Chapter 91 Going Down the Mountain to Pick Peaches
Zhao Yulin chased to Qifang Pass. Cao Youwen heard that a fierce battle was going on in front of the pass. He ordered the artillery to be set up immediately, saying that we would give up Qifang Pass.
The Mongolian army had dismantled their Huihui cannons and was still transporting them. The sudden changes on the battlefield stunned the craftsmen, who then hurriedly reassembled them.
The artillerymen of the Shenwei Army put on their bayonets and walked directly with the charging soldiers. The fierce explosion of the explosive pack opened the closed door, and Miao Gui led his brothers to rush in while shouting.
When the Mongolian army attacked, they left Qifang Pass riddled with holes. How could they defend it?
The enemy immediately retreated from the west gate. Zhao Yulin saw that Yang Xingyun and several other powerful generals had arrived, so he ordered them to take turns chasing and not let the enemy stop escaping.
This time the artillery team performed well. The catapults followed the pursuing team closely. When they saw the jam, they immediately set up fire. The team moved forward, and the artillery team behind followed closely to set up support in turn. Don't underestimate just a few catapults. The defense that the Mongolian army had just organized collapsed immediately when it encountered thunder bombs.
Tu Lei ordered his troops to attack Xianren Pass fiercely in an attempt to distract the Song army. He turned to Qifang Pass with great enthusiasm, but just after going out of two miles, he received a fierce counterattack from the Song army. The news that Android's army was defeated and had already retreated left him stunned on horseback.
After a short rest, Ture shouted hysterically, "Kill him back, kill him back."
But it was too late.
Su Butai quickly signaled the messenger not to move.
The old general looked around at the mountain scenery and said that it was getting late, so it would be safer to return to Liangdang.
At this time, another lieutenant reported that the troops at Xianren Pass were defeated and were retreating to Liangdang.
Without waiting for Ture to speak, Subutai immediately ordered the front team to be changed to the rear team and withdraw to Liangdang County.
At this time, the situation of the Mongolian army had become worse. A large number of their siege equipment were lost in Shajinping and Qifangguan. The regular army was less than 5,000, and the signed army had already lost more than half of its troops.
Why fight when it’s already like this?
Toure turned back unwillingly.
Cao Youwen took the lead and led his troops to pursue the enemy to the outside of Liangdang City . Gao Jin rushed out of Shajinping and pursued the enemy all the way to the river mouth. The military gate of Qingyeyuan camp was opened, and the deputy envoy Zhao Yanna led his troops to charge out and surrounded the south gate of Liangdang.
That night, Zhao Yanna sent someone to deliver a message, praising Cao Youwen, Zhao Yulin and Wang Hancheng, and telling them to have a good rest, as he would personally lead the troops to attack the city tomorrow.
Lao Cao looked at him and Wang Hancheng and smiled, saying that Qing Yeyuan was not a coward and came after all. Zhao Yulin smiled and told them to go to his hospital to bandage first. Who didn't have a few bleeding wounds?
The three men dealt with their injuries, and after a quick meal, Lao Cao said that with Deputy Envoy Zhao leading the army, we could rest assured.
Zhao Yulin said that he would take advantage of the situation to recover the five states outside the Great Wall. Wang Hancheng immediately expressed his willingness to work with him. He asked Miao Gui to give Wang Hancheng a brigade of troops.
The next day, Miao Gui led his troops to set off, and Zhao Yulin returned to the mouth of the Jialing River.
Gao Jin reported to him: Deputy Envoy Zhao said that the Shenwei Army is exhausted and wants us to retreat and recuperate.
Zhao Yulin said expressionlessly: "Be on guard, anyone who dares to let the northern barbarians come will be killed without mercy." He stayed in the yard of a small landlord to rest.
When I woke up, I saw Chen Chen sitting by the bed watching over me.
He smiled faintly and said that there are soldiers everywhere, so why should we guard there?
Chen Chen said that she liked to stay with her brother like this.
Zhao Yulin was thinking of Chen Xiaomin, feeling a little guilty, and said, "What's there to see?" He turned inside, but the wound on his body was agitated, causing a sharp pain.
