"Xianggong, Pantuo Pass will be handed over to the last general, with only 3,000 soldiers of my right army, within a day, I will be able to take Pantuo Pass!"

After a tough battle, Niu Gao was already fearless of the Jurchen cavalry coming and going, and by his words, he could also know that he wanted to make a contribution to the northern expedition of the army.

"General Niu, there are six or seven thousand defenders in Pantuo Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, how do you plan to break it?"

Wang Song was also excited by the enthusiasm of his subordinates, and couldn't help but stand up.

"The villain is willing to take the lead, take advantage of the night to attack the city, first blow it up with earth-shattering thunder, and then go to the city to fight bloodily to ensure that it can be captured!"

Wang Song shook his head and said: "The terrain of Pantuo Pass is too high, if you attack hard, even if you can take it, I'm afraid your right army will also be greatly damaged." In case a horse takes advantage of the situation to release the cavalry, under the impact of the battle, the battle situation is difficult to predict. ”

Niu Gao was still arguing, but Ma Kuo next to him shook his head slightly, and Niu Gao had to retreat with his fists.

"From the mouth of the prisoners of the soldiers in Guyukou, I learned that there are 7,000 garrisons in Pantuoguan, 2,000 cavalry, and the cavalry is a foot soldier, if it is a hard encounter, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, this battle is the first hard battle of the Northern Expedition, and it must be won by the banner, and it is best to offer victory in the Mid-Autumn Festival, so as to show the common hatred and hatred of the people of the people."

Wang Song said in a deep voice, with an indescribable anxiety in his heart.

The reason why he is so nervous is nothing more than that he is worried that there will be changes in the three states outside the river, Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Zonghan are both strong people for a while, although Fuzhou will be difficult to conquer for a while and a half, but the three states outside the river have been lonely for a long time, and it is difficult to predict how long they can hold out.

Ma Kuo couldn't help but be secretly frightened. Mid-Autumn Festival dedication, Wang Song must not be referring to Pantuo, but Taiyuan. Even if Taiyuan can be conquered, I don't know how many soldiers in the army will be killed or wounded, what is the significance of such a great victory?

He could feel the pressure on Wang Song, but he wanted to serve the king with military merits and regain the initiative, but it was tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger and whimsical.

Whether he wins or loses, Wang Song's situation will only be more dangerous, unless he and Zhao Duofu get married, let go and hand over the military power, and his political career will end from now on, and he will be drunk and dreamy for the rest of his life, and become a rich idler.

The Great Song Dynasty, forcing the Great Wall of a country to be impetuous, helpless, such a court, for the military and people of the Great Song Dynasty, what is it to do?

"Xiang Gong, the army travels, the most jealous impetuous, Xiang Gong actually doesn't need to be so hasty, the Jin people have besieged Taiyuan for more than 200 days, as long as Xiang Gong can conquer Taiyuan before the first day and offer the imperial court, it is already very good!"

As if he also felt the same as Wang Song's impetuousness, Ouyang Che stood up and stepped forward to persuade.

Originally, the Northern Expedition of the Great Army, the slogan was to take Taiyuan City before the first day, but now it has suddenly become so urgent, and I don't know why.

"You all think that the official is too impatient, but you don't know that the official is motivated."

Wang Song shook his head and said: "Wanyan Zonghan gathered a large army in the clouds, intending to annihilate the Zhe Keqiu Department in one fell swoop and capture the three states outside the river. If this official does not capture Taiyuan City as soon as possible and go north to the three states outside the river, I am afraid that the last important northwest town of my Great Song Dynasty will fall, which is also the reason why this official is impatient!"

Everyone suddenly realized that the three states outside the river had been lonely for a long time, and the road news was blocked, if it wasn't for the capture of the state, and after learning that Yan Zonghan had gathered an army in the clouds, everyone would still be in the dark.

"The lower officials are ashamed that they failed to understand the overall situation, and they hope that the public will forgive me!"

"The lower officials are blind, and the public punishment is it!"

Everyone stepped forward one after another and bowed together, and everyone was ashamed.

"Xianggong, having said that, Fuzhou is a dangerous place, the tiger of the militaristic state, Li Yuanhao's 100,000 army could not be broken back then, and there is no moon in the future, and Wanyan Zonghan wants to capture Fuzhou."

