The battle of Yangliu is a fierce battle with Jin for Yangliu City, the Yunzhou Ferry. The war began in three years, when Li, the king of Jin, crossed the Yellow River and seized Yangliu City. Subsequently, the army led by Liang Jiangxie attempted to recapture Yangliucheng, but failed. From then on, Liu Yang was occupied by the State of Jin until the establishment of the later Tang Dynasty, and was attacked by the Back Beam, but it was also defeated.
War background
Jin Wang Li annexed Hebei and stepped up preparations to cross the river south. The key points along the Yellow River became the target he competed with Hou Liang, and Yangliucheng, located 60 miles northeast of Dong 'e County in Yunzhou, was an important ferry from yu zhou to Yunzhou. In the third year of Zhenming, in the first year of Tongguang, Yang and Liu fought twice.
The first battle between Yang and Liu
In the third year, Li rode across the Yellow River and occupied Yangliucheng. Zhu Youzhen, Emperor of the Liang Dynasty, heard of the fall of the city and rushed back to Bianzhou in an attempt to recapture it. In the fourth year of Zhenming, the Liangbei Line made Xie lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Yangliucheng again, which was also defeated by Li Qinjun.
The Second Battle of Yang and Liu
In the first year of Tongguang, Li Jianli was occupied in the later Tang Dynasty and Desheng. In order to prevent Tang Jun from going south, General Wang of the Back Beam attacked, but it also ended in failure. The whole battle between Yang and Liu showed the disparity in strength between the two sides. The State of Jin quickly captured Yang and Liu, and made it his new stronghold along the Yellow River. Guo Liang's two attempts to get it back ended in failure. Although the late Tang Dynasty was established, it failed to recapture Desheng Cheng Nan.
The battle between Yang and Liu was of great significance in the history at that time, which played a certain role in promoting the unification and downfall of the State of Jin. The battle between Yang and Liu has also become a historical story, showing the charm of China's traditional war culture. On June 2, Li led troops to reinforce, but he found that the defense was heavily fortified and the barriers were deep and difficult to capture.
After consulting with Guo Chongtao, Li decided to let Guo Chongtao lead 10,000 soldiers to Bozhou to build the city wall day and night to contain the later offensive. In the hard struggle day and night, Liu Yang provided necessary support for the construction of Guo Chongtao.
Six days later, Wang learned that Guo Chongtao had gone to the new town construction. In order to stop the reinforcements of the later Tang Dynasty, he led tens of thousands of soldiers to the new city, and stormed the new city on the 15th, connecting more than ten giant warships to stop the attack of the reinforcements of the later Tang Dynasty. Guo Chongtao tried to take the new town as a strategic location, struggling to resist the attack, and urgently asked Li for help.
Li personally led a great army to the west bank of the new city, arrayed himself and encouraged the defenders of the new city. When Liang Jun saw this scene, his fighting spirit was immediately aroused. Later, Liang Jun cut the rope connecting the warships, recovered the warships, and then retreated to Zoujiakou (now southwest of Liaocheng, Shandong). On July 5, Li led an army to push south along the Yellow River. Wang had to give up Zou Jiakou and move to Yangcun in a hurry. /kloc-on 0/2, Li Shaoxing was sent south to Qiu Yi (now southeast of Puyang) to defeat Hou Liang's mobile troops.
Duan Ning, the northern envoy, thought that the troops of the later Tang Dynasty had crossed the Yellow River and were attacking the capital of song dynasty from the upstream, which frightened him. He accused Wang of not going deep into Yunzhou, but fighting the later Tang Dynasty in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. 16, Li sent someone to ride Li Shaorong straight to the camp, captured the sentry alive and burned the warship connecting Liang Jun. 17, Wang heard that Li had arrived at Zoujiakou, immediately withdrew and fled to Yangcun. Tang Jun followed closely and camped in Desheng.