Great Song Pirate

Chapter 588 (Decisive Battle of Jin Kingdom) Night Attack on Pingzhou City

After Xu Yi set sail from Hakata Bay on the Western Seaway of the Japanese Kingdom, he led the fleet all the way westward, heading towards the Bohai Bay, and the army sailed along the coast of Koryo. After a while, even when he saw the Korean ships appearing, he strictly prohibited them from looting privately, and only wanted to rush to Bohai Bay as soon as possible to find out the current situation in the Song Dynasty.

After a few days of sailing, the fleet arrived at the sea south of Seoul. The king of Koryo jumped up in shock when he received the news. Prepared, and made a posture to resist the attack of the Fubo army at any time, but Xu Yi is not interested in repairing them at this moment, and still leads the fleet swaggering westward, and releases a large number of carrier pigeons here to send his orders It was conveyed to all parts of the Fubo Army.

This time, unlike before, Xu Yi ordered Diao Bin's headquarters on Liangzhe Road in the south, Hangzhou Weihai Escort Bureau, Wang Feng's department on Fujian Road, and Kong Qingxi's department on Guangnan East Road to immediately conscript all suitable large ships at sea, and one of them was plundered to the sea. Dulong Island went directly to Liuqiu Island all the way, and transferred a large number of soldiers and horses from the two places to the Miao Fang headquarters in Bohai Bay.

He also ordered Gray of Yangzhou to collect the refugees fleeing south in Yangzhou area, select the young and strong among them, and transfer them directly to Bohai Bay. He also ordered Qian Laoben of Dulong Island to order Yang Laoxi and others to use their full horsepower to make more gunpowder and other firearms to ensure the use of the army. He also ordered Qin Huzi and others in Jilongzhai to use as much energy as possible. , to speed up the manufacture of various armors and support the equipment of the army. To start, Xu Yi's wording in the order was very strict, ordering the leaders of all places to act according to his orders immediately after receiving the order, and no one should be negligent.

The reason why he released a large number of carrier pigeons here is to speed up the action, because he knows the power of the Jin people and the incompetence of the Song army, counting the time, if Wanyan Zongwang adopts Guo Yaoshi's suggestion, Guo Yaoshi For the former army, it took more than a month to reach the Yellow River, and he never thought that this time Wanyan Zongwang was even faster than the first attack on the Song Dynasty in history. At this time, he had already arrived at the city of Bianliang .

After rushing all the way, they finally left the coast of Koryo and entered the Bohai Bay after a few days. Under the guidance of the guide boat, they reached the sea outside Dengzhou on Jingdong East Road and boarded Miaofang and others. Tuoji Island is entrenched by people.

After such a huge fleet arrived at Tuoji Island, it immediately crowded the wharf of Tuoji Island, but Xu Yi only saw a few people on the island coming to welcome him. Xingdu didn't show up, so he immediately asked the subordinates who greeted him: "Where are Miao Fang and Cai Xing? Why don't they come to pick me up? And why are there so few people stationed here?"

It was a small leader who greeted Xu Yi. Hearing Xu Yi's question, he quickly replied: "My lord, calm down. Commander Miao and Commander Cai have already taken a step ahead with their brothers a few days ago, and raised troops to Jizhou (north of Tianjin). ) landed and attacked the Jin people’s Jizhou, intending to settle there, which could threaten the Jin people’s Yanshan Prefecture, Pingzhou and other places, and disrupt the Jin people’s plan to conquer the Song Dynasty. People are fighting fiercely!"

Xu Yi was slightly startled. Miao Fang and Cai Xing were really brave. Before they arrived, they took the first step and began to fight with the Jinren. It seems that there are really many militants in his subordinates now. !But he still hurriedly asked: "Then how is the battle situation of Miao Fang and the others now? Do you know the details?"

The boss nodded, and while leading Xu Yi to the island's meeting hall, he said to Xu Yi: "My lord, I know about the general situation. Commander Miao and the others captured Jizhou in one fell swoop and occupied it by surprise. Afterwards, they began to recruit people in the area of ​​Jizhou to increase their strength. In just a few days, they recruited more than 1 civilians and basically gained a firm foothold in Jizhou. Pingzhou mobilized a large number of troops and began to counterattack Jizhou. Now Commander Miao and Commander Cai are fighting fiercely with the Jin Army in Jizhou. The current situation is not very good. Soldiers, the number of soldiers and horses far exceeds that of Commander Miao and they are many, and Commander Miao and the others are holding on to the city, waiting for the Song army to come to support, but until now there is no news of the soldiers and horses of Song Dynasty!"

