Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 811 Battle of Fuping (please subscribe!)

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Because this battle was initiated by Zhang Jun first, the Song Army's preparations were actually faster than the Chinese Army's preparations.

At that time, the Chinese army had already penetrated into Yan'an Mansion, Security Army and other places in northern Shaanxi-these areas were actually not conducive to the Chinese army's battle.

At that time, all the generals of the Song Army suggested to Zhang Jun to use the favorable terrain along the Weishui River to attack the Chinese army immediately.

But Zhang Jun pretended to be prudent at the time, and denied this correct suggestion—he was going to have an upright battle with the Chinese army.

On this point, it is not too much to say that Zhang Jun is a pig-style Song Xianggong.

According to Zhang Jun's deployment, the Song army gathered in Fuping and put on a majestic posture.

Fuping is located at the foot of Beishan Mountain, on the northern edge of the middle section of the Guanzhong Plain. The terrain is flat and easy to attack but difficult to defend.

But as long as it retreats tens of miles north or west from Fuping, the Song army can fight against the mountains.

After seeing the terrain, Tang Zhong objected to the formation of the Song army in Fuping, saying: "The soldiers move with advantage. The terrain is unfavorable now. Why do you fight? You should move to a higher place to restrain the charge of the enemy cavalry."

However, most Song generals disagreed with Tang Zhong's opinion. They believed that there was a swamp with autumn reeds in front of the Song army, which was enough to limit the impact force of the middle cavalry.

Therefore, Tang Zhong's suggestion was rejected by Zhang Jun.

First Zhang Jun made a mistake, and now most Song generals made mistakes.

This series of mistakes also doomed the Song army to fail.

The day of the battle.

Wu Jie stood on the high platform, directing the battle with a saber.

As soon as the battle started, under Wu Jie's order, the Chinese army took the lead in attacking.

Wu Jie took Yang Congyi as the vanguard, and Yang Congyi personally led [-] elite cavalry. While charging, he threw firewood and soil bags at the same time, filling up the swamp in front of the Song army's formation.

At the same time, Wu Jie ordered Guo Jin to lead the cavalry to bypass the Song army camp and attack the "village village".

The so-called "village village" refers to the camp where the peasants who transport grain live.

Most of these camps are close to the camps of the Song army, and the barriers are improvised with carts, and the defense force is extremely weak.

The Song army did not actually expect the "village village" to resist the Chinese army's attack, but after the small village was breached by the Chinese army, the panicked peasants fled to the Song army's camp, which disrupted the Song army's position.

This was unexpected by Song Jun.

The Chinese army then followed the fleeing civilian husband, successfully passed through the shooting area of ​​the Song Army's bow and crossbow, and went straight to the front of the Song Army's camp.

As a result, the two sides of China and Song Dynasty launched a fierce battle of hand-to-hand combat.

The fighting power of the Jingyuan army was very strong. Although Tang Zhong was a civil servant, he had the will to die. Therefore, he eventually led his own army to the front line.

Due to the bravery of Tang Zhong and the Jingyuan army, the Song army gradually stabilized its position and killed the enemy bravely, making it impossible for Guo Jin to move forward.

Slowly, Guo Jin and Tang Zhong came to a stalemate, and the two sides stuck together.

Seeing this, Wu Jie ordered Yang Zheng to lead [-] fine cavalry to attack the other route of the Song Army, which was the Huanqing Army led by Zhao Zhe.

Zhao Zheyuan proposed some criminal prisons for Liangzhe Road, and once joined Zhang Jun in begging for Ping Ye Nong in the southeast.

Zhang Jun admired Zhao Zhe's talent very much, so he deliberately selected Zhao Zhe when forming the team of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division.

After arriving in Shaanxi, Zhang Jun sent Zhao Zhe to replace Wang Si as the appeasement envoy of Huanqing Road Economic Strategy.

This Zhao Zhe, when it comes to military affairs, has one set of rules. If you listen to what he said, he may be more powerful than Han Xin.

But after they really got to know each other, Zhao Zhe was frightened out of his wits when he saw the Chinese Army's Thunderbolt Chariot approaching. Leaving the team without hesitation, not supervising the battle in front of the army.

