go ahead! go ahead!
In the dark of night, the red-turbaned Song Army of the brigade divided into several groups, drove out of the Jinxi Camp, which was built on the Qili River and backed by the Bay of Bijia Mountain, and rolled forward. The sound of people shouting and horses neighing echoed in the mountainous plains of western Liaoning outside Jinzhou.
The army commanded by Yue Fei left Shanhaiguan on March 23, the eleventh year of Hongwu, and rushed west of Jinzhou along the Liaoxi Corridor.
Millions of troops march out of the mountains and seas!
Facing the red scarf Song army of this size, all the strongholds placed by the Jin soldiers on the Liaoxi Corridor, such as Laibin, Shijiadian, Haibin, Xingcheng, Yangjiaguan, Taohua Island, Juehua Island, etc., were abandoned. , and burned to the ground - these Jin Army strongholds located east of Shanhaiguan and on the Western Liaoning Corridor, since the Battle of Yanyun, have all been converted into wooden structures. They are only used to deal with small-scale Song armies. If they encounter When the Song army came out of the pass in large numbers, they immediately gave up burning them to avoid benefiting the enemy. At the same time, the defenders in these strongholds retreated to the mountains of western Liaoning to lurk, waiting for the Song Army brigade to pass before going down the mountains to harass their rear.
However, this method was used to deal with the Northern Song Army, which had no sea power. It was completely ineffective against the Song Army, which was now capable of three-dimensional land and sea operations.
Therefore, Yue Fei's "million-strong army" advanced rapidly after leaving Shanhaiguan. The 1,780-mile journey was completed in less than three days.
The army left Shanhaiguan on the 23rd. On the 26th, Li Shifu, who was in the vanguard, had personally led the First Army to occupy Beacon Hill Bay!
However, after occupying Bijiashan Bay, Yue Fei did not immediately launch an attack on Jinzhou.
The reason why he did not leave heavy troops to guard the Liaoxi Corridor before was not because he did not want a retreat, but because after gaining control of the sea, the land supply lines were no longer useful. The supplies needed for his hundreds of thousands of troops were originally transported from the southeast by sea. It would be closer to be transported directly to Beacon Hill Bay!
So within twelve days from March 26th to April 8th, the hundreds of thousands of Song troops who arrived at Beacon Hill Bay started infrastructure construction in full swing.
Beacon Hill is located on the top of a peninsula. On the west side of the peninsula is the Qili River, which is not too wide but can still be relied upon.
So the Jinxi Camp of the Song Army started construction relying on the Qili River and the peninsula to the north of Bijia Mountain.
While starting to build the camp, the Song Army also built a temporary dock with fifteen berths on the beach of the peninsula north of Bijia Mountain, called Jinxi Port.
While the main force of the Song Army was busy carrying out infrastructure construction, Yue Fei also sent dozens of small troops to control the Qili River, Nuerhe River, Songshan and the west bank of the lower reaches of the Xiaoling River outside the Jinxi Camp. This completely covered the area where his army was gathering.
On the eighth day of April, emergency construction projects such as Jinxi Camp, Jinxi Port, Bijiashan Fortress, Qilihe Long Wall, Jinxi Long Trench, etc. were all initially completed.
Subsequently, Yue Fei ordered his officers and soldiers to hand over the follow-up projects to the civilian militiamen who accompanied the army. These militiamen would continue the construction under the command of some engineers and soldiers until the Song Army's stronghold in Jinxi became unbreakable.
After the construction was completed, the officers and soldiers under Yue Fei's command rested for three days and two nights. After the arrival of dusk on April 11, the assembly was suddenly completed, and then the army was used as a unit to drive out of the Jinxi camp. Three torrents merged between the plains and mountains of Jinxi and rushed towards Jinzhou.
The three torrents were named East Route Army, West Route Army and Middle Route Army respectively.
Among them, the West Route Army was led by Liu Qi and consisted of a total of three armies: the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army, and the Twelfth Army. After leaving Jinxi Camp, it was divided into three groups. Among them, the Fourth Army headed directly eastward. , drove to the line of Lianshan River, forty miles west of Qili River, and headed to the village - Lianshan River was just an inconspicuous river, very easy to cross. But it blocks the highway from the Western Liaoning Corridor to Jinzhou. The famous Tashan Mountain in later generations is just more than ten miles north of Lianshan River!
After leaving Jinxi Camp, the Fifth Army moved northeastward, advancing all the way to the junction of Nuerhe and the mountains of western Liaoning.
Nerhong is a tributary of Xiaoling River, which also flows from the mountainous area of western Liaoning. There is a wide official road where the river flows, leading to Xingzhong Mansion in the mountainous area of western Liaoning. The mission of the Fifth Army is to guard this official road, so it also goes to the stronghold on the road!
The Twelfth Army moved to the Nervhe Dazhai and Lianshanhe Dazhai, and set up camp at the foot of a hill called Mopan Mountain, which is close to the Qili River. It served as the reserve team of the Fourth and Fifth Armies, and also He is very careful about the paths between the mountains in western Liaoning. Liu Qi's own Chinese army was placed on Mopan Mountain.
The Middle Army that attacked Jinzhou was led by Niu Gao and consisted of eight armies including the Second Army, the Third Army, the Sixth Army, the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, and the Eleventh Army, plus Ten siege artillery generals will be formed, with a total strength of more than 200,000!
Their mission is one, to conquer Jinzhou as soon as possible!
