Volume 3 Mending the Cracks in the Sky Chapter 149 (12)
The horses' hooves splashed mud and galloped through the rain. Hundreds of Jurchen iron horsemen were rushing from east to west along the south bank of the Lan River.
According to the direction of the Lan River, there are Jurchen sentinels, patrolling and guarding this small river with a surging water potential.
These Jurchen sentinels were covered in mud, their clothes and armor soaked in rain, damp and heavy. But the morale was very high, and when they saw the reinforcements coming from the east, cheers rang out along the way. The turbulence seemed to be shaken by the might of the Jurchen soldiers, and it accelerated the momentum of the rushing current, converging towards the Yellow River and avoiding the huge and barbaric destructive power coming from the north!
In such a torrential rain, thousands of cavalry brigades attacked, eating and sleeping on horses for two days and nights, and finally appeared in Hehe Jindu, and the southern army suddenly collapsed before such a force, and only made a weak resistance. The seven military villages of Hehe Jindu were wiped out for a while, and how much accumulated military resources fell into the hands of the Jurchens. And the fleeing Southern Army trampled on each other and died, and was chased and killed before they got on the boat, or the boat was overloaded and fell into the water in the turbulent Yellow River, which can really be called a mountain of corpses and a river of blood!
Wanyan Lou's department is naturally the elite of the Jurchen West Route Army, but since going south, the battle with Xiao Yan's department has been very depressed, and only by going west can you find such a feeling of overwhelming power, and the victory of this strong attack in the rain is unprecedented, which makes the morale of these Jurchen elites suddenly high again!
Although the other side of the Lanshui River is the three states outside the river where the Zhejia army is based, the flank of the Wanyan Lou Office extends extremely long. But Wanyan Lou's office only left a thin army to cover this flank, and did not form a village, but only sent sentry cavalry to patrol. can look at the appearance of these patrol horses, but there is no nervousness. It's full of confidence.
The rear road of the Hehejin Duyan army collapsed. The Zhejia army set up a camp on the opposite bank. But he just watched and didn't dare to send a horse to help. Then he pulled out the camp and retreated to the north, so how could the southern army dare to cross the river to seek battle?
These hundreds of Jurchen elites are led by Meng An Kedun under the tent of Wanyan Lou's room. Lou Mu selected the elite to attack in the rain first, and Ke Dun continued to gather the military horses drawn from the front line, assembled one, and sent one to the west. In the end, I even got my own. Hurry here.
Everyone knows that Lou Mur's large-scale and far-reaching attack this time is related to the success or failure of the Western Route Army. It is to decide whether the tens of thousands of the Western Route Army can get rid of the unfavorable situation of being attacked on both sides, once the enemy in the east can be defeated, the Western Route Army will be a vast sky from now on, even if the southerner Yan Wang in the east is strong, he will have the confidence to consume it with them. And the southern army seems to be able to fight the part of the king of Yan, but the Jurchen and the more powerful Eastern Route Army are also heading south!
Therefore, the Lou Room Department, attacking to the west, is holding the mind of breaking the kettle!
Now it seems that Zong Han has been taking risks to let the Southern Army go deeper. They even abandoned the key points of Hehe County and placed their main forces within a narrow range. There is little room for manoeuvre. Lou's room was attacked in the rain, and the hardships and dangers were even more indescribable. All of this qiē has been exchanged for a great return!
In time to respond to the cheers of the patrol riders along the way, Kedun just led his troops to the west. The number of troops in Lou Chamber's attack is still too thin, and the southern army to deal with in the future is about 40,000 or 50,000. Now one more person joins the battlefield, and there is one more strength.
After crossing another team of patrol horses, Hehe Jindu has appeared in front of him, the Yellow River is surging, the waves are rolling, and the front is horizontal.
There are seven southern military camps at Hehejindu, and there is a scene of devastation. A large number of corpses of the Southern Army were stripped naked and thrown in the mud, which was shocking to look at.
How many captured southern soldiers and civilians were busy in the rain at this time, like wandering spirits, either repairing the wall, or collecting military resources. From time to time, there are people who fall into the muddy water, and the people around them are so numb that they don't even look at them.
Hundreds of Jurchen troops remained here, supervising the thousands of captives. From a distance, you can see that these Jurchen military horses are satisfied and arrogant.
This victory is truly unprecedented!
Ke Dun led the department, and entered like a whirlwind. A Jurchen patrol had already come to pick him up and lead him to the remaining army at the ferry.
This left-behind general is also one of the fierce soldiers under Lou's tent. From Lou Room to Kedun to Chada, they are all from the Nadan Water Department, and the Nadan Water Department has been attached to the Yan Department in the previous generation of Akuda ancestors, and it is assigned to the leadership of Brother Ying, the uncle of Aguta. Later, all the meritorious ones were given the surname Wanyan.
