In the suburbs of Jiyuan, on the banks of the Yellow River, shouting to kill the heavens, blood stains the long river.

More than 300,000 Jin soldiers rushed to cross the river at the embankment of more than 20 miles. Wanyan Zonghan has been "staying" on the north bank of the Yellow River for more than half a year, but he has not been idle for a moment. The Jurchen cavalry is not good at boating, this is a well-known thing in the world. The warriors on these horses were on board, and they could not stand on their feet; If the wind and waves are urgent, there will be no less than half of the people who are dizzy and vomiting and faint, how can they fight?

So Wanyan Zonghan spent more than half a year to build many "building boats", which are a bit similar to the current big ferries. It is to fix several large ships with wooden planks, hang sails and water wheels with pedals, and walk on the ground on the turbulent Yellow River. In this way, the cavalry of the Jin State could quickly land on the south bank with men and horses and launch an attack.

After Yan Zonghan took the oath that day, the first batch of more than 20 building boats drove across the river. These buildings and ships are almost connected, and from a distance, they look like a city wall advancing on the river, and it is indeed majestic and majestic.

The first to land was the most elite Tietu floating heavy cavalry under the command of Wanyan Zonghan, which shows that his thinking is also very clear, first use the elite to construct a layer of steel defense line to gain a firm foothold to resist the possible impact of Liu Ziyu on the south bank. As long as Liu Ziyu's first wave of offensive is resisted, the follow-up building ships can continuously transport the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom. As time passed, the number of cavalry in the Jin Kingdom continued to increase, and it gradually became a spreading trend. By the time the ship had gone back and forth, no less than 100,000 cavalry had landed on the south bank. At that time, even if Liu Ziyu had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, it would be impossible to resist the offensive of the main elite under Zong Han with Jiyuan's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

As long as Liu Ziyu is defeated and Jiyuan is taken, the throat portal to Luoyang will be torn open. Then Luoyang is at your fingertips, and you can control everything in the pass. The Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed by more than half of it!

In the shortest possible time, Zong Han concentrated superior troops to destroy the enemy's heavy bases, and it was also very appropriate for Zong Han to apply his usual cavalry tactics to water warfare.

But just when the first group of cavalry sent by Zong Han had just landed and the building ship had not yet had time to return, something happened that he did not expect!

Liu Ziyu's soldiers and horses appeared, but he did not launch a surprise battle against him while the Jin soldiers were not firmly established, as Zong Han expected. On the contrary, he simply beat his drums and shouted and stood still in the fortifications south of the riverbank. When the men and horses of the Jin Kingdom were still nervously assembled and the building ships were busy returning home, a series of loud cannon sounds sounded in the Song army's fortifications!

The Shenwu cannon, which had briefly appeared in Wutong Plain, showed its skills in the frontal battle for the first time!

Forty-faced Shenwu cannons, quietly waiting for the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom and the ships entered the firing range, and then launched a surprise bombardment.

This move was definitely something that Wanyan Zonghan did not expect. The reason why he sent heavy cavalry to land first was to prepare for a hand-to-hand encounter with the Qingyun Slashing Infantry under Liu Ziyu, and then crush it. Unexpectedly, the other party did not move and bombarded them with artillery!

No matter how strong the armor is, no matter how brave the cavalry, it cannot resist the power of the cannon. Moreover, the huge power of the Shenwu cannon and the loud sound that shook the sky caused a greater blow and destruction to the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom.

The first row of cannons had just sounded, and the cavalry contingent of the Jin Kingdom that had not yet taken shape was completely chaotic. A cannon goes down to a big pit, people and horses are broken and flesh and blood flying, where is this still a battle between people, it is clearly the end of the confrontation with gods and demons!

"Boom, boom—"

The sound of artillery was incessant, and the shells rained down on the south bank of the Yellow River like thunder. The flames and fireworks in the sky, the flying flesh and limbs, instantly turned the south bank of the Yellow River into a river of blood and fire!

Iron Tufu suffered very heavy losses; The panicked war horses galloped in all directions, and the brave Jurchens faced the unfamiliar cannons, and their souls were scattered and frightened, how could they have the confidence to fight again?

At that moment, many frightened Jurchens jumped into the river desperately, trying to climb onto the boat again and escape back. The Jurchen commanders and commanders were so angry that after slashing and killing many fugitive soldiers, they finally pulled up a group of bold people to launch a sworn raid on the camp of the Southern Army, hoping to reverse the situation and tear a breakthrough.

