Entering the twelfth lunar month, the main forces of the Song and Jin armies met in Daming Mansion.
In the entire battlefield of Daming Prefecture, the Song Army's Hebei Front Army combined the imperial camp's front army, right army, and navy army, with a total of more than 60,000 combat troops and more than 70,000 civilians accompanying the camp; the Jin Army's Longde Prefecture March Division totaled 50,000 households, and the Hedong Front Army had a total of more than 60,000 soldiers.
The 40,000 households who worked hard to support, plus the 40,000 households from the local Marching Department of Daming Prefecture, totaled 130,000 households, with 130,000 soldiers, infantry and cavalry, and an unknown number of civilians responsible for logistics and transportation.
That is to say, there are about 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers signed.
Comparing the strength of the two sides, even if there is no need to emphasize the unprecedented 60,000 to 70,000 strong cavalry group of the Jin Army, the strength is definitely obvious.
In addition, the Jin Army also controls the administrative power and control of almost all surrounding counties and counties, which can ensure peripheral support and dispatch. More importantly, the Yuan Dynasty, the capital of the Daming Prefecture, which is four or ten miles away and strangles the strategic point of Hebei.
The city is still under the control of the Jin army.
In this situation, coupled with Laohe and Ali in the north, and Wang Bolong in the northeast, the Jin army actually had a vague encirclement posture as soon as it came up.
From the perspective of the Jin Army, the Song Army was already beleaguered internally and externally, which was not bad at all.
Of course, with the Song Army's arrangement, it doesn't matter whether they form an encirclement or not - the Song Army doesn't seem to be planning to leave, and they are prepared to face the internal and external difficulties like this. Maybe they even want to pull out their teeth and capture Yuancheng face to face.
Gossips are rare, and when I turn back to the present, I only talk about the huge scene of the Jin army's battalions and battles, claiming to move mountains and seas, but in fact, in the first few days after entering the twelfth lunar month, the battle situation was somewhat beyond everyone's expectations... This
This is not to say that the battle was not fierce and the scene was not big, but it was just that the Jin army was beaten unilaterally.
Facing the huge Yuancheng, the Song army was divided into groups, firing artillery on three sides of the land and sailing boats on the river. The bombardment continued. At the same time, the troops were well organized, either digging tunnels, leveling the land, or starting to formally build giant siege towers.
, or focus on small dismountable ballistae and eight-niu crossbows to clear out the more threatening towers on Yuancheng.
In contrast, the Jin army in Yuancheng was not discouraged. After the arrival of almost endless reinforcements, the morale of the defenders in the entire city also increased sharply. Some of the artillery carts that the city had hastily assembled also began to fight back across the walls.
And after entering the twelfth lunar month, small-scale death squads would be sent out of the city to attack almost every night.
However, compared with the outside of the city, the number and size of artillery vehicles and the flexibility of their positions were all limited. Second, the Song army had an obvious inner fortress surrounding the city, and their attacks often failed, so they fell into the trap.
Clearly at a disadvantage.
And as time went by, although Yuancheng could not be said to be besieged on all sides, it did suffer great weakening and shaken. Seventy or eighty turrets were concentrated and destroyed in a few days, and more than a dozen of the most threatening and partial walls were destroyed.
Cracks began to appear under the bombardment of artillery vehicles, and casualties gradually became a problem that cannot be ignored in the city.
Even what is not clear outside the city is that in order to ensure the wood and building materials for continued cannon fire and repair of the city defense, Gao Jingshan set an example by demolishing his own mansion and only spent the whole day in Cuiyun Building... And Cuiyun Building
The reason why we stay here is simply because this is the commanding height in the northern half of the city, making it convenient for observation and command.
In these days, the Jin Army brigade to the west of the Yellow River, not to mention moving mountains and seas, did not even have the chance to attack in an all-out manner, because they immediately saw the Song Army navy that Wanhu Ali and Piaohe reminded.
profit.
Frankly speaking, the Jin Army had expected and understood the navy's ability to block rivers. In the previous battle at Huaishang, Han Shizhong's sea boat entered Huaihe, which made the Jin Army lose the possibility of crossing the river; later Zhang Rong led the
The Liangshan Bo Navy entered the Yellow River and controlled the course of the Yellow River, which formed a strategic advantage and basically prevented the Jin army from moving southward from the lower reaches. This time, the Jin army gathered and took advantage of the Yellow River.
The frozen gap period wiped out Yue Fei's mentality.
However, even so, they really did not have enough understanding of the navy's powerful control ability in such narrow terrain.
Of course, they soon realized that the so-called armor, war horses, and dense military presence were almost a joke in front of the moving Eight Bull Crossbow.
The Yellow River channel of several hundred paces wide and the absolute intimidating distance of six to seven hundred paces on both sides of the Yellow River instantly caused the Jin Army to lose some of its unrealistic thoughts. It also made the Jin Army's efforts in vain and impressive, but they could not stretch out their arms and legs.
Support Yuancheng. As a result, the city was at an obvious disadvantage due to the siege of the Song Army and the obvious comparison of military strength. However, the peripheral Jin Army, which was supposed to encircle the Song Army in turn and also had an obvious strength advantage, fell into a disadvantage due to the existence of the Song Army's navy.
The embarrassing situation of being unable to organize an attack.
Even under the protection of the Song Army's navy, the Song Army's logistics supplies were still continuously transported along the Yellow River.
This situation, to be honest, did not go beyond the imagination of the top brass of the Jin Army, but it still had a strong impact on morale.