Seeing him in pain, Chen Chen shed tears and ran out to ask the military doctor to come in and change the dressing...
Zhao Yanna led his troops to attack the South Gate fiercely. After a day, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Deputy General Zhang Xiang gave him a suggestion and asked the Shenwei Army to send out their catapults to assist.
Qing Yeyuan watched the battle for several days in a row and knew that Zhao Yulin's catapult was very powerful.
A token was quickly passed to the river mouth, and Zhao Yulin asked Gao Jin to lead the artillery team to attack personally, to let the Mongolian army and the brother troops know how powerful our artillery is.
The Mongolian army had long experienced the power of his catapult. What it fired were not stone bullets, but explosive bombs that exploded one after another. Every explosion was reaping lives.
Toure held out for a day in Liangdang, and when he counted the number of people, it was less than 15,000, and there were many wounded. A large amount of baggage had been lost in the attack, and it was impossible to attack again.
Su Butai said worriedly that it would be impossible to attack the enemy's belly with such a small number of troops.
Tu Lei was also very clear about this. Since he deployed his troops in Fengzhou, he has sent messengers to contact Qingyeyuan and Gui Ruyuan in Lizhou every day. He couldn't do it just by relying on military power, let alone when he was trapped.
His youngest son said that it was the Aonohara army that was attacking the city today, but its attack was not as fast as the Shenwei army.
Subutai analyzed that the weapons of the Song army were different, and Qingyeyuan's firearms were far inferior, but no matter how inferior they were, the Song army still united as a whole, and the Shenwei army could not withdraw from the battlefield.
Tu Lei said: The Shenwei Army is going to withdraw from the battlefield? Impossible, maybe tomorrow morning, the states outside the pass that we have captured will be flying the flags of the Shenwei Army, then Zhao Qier is a wolf.
Tu Lei, with the determination to die, took the initiative to request to pass through the Jin Dynasty for the mission. Even at this point, he was still hesitant and did not want to leave, so he asked to send another envoy to Qingyeyuan and at the same time prepared to retreat to the north.
Zhao Yan heard that Zhao Yulin's artillery team was coming up, but at the same time, three thousand infantrymen also came up to defend the artillery team.
He got angry and asked his subordinates what this meant.
Are you afraid that I will eat up his artillery?
A guest said that he was not afraid that you would eat up his artillery, but that he was afraid that the northern barbarians would rush out and he would lose his artillery. Your Excellency, have you never seen the catapults of the Shenwei Army?
But each one is exquisitely made, easy to disassemble and quick to install.
Zhao Yan sighed and told Cao Youwen to attack at dawn.
At the river mouth, in Zhao Yulin's courtyard, Shunfeng reported that there was no war in Jinzhou. The envoys of the Jin Kingdom sent a letter of peace, offering to send troops to help fight the Northern Barbarians, on the condition that we will also send troops to help them fight the Northern Barbarians in the future.
Zhao Yulin looked at him and smiled, thinking to himself, I'm already washing the dishes, why do I need help?
He asked Shunfeng to prepare and follow to take over those states outside the pass, and asked Yu Fuming to make a plan for farming. After the arrangements were completed, he went to the artillery team to personally command the bombardment of Liangdang.
When dawn arrived, Zhao Yanna ordered an attack on the city.
Zhao Yulin ordered that the artillery team first concentrate its artillery fire on the county government office. Three hundred catapults fired at the Liangdang County Government Office together, and a raging fire immediately broke out. He then ordered balanced fire to bombard the city wall. After three rounds of artillery fire, he ordered that the city gate be concentrated, and the south gate collapsed immediately.
Zhao Yulin shouted: Blow the charge horn for our army.
When the attackers saw the city gate collapsed, they immediately launched a charge, and in coordination with the charge of the Shenwei Army, they rushed towards the city gate like a tide. The Shenwei Army's catapults completely suppressed the counterattack in the city, and they plowed the city open with round after round of attacks.
Zhao Yulin saw from his magic mirror that the Song army had entered the city, and waved his hand to tell the artillery team to stop working.
Tu Lei was suddenly bombarded by thunder bombs in the county government office. Knowing that the Song army had launched an attack, he was immediately carried away by the guards. When he came out covered in dust, the county government office was already a sea of fire.
