After listening to Meng Hui's explanation, Gao Huaiyuan knew that it was really Liu Zhi's fault, Sanfeng Mountain was originally easy to defend and difficult to attack, and after Liu Zhi led the army to encounter the Jin soldiers, he failed to attack immediately, but garrisoned on the hill south of Sanfeng Mountain, and was cut off from their water source by the army led by the monk Wanyan Chen, after three days of fierce fighting, Liu Zhi actually led the army to escape, and was chased and killed by the monk Wanyan Chen for dozens of miles, and the Xiangyang army lost more than half of the battle. Collected part of the rout, blocked the pursuers of Monk Wanyan Chen, and Liu Zhi was able to escape. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Bastard! Vulgar generals! One will be incompetent and exhaust the three armies! This guy is not only incompetent, but also timid and afraid of death, what is the use of keeping him? Ordered the military commander to immediately take Liu Zhi down in Dengzhou, take away all his military positions, behead him on the spot, and show the three armies to the public! Promote this Feng Zaixi to replace Liu Zhi as the commander of the Xiangyang Army and strengthen the defense of Dengzhou! After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he slapped the table angrily and immediately ordered...

Gao Huaiyuan is very strict in governing the army, but as long as it is not too much, under normal circumstances, Gao Huaiyuan does not like to kill people at every turn, and in the past, he only removed those incompetent generals, either drove them home, or transferred them to the criminal department for investigation and conviction, today Gao Huaiyuan seems to be really angry, and he actually directly ordered the defeated general Liu Zhiwen to be beheaded, so that the generals in the hall were shocked, and couldn't help but be a little moved, and his heart was obedient, it seems that he should be careful in the future! Even if they die in front of the battle, they must not be defeated, otherwise, their heads will not be saved!

"Fortunately, the progress of Zhao Futang and Zhou Jun's department is good, Zhou Jun has raised troops out of Guide Mansion, and Zhao Futang converged east of Bianliang, and is attacking in the direction of Bianliang, now with their troops, I am afraid that in a short period of time, they will not be able to take Bianliang, so you listen, we must be in Li Xiaotian's Jiankang army arrived in Caizhou, immediately raise troops to attack Xuzhou, from the east and west sides of Bianliang, in order to be able to quickly decide, this Xuzhou will be a battle of our Jin army, victory into the Central Plains, If we fail, we can only stop here, and I hope that you can fight this battle together with this official! After Gao Huaiyuan dealt with the matter of Liu Zhi of the Xiangyang Army, he stood up again and said to the generals in the hall with a serious expression. Dozens of Song Army officers immediately stood up in unison, bowed down and clasped their fists together, and said loudly: "Dare not die!" It was originally the death of the Great Song Dynasty! "A loud sound pierced the roof and was heard far away......

Two days later, Li Xiaotian's Jiankang army finally rushed to the outside of Caizhou City, and Gao Huaiyuan personally went out of the city to integrate Li Xiaotian into Caizhou City. . .

After Li Xiaotian saw that Gao Huaiyuan also came to Caizhou, he grinned happily, and came to visit with his generals, Gao Huaiyuan saw that most of the generals of the Jiankang Army could be named, many of them were officers from the front division of the palace, and now these people have been promoted to the positions of general, deputy general, and ready general in the Jiankang Army, and have become the backbone of the Jiankang Army, which makes Gao Huaiyuan very happy.

Li Xiaotian reported in detail to Gao Huaiyuan and Meng Hui on the situation of the battle on their trip, and in early April, they assembled in Chizhou, and then began to march north, starting from Chizhou, all the way to Yingzhou.

At first, the battle was quite smooth, and the resistance of the Jin army along the way was not fierce, and many Jin Dynasty officials in the county town surrendered when they heard the wind, so that they attacked the city of Yingzhou in half a month...

But after arriving in Yingzhou, the situation changed, the officials of the Jin Dynasty in Yingzhou and the Jin army had a strong will to resist, and used the earth-shaking thunder to resist the Song army besieging the city, and as a result, the Jiankang army touched a nail in Yingzhou, and the Jin army in Yingzhou filled the gunpowder into the iron can, ignited the lead and threw it into the Song army under the city, killing and wounding a lot of Song soldiers, and also threw this earth-shaking thunder at the Song army outside the city with a throwing car, killing and injuring a lot of Song army soldiers, so that the Song army's attack was greatly hindered. Li Xiaotian originally planned to take Yingzhou in five days, but it took more than ten days to fight, and all kinds of artillery and stone-throwing trucks collapsed a section of the city wall before conquering Yingzhou City, and therefore delayed a lot of time.

It was precisely because the battles of Yingzhou and Caizhou delayed the time that the battle situation in the Central Plains changed, so that the plan originally formulated by Gao Huaiyuan and Hua Yue to take the Jin State in three months had to be changed again.

Wanyan Heda personally led the army Chen stationed in Xuzhou City, which was the only way for the Song army on the South Road to attack Bianliang, and Wanyan Shouxu had to transfer the Jin army in the Tongguan area to Xuzhou Chen, but Xuzhou is a land of flat rivers and rivers, and there is no danger to defend at all, so Wanyan Heda has a headache for this.

