How good is it to have no food!

Although there was half a month's worth of food in the camp occupied by the Song army on the other side of the canal, the river bank was completely controlled by the Song army, and if you want to cross the river, you will definitely pay a heavy price, and even if you can rush through, you may not be able to recapture the camp.

Although there were only more than 10,000 Song troops left in the Chaobai River camp, it was impossible for them to cross this Chaobai River.

There may only be Xianghe in the south of the place where there is grain nearby, Xianghe City is short, the city defense is not strong, difficult to defend and easy to attack, even if the Song army that retreated south in the previous transportation camp all went to Xianghe, it is not impossible to fight a war, and according to reliable reports, they also divided more than 10,000 troops to garrison near Matou Village, in terms of the number of troops, the Jin army has an advantage, plus in order to eat, the soldiers will definitely work hard, 40,000 people break through the defense in one fell swoop, and there should be no problem in taking Xianghe City.

While Wan Yanxi was thinking about it, almost all the sacks in the granary were poked by the guards, and as a result, no more food could be found.

There is no food, and the soldiers will have to go hungry today, but the news of the lack of food cannot be spread yet, otherwise there will be chaos immediately.

So Wan Yan Xizheng ordered that without permission, no one should spread the news that there is no grain in the granary!

Then he hurried back to the tent and immediately summoned the commanders of all armies to discuss the matter of the whole army going south and attacking Xianghe.

The Jin army had just fought a battle with the Song army in the south, and it did not take much advantage, and now the marshal said that he would attack Xianghe with all his might, and the generals were naturally puzzled.

Someone immediately asked, why can't you wait any longer, wait for the Song army on the other side to retreat on its own when it can't stand in the ice and snow?

Some people also say that even if the whole army wants to break through to the south, it should also attack the direction of Matou Village, after all, the river is narrow, the water is shallow, and the Song army garrison is not much, and it is closer to the direction of Yanjing, why should you give up the distance to attack the Xianghe?

Someone added that even if the Xianghe River was taken, Matou Village and the Song army on the other side would soon be able to move south and east, and the Jin army would also fall into the siege of the Song army, and it was likely to encounter greater danger.

Seeing that the generals did not support the whole army to go south to Xianghe, Wan Yanxi Zheng had to release the news: There was no food in the camp, and there was no food left for a day!

When the generals heard the news, they were all astonished, and they asked why this was so, what had happened, and wondered if the granary had been burned down by accident.

In the face of their doubts, Wan Yan Xi made a long story short and told everyone the real situation in the granary and his inference about the matter.

Finally, he told everyone that the Jin army had no way to retreat, and today it was necessary to launch an all-out attack on the Song army, either rush across the opposite bank, defeat the Song army and recapture the camp, or the whole army went south to seize Xianghe City, as long as any battle was successful, the soldiers would still have food, if they could not succeed, they could only starve to death here!

The generals finally understood their current situation, and fell silent.

But a moment later, a fierce debate began again in the tent, and they had a serious disagreement on whether to attack the Song army on the other side to retake their own camp or to attack Xianghe City, and all the generals were divided into two factions, and neither could convince anyone.

Although Wan Yan Xizheng has authority as the commander of the army, he cannot guarantee that everyone will follow his orders.

The relationship between the army and the army is complicated, and almost all of these commanders have a certain background, many of them have direct access to Liaoyang City, and some are themselves royal relatives, and their positions are different, so there are factions. If all the 50,000 people in this army were completely under his orders, then it would be impossible for him to take this army out of Yanjing City, and it was precisely because they could contain each other that he could lead the troops to the battle.

Now, in the face of the siege of several Song troops, the grain and grass were suddenly cut off, and the differences between the generals and officers of the army immediately appeared.

Although Wan Yan Xizheng has deep qualifications in the army, has a good relationship with Yanjing and Liaoyang Mansion, and can also win the trust of Liaoyang Mansion, but after all, his ability is limited, and he does not have world-famous military exploits, and the most important thing is that after he failed all the way in Shandong, he defected to Yanjing and defected to Wan Yan Yong in order to escape punishment.

In normal times, the generals would definitely give him face and recognize his authority, but now that there is no food, no supplies, and they will lose their lives at any time, they naturally trust their own judgment more.

Wan Yan Xizheng failed to convince all the generals, nor could he use authority to suppress them, let alone use military law to kill those who disobeyed the commander's order.

So in the end, the whole army was divided into two, of which 15,000 people were determined to break through the Song army's defense along the river on the opposite bank, and the other 26,000 people were ready to attack the Xianghe River in the south under the leadership of the commander Wan Yan Xizheng.

Two hours later, more than 15,000 Jin troops set out from the transportation camp, avoiding the sight of the Song army on the other side of the canal, and quickly marched to the north, intending to suddenly cross the river from a certain point in the north and break through the Song army's defense line.

Just after the Jin army left the camp, more than 26,000 other people carried all the military weapons that could be taken with them and rushed straight to the direction of the Xianghe.

Due to the distance between the transportation camp and the original Jin army camp, and the canal bank is also more than two miles away from the other party's camp, plus some temporary buildings to block it, it is difficult for the Song army to find the march movement deliberately concealed by the Jin army, even if it looks at the telescope.

