A drum sounded, and Yang Zaixing, the pioneer general of Jiyuan, led the army to attack.

This tiger, which has been hungry for a long time, finally ushered in the day of killing. As soon as Fang appeared on the stage, he couldn't wait to rush into the depths of the core of the Jurchens.

Liu Ziyu climbed high and looked, and saw Yang Zaixing rushing towards the Jurchen cavalry corps as a pioneer, picking the main position with the most concentrated men and horses and flying the banner to rush away, and his face was a little cramped.

"Is he looking for death?" Liu Ziyu frowned and said angrily, "The vanguard is only to disrupt the enemy's position and disturb the enemy's ears and eyes, how can he treat himself as the main army and rush directly towards the enemy's core position?" Once it falls into the encirclement, it will not be able to move, and the whole army will be annihilated. If the vanguard is lost, how can I fight this counterattack? ”

"Marshal Liu, don't worry, let's take a look first." Ma Kuo said solemnly and unhurriedly, "Since the lord trusts Yang Zaixing so much, we should also believe in the lord's vision." The martial arts star of Qixingzhai is not in vain! ”

"Look, that's amazing!" Wang Xun suddenly punched a surprise blow and pointed forward, "Yang Zaixing broke into the enemy camp alone and one horse, and no one could stop him!" The 3,000 cavalry behind them directly penetrated into the enemy's encirclement in a cone formation, like a tiger entering a flock! ”

Liu Ziyu looked at it with wide eyes, and he couldn't see it very real through the mist of the Xu Yuan River, but he could still tell that the unbreakable cavalry regiment of the Jin soldiers was really torn apart by Yang Zaixing and directly pierced into the hinterland of the encirclement!

"Report to Marshal Liu - the banner of the vanguard of the golden soldiers has been beheaded!"

"Report to Marshal Liu - another banner of Jin Bing has been beheaded!"

"Report - Jin Bing Wanfu has been beheaded!"

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In less than half an hour, the scouts in front of him reported back one after another. Yang Zaixing entered the encirclement of the enemy army and beheaded the general. Kill it in one go, and kill seven thousand commanders and one thousand commanders of the enemy army in a row. That's not all, he led the 3,000 cavalry to kill the 20,000 enemy troops in and out, and then killed them back. Within an hour, he killed three in and three out of the enemy army, and cut down countless enemy banners!

"Now I finally know why the lord praised Yang Zaixing for his 'invincible bravery'." Liu Ziyu sighed, "A tiger general like him is really rare in a thousand years!" ”

"Marshal Liu, the lord's consideration is far more thoughtful than ours." Ma Kuo smiled, "I have known the lord for a long time, and I know him a little. He knew very well that Jiyuan had Marshal Liu in charge, and with this continuous building and fortification, it was certainly impregnable. But if we want to take advantage of the victory and fight back, we lack a fierce general here who can charge into battle and make the enemy fearful. It's like an arrow, and how can it be without an arrow made of fine iron? ――Yang Zaixing, this arrow given to Marshal Liu by the lord! ”

Wang Xun watched the battle from the sidelines, and saw Yang Zaixing killing tigers and tigers on the battlefield, and he was already enthusiastic, so he hurriedly said, "Marshal Liu, I was also a pioneer when Yang Zaixing didn't come!" Now that he's killing so much, let me move my muscles! ”

"Haha!" The generals laughed, and Ma Kuo even quipped, "Brother Wang Xun, you half-tone pioneer should take a break first!" -- The sores on your ass are not healed, and you can't ride a horse! ”

Wang Xun was anxious, "I've been fine for a long time, I don't believe I'll show you my pants!" ”

Liu Ziyu raised his hand, "Don't be impatient, I have my own arrangements - Ma Dujian, please lead the people of your headquarters to help Yang Zaixing in the battle." Wang Xun, you lead the people of the headquarters to answer from behind, and you can't attack without my orders. The rest of the generals, follow the step-by-step order, and do not leave their posts without permission! ”

"Yes!"

Ma Kuo was puzzled, "Marshal Liu, at this time, when the enemy army is completely annihilated, why don't you send out the whole army and leave most of the men and horses in the camp?" ”

"It's not time for a big counterattack yet." Liu Ziyu squinted his eyes and looked ahead, and said, "One drum, then decline, three and exhaustion." Wanyan Zonghan had 300,000 or 400,000 soldiers and horses, and only one-tenth of them fell on the south bank, so we need to be cautious at all times, not to get complacent and get carried away, and always keep a back hand in case the enemy counterattacks or sudden changes. ”

Ma Kuan woke up and woke up, and then he realized that Liu Ziyu wanted to keep a hand to guard against the "accident" of Luoyang's skills. In recent days, there have been frequent rumors that Chu Tianya suddenly died, Luoyang fell into chaos, and the officials, civil and military officials, and ordinary people are fleeing.

