- Mou Huogang

Mu camel post in the northwest of Kaifeng City, said to be a gang, but in fact is not a real mountain, in fact, Kaifeng because of the Yellow River flooded many times, there is no high mountain at all, Mu camel gang is actually just a higher terrain plain.

In the Song Dynasty, because the horse army was not strong, Zhao Kuangyin began to pay attention to planting trees, in order to make trees an obstacle to the galloping of cavalry, the same is true of Mu Huogang, this plain is surrounded by dense forests, and the middle is a grassland, at this time there are more than 20,000 war horses playing in it.

The reason why these war horses are still in Mu Huogang is because it is almost impossible to transfer so many war horses to the city, Kaifeng City is every inch of land, where are there so many places to raise horses, and secondly, I also feel that the Yellow River is still in danger, and Kaifeng is not under the blade.

But at this time, the Yellow River was defeated, and Mu Huogang was in danger.

After Yan Zongwang crossed the river, the first thing he did was to send Guo Yaoshi to lead 3,000 horsemen to seize Mu Camel Gang.

Looking down from the sky, you can see that two clouds of smoke and dust are rushing towards Mu Huogang.

In Mu Huogang, there were also more than 1,000 Song troops and hundreds of horsemen who were packing up at this time, and they had already received orders to prepare to move to the city.

He Guan looked nearly ten years older than a few days ago, his hair and beard had all turned dull white, his brows were tightly locked, and even the big bow on his back seemed to have lost its former majesty.

"Quick! Hurry up and take inventory, we're running out of time. He Guan kept urging, and 20,000 war horses ran together, and the earth was trembling, which made He Guan happy and worried.

If these war horses fall into the hands of the golden people, then they will be fine.

"General, don't worry, we are all good hands, as long as the inventory is done, it will not take two hours, and all the horses can be taken away." A young official in a cyan official uniform said with some pride.

Next to this little official stood an old man with gray hair, who squinted at the whole horse farm as if everything was under his control.

"Huh?" The old man touched a stake in the fence next to him and frowned.

"What's wrong? Old Duan? The little officer asked.

Lao Duan ignored him, but lay on the ground, and when He Guan saw this old Duan's movements, a spirit also lay on the ground.

"Not good! There are cavalry rushing towards us, less than ten miles, it must be golden soldiers! He Guan shouted loudly.

"Could the general have heard me wrong? We have so many horses here, is it the sound of our horses' hooves? The little official asked with a stammer.

"The general did mishear." Lao Duan stood up and said with a gloomy face, "It's not one road, it's two roads, about twenty miles away from here, and there is another road, there are about four or five thousand cavalry, and the one closest to us is also four or five thousand cavalry, from the north, it should be Jin Bing, general, whether to fight or flee, you say." ”

After speaking, Lao Duan turned his back and found a pair of horse poles from the stable, He Guan looked at the sky, he knew that he had no time.

"Battle Escape"

Ten miles, the cavalry does not charge for ten minutes, even if it is a slow march, it does not take twenty minutes, at this time, the war horses are not collected, how to go?

"Sir, where did the other troop of cavalry come from?" He Guan suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly to Lao Duan.

"I don't dare to call him sir, it's from the East."

"The East must be!" He Guan said with joy on his face, "That's our Song army, as long as we hold on to a stick of incense here, our reinforcements can arrive, gather!" Gather!! ”

He Guan decided to hold on, he didn't want to run anymore, the defeat of the Yellow River made him lose his reputation for the rest of his life, and sometimes he couldn't help but wonder if it would be better for him if he died by the Yellow River that day.

Dying in battle is the only way to wash away a deserter.

——

"General, it seems that there is Mu Huogang ahead."

Guo Yaoshi took 3,000 cavalry to the front of Mu Camel Gang, looking at Mu Camel Gang, Guo Yaoshi was full of emotion, he was invited by Zhao Ji to play polo here with Zhao Ji.

"Listen to the people of the horse prison, I am the pharmacist of Yanshan Guo, the Dajin Kingdom has sent 100,000 troops to the south, you and others have families, why bother with the praying mantis blocking the car?" Pharmacist Guo was worried that the soldiers of Mu Huogang would burn all the jade and stone and burn the hoarded materials, so he hoped to win without a fight.

"Don't talk, now all we have to do is stall for time." He Guan held a bow and arrows in his hand and whispered to the left and right.

Guo Yaoshi looked at the silent Mu Huogang, frowned, waved his hand, and several fast horses galloped out, holding the rope sleeve, and snorted to catch the antlers blocking the gate.

"Shoot the arrows!" He Guan shouted loudly, three arrows in his hand were fired in succession, the arrows were like meteors, each arrow hit the throat of the fast horseman, and the three horsemen fell in response, and then, countless arrows flew out of the Mu camel gang, shooting all the remaining fast horses into hedgehogs.

"Good horseman!" When Pharmacist Guo saw He Guan and recognized him at a glance, he said angrily, "Attack!" ”

Hundreds of Jin soldiers dismounted, armed with shields, bows and arrows, and spears, and began to attack Mu Huogang.

He Guan carried three quivers on his back, and the arrows in his hands never stopped, and in just half a pillar of incense, there were twenty or thirty people who fell under his arrows, accounting for one-third of the Jin soldiers who were shot.

Although there were 1,000 sergeants brought by He Guan, only 100 were able to pull the bow and shoot them, which was still selected by He Guan, and the others could only be fought in close combat, which made the Jin soldiers quickly begin to suppress the archers of He Guanjun's army, and some even began to climb over the fence and fight hand-to-hand.

"Hold on! Hold on!! He Guan was shooting arrows while boosting morale, but in the face of Guo Yaoshi's attack, He Guan's subordinates who had only trained for more than a month were almost to the limit.

"Pull!" Dozens of golden soldiers rode on war horses and used ropes to cover the stakes of the fence, and pulled them back hard, and under the force of dozens of war horses, the fence was pulled and flew up in the air.

More than a dozen Song soldiers were completely exposed, and before they could be surprised, dozens of feather arrows shot them all to the ground.

