On the third day of April, Yu Yunwen, the envoy of Zhao Guan's family, had just exchanged views with the kings and ministers of the Jin Kingdom on peace between the two countries and the welfare of the people, and was going south to return to the Song Dynasty. Wu Jie, the Hedong economic envoy, commanded the army and launched a war against the Zhejia who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom.

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At the political level, both sides have saved enough face for each other, but privately the sword has never stopped.

The majestic Luliang Mountain creeps between heaven and earth like an ancient giant beast, stretching all the way to the south.

The emerald green that grows between the mountains that are as sharp as a knife and an ax looks particularly vibrant in the early summer wind.

In the valley, a long line snaked like a dragon, and the soldiers marched silently.

There are many mountains in the east of Hedong, especially Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, which are the most majestic. The two mountain ranges are hundreds of miles deep from north to south, like two giant dragons.

At this time, Wu Jie's troops were among the many mountains extending from the northernmost part of Luliang Mountain.

The roads here are no better than those in the plains.

The hardest part to leave was the logistics troops, who carried a lot of luggage, including soldiers' armor, food, and key parts of the giant trebuchet.

The scouts at the front will bring back the latest news every once in a while.

Including water sources, villages within a radius of dozens of miles, road conditions, and whether enemy troops are found.

Even though the road was very difficult to walk, Wu Jie still took only six days to complete the winding and rugged three hundred miles and arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River, only forty miles away from Baode City.

How far is it from Baode to Fugu?

Baode City is on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Fugu is on the opposite bank.

At this time, although they had not yet entered the boundaries of Fuzhou, a large number of scouts sent by Zhe Keqiu already knew that the Song army was coming.

Zhewen, who was mobilizing the army in Baode, also received the news.

"What! The Song army has arrived in Baode!" Zhewen was shocked.

As soon as Zhewu heard about it, he immediately asked: "How many people are here?"

"There are tens of thousands of people!"

Zhewu seemed to be very excited, and he said: "Brother, the Song army has come from afar, and it must be a tired army at this time. If we send a group of troops to harass the Song army and prevent it from resting, we will gather the main advantage after my father's army arrives.

, you can defeat the Song army in one go!"

Orifumi nodded, obviously agreeing with Oritake's statement.

Although Wu Jie's marching speed was beyond the expectations of the Zhe family and his son, Zhe Wen and Zhe Wu thought that the Song army was overwhelmed by the victory in Lanzhou City because of such a reckless advance deep into Baode.

At this time, Zhewen had gathered 20,000 troops in Baode City, and there were 30,000 troops in Fuzhou on the north bank, totaling 50,000.

Wu Jie's total number of troops was 30,000.

Judging from the number of people alone, Zhejia has the advantage.

Let’s talk about home and away issues.

The Song army marched from afar, so when they entered this place, it was naturally an away game.

Zhe Wu was right, the Song army was a tired army.

On the afternoon of April 8, seven thousand troops came out of Baode City and attacked the Song army.

It is said that they are directly covering up the killing, but it does not mean that they are here to harass.

As we all know, after a long journey, it takes a few days for a person to return to normal physical strength.

From this point of view, Zhewu's proposal is quite correct.

However, it is obvious that they did not know that Wu Jie had a stronger trump card.

On the evening of April 8, the scouts reported intensively and discovered that a group of troops was rapidly advancing towards this direction.

Yang Zheng said: "It seems that the Zhejia Army is very confident in itself and is ready to fight a tough battle with us!"

Guo Hao said: "No, no, the main force of the Zhejia Army is in Fuzhou, and this is Baode. Before the main force moves, it is impossible to think of fighting us head-on. They may just send people to harass us and make us

Tired, waiting for the main force to come."

"I think they are ready to fight. Wu Shuai, please give me three thousand troops. I am willing to lead the battle!" Yang Zheng was obviously in high spirits in Lanzhou City.

Wu Jie didn't say anything, but he continued to drink. By the way, in the evening, he returned to his tent and had a good chat about life with the two beautiful ladies who came with him.

I don’t know what they are talking about, but I always hear some nice shouts.

Wu Jie said nothing, and everyone set up camp and patrolled strictly according to the original plan.

This night was uneventful.

Early on the next morning, Guo Hao hurried outside Wu Jie's camp.

"Wu Shuai! Wu Shuai!"

Wu Jie, who was still sleeping, turned over, hugged the other little lady, pinched the softest part, and asked lazily: "What's the matter?"

"The enemy has arrived, ten miles away on our left flank, and is still advancing."

"how many people?"

"Thousands of people."

"Watch the fight!"

After saying that, Wu Jie fell asleep again.

"Watching the fight?" Guo Hao was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Wu Jie meant.

He ran to the left wing.

The commander of the military capital on the left wing was Yang Zheng, who was clamoring all day for a tough battle.

He said to Yang Zheng: "Wu Shuai said to defend well and not to move casually."

"Don't we have cavalry?" Yang Zheng's head was full of questions, "Why can't we just have a good fight?"

"Wu Shuai said that the enemy is not only here to harass us, but also to test the strength of our army. Don't use your trump cards casually."

"When will we be dispatched?"

"Wu Shuai didn't say anything."

"What is he doing?"

"He...he's still sleeping."

Damn it!

If that person hadn't been Wu Jie, Yang Zheng would have wanted to kill him.

But when he heard that Wu Jie was still sleeping, the grumpy Yang Zheng lost his temper at all.

Wu Jie is not a person who does not know his priorities. When he talks about defense, it must be defensive.

In the morning, the Zhewu faction sent several forward battalions and began to approach the left side of the Song army.

The Zhejia army first fired at the Song army with crossbows, and then made several tentative attacks on the Song army.

Both sides obviously played more conservatively.

Even after a few rounds, the Zhejia army returned to their own camp.

This scene lasted until the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Zhewu added several more battalions and continued to harass the Song army in turn.

The Zhejia Army even prepared some stones and threw them at the Song Army's formation not far from the Song Army.

After throwing away, they did not continue to advance, but began to withdraw their troops.

The Song army did not pursue it either.

The two sides continued like this for a day.

On the tenth day of April, which was the second day, the number of troops sent by Zhewu to harass the Song army had increased to 3,000, and the scale of force used by both sides was expanding.

But the Song army still maintained restraint.

And because Wu Jie has been sleeping soundly for the past two days, other officers are also very relaxed.

As soon as the officers relaxed, the soldiers also ate and slept well, completely lacking the sense of urgency that the enemy was facing.

But Guo Hao is not in this state. The scout team he is responsible for is the most tiring, and they go back and forth intensively in multiple ways to spy on intelligence.

And he stipulated that the surrounding patrol teams must send someone back to report the situation to him every hour.
Chapter completed!