Liu Ziyu naturally will not let such news spread, thus affecting the morale of the military. But he himself will definitely leave an extra line in his hands in case of accidents. In case of any change in Luoyang, he can take out at least 10,000 horses to go to the emergency at any time. Now, Liu Ziyu is not worried about how to hold this Yellow River defense line, nor does he think that he can eat the more than 300,000 Jurchen troops on the north bank in one go, but - Luoyang!

Luoyang is now the root of the Great Song Dynasty and the heart of the Great Song Dynasty. If Luoyang is really in chaos and Chu Tianya is really dead, then no matter how beautiful he Liu Ziyu is here, what can he do?

Therefore, no matter how good the situation is, Liu Ziyu will not do his best to attack, and he will definitely have reservations in terms of troops. In case Luoyang is in need, he will not hesitate to wave his troops to help.

The battle continued until nightfall, and the Jurchen army, which had crossed the river, had been almost wiped out.

One or two thousand corpses were piled up on the banks of the Yellow River, shocking, and the entire Yellow River completely turned into a red river. The river wind blew the smell of blood far away, and the strong murderous aura made the birds within a radius of a hundred miles dare not return to their nests.

At this time, the battle on the north shore was also coming to an end. The Iron Harriers of Western Xia fought with the Jurchen cavalry for a day, and each had its own victory or defeat. At this time, the people were sleepy and tired at night, so they went back to the camp to rest and strictly prevent the other party from robbing the camp and raiding.

Yue Fei was like a lone wolf wandering by the flock, suddenly appeared in broad daylight, killed the Jurchens like lightning and flipped on his back alone, and then slipped away like a whirlwind.

The Jurchens didn't dare to pursue at all, who knew how many soldiers and horses and how many ambush circles were waiting for them in Yue Fei's rear?

Seizing this rare time for a truce, Zong Han, Zong Wang, Gu Shen and others gathered together to urgently discuss contingency measures.

"Now the situation is clear, our army has been surrounded, and the way back is cut off from the food route." Zong Han said, "In this way, the change in Luoyang in the south must be a trap. The purpose was to lure our army across the river, and then they would attack it halfway through, cut off our way back, and encircle me. Now the situation of our army is very critical, there is no way to retreat from the Yellow River in front of us, and there is still resistance on both flanks. If it is good, please give advice to His Royal Highness and Mr. II. ”

Although Wanyan Zonghan's words were polite, his expression was cold. So the words that came out of his mouth changed a little, probably blaming Zong Wang and Gu Shen for believing the rumors by mistake, helping Chu Tianya pull him down together, and fell into a trap. Now in such a predicament, Zong Han was really a little annoyed, so he first pushed the responsibility to Zong Wang and Gu Shen.

Zong Wang and Gu Shen couldn't listen to his off-string voice and blame, but they were powerless to refute it, so they had to try to find a way. After a while, Zong Wang said: "Marshal, the top priority is that our army must seek a way out. Or to the north, collect Taiyuan along the original road to the north; Or to the east, defeat the Iron Harrier of Western Xia, and take a detour to return to China. To the south, it is the iron camp of the Yellow River and Liu Ziyu, which is difficult to break in the short term. Moreover, if Luoyang is a trap, then sooner or later Chu Tianya will lead an army to help, and the south bank will be more stable. Maybe they'll have to fight back. ”

"Fight back?" Zong Han sneered, "It's not that I underestimated Chu Tianya, even if I give him another 100,000 horses, plus Liu Ziyu's soldiers and horses to make up 200,000, just with these 200,000 rabble, they don't have the ability to launch a counterattack against me!" -- What's more, the Yellow River is a natural danger to us, so isn't it a natural danger to them? We have a large number of ships, what can they do to carry all 200,000 troops across the river in such a short time? If they come in batches, I will tell them to die one by one, and one by one! ”

"Although the words are reasonable, they should not be underestimated." Zong Wang said, "Just like in Wutong Plain, no one believes that I will be completely defeated at his hands overnight. Chu Tianya is a bit of a tricky ghost. Who would have thought what he would do next? ”

