Shao Song - Vol 2.2 Chapter 70

Chapter 397 Advance

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the sky is cold and the ground is freezing, which is the coldest time of the year. At this time, bulk trade and long-distance travel have long been cut off. Everyone will stay in towns and villages to prepare for the New Year, even in Tokyo. There will be exceptions.

But this year is different. Total war changed everything. From east to west, from south to north, the atmosphere of war obscured everything.

As for Queshu Valley, which connects the Taiyuan Basin and Linfen Basin, the situation has undergone further changes at the middle of the twelfth lunar month. For more than forty days before, the Queshu Valley has been fighting endlessly and troops are coming and going. It is of course understandable to take over, because the two countries of Song and Jin are engaged in a long and boring push and offensive battle in Sprat Valley; and since the 16th of the twelfth lunar month, as the entire Sprat Valley is opened up, there is not only no peace here. When he came down, he suddenly became busy.

Far beyond the organization and exchanges of more than a thousand people in previous operations, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians poured into the valley.

Queshu Valley was formed because of Fenshui, and Fenshui also divides Queshu Valley into two. A large number of combat troops quickly advanced along the relatively wide east bank of Fenshui, and the frozen Fenshui itself is related to the frozen river bed. It has unexpectedly become a natural marching road for the heavy-duty troops… The civilians and livestock are all wearing anti-skid straw shoes, the wheels of the vehicles are also wrapped in tough hay, and some vehicles and burdens are simply towed directly on the ice.

In this case, the troops can pass through at an alarming speed.

However, what really guaranteed the speed of advancement of Fenshui and the east bank of Fenshui was actually the narrow valley on the west bank of Fenshui, as well as mountain cols, gentle slopes… and the area on the west bank of Fenshui. As early as when the advance war was being carried out, Zhao Guan’s family I personally made a decrement to let Jiedu make Ma expand, and for every mile he advanced, a comprehensive military station would be established on the West Bank.

The   Army station was also designed by Zhao Guan’s family, and the specific requirements for each personnel configuration.

First of all, there must be enough cooking personnel and coal reserves in the military depot to ensure uninterrupted hot water and help the troops cook and melt dry food at any time.

Secondly, there must be at least three soldiers in the military depot. One is responsible for managing the daily operation of the military station, one is responsible for mediating disputes and supervising military discipline, and the last is responsible for disseminating military orders that may be issued at any time.

Third, there should be a few extra warm rooms in the military depot to protect the wounded in emergencies, and have places to rest and deal with injuries.

Finally, all imperial edicts, military orders, and officers going back and forth, no matter how big or small, must go from the west side of Fenshui, and they are not allowed to go east to obstruct the advance.

In addition to the military depot, there are seven or eight mountain depressions and gentle slopes in the Queshu Valley. They are also built into formations. This is a larger military depot. In addition to the basic function of the small military depot, there are also large-scale shelters for the wounded and transportation repairs. , Putting materials and livestock, and acting as a defensive point on the spot.

Let’s also say that these things, although they felt very convenient when advancing the war before, everyone felt that Zhao Guan’s house was a bit too much…a few camps are acceptable, and they are very good things. The troops are divided into things. It’s nothing new for everyone to move on the river in an orderly manner… Tokyo City has long been shouting to keep to the right.

But it would be too wasteful of manpower and material resources to set up a military station of that kind every mile.

There are even rumors that this is because the Zhao official family deliberately found work for the high-ranking but low-powered Ma Kuo in order to prevent Manager Ma from losing members.

But now, when the imperial decree was suddenly issued to demand that the entire army advance to Taiyuan at an extremely fast speed. I hate that this kind of military station can’t be one every three hundred steps, but at the same time it finally realized.

Zhao Guan’s family has definitely been planning for a long time. He was waiting for Queshu Valley to get through this moment, and then suddenly became more urgent, smaller and bigger, mobilized all his troops, rushed to attack the city of Taiyuan, and let the defenders of the Golden State in the Taiyuan Basin and the direction of Hebei. All Jin Guo’s main forces were caught off guard.

So, let alone Taiyuan City, the world’s strong city, the effect of this kind of rapid attack was really great, but in any case, everyone felt the determination of the Zhao official family.