"Shield! Plug it!! He Guan shouted loudly, but the shield soldiers behind looked at the Jin cavalry rushing like hungry wolves, glanced at each other, and ran back with a wail.

"Death to those who retreat!" He Guan shot two arrows ruthlessly, pinning the two deserters to the ground, but the other deserters were not frightened, but fled more scattered.

The appearance of deserters greatly reduced the morale of He Guanjun, and the rout of the shield soldiers exposed those archers and pikemen to the bows and arrows of the Jin cavalry.

He Guan's Lougang has become the key attack place of the Jin soldiers, hundreds of Jin soldiers around the small Lougang continue to charge, the Song army guarding the Lougang was either killed or captured, seven or eight Song troops guarded the stairs of the Lougang and constantly used spears and bows and arrows to resist the Jin soldiers who rushed to kill, and even the old Duan who held the horse pole was caught in two Jin soldiers and threw them down.

He Guan took the time to look around, and saw that Mu Huogang had been completely broken by the Jin soldiers, and there were Song troops who had been killed and captured everywhere, and only a few Song troops were resisting, but they were all in danger.

"Haha, why don't you give up your weapons and surrender quickly?" Seeing that Song Jun was vulnerable, Guo Yaoshi couldn't help but smile and smiled, He Guan saw the distance at this time, and also laughed, "Guo Yaoshi, you three surnamed dog thieves, you are in my family's old breed, look back!" ”

The shadow of the person, the name of the tree, and the prestige of the old man are still very powerful, Guo Yaoshi hurriedly looked back, only to see the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, the birds flying out of the forest, obviously a cavalry rushing towards him.

"Not good, formation! Hurry up and give the order to come back and form a formation!! ”

The power of the cavalry lies in the speed, the cavalry that has lost its horse speed and is scattered in the face of the cavalry that is neatly impacted is looking for death, Guo Yaoshi's cavalry has dispersed, and when the assembly turns over the horse's head, the cavalry on the opposite side has also rushed to less than a mile.

I saw dozens of big flags fluttering in the wind, the front of the book "Pingyin" two words, there are two flags behind, one on the book Dong, one on the book Xu, and then look at the cavalry, these cavalry has been lined up into a big triangle, for the first two generals, one is holding a double dragon water gun, wearing a bright silver mountain armor, one is holding a gilt sickle hook gun, wearing a wild goose ring gold armor, and then look at the two generals behind them, the black pressure thousands of cavalry, the momentum is like a rainbow, many people are bows and arrows at the waist, it can be seen that they are all riding and shooting.

"Rush!" Guo Yaoshi knew that time was precious, and he didn't dare to stay, so he rushed immediately, and the three thousand gold riders arranged the formation while rushing, and when he was halfway through, he seemed to have been in a strict formation, and He Guan, who was standing on the platform, was secretly surprised.

"Shoot!"

"Wind!"

Both armies are elite cavalry, when they are less than a hundred paces apart, they shoot arrows almost at the same time, and the cavalry hedge almost only has a chance of one arrow, and the cavalry on both sides have been shot and fell off their horses, but there are also those who grit their teeth and continue to charge after being shot.

Dong Ping also has a nickname called keep hitting, which is his bravery, I saw his legs clamped, the war horse sped up again, he rushed straight to Guo Yaoshi, and Guo Yaoshi was a shot, Guo Yaoshi hurriedly raised the gun to block, this block followed Dong Ping's thoughts, and another steel gun stabbed parallel to Guo Yaoshi's spear, Guo Yaoshi's shoulder suddenly hurt, oops, the spear in his hand almost couldn't catch it, if it weren't for the speed of the two of them, Dong Ping's gun shook a little more, Guo Yaoshi would have confessed here.

Xu Ning was on Liu Yuren, then Liu Yuren stabbed with a steel lance, Xu Ning had an iron plate bridge, and waved the sickle hook gun in his hand, Liu Yuren only felt empty under his crotch, and was surprised to find that the legs of his war horse were actually cut off by the sickle hook gun, and then Xu Ning didn't look at him, and continued to rush forward, Liu Yuren was pressed to the ground by the war horse, and looked at the war horse that rushed to him in horror, and after a miserable scream, one of the culprits of the battle of Yanshan turned into meat paste.

Thousands of cavalry killed, what Guo Yaoshi didn't notice was that the two thousand people behind Dong Ping did not charge, but dismounted together, and hid in the woods on both sides, when Guo Yaoshi's cavalry killed out, the sickle hook reversed, stretched out from the bushes, and pulled against the cavalry's war horse or knight, Guo Yaoshi was injured, looking at the slow sickle hook gun and Dong Ping who was reversing the war horse, he couldn't help but tremble, he felt that he was really in the middle of the plan, and he didn't dare to fight anymore, and ran away under the escort of the guards, Dong Ping looked at the Jin soldiers who were going away in embarrassment, was about to pursue, but was stopped by Xu Ning and said, "It's important to take Mu Huogang first!" ”

Dong Ping thought about it, nodded and said, "Let's go!" ”

He Guan watched Jin Bing retreat and let out a long breath, but looked at Dong Ping and the others who were cleaning the battlefield and approaching the gate of the village, and became nervous again.

He Guan stretched out his head and shouted, "Thank you two generals for wanting to save, I am He Guan, may I ask if the two generals are under the command of the Marquis of Pingyin?" ”

Dong Ping arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be Lord He, the general of the divine arrow, who was under Dong Ping, and is now the commander of the horse army under the command of the Marquis of Pingyin." ”

Xu Ning also arched his hand and said, "Under Xu Ning, Tian is the commander of the infantry under the command of the Marquis of Pingyin." ”

Dong Ping and Xu Ning reported the positions that Jiang De asked them for in Kaifeng.

