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

After the two sides met, Li Shun handed Wang Xiaobo's secret decree to Cao Youwen, and asked loudly at the same time,

"General Cao, the officials have mobilized half of the elite troops from Jingxiang, Jianghuai, and Huaihe Rivers, so that you can make a difference in the Sichuan-Shaanxi defense line. Can you defeat the Western Route Army of the Mongols?"

Cao Youwen laughed loudly and said,

"Cao has never fought such a rich battle in his life!"

After reading Wang Xiaobo's secret decree, Cao Youwen said with confidence,
"The Mongolian West Route Army has only 10 people, of which the real Mongolian army is only 3, the Tanma Red Army is [-], and the rest is Wang Shixian's [-] Gongchang Army.

Since the officials are so clear about the movements of Wang Shixian's army, we can come to an ambush, annihilate Gong Chang's army in one fell swoop, and then have a decisive battle with Kuo Duan.

What do you generals think? "

Li Shun said with a smile, "The officials have long said that all the battles on the Sichuan-Shaanxi defense line are under the full command of General Cao. We listen to you. We will fight as you say."

Cao Youwen was not too polite. After testing the abilities of the generals, he immediately asked Du Gao, who was stronger than the offensive, to lead 5000 soldiers to guard the Tianshui Army, and let Gao, who was stronger than the defensive, lead 5000 soldiers to guard Jiezhou.Order Bai Zaixing, the commander of the Tabai Army, to guard Xihe Prefecture with 1 people, Wang Zi, the leader of the Tuifeng Army, to guard Fengzhou with [-] people, and Chen Geng, the commander of Youyi Army, to guard Chengzhou with [-] people.

He himself led [-] soldiers to Xianren Pass.

Li Shun and Wang Cormorant went with the army.

Along the way, the two kept their stance very low, observing how Cao Youwen governed the army during the day, and discussing with Cao Youwen how to lead the army at night.

Cao Youwen knew that these two people were cronies sent by the government, so naturally they would not hide their secrets and give them all.

During the several months of waiting for the Mongolian army to invade, Cao Youwen not only trained Li Shun Wang Cormorant into an excellent general, but also trained the [-] soldiers they brought into qualified soldiers.

In the second year of Duanping, 30 Mongolian troops marched southward.

Guiyou, the head coach of the Eastern Route Army, led an army of 20 to attack Jingxiang.

The Jingxiang defense line, which has been mobilized with half of the elite soldiers, can only parry, but has no power to fight back.Fortunately, it was Meng Gong, Yu Jie and Liu Zheng who defended Jingxiang and Nanyang.

They used weak forces to deal with the Mongolian East Route Army repeatedly, trying to protect every strong city with strategic significance.

Guiyou attacked for more than three months. Although he took down several cities, he did not take down an important city.It can be said that the record is sparse.

But compared with the West Route Army, the East Route Army's performance is already very good.

The commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, Kuo Duan, is Wo Kuotai's third son, and a veteran general who has fought on the battlefield since he was a teenager.

Kuo Duan ordered Wang Shixian to serve as the forward of the West Route Army.

Wang Shixian led an army of [-] Gongchang, and went straight to the Tianshui army. They fought for more than ten days and were unable to defeat them.He turned to attack Tierzhou again, but still couldn't attack the city.

After Kuo Duan led the Chinese army to arrive, he saw that Wang Shixian hadn't even breached a single state capital, so he couldn't help but sneered,
"General Wang, you are also my Mongolian boy, but your fighting skills are obviously a little weak.

We are going to drive in the middle of Shu this time, but you can't even attack the small Tianshui army. Can I trust your ability? "

Wang Shixian knelt down to plead guilty, and said loudly,

"Third Prince, the people of the Song Dynasty are well-known for their defense. If you want to break through the state capital they are holding on to, you must be patient. Cao Youwen, the governor of Sichuan-Shaanxi Road at this time, is not comparable to the trash Gui Ruyuan five years ago."

