Chapter 807: Battle of Fuping (Part 2)
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Because Zhang Jun took the lead in this battle, the Song army prepared more quickly than the Central Army recommended it.
The central army had already penetrated into Yan'an Prefecture, the Security Army and other places in northern Shaanxi at that time - these areas were actually not conducive to the central army's battle.
At that time, all the generals of the Song army suggested to Zhang Jun that they would use the favorable terrain along the Wei River to immediately launch an attack on the central army.
But Zhang Jun pretended to be serious at the time and denied this correct suggestion - he was preparing to have a dignified battle with the central army.
At this point, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Jun is a stupid Duke Xiang of Song.
According to Zhang Jun's deployment, the Song army gathered in Yu Fuping and set up a magnificent formation.
Fuping is located at the foot of the Beishan Mountains, located on the northern edge of the middle section of the Guanzhong Plain. It has a flat terrain and is easy to attack and difficult to defend.
But as long as you retreat northward or westward from Fuping for dozens of miles, the Song army can take sides along the mountain.
After seeing the terrain, Tang Zhong opposed the Song army's formation in Fuping, saying: "The troops are used to move for the sake of profit. Now the terrain is not good. Why do you need to fight? You should move to a high place to set up formations to curb the charge of the enemy cavalry."
However, most Song generals disagreed with Tang Chong's opinion. They believed that there was a swamp with autumn reeds in front of the Song army, which could limit the impact of the cavalry.
Therefore, Tang Chong's suggestion was rejected by Zhang Jun.
First, Zhang Jun made a mistake, but now most Song generals made a mistake.
This series of mistakes also doomed the Song army to fail.
Day of the battle.
Wu Jie stood on the high platform and commanded the battle with a sword.
As soon as the battle started, under Wu Jie's order, the central army took the lead in launching an attack.
Wu Jie took Yang Congyi as his vanguard, and Yang Congyi personally led three thousand elite cavalry, while charging, he threw down firewood and grass and earth bags, filling the swamp in front of the Song army formation.
At the same time, Wu Jie ordered Guo Jin to lead the cavalry to bypass the Song army camp and launch an attack on the "Little Villager Village".
The so-called "village village" is a camp where grain transporters live.
Most of these camps are close to the Song army camps and are temporarily pieced together with large chariots to form barriers, and their defense is extremely fragile.
The Song army actually did not expect the "village village" to resist the attack of the central army. However, after the small village was captured by the central army, the panic-ridden civilians fled to the Song army camp, which eventually disrupted the Song army's position.
This was unexpected by the Song army.
The central army then followed the fleeing civilians and successfully passed through the shooting area of the Song army's crossbow and rushed straight to the front of the Song army's camp.
So, the two sides of China and Song dynasties launched a fierce battle of close combat.
The Jingyuan Army was very powerful. Although Tang Chong was a civil servant, he apologized for his death. Therefore, he finally led his personal army to rush to the front line.
Due to the bravery of Tang Chong and Jingyuan Army, the Song army slowly stabilized its position and bravely killed the enemy, which made Guo Jin unable to move forward.
Slowly, there was a stalemate here between Guo Jin and Tang Chong, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
Seeing this, Wu Jie ordered Yang Zheng to lead 10,000 elite cavalry to attack the other side of the Song army, which is the Huanqing Army led by Zhao Zhe.
Zhao Zhe was originally a prison for the Liangzhe Road, and once joined Zhang Jun to fight against Ye Nong in the southeast.
Zhang Jun admired Zhao Zhe's talent very much, so when he formed the team of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda and Fu Office, he specially selected Zhao Zhe in.
After arriving in Shaanxi, Zhang Jun sent Zhao Zhe to replace Wang Si as the governor of Huanqing Road.
Zhao Zhe talks about military affairs, and if he listens to what he says, he may be even more powerful than Han Xin.
But after he really got the fight, Zhao Zhe was frightened when he saw the thunder car in the central army coming, and he was so scared that he was scattered. When heavy weapons such as unconscience cannons, flying divine thunders, bed crossbows and other heavy weapons came overwhelmingly, Zhao Zhe immediately left the team without hesitation and did not supervise the battle in front of the army.
