Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Chapter 53 The Battle of Monk Yuan

At this moment, in the main position of Heshangyuan, although it is already dark and snowy, it is actually a busy scene!

Soldiers are building defensive measures, countless sand and boulders are placed at the forefront of the position, and countless arrows and weapons are transported to the front!

Wu Jie was standing in front, looking at the surrounding terrain! Although it was night, his eyes seemed to be able to shine, and he could see everything around him clearly! His martial arts are so strong that he has long been a master of the innate realm! Not only him, but his brother Wu Lin is also a master of the innate realm! This is also one of the reasons why he is full of confidence! In this world, masters in the innate realm are really rare, it is impossible not to be confident with such skills!

Of course, what gave him confidence was not only martial arts, but also his strategy!

He joined the Western Army more than ten years ago. Back then, he fought against the Xixia people, and also fought against Fang La! He has repeatedly made outstanding achievements in many battles! It's just that he was born in the same humble background as Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others, so he has only been a lieutenant until now! Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun are already widely known, but he and Wu Lin are still unknown, so he is always suffocating in his heart!

"Brother, can we really defend Monk Yuan?" Wu Lin came behind Wu Jie and asked.

"Don't worry, there is no problem! You have seen the terrain of Monk Yuan. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack! As long as we hold here, the Jurchens will never go south!" Wu Jie said.

"We only have more than 5,000 brothers, and the Jurchens have an army of tens of thousands. We can win more with less. Brother, do you have such confidence?" Wu Lin asked again.

"Trust me! Not only can we hold this place, but we can also win and defeat the Jinbing! Now, it's time for our brothers to be famous all over the world!" Wu Jie laughed.

His voice was full of confidence, and under the influence of his voice, Wu Lin's mood suddenly calmed down. He nodded to express his trust in his brother!

"How are the arrows prepared?" Wu Jie asked again.

"There are a total of 50,000 arrows, enough for our battle!" Wu Lin said.

"Very good! Fifty thousand arrows are indeed enough! For these fifty thousand arrows and the five thousand god-armed bows, we have paid a huge price! All the gold and silver we have accumulated over the past ten years have been exhausted. They are all used up, and they are all used to buy these god-arm bows and arrows!" Wu Jie nodded and said.

"Qu Duan is the envoy of Jingyuan Road, and we are also his subordinates in name. We want to use bows and crossbows to defend His Highness and repel the golden soldiers. Qu Duan actually asked us for so much gold and silver. Damn it!" Wu Lin scolded.

"The situation in my Song Dynasty is like this now. The army belongs to the general, and the weapons also belong to the general! We are only Qu Duan's subordinates in name, but in fact the two of us are like rootless duckweed, with nowhere to go. We can only recruit new troops from Sichuan, and even the military pay is prepared by ourselves, and it is normal for Qu Duan to squeeze us!" Wu Jie said with a soft sigh.

"The Song Dynasty has become like this, no wonder it was defeated by the Jurchens! If all the troops belong to the court and are under the unified command of the court, can our million-strong army of the Song Dynasty still be unable to stop the Jurchens?" Wu Lin said bitterly.

"That's not necessarily true! Apart from the army, the court itself is full of treacherous ministers, and your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are not wise masters. It is inevitable that we cannot stop the Jurchen!" Wu Jie shook his head and said.

"Brother, tell me, can our Song Dynasty regain the Central Plains?" Wu Lin asked again.

"I saw His Highness the Crown Prince a few days ago, and he was very calm! If His Highness the Crown Prince is a generation of British lords, the civil and military officials of the court can obey the Prince's orders and unite as one. Civil officials are not greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of death. Then there is still hope. Recover the Central Plains!" Wu Jie said.

"Civilian officials are not greedy for money, and generals are not afraid of death. How is this possible?" Wu Lin smiled wryly.

"No matter what, I will definitely win the battle of Monk Yuan! I want to tell everyone in the world that besides Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others, the Western Army also has my Wu brothers! It is as solid as a rock, and the Jurchens will never want to take down Sichuan and Shaanxi!" Wu Jie shook his fist and said forcefully!

Wu Lin nodded, and the two brothers looked at each other and laughed loudly!

"Tomorrow's battle will be Yang Congyi's first!" Wu Jie said secretly, looking forward.

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At this moment, a hundred miles away to the north, Wanyan Wushu has led the army to the vicinity of the Qinling Mountains!

The number of the Jurchen army is much larger than that of the previous few days. In addition to Wanyan Wushu, the ever-victorious general Wanyan Loushi among the Jurchens has also arrived! The number of the Jurchen army has reached 40,000!

In the dark night, Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Loushi are discussing the war in a tent!

In front of them was a simple map of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Although this map was simple, important locations were drawn on it, and it was carefully marked in Jurchen language!

"Here is Shencha, and there is Heshangyuan ahead. These are nothing! After passing Heshangyuan, it is Dashanguan. This Dashanguan is the barrier in the southwest of Guanzhong. The war between Cao Cao and Zhang Lu took place here. , Han Xinming repaired the plank road and darkened Chencang also happened here! The Zhejia army must have fled here, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Song Dynasty must have fled here too! Therefore, our goal for this battle is this big clearance!" Wan Yan Lou Shidao.