In fact, the fact that the troops moved so fast and so organized was largely because the imperial driver of Zhao Guan’s house was behind him.

The imperial decree issued overnight on the fifteenth lunar month was sent to all ministries.

On the sixteenth of the twelfth lunar month, the elites of Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, Wang De, and Li Qiong stationed in Queshu Valley and outside Yangliang Nanguan, proceeded in turn… At the same time, Zhao Guan’s imperial driver did not hesitate from the rear of Xiangling. Started, under the direct **** of the Imperial Front, dropped the Japanese samurai who had just arrived and walked directly north.

In the afternoon, Long Yu arrived in Hongdong County, which was a full fifty miles from Xiangling, and then went on for more than ten miles without stopping, until it was dark, he was only close to the village in the Song Army Camp that was vacated south of Zhaocheng. Stay here.

It is also under the threat of this kind of marching speed and marching determination, whether Han Shizhong or Li Yanxian, Wang De and Li Qiong, none of them dared to speak up. Five or sixty thousand elite soldiers in the front marched in order, successively. There is no Tao, which is amazing.

At noon on the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Yujia, who continued to maintain an alarming speed, also entered the Queshu Valley.

In the afternoon, the sky began to gloom, and there was little snow falling.

In the evening, in the light of snow, Long Zhu arrived at Lingshi City, but once again passed the city without entering, but continued to march until the sky became unsupportable, and the Yujia just stopped in a camp in a mountain col on the west side of the valley. And pause for a while.

When the Yujia stopped, the squad straight below were naturally happy to rest. In any case, no matter how orderly, this kind of march is a very difficult thing, but because Zhao Guanjia is also in the marching queue, this kind of complaint is impossible to vent. It’s just coming out.

However, the sergeants went to get hot water to soak their feet and rice, but the courtiers who drove were busy again. A lot of memorials and information were sent to the imperial court, and Zhao Guan’s family had no time to say anything, and took a cup of hot tea. After that, the treatment began.

“Give Wang De a gold medal, telling him not to underestimate the enemy’s advance, and be sure to wait for the friendly army to take over the siege of Jiexiu before going north to Weiqi County.” Zhao Jiu was speechless and even a little frustrated when opening the first play. “Where did you come to Caizhou on a snowy night?! Who did he listen to the allusion? Really, Yelumawu and Wanyan are nothing but rubbish, and you can’t pull your teeth and eat him?! Wasn’t it just waiting for a while in Jiexiu to see Han Shizhong? , Did Li Qiong run ahead of him again? Follow the previous military order to do it!”

Fan Zongyin, the chief bachelor next to   , did not dare to neglect, and immediately took the pen and ink, and proceeded to formulate the purpose.

Zhao Jiu had already opened the second memorial, but he was impatient again: “I will give out the gold medal again and tell Han Shizhong that Qi County is not from the imperial Zuojun. His mission is to Pingyao first, then Taigu, and make friends with Wang De. Second advance! Neither slow, nor too fast, let alone chaos!”

Straight scholar Mei Li also hurriedly took his pen and ink to formulate the purpose.

But Fan Mei hadn’t written a few words yet. Zhao Guan’s family threw a third document and pointed at Wang Yan: “Wang Qing, please go there forty miles in front of you. Shengshui entered the Fenshui River mouth, found Li Yanxian, and explained to him clearly…Fenshui West Bank, Xiaoyi, Baibi, Guozha, Wenshui, Jiaocheng, Qingyuan line, that is, Wanyan Sali Drink In the defense zone, what I gave to him was not to let him attack, but to let him monitor it, to ensure that the forces of Sali Drink could not cross the Fen Shui to harass us, and soon Li Shifu would lead the cavalry from the rear to replace him to monitor Hexi. , Wu Jie will also cross the Yellow River and come in from Shizhou and Lanzhou to take over the Hexi war… Let him stabilize his mind, don’t waste troops, and don’t be greedy for merit. The main task now is to quickly and steadily join the army to the city of Taiyuan! Don’t rush back and return to your life after the matter is over. Go to Pingyao, Qixian, and Taigu by the way, and then wait for me in Taigu!”

