"Yes!" the messenger commanded.

"My lord, make a decision as soon as possible. The waiting ministry urged.

Wu Qunlie raised his hand to stop, walking back and forth without saying a word.

It was also really difficult for him to make a decision for a while, Meng Shanming would actually launch an attack at this time, how could a large number of Yan troops appear in the Song defense line? It stands to reason that it is impossible! If a large number of men and horses crossed the river, it is impossible for this side not to find out, and the main force of the Yan army has been staring at it, and they are all on the other side.

The situation was a bit complicated for him for a while.

Although the main force of the Hukou Defense Area is only 300,000 horses, Zhang Hu's side plus the Yan Imperial Court has a total of about 600,000 people, and the men and horses in the Hukou Defense Area are in a weak position, but this is not a ground war, but a land-to-water surface, and the Hukou Defense Area occupies favorable conditions.

Moreover, there are more than a little prerequisites for occupying here, and Zhang Hu's side wants to break through the defense line of 300,000 defenders in the Hukou Defense Area with a simple raft to cross the river on this big night, which is logically impossible, first of all, the freedom of the raft to run on the river and the ships are more than a little worse.

Behind the Hukou defense area, a large number of Yan troops appeared, which was what worried him.

Now he urgently needs to know the movements of Xu Jingyue and a few other people on the other side, don't the movements over there in the Hukou Defense Area are playing a trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain.

......

Xu Jingyue's department, after receiving the order of Mengshan Ming's army, was mobilizing on the riverside, manipulating the raft, and the movement could be described as vigorous.

Although the rain is light, it is still drizzle, still wind and rain, the riverside is full of fire, and there are moving torches everywhere.

Xu Jingyue stood on the embankment in the rain, holding the sword at her waist in one hand, looking at the lights on the opposite bank in the distance.

The general hurried over, "My lord, you are ready to attack at any time." ”

Xu Jingyue wiped the rain from his face with one hand, "Did I say attack? Don't stop, continue to put on an offensive posture, make the movement out, and make it bigger! ”

The general was stunned and said, "Feint?"

Xu Jingyue: "Don't ask me, I don't know what's going on, since Meng Shuai gave this order, he must have a deep meaning, and he won't lose anything, so let everyone practice the skills of driving a raft on the river." ”

He really didn't know what was going on, Zhang Hubu's actions were top secret from the beginning, except for some direct participants, and the decision-makers knew, everyone else would hide it, and it would be impossible for too many people to know.

At this time, not only Xu Jingyue's department, but also An Xianzhao's department, Su Qitong's department, and Shi Xinmao's department were all making a big move by the riverside.

The Yan army put on a posture of all-out attack.

......

Meng Shanming was also on the bank of the river, and went out of his tent to personally watch the situation of the army crossing the river.

Under the light of the night, a monk held a large umbrella to protect the people in the wheelchair from the rain, and Gong Lince also stood by the wheelchair to watch, and the scene of hundreds of thousands of people crossing the river was very spectacular.

There are countless large and small wooden rafts, and the largest wooden rafts are so large that they can accommodate hundreds of sergeants at the same time.

"Report! The spies have sent news that 300,000 horses are moving rapidly in the direction of Hukou. "One will come to Meng Shanming's side to report urgently.

Meng Shanming nodded, indicating that he understood.

After the general retreated, Gong Lince tried to ask: "When the reinforcements come, isn't Meng Shuai worried at all?"

Meng Shanming: "The people and horses in the direction of Qingqu will arrive, and it will take half a day at the earliest, if we can't break through the Hukou defense area before dawn, there is no need to fight again, and it doesn't matter whether the other party's reinforcements come or not." ”

Gong Lince: "Once the follow-up reinforcements of the Song State arrive, will our troops who cross the river be able to deal with it?"

"The rest of the Jiang defense men and horses of the Song army have been fixed, and they dare not act rashly, how dare they come to help. Although the Song Junjiang defense has an advantage, the defense itself is a disadvantage, the attacker can attack any point at any time, and can find its weak link at any time to launch an attack. When Meng Shanming said this, he turned his head to look at Luo Da'an, not like he was explaining to Gong Lince, but like he was talking to Luo Da'an.

Everyone looked at Luo Da'an, and Luo Da'an nodded slightly thoughtfully.

......

"Almost, reinforcements are coming, withdraw!"

Sun Gaotian, the right commander who commanded 5,000 men and horses to attack the grain land at night, gave an order, and the attack on the men and horses immediately stopped and quickly retreated.

This sudden evacuation caught the defenders of the grain storage area off guard.

"Poor Kou Mo Chase!"

When the general guarding the granary saw that his subordinates were going to lead people to pursue, he immediately stopped shouting.

He has his concerns, how to chase after this dark night, what if he falls into an ambush?

The main duty of his side is not to kill the enemy, but to protect the food used by the army.

When the guardians rebuilt and rectified the defense, a fire dragon came in the distance, and 100,000 reinforcements sent by Xu Laiping, the commander of the Hukou Section Defense District, arrived.

As soon as the two sides met, they realized that the enemy army had retreated.

After counting the evacuated night raiders, it was found that more than 500 people had been lost, although Sun Gaotian's mood was very heavy, he was somewhat relieved, fortunately, the other party did not dare to take the initiative to attack if he couldn't figure out the depth, otherwise it would be difficult to fill 500 lives.

