Thanks to the long winter nights, Song Jun had enough time to complete his plan.
After Bei Yan sacrificed two of his only three hot air balloons, the Song Army had roughly completed two of the most critical tactical steps tonight... dozens of large and small ships with small gun carriages and bed crossbows. They have successfully crossed this narrow piece of land, from the North Fork of the East Yellow River to the East Fork of the North Yellow River, and they are still coming.
Of course, there are still a lot of losses. At least one-seventh to one-eighth of the ships have anchored on land due to various strange reasons. It is not known when they will be repaired. Moreover, there is a ship directly at the entrance to the east channel of the Yellow River. The ship capsized, causing one of the four docks to cease operations.
However, this is enough.
In fact, long before the first balloon was lit, and more than ten ships had successfully entered the East Fork of the North Yellow River, the Song Army had no way to turn back, and the Song Army's second key step was also At that time, amid the twilight and common winter mist in Tian Shizhong, tens of thousands of the main force of the Song army began to cross the river at the same time in the south and north of the city. The north of the city was especially large, because as the soldiers crossed the river, There are also countless Song soldiers and civilians and building materials.
As soon as they crossed the river, except for a very small number of elite troops who were asked to rest and prepare on the spot, everyone else, both soldiers and civilians, directly built fortifications on the spot.
The ground is a little stiff in winter, but it is not frozen soil, and it is not to the point where it cannot be done. One strong swing of the long iron chisel head can dig out a shallow pit; twenty swings can dig out a shallow pit. He can dig out a long and shallow pit with enough space for three trees to stand side by side. If he can swing it two to three hundred times and have a person to help him clear out the soil in the pit, it will be enough to dig out a plank that can successfully stand up the previous Tian Shizhong. of deep pit.
But it is not enough. Almost every such board needs cowhide ropes to connect other boards. There are also other shallow holes on both sides to insert individual pieces of wood for auxiliary fixation. There are also wooden boards to nail the connected boards to form a complete structure. As a whole, in this way, a plate is completely fixed, successfully buried, and becomes part of the traditional camp fence.
Compared with this slightly complicated job that requires experience, the act of digging a trench in front of the fence seems simpler... Just dig a trench, everyone can dig it, it doesn't have to be too deep, two and a half feet deep, three feet deep If it is wide, just dig along a line from east to west along the fence. Then the excavated soil can be piled up in front of the fence. At the same time, you have to go to the river to get water for cultivation... At this time Water from the river will definitely have a miraculous effect.
Of course, there are difficulties. The most important thing is lighting. Considering the scale of the operation here, for the sake of caution, even if it is several miles away, the Song Army has to strictly restrict the lighting sources and the predetermined defense line construction line. There is a torch only every twenty steps, and wooden boards and other light-blocking materials are added on the south side. On the transportation road, there is a torch only every forty steps, and there are also light-blocking arrangements on the south side.
But even so, it still looks a bit strange from a distance.
Moreover, as more and more soldiers and civilians cross the river, the scale of the operation becomes larger and larger. Not only the light, but also the noise becomes increasingly uncontrollable. In this situation, in the second half of the night, that is, during the two After the fighting between the city and the river came to an end, it became extremely obvious.
There is no way, there are too many people.
"What is this? The breath of someone breathing? Or the breath of sweat?"
After visiting Xiao En and a group of old brothers, Zhang Rong, casually wearing a coat, hurriedly climbed to the north city of Daming City to join Yue Fei. However, as soon as he arrived at the city, he noticed a strange visual phenomenon.
It turned out that when looking north from the brightly lit Daming Castle and Yuancheng, there was clearly a strange mist dancing between the light and darkness, as if some living creature was waving its teeth and claws toward the light in the darkness.
"All of them."
Yue Fei, who was fully clothed, had a calm expression. The moment of surprise and panic when he unexpectedly appeared in the middle of the night had long since disappeared. "It should be that the heat... mixed with the air-conditioning, so it showed... there are too many people."