After careful consideration, Wanyan Heda decided to move the defense line south to the Rushui coast of Yuncheng, trying to block the Song army from continuing northward and ensure the safety of the official road from Xuzhou to Bianliang.

For the loss of Caizhou, Wanyan Heda is very sad, Wanyan Zhongde has also been a general under him, he knows Wanyan Zhongde's loyalty, and he is also very grateful to Wanyan Zhongde, in Caizhou for him to win valuable time to return to the reinforcements, otherwise, even if he has wings, I am afraid it will be too late to rush from Tongguan to Xuzhou to set up defenses. . .

But even so, Caizhou City was still lost in the end, and the news of Wanyan Zhongde's death soon spread to Xuzhou City, which shocked the Jin army and demoralized it a lot. Wanyan Heda looked at the sky full of dark clouds, his heart was full of sorrow, now he knows the situation of the Jin country very well, even if they insist, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover the decline of the Jin country, but he can't help but persevere, because once Xuzhou is lost, the southwest portal of Bianliang will be immediately opened, and then the Jin country will be completely finished, although he does not seek to revive the Jin country, but he also hopes that he can support the Jin country for some more time...

Therefore, after arriving in Xuzhou, Wanyan Heda vigorously rectified military discipline, and in a few days, he killed at least 100 soldiers who did not obey military orders, which re-boosted morale, and the Jin army also began to deploy in the area south of Xuzhou according to his arrangement.

And the task of sticking to the front line of Rushui, he can only hand it over

The raindrops of beans finally fell from the sky and smashed on the dry land, stirring up puffs of dust and smoke, but soon the whole land was soaked with rain, and only the splash was left all over the ground.

"It's finally raining, this time the Song army won't come so soon!" Wanyan Heda looked up at the sky, pushed away the tarpaulin umbrella that his soldiers had held up for him, let the rain fall on his cheeks, and dripped down his beard to the armor on his chest...

The road was full of potholes, full of rain, but the heavy rain still did not stop at all, the heavy rain like a whip kept whipping everything on the ground, a big foot stepped into the puddle, but did not hesitate to continue to move forward, and then more big feet also stepped in the puddle, and soon the road was muddy.

A group of Song troops braved the heavy rain and kept walking forward, and the cavalry also dismounted and led the war horses to move forward in the mud.

The mules and horses dragging the heavy carts were panting and snorting, struggling in the mud and the roars of the soldiers who drove them, sometimes slipping, or the wheels getting stuck in the mud and unable to move...

The officers also stood on the side of the road, constantly directing and dispatching men to help push these carts out of the mud and continue to move forward.

Everyone was as if they had just been fished out of the water, their beards were wet and sticking to their chests, but few people complained, just according to the orders of the officers, they kept marching forward, and some of the boots on their feet were stuck in the mud, so they simply went barefoot, hung their boots around their necks and continued to march forward.

Gao Huaiyuan, like other generals, braved the heavy rain and strode on the muddy road, and asked from time to time where the striker had arrived.

"Handsome! Let's get on the horse! This ghost weather is estimated to be not good for a while, and I don't know when this rain will fall! You might as well find a place to take shelter from the rain! You are a handsome, you can't afford to suffer so much with you! The second tiger led his white horse and persuaded Gao Huaiyuan...

The snow-white war horse was also dirty with the lower half of its body splashed by mud and water at this time, and kept snorting to express its dissatisfaction.

"Less nonsense, hurry up! The sooner we get to Yuncheng, the more the Jin army can't imagine that our actions will be so fast! This heavy rain is not a bad thing, at least it covers our actions! Tomorrow we must rush to Yuncheng and break through Rushui! Gao Huaiyuan wiped the rain on his face and said to Erhu.

Erhu sighed, shook his head slightly, and had to continue to follow Gao Huaiyuan forward.

"Cheer up Lao Tzu, let's not be handsome and follow us! Look at the marshal and those generals, don't they also walk with us? You guys are still half-dead and so grinding, who dares to fall behind, be careful of Lao Tzu's whip! An officer stood on the side of the road with his waist pinched and shouted at his men.

The soldiers laughed and quickened their pace, before this kind of weather, the Song army would never advance in the rain, if the soldiers were forced to act in the rain, it was likely that there would be a mutiny if it was not good, but now the situation is different, no one objected to the order issued by Shangfeng to advance in the rain, because everyone was watching with both eyes open!

None of those who were officials enjoyed any privileges, they fell like mud monkeys like them, and they stepped forward step by step on this damn muddy ground, and those who were soldiers were not afraid of hardship, but they were afraid of unfairness, and now the officials of the Song Army all regarded the soldiers as their brothers, and shared weal and woe with them, so what else did the soldiers have to complain about?

Even if they are tired and bitter, the big guys are willing, compared to the previous ones who were deducted from the food and salary of the officials at every turn, and used them as their own slaves, now they are much happier as soldiers.

The iron cannons behind the artillery carts are wrapped in oilcloth, and the cannon body is tightly wrapped, and even the accompanying gunpowder carts are also tightly wrapped in oilcloth, and a large number of artillerymen go into battle shirtless, throwing off their arms and struggling to help push the cart in the muddy water, from time to time there will be artillery trucks stuck in the mud, but with the efforts of everyone, these guns can soon be carried out of the quagmire and continue to move forward.

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