"I think we can give up defending the bridge, withdraw all the troops deployed near Matou Village to the south of the canal, and then rely on Matou Village, use ice and snow to lay a maze a mile away from the canal, 10,000 infantry troops all carry bows and crossbows to ambush outside the formation, 5,000 heavy armored cavalry into the battle, if the Jin army comes to attack in a big way, the cavalry will fight with it, and the crossbowmen will launch a covering attack on the Jin army in the maze. In this way, even if all 40,000 Jin troops came, as long as one more army was sent to support and block the retreat of the Jin army, they would not be able to last two hours. ”

Ming Fu made a request, and after everyone pondered for a moment, a general quickly said the strategy for breaking the enemy that he had thought of temporarily.

"This is a way to take the initiative instead of being defensive. Our withdrawal to the south bank of the canal is tantamount to laying a trap for the Jin army, if they really dare to come, let them die without a place to bury, if they do not come, we will not lose much except for military merit. When the general's voice fell, other generals immediately echoed.

"How can you not have the military merits at hand, even if the Jin army doesn't go to Matou Village, you have to lead them over. I don't think I can wait in the formation, I can completely divide an army to lure the Jin army to pursue, and let them take the initiative to chase into the position laid out in advance in Matou Village. In this way, the initiative is all in our hands, and no one else can take the credit for this great achievement. What do you think? ”

"That's right, how can you not have military merit. Since there is a chance to annihilate the Jin army, the control of the battlefield should be in our hands, after all, this Jin army was originally coming at us, and it also occupied our camp, and if we don't destroy them with our own hands, the brothers can't swallow this breath. I think it is completely feasible to set up a formation on the south bank of Matou Village, use a small force to lead the Jin army into the battle, and then cut off their retreat after all or most of the Jin army has entered the battle. In fact, it should have been deployed a long time ago, instead of deploying troops on the north bank of the canal and waiting for them to attack. ”

A number of generals and officers agreed with this strategy of luring the Jin army into the battle, and although some people had supplements, they could not escape this general category.

Seeing that the generals and officials were basically unified, and they couldn't think of any better way for the time being, Ming Fu ended the discussion on this matter in due course.

However, he did not give a specific conclusion on whether Matou Village should adjust the deployment, once the deployment of Matou Village is adjusted, it is likely to have an impact on the deployment of the entire battle situation, and this matter has to be discussed with Generalissimo Yang Congyi, after all, the entire battle situation is now planned and deployed by Yang Congyi himself.

Yang Congyi planned this layout now, in order to annihilate the 40,000 Jin army and eliminate the new defense force of Yanjing City, and at the same time minimize the loss of his own troops, so as not to slow down the progress of the capture of Yanjing City.

Yang Congyi had already discussed the details of this layout with Ming Fu through letters before, and Matou Village was an important part, so whether to adjust the deployment, Ming Fu could not decide privately, and had to consult Yang Congyi.

Early the next morning, Ming Fu delivered the revised defense strategy of Matou Village to Yang Congyi.

After Yang Congyi received the strategy sent by Ming Fu, he did not give him an answer immediately.

Regardless of whether the adjusted strategy can effectively prevent the enemy from fleeing, if the Song army is withdrawn from the north of the canal to the south bank, and the bridge outside Matou Village is surrendered to the Jin army, the Jin army will be suspicious, no matter how it is lured, the large army of the Jin army will also rashly cross the river into battle, and if the Jin army in turn holds the bridge, then the 15,000 Song troops deployed near Matou Village will be blocked from the battlefield, and the Jin army is likely to break through the gap at a certain point with the advantage of concentrating forces.

For the 40,000 Jin troops in the transportation camp, Yang Congyi's strategy was to be trapped until he died, and not to give them any chance to escape from the battlefield and get supplies.

Soon after, Yang Congyi ordered Ming Fu not to transfer the defenders of Matou Village to the south of the canal, and should unswervingly deploy to the north of the canal, using the intact horseshoe bridge as a bait to lure the Jin army to attack in the direction of Matou Village, and intercept the Jin army north of Matou Village.

On the same day, after receiving the order, Ming Fu summoned all the generals to announce the instructions of the generalissimo of the Northern Expedition on this battle.

On the same day, Yang Congyi ordered the soldiers who were holding the canal to make the ice wall higher and thicker again, reaching a thickness of four feet for one person, and reducing the distance between the two ice walls to three feet.

A day later, he ordered the soldiers to build another ice wall behind the gap between the two ice walls, and Yang Congyi's request for this ice wall was to be movable.

The movable walls of ice could only glide on the wilderness and snow, and the ground could not be frozen, and it took a lot of effort for the soldiers to do so, but they were able to complete the task before dark.

After the Jin army rested and waited for two days in the transportation camp, the commander of the Jin army, Wan Yan Xizheng, finally waited for the news sent back by the scouts.

