On the city wall, Li Cheng squinted his eyes and watched Yue Fei and the others being besieged, secretly proud in his heart, what if he could fight? How about having a backer? If you use a little trick yourself, you don't die in front of yourself obediently.

Under the city wall, the cavalry of the Jin army had rushed to the front of Yue Fei's army array, countless arrows flew in the air, and the strong crossbow arrows even fell to the ground because they were too dense and collided, many people in Yue Fei's army were shot by arrows and fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, while dozens of horses of the Jin army fell to the ground.

"Lost!" Yue Fei shouted, at this time, the cavalry of the Jin Army was nearly fifty meters away from Yue Fei's army array, the pikeman took out the triangular nail from his arms and threw it in front of the formation, and then the spear poked the ground, and his body pressed the spear obliquely, they were the first to resist the spear.

Guo Yaoshi saw that Yue Fei's army array threw something, and hurriedly pulled the war horse, his rich war experience saved him again, only to see dozens of cavalry as if being pulled by a giant hand, the war horse fell to the ground with a wail, and the triangular nail that was seven or eight centimeters long easily pierced the horseshoe of the war horse. Then the horses and sergeants who fell to the ground became obstacles to the cavalry behind, crackling and falling.

But such a defense could only stop for a while, and when the cavalry of the Jin army stepped out of a road with the corpse of a war horse, Yue Fei's army had to face the impact of the cavalry.

Hundreds of golden horsemen scrambled to crash into the military formation, and their spears were broken with a click, and I don't know how many people were knocked out and vomited blood and died on the spot.

Yue Fei and the other generals looked at them with tears in their eyes, these soldiers were taught by them one by one, they knew everyone's names, and even anyone else in their family could say them one by one, but now, they were under their own city, and they died tragically in front of themselves.

"Battle !!" The monstrous anger finally turned into a roar, and hundreds of sickle hook guns stretched out from the gun array, hooking and pulling at the horse's legs and cavalry, except for a few strong cavalry, the rest of the cavalry were pulled off their horses and stabbed to death.

The impact of the Jin army was fierce for a while, and gradually, the gun array and the sickle hook gun array could not support it, but the impact of the Jin army was also completely reduced.

Wang Gui held the big knife in his hand and roared angrily, "The big knife forward!" I'm invincible! ”

"I'm invincible!"

A large knife of more than two meters slashed forward, the sword light burst, everyone and horses were shattered, and the pressure on the front line was suddenly reduced.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Every time Wang Gui roared, there would definitely be a cavalry of the Jin Army falling in front of him, but the Jin Army was also extremely brave, and in the face of such a knife formation, there were still Jin soldiers who used bows and arrows and spears to stab the broadsword soldiers to death and shoot them to death on the battlefield.

Wanyan Zongwang, who was watching the battle, pointed to Yue Fei's army formation and said, "Abandoned by friendly troops and still fighting to the death, it can be said that the army is strong in the world, if the Han army is like this, how dare we look south." ”

After speaking, Wanyan Zongwang re-ordered that he had already understood that the loss of charging hard with cavalry was too great, and he didn't want the Song army in the city to have the courage to fight with him because of the achievements under the city, and he wanted to destroy the enemy in front of him at the smallest cost.

With the sound of the horn, the cavalry of the Jin army suddenly changed their tactics, and a group of cavalry of the Jin army began to circle around Yue Fei's army array, only to see that the Jin army cavalry on the periphery were all holding shields, and the cavalry in the inner circle were holding bows and arrows to shoot arrows at Yue Fei's army array.

Indeed, in the face of the infantry formation, the impact of the cavalry did not have much advantage, but the advantage of the cavalry was mobility, in the face of the cavalry that was constantly moving and in the distance, the accuracy of Yue Fei's crossbow arrows was suddenly greatly reduced, and there were constantly sergeants who fell down with arrows, and their shields were too few.

On the city wall, many Song soldiers lowered their heads and didn't dare to look, Li Cheng looked at the appearance of everyone, and shouted loudly, "What's wrong?" Why keep your head down? Lift your head up for me! Look at how our sergeants killed the enemy, show me everything! ”

"Li Cheng! Why don't you let the sergeant shoot arrows for cover! Suddenly, a roar like thunder made Li Cheng, who had a ghost in his heart, tremble in fright.

He looked back and saw a civil official climbed the city wall surrounded by a group of sergeants, the leader of whom had half a cyan birthmark on his face, holding a spear and carrying a sharp knife at his waist, and the sergeant behind him was fully armored, with a bow and a knife out of its sheath, and it was violent.

And the civil official, with a steel beard and a black face, Li Cheng looked at this person and trembled again, and said with a little stammer, "Zhang... Master Zhang, why are you here? ”

Uncle Zhang glanced at the city, anxious, and shouted, "Li Cheng, I order you to immediately release arrows to cover and send troops to save people!" ”

Li Cheng tilted his head and said, "This is a chaotic fate, and the last general will not dare to bear it!" ”

Zhang Shuye pulled out the treasure knife on Yang Zhi's waist on the side, strode forward, and sealed Li Cheng's throat with a knife.

"If you don't give an order, I'll change the general to give the order!"

"Your Excellency!"