Ma Kuo stepped forward to be relieved. As the head of the staff, he failed to understand the overall situation, which was quite embarrassing.

Fuzhou Prefecture City leans on the mountain, dangerous and abnormal, southeast water gate, cliff cliff, down to the Yellow River, not to say impregnable, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack.

What's more, there should be no problem with the elite of the Western Army like the Zhejia Army stationed and holding on for a few months.

Wang Song was a little relieved. It's useless to be anxious, and now I can only hope that I can hold on for a while longer, and the army will conquer Taiyuan and open up the main road to the north before I can go to reinforcements.

"Villains Jiao Wentong and Meng De, meet Wang Xianggong!"

Jiao Wentong and Meng De were brought over by Wang Yan, and when they arrived, the two knelt down on one knee together and saluted Wang Song who was standing in front of them.

"They are all good brothers who treat each other with all sincerity, so you don't need to be polite!"

Wang Song took a step forward and helped the two of them up.

"The two brothers have made meritorious contributions to breaking the village, they are loyal and courageous, and the official welcomes them very much!"

The first battle was won, and there were loyal people to vote, which can be said to be a victory.

"Xiang Gong is stationed in the wilderness, the gap between the armies is huge, once the Jurchen cavalry comes to attack, the army is not in time, I am afraid that it will collapse as soon as it rushes, Xiang Gong is cautious!"

"Brother Mengde, you're too worried!"

Niu Gao shook his head and said loudly: "Don't talk about these shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Pantuoguan in front of you, even if it is the perfect face silver technique of Taiyuan City, my loyal army will not be a problem!" If we were afraid of Fanzi, our army would not have waved its troops north and went straight to Taiyuan!"

Zhang Xian also nodded and said: "Although the terrain in Pantuo is dangerous, and there are thousands of Jurchen cavalry in the garrison, my loyal army is not in my eyes. Besides, this first battle is also just a good time to train and train the troops, and frustrate the arrogance of the army!"

Meng De couldn't help but smile bitterly, and bowed solemnly: "Xianggong, you can't raise troops out of anger, if it's fair, the villain is willing to lead his subordinate brothers to attack the city at night and act as a vanguard."

Yang Jin said dissatisfiedly: "Attacking the city and pulling out the village, there should also be a first to come, my front army is the elite of the loyal and righteous army, and I am willing to make this first contribution!"

"Is my left (right) army inferior to your front army?"

Niu Gao and Wang Yan shouted loudly together, everyone wants to make this meritorious service.

Yang Jin had no choice but to say in a muffled voice: "The two elder brothers are older, and I will let them go this time!"

Everyone in the army scrambled to be the first, Ma Kuo, Chen Dong and other staff members all shook their heads and laughed secretly. In the loyal and righteous army, everyone is a veteran of the battlefield, and they are also soldiers who are not afraid of death, but there are golden people who drink a pot.

"Brother Mengde, you mean to choose a night attack, so that the Jin people will be much easier to deal with, right?"

Wang Song waved his hand and asked Meng De to continue. This man is cautious and moderate, which shows that he is not an ordinary vulgar man.

He vaguely remembered that Meng De and Jiao Wentong were both famous anti-gold righteous men in history, and they had always been entrenched in Taihang Mountain to resist Jin, but they were unexpectedly under his command.

"Xianggong, with all due respect, our army is good at defending the city, but clumsy at field battles. The golden cavalry was sharp, and once they rushed up, they were unstoppable. ”

Meng De clenched his fists and said: "If we fight head-on with the Jin people, my army may not be an opponent." If you take advantage of the night to attack, but the Jin people will not be able to give full play to the advantages of field battles, it will be of great benefit to our army, please think twice!"

Gu Yukou's plan to lure the enemy, his subordinates lost many brothers, which made him a little afraid of the Jurchen cavalry. The Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army is basically a foot soldier, and it is not an exaggeration to be cautious.

"What Meng De said is very true!"

Jiao Wentong also stepped forward and bowed: "The impact of the Jurchen cavalry is too terrifying, even if there are tens of thousands of troops, they are also broken. If you can take advantage of the night to attack, the Jurchen cavalry will be useless, and this victory will be considered a great victory!"

The main force of the Jin army was the Jurchen cavalry, and the foot soldiers were the Jurchens and Khitans. The infantry only served auxiliary work such as transportation and trenching, and was used to defend the city when it was fortunate, and all of them were Han'er in front of the mountain and behind the mountain.

