The Yongding River is very wide, the river is also very muddy, and it can even be compared with the Yellow River, so the locals also call the Yongding River the Hunhe River, or the Provocation River, in fact, the real name of the Yongding River is called the Wuding River, because the river cement and sand are large, and the flow is also large, resulting in the river being open, leaving a lot of old channels, and the name of the Yongding River is just a good expectation of the local people.

"Provocative river? It looks like it really has a bit of the spirit of the Yellow River, although it is not as wide as the Yellow River, but it is not so easy to cross. Liu Ping smiled while looking at the Yongding River in front of him, the first battle after sending out the troops was good, although Guo Zun has not come back yet, but the battle report has been sent back, and his side is also very smooth, and he can come to meet them in a few days, which also makes Liu Ping's mood much easier.

"General, please see, this is the flattest section of the Yongding River, there used to be a general erection on the river surface, which could be used for carriages and horses to pass, but a few days ago it was burned by the Liao army, and all the boats on the river were collected by them to the north bank. At this time, a local who was found introduced to Liu Ping.

When he was in Juma City, Cao Ma once met the Han assassin, but it was only a few, and most of them were middle and high-level Han people, they used the Khitan people to squeeze their own clan, so as to become the rentier of the Liao State, and now in the face of the arrival of the Song army, they are naturally very resistant, but most of the remaining Han people do not care who rules them, and there are even a few people who are originally interested in the Great Song Dynasty, such as Zhao Anren whom Li Zhang knows.

Liu Ping, Cao Ma and others also raised their binoculars at this time, looking at the turbid Yongding River in front of them, the position they stood was a bridgehead, that is, the position of the previous general, there were two iron oxen on both sides of the bridgehead, which were used to fix the general, and there were also two docks on both sides of the general for ships to dock, after all, the carrying of the general is limited, and sometimes ships are used.

This section of the river is not very wide, about two or three hundred paces, but the water is very turbid, although the current is gentle, but it is said that the river is extremely deep, and I am afraid there is no other way to cross the river except to rebuild a new one.

After crossing the river and walking a few miles to the north, it is the Nanjing Xijin Mansion of the Liao State, but the guards of the Xijin Mansion did not defend the city, but took the initiative to send troops to camp on the other side of the river, apparently to take advantage of them to cross the river to block the attack, even if they could not defeat the Song army, they could also take advantage of the natural danger of the river to kill and injure a large number of Song troops, and then they calmly retreated to the Xijin Mansion to defend it, and it would be easier.

If you only look at the number of tents in the camp, I am afraid that the Liao army is definitely not less than 50,000, but Liu Ping knows very clearly that the defenders of Xijin Mansion are now only 30,000 at most, and most of the other troops have been transferred to the north, so the other party must be bluffing.

"I remember that the guard of Xijin Mansion is named Han Nanwang, he is the nephew of Han Derang, a famous general of the Liao State, and his family art of war is quite extraordinary, but I don't know how much skill he has learned?" After Liu Ping looked at the Liao army camp on the other side, he also sneered and said.

"Han Derang has five brothers, among them, in addition to Han Derang, only his fifth brother Han Dening is the most promising, and this Han Nanwang is Han Dening's eldest son, forty-one years old this year, in the prime of life, originally he was left behind in Nanjing, holding the military and political power of Xijin Mansion, but later Xiao Yunjin took power and sent her nephew Xiao Lusan to Xijin Mansion as a Nanjing guard, as for Han Nanwang, because of his illustrious family background, he was not liquidated, but became Xiao Lusan's deputy, before Xiao Lusan was transferred to the north to participate in the war, so Xijin Mansion was once again in charge of Han Nanwang." At this time, Hu Yan Shouxin opened his mouth and introduced that he had been in Hebei for a long time and was extremely clear about the situation in Liao.