"General!"

"No!"

Yang Zhi was also stunned, where had he ever seen such a civil official, he just followed Yue Fei's request, if the city gate was not opened, he would invite Uncle Zhang to come at night, but he didn't expect Uncle Zhang to have such a hot personality, where is this a civil official, it is even more rude than a general.

Li Cheng was so frightened that his legs were bent, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Quick!" Listen to the command of Lord Zhang! ”

The military generals in the Northern Song Dynasty were not capable of refusing the orders of such a high-ranking civil official as Zhang Shuye, and if Zhang Shuye killed Li Cheng, it would be a waste of time.

Uncle Zhang turned around and said, "Yang Zhi! Save! ”

"Obey!"

Yang Zhi waved his gun violently and said, "Move all the bed crossbows, face the enemy cavalry, and release arrows!" Archers assemble, cover shots! Shield! Bring me the shield and drop it! Drop it down!! ”

Under the city, the sergeants of Yue Fei's Mandarin Duck Formation had already come to the periphery, they were the only sergeants with shields, but the number was too small to cover the entire military formation, Suo Chao clenched the big axe tightly, he wanted to rush up and fight to the death with the Jin soldiers, but he understood that he couldn't do anything at all.

It was originally a good night raid battle, but it was like this, and Suo Chao had the heart to kill.

"Pengju! Then!!! There was a shout from the city tower, Suo Chao looked back, saw countless shields thrown from the city, and said with great joy, "Dead green skin, you are finally here!" ”

Wanyan Zong saw that the shield had been dropped on the city tower, and he kicked in his heart, knowing that it was not good, and shouted, "The Song army has changed, you can't play slowly like this anymore, and the herald will be impacted!" Stir up with them, you can't let them succeed in saving people! ”

The Jin army's military formation changed again, and the cavalry regrouped, forming three triangular formations, and with a horn, they rushed towards Yue Fei's military formation.

Yue Fei saw that the Jin army's military formation changed again, and hurriedly rearranged the formation, fortunately, these more than 1,000 people were the elite carefully selected by a few young generals, and they actually laid down the rejection formation again within more than ten breaths, but the pikemen were already seriously insufficient, and even many sickle gunners were at the forefront.

"Fight! War! War!!! ”

Three roars, the heavens and the earth changed color, Guo Yaoshi looked at Yue Fei and the others in front of him, and sighed in his heart, after this battle, I want to see such a Song general again, I don't know when it will be.

"Wind! Wind! Gale!!! It was still the strong crossbow that shot first, Guo Yaoshi raised his shield, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a huge crossbow arrow crashing down the cavalry beside him, the crossbow arrow is not called a crossbow arrow is better than a short spear, this is a crossbow arrow that can only be shot by a three-bow bed crossbow.

Guo Yaoshi slammed the horse's belly, and looked up, my mother-in-law, the city wall was full of archers, shooting at the sky, plus the crossbow arrows of Yue Fei's army array, thousands of arrows smashed towards him like locusts, Guo Yaoshi simply hid in the belly of a horse and hid.

The overwhelming rain of arrows shot hundreds of Jin cavalry off their horses, but more cavalry followed the rain of arrows, many Jin soldiers still gritted their teeth and charged with several arrows in their bodies, Zhang Shuye on the city wall saw the charge of the Jin army for the first time, his hands trembled slightly, in the Song army, where is there such a sergeant.

"Rush!" Suo Chao moved, he knew that this was the last moment, and with a hundred cavalry, he crashed into the cavalry formation of the Jin army from an oblique angle, but their number was too small, and most of the cavalry of the Jin army still maintained their speed and rushed towards Yue Fei's army formation.

The cavalry and infantry collided again, and this time, Yue Fei's army formation visibly sank, and hundreds of Song and Jin troops died in less than twenty seconds under such a fierce collision.

Yang Zhi saw that the situation was critical on the city wall, and urgently ordered the archers and bed crossbows to cover the shooting, Wanyan Zongwang looked at the arrows that were constantly splashed on the city wall, sighed, and finally gave the order to retreat.

He could not afford to lose the lives of 2,000 men for the sake of a thousand remnants, such a victory was actually a loss.

What's more, he felt that it might be profitable to let these people go back to the city.

If Wanyan Zongwang knew what that Yuezi banner would represent in the future, let alone two thousand, even if the whole army filled it, he would also kill it all.

When Yue Fei and the others returned to the city to count the soldiers and horses, there were only less than 1,000 of the 2,000 people left at this time, most of them were still crossbowmen who were protected in the middle, and Suo Chao was slashed twice in the final hedge, shot three arrows, and the whole person was like a bloody person, lying unconscious on the ground.

