Speaking from the heart, Du Zhen is indeed a fierce general, but if it is brave, the Tang army is by no means comparable to the Song army, and the difference in strength is too great, as soon as he gets into the encirclement, his men and horses immediately fall into a bitter battle and are slaughtered by the Song army.

Du Zhen did not break through immediately, although with the ferocity of the Song army, he may not succeed even if he broke through immediately, but he didn't even make this attempt, because he wanted to buy time for Zheng Yanhua's soldiers and horses all the way, even if the whole army was wiped out for this, as long as the commander Zheng Yanhua could destroy the pontoon bridge of the Song people, it was worth it. As soon as the pontoon bridge was destroyed, the Song people wanted to collect the necessary materials to rebuild the bridge, and it would take a few days, a few precious days, as long as the Tang army seized the fighter plane and concentrated all the men and horses to fight a beautiful annihilation battle, they could destroy this invading force.

And this plan, they didn't even have time to report to Jinling, today decisive battle, surprise attack on the pontoon bridge, is Zheng Yanhua and his personal plan, their mission, just like a moth to a fire, destroy the pontoon bridge to complete their mission, as for whether the imperial court can seize this rare fighter, their own civil and military officials in the court to judge, perhaps, they will give up this rare opportunity, still cowering in the city and waiting passively, but that is no longer something he can worry about, he is a Tang man, a Tang general, He did his part, and he died without regrets.

Du Zhen, who was determined to die in the country, used himself as a bait, and was not surprised to see that he was surrounded by the main force of the Song army, and he commanded the headquarters to move to the side of Zhao Guangyi, who was slightly smaller, while resisting, making a gesture of trying to break through, tightly pulling the main force of the Song army, and buying precious time for the commander Zheng Yanhua.

Before Zheng Yanhua's battleships sailed to the pontoon, they were subjected to a storm of baptism, each battleship was densely packed with arrows, and before they could fight, they broke a man and a horse, and then dozens of fireships blocked the river and rushed towards his battleship group unscrupulously.

"Song Jun is already prepared!"

Zheng Yanhua was taken aback, and then the exclamation of the soldiers came from the lookout platform at the height of the mast: "A large force of Song troops has been found west of Cihu, and General Du Zhen has fallen into a heavy siege. ”

Zheng Yanhua's face changed, surprise attack, surprise attack, attacking him unprepared is called a surprise attack, I can't imagine that this plan to attack the east and the west was so easily seen through by the Song army, looking at this posture, the Song army had already expected his arrival, could he still succeed?

Zheng Jiedu, who was full of hope that he would work wonders with a strange army and make immortal miraculous feats, fell into deep remorse, and when he saw the Song people who were driving the captured Tang army giant ship after seeing the fireboat approaching him in the thunderous sound of war drums, General Zheng made a decisive decision: "Withdraw!" ”

Without a single shot, the Pao Ze brothers, who were bait with their lives, and General Zheng, who was accustomed to water warfare across the river, changed the front team into the rear team, and the rear team became the front team, and with incomparable speed, he showed in front of the Song army how well-trained his naval army was, how superb the boat skills were, and before the two armies fought, they fled.

Yang Hao and Yao Liu's stubborn command of those soldiers of the forbidden army who had been trained in a hurry and knew a little about the art of boating, half of them relied on the natural flow of the Yangtze River water, and slowly approached the enemy, because of the slow speed of the boat, the soldiers who had nowhere to use their strength had to use their strength on the war drums, and beat the huge war drums on the mountain, and then they saw the enemy in front of them with a very superb boat maneuvering technique to show a beautiful hand of turning on the spot, and then they fled quickly, so fast that they couldn't catch up if they wanted to.

Such an army can not be defeated!

Yang Hao sighed secretly, he now understands that under the fan of his little butterfly, this world has changed a lot, and these changes are enough to affect many major events in history, but there are some things that he can not change now, military strength, political situation, official governance, human nature...... The Tang army has accumulated shortcomings for many years, and then put on a lord who only knows how to make the wind and the moon, in front of the Song people, they have no resistance at all, even if a general like Lin Huzi is still alive, it is just a little more delay, so that the Tang State can survive for a few more days, no one can afford to support Li Yu, who is not even as good as Adou, and the gods are powerless.

Du Zhen was bloodied to a high place, looked at the direction of Quarry Rock from afar, and saw the direction of the high sail tree, and already understood that the surprise attack plan had failed, and Zheng Shuai's men and horses had withdrawn so quickly, I am afraid that ...... I am afraid that they have never seriously fought with the Song army at all, and he has become a useless outcast, and everything has been sacrificed in vain.

