Chapter 060: Prelude

Guyukou, the South River flows into the Changyuan River from here, and the riverside terrain is towering, forming a fortress of more than 1,000 people. There are more than 100 Jurchen knights in the fortress, as well as more than 1,000 righteous victories who have defected to the Jin people, and it can be regarded as a dangerous place to defend.

Yu'er Ridge, which is about two miles away from Guyukou, has a steep terrain, high mountains and dense forests, and excellent scenery, which is a good place to play in summer and autumn. It's just that in troubled times, how can the people be in the mood to visit the mountains and rivers, and there is nothing in the mountains except refugees.

A group of twenty or thirty Song cavalry spies were climbing on top of the mountain at this time, hiding in the woods, carefully observing every move of the Jin people in Guyukou in the east.

A round-faced, big-eyed Song Army spy was covered with sweat and lay on his stomach in the grass, but he was motionless. He observed carefully for a while before he said softly: "Big brother, in the past few days, there have been a lot of reinforcements in the Jinren Village, I'm afraid there are as many as a thousand. If you really want to attack, I'm afraid there will be some trouble!"

Shao Xing nodded. He lay on his stomach in the grass and said softly: "Shao Ping, you wait and see here, I have to go back and report the situation here!"

Scouts are the eyes and ears of the army, and if they fail to do so, and the army is frustrated or defeated, these scouts will die without redemption.

Shao Xing turned his head, and was about to give instructions on relevant matters, when he suddenly clenched the long knife on his waist and shouted in a low voice: "What kind of person, come out quickly, don't pretend to be a ghost!"

The sound of "bang" sounded, and in the grass around everyone, countless men with knives and guns stood up. These people were ragged and behaved like beggars, but they had Song hair in a bun, and they looked like local volunteers.

Shao Xing took a deep breath, hugged his fists and said: "Brothers, below is Shao Xing, the former army scout of the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army, this trip is just a way, please make it convenient for the brothers!"

A burly man with a round face in a brown coat and a wooden hairpin in his hand, carrying a simple knife, walked up from the crowd. He looked at Shao Xing and the others, half incredulous.

"You don't look like a bad person, you are really a subordinate of the prince?"

"I think he looks like a fanzi's fine work, kill it!"

"Brothers, don't be reckless, it's true!"

Shao Xing hurriedly said loudly: "The commander of the Loyal and Righteous Army who went north this time is none other than Wang Song and Wang Xianggong. Wang Xianggong recruited volunteers in Hedong and Hebei, never looking at his background, only recruiting loyal and patriotic people. Instead of living hard in the green forest, why not take your subordinates to invest in the account of the prince, or make contributions and leave a name in history?"

Shao Xing is now serving in the scout battalion of Yang Jin, the former commander of the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army, and serves as the head of the scout battalion.

"It is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar".

For Shao Xing, born in troubled times, the best way to make contributions is to compete on the battlefield and take fame immediately, rather than being buried in the middle of the case.

He and his cousin Shao Ping's family were ruined, and their anger was naturally counted on Jin Ren's head. If there were no Jin people who invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, his family would be their upper household with peace of mind, with plenty of food and clothing, and naturally there would be no worries about their lives.

Hearing Shao Xing's words, the two leaders glanced at each other, and the round-faced man asked: "This brother, you are really Wang Song's subordinates, aren't the loyal and righteous army in Hedong in Licheng and the Weisheng army, how did you get to Pantuo Pass?"

Another long-faced man said suspiciously: "As you said, isn't it true that Wang Xianggong led his troops north to recapture Taiyuan City?"

"Exactly! Brothers, half a year ago, Wang Xianggong had already organized two loyal and righteous armies in Hebei and Hedong. Wang Xianggong is the Xuanfu envoy of Lianghe and Shaanxi, and he was ordered to go north to crusade against the Jin, and the big camp is south of Pantuo!"

Shao Xing hugged his fists and said: "If you are willing to submit to the prince, brother, Shao Xing, am willing to take you to meet the prince."

"Thank God, Wang Xianggong is finally here!"

The round-faced man had a look of surprise on his face, tears in his eyes, and he wiped his eyes with the placket of his clothes, and then raised his head.

"Brother Shao, offended. In Lower Mengde, this is the brother Jiao Wentong in Lower. The two of us have been gathering together in the Taihang Mountains to rebel against the Jin people. The Jin people were powerful, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, so they had to go south. ”

The other long-faced man also shed tears, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the prince is here, our hard days are over!"

The ragged men crowded together and cheered, their weapons were thrown on the ground, and some of them wept bitterly.

Shaoxing was also moved in his heart. These men, trapped in the enemy's land, would rather break the jade than surrender to the enemy, but they are truly loyal and righteous people. Compared with those capricious, incorruptible and shameless rebels, it is simply a cloud of mud.

"Brother Shao, I'll bother you to introduce me later."

Jiao Wentong and Meng De stepped forward together and clasped their fists and saluted together.

Shao Xing was overjoyed and returned the gift with a fist:

"The two brothers, the prince is bold and benevolent, and he is valued by His Majesty today. The two brothers are willing to go, and they are naturally willing to introduce you to you, let's go on a northern expedition together and fight for thieves together, wouldn't it be happy!"

"That's great, thank you Brother Shao!"

Both of them were overjoyed, and Jiao Wentong said happily: "Brother Shao, do you know whether Wang Yangong of the "Eight-Character Army" is in the Loyal and Righteous Army?"

"Wang Yangong is now the commander of the left army of the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army, and the two brothers went to meet Wang Yangong."

"I didn't expect the rumors to be true!"

