Chapter Seventy-Four: The Enemy Seeks to Collect at the Yangtze Bridge
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The plains on both sides of the Grand Canal are now shrouded in late autumn colors. As far as the eye can see, it is all dry and yellow, and it is extremely bleak.
In such a season, it is a good time for soldiers to fight.
On the road leading from Yangzhou to the Yangtze Bridge, more than ten knights of the Song Army were galloping along the canal regardless of horsepower, and when they saw the flags rolling in the distance and the mighty army, they whipped a few times, driving the horses that were already tired and out of breath under their crotch to accelerate forward again.
"Report ......"
Before the men and horses arrived, the sound of shouting was already heard in the distance. They were the Song army's horse exploration horses, and yesterday evening they were ordered by Jia Nidao to go south along the canal to investigate the battle situation in the Yangzi Bridge area. The Mongolian army "suddenly" arrived near Yangzhou Bridge at dusk yesterday, and two or three Mongolian thousand-strong troops were inserted between Yangzi Bridge and Guazhou at once, cutting off the only way for Dong Songchen, the eunuch in Yangzi Bridge to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.
The eunuchs of the Song Dynasty actually did not have much power, and the number of eunuchs was the largest in all dynasties. The number of eunuchs used in the Song Taizu period was only more than 50 people, the limit given in the Renzong period was 180 people, and the number of eunuchs in the Zhezong era was reduced to 1,000 people, and the number of eunuchs increased in the Song Huizong period, but the number of eunuchs in the Southern Song Dynasty decreased again, and the number of eunuchs in the Xiaozong period was 250 people, and it was not increased until the official Zhao Yun.
However, after the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty were promoted to a certain level, they would be transferred to military qualifications, and they would become one of the military attaches of the Great Song Dynasty! And these military attachΓ©s who have no eggs in the Song Dynasty are not necessarily named, the entire Song Dynasty is very famous for leading troops to fight, and there are as many as 18 eunuch generals who are really good at fighting! Among them, the most famous is Tong Guan, who led the Privy Council in the Huizong Dynasty and commanded the army to attack Liao.
Although Tong Guan's battle against Liao was not very good, he still really knew the soldiers, but the eunuchs in the Southern Song Dynasty who had the names of Chengxuan envoys and observation envoys did not know anything about military affairs, because since the Song Dynasty began to cross to the south, there were no eunuchs who led troops to fight. Dong Songchen, who was the official worship of the four-pin Baokang Army, was no exception, not to mention leading the troops to fight, he had not even been on the battlefield once, and he didn't dare to go up! This time, he was sent by the official Zhao Yun to do an errand with a nod head, and as soon as he crossed the river, he was besieged by the Mongols at the Yangtze Bridge, and he didn't even have a place to run, which was really eight lifetimes of mold!
But fortunately, the Mongols only besieged the city, and did not attack, obviously the idea of encircling the point to send reinforcements, using this Dong Songchen as a fishhook, wanting to catch Jia Nidao, a treacherous and slippery big fish.
A ranger team will restrain the war horse under Jia Nidao's handsome flag, turn over and kneel down in front of Jia Nidao, and report loudly: "Xianggong! Messire! The Tartar soldiers have surrounded the Yangtze Bridge, with tens of thousands of people and more than 10,000 Tartar cavalry! β
Hearing that there were tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry, the generals and staff members surrounding Jia Rudao all secretly took a cool breath, only the traitor himself was still calm and calm, and waved his hand lightly: "I know, go down and receive the reward." β
"Ladies and gentlemen," the traitor's gaze swept around, taking in the subtle changes in the generals' faces, and smiled faintly, "The angel of the official family is at the Yangtze Bridge, and he happened to witness with his own eyes how we destroyed the army of the Northern Captives. β
Not to mention, this traitor really has a bit of a general's bearing, no wonder he can let Meng Ge and Kublai Khan suffer under him.
Chen Dexing was also among the generals, listened to Jia Yidao's words, nodded secretly, and took the lead in shouting: "A certain family is willing to follow the prime minister to break the north and capture the Yangtze Bridge!" β
"A certain family is willing to follow the prime minister to break the north and capture the Yangtze Bridge!"
A group of martial artists hurriedly shouted, and they really looked a little high-spirited.