Du Zhen is inexplicably sad and indignant, now the situation, he has no way to serve the country, he can only seek a way to survive for the subordinates who swear to follow, Du Zhen led the pro-soldiers and guards to kill Zhao Guangyi, who blocked the retreat, and fought for his Pao Ze brothers to survive, he tore a hole with flesh and blood, and ordered the department to break through immediately, and he led the pro-soldiers and guards to strangle left and right to ensure that the gap would not be blocked by the Song army.

Zhao Guangyi divided half of the troops and let Yang Hao take it away, but he opened a gap under Du Zhen's desperate struggle, and couldn't help but be shocked and angry, Zhao Guangyi couldn't hold it anymore, and personally put on armor and killed into the battle group, so that an iron rod rushed all the way to Du Zhen, and the soldiers next to him were afraid that he would lose, so he was tightly guarded by his side, Zhao Guangyi was a powerful iron rod, all the way to kill, it was really a death, next to death, no one was his enemy.

Du Zhen's blood-stained robe, a gun in his hand was exhausted, the blood was covered with the gun, and he was trying his best to resist the surging attack of the Song army, Zhao Guangyi arrived, roared, and an iron rod in his hand split Huashan with one move.

Before Du Zhen could see who it was, he heard a loud shout like a thunderbolt, and a stick came head-on with a sharp wind, Du Zhen immediately fought with his arms and blocked with a horizontal gun: "Open!" ”

Listening to the "clang" sound, the guns and sticks intersected, the spear bent slightly, and rebounded straight, Du Zhen's arms trembled, the tiger's mouth was numb, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised: "Who is this person, such a domineering stick." ”

The stick bounced off, so that the black-faced armor of the stick turned around, a flash on the spot, and took advantage of the momentum to split down with a stick, not giving him a chance to breathe at all, Du Zhen was a person before and after, and it was impossible to move around, and the big gun was too late to come back to pick up the enemy, so he had to block the gun again in a hurry.

"Hey!" One stick was blocked, and the third stick arrived, only to hear the sound of "click", the big gun in Du Zhen's hand could no longer stop the wind-like splitting force of the iron rod, the gun was broken, and the cobble-egg-thick iron rod smashed on Du Zhen's forehead with the sound of Yin Yin wind and thunder, and the red and white things splashed, and Zhao Guangyi's stick almost always smashed into the cavity.

Zhao Guangyi put away the stick, looked at the Tang army that had escaped from the encirclement and was fleeing, and said murderously: "Kill 10,000 with 50,000, and let them break out of the encirclement, where does the face of the king remain?" Pursue! ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Yang Hao cleaned up the situation of Quarry Rock, and instructed the guards to release the guards along the river as far as thirty miles away, and then waved his troops to help Zhao Guangyi, and when he arrived, Zhao Guangyi had personally led the army to chase all the way down, and the follow-up troops were cleaning up the battlefield.

The Tang army deserters panicked, fled to the nearest Dangtu City, when Tu is a small city, and there is no large army to defend it, when they fled to Dangtu, seeing the pursuit of perseverance, this small city can not resist at all, so they have to pass through the city to continue to flee, the Song army rushed into the city, began to burn and loot.

When Yang Hao arrived, he saw that the city was on fire everywhere, and adulterers, captives, and wanton slaughter of unarmed civilians abounded, and the red-eyed soldiers did not even let go of the monastery. Although the Song people believe in Buddhism are also numerous, but there are also many people who do not believe in gods and Buddhas, when Chai Shizong 'destroyed the Buddha', was ordered to destroy the Buddha statues, and many of the sergeants who drove the monks back to the lay now have been junior officers in the army, they are not respectful to the gods, they take the lead, those who are in danger with the soft to flee into the temple, the temple as a protector of the people have also been looted, if you see a woman with outstanding appearance, there are also abusers in the Buddhist hall.

Yang Hao was shocked and angry, seeing that the soldiers were like bandits, scattered everywhere, and he was powerless to stop them, so he had to go to Zhao Guangyi with anger.

When he saw Zhao Guangyi, he immediately said angrily: "Chitose, my Song king's division is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the crusade is the Tang lord, these people will be the people of my Song Kingdom in the near future, how can they be like bandits, wantonly rape and plunder." ”

Zhao Guangyi disagreed, and said with a smile: "This king has already made an appointment with the three armies, if the three armies move forward bravely, but get a city, they can be plundered, and now our army has broken the quarry rock and destroyed Du Zhen's department, everyone is moving forward bravely, not afraid of death, and deserves to be rewarded, how can this king lose his trust in the three armies?" ”

"Chitose, the Tang Kingdom is hanged, the people are innocent, seeing that they are suffering from this unwarranted military disaster, can Chitose bear it?"