The imperial capital chief Wang Yan, who was stationed with Lu Yihao in Linfen City before, did not dare to neglect. He responded, and regardless of the darkness, he directly took a few guards out of the camp.

After Zhao Jiu ordered the three things, he couldn’t help but feel helpless. Even if Li Qiong didn’t submit any additional plans, he still made people strategize, emphasizing the importance of blocking the Taihang Mountains on the one hand and blocking the passage between the Shangdang and Hebei.

In this way, Yu Yunwen also had to spread his pen and ink and joined the queue of the purpose.

Soon, the three of them completed their decree and submitted it to the Royal Lantern. After the official Zhao’s nodded, Shao Chengzhang, a member of the guard, took out the seal. After the seal was added, Liu Yan took out the gold medal representing the highest military order. The members of the Red Heart team, a team of ten, hurried away.

However, once the will was issued, although Zhao Guanjia was so impatient that he didn’t even bother to drink tea, he didn’t show any signs on his face. He was just as motionless as a mountain, sitting in the camp, as if waiting for someone.

The mystery was quickly revealed. After a while, when the sky was completely dark, dozens of riders held torches and walked through the passage on the west side of Fenshui to reach the camp where Longzhen was located, but it was precisely this time that they were not recruited. All the imperial cavalry in the north dominate the end.

As soon as he entered the camp, Yang Yizhong had long been introduced to him. He crossed many straights and went straight to the Dazhai under the dragon. Then he bowed down to the prime minister in the brightly lit village and saluted the Prime Minister. Qu Duan has seen officials…”

“I have been waiting for you for a long time.” Zhao Jiu was cold and didn’t let the other person get up at all. “What do you have to say to me in person?”

The song end listened badly, and immediately raised his head to speak.

But before he could say anything, the Zhao official’s sitting there regained his cold words and kept asking: “Do you think that since I allowed you to see me in person, and then explained in person, I followed you?”

Qu Duan’s heart was cold, and he became more flustered. All the rhetoric that he had thought of before had all flown to Xiliao, but instead he could only follow.

In fact, it’s not just Qu Duan, but the atmosphere in the camp has also dropped to the same temperature as the outdoors… Besides, it’s not that no one thought that under Zhao Guan’s vigorous vigor, someone would inevitably eat and hang it, but when things come to an end, it’s still Can’t help but panic.

This can be used for nearly ten years, the emperor with military power.

“Go ahead, what are you trying to say?” Zhao Jiu was finally impatient.

“Chen…” Qu Duan was helpless, but could only speak carefully and tell the truth. “The minister originally thought that the battle of Taiyuan was of great importance, and the imperial cavalry might be able to participate in the battle.”

“The cavalry is attacking the city?” Zhao Jiu asked coldly. “Didn’t I bring the Poxi Army? But the Poxi Army can’t attack the city, right? You can only pull the village.”

“The minister is not talking about the siege of the city. In the battle of Taiyuan, we must also guard against the army of the Jin Army from going out of the city to interfere with our army’s logistics. If the imperial cavalry arrives, the minister will sweep the surrounding cities for the official, and the official can rest assured behind and attack calmly. The city is over.” Qu Duan’s voice became smaller and smaller.

“But didn’t I let Li Shifu lead the 10,000 party members of the imperial cavalry Qingqi to do this?” As soon as the other party’s voice fell, Zhao Jiu continued to ask, it turned out to be non-stop for a while. “Li Shifu and his troops are not owned by the imperial cavalry? Isn’t Qingqi better at doing this?”

Qu Duan dare not say any more.

“I didn’t leave you in the south to prevent the golden army dog ​​from jumping behind me?” Zhao Jiu kept asking. “Qu Qing, why on earth do you have to personally lead your direct descendants to go north…”

The end of the song is still silent.

“Speak!” Zhao Jiu was finally completely impatient.

Qu Duan couldn’t hold it, and finally raised his head to tell the truth: “The official…the minister was not trying to grab merit. The minister thought that the battle in Taiyuan was not trivial. Once things were inconsistent, it would evolve into a decisive battle. The king of Han Jun is arrogant and arrogant, Li Yanxian can defend but cannot attack, and Ma Kuo can only build walls and fortifications…”

“You will only utter madness!” Zhao Jiu interrupted the opponent directly. “So, I have notified Wu Jie, let him cross the river quickly, come from Shizhou, Lanzhou, and preside over the army for me…understand?”

