Chapter 317: Defeat of the Jin Army
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Wanyan Zongwang, who was about to lead the Jin army to seize Juyong Pass in one fell swoop, saw that the Liangshan army in Juyong Pass killed most of the Jin soldiers who had sneaked into the Liangshan army with just one wave of attack, and his pupils shrank.
What made Wanyan Zongwang's mouth twitch was that after this wave of attacks, the people in Juyong Pass immediately went to Guanzhong to meet the Liangshan soldiers calmly, and re-unwrapped the bed crossbows and placed the crossbow arrows.
Just when Wanyan Zongwang was lucky and hoped that those Jin soldiers who survived by chance could sneak into Juyong Pass.
It was seen that everyone who wanted to enter the core area of Juyong Pass would be questioned, and the most important thing was to answer the password.
As long as they could not answer or answered the wrong password, they would be killed immediately, and their bodies would be thrown out of the pass. Only those who answered the questions and passwords could really enter Juyong Pass.
The 1,000 Jin soldiers sent by Wanyan Zongwang to sneak into the Liangshan army were all destroyed.
Seeing this, how could Wanyan Zongwang not know that the commander of Juyongguan was an extremely experienced and stable general. He wanted to use these tricks on this person, which was just showing off his skills in front of an expert.
In this battle, including the kills of Shan Shiqi and others, the two sides basically tied.
And a tie actually means that the Jin army lost.
You know, the Jin army is small in number, and the most unwilling to fight is a one-for-one attrition war.
Next, Wanyan Zongwang thought of a lot of tricks to capture Juyongguan, but without exception, all were resolved by Wang Bing.
Moreover, Wang Bing did not give Wanyan Zongwang any space. As long as there was a chance, he would definitely kill a large number of Jin people.
The key is that this is different from Wang Bing's lack of food, weapons, and people when defending Taiyuan City in history. When defending Juyongguan, Jiang Hongfei sent people to prepare everything that Wang Bing lacked, no more and no less.
It is no exaggeration to say that under such conditions, Wang Bing can really defend until the end of time.
Today, Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Zongwang and others finally understand why both the Liao Dynasty and Shuibo Liangshan attach so much importance to Juyongguan.
Their more than 100,000 Jin troops swept across most of the Liao Empire, but could not do anything about this pass.
At the same time, Wanyan Chang encountered the exact same experience as Wanyan Zongwang at Juyongguan in Gubeikou. He personally led the army to attack more than a dozen times, but was repelled by the defending general Liu Qi all the time.
Moreover, it rained heavily the night before, and Liu Qi personally led people out of the pass to attack Wanyan Chang's camp, killing at least 3,000 Jin soldiers.
Looking at this pass that has stood for thousands of years from afar, and Liu Qi's face that was a little too young, Wanyan Chang realized that Shuibo Liangshan was not the ruined Liao Kingdom, and he had the strength to go to war with the Jin Kingdom.
After sighing, Wanyan Chang was not discouraged, because his route and the route to Juyongguan were actually feints. If they could break through the pass, it would be the best. If not, someone would help them enter the pass.
That's right.
The one who helped Wanyan Chang enter the pass was Wanyan Zonghan who took the southern secret pass.
Cuan Dixia Village is located in Zhaitang Town, Mentougou District, west of Yanjing.
The word "Cuan" means: home, never separate, that is, never separate.
Why did this small mountain village have such a strange name?
It turns out that this is related to the geographical location of the village.
Two miles northwest of Cuan Dixia Village, there is a steep mountain pass, which looks like a stove from a distance and is called "Cuantou". Below Cuantou is a natural pass with deep canyons and towering cliffs, which is more than 100 meters long. The locals vividly call it "a line of sky". This is a hidden military stronghold in Yanjing, called "Nan'ankou", from which you can also enter Yandi.
When the Liao Dynasty occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, this "Nan'ankou" was guarded by the Qingbai Army among the Eight Armies Behind the Mountain.
Because Liangshan Marsh had taken over Yanjing for too short a time, it had no time to set up defenses at the hidden Nan'ankou.
The Jin people had already grasped this news, so they sent Wanyan Zonghan to lead 20,000 elite troops to fight directly to the city of Yanjing through this road.
Of course, if they successfully entered Yandi, Wanyan Zonghan would send a detachment to attack Gubeikou and support Wanyan Chang to enter Yanjing.
That morning, a villager from Cuandixia got up early and saw a large black army coming in from Cuanlikou.
Most of the soldiers in this army wore white clothes, short scarves with left lapels, braided hair hanging down, gold rings hanging from their ears, and hair tied with colored silk behind their heads. The generals used pearls and jade as decorations, and wore black furs, fine cloth, or clothes made of sable, blue mouse, fox, and raccoon. The soldiers wore leather clothes made of cows, horses, pigs, sheep, cats, dogs, fish, and snakes. They tied their horses and held their mouths shut, lowered their flags and wrapped themselves in armor, and entered the narrow gap silently.
