On August 22, a large-scale Jin army was discovered on the front line in Zhaozhou, Hebei.

For a time, rumors spread.

Some people say that the Jin army has moved south on a large scale, and its target is Zhaozhou.

Others say that the Jin army has not moved yet, but is just hoarding in the Zhending Mansion area.

Others say that the Jin army has bypassed Zhaozhou and entered Handan, and is not far from Daming Mansion.

People fleeing could already be seen in Zhaozhou, and the panic caused by the war began to spread.

Some people took their families with them, while others fled.

The fields that had just been redistributed in the Zhaozhou area this year were abandoned again. The small villages that had finally been gathered together were seeing a population decrease at a rate visible to the naked eye.

One military report after another was sent to the General Production Department of Daming Prefecture.

On August 23, Zhaozhou's deputy commander-in-chief Li Que met with the Jin army. The two sides fought a battle, each suffering casualties, but the scale was not large.

On August 25, Li Que's urgent military report was sent to Daming Mansion. According to the scout report from Zhaozhou, three Jin army horses were discovered in Zhaozhou.

Every step of the way there are flags like clouds.

At this point, Daming Mansion confirmed that the main force of the Jin Army was attacking Hebei West Road.

Starting from mid-August, Li Gang on the eastern front sent people to conduct large-scale exploration near Hejian Mansion.

By the end of August, news of the Jin army's attack on Zhaozhou reached Cangzhou.

The Song Army's center line and the east line were officially determined, and the Jin Army fought on the center line.

As for Hejian Mansion, the outpost of the Jin Army on the Eastern Front, everything was quiet and peaceful, which gave the Song Army on the Eastern Front the illusion that there was no military presence.

However, on August 24, Jin Wushu's army had quietly marched eastward and appeared in the south, and quickly built bridges to cross the river in uninhabited areas.

Early in the morning on August 25th, the Jin army crossed a section of the Yellow River branch at the intersection of Shenzhou, Hejianfu, and Yongjing armies.

The troops were directed towards the eastern front.

This time, Jin Wushu had 10,000 kidnappers, 5,000 iron pagodas, and 40,000 heavy infantry and archers. In addition to the logistics troops, the total force reached 100,000.

In the late autumn of the third year of Jingkang, Jin Wushu's army, like a black sword, penetrated the Eastern Front of the Song Dynasty.

In order to cooperate with Jin Wushu's offensive strategy, Wanyan Zongfu, who was stationed in Hejian Prefecture, sent Liu Yu's troops who had surrendered to attack Cangzhou.

On August 26, Liu Yu's army crossed the Yellow River in darkness, heralding the resumption of war on the Eastern Front.

The news was urgently sent to the Cangzhou General Production Department.

Li Gang asked: "How many Jin troops have come?"

Zhang Suo replied: "About fifty thousand."

"Who is the commander-in-chief?"

Zhang Suo added: "We don't know yet."

He added: "Previous intelligence said that the Jin Army attacked Zhaozhou. Now it seems that the number of troops sent by the Jin Army this time exceeds our imagination."

Zhaozhou is on Hebei West Road, north of Xingzhou and south of Zhending Prefecture, and belongs to the middle line of defense.

This time Li Gang also predicted that the Jin army would not move south on a large scale. After all, a large-scale war like the Third Song-Jin War cannot be fought casually.

But the current situation was indeed beyond their expectations.

Unexpectedly, the Jin Kingdom once again mobilized the eastern front and fought simultaneously on the central front.

Li Gang fell into deep thought. The Jin Kingdom suffered heavy losses in the battle at the beginning of this year. How could they still launch a battle of such a scale?

This seems unreasonable!

But Li Gang couldn't tell what was unreasonable for a while.

Zhang Suo on the side also had the same doubts. He said: "Li Xianggong, tens of thousands of Jin troops appeared in Cangzhou, will there also be a large-scale Jin army in Fucheng?"

As soon as he said this, he felt it was inappropriate, shook his head and said: "How could the Jin people mobilize such a large army again in such a short period of time after experiencing the last loss?"

Obviously, he couldn't figure it out either.

Li Gang said: "Don't worry about Fucheng. Han Shizhong is over there. With his defense, the Jin army cannot break through the defense line."

"I just can't figure it out. I can't figure out how the Jin army did it."

It's normal that they can't figure it out.

Because Liu Yu's army going south cannot be considered a regular Jin army at all.

It's just a matter of gathering the number of people together to deceive others and confuse the public. As for actually attacking Cangzhou now?

Unless Liu Yu is out of his mind, he will never really take action.

Although Liu Yu is bad, he is not stupid.

He knew that Wanyan Zongfu wanted to use him as cannon fodder, but he would never really use him as cannon fodder. At most, he would just hang around outside Cangzhou City in the name of the Jin Army for a few days, and then retreat quickly after completing the mission.

The Song army still adopted defensive tactics and would not easily go out of the city to fight in the field. This was the reason Liu Yu dared to come over.

Li Gang said: "We should remain unchanged to cope with all changes. Let's see how the Jin army attacks the city. First, we should find out the opponent's strength. We do not rule out the possibility of going out of the city to attack proactively!"

Zhang Suo said: "Yes, I'll go and make some preparations!"

On August 27, standing at the top of Cangzhou City, you could see a large area of ​​darkness outside the city.

The estimated number of people was 50,000, and the flags covered the sky.

Liu Yu was bluffing in Cangzhou.

On August 29, military reports from Fucheng reached Cangzhou, and as expected, Fucheng was also encircled by the Jin army.

At this point, the general establishment of Cangzhou was officially confirmed, and the war on the Eastern Front began.

But in fact, Jin Wushu's tactics were not like this.

Jin Wushu's tactics are actually very simple. The simpler the tactics, the more effective they are.

First use Liu Yu to attract the attention of Cangzhou, and then leave a group of troops in Fucheng to pretend to be an army of tens of thousands. The main method is to get more flags.

The purpose was to make both the Song armies in Fucheng and Cangzhou think that the Jin army's purpose was to attack these two cities.

Before the Song army could figure out the true intentions of the Jin army, Jin Wushu took advantage of this window of opportunity to lead his army, bypassing Fucheng and heading south quickly.

It only took a few days for Jin Wushu to deceive the Song army and take the tactical initiative.

When the Song army catches up from behind, he will not worry. His purpose is to quickly attack the Lianghuai Road, destroy the richest place in the Song Dynasty, and bring a new round of political crisis to the Bianjing court that is undergoing reforms.

At the same time, it also weakened the Song Dynasty.

This tactic is progressing very smoothly.

On the evening of August 29, Han Shizhong, who was in Fucheng, received intelligence from Cangzhou and learned that a large-scale Jin army had also appeared in Cangzhou. He fell into deep thought.

"Official."

While Han Shizhong was deep in thought, a soft voice came.

The person who came was a woman with a graceful figure and a beautiful face.

"My beloved, why are you here?"

"The slave family heard that the Jin army is coming again."

"It is indeed coming, but you don't have to worry. We were able to repel the Jin Army before, and we can do it now."

"The slave family is not worried about this matter, but just feels a little confused."

"Oh? What doubts?"

"A few months ago, the Jin army was first defeated by Yue Fei, and then you killed many people in Wuqiao County. Their morale was greatly damaged. How could they come back so quickly?"

"To tell you the truth, I also have this doubt in my mind."
Chapter completed!