Uncle Zhang took Yang Zhi down the city wall at night, and when Wang Gui saw Li Cheng hiding behind, he immediately shouted, "Li Cheng!" Take your life! The big knife in his hand slashed at Li Cheng, Li Cheng looked at the rapidly approaching big knife, hurriedly dodged with a step, and shouted, "Wang Gui!" Are you going to rebel? ”

Wang Gui still wanted to cut again, a steel gun rang to hold his big knife, Wang Gui looked, saw that it was Yue Fei, Yue Fei shook the steel gun, forced Wang Gui away, and then shouted loudly, "General Li, Wang Commander killed the red eye, please forgive me!" ”

Li Cheng looked at the group of blood-stained robes in front of him, raised his swords and guns at the same time, glared at his strong generals, and did not dare to attack, so he could only say, "Since this is the case, spare him, don't do it again!" ．．． I still have military affairs, so I will retire first! ”

Uncle Zhang turned his back and hummed, "The details of this battle, this official will definitely report to the imperial court, and General Li will do it himself!" ”

Li Cheng shuddered, didn't dare to speak, and left with his personal guards, Yue Fei looked at his back, feeling that something was wrong, and he couldn't say what was wrong.

In the final analysis, Yue Fei is still too young.

After Yan Zongwang returned to the camp, he saw that Ha Mi Chi was waiting for him in the army, so he asked, "Ha Mi Chi, you are not in the army of the Fourth Highness, why are you here?" ”

Ha Mi fell to the ground and said, "Commander, quickly write a letter to persuade the Fourth Highness, the Fourth Highness has attacked Sankou Town several times, and he has lost his mind, and now our army has suffered more than a thousand casualties, and we can't fight anymore!" ”

Wanyan Zongwang gasped and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in these three towns, and you actually have more than a thousand dead and wounded?" ”

Ha Mi replied, "There are only two or three thousand soldiers and horses, but there are hundreds of trebuchets, Neihuang is the place where several big businesses in the Great Song Dynasty started, and there is naturally no shortage of armaments for Qianduo, it is said that there are five or six hundred trebuchets and bed crossbows in Neihuang City." The local walls are clear, the people are in the city, the soldiers guard the land as their home, fight to the death, our army is here, the reinforcements from all over the Song Kingdom will come, and our army will be in danger at that time. ”

Wanyan Zongwang nodded and said, "You have a point..."

Just after the first battle, let Wanyan Zongwang see the determination of the army generals in the Daimyo Mansion to fight the main battle, if he led the whole army south, then the Daimyo Mansion will definitely cut off his logistics line, if you want to leave the soldiers and horses, Kaifeng is the capital of the Song Kingdom, how can it be so easy to fight?

Wanyan Zongwang took a breath and said, "Now that our army is alone, when it is a blow, I will immediately order His Royal Highness to return to the army, and he will be stationed in this village, I don't ask you to wait for the Daimyo's Mansion to be defeated, I just want to watch the back road of our army." ”

Ha Mi Qi hurriedly received the order, and after Yan Zongwang wrote the military order, he took the order and left.

Under the three towns, Wanyan Zongbi was preparing to attack again with red eyes, although there were already scouts reporting that there were other Song soldiers and horses nearby, he still didn't want to retreat.

But when Ha Mi Chi took Wanyan Zongwang's military order, the blood in his eyes immediately retreated, in the Jin army at this time, Wanyan Zongwang's prestige was far greater than Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zongbi did not have the courage to confront at all, he looked at Sankou Town resentfully, what he didn't know was that in fact, Sankou Town at this time was already the end of the strong crossbow, although Sankou Town had a lot of defending ordnance, but once it was hand-to-hand combat, the weakness of lack of combat experience would be exposed, since the Jin soldiers began to climb the city, facing those heavily armored Jin soldiers, Sankou Town often has to pay three to five times the number of human lives to kill these golden soldiers, if it weren't for Wanyan Zongbi's lack of experience, and Sankou Town used fire oil to block the follow-up Jin soldiers at every turn, Sankou Town would have been taken long ago.

Wanyan Zongbi took a breath and asked, "Ha Mi, did you let His Royal Highness order it?" ”

Ha Mi Qi bowed and said, "Your Highness, Neihuang is just a corner of the place, there are still several Song cities behind our army to hold on, such as our army for a long time, the Song army is connected everywhere, and our army is about to fall into the danger of suffering from the enemy on the back of the belly." ”

Wanyan Zongbi closed his eyes and thought for a while, then stood up and bowed to Ha Michi, "If it weren't for Mr., I almost missed a big event, and please ask Mr. to speak more in the future to protect me Dajin Yongchang!" ”

Ha Miqi hurriedly helped Wan Yan Zongbi to get up, and the two looked at each other with affection.

After Yan Zongbi returned to the Daimyo's Mansion with the army, he knew that the Daimyo's Mansion army had actually attacked Dazhai at night, and he couldn't help but sigh that the Song army was not unmanned, but the monarch was just faint and lazy.

