One Piece of Song Dynasty

After bidding farewell to Wang Sheng, Dong Qing asked: "General, where should we go next? According to the prisoners' confession, there is another Jinrao army in Guangzhou, and then there is Chuzhou."

Yue Yun said: "If we don't go to Guangzhou, the enemy troops in Guangzhou are strong and powerful. We will definitely suffer a big loss if we go there. We will go to Xuyi first and put the wounded in Xuyi, and then we will go to Chuzhou to have a look."

Dong Qing cupped his fists and said, "Yes, General."

Two days later, Zheyan Zhibu and his army finally arrived in Xinyang. At this time, the Jin army in Xinyang had already withdrawn from the siege, and Wanyan Zongxian concentrated all troops in Guangzhou.

Zhe Yanzhi met Qu Duan in Xinyang and said, "General Qu, you are here well."

Qu Duan replied: "Commander Zhe, I haven't seen you for a long time. The military situation is urgent. To make a long story short, my general Li Dao and the garrison in Xin Yangzhou are temporarily handed over to Marshal Zhe. I want to lead my elite troops to go north. ”

Zhe Yanzhi nodded and said: "Don't worry, General Qu. Leave this to me. General Qu is going north this time to make an unparalleled contribution. Zhe would like to wish General Qu success in advance."

Qu Duan cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much for your kindness, Marshal Zhe. After the success is achieved, I will definitely treat Marshal Zhe to a drink in person."

Zhe Yanzhi replied: "Okay, then Zhe will be waiting for General Qu's celebration drink."

Also on the same day, Wanyan Zongxian in Guangzhou took in the defeated troops from Shouchun, and learned from the defeated troops about the defeat of Li Cheng in Shouchun. Wanyan Zongxian paced back and forth in the tent, using his troops to contain the middle road. The Governor's Mansion was okay, but it would be difficult to divide the troops to contain Shouchun. However, Shouchun was Jin Wushu's retreat. If no one restrained him, it would definitely threaten Jin Wushu's food route.

Thinking of this, Wanyan Zongxian called his general Wanyan Bao: "I just got the news that Li Cheng's people in Shouchun have been reimbursed. Now you can rush to Shouchun with people to see if there is a chance to capture Shouchun. If not, The opportunity is to contain the enemy troops in Shouchun City and prevent them from coming out to destroy the commander's food route. Furthermore, from the escaped soldiers, they learned that the attacker was an organized cavalry unit of the Song Army, and it was Night attack, when Shouchun arrives, you must pay attention to this matter, especially beware of the enemy's night attack. In addition, you must send someone to contact the commander-in-chief, inform him of the news, and finally ask him to speed up the siege. If Luzhou cannot be captured, Pull back first, I always feel that the situation is not good."

Wanyan Bao accepted the order and said, "Yes, General."

This day is July , which is fifteen days after Yue Fei's attack on Yanyun. At this time, Han Shizhong and Jieyuan had led an army of to Chuzhou City and marched down to Dazhai next to Chuzhou City. , this suddenly made Nie Li Bei Jin feel a lot of pressure, and Ma Kuo had already led his army to arrive fifty miles north of Chuzhou City.

Wang Qi reported to Ma Kuohui: "Commander, Chuzhou is fifty miles ahead. We found the enemy's stronghold forty-five miles ahead. We have captured many enemy soldiers patrolling in front. It is estimated that the enemy troops have already arrived. You know our army is coming."

Ma Kuo nodded and said: "Order the entire army to enter a state of combat readiness to prevent enemy raids. We will approach the enemy slowly. If the enemy doesn't move, we will set up camp five miles away from the enemy's stronghold. Your cavalry will be walking all over the place." In front of the army, pay attention to the enemy's movements at all times."

Wang Qi cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Commander."

Wang Qi was right. Nie Li Bei Jin already knew that an enemy army had appeared behind him. This made Nie Li Bei Jin a little panicked. Han Shizhong's men were waiting in front, and another number appeared behind him. Unknown enemy troops, and the appearance of enemy troops in one's own rear, does that mean that something big has happened in Shandong? Moreover, the messenger he sent has not replied yet, does something happen to all of them? What's more important is that it is difficult to withdraw the troops now unless you want to. If you run away with your own soldiers, even if you go back, it will be a serious crime, but if you don't move, it will not work. You are not leading the army to defend the city, and the food and grass you carry with you are limited. If you are surrounded by the enemy, it will not take long for the food and grass to be exhausted. Then there would be no need to fight.

Thinking of this, Nie Libei Jin immediately ordered the entire army to break camp and march towards Ma Kao's army, and cut off the rear with people to prevent Han Shizhong's surprise attack. Under the current situation, only by defeating Ma Kuo and then withdrawing the army can the maximum loss be guaranteed.

The enemy's movements were quickly detected by Ma Kuo. After learning the news, Ma Kuo immediately transformed his army into a military formation and stood ready. The strength of both sides was about , but Nie Libei's advantage was the cavalry. There are people, while Ma Kuo only has cavalry. However, Ma Kuo's advantage is that he has the help of Han Shizhong. If Han Shizhong can quickly break through the -strong defense behind Nie Libei's palace, then there will be no suspense in this battle. If If Han Shizhong cannot break through this ten-thousand-strong defense quickly, then the outcome of this battle will be uncertain. However, in general, the Song army still has an advantage. After all, Han Shizhong and his two armies combined have more than people, far more than Nie Libei. Forty thousand people is much more.

Nie Libei Jin's actions also quickly attracted the attention of Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong quickly sent people to investigate the cause of Nie Li Beijin's actions. Half an hour later, Li Shifu came in and cupped his fists and said: "Han Shuai, Nie Li Bei Jin" The reason for pulling out the camp has been found out. An army of our army was found ten miles behind Nie Libei. I have contacted them. They are an army led by General Ma Kuoma. They were ordered by the prince to take a boat from Huating. We landed in Juzhou, Shandong, and then traveled day and night to Chuzhou to cooperate with us in defeating the enemy's Eastern Route Army."

Han Shizhong said excitedly after hearing this: "Okay, now it is possible to annihilate all the enemy troops. Have you asked them how many people have come?"

Li Shifu replied: "Ask me, they have a total of people. They left in Juzhou and came."

Han Shizhong nodded and said: "Well, Nie Libei Jin's action is to prepare to defeat the friendly troops and escape. He ordered the entire army to form a formation and attack in conjunction with the friendly troops to completely wipe out the remaining troops of the enemy's Eastern Route Army. Your five thousand cavalry are at the forefront of the entire army. Use the speed of cavalry to break through the defense of the enemy's rear troops."

Li Shifu cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Han Shuai."

After Han Shizhong gave the order, the -strong army quickly moved into action. At this time, Nie Libei Jin was already facing Ma Kuo's -strong army. As soon as Nie Libei Jin came up, he sent cavalry to clear the way from the left and right sides to attack Ma Kuo. The formation has left and right wings, and the infantry rushes into the middle.

The formation put out by Ma Kuo placed the cavalry in the middle, with spearmen on both sides, and behind the spearmen were crossbowmen and artillery. Not only that, Ma Kuo also temporarily had many inconspicuous soldiers dug up on the left and right wings. Ma Kuo learned this damaging move against cavalry from Li Xin. Since the two sides could be regarded as encounters, Nie Libei Jin didn't have time to send people to inspect the battlefield, so he didn't notice these things.