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

When Guiyou's army reached Ezhou and Huangzhou, they could no longer advance an inch, and were firmly blocked there by Meng Gong and Yu Jie.

Unlike the Jingxiang Song Army, which could only hold on to the city, the Song Army on the Sichuan-Shaanxi defense line reported frequent successes.

Wang Xiaobo also rewarded the Sichuan-Shaanxi Song Army for their efforts with very generous rewards.

After the Battle of Yangping Pass, Wang Xiaobo made Cao Youwen the Marquis of Poulu, and Cao Youwan made Hu Bo kill him.Li Shun Wang Cormorant only made two viscounts because of his insignificant contribution.

After the great victory outside the Tianshui army was reported to the capital, Wang Xiaobo immediately named Cao Youwen the Duke of Polu, and all the generals who participated in the battle were at least made earls.Several major generals were made marquises.

Cao Youwan's reward was even more exaggerated.

Wang Xiaobo proclaimed Cao Youwan the King of Jin, and made Cao Youwan's wife a first-class wife. He rewarded Cao Youwan's two underage sons with 5 households and [-] taels of silver.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has never been such a heavy reward.

Wang Xiaobo's generous rewards spread to the Sichuan-Shaanxi front, which made the morale of the Song army even more like a rainbow.

At the end of July in the first year of Duanping, Cao Youwen led an army to attack Chang'an, and finally captured the whole land of Longshang, the whole of Shaanxi, and a part of Shanxi.

When the news reached Lin'an Mansion, civil and military officials immediately cheered.

People who are no longer familiar with military affairs can also see that Cao Youwen regained Shaanxi and immediately posed a threat to the Mongolian East Route Army. The Mongols had to retreat to Jiangbei.

In July of the first year of Duanping, Guiyou led his army back across the Yangtze River and settled in Heluo.

Meng Gong, Yu Jie, Liu Zheng and others chased after them, not only regained all the lost ground, but also killed more than ten thousand Han troops and the Tanma Red Army behind the palace.

At the beginning of August in the first year of Duanping, Li Shun Wang Cormorant led an army of [-] from Chang'an to attack Tongguan and Shanzhou by force.

Subotai led [-] cavalry to attack Shanzhou.

Li Shun Wang cormorant is no longer just a farmer with supernatural power at this time, after several months of brutal fighting, they have also become qualified generals.

Facing Subotai's tough provocation, they defended the city without fighting.

Anyway, the Song army occupied Shaanxi and had already seized the initiative on the battlefield.

Subutai couldn't stop attacking Shanzhou, so he could only retreat into Luoyang to prevent Li Shun Wang cormorants from raiding Luoyang.

Facts have proved that Wang Xiaobo's east defense and west attack were indeed a gamble, but he was right.

He gathered heavy troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi to defend against knots, and handed them all over to Cao Youwen.

Cao Youwen repaid his trust with his record in Longshang, Shaanxi.

Occupying the entire territory of Longshang and Shaanxi, and half of Shanxi, the Song people's strategic maneuvering space has not only increased a lot, but they can also send troops to Shaanxi to threaten the Central Plains and Taihang to threaten Hebei at any time. The Mongols can no longer do this If you don't move, you will drink the Yangtze River.

Next, neither Cao Youwen nor Jingxiang's Meng Gong was in a hurry to counterattack the Mongolian army.

Meng Gong was the Mongolian army who had no spare power to counterattack the Central Plains.

Although the Eastern Route Army failed to break through Ezhou and Huangzhou, they first broke through Nanyang and then Xiangfan. Their iron hooves broke through more than a dozen prefectures along the river. refugees.

Meng Gong and Yu Jie could only cooperate with civil officials to clean up the place and appease the people's livelihood.

Cao Youwen also did not have the ability to attack the Mongols aggressively.

Although he regained a large territory, these places have been in the hands of foreigners for more than a hundred years, and the local people are not convinced of the Song army.

