Section 223, countdown to the Central Plains War

On April 2 of the second year of Jingkang, a rising sun shone obliquely on the Yellow River, and the golden river water was sparkling and flowing calmly. Five miles northwest of the Yellow River ferry in Zhengzhou, in a small sand dune reed, two fisherman-like people were lying on a small boat, one holding a telescope and staring at the pedestrians on the pontoon bridge, only to hear him suddenly say:

"Avenue Flag, Avenue Flag, this is definitely the Generalissimo Road Banner of the Tartars,"

Another fisherman immediately said:

"Quick, show me, well, yes, it's the Great Dao Banner of Yan Zonghan, I've been waiting for 5 days, it's finally here, let's release a group of carrier pigeons" One carrier pigeon immediately flew south from the reeds, and a quarter of an hour later two carrier pigeons took off in turn and flew south.

On April 2nd, at the headquarters on the north slope of Nanshan in Mi County, Wang Jin paced back and forth in the headquarters, and the headquarters has been transferred here for 5 days, in addition to fighting with Ji Qian for eight years, using 5,000 men and horses, and subduing Ji Qian with big guns and marksmanship before he fought, The others are small war frictions, After the southern invasion of the Jin soldiers, the displaced people rose everywhere, from the end of last year to the present, the team expanded by 100,000 troops at once, and they were desperately training every day, If it weren't for the large amount of grain stored before, it would be really troublesome, and the food would be eaten without a war for half a year. Yue Fei has arrived in the dense forest in the south of Zhuxian Town, and every 6 hours he uses carrier pigeons to ask about the battle time, saying that he can run 100 miles to fight continuously, thinking about it again and again, it is still Wu Song who is right, how many times can he fight in life, he is in his 50s, as a martial artist can lead 130,000 horses to fight the enemy several times in his life, as long as he goes all out, there will be no regrets in life.

Suddenly, Li Hu ran in, holding a gray carrier pigeon in his hand and shouted:

"Commander, Wanyan Zonghan's main force has crossed the river, this is the special carrier pigeon of Group 5, and the foot ring number is Jiawu, which is the signal for the target to cross the river."

"Okay, drum gathering," Wang Jin suddenly became excited,

After a while, the big tent was crowded with generals from all walks of life, Wang Jin looked around at the generals, suddenly his murderous aura was exposed, his tiger eyes widened, and he said loudly:

"Okay, raise soldiers for 8 years, use it today, Shi Jin listens to orders"

"The end will be," Shi in and out of the class clenched his fists

"Ben Shuai ordered you to take 10,000 horses and take the Tiger Prison Pass tonight, there must be no mistake"

"The last general respects the order," Shi Jin replied with his fists clenched

"Chen Da listens to orders"

"The last will be," Chen Da came out of the class and clenched his fists

"Ben Shuai ordered you to take 10,000 horses and take Guangcheng Pass tonight, there must be no mistake"

"The last general's order," Chen Da replied with his fists clenched

"Yang Chun listens to orders"

"The end will be," Yang Chun came out of class and hugged his fists

"This commander ordered you to take 10,000 horses, immediately block the road from Dagu Pass to Dengfeng, set up all kinds of traps, horse pit obstacles, bring more bows and crossbows, earth-shaking thunder, and snipe the horse team of Yan Lou's room layer by layer in the dangerous road section, as long as the enemy is delayed for 2 days."

"The last general will be honored," Yang Chun replied with his fists clenched

"Li Da and Ji Qian led 30,000 horses, and began to attack the enemy's western camp in Zhengzhou tomorrow, Niu Gao and Niu Tong followed Ben Shuai and led 30,000 horses to attack the enemy's southern camp from the south of Mi County, Li Hu immediately informed Yue Fei that tomorrow Chou would attack the enemy's eastern camp in the east of Zhengzhou."

"The last general respects the order" Li Da, Ji Qian, Niu Gao, and Niu Tong replied at the same time

At noon on April 2, on the official road 30 miles north of Junzhou, Danghai, Hulu, and Hina lost three generals, Jin Guo, rode on horseback, with 12,000 women* on horseback, and carried 1,000 carts full of gold and silver to the north along the official road of Junzhou, and the procession stretched for 5 or 6 miles. I only heard Kulu ask:

"This time, Lord Erlang said that everyone can move freely for half a year when it comes to Zhending, what are you going to do?"

"I have to go home, and send the allotted 300 two-legged sheep back to Lao Tunzi, where there are no people for hundreds of miles, and there are no people to herd the sheep, this time old Ama can finally rest and not have to work, what are you going to do?" said Danghai immediately

"I told Lord Shiro that I would have fun for a few months first, and then I would go to Dongping with Lord Shiro in winter to catch Zhao Gou'er, maybe I could catch tens of thousands of two-legged sheep and grab a lot of good things," Hickou interjected.

"Hehe, this grabber has to be fast, you know? This robbery of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, we started early, and all we grabbed were gold and silver utensils, ancient calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and art, the Western Route Army arrived later, and they didn't grab any good things, I heard that they arrived at the Imperial Palace, so they had to take whatever they saw, not only the tables, chairs, benches and the queen's big bed, but also the gold-inlaid toilet and silver urinal of Song Huizong, and finally even the dead armillary sphere on the observatory, haha, all loaded into the cart, saying that this is the most sacred ritual weapon of the Great Song Dynasty, to be dedicated to the emperor, " Hulu said half-happily and half-mockingly.

They talked and laughed, and walked unhurriedly on the official road, but they didn't know that in the grass on the small mound 5 miles away, Wu Song was holding a telescope and carefully staring at this group of golden soldiers, In the morning, the enemy's scouts just rode horses and rode along the side of the road to watch the flowers, and did not run into the forest 5 miles away to check carefully, because they had looted the grass valley here many times, and they had long thought that there were no people.

Wu Song came here three days ago to set up the pocket array, and the scout reported that Wanyan Zongwang began to drive from Chenqiao to Huaxian on March 29, escorting 3,000 carts and 50,000 people, most of these 50,000 people are women, walking very slowly, 20 miles a day is already good, even if it is a constant whip, it is meaningless to die too much, so the distance from the front army is getting farther and farther. When the vanguard of Hai and Hulu had already crossed the pontoon bridge in Huaxian County, the team behind had just left Changhuan County, Wanyan Zongwang took 30,000 Jurchen soldiers of the Chinese army, and personally escorted Song Huizong, Empress Zheng and princes, imperial grandsons, concubines, princesses, concubines and other hundreds of royal families, and had already arrived in Huaxian County to start crossing the pontoon bridge, Wu Song looked at the thousand carts of the enemy's vanguard, and the corners of his mouth drooled, these are the most precious treasures of the Great Song Dynasty, Well, this time they must not be allowed to run away.

Looking at the enemy's team, most of the Jurchens actually did not wear armor, some of them were still half-bare, and kept waving their muscular knotted arms, the Jurchens of this era did not take a bath for many years, and in April, the temperature in the south rose and it was itchy all over the body, and they didn't want to wear this iron armor, these raw Jurchens were all one person and two horses, and the armor, packages, and long weapons were placed on another horse, it seems that they thought that the Han people were already frightened birds, and they took the baby home, which was a very relaxed and pleasant thing, and the cowardly little Nanban would never dare to rob Dajin's team.