The offensive of the Jin soldiers was not urgent enough to retreat all the Song people in Daizhou to the south. However, Hu Yangeng hoped to use the pressure of the Jin soldiers to promote the new Baojia.

Whether in Cangzhou, Hejian, or in Daizhou during this period, the new Baojia was not implemented very well. Baozheng, who was sent by Hu Yangeng, encountered resistance and perfunctory from local tyrants and clans.

With the arrival of the Jin army, residents of various counties were mixed together, and Hu Yangeng wanted to use this to disrupt the people's organization.

Not only is the affiliation within the large clan, but also the family must be broken up. The household under A's jurisdiction shall not exceed two adult men.

Now all the grain is controlled by Fanyang Town Fushi and the grain is distributed by households. If there are more than two adult males in each household, there will be insufficient food. This will force the large family to divide the households.

The militia commander and the Yuhou were the head of the Song army, and the Du Baozheng, Baozheng and the head of the Jia, selected soldiers to serve. Each militia commander managed each Du Baobao in peacetime, and in wartime, he formed five hundred people according to the principle of two households and one head to cooperate with the army to fight.

At this moment when the Jin army was approaching, the people were very obedient, saying that they would divide the households and then they would be organized. The so-called family, family affection, ancestral teachings, etc. were all placed aside without any mercy.

Although Hu Yangeng's orders were clearly disrupting the counties, when actually implementing the orders, each militia command department was organized according to the counties, so it was easy to operate when returning to each county town.

Ma Kuo was responsible for all these matters, while Hu Yangeng led the Beiwei Army and three complete regiments to maneuver along the Hutuo River, and led the Jin soldiers to move southward around Wutai Mountain.

The Jin soldiers who broke into Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Village had already joined in Yanmen County. The Jin soldiers got an empty city. Thanks to the Jin soldiers' several trips to the south, there were basically no decent buildings in each county town in Daizhou. The people were firm in the walls and cleared the fields, not only the food, but also the door panels were removed and taken away.

"Apart from breaking a few villages in front, no food was found along the way." Wanyan Blue Mother said.

"King, why don't you follow the five strategies of Xuanfu? You scared the people away. Who gives us food?"

"No, if you don't destroy the village, where does the fighting spirit come from in each tribe? The prime minister, I ask you, are the food you get given by the people? You are not captured by the strong people who follow the army?"

Wanyan Nianhan sighed: "It makes sense that my ancestors went south to build grass valley in autumn. There is no food in spring."

The Song army was right in front of him, and he could catch up after a long time of chasing, but he was beaten back by the Song army every time. Moreover, there was another worry about advancing along the Hutuo River: the Song army had ships, but the Jin soldiers did not.

On a section of river between Yanmen County and Wan County, more than a dozen vehicles and ships of the Song army were waiting. Suddenly, a red rocket rushed into the sky not far from the north.

"Here you come," Wu Song, who was standing on the roof of the boat, nodded, "The Divine Fire Flying Crow is ready."

The Divine Fire Flying Crow actually combines the advantages of the two winged rockets of the Ming Dynasty, the Divine Fire Flying Crow and the Flying Sky Thunder. It is a Crow-shaped rocket with multiple gunpowder cartridges in parallel.

The body of the crow is made of bamboo or reeds, which looks like a bamboo basket, containing explosives and several horns of poison-coated shuttles, or sulfur and other ignition objects. Drill holes on the back, and four fire lines more than one foot each are passed out, and connect them to the line of the four take-off rockets inserted diagonally under the crow's belly. Then use cotton paper to solidify the crow's body, install the head, tail and two wings.

The Jin soldiers came in a magnificent squad, with a total of 35,000 Jin soldiers headed by thousands of light horses. These horses noticed the Song army ships on the river, but did not launch an attack because this was not the responsibility of the horses.

Following the Explosive Horse was the central army composed of the elite Khitans of the Jurchen Bohai. Wanyan Blue Mother and Wanyan Nianhan were both among the central army.

The generals of the central army also saw the Song army ships on the river and reported to Wanyan Nianhan what to do.

"The people in the north ride horses, and the people in the south ride boats. However, he couldn't move forward and went to the county town ahead to rest."

Finally, there are the food and supplies escorted by the signing army.

"It's him." Wu Song shouted: "Flying Fire God Crow, let it go!"

The soldiers lit the leads of the four rockets of the Flying Fire God Crow, and the paper-tied crow flew towards the Jin army hundreds of feet away. When the fuel in the rocket was burned out, the fire line on the back of the paper-tied crow was lit.

The paper crow with explosives and iron water chestnuts exploded, and the water chestnuts flew down from the top to kill and injure the army. The paper crow with gunpowder on the abdomen burned directly, and the paper crow turned into a ball of fire and fell on the cart escorted by the army and the civilians, and started burning.

The signing army was in chaos.

Wu Song shouted, "It's a good time to fight, the children will follow me to the shore."

The car and ship quickly leaned over. The military man, who had already put on half-armor on the boat, stepped on the shore with a hammer in his left hand and an axe in his right hand, rushed towards the army.

The damage and losses caused by the Flying Fire Crow are actually not large, but the chaotic signing army has no time to resist a warrior like Wu Song. Wu Song took the lead in rushing to a large cart and set fire.

The signers fled in all directions and watched from a distance. Wu Song was leisurely and ignited the big cars one by one.

A rocket with black smoke suddenly rose downstream, and the military man next to him shouted: "The military commander, the Jin thief is back."

