Zhao Ta relieved the siege of Zhongshan and entered the city, this is the second time he came here, but it is very different from the last time, that time it is just after recovering Yanjing, he sent him back to the north, and the people in the city are also immersed in joy, but this time it was surrounded for more than three months, but it was gloomy and sad.

The arrival of the Xijing army made the prefect Chen Yu ecstatic, they were the first reinforcements to arrive after Zhongshan was besieged, and he was even more excited when he heard Wang Jin say that the Great Song God of War King Qin was in the army. But Zhao Ta is not optimistic, as previously estimated, the shortage of grain and grass in the city can not be replenished, fortunately, the captured grain and grass of the Jin army can hold on for some time, and can wait for Xijing to transport grain and grass.

But what Zhao Tan didn't expect was that they conquered Zhongshan but it was like stabbing a hornet's nest and attracting a large number of Jin troops, which made him a little strange, the Jin army's reaction was too big, so many people came to crusade against themselves, but when he finally received the information sent by the Intelligence Department, he understood that his actions cut off the way for the Jin army to return north, no wonder people were unhappy.

At the same time, there was also the news that the second emperor was deposed and was being sent to the north, which made Zhao Ta have to re-examine his original plan, and he originally envisioned that Zhao Yong would go out of Luoyang, and he would go out of Zhongshan, and the two armies would attack from the north and south to achieve the annihilation of the enemy on both sides of the Yellow River.

But now it's all messed up, and his country is ruined, which makes him have to reconsider his next move. And what he has to do now is to consolidate Zhongshan Town, form a barrier to intercept the Jin army returning to the north, and rescue the captured family members, then annihilating the invading enemy is the top priority.

This time it was ordered to capture Zhongshan was a 30,000-strong Jin army led by Orbu and Shulie, and they set off from Zhending and marched fast on horseback, and the distance between Zhending and Zhongshan was only one hundred and thirty miles. In the evening, we will reach the south bank of the Sand River. The scout reported that the crossing had been controlled by the Song army and suggested that the advance be suspended. Camp overnight so that you can find a place to swim across tomorrow and then attack Zhongshan.

Orbu thought about it and agreed. He camped on the banks of the Sand River, but his troops were garrisons from all over the world, and the chain of command had obviously not been able to get in order in a hurry, so that when the order was given, it caused a lot of trouble, but it was finally settled under the threat of whips and long knives.

Early the next morning, both Jin soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and the night attack they feared did not take place, which made them secretly call it a fluke if the Song army launched an attack. With their situation at that time, they had to cause great chaos, and they had already lost before the battle, but this also made them see that the strength of the Song army was definitely not good, and they did not dare to divide their troops to fight.

When the ferry was chosen, the Jin army hit the horse and went into the water to cross the river, which was their housekeeping skill, naturally there was no problem, but they couldn't help but worry that if the Song army took advantage of their half-crossing to attack, it would also make them uncomfortable, but this situation still did not happen. Even the Song army guarding the ferry was gone, not to mention the Song army's brigade. The two looked at each other and smiled, it seemed that the wild death was a little wronged, how could this kid let such an incompetent Song General be defeated. wasted the opportunity to give himself a heavy blow again and again.

When the Jin army arrived at the foot of Zhongshan City, they were a little surprised, only to see that the Song army had already completed the formation according to the city and was waiting for their arrival, and Orbu ordered to line up outside the land of three arrows. Looking at the thin array of the Song army made both Orbu and Shulie laugh, and he only needed one charge to penetrate them. Of course, it's still a routine persuasion. was rejected by Song Jun, and it was noon. The Song army faced the south and lined up towards the sun, which was conducive to the attack.

When they approached the Song people, they shouted and intimidated them, which was the tactic they summed up when they went south, and when they fought the Song army, only by shouting for a while, the Song army would collapse and flee in all directions, and they could take the opportunity to cover up and kill and easily achieve victory. But Song Jun was silent. They shouted again, but the Song army still did not move, and when they shouted three times, they began to really attack.

The Jin army rode forward and shot their long arrows, but the Song army was not to be outdone, and they also began to fight back, but what was shot was a scorching projectile, and the battlefield was really like a flying locust, and the sound was like thunder. Orbu soon felt the power of these firearms, and projectiles the size of his little thumb belly pierced through their arms and heads through the armor, and even the double iron armor could not be used.

The sound of the guns and the smoke that rose not only frightened the Jin army, who had seen the power of firearms for the first time, but also frightened their horses so much that they turned around and ran back.

The Jurchens who supervised the battle faithfully carried out the orders of the capital, and after a dense rain of arrows, the forward cannon fodder composed of surrendered soldiers were all shot into hedgehogs, looking at the bloody battlefield, the corpses scattered all over the place, listening to the wails of those who were not yet dead, the whole army was solemn, and there was both fear and resentment in the eyes of Orbu!

Zhao Ta looked at the situation on the battlefield, but Xiaoxiao did not order the opportunity to pursue, he was still waiting for the opportunity, after reconnaissance, he learned that the Jin army from the north had more than 30,000 people, most of them from Zhending, which was occupied by the Jin army, which made Zhao Ta's heart move, he could take advantage of the emptiness of Zhending to send troops to attack, but most of his hands are now infantry troops, and the cavalry army only has three light cavalry brigades. If you want to capture Zhending, you must send out dragoons to attack, and the task of defending the city falls on the infantry army, and since you have unified the army, there is no precedent for relying on the infantry army alone.

After many confrontations with the Jin army, Zhao Ta knew that the Jurchens who were the main force of the Jin army were all cavalry, and those who surrendered and requisitioned the co-conservators and the sub-armies were mostly infantry troops, and Han Li was not originally from the west road of Hebei to the south, and half of his army was miscellaneous, in order to attack Bianjing, it must be these Jurchens who took the lead to eat meat, and these co-conscripts could only take on the task of defending and besieging the city in the 'rear'.

The Jin army's mixed infantry and cavalry formation method is generally to line the cavalry in the front, and all the infantry in the second line, their idea is to break the enemy's central army under a charge, so that the enemy's formation collapses, and then use the infantry to fight forward, the two wings of the cavalry outflanked, so as to gather and annihilate the enemy.

In order to deal with this tactic of the Jin army in the absence of cavalry on his side, Zhao Ta put on a novel battle formation to carry forward the strengths of the infantry army and defeat the Jurchen cavalry, so he set up a phalanx outside the city and occupied the enemy's inevitable path... (To be continued......)