On the fourth day of August in the eighth year of Jingkang, Zong Wang's elite front army suffered heavy losses from the Cangzhou Army.

The Jin army suffered more than 6,000 casualties and injuries.

Zong Wang's plan to quickly capture Cangzhou met with strong counterattack in this battle.

Undoubtedly, this put tremendous pressure on Zong Wang.

But on the fifth day of August, Zongwang's main army arrived at the foot of Cangzhou City.

This calm, calm, and wise commander of the Jin army had already targeted Cangzhou's weakness, and deployed cavalry on the way to prepare for encirclement and reinforcement tactics against the Song army who came to support Hejian Prefecture.

In the morning, the Jin Army began to station around Cangzhou City, surrounded Cangzhou City, and began the Jin Army's most classic city-locking tactic.

As for the cavalry, they were lurking on the main road from Hejian to Cangzhou, and radiated for dozens of miles.

In other words, no matter whether the Song army goes straight south or takes a roundabout route, as long as the Jin army's scouts detect it, Guaizima can take immediate action to attack the marching Song army before the Song army reaches Cangzhou City.

As we all know, an army cannot form a formation during the march and is most vulnerable to surprise attacks.

This is also the fundamental reason why a side that has mastered highly mobile units has failed many times when encircling a point for reinforcements.

Whether it was the Jin Kingdom against the Song Dynasty or the later Tatar Qing Dynasty against the Ming Dynasty, they all achieved fruitful results in this regard.

At noon on the fifth day of the lunar month, the Cangzhou Army report was sent to Hejian City and placed on Zhang Xian's desk.

The pressure was directly placed on Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian had 20,000 infantry in his hands, and after defeating Po Lu Huo, he also had 2,000 elite cavalry.

At the beginning of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, he did not have infantry assigned to him. Almost all of these infantry were supported by Li Gang.

If Zhang Xian turns a blind eye to Cangzhou now, not to mention that he himself will not agree, I am afraid that the soldiers who came from Cangzhou will not agree either.

But now that the situation has emerged, how could Zhang Xian not know that the Jin army would ambush and surround the area for reinforcements?

Moreover, Zhang Xian also faced another problem. Can Wanyan Yinshu be in Hejian City?

Wanyan Yinshu only had 3,000 elite cavalry in his hands, and among the remaining 20,000 people, only 2,000 infantry were capable of fighting, even if Yinshu only acted as a cover-up.

But it was impossible for Zhang Xian to know all the details of Jin Jun.

This is the time to test the commander-in-chief.

Otherwise, if any penholder stands in the sight of God, wouldn’t he be able to command an army?

The senior officials of Hejian City debated all afternoon and finally decided to send troops to Cangzhou immediately.

Ten thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry were all sent to Cangzhou.

This is equivalent to the main battlefield on the Eastern Front being moved directly to Cangzhou.

The main force of the Jin army came out in full force, and the crisis in Cangzhou undoubtedly brought the Song Dynasty back to the fear of the Jin army's full southward movement.

Those were the years when the whole people were fearful and the army was on the run. The court was even more gloomy and the wind was trembling.

The mountains and rivers in the north were shattered, countless people lost their homes, and their families were captured by the returning Jin army and sent to the north.

The nationwide panic was like an endless Iron Curtain, shrouding half of the Song Dynasty in suffocating darkness.

However, this is no longer the first year of Jingkang.

At least the main force of the Jin army went south and encountered the first iron pile outside Cangzhou City!

The reinforcements sent by Zhang Xian also showed that the Song army as a whole was no longer afraid of the Jin army.

In order to successfully leave Hejian Mansion, the Song army first used cavalry to hold back Wanyan Yinshuke, and then the infantry hurried on overnight.

Everyone is tired, but everyone is persevering.

In order to avoid the Jin army's scouts and the obstruction by the Yellow River, the Song army walked southwest and arrived at the junction of the Hutuo River and the northern branch of the Yellow River.

First, a dozen cavalrymen arrived in advance to mobilize the people.

Before dawn, the people went out en masse to build pontoons in that area.

By the time the army arrived in the early morning, they could already cross the river in batches.

The peasants in the morning mist, covered in mud, dragged their tired bodies away from here.

Originally, the Song Army officer was planning to say some official words of thanks, but everyone was in no mood to listen.

Fortunately, the army crossed this not-so-wide branch of the Yellow River in the morning.

The infantry regiment did not take immediate action, but waited for the cavalry to move south to provide support.

However, on the ninth day of August, the Song army successfully crossed the river, which meant the expansion of the Cangzhou battlefield.

Even though Zong Wang lost thousands of people, he still had more than 20,000 troops and horses in his hands, and the elite number was at least 10,000, and the rest of the troops could also fight well.

The twelve thousand soldiers and horses sent by the Song Army were obviously at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Zong Wang received news that the Song army had crossed the Yellow River.

"Your Highness, there are thousands of cavalrymen with silver skills in Hejian. It is not easy for the Song Army to get out of Hejian Mansion. If the Song Army can successfully cross the river and go south, it must be covered by cavalry." Liu Yanzong said, "And the Song Army cavalry and silver skills are

But Guan Guan will not be able to cross the river in a short while. Now is the best time to send troops to the Song Army!"

What Liu Yanzong said was obviously correct, and Zong Wang made an immediate decision. He immediately sent two thousand cavalry and rushed towards the direction where the Song army was crossing the river.

The mission of these two thousand cavalry was not to defeat the Song army.

The Song Army has 10,000 infantry. When the Song Army is stationed or arrayed, it is almost impossible to defeat 10,000 Song Army with only 2,000 cavalry.

Of course, their mission is to bring pressure to the Song Army.

From the perspective of the Song Army, as soon as the Jin Army cavalry appeared, it meant that the Jin Army discovered them.

Moreover, the Song army was not sure how many troops and horses the Jin army had come, and whether there were continuous troops coming in different directions.

In the next few days, the Jin Army's cavalry launched non-stop attacks on the Song Army.

Create an atmosphere of constant attack.

This is equivalent to blocking the Song army on the edge of the Yellow River.

Just like in the first year of Jingkang, Wanyan Lou's family blocked 200,000 King Qin's army from Shaanxi outside Tongguan.

Why can it be blocked?

Because there are currently no cavalry.

A unit without cavalry and only infantry lacks maneuverability and cannot form a formation during the march, so it is easy to be quickly attacked by the opponent's cavalry.

If one's own side has cavalry as cover, the infantry can form a formation and coordinate with the cavalry when the cavalry is fighting.

Although the Jin army continued to attack, the Song army just stood firm and waited for the arrival of the cavalry.

For several days in a row, Zong Wang sent people to shout at the gate of Cangzhou City.

The shouting only conveyed one meaning to the Cangzhou defenders: the Song army's reinforcements had been completely wiped out.

After hearing this news for several days in a row, some people in Cangzhou City became uneasy and looked sad every day.

Some people even say that Cangzhou City cannot be defended.

August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival.
Chapter completed!