One Piece of Song Dynasty

Qu Duan and Han Shizhong felt strange after receiving Li Xin's order, but they still complied with it. Heavy troops were deployed in Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Guangzhou, Xinyang, Shou, Haozhou, Xuyi, Chuzhou and other places to form the first line. The first line of defense, the second line of defense is set up in Guanghua, Zaoyang, Lu'an, Luzhou, Chuzhou, Gaoyou, followed by Xiangyang and Yangzhou.

On May , the th year of Jianyan, the Jin Army began to move south from Tokyo and Shandong. Jin Wushu divided the Middle Route Army into four parts and launched attacks on Xinyang, Guangzhou, Shou, and Haozhou simultaneously. The Jin Army's East Route Army, Nie Li Bei Jin's troops were divided into two groups to attack Xuyi and Chuzhou.

After the Song Army received the news that the Jin Army was about to invade the south, it implemented a strong wall to clear the country. As a result, the Jin Army could not get a grain of food after entering the Song Army's territory, and the Song Army all gathered in the fortified city to defend, and food and defensive supplies were very scarce. There are enough, and the city defenses on the front line of the battle are very strong after several years of repairs. Therefore, after the Jin army entered the country, they faced brutal siege warfare and fell into a hard battle. If they did not capture these strong cities, even if they penetrated deep into the enemy There will also be worries about the future.

Just when the Jin Army's east and middle armies were locked in a bitter battle, the Jin Army's West Route Army Wanyan Salihe's troops also began to try to cross the river. However, the Song Army did set up many fortresses on the other side of the Yellow River, which made Wanyan Salihe's troops He was very depressed. There was already a guard on the other side, which made him afraid to cross the river easily.

The scout sent across the river reported back: "Commander, my subordinates have led people across the river to investigate. The walled city on the other side is completely empty, and the people above are all fake people."

Wanyan Sali shouted in surprise: "What are you talking about? The city is completely empty."

The scout nodded and said: "Yes, Commander, they are all empty."

Wanyan Sali said seriously: "Then have you gone deep into the enemy territory to conduct reconnaissance?"

The scout replied: "Yes, we penetrated into the enemy territory for fifty miles and found no trace of the Song army."

Wanyan Sali frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. Wu Jie shouldn't give up on the danger of the Yellow River and not defend it. You go and cross the river again to find out where the Song army is."

The scout clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Commander."

A few days later, the scouts who went to Tongguan and Wuguan came back and reported that Song troops were guarding them. Since both Tongguan and Wuguan were guarded by Song troops, there was no reason for Wu Jie not to set up guards along the Yellow River, so Wanyan Salihe decided to go again. Waiting for news from the scouts crossing the river.

After a few more days, the scouts who crossed the river finally returned. The scouts reported: "Commander, we have found the Song army. They are in Tongzhou, Huazhou, Hancheng, Chengcheng, Hancheng, Heyang and other places. We rushed to build a city defense, and the people we went to inquire for information were discovered by them. Many of them died, and only a few of us escaped."

Wanyan Salihe said thoughtfully: "I understand, Wu Jie was afraid that the Yellow River defense line would not be able to stop us, so he first built a wall on the river bank to scare us and buy time for them to strengthen the city defense. After all, the defense of the city belonged to the Song Army. The strong point is that as long as there is a strong city, even if we cross the river, we will not dare to go deep. As time goes by, we will have to retreat due to the problem of food and grass. When the time comes, Wu Jie will lead his army to beat us when we retreat. This It is indeed in line with Wu Jie’s character and he works steadily.”

Wanyan Sali, who was standing next to him, shouted to his subordinate Hu Zhan to agree: "Yes, Commander, the Song army is good at defending the city. After the last general heard that the two armies from the east and the middle entered the Song Dynasty, they fell into a difficult siege battle."

Wanyan Sali sneered and said: "Since you, Wu Jie, want more time, I will not let you have it. The three generals Hu Zhan, Huo Nu, and Xi Buzhu immediately ordered the entire army to prepare ships and do So we can prepare for crossing the Yellow River."

The three people who received the order raised their fists and said, "Yes, Commander."

On the other side, Niu Dazhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched several Jin army scouts flee back to the other side in panic. He was sent by Wu Phosphorus to drive away the Jin army scouts. In fact, the Song army was not far away from the river bank, but had been camouflaging in a certain place. It was just because the Jin scouts didn't search carefully enough that they didn't find it. Of course, the Song army on the front line only had two thousand tiger crouching artillerymen. The others were acting in various cities. The purpose of the acting was to attract the Jin army. Crossing the river on a large scale creates opportunities for the army to attack halfway across the river. The many empty fortresses built along the river bank are also for this purpose and are prepared to cause Wanyan Salihe to misjudge.

After driving the Jinbing scouts back to the other side, Niu Dazhuang took his people back to report to Wu Li. After receiving the report, Wu Li ordered: "Yao Zhong, you lead five thousand people and carry kerosene to quietly rush to the coast of the Yellow River, and separate the first and second lines. They sent people to sprinkle kerosene on dozens of fortresses, and then garrisoned the third-line fortresses. When the enemy crossed the river with about people, they sent rockets to set fire to the first-line fortresses, and then used strong bows and crossbows to attack the enemy who crossed the river. Li Shiyan, you He led men to cover the artillery and waited until the fire broke out, then ordered the artillery to fire hard at the enemy ships in the middle of the river."

After hearing the order, the two clasped their fists and said, "The last general will get the order."

Wu Li said again: "General Zhai, when the enemy's troops crossing the river are defeated, it is time for your cavalry troops to attack."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Yes, General Wu, I understand."

After receiving the order, the various ministries took action quickly, and the Jin Army also took action. Soon the Jin Army gathered hundreds of ships on the river more than one kilometer wide. When the ships were ready, they were ready. It was evening, Wanyan Sali shouted: "Huonu, we have to compete with the Song army for time. We will forcefully cross the Yellow River tonight. After crossing the river, you lead your men to occupy the military stronghold opposite to prevent the Song army from raiding, and prepare for the follow-up Troops crossing the river provide protection.”

Wan Yanhuo Nu clasped her fists and said, "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will finally get the order."

However, at this time, the Song Army Yao Zhongbu had quietly arrived at the bank of the Yellow River with his troops. However, because of the black and Jin army being busy, they did not notice the changes on the other side. After Yao Zhongbu approached the first and second line military strongholds, they divided into multiple detachments and marched in each military stronghold. After spreading kerosene in the hiding place and completing the task, Yao Zhong's troops went to the third-line army camp to prepare to face the enemy.

Since Li Xin took over the Song Dynasty, the treatment of the army has been significantly improved, especially in terms of diet, so the current Song army has basically eliminated night blindness, which has also become a major advantage of the Song army. It can see clearly at night, and the Jin army began to After crossing the river, the Song soldiers hidden in the darkness stared at the Jin army's movements with wide eyes.

Hundreds of Jin Army boats were able to ferry about people at a time. After crossing twice, there were about people on the river bank. Under the command of Wanyan Huonv, these people quickly occupied the vicinity of the river bank. The military stronghold.

Yao Zhong used a telescope to observe the landing situation of the Jin Army. Seeing that it was almost time, he gave an order and the Song Army's third-line military stronghold suddenly lit up with fire in the darkness. Then countless rockets were fired at dozens of first- and second-line military strongholds.