Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Battle of Huangnigang

It is said that Li Gang led 40,000 horses to hurry back, and Zong Ze and Zhang Bao led 10,000 horses to the palace.

When he came to Huangnigang, Li Gang reined in his horse's head and walked forward slowly, inspecting the terrain of Huangnigang as he walked.

"Marshal, the trees here are overgrown with weeds, easy to hide, the terrain in the mountains is dangerous, easy to ambush, we evacuate the mouth of the Yellow River, 200,000 golden soldiers will definitely take advantage of the situation to cross the river to pursue us, we might as well lay a net here to catch them off guard." Zhang Bao said.

"That's exactly what I mean. Zhang Bao, you go to the back to inform Master Zong, tell him my plan, and ask them to lie in ambush behind the mountain and closely cooperate with our actions. Wait until the Jin soldiers enter the Huangnigang, fire together with three cannon numbers, and wait until the Jin soldiers are in chaos, cut off the retreat from behind, and attack them from both sides, catching them off guard. Li Gang commanded.

Zhang Bao agreed, turned the horse's head and rushed back. Within a quarter of an hour, he met Zong Ze who was coming to him.

"Master Zong, the marshal has an order, ask your 10,000 horses to lie in ambush on both flanks of the mountain pass, prepare for an ambush, wait until the Jin soldiers enter the Huangnigang, use the three artillery guns as a signal, and launch an attack together, and when the Jin soldiers are in chaos, you will cut off their way back, and then cooperate with the marshal to attack on both sides, and strive to eliminate these soldiers in the Huangnigang." Zhang Bao relayed the marshal's words as they were, and Zong Ze was overjoyed when he heard it.

"Zhang Bao, you go back and tell the marshal to rest assured, I will act according to the plan and ensure that nothing goes wrong. The marshal needs someone to protect him, so you stay with the marshal and protect the marshal well. Zong Ze instructed.

Zhang Bao took the order and left, Zong Ze immediately dismounted, and ordered all the soldiers to immediately go up the mountain to find favorable terrain, prepare rolling wood and thunder stones, rockets, set up artillery, and pay attention to concealment. He led the horse uphill, tied the horse to the big tree on the mountain, and checked the preparations of the soldiers one by one. Everything was ready to stop, and Zong Ze personally set fire to the artillery......

"Everyone get ready, wait for the Jin soldiers to come in and follow my orders, and there must be no mistakes. My signal for action was a cannon shot, and when the rockets and artillery opened fire at the same time, they were caught off guard. If the Jin soldiers attack hard, everyone will fight down the rolling wood and thunder stones together, and when the Jin soldiers are in chaos, we will take advantage of the situation to kill down the mountain, cut off their retreat, and then fight back and forth with the men and horses led by the marshal, and strive to wipe out the Jin soldiers in Huangnigang. Zong Ze admonished.

On this day, Li Gang led 50,000 horses to leave the mouth of the Yellow River, and spies had already reported to the three marshals of Wuguolong, Wuguohu and Heifenggao. The Wuguo Dragon and Wuguo Tiger brothers were originally from the Swallow Country, and the 120,000 troops under their command were all from the Swallow Country, and they were invited by the wolf lord to invade the Great Song Dynasty together, hoping to get a piece of the pie after the matter was completed. The Wuguolong and Wuguohu brothers were afraid that the Golden Vulture would take away the benefits of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were anxious to cross the Yellow River to get oil and water. The same is true of the black wind high, he is a native of Western Xia, leading an army of 80,000 to invade the south together, and he was also bewitched by the Jin [***] Shiha Micha, and he also wanted to divide the Great Song Dynasty. Yelu Yujian, Yelu Zongwang, and Yelu Zonghan are descendants of the Great Liao royal family, and they led 200,000 horses to invade the Central Plains, and their purpose was also to make profits. Temujin was the leader of the Mongol tribes, and in order to make the Mongols rise in the steppe, he also led thousands of men and horses to fight the autumn wind. In order to be able to control this huge army, Jin Wushu arranged his henchmen around the major marshals, monitored their movements, and played a role in turning the tide at critical moments. They have more than 500,000 people in five routes, and their momentum is huge, all the way south, each with a ghost.

