Su Yonglin's speech was recognized by everyone.
Everyone believed that the combat effectiveness and logistics of the Liberation Army had been raised to a very high level by Su Yonglin. With such blessing, it would be simply a crime if they could not defeat the remnants of the Jin Army that were about to be defeated.
The Liberation Army is the strongest army on the East Asian continent, an army that is invincible in the world, so they must win and cannot fail!
Therefore, the order to storm Daqingguan and Tongguan was handed down by the Staff Department to the Qilu Corps and the Henan Corps, and was handed over to the commanders of the two corps, Su Haisheng and Zhang Yuejing.
When they learned that Su Yonglin asked them to attack Daqingguan and Tongguan, Su Haisheng and Zhang Yuejing were very serious and felt a little embarrassed.
Especially Zhang Yuejing, Zhou Zhi led the army to storm Tongguan once before, and attacked Guancheng 21 times but was driven back 21 times. This shows the high intensity of the Jin army's defense and the high will of the Jin army to fight. This cannot be ignored. of.
But Su Yonglin's letter to the two of them also made it very clear.
The Liberation Army has been reborn and is now the strongest army on the land of China. There is no reason to be helpless because of the two passes.
All the preparations that need to be made have been made, and the organization and training of the army are far better than a few months ago. There is sufficient food and ordnance, and there are absolutely no problems with logistics.
Under such circumstances, if the Liberation Army cannot conquer Daqing Pass and Tong Pass, it will be a serious military problem. Su Yonglin will hold the Qilu Corps and the Henan Corps accountable for the military problems, and will hold Su Haisheng and Zhang Yuejing accountable.
There is no retreat.
So Su Haisheng and Zhang Yuejing made the same move.
They summoned all officers and instructors above the battalion commander level of the troops participating in the war, showed Su Yonglin's handwritten letter, and informed them of Su Yonglin's basic meaning, letting them know what kind of battle this was.
"We have no reason to lose the war anymore."
The two men conveyed this message to the army with surprising consistency.
After the officers and instructors returned, they held their own military meetings to convey the superiors' intentions to the grassroots and to the ears of every soldier, letting every soldier know that they had lost the qualification to defeat the battle.
If we don't win the battle, we will be sorry for Su Yonglin and all the people's trust and investment in the Liberation Army.
In the pre-war ideological preparation meeting, the will of all the soldiers participating in the war has been unified, and an army with all its efforts directed toward one place has completed preparations for combat.
For the upcoming battle, both the Qilu Corps and the Henan Corps have prepared a large number of large and small river vessels and personnel who can drive the vessels.
The Qilu Corps even prepared ships and building materials that could build ten pontoon bridges at Su Haisheng's request, and gathered almost all the craftsmen who could build bridges, waiting for the war to start and deal a decisive blow to the Jin army that was defending the dangerous pass.
On the other side, Zhang Yuejing was stationed in Luoyang and still handed over the task of attacking Tongguan to Zhou Zhi and his You Yi army, letting them wash away their shame with completely different will.
"If you fail to capture Tongguan, the shame of defeat will always follow You Yi's army and yourself. Only you can wash away this shame, so don't let me down, don't let the general down!"
Zhang Yuejing handed over the power to decide fate to Zhou Zhi. Zhou Zhi took the fully prepared You Yi army on the journey with red eyes, advanced to the attack position, and was ready to launch an attack at any time.
While the Liberation Army was approaching the border and preparing to attack, Xixia also received a note from Su Yonglin. Su Yonglin asked Xixia to dispatch a certain number of troops to perform military exercises in the border areas to attract the attention of some Jin troops and suppress some of the Jin troops for the Liberation Army.
In fact, in order to defend against the Xixia army and the Southern Song army, Tudan Hexi had to place more than half of his troops on the northwest and southwest borders to prepare for raids by the Xixia or Southern Song Dynasty.
At the moment, he can only use less than half of his remaining troops to defend against the attack of the Liberation Army. The main garrison points are one at Tongguan and one at Daqingguan. The final reserves and mobile troops stay with him in Chang'an as the last resort. Insurance exists.
He appointed Jingzhao Yin Wuyan Pu Lihei to lead 10,000 troops to guard Tongguan, and Wanhu Wanyan Xinile to lead 10,000 troops to guard Daqing Pass, blocking the two most important routes for the Liberation Army to attack Guanzhong.
