Han Shizu

Chapter 184 The Battle of Fengxiang
Fengxiang is here, the Qinling Mountains are on the south screen, the Weishui flows, the Longyue Mountain is blocked in the west, and the fertile field is distributed in the north of Wei.It is connected to Jingzhao in the east, Cheng and Feng in the south, and Qinlong in the west. It is an important hub on the Guanlong Plain.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Maozhen relied on it to stand on his own feet, and educated the small court of Chang'an several times.In the early history of the "Five Dynasties", although "Liang Jin struggle for hegemony" has always been the theme, Fengxiang "Qi Kingdom" also played a very important role during this period of history.

The Guanlong War that Liu Chengyou was always worried about in Tokyo has reached a very important stage.The Shu and Han armies, with a total of more than [-] soldiers, fought fiercely in the area of ​​Longzhou, Baoji, and Dasanguan.

Shu Xiongwu's Jiedu envoy led [-] Shu troops from Longshang. Shi Kuangyi, the Jiedu envoy of Shu, personally led the army of Jingyuan in order to show the righteous army, and blocked them in Anhua Town, Siyang County, where they were unable to move.

The main force of more than [-] Shu troops was led by Zhang Qianzhao, the recruitment envoy in the northern camp, and they left Sanguan to force Baoji, and fought with the Han troops under Wang Jun's headquarters in the south of the Wei River, surrounding Jifeng Mountain.

In the middle of the first month, Wang Jun led the imperial army to Guanzhong from the west, and together with the Jinchang army defeated Shu general Li Tinggui's [-] troops in Xiegu Town, they directly defeated the wishful thinking of the Shu army's three-way attack on Yong.

The news of Li Tinggui's defeat was like a slap in the face to the Shu army, and they stopped immediately.Zhang Qianzhao's original intention was naturally to be able to appease Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Hou Yi, and take Fengxiang without harm. They went north this time because they were "seduced" by Hou Yi.

As a result, after hearing the defeat of the Shu Army's Eastern Route Army, Hou Yi's originally ambiguous attitude suddenly became firm, and he wanted to be a "loyal minister" of the Han Dynasty, so he led the Qi Army to actively set up obstacles in the Weihe River.The turnaround was so fast that the Shu army was caught off guard.In addition, He Jianjian's army on the North Road was threatened by the flanks of Jingyuan's soldiers, and the edge of the Shu army was immediately contained.

Under such circumstances, the generals of the Shu army had their own ideas, and either advanced or retreated, and the coach Zhang Qianzhao was also hesitant.After comprehensive consideration, it is still temporarily retreating to Sanguan.

Such a hesitant decision also gave the Han army enough time to react.After Wang Jun defeated Li Tinggui in Xiegu Town, he did not focus on expanding the results of the battle, but turned non-stop, leading the imperial army to rush to Fengxiang, and with the prestige of a great victory, settled in Baoji.Wang Jun's mind is very clear, and he has always remembered Liu Chengyou's advice that Fengxiang is the key to competing with the Shu army.

After the Shu army withdrew, facing the raging imperial court's forbidden army, the old Fengxiang Jiedu Hou Yi didn't dare to think again, and sent someone to welcome him.After stationing in Baoji City, Wang Jun acted resolutely, released Hou Yi's military power, and put more than [-] Qi soldiers under his command.At the same time, he took out Liu Chengyou's secret edict and ordered Hou Yi to go to Tokyo to have an audience. After some means, decisively and quickly, he sent troops to escort Hou Yi and his family Xiaodong to go.

Then, the news of Emperor Liu Zhiyuan's death came.Hearing this, Queen Wang Jun was afraid to be more fortunate, while Zhang Qianzhao, who was still watching the situation in Guanzhong, jumped up and down, yelling that he made a mistake.At the same time, the spirit of the Shu army also came. From their point of view, the Han court must be in disarray and have no time to take care of Guanzhong when the Han court has a national funeral and the new lord succeeds to the throne.This is simply a good opportunity for Tianjiao Dashu to seize Guanzhong. On the one hand, he reported to Chengdu, and on the other hand, he worked carefully in Fengxiang to spread rumors and disturb people's hearts. On the other hand, he won the support of all the troops under his command. .

