Many armchair scholars believe that the first way to defend a city is to add heavy troops to the city. It seems that the more troops there are in the city, the safer it will be. In fact, this is completely wrong.
A single isolated city is a desperate situation. No matter how big the city is or how abundant the troops in the city are, if you are locked up in the city and have to fight with others with your hands and feet tied up, it will be a huge waste in tactics, and you will rarely be invincible. Therefore,
As long as conditions permit, the defenders will definitely control key passes outside the city, set up strong forts, and station powerful troops to respond to internal and external threats.
As the saying goes in the army, to defend the city, you must defend the mountains, and to defend the city, you must defend the stronghold. This is the same truth.
Yesterday, after paying a considerable price, the various units of the Jin army that went south got rid of the Song army in Huainan and other places, and rushed all the way back to the vicinity of Kaifeng. They were not in a hurry to enter the city. They joined the Tongguan garrison Wanyan Congtan's troops who had arrived a day in advance.
Also, the troops of Henan Prefecture garrison He Shilie Qier entered the former Lincaiguan Pass site controlled by Jia Guze, the captain of Zhechong.
The original strength of the various ministries was nearly 100,000, and the soldiers were brave and powerful. When they went south to plunder, they were majestic. Now they had been entangled with the Song people for more than a month. When they retreated, they were panicked and were often pursued.
So people kept deserting the team and fleeing.
That night, when the manpower was gathered, only about 30,000 to 40,000 people remained.
Fortunately, these 30,000 to 40,000 people can be considered as the basic strength of the captains of each department, and their combat effectiveness is still there.
Wanyan Congtan brought a batch of grain from Tongguan, arranged for the soldiers to have two full meals, and mobilized thousands of people to dig earth for trenches and build earth for walls, and built a temporary building on the ruins of Guancheng.
small town.
With this small city as a foothold, there was a mutual support between the Jin Army and Kaifeng City. The soldiers immediately felt more at ease. Kaifeng City also transported a batch of military supplies overnight, which gave the army a little strength.
After recovering, I felt that I could at least fight some real fierce battles on the plains outside the city with Kaifeng Fort as my back.
In the early years of the Song Dynasty, when the Song Dynasty was at its peak, there were many canals operating in Bianliang City, the capital, to protect the water transportation routes. Many canals were divided into diversions, and Xianhui Tianyi was connected with boats and boats to provide support to the public and private parties, so there was no need for wealth or lack of money.
However, since Duchong of the Song Dynasty broke the river, floods in the Yellow River have continued year after year. The river channel was silted up and could not receive water. Therefore, it was sometimes broken or blocked, and its migration was unpredictable. The canals around Bianliang were not repaired for a long time, and gradually became a flat land. By the time Mingchang arrived,
In August of the fifth year, the Yellow River broke through Yangwu, filling the hills to the east, and the water flow trended south, completely destroying the original water system, and forming large moraine and sand beaches around Kaifeng.
The only remaining remains of water transport today are Chenliu, which once held the key to the Bianhe River, Lincaiguan, which once held the key to the Cai River, and Zhuxian Town, which once held the key to the Huimin River.
Ding Haijun was stationed in Chenliu and deployed along the embankment of the Bian River. The military camp was only twelve or three miles away from Lincai Pass, and the distance was only more than twenty miles away. The land between the two armies was open and flat, and the residents had long been
Escape completely.
Therefore, as soon as the army moved, the Jin army near Caiguan was immediately on alert.
"The navy is dispatched!"
"All ministries have clear banners and order is in order!"
"All the troops are out of camp! The speed is extremely fast! The formation is extremely strict!"
There is a newly built watchtower on the top of Guancheng in Lincaiguan. The officer on duty stood on the top of the watchtower and looked out while telling what he saw.
In his sight, a large number of Dinghai navy soldiers crossed over sparse woods and shrubs, and stepped across fields and grasslands. While advancing for several miles, they quickly formed into formations.
Some formations approached about five miles east of Lincaiguan in one breath before slowing down. The Jin Army officers saw a forest of spears and spears in the formation, and the shield wall formed by swordsmen and shieldmen occasionally separated the formation due to changes in terrain.
Soon it closed again, just like the scales of a giant python expanding when it swims.
Beside the officer on duty, several colleagues climbed up to the watchtower. They didn't say anything, they just frowned and looked at it, knowing that such a small queue in front of them was difficult to deal with.
What makes people even more nervous is the main force of Dinghai Navy behind the forward team.
The distance is far away and the distribution of arms cannot be clearly seen, but there must be a lot of cavalry, and when the large arrays slowly press forward one after another, apart from the rising smoke and the muffled sound of footsteps, it actually gives people a sense of calm.
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This is very different from the army that the Jin Army officers knew. Generally speaking, when an army is approaching in front of the enemy, it will definitely try to show its power. When there are tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, they will shout to kill and wave weapons.
The postures gathered in one place will sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami from a long distance away.
But the Dinghai navy in front of them was not like this. Their posture was more calm and calm, like a giant beast walking in the mountains and forests, knowing that no natural enemy could resist them.
And this complacency is by no means born of arrogance.
The brilliant achievements in the past few years have given them such confidence! The navy's continuous huge investment in training and equipment has given them such capital!
Compared with Ding Haijun, the Jin Army's condition is much worse.
The officers on duty lowered their eyes and glanced at their own military camp. There was some confusion among all the captains, but they did not immediately mobilize to respond. That was because the only one who advocated the battle was Monk Wanyan Chen, and the other generals preferred to defend the camp to wait for the enemy.
The energy is frustrated.
Monk Wanyan Chen's brother was seriously injured. He temporarily took charge of his subordinates. His status was different from other marshals and captains. He was not an eloquent strategist, so he could not convince others for a while.
So at this moment, he had returned to his team, took off his shirt, and stood in the open field below the city tower, letting Ali like to pour buckets of well water on him.
The Song army in Huainan is not a weak force. It is not easy for this Jin army to retreat from Huainan to Kaifeng. Monk Wanyan Chen fought no less than fifty times and suffered more than a dozen minor and severe injuries. If he hadn't been naturally strong
As for his extraordinary perseverance, he should have fainted by now.
Even so, when the cold water washed away the bloody wound and washed away the blood and sludge, some gray muscles in the wound twitched and stirred, causing sharp pain like needle pricks.
But Monk Wanyan Chen opened his arms and allowed Ali to splash water on him without moving or making a sound.
After it was cleaned, the other two Alixi began to put on his armor.
Behind him, there were hundreds of Zou soldiers who followed him south and north, and those Qiang people, Naiman people or Uighur people were also like him. The people were silent, taking off their blood-stained clothes and stomachs,
Rinse with clean water, then slowly bandage it yourself, and then put the nail stomach back on.
Even if the injury was involved during the movement, they would frown or grit their teeth at most, without groaning or crying out in pain.
As they moved, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and sweat, which was quickly blown away.
Over the years, the Zou Army has been regarded as the elite of the Jin Army, and they are the most capable part of the Jin Army. These soldiers have been with Monk Wanyan Chen for more than a year, and have been as tough as the young generals.
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After the armor was fastened, Monk Wanyan Chen jumped and said to his left and right: "We can't let Ding Haijun get close! No matter what the marshals and captains decide in the end, I will lead my men to kill for a while. Otherwise, the morale of the army will become worse and worse.
The lower you are, the more likely you are to lose this battle!"
The generals on the left and right nodded in agreement, not hesitating because of the difficulty of the task.
