Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Iron-Blooded Monk Yuan

Dasan Pass, located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in the southern suburbs of Baoji, Shaanxi Province, is named after it is located on the Dasan Mountains.It is connected to the tributaries of the Weihe River in the north and the upper source of the Jialing River in the south. When mountains and rivers meet, it is the hub of the main roads in the southwest and northwest. It is also called Xiaogu.According to historical records, more than 70 battles took place here. For example, when the Chu and Han dynasties were fighting, Han Xin "built plank roads in the open, and kept Chen Cang in the dark".

It can be said that this is the place of contention between Sichuan and Shaanxi. Zhang Jun gave up here and went to Dangchuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu Division in Xingzhou. When Fuping fell and the Western Army was defeated, Wu Jie only led a few thousand people to go deep into the dangerous area alone, and seized this most important pass, showing his strategic vision and demeanor of a famous general. Of course, some people don't understand him.His subordinates advised him to enter Sichuan directly, retreat to Hanzhong, and stand at the throat of Shuchuan. Isn't that more conducive to defense?

Wu Jie objected, that would be too passive.Sticking to Dasan Pass will become a thorn in the way of the Jin army going west.Wu Jie said: "I will protect this, and the enemy will never dare to overtake me. A strong wall is next to it, and he is afraid that I will follow behind. That's why we protect Shu." But how to defend?This is a university question.Wu Jie didn't go to the pass of Dasan Pass to persevere, he found a wonderful point, this point is on the east side of Dasan Pass, which is the right front of Shaanxi on the back of Sichuan.The surrounding area is steep, and the top of the mountain is wide and flat. It is what the ancient military strategists called "pass land", that is, the most ideal terrain for setting up a stronghold for defense.

This pass is called Monk Yuan. The location was chosen, but problems arose.The three major elements of defense: terrain, morale, and food, Wu Jie only has the first one, and the remaining two have nothing to do with it.For example, morale, before the Jin army came over, some people secretly joined forces to launch a mutiny, tied up the Wu brothers and gave them to the Jin army as a meeting gift.On the eve of the mutiny, someone reported the news to Wu Jie.Wu Jie was very calm, and did not pursue who this person was at all. Instead, he made a blood alliance with all the generals the next day, influenced them with national righteousness, and turned the crisis into motivation.

As for the food, it was very simple. Wu Jie sent his favorite general Yang Congyi to return to Fengxiang from the Qinling Mountains, snatched 300,000 hu of grain from the Jin Army's grain depot, and transported it to Heshangyuan. After the Song Army finished these, the Jin Army finally launched an offensive. The two people who came were called Wanyan Meili and Wulu Yihe, they were the generals of Fengxiang, Jiezhou and Chengzhou respectively.They were very well planned and planned to send troops separately, gather before the Dasan Pass, and attack together. The problem is that Fengxiang is relatively close to Dasan Pass, and Wanyan was a little anxious when he didn't stand up. When he arrived, Wulu was still on the way.This is simple, first come, first served, whoever wins wins.

When thinking about this, Wanyan Muli was a little excited. Military achievements are the top honor in the Jurchen world. It is not easy to gather troops from the three states to attack thousands of defeated soldiers this time.So, he attacked immediately, but after he went up the mountain, he realized that it was like a tiger biting a hedgehog, and there was no place to bite.The mountain road near Heshangyuan is rugged and winding, with piles of rocks, and the cavalry can only dismount and walk, climbing up step by step.After being exhausted, the Jin army ushered in a rainstorm of arrows, and this battle was impossible to fight.

Wanyan didn't take a break at halftime.Uru is converted to.This man is smart, he wanted to set up an anti-containment, he ignored the monk Yuan, but went straight to Dasan Pass, he didn't believe that Wu Jie would dare not rescue him.Go to the rescue, and the monk Yuan Tianxian will lose its meaning, and it will no longer be the home court. Ulu had a very good idea of ​​the conversion, but it is a pity that the Dasan Pass itself is also a natural danger, and the pass is majestic, and it is a fortress that has been built long ago.He called back and forth, but to no avail, so he sent someone to make an appointment with Wanyan Meili.According to the original plan, both sides attacked at the same time, and Monk Yuan and Da Sanguan made a full-scale attack.