Under this Cuandi Village, in the narrow gap, the iron cavalry of the Jin people poured in silently like a torrent. The sound of their horses' hooves echoed in this deep canyon, although subtle, but revealing the barbarity and power that cannot be ignored. On the cliffs, occasionally mountain birds flew in fright, crossing the sky, adding a bit of solemnity.
The villagers of Cuandixia Village were shocked by this sudden army. They whispered to each other, and their eyes showed deep worry and uneasiness.
Yanjing has been a military stronghold since ancient times. Under the rule of the Liao Dynasty, it was finally safe for more than 200 years, but now it has become the focus of competition among various forces.
The Jin army marched in an orderly manner. There must be guides who are familiar with this road among them, making them seem familiar with this land. Every action reveals their familiarity and control over this land.
And their goal is obviously not only Yanjing, but also the vast Central Plains behind it.
Wanyan Zonghan's eyes are deep and sharp, as if he can see through everything.
Wanyan Zonghan knew that this battle was crucial for the Jin Kingdom. He not only wanted to capture Yanjing, but also to defeat the bandits in Liangshan Marsh through this battle, so that they would know that the Jurchens were the overlords of this world.
The 20,000 Jin troops quickly passed through the narrow gap and entered Mentougou. When they walked forward for about a mile, Wanyan Zonghan in the middle of the team looked at the large earth slope in front of them, which was like a gate. It was long and slanted, very suitable for war horses to accelerate. There was a large pine forest on the slope. He suddenly felt a little alert from the bottom of his heart: "This is a natural ambush place..."
Before Wanyan Zonghan thought about it, he saw arrows fired from the earth slope, like rain.
What's more terrifying is that among these arrows, there are also a lot of crossbow arrows. The arrows are huge and can penetrate multiple targets, and even penetrate the city walls to cause damage to the enemies in the city. If they are shot by them, even Jiang Hongfei, who is wearing goose feather circle gold armor and gold silk armor, may not be able to resist, let alone these Jin army soldiers who are mainly wearing leather armor?
The Jin army was really caught off guard by the Liangshan army that had been ambushed for a long time. Thousands of soldiers and horses crowded in the narrow road of Mentougou, running east and west and trampling on each other.
Mrs. Jia, Xu Qingniang and Wang Gongren, who were in charge of commanding this battle, stood on the top of the mountain to observe the battle situation. Mrs. Jia waved the flag in her hand, and the bugler standing in front of her blew the charge horn. The Beiwei Army, the Tabai Army, the Podi Army, the Youyi Army and the Shengjie Army hidden in the pine forest immediately rushed down the slope like a tiger descending from the mountain under the leadership of Du Fu, Lu Junyi, Sun An, Shi Wengong and Wang Jin, and killed the Jin army.
Wanyan Zonghan was in the midst of arrows, but he was not panicked. He drew out his scimitar to drive away the scattered arrows, and at the same time shouted loudly, commanding the Jin army to resist.
However, the arrows of the Liangshan Army surged like a tide, one wave after another, constantly shooting and killing the Jin army.
Amid the arrows and the shouts of the Liangshan Army, Wanyan Zonghan caught a glimpse of the calm commanders on the hillside - Mrs. Jia, Xu Qingniang and Wang Gongren. Their eyes were firm, as if everything was under control.
Wanyan Zonghan knew that he was ambushed in front. If he wanted to win this battle, he had to capture the leader first, and he had to get rid of these women first.
Wanyan Zonghan sent his general Wanyan Loushi to lead a team of elite cavalry to rush straight to the hillside.
However, at this time, Du Fu, Lu Junyi, Sun An, Shi Wengong and Wang Jin also led their own troops to rush down the mountain.
Lu Junyi, who was charging at the front, saw that Wanyan Loushi wanted to rush up the earth slope to attack Madam Jia and others, so he immediately led the Tabai Army to meet Wanyan Loushi.
Wanyan Loushi joined the army when he was young, and at the age of 21, he replaced his father as the Minister of Seven Water. In the fourth year of Tianqing in Liao Dynasty, he followed Wanyan Aguda to fight against Liao, and was promoted to Meng'an the following year for his merits. In the battle of Dalugu City, he and Wanyan Yinshuke led cavalry to rush straight to the core of the Liao army, trapped their formation nine times, and defeated the Liao army. In the sixth year of Tianfu in Jin Dynasty, he followed Wanyan Xieye as the commander-in-chief to break the Liao Zhongjing. Soon, he and Wanyan Jiemu broke through Liaoxijing, and recruited officials from Tiande, Yunnei, Ningbian, Dongsheng and other places to surrender. He was the first fierce general of the Jin Dynasty.
Seeing that Wanyan Loushi was the leader, Lu Junyi rushed forward alone, with one person, one horse, one spear, and one courage!
Wanyan Loushi waved his scimitar and greeted him without fear.
The two of them fought with swords and spears!
Wanyan Loushi's scimitar was blazing with lightning, fierce and swift, and decisive.
Lu Junyi was as steady as a mountain, his long spear wrapped in jade-colored spiritual power, like a dragon out of the sea, magnificent.
Every confrontation between the two was like a thunder and lightning strike between heaven and earth, shocking people.
