In the winter of the second year of Song Xianchun, on the eighteenth day of the lunar month.

The Mongolian Luoshui Naval Division commanded Dong Wenbing to take advantage of the night to sneak attack the Yingzhou Naval Division of Song Jinghu and failed, the Song Army Naval Division came out of the darkness, the Mongolian Naval Division was defeated, all the warships above the building ship sank, and all the commanders Dong Wenbing died in battle, and the young commander Zhang Hongfan led dozens of small warships to flee back in a hurry, and the ships were wounded.

Ah Shu was silent for a moment and then wept bitterly. The Xiangyang Mongol naval division no longer had the ability to compete with the Song naval division, which meant that Ah Shu was not even qualified to cross the Han River until he had enough ships to fight against the Yingzhou naval division.

However, Ashu is Ashu after all, this commander of the Mongolian Southern Expedition who once fought in Lianghuai and Dali in the sea of corpses and blood while reporting to the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan, went to Liu Quan, Tongchuan Mansion. Now the only one who is qualified to come to challenge the Yingzhou Sailor is Liu Quan.

However, under Liu Quan's command were only a few broken warships left from a few battles.

For a while, he couldn't help Xiangyang, and Ah Shu quickly mobilized two thousand cavalry and four thousand foot soldiers to go south, so that with the four thousand cavalry that had advanced separately before, the Mongolian army had broken 10,000 in the south.

With the infantry cavalry with 6,000 cavalry as the main force, even if it is impossible to defeat the front of the Tianwu Army, it is still possible to contain the Tianwu Army in Qizhou and Huangzhou. What's more, Ah Shu also mobilized another 20,000 troops to advance all the way to the Gwangsan area of Gwangju in Gwangju, north of Huangzhou, and was also responsible for hoarding some of the grain and grass there.

Gwangju is located directly north of Huangzhou, and it is an important state capital where the Tianwu army goes north along the Han River or the Mongol army goes straight to Macheng along the terrain, so after the battle of Macheng, Ashu hoarded grain and grass in Gwangju, and then the first battle of Huangzhou and the two actions of sending troops to intimidate were also relied on the abundant grain and grass of Gwangju to make the trip.

Although Su Liuyi hated Gwangju very much at the beginning, he sent scouts to spy several times, and finally found that it was more difficult to break through the heavy garrison and burn the grain and grass in Gwangju than to ascend to the sky, so he could only honestly defend Huangzhou.

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Chujiang lock key, Tianjia Town.

Forty miles of rivers and mountains are steep and picturesque, silent and majestic in the morning light.

Yin Yu stretched his waist, and wisps of cold wind came to his face. Blowing on the face is cold and cold. Jiangbei is different from Jiangnan, and the separation of a river seems to divide the north and south. Yin Yu subconsciously looked at his feet, Guancheng was standing on the mountainside, with continuous camps, towering walls, and prohibitive bed crossbows and catapults. I couldn't help but laugh.

No matter what the differences between Jiangnan and Jiangbei are, at least now he is still standing on the land of Jiangbei.

Then this land is still owned by the Tianwu Army, the envoy, and the Great Song Dynasty!

The front carriage of the Tianwu Army, who was in his twenties, was waiting for Yin Yu to support the battlements. Look into the distance. This guy is also considered an alternative.,Physical,Growing up physically.,My favorite thing is to fight and kill.,Although he was born in a scholarly family, he didn't know which tendon was wrong.,Crying and making trouble to join the army.。 There was no choice but to go with him.

Later, thanks to the recommendation of Yin Yu's childhood companion Wen Tianxiang and Wen Song Rui, he was able to enter the Tianwu Army, and with his outstanding ability, he was favored by Ye Yingwu at a glance and became the front of the Tianwu Army. As for his ability to be favored by Ye Yingwu, he is good at cleaning up the mess.

No matter what the intricate battle situation is, as long as Yin Yu is behind with a large team to cover up. Enough to bring everything back. And the front of the Tianwu Army commanded Jiang Ho to never know how to wipe his ass, and always rushed to the front with a knife in his hand. Pairing these two diametrically opposed people together, even Ye Yingwu was impressed by his cleverness.

