Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 791: Baoji in Hand
At Heshangyuan, the Song army had a decisive battle with the Jin army, and won a great victory with a smaller force.

This kind of thing will more or less leave some psychological trauma on the defeated party.

Just like when Yang Yuan was fighting in Lianghuai and camped on the bank of Wujiang River, many people in the army felt taboo about this.

The same goes for Tang Kuo Wu Ye, but he has no choice.

Heshangyuan and Dasanguan are both important places controlling the transportation between Sichuan and Shaanxi.

This is one of the important passes from the Weishui River Basin across the Qinling Mountains into the Hanzhong area, and the terrain is very dangerous.

Apart from the thousand acres of plain, there are valleys everywhere, with many narrow roads and towering strange rocks.

Therefore, cavalry is almost useless in such places.

At the beginning, the Song army took advantage of the geographical features of mountains on all sides and a flat valley in the middle, and used the bed crossbow and the divine arm bow to kill the Jin army.

When the Jin army wanted to close in and fight, their most powerful cavalry was useless and they could only dismount and fight on foot. As a result, Wu Jie defeated the Jin army with a smaller force.

However, the current configuration of the Jin army's cavalry is no longer the same as before, so Tangkuo Wuye still has a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Until... the musketry and rifle fire started densely like frying beans.

Tang Kuo Wuye is really going crazy.

Although Yang Yuan's artillery and muskets are still severely affected by climatic conditions today, once they are in a place suitable for showing their power, this kind of weapons and equipment that transcends the times will really make those famous generals who are only accustomed to fighting with cold weapons helpless.

Yang Yuan's army not only had musketeers, but also crossbows and crossbow arrows.

Seeing the crossbow arrow, as thick as a spear, shooting towards him, piercing a horse and then piercing another knight and his horse, nailing them firmly to the ground, Tang Kuo Wuye was terrified.

The bed crossbow is very heavy. There are several models of bed crossbows, ranging from light to heavy. It requires four to eight people to carry it to move.

Tangkuo Wuye abandoned the city and escaped to Heshangyuan.

Therefore, it would be impossible for the pursuing Song army to move the crossbows so quickly and engage in battle so quickly.

Unless..., they were already settled here long before Tangkuo Wuye abandoned the city and broke out.

Therefore, this was an ambush, and the Song army had already predicted that he would abandon the city and break out.

After all, Tangkuo Wuye was a veteran with rich experience. Once he understood this principle, he immediately ordered the troops to retreat with the sound of gongs and drums, and then used command flags to order the soldiers to disperse into the mountains.

This is his only way to preserve his vitality.

The Jin army was stunned by the muskets and crossbows.

They all understood that long-range attacks should be launched first before a battle.

But who would keep attacking from a distance?

The interval between two or three rounds of crossbow attacks is enough for the two sides to quickly close the distance and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

However, the three-stage musket shooting, combined with the intermittent coordination of crossbow arrows, formed a dense and uninterrupted shooting network.

The Jin army rushed forward fearlessly, and then fell down in rows like cut wheat.

If this happened, within half an arrow's distance, there would be corpses everywhere.

This kind of battle was completely beyond their experience and knowledge.

No matter how brave a soldier is, his fighting spirit will completely collapse when facing such a battle.

So when Tangkuo Wuye's horn sounded, the Jin soldiers felt as if they had been pardoned. The supervising team withdrew first, and the sergeants, squad leaders, and centurions also turned around and fled.

So the soldiers had no more scruples and fled.

They ran without any formation, let alone taking turns to cover each other.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

On one side, the gong was sounded, and on the other side, the war drum was beaten.

When they heard the war drums, the first to rush out were a group of cavalrymen who were hiding behind the musketeers and also serving as protectors.

The riders raised their sharp sabers high in the air, charged on their horses, slashed left and right, and slashed back with their sabers, making the fleeing Jin soldiers' formation even more chaotic.