Entering Dazhai, Wanyan Zongbi saw a Han official asking for a meeting outside the account, and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" ”

When the man saw Yan Zongbi, he bowed and said, "I have seen the Fourth Highness, in Wuhan Ying." ”

Wanyan Zongbi patted his head and said, "I remember, you are the official of the original Song people, what is your name as an overseer?" ”

Wuhan Yingdao "is the lower official, but the original official position of the lower official is the capital eunuch." ”

"Fourth brother is here? Come on in. Wanyan Zongwang shouted inside, Wuhan Ying lowered his head and hid to the side, Wanyan Zongbi pulled him and said, "Let's go in together." ”

Wuhan Ying was pulled into the big tent in a panic, Wan Yan Zongwang looked at Wan Yan Zongbi and Wuhan Ying and the Ha Mi who followed behind, and asked, "Wuhan Ying, what are you doing here?" ”

Wuhan Yingbai said, "Come and speak!" ”

Wanyan Zongwang asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

Wuhan Ying replied, "Marshal, since our army went south, even I, a person in the army, do not understand the meaning of Dajin's use of troops, not to mention the Chinese people and subjects, which is why the cities dare not surrender, and ask His Royal Highness to send people to post notices everywhere to advertise the country's intentions, and the lower officials are willing to contact the old department everywhere, so that the Song people can come to vote!" ”

Wanyan Zongbi clapped his hands and said, "That's right, Dashuai, the young general is not effective in this battle, I think it's because the local soldiers and civilians don't know what we mean, thinking that we want to kill them all, so they fight to the death, if they are told that we will not only not kill them, but also protect their property, how can they still die for the Emperor of the Song Kingdom?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang nodded and said, "That makes sense, then Wuhan Ying, this matter will be handled by you." ”

Wuhan Ying thanked him and retreated, and Wanyan Zongwang said to Wanyan Zongbi again, "Our army has been delayed in the Daimyo Mansion for too long, and I can't stay any longer, I am ready to continue to go south to Kaifeng, and this place will be guarded by you, and I can't let the soldiers and horses of the Daimyo Mansion spoil the major affairs of our army." ”

Saying that, Wanyan Zongwang recruited another Song person and introduced him to Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zongbi listened to his identity, and said with great joy, "Dashuai, since there is already an internal response in the city, why don't you join forces with the outside and take the Daimyo's mansion?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang shook his head and said, "No, that person no longer holds military power, and the goal of our army should be Kaifeng, fourth brother, you must stick to your own purpose when you lead the army in the future, and you can't change it easily, otherwise it is easy to be tempted by small profits and lead to the overall defeat." ”

Wanyan Zongbi nodded yes, and Wanyan Zongwang asked him to come to the place before he told him carefully.

- Kaifeng

Li Gang received Jiang De's letter, thinking that if there was no king's order, Jiang De would indeed be difficult to send troops, so he found Zhao Huan again and hoped that Zhao Huan would give an order.

In the main hall, Zhao Huan was discussing with Geng Nanzhong at this time.

It turned out that after Chen Dong went back that day, he united the students of Tai Academy to jointly write a letter, Zhao Huan actually had a long-term grudge against Cai Jing and others, but Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others followed Zhao Ji south, and it was simply impossible for him to order to hunt down and kill, not to mention that Zhao Ji was still there.

But Wang Hao was in Kaifeng, Wang Hao wanted Zhao Kai to replace Zhao Huan many times, Zhao Huan was deeply resentful, wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of it, and was worried about the discussion, so Geng Nanzhong discussed.

Geng Nanzhong also had a grudge against Wang Hao, so he came up with an idea and said, "Yin Nieshan of Kaifeng Mansion has a grudge against Wang Hao, you can ask him to send Wang Hao, and then hint at it, and he will be able to get rid of it!" ”

Zhao Huan nodded secretly, and as soon as he agreed, he heard Li Gang ask to see him, and glanced at Geng Nanzhong, Geng Nanzhong took the opportunity to take advantage of the medicine and said, "The official family, Chen Dong and others first wrote to Li Gang, and then to the official family, it can be seen that his momentum today, the official family entrusted the whole city with him, although it was to fight against the Jin State, but also to consider the way of checks and balances." ”

Zhao Huan nodded in his heart, but still said, "You can't say this outside, come here, let Li Gang enter the hall." ”

After Li Gang entered the palace, he told Jiang De about it, Zhao Huan had just been given eye medicine, and when he heard that Li Gang was going to invite foreign troops again, he asked, "Now that the Western Army is coming, the Pingyin Army has always been unruly... This..."

Li Gang hurriedly said, "Official, it is precisely because of the misunderstanding between the imperial court and the Pingyin army for a long time that he should invite his Qinwang, the Jin army is menacing, one more army, Kaifeng will be safer, not to mention that this time the Pingyin Marquis personally wrote a letter to ask for war, if you don't agree, I'm afraid it will be centrifuged from now on." ”

Zhao Huanqi said: "Jiang Xinzhi wrote a letter?" Why don't I know? ”

Li Gang knew a lot to say, and said heyly, "I'm afraid the official performance for the imperial court is still on the way." ”

Geng Nanzhong snorted, "It seems that the world is handsome, but at this time, I only know Li Xianggong, and I don't know the imperial court." ”

Li Gang glared angrily and said, "What do you mean by this, Lord Geng!" ”

Zhao Huan hurriedly interrupted, "Don't be like this, since Master Li thinks it's okay, let the Pingyin army also come to King Qin." ”

Li Gang hurriedly thanked him and left, and Geng Nanzhong said worriedly: "Doesn't the official family think that this Li Gang is not arrogant enough?" The Pingyin Army is a group of anti-thieves, no different from Dong Zhuo! ”

Zhao Huan asked unhappily, "Does the privy envoy think that I am the young emperor?" ”

Geng Nanzhong even said that he didn't dare.