Unexpectedly, Wang Jun was also stubborn. He personally led the forbidden army to Fuwei River to meet him, defeated three thousand of its vanguard, and forced the Shu army to retreat to Jifeng Mountain in the southeast of Baoji with weak soldiers.

With the trend of "sad soldiers", the Shu army was defeated again, and the morale of the Han army was immediately boosted.Although the Shu army was defeated successively, in Fengxiang, the Han army was still more than enough to defend but not enough to attack. However, Wang Junchu stood alone. But he couldn't be satisfied with just repelling Zhang Qianzhao.

A document was issued to invite the troops of Zhangyi, Jingnan (Bingzhou), and Jinchang to come to the west. Prior to this, with the victory of Xiegu, Liu Chengyou issued an edict to take Wang Jun as the envoy for the southwest camp, and he was fully responsible for the attack on Shu.He also took Shi Kuangyi as the deployment of the Southwest camp and Zhao Kuangzan as the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the horse infantry in the camp, and informed the various festivals in the pass to send troops to cooperate in the battle.

Because of the victory, all the armies in Guanzhong came to help. Shi Kuangyi alone carried on the northern front. On Fengxiang's side, Wang Jun mainly led the Forbidden Army, Qi Army, and Yong Army (Jinchang Army), and joined forces from Bin, Tong, and Hua. A part of the soldiers and horses, more than [-] horses and infantry, went south to fight the Shu army at the foot of Jifeng Mountain.

On Zhang Qianzhao's side, after personally experiencing the fighting power of the Han army, he felt that it would be difficult to defeat the Han army with only the soldiers under his command. , More than [-] soldiers were transferred back and forth, so that they had the confidence to wrestle with Wang Jun.

The two sides fought fiercely between Jifeng Mountain and Dasan Pass for more than ten days. Although the actual battle lasted only three days, the battle was extremely fierce from the very beginning.

The Han army is few, and the Shu army is almost twice as numerous as the Han army.Moreover, the composition of the Han army is complex. The Forbidden Army, Qi Army, Yong Army, and the stragglers of the Guanzhou states seem to be a bunch of "miscellaneous troops" with different affiliations.However, it was this "crowd" that forcibly suppressed the Shu army.

Jifeng Mountain, as its name suggests, has the strangeness of its peaks and peaks. Jifeng pierces the clouds, the sky pillars stand tall, and the jade shoots are empty.The three peaks standing side by side are the crown of the city.Chencang County was renamed Baoji because of this mountain.

Of course, although the peak scenery is amazing, it is not considered a natural danger for military strategists. A place that is too dangerous is not conducive to attack, but is it conducive to defense?The Shu army occupied the Xiazhai at Xifeng, and because it formed an angle with Dasan Pass, they could rely on each other.

But the Han army didn't care so much, and set up a stronghold in front of the mountain to force the battle.In this war between Shu and Han, it was obviously the Shu army who provoked and launched an attack, and developed to the current situation. Instead, the Han army mainly attacked with weak soldiers, and the Shu army mainly defended.

On Jifeng Mountain, the Shu Camp stands next to the mountain. It is divided into three large camps. There are many camps, but it looks a bit messy. Nearly [-] Shu troops were forced inside, and they were very aggrieved.

In front of the mountain, the camp of the Han army was much simpler, more rigorous and organized, and even seemed a little rampant.It's not that the Shu army has never gone down the mountain to attack. For the strong bow and crossbow of the Han army, the fierce soldiers and warriors traded for a meal.Up to now, after fighting hard for more than ten days, they can only shrink back against the walls of the village and defend passively.

In fact, if you take a bird’s-eye view of the offense and defense of the two armies, no matter in terms of battalion defense, troop strength, or self-supply, the Shu army has the upper hand in the overall situation. It is not the opponent of the Han army. Besides, the battle of the army is not simply one-on-one, one-on-many.