Zhao Guangyi laughed and said, "Ci is not in charge of the army, and he is not in charge of finance." How can Yang Zuo make a woman benevolent? Your wife and concubine died tragically in the Tang Kingdom, don't you hate the Tang people for being cunning, why did you ask for their lives? ”

Yang Hao was suffocated, and arched his hand: "Yang Hao has hatred, and he doesn't want to be innocent, a thousand years old, if the soldiers are like bandits and lose the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, it is difficult for the soldiers and people in Jiangnan to guarantee that they will not repeat the mistakes of the Shu people." Only by breaking the city and reassuring the people, and having strict military discipline, can we win the hearts of the people. ”

Zhao Guangyi's connivance with his subordinates, not only to motivate the three armies to swear to serve his life, but also deliberately defiled himself, while holding military power, he stained some flaws for his own military exploits, and what he did had a purpose, which he had secretly decided on the west bank of the Yangtze River, and Yang Hao's advice was naturally not taken to heart.

However, he is now relying more and more on Yang Hao, and it is Yang Hao who has seen through the Tang people's plans, and he doesn't want to be too much, now that the goal has been achieved, he smiled and said: "If it weren't for the lack of resistance in the city, this king would have ordered the slaughter of the city, Yang Zuo made the house kind-hearted, but he was not a suitable person to lead troops, it's just that this king looks at your face and collects the troops." ”

Although the Song army burned and looted like bandits, but after all, it was an army with strict military discipline, and they returned to the team one after another as soon as the sound of gold was heard, Yang Hao led people to extinguish the fires in various places in the city, and then took his own soldiers to visit the place where he once lived, and saw that Bisu and Shuiyue Xiaoshi were no longer there, so they were relieved.

led the horse all the way back, and saw the ruins everywhere and the smoke of war, Yang Hao was indignant, but he was helpless. When the war is chaotic, it is always the people who suffer, and the so-called benevolent and righteous teachers who have not committed any crimes in autumn only exist in official history books and myths. Even if the Yue family's army's sky-shaking exploits and steel military discipline based on Yue Fei's grandson Yue Ke's narrative are simply the best annotation of the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, in fact, it has to be discounted.

The so-called army of the king who did not commit any crime in the autumn was only different from the other armies, and the boast of the lack of crime in the autumn at that time often referred to the people under his rule, and how they were down to the people in the territory of the enemy country can be imagined. Yang Hao walked silently on the street, sighing: "Will one day when I become the commander of the army, will I also cause many people to be displaced?" ”

However, the will of the commander-in-chief always had a significant impact on the destruction of wartime and the reconstruction after war. The so-called "no break, no standing", the war machine is in my hands, and it is better to kill a lot less than in the hands of the Li family. Since I can't refuse this historical mission, I'm trying to accept it.

This battle of Jiangnan was a rare training before I commanded the troops, and perhaps soon after, I would personally go into battle in Guigui, carving bows and riding horses, and burning wolf smoke on the northwest land. Or, I'll be a loser, or, I'll be the juggernaut of the Northwest. After a meritorious deed, future generations will comment, how will history write my name? ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "After this battle, I will go down in history!" ”

Zhao Guangyi held the reins and looked at the other side of the river with pride.

The battle situation developed in a favorable direction for the Song army without any suspense, and Wu Ningqian, the commander of the Huangzhou soldiers and horses, and others successively crossed the Yangtze River and captured Fanshanzhai; Tian Qinzuo, the supervisor of the left wing of the camp, led the army to break through Lishui, defeated more than 10,000 people of the Southern Tang army, and killed Li Xiong, the commander of the capital. Zhao Guangyi personally led the main force to Jinling, and Cao Bin, who had been following him unhurriedly, arrived at the right time to join Zhao Guangyi.

Li Yu hurriedly mobilized more than 100,000 troops to defend along the Qinhuai River and Jiangning City with his back.

Zhao Guangyi was full of spirits, facing an opponent who had demarcated himself in a circle and refused to take a step beyond Lei Chi, this battle was really happy.

Zhao Guangyi rode his horse and stood on the riverbank, surrounded by a forest of armor soldiers, and behind him was an army that could not be seen at a glance. On the other side, the Tang army was in full array, and one phalanx after another was moving behind the front army, like a flowing undercurrent. Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides were silent, only the footsteps that shook the earth, like the sound of drums, made their heartstrings tremble, and the oppressive atmosphere flowed between the Song army's horse army, infantry army, and sailors, and in the hearts of the armies on both sides of the river.

