I naturally understand Yin Yinglei's mood at this moment. Since the lone army penetrated into the enemy-occupied area in the north, the advancing team has gone through a lot of hardships. The ups and downs in it are difficult to describe in words. If it weren't for the help of throwing bombs, if it weren't for The leader of the Yuan army was arrogant and arrogant. If not... In short, Yin Ying Lei's "bandit career" in the past few months had a few brushes with death. It could be said that he had a narrow escape.
"Yin Ai Qing, tell me your experience in detail later."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At this time, Han Jing, who was beside Yi Yinglei, whispered: "Commander Yin, why don't you please ask the emperor and the generals to come into the city and rest."
Yin Yinglei said "Ah" and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, generals, please follow the generals into the city."
"Okay. Enter the city."
After dinner, Yin Yinglei told me about his experiences in the past few months.
With the assistance of the navy led by Li Beiyang, the advancing team successfully landed on the Shandong Peninsula. When they first landed, all the members of the advancing team, including Yin Yinglei himself, were in high spirits. They thought in their mind, first eliminate a few groups of Yuan troops. Boost morale. At the beginning, the dispersed Yuan troops in some small towns were really vulnerable. They soon became a meal for the advancing team. However, after a few times, the whereabouts and strength of the advancing team were also exposed. First, the Mongolian Eastern Route Army sent troops. After the encirclement, five thousand Qie Xue led by Erdu pursued and killed them. In addition, the prefectural and county government offices cleared the country. It didn't take long before the advancing team was in trouble. It was a dilemma.
The most difficult period was when I was pursued by Qie Xue's army.
The Qierxue army was fast, brave and good at fighting. Although its number was smaller than that of the advance team, its overall combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the advance team. In addition, they had the right time, place and people. For a time, the advance team was forced to hide in Tibet and could only travel on mountain roads and villages. During this period, Edu mobilized Yuan troops stationed along the road to pursue and intercept them. As soon as the advancing team came out of the mountains, they would be surrounded by Yuan troops. And Edu led the Xue army to arrive in time.
In September last year, the weather was freezing and food was in short supply. All the food in the mountains had been eaten. There were very few people living in the mountains. And the villagers near the mountains were severely warned by the government not to help anywhere. Bandits roaming around. Otherwise, the whole village would kill them. Secondly, they did not agree with this team under the banner of the Song Army. They thought they were a group of "robbers". Although the advancing team had never snatched a grain of food from the people, they tried their best to publicize that they were bandits. The regular army of the Song Dynasty could not gain the recognition of these northern Han people in a short period of time.
In desperation, Yin responded to Lei's order and asked his troops to rob the grain and grass of the Yuan army or the Mongolian people in small counties. After robbing it several times, the local Yuan army also learned the lesson. Either strengthen the walls and clear the fields, or use the grain and grass as bait to lure them. The Song army took the bait and notified the nearby Qixue to launch a siege. The most thrilling one was when Yin Yinglei led troops from two cities down the mountain and was ambushed by more than 600 Yuan troops and local armed forces. Unfortunately, Qixue's army was far away. It's very close. It only takes two-quarters of an hour to arrive. Although the ambushing Yuan army is not strong in combat effectiveness, Yin Yinglei and others will not be able to break out for a while. Fortunately, Han Jing, who is responding, arrives in time. A great exhibition Shenwei single-handedly killed more than a hundred enemy troops in front of him. He frightened off the Yuan army. He rescued Yin Yinglei just before the Qixue army arrived. Otherwise, it would be difficult to say that Yin Yinglei had been killed. Can Ying Lei escape unharmed?
On the way to hiding, Yin Yinglei and the generals gathered together. The guerrilla tactics mentioned by the emperor must be "traveling" in order to seize the opportunity of "strike". So, the advance team began a nearly three-month rapid march, taking the mountain road For the main purpose, you can eat wherever you go. Sometimes there is no purpose. Sometimes the troops are divided into actions. There are constant suspicions of soldiers, which makes Edu who is pursuing behind him circle around. Although the soldiers of the advancing team are all exhausted, it also makes Edu's troops run around. These cowardly Xue soldiers were all arrogant. They were driven around by Yin Ying Lei but found nothing. They were like a cat that saw a mouse but could not catch it. Gradually, the cowardly Xue soldiers began to Become impatient.
Finally, Yi Yinglei seized the opportunity and set up an ambush near a remote village southwest of Liaocheng.
When talking about this paragraph, Yin Tianya became obviously excited.
At that time, Edu should have noticed the strategy of the advancing team. But the conceited Edu did not pay attention to the strategy of the advancing team at all. As the saying goes, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, prefer to go to the tiger mountain. Edu believed that even if the opponent had an ambush There is nothing they can do to coward Xue's army. What's more, the Song army is all infantry. It's really not possible. With the speed of Mongolian horses, they can just run away.
Edu's idea was recognized by the other generals of the Xue Army. Their impatience obviously gained the upper hand. In their view, the trap set by the Song Army turned into an excellent opportunity. They could solve it in one battle and avoid running around again. Gone.
It is undeniable that the combat effectiveness of Qie Xue's army is the most powerful among the Yuan armies. Because of this, Qie Xue's arrogance is also one of the best.