This is the best way, but it has become a nightmare for Jin Jun.Wu Jie accurately grasped the actions of the two Jin armies, and its precision is unbelievable.The two armies of Wanyan Meili and Wulu were unable to form a joint force. They were blocked by Wu Jie from the south to attack the north, and then blocked from the north to attack the south. They never joined forces.In the end, Wulu turned into a fire, and rushed to Dasan Pass desperately. He is looking for death.Wu Jie quickly concentrated his superior forces, went out of Dasan Pass, and fought Wulu in a decisive battle.The mountain is the home field of the Western Army, and almost everything here is tailor-made for the Western Army.Wulu fought together, lost the fight, fled, lacked speed in the mountains, and was finally caught up by the Yongxing Army, who was chopped on the spot.

Wanyan didn't retreat immediately, if the fight continued, he would be thrown on the Qinling Mountains.This battle shocked the upper echelons of the Jin Kingdom.Entering Sichuan from Shaanxi is the most important part of the overall strategy. Only by capturing Shaanxi in the Fuping decisive battle and then attacking Sichuan can they go down the Yangtze River, wipe out the Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, and then rule the entire Han Dynasty. The rings are interlocking, and it will not work without any level.And these are now stuck in front of the Dasan Pass between Sichuan and Shaanxi. To be precise, they are stuck by the thousands of Wu Jie.

After the failure of the three-state alliance, who else can we send?According to the old tradition, it should be Wanyan Loushi who will go into battle, and General Changsheng will definitely win the decisive battle.However, this will never be possible. Six months ago, shortly after the Battle of Fuping ended, Wanyan Loushi died of illness.As he draws his curtains, let's summarize his life.The imprint he left in history is very clear. It became his habit to capture the emperor, capture Yelu Dashi alive, and hunt down Yelu Yanxi.He quickly defeated the main force of Xixia and made the party members surrender immediately.Before he died, he was seriously ill, and he also led the Battle of Fuping, defeating the only main battle army in the Song Dynasty.

