The fierce battle at Monk Shang Yuan lasted for more than half a month. The two sides did not have the confrontation that Wanyan Wulu said, but there was a fierce battle three or five days apart.
The Song army was no longer constrained by the Jin soldiers on the west route. The entire army was stationed at Monk Yuan, and they defeated the Jin soldiers' attacks time and time again. The Jin soldiers suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but they were still unable to take a single step into Monk Yuan.
At noon that day, Commander Wu Jie rode to the West Road Camp. The West Road Camp is currently Wang Yan's residence. Wang Yan led the 5,000 Eight-Character Army to fight against the Jin soldiers on the West Road.
Wang Yan was discussing the military situation with his deputy general Fu Xuan in the tent. A soldier reported outside the tent, "Alert to the commander-in-chief, Commander Wu is here!"
"That arrives so fast!"
Wang Yan welcomed him out of the tent with a smile. Wu Jie got off his horse and threw the reins to his soldiers.
Wu Jie quickly walked into the tent and asked, "What's the urgent matter, Zicai?"
Wang Yan smiled slightly and said: "The enemy's offensive has been very aggressive recently, so I have a strategy to defeat the enemy."
Wu Jie's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested. He quickly urged: "Hurry up and tell me!"
Wang Yan came to the map and pointed to a black flag on the map, "This is a big tent that just appeared the day before yesterday. Judging from the specifications of this big tent, it should be the tent of the Captain of Ten Thousands, and it will definitely not be the tent of Wan Yanhuo."
Female, it’s probably because Wan Yan didn’t stand up, I think Jin Bing focused their attack on the west route.”
Wu Jie nodded thoughtfully, "Continue!"
"I'm wondering why Wanyan Meili turned his focus to the west route. Does he hope to join Wanyan Wulu's army and attack us from behind?"
Wu Jie frowned, "Wanyan didn't know about Jianxiao Pass before the meeting?"
"If he knew that Jianjun Pass intercepted the Jin soldiers on the West Road, he would definitely send troops to support it, but so far, he has not sent troops. I make a bold guess that he doesn't know yet, and he thinks that Wanyan Wulu has not sent troops in the past few days.
His army will rush to the west road and attack our back, and he will come to the west road in person."
"So you think this is an opportunity to break the enemy?"
Wang Yan nodded, "If my army suddenly retreats in panic, Wanyan Weili will definitely think that the Jin soldiers from the west route have arrived, and we can lure the enemy to go deep, and then the commander will cut off their retreat from behind.
Retreat to the west and defend Niu Shoufu, there is no other way out!"
Niu Shoufu is located to the west of Monk Plains. The terrain is low-lying and it is difficult for war horses to move. The strategic position is extremely unfavorable. The Song Army has always hoped that the Jin soldiers would station in Niu Shoufu, but how could the Jin soldiers be fooled.
Of course Wu Jie knew that this plan was more risky, but without the Jin soldiers on the west route, their current military strength and the Jin soldiers were evenly matched. As long as his army cooperated well, the possibility of success was very high. The key was that Wanyan did not fall into the trap.
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"How sure are you that Jin Bing will be fooled?"
"About 70% sure!"
Wang Yan looked at the map carefully again, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "You can give it a try!"
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That morning, the Song army in the west of Monk Yuan suddenly retreated in panic, and the Jin soldiers who were monitoring them rushed back to the camp to report.
The coach Wanyan Wuli is indeed in the west camp. He has been under great pressure these days. The fourth prince Wanyan Wushu ordered him to take Monk Yuan as soon as possible and annihilate Wu Jie's army, but there is no West Road Jinbing.
If they cooperate, it will not be easy for them to capture Monk Yuan.
Wanyan did not stay in the west camp for the past two days, just hoping to hear news about the Jin soldiers on the west road.
"What?"
Wanyan stood up without hesitation, "Are you saying that the Song army retreated in panic?"
"Exactly! The Song troops who were originally at various passes retreated one after another. They even had no time to clean up their camps. It was as if they were attacked. The large groups of soldiers hurriedly hurried south without being organized."
Wanyan Buli slammed his fist on the table, "Something must have happened over there in the West Valley, and the West Route Army has arrived."
"Coach, be careful of fraud!" a general advised.
Wanyan Weili shook his head, "The opportunity is fleeting and we must seize it. No matter how slow the West Route Army is, they will arrive. This is our God-given opportunity to defeat the Song Army. Pass my order and the army will attack!"
The 20,000 Jin soldiers had no time to deal with them. Under the command of Wanyan Weili, they quickly rushed to the west of Monk Yuan and occupied the original Song army camp in a short time.
It can be seen that the Song army retreated in a hurry. The tents were not collected, and many soldiers' blankets and personal belongings were not packed away. The Chinese army's tent was even more chaotic, with maps and documents all over the floor.
At this time, a group of Jin soldiers caught a Song army soldier and pulled him in front of Wanyan Weili.
The soldier's face turned pale with fear, and he kowtowed and begged for mercy, "I'm just a cook, please spare my life!"
"Tell me the truth. I didn't have to kill you. Why did you retreat south in panic?"
"I'm not sure, but...I heard that something happened over there in the West Valley last night. The West Valley defenders were attacked and the whole army was destroyed. I don't know what happened specifically."
Before Wanyan was overjoyed, the Jin soldiers from the west route arrived and caught the Song army by surprise. The opportunity came for a pincer attack from the north and the south.