"In other words, if the heat is so clearly displayed here, it's hard to hide it from the people in the city?" Zhang Rong frowned tightly.
"Even without this heat, we can't hide it after all this trouble." Yue Fei replied with a sigh. "However, Gao Jingshan doesn't know that we have warships going over to control the river, nor does he know that we are standing.
With Xiao Tongzhi's desperate delay in building a stronghold, he probably won't take any more risks in the dark...Based on his temperament, he might have thought we were setting up an ambush in the north of the city to lure him."
"What if he insists on taking risks?" Zhang Rong frowned. "What if there are other suspicious people in the city trying to persuade him?"
"Then fight!" Yue Fei turned around to look at each other. "If he dares to leave the city, we will take advantage of the situation and fight! The troops holding him down will roll back! If he goes around the city overnight to ask for reinforcements, we will wait for the reinforcements to arrive and fight back! Reinforcements will arrive at dawn anyway.
When we came back, Commander Xiao had bought a lot of time. At this time, the fastest was only an hour earlier... At this point, there were already boats in the river, strongholds had begun to be set up on the bank, and the entire army had passed. Is it still necessary?
Are there any worries?!"
"Too!"
Zhang Rong sighed. "At this moment, there is no burden in my heart! The soldiers will stop us, and the water will cover us!"
"We still need to make some decisions." Yue Fei said sternly. "Brother Zhang, do you know how I came up with this strategy?"
"this……"
"This is actually a common operation, siege the city... setting up a stronghold to lock the city, starting from Nianhan and locking Taiyuan, is a common routine in the world. The only commendable thing is to prepare the plan in advance, ferry overnight, and build the city overnight.
Village, the so-called tiger's mouth pulls teeth, but opens the mouth to face each other." Yue Fei's tone softened slightly, and the white air he exhaled continued to float in the night sky. "But it was just the old wisdom of Zhongli's battle with Wei Rui that day..."
"What story?"
"The old wisdom can also be regarded as a story, that is, what someone did and recorded it in a book."
"If there is such a story...why didn't Gao Jingshan think of it?"
"Because there are too many stories like this, this idea is actually not very eye-catching. The key is to be decisive and prepare early...I said before that I had this idea on the first day I came here."
"You go on."
"As for what I was thinking about that day, after I arrived at Daming City on the first day, I was worried that the Jin army might attack from the north. However, our army was too large, and there were so many civilians coming and going. The two towns of Daming and the old city could not accommodate it.
There will be a flaw at that time, so we prepared to build a ten-mile-long giant stronghold, connecting the river from east to west, with a tight seal, covering 40,000 to 50,000 front troops of the imperial camp, navy soldiers, plus 50,000 civilians, and even the boats in the river.
." Yue Fei continued. "It was also at that time that he realized that Daming Mansion was heavily defended, and that the Jin Army brigade might gather in winter, so he wanted to spend the winter and survive the possible siege by the Jin Army brigade..."
"I understand!" Zhang Rong suddenly interrupted. "You must have been standing in the hot air balloon at that time, looking at the terrain on both sides of the river. You were thinking about setting up a stronghold and attacking the city at the same time. Suddenly you thought to yourself, since you can be here on the river
Why don't you go to the other side of the river and build a huge stronghold like this? Can you isolate the Jin army and take advantage of the situation to attack the city?"
"Yes!" Yue Fei looked at the other party seriously, as if he still didn't finish his words.
"I know what decision you still have to make." Zhang Rong untied his new coat and put it on his body, shaking his head. "I also know what you mean by asking me to tug a land boat... But if it comes like this
Come on, are there enough food and grass supplies?!"
"Brother Zhang, you are the most familiar with the Yellow River. How long can the freezing period last, including the Lingshui period?" Yue Fei asked in return.