Qu Duan was speechless for a while, but he was obviously unwilling.

“The King of Yan’an is not here…” Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated when he saw this, and turned to look at one person, speaking coldly. “Yang Yizhong, go and give him a whip for me! Drive out!”

In the semi-permanent civil Dazhai, no one said anything, but the emperor’s will had been made, but no one dared to refute it. The Jiashi classes on both sides embraced, dragged the curved ends out, and dragged them directly to the gate, Yang Yizhong picked up his horse whip and followed On, the public slapped the whip inside the door in public, then abandoned the whip and stood upright.

Qu Duan was extremely embarrassed and indignant, but knew that the invitation to the battle was a taboo of the Zhao official family, so he could only lead the horse in embarrassment and prepare to leave.

“The songs are unified and live.” Yang Yizhong abandoned the whip, but took the initiative to stop the opponent.

“What does Yang Tongzhi mean?” Qu Duan only wanted to leave quickly.

“Before the officials heard that all the songs were coming, they had a purpose long ago. They said that the old horses of the all heard that the horses died in Jiezhou, and they could no longer ride the battlefield with the all, so when the all came back, the horses were removed. Bring it back, thinking it’s a mount.” As he said, Yang Yizhong stepped away, and a class had brought a majestic horse. “This is the tribute horse sent by Yelv Dashi, the lord of the West Liao Kingdom, last year…”

When Qu Duan saw that horse, how could he not recognize that it was the mount that Zhao Guanjia had been riding for several months before, and after receiving the reins from the straight hand, he was also embarrassed: “Is the official still worried that I have surrendered the gold man for today’s matter? No? I’m really surrendered, and the commanding officers in the military will also cut my head…”

Yang Yizhong said nothing.

Qu Duan could only smile and shook his head when he saw this.

As soon as Qu Duan left, the night was speechless. On the next morning, on the eighteenth of the twelfth lunar month, Xiaoxue stopped early. Zhao Guan’s family also set off again. Longhu headed north, urging the army in front and driving the troops in the rear. Also immediately continued to advance northward at a high speed.

At noon that day, he left Yangliang Beiguan and entered the open terrain of Taiyuan Basin.

At this time, Zhao Jiu reviewed the Queshu Valley again, and couldn’t help feeling that he was also fate… because according to the explanation of the local military officer, the time when the Queshu Valley is really dangerous is summer. In summer, Fen water is often flooded, and mudslides often wash down the road. Not to mention, the rapid rise of the river will also cause the passable footholds in the valley to become extremely narrow, and it requires the army to cross the river repeatedly to move forward.

If that’s the case, the Jin army is still fortified at layers, I’m afraid that Song Jun will either count on Wu Jie to play, or he can only turn his head to join the party…Where can it be as it is now, and it will be frozen and enlightened, which in turn will prompt the army. How about accelerating traffic?

But regardless of this little emotion, it only said that the dragon of Zhao Guan’s family had left the Queshu Valley. After a short pause, he headed north again. In the evening, he arrived at Jiexiu City, which had been surrounded by Li Yanxianbu Niu Gao.

Here, Zhao Jiu summoned Niugao to comfort him, and pointed to the merits of the previous Poyang Liangbeiguan as a reward, and he was stationed behind Niugao Village that day.

The next day, the nineteenth of the twelfth lunar month, the Yujia traveled sixty miles and arrived at the city of Pingyao.

The defenders in Pingyao City were shaken by the Song Army’s sudden rush northward to encircle the city. They saw countless troops passing through the city all the way to the north, and their hearts gradually faltered. As a result, they immediately saw Long Hong arrive, but they were completely shocked. As a result, on the second day, the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Zhao Guan’s family was about to drop the besieged troops here and continue northward, the Han army in the city rioted and opened the eastern city gate and actively sought to descend.