Such a person, even if he is an enemy, has to recognize his excellence, even if it is only the excellence of military talent.People admire him, just as the Western world respects the famous German generals Rommel and Guderian during World War II. His unknown side may be more commendable.Looking at his name, he looks like a member of the Jin Kingdom's royal family, after all his surname is Wanyan.But in fact, his father was a subordinate of Wanyan Aguda's uncle Yingge, and the head of the Nadan Water Tribe.The relationship between Nadan Water Department and Wanyan Department has not been clearly explained by history until now. After textual research, Wanyan Loushi's family is very likely to be the Aha of the Wanyan royal family, that is to say, they may have a feudal master-servant relationship.This should be true, otherwise, with his military achievements, he would have already ranked above all Wanyans, at least he should be on an equal footing with Wanyan Zonghan and others. Heroes don't ask about their origins, this is the case in ancient and modern China and abroad. Back to reality, on the land of Shaanxi, apart from the late Wanyan Loushi, among the remaining generals of the Jin army, the fourth prince is the biggest.Up to this time, Jin Wushu had narrowly escaped death twice and turned defeat into victory, which made him full of confidence. why not?The battlefield is like a chess game, like life, like a TV series, there are always twists and turns to be worth watching. Therefore, it will be more exciting if Xianyu turns around after a big defeat, and he is a rare elite. He led an army of one hundred thousand and various dignitaries, such as Wanyan Zonghan's son-in-law and nephews, to attack Wu Jie.However, as soon as he started, he stopped, and he came up with a novel idea. He withdrew his luggage to the east of the Guanzhong Plain, declaring everywhere that he was going back to the north to visit relatives, but secretly shifted his main force to Baoji Dasan Pass.As soon as the elite soldiers from the three states were defeated, he withdrew again. Wu Jie must take the opportunity to go to the Qinling Mountains to recover Shaanxi.At that time, Wu Jie will definitely collide with his main force head-on, with hundreds of thousands against thousands, it will definitely be a big victory without any suspense! In this way, Sichuan and Shaanxi were opened up, and the south of the Yangtze River was wiped out... While he was dreaming, he set off smoke bombs and tossed hard, and finally made all the Jin army sweat.Wu Jie had been sitting at Monk Yuan's place to watch the fun, and hadn't moved from the beginning to the end. "Bah, die hard!" Jin Wushu cursed bitterly, he had no choice but to gather his troops and march towards Qinling with the luggage. Jin Wushu proved a truth, impatient people should not tease others, lest they make themselves angry.Once he starts to move, he will be unstoppable like thunder. From this point on, the battle was measured by the hour, and every hour of the day and night was exciting and intense. He took advantage of the large corps, first built a pontoon bridge on the Weishui River, and the whole army quickly crossed, then seized Yimen Town, swept past without stopping, and broke into the Qinling Mountains almost without dismounting. The quality of the Jin army is really excellent. From the plains to the deep mountains, all the problems of life were solved on horseback along the way, without any delay, and after entering the mountains, they became more energetic. They actually forced to march for more than 30 miles. The original forward position is magical. This is a dividing line, and from here there are all rocky trails, no matter how big the troops are, they have to line up in a single file to go up.In terms of geography alone, it is definitely a place where "one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it". The person who guards the God Cha is Yang Congyi, who went to Fengxiang to grab 300,000 hu of grain a few days ago. Ordinarily, such a fierce man guarded Shencha, and he had to beat the Jin army to pieces to make him decent. However, Yang Congyi was very abnormal. As soon as the Jurchen showed his face, he immediately fled. The Yongxing army at Shencha Pass ran into the deep mountain like a group of rabbits, and escaped so quickly. The Fourth Prince was very busy and didn't have the time to go across the mountains to catch them.In Jin Wushu's mind, Yang Congyi ran very rationally. This is a large army of 100,000 people, and strength determines everything. He really ran very rationally! Therefore, he saved all his time, took Shencha as the base, and built the Lianzhu Village, which meanders for more than 40 miles. The tail of the village is at Shencha, and the front has reached Baoji.In other words, the monk was already within the attack range. This road can be called a hurricane rush, invincible.This made the fourth prince very excited. He had longed for this feeling for a long time, and he had tasted it... well, it was the time when he chased Zhao Gou before. Although the ending was very sad, the process was very enjoyable! Jin Wushu decided to make it more beautiful this time.For this reason, he only gave the troops one night and one morning to rest.At noon the next day, all the Jin troops set off and arrived at the foot of Monk Yuan. After arriving, Jin Wushu knew why the three-state coalition was defeated so badly before, and even the leader lost his head.Throw away all the nonsense about the dangerous terrain, dismounting and fighting, and condense it into one sentence, that is, this land is stronger than the walls of any city in the Song Dynasty, and they can't bring any assault equipment up! It's that simple, you can only climb up empty-handed and alone.How can we fight