"The freeze can be frozen at the beginning of next month at the earliest, and the freeze can be released at the latest after the Lantern Festival next year. It can only last forty days at most...but in fact, it has never exceeded thirty days in the past few years." Zhang Rong couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Counting forty days!" Yue Fei continued seriously. "The strength of our hedgehogs gathered here is slightly less than 70,000 soldiers and 50,000 civilians... We already have cotton clothes, food, ordnance, fuel... What do you think before the freeze?
Can you save enough?"
"It's the middle of the month. Let me do the math." Zhang Rong thought for a moment and gritted his teeth. "This place is only three hundred miles away from Tokyo and only two hundred miles away from Wushan Camp. Most of them are downstream, but
The river mouth itself is still inaccessible here, and we have to go to the old city... Let’s put it this way, there will definitely be enough food and weapons, but I really don’t know how to use charcoal and firewood for heating in the winter!”
"There is no need to go back to the old city." Yue Fei reminded slightly. "And these are not necessarily the only ships."
Zhang Rong was startled, then realized it, but nodded heavily, and lowered his voice again: "One is that it is not yet stable to say so now, I have to take it one step at a time, but I think it is feasible... But even so, the other one is still
We have to ask our husbands in Tokyo to cooperate..."
Yue Fei was silent for a moment, and then said seriously: "The princes in Tokyo may be angry, and there will be noise in the secret palace, but Zhao, Zhang and Hulin will never disobey the official, and the official gave me full authority for the war before leaving...
…These four people, plus the Prime Minister Lu, will never go wrong.”
"The other three are good, except for the one named Zhang. I heard my son-in-law say privately that he is a well-intentioned and bad-tempered person who will do the wrong things." Zhang Rong continued to remind. "I'm just afraid that he will interfere randomly. I want to help, but at the same time
Instead, something went wrong..."
In the dark night, there suddenly was some commotion in Yuancheng across the river. It was obvious that the movement in the north of the city still caused uneasiness in the city.
Yue Fei and Zhang Rong stopped their conversation and looked at each other. Then they turned around and Yue Fei, who was holding the steel knife in his waist, continued to discuss with Zhang Rong: "What does Brother Zhang mean?"
"Write a letter to your chief minister, Hu Shangshu. He doesn't talk about official business, but just puts his posture on the ground. He clearly says that he is worried about Zhang Jun. He is a tough man who can restrain Xianggong Zhang for you... If you ask Xianggong Zhao to come forward...
, but it’s more likely to cause trouble.”
Yue Fei thought for a moment, nodded heavily, then turned around and walked down the stairs.
Zhang Rong didn't pay attention at first and just put on his cotton-padded jacket again, but he immediately came to his senses and turned around and called to the other party: "Pengju, what are you doing?"
"Since there is movement in Yuancheng, just in case, cross the river to supervise the battle!" Yue Fei, who was going down the stairs without looking back, "I also want to urge the entire army to speed up the construction of the stronghold, cross the Yongji Canal, and continue to build westward.
"
Zhang Rong wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he had no choice but to feel a little frustrated. He turned back to look at the heat, but then he thought of something again and asked again: "Where is Yue Yun?! Where is your prince-in-law?!"
"I have already crossed the river from the south of the city with the Beiwei Army behind Tanghuai. We should have reached the west of Yongji Canal by now..." Yue Fei, who had already reached the ground, still did not look back.
Zhang Rong was startled for a moment, and then he realized that Yue Yun and the imperial camp's front army were in a position behind Wei's army, so they were truly alone, and they were the first to bear the brunt.
This is because on the land sandwiched by two rivers twelve or three miles north of Yuancheng, the Yongji Canal goes east-west and then north-south. It first crosses the west fork of the North Yellow River Road from the west, and when it comes to Yuancheng, it takes advantage of the opportunity to go around the city wall to the north, and connects with the North Yellow River Road.