Kuo Duan sneered, "I'd like to see how good the people of Song Dynasty are!"

Early the next morning, Kuoduan sent thousands of warriors from the Red Army to attack the Tianshui Army.

After a day of continuous attack, the Tianshui Army failed to get close to the outermost wall of the village, and lost nearly a thousand people.

Kuo Duan, furious and angry, continued to attack the city for more than ten days in a row. Although he leveled all the surrounding walls of the Tianshui army, he still couldn't take the Tianshui army's city.

You must know that Du Gao, the defender of the Tianshui Army, is no less than an expert in defending the city.

The siege skills of the Mongols were simply not enough for him.

Seeing that the Tianshui army was so tightly guarded, Kuo Duan led 2 people to dig trenches outside the city and decided to trap the state capital to death.Then he divided his troops and turned to attack Chengzhou, Fengzhou, Xihezhou and other places.

To Kuo Duan's disappointment, these places were also heavily defended, and the Mongols could not even attack a single city.

Coupled with the Song people's strong walls and clear fields, the Mongols harvested Liao Liao.

Wo Kuotai Khan, who was in Yanjing, was very disappointed and ordered to reprimand Kuo Duan.

Kuo Duan was reprimanded by his father and was very angry. When he called the generals for a meeting, he also severely reprimanded his generals.

"We Mongols swept the world with invincible hands. Could it be that these cowardly Song people blocked us here? Generals, do you have a way to break through the Song army's defense line?"

Wang Shixian stepped forward and said loudly,
"Third Prince, I have an idea, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Kuo Duan said impatiently, "If you have any ideas, just say it! Don't be like the people of Song Dynasty."

Wang Shixian said confidently,

"Our army has been attacking the five prefectures of the Song people for nearly two months, but still can't take any city. This can only explain one thing. Cao Youwen deployed all the elite soldiers from the Sichuan-Shanxi Road to the Song-Mongol border.

As far as I know, under Cao Youwen's command, there are only more than [-] elite soldiers.

Since he deployed most of the elite soldiers to the border state capitals, the central Sichuan must be empty.I am humble and bold, please allow me to lead the army to Yangping Pass.

Yangping Pass is the gateway to central Sichuan.As long as this pass is won, our army can drive into Shu for a long time. "

"It's not a bad plan."

Kuo Duan first praised Wang Shixian, then stared at Wang Shixian suspiciously,
"But can you take Yangping Pass?"

Wang Shixian patted his chest and issued a military order,

"Cao Youwen can fight again, but his strength is extremely limited. Now our attack can be tested, and the Song army guarding the five states must have at least 4 people.

That being the case, in addition to the Song soldiers guarding other passes, Cao Youwen's garrison at Yangping Pass would not exceed 5000 at most.

I led nearly [-] elite soldiers to attack Yangping Pass, which has less than [-] defenders. Why not break it! "

Kuo Duan laughed loudly,
"Since that's the case, I will besiege the Song army here and wait for the good news of General Wang."

"If you can't break through the Yangping Pass and drive into Shu, the subordinates are willing to die to apologize!"

Wang Shixian led his seven sons, led all Gongchang's army, bypassed Wuzhou, and attacked Yangping Pass.

When Cao You heard the news that Wang Shixian led the army, he immediately laughed and said to Li Shun Wang Cormorant,

"I knew that Wang Shixian likes to take risks when using soldiers, and he did it again. But this guy doesn't know that I have been waiting for him here for more than two months. This time, I let this old man come and go. The old man's [-] Gongchang army is not only elite, but also very familiar with the joints of the Sichuan-Shaanxi defense line, if we don't destroy them, I'm afraid it will become a confidant of my Great Song."

In fact, as Cao Youwen said, the reason why Mongolia was able to break through Shuzhong was that the real main force was the Gongchang Army.It took Wang Shixian and his seven sons more than 30 years to break through the defense line in central Shu almost alone with the spirit of one soldier.