Jia Rudao stroked his beard, nodded with satisfaction, set his eyes on Chen Dexing, and said with a smile: "Qingzhi, today's battle depends on how the artillery army makes contributions!" β
As soon as these words came out, Chen Dexing felt more than a dozen jealous eyes sweeping over him. I've already eaten it last time, and I'm afraid I'm going to hate it again this time.
"Xianggong, the artillery army is an instrument soldier, unable to meet the enemy hand-to-hand combat, if there is no army to cover, the Tartar cavalry only needs to trample on for a while, and we will have to be annihilated. In today's battle, we still have to rely on the privy minister's strategy, and rely on the soldiers of the army to fight for their lives. β
I still understand some truth. Jia Rudao's gaze swept down the generals, "What do you think?" β
"A certain family, but according to the orders of the prime minister."
"A certain family listens to each other."
All the generals had already seen the power of the earth-shattering thunder yesterday. Jia Rudao only asked Chen Dexing to hand over a hundred stone machines, but did not let him hand over the earth-shaking thunder. Although the traitor did not ask Chen Dexing how these earth-shattering thunders came from, he also knew that they were not easy to come by and could not be thrown away. Therefore, he did not let Chen Dexing assign it to the army, but just ordered someone to allocate some ordinary iron cannons to go down. In fact, as long as the fight is accurate, it is enough for the Mongol army to stand it, and if it can't fight, it will be given in vain even if it is loaded with TNT explosives.
"This is very good, you and the others will all return to their respective armies, urge the soldiers to move forward quickly, and arrive at the Yangtze Bridge at the end of the day, and fight to the death with the Beiyu!"
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At the same time, dozens of Mongolian knights were also speeding south along the road next to the bank of the Grand Canal. They were the Mongol scouts, who were scattered in the wilderness between Yangzhou City and the Yangtze Bridge, monitoring the movements of the Song army.
The news of the main force of the Song army leaving Yangzhou City soon spread to Yangzhou Bridge City through these Mongolian exploration horses. The Yangtze Bridge was originally known as Yangzijin, which was originally a ferry, and the Guazhou in the south of Yangzhou Bridge was originally an island, and the passengers who crossed from Yangzhou to the south got on the boat in Yangzijin, but now because of the siltation, Guazhou has been connected with the Yangtze Bridge. Therefore, Yangzijin became the Yangtze Bridge.
Although it is called Yangtze Bridge, it is not a lonely bridge, but a rather wealthy town, which is probably not much worse than the state city in the north at this time. After the Jurchen invaded the Central Plains, this Yangziqiao town naturally became an important link in Yangzhou's defense system because it guarded the back road of Yangzhou, built a tall city wall, and dug a moat as wide as ten battles. At present, nearly 8,000 soldiers from the Wurui Army, the Guerrilla Naval Army, and the Guerrilla Army are stationed, and 3,000 or 4,000 Yongyong archers have been mobilized and organized to participate in the battle. Although such a defense cannot be called impregnable, with more than 70,000 people under the command of Yeliugan, it is impossible to break the city without fighting hard for ten days and half a month.
Therefore, Liu Gan had no intention of attacking the city at all, but just besieged the city, and waited for Jia Yidao to lead troops to rescue, so as to have a field battle.
"Coming? Hahaha, it's good to come! After getting the military report, Liu Gan burst into a burst of laughter, "This time I can capture Jia Nidao alive and avenge the Mongolian athletes who died in the city of Yangzhou!" β
"Father, you need to be careful of Chen Dexing, Li San inquired about the news, the surname Chen was promoted by Jia Yidao to be the commander of the capital, there are thousands of soldiers under his command, and it is said that he also offered a stone machine that can throw iron cannon fireballs."
Alihan, who suffered a big loss from Chen Dexing by the Baohe River last time, has now lost his position in a thousand households, and only follows his father as a guard, but his status is not comparable to that of ordinary guards, and he is still qualified to participate in the military discussion. Seeing that his father was a little contemptuous, he stepped forward to remind him.
"Isn't it just a stone machine, my Great Mongolia also has it, it's a siege guy, when can I fight in the field?" Ye Liu Gan waved his hand, looked back at the eager generals behind him, and said with a smile: "If this Jia seems to be unable to defend Yangzhou, we still have no way to take him." Now that he has come out, the time of death has come! As long as the tens of thousands of defenders in Yangzhou are broken, the two Huai flower worlds will not be allowed to be plundered? (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! οΌ