Wanyan Wushu and Han Chang left their baggage and crossed Longmen at night. By the time they crossed the river, it was already dawn, and this day was May 27th, the fourth year of Jianyan in the Song Dynasty/the eighth year of Tianhui in the Jin Dynasty.
At noon that day, let alone how Wu Shu led 20,000 people to embark on a road of 100 miles a day and 200 miles for two consecutive days, only the news that his people were crossing the river and setting off, but the sentry riders had already passed by.
Continuously passed along the bank of the Yellow River to the head coach of this expedition, Wanyan Niuliduo of Hezhong Mansion.
It was a hot day, and Niuliduo, who had been living in a temple somewhere in the city, was discussing Buddhist issues with a monk under the shade of a tree. When he saw the Jin army officer approaching with a serious knife, the monk took the initiative to stand up, salute, and say goodbye to avoid suspicion.
"Have you crossed the river?" Nianliduo, who was dressed in cloth, stood up absentmindedly to see the monk off, then turned around and said something clear.
"Yes." The officer was caught off guard and could only bow his head and say yes. "That's all the sentry said."
"Just cross the river, just cross the river!" For some reason, even though he knew that a decisive battle was about to begin, Nian Liduo felt that his whole body relaxed, and then he fell down on the stone bench under the shade of a tree, sighing for a moment.
After all, this battle was really difficult... In other words, this battle really made Jin Jun feel the hardship again that he had not experienced for a long time.
Let us also say that since the Jingkang Incident, Zhao Song was like a beheaded person, almost reduced to a state of national subjugation, and the Jin army also completely regarded the Song army as nothing.
At that time, they abandoned the Central Plains and Guanzhong, which they had already captured, and turned back, not because they did not want to take over this colorful world, but because they were too full, and they had not swallowed the rich land of Hebei. There must be someone who comes first, first served.
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However, who would have imagined that if we come back after more than half a year, Hebei will be able to swallow it easily, but Zhao and Song have already resurrected, and there are resistance forces everywhere. Huazhou is difficult to cross, Shaanzhou is lost, Huaishang is blocked, a group of refugees,
The defeated soldiers and the fleeing officials managed to bring Zhao Song back to life.
Therefore, after another year passed, the Jin Kingdom learned their lesson, but they only wanted to destroy the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and then support the vassals along the Yellow River. They knew that their appetite was limited, so they had the mentality of taking it slow. But this time
However, they simply encountered an unimaginable defeat on the frontal battlefield, so they left in disgrace, and both the east and west armies fell short.
More than a year later, this time due to the strong instigation of the Lou family, the Jin army concentrated its forces and came back in a ferocious state, but the Song army was no longer what it used to be... In four years, the emperor was recognized both internally and externally.
The ministers did not dare to make peace at all, and the political situation was maintained as stable as possible. They then used these, plus the wealth, silk and grain from the Southeast, Lianghuai, Jingxiang, and Bashu, in exchange for 200,000 imperial troops and tens of thousands more
The resurgence of the Western Army.
From the East China Sea to Longshang, the battle line stretches for thousands of miles. The two sides come and go across the Yellow River, advancing and retreating... The Jin Army has not fought such a formal war for a long time.
Although all the top officials of the Jin Army knew that the soldiers of the Song Army on the opposite side were not as good as them, the quality of their armor was not as good as theirs, and the number of cavalry was ridiculously small. Everyone also had confidence in Lou Shi and the West Route Army, but such a huge battle situation
The momentum of being in contact with each other still made Wanyan Liduo, who originally thought she was just here to take credit, feel tremendous pressure.
In fact, since the dispatch of troops, from the beginning of mobilization, Nianliduo and his brother Wushu have talked about many things in the army... They talked about the political situation of Huining Mansion and Yanjing, the situation in Song and Jin Dynasties, and
The great migration of people in Shanxi, the conflict between Meng'an Mouke in Hebei and the local Han people, and the young Zhao Song official family in the south.
After the war started in Hezhong Prefecture, they talked about Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, Lou Shi and Yin Shuke. After chatting, the Luoyang raid was successful, but what happened next was difficult for Yinli Duo to understand.
The city of Luoyang was destroyed, and there was only an empty city and a left-behind husband under the Dragon Gate. This was nothing. The key was that this successful surprise attack did not cause huge ripples in the war situation. The Bishui Pass remained untouched for a long time, and the ancient Koomian Road was blocked...