The east and west forks are parallel, directly dividing the land to the north of Yuancheng into two... With this kind of terrain, if the two Jin Kingdom households from Guantao came together, the wall fortifications must have been repaired for several miles to the east of the ditch.
, the flaw must be in the west of Yongji Canal.
Although Yue Fei didn't say anything, he threw one of his own troops and his son into the most dangerous place on land, just like he, Zhang Rong, threw his most trusted brother, Xiao En, into the river full of shipwrecks.
Same.
"There is a big army, but don't worry about it!"
At the top of Yuancheng North City, Gao Jingshan, who had lost his composure because of the burning hot air balloon, finally came to the top of the city wearing a fox fur coat, and then calmly made a judgment. "Since the Song Army is preparing to sneak across, they must be there.
Prepare enough support later..."
"That's right." Gao Tongshi, who was following from Gao Qing, also agreed seriously. "I just went to see the river. The Song navy was marching forward inexorably. Twenty boats were all dumped in the river. Although they were smuggling, they would definitely be saved if they were caught.
He found that he wanted to force the crossing at all costs... In this case, it is reasonable to concentrate the army and set up an ambush on the north bank to prevent reinforcements from Guantao and also to provide support."
"Commander, Commander-in-Chief, that's what I said..." Meng'an, the Jurchen in charge of the North City, pointed her finger at the mist in front of her and said sincerely. "But this movement is too big."
Gao Jingshan stared at the rolling fog in front of him and the strange light behind the fog, and listened to the strange and dense suppressed noise looming under the noise on the other side of the river and in the south of the city, without saying a word.
When Gao Qingyi saw this, he shook his head for a while, and took the initiative to analyze the Jurchen Meng'an: "Actually, the commander-in-chief didn't know that something was wrong with this formation, but there are two things that need to be made clear to the general... First, the Song Army is tonight
The key is still the river crossing, which is so tragic and cannot be faked; secondly, the Song Army has other big plans at the same time, what can we do at this time?"
Na Meng'an was about to speak but stopped.
"If we go out to raid the city..." Gao Qingyi pointed to the dark but starry twilight in the north and continued to explain. "If you send too little, it will be in vain, but if you send too much, the Song army will ambush the army here, and they will be defeated in a battle."
If we are defeated, what should we do if the opponent directly drags the defeated troops into the city? Is this the plan of the Song Army?"
Meng An half-smiled, but did not refute it in the end.
"If you call for reinforcements from Guantao, Du Tong has made an appointment with Guantao. They will send troops to sweep over at dawn tomorrow..." Gao Qingyi pretended not to see the other party's disdain. He sighed in his heart and continued to explain on Gao Jingshan's behalf. "
It was already late at night. Let them set off early. Not to mention whether there was an ambush outside the city targeting the north as Dutong suspected. The cavalry made a mistake in the dark night. It was just that they got the news and came early.
, after calculation, it can only be an hour faster, just an hour, what can the Song Army do? Shouldn't it wait until dawn?!"
Although the Jurchen Meng'an still looked down on the caution of the two Bohai people, she was completely speechless and just smiled: "Gao Tong is absolutely right...but don't we still have one big balloon?
?I have always liked to light fires. If I could follow the example of the people of the Song Dynasty and light one and send it north, wouldn't I be able to see it? It would be great to see it."
"There is only one left. If the Song army really wants to attack by force, he will be released to observe the military situation." Gao Qingyi was extremely helpless. "Besides, does the general think that it will take no time to pack up the balloon in the middle of the night? What about looking at the half-hour map in advance?
? Just retreat 10,000 steps and burn it, but why burn it? Are we in the same danger as the Song Army before? In my opinion, the movement under the city is, in all likelihood, normal.
It was the Song Army who was worried that their ambush would be revealed after dawn, when the Guantao reinforcements would attack us from both inside and outside, so they withdrew their troops in large numbers, and then they made some noise... It's just that when they came over in the middle of the night, the weather wasn't cold enough, so it wasn't so obvious.
