The morning sun rises, the sun shines, in the wilderness north of Yangzhou City, the Song army and the Mongolian army are fighting, and the infantry soldiers on both sides are close to each other, which is extremely tragic.

"Thorn!"

The officers of the Song army shouted angrily, and the pikemen of the Song army raised their guns and stabbed them, stabbing and receiving, not afraid of life and death, and extremely brave.

In the Mongolian army, many of them are veterans of a hundred battles and have superb martial arts, but when the two armies face each other, no matter how fierce they are and how they kill and injure each other, several spear heads on the opposite side are steady and ruthless, and they will always attack and kill together, stabbing them in the throat, chest, legs, etc., so that they can't dodge, and they are stabbed to the ground one by one.

On the other hand, the Song army, although people kept falling, they kept being filled by people to ensure the integrity of the array. Many times, the Mongol army was not stabbed by their spear heads in turn, but the courage of the Song army's bayonets shocked them.

The overseer team was eyeing the enemy, and the Mongolian soldiers had no way to retreat, despite countless casualties, even if their companions continued to fall, they were still fearless and sacrificed their lives.

I have been poor, I have experienced hunger and humiliation, I have also killed, I have experienced the pleasure of burning, killing and looting, and I am full of anger, and now I am on the verge of life and death, it is regarded as the most hearty farewell.

The world is so bitter, why do you want to come and go?

"It's a pity for these guys!"

Under the Song army, Du Shu shook his head and sighed softly.

The suspicion of the imperial court, the different decrees, Li Quan's domineering, and the twilight of the Qin Dynasty gave birth to such a freak as the Loyal and Righteous Army, which is really embarrassing.

The Song army had strict discipline, well-trained soldiers, and was brave and brave, but even if they killed countless enemies, the other party still fought to the death and did not retreat, which was really a headache.

But if this tumor is not eliminated, they will follow the Mongol army to continue to burn, kill and loot, deal with the Great Song Dynasty, and poison the living beings.

"Change the front army down, let the right army go up!"

Du Shu glanced at the right army that was about to move, and passed the military order.

Since the other party is hard stubble, let's let the storm come more violently.

Hundreds of crossbow guns and countless stones flew in, shooting into the battle array, instantly killing and wounding more than 100 Song troops, and even some Mongolian troops were also affected, causing scolding from both Song and Mongolia.

"Come forward and blast them for Lao Tzu!"

Xin Su put down the clairvoyant mirror, his face was ugly, and he commanded the gunner to push the gun carriage forward.

The artillery carriage moved forward dozens of paces, the gunners adjusted the angle, loaded the ammunition, and opened fire together, and the shells smashed like meteors into the positions of the Mongol army on the opposite side. The iron balls were smashed one after another, the stone throwers and ballistas were smashed and shattered, the artillery roared continuously, and the gunners and crossbowmen of the Mongol army were killed and wounded all over the place, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

Seeing that the stone throwers and crossbow carts of the Mongol army were scattered one after another, the gunners and crossbowmen were killed and wounded, and the long-range weapons lost their combat effectiveness, Du Shu's face eased a lot.

The truth is really within the range of the cannon.

The firearms of the Song Dynasty are extremely sharp, and no one in the world is an opponent. If it weren't for the fact that Li was all wiped out, the 80,000 troops on Huainan East Road would have already swarmed up.

"General, Tian Si is dead!"

"General, Yu Tan is dead!"

"General, Vice Admiral Huang was seriously wounded. Just went! ”

Unconsciously, it was already the remnant sun like blood, and the Mongolian army was under the army, and the sergeants kept coming to report, Li Quan's face was gloomy, and his eyes were cold.

Tian Si, Yu Tan, and Huang Yi were all old men in Shandong who fought with him in the south and north, but they all died outside Yangzhou City.

This battle lasted for more than two days, the cavalry and foot soldiers took turns to attack, countless casualties, and it was another day of dusk, and the large array of the Song army was still standing, as stable as Mount Tai.

The sunset is infinitely good, and at the head of Yangzhou City, Du Gao, the commander of the Huaidong Border Army, held a clairvoyant mirror and kept looking in the direction of the battlefield and the Yangzhou East Canal.

"Xianggong, don't worry, with the combat power of my Yangzhou Naval Division, it will not be a problem to deal with all the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of Li."

put Gu Hao down the clairvoyant mirror, but what he saw was a bloody killing field.

"Lu Wang and Li Wei, what's going on over there?"

Du Gao put down the clairvoyant mirror and asked Gu Hao.