Facts have proved that this choice is really good, especially in the Battle of Huangzhou, Yin Yu braved the wind and rain to command his soldiers to cover Jiang Hao and repeatedly charge and kill the enemy formation, so that the casualties in the front compartment of the Tianwu army, which was also facing the Mongolian infantry head-on, were less than that of Zhang Shun's right carriage of the Tianwu army.

For the previous carriage soldiers, they have been arrogant for a long time.

But today's situation is a little bad, because the two people known as the "front compartment double wall" are missing one??????

Yin Yu sighed a little helplessly, Jiang Hao led people north, and there has been no news so far. The Mongol cavalry was menacing. He also didn't have the ability to take his infantry and the Mongol cavalry in the field, so he could only hurriedly retreat all the way to Tianjia Town on the bank of the river.

Macheng and Huangzhou were not repaired in several wars, and even transported a lot of materials to Xingzhou, Banbishan and Tianjia Town, and the cities were already empty and dilapidated. Yin Yu naturally would not be stupid enough to defend the city, and when the time comes, he will be surrounded by the enemy and even owe enough food.

Regarding Yin Yu's decisive withdrawal order, Ye Yingwu did not pursue it after being angry for a while, but just asked him to stick to Tianjia Town.

Tianjia Town. Yin Yu couldn't help but squint his eyes and sneered, Mongolian cavalry. If you have the ability, let the horse come, and you want to see what waves you can churn up in this "forty miles of mountains and rivers".

A herald strode over, breaking Yin Yu's contemplation: "Qi Yu is waiting, the commander has not heard from him so far, and the envoy has already landed from Qizhou with his personal guards, and we still let us hold on here and not be easily dispatched." ”

Yin Yu nodded, he couldn't figure out what Ye Yingwu wanted to do, and he didn't bother to think about it. For the soldiers of the Tianwu Army, it was the easiest time for Jun to come to the front line, because they had always believed that Ye Yingwu's banner was invincible.

For this propaganda argument, Yin Yu also raised his hands to support it, don't say anything to the Song army in this era that "arrogant soldiers will be defeated", because the strength of the Mongolian iron cavalry has actually made most of the Song soldiers fearless, and what Ye Yingwu and the generals of the Tianwu Army need to do is to inspire the fighting spirit of all the soldiers.

If you are so scared that you pee your pants, you don't have to fight this battle.

The sound of horses' hooves was heard in the empty valley, and there were many figures up and down the mountain walls on both sides, and the Song soldiers, who were already doubly vigilant, turned their eyes into the distance. A scout came on a galloping horse, and the tall walled city gate in front of him slowly opened, and he rode straight into the wall.

The scout hurriedly ran up to the city tower and arched his hand at Yin Yuyi: "Qi Yu waits, the Mongolian cavalry thousand people are less than twenty miles away from here, and the Mongolian infantry thousand people are less than thirty miles away from here!" ”

Yin Yu was slightly stunned, and then sneered: "Okay, it's finally here!" Orders, drums, and the whole army is ready for battle! Above each head, go to the lookout with so-and-so! ”

The voice did not fall. The sound of drums was already echoing in the valley, and a moment later, countless war drums roared above the valley hills in front and behind. Sergeant Song, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly ran into his own battle position, all of which had been trained for an unknown number of times, and the speed was staggering.

Before the first drum stopped, several bed crossbows began to slowly twist, and more soldiers were loading gunpowder into firearms such as assault rifles. These firearms are more difficult to serve, so naturally they have to be loaded first, and when the Mongolian cavalry appears, maybe it will be too late to pull the divine arm crossbow, but if you want to load the assault musket, the daylily will be cold!

After hesitating for a moment, Yin Yu said loudly: "Come on, raise the flag of so-and-so!" ”

The commander-in-chief, when the Chinese army raised the flag, now the front chamber is commanding Jiang Ho is not there. It is necessary to raise Yin Yu's general flag. In addition to Yin Yu's general flag, the other red flag, one is a symbol of the Great Song Dynasty, and the other side is embroidered with the word "leaf".