is from an average background, and they are all Lou's confidants, so they are naturally familiar with each other. When he saw that Chada was at the ferry, with his feet in the water, directing the captured Nanren boatmen to repair the dozens of captured Nanren boats, he shouted from afar: "Chada, what are you doing here?" Where is Lou's room? ”
Cha Da turned around and saw Kedun leading his troops coming, a smile suddenly bloomed on his tired and black face, and he also replied loudly: "Lou Mu has turned to the southeast to fight the army of the southerners!" I am waiting for you to come by the order of Lou Chamber! ”
Ke Dun rode his horse to the front of Cha Da, turned over and dismounted, and stepped on the water of the Yellow River with his feet, and before he could greet Cha Da, he said loudly: "Since this is the case, find some hot food for my son to eat, and then I will lead the troops to chase after Lou Room!" After all, there are few soldiers in the Lou room! ”
Cha Da sneered: "With these southern troops, how can you still get Lou Room?" These southern troops are not soldiers under King Yan, and they are not beaten! Now that the back road is broken, the Broken Family Army does not dare to move in the north of the Lan River. I don't have to fight my own house, I'm afraid it's already a mess, and Zonghan's army is also pressing over from the east, so I don't need you to help there! ”
Kedun said angrily: "What is the reason, I hurried here, just to stay here?" ”
Cha Da sneered again: "No one can be idle!" Lou Room ordered, I and you will lead the army to cross the river, fight to the west, grab as many places as you can, and make as much chaos as you can. Eat the southerners, drink the southerners, burn the southerners! Let the southerners not dare to enter the east again! If you hadn't been late, I'd have already crossed the river! ”
Ke Dun was stunned, Lou Mur's thousands of troops, in addition to leading most of them to turn to the southeast to attack Yan Yan's army, actually had to use the remaining troops to cross the river to fight Yan Sui!
Fighting immediately, no matter how few troops there are, Kedun is not afraid. But to cross a big river with rough seas by boat, fighting against the water. Even strong generals like Kedun, who had been following Lou for a long time, couldn't help but hesitate a little.
However, as far as the eye can see, there is also a Southern Army ferry on the west bank. I saw that the Nanren boats anchored there were now all burned to black. Crooked in the shallows. The southerners saw the fall of Hehejindu. He burned the ship and walked away. I didn't even have the courage to hold on across the river.
In this case, what is there to fear about a Yellow River?
Just go straight to Yansui! Gain more room for maneuver for the Western Route Army, grab more raw mouths, and loot more grain and grass. Supporting the Western Route Army has been fighting on the land of the southerners. Until the Yan King's department is consumed, until this Southern Dynasty is completely defeated!
As soon as his mind changed, the Yellow River, which was originally roaring and angry, seemed to be whimpering and crying in front of the Jurchen elite at this moment, and he could only struggle unwillingly!
Ke Dun slapped his hands fiercely: "That's it." When do I go? ”
Chada laughed: "Let's go now!" Kedun, is it good to go to the other side to eat the food of your sons? Look what the southerners have prepared for us! ”
Ke Dun didn't answer, but turned back to the hundreds of children who were dismounting and waiting, and shouted: "Cross the river!" Go eat the southerners! ”
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In the road from Hehejin to the southeast, every ten miles, there are military villages set up. It is used to cover the back road and transport grain and grass.
These military villages are basically guarded by the Zhejia army. Liu Guangshi was bent on leading this eastward expansion war and wanted to occupy the most dazzling position. These tricks were stuffed into the military department of the Zhejia family.
And the fold can be sought, and naturally there is his mind. I took on these tasks without any complaints. However, it aroused the reluctance of the boss of the military department of the Zhejia family, and he was lazy and lazy on weekdays. I can't keep my spirits up in any life.
But in this sudden rainstorm, all the leisure and laziness on the back road suddenly disappeared!
The Jurchen Iron Cavalry suddenly attacked from the direction of the Lan army and broke through the Hehe Jindu in one fell swoop. Then turn to the southeast without stopping, meet a village, and break a village!
Staying in each village to fold the military headquarters, more than hundreds, less than one. It was unprepared again in the torrential rain, and suddenly seven or eight military villages were destroyed. The defeated army was either killed or wounded and captured, or fled north, while others broke and fled southeast. Bring this astonishing news to the tens of thousands of troops who had been waiting to the east with great ambition and pride!
In a military village sixty or seventy miles away from Hehe Jindu, there was already a panic at the moment.
This military village occupies a large area, and the soldiers are also enough to have a commanding infantry army, and the fortification is also very strong. Because crossing the military village here, it is the mountain pass that enters the road of the Weishui River Valley, and it is an important passage for the army to enter and exit, and if it is occupied by the Jurchen military horses, the entire army will be blocked in the road of the Weishui River Valley.
Tens of thousands of troops, cut off from the back road, trapped among the mountains. Anyone can imagine what will happen to this army. So there's no room for error!
The scattered defeated troops continued to flee, pushing the tension in the military fortress here even higher. The left-behind commander made the command post headquarters brave the rain to strengthen the fortification, and sent sentinels as much as possible to detect the movements of the Jurchen army and horses. Get ready to fight to the death here.
In any case, we must defend this most important back road for tens of thousands of military horses, even if we fight hard, we will not hesitate!
The commander had already made up his mind to die, and there was a glimmer of hope. The cavalry has already been sent eastward, and no matter what else it is, our generals will inevitably come to the aid of the Lord when they learn of such a military situation. Zhejiaerlang is not muddy, for the safety of tens of thousands of troops, there are generals in charge, even if they fight to the end?
And he stood by the wall, and did not cease to look east and west. Looking west is looking forward to the late arrival of the Jurchen Tartars, and looking east is looking west to the early arrival of their own reinforcements!
The children of the Folding Army patrolling the walled wall are all in the same mind as him.
In the midst of the rain, someone suddenly shouted: "We will take the banner of the Lord!" The Lord is coming! ”
The commander had already seen that in the east direction, in the midst of the rain curtain, the beggable recognition flag suddenly appeared, and I don't know how many Fold family sons and daughters were rushing to come here to help!
The commander slammed the fence and yelled to the west: "Dog, Tartar, just come!" If you want to eat our tens of thousands of troops, you are not so good! (To be continued......)