"What if the troops are scattered two hundred miles apart and cross the river together? Zhang Rong has several warships that can carry eight oxen crossbows. Can he really stop them?"
"So what if we cross the river dispersedly? It's not like there are no General Ali and General Piaohe on the other side of the river... Now that we have crossed the river, in such a narrow place, with eight oxen crossbows on both sides, can we spread out our troops to attack?"
"Hmph... With all due respect, Piaohe and his subordinates are both Bohai people, so they couldn't attack it!"
"In this case, it is better to persuade Gaodu to surrender early and ask the Jurchen warriors to fight on their own."
"Even the Jurchens, didn't General Ali also fight? Can't you listen to what he said?"
"Although General Ali was brave back then, he is old now!"
"Therefore, you are the only one who can use this great Jin Kingdom. There are 60,000 soldiers from the Song Dynasty wearing armor on the opposite side! You are so tyrannical, how about trying it with your ten thousand households?! We can happily cross the river to rest.
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In Ligu Town, which served as the core of the Jin Kingdom's main camp, in the courtyard of a large family with two flags standing, as Ali and Piaohe crossed the river again to pay their respects, a military discussion immediately started again at the level of ten thousand households.
, but soon a quarrel broke out at the military meeting, and the quarrel quickly became fierce, chaotic and diverted.
Faced with this situation, Wu Shu had long been impatient. At the same time, Marshal Ba Lisu, who was sitting side by side with Wu Shu, remained expressionless and silent, which inevitably made His Highness the King of Wei
He became a little cautious... He didn't want to overshadow the other, especially since this quarrel was about the same thing on the surface, but in fact it was directly related to the authority of Ba Lisu.
However, as he heard the quarrel becoming more and more disconnected from the war itself, the ruling king of the Jin Kingdom couldn't bear it. He hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and signaled, asking the Taishi slave behind him to come over and say:
"Tell the marshal, please feel free to deal with Wanyan Benjian. I will only agree and cooperate with him no matter what!"
The Grand Master's slave understood, and immediately took advantage of the chaos to turn behind Wanyan Balisu and face him again.
This is considered the correct answer.
Across the table, after receiving the promise, Ba Lisu immediately said loudly in the audience: "Wanyan is here to see you!"
With a sharp shout, the courtyard became silent for an instant.
But immediately, Wanhu, the one who had the loudest quarrel before and was almost the youngest in the courtyard, just sneered, and then said in an almost provocative tone: "What are the orders of the marshal? Could it be that after the marshal takes office, we Jurchens
Have you changed the rules and stopped talking even during military discussions? When Taizu was there that day, even Mou Ke who was present could criticize his mistakes!"
"In military discussions, instead of discussing military affairs, you criticize your colleagues for no reason. Isn't this an act of destroying the tradition of military discussions?" Lisu, who was sitting there motionless, responded with the same coldness, and then blurted out the order. "Wanyan
Ben Chi is too selfish and deliberately provokes military discussions. He should be whipped twenty times. Who is against it?!"
As soon as the words fell, the whole courtyard was silent. Not only Wanyan Ben saw himself stunned on the spot, but even Wu Shu, who had just made the promise in private, was momentarily stunned.
Besides, it is certainly true that Wanyan ran into trouble and got angry when he saw me, and everyone knows the reason. He was just dissatisfied and refused to accept the decision to become the marshal.
Think about it, in terms of closeness, Wanyan Benjian, although he is from far away, has been raised under A Guda's tent since he was a child, so he can be regarded as a direct descendant of A Guda; in terms of mountain top, he is from the Eastern Route Army, and this battle is also an Eastern Route Army ninety thousand households away.
There are more than four thousand households of the Western Route Army; taking a step back, Wanyan Benjian, as the commander of the Marching Division of Longde Prefecture, this time brought five ten thousand households under his jurisdiction, which is also stronger than the direct descendants of Taiyuan from Ba Lisu.
Much stronger.
Even before the twelfth lunar month, that is, before Wu Shu and Bali Suhan led the troops from the Hedong front to gather together, Wanyan Beng saw the reorganized camp. At that time, he did not see him shouting that Ali was old and Lihe
We are from Bohai, so we crossed the river in dozens of ways.
But now, you are talking like this in front of Ali and Piaohe?
In a word, Xiangzhuang's sword dance is meant for Pei Gong. Even those who don't know this Han family allusion can understand what is going on.
It is precisely because of this that when the war was in an awkward and incompetent situation, whether Wanyan Benjian took the opportunity to get emotional or Wanyan Lisu took the opportunity to establish his power, it was considered a normal development... But the problem is, people
If you are dissatisfied with a few complaints, you have to beat someone else to establish your authority. The standard number three person in the army is twenty lashes, which seems a bit beyond expectation.
This is no longer the era when Nianhan beat Wu and begged to buy twenty orphan crutches!
This moment is the same as that moment.
"I have a gold medal bestowed by Taizu, who dares to whip me?!" After a moment of silence, Wanyan Benjian came back to his senses, became furious on the spot, and directly pulled his gold medal from his waist, and then
Holding gold medals, they shouted fiercely at each other. "You marching thousands of households, look at your own gold medals, and then look at mine, is it the same thing? My future was publicly promised by Taizu when he was still alive! I think so
Look, who in this army dares to whip me?!"
At the end of the sentence, this guy almost shoved the gold medal in his hand right in front of Ba Lisu's nose.
