Zhao Guanjia's behavior may be superfluous, but considering that he may not have known that Hu Yin would be here in person, and made such a statement, it is hard to say anything. However, in this way, it cannot help but appear that he cannot trust Hu Shangshu and several people in Tokyo.
Xianggong, the civil servants’ decision-making collective, made the decision.
At least compared to Yue Fei, he is not trustworthy enough.
There was no reason why Hu Mingzhong would be angry for a moment.
However, now is not the time to discuss this matter at all. Just like Wushu knows how to put away those sarcastic words and encourage his troops instead, Hu Yin also immediately let Yue Fei and others guide the Song Army.
The officers in the tent went to check the official orders for encouragement.
It is said that one thousand roads and ten thousand rivers are sealed. As far as the Jin army is concerned, fighter planes will appear and war will inevitably break out.
Compared with the battle that just crossed the river last month, the intensity of this battle will not be much different, but the scale of the battle will be several times or even ten times larger. Moreover, considering that the Song Army has complete fortifications at this time and the Jin Army has a strong
If there is enough, tug-of-war and a war of attrition are likely to occur.
No one can ignore it.
"The biggest mistake of the Song army was not made by Yue Peng, but by the self-righteous official of Zhao Song!" After Wu Shu became angry, Ba Lisu formally took over the military meeting and spoke with certainty.
"The overall situation of our army's Northern Expedition is under control!" After the officer in the tent finished checking the "orders", Yue Fei sat in command and looked around solemnly.
"The biggest mistake of that official's family was to split his 300,000 imperial army into two, and after dividing the troops, both sides had to advance together!" Ba Li Su'anran explained.
"The reason why I say this is not only because we have worked hard for ten years and gradually become stronger. We have an army of 300,000 imperial troops and an army of 500,000 civilians. More importantly, the Jurchens are also seeing that they are getting worse day by day.
." Yue Fei slowed down his tone slightly. "In the past ten years, the military strength of the Jin Dynasty has been completely different. This is the real reliance of our army to deal with the enemy here."
"Then if Zhao Guanjia uses his imperial camp's right army and navy to guard the Yellow River, and then blocks the imperial camp's front army directly to Longde Mansion (Shangdang Basin), and then joins Wu Jie's imperial camp's rear army and Yelu Yujian
The Khitan miscellaneous barbarians came out of Yanmen and covered the mountains and fields east of the river with steam, leaving no gaps open. I really dare not join the army in a decisive battle with that kind of terrain!" Ba Lisu suddenly stood up. "
But since he divided his troops and forced Yue Fei to attack Daming Mansion, and forced the imperial army to capture Yuancheng, he would have exposed his fighter plan in vain..."
"Although our troops are slightly weaker in this battle, we have sufficient fortifications and defense lines." Yue Fei continued to analyze calmly. "It is easy to show off your bravery behind a high wall. We can completely kill the enemy with our fortifications, and the enemy seems to be
It is powerful, but in fact it is bloated. Once the first general attack fails, the second one will not be successful. The third time will be completely frustrated and you will start to be in a dilemma..."
"Let him attack from any number of directions, we will only attack one by one!" Ba Lisu finally pulled out his sword, revealing a sharp white blade. "This is the general trend! In this battle, we have joined 130,000 households, and the King of Wei will personally supervise the army.
, we must swallow Yue Fei’s 60,000 men!”
"The official decree is here. You have all read it. It is self-evident. Hu Shangshu is sitting here... There is no retreat in this battle!" Yue Fei finally stood up and gave a serious order. "But if you can strictly observe military discipline,
, if the orders are enforced, there will be no reason for failure in this battle!"
In this way, the commanders of both sides completed their instigation and assigned combat tasks. Around afternoon, the troops were properly dispatched, and the battle broke out quickly and massively.
However, it definitely cannot be called intense.
Because the first to attack was not the main force of the Jin army, but the signing army.
Under the pressure of the heavily armed Jin army, there were no less than 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers, wearing non-slip straw sandals. Many of them only had worn-out winter coats brought from home. A few had broken leather armor and looked a little awkward at this time.
