The first year of the Republic, December 18.

On the east bank of the Yellow River, the sky gradually brightened, and Wu Yixin rode his horse, just standing on a high place with Ma Kuo, Zhao Yi, Wu Jue and a few others. In front of them, eighty scout cavalrymen belonging to the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Army walked around the east bank of the river, only looking across the Yellow River where the morning mist was still wafting.

On the east bank of the Yellow River, where they are located, is of course a section of the Yellow River that flows north through Tianjin and Qingzhou in the Song Dynasty. The east bank belongs to Tianjin Province, and the west bank belongs to Cheongju. The specific location of Wu Yixin and others is between the Qingzhou Mansion City and the Diaoyu Zhai Fort in the Song Dynasty.

This section of the river is very wide, the water level is deep, and the current is not slow. For most of the year, it's an insurmountable barrier. Both the Song and Zhou dynasties deployed heavy troops on both sides of the Yellow River and built many fortresses.

Between the forts, there will also be a beacon tower every ten miles, which can be used to look out and quickly report the discovery to the rear - these beacon towers are not only along the Yellow River and the Zhou and Song borders, but also all the way to the rear towns, ready to inform the enemy of the invasion or impending invasion.

But for most of the year, it is not easy to cross the Yellow River and invade. It is necessary to concentrate a large number of ships in advance, and it is easy to be detected by the opposing beacon towers and the watchtowers of the fortress.

Before the crossing of the river begins, the opposing army's army will most likely be on the riverside!

Therefore, the Yellow River defense line is relatively reliable for most of the year, and it is only during the ice season that the moat becomes a thoroughfare.

And these days, the temperature has plummeted, and it is time for the dripping water to turn into ice.

The 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Zhou Army also moved south from the No. 1 fortress on the south bank three days ago to the bank of the Yellow River, 25 miles from Qingzhou City. and quickly occupied the position of crossing the river, began to build a camp, and waited for the Yellow River to freeze.

The night before, a group of scout cavalry had finally completed their reconnaissance of crossing the Yellow River from the ice at the risk of falling into an ice cave, and all returned unharmed.

This shows that the ice surface of the Yellow River has frozen strong enough to withstand the passage of cavalry.

Since the ice on the river could withstand the passage of cavalry, the time for the 3rd and 4th Divisions to cross the river and invade the Great Song Dynasty was almost ripe.

Therefore, the two division commanders, Wu Yixin and Zhao Yi, immediately asked their superiors, General Xue Ding, the overseer of the Hebei West Road Corps, to launch a crossing operation immediately.

Their request was immediately approved! Xue Ding ordered the 3rd and 4th Divisions to cross immediately, and then find a suitable place to build a camp and wait for the arrival of the main force - the Hebei West Road Corps had a total of six infantry divisions and a cavalry division, as well as a number of independent engineers, artillery and baggage troops, with a total strength of up to 100,000!

In addition, there was a Hebei East Road Army on the Zhou side of the border between Tianjin and Cangzhou, and the total strength was also comparable to that of the Hebian West Road Army, with Army General Luo Gang as the overseer.

The two major armies, the 200,000 Zhou army, armed to the teeth, will attack at the same time!

The 80 horsemen in charge of pathfinding spread out a loose straight line, and after the morning fog cleared slightly, they began to step onto the ice.

Unlike the lightly armed scouts who had been dispatched the night before, the people who crossed the river today were all armoured riders with horses in their hands.

If they could cross the river safely, the infantry would have been able to drive through in formation.

When it gets colder tonight, it will be the turn of the artillery and baggage men to cross the river.

The situation on the other side of the river has also been reconnoitred in the past two days, and the Song army brigade has not been found. If nothing else, they should have received a beacon signal after the two divisions of the Zhou army crossed the river in a big way, and then immediately set out. It should arrive at the battlefield in three to four days - because many Song military planes should mutiny, the Zhou army knew the deployment and action plan of the Song army well, so it also formulated a targeted battle plan.

The Hebei West Route Corps would not immediately advance in depth after crossing the river, but would spread out on the west bank of the Yellow River, occupy positions, and approach the city of Qingzhou. Make a gesture of attacking Qingzhou City to attract the Song army.

Ma Kuo immediately stood beside Wu Yixin and said in a low voice: "Xinzhi, it's over, it seems that there is no problem." ”

Wu Yixin didn't look back, just looked west, and laughed in a low voice: "Zichong, I am the division commander, and I should cross the river with the vanguard troops." You are the commander of the machine, and the division command department will be handed over to you...... Alright, let's take our seats! ”

Ma Kuo didn't fight with Wu Yixin either, and Zhou Jun's actions were sometimes very rigid and constrained by various orders. So he hugged his fist at Wu Yixin, waved his hand, and galloped down the hill with a few opportunities from the Military Aircraft Division. At the bottom of the hillside, the infantry and cavalry of the Zhou army were already in position.

These are the elite of the Third Division, who fought Ao Luhui and Wanyan Zonghan not long ago, and the whole army has been stained with a lot of blood, and the morale is high and murderous. are waiting for a decisive battle with the Song army after crossing the river!

I heard that the Song army went to the battlefield with rewarded goods!

Didn't you get rich after this battle? Not only can you capture weapons and horses, you can capture prisoners, but you can also pick up money...... It's kind of ridiculous! What's the use of going to war with money?

