In May of the eighth year of Shaoxing, on the fifth day of Yue Fei's siege of Yancheng
Calculating the time, Jin Wushu's reinforcements should be coming soon.
As the red-blooded sunset gradually faded, the Song Army blew the horn and retracted its offensive front. The fighting in the past five days was not intense. If Yue Fei and other troops had attacked by force, they would have won yesterday. But the current situation is to attract
The main force of the Jin soldiers came over to open up the situation for the other two main forces.
Once Yancheng is captured, the Jin army will definitely slow down its march. Therefore, the Jin soldiers must be left with the hope of attacking from both front and rear. Only in this way can they reach Yancheng in the shortest time.
Jin Wushu was too proud. He thought that Yancheng was impregnable and could definitely defend it until the arrival of the Jin soldiers. But he ignored the long-term existence of the rebel army in the north. There has always been a deeply hidden rebel army in Yancheng. They had already fought with
Yue Fei got in touch, and as soon as Yue Fei started the Northern Expedition, they cooperated internally and externally to capture Yancheng. In addition, the morale of the Song army was strong at this time, and the capture of Yancheng was already a doomed outcome.
Moreover, such a low-intensity war is the best place to polish new recruits. After five days of fighting, unqualified recruits have long been eliminated!
Yue Fei was at the peak of the Jin Dynasty's Jin soldiers. He was truly invincible. Even if he only had a hundred riders, he dared to charge directly into the camp of more than ten thousand Song troops. Even if some of today's Jin soldiers have fallen, it would still be extraordinary.
Terrifying. Especially the Jin soldiers stationed in Bianliang. They were the absolute elite of the Jin Kingdom in the northern part of the Central Plains. Therefore, the troops must be trained, otherwise even if Shunchang is captured, it will be difficult to defend it.
All the generals had a tacit understanding of this and unanimously added some new recruits to the battle ranks. After five days of continuous fighting, the eyes of these recruits already had a fierce look, and their movements were not as slow as when they first entered the battlefield. Although
There is still some gap between Jin Bing and Song Bing, but it is much better than Song Bing in other places.
The Yue Family Army is good at fighting and even better at training troops!
Liu Chan, who was in Kyoto, was still having fun and did not care about anything on the front line. At present, any information Yue Fei received were letters from Zhao Ding.
The civil servants are watching Yue Fei with eager eyes. They really want to send a civil servant to monitor Yue Fei's army. Although Liu Chan is temporarily ignoring government affairs, Yue Fei knows that if something goes wrong in this Northern Expedition, he will definitely do it in the future.
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Yue Fei is not as ambitious as Liu Chan. For him, the Northern Expedition is the most important thing. From the time he joined Zongze, he was moved by Zongze's spirit of the Northern Expedition. He desperately wanted to regain the Central Plains first and foremost for the country.
Efficacy, the second is to fulfill Lord Zongze’s last wish.
"Cross the river, cross the river!"
Now that he finally got this opportunity, he would never let any accidents happen. He hadn't slept for a few days, constantly speculating about possible accidents in the Northern Expedition.
Different from his previous estimates, the Jin people occupied not only the rebel armies in Yancheng but also all over the north. Moreover, since His Majesty ordered him to make the Northern Expedition, he has received letters from the rebel armies from all over the north.
, each letter asked them when they would revolt and when they would be able to recover the Central Plains.
Yue Fei shed tears every time he read these letters. How miserable the lives of the people in the north must be, and how intense the mood of looking forward to the Northern Expedition must be!
Therefore, the pressure from His Majesty, the opposition from the court, and the expectations of the people seemed to weigh heavily on Yue Fei. However, his body and bones still stood proud and were not crushed at all.
It was past midnight, but Yue Fei's camp was still brightly lit. At this time, a clerk walked in quickly: "General, Jin Wushu's army is only two days away from here. It is attacking in our direction. Leading the army
It’s Zong Xian, the general under Jin Wushu.”
A golden light suddenly appeared in Yue Fei's eyes, and he snatched the information from the clerk's hand. After looking at it carefully for a while, he laughed and said: "Haha, good. The person who came is not Jin Wushu. This is really great.
Send an order that the army will attack Lin City tomorrow. All the troops will attack with all their strength and be sure to capture it before the Jin soldiers arrive. Remember, do not let anyone leave the city. The news that Lin City has been captured cannot be discovered until the Jin soldiers arrive."
The clerk understood what it meant, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, general. Yancheng has been completely surrounded. Not even a fly can fly through."
"Wang Gui, where is Zhang Xian?" Yue Fei opened the map and asked
The clerk pointed to the map and said: "We have arrived at Yingchang and Huaining as planned. As soon as the Jin soldiers arrive at Yancheng, they will immediately attack Yingchang and Huaining. General Han Shizhong has arrived at Haizhou to lead us to the east.