Yang Hao rode on his horse and silently watched the solemn confrontation situation. Once, he had seen a situation where hundreds of thousands of troops faced each other like mountains, and that time, the two sides were also tense, and it was one emperor and one queen who commanded the three armies...... It will be the next emperor of the Song Kingdom, and the Tang Emperor on the other side is still hiding in the deep palace compound of Jinling City and has not shown up, but this time the tension is especially better than the previous one in the Meridian Valley, because this is a key battle between defending the country and destroying the country.

That time, he was a passer-by; This time, he's a spectator; What about next time?

Zhao Guangyi stared at the Tang army on the other side, his heart was boiling, destroying a country, capturing a king, immortal merit is at his fingertips, to be a century-old mansion, not to be a one-day marshal, after today, he will be forever recorded in history!

Cao Bin and Li Hanqiong are moving the sailors on the left and the right, like a pair of vises, firmly clamping the Tang army, and when they shake the Tang army's formation, Zhao Guangyi can launch a general attack and destroy the 100,000 army in one fell swoop. However, Zhao Guangyi doesn't like this style of play, today, all eyes are on, he is the commander of the three armies, he should take the lead, how can he be robbed of his glory by others?

He slowly raised his horsewhip, and the three armies watched the commander's movements with bated breath, Zhao Guangyi whipped his horse and shouted: "The whole army, attack!" Suddenly rushing forward, the horse leaped into the river.

The left and right tigers were stunned for a moment, and then they rushed forward one after another, shouting and jumping into the river, wading into the water to attack in this cold winter, the sailors who were being mobilized upstream and downstream saw the commander rushing to launch, and they couldn't care about putting on the most favorable offensive formation, and immediately put into battle. Zhao Guangyi took the lead and shocked the three armies of the Tang State, they panicked and hurriedly launched a counterattack.

The battle to defend Jinling began.

How to win this battle, people in the game can not see clearly, Yang Hao just passively followed Zhao Guangyi's side, jumped on the horse, crossed the river, rushed to the enemy formation, and used his sword to kill the oncoming enemy, with the iron rod in hand, Zhao Guangyi, who was like a god of killing, rushed to kill the enemy in person in the enemy camp, fighting in the sound of killing, sweating through heavy armor, until he heard an incongruous cry in the surging waves of killing: "The northerners are strong, invincible, retreat quickly, and defend the city!" ”

This shout was like a plague, the Tang army was immediately defeated, the Song army was wrapped in them, chasing and killing, the Tang army left countless dead bodies, the remnants of the army retreated to the city, so ...... The Song army won.

Huangfu Jixun didn't understand how the Tang army was defeated, he threw off his armor and fled back to the city, poured a large bowl of water, sat on the chair in shock, and the soul returned to his body. He is the commander of the army of the gods and guards, and he is a general of the Tang State, but he has never fought such a huge battle, and in thousands of horses, thousands of troops, every wave is surging, and countless lives are gone, just like the disappearance of a wave.

He fought desperately under the guard of his own soldiers, his eyes seemed to be all the figures of the Song army, and all he heard in his ears seemed to be the shouts of the Song army, finally, he felt that he could not fight like this anymore, and if he continued to fight, the army of Gongwei Jinling would have to be exhausted, and he must do something for the imperial court, so he shouted out his mantra: "The northerners are strong, and they cannot be beaten......"

It turns out that he was right, the Tang army was really defeated, didn't it?

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ north wind with an annoying cold wave enveloped the entire Jinling City at night.

In Li Yu's palace, the attendants and palace people were in a hurry, and their expressions were a little uneasy, they had already heard the news of the defeat of the 100,000 army, Li Yu sat on the throne in a daze, and the cold air spread from the bottom of his heart to his fingertips.

More than 100,000 troops fought against the city, and they ended up with such a result, how could he not be cold? The prison army died on the battlefield, and Li Yu still hasn't figured out how the hundreds of thousands of troops can be defeated if they are defeated, is it really heaven that is going to kill me? Otherwise, how could an army of more than 100,000 be defeated so happily? Why would the powerful little master say goodbye without saying goodbye?

Li Yu had a smile on his face that was uglier than crying.

"Your Majesty, Chen Qiao and Xu Xuan ask to see you."

"Please, please." Li Yu is like a drowning man, and now even if there is a person who comes to make plans for him, he has to hold on tightly.

As soon as Chen Qiao saw Li Yu, he said angrily: "Your Majesty, today's fiasco of our army is all because the Divine Guard Army commanded Huangfu Jixun to flee from the battle, so that the morale of the three armies has been greatly reduced. ”

Li Yu said in surprise: "What? Huangfu Jixun? After Huangfu succeeded Xun Zhongliang, how could he ...... How could it be ......"

