Ye Yingwu Huoran stood up: "The front compartment of the Tianwu Army will immediately cross the river, replace the defense of the left wing of the Tianwu Army, and send scouts to the north, ready to attack Gwangju at any time, and even the Xinyang Army and Suizhou." This area is the place where the battle was fought not long ago, and you should be familiar with Jiang Ho, so I handed over the northern defense line to you, and there is no room for error. ”

Jiang Hao was a little shocked, but seeing that Ye Yingwu said it very solemnly, he didn't hesitate at the moment: "The last general must obey his orders." ”

"You can't attack without authorization, but as long as you receive an order from so-and-so, you must give so-and-so soldiers like a wave and be invincible!" Ye Yingwu's voice became colder and colder, often at this time, it meant that Ye Yuanjun was entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

As soon as Jiang Ho gave up his hand, there was nothing.

"The middle army of the Tianwu Army and the left wing of the Tianwu Army are divided into two routes, the Chinese army walks along the south bank of the Han River along Ezhou, and the left wing goes directly from Tianjia Town to the north bank of the Han River, and the Chinese army faces the Mongolian infantry and cavalry head-on, and the left wing tries to contain the Mongolian troops, and the front carriage must also be ready to respond at any time." Ye Yingwu then instructed, "Song Rui, Junshi, you must quickly extract those with outstanding training from among the new soldiers, and prepare to take over the defense of the rear wing of the Tianwu Army, and the rear wing of the Tianwu Army will be personally led north at any time, which can be regarded as the last force." ”

Even Jiang Hao, who has always been very arrogant, his face changed, Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu couldn't help but glance at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and replied.

Ye Yingwu personally led the rear carriage that had always guarded Xingzhou to the north, indicating that the battle situation had been eroded to the point of being difficult to save at that time! In other words, Ye Yingwu was ready for heavy losses and even annihilation of the main force of the Tianwu Army.

Including Jiang Tie and Wu Chucai, the two generals behind Ye Yingwu, everyone in the council hall already had a slight cold sweat on their foreheads, and as the wind blew, they all snorted.

"Please rest assured that the last general and others will not be incompetent to that extent." Yang Bao said loudly, loudly.

Ye Yingwu nodded: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just because everything must be fully prepared." This time it was on the south bank of the Han River and fought against the Mongol Tatars, and if it was defeated, it would be a serious blow to the morale of the soldiers in Xiangyang and the surrounding state capitals. And the Tianwu Army is also very likely to collapse. Rescuing the Yingzhou Sailors is still secondary, and making it difficult for the Mongolian Tatars to move on the south bank of the Han River is the purpose of the Tianwu Army's northward march this time, so please keep in mind. ”

After thinking about it, Ye Yingwu gritted his teeth and added: "It's time for last resort." When the whole Tianwu army is the top, the Yingzhou Navy ······ Don't save it, don't lose a big one because of a small one. ”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the people present were tense, and their hearts became more and more heavy.

Seeing that even Jiang Ho was no longer as high-spirited as he was just now. Ye Yingwu couldn't help but smile bitterly and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, why are they all crying and mourning, Tianwu Jun is not scared, is it possible that you are cowardly?" ”

Jiang Hao and Yang Bao did not laugh at Ying and Ye Yingwu, but solemnly bowed their hands to Ye Yuanjun, who was still a little pale because he had just recovered from a serious illness, and then turned around and walked out. In an instant, they also felt the heavy responsibility on their shoulders, and they were no longer in the mood to joke.

"Let's go, I want to be quiet." Ye Yingwu said softly.

Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu sighed secretly in their hearts, the first day of the Lunar New Year. But it changed suddenly, making everyone feel dull in their hearts.

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"Boom!" Tribulus terrestris exploded against the wall.

The nearest four or five Mongolian foot soldiers suddenly fell to the ground, but fortunately the snow had just melted, and the ground was very wet, otherwise once the dust was raised, it would inevitably obscure the view.

