Du Chong's strategy was very clear, first use a small number of troops—Wang Yuan's 30,000 men—to block the main force of Muhan from the west, and use the remaining 70,000 men to annihilate Yan Saili first. Immediately, Qi Fang praised: "This is also the law of the upper and lower horses." ”

In fact, Du Chong's strategy was laid out a few days ago, and Qi Fang's praise was also prepared a long time ago. Qi Fang headed together, and the generals followed with a voice of admiration.

Chen Cui, who had been under Wang Yuan's command, frowned deeply. He used to work with Wang Yuan and knew Wang Yuan's personality very well.

In the seventh year of Xuanhe, Wang Yuan was the eunuch of Zhending Mansion, and Chen Cui was the eunuch of Zhongshan Mansion, and the two fought side by side against the gold thief. But the first time the Jin soldiers went south, Chen Cui held on to Zhongshan Mansion, but Wang Yuan fled, but fortunately, Liu Ju was really presiding over and never fell.

In the first year of Jingkang, the seed division rescued Taiyuan, and Wang Yuan was promoted to the jurisdiction of Zhending soldiers and horses, responsible for the back road in the seed division. After Wang Yuan returned to Zhending, he was promoted to the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Calm Road. Become Chen Cui's superior.

In the first year of Jingkang, Li Gang personally sat in the town, rescued Taiyuan for the third time, Liu Ju commanded the reinforcements on the East Road, and fought a decisive battle with Wanyan in Jingcheng, Wang Yuan fled from the battle, resulting in the final defeat of the main force of the Hebei Forbidden Army. Subsequently, Liu Ju was dismissed from his post and questioned, and Wang Yuan continued to be his capital commander, and was transferred to the capital before the Jin soldiers surrounded Zhending, and was promoted to the capital commander.

This time, when Chen Cui learned that he was going to fight under Wang Yuan, he was full of doubts in his heart, could it be that he was going to be pitted by Wang Yuan? On the night after he finished distributing the troops, he went to Du Chong to plead his case. Unexpectedly, Du Chong praised Wang Yuan, so that Chen Cui could rest assured that he would work under Wang Yuan.

After Yue Fei came back, Chen Cui told Yue Fei about the matter again. Yue Fei was also strange: "With Wang Yuan's reputation for escaping from the battle three times, how can Du Anfu see it?" "Du Chongnian is in the friendship of fellow villagers and is more tolerant of Yue Fei. Therefore, Yue Fei didn't have a too negative opinion of Du Chong.

Chen Cui said: "Wang Ba looked at the mung bean, he saw the right eye, and Du Anfu also escaped from the daimyo. Pengju, help me find a way to get out of Wang Yuan's command. ”

Yue Fei said: "Before the army sets off, most of them will have to perform martial arts, challenge Wang Yuan's subordinates, and defeat his subordinates one by one, Wang Yuan's face is gloomy, so he is naturally no longer willing to use you." ”

"Well, I had to try it that way."

Today, at the oath meeting, after sacrificing to the four gods, there was going to be a martial arts performance in the school, and Chen Cui was the first to stand up: "Chen Cui of my Hebei Army is also, and I want to ask Zhending and Binzhou Haojie for advice." "Wang Yuan still holds the title of Binzhou Zhizhou. There were hundreds of people in each army, and tens of thousands of people in the field, Wang Yuan naturally couldn't lose, so he sent one of his generals to fight with Chen Cui alone. Both of them were holding a wooden stick stained with lime, which was used as Changshuo

The two drove their horses to each other, Chen Cui held iron in his hand and stabbed in his chest, and the two fought together, their mounts hovering in place, and the weapons were frantically stirred together, making an agitated and urgent sonorous sound.

The soldiers around the school field shouted and cheered, and when they saw the thrilling place, they let out bursts of exclamations. Suddenly, Chen Cui held Shuo in one hand, stretched out his right hand, grabbed the opponent's Shuo rod, and stabbed Changshuo in his left hand forward, stabbing the opponent's armor with a "bang", if it was with a spear head, the armor would definitely be pierced.

Chen Cui won for a while, and then continued to call for Wang Yuan's subordinates, and the few generals who came up were not as good as the first one, and they were all defeated by Chen Cui.

Yue Fei watched the battle below, thinking: "Wang Jidao's subordinates were killed and defeated, he has no face at all, and if he keeps Chen Tong under his command, the army will not be in harmony, and he will definitely transfer Chen Tong back in private." ”

Wang Yuan's face was really blue and white for a while. Chen Cui fought heroically, and the morale of the army on the school field was greatly boosted.

After Chen Cui retired, Du Chong was about to announce the end of the military exercise, Wang Yuan came out from the side and knelt down on one leg: "Chen is invincible and heroic, Du Shuai sent him to the last general, and the last general is grateful." This time, the general's subordinates overcame difficulties, and they counted on Chen to control them. ”

Chen Cui was taken aback, and thought to himself, this person is so shameless, his subordinates were defeated by me, and he is embarrassed to continue to be my superior.

That night, in the Huaixi Transit Division Yamen, now Zhao Chen's line, held a dinner to entertain the civil and military officials, Chen Cui because today's martial arts performance did not achieve the goal, unwilling to greet people, so he stood in the corner of the courtyard, thinking about things alone.

Tang Huai drank a lot of wine. Yue Fei had been Chen Cui's subordinate for a while, so Tang Huai had also been with Chen Cui for a while. He was snorting with alcohol and his eyes were red. This time, Yue Fei was transferred by Du Chong alone as a ranger battalion, first as a sentinel for the army, and as a reserve.

