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

Before he could decide whether to lead his army back to Chengdu, Ximen Biao led five thousand Xingsong troops to kill them.

Facing the [-] Gongchang army, the [-] Xingsong army showed no fear, and killed them screaming.

Chen Shuang, the forward of the Xing Song Army, was even more of a fierce general, holding two iron maces weighing [-] jin, and riding a fat Mongolian horse, fighting in and out of Gongchang's army without a single enemy.

Of course Wang Liangchen was not afraid of the Five Thousand Xing Song Army.

However, Wang Li, the defender of Diaoyu City, is a famous general who is very good at seizing opportunities.

Seeing the arrival of the reinforcements, he immediately cut off the pass and opened the city, led the only five thousand soldiers in the city to fight out, and attacked Gong Chang's army from both sides.

Now Wang Liangchen couldn't stand it anymore.

After struggling for three hours, the whole army collapsed.

Wang Liangchen led more than ten thousand remnants to flee towards Chengdu.

The rest of Gong Chang's army scattered and fled.

Those who really couldn't run away would kneel down and ask for surrender.

However, how could the defenders of Diaoyu City allow these Gongchang troops who slaughtered more than half of Sichuan to live in the world.

One knife at a time, send these pleasers to hell.

Then Ximen Biao entered Diaoyu City and joined Wang Li.Afterwards, Li Hao showed his magic in the sky above Diaoyu City, and provided the soldiers and civilians in the city with one hundred thousand stones of polished rice, five thousand sets of bows and crossbows, ten thousand sets of armor, and twenty thousand handles of hundred-thousand steel knives.

Now, even if Kublai Khan led an all-powerful army to attack Diaoyu City, it would probably take a few years if he wanted to break through the city.

The only thing that didn't go well was Zhang Shijie's army.

Although Kublai Khan told Zhang Hongfan that the Mongols never competed for the gains or losses of a city or a place in war, if Jinling could not hold, they would temporarily retreat to Jiangbei, and when the morale of the Yuan army recovered and money and food were raised, they could kill the Yangtze River again.

However, Zhang Hongfan did not want to abandon Jinling.

Because Jingxiang was captured by Chen Shuzhen, and Guangnan West Road was also captured by Chen Diaoyan, if Jinling was captured by the Song army again, it would mean that the situation between Dayuan and Song Dynasty would return to seven or eight years ago.

This is absolutely intolerable to Zhang Hongfan.

Even if he died in Jinling, he would stop the Song army's counterattack momentum and drive a nail for Dayuan in the south of the Yangtze River.

Only in this way can he live up to his reputation as a loyal minister of the Yuan Dynasty.

So Zhang Hongfan withdrew all the Mongol troops back to Jiangbei, led the [-] Tanma Red Army alone, and [-] Northern Han'er Army,
In Jinling, he had a fateful duel with his cousin Zhang Shijie.

Zhang Shijie saw that the other armies were going well, so of course he also wanted to quickly capture Jinling.

Before I knew it, I became a little irritable when fighting.

As a result, Zhang Hongfan seized the opportunity and ambushed Zhang Shijie in Ma'anshan.

In the end, Zhang Shijie was defeated again, and the [-] army lost [-].

Although his tenacious counterattack also caused the loss of more than ten thousand people to Zhang Hongfan.But the spirit of the generals under his command has lost, so they can only garrison Wuhu to rest and prepare to attack Jinling after recovering.

The news reached Lin'an.

Zhao Shijun shook his head slightly,
"It seems that Zhang Shijie really can't beat Zhang Hongfan, that traitorous traitor in the way of using troops."

When Kublai Khan, who was far away in Dadu, learned that Zhang Hongfan had won another big victory, he immediately clapped his hands and laughed.

"Jiubu is worthy of being the sharpest knife in my Great Yuan. His victory this time directly destroyed Can Song's morale. Jinling is worry-free!"

Kublai Khan immediately rectified the army and horses in the court, and ordered Boyan to quickly raise food and grass, and planned to lead tens of thousands of fine cavalry stationed in the north to go south to Jinling within three months, and wipe out the remnant Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.