In order to complete this task, Niu Gao divided his eight armies into four armies: southeast, northwest and northwest according to Yue Fei's instructions. The South Route Army was composed of the Seventh and Ninth Army. It first occupied the Songshan area south of Jinzhou, and then forcibly crossed the Xiaoling River to attack the south of Jinzhou Triangular Fort.
The West Route Army was composed of a division from the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Sixth Army. It crossed the Nerv River and Xiaoling River from the west of Jinzhou, occupied North Putuo Mountain as its starting position, and then attacked the west of Jinzhou Triangular Fort. .
The North Route Army was composed of the main forces of the Eighth Army, the Tenth Army, and the Sixth Army. Together with the West Route Army, it moved to the foot of North Putuo Mountain, and then moved east to the north of Jinzhou City, the south of Yizhou, and the southwest area of Yiwulu Mountain. Expand. Then attack Jinzhou from the north.
The East Route Army has the smallest strength, with only one Eleventh Army. This army will cross the Xiaoling River from the south of Jinzhou, and then attack from between the Xiaoling River and the east of Jinzhou.
According to the plan, all four legions will be in place before April 18th and clear out the Jin Bing strongholds outside Jinzhou.
Starting from April 18th, 200,000 Song troops will attack Jinzhou from all directions at the same time!
The East Route Army, which is responsible for covering the northeast of Jinzhou, is commanded by Wu Jie and consists of a total of three armies, including the Twelfth Army, the Thirteenth Army, and the Fourteenth Army. They will move together with the East Route Army of the Central Route Army. , first drive to the west of the Daling River, and then spread out from south to north along the Daling River, to the foot of the southern foot of Yiwulu Mountain, then turn west, and use a Twelfth Army to control the road between Jinzhou and Yizhou. The stronghold blocked the passage for the gold thieves to go south from Yizhou.
In addition to the above four armies, Yue Fei, who is stationed in Jinxi, also has an elite First Army on hand, which is the general reserve of the entire army!
The other ten artillery generals of the Fourteenth Army, regular soldiers, auxiliary soldiers and accompanying militiamen, an army of nearly 400,000 people, branched out in so many roads around Jinzhou, which was not particularly open, and launched a furious advance. The golden soldiers on the opposite side were alerted.
Everyone knows that the war has begun!
"Your Majesty, the emperor is fierce! The Nan bandits are dividing their troops into several groups and moving towards Jinzhou in all directions. We have lost contact with many of our strongholds outside Jinzhou! Seri, who is guarding Jinzhou, sent someone to send an urgent report, saying that no later than On the 18th, Jinzhou will be surrounded by Nan bandits!"
Wanyan Zongqiang stood in front of Wanyan Zongqian, his face full of uncontrollable excitement. Of course, this expression was for the two brothers Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zonggu who had already arrived in Guangning Mansion!
Everything is under control!
Wanyan Zongqian also laughed: "Hahaha, as expected, the Southerners have really divided their forces! If they want to capture Jinzhou quickly, it will not be enough if they do not invest 200,000 troops. But how many regular soldiers can they have? Now Yanshan The front, the Goryeo side, and the Huachengguan side all reported being attacked by the Nankou! How many more people can they surrender to Jinzhou? With such a division of troops, the flaws will be exposed!"
There is nothing wrong with his analysis. Of course, if there are flaws in Yue Fei's plan, he will win the battle 60% of the time!
A battle that is 60% certain can be fought, but a battle that is 80%, 90% or 100% certain cannot be fought because the enemy has already fled!
Now that Jinzhou is still fighting, it shows that Yue Fei's arrangement is by no means impeccable. For example, the two lines of resistance troops he sent out only have a total of six armies, and they are relatively scattered.
If Jin Bing is really determined, he can defeat all of them!
In this way, the Niugao Middle Route Army besieging Jinzhou will be in crisis
But can we make the decision? There is no telling whether we should concentrate our forces to defeat one of them, or whether we should concentrate our forces on the east and west to make dumplings for Yue Fei.
If Wanyan Zongqian wanted to concentrate his forces to attack the Song army, he would go south from Yizhou - Yizhou is located between Yiwulu Mountain and Liaoxi Mountains. From the map, it is an open passage. The 300,000-strong army could not enter through this passage. question.
And Jinzhou is at the end of this passage. If we fight like this, although the possibility of victory is relatively high, the result will not be satisfactory because the Song army can retreat if they cannot defeat it!
Just retreat to the line of Beiputuo Mountain, Nuerhe River, Xiaoling River and Songshan, and form a confrontation with the Jin soldiers.
Millions of troops from both sides faced off in western Liaoning. Isn't this a replica of the Battle of Changping? The Jin army who fought for two or three years in the previous year is likely to be wiped out like the Zhao army in Changping!
Moreover, Wanyan Zongqian is not very good now. They had been fighting for a year or two. He died before the battle was over, leaving a 17 or 18-year-old Wan Yanliang. How could he control the overall situation?
Therefore, Wanyan Zongqian had no choice but to win by a narrow margin. To the south of Yizhou on the northern line, Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zongqian's Eastern Route Army exerted a main force of 300,000, forcing the Song army to move north for a decisive battle or to break the siege of Jinzhou and go south. . No matter whether the Song army relieves the siege or deploys troops, it will cause huge chaos. At this time, if Wanyan Zongbi attacks Jinxi from the west, he can expect a great victory!
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