Yinggui Quan led the people to carefully inspect the things that should be prepared, and adjusted the large bow and crossbow cart.

But it rained heavily, and many torches were extinguished.

Qu Chengxun said with a smile: "My lord, it's raining heavily, you see, the torches are almost gone, the roads outside the city must be muddy, I think it's impossible for Jin Bing to attack the city even if he wants to!"

Yingguiquan looked at the pitch-black sky, and said slowly: "Wanyan Haoming is not a fool, he is waiting for this kind of weather, if he wants to pounce viciously unexpectedly, he will not miss this kind of opportunity!" Duan Peng, ordered the heavy crossbow sergeant to go to the city to set up a crossbow stand, and then ordered half of the torches to be stopped, and half of the torches to be extinguished within half an hour, and it should be clear in less than an hour. ”

Duan Peng hurriedly ordered to go.

The flesh on Qu Chengxun's face trembled, and he exclaimed, "My lord means that Jin Bing is in the darkness under the city at this moment!"

Yingguiquan nodded.

Qu Chengxun gasped and lay on the head of the city wall staring into the darkness.

Yingguiquan turned around and said: "Pass the order, once you see the lights lit below, don't make a sound first, wait for the Jin soldiers to immediately step forward within forty steps, shoot a thousand arrow feathers first, extinguish the majesty of the Jurchens, and frustrate the Jurchens' spirit!"

The whole army waited uneasily.

The city has almost all the torches extinguished. If it is really a pillar of incense, the sound of "touching", I saw that there were many torches under the city like stars in the sky, densely packed, illuminating the night as if it were day, and the city was also neighing of people and horses, and the black pressure could not be seen.

The Jin soldiers were only a few hundred steps away from the city, and it was really tens of thousands of Jin soldiers who besieged Xuzhou, and the Jin soldiers shouted and surrounded them.

Xuzhou city wall is quiet. There was not the slightest panic, not the slightest sound. It's like an undefended empty city.

Jin Bing wondered, and the big army stepped forward.

The army came under the walls. The head of the city was still silent. It is an empty city, and the Xuzhou soldiers have withdrawn.

General Jin was busy with a thousand men to climb the ladder to attack the city and tempt.

Seeing that the Jin soldiers below were scattered in all directions, preparing to attack the city. Yinggui Quan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's send some small gifts to the golden dogs first!"

A stick sounded. A salvo of heavy crossbows, a thousand arrows and feathers disappeared.

A large number of golden soldiers fell below, and the golden soldiers fled in all directions.

The torches at the head of the city are held high, and they are also as bright as day, and the walls are full of Xuzhou soldiers, ready for battle.

Seeing the plot, the Jin soldiers below hurriedly retreated to eighty paces away without caring about the dead and wounded on the ground. Besiege but not attack.

Yingguiquan watched the city for an hour, and when he saw that the Jin soldiers had no intention of attacking the city, he was very cautious, and turned back and said: "Heavy crossbow bow, one hundred and twenty steps, rocket feathers, two thousand pieces!"

In the dark night, a thousand flaming arrows disappeared.

The Jin soldiers saw a large area fall in the array, and there was a great chaos. The flames were blazing, and there were cries.

Another thousand rocket feathers flew up.

There was another scream of fear of death in the camp of the golden soldiers, and there was another great chaos, and a large area fell.

The Kim general below was clearly irritated. howling and ordering the Jin soldiers to push the ladder and forcibly attack the city. The arrows under the city also flew like locusts.

The heavy crossbows on the city of Xuzhou were ruthlessly caught in the rain and pounced on the Jin soldiers.

The rain was heavy, the ground was muddy, and the arrows were like locusts. The golden soldiers suffered a lot, and several times they were separated by fifty paces for the heavy crossbow. More than a thousand corpses were left empty. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the Jin soldiers retreated in a panic and set up camp for a mile.

