Tan Jin walked with 3,000 people very crisply, very neatly, and without any nostalgia.

A general walked up to Zhou Le, who joined the army, and asked, "Zhou joins the army, let's ······"

Zhou Le was in a very bad mood, and immediately shouted: "Still stunned, set up a formation, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

The general said: "It's too late! ”

"What?"

"Look, the cadres are coming!"

Zhou Le saw that the most advanced part of the cavalry of the 1,000 cadres was only two miles away from here, and a large amount of smoke and dust was trampled up by the horses' hooves, and the ground trembled.

At this time, the cavalry of the cadres in the front had stopped, and those who followed behind began to march in line to prepare to charge.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Le's heart suddenly cooled, but he still ordered the whole army to immediately set up a formation.

Although Zhou Le came to mix qualifications, he was not a straw bag, and his eyes swept away, this vicinity was an open field, and his two thousand people could not occupy the favorable terrain at all, so they could only deploy a formation on the spot to resist, and the cadres could use all kinds of tactics at will.

Zhou Le sent someone to call all the generals to his side and asked, "I said everyone, are you sure to repel this thousand cavalry?" ”

Several generals shook their heads one after another, what are they kidding, although their status is not high, their military rank is not high, but they are also people who have led troops for many years, in such an open area, without any prior deployment, they want to block a thousand cavalry with 2,000 infantry? Is it true that the cavalry of the cadre army is all showy?

Zhou Le shook his head when he saw everyone, and immediately said, "Since you can't beat it, can you escape?" ”

Several generals looked at each other, didn't they say that they would block the pursuers for two hours? Why did you run away?

One of the generals said: "Don't joke about joining the army Zhou, we only have two legs, and the cavalry of the Qianjun army has four legs, the distance is so close, how can we escape?" ”

"I can't beat it, I can't escape, can it be that I can't wait here to die?" Zhou Le asked.

Another general said: "Zhou joined the army because he wanted me to fight to the death with the pursuers, right?" The last general wants to be enthusiastic, but his brothers are afraid that they don't have the courage to fight to the death, and besides, the big guys have wives and children in their families, if we die, who will feed the wives and children in the family? ”

Several other generals chimed in: "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

Zhou Le spread his hands: "Understood!" Come on, prepare a white flag, let everyone put down their weapons and bows, let's stop playing, surrender! ”

The generals looked at each other when they heard this, and then they all dropped their weapons and bows and arrows in tacit understanding.

The lieutenant general of the cavalry of the cadre army was about to organize an attack, but saw such a dramatic scene as the white flag being raised on the opposite side, "Uh, how can this be? ”

A general asked, "General, what should I do?" ”

"What to do? If they want to surrender, won't you allow it? Go and tell their leading general, leave three hundred people, and let all the remaining Song troops discard their weapons, bows and crossbows, and squat down with their heads in their hands for a mile! The 300 people left behind piled up all their weapons, bows, crossbows, and arrows! ”

"No!"

The request of the deputy general of the cadre army was quickly passed on, and the generals of the Song army left the place and walked forward for a mile under Zhou Le's order before stopping, holding their heads and squatting down according to the request.

At this time, these weapons left by the Song army were also piled up together, and the three hundred Song soldiers also stepped forward and squatted down with others after finishing their work.

A general rode up to the adjutant general of the Qianjun army and asked, "General, our task is to contain Tan Jin's 5,000 Song army, and there are only 2,000 here······ Are we going to attack our remaining three thousand, or are we going to escort these two thousand back to Jiangxia City first? ”

"Nonsense, of course, continue to pursue the remaining three thousand Song Army infantry!"

"The ······ of these two thousand"

"Kill—"

"Huh? This ······ They have surrendered, unarmed! ”

The adjutant general turned his head to look at the general and asked in a cold voice, "What?" If we don't catch up with these 3,000 people, even if we don't complete the task, who will bear the responsibility for not completing the task? Is it you or me? ”

“······ The last will obey! ”

Under the order of the adjutant general of the cadre army, the 1,000 cavalry of the 1,000 cadres approached and surrounded the surrendered 2,000 Song troops in two groups on the left and right, and after the order to attack was issued, all the cavalry of the cadre army circled around the 2,000 Song troops in a clockwise direction, and they rode on horseback, and at the same time released arrows.

The Song army in the encirclement kept screaming, like a miserable situation in hell.

In less than an instant, the two thousand unarmed Song troops who were surrounded in the middle were shot and killed, and all the corpses were spread on the ground in a circle, and the corpses and grass were full of arrows, and the blood stained the earth red.

"Send people to Jiangxia City, let them come over to clean up the battlefield, and our army will continue to pursue!" The adjutant general of the cadre army retracted his gaze and gave the order, and a thousand cavalry chased westward under his leadership.

At night, Tan Jin marched quickly with 3,000 men and horses, caught up with Wei Wuxi's 4,000 cavalry, and wanted to carry out a sneak attack in the middle of the night, but this idea was destined to not be realized, Wei Wuxian was a general who was born in the Qianguo Military Academy, not only had a systematic military education, but also had many years of experience in commanding troops and combat, how could he be defenseless when resting?

When Tan Jin led his troops to catch up, he was discovered by the guard post arranged by Wei Wuxi, although Wei Wuxian was not sure that Tan Jin would carry out a sneak attack in the middle of the night, but he still made corresponding arrangements.