"What are you afraid of? I'm about to kill the heads of several Suoluo and celebrate the new commander."

The Yu Hou next to him pulled Wu Song; "Don't forget the command of the Lord." Wu Song was still unwilling to finish his wish and followed Yu Hou back to the car and ship.

The central army of the Jin soldiers rushed back to Meng'an, and Wu Song and others had retreated to the center of the river.

The Jin soldiers lined up on the river bank and shot arrows at the ships. The Song army hid in the cabin. Wu Song waved his hand and said, "Click them all out."

There were three boxes of leopard shadows running across the top of each ship, and the soldiers climbed out of the cabin from the west side of the ship and lit the leads.

More than ten ships shot out 1,500 rockets in an instant. The Jin soldiers who were neatly lined up on the river bank were shot to the point of falling. Wu Song ordered all the vehicles and ships to retreat downstream.

Under the harassment of vehicles and ships, the Jin army was moving very slowly, so the people of Daizhou could retreat to Wutai County safely.

In this way, the Jin soldiers had been walking along the Hutuo River for ten days. Wanyan Nianhan finally couldn't help but order all the troops to get on their horses and chase the Song army in front.

Hu Yangeng, with the 11th, 12th and 16th regiments, were waiting for the arrival of the Jin soldiers in Xinkou Village.

There was no telegram in this era, and the Jin soldiers could not coordinate with the two troops thousands of miles away. Moreover, the Battle of Pingyang was at an important moment. Most of the Jin soldiers in Taiyuan went south, and Wanyan Yinshu could not draw out a large number of troops to head north.

Xinkou Village is where Xinkou is in later generations. The terrain here is dangerous. With Wutai Mountain on the right, Zhongshan on the left, there is a river valley between the two mountains. There are dozens of feet of Tushan standing in the middle of the valley, Xinkou Village stands on the Tushan.

The three regiments under Hu Yangeng, the 11th and 12th regiments are veteran regiments. Although there are two-fifths of the recruits, the recruits mainly constitute the second platoon long spearmen and the last platoon side players. They are fully equipped and can fight tough battles. In order to maximize the ability of veterans, Hu Yangeng temporarily appointed Li Jingzhong as Sima of the 12th regiment.

Hu Yangeng arranged the 11th Regiment on the east bank of the Hutuo River and relied on Mount Wutai for defense. Yang Jizhong also had to wait for an opportunity to attack Yanmen County. The 12th Regiment was stationed in Xinkou Village and resisted the Jin soldiers head-on.

Zhao Bangjie temporarily led the 16th Regiment as a reserve team. In the 16th Regiment, the ratio of the commoners (veterans) and the daring soldiers (newly recruited Daizhou people) was two to three. They were not equipped with complete equipment, and many of them were holding knives and sticks. They stayed in Yuanping County, south of Xinkou Village, and could provide reinforcements at any time.

Wanyan Blue and Wanyan Nianhan had about 35,000 troops, including 18,000 troops. After running behind the Song army for ten days, they finally caught up with the Song army in Xinkou Village. However, the village in front was heavily guarded, and many trenches were dug in front of the village. The Hutuo River flowed through the west side of Xinkou Village.

The Jin soldiers wanted to continue to "restorate the storm" to the south and seize food, grass and dying, and either fight from Xinkou Village or go around from Hexi or Hebei.

What should I do when facing the trenches with layers of gaps staggered with each other? Wanyan Nianhan was a man who had experienced the Taiyuan offensive and defensive battle and the Bianliang siege. He did not attack as strongly as the friendly troops at Yanmen Pass a month ago, but ordered the people to cut down trees and build siege equipment.

"Build equipment and attack the village again? We don't have much food or grass anymore." Wanyan Blue's mother raised his doubts.

"It's better than filling my son's life in the trenches." In this way, 35,000 Jin soldiers sat in front of Xinkou Village for three days, and the Jin soldiers' food and grass were all in Dong County.

The Jin soldiers finally built a batch of cave carts. They pushed the cave carts to the edge of the trench and filled them into the trench.

"Flying Fire God Crow, let it go!" Burning rockets were constantly released on the wall of Xinkou Village. Some exploded above the cave car, some fell on the Jin soldiers behind the cave car, and some were nailed directly to the cave car, and there was a sea of ​​fire at the edge of the trench.

Under the supervision of the Jin soldiers' whips and big swords, the civilians and soldiers braved the fire and arrows shot from the village, and frantically filled the trenches with earth under the cover of the cave cart.

After spending hundreds of people's lives, the Jin soldiers finally filled a straight road that was ten feet wide in several trenches. It was May 23rd. The weather was getting hotter and hotter.

The Jin soldiers' attack on Xinkou Village began. They were still the same, first signing the army to test, then attacking the hard army. The 12th Regiment's response was also very clear, shooting arrows from far away, and slashing the walls with pricks, and finally greeting the swords and guns from the walls.

The front of Xinkou Village is so big that no matter how many Jin soldiers there are, they can only go to a few hundred people at a time.

Although he felt very distressed, Wanyan Nianhan still sent Tiefutu to break through forcibly. Dozens of Tiefututu were wearing two layers of heavy armor, carrying axes, hooks, sickle spears, and maces behind him, holding shields in both hands, and charging towards the bow and arrow. Under such protection, only a few people were shot through the armor by the divine arm bow, hitting the vital points and falling to the ground. Some Jin soldiers' shields were shot through, and their hands were nailed to the shield, but they still rushed forward with pain.
Chapter completed!