Zhao Huan squinted his eyes, he had his own plans in his heart, such as after the Western Army entered Beijing, Kaifeng would dominate the Western Army, this was not what he wanted to see, attracting the Pingyin Army, and he had the meaning of checks and balances, not to mention that Li Gang had a strong personality, as long as he used a little means, he did not believe that the Western Army could be of the same mind as Li Gang.

To a certain extent, Zhao Huan is really Zhao Ji's son, and this imperial method is easy to come by.

- Liang Shan

Jiang De put Li Gang's letter on the table, stood up, in the righteous hall, all the generals gathered, Jiang De shouted loudly, "The Jin country has no reason to raise troops to the south, and the people of the world have the tendency to hang upside down. Pass on my military orders! ”

"Whoa!" Dozens of people on the left and right stood up in unison.

"Where is Dong Ping!"

"The last general!"

"You lead two thousand cavalry as the vanguard, and you are limited to Wanting within two days, and control the key passes along the way!" Jiang De shouted loudly.

"The last general commands!"

"Where is Xu Ning?"

"The last general!" Xu Ning came out of the queue.

"You lead two thousand elite infantry, follow Dong Ping, I limit you to three days to Wanting, after your second team gathers in Wanting, immediately send troops through Dongming to seize Mu Camel Gang, Xu Ning You are from Kaifeng, you should know the importance of Mu Camel Gang, you only need to hold on to four thousand people for two days, most of me will arrive!"

Xu Ning arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey orders!" ”

"Lu Junyi! Li Ying! Jiang De shouted again.

Lu Junyi and the others came out and said, "The last general!" ”

"There are Yue Fei and other brothers in the Daimyo Mansion who are holding on, and they have to be saved, not to mention that the Daimyo's Mansion is still the Inner Yellow Barrier, Lu Junyi, I order you to take Tang Bin to the rescue, and I will let Li Ying and Shi Jin help you, the two divisions of 20,000 people plus the original defenders of the Daimyo Mansion should be enough to penetrate the Jin soldiers guarding the Daimyo's Mansion."

"Obey!"

"Cheng Min, Wei Dingguo, Shan Tingjue, Wu Song, Shi Xiu, Lu Zhishen, Qin Ming!"

"The last general!" Standing up, a large group of generals shouted in unison.

"You and others bring their troops and horses and go with me to fight!" Jiang De waved his hand and shouted.

"Obey!" All the generals will drink together.

"The rest of the generals, each guarding their own village, waiting for my general's order! In addition, the escort fleet should do a good job of logistics and transportation, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"Obey!"

- Kaifeng

The atmosphere in Kaifeng was a little more relaxed at this time than some time ago, the Yellow River was guarded by a large army, and more importantly, the reinforcements of the Western Army arrived.

The gate of Kaifeng was wide open, Li Gang stood at the gate of the city, a large group of soldiers and horses appeared from a distance, people roared and neighed, and a brave spirit rushed to the sky.

"It's coming!" Li Gang clapped his hands and smiled.

I saw this soldier and horse, as the first member of the veteran holding a big knife, a big flag behind him, a kind of word on the book, followed by several generals, each tree flag, there are folds, there are Yao, all are the generals of the Western Army, and then look at the soldiers and horses, the cavalry is the majority, there are tens of thousands, mighty, like a dragon. At a glance, there are tens of thousands.

The veteran saw that there were several civil officials under the gate of Kaifeng, so he hurriedly dismounted and led the horse, and Li Gang also greeted him.

"Xiaguan Li Gang, I've seen the old man!" Li Gang has long admired Zhong Shidao, and when he bowed down first, Zhong Shidao was moved in his heart, and he also bowed down, "The last general, Zhong Shidao, has seen Master Li." ”

The two glanced at each other, laughed, Li Gang pointed to Xijun and said, "With such soldiers and horses, Kaifeng is worry-free, and I also invite you and me to go to see the official family, the official family has been waiting in the palace for a long time." ”

The two of them walked in the front, followed by Yao Pingzhong, the generals of the Western Army, and Zhi Yanzhi.

"How many soldiers and horses did the general bring this time?" Li Gang saw that there was no one left and right, and asked in a low voice.

Zhong Shidao also replied in a low voice, "It's really only 10,000, but it's just more flags." ”

Li Gang looked at him with wide eyes, Zhong Shidao stroked his beard and said, "The Jin soldiers are suddenly coming, no matter how fast this battle is for the Jin army, no matter how slow it is for our army, I think that the soldiers and horses of all the Qinwang are almost there, and the Jin soldiers hesitate for a day, and our army's chances of victory will increase by one point."