This is an unwritten tradition that the Tianwu Army does not know when it was formed, and the large and small armies need to hang Ye Yingwu's general flag next to the general flag, which not only has the meaning of indicating that they are the Tianwu Army, but also has the meaning of praying for the blessing of Ye Zhijun, the commander of the four compartments of the Tianwu Army.

"Rise up, too." Suddenly, a voice came from behind him.

Yin Yu was taken aback, at this time, he was qualified to appear on the city tower and his own guards did not stop him, except for Jiang Hao, there was only one person. But?????? Before thinking about it, Yin Yu hurriedly turned around and handed over:

"The last general will see the envoy!"

Ye Yingwu smiled and waved his hand: "Be quiet, don't make a noise, I came here secretly this time." It's not just that you don't know, but also that Xingzhou doesn't know either. In this case, I am afraid that the people in the north will not know. ”

"Why is the envoy here?" Although Yin Yu already understood that this was not something he could know, he still looked at Ye Yingwu. It stands to reason that Ye Yingwu commanded the Chinese army of the Tianwu Army to meet the Mongolian infantry cavalry that was going to Qizhou, how could he appear here.

Could it be that they are too distrustful of the defenders of Tianjia Town?

Ye Yingwu smiled faintly: "Why can't you come here." I came here because I came to Tianjia Town this time for the Mongolian foot riders. None of them will leave alive. ”

Yin Yu was shocked, and the Mongolian infantry cavalry from the direction of Tianjia Town was full of six or seven thousand, accounting for the majority of the Mongolian army going south, and there were three thousand cavalry inside, and the other three thousand were foot soldiers carrying large and small siege weapons.

If you want to defeat these people, Yin Yu can pat his chest and guarantee the ticket, but if he wants to annihilate them all, this is difficult for some strongmen. After all, except for the forty miles of mountains and rivers in Tianjia Town, there are vast plains in the north, and the Mongolian cavalry can gallop around at will. This is also why the Battle of Huangzhou and the Battle of Macheng were defeated rather than annihilated.

Because it was impossible for the foot soldiers to outrun the Mongol cavalry.

After hesitating for a moment, Yin Yu looked at Ye Yingwu, who just held his breath with a blazing gaze. In the next moment, the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves was already roaring from the sky. The soldiers in the city subconsciously held their breath.

A black banner appeared in the sky, followed by more figures in twos and threes. Soon the cavalry of the brigade was already roaring like a wave. The grass swayed in the wind, and the green hills around seemed to shake in the earth-shaking sound of horses' hooves.

Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and patted the battlements in front of him, and said with a smile: "Since you are here, let's have a good fight." ”

The Mongolian cavalry is not just a fool who knows how to rush forward, and the Song military camp in front of them is lined up, and the red flag covers the sky and the sun. But looking at this sudden Song fortress, the Mongol cavalry had already begun to slow down slowly, and several of their commanders felt that something was wrong at the same time, but it was still too late.

The sound of horses' hooves shook, and one huge pit after another suddenly appeared, like a black hole engulfing everything, and one cavalry after another screamed and fell into the pit. Of course, there were not only pits in the open space in front of them, but the roars and explosions had already covered up the original sound of horses' hooves in an instant, the neighing of war horses, the screams of soldiers, and I don't know how many cavalry rushed to the place where the earth-shattering thunder was buried so recklessly, and it was inevitable that they would be thrown off their horses by the explosion.

Rows and rows of Mongol cavalry disappeared under the sudden pit and earth-shattering thunder, and there was a lot of broken flesh on the ground. More of the Mongol cavalry showed their great horsemanship at this moment, and soon the originally dense formation split to the sides, drawing two graceful curves diagonally.

One after another, black flags danced in the wind, and this time it was only two thousand troops and two thousand cavalry, so it was not very chaotic, even orderly. The two cavalry teams of 1,000 men on the left and right went around in a circle, and then regrouped before the first row of pits. Just now, they also tried to approach the Song army camp, but they were all greeted by the Song soldiers with strong bows and crossbows, so now no one dares to be strong.

suffered a secret loss, and the two centuriens in front of the Mongol cavalry were already less than one. After that, several teams of 100 also suffered more or less losses, but they were able to tolerate them.

"Get them out of the way!" Ye Yingwu frowned slightly and said in a cold voice.

