Chapter 144: The Road Is Difficult

Wanyan Xiyin broke through all the way to this place with heavy losses, and lost Han Li is not in an obvious weakness, but it is difficult to convince Zong Han based on reason, but he also understands that this time is not only related to whether they can return safely, but also related to the political trend of the two countries after Dajin and the Southern Dynasties, he thought about it and said: "Since the two sides insist on their own words, there is no need to ask the emperor to make a decision!" ”

"You don't have to, you can make up your own mind. When the army was raised, my father ceded the world to Taizu. After more than ten years of fighting, he won the Liao and Song dynasties, and he also had half of his own military exploits. I can advocate the destruction of the Song Dynasty, and there is no need for the emperor to decide. Zong Han waved his hand and said.

As soon as Zong Han's words came out, Wanyan Xiyin was silent, but Wushu was angry. It turned out that at the beginning of the Jin Kingdom, the rank of the monarch and the minister was not as strict as that of the Han Dynasty, that is to say, when the business was started, the brothers did not settle the accounts, and it may be that no one knew whether the Tao could succeed at that time, so everything was vague, A Guta probably said that the common wealth and wealth divided the power equally, and at this time, Zong Han re-mentioned the past of giving up the position of the leader of the pro-general to Jin Taizu, and regarded himself as the leader of another faction of the Wanyan clan, which is self-evident.

Although everyone present was angry, they couldn't say the Han people's truth of respect and inferiority, and the meeting broke up unhappily. Wanyan Xiyin and Yinshuke and others agreed to wait for Yanjing to suggest to the emperor that the Southern Dynasty should be abolished and return to the south, and the peace negotiations should be restarted.

Wushu agrees with Zong Han's opinion, and he can't just put it back to the Southern Dynasty to abolish the emperor, since they have abolished it, they haven't been eliminated. Then we should drive our troops south again to take it back, and we should not negotiate peace with them. But Wushu is particularly afraid of Wanyan Xiyin. So I also followed Yan Xiyin all the way. Wanyan Xiyin was reluctant to continue to stay in Hejian and wanted to return north as soon as possible. Of course, Zong Han didn't want to fight Zhao Er here, so he agreed to lead their own troops and go their separate ways. Now because Han Li is not defeated, the Hebei West Road has been recovered by the Song army, and they can only take the Hebei East Road.

At this time, the defeated soldiers of the Baoding army ran back to report that a Song army suddenly appeared and occupied the city. Several people were shocked, and the scouts sent back the news that the Jin army besieged in Zhaozhou was all annihilated, and Wanyan Zongqi was still missing. They pursued the whole army northward, and the advance was less than two days' journey from the river.

Eggs can't be put in one basket, Zong Han didn't want to learn from Han to bet the treasure in one place, so he decided to let Yinshu and Wanyan Xiyin escort Han Li's body, escort Zhao Huan and the clan to take the waterway, and return north by boat along the Yellow River (the Yellow River flowed through the Hebei Plain during the Northern Song Dynasty and entered the sea in Tianjin); And he led the army to take the Southern Dynasty ministers and looted property back to Yanjing by land, in fact, there was no way, his team was huge. I couldn't find so many ferries for a while, and a northerner didn't know how to fight in the water, let alone water war...

In the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent the southern invasion of Liao cavalry, Baiyangdian, Wen'an Wawa and Tiantian were connected together to become "Tangluo". The pond starts from the mouth of the sea in Nigu. The west ends at Guangxin and Ansu. It is about 300 li long from east to west and about 20 to 100 li wide from north to south. It is connected to all rivers, such as Juma River, Tang River, Shahe River, Hutuo River, Zhanghe River, South Canal and other rivers. The depth of the water varies from three to five feet, forming a "deep and unwading." The "Great Wall of Water".

Usually Wen'anwa is a sea of spring, summer and autumn, and every village is rippling in the water. There are also big potholes on the road. The hills are connected to the hills, and the potholes are full of potholes, and some of the pits are still watery and difficult to get down to, making it extremely difficult to walk. The Baoding army is east of Wen'anwa, stuck on the way to the north, and now Yue Fei occupies this place is equivalent to choking Zong Han's throat, if you pass by from here, you must pass this pass!

After entering the Baoding army, Yue Fei thought about how to hold the city before the army arrived, and he was very aware of the importance of his task. Here is less than 100 miles away from the old boundary of the original Liao and Song Dynasty, and the disparity between the strength of the two armies, in order to hurry he only concentrated the troops of a general of Zhongshan, but more than 4,000 people, and most of them are infantry troops, but they have to face the Jin army that invaded the Song Dynasty, and it is difficult to hold this projectile land. In the evening of the next day when Yue Fei occupied the Baoding army, a scout came to report that the vanguard of the Jin army had arrived in Liujiawu Town, with two Meng'an, more than 1,600 people, intending to capture the Baoding army and open a way back for the army to return north.

There are people in the world who have knowledge gained through study and experience, some people are geniuses who are self-taught, and Yue Fei may be a military talent. If it was an ordinary person who knew that he was facing an attack by a first-class strong army in this world, he would definitely be busy reinforcing the city and preparing to defend it, but Yue Fei decided to take the initiative and give the Jurchens a dismount first.

