Chapter 1442 This is not in line with the art of war
On October 18, the sixth year of Jingkang in the Great Song Dynasty, on the banks of the Dadu River.
"Bang bang bang..."
"Aoah..."
"Defeated! Defeated!"
On the battlefield by the Dadu River, the sound of the volley of the cowbombs, the sound of the frightened war elephants, and the sound of the soldiers and generals of the Dali Kingdom gathered into the sound of roaring mountains and tsunamis, and the noise was extremely panicked and hustle and bustle, covering the surrounding mountains and rivers.
South of the Dadu River, an incredible scene is taking place on a seven or eight-mile-wide open slope at the foot of Longtang Mountain.
The officers and soldiers of Dali, who were covered with half of the slope, were not 80,000 or 60,000, were in panic and collapse. Opposite them, the 9,000 Song troops on the lower Dadu River beach launched a strong attack from bottom to top towards enemies several times more than themselves.
The Duke of Dali, the state-owned government, was deployed on the top of Longtang Mountain, and the Marshal of the Military and Madu was so powerful that he could not believe his eyes.
How could such a ridiculous thing happen in the world?
In today's battle, I clearly have the advantage of time, place, and people. No matter which military book used the principles in this military book to analyze, I should have won a great victory!
In terms of number, the enemy has less than 10,000 troops crossing the Dadu River, and their own troops have as many as 70,000. It is a 7-to-one advantage!
On the terrain, the enemy is lined up by the back water and is on the low Dadu River beach. He occupied the northern slope of Longtang Mountain and was in a state of unstoppable momentum.
And I also had more than 100 war elephants, all of which were like hills, covered with armor. More than 100 war elephants were arranged in a row and could also disperse the army of less than 10,000 people from the Song people.
In terms of strategy, Gao Liangcheng also felt that he was very clever! He was a military strategist who was familiar with military strategy and formation maps! Moreover, in this battle of Dadu River, he also carried forward the principle of never getting tired of deceit in the army and used the tactic of attacking it half-cross.
Without allowing all the more than 20,000 troops of the Song people to cross the river, only allowing less than 10,000 Song troops to come to Dadu River, they immediately launched a general attack.
How could such a comparison of troops, such a geographical advantage, such a brilliant strategy, and more than one hundred war elephants lose?
You ask Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Qi, Jiang Taigong and others to judge!
How could it be possible to lose?
But Yue Fei, who commanded the Song army today, was an unreasonable person, and it would be useless for anyone to judge. He even defeated 70,000 people with 9,000 people.
And... it won very easily!
The reason why they won easily is mainly because the Dali people's war elephant soldiers are too tricky. The elephant is quite big, but very brave, and is easily frightened and crazy.
So after more than 100 battle elephants were hit by Yue Fei's thousands of heavy muskets, one-third fell down on the spot, and two-thirds were all crazy and turned around and ran away.
In fact, war elephants are crazy often happening on the battlefield, so the soldiers who control war elephants are accompanied by hammers that can smash the war elephants' heads.
Once the battle elephant loses control, kill it immediately!
But the problem is that Yue Fei's subordinates also have the opportunity to understand the war elephant, so they arranged for some musketeers to use heavy smoothbore rifles to attack the soldiers on the back of the elephant. As a result, dozens of war elephants who had lost control turned around and rushed to Longtang Mountain like crazy, stepping on the bodies of Dali soldiers and generals.
Yue Fei immediately seized the fighter plane and ordered his 9,000 soldiers to attack with the elephant.
Under the impact of 9,000 Song troops wearing iron armor, holding spears, heavy muskets and swords and shields, the Dali people's 70,000 troops were about to collapse!
The Marshal of Dali Capital was very capable, and had to flee south in panic under the protection of a few personal soldiers.
His escape also declared the collapse of Dali's rule in Jianchang Prefecture.
In less than 20 days, all the barbarians surrendered to the Song Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers, accepted the official positions assigned by Yue Fei, sent the barbarians of their headquarters as the leader, and provided all the supplies needed by Yue Fei's army.
In just 25 days, Yue Fei's army, whose number had expanded to 100,000, was already at the shore of Ershui.
On November 13, Duan Yu, the 15th king of Dali Kingdom, took Empress Wang, Concubine Zhong Xian, Concubine Mu, Concubine Li Shu and other concubines, as well as princes and princesses, his grandson Duan Zhixing, and a group of monks from Tianlong Temple. Under the protection of Gao Shunzhen, the Qingping official, fled the Dali City, which was about to be captured by the Song army, and followed the Fuliang River to the Jiaozhi Kingdom...
The Dali Kingdom, which was founded in 193 (with two years of interruption), ushered in its doomsday!
Duan Yu fled into Jiaozhi with his family, but before he arrived at Shenglong Mansion, Zhao Qi, the owner of Shenglong Mansion, the Song Dynasty's Jiaozhi Prince, was also having a headache about a war that was about to begin.
Zhao Ji's eighth prince Zhao Qi was lucky. He got a Jiaozhi Kingdom and was considered a king. And more than seven years ago, Zhao Ji, who was the emperor at the time, married one of Ji Yi's daughters as the concubine, and received a large dowry.
Zhao Qi, who is rich and powerful, and has a beautiful wife, should have been the Prince of Anle in Shenglong Mansion and lived his life in a lewd and indecent manner.
But he never expected that his joy would not last long, and the world would be in chaos!