The strange coir raincoat, carrying a simple spear, a soft bow, and a simple knife, climbed over what may be the most spectacular sheep and horse wall of this era - the Yellow River Embankment - on a front nearly seventeen or eight miles wide, and then stepped on this era.
The broadest moat, the frozen Yellow River, launched a massive charge towards the huge Song Army position that had been operating for almost a month.
When the number of people exceeds 10,000, it is boundless. When the number reaches 70,000 or 80,000, it is basically a force that no one can ignore. Only the Song Army itself has no less than 130,000 to 40,000 men, so it can do nothing.
Don't be afraid and deal with it safely.
Moreover, these signing troops are basically young and strong people from the surrounding states and counties. Within ten years, they successively escaped the large-scale massacre and trafficking of the Jurchens, and endured the incredible tyranny in the following years, but in the end they did not escape today.
of war.
On a slightly cold winter afternoon, under the direct sunlight without any sense of warmth, these Hebei troops were like a sticky black wave, struggling to roll over from the west to the east of the Yellow River. On the opposite side, Song Dynasty
The army did not hesitate. The eight-oxen crossbows on the river embankment, the artillery carts behind the river embankment, and the divine arm bows on the mountain were fired almost at the same time, shooting countless arrows and stone bullets from the river embankment and behind the river embankment.
Smashed it over.
Under the intensive long-range strikes, the black wave quickly became sluggish and slippery. When the black wave finally reached the river bank on the other side, it quickly lost the power to continue rolling, and then seemed to be pulled by gravity.
The natural effect is normal, and it rolls back again - on the edge of the river embankment, the main force of the Song Army is waiting behind the fence. These signing troops do not have the courage to fight hand-to-hand. As for those few who rush forward, even if they express their intention to surrender
, begging the Song army to allow them to escape, but they only received long spears and short knives in response.
In this state of being alone and in danger, the Song army could not risk huge military risks and spare them.
In fact, even the Jin Army did not expect that these poorly equipped soldiers could rush into or enter the Song Army's positions. They originally wanted to use these soldiers to waste the Song Army's arrows and projectiles, and then wear them out and destabilize the Song Army.
military.
Therefore, seeing the black wave rolling back in a big way, the commander of the Jin army had no extra thoughts at all. He just asked the supervising team to move forward immediately and force the opponent to roll back again.
Of course, you have to roll back.
In this way, for most of the afternoon, the nearly 100,000 signature troops were like some dish in a hot pot that was being rolled by a spatula, over and over again, and their strength, agility, courage, thinking, life, and hope were all gone.
Gradually lost in this rolling.
But for such a complex and precious thing, the color tone is unexpectedly simple - the blood seeps into the ice and spreads in the cracks in the ice, a bright red color, and the upper part of the ice, due to the constant exchange of these signatures, forms a thin layer
The thin melted mud water was quickly frozen, and the two colors were superimposed, forming a strange and unified red and black color.
It's just like the fish and meat in the oil pan leave a light yellow oil residue at the end,
It gets dark quickly in winter. After about four or five large-scale attacks, the sun sets very low. The Song Army finally couldn't bear it, so they began to consciously reduce the intensity of their attacks.
And the unified posture tried its best to stay in the river... Sure enough, as long as they did not attack the Song Army's position, the Song Army would no longer attack them, and the Jin Army realized the firmness of the Song Army's position and the Song Army's
After the discipline of the army was tightened, they soon lost the intention to continue to expend effort to kill people and supervise the battle.
In the evening, the Jin army finally called for gold and retreated.
This battle is a prologue and a beginning. Its function is to consume the morale and projection reserves of the Song Army, and to test the discipline and execution capabilities of the Song Army... In addition, there should also be testing of the actual situation and the weakness of the Song Army's front.
It had a tactical purpose, but due to the Song army's strict defense and the huge and bloated signing army, it failed.
But it doesn't matter. Starting from the next morning, the Jin Army will replace a new batch of signing troops, and mix them with some armored Han'er troops and even a small number of dismounted Jin cavalry to ensure that this tactical purpose is completed.
.
By then, it is unlikely that these signing troops will be able to take a breather in the river like they are today, and they will be intimidated until the last moment.
