The loss of Fangcheng was tantamount to a heavy blow to the Song army, which meant that the northern line of the entire Nanyang defense system established by Wang Kai was torn apart by the Xia army, and the Song army that retreated from Fangcheng was pursued and killed by the cavalry of Li Huer's department, and only about half of the more than 10,000 defeated troops finally escaped from the army, and the more than 5,000 remnants were temporarily stationed in Bowang Town.
"General, the sentry cavalry has reported that about 5,000 remnants of the Song army have crossed Luoqu Town and have fled to Bowang Town."
The adjutant general reported to Li Hu'er.
"Bowang Town."
Li Hu'er smiled; "I remember that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang burned Cao Jun in Bowang Town?"
"General, you are worried that the Song army may set fire" "I'm worried about it."
Li Hu'er said: "I said that you are so nervous, why are you so nervous, why are you still worried about a small Bowang Town, besides, the remnants of the Song army of 5,000 can't make any big waves, our next target is Nanyang, and the herald army will go out tomorrow to capture Nanyang after taking the two towns of Luoqu and Bowang." ” "Yes, the last general commands" Just when Li Hu'er was preparing to go south to attack Nanyang, in the depths of Bear's Ears Mountain in the northwest of Nanyang, a large army was also planning to attack Nanyang, this army was the North Route Army led by Qin Hu, the army in the north was under the banner of the main army, and the army led by Li Yanze in the south was a covert attack, which made Wang Kai trap it, but in fact, Qin Hu in the north was the main force with 100,000 horses.
Qin Hu took out the map, pointed ahead, and said, "Cross the mountain pass in front, and we will walk out of the mountain." ” "General, what do we do next?"
"What should I do, this is still up to me, of course, the army went directly south to take Shiqiao Town and Xiaxiangkou, attacked Nanyang City, and then turned west to attack the rear of the Song army in Zheshui."
"What about Fang Cheng?"
"Li Hu'er has won Luoyang, this credit is already big enough, no matter what, you have to leave us a soup, Song Jun is left north of Jingxiang, there is only this little land left, we don't have enough to eat, where can we take care of him," Qin Hu said.
Due to the lack of prior contact, Li Hu'er and Qin Hu didn't know each other's location at all, so the Xia army's east and west armies were completely unaware, and they actually completed an excellent cooperation in Houcheng, the west road was the 100,000 army led by Qin Hu, and the east road was the 100,000 army led by Li Hu'er, and the Xia army had a total of 200,000 soldiers and horses heading straight to Nanyang.
Two days ago, a flying horse outside Xiangyang City went straight to Xiangyang City.
"Report, report, report" A herald shouted in front of Wang Kai and said, "Deputy Marshal, Fangcheng has been broken by the Xia army. ” "What's going on, I've explained it in detail."
Wang Kai asked.
"This siege Xia army has a new siege weapon, which can throw hundreds of catties of large stones into the air, and there are not only stones but also bombs" "Alright, you go down first" Not long after this horse scout, another horse scout came to report: "Report, report, report to the deputy marshal of the Western Front sent the Xia army, but the Xia army only has more than 10,000 people. ” "What do you say there are only more than 10,000 people, this is impossible."
"It's a real lieutenant."
Wang Kai sat on the handsome chair and said, "It's over, we were fooled; The herald ordered the defenders of Nanyang and Zheshui to withdraw immediately, and burned all the grain and grass before evacuating. ” "Evacuate, the deputy marshal didn't fight this battle, so he withdrew" "It's too late to withdraw, and we've been calculated from the beginning."
Wang Kai said; "Since the Xia army in the south is a virtual army, then the north must be the main force of the Xia army, so the Xia army in the north of the two armies will be divided, the strength is not less than 200,000, our army can resist anything, rather than wasting troops in vain, it is better to withdraw the soldiers and horses to rearrange the defense line, this is the only strength of my western army, can not be lost in the hands of the commander, otherwise what to defend Jingxiang."
"Yes, the Admiral understands" When Li Hu'er and Qin Hu led the army to Nanyang City, the entire Nanyang City had already been on fire, and the fire was so big that Nanyang was burned into ruins.
Late at night, in the big tent of the Chinese army in Li Hu'er's camp, the generals of the two armies have arrived, and Li Hu'er said to everyone: "Generals, this general has received a report that the Song army, which was originally stationed in Nanyang, has abandoned the city and gone south two hours before we arrived, you all tell us what we should do next."
"Little Lord."
Qin Hu said: "Now that the movements of the Song army are unknown, you and my two armies might as well divide the troops into two routes, you go east and I go west, I don't know what you think."
Li Hu'er thought about it for a while and said, "Okay, it's very decided." ” The next day, Li Huer led 100,000 troops east into Tangzhou, Qin Hu led 100,000 troops to the Song army camp on the east bank of Zhejiang, but when Qin Hushui led the army to arrive, the Song army's Zheshui camp was already in the hands of the Xia army, and the situation in Nanyang was the same, the Song army was all not occupied and retreated, because it was not clear that the Song army was and the strategy, Qin King Li Wu did not order the Xia army to pursue, the Song army was the initiative to withdraw this time is not a rout, if the Xia army pursued, it was likely to suffer from the ambush of the Song army.
A few days later, Li Wu, the king of Qin, received a battle report and withdrew from the front line, and the Song army did not withdraw to Xiangyang, but formed a new defense line north of Xiangyang.
The first phase of the Western Front campaign officially ended, the Xia army did not get the strategic results they wanted, according to the task that the Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo gave to Qin Hu at the beginning, at least to hit Wang Kai's army hard, but Qin King Li Wu actually let Wang Kai run, Wang Kai's 500,000 army lost only 100,000 horses, just a skin wound is far from a heavy loss.
Inside the imperial capital Ziwei Palace.
Li Xiaoren, the king of Chu, reported to Li Langzuoyu: "Your Majesty, the battle report on the Western Front, Nanyang and other places have been taken by our army, but" "But let Wang Kai run away, right?"
Li Liangzuo said directly.
"Yes, the main force of Wang Kai's army has withdrawn to the line of Qiande and Huyang" "I really underestimate this Wang Kai, this person will definitely be our great enemy in the future, with this person stationed in Xiangyang and backed by Jingxiang, my army may be very difficult to take Jingxiang" Li Liangzuo then ordered: "There is nothing in the ointment; He ordered Li Wu, the king of Qin, to lead the Yongzhou army to attack the Xiangyang defense line, and at the same time ordered the eastern front to start a battle. ” "Yes, Weichen will go and give the order" After receiving Li Liangzuo's military order, Li Wu set up his camp in Dengzhou, and Li Hu'er set up his camp in Tangzhou, although the two belonged to the Yongzhou Army but had a clear division of labor, Li Hu'er was mainly responsible for Huyang, and Li Wu was mainly responsible for Qiande and Xiangyang.
If you want to attack Xiangyang, you must first take the two cities of Qiande and Huyang, otherwise once the army goes deep alone, it is very likely that the Song army will make dumplings.
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