Wuguolong, Wuguohu, and Hei Fenggao were dissatisfied with the task of Jin Wushu arranging them to confuse the Song army, but they did not dare to disobey. When Jin Wushu left the Yellow River, they also wanted to take the opportunity to cross the river and fight to the death with the Song army, but they were worried that the Song army had already prepared, and the decisive battle across the river was just to hit the stone with an egg.

"Brother, now that the Song army has retreated, I think they must have returned to Bianjing. Seeing how they are in a hurry, they must lose their fighting spirit. Why don't we take the opportunity to cross the river and wave our troops south, and fight them head to end and not care about each other? Wu Guohu proposed.

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean. I wonder what Marshal Black thinks? Wu Guolong looked at Hei Feng Gao and asked.

"It's up to you to decide everything, I have no opinion." Black Wind Gao said nonchalantly.

The three marshals gathered their men and horses and lined up by the Yellow River to wait for the river to be crossed. After nearly a month of preparation, seventy or eighty small wooden boats have been prepared, each of which can accommodate more than 20 people to cross the river. The first batch crossed the river, and rowed over dozens of small wooden boats that stayed on the south bank together, and in this way, more than 100 boats could cross the river with 3,000 people at a time, and 30,000 people at a time, and in this way, they came and went dozens of times, and all 200,000 horses crossed the Yellow River.

After crossing the river, Wuguolong and Wuguohu led the army to chase all the way along the footsteps of the Song army, and the black wind was high. The 200,000 army walked all the way, shouting and neighing, raising billowing dust and smoke, and soon arrived at Huangnigang.

Wuguo Long and Wuguo Tiger entered the Huangnigang, and saw the dense woods, layers of mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the gloomy and terrifying environment, and their hearts were terrified.

"Big brother, if the Song army sets up an ambush in the mountains, what should we do?" Wu Guohu asked worriedly.

"There are 50,000 horses in the Song Military Region, and they are frightened birds, I think they should be in a hurry to go back to rescue Bianjing, and they won't think of setting up an ambush here, besides, we have more than 200,000 horses, I'm afraid they won't succeed?" Wu Guolong said.

Wu Guohu listened, and it was difficult to say anything, but his eyes always paid attention to the movements around him.

The team continued to walk, and the men and horses with the black wind also entered the mountain pass.

Running all the way, the team was a little tired, and Wu Guolong ordered to rest on the spot.

Suddenly, three artillery shots sounded, and then rockets and artillery all over the mountains and fields were fired at the position of the golden soldiers. The 200,000 soldiers were in chaos and fled in all directions. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Wuguolong and Wuguohu brothers hurriedly led their troops to retreat. The same happened to the troops behind the Black Wind High. The three groups of men and horses retreated together. Suddenly, there was an artillery cannon in the back mountain, and the rolling wood and thunder stones rolled down together, making the soldiers cry and cry for their mothers, only hating that they had two legs.

After the Rolling Wood Thunder Stone was finished, Zong Ze took advantage of the chaos of the soldiers and led 10,000 horses down the mountain like fierce tigers.

Wuguolong and Heifeng Gao led their troops to rush forward again, only to see Zhang Bao leading 40,000 horses to kill back, he and Zong Ze echoed each other, and wherever the iron rod went, none of them were spared.

The two sides fought inseparably, and unconsciously fought until dusk, and Li Gangming withdrew his troops.

The Wuguo Dragon and Wuguo Tiger brothers led the remnants of the defeated army to return to the Swallow Country in a gloomy manner, and fought for a few months, but did not reap the benefits, but ended up with a loss of soldiers.

Black Wind Gauge was miserable, and he lost two-thirds of his men, not only did he not get any benefits, but he almost lost his surname. When he returned to Western Xia, he was severely reprimanded by the king of Western Xia. It's really a recipe for stealing chickens and rice, and making wedding dresses for others.