The fire burned for two days, and the entire Hejian County was burned to the ground, and nearly 30,000 Jin soldiers did not escape, and all of them were burned to death in Hejian County, making Hejian County a purgatory on earth that night.

At this time, Cao Meng led 40,000 reinforcements to Hejian County, although it was a little regrettable, but Cao Meng also knew that he was actually two days late, if Wu Jie hadn't used strategy to kill the Jin soldiers, the Jin soldiers would have already broken through to the north.

Cao Meng turned his gaze to the south, and he had a chance to finish Yan Yanmu's army in the south.

Although Wang Gui had led an army of 50,000 to the north a day earlier and marched into Yanshan Mansion, Wu Jie's 30,000 troops continued to stay in Hejian Mansion and intercepted the Jin soldiers in Hebei for the second time, while Zhang Jun's 30,000 troops also occupied Zhending Mansion, and he also laid an interception line in Zhending Mansion to intercept the Jin soldiers going north on the front line of Zhending Mansion.

This was an encirclement and interception of 260,000 troops, and their goal was the 30,000 troops of Wanyan Yanmu who had returned from the north.

At this time, Li Yanqing's 160,000 troops had been killed in Mingzhou, separated by about 100 miles from the Jin soldiers going north, and about 1,000 of their logistics ships entered the Yongji Canal from the Yellow River, transferred to Tangshui in Xiangzhou to the north, and entered Zhangshui in Linzhang County, Xiangzhou, this logistics fleet stretched for 20 miles, and there were more than 5,000 people in the fiber optic man, escorted by 20,000 troops.

Li Yanqing's main force marched in front of the supply ship, and that night, the army arrived in Ping'en County, Mingzhou, and in the night, more than 100,000 troops rested in the wilderness north of Ping'en County.

In a large tent, Li Yanqing and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi discussed the next battle plan in front of the ceramic map.

"According to the latest information, the Jin soldiers have gone north, and they have also got hundreds of ships to transport the looted grain and grass, thousands of carts carrying looted wealth and women, the march is relatively slow, and 35,000 cavalry are heading north along the Yongji Canal, which is currently in this position."

Li Yanqing planted a small black flag in Yangxu Town in Yongji Canal, "It's just a hundred miles to the southeast of us, it's unlikely that they will find us, but tomorrow they should find Cao Meng's army." ”

Li Yanqing nodded at Qinghe County again, "Cao Meng's 40,000 troops have arrived in Qinghe County south, preparing to intercept them in Qinghe County. ”

At this time, Han Shizhong asked, "If the Jin soldiers find Cao Meng's army, will they choose to make a detour to the north?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "This is the strategic choice of the two sides, the key is what kind of intelligence do we want to give the other party?" If the Jin soldiers found out that the Song army only had 40,000 men, what would they do? If they found out that the Song army had 200,000 people, what would they do? ”

Yue Fei nodded, "What does Du Shuai mean is that we hide the strength of the 160,000 army and strategically deceive the Jin soldiers?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "If the Jin soldiers find that the Song army only has 40,000 people, I think they will never give up their wealth and population easily, and they will definitely concentrate their forces to defeat the 40,000 Song army, as for the thousands of carriages, they will be placed in Zongcheng County, twenty miles south of Qinghe County, then this battle will be fought between Zongcheng County and Qinghe County." ”

"How are we going to get involved in this big war?" Liu Guangshi asked.

Li Yanqing pointed to Zongcheng County, "We divided our troops into two routes, General Han and General Yue each took 20,000 troops to make a detour to the north, and when the war broke out, we assisted Cao Meng's army in battle, and I led 100,000 troops to kill from behind Zongcheng County, surround the enemy army from behind, and be sure to annihilate Wanyanmu's army in the wilderness between Qinghe County and Zongcheng County." ”

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After the Song army in the famous city annihilated 5,000 gold soldiers, Wanyan Yan's mother also realized that danger was coming, and he persuaded the leaders of the Bohai and Goryeo tribes, and then led an army of 35,000 to the north, loaded with the spoils of war that had been burned and plundered, thousands of carts of all kinds of gold and silver, and more than 10,000 women.

This was a condition for the Bohai and Goryeo tribes to send troops to Hebei, and the Jin State had to ensure that they received enough money and women from the Song Dynasty, otherwise they would never follow the Jin State in the future.

Wan Yan Sheng, the wolf lord of the Jin Kingdom, agreed to this condition, but Wan Yan Xian did not agree very much, and at this time Wan Yan Xian had also realized that they needed to restore the northern economy to a certain extent, so that the northern economy of the Great Song Dynasty could support the Jin soldiers for a long time, otherwise the ruined north would only become a burden on the Jin State.

Although Wan Yan Sheng also agreed with Wan Yan Xianye's idea, but now that they are here, they will not get the support of these two allies if they do not give enough benefits to the Bohai and Goryeo Ministries.

Therefore, Wanyan Yanmu was sent to Hebei at this time, and became the deputy marshal of the capital, he actually had only one task, to satisfy the desire of the two tribes to plunder, and then led the army to retreat north.

In the morning, 35,000 cavalry escorted a large amount of grain and grass and wealthy women to about 20 miles south of Zongcheng County, at this time, the news came from the front outpost that more than 40,000 Song troops had been found in Qinghe County, 40 miles away, and cut off their way.

