Chapter 60 one

Yangluo Fort Dutong Mansion. The Yuan Army's Sun and Moon Emperor's Banner with its white ground and blue border fluttered in the fading smoke. In December, the ancient city of Yangluobao shivered in the cold wind.Boyan led A Shu, Zhang Hongfan, Li Ting and other senior generals to inspect the city walls. "The art of war says: Soldiers are deceitful." Boyan looked around at the generals and said with deep emotion, "Compared with the Battle of Yingzhou not long ago, the Battle of Yangluobao has similarities and differences. There are many differences. The similarity lies in that both are castles, both of which have important strategic significance. The difference lies in that our army was forced to abandon Yingzhou, but succeeded in storming Yangluobao.”

"That's right. Back then, I couldn't fully understand why the commander didn't take the Song army's warships from the south bank of Shawukou, but took the risk of crossing the river. Now I understand that this is the way to serve the army. Don't be greedy for small gains, and make all the achievements. The end will admire To the point!" Li Ting praised from the bottom of his heart. "Marshal Ashu was ordered to sneak attack on the south bank of Yangluo Fort from the north of the Yangtze River, and adopted a 'false strategy' to form a front and back attack on the Song army, thus gaining the initiative on the battlefield. Important reason." Zhang Hongfan inserted a sentence thoughtfully.Normally, Zhang Hongfan rarely talked, but when he had a discussion, it was often in the middle of a sentence.

Ashu has been seriously deprived of sleep recently, and his eyes are bloodshot: "I suggest that our army should take advantage of the victory and move eastward, attack Lin'an in one fell swoop, and then unify China. The situation is now very clear. The Song army has relied on the Yangtze River natural moat and The dangerous pass is becoming more and more vulnerable to the powerful offensive of our army, as long as the army crosses the river, the end of the Song court will not be far away." All the generals looked at each other knowingly. After a few days of rest for the Yuan army, in February of the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1275), Boyan led the main force into Chizhou (Guichi, Anhui), and passed through Huangzhou, Qizhou, Jiangzhou, Nankang, and Anqing along the river. Waiting for the city to welcome down one after another.Song Taizhou's observation envoy stationed 70,000 elite soldiers at Dingjiazhou near Chizhou. Song Huaixi's envoy Xia Gui collected 2,000 warships and parked 500 of them in the Yangtze River in an attempt to stop the Yuan army.

At the same time, in order to save the fate of being destroyed, the Song court sent Prime Minister Jia Sidao to supervise all roads with 130,000 troops and 2,500 warships across the river, and set up defenses around Wuhu, posing for a decisive battle. The Song Army established the Anti-Yuan Dudu Mansion, and Jia Sidao served as the commander-in-chief of the Dudu Mansion, known as a million soldiers.However, there are many contradictions among Song generals.Song general Xia Gui was defeated by the Yuan army at Yangluo Fort. He was afraid that Song Ting would punish him if other generals won the battle.

At this time, the Yuan army was on the contrary, with high morale, and the soldiers asked for battle one after another.Boyan calmly dissuaded the soldiers: "The enemy is outnumbered, and our army is divided to attack and plunder everywhere. The strength is obviously insufficient. Therefore, this battle cannot be fought with all one's strength. It is better to win by plan." At critical moments, Ashu and Boyan could always think of one another: "Commander, I think that our army can build more than ten large ships, and the ships are fully loaded with firewood, fire brimstone, wax oil and other inflammable materials, and then let the soldiers go around threatening Burning the boat, in this way, on the one hand, it can create a tense atmosphere in the Song army, on the other hand, it can paralyze the army's morale after a long period of non-fighting."

"This is a trick of suspicious soldiers. It's wonderful! General A Shu, how about we divide the work?" "Please show me the commander." "When the Song army's troops relax, I will launch a frontal attack with the adviser He Wei and the chief general Li Ting's infantry and cavalry; you, Atahai, Zhang Hongfan's artillery, and crossbowmen will attack the main force of Sun Huchen's Song Artillery Battalion. Let's attack with something. Encircle the north and the south, and strive to break through Dingjiazhou in the first battle." Standing under the trembling military banner, A Shu was full of energy, and answered the order loudly: "Yes!"

Boyan put his hand on the flagpole and looked at Jiangdong. "Jia Sidao was forced to lead the army to supervise the battle under the attack of righteous people in the Song Dynasty." He slapped the flagpole hard, and with a "pop", the flagpole trembled. "This notorious Prime Minister You sent a letter to me in advance, so he repeated the old trick, offering 'Yogong Year Coins' in exchange for our army's retreat to the north. I have clearly told the envoy that Jia Sidao should be a relative Come and meet with me." "Where does Jia Sidao have the guts to come to our barracks to discuss peace! For such a shameless villain, we can only retaliate and never tolerate!" A Shu said contemptuously.

After the two discussed, they each acted according to their plans. Seven days later, Boyan saw that the time was ripe, and issued an order to the entire army to "make food at the time of You, and attack at the time of Hai". That night, while the generals of the Song Army were still singing and dancing, Boyan personally supervised the battle and attacked the Song Army's camp from the east and west lines at the same time.The Song army was caught off guard and suffered numerous casualties.Yuan army generals He Wei and Li Ting fought bravely to be the first, and killed and scattered Song generals Sun Huchen and Xia Gui.Jia Sidao panicked and fled. Boyan led the main force to chase and kill them all the way, and captured more than 200 warships and countless military equipment.

In the Song Dynasty, whose life was almost exhausted, the hearts of the people in the government and the opposition were floating, and Lin'an City seemed to be shrouded in a terrifying shadow...