But it was this action and these words that finally aroused a person's thunderous wrath... It was too late to say that, but at that moment, Ba Lisu was still silent, but Wu Shu suddenly stood up, and then picked himself up and Ba Lisu
As soon as he left, the riding crop on the table was whipped towards Wanyan Benjian who was pressing forward.
The poor golden man was so arrogant just now and thought he was invincible in the army. The next moment, he saw that he was one of the only two ruling princes among Taizu's parents. He might also be the real master of the East Route Army. He personally
He came over to whip himself, but he didn't dare to resist at all. In panic, the only thing this gold medalist, who was a generation higher than Wushu, could do was to quickly put away the gold medal and pinch it in his arms.
He stopped to prevent the gold medal from being accidentally injured, and then just stood there with his head lowered and allowed the opponent to whip him.
This kind of whipping, through armor and fur robes, is of course unlikely to cause any substantial harm. A few whips on the face is fine, but it is extremely shocking and humiliating - after twenty whippings, the person is completely
Yan Wushu turned back to his seat and continued to pretend to be mute without saying a word, while Wanyan Benjian did not dare to say any more nonsense, and just returned to the crowd below to stand in awe.
The remaining ten thousand households were even more speechless.
"Let me tell you straight!"
Seeing that the situation was stable, Ba Lisu spoke again as if nothing was wrong. "The Yellow River is not frozen. Given the current situation, the river is blocked by the Song Navy, and they are forcibly attacking from the north and south. Not to mention that the troops cannot be deployed, and the fortifications in the north and south are by no means a display."
... Although General Ali is old, he is a veteran general and runs the army very strictly. Although most of General Piaohe's subordinates are Bohai people, because of this, he must be the one who dares to fight to rescue Gao Dutong...
If the two of them say no, it means no!"
Hearing this, Wu Shu couldn't help but glance at Ali. This veteran who used to be picky and picky about him did not say a word this time. He even faced Wanyan Ben's 'accidental injury' and insult before.
There was no reaction at all, he just let Yaohe come forward and fight with Wanyan Benjian.
I don't know if he is really old.
"We can't go back, but we can't just wait for it to freeze." After Ba Lisu's slightly fair statement, there was another slightly awkward silence, Wanyan suddenly dragged his legs forward and took a step forward.
This can be regarded as a reconciliation between the capital and the marshal. "We have to do something, either to hinder the Song army from attacking the city, or to support the city. Anyway, we can't just wait! Otherwise, how will the high government in the city see us? There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city.
Even the army can’t explain it.”
"That's exactly what I mean." Ba Lisu nodded slowly and looked around. "If you have any ideas, please tell us as much as possible!"
Everyone looked at each other, and finally looked at Ali and Piaohe.
To put it bluntly, these two are playing at home, and now they are geographically restricted, so we have to listen to their opinions.
But it was obvious that these two people had been scolded by Wanyan Ben before. At this time, they didn't know whether they were angry or something, but they still stood there and didn't bother to say anything.
After waiting for a while, Zan Lubu, who was very familiar with Ali and was now regarded as Wanyan Benn's subordinate, laughed sarcastically and said almost jokingly:
"How about we find a way to cut off the Yellow River?"
Everyone laughed, and at this moment, Ali finally said calmly: "It can be done!"
The laughter in the courtyard stopped abruptly.
"Are you kidding?" Zan Lubu asked.
"No kidding." Ali told his old friend calmly. "The Yellow River in Hebei is wrong now... It is not so much the Yellow River. It is better to say that the water system in Hebei borrowed the course of the Yellow River, or the course of the Yellow River invaded the water system in Hebei. This kind of
Under this situation, the river in front of us has more water in the Yellow River during the flood season, and in the dry season, Hebei has more water, and the water flow is slow and the water sources are mixed. In addition, the river has too many branches, cutting off a fork, and
It won’t cause any trouble.”
Everyone was stunned and immediately excited.
But soon, Balisu realized something, and then asked seriously: "If we follow what General Ali said, how many days will it take to unite the people of this place with 200,000 people?"
"If the Song army does not invade, there will be thirty to fifty thousand civilians. It will be useless if there are too many...about twenty or thirty days." Ali was still calm. "And after it is cut off, we must prevent the mud at the bottom of the river from making it difficult to move."
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Ba Lisu smiled awkwardly: "Twenty or thirty days, it's better to wait for the ice to freeze!"
"I was trying to break down what Zan Lubu said." Ali also smiled.
"The situation is difficult, I would like to ask the old general for some advice." Wu Shu spoke again, but he rarely got up, made a gesture to Ali, and then sat back down.
Ali glanced at the other party and finally stopped laughing: "If you want to support Yuancheng at this time, it's not that there is no way. Divide into small groups to cross the river from the south, then find some boats, change the water route and go to the port area southeast of Yuancheng. Logically speaking
It’s still possible to get in... The Song Army can’t really be locked in from all sides... But that’s just logically speaking, it’s impossible to get in and become an organized force.”
Everyone nodded one after another and became a little serious - no matter what, as long as they can enter the city at this time, even if it is a few people or dozens of people, it will be a great encouragement to the defenders in the city.
Even if the probability of success is low, you should still give it a try.
"The next thing." Ali continued calmly. "Of course it is a joke to cut off the Yellow River, but we can cut off the Yongji Canal to disrupt the Song army..."
Wushu, pulling away from the speed, everyone's spirits were lifted again, because Yongji Canal is next to Ligu Town and also passes through the Jinjun camp.
"What does Yongji Canal say?" Ba Lisu asked proactively.