When encountering such a fighter, Zhao Jiu certainly did not give up, but he handed over the imperial squad to Qiao Zhongfu, the commander of the imperial army in charge of locking the city in Pingyao. The latter immediately moved into the city for a fierce battle, but it was noon. He had seized this important stronghold in the Taiyuan Basin before.

However, although the city was broken, Zhao Guan’s family still didn’t mean to stop. He left some of his squads, assembled his troops, and immediately set off with Wang Shengbu, who had caught up with him, and arrived at Qixian City in the evening of the same day and joined Wang De.

Another day, the twenty-first lunar month, Zhao Jiu arrived at Taigu City at noon, gathered Han Shizhong and Wang Yan, and then arrived at Xugou Town in the evening without stopping.

On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, after learning that Yuci, an important town in the east of Taiyuan’s capital, Yangqu City, had been surrounded by Li Qiong himself, Zhao Guan’s family did not hesitate to lead more and more main combat troops to Taiyuan’s capital, Yangqu. Away.

In the evening of the same day, I arrived at Yongli Supervisor, which is less than 20 miles away from Taiyuan City, and set up a large camp here.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, in the morning, after eight days of rushing marches and a total of five hundred miles in the Chinchuk Valley narrow road, Zhao Guan’s Dragon Dragon appeared in Taiyuan Fucheng at a speed that was absolutely beyond imagination. under.

During this march, the important town on the east bank of Fenshui was quickly surrounded by the Song army one by one, and even captured the important town Pingyao. At the same time, in order to maintain the speed of advancement, many cities and towns on the west bank of Fenshui were almost completely left behind by the Song army. Disturbed by the speed of the Song Army’s advance, he has been kept still under the surveillance troops of the Song Army.

Thanks to this, there are no fewer than thirty thousand elites from the Imperial Army who arrived at the city of Taiyuan with the Zhaoguan’s Dragon Dragon. At the same time, countless troops and civil servants are constantly gathering from the rear.

It is conceivable that before tonight, there will be four to fifty thousand people arriving, and there will only be more and more in the future. In the end, if Wu Jie can arrive as scheduled, one hundred thousand people will appear here. It seems Not surprisingly.

While not mentioning the future, just now, Zhao Jiu can finally be stationed at the Fenshui River, and then take a closer look at the Taiyuan City of this era.

Furthermore, the city of Taiyuan in the Song Dynasty is not the same as the city of Taiyuan in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The main body of Taiyuan City before    is on the west side of Fenshui, which is the traditional Jinyang area, and the city is growing. In the Song Dynasty, Taiyuan City was a new city built by Pan Mei after Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, destroyed the old city in the early years. Taiyuan is not in the traditional sense, but it is also much smaller.

However, this does not mean that this city will be inferior to any Taiyuan city in history in terms of defense. Otherwise, there would be no Nianhan helplessly lock the city south, but turned back and Taiyuan was still in the hands of the Song Army, so he had to besieged the city and defeated hundreds of thousands of Song Army. Time was spent forcibly until the city was broken, and the experience of killing the city to vent his anger.

“Look at the official.”

Han Shizhong led his headquarters to the north of the city as a precaution. Li Yanxian went to preside over the construction of Dazhai under the city. What was unexpected and reasonable was that Yang Yizhong, who had always been taciturn outside, took the initiative to point out Taiyuan to the official Zhao’s family. City defense… He was originally from Daizhou in the north. “Taiyuan City is more than ten miles away. It is not a big city, and it is not all made of masonry, but mostly rammed earth… But the west of the city faces Fenshui, and then Fenshui is used to circle the city as a moat… There are only four gates, east, The three gates to the north and the south all have separate protruding Guancheng. The bridge between Guancheng and the gates behind them is a serious brick wall… Not only that, there is a separate inner city inside the city. The perimeter of the city is more than five miles long, and it occupies almost a small half of the city, and there are no houses in the inner city. They are all warehouses, government offices, barracks…”

“In other words, although the city of Taiyuan is small, it is actually a special flat fortress?” Zhao Jiu, who was standing on the water in Linfen, looked at the banner of the Jin Army on the south side of Taiyuan, and suddenly realized. “A place dedicated to military use?”