Jin Jun."
Yue Fei said thoughtfully: "Send a message to Wang Gui and Zhang Xian and order them to send troops the day after tomorrow."
The clerk thought: "General, it is too early to attack the day after tomorrow. According to our estimation, the Jin army will attack Yancheng as early as the day after tomorrow." The clerk is not only Yue Fei's confidant, but also occasionally helps Yue Fei with some ideas, so he immediately reminded him.
Yue Fei laughed and said: "You have to give Jin Wushu some time to hesitate. After all, we are here as a command center. Jin Wushu will definitely be confused and unable to sleep. Should he attack Yancheng in one fell swoop or return to defend Shun immediately?"
Chang, this is really a difficult choice."
If Yancheng is captured, the Song Army's Northern Expedition will be defeated. Even the command center will be gone. How can they still fight? If they return to defend Shunchang, although the cities around Shunchang will be captured, the Jin Army will stay in Shunchang.
Chang's main force will be greatly preserved, and it might not be a good thing to regroup and fight again by then.
The clerk smiled and said: "Jin Wushu is too proud. I think he will definitely order people to capture Yancheng at all costs."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "Hahaha, what a coincidence, I thought so too."
After the clerk left, Yue Fei looked at the dark night and said with a smile: "Jin Wushu, you must have never dreamed that this time I, the coach, was actually a decoy."
In the ninth month of May in the eighth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei invaded Yancheng. The next day, Yue Fei's general Wang Gui led 10,000 soldiers to attack Zhengzhou. The next day, Zhengzhou city was defeated, and then moved to Luoyang; Zhang Xian and Yue Yun led the Wei army to attack
Yingchang, the city of Yingchang surrendered without a fight, and then moved to fight in Chenzhou!
On the first day of June in the eighth year of Shaoxing, the Jin soldiers came to help and found that the Song army had occupied Yancheng. They had no choice but to temporarily besiege Yancheng. On the second day of June, the Jin army's forward general was shot dead by Yue Fei with an arrow. The Jin soldiers were frightened, so Zongxian had no choice but to stop.
siege.
On the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, Wang Gui besieged Luoyang and Zhang Xian besieged Chenzhou.
Luoyang and Chenzhou are in emergency!
Once Luoyang and Chenzhou fall, Shunchang will definitely be in danger.
However, in just ten days, except Shunchang, all the bargaining chips for peace negotiations between the Jin State and the State of Jin were already in the hands of the Song Dynasty. As for Huizong, I don't know who Huizong is.
When Jin Wushu heard the news, he was furious. He killed dozens of people in a row, but he couldn't relieve his anger. Wanyan Zongqiang looked at Jin Wushu from the side and was a little frightened. Since Bianliang was breached, he had not been there for a long time.
I had seen Jin Wushu kill people like this. I didn't dare to say anything immediately. I could only stand silently and act like a transparent person.
After a long time, Jin Wushu calmed down from his anger. Looking at his timid eighth brother, he scolded: "Go and send a message to Zongxian, ordering them to attack Yancheng at all costs. Tell him that they must attack Yancheng within seven days.
Take down Yancheng for me."
Seven days! If Yan City cannot be captured within seven days, then the Jin soldiers must be withdrawn to Shunchang as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Shunchang is captured, the Jin soldiers along this way will become alone.
Wanyan Zongqiang quickly replied: "Yes." Then he hurriedly walked away.
Jin Wushu summoned his generals again: "Assemble all the generals who are staying in Shunchang, and those who are not available will be dealt with according to military law." He knew that he had to bear a great responsibility for sending troops this time, because he underestimated Yue Fei and also underestimated him.
This shows the courage of the Song Army here. But it will never admit its failure. He is a fierce tiger, and a tiger has its own pride. Since he started his army from the Jin Kingdom, he has never been defeated. Every general who claims to be a hero of the Song Army
They all fell at his feet, and the rebel armies in various places had been wiped out by him. In his opinion, the Song Dynasty was nothing special and could be destroyed with a backhand.
Even though Yue Fei and others were facing a fierce future, he did not feel at all that he would be defeated. He ordered Zongxian to storm Yancheng in order to remove the Song Army's command center as soon as possible. Even if Luoyang was captured by then, they would be able to easily defeat it.
Take it back.
Once Luoyang is taken back, the crisis in Shunchang will be resolved. As for those soldiers who died in battle, as long as there is a war, there will always be sacrifices. As long as it is not him, it doesn't matter.
Wanyan Zongbi ordered all generals to immediately enter a state of war and collect every surplus grain in Shunchang. He only left a week's worth of rations for the people. His resolute attitude made the panic in Shunchang disappear immediately.