The remaining troops are mainly stationed in Chang'an. If anything goes wrong, they can quickly remedy the situation.
For this battle, both the Henan Corps and the Qilu Corps dispatched 50,000 troops. Together, this was a large-scale military operation involving 100,000 troops.
In order to ensure the logistics of 100,000 soldiers, Su Yonglin also mobilized more than 150,000 civilians and auxiliary troops, mobilized 50,000 livestock, and 30,000 vehicles of various types to ensure transportation logistics.
He is bound to win this battle.
At the beginning of May, all attacking forces had fully arrived at the starting position of the battle, and they only needed the commander's order to launch the final decisive battle.
At the same time, there was no response from the Southern Song Dynasty. Xixia also followed Su Yonglin's request and pulled out the garrison troops stationed on the border of Xiazhou area to engage in military exercises. This made the Guanzhong Jin Army feel uneasy and also prepared for possible attacks by the Xixia Army. Go south.
Because of the previous experience of failing to attack Tongguan, Zhi was more fully prepared for this attack and brought more firearms and siege equipment to ensure that the war could keep up with consumption for three months.
The previous battle was really frustrating. Zhou Zhi has been constantly thinking about the reasons since his defeat. He has strengthened his control over army training and paid close attention to troop training. He is particularly devoted to the training of You Yijun. He lives and eats in the military camp almost every day. Rarely leaving the barracks.
Thanks to his efforts, the training and organization of You Yi Army have indeed improved to a great extent. Zhou Zhi even sent people to forcibly build an earth city that simulated Tongguan City, and took the army to simulate training to siege the city. Obviously, he was Tongguan regarded it as his own shame.
But he also knew very well that the reason Tongguan appeared there was because Tongguan was indeed extremely dangerous.
The Yellow River goes south and turns east, and the Wei River comes from the west and merges into the Yellow River exactly at the turning point of the Yellow River, dividing this area into three parts. On the north and south banks are the Qinling Mountains and the Zhongtiao Mountains. The two mountains stand between the river. Confining the Yellow River to an extremely narrow area.
This area is covered with hills and plateaus of various sizes.
The so-called plateau is a unique landform on the Loess Plateau. It is a platform-like highland formed by water erosion. The top of this terrain is very flat and the area is very large, but the surrounding area is often formed by steep cliffs due to river erosion. .
Hangu Pass, a pass that the Qin State relied on to block the Six Kingdoms in Shandong, was built at the entrance to a crack in a plateau. Its dangerous terrain made the Allied Forces of the Six Kingdoms sigh and call it insurmountable.
Tongguan is different from Hangu Pass. The original Tongguan was built on the top of the plateau. Next to the plateau is the Yellow River. There are no tidal flats and no pedestrians are allowed. The only way to enter Guanzhong is to climb to the top of the plateau and conquer Tongguan.
If the Eastern Army wants to reach the top of the plateau, there is only one way, which is a road on the edge of the Yellow River called Huangxiang Ban.
This road is only a few meters wide and about fifteen miles long. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The defenders also set up a checkpoint here called Jindou Pass, which is enough to frighten any attacking army.
Crossing Huangxiang Ban with all kinds of difficulties and dangers, we still have to face Tongguan City. Basically, as long as the defenders don't commit crimes and there are no internal problems, the attackers can't take Tongguan even if they hit the scalp and bleed.
This was Tongguan before the Tang Dynasty.
After the Tang Dynasty, as the Yellow River continued to cut down and the water level dropped, the shoal on the edge of the original high plateau was exposed and became a road. Travelers from the East could directly bypass Tongguan and enter Guanzhong through this road. The old Tongguan on the top of the plateau disappeared. Therefore, the Tang government built the new Tongguan.
Xintongguan was built on the shoal, facing the Yellow River, blocking the road to the shoal, and the blockade was completed again. After that, the route to attack Guanzhong was very direct, all the way to the west.
Therefore, compared with before the Tang Dynasty, the danger level of Xintong Pass has actually declined somewhat.
But it is only a relative decrease. If there is a real fight, as long as the defenders are effective, they can still beat the attacker to a bloody pulp and there is nothing they can do.
For example, You Yijun before.
