Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 328 Challenge
On the second day, Jiang An challenged here.

Sure enough, just as Yang Song thought, Tong Xing went out to fight against Gao Manfu. Not long after, Tong Xing was defeated and returned to the fleeing city, Jiang An drove his troops to cover up and kill him.

At this moment, Yang An suddenly led his troops out.

Jiang An was attacked by the enemy for a while, but what surprised the Hanzhong Army was that Jiang An's vanguard was not panicked.

It turned out that they were also prepared.

Just hearing the sound of a cannon from the Great Song Army, behind Yang An, a group of men and horses came out, and an anti-siege came.

Jiang Anjun turned around to kill, but surrounded Yang Anjun in the middle and killed them randomly.

In the scuffle between the two sides, due to the gap between weapons and the quality of individual soldiers, the Hanzhong Army suffered again.

He was completely killed by the Song army, losing two or three thousand people.

And Jiang An's men also suffered 800 casualties today.

It was the right-wing Wang Zixing's team that attacked behind Yang An.

Due to the terrain, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty arrived first and then later. Fang Zhengqi and Zhao Dezhao hadn't arrived yet, but Wang Zixing had already arrived.

However, in the two days of fighting during the day, Jiang An and Wang Zixing felt that there must be something wrong with the other party. Although they couldn't see it, they guessed that they had some tricks in the dark, so Wang Zixing stayed put and hid behind the side.

That night when Yang'an went out of the city, Wang Zixing saw it.But it was silent.

It wasn't until Yang'an came out that Wang Zixing came to counter the siege.

As a result, the Hanzhong Army was defeated again.

But this day, I received a message from Tong Qinghui that the 2 horses led by Tong Qinghui will arrive soon.

So Yang Song pretended not to know, continued to fight Jiang An during the day, and secretly arranged an ambush at night.

On the third day, Tong Qinghui's army arrived, and everyone sat down to discuss a plan.

Tong Qinghui detoured down a closed path and went down the mountain, while Yang An was still lying in ambush on the hill from last time.

Yang Song and Tong Xing went out of the city together that day, seemingly going to fight to the death with the Song Army.

When the fight was lively, Yang An and Tong Qinghui rushed out one after another.

Especially Tong Qinghui's army, Tong Lang and Chang Qi each led a surprise soldier, and surrounded Jiang An from behind.

But they never expected that there was also the sound of running behind them.

Fang Zhengqi from the left, and Zhao Dezhao from the right, were also killed by the brigade. The two sides had a total of 7 people, fighting together in chaos.

This battle is rare. Tens of thousands of people almost filled the open space in front of Gusong Pass.

Although the Hanzhong Army has a large number of people, its training is poor and its techniques and tactics are backward. Although it occupies a favorable location, it was instead dominated by the Song Army.

If it weren't for the crowded passes, many tactics would not be used, and the Song Army's advantage would be even greater.

Tong Qinghui was surrounded by people, the situation was critical in an instant, panicked in his heart, and ran to the pass desperately.

The Great Song Army came after them, and the gate was in chaos for a while. In order to protect him, Tong Qinghui's guards rushed against the trend and smashed his own sergeants to pieces.

The formation became more chaotic.

As the main general fled for his life, the other Hanzhong troops also panicked and rushed into the pass. Tens of thousands of people broke down the pass of Gusong Pass in an instant.

Zhao Dezhao immediately waved his army to cover up the killing, and the Hanzhong army was defeated. On the way to escape, a large number of his own soldiers were trampled to death.

Because the mountain road was too narrow, once the Great Song Army occupied Gusong Pass, Zhao Dezhao ordered to stop the pursuit.

On the one hand, it avoided the stampede of the Great Song Army, and on the other hand, it did not put more pressure on the Hanzhong Army.

The Song army did not pursue, and the Hanzhong army slowly stabilized, and retreated back to the valley at a slower pace, without any further large-scale trampling.

Jiang An, Fang Zhengqi, Wang Zixing and others all secretly praised Wang Shang for his benevolence.

Even those Hanzhong soldiers who escaped with their lives are grateful for Zhao Dezhao's kindness in their hearts. If he ordered the Great Song Army to pursue the victory, then the back of the Hanzhong Army would be left to others, and there would be many casualties.

