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Volume 5 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Looking North Chapter 167 Battle of Bashu

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    Regarding Cao Bin's request for help, Lu Qi replied that it would be difficult to support him. He said that if the troops in Longxi and Hehuang were far away from their bases, they would probably be attacked by Tibet. He said that Hehuang had just moved a population of 100,000 people, and the people's livelihood was barely stable.  , unable to withstand the Tubo invasion and disaster.  Lu Qiyan could only move the 30,000 troops stationed in Qinzhou to 20,000 infantry in Jiezhou. He had to flexibly support 10,000 cavalry in possible wars. In fact, Jiezhou and Chengzhou were already adjacent to Hanzhong.  Of course Lu Qi would not support Cao Bin's invasion of Bashu, but in fact, even if he said support, Cao Bin would not dare to invade Bashu. First, Cao Bin could not completely trust Lu Qi, and second, the Jin army that was advancing in Bashu was too strong.  .  The 400,000 Jin troops mentioned by Cao Bin were the military information obtained in the early stage. In fact, the Jin State dispatched 700,000 troops. Guan Chong led 200,000 troops to invade Tongzhou. The troops were directed towards Hanzhong, and their main function was to contain the Zhou army.  .  Song Laoqing led an army of 200,000 troops to march into Yuzhou (Chongqing), and then pointed the troops towards Chengdu. Du Yong led a Baling army of 300,000 troops to directly attack the direction of Chengdu.  Lu Qi never expected that he would ask Song Laoqing to suppress the bandits, but the women in Fuzhou unanimously decided to attack Bashu first. Although Song Laoqing was appointed by Lu Qi as the envoy to suppress the bandits, he had to obey the imperial court's flexible military orders.  .  When Du Yong's troops attacked Jianyang, the last gate of Chengdu, they were blocked by the Han Dynasty's 200,000-strong army. He did not rush to attack. Instead, Du Yong took up defense and waited patiently for Song Laoqing to join forces. This time  When sending troops, Du Yong humbly asked Gu Taiwei for advice. Gu Taiwei gave him eight words: fight steadily and don't go alone.  Du Yong's advantage is that he is cautious and stable, so although he has an army of 300,000 people and 10,000 divine crossbow troops in the army, he refuses to give up and is eager for success. His idea is that there is no need to seize Chengdu first.  , after meeting with the Song Laoqing tribe, everyone made meritorious deeds together.  As soon as he took the defensive position, the Han army launched an attack. Two hundred thousand Han troops attacked the Baling Army like a tide. The Baling Army's armament can be said to be the best in the Jin State, with 100% armor, shields, and gods.  Crossbows, high-quality swords and guns, and bows and arrows. The only drawback is that there are not many cavalry. Only scouts and generals can have horses.  The fighting spirit of the 200,000 Han army is extremely high. At the front are 10,000 cavalry. The horses' hooves are like thunder on the ground. The momentum of the galloping horses is overwhelming. It can be said that the Han Dynasty's unwillingness to surrender is also supported by its fundamental strength. Bashu is adjacent to Hehuang.  , exchanged a large number of war horses from the Xia Kingdom through border trade. The nobles of the Xia Kingdom had sold a lot of war horses for their own benefit, so the Xia Kingdom had relatively few cavalry.  Seeing the galloping attack of thousands of horses, the 300,000 Baling Army only experienced a small amount of turmoil. Du Yong may not be called a famous general who is good at fighting, but he is very capable in running an army. The training of this Baling Army was all done by Du Yong  Personal supervision and training, frequent martial arts performances, and promotion and rewards created the centripetal force and strength of the Baling Army. Most of the generals and reserve officers of the Baling Army stood out in the martial arts performances based on their ability.  The Baling army's column began to change. Thousands of wheeled vehicles were pushed out of the military column. Each wheeled vehicle was like a wooden box with wheels. There were thirty holes in the box in front of the vehicle, and each hole stretched out.  Make a sharp arrow.  "Let go." The lieutenant general waved his flag and the crossbowmen in each vehicle released the latch while aiming. There was a trembling sound of playing cotton, and each crossbow vehicle fired thirty powerful crossbows.  Together, 30,000 crossbow arrows flew through like a meteor shower, and most of their targets were Han cavalry on horseback.     ah!  .  Ten thousand Han cavalry were brutally massacred in the brave charge. A wave of crossbows flew away, and more than four thousand cavalry fell off their horses and staggered. The powerful crossbows that were fired also caused damage to the cavalry and infantry behind them, and some even  The powerful crossbow penetrated the cavalry in front, and then penetrated into the bodies or horses of the cavalry behind.  Half of the Han cavalry were killed in one wave of blocking. The remaining cavalry were as frightened as ghosts, but they could not stop and could only rush forward. Seeing the enemy's terrifying weapons, they retreated, followed by tens of thousands of soldiers carrying crossbows.  , but the enemy troops carrying crossbows were cross-aiming in batches, each batch of 2,500 people. When the 10,000 crossbows were let go, there were only less than 2,000 Han cavalry in the charge.  Then the Baling Army with bows and arrows began to perform, sending a deadly rain of arrows at the Han cavalry who entered the shooting range. Of the less than two thousand Han cavalry, more than 300 cavalry saw the bad opportunity and fled sideways.  The Han infantry behind them recoiled in fear, but the Han infantry behind them rushed forward, resulting in a chaotic fight.  "Beat the war drum." Du Yong took a look and decisively gave the order to attack.  Boom!  boom!  boom!  .  The heart-shaking war drums roared, and then the deep horn horns sounded, kill!  The 300,000 Baling troops all shouted out their killing sounds, and kept running forward to kill. The archers in the formation fired arrows and rained down on the Han army.  Although the Han army was panicked, they also fired back with bows and arrows. They saw the enemy troops holding large shields in groups of three, each with a sword and a shield.Soldiers with spears and archers formed long dragons and rushed towards them.  The infantry of the two countries collided fiercely. The sword and shield soldiers of the Baling Army clashed bravely with their shields. The spear soldiers behind followed up and assassinated fiercely and accurately. Some of the archers bent their bows to shoot, but most of them drew their bows.  He acquired a sharp long knife and became a common partner of weapons.  On the first day of the battle, the Han army was almost killed. Although the Han army was also in a military formation, they all responded to each other. The first row of the Han army was all spearmen, but the first row of the Baling army was armed with spears.  The soldiers with large shields hit the spearmen with their large shields, and then their companions followed up and assassinated them, causing the Han army's spearmen to passively suffer a big loss, which was equivalent to being beaten by two.  The Han army suffered a second setback, and its morale was shaken. What made the Han army even more chilling was that all the enemy soldiers were wearing armor, especially those wearing shields. However, the armor of the Han army was not very good, and some even wore armor.  Half of the Han army did not have armor, and half of the 200,000-strong army was assembled by Xiang Yong. Within half an hour, the Han army collapsed and fled. A large number of Xiang Yong threw away their weapons and fell down.  In this battle, 80,000 Han troops fled and more than 20,000 were killed, including 10,000 cavalry. The Baling Army captured nearly 100,000 Han troops, most of whom were rural warriors without armor. Du Yong did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.  Orders were given to clean up the battlefield and continue garrisoning.  "Commander, this battle was really exciting. If I had known that the Bashu Han army was such a coward, the former Jin army should have been too conservative to advance." Fang Jie, the Marquis of Yu in the Chinese Army, said happily along with Du Yong, Fang Jie is  Former member of the Bing Yong Army.  "Don't say this nonsense in the future. If it spreads, it will be extremely bad for you." Du Yong warned with a straight face.  "What I'm interested in is just to share my opinion with the commander-in-chief." Fang Jie responded.  "Actually, many people think so. Why didn't they invade Bashu earlier? They think His Majesty was too cautious," Du Yong said.  "I don't dare to question His Majesty's decision. I just think that the Bashu and Han troops are weak." Fang Jie responded.  "Your Majesty also knows that the Han army is not strong, but your Majesty is not willing to send troops to capture Bashu. This is what Gu Taiwei told our army." Du Yong said.  "Your Majesty, why are you unwilling to send troops to conquer Bashu?" Fang Jie asked puzzled.  "Because your Majesty is the lord of the Jin State, your Majesty is unwilling to waste a huge amount of financial resources. This time he sends 700,000 troops to attack Bashu. The rewards after victory, the official salary and pensions after promotion, will become a huge burden on the Jin State's finances. The war  It consumes the most national power. Behind the glory of victory, the people's livelihood and operation of the country will be in difficulty," Du Yong explained peacefully.  Fang Jie nodded in understanding, and Du Yong said again: "We have been fighting all the way, and we can see that the people's livelihood in Bashu has withered and the treasury is empty. It is impossible to make up for the loss of 700,000 troops this time. In fact, if we don't send troops, we will delay it for several more months.  80% of the Bashu Han Kingdom surrendered, because the Han Kingdom itself could not survive, and all the people were used for war and defense. No one was farming, so what would they eat in the autumn and winter? " "Then why did you send troops this time?"  Explain.  "Your Majesty wants to wait patiently for the surrender of the Han Kingdom, but the ladies are unwilling to wait any longer. I cannot tell you why, and you should not ask or tell me. Otherwise, even if I am nostalgic, I will not let you be around.  "Du Yong said.  "Promise! If this subordinate understands, he will definitely keep silent." Fang Jie promised.
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