The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1003 Soldiers Out of Jade Gate
Zhuge Liang, Marshal of Xuanwu in the north of Yumen Pass in the Great Song Dynasty, broke through the heavenly formation!
In this battle, the Liao people were wiped out all the way, beheading tens of thousands, and the prisoners of war alone exceeded 10,000+, with countless horses, grain, tents, arrows, cattle and sheep, etc.!

If it is said that the Liao people failed to seize the pass at the beginning of the year, it was just that the soldiers were lost and the generals were not injured, but this time it definitely hit the Liao country with heartache.

The reputation of Zhuge Liang, the Northern Marshal of the Song Dynasty, deterred all parties after this battle.

The prestige of all the generals on the front line of Yumen Pass has skyrocketed!

Breaking the Heavenly Gate Formation is just the beginning to clear the obstacles in front of us. Zhuge Liang, Du Gao, Di Qing and other marshals still have a lot to do.

For example, the more than [-] captives will be sent to the rear in batches, and the unified management that it is impossible to kill will slowly transform into the population of the Song Dynasty.

But when dealing with prisoners of war, something happened.

Quite a few Liao soldiers actually recognized Princess Shuangyang, and there were quite a few of them in this group.

They joined the Liao army after the original Shanshan army was incorporated. At the beginning, Shanshan was defeated in a muddle-headed way, and many soldiers suddenly perished without knowing why.

Princess Shuangyang, Duohuanu, and Basannai are well-known in Shanshan, and Princess Shuangyang was also very excited when she saw her former nationals, and pleaded with Marshal Zhuge Liang and Du Gao.

Although Princess Shuangyang could also intercede with her husband Di Qing, she was quite politically minded and did not do so.

As the marshal of the Western White Tiger of the Great Song Dynasty, Di Qing had every right to intercede for these prisoners of war.

But Princess Shuangyang knows that her identity is a double-edged sword. If she handles it well, she will have no problem getting revenge and establishing a foothold in the Song Dynasty. If she handles it poorly, she will be destroyed.

After Zhuge Liang learned of the situation, he thought for a while and asked Princess Shuangyang to say to surrender these former Shanshan people. Those who are willing to surrender can make a single battalion to help the Song Dynasty send troops to the Western Regions.

In this way, among the prisoners of the Liao army, most of the original Shanshan people were willing to follow Princess Shuangyang, and the Shanshan camp with about [-] people was born in this way, and the Shanshan camp was led by Princess Shuangyang, Duohuanu and Basannai, and the Shanshan camp was controlled by Di Qing. .

In this way, a quarter of the prisoners of war of the Liao Kingdom were taken out, most of them were former Shanshan people and some people who were dissatisfied with the Liao Kingdom. The rest were taken to the Yumen Pass in the rear and sent to the hinterland in batches.

Three days after the truce, Zhuge Liang issued two orders: "The army was divided into two routes. The first route was led by Marshal Lu Wu of the Song Dynasty Baihu, Marshal Ma Teng of Kaiming, Marshal Zhang Xiu of Kaiming, and Shanshan Camp and Yizhou Army Zhang Ren. They set off first to capture Puchanghai and then moved to the battle. Shanshan goes all the way west.

The second route is Du Gao, Marshal of the Dongfang Qinglong in the Great Song Dynasty, commanding Fengqiying, Leiqiying, Zhang Liao, Zhang Jie, and Deng Yuanjue. The river goes all the way west, taking Qiuci, Wensu, Shanmo, and Weitou.

The last order is that the two Marshals Di Qing and Du Gao have the discretion! "

After Zhuge Liang ordered the generals, they couldn't understand why Zhuge Liang, as the marshal, didn't conquer the Western Regions himself, but distributed power to Di Qing and Du Gao!

After Zhuge Liang gave the order, he privately found Du Gao and brought Yue Sheng, Yang Qin, Yang Si, Yang Yansi, Yang Yanping, Yang Xin, Luo Yanqing, Yin Shangchi, Shan Shiqi, Yun Tianbiao, Hua Mao, Ma Ling and others together. Take the Western Expedition.

