In Wuguan, the spring is cold and the Danjiang River is covered with frost.
Groups of soldiers stepped across the pontoon bridge, crushing the frost and snow, and walked into the Mongolian army camp south of Guancheng.
"General, a message from the marshal has arrived."
Zhudu raised his head and asked: "Has Marshal Shi conquered the Pass? Let him send a soldier and horse to help me conquer Wuguan."
The messenger shook his head and said: "Marshal met Li Xia by the Yellow River. Now the war is at a stalemate. He ordered the general to break through Wuguan as soon as possible..."
Zhudu suddenly stood up.
He is tall, has a goatee, and has shaved off most of his hair, leaving only a ball in front of his forehead and a ball on each side, which are tied into a knot. He is dressed in a standard manly style.
He is a member of the Mongolian Jara tribe and comes from the Muhuali tribe.
These are his confidence, so even though he is only a general, he still has the courage to contradict the commander-in-chief Shi Tianze.
"Marshal Shi has 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and the Yellow River has frozen over again. He went to kill Li Xia. What kind of martial arts pass do you want me to conquer?!"
"General Zuodu." The messenger had to emphasize his tone and reminded Zuodu: "The Song army has been operating along the Yellow River for too long, built many trenches and fortresses, and has firearms that sound as loud as thunder. It is not
It can be easily defeated. Marshal Shi has forced Li Xia to move most of the troops in Guanzhong to defend Hancheng. This is a good opportunity to defeat the enemy in the south..."
"All right."
Of course everyone knew that Shi Tianze wanted to preserve his strength.
During the crusade against Li Fen, the capital also led troops to follow Shi Tianze to besiege Jinan. At that time, Shi Tianze was like this. In Chinese, it was "fighting steadily". In fact, he wanted to win but did not want to lose too much.
This is the difference between Han princes and Mongolian generals.
The Han princes surrendered with their territory, troops and horses. What was their original official position in the Jin Kingdom? What official position they took after the surrender. They relied on their strength to seek rewards. They were like the free-range dogs of the Great Khan.
Mongolian generals are the family dogs who can truly fight bravely, get promoted based on their military exploits, and are loyal to the Great Khan.
The reason why everyone thinks so is because he was born as a guard of Kublai Khan, and he served as a guard in the royal palace when Kublai Khan was just the king of Mongolia.
This group of people were Kublai Khan's true confidants.
In this battle, Zaodu's selfish thoughts were much smaller than others.
He decided to conquer Wuguan at all costs.
In fact, he should have captured Wuguan long ago. The Mongolian army began to attack Wuguan ten days ago, but they encountered stubborn resistance from the Song army.
That Guancheng seems to be about to be conquered every time, but it always remains standing when the sun sets every day.
After thinking about it for a long time, I finally came up with a solution.
He ordered people to invite Dong Wenwei.
Both of them were Mongolians and came from Suwei. In fact, they had the same status as Dong Wenwei. One was the guard general of Caizhou and the other was the guard general of Zaoyang.
In fact, the instigator only has the reputation of being brave and has not achieved much merit at all. On the contrary, Dong Wenwei has already achieved a lot...
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Dong Wenwei is the second son of Dong Jun and the second brother of Dong Wenbing.
What I have to say is that although Dong Jun died early, he left behind many outstanding sons, which may also be related to the teachings of Brother Dong.
Dong Wenwei has been steady and honest since he was a child, silent and not interested in playing.
He was good at both civil and military affairs, studied hard, was also good at riding and shooting, and had extraordinary physical strength.
In terms of character, he is a humble person, and treats people without distinction regardless of whether they are high or low, old or young. Every time he bows, he must look upright and be courteous, bowing his head almost to the ground, and then arching his head slowly.
He conquered Dali with Kublai Khan, and then stationed in Nanyang and built many cities to oppose Xiangyang. Because he was considerate to the people, he was very popular and was known as good governance.
In the seventh year of Meng Ge Khan, Tachaer attacked Xiangyang without success. Only Dong Wenwei led his soldiers to build a bridge overnight and crossed the river at dawn to capture the outer city of Fancheng.