While suppressing the main force of the Shu army, the Han army can also take into account the Shu army at the Dasan Pass. With weak troops, they resisted both sides, and completely overwhelmed the Shu army in terms of momentum.However, this is a dangerous strategy. As long as there is a slight accident, the Han army will be in jeopardy.

For example, Shi Kuangyi in the north was broken through, and Wang Jun gathered all his troops. It was extremely extreme to be able to fight against the Shu army on two sides. If he was attacked on three sides, he would be defeated directly.Wang Jun's fighting style this time is really unexpected and dangerous.

In addition, it is also the most important and dangerous problem. The Han army's food and fodder are insufficient!
In order to carry out this battle, Fengxiang's treasury had already been emptied by Wang Jun. With the war together, the loss of food and equipment was too great.

The sound of horseshoes is urgent, neighing sharply, accompanied by the sound of killing, echoing in a piece of open land north of Dasan Pass.After half a day of harassment, more than [-] Han cavalry, under the personal command of the general, launched a fatal blow to the Shu army who had left the pass to aid Jifeng Mountain in the east.Not surprisingly, the Shu army was defeated.Catch up, until Sanguan a few miles away.

Looking at the defeated soldiers of the Shu army fleeing to the pass, Yang Ye reined in his horse and said, "Stop chasing!"

"General, why don't you drive them all to death?" Marquis Yu, who was beside him, was still full of fighting spirit and asked, waving his sword.

Pointing to the front, Yang Ye said: "In front of Dasan Pass, there are many mountains and steep terrain, which is not a place for cavalry soldiers. After this defeat, the Shu army must have lost all courage and dare not go out lightly, and our goal has been achieved!" "

After speaking, Yang Ye changed his hand to hold the reins, and muttered in his mouth: "These Shu soldiers are too inexperienced!"

Yang Ye, this time, came to the west with Wang Jun as the commander of the guardian and the training envoy of the Fengzhou regiment.Basically, it was released by Liu Chengyou to practice.In the previous battle of Xiegu Town, he led the horse army from the headquarters to attack Li Tinggui, and made a lot of contributions.

As far as Fengxiang, he fought fiercely with the main force of the Shu army. After solving the few cavalry in Shu, Wang Jun took Yang Ye as the commander of the horse army, and gathered a total of more than [-] horsemen from the Yong and Qi horse troops and their own guards. He asked him to monitor the Shu army at Dasan Pass on the western front so as not to affect the decisive battle at Jifeng Mountain.

Obviously, Wang Jun also probably understood what Liu Chengyou meant. After the previous battle, Yang Ye's bravery also moved Wang Jun and made him let go of his worries.Yang Ye also did a good job, and he was very smart in fighting. He was reckless when he should be reckless, and he was cowardly when he should be cowardly.

This time, it was Han Baozhen, deputy commander of Shu, who led the army in person, and marched in formation, intending to push eastward slowly and support Zhang Qianzhao.Facts have proved that the idea is good, and it was effective at first, but it ended in failure under Yang Ye's patient harassment.

In the wilderness, this is the limitation of the infantry to the cavalry.What's more, the Shu army's armaments are not sharp enough, its soldiers are not refined enough, and even its generals are stupid.

"This time, Han Baozhen, the deputy commander of the Shu army, is personally leading the army. I didn't expect this person to be so incompetent, and he was easily defeated by you!" Yu Hou's mouth opened into a flower, matching the blood splattered on his face, Completely looks like a warrior.

"Send someone to report to the camp, saying that our army has prevented the large dispersal of the Guan Shu army, and tell the envoy that he can attack Zhang Qianzhao without worry!" Leading an army and shouldering heavy responsibilities, Yang Ye's temperament is obviously much more concise than before, Commanded in a cold voice.

"Yes!"

"Rescue the wounded, clean up the battlefield, search for the prisoners, and withdraw the troops back to the station!" Turning his horse's head, Yang Ye took the lead to leave the mountain pass.

But when looking east, Yang Ye couldn't help showing a little worry.

(End of this chapter)