"The Yongji Canal is an artificial canal that diverts water from Qi, and the Huan River flows into the river channel in front... It crosses the Yellow River, arrives under Yuancheng, and then crosses the Song Army camp." Ali said calmly. "And because of forced water diversion and artificial
Because of this, when the river was diverted from the Yellow River on the other side, it was actually in a low position, with a somewhat overhanging posture. If we cut it off from the lower reaches, it would inevitably overflow in the Song Army camp. It depends on the situation, and we may be lucky.
Being able to divide Song's military camp into three would require a lot of effort if he was unlucky, or if he could deal with it properly."
Everyone finally cheered up, and this seemed like a serious method.
I couldn't help but nod my head when I pulled away.
Wu Shu even left his seat directly, stepped forward to hold Ali's hand, and praised him repeatedly.
But Ali shook his head directly: "This is not my idea. I am a Jurchen old man, how do I know anything about hydrology and geography? These are some of the words he said when I was with Gaodu Tong before, and they were remembered by me. I think of them today.
I think it’s feasible and it’s just a temporary show off... And we don’t know how effective this kind of thing will be. We can only say that we gave it a try while it was not freezing and needed something to deal with the morale of the troops below."
Everyone sighed more and more.
In this way, today's military meeting did not end in vain.
First of all, it must have unified their thinking and strengthened the authority of the coach. Secondly, the Jin Army finally found a strategy that they could try and that seemed feasible.
Of course, everyone knows that this can only be a "perfunctory" countermeasure, and we still have to wait for the ice to form before we can really fight and end it.
There was no words to say that day, and everyone held a banquet to entertain Ali and Liohe. Even Wanyan Ben, seeing that he had lost face, did not dare to disobey the fourth prince again, so he reluctantly left half happily.
Immediately, in the evening, Wu Shu personally went to the river downstream to see Ali and Piao back to the camp as a comfort... The warships of the Song Army could not really cover everything... There was no way to find opportunities for transportation on the river.
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For the time being, we will not mention how Ali and Piao cut off the Yongji Canal after they returned to camp. We will only mention that that night, the moon was waning and the stars were sparse.
'Yu Yan, knowing that he had to wait for the Yellow River to freeze if he wanted to launch an actual attack, was a little anxious to get angry, so he simply didn't rush back to the camp. Instead, he took advantage of the darkness and took the Taishinu and other attendants along the Yellow River embankment.
, walked slowly downstream next to the water surface, and asked the attendant to test the ice on the edge along the way, just to observe the ice situation.
After all, the current temperature situation is already very delicate.
For example, the Yongji Canal and the Jinying side were left alone, and a thick layer of ice had formed on them. Soldiers had to break through the palm-thick ice to get water. The Yongji Canal section of the Song Army should have relied on
It must be completely iced before transportation.
The same is true for the Yellow River. From early morning to dusk every day, soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty kept pounding ice in order to delay the ice as much as possible.
Under this situation, if there is one or two more days of cooling and another round of ice and snow, it may really freeze over.
In this way, Wanyan Wushu followed the river under the cover of night. Along the way, he could clearly feel that the ice on the riverside was getting wider and thicker as time went by.
When looking at the area where the Song Army camp was located, there was only ice slag on the river... This is of course understandable, because Wu Shu saw with his own eyes that there were many Song soldiers and civilians on the river holding torches and riding in small boats all night long.
Breaking the ice. What particularly surprised Wu Shu was that there was a lot of movement around the Song Army's warship. It was obvious that the ship was anchored in the river, and it was only the first half of the night that directly caused the ice to freeze, forcing the Song Army to do this.
From this point of view, there is no way to avoid the freezing of the Yellow River. The Song army also knew this and was only doing its best to transport supplies and control the river channel.
By the way, it was the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, half way through the night before, the northwest wind was strong, and the moonlight and starlight above were not very clear, so it was a typical cold winter night.
However, at this time, the camps on both sides of the river were all dense and vast, with bonfires stretching for dozens of miles. Wu Shu stood on the inside of the river embankment and saw the firelight on both sides reflecting each other. There was a faint light in the river due to the color of ice and water in the dark night. It was a little glimpse.
In addition to the situation, he was in a state of trance.
The river rises for thousands of miles, travels downstream, divides into two, and then divides into five. It seems vast and magnificent, but in fact, the water volume inside it is no longer as abundant as it is upstream. The water source inside has changed, making it difficult to find the root cause.
In fact, Wu Shu secretly thought that if this were not the case, the river might not be frozen every year.
However, after thinking about it, a big river is still a big river. Even if it is in dry water, even though it is only a fork, it is still as majestic as if it were a row of boats, making hundreds of thousands of troops look at the river and sigh, unable to make any progress.
Compared with the weather, time and geography, what are mere human affairs? How much attention should be paid to the general trend?
Should we learn from the words in the newspaper of Zhao Guan's residence in the south and arouse people's determination to conquer heaven, or should we just go down the river and let go? Or should we do our best and obey the destiny and act according to our own strength?
In a daze, the ruling prince of the Jin Kingdom actually became a little crazy for a while.
However, just when the fourth prince was used to being sexy, he suddenly sighed, ignoring etiquette, and directly dragged Wu Shu to the river embankment. When Wu Shu came back to his senses, he also saw two boats in the river.
Come over to the west side of the shore, and the figures on the boat are clearly flashing under the light on both sides of the shore, and they look like elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty wearing armor.