"All the Fifth Infantry Brigade, cross the river and spread out, set up positions!" Wu Yixin also ordered loudly at this time, "The division command division will then ......"

At this moment, in the air on the other side of the Yellow River, a flash of fire suddenly flickered, and it was obvious that someone was using a burst rocket to report the situation somewhere in the rear.

The beacon tower of the Song army reacted in time, and it had already discovered that the Zhou army team had stepped on the ice!

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Outside the city of Hejian Fu, the camp where the new army of the Great Song Dynasty was located was in the west of Hejian City, along the Hutuo River on a hill. There are people on the left and right, with the city of Hejian in the back and an open field in front of it, enclosed with a wooden fence, and many horses are placed.

There are 10 generals of the new army stationed outside the city of Hejian Province, namely the fifth general of Kaifeng; the first and second generals of the river; the first general of Xihe, the first and second generals of Shuofang; the second general of the daimyo; the first and second generals of Yan Yan; The fourth general of Zhaoyi. Among them, the first general of Shuofang and the fourth general of Zhaoyi are still pure cavalry generals.

The current Great Song Dynasty is no longer particularly short of horses, with the Liang Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom in the northwest to provide, as well as the Shuofang Racecourse. It's enough for the Song army to organize a powerful cavalry corps! Therefore, it is not an uncommon thing for a cavalry general to be configured with one man and two horses.

Of course, the horses of the Song army were not rich. Because in addition to building cavalry, they also engaged in a chariot-fort tactic, and there were many four-wheeled carriages in the troops, which also needed to be dragged by horses. Horses were also needed to tow the cannons. And because the level of care for the horses is not high, the loss rate of the horses is also high.

Therefore, the supply of horses was still relatively tight, so that there were not enough horses to pull the heavier artillery - on the issue of using light artillery to cooperate with the Chebao or using heavy artillery to abandon the Chebao, the Song New Army had a long debate with the Privy Council, and finally somehow took a combination of "light artillery and Chebao".

However, even if there was a slight mistake in the choice of artillery, the combat effectiveness of the new army of the Song army should not be underestimated.

Therefore, the whole army was very unconvinced by the inexplicable defeat in August, and they all wanted to be humiliated. Only a group of Ji Yi was relatively stoppable, and they didn't dare to jump up and down anymore.

Because in August and September, including the Xuanfu Division and the Hejian Economic Strategy Division, as well as the subordinate generals, they all carried out a purge of the military machinery that liked to talk nonsense. Many were dismissed from office, and some simply defected to the Zhou state. The frequent defection incidents made Xuanshuai Lu Yihao feel that the military aircraft was unreliable, so he also put on a concert, suggesting that the military aircraft should be replaced by literati who knew the soldiers.

The official Zhao Ji actually approved this recital, not because he couldn't trust the martial artists, but because the new army was expanding vigorously, and there was a shortage of officers everywhere. Since Lu Yihao thinks that it is useless for martial artists to be resourceful, then transfer back to lead the troops.

At the same time that the warriors and military planes left the Hebei Xuanfu Division, the Hejian Economic Strategy Division, and the Cangzhou Economic Strategy Division, some scholars who were familiar with the art of war and were good at strategizing also came.

Among them are Zhang Jun, a great talent of the Liberation Party, and Liu Ziyu and Liu Zihui, the two sons of the famous Lu Jingluo to appease Liu Tao - the second Liu and Zhang Jun are both members of the retro party, and all three were recommended by He Li to Lu Yihao's army.

By the way, He Li, Chen Dong, and Zhang Jun, these retro party members, have become very popular because of "killing chestnuts and making peace", and they were regarded as the nemesis of Zhou by Shilin in the Song Dynasty.

He Li's official position was promoted to the rank of Zhongshu Sheren and Attendant, Chen Dong took over as the secretary of the promotion of Juntian, and Zhang Jun served as the chief military officer of the Hebei Xuanfu Division with the rank of court official.

Zhang Jun is also recognized as a "famous general of resistance to gold" in the original history, and belongs to a famous general who can resist as many soldiers as he can...... But it's not all his fault, and his generals are indeed frustrated. If there were 300,000 troops like the new army of the Great Song Dynasty to fight the Battle of Fuping, they would not lose it.

"Yan Xiu, have you watched "Surprise Attack on Tianjin"? It was that Yue Fei who led Jianbai's Qice. ”

Zhang Jun was looking through the documents and countermeasures (plans) left by the previous military planes in the military aircraft room at this time - he is a scholar! In addition, in order to better clear the field, he has also learned a lot of new knowledge over the years (geometry knowledge is required to clear the field), so he can understand the countermeasures of the new military science. When I saw Yue Fei's "Surprise Attack on Tianjin", I couldn't help but shout.

"I've seen it, but it's not going to be used!" Liu Ziyu said.

Zhang Jun said: "The strategy is useless, but the general can be promoted." What is this Yue Fei doing now? ”

"I'm doing the team."

"How can such a general be a team?" Zhang Jun shook his head, "It should be given to a battalion general." ”

"How can Lu Xuanshuai use him?" Liu Ziyu said.

"Then recommend him to Kaifeng Mansion to train recruits." Zhang Jun said, "There are many opportunities over there, and a battalion will always have ......."

As he was talking, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and then I saw Liu Zihui walking in quickly, "Deyuan, Yanxiu, the beacon fire is rising in the direction of Qingzhou!" ”

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