"Xianggong, there is no return yet. However, the work should be completed today. Lu Wang and Li Wei are both veteran generals on the battlefield, so there is no need to worry about Xianggong. ”

"Now it's up to General Meng. Huaishui is his defense area, and he is more familiar with it. ”

After Gu Hao finished speaking, he pointed to the Mongolian army that had just retreated, and shook his head again and again.

"Xianggong, Li has all suffered so many casualties, and he still won't retreat. Did he really think that he could capture Yangzhou City? ”

"Li Quan is used to it. He thought that he had received reinforcements from the Tatars, and that he was strong enough to dominate the world. But I don't know that our army is not what it used to be. The frog at the bottom of the well, sitting in the well and watching the sky, also killed my Great Song Dynasty envoy. and thou shalt not live. He couldn't bounce for a few days. ”

After Du Gao finished speaking indifferently, he suddenly raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the canal to the east.

"Nie Bin is back!"

There was a subtle hint of excitement in Du Gao's voice

"Not bad! General Nie's sailor is back, and the ship is full of prisoners, and Li Quan's sailor must have been wiped out! ”

Gu Hao saw it clearly and cried out excitedly.

"Gu Hao, you will leave tonight and rush to Gaoyou Lake to inform Lu Wang and the others of the battle situation in Yangzhou!"

Du Gao let out a sigh of relief and passed the military order.

As long as he blocked Li Quanquan's passage to the south and intercepted Li Quanquan, he would hand it over to Meng Heng.

Yangzhou sentenced Xu Zijie, and only then was he a little relieved.

The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties, and it seems that it is not so easy to think about the Song army's big array.

In front of the camp of the Mongolian army, Li sank like water, and his heart was restless.

The sailors suffered heavy casualties and their ships were broken, and it seemed that it was better than nothing to attack Yangzhou City alone. Now we can only look forward to defeating the Song army outside the city and besieging Yangzhou.

The corpses of men and horses on the battlefield were piled up, the ground was soaked with blood, and feathered arrows, crossbow arrows, iron balls, iron balls, dead horses and broken carts were piled up all over the battlefield.

And at the back of the Chinese army camp, the camp was full of wounded soldiers, overcrowded, and the noisy cries and screams upset Li Quan.

Suddenly, thunderous cheers sounded in the large array of the Song army, and all the troops cheered, which made Li Quan, who was thinking sadly, startled.

"Well...... Look! ”

Zheng Yande pointed to the Yangzhou East Canal in the southeast, and his voice trembled.

Following the direction of Zheng Yande's finger, I saw dozens of Song warships coming on the surface of the canal, and the cabins of the warships were full of Mongolian troops with five flowers.

The Song warships entered the Grand Canal along the Yangzhou East Canal and stopped on the water on the west side between the two armies, but did not advance.

"Listen to the Tatar army on the opposite side, our army broke your army's naval division at the mouth of the Yangzhou Canal, destroyed and captured 100 warships, and the thief generals Tian Shirong and Liu Weicheng were killed. Now they are hanging their heads in public to set an example. Li Quan's crime is extremely heinous, and his sin is unforgivable. The rest of them are not guilty of their crimes, they all return to their hometowns, distribute coils, and hereby inform the three armies! ”

The generals of the Song army on the ship held iron horns, pointed to the mast, and shouted so loudly that the movements of both sides of the battle on the battlefield slowed down.

Although it was nearly dusk, Li Quan could hear and see clearly. There are two heads hanging high on the mast of the Song army's warship, and it seems that they are Tian Shirong and Liu Weicheng.

Li Quanquan was pale, and he was so distressed that he couldn't speak.

"Enfu, it's not early, let's collect the troops."

Seeing that his morale was low, Zheng Yande persuaded in a low voice.

If it continues to fight, it will not be able to break the large array of the Song army, nor will it be able to capture Yangzhou City, and it will only increase casualties.

"Enfu, the morale of the Song army is strong, let's collect the troops."

The other Su Yu Yang persuaded astringently.

Li Quan's eyes were sad, but he didn't insist, and nodded slightly.

"Pass the order, Mingjin withdraw the troops!"

There is no morale at all, and one can only fight again in the future.

Mingjin withdrew his troops, the Mongol army generally receded, and the Song army did not chase after it, and the two sides collected their own troops, leaving a dark battlefield, blood and corpses all over the ground, and the wrecked cars and broken flags in the eyes, bleak and desolate.

Back in the tent, Li Quan paced back and forth anxiously, worried, and his face was full of worries.

"Enfu, Deputy General Tian was killed, and the sailor was damaged, I'm afraid we have to think about the way back."

Zheng Yande and Yu Yang came in, several people looked at each other, and Zheng Yande opened his mouth first.