“Yes.” Yang Yizhong nodded in response. “It can only be said that fortunately it was freezing in winter, otherwise the Fenshui surrounding the city, with three gates standing side by side, can only be fired and smashed… and the city can be concocted with cannons… it is hard consumption…”

Yang Yizhong’s words became slower and slower, and Zhao Jiu and the rest of his officials were also gradually attracted by other things… It turned out that just as Han Shizhong went to the north of Taiyuan, Li Yanxian commanded the army and began to set up camps, while the official Zhao’s family was here. When Long Hongxia listened to the introduction, as the flag on the south side of Guancheng swayed, suddenly a sturdy golden cavalry came out from the east side.

There are not many cavalry soldiers, and they are only looking at seven or eight tricks, which are seven or eight hundred horses. Judging from the situation, it is obvious that they have been transferred from the east of Guancheng.

Under the eyes of Zhao Guan’s family and many nearby officials, they first attacked the southeast corner of Taiyuan City and disturbed some civilians and sergeants who were standing there, causing a small chaos… That’s fine, the city’s defenders took advantage of it. The foreign enemy’s footing was not stable, the cavalry raid, and the enemy’s spirits were frustrated. This was a conventional tactic… However, after the first blow, this small unit did not take advantage of the situation to turn back, or there were signs of turning back, but it actually relied on it. The cover of Guancheng to the south, turned around, and came straight to Longzhu.

“Wanyan is turning me into a grandson right?” Zhao Jiu was taken aback, and then burst into laughter. “But I don’t know how Fen Shui freezes and how he broke the Xiaoshi Bridge.”

“Your Majesty might as well take a break!” Although it was more than a mile apart, Yang Yizhong had no choice but to change the subject. “The ministers meet the enemy for your majesty…”

“I am here, watching you and waiting to break the enemy!” Zhao Jiu stopped his horse and shook his head directly.

Yang Yizhong glanced at Wang Yan, and when he saw the other party knowingly nodded, he and Liu Yan hurriedly put on the pockets, and then one person supervised the steps and the other one rode forward, and hurried forward.

However, because the enemy came suddenly, and even though the prince squad was wearing the main armor at the beginning, it still could not be considered complete, so the speed of the armor array at this time inevitably couldn’t keep up a little bit.

In fact, this should be the reason why this Jurchen cavalry feels that it is cheap and profitable.

The only thing left is to come back. At this moment, how could Zhao Jiu back down?

However, just as the two armies were about to meet in a hurry, a sturdy soldier suddenly emerged from the gap between the main force of the Song army and the straight line of the imperial squad, and collided with the Jurchen cavalry.

Zhao Jiu was stunned for a while, because he could see clearly that this was actually being taken by himself. At this time, the Japanese samurai who had just arrived from the back…Hundreds of Japanese samurai, or the scary big bow held in hand, or the height of them in hand It was quite Taito, riding an unarmored horse that was probably used for logistical purposes, with an astonishing momentum, and rushed straight into the Jurchen cavalry formation.

Of course ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Japanese samurai fighting on horseback is not new, because as early as Ping Kiyomori came to the Red Heart team, he was skilled in riding horses. At that time, Zhao Jiu asked because of curiosity… Finally, Ping Kiyomori told Zhao Guanjia that Japan is at this time. The samurai in the north are mostly riding on horseback, only with the assistance of the walking Langtang, and their weapons, from Taito to large bow, especially the kind of Taito whose blade is almost equal to that of humans, are originally exclusive weapons for horse-riding warfare.

And now, the most critical point is, I don’t know if it was frightened by the exaggerated weapons of the Japanese samurai that the Jurchen cavalry actually stagnated. Not only that, because the blade is too long, the bow is too large, and the visual effect is too strong, Zhao Jiu couldn’t help but feel a little hopeful.

But it was just hope. In the next moment, as these exaggerated swords drew from the Jurchen cavalry’s at least fifty kilograms of thick Zhajia, the warring parties and the onlookers of Zhao Guanjia and many people below all woke up from their dreams. .

For a time, the iron cavalry raged, and the Japanese samurai suffered many casualties.

Fortunately, he bought time for Yuqian Banzhi and Song Jun Brigade, but it was indeed commendable for loyalty and bravery.

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