Therefore, in the following time, Cao Youwen sat in Chang'an, dispatched troops and generals, and with the cooperation of the civil servants sent by Wang Xiaobo, he tried to subdue the local people's hearts.

Fortunately, the Western Route Army of the Mongols suffered a disastrous defeat, and their vitality was also hurt for a while. Facing Cao Youwen, who was both sharp in offense and defense, they did not dare to attack Shaanxi and Longshang on a large scale.

For at least one or two years, the Mongols sent small groups of cavalry to harass Shaanxi.

Cao Youwen, who had a war horse, was also not to be outdone, and also sent a small group of cavalry to gallop across the border.

Wang Xiaobo used the strategic resources of the whole country on Cao Youwen, Meng Gongyujie and others.

All the steel was transported to the front line and made into armored crossbows, so that an ordinary Song soldier could also have iron armor for protection.

With sufficient food, grass, armor, and horses, the Song army finally made a big attack at the beginning of the fourth year of Duanping.

Cao Youwen sold [-] of the robbed war horses to Meng Gong and Yu Jie of Jingxiang, and kept [-] for himself, and trained them into a large-scale and powerful cavalry unit.

Meng Gong led [-] infantry, and Yu Jie and Liu Zheng each led [-] cavalry. The troops left Nanyang and pointed directly at Luoyang.

At the same time, Cao Youwen's troops entered Shanxi and conquered Taiyuan Mansion, known as the Dragon City, in one fell swoop.

If Cao Youwen's strategic plan is followed, he is going to hit Yunzhou in one go and take back the Great Wall defense line that has been lost for hundreds of years.

It's a pity that Wang Xiaobo, who had only three months left before the end of the ranking, finally gave Cao Youwen an imperial decree, asking him to lead an army and Jingxiang's Song army to take the three capitals.

When Cao Youwen received the order, he sent Li Shun Wang Cormorant to lead [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to go east out of Shanzhou, join Meng Gong Yujie's [-] elite soldiers, and go straight to Luoyang.

Facing the Song Army who was on the Northern Expedition again, Guiyou sat in Bianliang.

General Subotai led 11 elite Mongolian soldiers, Dong Wenbing led [-] Han troops, and the cowardly Buhua led [-] Tanma Red Army to fight a decisive battle with [-] Song troops outside Luoyang City.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten days, regardless of the outcome.

Both Subutai and Dong Wenbing are famous generals through the ages, but Meng Gong and Yu Jie are not inferior to them at all.

Li Shun Wang Cormorant already had the qualifications of a general, and after more than two years of training, he has become an excellent general.

Although it is not as good as Subutai Menggong, it can beat ordinary Mongolian ten thousand households.

What's more, the Song Army already had a large-scale cavalry force at this time. Among the [-] troops, there were [-] cavalry.

Although the total number of cavalry of the Song Army is not half that of the Mongolian Army, the equipment of the Song Army's cavalry is beyond the imagination of the Mongolian cavalry.

The [-] cavalry of the Song army were all in armor, and each was equipped with a riding crossbow, plus ten crossbow arrows.

In the bloody battle outside Luoyang City, King Liu Zheng and Yu Yu led [-] cavalry each, and fought [-] elite Mongolian soldiers more than a dozen times without losing the wind.

Even if Subodei's command art is higher than theirs, they make up for their lack of command art with good equipment.

If this stalemate continues, it will definitely be an unbeatable situation.

After all, the Mongol Empire at this time was too rich.

The food and grass soldiers from Central Asia and European countries, as well as young and strong soldiers, were continuously replenished on the Central Plains battlefield, allowing the Mongols to garrison troops in the barren Central Plains for a long time.

There is still a month left before the time to enter the rankings, and the battle outside Luoyang City has not yet been decided.

Wang Xiaobo, who lives in Lin'an, sighed, knowing that his results in this ranking may not be too ideal.

After all, if the strategy of occupying the gate and guarding the river fails, the score will not be too high.