Tang Huai was annoyed that he couldn't fight side by side with Wang Yan and Chen Cui, two heroic coaches. He saw Chen Cui standing alone on the side, so he walked over: "Command, you said to be in control, how well you and my brother cooperate well, even if Du An appeases the blind command, we will not suffer a big loss." I don't know what to think about appeasement, and transfer the capital and you to Wang Jidao, the runaway general. ”

"Tang envoy, there are many people here, don't talk nonsense."

Tang Huai was actually scheming, he pretended to be drunk and spoke to test Chen Cui. Seeing that there was no one around, he said: "Brother Yue asked me to tell the commander that if the commander encounters any difficulties along the way, he will move closer to the direction of Huoshan, Huoshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he will definitely be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrive." ”

"Thank you, Brother Yue."

As soon as the banquet ended, Du Chong summoned all the generals under his command to make the last explanation before the expedition.

"This time, Suo Lu is equivalent to our troops, but our army is a forbidden army, and most of the Suo Lu are forcibly signed troops, so as soon as they enter and exit, Suo Lu is not our opponent. The only thing to worry about is the sticky fang, fierce and scheming. Therefore they used the king's way to block him. As long as our army annihilates Yan Saili before Sticky Han arrives, a great victory can be expected. ”

"Yue Fei has already detected that Suo Lu has burned Xiangyang, so from Xiangyang to Shouzhou, Suo Lu has no big city to loot, and the grain and grass that can be supplied are limited, so as long as Yan Saili is annihilated, Suo Lu will not be able to get the grain and grass of Shouzhou, and he can only go back hungry all the way, and we can chase and kill him in a big way."

"Pacify the gods."

The next day, the Song army of all three routes set off. On the same night, Wan Yan Muhan received information. Wanyan Sticky Han was in Gushi, five hundred miles away from Luzhou, at this time. Loaded a basket of sand and strategized against it. Du Chong's plan was too simple and clear, even according to the travel route of the three-way army he had just received, Sticky Han could guess the task of each soldier.

The actions of the Song army were like fish swimming at the bottom of a kettle, presented in front of Sticky Han. The first wise general of the early Jin Army, his gaze covered the piles of sand on the table like a giant net, and he wanted to wipe out the Song Army represented by these sandy soils.

As for whether to catch the little emperor...... Let's see.

Since Du Chong used the method of upper and lower to stick to him, then he also responded with this method, first concentrated the forces of his three sons and ate Wang Yuan, and then outflanked Du Chong's back road and wiped them out.

At present, the troops with combat effectiveness, including the Jurchen, Khitan, Bohai, Xi, Yandi Han and the grassland barbarians, are indeed only in their early 30,000s, and the others are all signed troops.

After the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, they forcibly conscripted the Han people in the Central Plains as soldiers, and they were called "shaving their heads and signing the army". The Han army had the lowest status in the Jin army, serving as coolies, "rushing arrows and stones, and being killed in vain".

According to the scale reported in the letter, there are 30,000 or 40,000 people in Wang Yuan's department, which is comparable to all the main forces of Wanyan Stickyhan, and 6,000 of the main forces are still following Wanyan Saili in Shouzhou.

The victory of this battle depended on two points, the first was that Wanyan Sticky Han successfully defeated and even ate Wang Yuan's department, and the second was that Wanyan Saili insisted on holding out in Shouzhou until reinforcements arrived. He recruited a personal soldier, but he sent a letter to Wan Yan Saili, asking him to defend Shouzhou City to the death, and not let the Song army take advantage, which is a great achievement, and he must not be tempted by the Song army to go out of the city to fight.

After Yan Muhan arrived in Huaixi, he had already explored the city and rivers in Huaixi, and he passed down the order, and the third watch called the whole army, buried the pot and made rice, and set off on the fifth watch, and arrived in Lu'an before the Song army.

There are two advantages to coming to Lu'an first: those who arrive first will naturally get the grain and grass of Lu'an, and secondly, the Song army is good at defending the city.

Then, he called Wanyan Bashu in: "Fourth, among the brothers, Shehema is the most stable and the most courageous. Wan Yan Sticky Han praised the two brothers, Wan Yan pulled out his eyelids and rolled his eyelids, disapproving.

Wanyan Muhan said again: "You are the most shrewd, listen well, there is a big thing, you have to use the methods of the Han people, let you do it." ”

"Amma just said."

"Call Daddy, don't say the words of those savages, according to the words of the Song people, you are also a son of the world, you have to learn some noble demeanor." Seeing that his son didn't follow the sinicization policy he promoted, he was very good. After Yan Bashu humbly received the teaching, Mu Han continued: "In the south of Shouzhou, there is a river, you choose a place where the river is narrow, the woods are dense, and it is easy to defend, block the river, and then send people to inspect the high places, and when the Song army crosses the river halfway, you will release the water to drown the enemy army." When the enemy traces the source and captures the water mouth, you will retreat to Shouzhou, but do not enter Shouzhou City. ”

Wan Yan Bashu nodded and took the order.

Wanyan Muhan said slightly apologetically: "This time, you can't take your own Meng'an, but can only bring a Moke, I want to concentrate my forces and beat Wang Yuan to smash first." ”

"Daddy, my son understands that if there is not enough manpower, he will use horses."

Sticky Han Dayue explained to his son the skills of blocking the river, from the size of the straw bag, the thickness of the hemp rope, to the method of quickly breaking the mouth and releasing the water, Sticky Han explained it one by one.

"Amma, Daddy, where did you know this?" Wan Yan felt strange.

"I learned from the Han people. You should pay attention to the fact that as long as a hemp rope is broken, or a knot is loosened in advance, it will be a big deal, so be careful. ”