However, Yue Fei was by no means a passive defender and someone who did not dare to fight back - that night, in the cold wind, in the slightly tired and silent Hexi Jin Army camp, a fire broke out, alarming the entire army.
Ba Lisu and Wu Shu were horrified. They got up hastily and gave continuous orders. On the one hand, they ordered each department to divide the camp and hold on to the situation. On the other hand, they sent their trusted headquarters to the east overnight and patrolled along the river to be sure to prevent the Song army from taking the opportunity to make a surprise attack.
After a night of trouble, in the early hours of the morning, after collecting information and pulling out Suhe Wushu, I finally figured out the reason.
It turned out that during yesterday's exploratory attack, the Song Army saw an opportunity and actually sent a small group of elite soldiers disguised as signing troops. They took advantage of the chaos to hide in the river at the end of the battle, and then followed the chaotic signing troops to sneak into the Jin Army.
Battalion... Because the signing troops suffered a lot of casualties and their morale was low, no one noticed it.
Finally, of course, there is the classic setting fire at night.
Of course, the Jin Army responded very quickly and handled it properly, so the fire did not spread and there was no large-scale chaos in the camp. Probably because of this, the Song Army's response force shortly after contacting the Jin Army,
After covering the retreat of many of our own surprise troops, we also retreated directly.
But even so, this night's torment was still a standard and even exciting counter-attack and harassment operation - the Jin army stayed up all night, and even a large number of sign troops who had witnessed the cruelty of the battlefield fled in the chaos.
Thanks to this, the scale of the battle on the second day was suddenly reduced by more than half.
But, then again, after encountering such a surprise attack yesterday, they still adhered to the original tactical strategy the next day, and the armored Han'er Army among them still showed up as scheduled, which in turn shows that the determination of the top brass of the Jin Army is unshakable
of.
On the third day, the heavy armor of the Jin Army began to participate in the battle in a small scale, and the intensity of the battle further increased. The river embankment position that the Song Army relied on was breached for the first time, two eight-niu crossbows were burned, and hundreds of civilians were massacred.
The gap was blocked by the Song Army's second-line troops.
And on the afternoon of that day, to the north of Daming City and Gucheng City, and to the east of the Song Army's position, which was the old position of the main force of the Song Army, suddenly more than a thousand Jin heavy armored cavalry appeared on patrol.
The east side of the Song Army's position listened to the noise on the west side of the battlefield across the huge Song Army camp for two hours, and then suddenly evacuated in the evening.
No need to ask, everyone knows that these are most likely Wang Bolong's troops, and Wang Bolong's troops suddenly abandoned Xiajin City to the north and appeared here, which can only mean one thing, and that is two and a half days of continuous testing and pressure.
After spending all the projectile equipment, the Jin Army's first general attack is about to arrive as scheduled.
Early in the morning on the fourth day, shortly after dawn, the Song Army's sentry cavalry had not yet turned back from all directions. The last hot air balloon of the Song Army rose up without hesitation to verify the news - Bei Yan, the commander of the so-called balloon battalion, personally boarded the balloon.
Then, through ropes, hooks, and counterweights, the sheets of paper with text and brief drawings were passed down one after another from a height of more than ten feet.
The information could not be clearer:
After the meal, the main force of the Jin Army camp gathered together along the river;
Smoke and dust billowed, and in the southern section of the Jin Army's camp, a considerable number of Jin Army cavalry, probably at least tens of thousands, moved southward;
To the north in the direction of Guantao, the main force of the Jin army also regrouped;
In Yuancheng, a large number of cavalry also began to gather around the already empty Cuiyun Tower, and they seemed unsure of the direction of the attack;
Finally, there was dense smoke and dust in the northeast of the position. Of course, the movement could not be compared with that of the main camp of the Jin Army to the west of the position, but at a glance, it was clear that the smoke and dust brought by the march of a large group of troops also suddenly appeared.
No need to ask, everyone knows that on this day, the Jin army will not only attack in general, but also attack from all sides, in an attempt to maximize its military advantage.
"Du Tong..."