Perhaps they are the elite of the Song Army team who came to cross the river for reconnaissance. Although it seems that they are not here for him, there should be no big danger, but there is no need for a gentleman to stand under a dangerous wall... Wu Shu thought while hurriedly talking to the Grand Master
The slaves and other attendants boarded the river embankment, preparing to turn back.
But this action revealed their whereabouts, and the two ships swung directly towards this side.
When Wu Shu came to this side of the river embankment, he also heard the sound of boats hitting the thin ice on the other side of the river embankment, and he was about to get on his horse. But at this time, the other side took the initiative and said with a smile:
"I wonder which general of the Jin Kingdom didn't go to bed at night, but came to the river to watch the scenery?"
When Wu Shu heard the other party's loud voice and calm words, he knew he had met a general of the Song Army, but his heart moved slightly. He mounted his horse and signaled to the Grand Master Nu and others.
The Taishi Nu and other attendants quickly bent their bows and prepared arrows, just in case. At the same time, they personally took off a large shield and turned on their horses to cover their Wushu. Across a river embankment, on the opposite side, there was the sound of bowstrings and the clatter of armor.
It seems that he is also preparing.
When Taishi Nu and others were ready, Wu Shu smiled on his horse and said, "Privy Envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, King Wanyan Wushu of Wei is here. I don't know which general of the Song Kingdom has the same sentiment as me, and he is by the river late at night.
Sightseeing?”
There was obviously some commotion on the other side, but it soon calmed down, and the former general continued to respond with a relaxed smile: "Marshal of the Hebei Road of the Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, the commander of the imperial camp's front army, is here! The fourth prince, it is rare to meet, so why not cross the embankment?
Let’s talk about it here?”
Wu Shu was also stunned for a while, and Taishinu and others were also in an uproar for a moment, but soon, Wu Shu smiled bitterly and said: "I have long heard that Marshal Yue is the best in Hebei in terms of bows, horses, swords and guns, and even in the army, he is only
Because of his qualifications, he was slightly beaten by King Han... You are so brave that no man can deserve it. If I go over at this time, I'm afraid I will be shot... If Marshal Yue is interested, why not come here? I will definitely entertain you.
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The man on the other side of the river, that is, Yue Fei, smiled even more when he heard this: "Fourth Prince, please don't try to coax me. No matter how strong my martial arts skills are, at such a distance, even if I take a heavy Jurchen arrow, I will be crippled even if I don't die... Why bother asking for trouble?"
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"That's right, that's right." Wu Shu nodded repeatedly and sighed, but he was thoughtful. "If that's the case, let's not shake hands and have a chat across the embankment?"
"What are you talking about?" In the dark night, Yue Fei held the bow behind his back, but for some reason he became solemn. "Now that things have come to this, does the fourth prince want to reason with me about the current situation?"
"Even if we meet at war, why can't we be reasonable?" Wu Shu said disapprovingly. "What's more, we meet on the embankment in the middle of the night today. Although we can't hide our faces, it's still a rare opportunity. And it's wrong to say it. It's not good.
, and you won’t have to worry about losing morale and provoking impeachment.”
"The fourth prince may have misunderstood." Yue Fei replied with a sigh. "I don't think we can't talk here, but there are some things that really don't need to be said... The Jurchens invaded China, killed my people, robbed my property, destroyed my city, and took away my
Territory...does it still make sense?”
"General, that's a stupid thing to say." Wu Shu sneered. "The two rivers used to be the territory of the Song Dynasty, and today they are the territory of the Jin Kingdom. You used to call yourself China, but if you lose the two rivers, what is China? It can only be counted as half.
China, on the contrary, is the Great Jin Kingdom. Now it occupies two rivers, establishes institutions, conducts imperial examinations, respects Confucius and values Confucianism. Isn't it also a country of China?"
"How can people like Di Yi, who wear monkeys but wear crowns, still be called China?" Yue Fei looked disdainful.
"This is even more confusing." In the dusk, behind the shield, Wu Shu was still not angry. "The Khitans can only claim to be a big country in China if they occupy the land of Yanyun and inherit the rule of China. Even you can't
We all agree, but Dajin now controls the two rivers, why can't it be called China? We must know that the source of this orthodoxy lies in Tong, not in Zheng... The so-called Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Northern Wei Dynasty took over Han soil and Hanized it, which was Zhengshuo
, the Sui and Tang Dynasties inherited it and unified the world, and the Song, Qi, Liang and Chen Dynasties in turn became a separatist state that went against the times. How similar is it to today? Regardless of these, you said that we invaded from outside, but you, the great ancestor of the Song Dynasty, did dirty things
, to seize the foundation of the Chai family, is it worthy to say that it is not right for Da Jin to win the country?"
"What the Fourth Prince said seems to make some sense." Unexpectedly, Yue Fei was frank. "But when it comes to this, Fei has to make it clear to the Fourth Prince... You said that the source of orthodoxy lies in the orthodoxy and not in the righteousness, then
Dare I ask, is it true that the Jurchens seized control of the two rivers, treated the people as slaves, and enforced cruel laws, so that the people did not hesitate to abandon their businesses, go south to survive, or go to Taihang, and the number of people was not less than a million? Is it false? Not to mention,
You once made massacres a common practice here, making the countryside smell fishy...is this considered a rule?"
"It was the first time. When a country is prosperous, it is inevitable to use weapons and weapons. Great gold is only built day by day." Wu Shu blurted out his sophistry, but he regretted it as soon as he said it.
"So, the fourth prince thinks that the Jin Kingdom's massacre is inevitable, but the Song Dynasty was not upright when he obtained the Zen position more than a hundred years ago?" Yue Fei sneered.
