Chapter 691 Battle of Bingzhou
Song Wensong and Lu Zheng formed an alliance, and the food problem was alleviated. The Song family and Cao Wei from the two rivers were in secret. Song Wenjie and Song Wenhua brothers planned to trap Song Wensong to death in the capital, so that they could never return to Longyou again.
At this moment, it was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous moment for Song Wensong. This is also the reason why Lu Zheng said loudly and Song Wensong could agree without hesitation.
With the food in his hand, he was not panicked. The grain transportation in the capital and Jiangnan was opened, and the grain passage was opened. Song Wensong finally recovered. He summoned all the strategists and generals to discuss the matter. Wu Liewen said:
"Three Generals, for the sake of the present, we must take Bingzhou first. If Bingzhou does not take it, the capital will be uneasy! The current situation is already very obvious, that is, Cao Weiming and the Song family are connected together. They secretly make trouble and want to force the three generals to death in the capital. In this case, if we sit and wait for death, it will be like boiling frogs in warm water. Sooner or later, we will lose everything. Instead of doing this, we might as well give it a try!"
After Wu Lie finished speaking, Xing Zhengdao: "The key question now is whether Liu Song is reliable? If Liu Song takes advantage of our attack on Bingzhou and instead attacks the capital, we will be attacked from both sides. Even if we take Bingzhou, it will probably be difficult to last. This must be prevented!"
After Xing Zheng said this, the strategists dared not speak. Indeed, Song San's life gate is here now. If Song San wants to attack Bingzhou, he must do his best. However, when Song San left, the capital was empty and the capital was empty and could only rely on the Nanfu Army to defend. Is the Nanfu Army really unfair to it? What if they want to take advantage of the situation to rob?
If Lu Zheng wants to stab the knife in the back, Song Wensong will be done. For the cunning and suspicious Song Wensong, it is still quite difficult for him to fully believe that Lu Zheng is really not able to do it!
But the current situation is really urgent, and Bingzhou has become his biggest concern. Bingzhou's mistake is like a thorn in his back, making him unable to move. If he wants to break the deadlock, he must take Bingzhou.
At the critical moment, he turned his attention to Qi Yuanzhi and said, "Yuanzhi, since I entered the pass, many strategies have been planned for me. Now I have once again encountered a situation of losing my power. Sir, teach me!"
Qi Yuanzhi has not been by Song Wensong for a long time, and has never been revealed before. However, since Song Wensong decided to enter the pass, Qi Yuanzhi has shown amazing talent every time he set up a plan, and Song Wensong's view of him has also been completely reversed.
Now that he saw Qi Yuanzhi not speaking, he knew that this person was calm and had an idea in his heart. He needed to ask him for advice before he could tell him and immediately put down his posture.
Sure enough, Qi Yuanzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Bingzhou should be the weakest time at the moment. There is no other reason, because the Song family also saw the difficulties of the young master and knew that the third master was afraid of being a mouse and was difficult to leave the capital. If the third master thought about waiting for the power to grow further and move again, Bingzhou would have become a wall of iron."
Qi Yuanzhi paused and said, "The alliance with Jiangnan should be the most stable time, because we and Jiangnan each need it. Jiangnan is the granary of the world, and Lu Zheng is a first-class talent. If his power develops and grows, you may not be more at ease!
It seems that we are in a desperate situation. At first glance, we seem to have many choices, but in fact there is no other choice for the third young master. In this battle, we won Bingzhou and locked the throat of the northwest, making the Song family in Longyou become a turtle in the jar. They must be in panic all day long.
Cao Weiming from the two rivers will inevitably lose the barrier. He proclaimed himself king and violated a big taboo. The world will inevitably chase them together. At that time, the young master will fight eastward again and the land of the two rivers will be fully obtained!"
Qi Yuanzhi said it in a leisurely manner. His thoughts were very clear. Everyone nodded repeatedly when they heard it. Song Wensong said: "Yes, Yuanzhi's words made me suddenly enlightened. There is no choice for us in this situation at the moment, there is only one way, that is, killing!"
"Immediately write a book to Liu Song and tell him that I will give it to him in Tongzhou. If he can't defend against Cao Weiming, he and I will no longer have a master-disciple status! If he can defend against it, I will give him five thousand war horses in private. I, Song Wensong, will never break my promise!" Song Wensong said loudly. The biggest temptation to the Southern Palace Army was the horse, and Song Wensong used the horse to talk about it.
He is a heroic person, knows how to make choices at critical moments, and is determined to kill and make decisions without any ambiguity. With a decision in his heart, the capital immediately started to run at high speed. Prince Long Zhaohuan was quite panicked, and Song Wensong knelt down in front of him, and cried and told the situation of the capital, saying:
"Your Highness, the capital is in danger, and the Longyou rebels and the Cao thieves were in a state of chaos and wanted to swallow our capital. So far, we can only kill our boats and end our boats. Finally, we will lead our elite troops to capture Bingzhou and take down Bingzhou. The north-south passage is unobstructed, so we can have a way out!"
