Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 398 0393 [Battle of Golden State]

Tong Guan attacked Jinzhou and divided into two routes.

All the way to station troops in Yun Township (Yun County), and go up against the Han River to directly attack Xunyang.

They stationed troops in Zhushan all the way, and attacked Pingli by land.

The two roads are not very easy to travel, because that large area was called Shangyong 800 years ago, and it was called... Shennongjia 800 years later!

In fact, there are not many rebels in Jinzhou.

Zhang Guangdao led [-] troops to defend Xunyang, of which [-] were naval divisions.

Guan Sheng led six thousand troops to defend Pingli, and built a camp between Pingli and Zhushan to defend the dangerous place.

The total military strength is only 7000 people, and counting civilian husbands, it is just over [-].Because most of them are waterways, civilian husbands do not need to recruit too many.

However, these more than 1 soldiers have been trained for the longest time, starting from the time when Zhu Ming attacked Hanzhong.

Most of the soldiers are herbalists and hunters in the mountains. They hunt while gathering herbs. For them, going over mountains and ridges is like going out for a walk.

(There are also some young and strong refugees who escaped from the Nanxiang Basin. The training time for this kind of troops is as long as half a year.)
As for the navy officers and soldiers, half of them are private salt dealers and fishermen, and the remaining half are water bandits on the Han River, and they are water bandits in the Shennongjia area.

The Jinzhou Rebels, like Hanzhong, focused on a defensive counterattack.

Tong Guan's attacking force, if you count the township soldiers on Southwest Jinglu Road, has a total of [-] people.

17000 against 73000!

The two sides took the lead in fighting in the vicinity of Fuyang Town (the ancient town of Shuhe).

Tong Guan sits in Xiangyang, leading the army on the front line, with Xin Xingzong on the north road and Xin Qizong on the south road.

The Xin family had joined Tong Guan 20 years ago. At that time, Tong Guan was unable to lead the army alone, and only participated in the war as a supervisor.

Eighty miles away from Fuyang Town, that is, the later Baihe County, Xin Xingzong set up camp.

There is no way to move forward, because the river bank is difficult to move a large army, and ships must be used to transport troops.

After completely defeating or suppressing the rebel navy, Xin Xingzong dared to use ships to transport troops on a large scale, otherwise the entire army would be wiped out if there was a slight mistake.

"Be sure to take it as soon as possible, Taishi Tong is waiting in Xiangyang!" Xin Xingzong said to He Guan.

He Guan's qualifications are actually far superior to Xin Xingzong's, but his relationship with Tong Guan is not that close.

He Guan said: "Those sailors have to practice for another month."

Xin Xingzong said: "Master Tong can't wait."

He Guan could no longer disobey his orders, so he had to take the officers, soldiers and sailors to head towards Fuyang Town.

Most of the warships in his hands were converted from tank boats.

In order to transport grain and flowers and stones, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty has been frantically manufacturing water boats these years.In the four years of Zhenghe alone, 6700 tank ships were built in various parts of the south, and the shipbuilding industry in the Northern Song Dynasty reached its peak.

But corruption is serious, and the quality of tank boats is worrying.

After deciding to conquer the Zhu thieves, the imperial court ordered a large number of warships to be rebuilt, and it was Zhu Xi who was in charge of this matter.

A total of 300 warships were rebuilt, of which 200 were transferred to fight Jinzhou, and the other 100 were transferred to fight Kuimen.

He Guan not only has a large number of warships, but also has a large tonnage: 1 warship with 10 materials, 50 warships with 139 materials, [-] warships with [-] materials, and [-] warships with [-] materials.There are also some small warships within a hundred materials.

The warships of the Jinzhou Rebel Army were mostly converted merchant ships: 1 warship of 15 materials, 37 warships of [-] materials, and [-] warships of [-] materials.There are also many small boats within a hundred materials, and even the "Heifengzhai main battleship" that is several meters long.

On the Han River, the officers, soldiers and naval warships came mightily with full sails.

With this quantity and tonnage, there is no need to do anything else, and the rebel navy will win the collision.

But He Guan was always a little worried, because the officers, soldiers and sailors hadn't practiced much.

Part of it came from the Tiger Wing Water Army (Forbidden Army), which initially recruited soldiers from Jianghuai.Later, the father died and the sons succeeded, the soldiers basically did not train, and the warships were used by the generals to do business, and they were only shown to the emperor every year at the Dragon Boat Festival.

Some gang troops, cao troops, and inspectors from all over the world are usually collecting taxes or running transportation.

