In the battle of Raofeng Pass, the Song army fought really well, and it can even be described as a swing.
But facts speak louder than words, and losing is losing.
The Jin army not only invaded Hanzhong, but also occupied Xingyuan Province (Xingyuanfu, in present-day Nanzheng District, Hanzhong, Shaanxi), driving out Liu Ziyu, the envoy of Lizhou. The famous general Wu Jie retreated to Hechi (present-day Huixian, Gansu), and the general Wang Yan of the Bazi Army retreated to Dazhou (present-day Daxian City, Sichuan).
If the battle is fought to this point, Hanzhong will be lost.
Next must be the Sichuan crisis. Because Hanzhong is the throat of Sichuan. Hanzhong lost it, which is equivalent to being sealed by a sword.
If this is the case, then why did the Jin Army withdraw from Hanzhong?
First, the commander of the Jin Army was stunned after Yan Sa. A fierce son rushed into Hanzhong, but saw that the Song army did not retreat. Then, this guy first didn't know what to do next, and then wondered if he was caught in the encirclement of the Song army.
Second, Lizhou Jingliao Liu Ziyu is a ruthless character. Before the war, the Jin army suffered heavy losses; In the war, the Jin army could not sustain the war with battle; After the war, he would not retreat, even if there were less than three hundred soldiers around him, he would stay in Hanzhong.
The first thing to fight a war is momentum.
Although the Jin army won, its momentum was weak. Next, instead of continuing his efforts, he was afraid, at least the Lord was already very afraid.
Although the Song army lost, it was more victorious. The defeated defeated, the surrender of the surrender, the rest of the people are all tough guys, all of them want to be crucified in Hanzhong to play with the Jin army.
So, how did this Hanzhong Battle with the Battle of Raofeng Pass as the core be fought?
After the battle of Heshangyuan, Chuanshan Xuanfu made Zhang Jun no matter how stupid he was, he should also come to his senses. Moreover, this guy is already highly concerned about Hanzhong. Therefore, organizing a new line of defense centered on Hanzhong has become an inevitable choice.
Wu Jie's Yongxing army was stationed in eastern Hanzhong, specifically Xingzhou, Wenzhou, and Longzhou on the border with Qinfeng Road, in order to ensure the security of eastern Han.
Wang Yan's eight-character army was stationed on Jingxian Road west of Hanzhong, specifically Jinzhou, Junzhou and Fangzhou, in order to ensure the security of central and western Han.
Hanzhong belongs to Lizhou in terms of administrative divisions, and its capital is Xingyuan Province. Therefore, Lizhou Jingliao Liu Ziyu sat in Xingyuan Mansion to ensure the safety of the core hinterland of Hanzhong.
It stands to reason that this layout is both magnificent and rigorous, and it thinks of all the places that should be thought of:
If the Jin army sent troops from Qin Fenglu in Shaanxi and Gansu, Wu Jie could block it;
If the Jin army sent troops from Jingbei Road in Henan, Wang Yan could block it;
If the Jin army wanted to send troops from the Yongxing army road in Guanzhong, Liu Ziyu could block it;
Moreover, Wu Jie, Liu Ziyu, and Wang Yan could support each other, being fought all the way and meeting the enemy three ways.
So how will the Jin Army respond?
Jin Jun's response is both simple and tricky.
First of all, the grand strategy of mainly attacking Sichuan and Shaanxi cannot change. Since the Golden Temple has made this strategic decision, it will be firmly implemented. Therefore, the Shaanxi Jin Army must find ways to break into Hanzhong.
Secondly, Jin Jun's Shaanxi Jing skimmed Yan Sa's drink and played a tricky and tricky position, and directly "goed" Zhang Jun's Hanzhong layout.
Since ancient times, the main roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong have been Chen Cang Road, Baoxiao Road, Luo Road and Meridian Road from west to east. The two Song Dynasties were economically developed, so these roads were basically passable. But the distinction between primary and secondary is obvious. Because cost matters.
Among them, although Chen Cang Road is circuitous, the terrain is flat, so it is the main trunk line. Although Meridian Road is bumpy, it is closer to Chang'an, and a new line was opened in the Song Dynasty, so it can barely be regarded as the main line.