Meanwhile. Taking advantage of the wind and rain in the land of Xuhuai, a group of Jin soldiers with a larger number of people forcibly forced silently in the rain curtain, and came to the north of the Huai River to cross the bridge fifteen miles north before the fourth watch. The army had been running all night, and the men and horses were tired. Jin Bing stopped and was taking a short rest. The Jin soldiers who came were 50,000 ironclad soldiers and thousands of Wanyan soldiers, which were the 50,000 elites of Wanyan Haoming's headquarters, and Wanyan Haoming personally led the troops to capture the Huai River Estuary Bridge.

It was getting brighter, the rain had stopped, and the army had rested for an hour.

Borke stepped forward and said: "General, did you take advantage of the dawn and the southerners to attack before they get up, and kill him at a loss?"

Wan Yan Haoming shook his head and said with a smile: "Our army took advantage of the night and heavy rain to run all night has been interspersed with the bridge, the purpose of the surprise has been achieved, it is impossible to capture the ferry in one fell swoop, the Xuzhou soldiers will definitely defend to the death, the competition is bound to be cruel and fierce, or let the soldiers rest for another hour, fill their stomachs, eliminate fatigue, and be ready to take the bridge in one go, and then, the heavy rain has just stopped, the road is very muddy, and it is not suitable to attack at this time." ”

Borke said: "Wait an hour, I'm afraid that the southern soldiers will be more prepared!"

Wan Yan Haoming smiled: "No matter how you prepare, it's too late!"

Bork nodded and said, "The last general is the vanguard!"

Wan Yan Haoming shook his head and said with a smile: "You are the general's member of the army, and you are leading the holy guard, how dare I work for you." The 50,000 elites of the general's headquarters will not make contributions at this time, and when will they wait, the general will not fight. ”

At dawn, Wanyan Haoming opened the formation, 10,000 Hu Yong in the middle, 10,000 heavily armed horse troops on both sides, 10,000 archers divided into three pieces, and marched together in the shape of a pinzig, Wanyan Haoming brought 10,000 heavy armor troops to escort the formation.

At the sound of an order, three arrows rushed straight to the crossing of the bridge, and the 50,000 army slowly pressed up.

10,000 Mongol soldiers attacked quickly, and in the blink of an eye they had already rushed out of five miles, but unexpectedly, the ravines in front of them were vertical and horizontal, the roads were uneven and muddy, and many horses fell and fell into dark wells, and the formation was chaotic, and they could not move forward.

The heavily armored horse armies on the left and right also suffered from this situation.

Wan Yan Hao saw that the attack had not started, and before he saw a single Xuzhou soldier, he was blocked, furious, and hurriedly ordered the army to dismount and quickly pass through the water field.

The 50,000 troops had not yet all passed through the water and Zedi, and the horses were reported to the horses, and there were Xuzhou soldiers and cavalry with varying numbers on the left and right of the army and behind them. Wanyan Haoming didn't care about this, and hurriedly led the army straight to the bridge.

The army regrouped and attacked again in a zigzag pattern. Before he had gone out for several miles, he saw three large camps in front of him. The golden soldier howled and rushed straight over. There was no one to stop him along the way, and there was not a single Xuzhou soldier. The army of 30,000 rushed into the camp, and saw no one but goods everywhere. The 20,000 golden soldiers may have noticed that something was wrong, and they looked at each other and were in a dilemma; the 10,000 grassland troops did not care, they dismounted and fought for things, and some of them even fought for things.

Wan Yan Haoming received a report that the camp in front of him was empty, and there were belongings all over the place, so he was suspicious, and he hurriedly drove his horse to check, and before he entered the camp, he saw bursts of arrows flying in front of him, and the camp suddenly burst into flames, and the sound of explosions was endless.

By the time the fire was extinguished and the explosions had stopped, it was three o'clock in the afternoon. Wan Yan Haoming was busy ordering people to investigate, but the two armies had not met and confronted each other, and there were already five or six thousand dead and wounded, especially more than 3,000 grassland iron horsemen. Wanyan Haoming's face was pale, and he was busy organizing the army to advance again, but the army had already frightened the Xuzhou soldiers, and he had long lost the courage to do so. At this time, Tanma came to report again, saying that there were three Xuzhou cavalry of different numbers following behind, which seemed to be outflanking.

