Chapter 456 Famous General Boyan

Wu Songhan sneered and said: "General Boyan, Wu knows that you are a disciple of the Tianya Divine Venerable Seal of the World, and with your martial arts, you are among the best among the Mongolian generals, but Wu may not be afraid of you, if you and I are only martial arts people, Wu will definitely learn the general's skills today." It's just that the two countries are at war, and Wu doesn't dare to disobey the military order and go out of the city to fight with you. ”

Boyan said: "It is said that the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty will only rely on the city, and never dare to fight with our army in the field, which seems to be true." Even if a hero like General Wu still can't shrink his head, let alone others. ”

Regarding Boyan's humiliation without dirty words, Wu Songhan smiled instead of anger: "General Boyan, as a soldier, can only be called a hero if he can win the war." ”

Boyan was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Haha, General Wu is reasonable, but Boyan fell into the inferior, and Boyan was taught." ”

"Don't dare to be, General Boyan, you have come thousands of miles to the territory of our court, my Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, pay attention to coming and not being rude, Wu will give you an arrow." Wu Songhan said as he took out the Cloud Piercing Bow, bent the bow and said, "General Boyan, look at the arrow." ”

For the Song generals in the Xiangfan area, Boyan has done research, so he naturally knows Wu Songhan's marksmanship, and he doesn't dare to slack off at the moment, holding Fang Tian's halberd with both hands, and staring at the feather arrows shot by the other party.

The feather arrow shot by the Cloud Piercing Bow was extremely fast, and it only took an instant to reach a place less than a meter away from Boyan's head.

Boyan suddenly shouted, "Open." With this sound, the strength of both hands, Fang Tian's halberd seemed to draw an arc as heavy as light, the top of the halberd just touched the feather arrow that came quickly, the halberd in Boyan's hand weighed more than forty catties, plus Boyan's internal force was deep, the two compartments overlapped, and the feather arrow was immediately smashed to the ground.

In the eyes of others, this arrow is extremely ordinary, except for its speed, there is nothing fancy, and Boyan's blow is also an understatement, and it looks also bland, but both parties are very clear. Wu Songhan's full strength shot this arrow is infused with the internal strength he has cultivated over the years, coupled with the power of the cloud-piercing bow, and it is shot condescendingly, it is full of strength, Boyan when the opponent shoots the feather arrow, he will spread his power all over the body, and this feather arrow still broke through his self-defense, and finally had to use the blade in his hand to dissolve it.

On the surface, the two are evenly matched, but Wu Songhan knows in his heart that he is still slightly inferior, and he can maintain a tie entirely by relying on the ability to pierce the cloud bow and the condescending environmental advantage. As a master disciple of Yin Tianya, Boyan also knew very well that although Wu Songhan's internal strength was slightly inferior to his own, coupled with the power of his strong bow, he was an opponent who could be matched.

"Good archery, General Wu, this gift has been accepted by Boyan, and it will be returned in the future, and there will be a period in the future."

With that, Boyan turned the horse's head and walked away.

Zhao Wenyi, the commander of the army on the side, said: "General, the enemy only has four or five thousand people, do you want to unite with the Imperial Forest Army at the east gate and defeat it." ”

"No." The voice of Wang Anjie, the highest-ranking general in Yingzhou City, came from behind.

Wu Songhan looked back and said busily: "See General Wang." ”

"See General Wang." Zhao Wenyi and other generals also hurriedly followed and saluted.

"Hello generals." Wang Anjie replied, "Boyan's cowardly Xue army is all cavalry, there are four or five thousand people, do you think that the only 5,000 cavalry troops in our army can fight against cowardly Xue in the field?" Not to mention one-to-one, even two-to-one, our army will also be at a disadvantage. Your Majesty has ordered that in the first stage of the Battle of Xiangfan, the task of our army is to destroy the living forces of the enemy army, not to fight to the death with the Mongolian army. ”

Zhao Wenyi was unconvinced and said: "General Wang, then watch Boyan come to Yingzhou to demonstrate like this?" ”

Wang Anjie said with a smile: "Haha, General Zhao is not in a hurry, and the Mongols will not last long." When I received the news of Boyan's attack, I also happened to receive a report from Zhang Shijie, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, that the other two brigades of the Second Division of the Imperial Forest Army had arrived in Ezhou, Hubei Province, and it was estimated that they would arrive in Yingzhou within a few days. When the deployment of our army's forces around Xiangyang is completed, the anti-encirclement battle will begin. ”

Wu Songhan said: "General Wang is right, my Lin'an army has been here for a while, although I can only watch the brothers of the Xiangyang Military Region fighting bloodily, everyone is a little anxious, but once the counter-encirclement war starts, I will naturally have the opportunity to fight the Mongolian army head-on, and then I am afraid that there will be no battle?" ”

"Well, General Wu, since Boyan has retired, then I won't stay here for long, I'll go to the east gate to have a look."

"Yes, General."

When Wang Anjie arrived at the east gate of Yingzhou City, Boyan led a group of cavalry troops to the city.

"Master Zhang, what's the situation?"

Zhang Shijie was a little nervous and said: "General Wang, it's Boyan's cowardly Xue Army. ”

"Well, Boyan Jun just came from Tanjiawan Village, and I also came from there."