I have already posted notices in various places, saying that I have brought a million people from the Western Army to King Qin, and I am afraid that Yan Zongwang will hesitate for a few days after learning about it. ”

Li Gang praised: "The old general has not yet arrived, and he knows the chance to win, Caiye!" ”

Everyone entered the palace, Zhao Huan had been waiting for a long time, many ministers were left and right, Li Gang took Zhong Shidao and others to worship, Zhao Huan immediately asked, "How many soldiers and horses did the old general bring this time?" ”

Zhong Shidao glanced at Li Gang and said loudly, "The last general has led a total of 100,000 troops this time, and 10,000 vanguard troops have entered the city, and the follow-up soldiers and horses will arrive soon." ”

Everyone was immediately overjoyed, and there was a sound of exhalation, Li Gang couldn't help but glance at Zhong Shidao, knowing that he was in the heart of the Manchu Dynasty, at this time, an internal official hurriedly came in and reported, "Qi Guan's family, the former Yanshan Mansion Governor Wuhan Ying Palace asked to see him!" ”

"What? Wuhan Ying is back? Zhao Huan was startled and looked at Geng Nanzhong on the side, Geng Nanzhong came out and said, "Wuhan Ying must have come from the Jin Army, and he just happened to learn about the reality of the Jin Army." ”

Zhao Huan nodded, and asked people to take Wuhan Ying into the palace, and soon, Wuhan Ying entered the palace and said, "The guilty minister Wuhan Ying visited the official family." ”

"Wuhan Ying! I heard that you have received the official position of the Jin State, what kind of face do you have to come back to see the official family? Wu Min was the first to come out and shouted.

Wuhan Ying looked at Zhao Huan and said, "The criminal minister is dedicated to the country, Yanshan Mansion has fallen, and the criminal minister is just imitating Zhu Xu." ”

Zhu Xu was a famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who once deceived the former Qin and secretly assisted the Jin army in the Battle of Weishui, causing the former Qin to be defeated.

"Then you talk about it first, Jin Jun is virtual and real." Li Gang asked.

Wuhan Ying immediately replied, "The criminal minister has been in the army of Wanyan Zongwang, and he knows seven or eight of the Jin soldiers, and the commander of the Jin soldiers on the East Road is Wanyan Zongwang, and since he has surrendered the army in Yanshan Mansion and other places, he has more than 100,000 soldiers and hundreds of generals, all of whom are soldiers who can recruit good soldiers, brave and wise generals. ”

Everyone gasped, but when they thought that there were now 100,000 reinforcements from the Western Army, they couldn't help but have some confidence again.

Zhao Huan said again, "I have sent someone to negotiate peace, Jin Guo may agree?" ”

Li Gang looked at Zhao Huan in surprise, but Zhao Huan didn't look at him, Wuhan Ying nodded and said, "If you can defeat the Jin army, it is naturally possible to talk about peace." ”

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "That's good, that's good, it's good to be able to talk." ”

Wuhan Ying elaborated on the details of Jin Bing's journey south, and when he heard about the fierceness of Jin Jun, Zhao Huan and the others were deeply afraid, and Zhong Shidao shook his head secretly.

After the dissolution of the court meeting, Li Gang and Seed Master Dao and others went to the military headquarters to discuss military deployment.

Li Gang first introduced: "After my inventory and combing, the forbidden army in the capital has 45,000 available soldiers, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from all over the city, and countless money, food, and ordnance in the city, which can be used in the city for a year. ”

The seed master nodded and sighed, "Gao Yu is incompetent, corrupt my forbidden army, I brought eight thousand cavalry, but I have already written to Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong on the way, these two are generals, and they will arrive soon." ”

Li Gang nodded and said, "That's good, I don't know what kind of strategy the Xianggong can have to break the enemy?" ”

Zhong Shidao nodded and said, "Although the Jin army has 100,000, but I have nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses of King Qin, I defend the enemy's attack, don't be afraid, when the pass is guarded, wait for the enemy army to go deeper, cut off its grain transportation back road, and use cavalry to block its plunder, in the heavy army approaching its army, stick to it without fighting, step by step, imitate the battle of Zhou Yafu besieging the Seven Kingdoms in the past, and wait for its sharp edge, you can let it return to the north, choose a place and ambush it, you can win a big victory!" ”

Li Gang was overjoyed and said, "With the old general here, you can worry about it!" ”

- On the north bank of the Yellow River that night

He Guan and Liang Fangping guarded the south and north banks of the Yellow River respectively, of which Liang Fangping led 7,000 troops to be stationed in Junzhou to guard the north bank, and He Guan led more than 10,000 troops to guard the south bank.

The Junzhou ferry port is on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is not only for people to cross the river, but also has a pontoon bridge to connect the two banks, which is the most important place.

At this time, Liang Fangping was drinking with everyone, and he came in from the gate, looking at this scene, he sighed in his heart, came to the middle, and said to Liang Fangping, "Lord Liang, our army scouts have found that there are golden soldiers scouting horses, and please give the order to prepare for war!" ”

Liang Fangping raised his eyes and looked at it, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be General Song, General Song is eager for meritorious service, I can understand it, but Jin Bing is still in the Daimyo's Mansion, I'm afraid it's just some bandits, General Song is too worried." ”

This person turned out to be Song Jiang, and Song Jiang was still a general personally appointed by Liang Fangping in Liang Fangping's army, but what Song Jiang didn't understand was why after arriving here, Liang Fangping changed his attitude greatly, not only holding banquets every day, but also being indifferent to preparing for war.

