The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 976
In the Great Song Dynasty, Bingzhou Shoujiang City was full of people like Yumen Pass. In the Song Dynasty, the Southern Suzaku Marshal Lu Xun and the Yue Family Army Commander Yue Fei also arrived at the Shoucheng City.

Lu Xun and Yue Fei didn't have to wait long. Only three days later, Hu Yanzan led the Chixin Camp, and Gan Ning led the Jinfan Riders also arrived at the Surrendered City.

As early as ten days before Lu Xun and Yue Fei arrived at the Surrendered City, Lu Heng's Tianzi Guards arrived at the Yinshan Great Wall's defense line first. Lu Xun and Yue Fei went to the grassland outside the Great Wall, and did not detour back to the Great Wall.

Unlike Lu Xun and Yue Fei, Lu Heng, as the emperor of Song Dynasty, must ensure his safety. The emperor's guards went to the Yinshan Great Wall from within the Great Wall defense line.

Lu Heng passed the defense zone of Liu Fa, Guo Yan, and Zhang Yan along the way. The poor parents in the world, Liu Fa, Guo Yan, and Zhang Yan all knew that they had important responsibilities at the frontier. They didn't ask for a fight, but they still called for a fight for their descendants.

The Song Dynasty mobilized more than 70 troops to counterattack the Liao people this time. Although such a war is not unprecedented, it is rare in the world. The 70 troops are real!The number of auxiliary soldiers is not counted!

This military operation could not be kept up by themselves, Liu Fa, Guo Yan, and Zhang Yan all hoped that the younger generation they fancy could participate.

Lu Heng had no choice but to agree to such a request. In this way, Guo Huai, Hao Shao, Liu Zhengyan, Miao Bo, and Zhang Fang (sons of Zhang Yan) were brought to Lu Heng's side and merged into Cao's army led by Cao Bin.

Because Lu Heng knew that his personal guard battalion would probably not go to the battlefield, but Lu Heng of the Cao family army would let him go north to join Lu Xun, obeying Lu Xun's restraint so that these young generals would also have a chance to practice.

In this way, Lu Heng went all the way west from Luping, passed through Shangdang, Daijun, Yanmen, and Yunzhong, and arrived at Wuyuan County to see the Yinshan Great Wall that he ordered to build.

This makes Yeluxiu lament: "From then on, grassland people can't go south!" The barrier of the Chinese nation!
In Lu Heng's eyes, the Great Wall stretches up and down on the mountains, with one checkpoint after another blocking the valleys on both sides. The altitude is as high as more than 2000 meters, and it is backed by the Yellow River and other major streams, so there is no need to worry about water and food. With this line of defense, as long as the rear People are not too stupid to block the grassland people from going south.

The majestic mountains and rivers and the solid barriers made Lu Heng, as the current spokesperson of China, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, full of pride.

Although this road was patrolling, the marching did not have time to look carefully one by one. Although the strength of the Tianzi Guards was much smaller than that of Lu Xun and Yue Fei, the marching speed was still not fast with the presence of hundreds of officials.

In this way, when the time came to May, the other half of the Liao Army of the Song Dynasty finally assembled.

The army of the surrendered city included Marshal Suzaku of the Southern Song Dynasty, King Xunxian, and Marshal Lu Xun of Dai Tianzi's Central Army, including [-] infantry and bow corps.

Gao Huailiang and Lin Chong led the Song Emperor's middle army with [-] cavalry Jingsai Army.

The Panlong Forbidden Army led by Niu Gao was 12, Li Jilong, Murong Yanzhao, Shi Bao, Fang Maung, Fang Qifo, and Cao Bin each had [-] troops, and six regiments directly under the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, totaling [-].

Qubei, Wu Li, and Qiu Qiongying commanded [-] cavalry from the Xiongnu Legion of the Emperor's Central Army.

Weiming Linggong, Hunwei Shanyu, Weiming Langyu and others commanded [-] cavalry from the Dangxiang Corps of the Emperor's Central Army.

The Tianzi Xianbei Army led by Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen had [-] cavalry.

Yue Fei commanded [-] Yue Family Army, Hu Yanzan commanded [-] Chixin Battalion cavalry, and Gan Ning commanded [-] Jinfan cavalry.