When Qie Xue's army swaggered into the ambush point, they did not wait for the expected Song army soldiers to attack them. Instead, they were greeted by hundreds or thousands of thrown bombs.
Among all the armies of the Yuan Dynasty, only the Central Army had experienced the power of firearms. In order not to affect the morale of other armies, Kublai Khan did not explain the power of firearms in the Southern Dynasty in detail. He only gave a general order. When encountering the firearms of the Southern Dynasty, all armies should obtain them. Be careful. The always proud Mongolian soldiers, especially the Qie Xue Army, would never think that the firearms of the Southern Dynasty were so powerful. The chief general of the Yuan Army who encircled and suppressed the advancing team was a member of the royal family. He was famous for his skills. A big gun was quite valuable. Even compared with Ah Shu, Boyan and others, there is not much difference. But Erdu has been serving as a guard beside Kublai Khan. In addition to his strong martial arts, he does not have much practical experience. At that time, Kublai Khan ordered to let him go. Boyan served as the commander-in-chief of Qie Xue's army and trained Qie Xue, but did not let Edu, who was more senior, take the position. Therefore, Edu has always been dissatisfied. In his mind, the saying that the firearms of the Southern Dynasties were powerful was just Ah Du. Shu, Boyan and the others were just looking for reasons for their failure.
When the missiles exploded one after another in the Qixue army, Edu and others felt panic. First, the war horses lost control. Even if they were not hit by the missiles, the smoke, fragments and deafening explosions were enough to make the horses lose control. Running around. Then, the soldiers of Qixue Army fell off their horses and died. As more and more missiles exploded in Qixue Army, they all found that fewer and fewer soldiers around them could ride their horses steadily.
Erdu thought of breaking out, but the missiles thrown from all directions caused the horses of Qie Xue's army to become confused. Finally, Erdu ordered to form a death squad of 300 people. They looked in one direction and abandoned their horses to fight on foot. To boost morale, Edu personally waved his spear and rushed to the front with the death squads.
However, the Qiongxue Army did not expect that the advancing team's throwing bombs were so powerful. Under the attack of thousands of thrown bombs, the always invincible Qingxue Army was blown to pieces. The death squads were almost completely destroyed.
Edu, who was highly skilled in martial arts, led more than 20 suicide squads out of the range of the bomb explosion, but was also seriously injured. Perhaps his luck was too bad. This was his fate. When he rushed to the advancing team's When we were at the position, we happened to meet the number one master in the Song army, Lieutenant General Han Jing.
According to the skills between the two brothers, if they were in normal times, they would have fought equally. However, Foudu, who was seriously injured, only lasted more than ten moves under Han Jing's gun. He was hit by one shot and died at Han Jing's side. in hand.
All the death squads were killed, but it also played a big role. More than a thousand Qingxue troops who followed took the opportunity to break out of the encirclement. The advancing team was unable to stop them, so they had to be allowed to leave.
After this battle, the advancing team broke out of the large encirclement of the Yuan army and sent people to contact Li Tingzhi.
Later, Yin Yinglei received my order and immediately adjusted his strategy. He moved closer to Bianliang and Xuchang. He joined Zhang Shun's army at the foot of Xuchang City. He defeated Guo Kan's troops in one fell swoop and recaptured Xuchang.
"General Yin's trip is really not easy." Fang Ling sighed after listening to Yin Yinglei's personal account.
I finally asked: "When Yin Aiqing arrived at Xuchang City, how many casualties did the 10,000 members of the advancing team suffer?"
Yin Yinglei said in a low voice: "Our army's casualties and casualties plus some missing persons exceed 4,000."
Out of 10,000 horses, more than 4,000 were lost. Nearly half. It is not a small amount.
"Yin Aiqing. The advance team moved north. It disrupted the deployment of the Yuan army. It made its main force of Qie Xue in Dadu unable to go to Xiangyang or Dengzhou in time. It alleviated the pressure on our Northern Expeditionary Army in the middle. There is merit. But generally speaking, I did not think well, so more than 4,000 soldiers were buried here. Moreover, it is almost impossible to establish a large-scale base area in enemy-occupied areas. Unless a greater price is paid, this point... Consider it a self-examination.”
"Your Majesty, the method of advancing the troops is completely feasible. It's just that the general didn't understand your Majesty's guerrilla thinking deeply enough. That's why so many soldiers were killed. These sacrificial soldiers deserved their death. They are the pride of our army."
"Well, I and the Song Dynasty will remember their Yin Aiqing. After practice, the power of firearms can completely restrain the powerful fighting power of the Mongols. Therefore, the advancing team was disbanded and the troops were organized into the Northern Expedition Army in the middle."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will obey your order."
"Okay. Yin Ai Qing, please tell the reporters accompanying the army how your troops annihilated Edu. Let them polish it and publish it in the Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper. This is another excellent example to enhance the confidence of the people of our dynasty."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
On February 24th, the day after arriving in Xuchang, I received a battle report from Wang Lixin of the Yunnan Military Region. The hostile forces in Yunnan were basically eliminated. According to the original plan, the main force of the Yunnan Military Region would go north to central Sichuan and join the West Road. Northern Expeditionary Army.
On the 25th, I received the battle plan from Li Tingzhi on the East Road.