Boom! Wu Qunlie punched the case and gritted his teeth and said: "The Governor Mingjian, immediately implement the strategy of the Governor, tell Liao and Xu to immediately abandon the Hukou defense line and evacuate immediately, waiting for my army
meet!"
He was hesitant just now, but now he finally made his final decision.
"Yes!" The herald took the order and ran away.
Wu Qunlie waved his hand to summon the generals and walked to the map, pointing from north to south along the river defense. "According to the Governor's wishes, the river defense should be completely abandoned, but we should not release it all rashly. Once it is released, the enemy's central part will cross the river."
The troops will intercept my troops marching south. Starting from the north, let go one after another, the army will gather all the way south, massing heavy troops to attack Zhang Hu and Xu Jingyue who will then cross the river. If the battle goes well, let it go; if not, immediately follow the governor's intention.
The entanglement between the false and the true will not give the Yan army a chance to resupply, and will destroy the Yan army in our Song Dynasty!"
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"Hmph!" Zhang Hu, who received the report of Guo Xianfu's successful grain robbery in the temporary Chinese army tent, sneered and immediately ordered, "Send the message to Xu Jingyue immediately, and cross the river to attack immediately without delay!"
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A golden wing fell into the military camp on the other side. Xu Jingyue quickly moved out of the tent. Following his order, hundreds of thousands of people and horses all moved into action and crossed the river immediately!
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"Sir, Xu Jingyue's men and horses have begun to cross the river!"
In the Chinese military tent set up among the ruins, after an urgent call, Liao Nanqing and Xu Laiping quickly got out of the tent, and both ran to a high place. When they climbed up and looked into the distance, they saw a dense mass of wooden rafts on the upper reaches of the other bank carrying people sloping down the river.
Rush down.
Liao Nanqing said in a deep voice: "Brother Xu, you lead 200,000 troops to defend the rear and prevent Zhang Hu from sneak attacks from behind. I will lead the rest to resist the landing of Xu Jingyue's troops! We support each other on both sides. If the situation on either side is not good, we will support each other immediately.
"
"Okay!" Xu Laiping agreed, and Liao Nanqing sent his lieutenant to cooperate with Xu Laiping in ordering all the troops.
There is no way, Xu Laiping no longer has 200,000 troops on hand. To use Liao Nanqing's troops, he will naturally need cooperation from his side.
Soon, more than 400,000 troops were divided into two groups, defending front and rear.
Not long after, the sound of killing on the river bank was loud. Xu Jingyue's men and horses attacked. It was much better than when Zhang Hu and his men attacked. Zhang Hu destroyed all the shore defense and throwing facilities.
On the shore and on the river, men and horses from both sides shot at each other with arrows, and a large number of people on both sides continued to fall.
After the rain of arrows subsided, the monks from both sides rushed out again and fought desperately on the river.
Xu Jingyue's men and horses rushed to the shore at all costs, and those who washed ashore were hacked to death by the Song army. However, the men and horses on the rafts on the river still rushed to the shore bravely.
Xu Laiping, who was in charge of the rear defense, climbed up and looked into the distance. As expected, Zhang Hu was indeed going to attack Xu Jingyue from both inside and outside. He could already see Zhang Hu's army slowly advancing towards this side.
When he saw the lineup of Zhang Hu's army clearly, his eyes widened a lot, and his expression twitched violently.
Zhang Hu brought over a large number of throwing facilities, which had been dismantled from the Hukou defense line before and secretly transported away. At this time, they were all assembled and pulled back.
"Fire arrows!" Xu Laiping drew his sword and roared, not wanting Zhang Hu's army to get close.
Amidst the sudden jingling, Zhang Hu's army defended themselves with shields and continued to advance while guarding a pile of wooden frames. Although some people fell down from time to time, it could not hinder the advancement of the army.
"No chaos, move forward, keep moving forward!" Some generals shouted loudly, ignoring those who fell after being hit by arrows, and continued to force the army to maintain their formation and advance.
