Ranking Pass History: Inventory of the Top Ten Great Players in History

After the victory of the flag opening, Cao Youwen did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. Instead, he personally sat in Xihe Prefecture, dispatched troops, and used the five states as a fence to fight repeatedly with the Mongolian West Route Army with many generals.

Unlike other Song generals who could only defend the city, brothers Cao Youwen and Cao Youwan were very good at field battles and dared to fight the Mongols in field battles.

They led thousands of well-selected soldiers out of the city to fight the Mongols more than once.

When Wang Shixian, who avenged his son, led [-] cavalry to Xihe Prefecture, he was repelled by Cao Youwen with [-] cavalry.Among the rebellious army, Cao Youwen again beheaded Wang Shixian's third son, Wang Zhichen.

But this old boy has seven sons, so two dead are nothing.

Cao Youwen's [-] elite soldiers directly under his command can fight the Mongols in a field battle, and they will not lose the wind in the slightest.

In this way, relying on three passes and five states, Cao Youwen firmly blocked the west road army's southward journey with [-] field troops.

In the Central Plains area, Meng Gong led 18 elite soldiers, [-] young and strong, a total of [-] people, and they were also inseparable from the Eastern Route Army.

Standing on the pass and guarding the river is a brilliant strategic move, but if you want to defend the three capitals and one pass, you really need a series of bloody battles.

Take Shouhe as an example. Although the Yellow River is as famous as the Yangtze River, it has never been regarded as a natural barrier.

Because the Yellow River will freeze!
Every winter, when the Yellow River freezes, the cavalry of the nomadic peoples in the north rush over on horseback.

When the Mongolian Eastern Route Army reached the north bank of the Yellow River, it was extremely cold.

The Yellow River freezes so thickly that it can hold ten thousand horses galloping together.

Gui You, the head coach of the Eastern Route Army, laughed and said,

"Even Changshengtian is helping us Mongols. The Southern Dynasties are exhausted!"

After 20 Mongols crossed the Yellow River, they divided their troops into three groups, attacking Bianliang all the way, Luoyang all the way, and Guide Mansion all the way.

On the Shaanxi side, Han general Dong Wenbing led [-] Han troops out of Guanzhong and went straight to Tongguan.

Guiyou is going to swallow the three capitals and one pass that the Song army insisted on, and take all the land of the Central Plains.

Facing the Mongolian army overwhelming Mount Tai, Meng Gong sat in Luoyang, and the soldiers came to block him, and the water came to cover him.

He sent general Wang Jian to lead [-] elite soldiers and [-] strong soldiers to guard Tongguan.

Just relying on Wang Jian's ability to defend the city, don't say that Dong Wenbing only has [-] Han troops, even if he has [-] troops, he would never want to break through Tongguan.

Huaixi general Quan Zicai guarded Bianliang, with [-] Huaixi elite soldiers, [-] Ding Zhuang, relying on the slightly repaired Bianliang City, to face the [-] Mongolian elite soldiers led by Guiyou himself, plus the [-] soldiers of Shi Tianze and Shi Tianni brothers. The elite Han soldiers, as well as the [-] Tan Ma Red Army led by party member Li Weizhong.

There was such a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides that Quanzi didn't dare to go out to fight in the field at all, and could only defend the city.

The Mongolian army attacking Guide Mansion was led by Wen Buhua, plus Zhang Rou's tens of thousands of Han troops.

When the Mongols arrived outside the city, Xu Minzhi, who stayed behind in Guide Mansion, sent general Li Zhong to lead [-] soldiers out of the city to fight the Mongols, but was defeated.

From then on, Xu Minzhi also couldn't stick to it.

Anyway, the food and grass in the city are extremely abundant, at least for a year, they will not be afraid of starvation.

The three capitals and one pass that have just been recovered, Tongguan is holding on, Bianliang is holding on, and Guide Mansion is holding on. Only Luoyang, where Meng Gong sits, has been fighting the Mongols.

Meng Gong led [-] elite infantry, [-] strong, and fought bloody battles with the Mongols on the outskirts of Luoyang.