In Yuancheng, on the gate tower to the north, Gao Qingyi and two guards hurriedly climbed onto the city wall, and then earnestly advised him. "This place is dangerous. If you want to see the battle situation, you might as well go to the east wall..."
After the Yellow River froze, the eastern city wall that was initially bombarded became the safest area of Yuancheng.
"No need." He was fully armored, with his hands on a crooked wooden fence, and he was staring at Gaojingshan, the main body of the Song military camp in the north of the city, without looking back. The masonry crenels here had long been destroyed by the Song army's artillery vehicles.
"Song Jun doesn't have the energy to take care of the city today..."
"That's true." Gao Qingyi was startled for a moment, then nodded, and walked forward, but after just one look, he couldn't help but sigh, and then he fell into a trance like Gao Jingshan.
It turns out that from here, the core part of the entire Song Army camp is clearly visible:
It is not just the two obvious thick defense lines in the north and south, not only the two Yellow River channels in the east and west, the natural defense line shaped by the embankment, but also the crossbow positions on the six earth mountains and the artillery position above the embankment, and more than the excavation.
The most intuitive thing about the docks and reservoirs built during the Tushan period is actually the scale of the camp and the intensity of the fortifications.
Dense fences, earthen ramparts that are not tall but enough to act as obstacles, and neat trenches are everywhere. Between camps and camps, between construction sites and positions, they are all clearly distinguishable. Even because of their density,
This made most of the roads in the Song Army's military camp feel like corridors.
Just one look at this level of fortifications will make people feel sad for the surrounding army.
"Does Qualcomm want to see me for anything?"
After watching for a while, the exhausted Gao Jingshan finally came back to his senses, but he frowned.
"Pu Suyue has been assembled. May I ask for the next instructions from the Commander-in-Chief?" Gao Qingyi quickly suppressed some uneasiness and answered quickly.
"Ignore him, I will give it to him when the time comes." Gao Jingshan's expression remained unchanged, and he just pointed to the hot air balloon hanging in front of the safe area in the middle of the Song Army's camp. "Telling him now will only reveal the direction of the attack. "
Gao Qingyi looked back at the two guards who followed him. One of them understood and immediately turned back to tell Pu Suyue. As soon as they left, Gao Qingyi stared at many things in front of the city for a while, and couldn't help but shake his head:
"This battle is becoming more and more difficult to understand. Hundreds of thousands of people from both armies met, but it was not a field battle, but countless artillery carts, giant crossbows, large sky lanterns that could seat people, and such dense fortifications... …Twenty years ago, when we were young, how could we have thought of this?”
"There are still traces to follow." Gao Jingshan shook his head after hearing this. "Except for the hot air balloon being an anomaly, the rest of what you mentioned had their origins twenty years ago..."
Gao Qingyi was confused for a moment.
"It's still armor." Gao Jingshan didn't mean to show off. Instead, he explained calmly while staring at the Song army who was beginning to arrange orderly under the city. "I've had this idea for a long time... Armor is so thick and dense. , which makes ordinary soft bows, swords and guns ineffective... Do you still remember that twenty years ago, when we were guarding against bandits in Liaodong, the most useful things were actually spears and large shields, and then the sword and shield were in the waist You also need to prepare a small bag with seven or eight stones in it."
"There is such a thing." Gao Qingyi thought of the past, as if it was a lifetime ago. "That is a good thing for sword and shield wielders without bows and arrows to use to prevent the opponent from attacking at a distance or close range."
"That's right." Gao Jingshan stood up and pointed at the heavy armor on his body to calmly respond. "What now? After such thick armor comes out, all the elites who can really decide the outcome will be armored like this. Wouldn't it be a joke if the seven or eight stones were still attached to this kind of armor? Even the soft bows and simple knives were mostly things prepared by the people themselves, rather than the vital points in the army. How could the Song and Jin families have it? What kind of soft bow and thin arrows do you put any thought on?"
"Now they are all powerful crossbows, heavy arrows, war hammers, thick maces, large axes, and spears..." Gao Qingyi nodded.