"My original intention is that the eldest brother should not talk about the second brother. Everyone is just laughing at it." Wu Shu responded with a smile.
"That's right." Yue Fei continued to sneer. "The fourth prince thought that the country's orthodoxy lies in the unification but not in the unification. As a result, the Song Dynasty had been unified for more than a hundred years. The culture was prosperous and the country had hundreds of millions of people. But he actually wanted to rule the two rivers.
Ten years, three to five years of killing, and three to five years of tyranny, the Jin Kingdom is so ridiculous...but I don’t know who is being ridiculous?!"
Wu Shu avoids speaking and remains silent.
"Besides." Yue Fei's voice became clearer and clearer. "So what if I admit today that the Song Dynasty was not right? Is the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty still in the same position a hundred years ago? Is it not that our officials lead hundreds of millions of people?
, expel the Tartars, restore China, and unite the four seas? After White Horse Shaoxing, our officials made it clear that the country gradually became divided into old and new. Your so-called Jin Kingdom is ridiculous compared with the old Song Dynasty. How dare you
Comparing it with today's New Song Dynasty? Why don't you compare insects with bears and tigers, saying that they are the same?"
"Marshal Yue." Wu Shu finally responded with solemnity. "I thought that as a marshal of a country, you must have high opinions. Who would have expected that you would say such vulgar words?"
"It's the fourth prince who wants to talk to me!" Yue Fei said rudely across the river embankment. "Besides, if you have so much money and you don't even have the slightest say, why would you bring shame on yourself?"
Wu Shu was furious for a moment, and both parties were silent for a moment across the embankment.
After a while, Wu Shu calmed down, but he changed his words: "These fancy things are the words of scholars. We all hang out in the army and shouldn't say much. As for talking about Daikin
Does the state rely on it? Marshal Yue, of course we, the Jin Dynasty, have something to rely on. In front of you and behind me, don’t these hundreds of thousands of Jin’s elites rely on us and the foundation? The current situation is that the military strength of the two countries is actually equivalent, across the river
The confrontation has become a fact, but we have tried to negotiate peace with you many times, but you have ignored it. Instead, you have to use all your national strength to cross the river to attack... I read your newspaper and I also know one thing, that is, you are fighting for this.
We have almost exhausted all the means of plundering, wasted people and money, and fished in the lake. Moreover, the imperial camp in the front and the scholar-bureaucrats in the rear are completely incompatible, and the country is almost divided. Is this worth it? Even if it is done in the future, how much effort will you have to make the country stable and unified?"
At this point, Wu Shu stopped and waited for a moment. After hearing no response for a while, he paused briefly and continued:
"Moreover, if they really cross the river to attack, can the Song army be invincible? Let's not talk about other places, just here, it is cold in winter, and both the army and the people should be at home, burning the kang to celebrate the New Year.
As a result, you dragged more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians into the wilderness, and asked them to work hard in the middle of the night to make ice along the river against the wind... And making ice was just a perfunctory method. The key is that your troops have been trapped in internal and external difficulties.
On the 35th, the river will be frozen as usual, and my army will press forward. We will not say the outcome, but we will only say that countless innocent people from both armies will die. How can you feel at ease?"
Wu Shu waited again, but the other party was still silent. This gave the fourth prince some encouragement and he continued to talk: "I also know that Marshal Yue is from Hebei and Xiangzhou... Ten years ago, the army went south to conquer Xiangzhou.
It's me...so I know that Marshal Yue wants to regain his hometown, but for his own selfishness, making the world bleed and drift, is this considered the virtue of a general?!"
Wu Shu waited three times, but when he heard that the other party was still silent, he became even more excited and continued to speak: "Marshal Yue, please listen to me..."
"Wu Shu!"
At this moment, Yue Fei on the opposite side suddenly spoke. His voice was so loud that it even shocked Wanyan Wushu across a dike.
After being startled, Wu Shu also laughed: "Listen, Marshal Yue, please speak! I'm waiting!"
"Some of what you said this time are indeed irrefutable." After an angry shout, Yue Fei became calm. "For example, you said that once a war breaks out, regardless of victory or defeat, countless innocent lives will be lost in both armies... Who can refute that?
"
"yes……"
"But I can't refute it, which doesn't mean I have nothing to say to you." Yue Fei continued to speak solemnly. "The only thing I can do is to tell you that when the soldiers, soldiers and civilians risk their lives for the country, I, Yue Fei, will definitely be among them since I am a member of the army.
, Be the first! If you win, you will win together, and if you lose, you will lose together. If you die on the battlefield, your soul will return to the mountain together, and your body will merge with the green mountains! And if you survive by chance, you will also be reunited with the rest of the living, and care for each other in death.
Then work together to build peace! These words can be said to the sky, to the rivers and mountains, to the more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians behind you, and to you tonight!"
Wu Shu remained silent.
"As for what you said about war and peace...you should know this truth after reading the Di newspaper. It lasted for three days and three nights, which is enough to refute you dozens of times." Yue Fei remained calm, but his words gradually faded.
Sonorous. "But today I don't want to talk about big things. I just want to ask you a few words... The two countries have been at war for ten years. Didn't you kill and plunder first? Didn't Nianhan and your second brother negotiate with each other to go south?
?Why did you massacre cities and plunder territory when you were strong, and plunder wealth and kill people? Now when we come to attack, why do you say that peace is the most important thing?! The shame of Jingkang was only ten years away; the fall of Lianghe was just 10 years ago.