Jiao Wentong hugged his fists and said: "When my brothers take Guyukou, it will be regarded as a vote for Wang Xianggong!"

Shao Xing couldn't help but wonder: "Guyukou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, do the two brothers really have a way?"

Meng De and Jiao Wentong glanced at each other, and Jiao Wentong smiled: "Whether it is successful or not, you will know if you try it!"

Hearing that the villagers said that there were more than 100 spies of the Song people who were hiding in Yuerling, Xiao Bi couldn't bear it anymore, and took up a hundred cavalry and more than 200 foot soldiers in the village, followed behind the villagers who reported the news, and beat his horse to Yuerling.

The flowers and rivers of the Song people are really comfortable, even in the barren land of Hedong, there are beautiful women like clouds, which is really enough for them to enjoy.

He didn't want to just grab a few small works, burn and loot in all directions, and he couldn't be more comfortable.

The army is about to go south, and Wanyan Yinshu can gather people and horses in Taiyuan to collect grain and grass, and the momentum is violent. Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Sali and others are preparing to attack Shaanxi, and the beauties, gold and silver treasures in the south are piled up, and they don't know that those kings are cheaper!

Thinking of this, Xiao Bi was so angry that he raised his hand and whipped it on the back of the man who led the way, and said loudly: "Hurry up, you stupid dog!"

The man's eyebrows flashed with anger, and he nodded and smiled: "The general is angry, and he will be there soon!"

Everyone ran on the official road for a while, and the man who led the way stopped, pointed to the front and said, "General, look, those Song people are there!"

Xiao Bi looked at the horse, and sure enough, the figure in front of him was longing. He was overjoyed in his heart, and the order went down, and the group accelerated forward, and as the distance got closer and closer, he saw a large number of people sitting at the mouth of the valley on the bank of the South River, resting and chatting.

Seeing the cavalry rushing in the distance, the Song army spies panicked, stood up one after another, fled frantically, and threw their legs into the valley.

Cowardly and stupid Song people!

A cruel sneer appeared on Xiao Bi's face, he took off his bow, beat his horse and chased after him into the valley. A group of knights followed him, all shouting wildly, waving their blades, and rushing forward.

Xiao Bi put his bow in his hand, wound his arrows, and shot forward with the cavalry. The fleeing Song people were caught off guard, and six or seven people behind them were shot by feather arrows, and fell to the ground one by one wailing, and those who did not die were soon killed by the continuous bows and arrows of the Jin soldiers.

In the woods, watching the brothers who couldn't escape being shot one by one, Jiao Wentong closed his eyes in pain, and couldn't bear to look at this side.

Everyone still underestimated the impact of the Jurchen cavalry, and if they were not careful, they would pay for the lives of dozens of people.

Xiao Bi took a bow and was about to shoot again, when he suddenly saw the Song soldiers in front of him fleeing into the woods in front, and the canyon here is narrow and long, which is obviously not a good place to fight, but a good place to ambush and attack.

Xiao Bi Lerma stopped, and suddenly heard the sound of huge rocks rolling behind him, and he looked back, only to see huge stones rolling down from the steep slopes on both sides, killing and injuring more than a dozen golden soldiers. The stones that rolled down, together with the sassal wood, soon piled up more than a person high, completely blocking the path of the crowd.

Everyone was shocked, knowing that they had been ambushed and were about to move forward, the mountain road in front of them was also blocked by the boulders and sassalwood that rolled down, and several golden soldiers were caught off guard, and soon screamed miserably, and were buried under the stones and trees, and the golden people of the brigade were blocked in this section of the valley.

Immediately afterwards, countless rolling stones rolled down the hillside, although there were not many Jin soldiers who were killed and injured, but they caused great panic among the Jin soldiers.

After the rolling stones were thrown, in the woods on both sides of the mountain road, countless men stood up, many of them had long arrows in their hands, and when they heard an order, the feather arrows covered the sky and shot down.

"Brothers, kill!"

Meng De shouted, and Jiao Wentong took the lead forward, followed by countless rebels running out of the woods, armed with knives and guns, shouting to kill the remnants of the golden people on the mountain road.

"What about the Song people who led the way just now?"

Xiao Bi roared at the knights on both sides.

"I didn't see it, I must have been hiding!"

Xiao Bi was taken aback, he must have been ambushed. These Song people are really cunning!

Xiao Bi panicked in his heart, and when he looked around, he saw that among the rebels, the leading men were particularly brave. One of them opened his bow and arrows, and while running, feathered arrows shot out continuously, and the golden knights fell to the ground one after another, and some of them were in pain and wailed loudly.

"Don't panic, abandon all the horses and kill them with me!"

The road was blocked, and knowing that sitting on a horse was the target, Xiao Bi jumped off his horse and commanded the panicked knights to flee towards a gap.

The leading man had finished shooting his arrows, he abandoned the big bow in his hand, took a simple knife handed over by his subordinates next to him, and only ran towards Xiao Bi, shouting loudly in his mouth:

"Dog thief, Shao Xing, the loyal and righteous army, is here, stay for your life!"

When Yang Jin's front army arrived at Guyukou, perhaps because he felt that he could not stop the attack of the Song army in front, the hundreds of Jin troops inside had already withdrawn to Pantuo, leaving only an empty village.

The inside of the village was a mess, the corpses of the Song people were blurred with flesh and blood, and they were everywhere, and when the Jin army withdrew, they may have thought that these people were in the way, or out of anger, so they killed them.

"These dog thieves, when they break Pantuo, they must let them know the sharpness of Lao Tzu's sword!"

Yang Jin spat on the ground fiercely. The brutality of the Jin people is really inferior to beasts, and it is difficult to write.