The Jin army's encirclement of the Song army has lasted for six or seven days, and the two armies are three miles apart, which is twice the range limit of the Song army's artillery. And this area has also become a place where scouts of the Song and Jin armies often set foot in the camps and patrols of the other side, and of course, it has also become a hot spot for the Song and Jin armies to fight, so conflicts often break out.

Dusk is the time when the day turns cooler, and it is also the time when the patrols of the two armies begin to patrol, and under normal circumstances, the two armies will maintain a certain tacit understanding, keep each other two arrows away, and will not go deep into each other's 'territory' to avoid conflict. Today, the Song battalion is routinely patrolled by the Jiadu First Brigade of the Third Brigade and the First Battalion of the Krüd Army, and the area they are responsible for patrolling is the northern part of Daying, that is, in the direction of Zhaozhou City.

It is said that patrolling in front of the battle is a dangerous and hard job, but now it is the scorching summer season, and tens of thousands of people have gathered in a large camp within a radius of only twenty miles, eating, drinking, and sleeping in it. And because the surrounding area of the camp has been occupied by the Jin army, they are surrounded like iron barrels, there is nowhere to graze, and they can only be kept in captivity in the camp, only to say that the smell of manure produced every day is enough for people to bear, it can be said that this living environment is very bad. This is also the beginning of the army, the emperor set a strict camping system and health regulations so that no epidemic was caused.

Therefore, everyone regards patrolling out of the camp as a beauty difference, at least it can breathe! Today's team leader Ge Peng was not very interested, and as soon as he went out, he scolded a soldier who did not dress according to the regulations, and everyone secretly said that this was because the team was in a bad mood after eating compressed dry food for a few days in a row. Therefore, everyone respected him, and no one dared to talk to him. lest they bear the nameless wrath of them.

Today, however, the patrols of the Song Army and the Jin Army are moving in the same direction, and if it was in the past, one side would speed up or slow down and avoid each other. But today, Jin Jun is fast and fast, and I am slow if you are slow. Closely follow the pace of the Song army. In fact, the Jin army was not willing, but now the situation is special, the retreat is being arranged in the large camp, and it has almost become an empty camp, and they are worried that the Song army will accidentally cross the line and find out that the secret guide zhì operation has failed, so they are keeping an eye on the Song army. But Ge Peng didn't know Jin Jun's suffering, and felt that they were provoking him, which triggered his violent temper.

Ge Peng led the people to lean, because the number of patrols between the two armies was basically the same on weekdays. However, because of the gap in weapons, they knew that they were invincible, and they often took the initiative to avoid when they saw the Song army approaching. But today, Ge Peng saw that the Jin army not only did not hide, but instead picked up their bows and arrows and prepared to meet the battle, this kind of behavior was no longer a provocation, but a prelude to a battle. In the past, there were also cases between the two armies where one side set up an ambush to deliberately provoke the other side and cause conflicts, so Ge Peng immediately became vigilant and ordered everyone to prepare for battle in battle formation.

Jin Jun originally had ghosts in his heart, and when he saw that Song Jun was aiming at them with guns. Thinking that his own actions were leaked, and knowing that he must have suffered a loss in the counter-shooting, he immediately adhered to the tactical principle of striking first and then attacking others. Ge Peng was just on guard, but now he saw that the other party also made a move. It was more expected that the enemy had a premeditated action, and he was also ordered to return fire.

The range and rate of fire of the Lianzhu spear far exceeded that of the bow and arrow, and it was definitely the Jin army that suffered when the two sides fought each other. However, in a moment, several people in the Jin army had been shot and fell. The Jin army knew that he was invincible and turned his horse's head and ran, and Ge Peng asked people to return to the camp to make a report. While urging the horse, he chased. Then something strange happened, there was a clash between the patrols of the two sides in the past. All sides will immediately send reinforcements to respond, and there will be a fight. But today, the Jin army was chased and killed, and there were no ambushes in front of its camp, and no one opened the gate to answer.

The provocative Jin army was killed by himself, and Ge Peng couldn't figure out the enemy's purpose for a while and didn't dare to chase after him, so he only galloped back and forth in front of the camp gate and put a gun on the wall to provoke, wanting to see what the Jin army wanted to do. In the past, the Jin army would immediately return the color, and if it did not open the door to meet the battle, it would also release arrows to block it, but today it was indifferent and did not take any measures against the Song army that hit the door.

The enemy's various abnormal behaviors calmed down Ge Peng, who was gradually disengaged, and he quickly retreated without knowing the enemy's purpose, and reported the situation to the commander who rushed to reinforce him. However, Di Hong, the commander of the third brigade and the first battalion of the Krup Army, was also a bold and curious guy, and he couldn't judge the current situation, so he ordered the two rapid-fire guns that reinforced the troops on duty to fire at the Jin army camp, wanting to see their reaction.

The two cannons of 'boom, boom, boom...... fired two rounds in succession, but the Jin army battalion did not react, that is, it could not see the enemy running in all directions, nor could it hear people shouting and neighing, and even the Zhaimen that was ignited by the shelling was ignored, and the fire became more and more vigorous. Di Hong, a bold man, was also blinded, and hurriedly left people to continue to observe, and he returned to the camp to report.