Tan Jin was tasked with blocking the cavalry of the Qianjun army and wanted to buy time for Xiao Bin's main force to retreat, so he had no choice but to launch a night attack on the cavalry camp of the Qianjun army in the early hours of the morning.

When the 3,000 Song soldiers shouted and rushed into the camp of the cadres, they found that the camp was empty, and by the time they felt that something was wrong, it was too late, a large number of horses' hooves came from both sides, and in the midst of the shaking of the mountains, the cavalry of the cadres who came from the left and right flanks cut the Song army into three sections.

In the panic, the Song soldiers who scattered and fled were wantonly shot and slashed by the cavalry of the Qianjun army, and suffered heavy casualties.

Under such circumstances, even Tan Jin, who is experienced in leading troops, can only sigh on the net, unable to return to the sky.

Very few of the 3,000 Song troops were able to escape, most of them were shot or killed by the cadres, a small number surrendered and were captured, and Tan Jin was also among the prisoners.

Wei Wuxian did not order the execution of the more than 500 captured and surrendered Song soldiers, and after dawn, the adjutant general rushed over with 1,000 men and horses to converge, and reported that the 2,000 Song troops who had left behind to block the attack had surrendered and were all executed.

Wei Wuxian did not punish the deputy general for this, concealed the matter, and then sent 300 cavalry to escort Tan Jin and 500 Song army prisoners to Jiangxia City to be imprisoned and awaited.

At midnight, Xiao Bin, the commander of the Song army, arrived near the Laifeng Bridge above the Han River with 25,000 men, intending to cross the Han River from the Laifeng Bridge to Jingling County to obtain supplies.

"Zong Yue, how far is this place from crossing the Han River?" Xiao Bin asked tiredly.

In order to hurry as much as possible, the Song army marched until the middle of the night last night before camping on the spot, this morning before dawn and set off again, Xiao Bin has never suffered so much, physical strength and spirit are greatly consumed, at this time he looks very tired.

Zong Yue replied: "Dashuai, this place is still seven or eight miles away from the Laifeng Bridge above the Han River, and it will be there soon, as long as the Laifeng Bridge is crossed, our army will destroy the bridge again, and the cadres will not be able to repair the bridge within two days, and two days is enough time for our army to get rid of the pursuit of the cadres!" ”

Xiao Bin breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, pass the order, let the soldiers speed up the march and cross the bridge as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes!"

After the order was given, only a cup of tea had passed, and a scout rode in front of him.

"Newspaper—"

The scout rode to Zong Yue and reported: "General Qiyu, I don't know who burned a section of Fengqiao when I came to Fengqiao!" ”

"What?" Xiao Bin and Zong Yue's faces changed drastically.

Xiao Bin immediately asked, "How can this be?" How long has it been burned? Can it be fixed quickly? ”

"Back to Dashuai, the villain and others asked the nearby fishermen, and the fishermen didn't know who was missing, only that it was burned last night, about ten zhang or so burned, and they wanted to repair it, but they were afraid that it would not be repaired in a day!"

Xiao Bin lost his voice and said, "What? It will take a day to fix? No, our army doesn't have so much time, Zong Yue, if you go find someone to repair the Fengqiao, this commander can only give you an hour! ”

Zong Yue's face changed, and he immediately dismounted and bowed down: "There are no craftsmen in our army, where can we find wood in a short time?" An hour is absolutely impossible to repair, even if it can't be completed in a day, Zong Yue can't repair this bridge even if he has the ability to reach the sky, Da Shuai still cut Zong Yue! ”

"You ······" Xiao Bin was so angry that he almost couldn't help but order Zong Yue to be cut down, but in the end he endured it.

"Who knows where the Qianjun is pursuing now, if our army is blocked by this Han River, I am afraid that the Qianjun cavalry will soon catch up, if it is impossible to cross the river, once the 25,000 people are rushed and killed by the Qianjun cavalry, God knows how many people will survive?"

In the face of Xiao Bin's questioning, Zong Yue had no choice but to say: "Marshal, the last general thinks that this matter is strange, if this bridge is burned by the cadres sent by the army, this matter is unusual, they burned the bridge but not all of them burned, obviously want our army to stay here and wait for the bridge to be repaired before crossing the river, this is obviously to delay our time to cross the river, I am afraid that the bridge is not repaired, the cadres will be killed, so we can't stop, we can't be led by the nose by the commander of the army!" ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Continue to the northwest, if the last general remembers well, there is a bridge sixty miles ahead, called Chenjia Bridge, where can our army cross the river!"

Xiao Bin did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the army to continue marching in the northwest direction.

The next morning, at midnight, the Song army passed through the riverside beach of Liushuwan on the east bank of the Han River, and suddenly, countless arrow feathers shot out from the reeds next to it.

The Song army suffered heavy casualties when they were shot, including Xiao Bin and Zong Yue, who did not expect that the cadres would set up an ambush here, and they were stunned for a while.

Before the Song army could react, more than 20,000 cadres came out of the reeds and rushed into the scattered ranks of the Song army like wolves.

The cadres took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, countless Song soldiers were killed in the process of escaping, and a large number of Song soldiers jumped into the Han River in a panic, at this time the weather was already very cold, people will soon lose heat in the water, cramps, exhaustion and other phenomena, even people with excellent water properties are ninety percent likely to drown.

On the river embankment, Li Song saw the collapse and escape of the Song army, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, Xiao Bin's Song army is finished, at least for a few years, the Song army is unable to cross the river to counterattack, Your Majesty can rest assured now!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Pass the order down and capture Xiao Bin alive for me!" ”