"Damn it! Damn the dog officials of the Song Dynasty, let's stand up for them, the Song Jun on Jingdong East Road is desperate to save him, really damn it! Damn it!..." Lin Xiongwen, who followed Xu Yi Immediately furious, he let go of his rough voice and began to curse.

"Shut up!" Xu Yi turned his head and glared at Lin Xiong, who immediately closed his mouth and stood aside angrily.

"Then do you know now that the Eastern and Western Route Army of the Jin Bing has reached where in the Song Dynasty?" Xu Yi continued to ask.

The leader of Miao Fang's subordinates had a bad expression on his face, and he bowed and replied: "Reporting to my lord, I know a little bit about it, but the situation is rather chaotic, and the details are probably not very clear, but I heard that Guo Yaoshi, who guards Yanshan Mansion, is in the Jin Dynasty. A few days after the soldiers sent troops to attack our Great Song Dynasty, they surrendered Hanlibu (Wanyan Zongwang) and became the vanguard officer of the Jinbing East Route Army. Attacking to the south, the Song army along the way was all about to collapse, and it didn't cause much trouble to the Jin soldiers at all. Many Song soldiers even fled after hearing the news, and ran away without even fighting. It is said that only the Song army in the Zhending area There was a battle with Jin Bing, but he couldn't resist Jin Bing, and was defeated by Jin Bing, and a new prefect named Zongze in Xingzhou seemed to have some skills. People, but now because the Jin soldiers are marching so fast, we don't know where the East Route Army has reached!

As for the West Route Army of the Jinren, it seems that luck is not as good as that of Hanli of the East Route Army, and he ran into the hard bones of Taiyuan Mansion. Nianhan of the Route Army was dragged to Taiyuan Mansion, making them unable to attack for a long time, and the West Route Army made little progress! "

After listening to this subordinate's answer, Xu Yi still didn't know exactly where the Jin soldiers had reached the Song Dynasty. He only knew that the West Route Army had hit the iron plate of Taiyuan Mansion just like in history, and was more delayed. As for the Eastern Route Army, it was roughly the same as the situation in history, and it attacked the hinterland of the Song Dynasty with all its might.

After a general understanding of the situation, Xu Yi was very helpless. Because of unexpected events, history finally deviated from what he knew. Now the situation is not as clear as he imagined before, and the future development of Song Dynasty suddenly entered a fog among.

After taking a seat in the lobby, Xu Yi thought about it for a while. Now that the Jin soldiers are brazenly launching troops, everyone in the Song Dynasty is panicked and at a loss. It is estimated that the officers and soldiers in many places have been beaten into a daze. If you want to resist gold, you may not know what to do for a while, so you called Shuisheng and said to him: "Shuisheng, immediately mobilize all your forces in the north, find out the situation in various places, and immediately find out about Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army Now that we have come to such a place, and now we have just returned, there is a smear of darkness everywhere, you are responsible for giving me intelligence support, and there must be no mistakes!"

Shuisheng immediately received the order, hurriedly returned to the pier and took a boat towards Dengzhou. There was a hidden thread set by him there, as long as he found one, he would be able to affect all his northern intelligence systems, and the news would naturally come back soon. up.

Xu Yi asked someone to find a map of the Bohai Bay area, hung it up and said to the generals: "Since we have already arrived here, we also plan to fight the Jin people, and Miao Fang and the others have already started to act one step ahead of us, then we will also Let's discuss what to do! Now that Miao Fang is fighting fiercely with the Jin soldiers in Jizhou, everyone is asking whether we should immediately enter Jizhou to support Miao Fang?"

Diao Bin and Miao Fang also had a good relationship, so he immediately came out and said: "My lord, what else is there to discuss about this matter, Brother Miao and the others have already started working with the Jin people in Jizhou, of course we can't let them suffer Let's go! Raise troops quickly and go to Jizhou to support Brother Miao and the others!"

Xu Yi looked at the map and didn't speak immediately, but stroked his chin and thought about something. At this time, Yang Zaixing came out and said, "Master, I also have an idea. Now we can divide our troops into two groups and go to Jizhou to support Miao to lead them. The other way is to take the sea route and directly hit Pingzhou of the Jin people, catch them by surprise, take Pingzhou in one fell swoop, and also deter the Jin people again, forcing them to divide their troops to Pingzhou, so that the Miao of Jizhou will lead them Naturally, the pressure can be relieved a lot, and after the Jinren arrived in Pingzhou, we immediately boarded the boat again, returned to Jizhou, and defeated the enemies of Jizhou in one fell swoop!"