More Mongolian cavalry roared and rushed up from behind, and the wall had already been blasted open several holes, so these Mongolian cavalry who had been killed rushed straight towards these breakthroughs, and several breaches in the wall were covered with corpses and blood.

"Stop them!" A Song soldier with his arm cut off stood trembling on top of the corpses of many people and horses. However, before his shouts could subside, a Mongolian cavalryman on a prancing horse slammed into him.

Dealing with such a Song soldier who was no longer a general, the Mongolian cavalry didn't even want to wave a saber, and the hooves of the war horse were enough to trample him into flesh and blood.

However, the cavalryman had miscalculated. The next moment a dazzling light shone in front of his eyes, and the sound of an explosion quickly poured into his ears. What the Mongolian cavalry didn't see was that the head of the Song army, who was already dying, had in addition to the knife holding the blade in his hand, and the burning thistle!

The Mongol cavalry behind watched in shock as their companions dissipated into the flames, but before they could react. Several Song army crossbowmen had already pulled the trigger. The arrows whizzed, accompanied by the crackling stone projectiles behind them.

Gritting his teeth, not a single Mongolian cavalry retreated. They are the athletes of the grassland, and they must be worthy of their ancestors and ancestors, and worthy of the blessing of eternal heaven! Although thousands of people had died in front of this thin wall, the Mongol infantry did not have the slightest intention of retreating, but became more and more ferocious like the Song army.

Zhang Cheng rolled on the spot, but he could block the arrow that wiped his face, and slammed into the wall, before finally stopping his tumbling body. The armor was already stained with blood and mud, but Zhang Cheng knew very well that he was not in pain, indicating that he was not injured, and of course there was a possibility that he was numb to the pain.

I didn't expect that I had just escaped from the shore of the water, but a few days later, I had to fall into such a bloody battle of life and death. The guards who followed him were all the elites of the Six Doors and the Jinyi Guard, but Rao was like this, there were more than ten people when they came, and now only five are left to follow closely.

"Commander, we can't get out this time?" A personal guard watched with some concern as the Song army and the Mongolian infantry fell down from several breakthroughs, and the corpses became higher and higher, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Cheng.

The charter snorted fiercely: "What you can't run out of." No matter where they are, they are fighting desperately with the Mongolian Tatars. Life is a hero, and death is also a ghost. Rest assured, brothers, even if we die here, the envoy and the soldiers of the Tianwu Army will think that we have fallen in battle side by side with them. ”

Hearing Zhang Cheng say this, several guards breathed a sigh of relief. They are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of the inexplicability of their own death. Because who doesn't want to drink blood on the battlefield with the soldiers and brothers of the Tianwu Army, if they die in the sneak attack of the Mongol Tatars with these sailors, no matter what, it will inevitably be a bit of a nest.

An iron arrow fired from a bed crossbow grazed the wall, causing a louder and louder shout. Zhang Cheng slowly stood up and clenched his blood-soaked saber. Several breaches are clearly unsupportable. Zhang Cheng was not stupid enough to lead the five people to continue to fill in the bottomless pit.

"Commander, what are we going to do?"

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Cheng walked quickly towards the camp: "Let's go, the top priority is to build a second line of defense." It is also necessary to stabilize the soldiers who have retreated from the front. Do you have the guts? In the camp, it is not as good as having a wall. ”

"Why not!" Several guards shouted in unison.

Fan Tianshun anxiously watched the black wave crashing against the thin camp wall, that wall was difficult to shelter the sailors and soldiers who had not yet boarded the ship, whenever there was a breakthrough, it meant that the time for the next breakthrough was not far away. These walls were actually only hastily erected, because they were on the south bank of the Han River. The Mongol Tatars were just a camp with only a few scouts stationed, so Fan Tianshun did not expect such a critical situation as today.

If you are not careful, you will be wiped out!

Fortunately, several building ships escaped in time, and suppressed the Mongolian infantry on the opposite side in the middle of the river, and finally avoided a bloody battle on two fronts.