...It seems that the fall of Luoyang City is just the fall of Luoyang City. The previous situation of breaking one point and breaking the whole line has completely disappeared.
Then, there was the information that Yue Fei led a total of 40,000 Song troops to appear in Hebei.
At this time, Yi Liduo didn't know whether the calmness of the Song Army on the south bank was faked, but he was very sure that the East Route Army was really panicked! Every Meng'an, every Muke, and every Pu Liyan were worried.
They were worried about their own family's belongings, men and women, and houses. Even if there were still laziness in Daming Prefecture, they could not worry about the tens of thousands of troops led by Gao Jingshan and others.
With no choice, Yinliduo could only agree to the collective petition of these officers and send 40,000 troops back north, in order to force the Song army to retreat from Huguan... This move was almost equivalent to giving up the forced crossing from Shaanzhou or Tongzhou.
plan.
Yue Pengju's strategic goal of crossing north had actually been achieved from the beginning.
However, from the moment he answered the call, the third prince directly recognized in his heart the many opinions of his fourth brother Wanyan Wushu, and also recognized the latter's intention to lead 20,000 troops to wait for Longmen Crossing.
The support plan... because Yili Duo fully realized that no matter what, the relationship between Song and Jin was no longer the simple relationship between Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty.
Even if they win this time and take Guanzhong, it will be the same... unless the Zhao Song official family, who is regarded by his fourth brother as the foundation of the Song army's posture, is eliminated along with the main force of the Song army in this battle.
"Third Prince……"
Seeing that the coach was absent-minded, the officer who came to report was a little hesitant. "Since the fourth prince has crossed the river, should we do something here?"
Yinliduo suddenly came back to his senses, but immediately nodded. He also felt that it was a bit too much to pass all the things and responsibilities to the fourth person. However, although the third prince felt that something should be done, he rarely did it.
Battle experience... After all, since the age of Aguda, the four elder princes have had their own division of labor. The eldest, Wanyan Wo, was often a personal guard for Aguda; the second, Woli, was not often the commander when going abroad; the fourth, who was young at the time, had more
He served as a vanguard in battle; while the third child, Jiaoliduo, often stationed at the camp.
This job, to put it nicely, is called strategizing, but to put it worse, it is to supervise and supervise operations, so for the moment, Nianli Duo didn't know how to share the burden with Wu Shu.
"We can concentrate our troops and horses to storm Pinglu and let the Song army focus here!" The officer said carefully. "Our current strength of troops is actually not appropriate. If we forcefully cross Pujin, I am afraid it will be self-defeating. On the contrary,
Pinglu, a lonely city, has not been falling for days. It was just a slight hesitation to sneak into Luoyang before, but now there is no need to be taboo..."
Yuliduo nodded immediately.
It turned out that Pinglu had not yet been captured by the Jin army.
One day passed, and May 28th arrived peacefully... Early that morning, the Hedong Jin Army, which had already laid siege to the city, launched a massive attack on Pinglu. Li Yanxian personally commanded the troops to cross the river from Shaanzhou City to support them. The battle was fierce for a while.
As the two nearest war zones were also the two most closely related to the actual war, Li Yanxian did not forget to immediately report the war situation to Han Shizhong so that the latter could prepare.
At noon, Han Shizhong received the notification, but he was hesitant...because it was calm here at Pujin Ferry.
Moreover, as the highest-ranking general, Han Liangchen, like Li Yanxian, is one of the few people who understands the entire battle situation. Even he and Li Yanxian are probably the two people who know the battle situation best on the entire battlefield... Luoyang fell.
He knew everything about it. Zhao Jiu didn't hide it from him about Yue Fei's crossing to the north. He also knew about the sneaking across Chang'an on the back of the Wei army. No one knew about the Jin army's detachment of a large force to the north. He was there
There is a river across here and it's impossible not to notice it.
Moreover, just yesterday, he had just received a handwritten document from an official regarding the possible decisive battle in the two days, asking him to be careful in the direction of Pujin and Longmen.
But now, Kamazudu is too calm, and instead, the already insignificant Hiraoku Castle is under siege.