Liu Ziyu sat in front of the battle and personally commanded, he knew that the greatest role of the Shenwu cannon was not how many enemies it could kill, but to crush their confidence, interrupt their troop deployment, and seize the opportunity in momentum. After a few rounds of shelling, the Jurchens who were still alive were like wounded beasts, but they repelled their initial fears, and the beasts launched a counterattack.

Several waves of Tiefutu launched an assault on the Song army camp on the south bank of the Yellow River.

"Order--Shelling enemy ships. Spears and crossbows meet the enemy! Liu Ziyu ordered.

The gunner shifted the barrel of the cannon to carefully check it, and aimed at the clumsy building ship that was about to flee, and the round of shelling went down. In each of the five Song camps, there were three rows of musketeers aiming their black barrels at the Iron Float that was ferociously sprinting in front of them. Before the muskets could fire, countless crossbows and bows fell from the sky. The Jurchens were also physical mortals raised by their fathers and mothers, and in the face of such a head-on attack, the losses were very heavy.

At this time, their generals had already woken up to the fact that the southern army had already been prepared, and they had not been disorganized because of the Luoyang Rebellion and neglected to take precautions.

But the arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent. There are also countless Jurchen soldiers and horses in the rear who are crossing the river one after another. What they have to do as a group of "death squads" is to resist Liu Ziyu's offensive at any cost, tear apart his defense line and open a breakthrough!

As a result, the fierce Jurchens brazenly rushed towards Liu Ziyu's camp and rushed desperately. They stepped on the corpses of their companions, faced the dense clusters of arrows, and launched an attack on Liu Ziyu's camp like a group of hungry and crazy wolves!

Suddenly, three big red flags were unfurled above the main camp.

"Bang bang bang-"

The secret weapon in Chu Tianya's hand, the musket team, has appeared for the first time!

Thick fireworks, strange gunshots, once again the Jurchens were shocked and frightened. A batch of iron butchers who ran at the front of them fell inexplicably!

The rapid impact and the head-on shot of the bullets shattered their sturdy heavy armor and shattered their flesh and blood, screaming in the sky. The horses that were shot also fell on the spot, crushing many people to death; There were some unlucky people who were shot in the face and died on the spot, and their faces looked like they had been violently bitten by wild beasts, and their bloody flesh and brains burst out, which was appalling!

"Bang bang bang-"

Three rounds of musketeers, hand-fired. The heavy cavalry, an invincible fortress in melee combat for the first time, encountered his real nemesis, suffered heavy casualties, and was overwhelmed!

Cannons, muskets, and crossbow arrows dominate the battlefields of the South Bank. Almost none of the 10,000 or 20,000 Tiefu Slaughter were able to kill Liu Ziyu's army before it was declared extinct!

The first round of confrontation ended with Liu Ziyu winning a big victory. Seeing that the opportunity to win was grasped, Liu Ziyu immediately launched a counterattack, and the Qingyun infantry and light cavalry attacked together, and launched a slaughter against the defeated Tiefu Tu......

These movements on the south bank were quickly fed back to coach Wan Yan Zonghan. He was shocked and had no other choice - now that the battle had started and the Southern Dynasty had completely torn his face, he had to fight this battle now!

As a result, more Jurchen cavalry boarded the building ship and swooped down on the south bank like ants and locusts.

The first battle of beach-grabbing and landing lasted for a day and a night. Although Liu Ziyu's side occupies the right time and place and has the dominant firearms such as giant cannons and muskets, it also fought very hard. After all, the other party is an elite and brave Jurchen cavalry, and the landing on the big river beach that is more than 20 miles long, the defensive pressure is very huge. Moreover, the number of shells and muskets was very limited, but the opponent's soldiers and horses were constantly coming, Liu Ziyu's defensive pressure continued to increase, and the danger of the large defense line along the river was frequent. Liu Ziyu had to send several groups of elite cavalry as mobile troops, constantly going back and forth to rescue and fill leaks, and finally withstood the waves of fierce offensives launched by the Jin soldiers.

For twelve hours a day and a night, the battle did not stop for a moment. The corpses of the tidal flats of the Yellow River are like mountains of blood flowing into a river, and the entire Yellow River is almost dyed red, and countless corpses are piled up on the riverbank and fall into the river under the surging waves, almost blocking the river.

After the battle on this day, the Jin soldiers threw down at least 10,000 corpses.

The ships of the building went back and forth to and from the north and south banks without stopping, and the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom was constantly transported to the south coast.

