Zhou Hai led 30,000 Xia army iron cavalry out of the west gate, Yamashita Masao led 20,000 Japanese soldiers out of the east gate, and the two armies went straight to the Song army camp thirty miles away.

"The whole army will speed up and kill the Song army ......camp as fast as possible," Zhou Hai roared and gave the military order.

"Driving, driving, driving......"

At this time, the forward of the Song army was still commanded by Chen Lin, and Chen Lin had been appointed by Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty as the general of the striker, after all, the Song generals who fought with the Xia army in Jiangnan were Chen Lin except for Li Bao; Moreover, Zhao Xu can see that this person is loyal, and he is not afraid of life and death, he dares to fight, and he will definitely be a general with a little training in the future.

"Brothers, work hard! We are going to set up this camp before sunset, and Your Majesty's army will arrive at sunset......"

"Hey, hey, hey......"

50,000 Song soldiers shouted slogans shirtless on the west bank of the canal and set up camp, there were no guards nearby, the camp where the 400,000 troops lived was not so easy to build, and there were no villages and towns nearby, everything had to be done by the Song soldiers themselves, the most difficult of which was wood, many of the wood used for camping were brought by the Song army themselves, and some of them needed to be cut down in the nearby forests.

"Rumble, Rumble, Boom......"

"What sound? Why is the earth still trembling? Chen Lin asked with a frown.

"Could it be that His Majesty's army has arrived early?"

"This can't be! Before coming, His Majesty said that it would be possible to arrive at sunset at the earliest......" Chen Lin immediately realized what was going on, and immediately issued a military order: "The whole army is arrayed to meet the enemy, and the whole army is arrayed to meet the enemy......"

But at this time, it was too late, and many Song soldiers didn't know what was going on! The Song soldiers who were puzzled looked west, only to see a black cloud flying towards them in the sky, "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......" dense arrow rain shot the Song soldiers who were standing on the spot to a heart-chilling, many Song soldiers were shot directly to death before they had time to dodge, and after three rounds of arrow rain, the Xia cavalry had already rushed into the camp of the Song army.

In the face of the Xia army's iron cavalry, the Song army was defenseless at all, in order to build a large camp for convenience, the Song soldiers took off their armor and threw their weapons aside, at this time facing the Song army armed to the teeth, the Xia army was a group of lambs to be slaughtered, many Song soldiers who had not seen the cavalry turned their heads and ran, and the slaughter came again.

The cavalry of the Xia army used the tactics of dividing around the 50,000 Song army and then eating it little by little, when the battle was halfway through, the 20,000 Japanese soldiers led by Yamashita Masao were late, and the slaughter of the Song army was more smooth with these 20,000 Japanese soldiers, and the Song army lost 50,000 troops before the official war began.

When the sun set, when Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty led an army of 350,000 to come here, the Xia army only left a field full of corpses and a large camp that was burned before it was completed, and the Xia army also used the corpse of the Song army to put four words 'Zhao Xu's tomb' before evacuating, and the rest did not even leave a single hair; ”

At this time, it was too late to set up camp, except for Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty and some Song generals who had military tents, the rest of the ordinary Song soldiers and officers could only sleep in the field; In the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Song army, a general of the Song army hurriedly walked in and reported to Zhao Xuyu: "Your Majesty, General Chen Lin has been found, and he is still alive but seriously injured, and he is still unconscious. ”

"I know, you go down first!"

Today's scene is a very big blow to Zhao Xu, and the Song army, which was already demoralized, has no morale at this time, facing the Xia army like a wolf and a tiger, these recruits who have just been in the army for a long time, they have not turned around and ran away directly, and now the only one in Zhao Xu's hands who can have some combat power is probably only the 50,000 Praetorian Guards.

On the south gate of Wuxi City, Li Qing, the king of Yan, was sitting here waiting for news, and Zhou Hai, who had returned to the city, came to Li Qing to report: "Lord, 50,000 Song troops have been annihilated, and the last general also sent someone to put down the words 'Zhao Xu's tomb'. ”

"What about our casualties?" Li Qing asked with concern.

"The cavalry suffered less than 1,000 casualties, most of them were only slightly wounded, and the Japanese soldiers lost about 2,000."

"Order the army to rest immediately, and strengthen patrols tonight to prevent the Song army from coming to sneak attack."

"Yes, that's what I'll do."

Although Li Qing's trick of 'snatching cubs from the tiger's mouth' was successful, and the Xia army still achieved a big victory, Li Qing did not see any smile on his face, Li Qing understood that this was just the beginning, and the more tragic battle had just begun, so Li Qing did not dare to take it lightly, Li Qing lived on the city gate tower that night, and did not return to the Chinese army's tent at all.

An hour before dawn, Li Qing, the king of Yan, who was sleeping soundly in the city gate tower, suddenly opened his eyes and said to the façade: "Someone is here to change the clothes of this king." ”

Soon, with the help of the sergeant, Li Qing, the king of Yan, put on his armor, and Li Qing ordered: "Order 30,000 iron cavalry and 20,000 Japanese soldiers to line up at the east and west gates, 15,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 Japanese soldiers at each gate, and not beat drums, and order Zhou Hai to come to see the king." ”

"Yes, I will obey the orders of the prince......"

Zhou Hai, who was sleeping, was woken up and said very dissatisfied: "What happened in the middle of the night? ”

"The prince's military order, order the general to go and see him quickly."

After Zhou Hai got dressed, he left the military order and walked to the south gate, Zhou Hai saw that the soldiers of the Xia army were busy all the way, Zhou Hai thought that the Song army had launched a night attack and did not dare to have any slackness, and immediately led the army to the north gate, but when Zhou Hai came to the north gate, he found that there was no one here except Li Qing.

"The last general, Zhou Hai, see the prince's ......," looked at Li Qing, who was dressed in military uniform, and immediately knelt down and bowed.

"Get up!"

"Lord Wang, this is still an hour before dawn! What are you doing with your army? ”

"Yesterday, the 'tiger's mouth snatched cubs' was successful, and today the king is going to gamble once......" Li Qing whispered in Zhou Hai's ear.

When Zhou Hai heard this, he was shocked and said: "Lord Wang, this move is too risky, and the last general will ask Lord Wang Ye to withdraw the military order." ”

"The military order has been issued and it cannot be recovered, so carry out the order!"

"Yes, the last general will order ......," Zhou Hai had no choice but to take the order.

At this time, in Zhou Hai's view, Li Qing is completely addicted to gambling, and has gone mad, Li Qing this time is not only gambling with himself and his 50,000 soldiers, but also gambling with the results of the Xia army in the entire south of the Yangtze River, if the battle wins the Song army, I am afraid that in a short period of time, I will not dare to attack Wuxi City, if this battle fails, Li Qing and his 50,000 troops are afraid that the whole army will be wiped out.

After Li Qing's victory in the tiger's mouth, Zhou Yang, who was in Huishan, also had some itchy hands, and was also gathering a large army and was ready to move, but Zhou Yang gathered all the elite cavalry under his command, and all the Japanese soldiers were left to guard the camp.

The second is more ......

(End of chapter)