.”
Jurchen Meng'an heard some resentment and knew that Gao Tong was a man who had developed a lot and was now being reused by Gao Jingshan, so he quickly smiled and said, "It's just a joke, don't pay attention to Gao Tong."
Gao Qingyi immediately shook his head.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Xiao En's desperate smuggling was too successful. It not only attracted Gao Jingshan's attention and allowed the Song Army to successfully transport the fleet out of sight, but what was equally important was that they and the two hot
The balloon was also delayed for a long time, causing the entire Yuancheng's attention to be focused on the river.
It was during this period that the Song Army was able to cross the river and build a large-scale fortification in the north of the city. This also made the Jin Army realize the strangeness and fell into a thinking trap:
That is, no matter what the movement is... Anyway, the movement is so loud tonight... Why must the Jin Army of Guantao give up their cavalry raids during the day and instead gain more than an hour to take the risk of dispatching at night?
?
Even the Jurchen generals who have been dissatisfied with Gao Jingshan's conservative strategy since the beginning of the war have nothing to say... Even if they are not afraid, why bother?
What can be decided in one hour? Besides, the victory of Hedao tonight really shows that Gao Jingshan’s calculation is correct!
"Go back to sleep!"
Gao Jingshan went through all his arrangements in his mind, thought about Dasheng and the two fireballs on the river, and finally shook his head and went down to the city. "Tomorrow morning, I will wait for the two Wanmen, Liohe and Ali.
When you arrive, call me again!"
Unlike Gao Qingyi, Jurchen Meng'an still maintained enough respect for Gao Jingshan and quickly handed him over.
In this way, the sky turned, the east turned pale, and amidst the common early morning mist in winter, the long night finally passed.
However, it was not the messenger sent by Meng'an from the north of the city that woke up Gao Jingshan, but the sudden bombardment!
The sound of cannonballs piercing the air came roaring in a uniform manner, followed by a dull but heavy bombardment. Because the impact points were also very uniform, it was as clear as thunder, so that Gao Dutong, who was sleeping in the attic,
He was awakened instantly.
"What happened?" Gao Jingshan didn't even have time to put on his fox fur, so he turned over and yelled. "Is this a bombardment? Where was the bombardment?!"
All the attendants inside and outside the upstairs also just heard the noise. How can they explain it clearly?
But Gao Jingshan came to his senses, hurriedly put on his fox fur, then pulled his boots and walked downstairs. Just as he turned to the corridor on the second floor below, where the terrain was slightly wider and the view was slightly clearer, he heard another loud whistling sound, and then There was another sound like thunder.
What I heard clearly this time was the movement of the city wall in the east and north... And this made Gao Jingshan even more embarrassed, because the East City is adjacent to the Yellow River, and only the southeast corner has a water gate and a pier. In other words, whether it is In both the original city design and the later city defense layout, the east side was the weakest.
This is why Gao Jingshan must defend the southeast water gate and build artillery positions to block the river.
But, it was like that last night, why is it like this now?
Did the Song Army build an artillery cart that could fire across the entire Yellow River? If so, what was the purpose of the troops on the river last night? And why didn't they directly bombard the water gate in the southeast of the city?
No reason?
I was thinking wildly in my mind, so that I was completely shocked, but in front of me, Gao Jingshan had already returned to normal. Then he continued to go downstairs and headed straight to the east of the city. At the same time, he did not forget to put on his boots and hat. He slowed down and saw With the commander acting like this, the surrounding guards calmed down, hurriedly packed up the honor guard queue, grabbed their horses, and headed east. At the same time, the temporarily alarmed defenders in the city also began to stop being panicked and restrained by the officers... …Among them, the mobile troops in the center of the city even discovered the existence of the capital commander Gao Jingshan and his personal guards, but they took the initiative to follow them.