Nine years have passed; only eight years have passed since the massacre in the Central Plains, and we are actually asked to pretend that nothing happened and just forget about it?! Now that things have happened, what is the use of talking about this? You should know that if you dare to do something fishy, it will be easy for you.
Have the understanding of being a swordsman!"
Wu Shu remained silent, but the Grand Master's slave, who was holding a shield next to him, could clearly see through the firelight in the distance that the corners of the Fourth Prince's mouth were twitching slightly.
After twitching, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom finally suppressed all his turbulent intentions and gritted his teeth: "So, do we still have to fight to see the outcome?"
"That's what I meant, but it was the Fourth Prince who made some unreasonable lies and forced me to talk to you across the embankment." Yue Fei's voice returned to calmness. "As for this battle... Fourth Prince, I have one more thing to say,
Where did you get the belief that you can break my fortress before I break Yuancheng? Although our army is small, it is like a dragon and a tiger. Unlike your Jurchens, all of them are like short-legged toads on horses.
!Fifty to sixty thousand toads expect to jump over this river?!"
Wu Shu was stunned and didn't know how to reply.
But soon, without waiting for his reply, I heard a noise on the other side of the river embankment, and then clearly heard the sound of boats starting up and the friction of armor. A moment later, when the fourth prince was about to speak again, he heard a different voice from before.
sound:
"His Royal Highness King Wei of the Kingdom of Jin, my marshal has already left. He said that although we had a quick trip at night, we couldn't lose etiquette even though we broke up unhappy... so I left the sword here as a gift..."
Wu Shu was confused, and he didn't know whether to thank him or give him something as a gift, but he heard the person on the other side continue to say: "He also said that all the people in the Song Dynasty, from King Han down, wanted to live.
There are countless people who have beheaded the King of Wei. If the King of Wei is defeated, you might as well commit suicide with this sword at the intersection of Dipo today. In the future, when the body is scrambled for, recognizing this sword can be regarded as a contribution to my marshal.
"
Wu Shu was stunned again and had a seizure. He also knew that Yue Fei had left and it would be unreasonable to lose points with a personal guard. However, he actually sat on the horse and listened to a noise, letting the second ship leave.
After a while, Wu Shu took a long breath and smiled at the master's slave: "Yue Fei is a vulgar person, but I can't lose face. Take that sword. I will use it to kill the Song people in this battle!"
"
The master's slave had no choice but to go up the embankment to look for it. Sure enough, he found a sword under the river embankment. He took it back and gave it to Wu Shu.
The fourth prince took the sword and returned directly to the camp as if nothing happened... As for what happened to Dipo that night, he didn't tell anyone.
Not to mention how extraordinary Wu Shu was, but in the next two days, the Jin army cut off the lower reaches of the Yongji Canal, but found nothing wrong with the Song army. In the end, two more hot air balloons were carefully raised on the Jin side.
...One was burned, and one survived. After making a report, the Jin Army found out... It turned out that the Song Army's position was close to the west, and earth mountains had already begun to rise, and there were huge pits behind several earth mountains.
Along the course of the Yellow River, it is used to store water...perhaps it will also serve as a shipyard in the future.
Therefore, when the Jin army cut off the Yongji Canal, the Song army directly dug through the Yongji Canal and these huge pits, but there was no chaos at all.
In other words, the Song army was well prepared for the Yongji Canal method, so that the Jin army returned without success.
However, it didn't matter, because in the past few days, first there was a gust of northwest wind, and the Yongji Canal was the first to be completely frozen. The slow-flowing Yellow River gradually became unable to support, and many large ships began to sail into the docks prepared in the camp.
Then, after a light snowfall, the temperature dropped again, and the small boat could no longer stand and disappeared on the river.
At this time, the Jin army was already gearing up, but they were worried that if the river was not frozen tightly and they attacked without permission, they would be attacked by the Song army's artillery vehicles lined up on the opposite bank of the river.
However, even so, the Jin army began to send troops to seize the position on the south side of the Song army's camp.
And soon, on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, another gust of northwest wind blew, and the soldiers came to report that the Yellow River had been frozen to more than a foot thick, and even the stone bullets from the artillery car could not break much ice at once. Meet.
The long-awaited fighter plane finally arrived.
On the same day, the Jin army held a military meeting again in Ligu town, and this time, except for the necessary frontline officers to prepare for the Song army's surprise attack, almost all the marching men gathered together, and more than a hundred people came together, waiting for military orders.
But on this day, a messenger suddenly came to the camp from the southwest, saying that he was delivering documents to the fourth prince Wushu on behalf of the Zhao and Song officials, and then left the suicide note outside the camp... The sergeant of Jinying did not dare to neglect, so he quickly submitted it Come.
Wu Shu took the letter in confusion in front of everyone, but he didn't dare to open it. He just went to see Bali Su.
Of course Ba Lisu knew what the other party meant... The Zhao and Song officials would not send him off sooner or later. The river was frozen. The Jin army decided to send him off at a time when they planned to allocate combat tasks. He must have done it intentionally.
Maybe it had been written a long time ago and placed in the military camp opposite, waiting for it to be delivered today.
In this case, the words are most likely to be sarcastic and joking, used to destroy morale... Otherwise? Could it be that he is encouraging the Fourth Prince?
