Luoyang City, according to the mountain in the north, looking at Yique in the south, Luoshui runs through it, according to the Tiger Prison Pass in the east, controlling Tongguan and Hangu Pass in the west, surrounded by mountains, Xiongguan stands in a forest. At the end of April of the second year of Jingkang of the Great Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang, the marshal of the Great Jin Southern Expedition, led 170,000 Jin troops and the 270,000 Song troops led by Hu Lan, Marshal of the Great Song Dynasty, fought a decisive battle here.

Among the 270,000 troops of the Song army, there are 90,000 Song troops on Shandong Road, more than 15,000 Huashan rebels under the command of Shi Jin, more than 155,000 people in the middle division of the seed division, and more than 10,000 people in the division of Li Jun. Since conquering Tongguan and taking Hangu Pass, Wuguan and other dangerous points, the division divided 60,000 troops to guard several dangerous passes, and joined forces with Shi Jin to conquer Luoyang, and 110,000 troops in Luoyang.

After the Jin army retreated into the Tiger Prison Pass, Zong Wang waved his army to attack Luoyang, but Luoyang City remained unmoved under the defense of the generals, such as Shi Jin and others. The Jin army was not good at attacking fortifications, and even the small Taiyuan City Jin army was helpless, and in the end, it was besieged for half a year by the method of locking the city, and the city was exhausted before it was conquered, and it was impossible to conquer Luoyang in a short period of time.

Failed to conquer Luoyang quickly, and the soldiers and horses who went to capture the three ferries arrived at the three ferries, but found that the ferries had been captured by the Song army's naval divisions, and they had not been able to occupy the Fenglindu and other ferries. Then the Tiger Prison Pass was tight, and Zong Wang divided his troops to give first aid, but he didn't work for half a day, but he had already received that the Tiger Prison Pass was conquered by the Song army, and the Song army flocked into the Tiger Prison Pass.

Zong Wang was shocked when he heard the report, now more than 100,000 horses of the Jin army were locked by the Song army and trapped in the narrow area around Luoyang, and the surrounding ferries, passes and other paths were blocked by the Song army, there were more than 100,000 Song troops in Luoyang City, and nearly 100,000 Song troops poured in at the Tiger Prison Pass, and it seemed that the Jin army was forced to the point where it had to fight a decisive battle with the Song army.

Zong Wang convened a group of Jin generals to discuss, and after talking about the current situation, Wanyan Xiyin, who had lost Tongguan, Hangu, Luoyang and other places in front of him, said: "Since the Song army has blocked the roads on all sides, there is only one way to fight to the death with the Song army, defeat the Song army, and then calmly retreat." At present, the main force of the Song army is divided into two parts, east and west, and it is a good time to break them one by one. ”

In fact, there are not many choices in front of the Jin army in front of them, and only by defeating the main force of the Song army can the tide of the war be reversed, but the Jin army is facing the east and west, and the enemy is attacked before and after. Although the Song army in the middle of the division is not as strong as Sanniang's department, but the department has more than 100,000 horses, sticking to the fortified city, it is difficult to break through Luoyang in a short period of time, and defeating the department, it seems that the only way to turn east and fight the menacing Sanniang is to fight.

But in Zhongmu, the sharp firearms of Sanniang's department left a very deep impression on the Jin army, and the Jin army was extremely jealous of the Song army's firearms, and if he really wanted to fight a decisive battle with Sanniang's department, Zong Wang seemed to feel that he was not confident enough.

After discussing for a long time, the generals still came to the only conclusion that they turned their heads to face the Song army under Sanniang. But after hearing this, Zong Wang was silent, walked straight out of the tent, looked at the sky and muttered, "Why can't it rain heavily?" "All the generals understand Zongwang's words, if it can rain, the firearms of the Song army will definitely be affected, if there are no firearms, the Jin army still has the courage to fight with the Song army under Sanniang.

Zong Wang looked at the sky in a daze for a long time before he said slowly: "Prepare for war, leave 50,000 military horses to guard the enemy army in Luoyang, and the rest of the military horses will turn east tomorrow to meet the Shandong female thief!" The generals received their orders together and prepared to go.

On the other hand, after Sanniang occupied the Tiger Prison Pass, the Song army outside the pass crossed the pass one after another, continued to march westward, only half a day's effort, the 90,000 troops and horses of the Department all passed the Tiger Prison Pass, and then Sanniang divided 5,000 troops to guard the Tiger Pass, and then led the army to continue to approach Luoyang. According to Sanniang's plan, it was to fight a decisive battle with Zongwang under Luoyang City, and attack back and forth with Luoyang Seed Division and Shi Jin's department, and completely annihilate the Jin army that invaded the south in one battle.

This Jin army is where the elite of the Dajin Kingdom lies, if it can be annihilated in a battle, with the current national strength of the Dajin Kingdom, it will no longer be able to compete with the Song army. Within the Jin army, the Jurchen elite military horses were originally few, and the whole country was only 100,000, and the rest were all servant military horses composed of various northern tribes such as the Bohai, Xi people, and Khitans. This battle is a life-and-death battle that will determine the fate of the two countries.

From the current point of view, everything seems to be under Sanniang's control, and the Jin army has been cornered, suffering from the enemy on its back, and is in a dilemma, so it is only waiting for the last field battle. And Sanniang is extremely confident in the field battle of her department, not to mention that the Luoyang military horse behind the Jin army will definitely attack the Jin people before and after when the two armies are in full swing, and the Jin people must be defeated.