Moreover, more people will be trampled to death than those killed in battle.

The Great Song Army was also full of emotion, and this can be regarded as; Zhao Dezhao gave the soldiers who participated in the war, the dignity of the soldiers left behind.

After taking Gusong Pass and reorganizing their forces, the Song Army lost a thousand men in this battle, while the Hanzhong Army lost 5000 to [-] men, most of whom were trampled to death.

"Your Majesty! Now that Gusong Pass has been taken, Dingjun Mountain is in front of us. If Dingjun Mountain is taken, it will be Shangyong, the great city of Hanzhong. The opponent must be heavily guarded."

The person who spoke was Zheng Xing, the prime minister of the army. Zheng Xing was a famous scholar Zhao Dezhao accepted in Taiyuan when he pacified the Northern Han Dynasty. Zhao Dezhao found that he was not only outstanding in writing, but also very clever in strategy, so he ordered him to be the army follower in the north to Hanzhong prime minister.

"And if you bypass Dingjun Mountain, take the west road, and capture the West City, then Hanzhong County will govern Nanzheng. These two cities are the most important cities in Hanzhong County."

Zhao Dezhao nodded. In the second year of Emperor Xiandi Chuping of the Han Dynasty, Tong Qinghui occupied Hanzhong, changed Hanzhong County to Hanning County, and the county seat was located in Nanzheng County.

It has nine subordinate counties: Nanzheng County, Chenggu County, Xicheng County, Baozhong County, Mianyang County, Anyang County, Xi County, Shangyong County, and Fangling County.

Among them, Nanzheng is the capital of Hanzhong County, and it is also the place where Tong Qinghui usually lives.

And Shangyong is the largest city in Hanzhong, with a population of 40 to [-]. At that time, it belonged to the largest city in the world.

Moreover, Tong Qinghui has worked hard for decades to manage Hanzhong, which is rarely rich, especially Shangyong, which is no less prosperous than the big cities in the Central Plains or Jiangdong.

These two places will definitely be the places where Tong Qinghui is most closely guarded.

"In the opinion of the prime minister, where is the best place for us to attack first?"

"Your Majesty! I think that with Tong Qinghui's new defeat, Dingjun Mountain must be tightly guarded. It is better for the King to personally lead troops to feign an attack to contain Tong Qinghui, and order a general to bypass the West City and go straight to Nanzheng. Shangyong is the capital of Hanzhong. If it can be taken, , Tong Qinghui will be in chaos."

Zhao Dezhao nodded, "It's about the same as what I thought, so let's do it like this!"

Jiang An hurriedly asked for a fight, "Your Majesty! I would like to take a detour to the west city to fight!"

Zhao Dezhao shook his head and looked at Zheng Xing with a smile.

Zheng Xing also said with a smile, "General Wen Chang, you are commendable for being loyal and brave, but since you said you wanted to feign an attack and restrain Tong Qinghui's army, you, the vanguard general, suddenly disappeared, who can't think of where to go back?"

Jiang An thought about it for a while, and it was indeed the case, and he couldn't help blushing.

While Fang Zhengqi was hesitating, Wang Zixing rushed forward, "Your Majesty! I am willing to go to the west city to fight."

Zhao Dezhao nodded, "Zhongye has worked hard, so I'll trouble you to go to the west city. If the west city can be taken, you don't have to stay behind to defend it. You can go directly to Nanzheng, and I will send someone to take it over."

Wang Zixing took the order and went to prepare immediately.

Wang Zixing is also a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, with a high reputation and prestige, but compared to Fang Zhengqi and Jiang An, he is still weaker, and in Hanzhong, his popularity is even weaker.

So it's perfect for this kind of unobtrusive blitz.

Zhao Dezhao sent him 5000 troops and ordered him to occupy the western city, and then ordered Wang Zilong to lead [-] troops, and then went to meet them.

If Wang Zixing's siege is blocked, Wang Zilong will support him on the spot; if Wang Zixing succeeds, then Wang Zilong will stay and garrison the city.

(End of this chapter)