Song Jiang reluctantly returned to the barracks, and told Zhu Yan and others about Liang Fangping's attitude, Hua Rong arched his hand and said, "Since Lord Liang doesn't believe it, the young general is willing to capture a few people alive, and if you think there is a living mouth, Lord Liang will believe it." ”

Song Jiang nodded, let Hua Rong do it, and when Hua Rong left, Zhu Yan stroked his beard and said, "My lord, let's let the soldiers prepare, I'm afraid that Lord Liang is going to escape." ”

Song Jiang couldn't believe it and said, "This Lord Liang is not an ordinary eunuch, and there is a danger in the Yellow River, why do you want to escape?" ”

Zhu Yan said: "Who is Lord Liang's henchman?" The Emperor is also too great! Emperor Taishang is now in Jiangnan, what do you want to see the most? ”

A flash of lightning struck Song Jiang's head, and he stammered a little and said, "Official... The official family is not like this. ”

Zhu Yan sighed: "The students also hope that it will not be like this... Let's see how General Liang behaved after General Hua captured Jinren. ”

Hua Rong took the light cavalry to the north less than thirty miles, and met the Jin soldier scout, Hua Rong took a bow and shot arrows, shot three people, captured two people alive and returned, Song Jiang took Hua Rong and these two people to recruit Liang Fangping, Liang Fangping looked at the Jin soldiers kneeling on the ground, frowned and said silently, "I'm afraid it's a bandit pretending." ”

Hua Rong thought that Liang Fangping was questioning his merits, so he grabbed one person with one hand and handed it forward, "If you are a thief, your scalp must be newly shaved, and your clothes and armor will also be newly made, but do you look at this person?" ”

Liang Fangping frowned and hesitated, "Okay, where is Jin Bing now?" ”

"Report !!" A sergeant hurried in and reported "Newspaper! The Jin Army Brigade appeared ten miles north of the city! About tens of thousands! ”

"What?" Liang Fangping's eyes were flustered, and he immediately said to Song Jiang, "General Song, you immediately take your battalion of soldiers and horses to defend the city and block the enemy, and I will lead the army to guard the pontoon bridge. ”

Song Jiang looked at Liang Fangping for a long time and was silent, Liang Fangping said angrily, "If you don't receive your order, what do you want?" ”

Song Jiang bowed his head and bowed, "The last general will take orders!" "I left with Hua Rong.

Liang Fangping looked at Song Jiang's back, looked up at the south, and muttered, "Official, the old slave did his best!" ”

Song Jiang walked on the road and said to Hua Rong, "Let the brothers prepare, we must break through immediately!" ”

"Breakout? Brother, don't you defend the city? Hua Rong asked.

"Defending the city?" Song Jiang sighed: "Brother thinks that Liang Fangping will really guard the Yellow River?" ”

- Yellow River pontoon bridge

"Retreat! Evacuate!! Liang Fangping shouted loudly, thousands of Song troops were in a mess, rushing to the south, and there were constantly blades and armor thrown into the river by the sergeants, He Guan, who had just received the news on the south bank, looked at this scene, and his angry white hair was about to stand upside down.

"Stop them for me! Fast! He Guan shouted loudly, but the routs were like a tide, where could they stop them, and even some of the routs began to draw their swords against He Guan in order to survive.

A ridiculous scene appeared, He Guan and Liang Fangping's army were both Kaifeng's forbidden army, and they knew each other, many people scolded each other, swords and guns at the same time, but they didn't do it, He Guan saw that Liang Fangping also crossed the river, and stomped his feet and said, "That's it, burn the bridge quickly!" You can't let the Jin soldiers come over! ”

"The Golden Soldier is here!!" He Guan looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw the sky-high firelight, which rushed towards the pontoon bridge, and even faintly heard screams.

"Eunuch! If you want to escape, you can escape, why don't you even leave a palace, the Yellow River is finished!! He Guan wailed, and sure enough, as he thought, the sergeant who had been in a mess heard that the Jin soldiers had arrived, and he didn't even have the courage to look back, He Guan looked at the Song army that retreated like a tide, and sighed, although he had worked hard to train these forbidden troops, but these armies composed of hawkers and craftsmen really did not have the courage to fight.

After a while, there was not a single Song army on both sides of the Yellow River, and the pontoon bridge was cut off and not completely burned.

Wanyan Zongwang's pioneer Pu Cha and Shenguo collected for a long time and found more than ten ships, but they could only transport less than 1,000 people at a time, but when these 1,000 people docked in fear, they were surprised to find that no one came to stop them, and the Yellow River was completely broken since then.

Wanyan Zongwang heard that the Yellow River had been crossed, and hurriedly came to the Yellow River in person, and when he saw the Yellow River pontoon bridge, he sighed, "If the Song Dynasty has a good general, guarding the north and south, and using this as a link, how can we cross this river." ”

The news of the loss of the Yellow River quickly spread to Kaifeng with the rout, and the whole Kaifeng suddenly became a mess, Zhao Huan urgently summoned Li Gang and others to discuss the matter, and the planter said that "the official family is at ease, although the Yellow River is a natural danger, but it cannot be defended for a long time, since ancient times, only the Jianghuai has been successful, and there is no success in guarding the Yellow River, so this is expected by the end of the general." ”

Zhao Huan suddenly said happily, "So, the old general has a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Seed Master Dao secretly complained in his heart, he did think that the Yellow River would be lost, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, he was originally going to ambush a cavalry, and when the Jin soldiers crossed the river, they were half crossed, maybe they were really old, but the truth of the speed of the soldiers was forgotten.

