Wanyan Zongwang was a very cautious person. He did not rashly lead his army to attack Kaifeng directly. Instead, on the way to advance, he first sent a small team of troops to investigate the news. However, the news he got made him very upset.
Surprisingly, the Song army did not defend the city wall, but deployed its troops outside the city.
It was hard for him to believe this, because judging from Li Qi's previous series of strategies to resolutely defend the city wall and clear the country, I believe anyone would judge that Li Qi would definitely defend the city wall and would not be able to run out and fight the enemy to the death. This is simply unbelievable.
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So when Wanyan Zongwang led the army and was about to enter the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, he stopped, climbed a high mountain with a group of generals, and looked towards Kaifeng Mansion. He saw the Song Army's barracks stretching for more than a thousand meters, criss-crossing.
Densely packed.
This made Wanyan Zongwang and others dumbfounded. What kind of medicine was contained in Li Qi's gourd? Did he really not know how to fight, or was he just trying to scare people?
Liu Yanzong was surprised and said: "For a camp of this size, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the suburbs. So how many people and horses are hoarded in Kaifeng Mansion!"
Wanyan Zongwang was also shocked when he heard this. He couldn't help but look at Medicine Master Guo. This is too different from what you said at the beginning.
Pharmacist Guo shook his head and said resolutely: "It is impossible to decide. The forbidden troops in the city will not exceed 200,000 at most."
Mu frowned and said, "If that's the case, wouldn't he have deployed all his troops outside the city? They want to fight us to the death!"
Wanyan Zongbi laughed and said: "A cook is a cook after all. He left the city wall undefended and ran outside to fight with us. God helped me." Then he looked towards Wanyan Zongbi and said: "Second brother, you are worth 20,000 to me.
Centaur. I will go and get the cook’s head right away.”
Wanyan Zongwang waved his hand and said: "Don't be impulsive. That cook is very cunning. He must have his reasons for doing this. We can't attack rashly. We should send someone to test it first. Instruct us to set up camp on the spot."
You really can't blame him for being cautious, because they have been fighting the Song army these days, and the Song army almost always hides on the city wall, but Li Qi just goes in the opposite direction and deploys all his troops outside the city. This is too unfair.
It's like Song Jun's style. This is either seeking death or a conspiracy, which will inevitably make him suspicious!
Little did he know that Li Qi just wanted to confront him.
Wanyan Zongwang pondered for a moment and said: "Deputy Commander, you immediately lead three thousand cavalry as the vanguard. Go and find out the truth. Remember, don't be aggressive, just harass."
Liu Yanzong didn't understand the situation, so he thought it was better to be on the safe side.
There was a bright moon in the sky, and there was silence outside the city. The mysterious moonlight seemed even more peaceful tonight, but it was filled with chills.
Just after the third watch, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded in the north of Kaifeng City. The Jin army suddenly sounded the clarion call to attack in the north of the Song army!
It turned out that Liu Yanzong divided his troops into three groups and quietly approached the Song army's camp under the cover of night. Once within the attack range, he simultaneously attacked the outermost Gaoshangang, Liudian and Fengqiao Town in the north of Kaifeng. Each army only had a thousand troops.
Because this was just a harassing attack. There was no intention to gain anything. Because Liu Yanzong wanted to see what the strength of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army was and whether it was an empty city strategy, he deliberately divided his troops for this purpose, hoping to explore more places.
.in case.
Anyway, cavalry can run fast and can escape at any time.
The Jin army suddenly rushed out from all directions, with killing sounds everywhere. The defending Song army was either a long-lost battlefield or a new recruit. No one had seen it yet. Just hearing this sound made everyone tremble with fear.
After seeing clearly how many people there were on the other side and where they were coming from, the guard shouted loudly: "hurry up, shoot up arrows!"
The Song army's camp seemed extremely chaotic.
Boom boom boom!
The light from gunpowder explosions is particularly dazzling at night.
This explosion also woke up the people in the city. Is it finally coming? For a moment, nervousness, fear, excitement, and worry all came to my mind.
What's even more terrible is that tonight, Li Qi knew that Wanyan Zongwang's army was already approaching, so he couldn't sleep. He happened to be patrolling this area with Yue Fei. It was a credit to Wanyan Zongwang that he didn't know about it. If he knew, it wouldn't be harassment. At least 20,000 troops would have to be sent.
People.
"Report! --- Report to Bujun, the enemy suddenly launched a fierce attack on Gaoshangang, Liudian, and Fengqiao Town not long ago."
Since it was night, the sentry couldn't figure out the situation. Seeing the panic on his side, he thought the other party was launching a large-scale attack.
"What?"
Li Qi exclaimed.
Yue Fei was also shocked. He had just found out in the afternoon that the enemy army was still some distance away from Feng. He thought that the enemy army had just arrived and at least they had to make a slight deployment. Who knew that the Jin army was attacking before they could even stand firm?
He came over, looking a little flustered, but then he immediately calmed down and quickly said to Li Qi: "Commander Bu, please stay away for a while, as long as I'm here."
Li Qi frowned slightly and did not answer. Instead, he asked the sentry: "How many enemy troops have come?"
"It's not clear yet."
"Then why don't you go explore quickly?"
"As you command!"
Yue Fei said again: "Commander Bu, the situation is unclear now, so you'd better stay aside for a while."
Li Qi glared at Yue Fei slightly and said: "Yue Fei, if you are disturbing my military morale, be careful I will deal with you militaryally."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "Yue Fei knows his crime."
"Report!"
After a while, another sentry came over and said, "Commander Bu, there are only about a thousand enemy troops on each route."
More than a thousand people? Yue Fei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that. He thought those Jin soldiers were coming for Li Qi, so he said to Li Qi: "Commander Bu, the other party may just come to test. In these three places, I have arranged three people in each."