However, beyond the expectations of Zhang Hongfan and Kublai Khan,
Although Zhang Shijie failed, the Song army still did not stop attacking Jinling.

After all, everyone can see that as long as Jinling is captured, Song Dynasty will be able to defend against the river, and there is much room for strategic maneuvering.

In November 1278 AD, Zhao Shijun, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, led a personal expedition. Together with Wen Tianxiang, he led [-] civilian troops who had not fully recovered and marched northward along Huzhou. They joined Zhang Shijie's [-] remnants and went straight to Jinling.

Zhao Shijun was also gambling.

He was betting that Zhang Hongfan's army was also exhausted and could not withstand a long and hard battle.He is betting that the Yuan army has insufficient food and grass, and the soldiers are not good enough.

In order to put more pressure on Zhang Hongfan, Chen Shuzhen also led [-] Xing Song troops to aid Jinling.

Since the first day of the founding of the Southern Song Dynasty, the emperors have been more timid than each other, fleeing first when encountering enemies, and there is no such thing as a royal conquest.

Now Zhao Shijun suddenly played Tang Taizong Li Shimin's tricks, which immediately boosted the morale of the Song Army.

All Song soldiers said,

"The emperor is so brave, even if we die in battle, it is worth it."

When the Song army reached the outside of Jinling City, Zhang Hongfan led [-] light cavalry to attack the marching Song army, trying to kill Zhao Shijun.

Zhang Hongfan's wishful thinking was well done.

As long as Zhao Shijun is killed, Can Song will definitely fall into a very tragic civil strife.

However, in the face of the Mongolian cavalry attacking at high speed, the Song army was uncharacteristically, and no longer fled in all directions. Instead, they shouted and cursed like crazy, and stopped in front of the horses with flesh and blood. With their iron armor and steel knives, He died with the Yuan army or horses.

Zhang Hongfan finally wiped out these desperate Song troops.

Looking up, Zhao Shijun's dragon flag not only did not back down, but rushed towards him sharply.

Under the dragon flag, Zhao Shijun charged towards the Yuan army with his helmet on and a long knife in his hand.

Behind Zhao Shijun were hundreds of the most elite cavalry.

It was Wen Tianxiang who guarded Zhao Shijun.

At this time, Prime Minister Wen was holding eight iron spears in his hand. Wherever he went, the spears shot like dragons and killed people like grass. How could he still look like a literati?Song Jun saw that the emperor and the prime minister were rushing to the front, and his eyes were even more excited. Some infantry charged faster than the cavalry.

How could Zhang Hongfan's [-] light cavalry be able to resist the bloody Song army!
Within half an hour of the battle, Zhao Shijun and Wen Tianxiang led hundreds of cavalry to kill through the Mongolian Qingqi.

Then Song Jun wrapped up.

Zhang Hongfan suffered the most tragic defeat since leading the army.

The [-] Qingqi who went out of the city to sneak attack lost nearly [-].Only more than [-] people fled back to Jinling with him.

Next, Zhao Shijun took advantage of the victory and marched to the foot of Jinling City in one go, enclosing Zhang Hongfan firmly inside.

When Chen Shuzhen's army also arrived, the total number of Song troops reached 11, but Zhang Hongfan's defenders in the city were less than 5000, unable to fight back at all.

More importantly, the Yuan army lost the will to win.

In addition, for decades, the Yuan army has never defended a strong city.

Whether it was attacking the Southern Song Dynasty or Europe, with the fast horse scimitar in his hand, the Yuan army had always beaten the enemy into the city.

Now that they were hiding in the city, they suddenly discovered that defending the city also requires skill.

Although Zhang Hongfan also has a certain ability to defend the city, but like ordinary Yuan soldiers, he has never really defended the city.

Today, facing the massive siege of the Song army, Zhang Hongfan's performance is not much better than other generals of the Mongolian army.

After only seven days of defense, Jinling City was breached by the Song army.

At the end of 1278, the Song army broke Jinling.

Zhang Hongfan committed suicide in defeat, but he really became a loyal minister of Meng Yuan.