"So fast? General Wang, is there a battle there? ”

"It seems that Boyan did not come to attack the city, and after General Wu shot an arrow, he left."

As soon as the two of them said a few words, they listened to Boyan under the city: "Listen, the general of the city, this general is the deputy marshal of the Great Yuan Zhengnan Boyan, do you dare to fight with me?" Boyan's voice was loud, and he could hear it clearly both in the city and under the city.

"Boyan, if you have the ability, come and attack the city." Wang Anjie is not like Wu Songhan, he has internal strength, and he can only reply with his own voice, and his momentum is naturally much weaker.

Boyan sneered, and shouted: "Southern Dynasty soldiers, if you don't have the support of the city, won't you be able to fight?" ”

For Boyan's contempt, the officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest Army who had not fought with the Mongolian army, from Zhang Shijie to ordinary soldiers, were furious. Seeing this, Wang Anjie hurriedly said: "Master Zhang wants to be angry, war does not rely on lip service. The soldiers listened to the order and treated it calmly, the archers prepared first, and the rest and the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army hid in bunkers. ”

Although Zhang Shijie has never fought, he has been familiar with the art of war in recent years, and after arriving in Yingzhou City, he learned a lot of knowledge about war from Wang Anjie, and soon returned to normal: "Thank you General Wang for reminding me, this Boyan wants to provoke our army to go out of the city to fight against it." ”

"Well, it's possible."

Seeing that no one from the Song army answered, Boyan under the city waved his halberd and said, "Release the arrow." ”

The five thousand cowardly Xue troops were divided into two groups, and took turns shooting a round of feather arrows, and thousands of black and linen feather arrows ruthlessly fell on the east gate of Yingzhou City. Fortunately, the soldiers in the city were prepared, and at the moment of the cowardly shot, they hid in bunkers or under shields, but more than 100 people were still slightly injured, but fortunately no one was killed.

After a round of vigorous shooting, Boyan said to Huai Du beside him: "Retreat." ”

"General, don't you force out the firearms of the Imperial Guards?"

Boyan shook his head and said: "Unless the city is attacked, it is difficult to force the Imperial Forest Army to use muskets, although Yingzhou City is not big, it is built with mountain stones, it is very difficult to attack, I am afraid that the soldiers are all treasures in the army, if they are consumed in the siege battle, then they have to not try, Yingzhou is not as important as Xiangyang after all." ”

Huaidu said: "Yes, General." ”

Subsequently, Boyan led the army to continue southward until the south gate of Yingzhou, which was located on the edge of the Han River. After taking a closer look nearby, Boyan said: "There seems to be a fortress in the lower reaches of Yingzhou, where is it?" ”

A scout said: "General, that's Huangjiawan Fort, there is a ditch in the west of the fort, several zhang deep and wide, and it is connected to Tenghu Lake." ”

Boyan nodded while listening: "Okay, very good." Send the order down and return to Lumen Mountain. ”

He said, "General, are you going back?" ”

Boyan smiled: "What, I still want to attack the city?" ”

"General, there is no gain from coming out this time."

Boyan said: "Why not, first of all, the Song army in Yingzhou City did not dare to go out to fight, which has already lost in morale." In addition, the most important thing is that General Ben has a plan to break through Yingzhou City. ”

Huaidu and Yu Zhili were both taken aback and said: "General, you said earlier that this Yingzhou City is difficult to attack, so there is a way to do it so soon?" ”

Boyan nodded and said, "It's not possible to use land, there are also waterways." Just now the scout said that there is Huangjiawan Fort in the lower reaches of Yingzhou, and there is a ditch in the west of the fort, which is several zhang deep and wide, and the south is to Tenghu Lake. If it rains heavily, the water level will rise, and you can tow the boat into the lake, detour into the Han River, and then you can reach the south gate, and the city wall around the south gate is low, which is quite easy to attack. ”

"General Takami." Being able to come up with a way to siege the city in such a short period of time, whether it is feasible or not, makes Huaidu and Yu only convinced.

Historically, Boyan took the above methods when besieging Yingzhou, first attacking Huangjiawan Fort, and then sending troops to repair Pingjiangyan, breaking bamboo to pave the ground, and then tugging boats into the lake and detouring into Han.

Although this idea was practical, Boyan didn't expect it at this time, and he would never have the opportunity to come to Yingzhou again.

On the afternoon of April 16, in Lin'an Palace.

I sat in the imperial study, drinking tea while listening to Lu Xiufu's report on the battle of Fancheng.

"Your Majesty, General Lu Wende, the commander of the Xiangyang Military Region, reported that in the past few days, under the bombardment of about 200 Mongolian stone throwers, the city wall on the periphery of Fancheng has been seriously damaged, and I ask Your Majesty to instruct whether to abandon it as originally planned."

I didn't answer directly, but asked, "Junshi, what are the casualties on both sides of the Battle of Fancheng?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, from April 2, the Mongols first launched an artillery attack for several days in a row, and on April 6 they officially launched an attack on our Fancheng, and in the following days, they launched attacks every day. By noon on the 10th, in four or five days, our army had lost 794 men and wounded more than 3,000 people, and the casualties of the Mongolian soldiers were at least more than double that of our army. ”

"Junshi, did Lu Wende say how long can the periphery of Fancheng hold out?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is said in his battle report that you can hold out until the end of this month."