this battle? His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince still has many tricks, and he came up with two for Monk Yuan.First, immediately divide the troops to attack Dasan Pass.Before, Wanyan didn't stand up and Wulu's folding didn't cooperate well, and they were never able to attack these two places at the same time.He didn't have this regret. He had a hundred thousand people with him, and if he went out casually, there would be a sea of ​​people. Second, the main position for attacking Heshangyuan was too low. The soldiers of the Yongxing Army were condescending and shot arrows down. Even if the quality of the bows and arrows were not high, the lethality was amazing.On the contrary, the Jin army fired upwards and attacked, purely looking for death.For this reason, Jin Wushu ordered local materials to be used to build a hill with stones, barely reaching the height of Monk Yuan. After that, start playing immediately. He is anxious, there are countless beautiful things waiting for him in front of him, such as the beauties and gold coins in Sichuan, the beauties and silk in Jiangnan, these are just like the beauties and land in the north of the Yangtze River, they are too tempting for him! With passion in desire, all Jurchen soldiers began to attack Monk Yuan and Dashan Pass.They were greeted by Wu Jie's "garrison" who had been training for a long time. Garrison, also called foot soldiers.If the two armies meet on the plain, they will always stop within a certain distance, which depends on the position of the soldiers.This kind of soldier holds a bow and arrow and shoots at the opponent, which is not only a deterrent, but also sets the tone for the distance between the two armies when they confront each other.However, Wu Jie was obviously cheating, all he rationed to his subordinates were god arm bows. At this time, it was not easy to obtain a large number of god arm bows. It was originally a high-end weapon in the Song Dynasty army, and it was very popular. Especially for the Western army, this kind of thing was very common.However, the Song Dynasty has been rotten all these years, daring to cheat everything, the magic arm bow in the arsenal cut corners, it is not as good as ordinary bows and arrows. Wu Jie's solitary army was at the top of Dasan Pass, so he must have paid a considerable price for being able to equip this kind of bow and arrow in large quantities. At this time, you can receive the reward.Wu Jie divided the garrison into batches and went out to fight in turn. The special arrows from the God Arm Bow never stopped for a moment, and it rained heavily on the Jin army.This kind of arrow has a "heavy armor hole hundreds of steps away", think about how many real girls have become targets.But this couldn't stop Jin Wushu from moving forward. He launched three large-scale attacks in one afternoon, and he retreated angrily until it was late. He swore he would come back the next day! As night fell, the battle had just begun. Compared with this time, the entire day's battle was just a padding.Walking on the rugged mountain road, the huge Jin army never expected that Song army would catch up to them as soon as they retreated. It was Yang Zheng, general of the Yongxing Army.He suddenly pursued and killed Jin Jun by surprise.After cutting down a piece of gold army, he immediately returned to Monk Yuan.Jin Wushu was furious, and was hesitating whether to go back to take revenge, when another bad news came from behind him. The grain road in the direction of Shencha was robbed, and it was Yang Congyi who was hiding in the mountains. Accidents happened before and after, and Jin Wushu became very calm.He has a bottom line in his heart, no matter how hard the Song army struggles, the comparison of strength is there, with a hundred thousand soldiers in his hands, no matter how they fight, they will surely win.Now, he wanted to go back to the camp to eat and sleep, so as to recover his energy. In Lianzhu Village, the bonfire was lit, the rice cooker was set up, and every Jurchen soldier crowded to the side of the fire to find warmth.This is the Qinling Mountains in October of the first year of Song Shaoxing (AD 1131), people will freeze to death!The fire was crowded with people.At this moment, a rain of arrows that was denser than the daytime suddenly shot out from the surrounding darkness! Wu Jie selected 500 archers with magic arms, and quietly walked to the side of Jin Wushu's camp. The entire Jin army lay down, including Jin Wushu, and no one thought of fighting back. They endured until the Western army had enough shots and retreated before standing up.They looked around, the camp was in a mess, and they didn't dare to light a fire to cook anymore. Go to bed hungry.Jin Wushu lay in the dark night counting the stars, looking forward to the early sunrise of the next day.He was exhausted from running the mountain road during the day, and he didn't want to move at night. It's a pity that this battle is updated and changed in units of hours. At the time of the second watch, the camp of the Jin army suddenly burst into flames, and the arrow rain fell again, accompanied by a large number of Western troops.Judging from the numbers, it should be that all the Western Army from the direction of the monk was dispatched. In fact, this raid was led by Wu Jie himself. At this time, Jin Wushu knew that he had been fooled. Wu Jie sent people to sneak attack when it was just dark. With the strength at that time and the strength of the Jin army itself, people felt that this was the case, otherwise what else would he want to do? , Thousands of people swallowed a hundred thousand troops? Unexpectedly, Wu Jie really dared to do this. He took advantage of this illusion to raid the Jin army late at night with all his wealth.Is this