That night, Yue Fei personally led 800 cavalry disguised as Jin troops from the south gate to the Jin military camp, and another deputy general led his troops out of the city quietly. Most of the Jurchens in the village were asleep, and only two of Mouke's cavalrymen lit torches and circled the camp north of the town to serve as guards and patrols. Yue Fei led the troops to the outside of the town, and when he encountered a plan to defeat the enemy's cavalry, the sergeant in the front used Jurchen words to deceive the Jurchens, saying that they had come to reinforce them.

The Jurchens did not expect that the Song army would go around behind them, let alone that the Song army would dare to attack the camp, Yue Fei took advantage of their laxity to suddenly launch an attack and enter the Jin army camp. The sleeping Jin army could not resist, often the people did not reach the armor, the horses did not reach the saddle, they fled one after another, the Song army ambushed around the stockade surrounded and killed the enemy, before dawn, the battle ended, most of the Jin army of the two Meng'an was annihilated, and their own casualties were only sixty or seventy people. Yue Fei packed up the spoils of war and returned to the Baoding army, turning a crisis into invisibility.

After the small victory over the Jin army, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, but Yue Fei did not dare to relax a little, he knew that his victory was won by surprise and the paralysis of the Jin army, and the Jin army brigade would be reached in an instant, so he said to his subordinates: "Our army won yesterday, today the Jin army will come together, although the number of our army is small, but we must win, and those who dare not use their lives will be killed!" Therefore, he ordered people to strengthen the city walls and repair the city defense facilities, and at the same time, he sent someone to report to the prince and ask him to come to his aid.

When Zong Han learned that the vanguard not only failed to recover the Baoding army, but was annihilated, he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately sent his subordinate Bohai general Da Tart Buye to lead the troops to attack. Knowing that the Jin army was coming to attack the city, Yue Fei led 4,000 men to battle, he divided the 4,000 men into four teams, and when the infantry of the first, second and third generals was spreading out the formation, Da Tart Buye attacked the Song army from north to south with the most elite An Jurchen cavalry.

The first to bear the brunt was the first team in the front army, Yue Fei said: "We are back to the national border, the young emperor is still in the enemy army, there is no way to retreat, we must fight to the death, if we can't fight to the death, we should be captured and rushed into the enemy's territory, and those who dare to retreat will be killed!" "The Jin army charged twice, but was repelled by the Song army with strong bows and crossbows, killing and wounding 100 people.

Seeing that he couldn't win, he couldn't help but be anxious, and added three fierce An Bohai cavalry to attack the flank. Regardless of the casualties, the Jin army continued to attack, and actually broke into the Song formation, and the infantry on the right flank fought with the enemy in a melee with short soldiers. Seeing that the situation was urgent, Yue Fei immediately ordered the second team to flank the left flank of the enemy and reinforce the rear army. The Song army used bows and crossbows in the distance, and used short soldiers in the near distance, attacking from three sides and counterattacking fiercely. Part of the Jin army was annihilated, and part of it was defeated, especially the most elite eight hundred Jurchen cavalry, and there were less than three hundred left.

In order to turn the tide of the battle, Da Tart Buye personally led all the remaining mobile forces into battle, or from the south to the north, in turn, to attack the first to third teams of the Song army. The Jurchen soldiers and Bohai soldiers he used at the beginning were strong soldiers, while the Khitan soldiers, Xi soldiers, and Han soldiers used later were weak soldiers. When the rear team saw that the front team had failed to charge, they turned their horses and fled back!

When the Jin army failed to charge the battle again, he immediately commanded the whole army to turn to the counteroffensive, and he personally led the cavalry to go around from behind the formation and assault on the right flank of the Jin army. This cavalry is the treasure of its army, and it is also a killer weapon, which has been gathering momentum for a long time, and after receiving the order, it quickly kills and forms a galloping iron flow. The two armies collided in an instant, and he took the lead and broke into the enemy's ranks, followed by the armies, their guns and bayonets slashing, and they were unstoppable.

Yue Fei's men and horses fought desperately, and he himself was wounded more than ten times, but he still galloped through the Jin army array, and no one was invincible. More than 1,800 people were killed, more than 200 people were captured, and more than 2,500 Han soldiers, Bohai soldiers, Khitan soldiers and Xi soldiers surrendered.

Da Tart Buye led the defeated army all the way to the south, and happened to meet Zong Han's army in Dacheng, Zong Han was not only angry this time, but thundered, and attacked a small Baoding army twice and was defeated, this is incredible, if it is the Xijing army, it can be forgiven, but these people are obviously ordinary Song troops like the countless Song Dynasty generals who were defeated in their hands before, that is a problem. Zong Han was furious, but did not slaughter the big tart Buye, but beat him fifty lashes in public as punishment, and then pounced on the Baoding army with great momentum, preparing to take the city in one go.

When Yue Fei saw the Jin Army's iron cavalry galloping towards him in the afterglow, his heart also rose to his throat, although he won this battle, but as the so-called killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, the price paid was also not small, if there was another battle like this, it would definitely be unbearable. The problem is that the prince has not yet arrived, I don't know if he encountered something on the road, or if he is playing with the Jurchens!

"Open the gates and go into battle!" Yue Fei thought for a moment and said to the generals. Everyone was surprised, the continuous battle was already exhausted, and it was supposed to rely on the city to resist the defense, instead of taking the initiative to attack... (To be continued......)