Long Zhaohuan helped him up and said, "General Song San is a real hero. It's a pity that I don't have the power in my hands and cannot help the general with one arm!"
Song Wensong said: "Your Highness, I have handed over the defense of the capital to the Nanfu Army. The Nanfu Army is loyal to Your Majesty and will definitely respect the prince's orders. At the critical moment, the prince can issue orders. With your orders, they will definitely fight to the death and cannot retreat. Now, the king and minister can only turn the world around!"
Song Wensong respected Long Zhaohuan with great respect, and his behavior was completely different from Cao Weiming. This is exactly what Song Wensong is so brilliant. He is a hero in his bones, but he is well aware of the principle of hiding his shortcomings.
Like Cao Weiming, he was a quick success, but he soon became the public enemy of the world. After all, these people were just stupid people and could not be as elegant as possible.
Song Wensong's strategy was to respect the prince and ensure that he was a great orthodox and orthodox. With this identity, he went to Bingzhou with the imperial edict of the prince's state supervision. His troops were famous, and the rebels in Bingzhou would be psychologically at a disadvantage.
Long Zhaohuan naturally had no possibility of resistance at this moment. Since experiencing the incident of Cao Weiming, he has long been discouraged. Now Song Wensong can be polite and respectful to him. Even if it is false, he feels satisfied.
However, at this time, the Nanfu Army went north and compared to continuing to stay in the capital, Long Zhaohuan really wanted to go to Jiangnan. He lived like a year in the capital. He was just a puppet. He had enough of this kind of life and really didn't want to bear it for a moment.
Song Wensong left the East Palace and immediately led 50,000 troops to the expedition. Only 10,000 troops were left in the capital to defend Tongzhou. Tongzhou was all given to Liu Song who had just arrived. He and Liu Song did not even meet. The current situation is really urgent. He must dare to quickly capture Bingzhou with lightning speed before Song Wenjie reacted and defend Bingzhou!
Song Wensong led his troops to stay in the morning and traveled at night. Within three days, he arrived at the city of Bingzhou. Cheng Xian, the garrison of Bingzhou City, was Song Wenjie's confidant. He never dreamed that Song Wensong would come so quickly. In a hurry, he led his troops to fight. At the same time, he urgently reported the military information of Bingzhou to Longyou for 800 miles.
Song Wensong was not prepared to give Cheng Xian too many opportunities. Once he attacked the city, he would attack like a madman. Fifty thousand troops surrounded Bingzhou City from all directions. The abundant siege equipment was built by Song Wensong. The siege cars and city walls were almost the same height.
Compared with the city defense in Bingzhou, the city defense equipment of their city defense has not yet been prepared. Cheng Xian is still a powerful general after all, and he personally led his soldiers to fight to the death on the top of the city. However, Cheng Xian's fierceness is nothing compared to Song Wensong.
Song Wensong was the turtle, and was determined to fight to the death, so he took the initiative and led his personal guards to charge in front. He was wearing heavy armor and his face was protected by a helmet, just like an invulnerable steel monster. He climbed all the way up to the city wall, and the long halberd in his hand was harvesting life like a sickle mow grass.
With such bravery, how could the soldiers not use their lives? For a moment, many soldiers were fighting to the death, and the balance of victory and defeat in the war began to gradually tilt!
Cheng Xian also made a ruthless move and fought toward Song Wensong. Song Wensong roared and said, "Little Cheng Xian, you dare to be an enemy of your third grandfather. I will let you die today!"
Song Wensong's roar was like thunder. His body was like an iron tower and rolled forward like a stone mill, and actually headed straight for Cheng Xian, hoping to take his life.
Cheng Xian had known that Song Wensong was extremely brave, but he did not expect that Song Wensong would be so brave. When he saw Song Wensong coming over, he was as scared as a god descending to earth, and he subconsciously retreated.
As soon as he retreated, his morale was bleak. Song Wensong roared and said, "Where can you run?"
It happened that a soldier defending the city came over. Song Wensong grabbed the spear with one hand and snatched the weapon with force. Then he held the spear in his hand and threw it forward with his life. Cheng Xianzheng fled back. Suddenly he heard a wind in his head. He was shocked and immediately dodged, but he was one step slower. Song Wensong pierced his shoulder with his spear, and he screamed and flew backward.
Song Wensong laughed and said, "Babys, listen, Cheng Xian has been killed by me! If you surrender to the Third Master, the Third Master will not blame you and have good wine and meat. Otherwise, the Third Master, I will be a murderous person and will make you blood flow into a river!"