However, after thinking about it for a moment, Ba Lisu still smiled and said to him on the spot: "Although Zhao Song's official family has also made progress in Hedong, the messages behind him are endless. Everyone knows that at this time, he only looks like he has just got through Queshu Valley. If he had left this letter early, there would have been nothing to rely on... If we didn't read it, it would have seemed like we were afraid of him, Guan Zhao! And if he had boasted about untruths or said some vulgar words, he would have been the one to laugh. !”
As soon as this statement came out, many households, including Meng Anduo, nodded in agreement, saying that it was okay. They all said that the more sarcastic the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasty was, the more it appeared that the fourth prince was capable.
It was Wu Shu. After thinking about the night with Yue Feidipo, he even put the sword away without hesitation. He asked himself that he would not be offended by any remarks, so he nodded directly and prepared to open it.
"Let me serve the King of Wei!" At this moment, Wanyan Benjian, the golden prince, suddenly stepped forward and responded respectfully. "Although he is the king of a country, he would not be too mean, but just in case, it is still I'll do it instead..."
Wushu was perfect, and he was happy to see Wanyan Benjian put down his unruly attitude and blend in with everyone, so he directly handed over the document.
Under the attention of everyone, Wanyan Benjian opened it, took out a thin piece of paper, glanced at it, but was stunned in the distance, and then she didn't say a word, didn't read a word, and just looked at the fourth prince out of embarrassment.
Wu Shu was at a loss for a moment, but he couldn't help but get up and grab it with his hands, and then looked at it carefully while sitting.
It doesn't matter at first glance. Apart from the familiar picture of Cangzhou Zhao Jiu below, there is only one sentence on this piece of paper:
"Wushu, I always feel at ease when doing things. When things come to a close, don't panic just because you are facing Yue Pengju. Just roll up your sleeves and work hard!"
Wu Shu didn't react at first, but just a moment later, his eyes were filled with blood, and he felt something rolling on the back of his head. He felt angry directly in his heart. Under the eyes of the entire army's top brass, he wrote this letter, which was obviously an encouragement. The language document was torn to pieces.
After tearing it apart, Wu Shu was still angry, but he took out the sword from his waist and struck it on the table next to him. Then he looked around, and finally pointed at Wanyan Benjian:
"I heard that the Lord humiliated his ministers and died. As long as you still think that the Great Jin Kingdom belongs to the Wanyan family, you should work hard on the battlefield and avenge this shame for me!"
Everyone else, including Ba Lisu, was stunned. Wanyan Benjian was the only one who, regardless of the fact that he was actually one generation higher than Wu Shu, knelt down on the ground, hugged Wu Shu's thigh, and cursed in the sky.
Just when the Jin army fell into chaos caused by a small accident, at the same moment, in the Song army camp on the other side, Yue Pengju, who held a military meeting because the Yellow River was completely frozen overnight, also fell into astonishment.
Moreover, the initiator is still the Zhao Guan family thousands of miles away.
Or to put it bluntly, the Zhao family, who had previously promised not to interfere with Yue Fei's actions, suddenly sent ten gold medals as a sign of his will.
At this moment, ten gold medals were lined up in front, and the edicts were delivered by ten military commanders. It was obvious that these edicts were delivered in advance through secret channels. Moreover, these commanders did not know the existence of each other.
, so much so that after he stood up holding the secret box with the gold medal tied on it, he felt a little dazed.
"The gold medal is correct, and there is absolutely no reason for ten commanders to issue an edict at the same time. It must be the official's original intention, and judging from the time, it should be the official's response after knowing the battle plan here in Hedong." After verifying the gold medal, Hu Yin
He turned back with a dark face. "But in my opinion, the war is ahead, and even the will of the officials should not be ignored...we are thousands of miles apart, how can the officials still fight remotely? Bring all these gold medals and boxes with me, I
Dispose of it yourself.”
Yue Fei, who was sitting in the middle, was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "This matter cannot be hidden from anyone, or the officials are using this method to make the whole camp know... If it is not opened, the camp will definitely be shaken."
Hu Yin was silent for a moment, then grabbed a small box tied with a gold medal from the nearest commander, tore it open, took out a piece of paper, looked at it, and was stunned.
But after reacting, he immediately grabbed the note and looked at the second, third, fourth... When he saw the sixth one, he didn't bother to look at it. He just shook his head repeatedly and said angrily: "Absurd! Ridiculous.
!absurd!"
All the commanders became more and more panicked, but Tian Shizhong couldn't hold it back and stepped forward to open one. He was also confused on the spot. Zhang Rong was confused and had no choice but to look at Yue Fei. Yue Fei had no choice but to stand up seriously and squint.
The big and small eyes were in Hu Yin's hand to look at the notes.
But this is so incredible that Yue Pengju rarely laughs in public.
It turned out that all the notes in Hu Yin's hand said the same thing: Move the northernmost eight-oxen crossbow on the embankment ten steps forward to meet Wu Shu! There must be no mistake!
Smiling, Yue Fei suppressed his smile and continued to inquire seriously: "Hu Shangshu, the official orders must be obeyed. The only question is whether to move the eight-oxen crossbow ten steps forward, or to move it forward ten times a hundred steps."
Woolen cloth?"
"Move a hundred steps and send it to the river?!" Hu Yin was so angry that he threw down the notes and walked away. After walking for more than ten steps, he was still resentful. "Military and national affairs, such a trivial matter, should be seriously encouraged by a decree.
No? And the wooden box is free of charge?!"
After saying this, he couldn't abandon the military discussion, but he sat back angrily.
At this point, the whole hall was in a roar. Only then did they realize the absurdity of the decree, but they also knew that the officials also had a determination in this battle.
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