Wanyan Yan's mother immediately summoned several commanders to discuss countermeasures, and all the commanders unanimously agreed that they would never give up the spoils of war and concentrate their forces to defeat the Song army in one battle.

Even the leaders of the Balhae and Goryeo tribes, who had been reluctant to contribute to the siege, pat their chests, and their two 10,000-strong cavalry were willing to launch the first assault for the vanguard.

Wanyan Yanmu put the booty and women in Zongcheng County, and ordered 1,000 people to be in charge of guarding, and he led 34,000 cavalry to slowly go north, ready to attack the 40,000 Song troops who blocked the way.

At this time, the 40,000 Song army had quietly turned into an 80,000 Song army, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's 40,000 troops appeared in the northeast, and the 40,000 army led by Cao Meng had been lined up.

Wanyan Yanmu looked at the Song army that suddenly appeared in the northeast, and his heart suddenly sank into the abyss, he had been tricked, and the other party was definitely more than 40,000 people.

He suddenly remembered the information he had received before, 200,000 Song troops crossed the Yellow River, could it be that he was facing these 200,000 Song troops?

But at this time, Wanyan Yanmu had no choice, if she could defeat the Song army on the opposite side, she would simply go north, and she didn't want those spoils.

Wanyan Yanmu glanced back at the Jin soldiers who were ready, and had to give an order: "The Bohai Department and the Goryeo Department are ready to attack!" ”

5,000 cavalry slowly came out of the ranks, including 3,000 Bohai Jin soldiers and 2,000 Goryeo Jin soldiers, and 5,000 of them used as the vanguard to sweep away the enemy's crossbow and arrow array, clearing the way for the assault of the army behind.

This is the consistent tactics of the Jin soldiers, sacrificing a small number of troops to create opportunities for the surprise attack of the large army behind.

The 3,000 cavalry led by the Bohai Jin soldiers will be the main force of the attack, while the two cavalry battalions of the Goryeo Army will follow behind, and they will be the follow-up force.

The rumbling drum sounded suddenly, the excited war horse snorted heavily, the spear brushed the ground, the war knife was unsheathed, the five thousand gold soldiers were launched, and the two thousand Goryeo cavalry were divided into the left and right wings, covering the three thousand Bohai naval cavalry phalanx, like a torrent rushing out of the broken embankment, and swooped towards the Song army.

The Song army was still as steady as Mount Tai, motionless, only 10,000 crossbowmen slowly raised the Divine Arm Crossbow, stretched out into the air at a thirty-degree angle, a total of five rows of crossbowmen, each row was separated by two steps, they would launch at the opponent's one hundred and fifty paces, and attack the opponent in five rounds of fire.

Behind the crossbowmen were 5,000 musketeers, who also fired five rounds, using a combined strike of muskets and crossbow arrows to give the golden soldiers a head-on blow.

Behind the musketeers were five thousand heavy infantry, whose task was to cover the retreat of the crossbowmen and musketeers.

On either side of the large phalanx were 20,000 cavalry, with 10,000 on each side deploying 10,000 on the left and right.

At the same moment when the two armies were about to break out into a big battle, Li Yanqing led an army of 100,000 troops to appear ten miles south of Zongcheng County, and they quickly killed Zongcheng County from the two directions of due south and southwest.

The cavalry led by three thousand gold men is getting closer and closer, the shield held high by the cavalry forms a black shield wall, and the speed of the cavalry is not fast, it is already three hundred steps, at this time, the head of the first round of shock roared, "Kill!" ”

The three thousand cavalry suddenly accelerated, and they galloped at a rapid pace, rushing towards the Song army's large array, and Cao fiercely ordered: "Crossbowmen prepare to shoot!" ”

10,000 crossbowmen brushed up the crossbow arrows, and the cold arrows were aimed at the swept golden soldiers, and the crossbowmen kept adjusting the firing distance through the lookout mountain.

"Two hundred steps.... One hundred and fifty steps...."

"Shoot!" Cao Meng gave the order to shoot, and the first round of 2,000 crossbow arrows rose into the air, and in an instant they disappeared without a trace, and rushed into the enemy group with the sound of the howling wind.

The Jin soldiers slowed down, raised their shields to meet each other, a clanging sound, mixed with the screams of someone being hit by an arrow, the arrow rain was too dense, and hundreds of people were still hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

The new shield of the Jin soldiers actually blocked the first round of arrow rain of the Song army, followed by the second and third rounds, the overwhelming arrow rain roared, so dense that people were breathless, and the Song army used five rounds of shooting to keep the bow and arrow the most dense attack.

The Jin soldiers advanced with great difficulty, and they had to pay the price of hundreds of people killed by arrows for every step they took, and they could not fight back, although the Song army's arrow rain was too dense for them to free up.

What's more important is that their bows and arrows are far less sharp than the Song army's divine arm crossbows, and the range can't reach that far, in just thirty steps, the Song army shot a total of two rounds and 20,000 arrows at the Jin soldiers like a torrential rain, and the Jin soldiers also paid nearly 2,000 casualties.

Under this great test of will and courage, the cavalry of the Bohai Department was a little unable to withstand it, and a great chaos began to appear, and at this moment, two thousand Goryeo cavalry suddenly came out from behind and swooped down on the Song army's position a hundred paces away at the fastest speed.