In the eighth year of Meng Ge Khan's reign, Dong Wenwei accompanied Meng Ge to attack Diaoyu City. He personally braved flying rocks and climbed the ladder to the top of the city to fight hard. Although he returned injured after that, he was the most brave man in that battle except Wang Dechen.
The general.
In a word, he is smart and strategic in fighting, but he is not as steady and steady as Shi Tianze. He is really willing to fight for his life at critical moments.
In this crusade against Li Xia, Dong Wenwei was responsible for the attack on Hanzhong from the Shuohan River.
According to Shi Tianze's military order, a general attack was launched on the first day of the first lunar month. Dong Wenwei made a sneak attack on Junzhou that night and captured Junzhou City at dawn.
As the border between Song and Mongolia, Junzhou City also changed hands many times.
Dong Wenwei then took Junzhou as his base and quickly moved up the Shuohan River.
This surprise attack was originally a battle that the Mongolian army had high hopes for. Hanzhong had used all its troops. It would be of great significance if Li Xia's rule could be taken away in one battle.
But what I didn't expect was that Liu Yuanli led his troops to guard Jinzhou, an important town along the Han River.
Although Liu Yuanli did not have many troops, he dug ditches and built forts, occupying dangerous terrain, which made it difficult for Dong Wenwei to deploy his troops and was unable to break through his defense line.
Back then, it was Liu Yuanli who made a surprise attack on Hanzhong from this road. Who would have thought that now he would be guarding the gate of Hanzhong for Li Xia.
It can be said that life's circumstances are unpredictable.
Dong Wenwei attacked vigorously for several days, but could not even break through Jinzhou's outer defense line, so he invited Liu Yuanli to see him, intending to recruit Liu Yuanli to surrender.
Coincidentally, not long ago, Brother Liu and Brother Dong met once outside Jindou Pass. Both sides spent a lot of time trying to persuade each other.
Outside Jinzhou City, Liu Wulang faced Brother Dong's invitation and declined the meeting with just one sentence.
"I am convinced that my king will bring peace to the world, and I am determined to be the founding hero. If Brother Dong does not come to vote, there is no need to say anything."
Liu Yuanli's calm and decisive character is reflected in this sentence.
Dong Wenwei was unable to attack with force and outmaneuver, so he had no choice.
It was at this time that he was invited to attack Wuguan together.
If it were someone else, he probably wouldn't be willing to do so. He was originally the leader of the attack alone, but instead went to help and instigate the capital. He would definitely be ordered around by a Mongolian with the same official position.
If word gets out, some people will inevitably say that he is a member of the Dong family who fawns over others and is cowardly.
However, Dong Wenwei was a humble and prudent person, so he quickly rushed to Wuguan to meet with the capital.
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"This is Marshal Shi's order. He has already restrained Li Xia's main force in Hancheng. There are not many people in Guanzhong. He requires us to capture Wuguan as soon as possible."
The instigators put Shi Tianze's letter on the table, but did not show it to Dong Wenwei. They only asked Dong Wenwei to lead troops to support him in storming Wuguan, looking arrogant.
Dong Wenwei was not angry either. He sat there solemnly. After listening to the bossy words of the instigator, he even added a few words.
"General Zhudu is right. If our army occupies Nanyang, it can attack Hanzhong to the west and Guanzhong to the north. However, the Song army is limited by the Qinling Mountains. Guanzhong and Hanzhong cannot support each other and cannot even send messages. I
The army can concentrate its forces, but the Song army can only divide its forces for defense. We should take advantage of this."
"That's what I mean." Da Le said, "Marshal Shi didn't expect us to be so useless that we can't even capture a small city like Wuguan or Jinzhou."
This Mongolian even scolded himself when he got anxious. He obviously cared more about the war and thought that if the war was not going well, he should be scolded.
He leaned forward and looked at Dong Wenwei, and said in a commanding tone: "Whether we defeat Liu Yuanli or not, he will have to stay in Jinzhou. Come and help me conquer Wuguan."
Dong Wenwei nodded subconsciously and said thoughtfully: "General Zhudu, please tell me about the Song Army's defense in Wuguan first."
"The terrain of Wuguan is really difficult to attack..."
"Yes, I know." Dong Wenwei had been stationed in Nanyang for a long time. He didn't need to instigate the terrain of Wuguan anymore and asked, "Where are the troops?"