Once at a suitable distance, a lot of fireballs were ignited here, which were exactly what Xu Laiping used to attack Zhang Hu's men and horses crossing the river. Xu Laiping retreated too hastily before, leaving all kinds of supplies to Zhang Hu. At this time, Zhang Hu was
Repay the other person with his own way.
"Let go!" Following the command, the throwing wooden arm bounced up one after another, and fireballs flew towards the opposite side.
The fireball smashed into the opponent's camp was full of light, and the earthen jars and oil pots in the fireball were smashed and burst into flames. The burning kerosene burned out burning people running around one after another, and screams could be heard endlessly.
The defensive facilities on the defense line had been demolished by Zhang Hu in advance. It was difficult for the Song soldiers and horses to find a place to hide, and the area quickly fell into a sea of fire.
There were also large stones thrown from the catapults that fell from the sky and rumbled into the Song army's camp, causing continuous screams.
The defense line commanded by Xu Laiping was in chaos in an instant, and the bow and arrow formation was suddenly broken. Now it was Zhang Hu's counterattack with a hail of arrows.
The crowd caught in the sea of fire and attacked by rocks did not bother to use their shields to protect themselves from the rain of arrows falling from the sky, and the men and horses fell one by one.
"Help me!" Someone was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, unable to move. Seeing fireballs falling from the sky, he panicked and called for help, but was hit by a big flying stone, causing his flesh and blood to fly everywhere.
The monks who rushed out here wanted to destroy the opponent's sharp weapon, but were suppressed by countless arrows.
Xu Laiping looked back at the men and horses on the riverside who were constantly attacking the river defense. Then he looked back at the front, his face full of sorrow and anger, and there were tears in his eyes.
He knew that this side had fallen into a trap, knew that this side was finished, and knew that the defense line could no longer be held.
He also knew that he could no longer let the opponent rely on sharp weapons to attack like this, so he drew his sword and roared: "Charge!"
"Kill!" The Song army immediately rushed out of the chaos and attacked with shields.
Following Zhang Hu's order, the shield array in front quickly retreated and released the front. The archers in the front immediately changed to horizontal shooting, while the archers in the rear continued to shoot.
"Master Xu!" A monk exclaimed, along with several other monks.
Xu Laiping actually grabbed a shield in his hand, and as a general, he waved his sword and rushed out with the other soldiers.
A shower of arrows fell from the air, and Xu Laiping raised his shield to resist. Amidst the clatter of jingling, the soldier rushing in front suddenly fell down. Several whizzing arrows were fired at him. Xu Laiping rolled on the spot to avoid it, but just stood up.
When he got up, he was hit in the chest by an arrow.
Then more than a dozen arrows were fired at him, causing his body to tremble, and one of the arrows hit him right in one of his eye sockets.
When Xu Laiping fell down with blood gushing from his mouth and nose, he was grabbed by several monks who rushed towards him and quickly dragged him back.
The Song army rushed forward without hesitation, and soon arrived in front of them. The archers at the front of the Yan army quickly retreated, and the shield bearers stepped forward again, building a shield defense to block the impact of the Song army's flesh and blood body, while the spear behind the shield passed through the gap between the shields.
Swish, swish, stabbing out, knocking over batch after batch.
Amidst the rumbling sound, the Song monks who rushed in with him destroyed the shield defense with their sword energy.
The monks from the Yan Kingdom immediately flew out in groups and fought bloody battles with the monks from the Song Kingdom.
"Charge and kill!" Zhang Hu roared with his sword.
"Kill!" The Yan army immediately launched a full-scale counterattack, and the troops from both sides fought bloody battles...
At the front of Jiang Defense, a general whose armor was stained with blood ran to Liao Nanqing's side and said sadly: "Sir, Master Xu died in battle!"
"What?" Liao Nanqing turned around and exclaimed, instantly remembering the scene when Xu Laiping entrusted the Jingzhong family to serve as a child. He roared "Ah" and kicked the deputy general he sent to cooperate with Xu Laiping to the ground on the spot, roaring: "Then
How do you still have the nerve to come back alive?"