He Guan glanced at Xu Ning and said with a smile, "It turns out that I have been bumping into Xu Jiaotou, and Xu Jiaotou is fine." ”

Xu Ning has been on an errand in Kaifeng for a long time, and He Guan also has a few faces, He Guan no longer doubts the identity of the soldiers and horses below, but when he thinks of the complicated relationship between Liangshan and the imperial court, and does not want the soldiers and horses of Liangshan to enter the Mu Camel Gang, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you two generals for coming to the rescue, this general will definitely report the merits of the two generals and the Marquis of Pingyin to the imperial court, although the Jin soldiers retreated, but I am afraid that they will come again, and ask the two generals to camp down." ”

Dong Ping squinted and shouted, "Old General He, what do you mean by this?" I've worked hard for thousands of miles, but I won't even let us into the village, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince my brothers if you do this. ”

Saying that, the sergeant behind Dong Ping shouted cooperatively, He Guan frowned and looked at Dong Ping, only to feel that a wolf had just left, and another tiger had come.

He Guan shouted loudly, "Your army is from afar, we are the same Song army, naturally we will not do things like this, we will send someone to send wine and meat to treat the army later." ”

Dong Ping snorted, where did he want wine and meat, Dong Ping shouted again, "Old General He, the Jin soldiers will make a comeback at any time, you are only a thousand people now, how can you defend it?" Let's come in and help you defend this place. ”

He Guan stroked the beard and said, "General Dong, rest assured, this place is only a stone's throw away from Kaifeng, as long as it takes two hours, there will be reinforcements in Kaifeng City." ”

Dong Ping saw that He Guan still didn't open the door, and whispered to Xu Ning, "What should I do?" Hou Ye said, you must take this place, do you want to attack it? ”

Xu Ningqi said: "General Dong also has hesitation? ”

Dong Ping said a little embarrassedly, "I suffered a lot of losses from civil officials back then, this is Kaifeng, the place with the most civil officials, there are really some."

Xu Ning looked at He Guan and said, "He Guan is also a famous general for a while, if he does not die in the hands of the Jin Army, but in our hands, the major affairs of the Hou Ye will be hindered in the future." ”

"If you can't fight this fight, will it be difficult to retreat? He just said that there will be reinforcements in two hours, and if reinforcements really come, I'm afraid we won't be opponents. Dong Ping asked unwillingly.

Xu Ning looked around and said, "We are pioneers, how did we retreat?" He Guan is not more than a thousand people, he is still a remnant soldier, I will be careful not to kill He Guan. ”

Dong Ping nodded, raised his head and shouted, "Old General He, we just saw that there are still remnants of the Jin soldiers fleeing into the village, you don't let us in, is there any collusion with the Jin people?" The whole army obeys the order! Rush me!! ”

After speaking, Dong Ping grabbed the horse's belly, and rushed to the gap opened by the Jin soldiers before, He Guan's eyes were cracked, and he roared angrily, "The thief dares!" A volley of arrows in his hand was fired, and only three arrows flew towards Dong Ping like a line.

Dong Ping had long known that He Guan was shooting, where would he not be guarded, He Guan raised his bow, he slammed the war horse, three arrows came together, Dong Ping shot off one, the last one really couldn't dodge, an iron horse bridge, the arrow grazed Dong Ping's nose and flew over, because it was too fast, Dong Ping's nose was actually rubbed out of blood beads.

Behind Dong Ping, a young general shouted: "Old thief, look at the arrow!" It was also an arrow flying out, He Guan snorted secretly, did not dodge, grabbed it with one hand, pulled the bow and shot "Give it back to you!" ”

The young general behind Dong Ping didn't expect He Guan to be so powerful, he couldn't dodge, and an arrow hit his shoulder and fell off his horse.

He Guan used a foot bow, and he shot sharply, with a range of dozens of zhang more than Dong Ping on a horse, and within these dozens of zhang, only he shot people, where could anyone shoot him.

"Dare to step forward again! Don't let go! He Guan hoped to scare Dong Ping and others with his divine shot, but heard Dong Ping and others shouting in unison, "Rush!" Looking at the cavalry rushing like a tide, he was as helpless as he had just faced the Jin people, and those Song soldiers had some sense of mission to protect their families and defend the country, and in the face of the Pingyin army, which was also the Song army, they couldn't raise the courage to fight, because everyone knew that the outcome of this battle was doomed.

He Guan still wanted to shoot arrows, but found dozens of arrows flying towards him, He Guan's arrows shot far, but they couldn't stop the charging cavalry.

When Dong Ping's cavalry rushed into the Mu Camel Gang, He Guan sighed and asked the left and right sergeants to put down their blades, and fight again at this time, but to let the sergeants under his command die in vain.

"That's it, it's also a Song person." He Guan sighed in his heart, and the bow in his hand was also re-bowed.

There were more than 20,000 war horses and millions of grains and grasses.

Dong Ping and the others liquidated the grain, grass and war horses, and at the same time gathered the surrendered Song army and the officials and people in the original post, listening to the shouts of the same Song dialect, many of these people also wanted to threaten themselves, saying that they were Kaifeng's big officials, and all those who did not know the current affairs were pulled out and beaten with a horse whip, and the others immediately became honest, knowing that although these were also Song troops, they did not seem to be in the same group as the imperial court.

"Old General He, if you lose Mu Huogang, the court will definitely not be able to let you go, why don't you join my Pingyin army?" Dong Ping and Xu Ning clasped their fists at He Guan and said.

He Guan squinted his eyes and said, "Are you waiting for the opposite?" ”

Dong Ping coughed and said, "We are all Song Jun, how can we say the opposite?" ”

"Since you are also Song Jun, this Mu Huogang is in the hands of Song Jun, how can you say that you are lost?" He Guan asked rhetorically.

There are things that can be done, but they can't be said, although everyone present knows that the material war horses of Mu Huogang are lost to the imperial court, but no one can say that the Pingyin army is a rebel army and a thief.

He Guan left with the remnants of the army, and the supplies naturally could not be taken away, and He Guan did not ask for his own interest.

- Jin Army Battalion

Guo Yaoshi returned to the Jin Soldier camp with his injuries, his hair was scattered, his armor and helmet were obliquely strapped, and his face was covered with bloodstains.

"Pharmacist Guo, what's the matter with you?" Wanyan Zongwang asked while letting him sit down with Pharmacist Guo left and right.

Guo Yaoshi wailed and said, "Back to the big handsome, we have been tricked, that Mu Huogang really has no defense, but He Guan took more than a thousand people, and with only one stick of incense, our army broke through the Mu Huogang."