Fan Tianshun finally has the ability to look at the surrounding situation. Half of the main force of the Yingzhou Navy Division was destroyed in the sneak attack on the Mongolian Navy Division's camp, but the number and quality of the remaining warships were still considerable, and it may be a little reluctant to block the entire Han River, but it is not a problem to prevent the Mongols from crossing the river on foot.

However, there are only seven boats still holding out on the Han River, and most of them are scarred. A large number of Mengchong clippers and red horse boats. As well as various medium-sized warships that were supported by bows and crossbows, at this time, they either rolled over or slowly sank, and some were scarred, floating helplessly in the water that had not yet been re-frozen.

Many more sailors were still fighting on the shore, or struggling for a moment in the icy Han water, only to let the cold and fear lead them into the abyss. At this time, at this water temperature, even if it can be saved, I am afraid that if you don't die, you will have to shed your skin.

The ship was still trembling slightly, caused by the constant support of trebuchets and bed crossbows on the shore. But Fan Tianshun knew that with the only defense line of the camp wall being broken through, the soldiers on the shore were also unlucky.

Yingzhou Sailor, just a few hours. It's almost annihilated! And the 150,000 troops of Xiangyang City, which were close at hand, did not come to support. On the contrary, the attacking Mongol infantry and cavalry continued to cross the Han River from the upper reaches of the ice, and killed the south under the noses of the defenders of Xiangyang.

A kind of grief of being abandoned and betrayed arose, Fan Tianshun bit his lip and looked at his own sons who were struggling and shouting in the cold water, barely trying to hold back his tears.

The Yingzhou Navy Division lived up to the defenders of Xiangyang. Live up to this glorious Song Dynasty, live up to the mountains and rivers behind you!

However, the defenders of Xiangyang lost them.

"Come here, transfer two hundred children, get off the ship with a certain person, how many people can be received, and all kinds of firearms and arrows must be saved as much as possible." Fan Tianshun ordered one after another, never looking at the river behind him again, the Mongolian Tartar trebuchet came up again, and the building ship of the Song army sailor fiercely fired, and the Song army sailor warship, which had just breathed a sigh of relief, faced a catastrophe.

But Fan Tianshun had no choice, he had already chosen this side just now, and now he couldn't sit back and watch the soldiers on the shore being completely overwhelmed by the Mongolian cavalry.

Lou Boat lowered the boat, and Fan Tianshun jumped directly from the bow of the boat into the knee-high icy river water along the rope. The water stinged every inch of the skin that was in contact with and did not touch, Fan Tianshun gritted his teeth and took a difficult step, but fortunately, the boat was not far from the shore, so the Great Song Yingzhou Sailor had already come to the shore again.

The legs were no longer numerous, and they just moved forward with the last of their perseverance.

The crossbowmen behind him pulled the trigger as quickly as possible, but fortunately there was no need to aim, because the entire camp was densely packed with Mongolian cavalry!

Zhang Cheng reluctantly gathered more than 100 people to set fire to the camp, and with the last firearms and crossbows, he barely supported it for a moment, and finally inevitably retreated, but this was already the largest number of retreating soldiers Fan Tianshun could see.

In front of the most elite cavalry of the Mongols, even the Tianwu army could not get any benefits, let alone these sailors who did not even have basic horse rejection guns. Although they are like swimming dragons on the water of the Great River and Han, they are very weak on this shore.

"General Zhang!" Seeing Zhang Cheng, who was covered in blood and had a hideous face, Fan Tianshun was also taken aback. He had to admit that he had forgotten about this general of the Tianwu Army just now, and now that he saw that Zhang Cheng was still safe and sound, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Zhang Cheng nodded at him and didn't speak. The guards who had followed him just now were now the last two remaining. And they were all covered in blood, and I couldn't tell how many wounds there were on my body. Several crossbowmen hurried forward, covering their flanks and backs.

There are constantly sailors and soldiers gathering on the river beach from all over the place. Because of the desperate resistance of the trebuchet and bed crossbow of the building ship behind, the Mongolian infantry cavalry could not rush up for a while and a half. No matter how much was lost, at least it didn't turn into a hysterical rout. This is probably a blessing in misfortune. But sooner or later, the irresistible advance of the Mongol cavalry will completely submerge this last foothold!