"Yes, in other words, they have all become heavy troops...heavy on foot, heavy on cavalry...We are the Iron Buddha, and the opposite is the infantry armor. A main soldier has to carry dozens of kilograms of equipment to fight." Gao Jingshan continued with emotion. "If you want to deal with these heavily armed armies, in addition to using heavy weapons, a simpler way is to rely on cities, fortresses, and fortifications. If they are inconvenient, they will not be able to fight for a long time, and if they are unable to fight for a long time, they will The logistics are unfavorable. As for the city and the role of fortifications, it is necessary to launch cannons and lock the city. Then, if you want to suppress the peripheral artillery vehicles, the best way within the city fortifications is to launch cannons to prepare cannons... So the cannons Cars are becoming more and more common, more numerous, and more convenient, and cities and fortresses are becoming thicker and denser... It has become what it is now."
Gao Qingyi thought for a moment, but couldn't think of any words to refute, so he could only nodded heavily.
"There are actually two things I'm worried about right now." Having said this, Gao Jingshan finally turned to business. "One is that the Fourth Prince and their general attack are unsuccessful. In order to be safe, the Song Army will inevitably attack the city with all their strength... And Yi Generally speaking, although our city is thick and solid, the shortest part of the city wall is also three feet high, making it difficult to defend against artillery bombardment. In addition, there is only one layer of city wall. Once any section of the city wall is blown open by a combined force, the city may be destroyed directly. .”
Gao Qingyi looked at the city wall under his feet, then looked back at the inside of Daming City behind him. He also shook his head and said, "The city is too big!"
"The other one." Gao Jingshan pointed to the hot air balloon again. "I am worried that the Song Army will have such sudden and new methods."
Gao Qingyi still shook his head, but he did not mean to express his agreement: "You have overthinking it. The current situation is that if the Fourth Prince and others cannot break through the fortress, we will be attacked by the Song army by conventional means. At this time, Even if the Song Army has some surprising tricks, it is also the icing on the cake. As people in a jar, what do we want to do with so much?"
Gao Jingshan was obviously startled for a moment, and then nodded heavily.
Immediately, the two chatted for a while, probably digging trenches around the city to prevent the Song army from fighting in tunnels; storing some gunpowder and oil behind some obvious weak points, and using gunpowder and oil as accelerants to block the gaps if necessary; Of course, it also negates the "advice" of repairing the city wall by pouring water and freezing it as a precaution, because many parts of the city wall have internal cracks, and pouring water and freezing it may be counterproductive and destroy the stability of the city wall.
But they only talked about a few things, and Gao Jingshan and Gao Qingyi stopped discussing the city defense together, because in the morning sunshine, in the dry midwinter season, Wang Bolong's tribe, which had not participated in the war before, took the lead in appearing in the eastern part of the battlefield and began to They formed a formation across the river, which aroused the tension of the Song army, and also caused the two high-ranking officers on the city to frown together.
"Wang Bolong came too early." Gao Jingshan said coldly. "He looks too much like he has done meritorious service!"
"Old bastard!" Gao Qingyi said bluntly.
Let us also say that the Song army surrounded Yuancheng and built a very large camp seventy or eighty miles in circumference on the ground using the rivers on both sides. There must be countless minor flaws in it, and these flaws had already been discovered in the previous three days of battle. They were all tested by the Jin Army... But in large-scale corps operations, in addition to finding those flaws and deploying troops in a targeted manner, the most important thing is to consider some large-scale tactical options.
For example, the Song Army built the northern defense line first, and then the southern defense line, so the south side was inevitably inferior to the north side. The east and west defense lines were built much later, and they could only be built hastily by relying on rivers and embankments, which resulted in very complicated defense lines on both sides. It is difficult to compare with the north and south sides.
And because of the objective existence of Yuancheng, the middle and southern section of the seventeen-eight-mile defense line on the west side appears weaker - there is no way, for the Song army in the southern section, there is Yuancheng behind them occupying this area. Half of the area naturally lacks the necessary defense depth, and troops and supplies have to be mobilized from the core area in the north.
In addition, the main force of the Jin army came from the west and gathered in Hexi. This further caused the Song army to concentrate its energy and equipment on the west side. On the other hand, the section east of the Song army's camp area was It will be the weakest area as a whole.