The deputy general burst into tears and sobbed: "My lord, hurry up. The enemy's attack is too fierce. We can't defend the rear! The general is incompetent and can no longer follow you. The general will take the first step!" He got up and swung his sword to his neck.
The movements were quick and neat, without hesitation, and blood spurted into Liao Nanqing's face on the spot.
Liao Nanqing was stunned. There were blood drops on his blinking eyelids. The deputy general fell in front of him...
Liao Nanqing himself didn't know how he escaped from the battlefield where the sound of killing was loud. He only knew that he was constantly fighting.
When his ears were clear, there were only thousands of soldiers around him who were in a state of embarrassment and covered in blood. Some of the wounded soldiers couldn't hold on any longer and sat down on the ground, gasping for air.
He was rescued by a group of monks from the siege of the rebel army.
"General Liao, you are injured." A monk wanted to help him take off his blood-stained armor and treat the cut on his back.
Liao Nanqing pushed him away and looked at the thousands of soldiers in front of him who were looking at him silently, not like human beings.
More than 400,000 troops! Is this all left in front of me? Is this all the brothers who have followed him for many years?
"Ah..." Liao Nanqing suddenly swung his sword to face the sky and roared in anger, and then swung his sword to chop at the grass and trees around him, as if he was crazy.
A group of embarrassed and callous people watched silently.
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Of the hundreds of thousands of Song soldiers and horses, there were naturally more than a few thousand who fled, and they didn't just flee from one direction. About 20,000 to 30,000 people escaped, fleeing in all directions. There were so many people that there was no way to pursue them. It was impossible for the Yan army to do the same.
They scattered and fled.
What does it mean to have corpses strewn in the field? It means corpses strewn in the field before our eyes. Gong Lince and others stood on a ruins and looked around.
Hundreds of thousands of corpses were lying in front of him. The monks' fighting and killing were nothing compared to what they were seeing. Gong Linche was silent. This was the first time he had seen so many people killed in a battle.
The smell of blood in the air was so strong that it was pungent, and the blood flowing down had dyed the river red.
In the red-stained river, a raft docked. Xu Jingyue arrived, and the group stepped ashore to look around the miserable battlefield.
The horses and horses of the Yan army cleaning the battlefield were searching for the rations carried by the corpses of the Song soldiers. There were people holding baskets nearby to cooperate. There was really a shortage of food here, and they would not let it go as long as there was some.
The cleaned corpses are thrown directly into the river. There is no way to dispose of them without throwing them into the river. The most convenient way is to throw them into the river. You cannot just let them pile up and rot.
Zhang Hu showed up to greet Xu Jingyue.
"Where is Commander Meng? Let me go and see you." Xu Jingyue said.
Zhang Hu: "Shuai Meng is too tired. I tapped his acupuncture points here and forced him to fall asleep. Let him sleep for a while longer."
Xu Jingyue nodded, "There are not enough rafts. There are nearly 200,000 horses on the other side that have not crossed the river. I want to use the rafts here to meet them."
Zhang Hu understood that the rafts sent back after crossing the river earlier were not enough, so he waved a few others over to cooperate with Xu Jingyue.
Afterwards, the two generals walked hand in hand among the piles of corpses to inspect the battlefield.
Seeing so many corpses, Xu Jingyue asked, "How many surrendered soldiers are there?"
"It looks like he ran away with 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, but he didn't surrender his troops."
"You executed all the surrendered soldiers?"
"No, no one surrendered. Those who didn't escape all fought to the death. This group of people is very powerful. Under such circumstances, we also asked 100,000 people to go in."
"No one surrendered?" Xu Jingyue was surprised, "What kind of people are Liao Nanqing and Xu Laiping?"
Zhang Hu: "No matter what kind of person he is, I will kill him if he surrenders. I don't have that much food to feed them."
Xu Jingyue looked around and sighed sincerely: "They are all good men, but it is a pity that the general is incompetent!"