The army of the surrendered city has a total strength of 22 infantry and 12 cavalry, a total of 34.

The Yumenguan Legion includes [-] troops from the Northern Xuanwu Marshal Zhuge Liang's regiment.

Dongfang Qinglong Marshal Du Gao's army commanded [-] troops.

Under Du Gao's command, Zhang Liao, Zhang Jie, and Deng Yuanjue each had [-] troops, and three armies directly under them, with a total of [-] troops.

Tai Shici commanded [-] cavalry in the Fengqi Battalion.

The Western White Tiger Marshal Di Qing of the Song Dynasty commanded [-] troops.

Ma Teng, Marshal Luwu of the Song Dynasty, commanded [-] cavalry of the Ma family army.

Zhang Xiu, the enlightened marshal of the Song Dynasty, commanded [-] Zhang Jiajun cavalry.

Zhao Yun's army had [-] infantrymen in the Jiangzhou defenders, and [-] cavalrymen from the Thunder Cavalry Battalion, for a total of [-].

Yumen Pass has a total army strength of 30 infantry and 12 cavalry, for a total force of 44.

This time the Song Dynasty counterattacked a hundred generals from the Liao Kingdom, sending a total of 52 infantry, 24 cavalry, and a combined force of 76.

With this strength alone, it may be among the best in the history of China. The total strength of the two sides in the Battle of Changping exceeded 100 million, and there were 40 troops in Zhao Guo alone.

Before the Battle of Feishui, there were 80 in the Qin Dynasty and 88 in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, for a total of [-].

Zhu Yuanzhang 20 and Chen Youliang 65 in the Battle of Poyang Lake, for a total of 85.

In addition, Boss Cao's [-] legion went north to attack Liao, which means that Lu Heng's war against Liao people is likely to surpass the Battle of Feishui and become the second largest battle in Chinese history.

If Yelu Abaoji was stronger, it would not be impossible to become the largest large-scale battle in Chinese history.

Two groups of armies, Shoujiang City and one group, with Lu Xun as the marshal and Yue Fei as the deputy marshal, led the army from the grassland to the west, passed through the vast grassland, crossed Zhuoxie Mountain and arrived near the Tianshan Mountains, and attacked the former kingdoms of the Tianshan Mountains, including Yizhi and Pulei, to seize important supplies ahead. Stand in Puleihai, and then go straight to Cheshi, the capital of the Liao people!

The biggest difficulty of this route is the vast grassland. During the Western Han Dynasty, Gongsun Ao took this route when he went out to fight against the Xiongnu.

And the purpose of this legion is to go straight to Huanglong, the capital of the Liao Kingdom, Cheshi. As mentioned earlier, Yelu Abaoji started as the son-in-law of Cheshi in this life, and only after he unified Cheshi did he start to fight in all directions.

Cheshi in this life is the capital of the Liao Kingdom, and the Tianshan Mountains are also easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are Yizhi and Pulei as frontline fortresses, and the Tianshan Mountains are natural dangers, which can be described as natural dangers that are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

On the Yumen Pass route, Zhuge Liang, with Du Gao and Di Qing as the deputy commanders, left Yumen Pass to the west. The first thing they faced was the Tianmen Formation set up by the Liao people.

If you take Puchanghai, you can divide your army into two groups. If you go all the way to the northwest, you can take Shanguo, Yanqi, and Weili respectively to capture Qinhai (Bosten Lake in the new province of later generations), which is an important supply in the central part of the Western Regions.

The other branch from Puchanghai is to take Shanshan and Qiemo all the way to the southwest, and join forces with Boss Cao.

In this way, according to the covenant, Song Dynasty captured Qiemo, Jingjue, Jumi, Khotan, and Pishan in the north, while Cao Wei captured Xiaowan, Ronglu, Qule, and Wuxia in the south.

Conquering the Western Regions is different from fighting in the Middle Earth. Seizing oases and water sources in the Western Regions may be more important than natural dangers!

There are many deserts in the Western Regions, including the Jungar Desert, the Taklamakan Desert, the Kumtag Desert, the Kumukuri Desert, and so on.

And the entire Western Regions are oases lacking in water resources. Of course, the desertification in the era that just ended the Han Dynasty is far less serious than that in later generations thousands of years later, but this is still a difficult test for the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)