It is also said that Huang Jie's 80,000-strong army set out on the eighth day of the third month and arrived in Huazhou on the tenth day of the first month to prepare to cross the river, but the crossing was not completed until the 13th. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

During this period, Huang Jie had nothing to do, and went to check the remains of the Yellow River Bridge that was burned down by He Guan, the general of the Song Army, and looked at the remnants of the wooden bridge in front of Junzhou City, and couldn't help but sigh.

Because the Yellow River is very easy to divert in the past dynasties, the construction of a bridge on the bridge has always been a technical problem that successive dynasties have tried to overcome. Before the new Yellow River Bridge built by Zhao Ji Dynasty, the whole Yellow River is only another Pujin Bridge between Jeju in Shaanxi and Puzhou in Shaanxi, this bridge was built in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty (742-756), the two sides of the bridge are pulled by four iron oxen, the bridge body is like a long rainbow, and it has been standing for more than 300 years now.

As for the new bridge Junzhou Bridge repaired by Zhao Ji, it was also because he encountered the auspicious water of the Yellow River at the beginning of his succession, which cost more than 10 million yuan, and was completed in the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115) after ten years of construction.

At that time, the Junzhou Bridge, which had just been completed, was the key point on the Yellow River and the gateway to the north of the capital, which was of great strategic significance. But when the Jin army went south, Zhao Ji was too busy to take the Zen position, and he also did a stupid thing, that is, he sent the eunuch Liang Fangping to lead the main force of 20,000 forbidden troops to defend the Yellow River Bridge in Junzhou, trying to contain the Jin soldiers in the area north of the Yellow River.

Liang Fangping, who was ordered to defend the Yellow River Bridge, led the 20,000 Divine Guards, known as the tiger and wolf division among the Tokyo Forbidden Army, to cross the river north with great vigour.

However, after the Jin soldiers occupied Xiangzhou, Zongwang sent a small team of cavalry to harass Liyang and Junzhou, how do you know that this Liang Fangping is also really the same as unusual, after hearing the news, he went to the city to watch, and saw the enemy cavalry coming from afar, and he didn't know if there was a follow-up support team, so he was immediately frightened, and took a few followers down the city tower and opened the door to go out of the city, and galloped all the way to the south.

When the other troops saw that the commander had run away, they naturally followed the soles of their feet with oil, so overnight, the defenders stationed in Junzhou also fled cleanly.

At this time, the Song army guarding the bridge stationed on the south bank was also frightened when they saw the troops in front of them fleeing inexplicably, and when they saw the banner of the Jin Army coming from afar. At that time, He Guan, a general stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River, was also a ruthless character, and when he saw that the situation was critical, he decisively ordered the Yellow River Bridge to be burned immediately.

As a result, the Great Song Dynasty spent ten years, and the New Yellow River Bridge that cost almost more than 10 million yuan to build became a fire dragon as long as 1,000 zhang (more than 700 zhang, more than 2,000 meters) in the blink of an eye, and at this time, thousands of Song troops on the bridge who had not yet crossed the river were rushing to escape, so they were suddenly burned to the ground, and the soldiers and war horses neighed and fell into the water one after another, and the dead were countless.

Later, it was said that Liang Fangping was killed by the rebels on the way to escape, and it was also said that he absconded in fear of crime and disappeared, and some people said that he followed Zhao Ji to Zhenjiang, but he didn't expect that when Huang Jie rushed to Tokyo, he was taken by Jiao Ting and sent to Huang Jie as a gift.

Now that he came to watch the wreckage of the Junzhou Bridge, Huang Jie naturally wanted to put an incense case to sacrifice, but he did not forget to call Jiao Ting, pointed to the remnants on the river and said: "At the beginning, you took Liang Fangping because of good luck, so that this king seems to be the thousands of Song Jun who died unjustly on this bridge. Speaking of which, although you and this king have avenged them, you have not been able to repay their wishes! ”

Jiao Ting was ignorant, so he also asked: "The Lord is reasonable, but I don't know what my wish is?" ”

Huang Jie smiled, then pointed to the river and said: "In the future, this king will rebuild a new bridge here, a new bridge made of steel, so that no one can burn it!" ”

Jiao Ting sounded silly, but he quickly thought of a question and said: "Although the iron bridge is good, what if you encounter a Jurchen thief going south again?" ”

Huang Jie sounded angry and funny, so he also said: "We are going this time, just to kill all the Jurchen thieves, and what other Khitan thieves and party thieves, also kill all the fine light, and merge the land of Jin, Liao and Western Xia into my Great Song Dynasty. ”

After nothing to say along the way, the army arrived at the Daimyo Mansion on March 18, repaired for five days and marched again, arriving at Hejian Province on the second day of the fourth month, and finally arrived outside Xiongzhou City on April 16.

On the day the army arrived, they also saw a number of generals such as Chong Xuan, Zhe Yuemei, and Yang Keshi come to greet them, but they didn't see the seed master Dao, and after asking, they also knew that the seed master was already bedridden for ten days because of old age and decay (at this time, the seed master was already seventy-eight years old), and Huang Jie hurriedly went to visit.

Before coming to the sick bed of the planter, but seeing that the old general looked good, he was holding a military book to study, and when he saw Huang Jie come in, he also smiled and said: "Ziying came just right, if it is later, I am afraid that I will not be able to see so-and-so!" ”

Huang Jie's eyes were red when he heard this, not only recalled the scene when he was talking about the Tao with the Seed Master Dao in Longshan Academy when he was in Huangzhou to the west, but also did not speak, and hurriedly took the pulse diagnosis with him.

couldn't help choking up and said: "What nonsense did the Grand Duke say, there are still many students in the academy waiting for the Grand Duke to explain the art of war to them, and my family Shilang, when he came, he still asked Ziying to ask the Grand Duke about his good ......."

The planter laughed when he saw it, but he grabbed Huang Jie's hand, stared at Huang Jie with a pair of deep but not faint old eyes, and said: "The old man has been in Rong for decades, and he has beaten the party members, the Khitans, and now the Jurchens. Ziying, tell the truth to the old man, how many days are left, maybe you can welcome back the second emperor? ”

Huang Jie thought about it, but he didn't want to deceive the old man, but in the end, he misrepresented the number a little bit with a clear conscience: "Grand Duke, Ziying doesn't dare to hide it, if you obey Ziying's arrangement, you can recuperate and rest, and it will be reluctant to delay it for another year." If you don't listen to greetings and don't avoid drinking and eating, even half a year is too much. ”

The seed master laughed when he heard this, so he also pointed at Huang Jie and said, "Okay! The old man will listen to you, and from today onwards it is enough to quit drinking, but ...... Can you still eat meat? If you are not allowed to eat meat, how can the old man be interested? ”

Huang Jie smiled when he heard this, and said: "You can't eat dog meat and donkey meat, but you can eat more mutton and chicken." ”

The seed master said that he was relieved, and he also smiled: "Okay! Ziying! This time, have you figured out how to fight the Jurchen? ”

Huang Jie naturally planned, so he also replied: "Straight to Huanglong!" ”

The seed master was surprised when he heard this, so he also asked, "Straight to the Yellow Dragon?" That's what you came up with...... So what kind of landing operation? ”

Huang Jie also nodded and said, "Not bad!" I want to divide the army into three routes, all the way to Danzhou to capture Gubeikou, all the way to Pingzhou to seize Yuguan, and finally cross the sea to Goryeo, land from the belly of the Jin Kingdom, and go straight to Huanglong Mansion! ”