Black flags danced in the wind, and the red flags in various parts of the camp fell to the ground helplessly. Black smoke rose with the firelight, the sound of horses' hooves, and I don't know how many Mongolian cavalry wantonly burned the tents and grain and grass of the Song army's sailors, and even a few gunpowder tents that were too late to carry also caused a big explosion, but at least the hundreds of infantry around the gunpowder tent were all overturned to the ground, which was the last contribution made by these gunpowders.

The arrows of the crossbow of the god arm almost grazed the scalp and whizzed into the chest of a red-eyed Mongolian Han foot soldier not far in front, the soldier was not very old, his mouth was wide open, and it seemed that there was still a shout not yet made. I can only slowly fall to the ground.

Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, they were born from the same root, so why be in a hurry. It's just that now is not the time to lament this, because the place where they are standing is not safe. The Mongol cavalry gradually reacted, and while cleaning the surrounding camps, they used cavalry archery to compete with the Song army's crossbowmen.

In the camp, on the river beach, and on the Han River, there is blood and fire.

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Ezhou.

The sky was overcast, and there was still light snow fluttering.

The red flag goes with the wind. A brigade of Song infantry soldiers slowly moved forward on the muddy official road. After all, Ezhou is southern, and the river has not been frozen, but there are a few pieces of floating ice. Han water, on the other hand, is only a thin layer of ice that seems to shatter when touched.

Although there is snow in the sky. However, the snow on the ground has melted somewhat.

Wang Lixin, the pacification envoy of Hunan and Zhi'ezhou, sat on horseback, frowned and looked at the sky, and couldn't help but sigh softly. I don't know how many people will be left in Yingzhou when they arrive in Yingzhou.

Wang Lixin took office not long ago, and the new official took office three times, but he really has a bit of skill. At least the commanders of the Ezhou garrison, Yu Hou and others packed up the obedience, and they were even more streamlined and transferred, and finally gathered an army of 20,000 people behind them, but they could barely be called a strong army.

Of course, although he has some ability, Wang Lixin is just a scholar, and he is already thankful that he can put on armor, and there is still nothing he can do about a general like Fan Wenhu, who is very hard in the background. But fortunately, in this weather, Wang Lixin did not count on Fan Wenhu.

As a former Jinshi of the Lizong Dynasty, and has been personally rewarded by the emperor, it stands to reason that Wang Lixin's life should be steadily rising, but the most interesting and speechless thing about the Lizong Dynasty is that everything is difficult to infer according to common sense, after the words and deeds of the Battle of Ezhou offended Jia Rudao, Wang Lixin obediently tossed around in the following state capitals as expected, depressed.

It wasn't until not long ago, because there was really no one available, and the situation in Xiangyang was becoming more and more urgent, that Weng Yinglong persuaded Jia Yidao to use Wang Lixin. At least in Ezhou, there is Fan Wenhu to contain him, Wang Lixin is a pure scholar, no matter how much he can't toss up a big wave.

But now it seems that Wang Lixin is doing very well, at least there is a decent Song army behind him.

was helpless in his heart, but Wang Lixin couldn't force his subordinates to speed up, because the road was really difficult to walk, and everyone was already complaining; Second, now Wang Lixin has also relied on the prestige of the new official to suppress several commanders and Marquis Yu, and it is far from the point where he can directly issue orders to them to force them forward.

If these wall-to-wall characters find themselves just an empty shelf with no backing, maybe what will happen! It's just that this layer is no longer what Wang Lixin, who is now on the way north, can think.

He didn't know if he was the only army that went north to rescue the Yingzhou Navy, but the moment he received the letter of help sent along the way, he knew that even if only he planned to go north, and the rest of the people, including that Ye Envoy, had to stand by, he would do it.

This is Wang Lixin, sometimes he is as strong as a donkey. (To be continued.) )