Battle of Shunchang

1 140 In mid-May, Liu Kun, the newly appointed deputy commander of Tokyo, led his troops to station in Tokyo. Just arrived in Shunchang (now Fuyang, Anhui) by water, the news came that the Jin army had captured Kaifeng, Tokyo. Three days later, the Jin army that captured Tokyo continued its southward invasion, and Chen Zhou (now Huaiyang, Henan Province) not far from Tokyo was also captured. Shunchang, only 150km away from Chen Zhou, became the frontier of confrontation between Song and Jin Dynasties.

Shunchang is bordered by water shadow in the north, Huaihe River in the south, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui) and Shouzhou (now Shouxian, Anhui) in the east, and Cai Zhou and Chen Zhou in the west. It is an important port of Huaihe River, and also the traffic artery of the capital of song dynasty. When the enemy besieged, Liu Kun was calm and decisive. He personally inspected the fortifications and topography inside and outside the city, chiseled sunken ships, heightened and thickened the city walls, and built fortifications. Call on Qi Xin to work together to defend Shunchang City. He moved the whole family, old and young, to a temple, piled dry wood at the door, and told the guards to set fire to his house to prevent the city from being captured by the Jin army, so as to inspire the military and civilians to defend Shunchang City to the death.

According to the terrain and forces, Childe Xu will be under military control to guard the East Gate, Zhongjun will guard the West Gate, Right Army will guard Jiaojiao, Right Army will guard Zhong You at the South Gate, and Zuo Jun will guard Du Qi at the North Gate. Send detectives, and rely on the local people as a guide, constantly reconnaissance 8 jin j direction. After a week's hard work, the defensive preparation of Shunchang City was initially completed. On May 25th, thousands of Jin Jun swam across the Yinghe River and entered the suburb of Shunchang.

Song Jun's ambush won the silver medal of 8 jin j, and thousands of households killed Aru and others. Liu Kun learned from the prisoner's confession that two leaders, Jin and Zhai, led some troops to camp in the White Sands Vortex, which is 0/5 km away from the city. They took advantage of their first arrival and were not prepared for the battle. They sent 1000 troops, robbed the camp overnight and fought fiercely until the early morning of the next day. Song Jun won the first battle. The remnants of the Jin army fled on the 27th, and reported the fiasco to their dragon king, tiger king and commander-in-chief Wang Hong. The main force of 8 Jin Army quickly assembled in Shunchang.

29, more than 30000 8 jin j surrounded shunchang city, storm attempt to south. Liu Kun led the troops from the west gate. 8 jin j was forced to the wall, while robbing the suspension bridge, while shooting at Song Jun in the city with a strong bow and a hard crossbow. Song Jun hit back with a strong bow and crossbow, and the arrows rained down. The Jin army suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat. Liu Kun seized the fighter and attacked with infantry. 8 jin j chaos, flee for life, many people drowned. Near dusk, there are still thousands of fighters of 8 Jin J staying outside the river, and Liu Kun sent troops to attack continuously, winning a great victory and taking many prisoners.

On the fourth day of the siege of Shunchang, Jin Jun sent more troops to Shunchang from Chen Zhou and other places, and some of them camped in the East Village, which is 0/0 km away from Shunchang/Kloc. Shunchang is in the iron wall of 8 Jin Army. Jin Jun focused on capturing Shunchang City, but neglected the defense of the camp. Song Jun took advantage of the thunderstorm, and sent young Yan Chong to select 500 strong men and rush into the enemy camp by night. The lightning flashed, and Song Jun jumped up and bravely attacked; After the lightning, everyone in Song Jun was lurking. 8 jin j don't know all the ins and outs of Song Jun, full of chaos, Song Jun in accordance with the pre-war agreed signal, again and again together. 8 jin j panic, kill each other, wait until the morning, 8 jin j has been unable to fight back, had to retreat. These three battles, together with Song Jun's wisdom and courage, weakened the 8 Jin Army which besieged Shunchang, and achieved initial victory in the defense of Shunchang.

Wu Shu of Kaifeng learned that the Jin Army had failed to attack Shunchang, and led more than 100,000 soldiers to travel day and night, and it took less than 7 days to reach Shunchang from Kaifeng. Wu Shu and his men are the elite troops of 8 jin j. They attacked the city slightly and were extremely fierce. The soldiers who specialize in the city are called "Tiefutu" (iron tower soldiers). Soldiers wear armor and helmets and are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons. Its fighting mode is that every three people are divided into a fighting unit, followed by a girl who refuses. Every step forward, the soldier will move the rejected girl forward to show that he will never retreat. On the left and right wings, with iron riding, known as the "abduction horse." Since the Song and Jin Wars, all the difficult cities have used this team to attack and won many times.

