Zhao Huai and others were highly skilled in martial arts, and their overall strength was superior to that of Wen Zhang and the others. With their new force, they immediately forced the Yuan army in front to retreat.
Immediately afterwards, one hundred Song Army death squads quickly rushed into the south gate of Bianliang. Although the three Yuan armies stationed in the city arrived one after another, the death squads, led by Zhao Huai and others, firmly guarded the city gate. , Subsequently, 20,000 Song troops arrived in time under the command of Jiang Wanzai. In the face of absolute superiority, thousands of Yuan Army soldiers only resisted for a short time and were defeated amidst bursts of gunfire. These defenders had never seen firearms before, and they thought it was a magic weapon descending from the sky. They were frightened. The Han soldiers in the Yuan army surrendered one after another, while the Mongolian soldiers who resisted were quickly slaughtered, including the Yuan army in Bianliang City. The top general also died under gunfire.
Seeing the power of firearms with their own eyes for the first time, Fan Liangfu, Meng Huanshan and others felt incredible. When they heard that there were more powerful artillery, they sighed in their hearts. No wonder the invincible Yuan army was defeated in the Battle of Xiangyang. And back.
Meng Huanshan and Cheng Fei were both veterans in the city and had extensive contacts. Under their persuasion, these captured Han soldiers of the Yuan Army came one after another. Most of them were willing to join the ranks of the Song Army, and the rest were captured by Jiang. Wanzai ordered his release.
Due to the strict military discipline of the Song army, Bianliang City returned to its former peace in just two days. For an army that would rather sleep under the roofs at night than harass the people, it was easy to win the favor of the people of Bianliang. What's more, most of the people in the city are Han Chinese.
Three days later, I received Jiang Wanzai's victory report, and agreed to the proposal of Jiang Wanzai and others to establish our army's first military region in the north, the Bianliang Military Region. The first batch of soldiers was composed of surrendered Han defenders. Established as an army, General Zhao Huai served as the first institutional envoy of the military region and also served as the commander of the 30th Army. Fan Liang was reinstated as the deputy commander and counselor of the 30th Army. Meng Huanshan, Cheng Fei and others served as five commanders respectively. The battalion commander.
After reading the battle report, I asked Gongsun Xiaochen to call Zhang Shun, Zhang Shijie and Wu Songhan to the main tent.
"See the Emperor,"
"Excuse me, General Wu, and the two General Zhangs. Now Jiang Aiqing has successfully captured Bianliang, and there will be a state of entrenchment. Therefore, food, grass, and arms will be the key. Two Generals Zhang, each of you will lead Our troops, General Wu, please ask the 17th Cavalry Corps to accompany you and transport supplies to Bianliang as soon as possible before the Yuan army encircles Bianliang."
Wu Songhan and Zhang Shun cupped their fists and said, "Yes, the last general respects your order."
But Zhang Shijie hesitated for a moment and said with some worry: "Your Majesty, the First Division of the Royal Forest Army is far away in Bianliang. After the last general is gone, only the newly formed Third Division will be left. Will this lead to a shortage of musketeers?"
"General Zhang, don't worry. The Nanyang defenders don't know the movements of our army. Our army is waiting for work and has artillery. As long as we don't take the initiative to attack, we will be fine. You can go back quickly. Now that Bianliang has been restored, I guess Everyone in the Yuan Dynasty knows that there are not a large number of Yuan troops stationed along the road, so you can go north from Xixia Town and then take the official road shortcut. I will increase patrols tomorrow to prevent the Nanyang cavalry from raiding you, and the musketeers will accompany you. It is also to prevent A Shu’s cavalry,”
Zhang Shijie said: "Yes, I will eventually understand."
As Fan Liangfu said, the political significance of recovering Bianliang is far greater than the military significance. It not only cheered up the Han people in the north, but also put Kublai Khan in a dilemma. After a long test, Kublai Khan finally took the
Following Wu Lianghetai's suggestion, he negotiated peace with the Western Khanates, and sent a negotiation team headed by Zhen Jin to the northwest border for peace talks with the four major Khanates.
If an agreement can be reached, at least 50,000 elite troops can be transferred back from the border. At the same time, Kublai Khan ordered that with General Boluhuan as the commander-in-chief and Alibo as the vanguard, 10,000 mostly garrison troops and 30,000 troops would be transferred.
The new army went to Bianliang, intending to imitate the battle of Duanping and Luo, trapping the Song army. Kublai Khan did not adopt Hao Jing's suggestion to mobilize troops from Nanyang.
When they learned that Bianliang City had been captured by the Song Army, A Shu, Boyan and others in Nanyang were all shocked.
"Bo Yan, if the Song army divides its forces and marches north, aren't you afraid that our army will cut off its return route and become a lonely army?"
"Commander, Boyan feels the same. Maybe it's because the Southern Dynasty army couldn't calm down after the Battle of Xiangyang. I think that Zhao Yu is young and energetic, just like the old Southern Dynasty emperor when he was young. He is eager to make achievements, but he doesn't know what the emperor's plan is."
Ah Shu said: "The armies of the Southern Dynasties are moving everywhere now. The Sichuan Army and the Jianghuai Army have all launched operations. Even their navy has moved north from the coast. The attackers are not good. There are not many troops around the emperor, and the new army has not yet formed.
I will share the emperor's worries, General Guo Kan,"
"The end will be here,"
"I order you to lead 15,000 infantry troops and set off immediately to station in Xuchang. You will hold on for the time being and wait for the emperor's instructions to arrive before you can make your next plan."
"Yes, Commander, I will obey the order,"
"Shi Jianjun, report to the emperor,"
"Yes, Marshal,"
"General Achahan, what are the recent movements of the Song army in Dengzhou?"
