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Chapter 771 Three Armies

Many scholars who talk about military affairs on paper think that the first way to defend a city is to fill the city with heavy troops, as if the more troops in the city, the safer it is, but it is actually quite wrong.

A single isolated city is a desperate situation. No matter how big the city is or how abundant its troops are, it would be a great waste of tactics if one's own family is trapped in the city and their hands and feet are bound to fight against others. There are few invincibles.Therefore, as long as conditions permit, the defenders of the city will definitely control the key passes outside the city, set up a strong camp, and station a strong force to respond to the inside and outside.

There is a common saying in the army that if you defend a city, you must guard the mountain, and if you defend the city, you must guard the fortress. This is the same truth.

After paying a considerable price yesterday, the ministries of the Jin army went south and left the Song army in Huainan and other places, and rushed all the way back to the vicinity of Kaifeng, and they were not in a hurry to enter the city.They gathered together the Tongguan garrison Wanyan Congtan's troops who arrived one day earlier, and the Henan government garrison Heshilieqi'er's troops, and entered the former site of Lincaiguan controlled by Zhechong Duwei Jiaguze.

The original strength of the various ministries was combined into one place, nearly [-], and the soldiers were brave and powerful, and they were majestic when they went south to plunder.At this moment, they had been entangled with the Song people for more than a month, and they were panicked when they retreated, and they were often pursued, so some people kept fleeing from the team.

When the manpower was gathered that night, there were only about 4 to [-] people left.

Fortunately, these 4 to [-] people are considered to be the backbone of the captains of each department, and their combat effectiveness is still there.

Wanyan Congtan brought a batch of grain and fodder from Tongguan, arranged for the soldiers to eat two full meals, and mobilized thousands of people to dig a trench and build a wall on the site of Guancheng. small town.

With this small city as a foothold, there was a momentum of support between the Jin Army and Kaifeng City, and the soldiers immediately felt relieved. After recovering, I feel that at least we can rely on Kaifeng's fortified city and fight a few real fierce battles on the great plain outside the city.

In the heyday of the Song Dynasty in the early years, many canals were operated in Bianliang City, the capital of the country, to ensure water transportation routes.Numerous river schools lead to the main veins, and Xianhui Tianyi, connected by boats and boats, supports the public and private, so there is no shortage.

However, since Du Chong, a man of the Song Dynasty, broke the river, the Yellow River has been suffering from floods year after year. The river channel is silted up and cannot receive water.The rivers and canals around Bianliang have not been repaired for a long time, and gradually silted into flat land. In August of the fifth year of Mingchang, the Yellow River broke through Yangwu, filled the hills to the east, and the water trended south. It completely destroyed the original water system and formed a river around Kaifeng. A large area of ​​sandy moraine and sand beach was formed.

The remains of water transport left until now are only Chenliu, which used to be the key of Bianhe River, Lincaiguan, which was once the key of Caihe River, and Zhuxian Town, which was once the key of Huimin River.

The Ding Navy was stationed in Chenliu and deployed along the embankment of the Bian River.The distance between the military camp and Lincai Pass is only [-] or [-] miles, and the distance is no more than [-] miles. The land between the two armies is open and flat, and the residents have already fled.

Therefore, as soon as the army moved, the Jin army at Lincai Pass immediately alerted.

"The navy is dispatched!"

"All ministries have a clear banner and are in order!"

"All ministries are out of camp! The speed is extremely fast! The array is extremely strict!"

On the top of the city of Lincaiguan, there is a newly built watchtower. The officers on duty stand on the top of the watchtower and look at it while telling what they saw.

In his sight, a large number of Dinghai armored soldiers crossed sparse woodlands and bushes, and stepped across fields and grasslands.While advancing several miles, they quickly formed an array.

Some arrays approached about five miles to the east of Lincai Guan in one breath, and then slowed down.The officers of the Golden Army saw a forest of spears and spears in the queue, and the shield wall formed by the sword and shield players occasionally separated due to changes in the terrain, and soon closed again, like the scales of a python swimming.

Beside the officer on duty, several colleagues boarded the watchtower. They didn't speak, but just watched with frowns, knowing that the small queue in front of them was very difficult to deal with.

What makes people even more nervous is the main force of Ding Haijun behind the forward team.

The distance is a bit far, and the distribution of the troops is not clear, but there must be a lot of cavalry, and when the large arrays one after another are slowly pressing forward, apart from the smoke and dust rising up and the muffled sound of footsteps, it actually gives people a sense of tranquility .

This is very different from the army recognized by the officers of the Golden Army.Generally speaking, when an army is approaching in front of the enemy, it will definitely try to show its own power. When there are tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, the posture of shouting to kill and waving weapons is gathered in one place, and it will be like a mountain roaring and a tsunami from a long distance away. .

But the Ding Haijun in front of him is not like this. Their posture is more calm and calm, like a huge beast walking in the mountains and forests, knowing that there is no natural enemy that can resist them.

And this complacency is by no means out of arrogance.

The brilliant record in the past few years has given them such confidence!Ding Navy's continuous and huge investment in training and equipment allows them to have such capital!
Compared with Ding Haijun, the state of Jin Jun is much worse.

The officers on duty glanced down at the barracks. The captains' headquarters were a little chaotic, but they didn't mobilize immediately to deal with it.That's because only Monk Wanyan Chen was the one who advocated the battle, and the other generals were more willing to stick to the camp, waiting for the enemy's spirit to be defeated.

Monk Wanyan Chen's elder brother was seriously injured, and he was temporarily in command of his subordinates, and his status was not as good as the other marshals and captains.He is not a strategist with eloquence, and he cannot persuade others for a while.

So at this moment, he has returned to the team, is taking off his shirt, standing in the empty field under the tower, letting Arixi pour buckets of well water on him.

The Song army in Huainan was not a weak soldier. It was not so easy for this Jin army to retreat from Huainan to Kaifeng.Monk Wanyan Chen fought no less than fifty times, and suffered more than a dozen injuries. If he hadn't been born strong and resolute, he would have fainted by now.

Even so, when the cold water rinsed the bloody wound and washed away the blood and sludge from the wound, some gray muscles in the wound twitched and stirred, causing severe pain like needle pricks.

But Monk Wanyanchen opened his arms, allowing Alixi to keep pouring water, without moving or making a sound.

After cleaning up, the other two Alixi began to put on his armor.

Behind him, hundreds of soldiers of the Ji army who followed him south and north, those Qiang people, Naiman people or Uighur people were the same as him.People kept silent, took off the blood-stained clothes and armor, rinsed them with clean water, then slowly bandaged themselves, and put the armor back on.

Even if the wound was involved during the movement, at most they frowned or gritted their teeth, without moaning or crying out for pain.

Following their actions, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and sweat, which was quickly blown away.

In these years, the Qi army was regarded as the elite of the Jin army, and it was the most capable part of the Jin army.These soldiers have followed Monk Wanyan Chen for more than a year, and they have been forged and beaten like young generals to be extremely tough.

When the armor was fastened, Monk Wanyan Chen jumped up and said to the left and right: "You can't let the Dinghai approach! No matter what the marshals and lieutenants decide in the end, I will lead people to charge for a while. Otherwise, the morale of the army is getting worse and worse. Depressed, this battle is completely impossible to fight!"

The left and right generals nodded yes, and did not hesitate because of the difficulty of the task.

(End of this chapter)