At the beginning, after winning the war, some people in the Song army proposed to leave Shunchang with Wu Shu to save their strength. Liu Yong thinks Wu Shu's reinforcements are coming. If it retreats from the south, it will not only give up all previous achievements, but also be destroyed once it is pursued by the enemy. What's more, the Jin Army will March straight into the south of the Yangtze River and invade Huai River, causing serious consequences. For today's plan, there is only "attacking the city slightly and surviving." People agree with this plan, although at a disadvantage, but hope to strive to keep Shunchang. On June 6th, Liu Kun sent someone to scuttle all the ships moored outside the east and north gates of Shunchang, and made up his mind to make the last stop.

On June 7th, Jin Wushu came to camp on the north shore of Shui Ying outside Shunchang, with a battalion commander of more than ten kilometers. Wu Shu saw the simple wall of Shunchang and said proudly, Shunchang can be kicked down with the tip of his boots. And immediately ordered, 9 in Shunchang city yamen for breakfast, after the city is broken, women silks and silks are all known, generals will plunder, men will be killed. The arrogance of Jin Wushu is very arrogant, ignoring Liu Wei and others. On the one hand, Liu Kun stepped up preparations, on the other hand, in order to further paralyze, he sent two people as spies, rode with scouts, and deliberately captured 8 jin j. Cao Cheng and others spread false information to 8 Jin Jun, such as Liu Yong's love of music, greed for happiness and inaction. Wu Shu believed it after listening to it, and ordered to leave the siege vehicles and guns and go into battle lightly. ?

On June 9, Jin Wushu commanded Jin Jun to launch a general attack on Shunchang City. At dawn this day, Jin Wushu led an army of nomads from Jin to cross the Ying River, lined up along the city, from the east gate to the south gate, and from the south gate to the west gate, connecting the four gates into one, clamoring incessantly, in an attempt to frighten the soldiers and civilians in Shunchang city mentally. Song Jun was unmoved in the city, and opposed 8 jin j wholeheartedly .. At that time, all generals thought that 8 jin j headquarters was weak in China and South Korea, so it was better to attack it first. Liu Kun believes that defeating the North Korean Ministry still cannot stop the attack of Wu Shu's elite soldiers. It is better to defeat the army first, so that the whole 8 jin j can do nothing. At this time, the weather was hot, and 8 jin j came from afar, so he went into battle without rest, so he had to stop fighting and set up camp, ready to attack again.

Song Jun took turns to rest under the wall of sheep and horses, took the initiative to attack, broke into the Wu Shu camp, and defeated its most elite 3,000 tooth soldiers. 8 Jin Jun tried to surround Song Jun from the left and right wings with iron horses, but because Song Jun fought bravely, 8 Jin Jun's attempt failed. In midsummer, 8 jin j supplies are scarce, and the people are hungry and cold. A large number of aquatic plants were poisoned by Song Jun, and many people got sick because of poisoning. Liu Kun took advantage of the hot sun at noon, and sometimes sent hundreds of people to harass the enemy of Simon, and sometimes attacked from the south gate, and defeated the 8 Jin Army.

On 10, the weather changed suddenly and it rained cats and dogs. The weather is not good for 8 jin j, 8 jin j cannot attack again and again. The foot soldiers were killed and sick, so they had to change their plans in an attempt to besiege Shunchang for a long time, so they moved to the west of the city, dug trenches and fought against Song Jun. In order to bring down 8 jin j, Liu Kun sent more than 100 cavalry, or in heavy rain, or in heavy rain, constantly harassing 8 jin j, hit 8 jin j outside the city.

1 1 day, 8 jin j began to beat drums again, and Liu Kun kept a close eye on 8 jin j's movement and compensated the families of Song Jun soldiers who died in battle to boost morale. 8 jin j long entrenched, low morale, Wu Shu began to retreat. Liu Kun took this opportunity, the whole army, followed, defeated 8 jin j..

12, Jin Wushu was forced to lead all the Jin army to withdraw from Shunchang and return to Kaifeng, and the battle of Shunchang was completely won. Liu Kun and his men are less than twenty thousand, and the main force is the famous "Eight-character Army" led by Wang Yan. But only 5000 can play. Liu Kun led the soldiers Qi Xin to work together, and the loyal and righteous opposition adopted the correct strategic strategy, that is, the spirit of preempting the enemy and defeating the enemy; Paralyze the enemy and make soldiers; Make good use of it. Coupled with the extensive support of the residents in the city, in the end, the arrogance of 8 Jin Army was greatly destroyed and the invasion of 8 Jin Army from Huainan and Huainan was blocked. This World War I was one of the worst defeats suffered by the Jin army since its invasion to the south, which shocked the rulers of the State of Jin. Hong Hao, an envoy of the State of Jin, once reported the battle, saying, "In the battle of Shunchang, the enemy was frightened and lost his soul. The treasure of the State of Yan was taken from the north, and he wanted to donate it to the south and abandon it."