Wanyan did not immediately give the order: "Send my order and the entire army will pursue southward!"
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The 20,000 Jin soldiers had no time to collect the spoils and continued to chase south. They saw the lost items of the Song army along the way, which made the Jin soldiers even more enthusiastic. They chased for more than ten miles in one breath and ran into a long valley mouth.
It is about seven or eight miles long and one mile wide. It looks like a three-way. In addition to the north and south valley mouths, there is also a passage in the west that leads to Niu Shoufu in the depression.
Wanyan looked up at the sky. Dark clouds were rolling in, as if a heavy rain was coming. He suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart. He seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
The three thousand Jurchen cavalry, the vanguard of the Jin soldiers, had just arrived at the mouth of the valley. Suddenly, there was a drum sound, and hundreds of crossbows appeared in front of them. Jackdaw arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry like a storm. For a moment, the people fell on their backs and screamed.
More than half of the 3,000 Jurchen cavalrymen and horses were killed. The Song troops who were ambushing on both sides rushed out. The Jurchen cavalry were killed until they howled like ghosts. There were countless casualties. The remaining hundreds of Jurchen cavalry were so frightened that they turned around and fled...
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Wanyan did not realize that something was wrong. Whether it was the Song Army camp or the materials discarded along the way, there was everything, but there was no food.
But they didn’t bring any dry food themselves!
At this moment, there was a panic shouting from the front, and a commotion started from behind. Some soldiers came running and shouted: "Marshal, the forward was ambushed by the Song army, and most of them were killed or injured!"
A cavalryman from behind rushed to report, "Marshal, our rear route was cut off by the Song army, and our brothers in the rear army suffered heavy casualties!"
Wanyan Meili was stunned by the reports before and after, and he suddenly realized that he had been tricked.
Wanyan did not immediately give the order, "Send the entire army to retreat to Niu Shoufu!"
As soon as they set foot on the road to escape to Niu Shoufu, a heavy rain swept over the mountains, and the wind and rain came heavily.
The Jin soldiers were cold and hungry, and their morale collapsed. The Song army's morale was like a rainbow, and they pursued relentlessly. The Jin soldiers were defeated across the board and scrambled for their lives. The roads were muddy and narrow, and the soldiers trampled on each other. Countless people died.
In this battle, the Song army lured the enemy deep and defeated the Jin soldiers. The 20,000 Jin soldiers were defeated in the Niu Shoufu Company. In the end, only more than a thousand people fled back to the camp from the mountain road. Almost the entire army was destroyed, including the commander Wanyan.
Died in the rebellion.
Wanyan Huonv, the commander of the East Road, heard that the main force was defeated and the commander was dead. He did not bother to clean up the camp. He led 10,000 Jurchen cavalry to retreat in panic towards Jingzhao overnight. Wu Zhang's army immediately occupied the Weinan camp, and thousands of them had no time to retreat.
The puppet troops surrendered one after another.
Twenty days after attacking Monk Yuan, tens of thousands of Jin soldiers ended up in a disastrous defeat. More than 100,000 shi of grain and countless money, grain and materials were captured by the Song army. The Song army achieved its first major victory after the disastrous defeat in Fuping.
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On the eighth day of the fire attack on Jianjun Pass, Guancheng still stood proudly after countless fires of war, but the wooden gate had been completely burned, exposing the two giant stones at the top of the city and dense sandbags.
The twenty trebuchets carried by Wanyan Wulu were also completely damaged, and the plan to attack the city with fire could no longer be implemented. There was a brief silence on the battlefield.
In the afternoon, Chen Qing summoned several generals with a mysterious face. Except for Yang Zheng, Yang Zheng had left five days ago and returned to Monk Yuan to report the battle situation at Jianxiao Pass, leaving the reinforcements of 500 soldiers.
Chen Qing.
"Commander, what good thing is there, so mysterious?" everyone asked with a smile.
"Come inside and look at this!"
Chen Qing took out a bundle of items wrapped in paper from the big tent and carefully placed them on a large stone.
He untied the paper, and inside were ropes about a foot long, about the thickness of his little finger.
"What is this?" everyone asked in confusion.
"This is what I exposed to the sun two days ago. It's called a fuse, or a match rope."
Everyone looked at each other, still confused.
"Just cut long strips out of wool paper, brush a layer of water on it, sprinkle gunpowder evenly, brush a layer of paste on the edge, roll it into ropes, and then expose them to dryness before they can be used."
"But, what's the use of it?" Yang Hua couldn't help but ask.
Chen Qing took a match rope and placed it on the ground, took the torch from the soldier's hand and lit it.
‘Chi! Chi!’ The match rope burned quickly and burned out in a moment.
Chen Qing said with a smile: "If you put this kind of match rope in the gunpowder barrel, you don't need paper to light the fire. Not only is it dangerous to use paper, it is also easy to extinguish."
Everyone suddenly realized, Yang Hua clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is great. More than a dozen barrels of gunpowder have a use. How about we test one barrel?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I already tested it in the pine forest yesterday. The quantity of gunpowder is limited. There is no need to try again. I have inserted match ropes into more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder. You will know how to use it by then."
"When should gunpowder be used?" Yang Hua asked.
Chen Qing shook his head, "I don't know either, it depends on the situation! Use it if the situation is critical."