But I didn't expect that the reinforcements of the Pingyin Army had arrived, and that kind of division made the Pingyin Army backstab our army, and our army was defeated, and I was stabbed by Dong Ping, the general of the Pingyin Army. ”

"Pingyin Army!" Wanyan Zongwang's mind suddenly appeared Lu Zhishen's words in the past.

"Marshal, is this Pingyin Army very powerful?" Dong Cai had never heard of the name of the Pingyin Army, and asked curiously.

Wanyan Yanmu said with a gloomy face, "This Pingyin army is the Liangshan thieves of the year, they have many generals, known as more than 100,000, the Song court has been attacking for a long time, and has no choice but to recruit it, and then its thief leader Jiang Xinzhi used the pretext of Goryeo civil strife to hurt the Song people, and raised troops to attack it, at this time Goryeo is to put it bluntly, it is Jiang Xinzhi's private territory, I led the troops to guard the old land, which is to guard the Pingyin army. ”

Wanyan Zongwang nodded and said, "If the Pingyin army arrives, then it is normal for General Guo to have this defeat, I heard that the Pingyin army also crossed the country eastward, and the strength is stronger than that day, if the Pingyin army helps the Song State to defend Kaifeng"

Wanyan Zongwang's worries made one person take the case.

"Why does the handsome increase the morale of others and destroy his own prestige? The last general is not talented, I just heard that the Marquis of Pingyin is only 5,000, and I will also lead 5,000 people, if I don't recapture Mu Huogang, I will never come back to see the handsome! Dong Cai shouted.

The Jin general on the side saw that Dong Cai was also so brave, and he was not to be outdone, and asked for battle, Wanyan Zongwang shook his head and said, "My master is also a general in the Pingyin army, I am a disciple, how can I not be in person?" Command the three armies, and send the troops to Mu Hugang! ”

- Kaifeng

"Mu Huogang! Mu Huogang!! How can you just throw it away? Zhao Huan walked around the hall frantically, "There are more than 20,000 war horses there, and millions of grain and grass are hoarded, and you actually lost them like this?" ”

"Hey, this Pingyin army doesn't know who called it at the time, and said that they would be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, the official family, now you see it, right? What is the difference between this Pingyin Army and Dong Zhuo back then? Geng Nanzhong looked at Li Gang gloomily and said.

Li Gang complained bitterly in his heart, but he still came out and said, "The official family is cautious, the Pingyin army originally came for King Qin, and the matter of Mu Huogang is based on He Guan's words, and the Pingyin Army is also at the right time, and he will help He Guan, if he really has the opposite intentions, where will he fight with the Jin army?" You must know that the Jin army at this time will be furious and want to attack the Pingyin army. ”

"This is their plot!" Geng Nanzhong continued to say to Zhao Huan, "Official, before Li Yan reported, the Jin people are not unwilling to negotiate peace, but they just feel that we have no faith, and I hope to send a person from the imperial family to discuss, the official family, please think, if the Song and Jin are peaceful, the Pingyin army has always listened to the tune and does not listen to the announcement, it must be a big trouble for me to eradicate the next step, and the reason why it took the initiative to attack the Jin army is to let the court and the Jin country fight to the death, so that the fisherman can benefit!"

Zhao Huan nodded, and Li Gangqi said, "Li Huan is back?" Why doesn't Wechen know? ”

Zhao Huan stroked his beard and said, "Aiqing is upright, so I won't tell you first." ”

Li Gang was angry in his heart, and asked, "Dare to ask the official family, I don't know what conditions the Jin people have opened?" ”

Geng Nanzhong said with a smile, "Although it is a little harsh, it shows its attitude, first, the Jin Song Dynasty will be the country of uncles and nephews from now on, imitating the old things of the Liao State in the past, and second, sending Yanyun Han'er will no longer be hindered and shirked; the third is to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian; Fourth, they asked for 5 million gold, 50 million silver, 10,000 cattle and horses, and 10,000 silk. ”

"Nonsense!" Li Gang shouted, "The ancestral land, how can it be handed over? What's more, the three places in Taiyuan are called three towns, but if these three places are lost, more than ten state capitals are in the hands of the enemy, and now the army of King Qin is gathered, as long as it is delayed for some more time, then the Jin army will be under siege, and if you want to go back, it is the best policy to talk about peace! ”

"Wait a little longer? Waiting for whom? Jiang Xinzhi? Geng Nanzhong shouted back: "Official! Since ancient times, the outside must first be inside, now it seems, the Pingyin army has a counter-will, I will not move, sit and watch the Jin army and the Pingyin army fight, and wait for the two tigers to fight each other after the exhaustion, with gold and silver to withdraw the gold soldiers, with the forbidden army to destroy Pingyin! ”

Zhao Huan clapped his hands and said, "Miaoye!" When this is the case, but the golden people don't believe in us, what should we do? ”

Geng Nanzhong continued to come up with ideas, "The matter of land can be said to be a dispute between the DPRK and China, and the matter of gold and silver can be said to be empty, please ask the official family to issue an order, order the people to raise donations, and Kaifeng will be rich in the world, so that the court does not need to contribute, and the royal family will also ask the official family to determine themselves." ”

"Official, don't do it!" Li Gang hurriedly shouted: "In this way, Kaifeng will be in chaos, and King Qin's soldiers and horses will also be separated from the imperial court!" ”

"Li Gang! You defend Pingyin Hou so much, what is the relationship between you and Pingyin Hou? Geng Nanzhong was poor and pointed at Li Gang and said, "The official family, Weichen is worried that Li Gang and Pingyin Marquis have colluded, so please let the official family order him to return home!" ”

"Geng Nanzhong, you!" Li Gang pointed at Geng Nanzhong and scolded, "This official is the Great Song Dynasty, for the official family, and he has done his best for Kaifeng, no one has slept for two hours in recent months, do you dare to insult me?" ”

As he spoke, Li Gang pounced directly, pressing Geng Nanzhong is violent beating, and Zhao Huan, who was watching, was dumbfounded, and it took a while for the warrior to come in and pull them away.

