Three hundred and twentieth eight chapters infighting
The Song army captured Yiling County with overwhelming force. When guard Wang Bin learned that the East City Gate had been lost, he panicked and fled westward with more than a thousand people.
As the sky gradually dawned, the main force of the Song Army entered Yiling County one after another. Chen Qing ordered a grand burial for the three Dutou who died in the battle.
He sighed and said to the generals: "In the future, you must persuade me. You cannot let me make decisions based on my enthusiasm. If all thirteen people are unfortunately killed in battle, I will regret it."
Yang Zaixing shook his head and said: "The commander-in-chief is concerned about his duty, but it is the duty of the general to charge into battle. This is actually a kind of charge. The commander-in-chief will not let us take risks. I cannot agree with this!"
Liu Qiong had bandaged several wounds, and he said in a hoarse voice: "It is the glory of the Song Dynasty soldiers to die in battle. Even the commander-in-chief himself has to charge forward, but we are not allowed to take risks. I don't agree with this truth!"
Gao Ding and other nine participating generals said in unison: "Forgive us for not accepting this!"
In fact, Chen Qing was not trying to appease them or win people's hearts. He did regret it. Three of his five tiger generals participated in the operation. Once the group was destroyed, he would be unable to bear the loss. It was just that he considered the problem from the perspective of the coach, while everyone else considered it from the perspective of the coach.
The general thinks about the problem, so this kind of dispute is meaningless. He just needs to learn his lesson.
Chen Qing immediately rewarded thirteen people heavily, and three generals who died in battle were given double rewards.
Chen Qing also ordered Liu Cui to lead 3,000 people to guard Yiling County. He immediately led the army to continue marching westward. The situation of returning to the state was urgent...
Like Yiling County, Zigui County was built based on the terrain. It was also built on the mountainside, guarding the Three Gorges Road going west. The army wanted to enter Bashu, but it could not bypass Zigui County.
The guard general was called Zhang Ziliang, who was from Xia. He was appointed as the governor of Xiazhou and was appointed as the governor of Xiazhou. He was ordered to lead 5,000 troops to guard the Three Gorges Road. Li Gang was very clear-headed. No matter how intense the war in Huguang was, he would not move to Xiazhou.
Defender support.
In fact, the puppet Qi army's attack on Xiazhou was no less than that of Hanyang and Jiangling. This was the third time the puppet Qi army attacked the Three Gorges Road. The first two times failed. The 8,000 puppet Qi army that attacked Xiazhou for the second time retreated.
At that time, they were completely wiped out by Chen Qing's cavalry.
Jiang Yanxian's army was the puppet Qi army's third attack on Xiazhou. This time the puppet Qi army was very effective, capturing Yiling County and more than a dozen passes along the way. Zigui County was the most important pass and the last one.
Pass, once Guizhou is captured, the puppet Qi army will substantially enter Bashu.
Jiang Yanxian's army still had 15,000 people. They carried medium-sized trebuchets, named flying artillery. They also threw fire and oil to burn the county town. However, the attack on Zigui County did not go so smoothly this time because the terrain of Zigui County was too high.
, the trebuchet has insufficient upward shooting capability and cannot put kerosene into the county town.
But Jiang Yanxian had a way to solve this problem. He ordered the army to build a platform at the foot of the county town's mountain. A four-foot-high earth-rock platform was built, so that the earth-rock platform was directly at the same height as the county town.
This is indeed a good method, but it takes time. After three days of failure in the attack on Zigui, the puppet Qi army stopped the attack. Eight thousand soldiers dug stones and earth from all directions to build the platform.
Today is the fifth day. The construction of the earth and stone platform has been gradually completed. Hundreds of soldiers stood on the top of the platform and used giant logs to ram the earth to make the top of the platform strong. Then they covered it with a layer of large stones and it was done.
Under the high platform, more than a dozen flying artillery pieces are ready. They can shoot 30 kilograms of kerosene balls 120 steps away. The high platforms are only a hundred steps away from the county wall, so fire attacks can be used.
Once the fire covered the city and the defenders were forced to withdraw from the city, their chance to seize the city came.
Jiang Yanxian stood on a high place, looking at the huge trees and ramming earth to build the platform in the distance. He saw that victory was imminent, but he was not happy at all. He knew very well the consequences of seizing the Three Gorges Road. In name, the Qi army opened up the eastern route to attack Bashu.
The Eastern Front Passage was actually used to make wedding dresses for the Jin soldiers. Wan Yanchang was stationed in Xiangyang, wasn’t it just for this Eastern Front Passage?
Once they had the rich Bashu as their backing and went down the river to seize Jingxiang, Huguang, the Song Dynasty would really be in danger.