"Second Highness, please forgive Weichen for speaking bluntly - is it true that the defeat of Wutongyuan has really dampened your ambitions?" Zong Han was a little annoyed, and bluntly contradicted, "No matter how strange Chu Tianya is, he is also a mortal person after all. The two banks of the vast Yellow River are separated, so he can fly from the sky with wings and kill our army?! ”

Zong Wang gritted his teeth and inhaled deeply, strongly pressed the anger aroused by him, and nodded slowly, "The soldier is treacherous, be careful. You look back and think about it for yourself, since Chu Tianya debuted, which battle was fought by rules and regulations, and which time was not won by the weak and the strong, and the surprise soldier won the victory? -- The current situation is extremely unfavorable to our army, and if we do not get out of the current predicament, we will suffer a great loss sooner or later! - Marshal, I will only say so much, your own army, act at your own discretion! ”

Seeing that anger was about to erupt between the two, Ceres hurriedly persuaded them, so that the two of them stopped the quarrel first.

But in the end, they didn't come up with a decisive solution. In the end, I had to make an expedient arrangement - wait for tomorrow's battle to explore the reality of Iron Harrier and Yue Fei, and then decide which way to break through.

The Jurchens are ready to run away.

At nightfall, the waves of the turbulent Yellow River crash against the riverbank, washing away many corpses and blood back and forth. Liu Ziyu sent some soldiers to clean up the corpses on the riverbank, and transported them to the ravine not far away, directly filled in the ravine, and then covered it with soil, and built several Jingguan.

Jingguan, the victor on the battlefield of cold weapons, gathers the corpses of the enemy to cover the earth and build a wall, and uses it to show off the "corpse mountain"!

When Chu Tianya rode his horse and ran to the front of the camp, he saw the Jingguan under the illumination of countless torches from a distance.

"Liu Ziyu, it seems to be doing a good job." The corners of Chu Tianya's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

A horse rushed from the rear, "My lord, the official sent someone to ask, when will our army stop and camp?" ”

"It's coming." Chu Tianya replied casually, "Reply to the official family, now I just wait for Liu Ziyu in front of me and lead the team to greet him." ”

"Yes!"

Almost as soon as Chu Tianya's words fell, Liu Ziyu's military camp in front of him erupted in thunderous cheers, shaking the entire night sky.

The news that the official family drove the expedition in person, and the lord Chu Tianya personally mentioned that the prince came to supervise the battle, made the Jiyuan soldiers who had been fighting for several days rejoice and boiled their blood.

Liu Ziyu's heart hanging in the air finally fell. Now that the fighter is mature, he doesn't dare to attack, he is actually a little annoyed and hesitant in his heart. Now that the lord has brought the officials to supervise the battle, it is clear that he is going to launch a final counterattack against the Jin soldiers!

When he heard the news, Liu Ziyu got up, so excited that his face turned red and his mouth trembled, "Hurry, hurry up with me!" ”

Soon, Liu Ziyu took Yang Zaixing, Ma Kuo and Wang Xun to meet him.

The official Zhao Huan grew up in the palace since he was a child, and even if he became an emperor, he had never experienced such a military thing. Seeing a group of murderous warriors in front of him, with bloody clothes and armor, smelling this disgusting and strong smell of blood in the air, his calves and stomachs were cramping.

After paying homage, Chu Tianya got off the horse and walked in front of Liu Ziyu and the others, and first slapped Liu Ziyu on the shoulder, "Very good, it didn't disappoint me!" ”

"Shame on your subordinates!" Liu Ziyu was so excited that he trembled a little, and his body and mind were completely relaxed at this moment. For a long time, Liu Ziyu has been almost alone in supporting the entire Yellow River Gate of the Great Song Dynasty, and no one can understand the weight of responsibility and pressure. Now, the lord has brought the official family and 100,000 royal teachers to help in the battle, and that is the message that victory is in sight!

Next, Chu Tianya stood in front of Yang Zaixing again, raised his head, and looked up at this peerless fierce general who was half a head taller than him.

"You pioneer, are you having a good time?" Chu Tianya asked with a smile.

Yang Zaixing grinned, revealing a hearty smile, "Happy!" ”

"Then keep fighting!" Chu Tianya said in a deep voice, "There is a bigger battle ahead!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Zaixing slammed his throat and roared so loudly that the eardrums of the people next to him hurt.

One by one, he comforted and praised the generals, and Chu Tianya accompanied the official family into Liu Ziyu's barracks. The 100,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him camped and rested in order to prepare for a great battle.