Such a fuss showed that Gao Jingshan's arrangements were very orderly. In fact, when Gao Jingshan mounted his horse and walked eastward along Damingfu Central Avenue to the third street, Song Jun had only carried out seven attacks. Just a round of volleys.
At this time, under the mist that gradually dispersed as the sun rose in the east, Gao Jingshan keenly noticed that there was a sudden commotion in Beicheng. When... he had to find out what was going on in East City first!
However, soon a Han army officer was ordered to come from Dongcheng and informed him of the situation.
"There are small ships carrying ballistas and large ships equipped with gun carriages in the river?" Gao Jingshan finally became angry. "Did the Song people's ships fly here?! Last night, they built a plank road secretly to Chencang, but where is Chencang?" !”
The Han army officers who came to report were helpless and could only pause in the street: "You will know it by yourself if you look at it! The fog disperses quickly in the morning, so you won't get it wrong at this close distance!"
Even though he was scolding, Gao Jingshan was actually panicking in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have lost all composure on his face. He just whipped his whip in the air in anger and accelerated towards the east.
But after just another salvo, Gao Jingshan already believed it in his heart. He just wanted to go to the city to see the situation with his own eyes and think about how these ships crossed Chencang.
But at this time, a horse came from the north along the east wall. It was none other than Gao Qingyi, who lived in Cuiyun Tower in the north of the city. He shouted to each other from a distance of dozens of steps: "Du Tong! Don't go to Dongcheng, follow me to Beicheng quickly! Something big happened in Beicheng!"
Gao Jingshan's heart felt cold, he just reined in his horse quickly and said bravely: "Now that things have happened, why panic? Gao Tongshi, they said that there are dozens of ships in the Songjun River, the ones carrying ballistae... Let's go and see them together. look."
"You don't have to look. Although I don't know where the boat comes from, it says so on the east wall along the way. That must be it. Right now, the north is the one you should look at." Gao Qingyi had already rushed to the front as he spoke. , continue to urge. "Let him smash it to the east. This Yuancheng city is so strong and the city wall is so thick. If I don't smash it, it will collapse in ten days. If it is smashed, there may be a big war in the north!"
"How do you say this?" Gao Jingshan, who was dressed in a neat fox fur, managed to suppress his doubts and shock about the gun carriage and blurted out on the horse.
Gao Qingyi, who was disheveled on the horse, hesitated to speak. He just held on to the reins of the horse and kept shaking: "I don't know what to say... Just follow me and take a look! Anyway, you must We have to go to Beicheng!”
Gao Jingshan was half panicked and half confused as he followed Gao Qingyi to the north. On the way, the fog finally dissipated quickly in the sunlight. The sunlight from the east had already cast the shadow of the city wall to the ground. The city gradually changed from the state when the shelling began. After recovering from the panic, the army began to mobilize in a thorough and orderly manner.
But it was precisely because of this that people from Nancheng and the city caught up and reported. One said that the Song army in the south of the city did not retreat, but began to camp in large numbers outside the city, as if to lock the city. The other said that the fog had dispersed, and the west of the city was separated by Yong. Jiqu actually saw the outline of a cavalry group.
However, Gao Qingyi just scolded these people to go back and defend, and urged Gao Jingshan to go north quickly. Perhaps in order to avoid the gunboats on the river, they also turned specifically to the north gate gate tower.
When we arrived at the city gate tower in the north, the usual winter mist had completely dissipated, and a red sun appeared on the horizon. Counting the time, it was almost time for the two ten thousand households in Guantao to set off.
But Gao Jingshan, who climbed up the east-west staircase, had no intention of looking at the sun or thinking about the palace. The first thing he noticed was the face of the Jurchen Meng'an who looked down on the Song Army last night... This person's face was pale. Bai, who was waiting for him on the city eagerly, saw him arriving, and even raised his hand numbly to the north.
It has completely lost the vibrancy it had a few hours ago.