Therefore, the Jin army will almost certainly regard these two sections as the main direction of attack.
Among them, not to mention the southern section of the west side, only the east side. The Jin army wanted to devote its troops to concentrated attacks, but it was impossible to divide its troops in advance and set up camp here to attack at any time, because the Song army was not weak.
, and it is arranged in the middle to facilitate the attack. If you send more and fewer, as long as you dare to set up a base for the night, it will give the Song army an opportunity to attack separately.
Therefore, when it comes to the general offensive, the Jin Army can only temporarily dispatch a special force to the eastern front... This special force starts from the camp in the west and needs a certain amount of time to cross two glaciers and bypass the Song Army.
The camp and the Daming City still controlled by the Song Army came behind the Song Army to join up with Wang Bolong's tribe in the northeast.
Then, when the war is at its most intense, elite heavy armor is concentrated to carry out a unified pincer attack.
Taking into account the distance and the need for the soldiers to rest in a safe area before attacking, the battle to the east should start in the afternoon or later in the afternoon.
The possibility of a night battle cannot even be ruled out.
But at the moment, the main front in the west has not started fighting. Wang Bolong has brought his troops over eagerly. Isn't it equivalent to holding his nose and reminding the Song army not to forget the weakest defense on the eastern front?
In addition, this person has always been arrogant, and he refused to listen to Gao Jingshan's instructions because he was a direct descendant. There is also the implicit tradition of antagonism between Liaodong Han people and Bohai people in the early days of A Gu's war. It's no wonder that Gao Qingyi would directly call him "son of a bitch"!
However, it was not the time to care about these, because soon, on the western front, the Jin Army launched a tidal wave of offensive after a brief preparation.
This time, the Jin army only forced the signing army to launch two assaults.
Two times later, just after half of the morning, the signing troops withdrew... This time, they really just came to consume crossbow bolts and cannon stones... Immediately, the so-called supplementary troops in Wanhu, mainly Han'er's army,
But now it was not just the organic infantry of the Han army who began to attack in large numbers.
Of course, these infantrymen cannot be as well-equipped, skilled in fighting skills, and well-paid as those Meng'an Mouke. However, as an organic combat force, they are also the basic product of the Jin Kingdom's aggressive Chinese rule in Lianghe and Yanyun in recent years.
I still got the equipment and treatment I deserved.
The armor-wearing rate of the soldiers reached more than 60%, and crossbows and battle axes were generally distributed according to the organizational structure... This is the configuration for the armored troops of the Song Army... Of course, the more important thing is the spears and knives that are indispensable in the medieval battlefield.
Shield bearer.
As for this kind of troops, the Jin Army invested 30,000 to 40,000 people in one go.
The reason why there is such a big deviation in the numbers is because the Song troops on the hot air balloon did not have time to count and estimate properly. These soldiers rushed directly to the Song army's position with military qualities that far exceeded those of the signing troops. This caused the two sides to directly attack each other.
Fell into close combat... After the previous battles, these supplementary soldiers knew very well that the smooth but bumpy, wide and concentrated river ice was the main strike area for the Song army to project its power. Unlike the signing army,
If they stay here, they will never get any mercy, they will only encounter the most violent blows, so they must enter the melee as soon as possible.
However, the Song Army deployed a large number of crossbow carts along the embankment. In addition to the artillery carts, they also built fences on the inner slope of the embankment, steepened the slope directly in front of the crossbow carts, and deployed sufficient front-line troops.
The supplementary soldiers in the Jin army's camp swarmed forward, but encountered a tenacious blockade on the top line of the embankment. They had to attack from their backs to withstand a large number of damage from the Song army's powerful crossbows.
And soon, the Song Army's Eight-Niu Crossbow Cart quickly ended the assault using the simplest and most direct method - that is, using wood to prop up its hind legs to lower the firing boundary.
The Song Army did this on purpose. In the past three days, they would rather sit back and watch two precious Eight Ox Crossbows being burned than use this incredibly simple and incredibly effective tactic.