Since ancient times, Dashanguan has been a battleground for military strategists, but the monk Yuan before Dashanguan was not valued very much. It was not until Wu Jie defeated the Jin soldiers here in history that this monk was included in the list. A strategic location as important as Dasan Pass!

"Woriyan, who drew this map? Who told you about the Great Sanctuary?" Wanyan Wushu said in surprise.

"This was drawn by Daoist Xiaoyaozi, the military adviser under the Generalissimo, and he told me the importance of the Great Sanguan Pass!" Wanyan Loushi said.

"Xiaoyaozi, so it's him!" Wanyan Wushu nodded.

Because of his repeated ingenious strategies, Xiaoyaozi has gained a great reputation. Wanyan Wushu, the fourth prince of Jin Kingdom, has heard of Xiaoyaozi's name!

"Attacking Dashan Pass is different from other places. We can no longer march in a hurry! For one thing, we Jurchens have been exhausted since the battle last year. This kind of rapid march is okay once in a while. If you want to do it all the time, you can't do it." Second, he must know the importance of Dashan Pass, and he understands that losing Dashan Pass is equivalent to losing Guanshan, so he will never leave Dashan Pass! There are 100,000 Song troops there, and we marched there in a hurry We can't conquer it either! We need to concentrate all our strength and mobilize all the troops under Dashanguan, so that we can conquer Dashanguan! You can't beat Yao Gu, he is still much stronger than Yao Gu!" Wan Yan Lou Shidao.

"Of course I understand this truth! Oriyan, let's let the soldiers set up camp here first, and then go to Dasan Pass after a short rest! In addition, we need to bring more siege weapons, we don't have siege weapons, and we want to take down the pass It's not easy!" Wanyan Wushu said.

Wanyan Loushi nodded.

"By the way, is our food and supplies keeping up? Without food and supplies, it won't work!" Wanyan Wushu said again.

"Don't worry, the supplies are right behind, and they will follow soon!" Wanyan Loushi said.

After ten years of development of the Jurchens, the fighting mode is quite different from before! During small-scale wars before, they could run long distances without the trouble of food and supplies, but now that large corps are fighting, they must consider the issue of food and supplies! In history, the only people who didn’t need to consider food and supplies were the Mongols. The Mongols carried beef jerky and rode war horses all the way forward. Most of their war horses were mares, and the horse’s milk could replenish energy, so they could go all the way! Although the Jurchens are also barbarians in the north, they are different from the Mongols. The Mongols are a horse race. They are a race in deep mountains and old forests, so they are inferior to the Mongols in this respect!

After Wanyan Wushu had settled everything, he finally felt relieved!

It's just that he couldn't fall asleep in the dark of night! As the fourth prince of Dajin, this is the first time he has commanded such a large-scale war! He couldn't help but came outside the tent, stood on the high slope, and observed the arrangement of the tent!

The tents are arranged in a line, also known as Lianzhu Village, stretching for more than 20 miles!

Jin Wushu likes to use Lianzhu Village all his life, he has set up Lianzhu Village many times in history, and he is also setting up Lianzhu Village at this moment!

"This battalion commander stretches so long, it can be seen that I have so many soldiers! Hey, a mere prince of the Song Dynasty must be in my pocket! The prince of the Song Dynasty also has the jade seal of the Central Plains in his hand. Get this thing!" Jin Wushu thought excitedly!

After a while, Jin Wushu returned to his tent and rested in the tent!

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In the early morning of the next day, Jin Wushu didn't advance immediately, he first sent people to investigate the situation ahead, and only at noon did the whole army rise up and march towards Dasan Pass!

An hour later, they came to the location of Shencha, where they encountered more than 1,000 Song soldiers under Yang Congyi, but Yang Congyi's troops retreated towards the back as soon as they saw them! There was a big mountain behind them, and they retreated into the mountain. The Jurchens were not familiar with the terrain, so they couldn't catch up!

"Song Jun is still so cowardly! I am more confident in conquering Dashan Pass!" Jin Wushu laughed.

Now he ordered the whole army to move forward quickly, but the road ahead was extremely difficult! Here, the cavalry can't play a role at all, all the soldiers have to dismount and lead the horse forward!

Seeing these scenes, Jin Wushu couldn't help but frowned, and Wanyan Loushi couldn't help but frowned too!

Although they have sent people to investigate the terrain around Dasan Pass, they know that the terrain is complicated and the roads are difficult, but they did not expect the roads to be so difficult!

No wonder Song Jun wanted to retreat to Dashan Pass, because the terrain in front of Dashan Pass was too complicated!

"Fourth prince, should we think about it again, check the environment ahead, and then move forward?" Wanyan Loushi said.

"No need! We have an army of 40,000. As long as we pass through the Monk Yuan in front, we will reach the Dashan Pass! According to my investigation, the road before the Monk Yuan is extremely difficult. After passing the Monk Yuan, the road will become flat. Monk Yuan actually had a group of Song army guards, but it is said that there are only a few thousand people, which is nothing to say at all!" Jin Wushu said decisively.

Now he ordered the soldiers to move forward, and the Jurchen soldiers could only line up along the rocky path. In the afternoon, the army finally came to the monk's original position!

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