In just a moment, Han Shizhong, who was stationed on the bank of the Yellow River, smelled a smell that made him nervous, frightened, but also excited. Then he immediately sent a messenger to ask the troops who were already guarding the Liangshan area to cross the Liangshan area with thousands of troops.
Artificial scale, divided into several groups, conducting forward reconnaissance... The battlefield is so big, there is no reason why Han Shizhong can't remember Longmen Ferry.
Of course, it stands to reason that it is of no importance that Han Shizhong smelled these things at this time, because according to Lou Shi's arrangements, this day should be the moment of decisive battle.
It should be too late.
However, until Han Shizhong sent his envoys to the north on that day, the entire Yaoshan-Wulongshan-Baishui area was as peaceful as ever.
Until noon, Lou Shi did not send any troops, and the entire Jin Army camp was the same as the previous days.
If there was any difference, it was that the weather was a little duller, but it still didn't rain.
In the afternoon, Lou Shi still did not send out troops, but Han Shizhong's troops deployed on the south side of Liangshan had already begun to hurriedly conduct reconnaissance northward.
And it was at this time that the Song Army coach Wu Jie fell into great self-doubt... Ordinary people had noticed the dull feeling of the weather, but the Jin Army did not attack, which made him feel a little shaken and confused.
He hesitated, and then doubted all his judgments.
Although the Zhao Guan family at the foot of the mountain behind did not say anything, Wu Da still felt an obvious sense of shame.
He was defeated again and again, but his career was getting bigger and bigger. He finally won once and got an unprecedented opportunity, but he failed again and again. All strategies and countermeasures, overt and covert, had no effect.
In the evening, seeing that there was still no movement from the Jin army, Wu Jie thought for a long time, but it was like yesterday. With the help of Academician Xiaolin, he summoned the generals from all ministries and signed a formal military order again, requiring the entire army to carry out the attack in advance the next morning.
During the meal, each battalion inspected weapons and materials... It seemed that they continued their war preparation posture and adhered to their own judgment.
He couldn't figure out where he had made a mistake.
However, after the military order was issued and the sun had not yet set, Wu Jie locked himself in the Chinese army's tent and couldn't come out without holding his head. He didn't even take a bite of the melon... With a crowd of 100,000, in the Six Routes of Guanxi, the safety of the officials and their families was in danger.
Although one should not hesitate to accept the favor of an official, but who can know the pressure?
"The war starts tomorrow."
After sunset, everyone in the Jin Army camp had just finished dinner. Lou Shi summoned the senior officers of the army and calmly announced a fact. "It was supposed to be today, but the fourth prince and his 20,000 reinforcements were marching hard and missed the deadline.
It's so difficult... I don't blame the Fourth Prince, it's my problem. I estimated based on the speed of our march along the North Luoshui River, but I underestimated the difficulty of the march of the large army. I also didn't expect that the East Route Army had never been here.
The army marched across the plains."
Below the breakaway speed, the generals of the Jin army were not worried but happy, because 20,000 reinforcements, even if they rushed to help, were enough to change the overall situation.
"But beware of additional reinforcements from the Song Army." Lou Shi sat in the tent and continued to explain the situation calmly. "The fourth prince was originally scheduled to arrive at the North Luoshui River last night, and then lead the cavalry to attack southward today, but actually today
It was only in the morning that we bumped into Fangzhou, and the location was quite far north, and there were still many soldiers who had lost their way... On Fangzhou's side, Fangzhou City couldn't hold many soldiers, so Qu Duan must be in the south.
He is stationed in the Yijun area, so there is no chance that he will be aware of it, and if he is aware of it, he may quickly go south to support tomorrow."
"It is also possible that they will rush northward, join forces with Wu Lin in Fangzhou City, attack the Hekou camp, and cut off our escape route." Ba Lisu interrupted with an expressionless reminder. "It is also possible that he was not aware of it, but that it was a living girl moving strangely. It is hard to say.
It will alarm him!"
Lou Shi glanced at Ba Lisu and nodded slightly: "I know, so the living girl will guard the river mouth camp tomorrow and will not take risks rashly..."
Shut up immediately.
"Everyone!" After saying this, Lou Shi suddenly stood up, holding the knife on his waist and looking around. "If Qu Duan doesn't come to help tomorrow, it will be fifty thousand versus eighty thousand. If Qu Duan comes to help, it will be only the end of the crossbow.