Xu Yi looked at the location of Pingzhou and recalled it. He seemed to have a little impression of Pingzhou. It should be the Qinhuangdao area of ​​later generations, and it is said that the Jin people started from here to attack the Song Dynasty. It should be that the Jin people paid more attention to it. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded and said: "Zaixing's words are reasonable. This is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. If Pingzhou is captured, the Jin people will naturally send troops to Pingzhou to attack us. Then we will move faster." , should be able to solve the crisis in Jizhou, in this case, let's not delay, let the soldiers rest for a while, and leave immediately!"

The generals immediately nodded to accept the order, and Xu Yi then ordered: "This battle is the first battle with the Jin people after we come back. I hope you can show our prestige. Don't let the Jin people underestimate us Song people. They should also look at the result of Song people's anger! Gao Jun, Lin Xiong, Diao Bin, and Zheng Guang took orders!"

Gao Jun, Lin Xiong and others heard Xu Yi calling them, so they immediately came out and said: "The last general is here!"

"The four of you are mainly Gao Jun, with Lin Xiong, Diao Bin, and Zheng Guang as your deputy. Take four thousand sailor brothers and ships, and immediately set off for the Jizhou area to land and raid the Jin soldiers who are besieging Jizhou. Beat them to pieces. If the golden soldiers are strong and you can't win, go into Jizhou City and wait for help, drag them to death, and come back to rescue you after we take down Pingzhou. Kill them outside the city of Jizhou! But don’t act recklessly. It’s best to defeat the Jin soldiers. You can’t defeat them. You ruined the lives of your brothers! You must pay attention to preserving your strength!" Xu Yi instructed the four of them.

Xu Yi's arrangement was somewhat beyond everyone's expectations. They thought that Gao Jun was the infantry general of the Fubo Army, but this time Xu Yi ordered him to lead the brothers of the navy army. But Xu Yi naturally had his reasons for doing so. There are many reasons for sending Gao Jun as the general. Although Lin Xiong is brave and brave, he has an impulsive personality and short temper. , not very proficient in land warfare, but Gao Jun is an infantry general who is familiar with the methods of battle formation, and Gao Jun has also read a lot of military books and strategies. At present, besides Yang Zaixing, he is the most suitable candidate, so he is assigned to do this The chief general, Xu Yi, has been carefully considered.

Gao Jun, Lin Xiong and others immediately bowed to receive the order, turned around and went out to order the ships and generals, and began to prepare to send troops to Jizhou, but Xu Yi immediately said to the remaining generals: "Let's not delay, rescue is like putting out a fire. Let's all go down and prepare, the speed of the Pingzhou must be fast, and the means must be ruthless! Don't let the Jin people have any chance to fight back!"

The generals immediately received the order, and went out of the lobby to get busy, and Xu Yi then said to the leader who stayed behind on Tuoji Island: "Stay here and guard this place, and send people to land to speed up the recruitment of Minzhuang to join us. Fubo Army, fight against gold together. If there are a large number of refugees on land, you can gather them in large numbers. After our fleets from various places arrive, transfer them back to Dulong Island and Liuqiu Island for resettlement. Do you understand? "

The leader who was left behind on Tuoji Island immediately nodded: "I understand! My lord, please rest assured and go to the Jinren! The little one will do it right away!"

"Also! After I leave, if Feng Shuisheng comes back here, order him to go find me immediately, and I will find out the current battle situation on land as soon as possible!" Xu Yi ordered him to come again.

The leader received the order, turned around and walked down quickly, and began to arrange the tasks assigned by Xu Yi.

Xu Yi's army did not delay too much, and let everyone go ashore to get used to it for a while. After eating, they boarded the ship again immediately, assigned ships and soldiers, and sailed westward in two routes, because they set sail At that time, the wind on the sea was very weak, and it was quite difficult to set sail. We had to rely on some eight-scull boats accompanying the fleet to drag the ships out of the dock, which took a lot of time. It was getting late, but the fleet still resolutely left Tuoji Island and sailed towards their respective predetermined goals.

Departing from Tuoji Island to Jizhou and Pingzhou, it doesn’t look that far away on the map, but if you really want to walk, there are still more than 400 miles of sea, and because of the lack of wind, you have to think about these two places. It really takes a lot of time, but fortunately Xu Yi is also very familiar with the waterway here. You must know that he has traveled a lot in Tianjin Port in later generations, so he does not need a guide ship, and he leads the fleet directly to Pingzhou.

There really are no people who can threaten them in the Bohai Bay. The Jin Kingdom used to be an inland nation, and there were no navigating ships at all. Now there are some, and they are all received from the Liao Kingdom. Liao’s navigation was much worse than that of Song Dynasty. After Miao Fang’s clean-up in the past two years, now Jin Kingdom really does not have any naval forces to deal with them, and Song Dynasty closed Dengzhou After Hong Kong, there are not many forces in the Bohai Bay. The entire Bohai Bay has basically become an inner lake for the Fubo Army. With their current large-scale fleet, they can simply walk sideways, so there is no need to worry at all. What surprises will happen.

