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Text Chapter 82 Twenty years of fame and dust (2)

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    Zheng Yunming finally took action!  But there were more than 100,000 Song troops gathered in Hanyang. How should they cross the broad Yangtze River in the sudden storm?  Bai Yijie's doubts only existed for a moment, and he only heard Zheng Yunming shouting: "The Shawo Floating Bridge has been built. Let's cross the river from Shawo and move forward to defeat Meng Ge and his army!" In the vast fog, the north and south sides  He could not clearly see the actions on the river. This meant great danger for Zheng Yunming, but it also contained an opportunity for reversal. If the Mongols took advantage of the heavy fog to cross the river to attack, he could only hold on to the city cautiously.  He may have free hands to organize an offensive, but he also understands that Meng Ge is not the kind of commander who dares to risk his life in the fog to come for a surprise attack.  Meng Ge was bold but not reckless in his military use. He was determined not to take any military risks that he was not sure of.  Now Ezhou is 90% certain to be captured. It is definitely not his style to divide his troops for a decisive battle with the Song army at this time.  He will definitely strengthen the outer perimeter first, and then concentrate his efforts to capture Ezhou first.  This just gave Zheng Yunming an opportunity. Once Meng Ge gave up control of the river, Zheng Yunming had control. He had secretly ordered the fishermen in Poyang to prepare boats, planks and other materials, deliberately using Hu Huangzhou's attack as an excuse.  Bait, in fact, Xiang Shibi's army guarded the lower reaches of the river, blocking the channel for fishing boats to sail. Then thousands of fishing boats loaded with planks and other materials and civilians took advantage of the heavy fog to advance to the Shawo River to use fishing boats.  For the pontoon, wooden planks were laid on it, and iron chains were interlocked. It only took half a day to build a temporary pontoon bridge that could pass military horses!  Naturally, only Zheng Yunming himself knows the efforts behind this. In the beginning, he purposefully trained the fishermen of Poyang Lake to build pontoons, just to facilitate travel on the river and avoid the trouble of traveling between Ezhou, Hanyang, and Jiangkou.  The training of Dongting fishermen was originally just a branch of Baojia reform and was steadily advanced under the leadership of Zheng Yunming.  Fortunately, after Jia Sidao came to power, instead of abandoning the project, he stepped up the practice. This was because Jia Xianggong was very ambitious and planned to launch an expedition to the north to capture the smoke. Poyang sailors were needed to build a pontoon bridge for his army on the Yellow River.  for the sake of.  In any case, Zheng Yunming was finally able to connect the road between Ezhou and Hanyang at this critical moment, but all the troubles had just begun. First there was heavy fog, and then such heavy rain. It was still difficult to assemble the army under such harsh conditions.  Going in to engage in a decisive battle with the Mongolian army was simply unimaginable. What's more, the opposite side was not just a mob of 400,000 people, but an experienced Hu people who had just won the unprecedented victory in the Western Expedition in history. They wanted to take advantage of the chaos caused by the heavy rain to fish in troubled waters.  It¡¯s also a gamble with extremely low odds of winning.  But Zheng Yunming was completely unmoved, and stern orders were issued one after another from the Central Army's tent. The army had been taking orders from this young husband for twenty years, and had already reached the point where he subconsciously and meticulously completed the commander's orders.  Although the wind and rain were heavy and the Yangtze River was swollen, the troops gathered near Hanyang still moved out in order, and branches began to cross the river.  "This is the most dangerous time!" Zheng Yunming said to Bai Yijie: "The military advisor went to the front in person and told Han Feng that no matter how provocative the enemy was, he would not be able to hold on and not lose an inch of his position. Even if the enemy troops came in full force, he would fight.  Until the last person is left, we will never lose an inch of land! "This is naturally too harsh. In fact, the Mongolian army cannot and has no intention to launch a large-scale attack on Huama Lake at this time. They are strong in the wind and rain!  His intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities also declined. When he heard that the Song Army was assuming a pontoon bridge, Meng Ge also became alert and placed the 30,000-horse infantry in Huangniwan and Hengtuozhou under the command of New Phosphorus, and then ordered New Phosphorus to send thousands of scattered  Ride to test.  As expected, Han Feng fell into the trap and ordered Han Rui to lead a thousand cavalry troops forward with a drum, rush into the Mongolian cavalry formation and defeat them.  Such news only added to Meng Ge's doubts, but he still didn't want to give up Ezhou City, which was already in his hands and only needed the last blow. He ordered Marshal Du Du to lead 30,000 people to ride out of Yingshan, and ordered the Han soldiers from the Central Plains to lead the army in the car.  Twenty thousand troops were moved to Bazimen to control the terrain, and they ordered the chariots and cavalry to mount. General @, Shuntian Prefecture Ten Thousand Households, Nayan Zhangrou, led his elite cavalry force, ten thousand people, out of Zhaojiazhai to block the possible attack of the Song Army head-on. He also ordered the marshals of the capital.  General Niu Phosphorus sent 30,000 troops to provide relief everywhere. He even ordered General Protector Yisi Ma Dejin to lead 30,000 strong troops from the western regions of Huilongshan in the north of the Yangtze River to cross the river from Sanjiangkou to support.  And ordered the rest of the troops not to be disturbed by the Song army's landing, and to concentrate their forces to attack Ezhou!  Of course, this was because he did not want to be restricted by the Song army's internal and external attacks, but chose to capture Ezhou before the Song army launched a large-scale attack. In fact, although heavy fog and heavy rain had been hindering the Mongolian army's offensive, the siege  The action did not stop for a moment. Under the fierce attack of the proton army led by the fierce general Tang Wuer Wanhuhudu, they captured the main entrance of the old city of Ezhou and captured more than 300 heads of the Song army.  