After all, Jiang Yanxian is a Han Chinese and a former official of the Song Dynasty. At a critical moment, he had to face the choice between national peril and personal prosperity.
It's actually normal for Jiang Yanxian to have such an idea. It's the early days of the Jin Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty's nobles and scholars are unwilling to surrender to the Jin Kingdom. The Han ministers in the Jin Dynasty are all Han ministers of the former Liao Kingdom.
The Jin Kingdom had no choice but to support a pseudo-Qi State and gave the nobles in the Central Plains of Hebei an object of allegiance. In fact, this was just a kind of self-deception, but at least the nobles in the Central Plains could give an explanation to their ancestors.
He did not surrender to the foreigners, but was still loyal to the Han people's regime.
It was not until the middle and late Jin Dynasty, several generations later, that the Han people in the north truly regarded themselves as subjects of the Jin Dynasty.
At this time, a general rushed over, clasped his fists and said: "To inform the capital, the earthen platform has been built and needs to be tested. Is it possible to use flying artillery to attack Zigui County?"
Jiang Yan waved his hand first, "Don't rush to attack the city now, let's rest for a few days before we start!"
He went back to the camp with low spirits. The generals looked at each other. They had racked their brains before to think of the strategy of building a platform to attack the city. Now that the platform was finally built, they didn't want to do it anymore. What kind of medicine was sold in Dutong's gourd?
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Everyone looked at Lieutenant General Li Chi, who snorted, "It seems like he doesn't want to carry out the orders of the Imperial Guard Army!"
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At night, Jiang Yanxian was drinking alone in the tent. At this time, there was a noise outside, and he saw Li Chi, the deputy general, holding a sword and coming angrily. Li Chi was the commander of thousands under Wan Yanchang. His father was a Han from Liaodong, but
His mother is a Khitan, and he grew up in Liaodong. From the outside, his appearance is no different from that of a Han Chinese, but he considers himself a Khitan, loyal to the Jin Kingdom to the letter, and has Wanyanchang's trust.
This time he was named deputy capital commander and led hundreds of Jurchen soldiers to follow Jiang Yanxian in attacking the Eastern Front. He was nominally Jiang Yanxian's deputy general, but in fact he was sent by Wan Yanchang to supervise Jiang Yanxian.
Wan Yanchang did not trust the Han people at all. Although he wanted to use the puppet Qi army to clear the way for him, supervision must not be lacking. Once Jiang Yanxian refused to work hard, Li Chi could kill him and take over the military power to personally lead the army to attack Shu.
Li Chi originally planned to take over the military power after seizing Guizhou, but now it seems that his plan will be moved forward.
Jiang Yanxian asked in shock: "What does General Li mean?"
Li Chi pointed his sword at Jiang Yanxian and asked: "The stone platform has been built, why didn't the commander-in-chief order an attack on the city?"
Jiang Yanxian said angrily: "Put your sword down and point it at me. What do you mean? Do you want to commit the following crime?"
Li Chi sneered, "The following is my fault, are you worthy of a Han dog?"
Li Chi took out a silver wolf head order and said, "This is the military talisman given to me by the governor's army. From now on, I will command the army. You have been dismissed. Get it for me!"
More than a dozen Jurchen soldiers rushed forward.
Jiang Yanxian was well aware of Li Chi's cruelty, and once he fell into his hands, he would definitely die.
He took a few steps back, drew his sword and shouted: "Who dares to touch me!"
More than a dozen of his soldiers rushed forward to protect him, and the surrounding soldiers also rushed over.
Li Chi only brought a dozen people here, and they would suffer losses in a fierce fight. He snorted coldly, turned around and left with his men.
Not long after, a general rushed over and said urgently: "Captain, the situation is not good!"
"what happened?"
"I have just learned that the four governors have signed Wan Yanchang's letter of allegiance. Li Chi is convening them for an urgent meeting, which may be detrimental to the governor."
Jiang Yanxian felt a chill in his heart. Only then did he understand Wan Yanchang's true intention. Li Chi was the real commander. Wan Yanchang was only using himself to seize the Three Gorges Road. Once he entered Sichuan, Li Chi would take away the military power.
In order to ensure that they would take over power, the four commanders all signed letters of allegiance in advance, but they themselves were kept in the dark and knew nothing.
He immediately made a decision, got on his horse and shouted: "Go to Xiazhou!"
He led a dozen soldiers to rush out of the military camp and rush towards Xiazhou...
Li Chi heard that Jiang Yan had escaped first, and he could not catch up with his army. He could only look into the dark night and said bitterly: "Attack the city early tomorrow morning!"