On the north tower of Daming Mansion Yuancheng, with some strong uneasiness, Gao Jingshan, who had just climbed the stairs, immediately looked north, and then stood at the top of the stairs in astonishment.
After more than ten rests, he picked up his steps and walked slowly to the battlements, taking in the grand scene in front of him with a confused look.
It turns out that on the land between the two rivers, which is more than ten miles wide from east to west in the north of Yuancheng, there are countless flags, troops, civilians, and fortifications completely covering the land.
And these people, these flags, these objects, and even this land are all cast with a golden-red light under the newly rising winter sun.
It is integrated, yet shining, and yet it seems to be living like a huge creature.
It turns out that the true form of the mist that showed its teeth and claws last night was so magnificent?!
After being dizzy for a while, Gao Jingshan's eyes were instinctively drawn to the four-character scroll facing the city gate, about two miles away. He stared at the four characters on the scroll for a few seconds. Only then did I follow the movement direction of the people behind the big banner and noticed the defense line at the northernmost end, which was still under construction at this time... This defense line, which at least had a solid fence and a trench, was obviously a little skewed, but it had been paved. The narrow area east of Yongji Canal has been filled, and more than half of the several miles to the west have been paved, leaving only a gap of two or three miles, and this gap is being filled at an extremely fast speed.
The sun continued to rise in the east, shining more brightly on the two Yellow Rivers. Gao Jingshan continued to look in front of him, but he saw that between the big banner and the city gate, a part of the Song army was obviously ready, and small groups of patrolling cavalry continued.
, several heavy infantry phalanxes simply formed in front of the city gate, and to the west of Yongji Canal behind this army, it seemed from a distance that there was a fresh reserve army hidden behind the flag, plus
The cavalry army that Ximen reported to before...
Without time to think about it, Gao Jingshan continued to look to the east and saw that to the north and east of Dahu, behind these troops, other troops and civilians were still transporting supplies in an endless stream... The Yongcheng was only a few dozen paces wide.
The Ji Canal is covered with simple wooden materials that serve as pontoons, almost covering the entire canal, making it look like flat ground. On the east side of the Yellow River, there are dozens of pontoon bridges, and there are even small ships going left and right to transport construction materials.
And as he continued to look, Gao Jingshan saw something that made him feel as if he had been struck by lightning, but he was completely stunned. It was a Song Army ship. It was such a big ship. At this time, it actually rolled over on the land on the other side of the river.
!
However, just when he saw this, the person who interrupted Gao Jingshan's trance and observation appeared.
Riding from north to south, Pegasus came to the city and shouted from afar: "I have something to say! Yue Fei, the marshal of Hebei Province in the Song Dynasty, sent an envoy to report to Gao Jingshan, the commander of the marching department of the Daming Mansion of the Jin Kingdom... Now Yuancheng has been trapped on all sides.
, if there is no life after ten deaths, why didn’t Gao Dutong surrender early? If he surrenders, he must comply with the decree of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, even though war criminals can be punished with first-class crimes! Or they may be pardoned!”
Gao Jingshan finally came to his senses, turned his head and stared at the Jurchen: "Fire the arrow!"
After Jurchen Meng'an was ordered to do so, she hurriedly did not order the archers to be gathered. Instead, she directly picked up the hard bow at her feet, bent the bow and shot an arrow... Missing an arrow, the knights of the Song Army under the city reined in their horses, put down the pegs, and started to fight.
Return to the formation.
At this time, the Song Army in the east of the city was still shelling non-stop. After another dull thunder, countless Jin Army officers on the northern city wall stared at Gao Jingshan.
Hearing this, Gao Jingshan tried his best to smile and raised a finger, but he hesitated and could only put it down, raise it again and then stop.