But these two main routes are mainly suitable for commercial exchanges. If it is used for military purposes, it can only be Chen Cang Dao. Because only Chen Cang Road is suitable for the passage of large armies, and it can also advance and retreat freely. If you defeat and retreat, at least you can retreat.
But Meridian Road, which is the main line of business travel, is not useless at all. And its key role is to "shake a shot".
Han Xin "Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Crossing Chen Cang". Among them, this Chen Cang of Dark Du is Chen Cang Dao; And Ming Xiu's plank road is the meridian road. Since Han Xin can, then why can't Jin Jun?
Therefore, Jin also came to a "Ming Xiu plank road" after Yan Sa and drank, threatening: My Jurchen army is to raise troops from Chang'an, and then directly plunge into the Meridian Road and attack Hanzhong.
This false shake shot immediately worked. Wang Yan, who was stationed in Jinzhou, hurriedly divided his troops to the west and guarded Meridian Road.
Just as the Song army was adjusting its deployment, Yan Sa led the main force to raid Shangzhou.
There are four passes in Guanzhong Pass, Dongtong Pass, West Sanguan, South Wu Pass, and North Xiao Pass. And Wuguan is just in Shangzhou. After conquering Shangzhou, the Shaanxi Jin army was equivalent to going south to threaten Jingxiang.
But Jingxiang is not the target, Hanzhong is.
Therefore, after Yan Sa left the blitz to strike Shangjin, the army entered Xunyang, and after breaking the Song army, he went straight to Jinzhou and drove Wang Yan away.
At this point, the strategic intentions of the Jin Army were fully exposed. Before the fall of Jinzhou, neither Liu Ziyu, the number one in Hanzhong, nor the famous general Wu Jie, could not have predicted how the Jin army would attack Hanzhong.
Earlier, it was mentioned that Chen Cang Road, Baoxian Road, Luo Road and Meridian Road, these four roads are from Guanzhong over the Qinling Mountains into Hanzhong. But if you don't take Qinling, is there any other path?
Of course.
That is the three eastern counties during the Three Kingdoms, namely Fangling, Shangyong and Xicheng. At this time, it was Jin, Jun, and Fang Sanzhou that Wang Yan guarded. From Jinzhou, which is now Ankang, Shaanxi, it can also go straight to Hanzhong. This is Xicheng Road. And this is exactly the line of attack that is completely out of the drink.
For this big detour of the Jin Army, the Song Army did not expect it at all. When the Jin army breaks through Jinzhou, it can only have a hard-fought Armageddon at Raofeng Pass.
Therefore, the battle of Raofeng Pass was not an active defense of the Song army, but a hasty response.
Zhang Jun, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty, fought quite crotch-pulling and was particularly fragile in his heart.
But this guy is very suitable for leadership.
First of all, for good suggestions, Zhang Jun can listen to them. Liu Ziyu suggested organizing the Hanzhong defense line, which he immediately adopted. Although he ran away, he handed Hanzhong to Liu Ziyu.
Secondly, Zhang Jun has a unique eye for how to use people. I can't be Wei Yan if I stay in Hanzhong, but you Liu Ziyu can, so you come to be Wei Yan, and give you a pair of left and right arms, namely Wu Jie and Wang Yan.
In fact, Wang Yan is not bad, the problem is to underestimate the enemy.
Liu Ziyu ordered him to "invite him with a strong crossbow." Simply put, we can't beat the Jin Army, but we can shoot the Jin Army. This is the valuable experience of the Song army after summing up the Battle of Fuping. Wang Yan and his Bazi soldiers are known for meeting each other with short soldiers, and they especially like to fight hard and field battles. This time, I don't take Jin Jun seriously. But Wang Yan used to mainly fight bandits and puppet troops, that is, the troops of "puppet Qi" Liu Yu. He had never seen the power of the Jurchen Western Road Army. When encountering the real Jurchen elite, Wang Yan completely collapsed and lost battles continuously until he withdrew from the Golden State.
Because Jinzhou was lost too quickly, Wu Jie would travel 300 miles overnight from Hechi, that is, Huixian County, Gansu, to Raofeng, which is now Shiquan, Shaanxi. At this time, Liu Ziyu and Wang Yan also sent troops. The marshal of the third road of Hanzhong gathered in Rao Feng Guan, and he just finished his face and drank.
