Southern Song Dynasty military god

Chapter 194 On the edge of the Qinling Mountains, there is water like blood

"My lord, the front should be Monk Yuan, right?"

Crossing the Qinling Mountains again was just a piece of cake for Liu Wei and others. Compared with it, following Wu Lin's large army seemed very easy.Even the newly joined Gaojiazhuang soldiers, who were nervous at the beginning, gradually eased down, and they have become more familiar with the soldiers around Wu Lin these days.

Of course, Wu Lin knew about Yue Fei's breakthrough of the Golden Wushu in Niutoushan. The deeds of Gao Chong and Liu Wei had already been circulated among the Song army.When Liu Yi signed up at the recruitment office, Wu Lin didn't think in that direction at all. It wasn't until Wu Anbang and others deduced the Gaojia spear array that Wu Lin connected people and names.

"That's right, there is the monk Yuan where my brother is stationed in front! Liu Wei," Wu Lin reined in his horse slightly, turned to look at Liu Wei and said, "I won't hide it from you, my brother and I have limited forces. I heard that Jin Bing is determined to take down Monk Yuan this time, and I don't know how many troops will come, are you confident?"

After knowing Liu Wei's true identity, Wu Lin's attitude towards Liu Wei changed greatly. He told Liu Wei in private that a mere guerrilla general was really wronged, but now his brother Wu Jie has no authority. That's all there is to it.

In order to express his apology to Liu Wei, Wu Lin wanted to transfer fifty cavalry from his own soldiers to Liu Wei. In this way, the strength of Liu Wei, the guerrilla general commander, was equivalent to doubled, with a big face.

However, Liu Yi did not agree to Wu Lin, not because he was modest, but because he was unwilling to let Wu Lin's personal soldiers mix into his team, which was not only not conducive to keeping secrets, but also caused adverse effects when commanding. .

In desperation, Wu Lin had no choice but to assure Liu Wei that, among other things, as long as Liu Wei could obtain military exploits, he would report to General Zhang as soon as possible in order to obtain approval for promotion from the imperial court.

As for General Zhang in Wu Lin's mouth, it is naturally Zhang Jun, the manager.

"General, if you want to talk about confidence, I don't have any confidence. My brothers and I only have determination! If the Jinren want to break through to Monk Yuan, they will have to step on the corpses of my brothers like Liu Wei!"

"Good! As expected of Xiao Yuanba's brother!"

Wu Lin applauded Liu Yi's words, which attracted the peeping of the surrounding soldiers.Most of these were personal soldiers who followed Wu Lin to travel north and south, but Wu Anbang and others were mixed in, but they seemed a little harmonious but different.

"You are welcome, General. My elder brother has not recovered from his leg injury, otherwise he would not have stayed at home. Now that the country is in crisis, it is everyone's responsibility!"

"Of course I believe this! In the Battle of Niutoushan, General Gao's demeanor really looked up from a high mountain. The fault is not that the military situation is urgent, but I will definitely go to Yizhou with Liu Wei and you to meet General Gao !"

When Liu Wei saw Wu Lin saying this, the longing in his eyes was very natural, so he knew that he was telling the truth, and immediately smiled and said: "Why should you feel sorry, general? Wait until we defeat the golden army in Monk Yuan, and then go to fight with him." Wouldn't it be better for Brother Gao Chong to announce the good news?"

"It's reasonable! It's reasonable! Since this is the case, why don't we hurry up?" Wu Lin laughed and nodded in approval.

"it is good!"

Liu Wei also knocked his chin, threw out the whip, and made a loud bang in the air!
The place of Heshangyuan is called "Yuan", but it has nothing to do with plains.

There are valleys everywhere, strange rocks everywhere, and the terrain is one after another, and the teeth are intertwined. Even in the era of hot weapons in later generations, such terrain can indeed be called a natural danger.

It was precisely because Wu Jie took a fancy to the terrain of Monk Yuan that it could effectively curb the cavalry warfare that the Jin people were good at, and gave full play to the advantages of the Song army's infantry combat, that he placed the decisive battle position to prevent the Jin army from going south.

As early as a month ago, there were two Jin armies marching from Fengxiang and Dasanguan to the direction of Heshangyuan at the same time. The leading generals were Meili, Wulu and Yihe.These three men can be regarded as one of the few generals in the Jin army, and they have been going smoothly since they came out of the Jin people's hometown.

After receiving the order from Wu Qimai, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, the three ordered troops to set off, thinking that it was just another battle of Fuping, so they were in a relaxed mood, and only waited for the capture of Heshangyuan to be promoted to rank.

The Jin people are not without strategies, and their inquiries about the military situation are not relaxed because they underestimate the Song army. It is precisely because of the precision of their inquiries. They know that the Song army of the monk Yuan is only a few thousand men and horses under the command of the Wu Jie brothers. Even if you seize the time to recruit soldiers and horses, where can you go?

Going into battle is not about chasing ducks. In the eyes of the Jin people, their soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they are veterans who have experienced many battles. If the Wu Jie brothers really sent out those recruits they just recruited, ten of them might not be able to stand up to one Jin. Army, and the two teams combined to attack nearly ten thousand people, how could they take down Monk Yuan.

This was the calculation in the hearts of the three generals of the Golden Army, but in fact, it was quite tricky.

Take the current strategic situation of the Song and Jin countries as an example.