"Zheng Wu, what do you mean by this?"

Li Quan stopped and asked in surprise.

Listening to Zheng Yande's meaning, he is going to stop and retire.

"Enfu, do you think that the Song army is fighting leisurely and doesn't seem to want to fight a decisive battle with our army?"

Zheng Yande stroked his beard and frowned.

Li Quan couldn't help but be startled, lowered his head and pondered.

"Enfu, Huainan East Road is at least sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses, and at most thirty thousand outside the city. Jinling City is the place where the Song Emperor often stays, and the army of the two roads south of the Yangtze River is at least fifty or sixty thousand. Yangzhou is fighting so lively, why didn't they come to reinforcements? I'm afraid there is fraud in it. ”

Another fierce man was also furrowed.

Everyone has been fighting all year round, licking blood with knives, and their sense of crisis is extremely keen.

"Are you saying that Emperor Song is laying out an overall situation and wants to get us into it?"

Li Quan raised his head, his eyes suspicious.

If that's the case, you're not in a good position.

"Enfu, someone from Chuzhou is here!"

The sergeant who reported the news from Chuzhou came in, which made Li Quan and the others frightened.

"Enfu, the Song army came from Surabaya, 30,000 troops surrounded Chuzhou, and hundreds of warships of the Song army cut off Huaishui. Entang hereby asked me to come and report! ”

The sergeant hurried, and there was silence in the tent.

Sure enough, the Song army copied the back road of the army. Now there are two sailors, the canal is all the way to the loss of soldiers, and the warships are damaged. The sea was wiped out all the way, and there were Song troops on three sides, southeast and north, and if they continued to fight, I am afraid that they would really fall into the encirclement of the Song army.

Fortunately, there are still tens of thousands of troops and more than 10,000 cavalry under his command, and since Yangzhou City is difficult to attack, retreat has naturally become the best policy.

"Enfu, while the Song army in Yangzhou has not yet launched an offensive, it is better to withdraw overnight. The canal was blocked with broken warships, and the rest of the warships withdrew, crossed the river at Gaoyou, crossed the river from Surabaya into Jinjing, and then turned back to Xuzhou and withdrew into Shandong. ”

Zheng Yande thought about it and said, his face solemn.

"Fifth brother is right! The army retreated and crossed the river from Gaoyou, unbeknownst to the gods. The Song army in Surabaya went to Chuzhou, and we can just cross the river. ”

Yu Yang praised and echoed Zheng Yande's idea.

Looking at the meaning of the two, they have already decided to withdraw their troops, and they have no hope of attacking Yangzhou.

"What about Chuzhou? Siniang and Tan'er are still over there. ”

Li Quan, the veteran of the battlefield, obviously realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Enfu, send someone to go back tomorrow to inform Entang and the major general, so that they can break through the siege and cross Huaishui. The Song army has 30,000 troops, and our army also has 20,000 and warships. The big guys are united, and it shouldn't be difficult to cross the Huaishui. ”

It was Zheng Yande again, who explained Li Quan's doubts.

"Zheng Wu, Yu Yang, you say, tomorrow the whole army will be pressed, can you defeat the Song army's array?"

Li Quan was unwilling and faced a group of henchmen.

"Enfu, the vitality of the Song army is still there, and nine times out of ten they are stuck with each other!"

"Enfu, if you want to break the Song army, I'm afraid it's not easy!"

The generals said one after another, obviously not having much confidence in the Song Army.

"It seems that there is only a withdrawal of troops!"

Li Quan smiled helplessly and self-deprecatingly.

Anticlimactic, but it was a last resort. Abandoning Chuzhou City may be the best choice at the moment.

"Enfu, let the army dig trenches and pits overnight, and destroy the official road to prevent the Song army from pursuing. When the time comes, it may be useful to release the captive Song people and obstruct the march of the Song army. ”

Zheng Yande continued to give advice.

"Enfu, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood. Big deal, start all over again! ”

Yu Yang was the same, persuading Li Quan to withdraw his troops.

"Zheng Wu, Yu Yang, you go and arrange, the generals will purge the team, and the five watches will be pulled out, so that the Song army will be caught off guard!"

Li Quan said with difficulty, and finally gave the military order to retreat.

The cries and moans of the wounded soldiers outside the camp tent came, and Li Quan frowned again.

Four or five thousand wounded, if they want to withdraw their troops, it seems that they can't take them away, they can only be abandoned.

Everyone left one after another, Li Quan looked at the dark night outside the tent, his heart was like numbness, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

I don't know, what is the situation in Chuzhou City? Did the Song army attack the city of Chuzhou?