Borke hurriedly said: "General, have we been tricked, are we still going to win the ferry at full speed?"

Wanyan Haoming was even more angry, and ordered the whole army to go straight to the bridge crossing at full speed.

After running down a few miles, I saw a Biao Xuzhou soldier blocking the way in front of me, and the number of people was not very large, only five or six thousand.

Wan Yan Haoming hurriedly ordered the whole army to pause, and immediately looked around to find out.

Borke stepped forward and said: "General, I finally saw the Xuzhou soldiers today, but they are only 5,000 people, and the last general will go up to fight." ”

Wan Yan Hao sneered and said, "No need, what we want is the ferry, not to entangle with it." The whole army presses up!"

Fifty thousand golden soldiers pressed up like a violent wind.

The Xuzhou soldiers turned around and fled, but inexplicably threw dozens of large iron cages covered with black cloth in front of the battle.

I saw dozens of strong Xuzhou soldiers open the iron cage covered with black cloth, and dozens of white-fronted insects will come out of the iron cage. As soon as the tigers came out of the black cage, they could see thousands of horses galloping in front of them, bright swords and guns, red flags waving, and they were lying on the ground and roaring, roaring and jumping.

How did this golden soldier know that the Xuzhou soldiers would have such a trick, and so many big insects would suddenly appear in front of the two armies, and the horses were all panicked, some were so frightened that they fell to the ground, some turned around and ran, and some and urinated and stood still, and the 50,000 golden soldiers were all in chaos, and there was a big chaos before the formation.

I saw that the five thousand Xuzhou soldiers had already blinded Ma Meng's eyes, turned their horses' heads and chased after them, and tens of thousands of foot soldiers behind them shouted and rolled up like a wave.

The Jin soldiers were defeated.

The Xuzhou soldiers chased and killed ten miles, and killed thousands of gold soldiers and returned victorious.

Wanyan Haoming was already cowardly in this battle, and he couldn't figure out how many schemes the Xuzhou soldiers still had, so he was busy camping ten miles away from the ferry, and sent people to transfer infantry to participate in the battle, so he didn't dare to rush out troops again.

Wanyan Haoming led a total of 150,000 troops in this southward battle, 50,000 elite cavalry, 60,000 lightly armed cavalry, and 40,000 infantry. Trapped in Xuzhou with 10,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, the siege of the ferry is the headquarters of 50,000 fine cavalry, the remaining 30,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry divided into two parts, hidden in the Huai River ferry north of the Tianlong Temple and Yamawanggou, originally intended as a reserve force to participate in the siege of Xuzhou mobile forces. Whether the Xuzhou soldiers save Xuzhou or the ferry, they will be besieged and attacked by 100,000 gold soldiers. And the total number of Xuzhou soldiers is only 80,000, and they can't stop the thunderous blow of the Jin soldiers no matter what. Wanyan Hao's name is bound to be won.

At this time, Wen Tingyu brought 120,000 Xuzhou soldiers, except for 15,000 people to cross the bridge at the mouth of the Huai River, leaving 40,000 people in Xuzhou, and 60,000 people, including 40,000 horse troops and 20,000 infantry, and also divided the soldiers into two places, hiding in the flooded land forty miles northwest of the Huai River crossing, looking for the mobile force of the Jin soldiers. The siege of Xuzhou City and the attack of the Jin soldiers on the ferry were blocked at the first time, and they were all passed to a little red hand. Wen Tingyu knew that there would not be much danger in the two places for a while, so he did not go to support, but just ordered the whole army to cover up, and sent scouts to find the foothold of the mobile men and horses of the Jin soldiers.

For a while, the two armies were on the sidelines. (To be continued......)