First, the Song Dynasty later started the war, and then his father-in-law Ji Yi was killed, his father Zhao Ji was forced to abdicate in Neichan. Then the Song Dynasty was divided into two, and his third brother Zhao Kai was elected as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty by the parliament representatives of the Eighteen Prefectures of Lao Shizi in Jiangning!
Shortly after Zhao Kai became emperor, he sent Zhao Qi's elder brother-in-law Ji Jun to Jiaozhi Kingdom as prime minister.
With Ji Jun's arrival, Zhao Jun's good days are over.
Although Zhao Jun is the king of Jiaozhi Kingdom, Jiaozhi Kingdom was founded by Ji Jun's father Ji Yi.
So when Ji Jun came, the Jiaozhi Independence Kingdom was gone and became a vassal state of the Eastern Song Dynasty. Zhao Jun's power was also emptied, and the remaining half was almost the same as No. 1, and he had to help Ji Jun raise food, raise funds, train troops and prepare for war.
The target of the war was the Zhenla Kingdom, which was not very accessible to Jiaozhi.
Although the relationship between Zhen La and Jiaozhi has never been very good, it has nothing to do with Zhao Qi, because the Li family Jiaozhi and Zhen La compete for Champa.
But now Chameng Kingdom has almost finished eating for Bao Zhou, and there is nothing to do with Jiaozhi. Jiaozhi Kingdom and Zhenla are almost all the same, so why are you fighting?
But Ji Jun did not care about this? He only recruited troops and prepared food and grass for the war invading the Chao Phraya River Basin. From the first year of Hezhong to the present, an expeditionary force of 30,000 people has been formed from scratch.
All the 30,000 soldiers and generals were trained and equipped according to the standards of the Eastern Song Army, and the officers were all from the Military Academy of the Eastern Song Dynasty, and the artillery was transferred from the Eastern Song Dynasty. All infantry and cavalry were recruited in Jiaozhi Kingdom. They were all mercenaries who used money to work!
Although the money for recruiting soldiers was taken out by the Eastern Song Dynasty, the military rations of the 30,000 troops were all taken out by the Jiaozhi Kingdom, and the civilians who followed the army were also recruited by the Jiaozhi Kingdom.
In addition, Jiaozhi Kingdom also needs to provide a large amount of migrant workers and food for the under-construction Hekou City (Chainan River Estuary).
For a small country like Jiaozhi, these burdens are not light no matter how you calculate it!
Moreover, all these burdens are used to make wedding dresses for others, which is not a penny for Jiaozhi Kingdom.
Of course Zhao Jun was not happy about such a thing, so when the news of Duan Yuguo's defeat came, the king of Jiaozhi Kingdom immediately felt that this was his opportunity to get rid of the Zhenla War.
"What? Dali Kingdom was destroyed?" Ji Jun was a little embarrassed, "How is it possible? When did it happen?"
"It's October and November!" Zhao Qi said anxiously and quickly, "Chang'an dispatched a 200,000 army and captured Dali Kingdom in just two months. Dali's king Duan Yu has entered Jiaozhi territory and will arrive at Shenglong Mansion in a few days.
Prime Minister, Jiaozhi must prepare for war! Why not leave the 30,000 troops that were scheduled to be sent to the mouth of the river in Jiaozhi."
"No, you can't do this!" Ji Jun shook his head and said, "The arrow on the Chao Phraya River is on the string. The soldiers of Zhenla Kingdom have arrived! If the 30,000 troops on Jiaozhi are not driven over, Hekou City may fall."
"Then, what should I do if the Jiaozhi Kingdom falls?"
"Don't be afraid." Ji Jun smiled, "Chang'an people can still get Jiaozhi? Jiaozhi's gains and losses are on the sea... and the Annan province of Zhou is next to Jiaozhi. If the king really loses his country, Chang'an's side will have to border with the power of Zhou in Jiaozhi.
They were in the Central Plains, but after just losing, they still dared to fight with Zhou State in Jiaozhi? Isn’t this seeking death?”
"What if they really call us?"
Ji Jun thought about it and had an idea, "It's easy to deal with. I'll just ask someone to take Duan Yu's monarch and ministers and send it to Dali together, and then submit a letter to the Chang'an official family to call me brother?"
"Can this work?" Zhao Qi was skeptical, "According to Duan Yu's words, Chang'an was using Dali in the name of attacking my Jiaozhi..."
"That's all excuses!" Ji Jun waved his hand, "They just want to eat Dali Country and will not really enter Shenglong."
He saw Zhao Qi still looked sad and sighed: "Let's do this, leave 5,000 people, and at the same time, he ordered people to build a bastion on the east bank of Fuliang River. If there is any case, I will keep the king back into the bastion and insist on it."
"Okay, that's it, that's it!" Zhao Jun nodded repeatedly, "That Duan Yu family..."
Ji Jun patted his chest, "I sent someone to arrest him!"
"Don't say arrest," Zhao Qi waved his hand, "I want to invite you! If you want to invite you, my Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and Jiaozhi is also a country of etiquette. Are they a visitor or should they invite you politely?"
"What the king said is very true," Ji Jun nodded repeatedly, "My Jiaozhi is a country of etiquette, and I want to catch people with etiquette!"
Duan Yu is really pitiful. He just lost his country and fled, and left Yue Fei's tiger mouth. He thought it would be safe to escape to Jiaozhi Country.
Chapter completed!