After the third lift, Gao Jingshan knew that he could not let go any more, otherwise his morale would be lost, but his heart was already in chaos... And after waiting for a while, the commander of the marching department of the Jin Kingdom's Daming Mansion, the Jin Kingdom's founding residence
The general, however, took advantage of the situation and pointed his finger north, raised his head and laughed.
However, the laughter did not last long at all, and gradually disappeared, replaced by the sound of rapid breathing, and the finger stretched out by Gao Jingshan gradually began to tremble:
"Everyone, I originally wanted to laugh and say that this kid Yue Fei is setting himself up for death... but isn't it just self-deception?!"
The generals were silent. What they responded to him was that another round of artillery carts from Dongcheng hit the city.
But Gao Jingshan didn't care at all. When the sound of the cannons and stones subsided, he continued to point his finger at the big scroll and responded sternly: "With three thousand dead men and twenty small boats as bait, we built plank roads in the open and secretly visited Chencang, and made painstaking preparations."
, became a city overnight! What kind of determination is this?! What kind of courage is this?! Isn’t it natural that we are being played by such people?! But Daming Prefecture is the gateway to Hebei, and the country entrusts such critical places with us
, do we want to hand this city over without saying a word or shooting an arrow just because someone is so brave?!"
"Can't..." Meng'an, the Jurchen stationed in Beicheng, tried his best to respond, but his voice was weak.
"Pass my military order!" Gao Jingshan put away his finger and responded coldly with his hands behind his hands. "Gao Tongshi is right. The most important thing today is Beicheng. It is the battle outside Beicheng. The sentries and cavalry are all coming from the west of the city.
Go out and spread out orders. Every one who can leave is one. As long as there is one who can meet Ali and Piaohe, tell them the military situation here and tell them that today is the biggest fighter opportunity to relieve the siege. They must fight hard... From the northwest that has not been built
Good gap rush! Cross Yongji Canal in advance, rush over there, rush over, and come to the west gate. We will attack from inside and outside. As long as the reinforcements are connected with the city, the Song army will lose its foundation and significance!"
"Here!"
The morale of the surrounding officers was slightly elevated.
"Secondly, we still need to go out from the west of the city and spread out to deliver orders. One by one, we can go to the stronghold along the river in the east... and order the boats to be burned! Every one of these boats in the towns along the river behind Xiaowuxi will be burned.
Drop it, don't leave it to the Song army!" Gao Jingshan continued to order.
But at this time, Gao Qingyi was a little puzzled: "Capital, why bother burning the ships and letting them go to the west bank, waiting for the Fourth Prince's army..."
"You know nothing!" Gao Jingshan snapped. "Once you sail on land, there will be a second time. The Song army only needs to send ten more ships to the west bank to get through Xiaowuxi, or simply go out and seize Xiaowu.
Wuxi directly led the Song navy to enter from outside. With the strength of the Song navy, it was only a section of the river. The next step was to catch turtles in a urn. After we rebuilt Xiaowuxi and lost many battles, the few ships we saved so hard were in vain.
Serve as a food ship for the Song army and as a hindrance!"
Gao Qingyi was frightened for a moment and his face changed, and he no longer dared to speak.
"And it's as good as I expected." Gao Jingshan continued to look back and looked at the large banner outside the city with his hands behind his hands. "I'm afraid Yue Pengju's intention is not only to lock the city and attack it..."
The surrounding generals became more and more awe-inspiring.
"Finally!" Gao Jingshan suddenly sternly waved his sleeves. "Demolish the house, demolish the building, demolish it now, demolish it and start cannons! Fire cannons from all directions! Use cannons to make cannons! Then send an envoy to ride alone and tell Yue Fei, I, Gao Jingshan, but
He cannot shake this city!"
When the generals saw that Gao Jingshan's response was accurate and his spirit remained undiminished, and his morale finally doubled, they wanted to shout loudly... But just as they were about to speak, there was another round of whistling outside the east city wall, and then another.
The rumble of thunder suppressed the voices of everyone on the top of the city.