Looking at Geng Nanzhong who was lying on the ground and screaming, Zhao Huan couldn't help pursing his lips, feeling that although Geng Nanzhong was loyal, he was useless.

Zhao Huan appeased Li Gang and said, "I naturally know Li Aiqing's loyalty, but the loyalty of the Marquis of Pingyin is not at ease, and now the Pingyin Army has attracted the attention of the Jin Army, regardless of success or failure, it is a great achievement, such as the Marquis of Pingyin is really loyal, and he will return the grain and grass of the war horses in Mu Huogang in the future, and he will have his own reward in the future, if he does not return it, Aiqing will not say anything else." ”

After Zhao Huan appeased Li Gang, he still used Geng Nanzhong's strategy to apportionment and fundraising to the people of Kaifeng.

Chen Dong and others knew that it was Geng Nanzhong's idea, and wrote to the court again, asking for Li Gang, no need for Geng Nanzhong, Zhao Huan was furious, and ordered Li Gang to deal with it himself, Li Gang had no choice but to order to arrest people, Qin Hui hurriedly came to dissuade him after learning about it, but was drunk by Li Gang and retreated, "Today's plan, when retreating from the enemy, too many students continue to read, which will only make the government and the opposition army confused." ”

Qin Hui sighed and stopped dissuading.

Kaifeng City was in a mess, naturally no one went to Mu Camel Gang, and no one went to stop the Jin Army, Wanyan Zongwang came all the way to Mu Camel Gang, looking at the hill surrounded by trees in front of him, listening to Guo Yaoshi said that the grain and grass and war horses hoarded in the hill, many Jin Army's eyes were green, all the way, Wanyan Zongwang did not let the Jin Army do anything to slaughter the city, they had long wanted to kill like crazy.

Wanyan Zongwang also felt that he needed to let the army's desires be released, he pointed to Mu Huogang and said, "Listen to the soldiers, if you can capture Mu Huogang, all the materials except for the war horses will be divided equally among everyone!" ”

"Roar! Roar! Roar!! ”

The Jin army suddenly shouted frantically, listening to the roar below, Dong Ping pulled his war horse and said to Xu Ning, "General Xu, the Jin army is ten times larger than me, if the Jin army attacks with all its might, I am afraid that our army will not be able to support it for two days, why don't we let my horse army fight for a while first, repel its sharp spirit, and then talk about anything else?" ”

Xu Ning thought for a while and replied, "Jin Shuai is Wanyan Zongwang, known as the Bodhisattva Prince, I expect that he is not willing to increase casualties, but he can fight with him, so that he can delay for at least one day." ”

Dong Ping felt reasonable, so he sent someone down to spread the word.

Wanyan Zongwang was arranging the attack sequence under the post, camping and preparing meals, when he saw several sergeants escorting one person in, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

The sergeant reported: "This is the messenger of the Song army. ”

Wanyan Zongwang sighed, walked forward and looked around the messenger twice, then pinched his arms and thighs, touched the armor he was wearing, nodded and said, "You see, this is just a small pawn, but the armor is well-made, the body is strong, look at his hands, you should make good use of bows and arrows and spears, take off the strip of cloth in his mouth, I want to ask." ”

Jin Bing took the strip of cloth that was stuffed in the messenger's mouth, and the messenger snorted twice, stood straight, and glanced at the people in the tent.

"Tell me your name and position!" Wanyan Yan's mother shouted.

"Hmph, a certain is Wang Liang, the military envoy under General Dong Ping under the command of the Marquis of Pingyin, and he is here to pass on General Dong's message!" Wang Liang replied.

"Military envoys? It's just a hundred-year-on-one, and he dares to see someone and not kneel? As soon as Yan Zongwang's words fell, the Jin soldier behind him kicked Wang Liang's leg, but he didn't expect that this leg was like steel, not only did he not kick Wang Liang down, but the Jin soldier took a step back.

Jin Jun doesn't know, Liangshan can't do anything else, this military posture is first-class, I don't know how many times this leg has been kicked by the instructor, where is it so easy to kick and bend.

The Jin soldier felt that he had lost face, and he kicked it away angrily, this time with enough strength, Wang Liang couldn't support a stumble, and then the Jin soldiers on both sides worked hard together to press it down and kneel.

"You can kill, you can't be humiliated, you want me to die, you want me to kneel to you Jinren? Cannot! Wang Liang shouted loudly, struggling all over his body, so that several Jin soldiers could only press together, looking embarrassed.

After Yan Zong looked bored, he shook his hand and said, "That's it, I didn't expect that there are still hard bones like you among the Song people, let's talk about it, what kind of message did your general hear?" ”

Wang Liang stood up again, because of the kick just now, his feet trembled a little, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "My general said, the two armies are fighting, there are many casualties, everyone is raised by their fathers and mothers, such a tragic thing, or can avoid it, I Dong Ping two steel guns are invincible all over Hebei, if there are warriors in your Jin army who can defeat me, I will lead the army to vote, if you can't win, I advise you to cross the river as soon as possible and return, the province can't go back if you want to go back!" ”

"Bold!"

"Song Dog is so courageous!"

A group of golden generals swarmed up and demanded to kill Wang Liang.

Wanyan Zongwang glanced at everyone calmly and said, "Killing this person, in addition to stimulating Song Jun's fighting spirit, what is the use?" Let you read more about the art of war and act less recklessly, and it seems that no one will listen to my words. ”

The generals couldn't help but bow their heads.

Wanyan Zongwang turned his head and said to Wang Liang while playing with the Buddha, "I understand Dong Ping's intentions very well, I think the main army led by the Marquis of Pingyin is on the way, or it will arrive in a few days, Dong Ping is trying to delay time, right?" ”

Wang Liang swallowed his saliva.

Wanyan Zongwang snorted, sat back down and said, "However, I think General Dong Ping is also a man, I will fight with you, an hour later, under the Mu Camel Gang, let's see if it is the military general of the Song Kingdom who is powerful, or the warrior of my Jin Kingdom is mighty!" ”

Wang Liang didn't understand why Yan Zongwang would agree, and the other generals were also puzzled, Dong Cai arched his hand and asked, "Dashuai!" Why did you promise Song Jun, Song Jun obviously wanted to delay time! ”

Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said, "Now that we already know that they are going to delay time, what are we afraid of?" The Song army can fight one is the Western Army, the second is this Pingyin Army, the Pingyin Army is in Liangshan, to come to Kaifeng, it is necessary to pass through the Eastern Ming Dynasty, I think it will be between two or three days.