The battle between the two lasted for a long time, from the top of the earth slope to the grass under the slope, but no one could do anything to the other.
Wanyan Loushi was very anxious because he still had the task of killing Madam Jia and the others. He really didn't expect Lu Junyi to be so powerful, so he fought with Lu Junyi in person. Unexpectedly, in this way, he was entangled by Lu Junyi and had no chance to carry out the task assigned to him by Wanyan Zonghan.
Wanyan Loushi looked around and found that not only him, but all other Jin generals were entangled by the generals of Liangshan Army. It was as difficult as climbing to the sky to climb the earth slope that was not particularly long.
What surprised Wanyan Loushi even more was that there were four powerful generals like Lu Junyi on the Liangshan Army side, and most of the warriors of their Great Jin Kingdom were not even a match for them.
Under the leadership of Du Fu, Sun An, Shi Wengong and Wang Jin, the once invincible Jin army was defeated step by step.
Wanyan Zonghan was also unstoppable, and he fought off several waves of Liangshan army generals who wanted to kill him. Wanyan Zonghan's hard-line soldiers rushed forward to protect Wanyan Zonghan.
But the Liangshan army continued to surge towards the Jin army like a tide, and even rushed directly towards Wanyan Zonghan.
The Liangshan infantry on the hillside also slowly shot and killed the Jin army soldiers.
Wanyan Zonghan was anxious, knowing that if this continued, the Jin army would be doomed.
It was not until this moment that Wanyan Zonghan realized that Jiang Hongfei was not unaware that "less than 10,000 Jurchens are invincible, and more than 10,000 are invincible", but that he was not afraid of the Jin army and dared to fight the Jin army, even head-on.
Seeing that the Jin army had no chance of winning, Wanyan Loushi, who had fought with Lu Junyi for nearly 200 rounds, waved his arms and rushed towards Lu Junyi like a spirit wolf.
Lu Junyi waved his arms without showing any weakness, and a spiritual Qilin met the spiritual wolf.
"Boom!" A huge explosion of air exploded, and the surrounding Liangshan Army and Jin Army soldiers were all blown away.
But Lu Junyi was not thinking.
What Lu Junyi never expected was that Wanyan Loushi took advantage of the explosion to ride his horse backwards, then used all his spiritual power to kill Wanyan Zonghan, and fought back Sun An and Wang Jin who had already targeted Wanyan Zonghan, and came to Wanyan Zonghan.
Wanyan Loushi said: "Nianhan, if we continue to fight, our army will be destroyed, let's retreat!"
Wanyan Zonghan looked at the battlefield unwillingly, and saw that less than half of his 20,000 troops were left, and the Liangshan infantry had begun to go down the mountain to surround them.
Wanyan Zonghan sighed: "Alas!", and then decisively ordered: "Retreat!"
Next, Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Huonu, father and son, took the lead and fought their way out, and the Jin army retreated back to the thin line of sky.
When they arrived here, the Jin people were dumbfounded again.
It's not that there is an ambush here in the thin line of sky, it's just that it's too narrow.
Soon, the Jin army was crowded at the mouth of the thin line of sky and trampled on each other.
The Liangshan Army frantically killed the Jin Army's manpower in the back.
In the end, the number of Jin Army soldiers who could survive and rush through the narrow gap was less than 2,000.
Wanyan Zonghan, who had finally escaped with his life, looked back at Du Fu, Lu Junyi, Sun An, Shi Wengong and Wang Jin who had methodically fought their way out of the narrow gap, as well as the fierce troops behind them, and was deeply afraid.
Wanyan Loushi thought that Wanyan Zonghan was unwilling to give up and wanted to turn around and continue fighting with the Liangshan Army. He quickly advised: "The Han people have a saying that if you keep the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. Let's retreat and find a chance to avenge our hatred later."
Wanyan Zonghan took a deep breath, then ordered: "Retreat!", and then led the remnants of the Jin Army into the vast grassland...
That night.
Under Jinpo Pass.
Wanyan Xieye, a member of the Jin Dynasty royal family, a founding hero, the fifth son of Jin Shizu Wanyan Helibo, the same mother brother of Wanyan Aguda, Ren Guolun Zebojilie, and the first commander of the Jin Dynasty, quietly led a detachment of 10,000 troops to Jinpo Pass.
The Jin army dispatched four routes, two open and two hidden.
The two open routes were feints, mainly to attract the attention of the Liangshan army.
Even Wanyan Zonghan's hidden route can be regarded as a feint.
Of course, Wanyan Aguda also hoped that the three routes could break through the defense of the Liangshan army and enter Yanjing, especially Wanyan Zonghan's route.
But Wanyan Aguda also knew that since Jiang Hongfei dared to go to war with him, he must have something, so his real backhand was to attack from Jinpo Pass with only 5,000 defenders, and attack Juyong Pass, allowing the main force of the 100,000 Jin army led by him to enter Yandi.
In other words, the decisive factor in the battle between Wanyan Aguda and Jiang Hongfei actually lies with his most trusted brother Wanyan Xieye...
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