too reckless and too passionate?After all, there is a huge gap between the enemy and ourselves. Facts have proved that Wu Jie is right, he is too smart to see through Jin Jun's flaws from the root.Jin Wushu likes Lianzhuzhai very much, he used this formation more than once, and he will use it again in the future, even if he almost died on it, he would not change it.For example, this time, the rugged mountain roads, Lianzhu villages lined up one by one for more than forty miles, looked really beautiful and spectacular. But no one can help anyone, once something happens, it will only double the disaster.Wu Jie seemed to use a few thousand people to force a hundred thousand troops, but in fact, he only needed to attack the handful at the forefront of the Jin army.The collapsed Jinjun at the front will press down on the Lianzhu Dazhai behind, like dominoes, pressing faster and faster; like a snowball, the further you go, the greater the rolling force. Jin Wushu is the little snow cube at the front, he wants to cry but has no tears, should he and Wu Jie fight to the death?He shouldn't be cowardly, but this time is more dangerous than when he was in Huang Tiandang, he doesn't want to die.So, let the subordinates behind him stand up, that is, stand him up, and prevent the collapse? That would make him die at the hands of his subordinates! No, this is too embarrassing. In the dark Qinling Mountains, the 100,000 Jin army was forced out of the camp by thousands of Western troops. They retreated for several miles, but failed to stop the Western army's attack.In the chaos, the sky finally dawned, and Jin Wushu issued a seemingly sensible order—— The Jin army quickly retreated, abandoned the camp on the mountain road, and withdrew to the outside of the mountain. In his mind, when it was dawn, the Jin army would regain its vigor, and even if the huge combat power could not launch an offensive on the mountain road, thousands of opponents would not dare to pursue it.And as long as he exited the mountain, the host and guest would change positions immediately, and Wu Jie never dared to threaten him again. Although doing so meant that the attack on the monk would have failed, so what if he didn't fail. Yesterday, the morale was high and he couldn't break through the Dasan Pass. After such a night, do you want to attack again? So no matter how you think about it, retreating is correct. Jin Jun is unlucky in this concept.The Jin army began to retreat, and Wu Jie continued to pursue.On the rugged mountain road, the cavalry of the Golden Army were huge and plump targets. They moved slowly, sometimes making big jumps or small steps, and everyone was under the cover of the arching bow.From Dashan Pass to Heshangyuan, and from Heshangyuan to Erliyi, the mountain road was full of corpses of Jin soldiers. Jin Jun finally arrived at Shencha and was about to go out of the mountain. Just as he was about to catch his breath, Yang Congyi led someone to jump out of the forest to rob him again.The future Master Immortal held Jin Wushu firmly and refused to let them go.The two sides had been entangled for more than thirty rounds, and the result was that Jin Wushu hit two arrows.This is not over yet, Wu Jie also arrived, and the Western Army went all out to "retain" His Royal Highness the fourth prince, and refused to let him go no matter what. The whole day passed, and Jin Wushu was trapped in the Qinling Mountains.When night fell again, he was still held there firmly, unable to move.It wasn't until the fourth watch, when reinforcements from the Jin Army from the direction of Baoji arrived, that he was rescued. Just three days... three days of incomparably dark, long days!This became the nightmare of Yan Zongbi's life.At least 10,000 of his subordinates died in the Qinling Mountains, and this alone lost everything won in the Battle of Fuping.For the rest, there were only six people left in his personal battalion, and nearly 3,000 people were captured, including more than 900 heavy cavalry and more than 20 senior generals. What made him most painful and embarrassing was that the eldest prince Wanyan Zonghan's son-in-law and nephew were also lost by him, and they all became Wu Jie's captives.How does this make him go back to see his elder brother, Nian Rare is sometimes very rough! Sure enough, when he returned, he was severely reprimanded and scolded bloody.In a rage, the eldest prince demoted him to Marshal Zuo Dujian.Jin Wushu accepted all of these.He remembered Wu Jie and vowed to fight this man to the end! The Battle of Monk Yuan is over, and its significance cannot be overestimated.Wu Jie kept Sichuan, that is, he kept Jiangnan, and gave the Southern Song Dynasty the fundamental guarantee for establishing a country. According to history, this was the first disastrous defeat suffered by the Jin army in the history of the Song and Jin wars.Li Xinchuan also said in "Records of Years Since Jianyan": "Since the Jin people entered the Central Plains, it is not like this." This seems to be debatable, after all, there are Huang Tiandang of Han Shizhong and Jiankang of Yue Fei.However, the battle of Huang Tiandang was won first and then lost. There was no such final victory as Monk Yuan; and Yue Fei only attacked like a storm. brilliant results. After this battle, the Han land was full of joy, and Zhao Gou sent an order to reward the Western Army and give Wu Jie the highest honor-Jianjie.Thirty-nine-year-old Wu Jie was named the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhenxi Army. He was the first general in the Southern Song Dynasty to establish a festival for his military exploits. Wu Jie is famous all over the world! However, it was not him who had the greatest impact on the situation at that time, but a ship sailing from the north to the south.