If the heavy arrows of the Jurchens are like daggers, then the arrows of the Eight Bull Crossbows are like large javelins. Three arrows are fired in a row. At the shortest distance, they can easily string together several people like a bloody gourd along the slope of the embankment, and then
The body was ruthlessly nailed to the frozen soil or thick ice below the embankment.
The armor, the shield, the exquisite martial arts and the fearless courage are all just like paper.
Frankly speaking, the real damage caused by just a few dozen Eight Bull Crossbows after reducing the range of fire is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the huge battle group of the Jin Army. However, its morale damage is too great.
The damage shot from the river was even more exaggerated because it was too close!
With just two or three rounds of shooting, the offensive of these Jin Army reinforcements was disintegrated, and the defeated troops fled back to the river like a tide. They would rather stand below with their shields and receive those crossbow bolts than see them at the closest distance.
His comrades stood in groups, and then they were frightened, imagining that they themselves would be like that.
Even if the experienced soldiers and commanders knew it well, the casualty rate would be even greater in this passive state of being beaten, because the crossbow bolts were dense and continuous, and there would likely be covering strikes from artillery vehicles.
But I just didn’t dare to rush anyway.
However, the commanders of the Jin Army were not stupid or stubborn. Before the artillery vehicles started bombarding, they quickly adjusted their strategy. Instead, they recalled the troops and organized them into groups according to their organizational units to avoid the direct firing range of the Eight Ox Crossbows.
, conduct assaults and operations in smaller intervals in waves.
The adjustment was immediate. It was impossible for the Song Army to deploy the Eight Bull Crossbows to block the front line for more than ten miles within a month. Although the Jin Army's supplementary troops avoided the direct attack area of dozens of Eight Bull Crossbows, they still needed to attack from above.
, but at least there won’t be a big collapse like an instantaneous morale collapse.
Moreover, the Jin Army did not let these supplementary soldiers die in vain. Almost immediately, after confirming that this method was feasible, some Jurchen heavy armor also officially joined the assault team.
This immediately brought the Jin Army's combat capabilities to a higher level. Just like yesterday, the Song Army began to suffer casualties, and the front line began to loosen in very few places.
After about two more major offensives, before noon, large groups of Jurchen heavy armor began to appear, and without any surprise, they appeared collectively in the southern part of the front.
Almost instantly, the Song army that was stationed on the south side of Yongji Canal felt great pressure.
"Marshal, Commander Bei passed down the military information, saying that the second area of the southern section of the Western Front was once captured, but was quickly recovered." On the mountain on the north side of Yuancheng, Yue Fei, who had just returned from Hedong in a hurry a few days before the freeze, saw
After finishing school, Jin was sweating profusely and came to Yue Fei's side, knelt down and reported.
"I got it." Yue Fei was sitting in a chair on the earth mountain, his words were extremely simple.
Bi Jin quickly turned back after hearing this, but he went to the rope under the balloon and continued to wait for the news... This morning, he had been back and forth thirty or forty times, so it was no wonder that he was sweating profusely.
"Marshal, do you want to provide support in advance?" Although the counselor Huang Zong had not exchanged messages, he was still soaked in sweat.
"Isn't it the military strategy that you personally decided on, Counselor Huang?" Yue Fei finally showed a slight expression, but he squinted his eyes and asked. "Before, you said that the Jin army will not attack from the north and the south, and it must not attack the imperial camp on the right. If there is no flanking attack, we must not use two armies on our backs. How can we change our positions before the battle?"
Let's say that at this time, Zhang Rong went to the southernmost front to take charge, and Hu Yin went to the northern front to supervise the battle. Huang Zong looked around and saw only Tian Shizhong, a senior official from the outer town sitting there, holding a piece of Zhao Guan's family. I couldn't stop watching "Absurd Purpose", then I took a few deep breaths and smiled bitterly:
"How would you know it would be so difficult until you are ready for battle?"
Yue Fei nodded, thoughtfully: "So, Counselor Huang didn't change his mind, but was so uneasy that he knew he should wait, but still couldn't hold himself back?"
"Yes." Huang Zong admitted simply. "It made the marshal laugh."
Yue Fei shook his head, as if he didn't take it seriously, but at the same time, there were shouts of killing along the entire front line more than ten miles to the west, like waves. In addition, military information was constantly being transmitted, but there was no one there. I care.