However, even if the Jin army deliberately concealed it, the Song army still discovered the possible movement of the Jin army from the smoke change in the direction of the transportation camp.

As the smoke in the direction of the Tongyun camp became thinner and thinner until it disappeared, the Song army quickly judged that the Jin army had most likely withdrawn from the Tongyun camp, either hiding in a place where the Song army could not see and preparing to suddenly launch an attack on the canal defense line, or had already moved south to attack Matou Village or Xianghe.

When Yang Congyi learned of the Jin army's movements, he knew that they had probably discovered the secret of the granary in the transportation camp.

So he immediately ordered the cavalry to strengthen the patrol along the canal, and at the same time sent the news to Mingfu, so that he could meet the enemy, reiterating that if the Jin army went south, they must block their way to the Xianghe, if it is really difficult to block the impact of the Jin army, they must also be bitten to death, and they must not be allowed to capture the Xianghe River and flee back to Yanjing!

The news that the Jin army was about to launch a large-scale sneak attack on the canal defense line soon spread fifty miles along the canal and reached the ears of every Song army soldier.

Although they were worried that the Jin army would suddenly appear in front of them and attack their position, they pushed the four or five feet thick and immovable ice wall in front of them, and looked at the river outside the wall that had not yet condensed into ice, and the broken ice suddenly gave birth to a lot of confidence in their hearts.

Moreover, less than ten miles away from their position, there was a strong cavalry that no one could shake, although the number was not much, only a thousand, but it was enough to be ten with one, and if necessary, another elite heavy cavalry stationed more than ten miles away could also quickly come to support, and when the time came, the two thousand cavalry chased and surrounded the Jin army that waded through the river and had no horses, it must be as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

The soldiers of the Song Army stationed behind the ice wall on the river bank looked at the vast white wilderness on the opposite bank in front of them, although they were somewhat nervous, but when they thought that there were powerful reinforcements near them, their hearts suddenly felt much more relieved.

In order to prevent the Jin army from attacking in the dark and his subordinates could not find his trace in an emergency, he decided to garrison the camp and command in the center.

That night, the Jin army really launched a river-crossing attack from about fifteen miles north of Daying.

Departing from the transportation camp in advance, the Jin army who was ambushed near the canal waited until an hour after dark, and with the sound of a horn, they rushed to the bank of the canal desperately, and then under the supervision of generals at all levels, they stepped on the ice and rushed towards the opposite riverbank.

In the dark, the soldiers of the Song army on duty on the river bank heard the abrupt sound of horns on the opposite bank, and immediately knew that the Jin army was going to attack from this place, so the soldiers hiding behind the ice wall quickly got up, and four or five people worked together to push another ice wall built one zhang away to the river bank, plugging the gap between the two ice walls on the river bank, and nailed a few wooden stakes under the ice wall to prevent the Jin army from pushing the ice wall from the outside.

In less than half an hour, when they had done all this, their ears heard the sound of the approaching Jin army, and they opened their bows and crossbows to shoot at the opposite bank.

At the same time, the cavalry standing guard nearby quickly informed the nearest Jingwu Forbidden Army of the news of the Jin army's attack here, so that the cavalry could quickly come to support.

On the other hand, the Jin army, just as they rushed up to the ice, and just a few feet away from the middle line of the canal, the ice crumbled as they expected, and in the darkness the Jin army fell into the canal mixed with ice and water.

This time, the Jin army had already been mentally prepared, and they were not as panicked as before, and after falling in, they quickly rushed to the shore with sparse arrows.

It's not that they are not afraid of cold or death, but before the war, they learned that there was no food to eat in the army, and in their own camp on the other bank, countless grains were piled up, as well as their war horses and other supplies, as long as they took advantage of the darkness to rush through the canal, the Song army scattered along the canal would definitely not be able to stop them!

The forces of the Song army stationed on the river bank were indeed too scattered, and tens of thousands of Jin troops poured in together, and the Song soldiers in the same area were no more than a hundred, and no matter how fast their bows and crossbows fired, they could not withstand the desperate impact of the Jin army.

In a short time, the Jin soldiers who rushed to the front of the line had already landed on the shore and approached the ice wall.

The distance between the canal bank and the ice wall is still more than a kilometer, and the difference between the water surface of the canal and the ground where the ice wall is located is also several feet, and it is not easy to climb from the steep slope of the river to the river bank in the dark.

But what is a steep slope in the face of death threats?

The first Jin soldiers used their hands and feet and quickly climbed the riverbank.

However, less than five feet from the riverbank, their path was blocked by a wall of ice.

The ice wall has been continuously reinforced by the soldiers of the Song Army in the past few days, and the thickness has already reached five or six feet, and the height is already higher than the top of the head, and the weight of the ice wall is no longer something that can be pushed by three or five people alone.

In addition, the open space between the ice wall and the river bank is very limited, and there are only two people standing in front of and behind.

Therefore, in the face of the huge ice wall, even if there are many people, the Jin army can't play much role, they can't push the ice wall, and the knife and gun poke are the same.

The Jin army that came ashore was completely blocked by the ice wall, and there was nothing to be done for a while.