At the same time, Hu Biao and others, who could not sleep, sat silently on the top of the mountain smoking cigarettes under the bright moonlight, thinking about their thoughts.
Even in the ensuing boredom, Hu Biao took out the pig-killing knife from his waist that had been curled because he had cut too many people during the day, and polished it on a whetstone.
They don't know that they are not alone.
Because they were in the Jinbing camp, which was only three miles away from their current location.
Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Loushi and other four giants of the Jin Kingdom's army that attacked the Song Dynasty were all under the butter lamp in the Chinese army's tent, and they also did not fall asleep.
When such a situation occurs, it is normal to think about it for a moment.
With the ruthless vision these four people had honed through long battles, they could not see some of the crises they were currently facing as a large army conquering the Song Dynasty.
Yes! That’s right.
Hu Biao and a group of netizens, these Song people who they initially thought were just minor troubles have now finally risen to the level of a crisis.
It is precisely because Hu Biao and others far exceeded everyone's expectations and miraculously persisted on Cubing Mountain day after day.
As a result, the Song people in Kaifeng City, who were originally as weak as sheep, have become more energetic as each day passes.
In the past two consecutive days, hundreds of people from the Song Dynasty braved the waterway to forcibly support Chubing Mountain, risking most of their casualties.
And the fact that the number of people is increasing day by day is the best proof.
If things continue, with their rich war experience, they will not be able to understand such a war; let alone what will this war, which has long been without suspense, look like in the end?
There is no way! They have fought many bad battles, but this is the first time they have encountered such a strange situation.
Of course, they still hold the absolute initiative on the battlefield; if they want to leave, they can return to the Kingdom of Jin with rich loot.
Just returning like this made them very unwilling.
In short, when they thought of the above nonsense, these so-called golden soldiers became extremely anxious.
It was only then that in the middle of the night, they did not rest in their own tents, but came to the camp at the foot of Chubing Mountain together.
All of this was not because they were thinking about how to conquer the Chubing Mountain as quickly as possible and suppress the newly rising bloodiness of the Song people.
Unfortunately, realizing something is wrong is one thing.
Being able to think of a way is another matter. They have been sitting here for a long time, and they don't have any clue about the specific measures...
With a crisp sound of "bang dang~", Wanyan Xiyin waved his hand and slammed the "Jianzhan", a tea cup used by the imperial family of the Song Dynasty, to the ground.
In an instant, it was said that only half of the modern Chinese country was left, and only one island country was left.
As long as it is successfully brought back, it will definitely be regarded as a national treasure. The valuable treasure that is simply incalculable will be smashed into pieces like garbage.
In the following time, Wanyan Xiyin started to drink loudly:
"Aru, no, give me troops immediately to attack the mountain all night long. From this moment on, we will attack the mountain day and night. Even if the dead are piled as high as this mountain of cakes, we must take it down.
What big thing could it be? It's just killing more infantry.
In the past, there were many Han and Liao people in the Liao land. As long as you go back and raise the banner to recruit troops, you can have as many as you want. If one of you dies in battle here, I will replace one for you.
I only want this Cubing Mountain and the heads of Song people on the mountain, and I don’t care about anything else~"
Hearing this, Captain Arubu, who had several blisters on his lips because he was so anxious these days, was immediately overjoyed.
He can be regarded as a middle-level and high-level personnel among the Jurchens. Ever since he followed the old emperor A Guda to raise the army, he has experienced many fierce battles, but he has never suffered such a loss or been so angry.
Up to now, the number of his infantrymen who have died in Chubingshan is almost tens of thousands.
That is to say, several marshals kept adding more people, otherwise he would have become a mere commander; but even so, his colleagues in the clan did not know how to laugh at him secretly.
Now that I finally heard such an order, I was immediately ready to take action.
As Wanyan Xiyin said, it is nothing more than killing more Han and Liao people.
But at the moment when he was excitedly preparing to rush out of the camp, order people and start attacking all night, Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom and the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army.