When they reached the front of the mountain, they quickly circled their horses and launched a counter-attack.

After they charged back and forth twice, the Jin army was scattered. The musketeers held their muskets with bayonets, and the archers put down their crossbows, drew their swords, and took the opportunity to attack again.

After this chase, the Jin soldiers left corpses all over the ground.

The remaining Jin troops finally fled into the mountains with steep rock walls and narrow mountain paths.

"Jiejiejiejiejiejie..."

Xu Cheng, carrying his ghost-head sword, with his dark upper body naked, wearing only a calfskin and a pair of straw sandals, jumped out from the narrow and strange rocks.

He has so many scars on his body that there is almost no healthy flesh left.

I guess the mosquitoes in these mountains can't penetrate his skin, so he can hide.

But as Xu Cheng showed up, more soldiers from the Crazy Corps also rushed out.

People who kill too many people seem to really have an impact on their appearance. They all have fat faces, prominent whites of their eyes, and a somewhat neurotic smile on their faces.

They wielded iron tablets, knives, bent knives, ring spears, axes, short sticks, maces...

They all have a short knife like a machete on their waist, which is suitable for jungle warfare after all.

However, this mountain road with strange rock walls is bustling with Jin soldiers. How can you have fun chopping and smashing without long and heavy weapons?

Yang Yuan’s only requirement for the training of the Crazy Legion is to enforce strict discipline.

In other aspects, we completely let them go and allow them to develop freely like raising insects.

Therefore, their weapons are not of uniform standard, but are chosen according to personal preference.

They could even ask the blacksmiths in the army to customize their own unique weapons. It was another fierce battle. In the narrow mountain gaps, the enemy and us were fighting fiercely, shouting and screaming, blood gushing out, it was extremely tragic!
Yang Shou was swinging two hammers and was having a great time smashing things when Gan Quan at the foot of the mountain took out the tin trumpet invented by Yang Yuan.

More than a dozen loud-voiced messengers held up loud speakers and shouted, "No killing for surrender! No killing for surrender!"

The battle of Heshangyuan lasted less than two hours before entering the stage of cleaning up the battlefield and taking turns to rest.

The Song army who were resting took out food from their arms and started eating and drinking.

Thanks to Yang Yuan's emphasis on logistics and the fact that they were not far from the Song army's supply point, Dasan Pass, there was no impact on their food and drink.

The soldiers who had not yet had a turn to rest each had their own responsibilities: some were to count the military achievements, some were to detain prisoners, some were to search the corpses, and some were to collect the bows and arrows and weapons and seize the horses.

Tangkuo Wuye was captured alive.

When he was found, he was stuck in a crevice.

His head was stuck inside and his butt was stuck, so he couldn't move forward or backward for a while.

In order to get him out, a soldier pried his iron rod stuck in the crevice of the rock for a long time, breaking one of Tang Kuo Wuye's ribs, and finally dragged him out.

When the battle of Heshangyuan ended, Yang Yuan had already entered Baoji City.

After Yang Yuan entered the city, his first task was to arrange for city defense, search the entire city, and issue a notice to reassure the people...

However, Yang Yuan only needed to talk about these things. With so many civil and military officials under his command, there was no need for him to do it himself.

When Yang Yuan moved into the general's mansion in Tangkuo Wuye, everyone in the mansion had fled.

No one knew where Tangkuo Wuye's family had gone. It was likely that they disguised themselves as ordinary people and hid among them.

There is no rush for this matter. We can quickly find out the composition and identity of the people in the city by just asking them according to the collective responsibility system.

There are also dedicated people to do these things.

As soon as he entered the general's mansion, Lu You began to write furiously.

Although the battle situation in Heshangyuan is still unclear, the battle report on the capture of Baoji City needs to be written first.

"How about it, isn't my master awesome? He stationed troops at Dasan Pass, launched a surprise attack on Tianshui City, first captured Jianxun Pass, blocked Fengxiang Prefecture in the north, and occupied Baoji City in the south. Hmm... I can already predict the outcome of the battle at Heshangyuan!"

