After the Southern Song Dynasty and the State of Jin, the two sides were in a state of overall peace and local conflicts continued. The state of stopping fighting, war and time. Both sides hope to gain more chips when negotiating with each other through the victory of local wars, or seize part of each other's land through local wars. But in fact, both sides know that at this point, in fact, no one can destroy each other.
In this conflict situation, Jingxiang area, as a geographical hub, became the front line of confrontation between Song and Jin Dynasties. There are often tug-of-war between the two sides here. At that time, the name of Jinghu ambassador and Xiangyang magistrate was Meng, Hu Zaixing and others were all officials recommended by him.
Meng, whose name is Telford, is from Jiangzhou (Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province). Grandfather Meng An is a subordinate of Yue Fei, and his father Meng Lin is also a subordinate of Yue Fei. Meng An was neutral in Yue Fei's army, Meng Lin resisted gold from his father, and Meng moved to Zaoyang, Suizhou (now Hubei) with the army. Meng was brave and good at fighting, running the army and defending, and he was a hero against the invasion of 8 Jin Army.
Meng went in and out of the battlefield with his father when he was young, and developed a heroic character with extraordinary courage. In the second year of Jubilee (A.D. 1206), General Jin led an army to attack Xiangyang (now Xiangfan) and Yunzhou (now Zhongxiang), with blood spattered, leading the militia to seize the trench, and 8 Jin Army fled in haste. Surprised by Wu Lie, Meng was recommended as Zaoyang's ambassador, and soon he was promoted to Bingxulang and Jingxi's jurisdiction and stationed in Xiangyang.
In the 10th year of Jiading (A.D. 12 17), 8 Jin Jun committed crimes in Xiangyang and Zaoyang, and Meng was ordered to take command of the three armies, namely Jaguar and Loyalty, and cooperate with the two armies led by Hu Zaixing and Sean. Wyndell dichinson went to war, and 8 Jin Army was defeated. So Zaoyang was in a hurry, and Zong Zheng was also in a hurry to March into Zaoyang. The Jin army was terrified and fled by night.
At that time, the loyal servants of the patriarchal clan system violated military orders, and the patriarchal clan system was ruthless, and both the military and the people served. Therefore, it is possible to block the line and make it awesome. It is very successful in building dikes to store water, repairing city walls and training soldiers. The year after the second victory, that is, the eleventh year of Jiading (AD 12 18), Jin Shuai Hong Yan Race did not lead the troops to ride around the city, but Meng and Hu Zaixing cooperated closely and fought more than 70 battles in three months.
In every battle, the patriarchal clan system has to take the lead, and it is unusually brave and sharp-edged. 8 Jin Jun will fail in every battle. Because of his outstanding military exploits, Zong Zheng was transferred to Wudelang and was awarded a special gold belt by the court. In the 11th year of Jiading (A.D. 12 18), Jin Hongsai failed to lead a hundred thousand troops to attack Zaoyang again.
This time, Meng blocked Zaoyang. Before that, he built strong fortifications in Zaoyang City. Facing the powerful attack of the dominant nomadic people, he took the lead, held on for three months and fought more than 70 wars. After Zhao Fang sent Hu Zaixing to support Zaoyang. Hu Zaixing is a brave soldier. Take off your clothes every time you charge, grow long hair, howl loudly, and kill him with a knife.
Meng and Hu Zaixing fought side by side, and Meng was victorious and brave. The two sides joined forces and the 8 Jin Army was defeated. Because of his outstanding military exploits, Meng turned to Wudelang and got a special gold belt from the imperial court. 12 19 8 Jin Jun was trimmed, led by, Ke, and then attacked Zaoyang.
Meng is stationed here. He led the troops to build a barrier with sandbags and chaff bags to protect the city gate, and recruited gunners to defend the Jin army. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Meng responded with poisonous smoke. As soon as the enemy broke through the city wall, they cast poisonous smoke and flames. In order to prevent Meng from attacking soldiers digging tunnels with poisonous smoke and fire and ensure the effectiveness of cave attack, Jin Jun was equipped with a large number of wet blankets. The Zaoyang Tower collapsed when the tunnel was dug quickly. At the critical moment, Meng quickly commanded soldiers to demolish the tower, and piled firewood at the collapsed part of the wall to ignite the volcano, so as to stop the Jin Army from advancing, and at the same time quickly repaired the "Yanyue City" and set up a new defense line.
8 Jin Jun also predicted that Song Jun might use volcanoes as a defense means, and the felt that played a role in the cave attack came in handy. Jin Jun pressed soaked leather and felt on the volcano to prevent the fire from spreading, and at the same time sent heavy infantry wearing thick armor felt shirts and iron masks to attack the city wall with ladders. Meng resisted with a pike and crossbow, prevented him from entering the city, and sent infantry to attack from under the city, successfully driving the enemy away from the city wall.
Meng and Jin Jun fought bloody battles 15 rounds, losing the Jin Jun in a row. 8 jin j repeatedly attack, station troops under the city for more than 80 days. When Song Jun saw that the attack of 8 Jin Army was getting weaker and weaker, he knew that he was exhausted, so he returned to Zaoyang to join forces with 8 Jin Army. Hu Xing defeated Jin Jun in the rolling river, and defeated Jin Jun in the south of Zaoyang. Meng took advantage of the situation to attack from the city, and internal and external forces joined forces to defeat the 8 Jin Army and kill more than 30,000 people.
Hong Yan can escape by himself, and Song Jun can catch up with Mount stirrup (now southwest of Neixiang, Henan Province) and burn his village. In this battle, Meng relied on the strong city to wait for merit. When 8 jin j was exhausted for a long time, a sudden converging attack was carried out to defeat 8 jin j and hold zaoyang. The battle of Zaoyang lasted more than two years, and the Jin army of 100 thousand troops could not attack for a long time, causing heavy casualties.
Its tragic degree is no less than the Hengyang Defence War in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's time. They all hold the city with weak forces and use strong fortifications to kill and kill the enemy in large numbers. The battle of Hengyang led to the collapse of the cabinet, and the battle of Zaoyang led to the demotion of commander Jin, who later killed himself. This battle changed the weak situation of Jin Qiang and Wei Song, and the nomads from now on dare not go south easily.
After Meng, he was promoted to be the envoy of Jing and Hubei, knowing the Zaoyang Army, the official to the right doctor, the state defense envoy and the general Zuo Wuwei. The victory of Zaoyang Defence War is mainly attributed to the following factors:
One is General Qi Xin, who has the courage to take responsibility. Whether it is, Meng, Hu Zaixing or other generals. Can unite as one, dare to take the initiative to fight in the absence of imperial combat orders.
Second, the strategy and tactics are used properly. Mainly adopted the tactics of internal and external attack. Stick to the city, and the reinforcements outside the city will be attacked inside and outside to form a joint force. When the war reached a deadlock, troops were sent to attack the rear of the Jin State, forming a situation of encircling Wei to save Zhao. Make 8 jin j head and tail can't care for each other. However, the tactics of 8 Jin Army are relatively inflexible, and they are not good at flexibly using the tactics around the point to help. As a result, although heavy casualties were paid, the effect was not great.
Third, be well prepared and properly defended. A large number of solid fortifications and combat equipment were prepared in advance. There was a general mobilization of war in China. Built a solid wall. When Jin Jun couldn't attack for a long time and tried to dig a tunnel into the city, he used fire-fighting equipment prepared in advance to drive Jin Jun out by burning cigarettes. Make nomads from the superior forces in the air, but in the face of solid defense, but powerless.