After putting down a thick file in his hand, he said:
"Wait a minute, don't mention the overnight attack on the mountain~"
After finishing speaking, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom ignored Alu who looked unfair and said to Wanyan Xiyin and others:
"Xi Yin, you might as well take a longer view. The land of Liao in the past has become the land of our Kingdom of Jin, and those Han and Liao people are now our people.
Treat them like your own cattle and horses, and don't drive them to death.
Feed them a handful of more fodder on weekdays, so that they can have more strength when cultivating, and more meat when slaughtering. Remember! From now on, you must not say such words in front of those Han people, so as not to hurt these people. thoughts.
For the same reason, the soldiers and horses under your command who are not my Jurchens cannot be used in this way. You should consider the thoughts of those Han and Liao generals."
Wanyan Zonghan's lesson is very reasonable.
Therefore, with Wanyan Xiyin's temperament, it was difficult to directly refute him for a while.
All he could do was yell angrily: "If you don't use human lives to pile them up, Zong Wang, is there any good way you can conquer this Cubing Mountain and kill all those Song people?"
When Wanyan Zongwang heard this, he confidently clapped the pile of files in his hand and said with a smile:
"There really is, but it's not something I thought of, but some people from the Song Dynasty who know the people of the Song Dynasty best, they came up with a lot of good ideas for us~"
In fact, the files in Wanyan Zongwang's hands were exactly what Song Huizong and his ministers handed over after they put pressure on the Song Dynasty court two days ago.
The specific content includes not only records related to Hu Biao and Hu Yitong.
Even the identity and information arranged by the system for the team and netizens to be protected, such as their origins, crimes committed, and portraits, are all involved. It can be said to be quite complete.
Asking those people to hand over this information so happily had an extremely dirty thought.
They wanted to use this method to show the Jin Bing that the identities of those on Cuibing Mountain were either thieves serving in the army, or they were convicts like the oirans from the Jiaofang Division.
In short, to put it bluntly, they were all criminals and rioters who were dissatisfied with the king's rule. No matter what they did, they had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty court.
In addition to some official information, there are also some private information.
One thing must be admitted, that every time this nation faces its most difficult moments, there is always no shortage of generous and righteous descendants who stand up without hesitation.
Give everything you have to save the world so that such a civilization can continue.
But it is also undeniable that at times like this, there is also no shortage of scum who would consider thieves as their fathers for their own personal gain.
Therefore, what was sent along with these files was some inside information sent along with the scum who had secretly taken refuge in them.
This includes last night, when I heard the people on the mountain actually singing those rebellious lyrics like "I don't want the immortal emperor".
This had already caused Zhao Ji, who was now regarded as the Supreme Emperor, to become furious on the spot.
He even said to the cronies around him, "These rogues are a serious problem and must not be left behind."
In addition, that scum made several vicious suggestions based on his familiarity with the Song Dynasty in view of the current predicament faced by the Jin soldiers.
Based on the above, after receiving such a thick pile of files and information this afternoon, Wanyan Zongwang patiently read through them one by one.
By now, I already have some good ideas in mind.
To the people who had pricked up their ears, he said in his mouth: "There are many ways, please listen to me in detail.
First, the Cai River is only seventy or eighty meters wide. There are many iron chains in Kaifeng City's arsenal. Tomorrow, we just need to ask the army's blacksmith to take them on board and pull a few chains into the river.
It's like there is an iron rope across the river, which can make it impossible for even a Song people's boat to cross.
Second, early tomorrow morning, someone will tell the Song Dynasty court that if they don’t want to provoke us to raise troops to attack again and open the sealed city, let them send some of the Imperial City Department’s trusted soldiers to guard the water gate for me.
No small boats are allowed to come out, otherwise we will cause trouble for them.
Third, according to what the insider said, the reason why there are reinforcements in Kaifeng City every day, and they are continuously supporting Chubing Mountain, is because someone is secretly organizing it.
However, the leader of the Song Dynasty acted very carefully, and now he only found out that this person was called the leading brother.
Fortunately, it doesn't matter if we can't find this person. We just need to put pressure on the Song Dynasty court to increase the intensity of the search so that it can no longer easily organize manpower.
