One Piece of Song Dynasty

What Guan Shigu didn't know was that a few miles away from them, there was also a Song army preparing to surrender. That was the Song army led by Wang De who was preparing to attack Hezhong Mansion.

Wang De led Song troops into Zhongtiao Mountain on July , and then walked halfway through the mountains and forests before reaching a place very close to Hezhong Mansion. After arriving at their destination, Wang De sent a few soldiers to put on makeup. Fan sneaked into Hezhong Mansion while it was still dark to prepare for a sneak attack in the middle of the night.

At this time, Hu Zhan had just fallen asleep in the Jin Army camp. As the commander of the Jin Army who stayed behind, he was not sure whether he could stop Wu Jie Hu Zhan. Therefore, after Sa Lihe led his army away, he would spend every moment. There was an inspection, and the patrol soldiers made arrangements throughout the day and night.

Just when Guanshi Gubu had rested for almost two quarters of an hour, Wang De took the lead in taking action. After the soldiers who had been lurking in the city opened the city gate, Wang De sent troops to rush into the city. There was inevitably movement during the process, and several fires were lit.

The fire was like a signal, quickly attracting the attention of the Jin army stationed on the bank of the Yellow River. Soon a messenger woke up Hu Zhan and said: "General, wake up quickly, it's not good, something happened in Hezhong Mansion. Several fires were lit in the city.”

When Hu Zhan heard this, he woke up and said, "What are you talking about? Something happened in Hezhong Mansion and a fire broke out."

The messenger nodded and said, "Yes, General."

Hu Zhan left the tent and went straight to the gate of the camp. When he arrived at the gate of the camp, he saw that there was a fire in Hezhong Mansion. Without knowing the cause of the fire, Hu Zhan first sent people back to rescue Hezhong Mansion to see what was going on. After dispatching the soldiers, Hu Zhan immediately ordered the entire army to enter a state of combat readiness. He very much hoped that the flames that were ignited were just accidents. If something happened to Hezhong Mansion, the Ming and Song Dynasty troops had already reached nearby. Unexpectedly, nothing happened on the Yellow River. Hezhong Mansion behind him But something happened.

The fire in Hezhong Mansion also attracted the attention of Guan Shigu's subordinates. The scouts who discovered the situation ran back and reported to Guan Shiguhui: "General, something bad is going on. Something happened in Hezhong Mansion. Several fires were ignited in the city, attracting Attention Jin Jun, Jin Jun has sent troops back to Shihezhong Mansion."

Guan Shigu thought deeply after hearing this: "I'm afraid such a sneak attack will not work. It should be our army that attacked Hezhong Mansion, and it should be the army of the Governor's Mansion on the middle road. They don't know what our army will do after crossing the river. The plan really can't keep up with the changes. , pass the order, the whole army is on combat readiness, let’s check the situation first.”

The news that the Jin Army sent troops to return for reinforcements was soon discovered by Wang De. Wang De took the five thousand soldiers who stayed outside the city and formed an array outside the city to prepare for the reinforcements of the Jin Army.

The two sides soon fought together. At this time, the Song Army's advantage of not lacking in nutrition was reflected. Since Li Xin took over the Song Dynasty, the army's food nutrition has been greatly improved, and night blindness has been basically eliminated. However, the Jin Army cannot. , many soldiers have night blindness, especially Khitan soldiers and Han soldiers. After all, only a few can see at night, so the gap between the two sides is reflected in the night battle. Song soldiers can see the enemy, but Jin soldiers cannot. , some Jin soldiers just killed people randomly.

News of the battle quickly reached Hu Zhan's ears. Hu Zhan immediately left soldiers to guard the camp and personally led troops to reinforce Hezhong Prefecture.

Hu Zhan's actions were seen by Guan Shigu. When Hu Zhan led soldiers out of the camp and headed straight for Hezhong Mansion, Guan Shigu immediately ordered the entire army to attack the Jin Army camp and rested for a while. For more than an hour, the Song Army rushed towards the Jin Army camp like tigers. At this time, the soldiers who stayed behind at the Jin Army camp were still paying attention to the battle in the direction of Hezhong Mansion. They had not yet reacted to the Song Army rushing over from the other side. When the Song Army They didn't react until the army was about to rush into the camp.

Dutou Wu Er led his soldiers and rushed forward, shouting: "Brothers, charge with me, kill all the golden dogs, and fight back to your hometown."

"Go ahead"

Wu Er and other Song soldiers quickly rushed to the Jin Army camp, killed the Jin Army guards, opened the gate of the camp, and rushed into the camp. The Song soldiers fought while lighting fires. This was a special situation before the ancient battle of Guanshi. According to the instructions, as long as there is a fire in Jinying, Wu Jiebu on the other side of the Yellow River will definitely notice this situation.

This is also true. When a fire broke out in the camp of the Jin Army, Yao Zhong, who was leading a night patrol across the Yellow River, quickly discovered the situation. After discovering the situation, Yao Zhong quickly returned to the camp and woke up Wu Li, the commander of the former army camp. After hearing this, Wu Li ran to the shore and saw that it was indeed what Yao Zhong said.

Wu Li frowned and thought for a while and said: "General Yao, first send a team of scouts across the river to see the situation. A few days ago, Liu Shuai sent news that the prince asked us to attack Sa Lihe's main force with the Governor's Mansion in the middle. These fires may be from the middle. The masterpiece of the Governor's Office is to put the entire army into a state of war readiness, and then send people to the capital to inform the commander-in-chief."

Yao Zhong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it now."

The Song army scouts who were crossing the river to explore came to the news in less than half an hour. Yao Zhong got the news and quickly reported to Wu Lihui: "General, we have figured it out. The one who attacked the Jin army's camp was Guanshi Gubu. Not only that, there is also fighting in the direction of Hezhong Prefecture. There should be the army of the Zhonglu Dudufu and Ju Guan Shigu’s men there. Jiezhou was occupied by the army of the Zhonglu Dudufu. Sa Lihe led his army to Xiezhou, leaving only the camp on the other side. Twenty thousand people, this gave them an opportunity to take advantage of."

Wu Li immediately ordered: "Your Majesty asked us to cooperate with the two governors to eliminate Sa Lihe. Now is a good time to order the entire army to cross the river and inform the commander of the news as soon as possible."

Yao Zhong cupped his fists and said, "Yes, general."

The Song army moved very quickly, and soon thousands of Song troops crossed the Yellow River. However, the battle in the Jin army camp was basically over at this time. Guan Shigu saw that the Jin army was almost wiped out, so he led Half of the soldiers rushed to Hezhong Mansion to cooperate with Wang De to eliminate the remaining troops of Hu Zhan.

At this time, Hezhong Mansion was in chaos. After taking control of Hezhong Mansion, Wang De only left more than a thousand soldiers in the city to control the city, and the rest all drove out of the city to fight back against the Jin army.

After Hu Zhan saw the camp on the shore on fire, he knew something was wrong. The camp could not return, so he could only try his best to recapture Hezhong Mansion. However, the Jin army was not used to this kind of large-scale night battle. Although the army had the numerical advantage, it was suppressed and beaten by the Song army.

The two sides fought fiercely for an hour. Although Hu Zhan was fighting, he was also paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. When he saw the Song army coming from behind, he knew that the situation was over and immediately led his soldiers to escape under the night. .

The battle between the two sides ended at the beginning of the Mao period, which was almost dawn. The more than Jin soldiers on the banks of the Yellow River and Hezhong Prefecture were all wiped out except for a few hundred who escaped, and thousands of people were captured. This battle between Guan Shigu and Wang De's two Song armies suffered more than casualties.