Anyway, after Zhu Xi rebuilt the warships, and then sent sailors from various places, he temporarily formed a navy division, and He Guan took over these fucking things.

Zhang Guangdao stood on the top of the wall of the earthen fortress, observed the enemy's situation with binoculars, looked at the warships covering the river, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "The imperial court is really rich and powerful, what is the navy in my hand? Ready to fire! "

Some of the extremely shabby rebel sailors were hiding in the Feishui River, and some were hiding in the Han River further upstream.

Standing at the bow of the boat, He Guan couldn't see any traces of the enemy, so he became more vigilant all of a sudden.

"Boom boom boom..."

There are six pig iron cannons in Hanzhong, four in Yangzhou, but eight here!

Shells flew from both sides of the bank without warning, splashing water continuously.

Due to the large number of officers and soldiers and their large size, two of the eight shells fired hit.

what's the situation?
He Guan was taken aback. He thought it was the catapults attacking, but the bandits' artillery carts must have been too far away.

Regardless, you have to move on.

He Guan had two tasks, to search for and defeat the rebel navy, and to transport the vanguard to seize a foothold.

It's just a few catapults, which can withstand it for the time being.

On the two warships that were hit, the sailors were terrified at the moment.One of them was severely damaged, a hole was smashed at the waterline, and it was frantically flooding and might sink at any time.

The guide was very frightened and suggested: "General He, go back three or four miles and there is a flat land by the river, where you can also set up camp. There is no need to sail forward."

Before He Guan could speak, the watchman sent a message: "There is a warship flagging, and they are sinking!"

"Back a few miles!"

He Guan ordered people to unfurl the command flag, and the officers and men's warships put away their sails one after another, and began to retreat with their oars.

Three or four miles back, there is a village by the river. The people have long since disappeared, and the village is empty.

Three thousand vanguard troops set up camp after landing.

He Guan took a small boat to check the situation of the warship. Before he could get close, the soldiers on board jumped into the water one after another.

After pulling the soldiers out of the water, He Guan asked, "Why did it sink all of a sudden?"

The general in charge of the ship said: "A big hole has been punched in the side."

One couldn't understand, and the other couldn't understand.

He Guan asked again if any other warships were damaged, and they were soon taken to another ship.

Seeing that the bow of the ship was smashed to pieces, they asked what caused it, but none of the soldiers could answer.

Guessing out of thin air, where can I figure it out?
After the camp was established and the vanguard troops stationed in, He Guan immediately dispatched some warships to return, and cooperated with the merchant ships there to transport the large troops in batches.

Xin Xingzong led his army to arrive by boat and asked, "Have you defeated the bandit navy yet?"

He Guan explained the situation, and Xin Xingzong also felt strange.

Another day, more than 20 rebel boats rowed near the officers and soldiers camp to provoke.

Xin Xingzong said: "Hurry up and wipe out the bandit navy, so that our army can cross the river and attack the village with peace of mind."

He Guan immediately boarded the ship to direct the battle, and was about to catch up to the place that was bombarded that day. He ordered to lower the sails and stop the ship to wait for the order, and only sent a few warships of 200 materials to continue the pursuit.

This time the artillery did not move, because the officers and soldiers warships were too small, and there were only ten ships, the artillery's hit rate was not high, so there was no need to waste gunpowder and shells.

But there were also officers and men warships such as catapults getting closer, and countless leveling guns began to throw stones.

Moreover, more warships of the rebel army rushed into the Han River from the Fei River.

More than 40 rebel boats of dozens of materials, like a pack of wolves besieging a tiger, rushed towards several official warships of two hundred materials.

He Guan waited left and right, but did not see the strange "cannon carriage", so he dispatched 40 large ships to support the friendly forces.

Where would the rebels dare to fight?The boat is small and easy to turn around, and it runs fast for a while.

"Boom boom boom!"

All eight shells fell through.

But as the warships of the officers and soldiers got closer and closer to the earthen fortress, countless flattening cannons were thrown, but two stones hit them.

The warships of these officers and soldiers all cut corners and were built with very cheap wood.

Not only can you be greedy for a fortune when building a ship, but you can continue to build ships and continue to be greedy if they are destroyed quickly.

The hull of the ship was hit by a catapult, and it actually split open.

"But Er'er!"

He Guan ordered more warships to move forward, because at the place where the Feishui flows into the Han River, it is very suitable for a double attack.

However, there was no ambush at all.