If the above three items are implemented together, it can be regarded as a three-pronged approach to prevent those reinforcements in the city; under this condition, those Song people can still get their wings and fly to Cubing Mountain?
Fourth, in the city of Kaifeng, the Song Dynasty court actually still had a navy in its hands.
Then Zhao Ji, doesn’t he wish that the rebels on Chuibian Mountain would die? Then let him send his naval force to fight together with us and other land and water troops to attack Chuibian Mountain.
Without new reinforcements, there were more attacks on the waterway.
No matter how strong the Song people in Chubing Mountain are, they cannot withstand it for long. It can take as long as five or six days, and it can take as little as two or three days to defeat them easily, without causing a large number of casualties to the soldiers and horses under their command."
After listening to the above, there are four methods in total, and each one sounds like a very effective method.
Wanyan Xiyin's face finally became overjoyed. Thinking of the Song executive who secretly defected to them, he immediately gave a pertinent evaluation:
"I never thought that this old guy is really a good dog~"
After all the worries in his mind were relieved, Wanyan Xiyin, with his violent temper and even some leisurely thoughts, picked up the file that usually gave him a headache just looking at it and looked through it.
Of course, what he mainly looked at was the portraits of Hu Biao and others among a bunch of information.
As a result, his eyes lit up after he rolled his eyes a few times, because he saw the portrait of the imperial concubine. As expected, it was like the legend, and it had some legacy from the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Waving the portrait, Wanyan Xiyin, who had already regarded the people on Chubing Mountain as his own, immediately shouted at Alu Bu:
"Remember, this Song girl must be caught alive for me."
After saying that, he no longer had any plans to stay up late at the Chinese army camp, and walked straight out to prepare to return to the camp and have a good rest.
It was also during this process that when he looked up, he suddenly discovered that the moonlight tonight seemed to be particularly bright.
After thinking of something, he said to the guards behind him:
"Tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival for the Song people. When we put all the means in place, those Song reinforcements found that they couldn't even get out of the city. Their uncomfortable look must have been very satisfying..."
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Time: The next day, which is the annual Lantern Festival, in the evening of that day.
Location: On the east wall of Kaifeng City, in an inconspicuous two-story building near the Northeast Water Gate.
A government official dressed in soap art took a look at the Northeast Water Gate, which was now guarded by hundreds of soldiers and horses from the Imperial City Division, and an iron gate weighing a thousand kilograms had been lowered and completely closed.
Suddenly, with a burst of great anger in his heart, he lowered his voice and cursed:
"Someone in the imperial court must have secretly communicated with the Jin people. Otherwise, how could the Jin people, who had just arrived, understand the reality of the city so well and make such meticulous arrangements."
The voice fell, and in the room there were seven or eight men dressed as Taoists, minzhuang, and servants.
They all nodded with solemn expressions on their faces.
In the following time, the government official asked a series of questions to the Taoist priest in his thirties in the room:
"Brother, take the lead, the situation is so difficult now, what should I do tonight, should I continue to act?"
That's right! This Taoist in his thirties is the one who is leading the frantic pursuit of Kaifeng Mansion under the strict orders of the imperial court.
If Hu Biao and others saw him, they would have shouted:
Isn’t this Ma Kuo and Ma Xuanzan?
Talk! In recent years, Ma Kuo's life has not been very satisfactory.
Ma Kuo, who had benefited somewhat from the huge contribution to the recovery of Yanyun's Sixteenth Prefecture, could definitely be promoted to a higher rank.
But not only did he work for Hu Biao, he also repeatedly persuaded Song Huizong Zhao Ji to prepare military force to prevent the Jin people from going south.
As a result, after he offended Song Huizong, he was sent to Hezhou.
In the following period, King Qin experienced the first Kaifeng War, but was falsely accused of colluding with the Jin people; he participated in the Zhending Mansion volunteer army to fight against the Jin people, but was defeated again.
In the end, he became disheartened and lived in seclusion in the bustling city of Kaifeng City.
Unexpectedly, when he was most depressed and desperate, his good brothers Hu Biao and Hu Yitong appeared, and his heart immediately came to life.
After cheering up, he began to take action in the city.