Except for a few cavalry, they are of no great use... In any case, the fighter plane has appeared, so there is no need to hesitate... If any of you have any words left, I promise you to say it now!"
The generals looked at each other, of course speechless.
"Are you sure?" Late at night, Han Shizhong, who had taken the initiative to lead his troops to the front line of the Central Temple in Tongzhou because of his suspicions during the day, was awakened by his subordinates, and then received a piece of news that did not surprise him.
"It's absolutely true!" The subordinate who reported the news gasped again and again, but quickly repeated it again. "The Jin Army's large headquarters passed by the north of Liangshan yesterday and kept going all day long. The local mountain people could see it clearly and said that there were many more people than us.
More...Dong Tongzhi asked his subordinates to spare no effort to report this situation as soon as possible."
There are far more troops than three thousand, and there are tens of thousands of troops. And what we saw yesterday, it is impossible to say that they have already arrived in Beiluoshui or even Baishui.
In this regard, Han Shizhong, who had an instant judgment in his heart, remained silent, and could only remain silent... because he had no one to discuss with, and his troops and capable subordinates were currently distributed in several cities and several positions along the river.
superior.
Moreover, he didn't need to think of any extra words. At this moment, he only had two choices: support or not.
Once reinforcements are sent, the soldiers and horses along the river and Pujin Ferry cannot move, and there is no time to move. However, if some cities, such as Chengcheng in the northwest to prevent Lou Shi from invading Tongzhou, because the sentry cavalry at Lou Shi's camp
Within the detection range, once dispatched, it is likely to be immediately noticed by the Jin Army, which will then be self-defeating.
Therefore, at this time, what Han Shizhong can dispatch and ensure that they can reach the Yaoshan battlefield within the next day is actually only a Beiwei army and Changle Xu Shi'an's troops, with a total of seven to eight thousand people.
Seven to eight thousand people rush to the battlefield, and they may not be able to make it in time for the decisive battle. It is still unknown how much combat power they will have left if they catch up. This is not cost-effective.
But after just a few breaths of silence, Han Shizhong had already made up his mind... After all, the officials were so kind to him, how could he not help Han Wu? In other words, in these few breaths, Han Shizhong simply
He did not consider the issue of aid or not, he was only thinking about the issue of troops.
After all, he is not a bastard like Qu Da!
It was early in the morning and one day was missed. The Wanyan Wushu Department, which was destined to have a huge unknowable impact on the battle situation, still followed Wushu and Han Chang under the huge pressure of non-combat attrition.
They began to head south along the Beiluo River. However, it must be said that this time, because of the river, the Jin army's speed was much faster than the previous two days.
Almost at the same time, Han Shizhong of Tongzhou officially led his troops westward after making some preparations. At the same time, his messenger went to Changle Town on the bank of Beiluoshui River early to notify Xu Shi'an who was stationed there.
Almost at the same time, the Jin Army camp took the lead in raising conspicuous smoke.
Immediately, Wanyan Loushi, the commander of the Shanxi Marching Division and the actual commander-in-chief of the expedition to Guanxi, issued the first military order of the day - the entire army of 30,000 people, except for two who joined forces to attack Meng'an, each person should
Get a bag and fill it with soil before you can receive the meal.
Just like that, after dawn, the well-fed Jin army led their horses and protected their carts. They used almost every method to carry their own bag of soil, and then rushed out.
The sentries reported hurriedly, and the Song army's camp received the news, and the entire camp was shaken, as if facing a powerful enemy.
But then, the sentry cavalry came again to report that although most of the Jin army had many cavalry, they moved slowly and only headed towards Jinsu Mountain due east of the Song army's camp and directly north of the Jin army's camp.
At this time, it was already daytime, but Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of the Song Army, hesitated for a moment and sent only a small force of 2,000 troops, quickly marching towards Jinsu Mountain to make a symbolic gesture of seizing the enemy.
No matter what, so far, the Song and Jin armies have officially sent out troops, and even Zhao Jiu has begun to wear armor and carry bows with the assistance of Yang Yizhong.
This day is the 29th of May in the fourth year of Jianyan. The weather is a bit dull, but there are no rain clouds. It is in favor of worship and it is forbidden to disturb the earth.
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