military uniform and armor of the vice-captain of Shaodu riding up to him, and said loudly: "Battalion Commander, this subordinate is willing to go out and fight with Song Song." Will be singled out and guaranteed to remove his dog's head to boost morale."

Hearing the sound, Wang Jing looked around and saw the vice-principal Shaodu who was speaking clearly. His eyes lit up and he said, "Okay, the battalion commander allows you to go out and challenge General Song one-on-one."

The vice-principal Shaodu was overjoyed when he heard that, he turned his horse and rushed out.

In Wang Jing's opinion, the vice-principal of Shaodu is really the most suitable candidate for the duel.This man's name is Zheng Kai, and his background is similar to that of Chang Podao. The Zheng family is a well-known martial arts family in the Northwest. During the battle between the Xiangfu Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom last year, he led a hundred disciples of the Zheng family to join the rebel army. In the end, reward points were offered on the benevolent list He ranked No. 7, and later participated in the training of the Xiangfu Kingdom Military Academy. After graduation, he was assigned to the White Wolf Army under Wang Jing as a cavalry company commander.After Zheng Kai came to Wang Jing's command, there were occasional martial arts contests among the military attachés. Zheng Kai was soon recognized as the number one military force in the whole brigade, especially the darts handed down by Zheng's family. Even the brigade commander Zhang Shouyi once praised him. Pass.Fighting immediately in the past six months has also been hard work, and it is most suitable for him to fight against General Song.

At this time, I saw Zheng Kai pointing at the opposite general and yelling at him. The two sides cursed and then raised their weapons to hedge against each other.This Song general was indeed a good player. The two fought for seven or eight rounds without winning or losing. Wang Jing couldn't see how he fought from a distance. Then he saw the Song army general patted his horse and ran back.Zheng Kai shouted: "Run there!"

The next moment, Zheng Kai swung his right hand fiercely, and a dart was shot out across a stream of light. General Song let out a scream, fell off his horse in response, and rolled several times on the ground.

Immediately, the army of the White Wolf Army shouted, Zheng Kai shot the man off his horse, turned around and left.The shouts became louder and louder, and even the soldiers of the White Wolf Army on the Huangwan Pass began to cheer, echoing in the mountains on both sides, and for a moment it was like a giant dragon roaring in the mountains, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains.

As soon as Wang Jing saw that the morale was available, he gave an order and rushed up with a thousand cavalry to the sound of war drums.

These thousand Song cavalry are obviously the elite of the elite of the Song army, and the general of the army is obviously not easy to deal with. It is naturally unlucky to choose a heads-up that he thought would be a sure win and lose the result, but he did not panic. He gave the same order , The horns sounded in unison, and a thousand cavalrymen held high all kinds of weapons and rushed towards them like a flood.Since Dang Jin's disastrous defeat by Yang Jiye more than a year ago, his military training has been extremely strict for more than a year. The specially selected thousand cavalry have extraordinary combat power.

In this battle, the two sides fought inextricably, Zhe Yuxuan and Zhang Shouyi stood at the head of the Huangwan Pass and watched it thrillingly.Since defeating the Song Army twice last year, Xiangfu Kingdom actually looked down on the Song Army. The two thought that the same number of cavalry field battles, the Song Army would not be the opponent of Wang Jing's troops.Unexpectedly, they are evenly matched at the moment.

In fact, if it weren't for the excellent coordination of cavalry tactics of the Xiangfu Kingdom, the tip of the spears are all made of stainless steel, which are sharper than the weapons of the Song Army, and the armor of the soldiers of the Xiangfu Kingdom is stronger, it is really possible for the White Wolf Army to end this battle fell to the disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)