"Looking south? It's an ambitious name, but he's still a Han, but since they only think of themselves as Liao, then don't blame us for being ruthless! Cao Ma also snorted coldly when he heard this.

Compared with the young Cao Mata, Liu Ping was quite calm at this time, and then I saw him carefully observe the terrain on both sides of the bank again, and then began to discuss the specific matters of crossing the river with Cao Mata and others.

Half-crossing and attacking used to be a classic case in the art of war, but the art of war is also constantly developing and improving.

The so-called imaginary five and real three, in fact, refers to the construction of several sums in the upstream and downstream at the same time when crossing the river, the so-called five and three are just imaginary numbers, mainly referring to the true and false sums built together, so that the enemy on the other side can not find the exact target, so that they have to disperse the troops, and even sometimes the false sums will become true, and the true sums may also become false, so that the enemy's forces are scattered, unless the general is built, otherwise they don't know which one the Song army will kill from?

Since it is necessary to build a number of generalizations, Liu Ping also led Cao Mata and others to personally inspect the riverbank, and finally determined the construction of ten true and false generalizations, and the ten generalizations are distributed in the upper and lower dozens of miles of the river, the Liao army on the opposite bank wants to defend, it is necessary to disperse the troops, although the Song army here also has to disperse the troops to cross the river, but the strength of the defenders far exceeds the Liao army, and it is virtual and real, so part of the initiative fell into the hands of the Song army.

Three days later, Guo Zun's Western Route Army also rushed to converge, Guo Zun's pressure was the heaviest in the early stage of the war, because his subordinates were mainly cavalry, so the area in charge was also the fastest, during this time he led his troops to sweep several cities in the west, and also cut off the communication between Xijing and Nanjing, but his men also paid a lot of casualties.

The soldiers are fast, this is also the strategy set by Liu Ping when he sent the troops, so after Guo Zun arrived, with his order, the ten roads immediately began to build, although this section of the river is relatively gentle, but the construction is not an easy task, fortunately, the army originally had a large number of craftsmen, these people are good at building bridges and paving roads, so the construction is also very fast.

At the same time, the Liao army on the other side was also ready to meet the enemy, a burly middle-aged man riding on a horse, was looking at the Song army on the other side, this middle-aged man was Han Nanwang, his grandfather was left behind in Nanjing, and later his uncle was a very human minister, but when it came to their generation, there were no outstanding talents in the family, and he was already the highest person in the Han family.

Han Nanwang also frowned at this time, the Song army on the other side of the river had built ten generals, and the speed was extremely fast, although he also knew that there must be something false in these ten generals, that is, there was nothing abnormal on the surface, but it was impossible to pedestrians at all, but in this case, he couldn't tell which one was true at all, so he could only guard it in ten ways.

However, Han Nanwang only had more than 30,000 people in his hands, and Nanjing also had to leave a part of the defenders, so he only brought 25,000 people this time, and if it was divided into ten roads, each road only had 2,500 people, although it seemed like a lot, but if it encountered the onslaught of the Song army at any cost, I am afraid it would be difficult to resist.

"Women have misled the country!" Thinking of the above, Han Nanwang couldn't help but groan in pain, when Xiao Yunjin wanted to transfer most of Nanjing's troops away, he also suggested leaving at least 50,000 people, so as to ensure the safety of Nanjing and the border, but Xiao Yunjin didn't listen at all, and only left him more than 30,000 people.

But now it's too late to ask for help, and since he led his troops to the Yongding River, it is impossible to return in vain, otherwise it will only shake the army's heart, so now he can only bite the bullet, and he still has a luxury hope in his heart at this time, that is, he hopes that the Song army is really as cowardly as the legend, and can allow him to resist the offensive of the Zi army with a small number of troops.

"Knock knock knock~" The war drums on the other side have been beating, and they are also being built rapidly, Han Nanwang of course will not watch the Song army build the general, with his order, the Liao warships by the river are also immediately dispatched, ready to destroy the construction of the general.