After leaving Tuoji Island, the fleet sailed continuously for more than a day. After encountering a strong sea wind, the fleet accelerated a lot. Finally, at night, the fleet arrived at the sea outside Pingzhou According to the habit of the Fubo army, before their main fleet arrives, a sentry ship will arrive first to clear the ships on the sea here, so they can be said to have arrived here silently, without any alarm The golden man of Pingzhou.

This time, because Li Bo's Viper Squad was not present, Yang Zaixing imitated Li Bo, mobilized some highly skilled soldiers from the infantry, and formed a small team. When they arrived at the shore, after these soldiers touched the shore, they quickly cleared a landing field along the shore, and either tied up the people on the shore here, or killed them directly, making preparations for the landing of the army, and then After lighting a few bonfires, the soldiers immediately dispersed to guard the surrounding area.

The fleet approached the coast quietly, and landed in an orderly manner. The infantry and navy landed a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and the Leigong Cannon and other siege weapons were also dragged onto the beach. Xu Yi left behind Sun Hai commanded the fleet to approach Pingzhou City, and he personally landed, and followed the army all the way to Pingzhou.

Several scout teams opened the way for them along the way, and as soon as they found someone appearing on the road to Pingzhou City, they immediately killed them on the spot to ensure that the army behind would not leak the news, and the army was also ordered by Yang Zaixing not to light torches Illumination, walking all the way in the dark, although walking like this is deep and shallow, maybe someone will sprain their ankles, but no one complains, everyone strides forward with an outrageous murderous look, in the night There was only the rumbling of footsteps, the snorting of some horses, and the creaking of the axles of the cannon carts and baggage wagons, but no one could be heard.

At the second watch, in the dark night, a dark city appeared in front of the army, like a giant beast, lying between the sky and the earth, Pingzhou City has arrived!
Xu Yi looked up and saw that Pingzhou City was completely silent except for a few lanterns hanging above the city gate, swaying in the night. Under their strict organization, the golden guards of Pingzhou City did not get any help at all. According to the news, most of them have gone into the tents to dream of their Spring and Autumn Dreams, only a few city patrol soldiers are still wandering around in the city, and there are about a dozen soldiers left at the gates. Guard the gate.

Xu Yi, Yang Zaixing and others discussed the plan to attack Pingzhou City at night, and everything is progressing according to their expectations. Now they can be said to have succeeded. Xu Yi was completely relieved when his guard was relaxed. Perhaps because he had read some history, Xu Yi was quite afraid of the ferocity of the golden soldiers. There shouldn't be any problem with soldiers and horses capturing Pingzhou City, but he still has to be careful. This is the first time their Fubo army has fought against the Jinren. This battle must be fought beautifully!
Now it seems that they have achieved what they thought at the beginning, and they have come to the outside of Pingzhou City without the Jinren knowing, so he nodded to Yang Zaixing.

Although Yang Zaixing couldn't see Xu Yi's expression clearly in the night, he also understood that Xu Yi wanted him to start!So he immediately nodded in agreement, then rode his horse away from Xu Yi, went down to start making arrangements, and soon a group of black-clad and black-armored infantry quickly approached the city gate under the cover of night, and several sniper crossbows were erected at the city gate About a hundred meters away, this happened to be a place where the lights on the top of the city could hardly reach, and the night completely covered their figures.

A golden soldier lay on the battlements boredly, and looked outside the city. He heard that Jizhou City was breached by an unknown Song army in the past few days. After being nervous for a few days, they felt a little relieved when they heard that the Song army was besieged in Jizhou City by soldiers from Yanshan Mansion and Pingzhou City.

The golden soldier yawned, looked at the dark open space outside the city, but saw nothing, so he straightened up, intending to stretch, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind rushing towards his face Then, after a moment of stupefaction, a sharp arrow hit his throat, brought his body and slammed backwards, and fell heavily on the ground at the top of the city. After struggling a few times, there was no more sound, He didn't figure out where the arrow came from until he died.

Just after the golden soldier on the top of the city was shot down by an arrow, a few black shadows rushed out of the darkness with some unknown objects in their arms. There were a few clicks, and then a little fire was lit, and then these people rushed out of the city gate and rushed towards the darkness outside the city.

(So ​​far, this book has completely entered the stage of war with the Kingdom of Jin. I hope that all the brothers who are still following Pida along the way will continue to support, so that Geda can be able to push this book to a new climax! Thank you, brothers! )
(End of this chapter)