In the past, under the organization he took the lead in running around, after someone as passionate as Chen Ergou got involved, there were stragglers who couldn't even get out of the city gate.
It took hundreds of people to act together in a relatively organized manner, and finally successfully supported the climb to Chubing Mountain.
He also brought much-needed supplies to Hu Biao in a very targeted manner.
And after the successful examples from the previous two days, more people are now willing to join them, and more people are voluntarily donating various urgently needed materials such as grain, wound medicine, gunpowder, etc.
Even after they have more experience, they are more prepared.
For example, make more improvements to a small boat.
The erected door panels are nailed to the edge of the ship, so that people do not have to lift them laboriously; a layer of wet quilt is added outside the boards to provide stronger defense.
Leave some gaps in the door panels to allow people on the boat to paddle; instead of relying on one person to paddle, which is too slow, etc.
In short, every method was tried to make the ship stronger and faster, so as to reduce the casualties when passing through that section of the dead river.
However, all the above-mentioned good plans began to take a turn for the worse around 1:15 this morning when the situation experienced some startling changes.
First, amid a commotion, a small number of imperial troops and a large number of civilians guarding the Northeast Water Gate.
They had actually already established a relationship with each other, and the guards and horses who had a tacit understanding between the two sides were driven away by the soldiers and horses of the Imperial City Division who had just arrived.
In the words of the first captain, they have now taken over the defense of Shuimen. Without the order of the imperial court, not even a single plank of wood can leave the city.
Not long after, even bigger bad news came.
After the arsenal in the city was opened, a large number of rusty iron chains were transported out of the city and sent to the upper reaches of the Cai River, where some blacksmiths got busy.
He made a posture of pulling up a few iron ropes on the river and building an iron rope across the river.
To make matters worse, they also heard even bigger bad news:
The capital navy of the Song Dynasty in Jinmingchi has been mobilizing personnel and preparing certain combat equipment since today. Once completed, they will go out of the city to attack Grandpa Hu and others at Chubing Mountain.
Everyone present was aboriginal from Kaifeng, so they were no strangers to this navy in the capital.
This was back when the Song Dynasty was founded. Zhao Guangyi, an official at that time, wanted to conquer the Liao Dynasty and recapture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. He was suffering from a lack of horses, so he thought of taking advantage of the Shangshui Division.
So this capital navy was established, and they often trained in Jinming Pool.
Unfortunately, before this navy could leave the station, the army that conquered the Liao Dynasty was defeated and returned. Such a navy became the emperor of the Zhao family's toy in the golden pool like a bathtub.
However, no matter how poor the combat power of the capital's navy is, it still has many large ships and warships, and all kinds of combat equipment on them are quite complete.
If they join the attack on Chubing Mountain and add their manpower and supplies, Hu Yitong and others may not be able to hold on to their strength.
In comparison, Kaifeng Prefecture starts today.
Increasing the pursuit of his leading brother was not an important matter at all, and Ma Kuo never took it to heart.
Because there were a large number of people among the agents and government officials who arrested him. If they were asked to risk their lives to support Chubingshan, they would not be able to do it because of many worries.
However, there is no problem in leaking information privately and turning a blind eye or closing one eye in the process...
Facing these men who could not be called subordinates, but because of the deep-rooted hatred for the Jin people in their hearts, and the blood in their hearts that refused to kneel, brothers gathered together and asked the question of 'what to do'
.
Frankly speaking, Ma Kuo, the so-called leading brother, has nothing to do.
But he faced a pair of expectant eyes, and based on his years of leadership experience, he knew that the more times like this came to him, the less timid he could be.
Otherwise, the brothers might become more worried and make things worse.
For this reason, he cheered up and said calmly: "It doesn't matter! After everyone is prepared and wait patiently, someone will have a solution tonight."
Then after thinking of something, he added another sentence:
"Today is the Lantern Festival. When preparing meals in the evening, remember to prepare some more Fuyuanzi and cook some for your brothers to eat.
Send the rest to Chubingshan and the others."
After saying that, Ma Kuo added silently: "If it is possible..."
I wrote it a bit hastily, please point out the typos and I will correct them later.