Finish Yan Yan's mother, Dong Cai! ”

The two hurried out of the ranks.

"I ordered the two of you to lead 40,000 cavalry to Dongming to set up an ambush, and it will definitely hit the Pingyin army hard!" Wanyan Zongwang said sharply to the two, "If this battle is won, the Song Dynasty will definitely give in, if you can't win, you two don't come back!" ”

The two glanced at each other and said in unison, "Obey!" ”

Monk Ma worried, "The army is exhausted, our army is only 20,000 horses here, if Kaifeng breeds to attack, what should we do?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said, "I just released the envoy of the Song Kingdom, I am afraid that they are arguing about whether to fight or not, and they will not let the Seed Master Dao send troops at this time." ”

- Under the Mu Camel Gang

Dong Ping was draped all over his body, holding two guns in his hands, and there were still two small flags behind his back, but the words on it had changed to "Directly smash the Huanglong Mansion and capture the Jurchen King alive." Seeing Wanyan Zongwang and the others, they were all full of anger.

"I am Dong Ping, who dares to fight with me!"

Before Dong Ping's words fell, a general rushed out from the Jin army, waving a spear in his hand and shouting, "Return my brother's life!" ”

"This person is Liu Yuren's brother, Liu Yuyi." Someone on the side introduced Wanyan Zongwang.

Dong Ping smiled, the horse didn't move, waiting for Liu Yuyi to rush over, the two horses intersected, Dong Ping came first, his left hand flicked, his right hand stabbed, the steel gun went straight into Liu Yuyi's heart, twisted and pushed, Liu Yuyi fell off the horse with a bang.

"Next!" Dong Ping shouted.

"Song Dog Hugh is going to be rampant! Jerod will take your dog's life at night! Another general rushed out, Dong Ping saw that this person was holding a battle axe, menacing, and said with a smile, "If you recognize a thief as your father, you dare to shout!" "Legs clamped the horse's belly, rushed forward, Yelu night big axe swing, straight to Dong Ping's head, Dong Ping a Mali hiding, a spear poked the ground support, a spear from the horse's belly rushed out, obliquely stabbed Yelu in the night of the horse's neck, the horse wailed, fell to the ground, Dong Ping sat upright again, made up a shot, and the result of Yelu's life in the night.

"Next!" Dong Ping continued to shout.

"Who dares to step forward?" Wanyan Zongwang shouted angrily, and folded two generals in a row, which was indeed too demoralizing.

A general with a tiger's back and a bear's waist pinched the horse's belly, and said to Wanyan Zongwang, "Monk Ma is willing to fight!" ”

Wanyan Zongwang nodded and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Dong Ping beheaded two generals in a row, thinking that he had to delay for some time, and when he saw Monk Ma running with a mace, he greeted him, with two guns and one gun, and the two of them fought together.

One is the unparalleled marksmanship skills, and the other is the three armies that pull out the mountains and rivers, and the two of them fought for most of the hour, regardless of victory or defeat.

"Dashuai, I see that Monk Ma's moves have long been scattered, and this Dong Ping is procrastinating." Guo Yaoshi said in a low voice, Wanyan Zongwang nodded and smiled, "He's procrastinating, why shouldn't I." ”

Not to mention the two military horses that are acting outside Kaifeng City, Jiang De led the main force to walk the road from Liangshan all the way to the east, entering the city when encountering the city, and passing through the mansion, while dividing the troops to occupy the garrison, while moving forward to inquire about the news, when the horse came to report that Dong Ping had taken the Mou Camel Gang, Jiang Dexi said, "Okay!" Half of this battle is won, the whole army is accelerating, and the target is Mu Huogang!"

The army drove all the way to Dongming, Dongming is the Lankao of later generations, here is the northwest corner of the East Henan Plain, there is hardly a mountain in the whole territory, the average altitude is only 66 meters, the army can pass through here with peace of mind, because there is no place to ambush the soldiers.

"Master Hou, the front is Dongming County, our spies saw with a telescope that the gate of the county town was closed, as if there were traces of knives, axes and arrows, I am afraid that the Jin soldiers have already come." Shi Xiu pointed to the west to report.

Jiang De nodded and said, "Keep going, Dong Ping, I'm afraid he won't last long." ”

The army continued to move forward and came to the foot of Dongming City, Shi Xiu stepped forward and called the door, "The Marquis of Pingyin is coming to King Qin, open the city gate quickly!" ”

The deathly silence in the city, Shi Xiu felt wrong, and was about to retreat, when he saw countless flags set up, and the words written on it were "Dajin", and then the arrows rained down, Shi Xiu couldn't resist it, and was shot with two arrows, hiding under the horse to avoid death, but the poor horse had been shot like a hedgehog.

Then there were three cannon sounds, and a thunderous sound of horses' hooves came, Jiang De looked around, only to see three puffs of smoke and dust floating up from the left and right sides, looking at the momentum, it seemed that there were tens of thousands of cavalry in each place.

"Formation! Hurry up! Jiang De understood that Jin Bing knew that he was coming, this was ambushing himself, but he hated himself for making the mistake of habitual thinking, and felt that the plains could not ambush the soldiers, but he forgot that the later plain guerrillas were not fighting ambush battles on the plains one after another.

In the final analysis, the ambush on the plain just can't be so close, and if the encirclement is enlarged for dozens of miles, it can also be ambushed.

Jiang De brought 40,000 soldiers and horses this time, and the 40,000 people lined up in a marching route was several miles long, so that these people could quickly become a defensive formation, where was it so easy, and when the three-way cavalry appeared in the field of vision, the entire large array had not yet been arranged, Jiang De had no choice but to let each department form a small defensive formation by itself, and then let Qin Ming lead the cavalry to block the soldiers and horses on the back road, after all, the back road was heavy, and he was most afraid of a surprise attack.