So, Sanniang was full of confidence, just waiting for the army to move westward and fight a decisive battle with the Jin people, and after winning the battle, most of her wish was completed. This day to conquer the tiger prison, within half a day, the Song army all entered the customs, after looking at Luoyang for thirty miles, it was late, Sanniang set up camp, only waiting for tomorrow to arrive at Luoyang City.

At night, Sanniang was reading the secret report sent from Dongduan in the tent, and suddenly Qiao Daoqing asked to see her outside the tent, and Sanniang hurriedly invited in. After Qiao Daoqing entered the tent, he didn't have time to salute, and hurriedly said: "Lord, Xiaodao watches the stars at night and calculates astronomy, but I am afraid that there will be heavy rain in the next few days." ”

Sanniang sighed, Qiao Daoqing has been following Gongsun Sheng to learn the Tao since he was attached, this is astronomy, and measuring the weather is also an ordinary technique, Sanniang naturally believes that what he said is true. After hearing this, Sanniang immediately understood, and muttered: "Are you worried that the heavy rain will start tomorrow, and our firearms will be damp, and the field battle will be unfavorable?" ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "Exactly, why don't you hide the firearms in the tiger prison first, and there is a house on the close, you can hide the firearms, and then fight with the Jin people after the weather improves." Qiao Daoqing is right, it is not a good strategy to avoid the edge for the time being and store the firearms first.

But after Sanniang groaned, she asked instead: "Dao Chief, where do you calculate, how many days will it rain this time?" Qiao Daoqing said: "At least three days, more than five days." Sanniang shook her head and said, "I can't wait that long, I'm afraid there will be changes." Moreover, if our army has to rely on firearms to defeat the enemy, it will not be able to fight in the future when it rains, and in the long run, it will inevitably be cowardly. ”

Qiao Daoqing hesitated: "But if we fight in rainy weather, our army's casualties will inevitably be large, and even if we can annihilate the enemy army in the end, we are only afraid of ten losses and seven or eight, which will inevitably affect the next Northern Expedition." ”

Sanniang pondered for a moment and then asked, "Since it's raining all day, it's testing us." But the rain is not a bad thing, at least the bowstrings of both the enemy and our armies are soft and cannot be used, and they are all good for swords and guns. Dao Chief, since it's raining, do you have a Dao technique where you can control the direction of the rain and wind? ”

Qiao Daoqing was slightly stunned, and soon understood, and said with a smile: "The lord is really calculating, there is a wind and rain technique here on the trail, and this road can take advantage of the wind and rain." If it's a sunny day, the Dao technique is useless, but since it's raining, it can just urge the Dao technique to borrow the wind and rain. ”

Sanniang's eyes were cold, and she sneered: "Okay, then tomorrow I will ask the Taoist chief to do it, I want to teach the wind and rain to help me!" ”

Sure enough, the wind and rain surged that night, and after dawn, the wind and clouds suddenly changed in the area near the left of Luoyang, and a continuous early summer rain began to fall. At first, the rain was not heavy, but later it became heavier. Zong Wang was overjoyed when he saw the rain, and hurriedly ordered the Jin army to pull out and march east against the wind and rain.

Although the rainy weather will cause the bowstring to be weak and weak, Zong Wang is still confident that the Jin army can defeat the Song army with swords and guns. After the Song army transferred the firearms to the Tiger Prison overnight for storage, the whole army marched westward in the face of wind and rain.

After Sanniang's department arrived at Gaolong Town, which was more than 40 miles east of Luoyang, the rain increased, the soldiers' clothes and armor were wet, and their physical strength was extremely exertional. Sanniang ordered the soldiers to rest in Gaolong Town, eat some dry food, and soon probe the Malay report, the Jin army was covered, and it was less than ten miles away.

Sanniang ordered the armies to set up a formation, and they would defeat the Jin people in the heavy rain. After the formation of the various armies, Sanniang was dressed in military uniform, and came to the front of the battle under the escort of the lord of Qiongying County.

I only heard Sanniang shouting loudly in front of the battle: "Sons and daughters of the Han family, the Jin people invaded our land, harmed my people, and killed my second emperor, and this kind of blood feud will be liquidated today!" Today's heavy rain, although our army cannot use firearms, we still have swords and guns in our hands! Jin people can generally only use knives and guns, can we Han Erlang's knives and guns be afraid of the knives and guns of the golden dog? ”

The soldiers shouted like a tsunami: "Don't be afraid! Unafraid! After shouting a few times, they all stopped together, and in an instant they were silent again! Sanniang shouted loudly again: "Good! Since you are not afraid, then today we will kill with knives and guns! It is good to teach the Jin people to know that my Shandong Road military horses can win without relying on firearms! The soldiers shouted again and said, "Victory!" Winning! ”

The two armies faced each other, both against the wind and rain, the raindrops fell drop by drop, the dripping armor on the body was crisp, the war drums of the two armies sounded, and the two armies totaled more than 100,000 military horses broke out into a loud roar, and in the sound of war drums, both armies began to charge towards the enemy formation.

Cold weapon warfare, relying on physical strength and the courage of the soldiers, in the bloody and cruel hand-to-hand combat, only the courage and perseverance prevail, can win, the number of people does not necessarily play a decisive role, on the contrary, if the morale, courage is dispersed, no matter how many people, it is useless.

At the same time, the weather is also very important, and in many cold weapon battles, sometimes a small change in wind direction can also determine the outcome of a battle. For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, in the decisive battle between Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui and the Qing army, it was because the wind direction changed, the wind suddenly rose, and the dust covered the sky.

And today, Sanniang also has this plan, on the side of the commander behind the battle, Qiao Daoqing has already begun to prepare for the practice, and the officers and soldiers of the two armies did not notice it at all, and the wind and rain actually began to move towards the favorable side of the Song army.