"The one who guarded Wuguan in the Song Dynasty was named..."
Halfway through the instigation, I forgot how to pronounce the Song general's last name, so I recruited a soldier and asked him to write down the word according to the Song army's banner.
"Zan."
"Zan Wanshou."
"Eh Xiute, this guy fights as fiercely as a hyena. He doesn't have many troops. I have beaten down less than 2,000 men. But Baiyang Pass, which is at an angle with Wuguan, has Song troops coming to reinforce it. He is a big fool named Liu...
"
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Baiyangguan is a small city in the south of Wuguan. It faces Wuguan and is fortified with each other.
Liu Jinsuo is now stationed at Baiyang Pass.
The terrain of Wuguan was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Liu Jinsuo would raise his troops to attack the flanks of the Mongolian army every time they attacked Wuguan. Therefore, even if the Mongolian army was ten times more numerous, they were never able to capture Wuguan.
The Mongolian army had also attacked Baiyang Pass before. At that time, Zan Wanshou led troops to come to support and attacked Liu Jinsuo front and back, causing a large number of casualties to the Mongolian army.
After that, everyone felt that such an attack was not worthwhile. Even if Baiyang Pass was captured, one still had to pass through Wuguan to go to Guanzhong, so he rarely attacked Baiyang Pass again and only guarded against Liu Jinsuo when attacking Wuguan.
Every time a battle started, Zan Wanshou relied on the city to defend, while Liu Jinsuo went out of the city to support him. Although the road was not far away and the terrain was dangerous, he was fighting out of the city after all. During more than ten days, his troops suffered heavy losses.
He has less than a thousand people left, and many of them are injured.
The situation has actually reached a very difficult point, but Liu Jinsuo never sighs and always remains optimistic.
His ability to lead troops may not be high, but this attitude can keep morale stable.
Even with only such a small amount of troops left, Liu Jinsuo still looked up the mountain road in the distance with a lookout tube every day to be ready to support Wuguan at any time.
On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, he was looking around and chatting with his soldiers.
"Speaking of Zan Wanshou, this little brother must have a great future. He is a martial arts scholar and is good at literature and martial arts. Tsk, tsk, he is only twenty-two years old, right? The prince said that among our young generals in Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zan
Wanshou is a handsome man. This time he defended Wuguan, and the battles were fought beautifully. If it were me, how could I have commanded like that..."
In fact, Liu Jinsuo's military position was much higher than that of Zan Wanshou. In this battle, he could have commanded Zan Wanshou from Shangzhou or Lantian, or at least he could have taken over the defense at Wuguan.
But Liu Jinsuo thought about it, he was not familiar with Wuguan, so it would be useful to go to the front of the battlefield and fight with real swords and guns.
That's all he's going to do.
When the soldiers flattered them and said, "The general is also very good at commanding," Liu Jinsuo waved his hand.
"Fart! If you really want to talk about strategy and tactics, how can I compare to little brother Zan? Hey, he also has a nickname. Do you know why his name is 'Wanshou' and not 'Tianqing'? The name and the nickname are different.
It’s related.”
"The general knows a lot, but it's great to have a word, so just give him a name."
"In this way, what kind of name should I choose? It's easy to get a nickname. My 'Life-locking Golden Spear' is so majestic, but it's hard to find a name. I'm short of gold in the five elements, so I chose the name Jinsuo. What should I think about it? A related word..."
As he was chatting nonsense, Liu Jinsuo turned the telescope in his hand and said "Huh".
"Huh?"
"The general has thought of it?"
"What the heck, the Mongols are attacking us."
As soon as the Mongolian army turned around the mountain stream, they showed an endless stream of troops.
This was obviously a very critical situation, but Liu Jinsuo's reaction was as if it was a normal thing, so the Song troops prepared to fight without haste.
"No need to walk on the mountain road today! Just kill the prisoners on Guancheng! Set up the artillery carriages and teach them to dare to come and die!"
"How much more gold juice is there?! You killers don't need more...get it ready, get it ready!"
The horn sounded for battle. The same battle as every day before started again, except that today the main battlefield was moved south from Wuguan...