Atang put her hands behind her back and showed off proudly to Wanyan Ping and Li Qinglu.

When she accompanied Wugulun Yingge on Huanxi Ridge, Yingge was still a concubine given to Yang Yuan by Old Master Li.

Her status and position were even lower. In front of Wanyan Ping and Li Qinglu, she was just a lowly little maid. Now that she had the chance, of course she wanted to show off.

Wanyan Ping was not convinced and just as she was staring with her eyes wide open, Li Qinglu pulled her aside and gave A'man a faint smile.

"Yes, of course my teacher is amazing."

Haha, you call him master and I call him teacher. Who is closer to him and who has higher status in front of him?

Ah Man was choked, her face turned red and she was speechless.

After all, they were comrades who had fought side by side, so Qingtang immediately came over to help: "Teacher, are you very close?"

Wanyan Ping said: "Of course, have you heard that a teacher is a father for life? He is as close to me as my father."

Qingtang sneered and raised his chin proudly: "I don't use Ru'a Ru, I just call him Dada in private, do you want to compete with me?"

"Dada" means father and is a colloquial name popular in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and other places in this era.

After hearing this, Wanyan Ping and Li Qinglu's pretty faces immediately turned red and they dared not say a word.

Qingtang glanced at them with contempt, then pulled Ah Man and left triumphantly like a triumphant general.

Wanyan Ping and Li Qinglu looked at each other, then looked away at the same time, their faces blushing.

"Teacher... do you like to call him that? If it's in private... it's not impossible..."

The little princess and the little princess thought secretly.

When Yang Yuan won the first battle in Shaanxi, Wu Lin also achieved a series of victories in Western Xia.

This time, Wu Lin did not rush into Xingqing Prefecture. Instead, he marched along the Qilian Mountains and successively captured Zhuolu and the Southern Army Command, Xiliang Prefecture, and Xishou Baotai Army Command, advancing steadily and step by step.

Obviously, he had learned the lesson from his previous haste for success, which led to the battle line being dragged out too long and the supply lines being easily cut off, thus resulting in a disastrous defeat.

When the news of the great victory on both fronts reached Lin'an City, the young emperor was overjoyed.

The current situation from east to west is that the navy is used to blockade the Jin Dynasty's coastal ports at sea and secretly support the Jin Dynasty's anti-Jin forces.

The Lianghuai area was on high alert, defending without attacking, to ensure the safety of Lin'an and Jiankang.

In Ezhou, Li Dao was like the mean Fang Tangjing, "I jumped out again, I jumped in again, hit me, idiot!"

It’s not that the Jin army didn’t want to fight, it’s just that this old fox was really not that easy to deal with. The two sides fought fiercely, and neither side gained a big advantage.

As for the Sichuan-Gorgeous region, Yang Yuan went to Shaanxi, Wu Lin went to Xia, and Liu Qi went to Hanzhong, forming an iron triangle that could attack or defend, and the situation was very good.

However, the initial victory and the extremely smooth progress caused serious divisions in the Song Dynasty court.

The arguments for war or peace have long lost their appeal, but radicals and conservatives have begun to become active in the court.

The civil officials of the Song Dynasty took the world as their responsibility, so their old habit of interfering and pointing fingers whether they understood it or not came back again.

At this time, there was still a year before the young emperor took power, and the return of power could not be completed all at once at that time.

Before that, power must be transferred gradually.

Whoever can win more trust from the emperor at this time will undoubtedly be a minister that the emperor will rely on after he takes power.

Therefore, the focus of the next military operations and the strategic guidance of the two armies of Yang Yuan and Wu Lin became tools for some ministers to win the heart of the emperor.

The battle in Shaanxi was in full swing, and the war in Xixia was in full swing, but the war in Lin'an seemed to be even more intense than the battles on these two fronts...

(End of this chapter)