After withdrawing for a period of time, Zhang Hu, who received the news from this side, issued an order to this side again, ordering this side to set up an ambush on the retreat road of the granary reinforcements to prevent the 100,000 horses from retreating, and once they retreated, they would immediately block on the spot to buy time for the main army to break through the Song army's defense line.

Sun Gaotian then led his men and horses to march quickly, and rushed to the location designated by Zhang Hu, a narrow mountainous area, and a road in the middle was also the only way for the granary reinforcements to retreat.

Regardless of fatigue, Sun Gao ordered his men to immediately construct obstacles, such as cutting down trees or knocking down rocks, to prevent possible reinforcements from passing through.

Although I don't know if the reinforcements on the other side of the granary will retreat, but this side still has to make all preparations, you need to know that it is a hundred thousand troops, relying on them to stop a few thousand people at all, we must build enough obstacles, relying on favorable obstacles to delay the enemy's reinforcements as much as possible.

Fortunately, there are still many monks here, and this group of monks took the initiative to ask for help, and under the guidance of Sun Gaotian, they quickly built an obstacle that was conducive to blocking this side.

As for the thousands of men and horses, Sun Gao ordered them to eat and rest quickly.

On this dark and rainy night, on this muddy ground, thousands of people sat down to rest, and their dirty hands took out the dry food that had been soaked in water and devoured it. One by one, they have long ceased to be human, so it doesn't matter if they are dirty or not, some are good to eat.

Zhang Hu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his advance precautions are not unreasonable.

Xu Laiping, the commander of the Hukou Defense Area, quickly realized that something was wrong and suspected that he had been tricked.

Once this defense line is lost, the door to the Song Kingdom will be opened, and he will become the sinner of the Song Kingdom through the ages.

He decisively abandoned the granary, or the loss of the granary is no longer important, at this time, the defense line is the most important, the grain can be lost, you can still find a way, once the defense line is breached, the consequences are unimaginable.

He urgently ordered 100,000 men and horses to rush to the aid of the granary to retreat.

Later, he received a summons from Wu Qunlie, the governor of Jiangfang, which proved that his judgment was right, Wu Qunlie also meant to let him immediately withdraw the granary reinforcements, and concentrate on guarding the Hukou defense line with all his strength, and there had already sent 300,000 troops from Qingqu to help, and if there was any accident, he would have to wait until the Qingqu reinforcements arrived.

In short, it is to hold the Hukou defense line at any cost, and the granary is not important!

Xu Laiping's actions were done in front, and the 100,000 reinforcements sent out quickly retreated.

The offensive and defensive battle on the river began, and the sound of killing on both sides shook the sky, and the dense wooden rows were obliquely inserted into the opposite bank by the speed of the flow.

Fireballs streaked across the drizzly night sky on the shore.

When smashed on the surface of the river, it floats like a flame lantern, and something resembling a cage continues to float and burn on the surface of the river.

smashed on the wooden raft, the oil pot in the cage was smashed immediately, the fire of the fireball immediately burst into flames, and the person who was splashed and burned by the fire oil let out a terrible scream, regardless of whether it was watery or not, they jumped into the water.

Some people put out the fire on their bodies, and some people poured water on wooden planks to extinguish the fire.

The area on the east bank of the dark river was filled with fires in an instant, and if there were no murderous sounds and terrible screams, it might be a beautiful sight.

The stones thrown by the stone throwers roared from the river bank and smashed into the dense wooden rafts on the river surface, and the screams, the cracking of the wooden rafts, mixed with the rumbling colossus that smashed down resounded in the night sky.

"Shoot the arrows!" the riverside guard swung his sword and roared, a group of archers bent their bows and fired a volley, the black shadow of the arrow roared away in the night sky, and many people on the river screamed and overturned.

Jiang Xin paused some wooden platoons sporadically, all relying on a group of monks to cast spells to maintain not drifting, and standing on the wooden platoons were the main generals in charge of the command of each department.

Zhang Hu personally went to the front line of the attack, stood on a wooden platoon, and also drew his sword and roared: "Attack!

He was forcing the men and horses of the imperial court to fight the vanguard, some people who could jump into the river and swim back, and immediately the blood of the dense arrows stained the river, or some monks slashed out a sword qi to kill the law enforcement, in short, to force the army to rush forward at the risk of death.

Meng Shanming said that this battle is a matter of life and death for Dayan, only victory, not defeat, so he is taking human lives to pile up!

The offensive of the river defense was too fierce, and it was difficult for the personnel on this side to dock, and the sporadic rush ashore could not withstand the slashing and killing of a large number of enemy troops.

The two sides of the war are in a stalemate.

In another place, the 100,000 retreating reinforcements were finally blocked at the place where they had to pass, and more than 4,000 soldiers faced the onslaught of 100,000 horses and horses, and fought bloodily in the layers of obstacles set up.

In the attack on the river bank, after some intense attrition, the arrow attack on the shore was slightly tired, Zhang Hu gave an order, and a large number of monks of the Yan Kingdom began to rush to the river bank.

The monks of the Song Kingdom immediately flew out in groups to meet the attacking Yan monks, and the two sides fought desperately on the river, going up to the sky and entering the water, and the fight was called a vigorous one, and many wooden rows below were inevitably affected.

Seeing that a large number of monks on the Song State side had been lured out and entangled, Zhang Hu, who was hideous under the firelight, suddenly turned his head and said sharply: "Send the order to the left commander Guo Xianfu, and the ambush soldiers will attack immediately!"

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