Before the words fell, the drum beat on the castle tower changed. It became more and more urgent, as if he was urging the Song soldiers at the front. I have to say that Jiang Hao and Yin Yu, the pair of partners, trained the front compartment of the Tianwu Army quite well, and after a while, the trebuchet placed in the front began to roar, although this kind of heavy weapons that have lasted for thousands of years have gradually withdrawn from people's sight, but at least in terms of attacking and defending the city. The trebuchet still has the power of a bed crossbow.

What's more, this kind of thing is simple to make, and it can be as large or small as you need, compared with bed crossbows, god arm crossbows and other large and small bow crossbows, it has its own advantages.

At the front, more than a dozen large and small trebuchets threw stones at the same time, and the Song soldiers even mixed the earth-shaking thunder and the fire thistle terrestris in the stones, and threw them with a roar.

After all, the distance is still far away, and there are very few of these stones that can fall in the Mongolian cavalry formation, but as long as there are them, it is enough to face firearms such as stones and even earth-shaking thunder falling from the sky. No one had the slightest ability to resist, and amid the sound of explosions and the roar of stones, the still neat formation of the Mongol cavalry soon collapsed, and one by one the hundred-man team began to retreat.

Yin Yu looked at Ye Yingwu in surprise: "Didn't the envoy say that he wanted to annihilate all these Mongolian infantry here, how could he drive them away from afar, this is equivalent to exposing the strength of the Tianwu Army in Tianjia Town, will the Mongolian infantry still rush up?" ”

Ye Yingwu looked at Yin Yu with a smile: "Didn't you understand? This is just two thousand Mongolian cavalry, and they can't be seen yet. If they were lured into the valley and annihilated, would the Mongol infantry still be stupid enough to crash into themselves? As for exposure?????? This is just the first line of defense in Tianjia Town, and some of the pits are filled in and filled. Why bother. The surrounding mountains and valleys are continuous, condescending, is it a hundred times better than a pit, even if there is no pit. It is still possible to let these Mongolian Tatars come and go. ”

Yin Yu was silent for a moment, and then arched his hand at Ye Yingwu: "The last general has been taught." ”

Originally, he wanted to say something, but Ye Yingwu finally held back and shook his head a little helplessly. The Mongol infantry in front belatedly and joined the cavalry. The total number of Mongolian infantry was only more than 6,000 people, and there was a cavalry team of 1,000 men still behind the foot soldiers. In case of a back road.

With 6,000 people, he wants to conquer Tianjia Town, which is a bit of a joke, and there are no less than 10,000 soldiers in the Song army in these forty miles of mountains and rivers alone. Ye Yingwu thought in his heart, Ah Shu sent this no more and no less people over, the so-called nature could not really attack Tianjia Town, and he still wanted to test the attitude of the Tianwu Army towards going north.

Since you want to test your attitude, then you might as well be weak, but you can't be too weak, the best way is to let the Mongolian infantry who came to test suffer heavy losses in defense, so that Ah Shu can guess that the Tianwu Army is still not easy to mess with, but there is no intention of going north to fight him.

Time, Ye Yingwu muttered to himself bitterly.

Time is running out, and I'm already racing against time.

"The Mongol foot soldiers are coming up." Yin Yu whispered beside Ye Yingwu.

Ye Yingwu looked up, it was the same black wave just now, but the difference from just now was that this time it was the foot soldiers walking in front, the shield bearers holding shields covering the soldiers behind them holding bows and crossbows or pushing siege equipment, and the Mongolian cavalry was already on the flanks, with bows and arrows in hand on one side, ready to suppress the Song army with cavalry at any time.

"I'm quite shrewd enough to know that I can't attack the valley rashly." A smile appeared at the corner of Ye Yingwu's mouth, if the opponent was too incompetent, he would naturally be interested.

The main village of the whole Tianjia town is located behind the wall in the valley, and on the slopes on both sides of the hill, which are not very steep, there are several small camps in a row, which stretch to the river, if you look at it from the air, it is a semicircle that is not regular, relying on the topography.

The goal of the Mongolian infantry is the small village located on the north side of the entrance to the valley. (To be continued.) )