In the early morning of the next day, when a group of abducted horses were about to board the building ship, countless soldiers and horses suddenly emerged from the northwest corner of the Jin State military camp and killed them directly!

The 50,000 Iron Harrier main jockey of the Western Xia Kingdom made a move.

The Tangut people continued their usual cunning and rogue spirit, and suddenly launched a surprise attack on Yan Zonghan after Yan Zonghan and Liu Ziyu were inseparable from each other, focusing their main forces and attention on the advance on the south bank!

This move took advantage of his unpreparedness and happened to hit Yan Zonghan's weakness.

Wanyan Zonghan was furious. It's not that he didn't think that the Tangut people would come to intervene and harm him. It was only not long ago that the envoy he sent to Western Xia had just returned from Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, saying that Western Xia would always be the most pious and obedient subject of Jin; Whenever the suzerainty has any orders, the Western Xia will do its best to carry them out. Li Qianshun even agreed to Yan Zonghan's marriage proposal, and was willing to marry one of his concubines to Zong Han's son, and even the marriage date was set. Zong Han's dowry has already been ordered, and a large amount of gold, silver and antique treasures have fallen into Li Qianshun's pocket!

But now, 50,000 Iron Harriers, the elite jockeys who belonged directly to Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, suddenly swung their knives and slashed at Wanyan Zonghan. If he hadn't gone mad with anger, he wouldn't be a normal human being.

At that moment, Wanyan Zonghan temporarily handed over the command of the battlefield to the second prince Wanyan Zongwang, and personally led his personal iron cavalry to meet the iron harrier. He even personally picked up his gun and charged into battle, using his rare and unrivaled martial arts to teach the Tangut people a lesson!

Iron Harrier, the heavy cavalry founded by Li Yuanhao, the founding king of Western Xia, has always been the most elite main combat force of Western Xia. All of them were heavily armored and connected with iron locks, and each small group of men and horses formed a strange square fish scale formation that should not have belonged to the cavalry troops.

Perhaps the individual combat ability of the Iron Harrier is not inferior to the brave Jurchen cavalry. But each of their small phalanxes is basically composed of men of the same clan. Their solidarity and strong bond of affection between father and son brought them together on the battlefield. When they are fighting, they echo and cooperate with each other, just like the same person!

Unity is strength.

When a group of Iron Floaters and Kidnappers encountered the same number of Iron Harriers as them, they were surprised to find that each of them seemed to be fighting against a group of people from the other side!

If you only rely on the usual rushing and slashing tactics in the past, you will definitely not be able to break down this iron harrier phalanx with an iron wall.

In the first day of the first battle, the Iron Harrier actually had the upper hand. The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, who were accustomed to rampage and chopping melons and vegetables, were quite uncomfortable for a while.

After Yan Zonghan, I felt a very headache!

On the northwest corner of the north bank, two of the most powerful types of cavalry in the world fought the Battle of the Century. The fighting was fierce and there were heavy casualties. Seeing this scene, Zong Wang, who was in charge of commanding the battle, had to slow down the beach-grabbing landing on the south bank and began to organize manpower to help Zong Han.

This made Liu Ziyu on the south bank suddenly feel a lot less pressure. After half a day of fighting, the Jin soldiers who landed on the shore began to lack stamina and could no longer launch a threatening impact on Liu Ziyu's camp. Liu Ziyu was not in a hurry to seek merit, and first stabilized the defense, constantly repairing fortifications, transporting ordnance, and rescuing the wounded. The defense line on the south bank is built impregnable!

Just when the killing on both sides of the Yellow River was in full swing, the banner of the word "Song" suddenly floated in the sky above Taiyuan.

Several heads of Jurchen officials and generals were hung on the city tower of Taiyuan. Yue Fei led the most elite Tiger Ben Army under Chu Tianya (the fusion force of the original Tiger Ben Guards and Xiao Cai), and unexpectedly attacked Taiyuan with lightning speed!

There was no time to celebrate and rest, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Song Xian and other generals each led an army to rush to the south, like a few arrows out of the string, shooting at Wan Yan Zonghan's back!

There are not many people in the tiger body, less than 20,000. But his team is the experienced Xiao cavalry and the elite cavalry built by Chu Tianya, and the Tiger Army dominated by Khitan and Xi riders. After so many years of careful polishing and battlefield tests, coupled with elite equipment and a brave general like Yue Fei, the combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

At this moment, the strongest cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, the strongest cavalry of Western Xia, and the strongest cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty appeared on the same battlefield at the same time!

Yue Fei's men and horses were the least numerous.