"Kill!" "Hold !!"

The impact of tens of thousands of cavalry was extremely terrifying, even if the Pingyin army was given time to defend, it was still rushed through several big gaps in an instant, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and others led the soldiers and horses to fight desperately and counterattacked, Qin Ming took 5,000 cavalry to protect the back road, a big battle, fought for half a day, until the sun set in the west, the horsepower was exhausted, and the Jin army had to retreat.

Waiting for the inventory of soldiers and horses, only one battle, Jiang De's Pingyin army lost more than 10,000 people, and nearly 2,000 cavalry were killed, which can be described as heavy casualties, unable to fight again, of course, the Jin soldiers are not happy, although it is a surprise attack, but also more than 6,000 military and horse losses, which can be described as the biggest loss in the south.

In the big tent of the Pingyin army, Jiang De looked at Shi Xiu, who was covered in straps, and Qin Ming, who still had blood on his head, and said hatefully, "I didn't expect the Jin army to be so jealous of our army, Kaifeng Mansion is on the side, and all the main forces are actually dispatched to ambush our army." ”

Lu Zhishen touched his big bald head and said, "It's all my fault, I often talk to Wanyan Zongwang about the strength of our Liangshan, which makes him jealous of our army." ”

Jiang De closed his eyes and thought for a while and said, "Where is the Jin Army gathered now?" ”

"The Jin army is now stationed outside Dongming City." Wu Song replied.

"Originally, I just came here this time to scare off the Jin army, but I ignored how aggressive the Jin army that had just been established was." Jiang De said to the generals, "Now that Dong Ping and Xu Ning are holding on, immediately order Liangshan, transfer Li Zhong's 3,000 musketeers, and transfer Zhu Tong and Han Bolong two divisions to help, our army can't stop, and immediately attack Dongming after a night's rest, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Obey!"

- Jin Army Battalion

"Our army lost more than 6,000 people under the ambush?" Wanyan Zongwang looked at the battle report in front of him in disbelief.

"Marshal, how many people are coming from this Pingyin army? Under the siege of 40,000 cavalry, it did not disperse, but damaged our army a lot? Pharmacist Guo asked.

"But forty or fifty thousand horses, our army is besieging in four directions, they don't have time to set up a big formation, they actually organized a few small formations nearby, except for the beginning of our army relying on horsepower to take advantage of the impact, the back is simply difficult, it seems that the Pingyin army has long been ready to fight with our army, and the tactics practiced are all aimed at cavalry." Wanyan Zongwang squinted and looked at the account and said, "It can't be delayed, the Pingyin army is not an ordinary Song army, they will not follow the orders of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, our army is small, if the Song State finds that the Pingyin Army can resist our army, then the main battle faction of the Song State will soon have the upper hand." ”

Wanyan Zongwang shouted, "Send a message to the Emperor of the Song State immediately, we are willing to lower the conditions, but he must give us an answer within two days, otherwise our army will no longer negotiate peace with the Song State!" ”

"Obey!"

"Ling Zhaoli and Temo watched Dong Ping, since they want to guard it, let them guard it!" Wanyan Zongwang was a little flustered in his heart, he didn't expect that the army of the Song State would be so large, the land would be so big, and now there are more than 200,000 Song troops gathered around Kaifeng, as well as strong armies like the Pingyin Army and the Western Army, and it is too difficult to rely on 80,000 gold soldiers to win.

Wanyan Zongwang had a retreat.

- Kaifeng

"What? The golden man has a messenger? Still willing to lower the conditions? Zhao Huan asked happily.

Geng Nanzhong, whose face was bruised and swollen, also said happily, "That's right, official, this is really the luck of my Song Kingdom, the Jin envoy said that the lord of the Jin Kingdom is sick, and spring is coming, and the Jin people also need farming, so they hope to go back as soon as possible, and now the Jin people are willing to reduce the gold and silver, as long as the gold is 500,000 and the silver is 5 million, but we are required to reply within two days." ”

"Oh? Reduced to 10%? Zhao Huan nodded again and again and said with a smile, "In the past few days, I have raised a lot of gold and silver, which is just used to retreat from the enemy, as for the clan, you don't need to worry about the land." ”

Li Bangyan conspired and said, "The official family doesn't need to be troubled, it can be given to the Jin people, and secretly issued an edict to all parts of the country to strictly guard the city, and when the Jin people come, they can't beat Taiyuan and other places, can they capture it when they go back?" ”

Zhao Huan felt justified when he heard it, so he decided to cede the three towns, but he didn't want to bear the charge himself, so he released the news, saying that Li Bangyan wanted Zhao Huan to cede the land.

Zhao Huan was very happy, and acted separately, Zhao Huan first ordered Li Gang, Seed Master Dao and other generals to strictly guard the city, not to provoke the Jin army, on the one hand to increase the intensity of collecting gold and silver, for a while the city was full of mourning, on the other hand, Zhao Huan gathered many princes who were still in the city, and asked who was willing to go to the gold camp as hostages.

Interestingly, Zhao Ji's fertility is not ordinarily strong, compared with Song Renzong, Song Renzong almost wanted to cry and faint, although Zhao Ji took away his favorite Zhao Kai, but also left Zhao Shu, Zhao Qi and other princes more than ten, the youngest of these people can't speak.

Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Shu and said, "King Su, you are the chief of the kings, this matter is up to you, how about it?" ”

Zhao Ji is a literary young man, and the children raised are all as weak as him, when he heard that he was going to Jinying, Zhao Shu directly stumbled and wanted to fall, and was supported by Zhao Gou on the side, Zhao Gou shouted to Zhao Huan, "Your Majesty, King Su is fine." ”

Zhao Shu almost wanted to strangle Zhao Gou, is he okay? I'm about to faint, okay?

"Since King Su doesn't object, so be it, I will send Li Bangyan to accompany you." Zhao Huan has completely decided to abandon Li Bangyan, you must know that when the Jin soldiers return to China, they find that no one in the three towns has left the city to surrender, and they will not kill King Su and Li Bangyan angrily?

Zhao Huan made a good calculation, but others are not fools.

