Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

In the cold, the horn sounded again and again, majestic but sad.

A large group of armored infantry covered the crossbowmen, and from the northwest, they quickly formed a prism and cut towards the southeast.

The kidnapper horse of the Jin army detoured from the east, began to approach quickly, and then formed a charge frenzy, rushing towards the fast-moving Song army.

The flags of the Song Army formation began to wave, and the Song Army slowly slowed down and finally stopped.

The armored soldier holds a shield in his left hand and a sharp spear in his right hand.

They quickly formed a circle of defense, protecting the crossbowmen in the middle.

When the cavalry of the Golden Army came over, the crossbowmen first released a wave of crossbow arrows.

Those sharp arrows impacted on the armor of the Golden Army and made a "thump, thud, thump" sound, some bounced off, and some hit the horse, turning the kidnapper and horseman on their backs.

After braving a round of crossbow arrows, the kidnapper rushed to the vicinity of the Song army to fight back with arrows, and charged with cavalry, but was blocked by the Song army.

Seeing that the Song army was extremely tenacious, they didn't dare to stay longer, and turned back to look for opportunities to let bloodletting.

However, during this period, another Song army had begun to move quickly from behind this Song army, and there were still quite a few of them.

They moved towards the right wing of the Jin army in front of them and killed them.

The army that had just covered them moved slowly accordingly, trying to maintain a defensive state against the kidnapper horse.

After the main offensive force quickly narrowed the distance, the right wing of the Jin army began to fight.

Both sides invested a large number of elite infantry, killing blood and blood, screaming again and again.

Both sides rushed forward desperately, trying their best to hack and smash each other to death.

There, a layer of corpses had already been laid, and these corpses were from yesterday, and even from the day before yesterday.

The setting sun reflected everything in an extraordinarily bleak way.

In the past half a month, both the Song Army and the Jin Army have invested a lot of elites, and they have launched a life-and-death competition here.

Zong Wang ordered people to besiege Cangzhou, while attacking the reinforcements of the Song army frantically.

In some places behind, some Song Army engineering battalions were digging ravines with shovels.

These days, Song Jun dug long ravines around Cangzhou City as if he had beaten chicken blood.

Moreover, this task was extremely difficult. On the one hand, the forward army and the central army cooperated to fight each other with the constantly attacking Jin army, and on the other hand, they dug trenches in different places as the defense points of the army.

This is actually a tactic adopted by Yao Zheng: delay!

Since his mission is to resist the war on the Eastern Front, let's procrastinate!

Li Gang was procrastinating in Cangzhou City, and he, Yao Zheng, was procrastinating when digging trenches outside the city.

It's just that it will be very difficult to fight against the Jin army outside the city.

"Report!" A scout rushed over and said to Yao Zheng, "The Fifth Battalion suffered heavy damage, please help!"

"Understood! There is no support!" Yao Zheng frowned into a "Chuan", his eyes showed numbness, and there was a trace of firmness in the numbness.

This firmness is like a steel wire that lifts thousands of kilograms of weight.

In the past half a month, this Song army has accepted intensive attacks from the elite Jin army from constant directions.

Hundreds of people died every day.

In order to delay the battle as much as possible, Yao Zheng tried everything, including digging so many trenches.

Some trenches have also been filled with the bodies of both sides.

Outside the city of Cangzhou, there were already dead bodies all over the field.

Zong Wang is obviously determined, no matter how strong this Song army is, he will destroy their willpower, and then destroy Cangzhou, tearing apart the Song Dynasty's eastern front completely!

Chapter 751 Chaos from Zhao Guan's House (Part [-])

"Report!"

"Come in!" Liu Yanzong said.

After the scouts came in, they handed over a piece of information: "Your Highness, according to the news from Zhending, the emperor of Song Dynasty has arrived in Zhaozhou for his personal expedition."

"What!" Liu Yanzong was taken aback, "Zhao Guan's royal family is personally recruiting?"

He immediately submitted the information to Zongwang.

Zongwang coughed violently.

There was a sickly pallor in his face.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

"It doesn't matter." Zong Wang waved his hand. He lost a lot of weight, and he was completely different from the high-spirited person he was when he went south in the first year of Jingkang.

Although Zongwang now displayed an extremely powerful aura, just sitting there made people feel awe involuntarily.

But this powerful aura is different from the self-confidence that was naturally revealed in the past, and it seems to be a deliberate effort.

Zong Wang took the letter, he read it slowly, and said calmly: "I originally expected that the Zhao family might go to the imperial conquest, but the possibility is almost zero, because Song's northern defense line is much stronger than before. As a last resort, there is no need for Zhao Guan’s family to go north.”

Liu Yanzong said: "Your Highness, the arrival of Zhao Guan's family in Zhaozhou may have a huge impact on the battle situation."

"You mean, Zong Han will do it in advance?"

"Zhongshu Ling will definitely do it in advance. Zhao Guan's family is in Zhaozhou. This temptation is too great."

"Is there still no movement in Zhongshan Mansion?" Zong Wang asked suddenly.

"For the time being, no reinforcements sent from Zhongshan Mansion have been found."

"Is Yue Fei really planning to watch Cangzhou be conquered by us?" Zong Wang took a deep breath, and his eyebrows gradually became serious.

The eastern front is not only to break through Cangzhou, but also to attract Yue Fei's main force, and then play a tug-of-war with Yue Fei's main force on Hebei East Road with high mobility, resulting in insufficient defense of Zhongshan and Zhending's Song army, creating opportunities for Zong Han.

Once the situation becomes like that, Zong Han will easily penetrate the Song Dynasty's Zhongshan and Zhending defense lines, forcing the Zhaozhou Song Army to send troops.

According to Zong Han's strength, it is only a matter of time before Zhaozhou Song Army is defeated.

