Nanhan is a small area with many people, but it was a weak country in the Five Dynasties. At that time, the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty was Herry Liu, who was the best among the bad emperors. He was so obsessed with money, cruel and tyrannical, and dissolute that the national strength of the Southern Han Dynasty was weak and decadent.
According to historical records, "I started my career for three years, recruiting Lingnan and the United States. All the armies are deployed, with the Longzhou regiment as the ambassador and Yin Chongke as the deputy. "
In September, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Pan Mei, the Tanzhou defense envoy, to deploy all the military forces for Hezhou Daoxing camp, with Yin Chongke as the deputy and Wang Jixun as the supervisor, to send troops to Hezhou (now Hexian County, Guangxi). We don't know the exact strength of Pan Mei. Zhao Kuangyin only gave him troops from ten states. At that time, the total strength of the Northern Song Dynasty was about 200,000, and it was necessary to hoard heavy troops in Kaifeng and the northern border. It is conceivable that there are certainly not many troops in Pan Mei.
Liu Yong panicked when he learned that Song Jun was coming to attack. He was good at dealing with his own people. His royal family was almost completely destroyed by him, and few generals could fight. Because of Liu Yong's interests, a large number of officials were all operated on and became eunuchs. When the enemy attacked, it was really chaotic.
Hezhou is in danger, what should we do? Liu Yong immediately sent a special envoy Gong Chengshu to the front to express condolences. Gong Chengshu spat in front of the people, roughly meaning that you should work hard to resist the enemy, and the emperor will cheer you up behind you. When they finished, the soldiers didn't respond at all. A few dared to ask, "Where's the money?"
Gong Chengshu was only ordered to read the condolence book. Where is the money? In fact, Herry Liu didn't intend to give money to soldiers at all. How can he fight without money? The generals dispersed in a hubbub. Gong Chengshu was embarrassed. Pan Mei is facing such a Hezhou City.
First, an engineering unit with great power
In any case, the enemy has reached the door, even if there are no soldiers or generals, they have to send people to defend the enemy, so Herry Liu ordered the general Yanwu to lead more than 10,000 troops from the Southern Han Dynasty to reinforce. When Pan Mei learned that the enemy was coming to help, he immediately retreated 20 miles, set an ambush and waited for the enemy to arrive.
The specific parameters of Wu are unknown. In order to show his ability, he sat on Hu's bed and commanded the battle. When he entered the ambush, Song Jun set him up, and the Nanhan army was immediately annihilated and defeated. Wu was killed, and the South Han Army was killed in nine cases out of ten. Pan Mei is cautious in fighting and seldom underestimates his enemy, which is also related to his few troops.
However, for the first time, Nanhan's weakness was exposed, and it was really vulnerable. Later, Pan Mei was in no hurry to attack Hezhou City, and he was considering how to attack the city. Of course, the basic work still needs to be done before the siege, such as filling up the moat to protect the city.
According to historical records: "The general hesitated, but Ming Nai led the troops to escort more than a thousand people in Dingfu and struggled to reach the city gate. People in the city were afraid, so they opened the door to accept it and took Hezhou. "
Thousands of engineers ran to Hezhou City to fill trenches. Perhaps these guys' behavior is outrageous and rude, which makes the Nanhan soldiers in the city frightened to disgrace. So, the engineers filled in and filled in, and the soldiers of Hezhou City surrendered in Kaesong.
Pan Mei's jaw dropped when he heard the news. He has fought many battles and never fought such an siege war. The enemy was frightened by the engineers. At this time, Pan Mei finally understood the intention of leading Zhao Kuangyin, why only give him this power. Is Nanhan really that vulnerable? Pan Mei drew a question mark in his mind.
Second, which is stronger to deal with elephants with crossbows?
In 970 10, Pan Mei conquered Kaijianzhai, Zhaozhou and Qianzhou, and Song Jun attacked the city and pulled out the village all the way, which was invincible. Seeing the imminent national subjugation, Liu Yong gambled on the capital and ordered Li Chengwo to lead more than 100,000 troops to attack Pan Mei in Shaozhou.
This time, Liu Yong thought of a good idea. He used an elephant as a soldier's mount. The elephant is rough-skinned and tall, so soldiers can ride on it from a commanding height. This is absolutely certain. Thousands of troops lined up in front of the elephant. Each elephant sits with a dozen soldiers, armed with spears and wands, and looks very powerful.
According to historical records: "The United States tried its best to shoot it with a crossbow in the army. If it galloped, all the guests fell, but the army was defeated and the army was only spared."
Elephants are strong, but they are not as obedient as horses. Pan Mei dismissed this, and directly ordered archers to shoot arrows, and countless arrows flew to unsuspecting elephants. Many crossbows in Song Jun are not conventional bows and arrows, and there are many heavy crossbows with a range of hundreds of meters and great strength.
After being shot by an arrow, the elephant did not continue to attack like a fearless soldier, but turned around and ran. This time, the soldiers of Nanhan were in big trouble. Originally, these elephants were used to deal with the enemy, but now they have become our own nightmares. Rushed back to Nanhan camp like a group of crazy people, causing heavy losses to Nanhan army during trampling. Taking this opportunity, Pan Mei ordered the attack, and Song Jun easily occupied Shaozhou.
Third, Liu Yong burned property and Pan Meide suffered from depression.
Shaozhou fell, Guangzhou was in danger, and Liu Yong was also timid this time. He sent messengers to Pan Mei for peace talks. Peace talks need confidence. South Korea's buildings will collapse and the country will soon perish. What else can be used as a bargaining chip? Pan Mei only gave the envoys of the Southern Han Dynasty five choices: continue to fight, continue to defend, surrender, die, or move potatoes.
The war is still going on, and the southern Han army can't resist it. At the last minute, Liu Yong chose to surrender, but before that, the miser Liu Yongxian burned all the treasures in the national treasury, leaving nothing to Song Jun. In fact, the purpose of the war is to plunder, except territory, mainly resources and property. At present, the external expansion of the Song Dynasty needs a lot of money, but Liu Yong burned down his fortune and made Pan Mei want to cry.
Liu Yong was sent to Kaifeng as a trophy, and the battle came to an end. During the reign, Song Jun's fighting power was still very strong. No matter whether it was Shu, Nantang or Qidan after the war, it was rarely defeated, which was not the same as that in the middle and late period. Zhao Kuangyin's weakening of the buffer zone has just begun, and this system has just taken shape. These five generations of soldiers, still have the nature of killing, plus the famous Pan Mei in the head, attacking and destroying the Southern Han Dynasty, it is a piece of cake.