The Jurchen cavalry was accustomed to fighting with dozens of pounds of heavy armor, and their sturdy hoods were only exposed. They are good at continuous combat, and if they fail in a charge or a round of confrontation, they will not be defeated; They can temporarily withdraw from the battle, regroup, and charge again, which is called "advancing and retreating".

The Jurchen cavalry had a heavy load, but it was able to engage in dozens to hundreds of rounds of confrontation in a row, which shows its tenacious combat effectiveness. They are better at long-range shots with bows and arrows, but shorter at melee combat. The fierceness of the Jurchen cavalry surpassed that of the original Liao and Western Xia, which was exactly what Meng De and others were worried about.

"Brother Mengde, you are talking about the "rich soldiers" of the original imperial court, not the brothers trained by the officials. ”

Wang Song laughed and said randomly: "Field warfare is not a difficult thing for my loyal army. Tomorrow, this officer will let you see the combat power of our army!"

If it were a Jurchen army of tens of thousands, he might consider a sneak attack. It's just a small Pantuo, he naturally won't take it to heart, and he just uses this to test the quality of the loyal army.

"The villain obeys orders!"

Meng De and Jiao Wentong glanced at each other and retreated.

Wang Song is so confident, naturally he has his reasons. As soon as they entered the camp, they also saw that the Loyal and Righteous Army had strict discipline and well-trained soldiers, but it was unknown whether they were good or not.

Wang Song turned around slowly and looked at the generals around him with a solemn expression.

"Brothers, let's let Fanzi see tomorrow who is the hero and who is the bear!"

All the generals bowed and said: "Obey the orders of the Prime Minister!"

The wall of Pantuo village is towering, at least there are more than three zhang, the village is built on the high slope, the soldiers want to break the village, they can only attack on the back, and the casualties are huge and inevitable.

On the wall, a group of golden soldiers and generals are solemn, the golden soldiers on the wall are holding knives and guns, such as facing the enemy, feather arrows, hot oil, and piles of rolling stones are everywhere, the archers are holding bows and arrows, everyone is nervous, and the war is about to break out.

Samoulu and Li Siben no longer returned to their former arrogance and calmness, they shouted loudly, and arranged for the soldiers on the wall to guard the city, and the nervousness was overflowing.

Looking at the flags flying outside the wall, the solemn appearance of the army, and the torrent of steel all over the mountains, Lin Feng couldn't help but stay for a long time, and it took a while to come to his senses.

"General, the Song soldiers are not good, I am afraid it will be a vicious battle. You can only defend the city, not face it head-on!"

"Lin Tongshi, but what should I do? But what?"

Li Siben's face was pale, as if he had lost his soul, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't know whether it was hot or nervous.

"If it were an ordinary Song soldier, our army might be able to defeat the enemy on the opposite side. But Wang Song's loyal army is not even his opponent of the Jurchens, let alone us ......"

Lin Feng was disdainful in his heart, Li Siben took refuge in the Jurchens and killed so many Song people, and now he wants to be left and right, I'm afraid that the Song people will not easily agree.

It is no wonder that Li Siben is weak and nervous, the Song army is domineering, the army is neat, no matter how you look at it, they are the elite of the elite.

What's more, their commander is Wang Song, the standing god of the Song people.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two thunderous cannons rang out, and the startled Samoulu and Li Siben almost fell off the wall.

In the camp of the Loyal and Righteous Army, dozens of horses came slowly, and the knights on the horses had generals in helmets and armor, and there were also civil officials dressed as Confucian scholars.

"Wang ...... Loose!"

"Wang Iron Spear!"

On the wall, Samoulu and Li Siben both had solemn faces, and almost screamed at the same time. Wang Song personally led the troops to the battle, which is not trivial.

The soldiers of the loyal and righteous army are all gearing up and ready to move. Looking down from the city wall, the swords and guns are like a forest, the sergeants are neatly aligned, and the thousands of troops and horses are as straight as one person, which makes people feel cold.

"Hurry up and go to Taiyuan City and report to Yinshuke. Let's just say that the elite of the Song people are attacking, and there are at least 30,000 enemies, so let him quickly send troops to reinforce them!"

Li Siben's voice trembled, and his heart was terrified.