If the battle is fought at this pace, the nearly [-] elite Zhao Ning spent a lot of money in Hebei may be cut off by the Jin army, and the entire army will be wiped out.

The strategy laid out by Zong Han seems to be that the main battlefields will be in Zhongshan and Zhending, but in fact the most critical ones are in Hejian and Cangzhou.

This is a duel of wills between coaches and coaches on both sides.

Zongwang overwhelmed the Eastern Front with an elite army.

Usually at this time, the coach of the Song Army will inevitably be unable to sit still. This kind of psychological pressure is not something ordinary people can bear.

Anyone who has ever bought stocks knows that when they rise, they feel that they are standing at the pinnacle of human civilization, and when they fall, they feel that the sky is collapsing.

Human beings have a natural ability to avoid and resist the sense of crisis.

This is human nature.

But fighting is against human nature.

The huge crisis on the Eastern Front was "ignored" by Yue Fei.

Yue Fei only gave Zhang Xian and Yao Zheng one sentence: Stop the Jin Army at all costs!

This alone is simply impossible for the vast majority of people, even if they know they should do it, they will never be able to do it.

This is the classic confrontation between the two commanders in strategy.

You, Zong Han and Zong Wang, have settled this game. I, Yue Fei, follow your rhythm. I will resist first and wait for the opportunity. Can you make a move?

Of course, the pressure on Yue Fei is indeed huge. Once the Eastern Front is broken, the Jin Army will occupy a huge strategic advantage.

But the key point is that Zhao Ning is here.

His joining suddenly disrupted the entire rhythm.

Liu Yanzong said: "Your Highness, since Yue Fei is unwilling to send troops, it may not be a bad thing for us. When we defeat the Song Army, we will go south directly. The main force of the Song Army will be handed over to Zhongshu Ling."

"Official Zhao's personal conquest will naturally bring a lot of reinforcements to the north, and Zhongshuling's resistance will increase." Zong Wang said, "Even being besieged by official Zhao and Yue Fei, the situation is not optimistic."

Liu Yanzong said: "But if Zhao Guan's family dares to drive northward, Zhong Shuling will have a chance to capture Zhao Guan's family alive."

"It's just a chance." Zong Wang said, "But you're right, Yue Fei's absence will relieve our pressure!"

He started coughing again, and when he heard the faint shouts of killing coming from outside, Zong Wang said, "How is the battle going now?"

"The Song Army is still resisting, and has dug a lot of trenches around, blocking the charge of our cavalry." Liu Yanzong said, "But the Song Army can't last long, and their strength is being consumed."

Zong Wang was silent for a moment, and said: "This time going south, compared with the last time going south, the biggest difference I feel is the improvement of the Song Army's combat power."

Liu Yanzong remained silent.

"If this continues, my fortune will be in danger." Zong Wang said suddenly.

His words are very strange. After all, his army is now suppressing and beating the Song army in Cangzhou, surrounding Cangzhou city, and the Song army in Cangzhou city dare not come out.

With such an advantage, Zong Wang actually said such a sentence.

However, only Liu Yanzong could understand the meaning behind his words.

In this war, although the Song Army fought terribly on the eastern front, from the perspective of grand strategy, the Song Army has already controlled the three towns in Hebei.

The strength of the Song army is strengthening, but the interior of the Jin country is splitting.

This made Zongwang feel worried.

What he looks at is not the immediate success or failure, but the overall situation.

"Your Highness, let's destroy the Cangzhou in front of us first, we cannot make a decision on other matters for the time being."

"I don't know if Wushu has received the letter I wrote to Wushu."

"King Wei is in Shangjing, and there will be no chaos in Shangjing. Don't worry, Your Highness."

Liu Yanzong comforted Zongwang, he knew that Zongwang's letter to Wushu was about the political situation of the Jin Dynasty.

Wushu is now placed with high hopes by Zongwang, some things must be done by someone, and the overall situation must be supported by someone.

The current status quo of the Jin Guochaotang will not last for too long, because the letter Zong Wang wrote to Zong Pan before did not persuade Zong Pan to stay, but was criticized by Zong Pan.

This made Zongwang feel desperate towards Zongpan. Under such circumstances, Zongwang had actually made up his mind to rectify the situation internally.

It's just busy fighting right now.

The sky gradually darkened, and the fighting outside gradually ended.

Both sides stopped fighting at the same time.

However, both sides know that this is only temporary, and there will be more brutal fighting tomorrow.

Yao Zheng ate meat and drank heavily.

He does this every night, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep at all.

The current Song Army has a huge advantage, enough wine and meat, especially for a senior officer like him.

Yao Zheng kept eating, his hands trembled slightly, and he didn't say a word.

After drinking and eating meat, he fell asleep in a daze.

His pressure is too great.

Chapter 752 Desperate Ambition! (Second more)

It was the toughest war he had ever fought.

Even that kind of big battle is not as tormenting as it is now.

Confronting the elite of the Jin Army at close range, the Jin Army must also be held back.

When the Song army suffered certain casualties, there was already a problem with the morale of the army.

Every day he had to go to every battalion to speak, to encourage the soldiers, to keep everyone going.

In fact, it is telling everyone: You will all die, and it will be your turn tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but please don't mess up.

This is a great test of human nature.

Knowing that it is death, but still must stay here.

It is also this kind of inhuman persistence that dragged the Jin army abruptly, and also preserved Cangzhou, blocking the Jin army's iron hooves to the north of Jingdong Road, so that the people in the south would not suffer from the war.

On the first day of September, after Yao Zheng was awakened, he opened his eyes, and the first thing he did was to give himself a few bowls of chicken blood, silently.

After he took a deep breath, he seemed to have returned to the heroic general who killed the enemy. After leading the people out, he strode over.