Su Butai limped over to meet him and said: Let's go, it will be too late if we don't leave now.
The Mongolian army began to retreat towards Fengzhou.
After the Song army occupied Liangdang, they pursued closely. Zhao Yanna also ordered the artillery team of the Shenwei Army to follow closely.
After Ture decided to retreat, he acted decisively. He left a small number of sniper troops in Fengzhou and immediately retreated north to Dasan Pass. The Song army followed all the way and recaptured Dasan Pass ten days later.
Lao Cao came back and asked him to go to Qingyeyuan to discuss matters. This time, Hanzhong defeated the god of war Ture and won a great victory over the Mongolian army. It was an unprecedented happy event. Zhao Yulin took out the Chengyi liquor that Chen had stored at the Jinniu military station and had the whole army drink it.
Lao Gui was extremely smart. Upon learning of the great victory at the front, he had returned to the camp to take charge of the situation. He was very happy and held a banquet. All the generals drank heartily, and he wanted to take credit for it for everyone.
Zhao Yulin got a little tipsy and pretended that his injury had not healed yet, so he said goodbye and returned to the river mouth.
Five days later, Miao Gui came back to report: Tongqing Prefecture, Xihe Prefecture and Tianshui Army were recovered.
Zhao Yulin asked him to stay in Xianren Pass, coordinate the garrisons of the three states, immediately carry out land reform and eliminate bandits and tyrants, and help the people return to their homes. Zhao Yulin told him to educate his brothers to focus on defense and make a living, and quickly stabilize these places.
Gao Jin said that he had seized a lot of cattle and sheep. Zhao Yulin quickly told him not to kill them but to distribute them to the people, especially the cattle. The people would not be able to farm without oxen, and the army also needed oxen to cultivate land.
Miao Gui told him that a large number of war horses had been captured at Qifang Pass, so they could establish a cavalry.
He said that Gao Jin should be appointed as the leader of the First Cavalry Column to strengthen our cavalry. Feng Guiqi took over as the leader of the Fourth Column and led the troops back to Yangzhou for training.
Miao Gui said that in this way, all the good archers in our army should be concentrated in the First Cavalry Column? Zhao Yulin looked at the training officer Li Shichang and said that we should make good adjustments, and it would be better if the reconnaissance and protection teams of each army were not moved.
He asked Miao Gui to transfer all the troops stationed in Nanzheng, because the local military administration office would not give it to him. Miao Gui said that we should return the lunch break to General Cao.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that he would return to Yangzhou and would have a drink with his brothers in a few days.
The next day, he and his entourage took a boat from Xianren Pass to Mianyang Prefecture. Zhou Ping said that in such a big battle, he became a bystander again.
Zhao Yulin laughed and said that they had intercepted and killed the Mongolian army while swimming across the Jialing River, so it was fine.
Zhou Ping said that was nothing, all he did was the rough work of picking up and dropping off his brothers and transporting food and supplies.
He stood at the bow, looked at the mighty Han River flowing eastward and said: Go straight down to Xiangyang and go to Luoyang . Practice well, as the burden will be heavier in the future.
When he arrived in Mianyang Prefecture, he had a drink with Gao Jia and told him that he needed to build a few more military outposts along the Han River to support the military supplies coming in and out of the prefectures.
Lao Gao readily agreed and was very grateful that his Shenwei Army defeated the Mongolian army upstream. Gao Jia said that he was organizing the people in the city to go up the mountain. When they heard about the great victory at Jiguanai and the defeat of the enemy, they all cheered.
Zhao Yulin fully understood the feeling of escaping from a life-and-death crisis, and said calmly that protecting the people's safety was a soldier's duty, and he would inevitably cause trouble for you in the future.
Gao Jia welcomed him to garrison with a smile on his face.
The next day, he said goodbye to Gao Jia and continued eastward. In the evening, he returned to Yangzhou, where he had been away for several months. Wu Yuqi had given birth. Chen Chen stepped forward and held the child in his arms skillfully, playing with him. Zhao Yulin smiled and said, "I haven't asked whether it's a boy or a girl yet?"
Chen Chen asked him in return: Are children important?