There are more than a thousand people defending, so if I send some more people over now, it shouldn’t be a problem."
His defense is very deep, with a light front and a heavy back. Only a small number of troops are stationed on the first line of defense, relying on fortresses and mountain guards. Heavy troops are placed on the second line of defense, and there is also a mobile force that can be deployed at any time.
You can go to the rescue. Even if the first line of defense is lost, it will not have a fatal impact on the battle situation.
But before he could finish his words over a cup of tea, another sentry came over and said, "Come on, Commander-in-Chief Gao, Liu Dian has been captured by the enemy."
Is this too fast? Li Qi blinked blankly and said: "You---what did you say?"
The sentry continued: "The enemy seems to know our rockets very well and deliberately spread out their formations. In addition, it is also night, so it is difficult for our bed crossbows and crossbows to exert their power and severely damage the enemy. Moreover, the enemy cavalry is really
It's so brave, we--we can't stop it at all."
"Mr. Guo, you bastard, if you fall into my hands, I will kill you." Li Qi immediately yelled angrily.
Yue Fei was also speechless for a while. There were three thousand men, and there was a static defense, but the opponent's thousand rangers were defeated. He knew that the Song Army was not as good as the Jin Army, but he did not expect that the difference was so big.
This confrontation is really a decisive battle!
Of course, these three thousand troops are not the Fourth Army, but ordinary Forbidden Army. These Forbidden Army can be said to be sharpening their weapons in battle. More importantly, they have never fought any battles at all, and their combat effectiveness is simply weak. And as soon as they go into battle, they encounter
It is the most powerful army in the world today. When they saw the Jin army rushing over, they didn’t know what to do. They were instantly smashed into pieces by the thousands of Jin troops and fled. However, this was allowed by Li Qi.
, defend this line of defense if you can, and retreat if you can't. This second line of defense is the key.
But Yue Fei never expected that the Jin Army could break through his defense in depth so quickly. Based on the fact that you can at least resist for a while, he never knew that this situation would arise. This is also because he has never really fought against the Jin Army.
This is really a gap in strength that cannot be made up by weapons alone, nor can it be caught up in a day or two.
Although Li Qi had never fought before, he was good at scheming and knowing that the other party was trying to test him. He thought for a moment and suddenly said: "This is a good opportunity for us."
"What---what opportunity?" Yue Fei asked in astonishment.
Li Qi said with a smile: "Since the other party is testing the situation, they must not have expected it to turn out like this. They must also feel a little overwhelmed. Yue Fei, you immediately mobilize three cavalry and five thousand cavalry to rescue. I guess
It will be difficult for you to fight against the enemy, but no matter what, you must show your momentum, even if you shoot rockets into the sky, you have to light up the sky for me."
When Yue Fei heard this, he immediately understood that Li Qi's move was not really to fight the enemy, but because the Jin army might not continue to attack. His purpose was to boost morale.
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The big account of the Jin army.
"Report! Report to the Deputy Commander, our army successfully captured Liudian and Gaoshangang less than half an hour after dispatching troops."
"What?"
Liu Yanzong also stood up suddenly, with an even more exaggerated expression on his face than Li Qi, and said: "What's going on? Isn't it clear what I said? I just asked you to harass me, who asked you to really beat me.
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The sentry said aggrievedly: "Capital, this is really not the case for these two generals. In fact, they really just want to harass them, but the other side is too vulnerable. Our soldiers rushed over, but they didn't really fight them.
He was defeated and fled."
Liu Yanzong frowned suddenly and said, "Is this a trick by the enemy to lure them?"
"It doesn't seem like it. They have at least two to three thousand people guarding there, and there are no ambushes on all sides."
Liu Yanzong couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. He just wanted to harass and test the truth, but unexpectedly he just won. He had no follow-up plan at all and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The general beside him laughed and said: "I think the imperial army in Kaifeng is nothing more than this. They can't resist our harassment. If we are serious, we may not even need a day to break through Kaifeng."
Liu Yanzong waved his hand and said: "This is just the first line of defense, so don't be careless."
The sentinel said again: "Deputy Commander, what should we do now? Should we continue to fight or retreat."
Liu Yanzong sighed: "This is really a good opportunity. If I had known that the Song army was in such a bad situation, I would have asked the supervisors for more troops. Maybe I could really open a gap. That's it, that's all. The days are long. Let's withdraw the troops!"
Then, he couldn't help laughing again.
This battle was so much fun.
In fact, the most confused person was not Liu Yanzong or Li Qi, but the two thousand gold troops. They were really just harassing, but they were harassing and harassing, and they occupied Liu's shop inexplicably, and Gao was posted. At this time, they didn't know what to do.
Whether to fight and retreat, or to destroy the enemy's defense equipment, the group of people looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and were quite hesitant.
When Yue Fei personally led eight thousand reinforcements to rush there, the Jin army just happened to retreat. They were so overwhelmed that they even forgot to destroy some defensive equipment.
After working on it for a long time, I really couldn’t figure out who caught whom by surprise.
Yue Fei looked at the retreating formation of the Jin army from a distance. It was orderly and not chaotic at all. He was not dazzled by the victory. He couldn't help but secretly admired that our army was far inferior to the opponent! But at this time, he was not allowed to think too much and ordered the soldiers
They were shouting and waving flags, beating war drums, and the sound of killing was shaking the sky and the earth. Rockets were fired indiscriminately, which really lit up the sky.
Those Jin soldiers had no intention of fighting at this time. When they heard the sounds of killing and explosions from behind, they quickly rode away.
Yue Fei "chased" for a while, then stopped "chasing" again. He ordered the soldiers to yell and curse for a while, and if they made some noise, the mission was considered completed.