Although the Golden Army has achieved a series of victories in the military, after summing up the results of the battle, from a strategic point of view, there is actually not much advantage.First of all, the Jin army ran for a long distance, and the entire front was stretched too long, and wherever it went, it was heroically resisted by the patriotic soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty, resulting in heavy casualties.

In fact, the areas that had been bloody captured by the Jin army could not be consolidated and gained a foothold due to various reasons.The best example of this is Xianyang City, which is now controlled by Wang Chongyang. Not only did the Jin people fail to take it back, but Wang Chongyang even occupied a larger territory.

Wu Qimai discussed with Jin Wushu, intending to adopt the strategy of "attacking the war with peace and discussion, and luring the party with treason".Under the guidance of this idea, the Kingdom of Jin established Liu Yu’s puppet regime of Qi in the Central Plains, allowing it to rule Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi, and serve as a buffer zone between the Jin and Song Dynasties. Territory, eliminate the anti-gold forces in the Lianghe area.

But Liu Yu is actually quite disappointing, and the rule is chaotic. Instead of reducing the burden on Jin Guo, he often needs Jin Guo to help put out the fire.

Because of all kinds of internal and external troubles, even the Northwest Offensive, which was regarded as extremely important by the senior officials of the Jin Kingdom, could not mobilize more troops for a while.

Wu Qimai actually wanted Jin Wushu to lead troops to attack Bashu a long time ago, but because Gaojiazhuang was defeated in the first battle, the soldiers around Jin Wushu suffered heavy losses, so he had to go back to Huining Mansion to rest and reorganize. make plans.

Therefore, Wu Qimai had no choice but to shoot the three people who did not wait and tried to attack Monk Yuan.

In Wu Qimai's view, it would be best for the three of them to be able to win Monk Yuan. If they can't win, at least it is a "fire reconnaissance" of Monk Yuan's Song Army's military situation. Afterwards, the Golden Wushu was easily won, boosting the army's prestige!
Of course, it is impossible to tell Wuli and others about these inside stories. Who is willing to be a "fire reconnaissance" shell? This kind of work of detonating oneself and illuminating others requires people with noble sentiments to be willing to do it of.

Because of Wu Lin's status as a personal soldier, Liu Wei and others can follow Wu Lin all the way unimpeded and go straight to Song Yingshuai's camp.

As an anti-gold general who was as famous as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others in the early Southern Song Dynasty, he was not as heroic as everyone imagined.

Because of age and working day and night, Wu Jie looks much older than Wu Lin. According to Liu Wei's visual estimation, the difference between the two brothers is more than ten years, but in fact, Wu Jie is only 38 years old this year.

"The last general Liu Wei, I have met the general!"

"Please, please, I have heard about you. You are truly a hero. To have the help of a young hero like you is really a blessing to me and Tang Qing, and a blessing to my great Song Dynasty!"

Undoubtedly, Wu Jie's evaluation of Liu Wei was extremely heavy, and even the heavy Liu Wei felt that he could not bear it.When Wu Jie stretched out his hand to help, Liu Wei jumped up, but he said: "General, Liu Wei is just a warrior. I can't bear to see the mountains and rivers broken. I just hope to do my best for the country and the people!"

Speaking of the broken mountains and rivers, Wu Jie's expression also became a little emotional.

At the age of 38, he was promoted to the position of economic envoy without any background, and only during times of war can he have such a rocket-like promotion speed. However, Wu Jie, who has been a soldier all his life, does not know why the court is so corrupt ?

It's not because the traitor is in power, and it's not because the monarch is incompetent!
However, Wu Jie has always been a person with the traditional thinking of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism". He does not speak of his father's faults, so he can only do his best to complete what a man should do.

"Liu Wei, when will General Gao's legs heal? In addition, I have heard that there is a rebel army in Xianyang City, and its leader has a close relationship with you?"

Sure enough, there really is no impenetrable wall in this world!Liu Wei never expected that Wu Jie would ask such a sharp question just after meeting him.

Asking about Gao Chong's injury was actually just an introduction. Liu Wei knew that Wu Jie's focus was still on the four words "Xianyang Rebel Army"!Don't look at the old Wu Jie in front of him. He might look like an ordinary farmer when he takes off his armor, but every time Liu Wei looks at him, he will always see the sparkle in his eyes!

What happened in Xianyang City and Gaojiazhuang, even Mr. Gao could hear about it when he fled to Bashu, let alone Wu Jie, an envoy?If he wanted to inquire, he might even know about Liu Wei and Wang Chongyang's assassination of Nianhan.

However, what worried Liu Wei was Wu Jie's attitude towards the "rebel army", a military force that was not under the control of the imperial court, and even stood on the opposite side of the imperial court.

Wu Jie joined the Jingyuan Route Army when he was young, and participated in the suppression of the Fangla Uprising as a team general during the Xuanhe period, and then participated in the suppression of Hebei giant bandits, and was finally promoted to general.

It can be said that the first half of Wu Jie's military career was dealing with rebels, so Liu Wei was a little worried. At this time, Wu Jie mentioned Wang Chongyang's rebels, did he have any thoughts?If Wu Jie wanted him to persuade Wang Chongyang to submit to the court, or even asked Wang Chongyang to disband the rebel army, then what would he do with Liu Wei?

"My lord, the relationship is not so close. Wang Chongyang's master, Qingxu Sanren, my lord must have heard of it?"

After pondering for a moment, Liu Wei asked.

(End of this chapter)