Chapter 598: A Last Battle
"Marshal, the Song army has caught up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć At the same time, Jin Bing also discovered the traces of Li You's army, and a scout horse hurriedly rushed into Wan Yan Zonghan's big tent and said.
"How many people are there? Under whose banner? Both... What are the armies? When asked the last item, Wanyan Zonghan's voice couldn't help but tremble a little, according to the return of the Changsheng army and the Liao army's rout that had been collected in the past two days, he probably restored the process of the battle that took place under Bianliang City that day, according to his judgment of the combat effectiveness of the Qi family's army, even if it was not Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong who launched the attack that day, but him and Wanyan Zongwang, it would be a fiasco.
Therefore, if there was a mysterious "Heavenly Soldier" among the troops who came this time, then Wanyan Zonghan would not dare to engage them at all, so he could only abandon the nearby ships that were still under construction, throw off the pursuers and find another way to cross the river.
"The Song army let go of the scouts everywhere, and the small ones didn't dare to get too close, but only dared to look at the top of the mountain in the distance." Tanma explained first, and then reported, "The queue of the Song army stretches from beginning to end, at least more than 50,000 people, and I can't see the general's banner clearly, but judging from the clothes of those soldiers, there is the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Army in the northwest, and... and the demon soldiers who hurt people with witchcraft at the head of Bianliang City; Judging by the speed of their march, they should have attacked here by tomorrow at the latest. Speaking of Qi Jiajun, Tanma was also a little scared.
"Tomorrow?" Wanyan Zonghan was taken aback, and he immediately set his eyes on Wanyan Yan's mother, "Yanmu, how long will it take for those ferries to be repaired?" "Because Wanyan Xiyin has followed Wanyan Zongwang to the other side of the river, so now these things can only be done by Wanyan Yan's mother, but Wanyan Yan's mother is a good hand at fighting, but there are not many good ways to do these things.
"Marshal, these ferries are about... It's probably going to be three days before it's repaired. Wanyan Yan's mother was reminded by her subordinates to give such an answer that did not satisfy Wanyan Zonghan.
"Three days?" Wanyan Zonghan was worried for a while, it seemed that he was destined to be unable to cross the river with these boats, so he immediately issued an order, "Order the troops to immediately pull out the camp and set up camp, and we will continue to go east and find another place to cross the river." ā
Wanyan Yanmu and the others did not object, now their troops are less than the Song army, if it is still the former Great Song Forbidden Army or the Western Army, they will not worry, but with that inexplicable "heavenly army", they do not have much confidence to defeat the enemy, so it is naturally the best choice to go away.
As for staying here and holding on while continuing to build boats and waiting to cross the river, it is the next policy, not to mention whether they can hold on until the boats are built, even if they can build them, do they dare to barely cross the river under the attack of the Song army? At that time, not to mention the attack of the Song army, the soldiers who scrambled to get on the ship alone could sink the ship.
"Marshal." Fang Cai's Tanma couldn't help but remind, "Fang Cai's small look at the marching routes of those Song troops, not all of them came towards the camp, they also divided two groups of men and horses to march to the east and west respectively, it seems that they want to block our march in the east and west directions." ā
It was not easy to leave these people on the banks of the Yellow River, how could Li You not guard against them from escaping? The order he gave to these two armies was that they must cut off the road for Yan Zonghan to flee and retreat as quickly as possible, if they encounter an attack by the Jin soldiers, don't think about defeating the opponent, just delay their march, and he will take the Qi family army to surround them and clean them up.
"This is to fight to the death with us on the banks of the Yellow River." Wanyan Zonghan realized that they had no choice but to fight to the death with the Song army, and only by completely defeating this upcoming army could they return to their homeland.
"In that case, then you don't need to go to the east, save some horsepower and save it for tomorrow." After Yan Yan's mother's fierce anger burst out, he stood up directly and asked for his life, "Marshal, I am willing to be the vanguard in tomorrow's battle and lead my sons to break through the enemy formation." ā
"Okay, I'll leave everything to the mother." Wanyan Zonghan also made a decision immediately, and when he figured out the current situation, he immediately pressed all the bets, "In addition to your own subordinates, the two thousand elite cavalry under my command will also be handed over to you as commander, tomorrow you will not let those demon soldiers form a chariot formation, and after you disrupt their formation, I will lead the army to press." ā
After two days of talking with the defeated army of the Chang Sheng, Wanyan Zonghan understood that the extremely defensive chariot formation was the fundamental reason for their defeat, as long as they were not allowed to set up the chariot formation, then with the bravery of the Jurchen cavalry, there was no chance of victory.
Then Yan Zonghan issued a series of orders, and the Jin Bing battalion immediately moved, and the soldiers who had been resting for a few days took out their armor, swords, and guns to sharpen them, fed the war horses, carefully adjusted every ribbon in the saddle, and were ready to attack the Song army at any time.
And waiting for the generals in the big tent to go down to arrange the task, after Yan Zonghan was silent for a moment, he sighed and called his own soldiers, "Don't follow me anymore in the battle tomorrow." Raising his hand to stop him from discerning that he was about to exit, Wanyan Zonghan lowered his voice, "Tomorrow you will watch those ships die, they are all piled with hay and sulfur, if I win Dajin and change, if the Song army wins, you will immediately set fire to these ships for me." ā
You must know that Wanyan Zongwang and the others have not gone far, if these boats fall into the hands of the Song army, they may immediately cross the river and continue the pursuit, Wanyan Zonghan wants to give Jin Guo a little more respite.
"Marshal!" The soldiers didn't expect that in Wanyan Zonghan's heart, the situation had become so bad, at this time, he would rather continue to accompany Wanyan Zonghan to die, but under Wanyan Zonghan's stern gaze, he still put away the distinction, wiped a handful of tears, walked out of the camp and went straight to the place where the ship was shipbuilding.
This night, not many people in the entire Jin Soldier Battalion could sleep peacefully, they had faced opponents with a larger number of people before, but whether it was the palace division army of the Liao State or the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, it was not worth mentioning in their eyes, "the Jurchen is not satisfied with ten thousand, and the ten thousand are invincible" is something that each of them firmly believes in their hearts, but all this is smashed under Bianliang City, and that strange army knocks their pride into the dust with a method of war that they have never seen before.
The long night finally passed, and these Jin soldiers lined up on the banks of the Yellow River to wait for the arrival of the Song army, and at noon, the sound of horses' hooves changed from small to loud, and the banner of the Great Song appeared in front of them.
"Oh? Wanyan Zonghan, is this going to fight against the water? Li You looked at Jin Jun's formation and smiled. (To be continued.) )