As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Huanqing Army was relatively weak among the Songxi Army. In addition, Zhao Zhe left the team, so the Huanqing Army was completely overwhelmed by the Chinese Army.

As soon as the Huanqing army collapsed, the soldiers immediately fled, which affected the entire battle situation, and other armies were defeated one after another.

Wu Jie saw the right time and ordered Zhang Xian and Wang Yan to lead the army to pursue the victory.

While charging, the soldiers of the Chinese army shouted: "The Southern Song Dynasty is dead, and King Kang of the Song Dynasty is now a prisoner of my emperor. Why should you fight again?" , my emperor and Marshal Wu all let the past go!", "My Dazhong is not a barbarian Hu Di regime, and I am about to complete the unification, why do you want to die and resist, wasting your precious life in vain!"...

The fact that the Southern Song Dynasty perished was actually rumored before the start of the war, but Zhang Jun still interpreted it as an offensive strategy by the Chinese army and suppressed it.

Now, the defeat, coupled with this attacking words, has caused a large number of soldiers of the Song Army to kneel down.

Together with this momentum, it immediately became out of control!
The army led by Zhang Xian and Wang Yan strangled the Song army like two giant dragons.

On the other hand, before the Yougan battle, Zhang Jun only thought of victory but not of defeat, so once defeated, he behaved at a loss, not knowing how to clean up the mess, which further aggravated the situation of the battle.

Zhang Xian and Wang Yan attacked the Beishan system in one fell swoop and fully occupied Shaanxi.

And that's not the end.

Zhang Xian knew that the most difficult to attack on the Sichuan-Shaanxi line was not Shaanxi, but the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Therefore, after defeating the Beishan Department, Zhang Xian led [-] elite cavalry to Dasan Pass and Monk Yuan to kill, regardless of the defeated army along the road.

The east-west Qinling Mountains, whose trunk stretches from the Jialing River in the west to the Dan and Bahe Valleys in the east, are known as "the greatest obstacle in the world" and naturally separated the ancient Guanzhong from Bashu.

One branch of the Jialing River originates from the Dasan Ridge—this area was the territory of the scattered kingdoms of the Zhou Dynasty, hence the name Dasan Ridge.

Here, the Qinling Mountains were interrupted, forming a defile with the Longshan Mountains from Gansu to the west. The ancients used this tunnel to open the Chencang Road connecting Bashu and Guanzhong.

The terrain of Chencang Road is relatively flat and there are many branch roads, so the utilization rate of this road has been the highest throughout the ages.

Dasan Pass built on Dasan Ridge is the first pass on Chencang Road.

Lu Shen of the Ming Dynasty said: "Twenty miles south of Baoji is Dasan Pass, where the monk was originally. The mountain comes from the west, that is, a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is not only the boundary between Qin and Shu, but also the boundary between the north and the south of China."

Zheng Xingyi of the Song Dynasty also recorded: "Dasan Pass is attached to Liangquan County, Fengzhou, and is in the south of Baoji County, Fengxiang Prefecture. The situation inside and outside also."

Dasan Pass is indeed a dangerous pass, but it must rely on the monk before the pass to truly form an organic defensive whole.

Heshangyuan is steep around, with a wide and flat top, and a water spring, which is convenient for stationing troops, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is more dangerous than Dashan Pass.

Peng Gao, a native of the Song Dynasty, said: "Before the Great Sanguan Pass, the most important thing is Wuru Monk Yuan."

Wu Jie, who grew up in the Western Army, knew the importance of Dashan Pass and Monk Yuan, so he gave Zhang Xian the order to take down Dashan Pass and Monk Yuan desperately.

Although Tang Zhong also realized that Dashan Pass and Monk Yuan are the only way to attack Shu, and there is no room for loss, and he rushed to Dashan Pass and Monk Yuan immediately.

However, how could a man's two legs run faster than a horse's four legs?

In the end, Zhang Xianxian and Tang Zhong reached Dashanguan and Monkyuan in one step, and used the horse army as an infantry to defeat Dashanguan and Monkyuan regardless of casualties.

Since then, the gate of Shu has been opened by the Chinese army...

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(End of this chapter)