But as soon as he appeared on the stage, he shocked everyone!

If the army is frightened, they will be defeated together! - Wherever the tiger goes, the Jurchen cavalry can't resist it!

"Where did this Southern Dynasty soldiers and horses come from?!" Zong Wang, who commanded the battle, was shocked!

The god of Ceres was also stunned, "When did the southern kingdom have such a fierce cavalry?" How did they end up in Taiyuan? The pioneer banner has the word 'Yue', where is the character, have you never heard of it? ”

"I remember!" Zong Wang took a deep breath, "When I was imprisoned in Wutong Plain, I remember that Chu Tianya once promoted a young cavalry commander in the Great Song Dynasty army, and it was this surnamed Yue, called Yue Fei!" - I remember that he seemed to have given him his personal guard Tiger Ben and Jiao Wentong's Howling Cavalry to train him. Originally, I thought that Chu Tianya just wanted to suppress Jiao Wentong's military power and let Yue Fei become a guard general. Unexpectedly, Yue Fei appeared here today! ”

"It seems that we have been tricked...... Gu Shen's face became very ugly, and he whispered close to Zong Wang's ear, "Second Highness, now I suspect that what happened in Luoyang was a conspiracy!" Chu Tianya is not dead at all! The South Shore is a huge conspiracy and trap! ”

"Do you still need to say it?" Zong Wang took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and whispered, "Now that the Iron Harrier of Western Xia is coming, Yue Fei is coming from behind, the south bank can't rush like an iron bucket, but there is a Yellow River in front of us - we are surrounded!! ”

Ceres' face showed a look of fear, and he opened his mouth, unable to speak.

Zong Wang gritted his teeth, his bones rattled, "I really want to know, what else has Chu Tianya prepared for us?" ”

"The top priority, how to retreat from the enemy?" Gu Shen hurriedly said, "Can you urgently summon Zong Han back to discuss the plan?" ”

"Good. You quickly go to the Northwest Battlefield to exchange Zong Han back. Zong Wang said hurriedly, "At the moment of life and death, where is the time for him to be reckless!" ”

Yue Fei's appearance completely disrupted Zong Han's combat deployment. 20,000 tigers may not be anything compared to 300,000 or 400,000 Jurchen troops. But their appearance also means that the back road of the Jurchens has been cut off!

Now Zong Han and Zong Wang have to think about it, since the Southern Dynasty has cut off his back road, it is not to play with him - they are going to fight him to the death!!

The war has been fought to this point, and there is no room for maneuver and no superfluous choice, only - to fight to the end, until one side is completely defeated!

……

Fighting for days and nights rarely stopped. The Jurchens who landed on the south bank are becoming fewer and fewer. Liu Ziyu gradually gained an advantage and an opportunity, and the Jurchens who came to land on the beach had no foothold, plus there was no backup and no supplies, how to fight?

Zong Han and Zong Wang also had to temporarily change their combat strategy, stop the beach-grabbing landing, and concentrate their forces to clean up the Iron Harrier and Yue Fei who kept breaking behind them.

In this way, the more than 20,000 Jurchens who had already arrived on the south bank became abandoned pawns. Waiting for their fate, there is only death.

"Zaixing, it's time for you to show off your skills." Liu Ziyu summoned the vanguard general Yang Zaixing, "I will give you 10,000 cavalry, plus Wang Xun and Ma Kuo, two generals, to suppress the formation and assist you in the battle." Can you deal with these Iron Floats and Kidnappers on the South Shore? ”

"Three thousand is enough, I'll fight alone!" Yang Zaixing said majestically.

Liu Ziyu frowned, "Don't underestimate the enemy." ”

"May there be a military order!" Yang Zaixing shouted, "The Jin soldiers are already discouraged and unable to fight again, coupled with the exhaustion of food and materials, there is only half a life left before I can clean up." Three thousand soldiers and horses, I'm too many! ”

"The dog is in a hurry and has to jump off the wall, not to mention that the other party is the elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom?" Liu Ziyu said, "For the sake of safety, you take 10,000 horses and go with Ma Kuo and Wang Xun." ”

"Boss, it's better to watch Yang fight in the last battle, and when the overall situation has been decided, the Jin country will collapse into an army, and you will send the rest of the men and horses to clean up the mess!" Yang Zaixing insisted, "Yang doesn't dare to boast, it is impossible for me to kill more than 20,000 enemy troops on my own." What Yang can do is to make him chaotic and collapse! ”

"Good! I will allow you 3,000 cavalry to go out of the camp to fight! ”