It was really because of the disparity in the strength of the naval forces of the two sides, Zhang Guangdao never thought about a real battle, and the warships of the rebel army ran as fast as they could, and fled as far as they could.

"Boom boom boom..."

As the main force of the officers, soldiers and navy approached, the artillery finally finished loading and fired again.

This time it hit one ship, and after smashing the side of the ship, it bounced on the deck again. The place where it passed was bloody and bloody, killing and injuring several sailor officers and soldiers.

The warships of the rebel army escaped too fast, and He Guan didn't dare to chase too deep, so he could only order the whole army to return to the voyage, and suffered another round of shelling when they passed the earthen fortress.

The artillery and the flattening gun sank one ship and damaged six ships this time.

When He Guan went back to count the losses, he was so depressed that he didn't even touch the fur of the thief ship.

He found Xin Xingzong and said: "The bandit navy dare not fight, and the artillery tanks are too powerful. It is better to move the troops across the river farther away, and the officers and soldiers will climb over those small hills and directly attack the fortress in the town."

Xin Xingzong thought for a while, nodded and said: "Alright. After crossing the river, camp on the top of the hill, and there is no shortage of water near the river. Your Excellency, stay near the camp. If you encounter bandits and water troops, drive them away immediately."

Just as the officers and soldiers transported their troops across the river and were about to move their camp, the small boats of the rebel army came to provoke them again.

He Guan only thought that there were flies flying around, so he didn't bother to send a boat to chase them, and used the bed crossbow to fight back the whole time.The crossbow arrows are also precious, and after a few shots are fired, even the bed crossbow is useless.

Qu Fangping, a salt dealer who has been cooperating with Daming Village for a long time, is now the commander of the navy under Zhang Guangdao. He returned to the bunker and said depressedly: "The officers, soldiers and sailors will not be fooled, and they will not move no matter how provocative they are. The crossbow shot again. I don't dare to get too close."

Zhang Guangdao said: "I looked carefully through the binoculars. The enemy general is capable of fighting, but his sailors are not. Every time the enemy general raises the command flag, the enemy ships react very slowly, sometimes turning their bows or even colliding quickly. When they get together, the sailors have to prop up the hull of the boat with wormwood and push each other away."

He Guan is not only good at fighting, but also good at governing the local area.

This person was born as a Wu Jinshi. When he was the prefect of Minzhou (Minxian County, Gansu Province), he dug canals to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and improved more than 200 million acres of land, which solved part of the food problem in the Hehuang area.

He Guan is 59 years old this year, and his official position is Marquis of Yu, the capital of the infantry guard.

Historically, Song Huizong fled and Song Qinzong ascended the throne.

The king of Yun, Zhao Kai, tried to usurp the throne, and brought the soldiers of the imperial city to enter the palace.He also colluded with civil officials to transfer He Guanqi away from the capital in advance.

However, He Guan found an excuse to stay and led the forbidden army to stop King Yun, so that Song Qinzong became emperor without any danger.

After making such a great achievement, the ending was miserable.

He was ordered to go to the front to resist the Jin army. Due to insufficient troops, he could only recruit civilians to make up the number.

Halfway there, news of Liang Fangping's escape came back, and the civilian troops under He Guan's command collapsed before seeing the golden soldiers.

He Guan had no choice but to bring the remnant soldiers back to Beijing, but to no avail, he was ordered to defend against the enemy outside the city.

A 62-year-old veteran who protected the new emperor from ascending the throne led a group of remnant soldiers and fought against the golden soldiers for three days against the moat.In the end, he was seriously injured and died of exhaustion. The remaining two soldiers continued to fight, and they also died outside the moat together.

After his death, he was impeached by the speech officer, who blamed him for abandoning Baimajin, and was pursued by Song Qinzong for official rank.

By the way, the prime minister at the time was Bai Shizhong and He Guan suggested that all the forbidden troops who could still fight should be kept to defend the capital.

Bai Shizhong disagreed, and insisted on dispatching troops to the north of the Yellow River, burying the last battleable soldiers in Tokyo.

"It's scorching hot right now, and the sky is dry, so it's suitable for fire attack," Zhang Guangdao looked at the river in the distance. "The current is fast, and the enemy ships usually dock at the bend of the river. Waiting for me to drag him for half a month, the officers, soldiers, and sailors will be careless." , do you dare to attack an enemy several times your own at night?"

Qu Fangping laughed and said, "Why don't you dare? When you were selling salt in the past, how many days didn't you live with your head in your head?"

Zhang Guangdao said: "Then set fire to the officers, soldiers and sailors!"

(End of this chapter)