In Zhuge Liang's army, only Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu, Fang Xuedu, Liuzan, Kou Feng, Fang Qiong, An Shirong and others voluntarily stayed and stationed at Yanmen Pass with Zhuge Liang, and at the same time did some dirty work of escorting the prisoners.

Of course, Zhuge Liang, Wen Tianxiang, and Lu Xiufu were naturally too busy to deal with such a large task. They had already written a memorial to the emperor Lu Heng to ask for the cooperation of officials. Before that, Zhuge Liang's apprentices Zhang Wei (the eldest son of Zhang Kai) and Wang Yu ( Wang Anshi's eldest son) and Du Gu (Du Gao's second son) all wanted to help.

Many people did not understand Zhuge Liang's behavior, but Du Gao, Liu Ye and other scribes all saw the way. Liu Ye even persuaded: "Kong Ming, Your Majesty can even reuse a certain person in the previous clan who must not be tolerated, why do you do this? "

Zhuge Liang replied with a smile: "Zi Yang (Liu Ye's style name is Zi Yang), Fei Shi Liang doesn't trust His Majesty, the Son of Heaven is kind and he takes the lead in righteousness, breaking the Heavenly Gate Formation is already a great achievement as Marshal Liang, why bother to win it over with all the generals?" Contribution to the Western Regions?

What's more, Liang compared himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi in the past, and now his achievements in pacifying the Western Regions are comparable to Le Yi's. Liang still has an ambition in his heart that has not been fulfilled, so it is better to let His Majesty know Liang's ambition this time. "

Zhuge Liang smiled and talked about the most sensitive topic with Liu Ye. Breaking the Tianmen was already one of the first achievements in conquering the Western Regions, so why bother to add more and more dangerous things to the master.

As for what Liu Ye said to let Lu Heng know his ambitions, he was actually joking about the political system of the separation of the military and the government in the Song Dynasty. It is a certainty that Zhuge Liang will definitely enter the cabinet, but this also means that like Yu Yunwen, he has changed from commanding the army to ruling the country. phase.

After breaking through the Tianmen Formation, there was no danger to defend outside Yumen Pass and they could drive straight into Puchanghai (Lop Nur in later generations). Di Qing took the lead and set off with tens of thousands of troops.

The road from Yumen Pass to the Western Regions is unimpeded, and Yelu Abaoji still doesn't know the news of the Tianmen formation's annihilation. At this time, Yelu Abaoji has been entangled with Lu Xun, Marshal of Southern Suzaku of the Great Song Dynasty on the vast grassland for more than a month.

The grassland is indeed the home of the nomads. This time Lu Xun sent troops to the Western Regions to reach 34 troops, but the 34 troops on the vast grasslands seem insignificant.

On the way from the grassland to the west to the Hunxie Mountains, Lu Xun's army rubbed against the main force of Yelu Abaoji. Lu Xun's Tianzizhong Army did not have cavalry, Jingsai Army and Ruijin Cavalry, Xiongnu Camp, Dangxiang Camp, and Xianbei Battalion A cavalry also has 10,000+ cavalry.

However, the cavalry battle on the grassland and the Central Plains are fundamentally two different things. Yelu Abaoji divided the army into several groups to harass the soldiers, focusing on the food and grass supplies of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

In the vast grassland, the infantry of the Song Dynasty can't outrun the cavalry at all, so they can only attack the cavalry, but Yelu Abaoji just won't fight you. Both sides have 10,000+ cavalry just to harass you.

When the cavalry of the Song Dynasty attacked, the cavalry of Yelu Abaoji ran away, and then let the other branch legions continue to attack. When the number of cavalry was equal, the cavalry of the Song Dynasty would also protect the infantry.

On the contrary, the Liao people were unscrupulous. They just had to drive the cattle and sheep out of Da Song's reach, and then keep attacking them!
Yelu Abaoji is very clear, no matter how many enemy soldiers there are, they will go deep alone on the grassland. Moreover, the enemy's target is clear and the marching route can be predicted, so there is no need to look for any decisive battle to harass.

Such a large infantry regiment on the grassland is the target, but Yelu Abaoji did not expect that Song Dynasty would have so many cavalry, so he still miscalculated.

(End of this chapter)