Zhang Shengkui, who received the report, was also puzzled, and hurriedly went out of the camp to check, this is not only the big camp in front of them is on fire, but even the sky above Zhaozhou City is also red, and the smoke is billowing out, like the sunset falling into the city, obviously the city is also on fire.

"Commander, the fire in this city was definitely not set by us, I just ordered two cannons to be fired at the enemy camp." Looking at the commander's sharp gaze at him, Di Hong was startled, and waved his hand again and again and said.

"Damn, I don't think you have that ability, this enemy is going to run, order to mobilize all the artillery in the army to fire at the Jin army camp!" Zhang Shengkui patted Di Hong's shoulder and said.

As soon as the cannon sounded on Zhang Shengkui's side, all the troops were shocked. He immediately reported to Zheng Ping what had just happened, and at this time, the direction of Zhaozhou City was already on fire, as if it was opening a torch festival, illuminating the surrounding miles clearly, this brother and a few people met and judged that they had all been deployed over there, and the Jin army was going to secretly withdraw the army back to aid the Beijing Division, otherwise it would be an accidental fire in the city, and it would not have burned so much in this instant, someone must have deliberately set fire to achieve this effect.

The fighter plane was gone in a blink of an eye, Zheng Ping did not need to discuss it in detail, and immediately ordered all the armies to enter the battle preparations, and sent scouts to break into the camp to test the enemy's reality, but as they expected, only a few enemy troops trapped in the enemy camp around them were bluffing, keeping the lights on, beating the drums, and confusing them. The scout cavalry then came to report that the Jin army was assembling in the direction of the riverside, and there were still civilians outside Zhaozhou who were evacuated with the army.

"The order has been ordered to form a battle formation for the Chinese army; The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Brigades of the Lion General were the right flank under the command of Jiang Wei, and the 5th and 6th Brigades and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades of the Krup Army were the left flank under the command of Zhang Shengkui; The artillery of all armies and brigades was transferred to one place, with the 4th and 5th Brigades of the Krüd Army as cover, and obeyed the command of the commander. Swift dispatch of all armies to pursue the enemy army, make sure to leave the enemy behind! Zheng Ping preliminarily judged the enemy's movements, and the armies had been assembled, he ordered......

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Wanyan Yanying stood on the high post of Daqing Mountain in the wind, and saw that the sky was getting dark, and the two new pontoon bridges on the Tongtong River had been erected, and the various units had quietly left the camp and were moving towards the riverside, and the troops covering near the sand beam were all in place, and the pro-army on the ferry controlled the bridge and guided the people of Zhaozhou who took the lead in crossing the river to the bridge, while the Song army was still unaware of their actions. This made his nervous mood relax a little, as long as he survived tonight, the army could all cross the river safely, although it failed to achieve the expected results, but it also kept a force to be reckoned with for the Dajin Kingdom.

"Is there a cannon shot?" Just as Wanyan Yanying was relieved, he suddenly heard a few explosions, and he was clever and asked Wanyan Ahu beside him.

"The army is all in command, it seems to be coming from the south!" Wanyan Ahu replied after listening for a moment.

"Quickly send someone to find out the situation, did it alarm the Song army?" Wanyan Yanying became nervous, now that the army was on the way, if it was suddenly attacked by the Song army, it would definitely cause a catastrophe.

"All the troops are united, there is fire in Zhaozhou!" The people who were sent to investigate the reason for the Song army's artillery firing had not yet returned, and when Wanyan Yanying was restless, Wanyan Ahu suddenly shouted again.

"What? Didn't they tell them to wait until the whole army had crossed the river before lighting the fire, why did they start setting fire at this time? Then call Hecha to me! Wan Yan Yanying looked up, only to see the flames in the direction of Zhaozhou City, this is by no means the lights of the night lighting in the city, but someone deliberately set fire to it, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Commander of the army, maybe someone just took advantage of the opportunity of Qingcheng to set fire to the chaos, don't worry too much." Wanyan Ahu saw that Du Tongjun's face changed drastically, and hurriedly comforted him.

"I hope so, where are the armies now?" Wanyan Yanying's face slowed down and said, he also knew that the Jurchens had this problem, and there were often people who took a handful when they left.

"The southern army that was the first to withdraw from the siege has already crossed Qingshan and reached the riverside, the departments on the east and west flanks have already passed Zhaozhou City and are rushing to the riverside, most of the southern army has also left the camp and has reached the city, and most of the people in the city are crossing the river one after another." There was a military senator who immediately replied.

"Order the troops that arrive at the riverside to cross the river without delay, and the rest of the troops to speed up, and if necessary, the departments may give priority to the use of the pontoon bridges that ferry the people." Wanyan Yanying ordered, the situation is unclear now, if the Song army realizes that they are withdrawing, they will never watch, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded by the river will definitely cause chaos, so they can only take the risk to cross the river first.

"It's not good to unify the army, Zhaozhou is on fire everywhere, and it is impossible to put it out, and there are still many people who have not withdrawn and are all in the fire!" As soon as Yan Yanying took precautions, he saw Zhaozhou City Lord Hecha running over with a face full of smoke and fire, and threw himself at his feet and cried.

"Who made the fire, I will break his body into ten thousand pieces!" As soon as Yan Yanying heard it, she knew that it was over, and the fire in Zhaozhou City would definitely arouse the vigilance of the Song army, and soon she would find that there were empty camps around...... (To be continued......)