After waiting for a while, Bi Jin turned back from the hot air balloon again and hurriedly reported: "Marshal, there is a big problem in the southern section. The fourth area of B is obviously broken by the Jin army, and all the flags in the area have been cut down by the Jin army. Got it!"
Everyone was panicked and looked at Yue Fei, but Yue Fei was calm and glanced behind him in his seat, then glanced at Tian Shizhong who was silent next to him, and then slowly replied: "Don't panic. , Behind the fourth area of B is Li Kui. Although he is meticulous and cautious, he is always decisive in major matters, and he should be able to take over soon... If he fails, Tang Huai will be in charge."
Everyone reluctantly calmed down, and after a while, reports came from the hot air balloon and the front line, saying that the front line sent troops to drive the Jin army down, and the leader of the counterattack was Li Kui, the military commander known for his precision.
Only then did everyone calm down.
And at this time, after Yue Fei turned around to look at each other again, he suddenly called the person next to him: "Tian Dutong!"
Master Tian was startled and tore the 'imperial edict' in his hand directly.
But Yue Fei didn't stop for a moment and just said seriously: "Tian Dutong, the Jin army has revealed a huge flaw. This opportunity must not be missed before it comes back. I think I can give it a try."
Tian Shizhong, who was startled, thought for a moment, and then, like the officers and subordinates around him, they were stunned in place... First of all, in the clear sky, the front line was breached just now. Where is the flaw?
Secondly, how are you going to ‘give it a try’? Why did you call me again? Didn’t you say that you won’t move the right army without waiting for the attack from the north and the south?
"Look behind you." Yue Fei didn't give in. "Wang Bolong's flag has been patrolling back and forth for more than a dozen times all morning... Every time I turn around to pick up the note from Bi Jin, the position of his flag changes every time. no the same."
Like the surrounding officials, Tian Shizhong stood up in a daze, looked back at each other, and then stared at the peaceful Eastern Front behind him, and gradually realized:
"He is so eager to fight that he can't hold it back anymore?"
"Go and attack and lure him to attack! If he doesn't come, let's do it. If you really dare to fight alone, we will pull out the tiger's teeth and eat him first before the Jin army's troops are in place!" Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and gave the order seriously.
."eat"
"How to pull it out? How to eat it?" Although Tian Shizhong roughly understood what Yue Fei meant, he still found it a bit unbelievable. "That's a total of five or six thousand riders... Even if the battle is unfavorable, can they retreat?"
"You act as the bait, and I'll take the bait. One of the two Wei troops will attack from the side, and the other will circle back!" Yue Fei continued to narrate calmly. "Just eat him like this! Be fast and be ruthless!"
Tian Shizhong was silent for a moment, then stood up suddenly and hurried eastward.
As soon as the people left, Huang Zong immediately reminded: "Marshal, if we take this dangerous strategy, Yuancheng must be careful not to mention it, and some measures must be put in place in the southern section of the Western Front just in case."
"What's your plan?" Yue Fei asked seriously.
"Send a general to rush out from the mouth of Yongji Canal and attack southward along the river to seize the morale of the gold army." Huang Zong thought for a moment and spoke seriously.
"I want to use the two back-wei troops on the eastern front behind me. We cannot divide our troops..."
"The river is so wide, so there is no need for a large army or cavalry." Huang Zong reminded quickly. "It is enough to send one brave general and lead more than a thousand people."
"Who can take this position?" Yue Fei asked immediately.
"Commander Wang Gang can take up this post." Huang Zong thought for a moment and mentioned a name. "He was originally from the Beiwei Army, and he has always been the most daring to fight... He was restored to his status as commander before the battle, and some of his old troops were handed back.
Let him be punished and make meritorious service!"
Yue Fei could only think for a few breaths before making an immediate decision: "Yes!"
"Son of a bitch!"
About a quarter of an hour later, as the Song army suddenly made large-scale maneuvers, Gao Jingshan looked at the bare Yuancheng city for a while, suddenly blurted out, and then started to gnash his teeth. "I knew he was a bastard!!"