Chen Qiao stomped his feet bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, if Huangfu Jixun is half loyal and brave to his father, my army of more than 100,000 people will not be defeated under the attack of the Song army!" ”

Chen Qiao repeated the story of Huangfu Jixun's escape from the battle, and shouted "The northerners are strong and invincible", and said: "This is what Zheng Bufan, the commander of the Divine Guard, explained to his ministers, he was near Huangfu Jixun at that time.

General Zheng also said that Huangfu Jixun had always been afraid of the Song army, and often said that the Song people were invincible. I'm glad I didn't say it, right? 'He is the commander of the Divine Guard, and the Lord will fear the enemy like a tiger, and he will say defeat before he fights, how can our army not be defeated?

Today's defeat, General Zheng went to see Huangfu Jixun, saying that the Song army was newly victorious, the soldiers were arrogant and proud, and they would be negligent in their defense, and they could recruit people who dared to die to attack the enemy camp at night, but Huangfu Jixun was timid when he heard it, and opposed General Zheng to reprimand, General Zheng had a slight argument, he was annoyed and angry, and reprimanded Zheng Bufan for disturbing the morale of the army, so that his own soldiers tied him up and whipped him, General Zheng was inexplicably sad and angry, so he reported to the minister, otherwise, ...... The minister, like His Majesty, was still kept in the dark by this emperor's successor. ”

Li Yu trembled with anger when he heard this, and roared angrily: "Come on, come on, quickly put Huangfu Jixun in prison for the crime!" Put him in jail right now! ”

The chamberlain hurriedly ran to deliver the decree, but Li Yu, who was hoarse, fell back to his seat and muttered, "Now...... The Song army has been trapped in Jinling, and I ...... What should I do? ”

Xu Xuan comforted: "Your Majesty, many state capitals are still under the rule of our imperial court, and the 100,000 sailors at Hukou are still unharmed. ”

Li Yu opened his eyes and said, "In the current situation, what can I do?" ”

Chen Qiao said: "The minister and Lord Xu have discussed it, and the minister thinks that in the current situation, His Majesty has eradicated the traitors, and he can appoint a brave and good general to replace his position, defend the city, and the soldiers are insufficient, so all the young and strong people in the city can be organized to defend the city; At the same time, he sent people to break through and move 100,000 troops to the mouth of the lake to help; Then issued a decree and called on all state capitals and counties to form the division of the king. With the joint efforts of internal and external, the danger of the Song people may not be insoluble. ”

Li Yu said in despair: "Zhao Guangyi is staring at the city, how can he allow me to make plans again?" ”

Xu Xuan took a step forward and said calmly: "The minister is willing to delay time for His Majesty's envoys to Song Ying and his party." ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the following uncounted words:

Regarding the Song army's siege of Jinling, the history books say that the Song army besieged Jinling for five months, Li Yu did not know, and finally suddenly rose up and walked around the city, only to find that the Song army was besieging the city, so he was furious and beheaded the emperor's Fu Jixun who did not report it. I think this plot is too exaggerated and can't stand scrutiny at all, a bit like it is to belittle Li Yu and deliberately hack him.

The entire Jinling has been besieged for five months, and no one knows about the guards in the palace and the eunuchs who go out of the palace every day to buy, and no one talks about it? It's too easy to get the word out of the harem. If Huangfu Jixun had so much energy to block all the people around Li Yu, then it would be impossible for Li Yu to kill him with an order.

Besides, Chen Qiao, Xu Xuan and other loyal ministers who are older than the emperor's successor did not lock them up, nor did anyone stop them from driving, they suddenly all became dumb, and none of them went to Li Yugao to say? Li Yu's brothers, Xiao Zhouhou's mother's family, the prince who lives outside the palace, there are so many people, none of them told Li Yu?

The commander-in-chief who mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to surround and intercept the Song army was Li Yu, and then suddenly for five months, Li Yu didn't know where the Song army had hit, and he didn't care, how could this be possible? Huangfu Jixun has no ability to command the outside army, nor can he control the hundreds of officials in the court, he has always been an incompetent general who surrendered, but he has never been a Cao Cao-style figure who controlled the Tang dynasty, although this plot is recorded in history, I think it is full of loopholes, so it is not adopted.

Jinling was besieged, Li Yu should have been like a mirror from beginning to end, besides, Dong'er was still looking forward to it in the far north: I can't wait, brother~~~, where can I spend too much time in the south of the Yangtze River, so, Brother Hao fanned his little wings and besieged the city, it won't take five months, ^_^