When Li Bangyan learned that he was going to Jinying, he only felt five thunderbolts and collapsed to the ground on the spot.

Li Bangyan's wives and concubines around him hurriedly surrounded him, Li Bangyan gasped for a while and said to the left and right, "I want to think that I do my best, and the new emperor will accept me, but now it seems that it still doesn't work, once the siege is lifted, you will immediately disperse all your wealth and return to your hometown, there must be no mistake." ”

The wives and concubines around heard Li Bangyan say this, knowing that it was irretrievable, and thinking of the power and wealth of the past, they all cried.

- That night

Jiang De looked at the ballista and gunpowder bag from the baggage truck, this is the confidence of his active attack, during the day, the whole army was raided by the cavalry of the Jin army, and the power of gunpowder could not be exerted, and now the Jin army is gathered together at night, it is a good time for the power of gunpowder to be released.

The ballistas were neatly arranged, and this time Jiang De did not take out the artillery, in order not to attract the attention of Song and Jin too much.

"A team is ready!"

"The second team is ready!"

"Team 3 ready!"

"Team 4 is ready!!"

A team of ballistae aimed at the Jin army's Dazhai hundreds of zhang away, the distance was so close, the Jin army had naturally already found out, but the Jin army felt that there were camps and cities to rely on, and they were not afraid of the harassment of the Song army at all.

"Put!!"

"Put!!"

Special rockets were fired from ballistas, which were much thicker than the usual arrows, and they were actually full of gunpowder, which can be said to be the most primitive rocket artillery.

A salvo, hundreds of rockets were shot out, with a piercing whistling sound through the night sky, Jiang De rode on a war horse, watching these rockets smash straight into the Jin army camp.

"Boom!" "Boom!!"

"Bang dang!!"

The flames and explosions that rushed to the sky appeared almost at the same time, and the red light illuminated the entire Jin army camp, and the war horses in the camp were stimulated by such loud noises and flames and roared, Wanyan Yan's mother looked at such a scene and shouted, "This is the same as that of the Daimyo's Mansion, they are in a group!" ”

"Boom!" "Boom!!"

It was another round of bombardment, and the explosion of each rocket could cover a distance of more than ten meters, and the raging flames ignited many camp tents, and the entire Jin army was in chaos.

"Kill!"

"Rush!!"

Two teams of cavalry rushed out of the darkness and rushed in through the gaps that had been blown open, while the ballista team continued to bombard the area where the cavalry was not there.

These two teams of cavalry were led by Cheng Min and Lu Zhishen, and after rushing into the Jin Army's Dazhai, they were slashing and killing, and many Jin soldiers came around to besiege and kill, but they saw these cavalry take out a black stone from their arms, ignite it and throw it over, a Jin soldier grabbed it, and laughed and said, "Just this thing, I also want to kill people?" ”

Before the words fell, after an explosion, all the golden soldiers within a radius of several meters fell, their faces were dark, and there were still a lot of shrapnel on their faces.

Wanyan Yanmu and Dong Cai were overwhelmed by such chaos, and finally simply ordered all the soldiers and horses to enter Dongming City, relying on the walls of Dongming City to resist the unpredictable rockets.

After dawn, Wanyan Yanmu and others recounted and found that more than 4,000 men and horses were lost last night, plus 10,000 during the day, and the losses of the Pingyin army were negligible.

In the face of gunpowder weapons, the original camp for cold weapons is no longer enough to deal with it.

Jiang De's attack changed the situation again, and all the Jin troops outside Dongming City were forced into the city, and Jiang De could bypass Dongming City and continue to Kaifeng.

But Jiang De did not do this, but surrounded Dongming City with the remaining soldiers and horses, all the ballistas and other weapons were aimed at the city gate, as soon as the Jin army had cavalry rushing out, it was a burst of artillery bombardment, Jiang De was sure that the Jin army was suddenly coming, there was absolutely no long-range equipment, and the range of the ballista was used to suppress the Jin army to death.

When Wan Yan Zongwang learned that Wan Yan Yan's mother was actually surrounded in Dongming City, he angrily scolded Wan Yan Yan's mother and Dong Cai for being incompetent, and then forced himself to calm down.

Wanyan Zongwang looked at Dong Ping, who was surrounded by him not far away, and secretly had an idea in his heart.

"Dashuai, the emperor of the Song State sent a prince and a prime minister." Guo Yaoshi came in and reported, "The last general has seen it, it's King Su and Li Bangyan." ”

"Li Bangyan? King Su? Hehe, this Emperor of the Song Kingdom is a good calculation. Wanyan Zong looked at it clearly, and waved his hand, "Let them in." ”

After a while, a young man in a prince's suit and a handsome middle-aged man walked in.

"The Emperor of the Song Kingdom sent you as hostages, which can be regarded as some sincerity, but when will the land and property arrive?"

"Right? When will it arrive? ”

"Speak quickly!"

"Why don't you speak!"

Wanyan Zongwang commanded several golden generals all looked aggressive, and even one of them simply stepped forward to take a closer look at King Su, he smiled and turned back and said, "Look at it, this thin skin and tender meat, like a girl, can you also be a king?" ”

Where has King Su seen such a scene, he has been frightened all the way, and when he saw the heads hanging high in the barracks, he was already trembling with fright, and then looking at this golden general, a fishy smell rushed in, yellow teeth and black face, and his fingernails were full of oil, and he took two steps back.

"Ahh Don't be afraid, little beauty. The golden general stretched out his hand and wanted to touch it, but King Su screamed in fright, rolled his eyes, spat green juice in his mouth, and was actually scared to death.

When General Jin saw this scene, he was also taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down to Wanyan Zongwang to ask for guilt, Wanyan Zongwang covered his face and didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh and say to Li Bangyan, "This matter is an accident, please go back again, and bring another prince as a hostage, okay?" ”

Li Bangyan swallowed his saliva, thought about it, and simply knelt on the ground and cried, "Please also ask the king to save me!" I am willing to sacrifice the Song Kingdom to the king, and only ask the king to save my life! ”

Wanyan Zongwang looked at Li Bangyan, who was crying like a dog, and only felt that a great fortune was in front of him, waiting for him to get it.