"Report! He Guan led the army outside the city to seek to enter the city! "An insider came in to report.

"Don't enter! Tell him! If you retreat without a fight, can you be subservient? Keep him out of the city! Jin Bing is coming, and he wants to be the first to go! Zhao Huan roared without thinking, he was indeed very angry, because he vaguely felt that the rout of the Yellow River this time was not simple, although he didn't know what role He Guan played in it, but he didn't dare to take risks.

After saying He Guan and continuing the military discussion, Li Gang said, "Officials, now that the soldiers of King Qin are gathered, the soldiers are taboo, and they cannot be unified without moderation. May the two generals be tempered by their ministers. ”

This is to ask Zhao Huan to entrust all the military power to him, Zhao Huan suddenly kicked in his heart, he thought about the Western Army and Li Gang to check and balance each other, he stroked his beard and said, "The teacher is old and knows the soldiers, and the position is high, and the same officer as the Qing, not to be humiliated." ”

Yes, this is to say that Li Gang is above the Dao of the Seed Master is an insult to the Dao of the Seed Master, and the possibility of the unity of the two is eliminated in an instant, but it is clean and neat.

Subsequently, Zhao Huan sealed the seed division as the Xuanfu envoy, and Li Gang had the same power, and made Yao Pingzhong the capital control, divided the division of the military power, since then, the original Kaifeng forbidden army was under the control of the battalion division, Li Gang was responsible, the Quartet reinforcements were in charge of the Xuanfu Division, and the division was responsible, but the specific generals had their own commanders, and the military power of Kaifeng was instantly divided and could not be unified in command.

The next day, Kaifeng Mansion reported that the former Taifu Wang Huang was killed by thieves, Zhao Huan cried, and said to everyone that he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to the Emperor Taishang, so that people would report to Jiangnan.

Wang Hao's death was just the beginning, and when the student Chen Dong saw that Wang Hao was killed, he thought that the time had come, and continued to write to Zhao Huan to execute Liang Shicheng, who was staying in the palace.

Liang Shicheng helped Zhao Huan back then, and Zhao Huan originally wanted to keep Liang Shicheng, but the rout of the Yellow River for no reason made him feel a mortal threat, and he couldn't wait to cut off Zhao Ji's cronies who stayed in Kaifeng.

Liang Shicheng didn't expect that he would end up like this when he defended Zhao Huan like that, he was sent out of Kaifeng less than twenty miles, and he was violently killed in the post station.

The killing of Liang Shicheng further ignited the passion of Chen Dong and others, and these newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers gathered together and prepared to further raise their voices.

Qin Hui watched Chen Dong and the others go crazy step by step, and didn't dare to stay in Taixue anymore, so he tried to transfer out of Taixue.

On the other side, the Jin soldiers went down to Wuqiu, Fengqiu and other cities and came to the outside of Kaifeng.

In Kaifeng City, Li Gang and Seed Master Dao made the final deployment, in fact, Li Gang and Seed Master Dao also understood Zhao Huan's intentions, but it was one thing to understand it, and it was another thing to really give up the military power in his hand and obey the command of another person at the same level.

Especially when Li Gang didn't actually have any combat experience.

Just when the battle of Kaifeng was about to break out, a soldier and horse quickly inserted from the east.

This soldier and horse is only 4,000 people, but everyone has a horse, it turned out that Dong Ping sent out in order to quickly assault, brought 4,000 war horses, and gave Xu Ning 2,000, although Xu Ning's sickle hook spearmen are not cavalry, but it is still possible to get on the horse, these 4,000 people have been set off from the Yellow River, and immediately rushed to Kaifeng Mansion non-stop.

"Master Xu, how many supplies are there in this Mu Camel Gang, Hou Ye doesn't care about it like that." Dong Ping asked curiously.

Xu Ning stroked the sickle hook on the hook of victory and said, "This Mu Camel Gang has to start from the previous dynasty, in the past, Chai Rong once had ten years to open up the world, ten years to raise the people, ten years to the peace of the thirty years of ambition, you must know that there are two main enemies in the Later Zhou Dynasty, one is the Southern Tang Dynasty, the other is the Khitan, the Southern Tang Dynasty wants the water army, the Khitan wants the horse army, the Later Zhou period, or the era when the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, Chai Rong did not dare to put the elite of the horse army in other places, so he set the Mu Camel Gang as the place where the horse army was stationed, which was the beginning of the Mu Camel Gang horse breeding.

Then to this dynasty, the officials of this dynasty will be the most important place to raise horses, after a hundred years of accumulation, especially after the prince changed the law, so far there are tens of thousands of war horses, grain and grass hoarding like a mountain, it can be said that here, our army cavalry can at least double. ”

After hearing this, Dong Ping's eyes were red, and he shouted loudly, "Pass my military order!" Marching quickly, don't care about horsepower, when we arrive at Mu Huogang, there are war horses for us to use! ”

Xu Ning laughed out loud, and quickly whipped up, and the four thousand sergeants were like a reckless dragon, heading straight for Mu Huogang.