Based on the news brought back by six or seven living scouts, it was learned that the Jin army camp had been occupied by the Song army, and all the materials in the camp had fallen into the hands of the Song army, and there was no sign that they had transported the materials and war horses away, and the number of Song troops on the other side was expected to be about 30,000, stationed on the river bank and the big camp, and the number of Song troops in the big camp was estimated to be about 10,000. The Song army in the Chaobai River camp has also been mobilized, one of the troops crossed the river and marched westward, it is believed that it has joined the Song army in the Jin army camp, and the other way down the Chaobai River to the south, has reached the vicinity of the Xiang River, and there are nearly 10,000 horses left behind to guard the camp.

Through these news, Wan Yan Xizheng quickly judged that the Song army had deployed at least 70,000 troops within thirty miles around the Jin army, and used the Chaobai River and canals to besiege them, and the Song army's intention was gradually revealed, that is, to eat the 40,000 Jin army in one bite.

Now although the Jin army still has food and drink in the transportation camp, but it is surrounded by the Song army, and the news in the direction of Yanjing is cut off, and it is not a good thing to confront the Song army here for a long time.

So how to break out of the encirclement of the Song army, organize a counterattack or return to Yanjing City? This question hovered around Wan Yanxi's mind.

The Chaobai River cannot be crossed on a large scale, and if you want to jump out, you can only break through the canal or break through the Song army's defense line in the south to take the Xianghe, but the Song army has about 30,000 on the opposite bank, although it is scattered, but there are canals and ice walls to help, and it is not easy to break through the defense along the canal, and if you force it to break through, the price paid will be unimaginable.

Wan Yan Xizheng thought that the soldiers waded across the river and were soaked, and then they were attacked and disturbed by the Song army, and they chased after him, and it didn't take long for the soldiers to be numb in their hands and feet, and their bodies were all frozen, so they could only let the Song army kill, so he didn't dare to continue to think about it, because in his speculation, wading through the water and crossing the river in the cold winter was tantamount to killing himself.

If you build a bridge over the ice and cross the river, will you be able to break through the Song army's canal defenses? This should be a way to cross the river that can be tried, and the Song army is scattered, which should not prevent the Jin army from building bridges over the canal.

The idea was not new, and wasn't it because they didn't succeed in building bridges over the canal that they came up with to attack the transport camp through the canal ice?

Now that the ice of the canal has been cut off by the Song army on the other side, and the Jin army wants to build a bridge over the river, how can it be so easy to succeed.

It was impossible for the Jin army to build bridges on the forty or fifty-mile-long canal, so when the Jin army gathered on the riverbank, the neighboring Song army also temporarily gathered in the same place, and then the two sides beckoned each other with bows and crossbows.

With the ice wall as a shield and a complete set of winter clothes, the Song army had a considerable advantage in the confrontation, so after a half-day confrontation, the Jin army not only did not build a bridge, but left hundreds of soldiers on the riverbank.

The way to build a bridge could not cross the river, and the Song army once again let Wanyan Xizheng recognize the facts.

In this way, if you want to break through the encirclement laid by the Song army, you can only break through to the south, ignore the 30,000 Song troops on the other side of the river, and use 40,000 troops against 40,000 Song troops.

The entire transportation camp was not too nervous at the beginning, after the scouts brought the news back to the camp, the morale of the Jin army fluctuated greatly, if he could not get rid of the current situation in time, what would be the consequences, as the commander of the Jin army, Wan Yanxi did not dare to imagine.

But just as he wanted to summon the commanders of all armies to come to the commander's tent to discuss and plan the whole army to go south to break through the encirclement of the Song army, a shocking news came from the direction of the granary: there was no grain in the warehouse!

"How can there be no food? Didn't you say the other day that there is an untold amount of grain in the granary, enough for us to eat for a month? Why is it gone today? Wan Yanxi was shocked.

He had personally seen the grain and grass, and there were indeed countless grains piled up in the granary, could he eat them so quickly?

"Back to the marshal, the grain in the granary is fake, the sacks are filled with weeds and sand, only the outer layer is real grain, and the inside is fake! I'm afraid we're going to run out of food today. The first general replied in a panic.

"How so? Are you mistaken? Wan Yan Xizheng couldn't believe it, after taking the general transportation camp, he personally inspected it and checked the grain in the granary, and it was precisely because the Song army had enough grain stored in the transportation camp that they did not return to the camp that night.

Could it be that all this was designed by Song Jun? This thought instantly appeared in Wan Yan Xizheng's mind, and he suddenly felt palpitations.

"Take me to see it!"

Wan Yanxi was still praying on the way to the granary, hoping that they had made a mistake, or that the people in charge of the supply of grain and grass in the Song army had just adulterated some fakes in the many grains and grasses and exchanged a small part of the military rations.

However, when he arrived at the granary, and after the guards punctured the sacks that were supposed to contain grain, Wan Yan Xizheng's heart sank, because there were not a few sacks without weeds and sand in the barn.

Wan Yan Xizheng's face was extremely ugly.

This is not the adulteration of the logistics supply troops of the Song Army, but the ghost of the transportation battalion, which is very likely to deceive the Jin Army!