Under the command of Meng Gong, the Song army not only did not give up the dangerous places of Yanshi Gong Yihu's prison, but retreated into Luoyang City to hold on, and even refused to give up a small village.

Mongolian general Subotai commanded a Mongolian team of [-] people, [-] Tanma Red Army, and [-] Han soldiers, competing with Song soldiers from village to town.

It took him two months, and with the sacrifices of more than [-] Tanma Red Army and Han soldiers, he selected all the passes on the periphery of Luoyang and approached Luoyang City.

In March of the second year of Duanping, the three capitals and one pass in the Central Plains were all surrounded by heavy Mongol regiments.

Whether it is Meng Gong, Wang Jian, Quan Zicai, or Xu Minzhi, they can only defend the city and have no strength to fight back.

However, the Mongols also couldn't attack these fortified cities with heavy soldiers.

People in Song Dynasty were good at guarding, and they were famous all over the world.

Even if the walls of these strong cities were torn down by the Mongols, the Song Army still firmly withstood the Mongols' siege by virtue of the newly built new city walls that were not too strong.

When the news that the three capitals and one pass were besieged by the Mongols reached Lin'an, the imperial court was shaken again.

At the court meeting, some timid civil servants once again put forward the strategy of negotiating peace.

They suggested that Chen Sheng follow the example of the Jin and Song Dynasties and profess his vassalship to the Mongolian Khan.

Chen Sheng was furious, drew his long sword again, hacked and killed the three civil officials who proposed peace in the Golden Palace, and shouted sharply,

"I will never die with the Mongols. Anyone who dares to propose a peace agreement will have their families raided and wiped out."

In this way, the increasingly strong voices for peace talks between the DPRK and China were suppressed.

Although Sanjing and Yiguan were surrounded by the Mongols, they did not completely cut off the connection with Lin'an.

Chen Sheng was worried that Meng Gong would fail and the Sanjing would be lost again, so he sent an envoy Zhao Bingyuan to sneak into Luoyang.

Zhao Bingyuan saw Meng Gong and asked,
"Grand Polu, the officials are very worried about the frontline battle. Can you withstand the massive attack of the Mongols?"

Meng Gong laughed loudly and said,
"Master Zhao, please go back to court and tell the officials that our army will surely win this battle."

Zhao Bingyuan looked at Meng Gong suspiciously,

"Duke Polu, don't bully me, a scholar. I think the Mongols have an absolute advantage now. How do you defeat them?"

Meng Gong laughed again and said,
"The literati don't know soldiers, so they will be intimidated by the menacing Mongols. The real battlefield method is to defend the city until the enemy is tired. When Wang Jian destroyed Chu, he was a turtle for half a year, until the Chu army was exhausted. Did it take all the time to defeat Xiang Yan's 20 Chu army in one fell swoop?

How did Han Gaozu Liu Bang come to the world?Because Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was best at deep trenches and high fortifications, Xiang Yu's victorious spirit was worn away.

How did Tang Taizong Li Shimin capture Dou Jiande?It also held fast to Hulao Pass for more than a month, and then defeated the 20 Hebei army in one fell swoop.

Lord Zhao, please go back and report to the officials that our army will be able to defeat the enemy before August. "

Zhao Bingyuan shouted back, then whispered,
"You know, Polu Gong, what the officials are most worried about is that the Mongols will send half of the people to besiege the city, and then send cavalry thousands of miles away to surprise Jiangnan Prefecture."

Meng Gong said confidently,
"Master Zhao, please report back to the officials. There is no need to worry about this situation. If the Central Plains were full of states and counties, the Mongols might dare to play such a tactic of cutting out hearts with big knives. Now along the Bianliang to the Jianghuai border, there are thousands of miles of people, and the Mongols can't find it." Less than supplies.

They absolutely dare not take such odd risks.

There are Chaozhou County in the south, and [-] elite soldiers in Sanjing and Yiguan in the north. The Mongols would never dare to use this kind of surprise attack.Otherwise, they will be flanked by our army back and forth, and they will be disabled in one go! "

After hearing Meng Gong's analysis, Zhao Bingyuan returned to Lin'an to report to Chen Sheng.

After hearing Meng Gong's analysis, Chen Sheng immediately felt relieved.