"Come back to the commander, according to the reports from the scouts sent by the Pioneer Battalion, in the past few days, the Southern Dynasty troops went to Lianhe Town and Wadian area in two batches to patrol, and there is the possibility of building a bridge on the Baihe River near Wadian. Moreover, yesterday they went
The number of Song troops patrolling Lianhe Town has reached 10,000, and they seem to be building a camp."
"Build a bridge," Boyan thought for a while and said, "The Southern Dynasty's army is about the same size as my army in the middle. Since we divide our troops to go north first, it doesn't seem to be a good idea to split our troops into two groups to attack Nanyang. Once the firearms are separated, their power will be reduced sharply. That's not right.
There must be suspicious soldiers along the way, and Zhao Fu will definitely focus on attacking Nanyang all the way."
"General Boyan's words are reasonable," Ali Hague said. "If the Southern Dynasty divides its troops and, with the speed of our cavalry, concentrates its strength to destroy all of them first, it will be a great victory. Therefore, the general believes that the Southern Dynasty will attack from Lianhe Town and set up a fight."
The bridge thing is just a cover,”
"Well, I agree with both of you, General Atahai,"
"The end will be here,"
"I will give you three thousand cavalry troops to patrol the Wandian day and night. If you find that the southerners have built a bridge, they will destroy it immediately."
"Yes, the final general honors your order,"
"General Ali Hague, General Arakhan,"
"The end will be here,"
"Tomorrow you two will lead 20,000 cavalry troops to Lianhe Town. If the Southern Dynasty army does not have artillery, destroy the camp they built,"
"Yes, the general will receive the order at the end,"
Two days later in the evening, about fifty miles away from the south gate of Xuchang, Zhang Shun and others met the Yuan army led by Guo Kan unexpectedly. Since both sides were not fully prepared and both were in a hurry, the firearms
The ability is very prominent. For a musketeer, pulling the trigger does not require too much physical strength. Five hundred projectiles are thrown first
, blowing up the Yuan army in front and making them dizzy. Then, under the command of Zhang Shijie, the Second Division of the Yulin Army lined up and fired. Finally, the 17th Cavalry Army charged in and quickly defeated the Yuan army, which was afraid of firearms. Fortunately, the Yuan Army
The army commander Guo Kan had experienced hundreds of battles. He retreated in time under the unfavorable situation and entered Xuchang with more than 7,000 remaining troops.
After Zhang Shun and Zhang Shijie discussed it, they did not pursue him and left for Bianliang overnight.
In the following days, Lu Wenhuan personally led the army to build a camp seven or eighty miles west of Lianhe Town, while the Yuan army attacked every day. However, Lu Wenhuan did not resist. As soon as he saw the Yuan army attacking, he immediately After retreating and so on, the camp basically did not take shape.
A few days later, Zhang Shun and Zhang Shijie, who were transporting grain and grass, returned to Dengzhou smoothly. On the same day, Lu Wenhuan also stopped building the camp.
On September 24, Kublai Khan in Dadu received three urgent reports one after another during the court meeting. One was that Guo Kan encountered the enemy in Xuchang and lost thousands of soldiers; the second was from Navy Commander Liu Zhengsuo. According to reports, the Southern Dynasty Navy, under the personal leadership of Li Beiyang, has arrived at the coastal territory of our country. Our army failed in the first battle. I have rushed to the Shandong Navy base overnight; the other one was sent back to Liaocheng by the deputy general of Xue Xue's Edu. .
After reading these three battle reports, Kublai Khan let out a long sigh and suddenly felt weak all over his body. Several joints ached at the same time. At this time, Kublai Khan did not know that his joint pain was caused by gout.
"Retreat from the court," Kublai Khan said, holding back the pain.
It was such a coincidence that there was a world of ice and fire. That night, I also received three battle reports. The first battle report was sent by Wang Lixin, the envoy of the Yunnan Military Region. The remnants of Mongolia in Yunnan had been completely wiped out. The next plan of the military region was to launch Operation against bandits.
"Okay, Xiao Chen, please order Wang Lixin to dispatch 5,000 soldiers from the Yunnan Military Region to support the West Route Army."
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
The other two battle reports were both from Donglu Li Tingzhi, but one of them was forwarded by Li Tingzhi. The three battle reports made me even more happy.
Li Tingzhi said in the battle report that on September 19, our Eastern Northern Expedition Army Yangzhou and Luzhou armies jointly attacked Xuzhou, an important town in northern Jiangsu Province, and wiped out more than 5,000 enemies. The victory of Xuzhou laid the foundation for the attack on Shandong. It laid a good foundation and was the first victory for the East Route Army after its northward march. In addition, Li Tingzhi also forwarded a personal letter from Yin Yinglei. In the letter, Yin Yinglei said that after dozens of days of hard marching, according to the In response to His Majesty's guerrilla thinking, our army finally got the opportunity to take advantage of the Mongolian general Edu's underestimation of the enemy and the power of thrown bombs to ambush the Mongolian Qixue in the Yansi Village in the west of Liaocheng, killing more than 4,000 of Edu's men, and attacking Their leader, Edu, was killed, while our army suffered only more than 500 casualties. The only shortcoming was that all the grenades had been used up.
"The Mongolian coward Xue is indeed extraordinary. He actually consumed thousands of General Yin's missiles," Yuan Ji sighed.
"When the grenades are gone, they can be made one after another, but the cowardly Xue Army is not so easy to cultivate," I said with a smile. "Gongsun Xiaochen, Tian Xiuyan, and Li Tingzhi, the messenger, work steadily, and find a way to contact Yin Ying. Lei, let it approach Bianliang,"