The manager of Hanzhong Third Road is very powerful. This is the credit of Zhang Jun, he used the right person.
But the problem with the battle of Raofeng Pass was: the geographical advantage was not as good as the Sanguan, and the Song army was inferior to the Jin army.
Although the terrain is dangerous, Raofeng Pass is far less dangerous than the scattered pass in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, and there are more points to defend.
The key is that Wu Jie's Yongxing Army and Wang Yan's Bazi Army, although they are both elite in a hundred battles, they still can't beat the Jin Army.
In the battle of Raofeng Pass, the Jin Army fully developed the characteristics of tenacity and strength, and stubbornness.
Then he attacked on his back, one person ascended first, two people hugged, the first died, and the latter attacked instead. The crossbows of the army were scattered, and the big stones were pushing, and if they were six days and nights, the dead were accumulated.
Either I kill you or you kill me, or we'll keep fighting. The Jurchen soldiers who were charging on the front line were so ruthless.
The Lord left Yan to drink, and this "crying Langjun" who was beaten and cried by Wu Jie was far more brainy than Jin Wushu. This guy is not only strategic, but also tactically cunning.
With the cooperation of the rebel generals of the Song army, he sent a surprise soldier to bypass behind Raofeng Pass through Cicada Ridge, forming a two-way attack situation under Wu Jie's nose.
After that, the Jurchen elite poured out and completely beat the Song army to collapse. Once the army collapses, no matter what kind of famous generals and soldiers will not help, they can only quickly escape, and they must run faster than their own army.
As a result, Rao Fengguan was lost, and the Jin army was inserted into Hanzhong.
Hanzhong belongs to the topography of the basin. But if the pass is broken, it will not be able to hold it at all. Therefore, the Jin army entered no man's land and took the Xingyuan Mansion of Lizhou Luzhisho in one fell swoop.
The time, place, people, and this parameter are the most important. It is not objectively so, but subjectively it can only be a human being.
When Jin attacked the Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty could not change; The geographical advantage of the mountains of Qinling Mountains, the Jin Army cannot change. But the great detour of Yan Sai and the tenacity of the Jin Army, this is the person and the right place to change.
At the same time, Liu Ziyu vowed not to retreat, and even moved Wu Jie, and the two formed an offensive and defensive alliance, which is also human, and it is enough to change the weak location of the hinterland of Hanzhong, and even change the time when the Jurchens threaten Sichuan.
The point is that the Song army did not instigate, but the Jin army began to instigate.
Although it broke through the Golden State, the Golden Army did not gain a foothold in the Golden State. Subsequently, the Song army regained Jinzhou. This is equivalent to a broken road.
At the same time, the Song army firmly implemented the strategy of Jianbi Qingye, taking everything that could be taken away, and burning everything that could not be taken away. Therefore, the Jurchens could not sustain the war with war.
When the Sichuan Song army gradually entered Hanzhong, Yan Sa was completely panicked, and quickly turned around and returned north, leaving Hanzhong through the ramp.
But because the road was not easy to walk and the retreat was hurried, he was stopped by Wu Jie again at Wuxiu Pass. After an ambush battle, the few trophies were returned to the Song army.
The sloped valley road is narrow, but it can go alone, so everything that is plundered is abandoned to the road. Jun dispatched the commander Wang Jun to Fuyang Prefecture and Xingyuan Prefecture.
The above is the whole process of the battle of Song Jinhanzhong.
In this battle, although the performance of the Song army was remarkable, it was still defeated in the end.
The main problem is that it can't be beaten.
Although Wu Jie is a first-class general who can fight, his own army is not good, it is no problem to engage in defense and be a defense master, but charging the field is death. Although Wang Yan's eight-character army is elite, the field gold army is still not good. The quality of the army is important, but it cannot be improved overnight.
The second problem is that I didn't expect it.
The military level of Yan Sa and Drink is several levels worse than that of Mu Han, but he is still comfortable with the Songjin battlefield. This strategy operated by this guy was roundabout and directly stunned everyone. Defense Master Wu Jie didn't expect it either. But this is the usual operation on the battlefield of the two rivers of the Jin army. The Song Army did not adapt, and could only say that the growth of the Song Army was too slow.