When Song Wensong roared, countless people were all shattered. They were all the Song family army. How could they not know the name of Song San? Song San in the entire Longyou were like a god of war, with countless fans in the army. Now that the main general is dead, the city wall has been broken, where can the people below still have the fighting spirit?
For a moment, countless people knelt down and threw away the weapons in their hands. Bingzhou City was attacked by Song Wensong and captured more than 10,000 soldiers from Cheng Xian's soldiers.
Song Wensong originally had 50,000 troops going to fight, but after the first battle, the number of people increased instead of decreasing. After Song Wensong took Bingzhou, he immediately sent troops to fight around him. In just a few days, all the cities around Bingzhou were taken down by him. At this time, Cheng Xian's eight hundred miles of expedited speed were barely delivered to Song Wenjie.
Song Wenjie received the urgent report and looked pale. He immediately went to report to his father and the generals. Before everyone could discuss countermeasures, Fei Ge sent a letter faster. Scouts near Bingzhou came to report that Bingzhou failed and Cheng Xian died in battle. All the cities around Bingzhou were obtained by Song Wensong.
Song Wensong occupied Bingzhou, re-election of officials, opened the granary to reward the people, and the people of Bingzhou celebrated each other, all praised Song Wensong's virtues. Song Wensong made a list of people to restoration, and asked Qi Yuanzhi to serve as the prefect of Bingzhou, and let his powerful general Ma Shun be the governor of Bingzhou, and left 30,000 elite troops to Bingzhou.
You should know that there is a natural danger between Bingzhou and Longyou. One man is at the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. Song Wensong used 30,000 troops to defend Bingzhou, which can ensure that Bingzhou is as solid as a god.
What's more, the area around Bingzhou is extremely vast. As long as you rest for a few years, the Bingzhou army can be further expanded. Since ancient times, Bingzhou has been a must-fight for military strategists.
Bingzhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and is located at the throat of communication between the north and the south. First, Bingzhou is a place of hidden troops. The land of Longxing in the Dakang Dynasty was in Bingzhou. At that time, Emperor Gaozu hid 300,000 soldiers in Bingzhou.
Third, Bingzhou is also a place for raising troops. Bingzhou is facing south, with a vast area and a rich land. Therefore, in the north, Bingzhou is a first-class and rich place, and the wealthy granary is the basis for raising troops. Song Wensong got Bingzhou, which can be said to have completely reversed his passive situation.
Song Wenjie's brothers were completely panicked when they learned the news of Bingzhou's loss. Song Wenjie immediately sent a letter to Lianghe. Cao Weiming also heard the news about Bingzhou at this time, and he was also stunned.
He had just become king, and the political situation of the two rivers was unstable. More importantly, he had the Shandong Liaodong Army in the east, and the Liaodong Army in the north. Song Wensong was under heavy pressure on him to the west. In this case, he had to seek a breakthrough.
When Song Wensong captured Bingzhou, the capital would inevitably be empty. Cao Weiming had to seize this opportunity. He immediately led 30,000 veterans and 20,000 new soldiers to the capital, but their 50,000 troops encountered a Biao army until Tongzhou. The two sides immediately fought with each other after disagreement.
In this battle, the opponent was extremely powerful. The two sides fought for two days and had a victory or defeat. Cao Weiming's tens of thousands of troops were unable to move forward at all.
Cao Weiming was so angry that he immediately asked for information when he got the scout to report that the person who blocked the road was the Southern Prefecture Army, the commander was Liu Song. Liu Song was formerly Song Wensong's side general and was also the Northwest Army's route. Therefore, the soldiers under his command were extremely powerful.
Cao Weiming felt really uncomfortable as if he was stained with dust. Lu Zheng and Song Wensong colluded together. Isn’t this his life? Immediately, he gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers under his command to take down Tongzhou at all costs, thereby opening up a channel to Beijing.
Cao Weiming became cruel. Most of the soldiers in the two rivers were old soldiers. Compared with the Nanfu Army, the Nanfu Army seemed immature. At the beginning, the Nanfu Army was quite difficult, but Liu Song was extremely resilient and had many such dangers, but in the end, Cao Weiming couldn't conquer it.
As the saying goes, one fight will decline again, and three times will be exhausted. The battle of Tongzhou was originally planned to be fought for two days, but after twelve days of battle, the outcome was not yet clear. Cao Wei clearly lost thousands of troops and refused to move forward.
He was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, and jumped up and cursed. Just when he was depressed and didn't know if he should go in, the scout suddenly came to report: "Report to the general that the Tongzhou army has retreated, and Tongzhou has become an empty city!"
Cao Weiming said: "Seriously? How is this... possible?"
Chapter completed!