As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Huanqing Army was originally the weakest among the Song Xi army. In addition, Zhao Zhe left the team, so the Huanqing Army was defeated by the central army at once.
As soon as the Huanqing Army collapsed, the soldiers immediately fled, which affected the entire battle situation, and other armies were defeated one after another.
Wu Jie saw the opportunity and ordered Zhang Xian and Wang Yan to lead the army to take advantage of the victory to pursue it.
While charging, the soldiers of the central army shouted: "The Southern Song Dynasty has been destroyed, and King Kang of Song has now become a prisoner of my emperor. Why should you fight again?", "Everyone is a Han Chinese, why should you kill each other? As long as you surrender, our emperor and General Wu will not blame each other!", "I am not a barbarian Hu Di regime, and I am about to complete the unification. Why should you resist to death and waste your precious life in vain!"...
The demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was actually heard before the war began. However, Zhang Jun still explained that this was the central army's plan to attack and suppress it.
Now, the defeat, coupled with this heart-striving statement, caused the large number of Song soldiers to kneel down and surrender.
This momentum immediately became out of control!
The army led by Zhang Xian and Wang Yan strangled towards the Song army in the form of two giant dragons.
On the other hand, Zhang Jun only thought of victory before the war but did not expect failure. Therefore, once he was defeated, he was at a loss and did not know how to deal with the mess. This led to the further deterioration of the battle.
Zhang Xian and Wang Yan attacked the Beishan system in one fell swoop and occupied Shaanxi in full.
And that's not the end.
Zhang Xian knew that the most difficult thing on the Sichuan-Shaanxi line was not Shaanxi, but the Sichuan-Shu area behind it.
Therefore, after fighting the Beishan system, Zhang Xian, regardless of the defeated troops along the road, led 30,000 elite cavalry to Dasanguan and Monk Yuan to kill him.
The Qinling Mountains, which run east and west, have the main trunk from the Jialing River in the west and the Dan and Ba River valleys in the east, and are known as the "big obstacle in the world", and naturally separates the ancient Guanzhong and Bashu.
There is a branch of the Jialing River that originates from Dasanling - this area is the territorial border of the Zhou Dynasty, and Dasanling is named after it.
Here, the Qinling Mountains were interrupted, forming a narrow road with Longshan from the west of Gansu. The ancients used this tunnel to open the Chencang Road connecting Bashu and Guanzhong.
The Chencang Road has a relatively gentle terrain and many branches, so this road has the highest utilization rate throughout history.
The Dasan Pass built on Dasanling is the first pass on Chencang Road.
Lu Shen, a native of the Ming Dynasty, said: "Twenty miles south of Baoji is Dasanguan, and the monk was originally located there. The mountain comes from the west, which is a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is not only Qin, but also the boundary of Shu, but also the boundary of north and south of China."
Zheng Xingyi, a native of Song Dynasty, also recorded: "DaSan Pass is under Liangquan County, Fengzhou, and is located south of Baoji County, Fengxiang Prefecture, and is the important road between Qin and Shu. The two mountain passes control the battle, and can attack and defend when they come out, which is actually the situation of the outside and inside."
The Dasan Pass is indeed a dangerous pass, but it must also rely on the monks before the pass to truly form an organic defensive whole.
The monk's land is steep, with wide and flat tops, and water springs, which are easy to garrison, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is more dangerous than Dasan Pass.
Peng Gao, a native of the Song Dynasty, said: "Before the Great San Pass, the most important thing is Wuru Monk Yuan."
Wu Jie, who grew up in the Western Army, knew the importance of Dasanguan and Monk Yuan, so he gave Zhang Xian the order to take down Dasanguan and Monk Yuan regardless of everything.
Although Tang Chong also realized that Dasanguan and Monk Yuan were the only way to attack Shu, and he could not fail, and rushed to Dasanguan and Monk Yuan as soon as possible.
But how can a person's legs run better than a horse's four legs?
In the end, Zhang Xianxian arrived at Dasanguan and Monk Yuan in advance, and used the horse army as infantry to capture Dasanguan and Monk Yuan regardless of the casualties.
Since then, the gate of Shu has been opened by the central army...
Chapter completed!