After a hasty dinner, Chu Tianya couldn't wait to come to Liu Ziyu's camp and listened to him report the details of the battles in recent days. Then the generals discussed the battle together, and unanimously agreed that Wanyan Zonghan on the north bank should not be stupid enough to break through to the south bank. Either they will defend firmly and destroy the close enemies on the north shore first, that is, the Tiger Army of the Iron Harrier and Yue Fei of Western Xia; Or, it is to choose a way to break through and prepare to escape.

No matter what tactics Yan Zonghan adopts, now is a good time to encircle and chase him.

"Liu Ziyu, where is your ship?" Chu Tianya asked.

"It's ready!" Liu Ziyu replied, "Luojun has always had naval forces, military ports and shipyards, and over the years has built countless warships specifically to defend against enemies who may attack from the north. After building these ships, I don't know how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been fattened, and how many people have lost their fat and anointment. In the four major shipyards in Luoxian County, there are about 170 loach boats that can carry more than 1,000 people. Recently, his subordinates urged workers to work overtime to build more than 30 ships. A total of 200 large and small ships, if they sail out together, can connect the entire north and south shores! ”

"Good." Chu Tianya nodded in appreciation, "Tomorrow, you let Ma Kuo and Wang Xun each take 20,000 horses and go to the four captains to take over the boat branch and prepare for the battle across the river." In addition, I have just brought a batch of good things from Luoyang, and I will take them with me to prepare for the ship, which will come in handy. ”

Liu Ziyu smiled, "The lord brought good things again?" ”

Chu Tianya also smiled, "Why do you say 'again'?" ”

The generals laughed. But all the "good things" that Chu Tianya made came in handy. In the fierce battles of these few days, if there were no Shenwu cannons and muskets, how could it be so easy?

Early the next morning, the north shore was in dire straits. Zong Han didn't wait for Iron Harrier and Yue Fei to come to harass, turned passive into active, and personally led the army to attack the Iron Harrier's camp. If it is really captured by the other side, Wanyan Zonghan is really not afraid of the iron harrier and the tiger. However, the intrusion and surprise attacks of these two groups of men and horses from time to time made him very annoyed. So today, he took the initiative to attack, and the formation was still very large, and he brought out 60,000 kidnapping horses in one go!

This really gave the Tangut people enough face. The Jurchen cavalry has always been accustomed to attacking more with less and defeating the strong with the weak, and this time it is rare to dispatch more men and horses than the other party.

Wanyan Zonghan's intention was also to take the initiative to test the possibility of breaking through from the Western Xia camp.

Iron Harrier is not a vegetarian either, seeing that Yan Zonghan took the initiative to call the door, where is the reason to retreat? So, two groups of people were in full swing.

Zong Wang and Gu Shen, who stayed in the camp, each divided a group of men and horses to go out, camped separately, and Zong Han's main camp in the shape of a horn, and rescued each other and responded to each other, in case Yue Fei attacked from the flank.

After the battle on Zong Han's side started, the momentum was very huge, and the river wind spread the sound of their fighting to the south bank.

At this time, Chu Tianya was holding a "pledge meeting". The official Zhao Huan came to the front line of the battlefield in person, which is a rare thing. Coupled with the fact that the lord personally came to the army to help in the battle, the morale of the 100,000 army under Liu Ziyu was unprecedentedly high.

The pledge meeting lasted for about an hour, and the battle on the north shore entered a white-hot realm. At this time, Yue Fei led the tiger to kill the camp where the god of grains was located, and quickly fought with him. After hearing about the military situation, Zong Wang quickly led his troops to help, and the three groups of men and horses fell into a melee.

The entire north bank of the Yellow River suddenly turned into a sea of blood and fire.

At this time, Wang Xun and Ma Kuo went to the loach boat that was withdrawn from the four major shipyards and sailed to the front of Liu Ziyu's Daying Wharf. There were more than 50 large ships in the first batch, and the 40,000 soldiers brought by Ma and Wang Erjun had already boarded the ships, and most of them were equipped with bows, crossbows and shields.

The wind direction is suitable, from southwest to northeast. Chu Tianya immediately ordered all the Shenwu cannons to be unloaded onto the ship, and all the musketeers boarded the ship together to prepare for the battle across the river.

The soldiers and horses were bustling, and the battle of the great counterattack began.

Chu Tianya took Qingwei and personally boarded the main ship to help in the battle. To the beat of the drums, fifty loach boats pulled their sails and opened their oars, heading for the north shore.