The Mongolian army rushed in from the city gate and started fighting in the last stronghold of the Song army.    The corpses of Mongolians were already lying around Wei Sheng. The chain armor and each iron ring on his body were dripping with the blood of the enemy. The blood stained the general flag behind him so that it was almost unrecognizable, even though it could only be seen with  A hand that is not accustomed to weapons can hold an iron cone gun. Wei Sheng is still the tiger that looks down upon the Hu people in the north. Rather, the injured tiger is even more frightening. Under every shocking roar, there will always be  An unlucky Mongolian soldier became the victim of his iron spear, but Wei Sheng was not really a man of steel after all. From the morning of the fight to the present, in heavy fog and heavy rain, the followers around him had changed.  Many people's arms have become numb. After all, this hand supports all the strength, and there are times when even the toughest people can't hold on.  He leaned his body against the ruins of a residential building and asked loudly: "Where is Chen Guang? Is the protrusion gone?" "No!" The lieutenant general, who was also covered in blood, replied in a hoarse voice: "The west gate is full of Tatar soldiers. Look.  The banner is the Qie Xue Army led by Ali Han! Many brothers have died in the battle, and the entire army is blocked at the west gate! "That's it!" Wei Sheng spat fiercely: "Everyone.  , We must be brothers again in the next life!" He stood up with his iron gun and strode towards the city gate where the Mongolian army was thickest.  The soldiers behind him roared loudly and followed the general in launching the final charge.  But at this time, something strange happened suddenly. The Mongolian army seemed to be frightened by this fierce counterattack, and they scrambled to escape outside the city.  "Commander, the enemy has retreated!" The deputy general wiped the blood on his face excitedly. Is this a miracle from heaven, or is Mr. Zheng outside the city using some magic?  "The enemy cannot retreat without reason," Wei Sheng reacted immediately and shouted: "No pursuit! Send someone to the lookout post first to check the situation." He muttered tiredly: "There must be something wrong." Sure enough,  , the lookout who climbed up the old city tower thought about looking to the west, and shouted loudly: "Du Tong, there seems to be a commotion in the direction of Sanjiangkou!" Wei Sheng's heart moved, and he subconsciously said: "So this is what happened.  "My husband's goal!" "Yes, as a result of constantly fighting against the weak and facing strong opponents in the officialdom for many years, Zheng Yunming's military and officialdom methods have become a mysterious art that makes the enemy unpredictable.  While he was hurriedly dealing with his successive moves, he might have secretly prepared the fifth and sixth move. This series of tricks even made the retired prime minister Qing Zhigong accuse him of being famous all over the world.  His son is "cunning and changeable, and it is difficult to predict the authenticity."  For a commander who emphasized "simplicity and tenacity" as the soul of the army at the beginning of the founding of the army, Zheng Yunming's current military style has almost become a bit vain. Several important people around him have noticed this. This kind of hypocrisy  The realistic style of using troops may not fool Zhang Rou, a veteran who has experienced many battles, but it is just right for Meng Ge Khan, who is full of confidence and somewhat underestimates the enemy.  The surprise landing attack in the heavy fog was just a cover to attract Meng Ge's attention. Zheng Yunming secretly sent Zhang Shijie to lead Shenwu's left deputy army of 10,000 people and 200 warships, upstream from the river, using the heavy fog to  As a cover, they launched an attack on the Sanjiangkou pontoon, and this force was just a partial division. The real offensive came from the Xiangjiang River. A part of the Dongting Navy that had been blocked by the Mongolian Navy in Dongting Lake for several months, in Jiangling  Under the command of the capital commander Peng Man, they launched a desperate counterattack. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Mongolian army and Zheng Yunming in the lower reaches, they swarmed in and defeated part of the Mongolian navy that blocked the upper reaches of the river in Wulin, burning and plundering hundreds of warships.  , clearing the way for the Song Army's attack on the Xiangjiang River.  The biggest problem of the Song Army was not only its military disadvantage, but also the inability to concentrate the troops due to temporary mobilization. The total number of troops used by the Song Army to rescue Xiangyang was actually no less than 250,000, but all the troops and horses were approaching Jinghu.  Different locations were strongly blocked by the Mongolian army. Fortunately, Zheng Yunming had a powerful strategic reserve force in his hands. With 70,000 new-style troops starting from Lin'an as the backbone, he gathered troops and horses from all over the river along the river, always containing the main force of Mongolia.  This movement made Meng Ge afraid to use the Mongolian army's best tactics of siege and reinforcement and various defeats, causing all troops to concentrate on Jinghu.  Coming from the Xiangjiang River were the 10,000 horse infantry troops of the Southwest Reserve Army stationed in Jingjiang Prefecture, the 10,000 infantry and cavalry troops of the Tibetan tribe who came from Bozhou and Sizhou, and the 30,000 Yunnan horse infantry troops who detoured from Yunnan to Bozhou.  The Song Dynasty's expedition to Dali only had 5,000 infantry. The remaining 25,000 were white and black barbarian resistance forces who joined the Song Dynasty after the Dali War began. Most of these southwestern barbarians did not have simple armor, but only wore  The cloak is made of homespun cloth, and the face is painted with red and green patterns, which is intimidating to the enemy. The waist knife in the hand is made of excellent stainless steel, which is often passed down to several generations. These Yi people in the southwest were originally from Song and He  DaliThe two countries have uneasy factors. When the country faces a real crisis, they become one of the strongest resistance forces.
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