Chapter 30: The Battle Flag Flying
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In the discussion, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan's mother, Liu Yanzong, Guo Yaoshi and others were determined to eat and rescue the Song army first, and then encircle and annihilate Yao Gu's breakout Song army. The two Song army combined together are enough for 60,000 to 70,000 people. If the Jin army can successfully wipe them out, even if Li Hu arrives at the Hebei battlefield, there will be no advantage in military strength. The Jin army can then ensure that it occupy Hebei and can take the absolute initiative in peace talks with the Song Dynasty.
At this moment, Zong Fu and Zong Bi were sent a letter in a hurry. Li Hu's main force arrived at Xindu City. The Jin army was caught off guard and retreated in panic. The army was now on guard on the south bank of Hulu River.
Zong Wang was shocked and immediately asked Liu Yanzong and Guo Yaoshi if there was any latest news from Bianjing. Since the last besieged Bianjing and forced the Song Dynasty to cede land and pay compensation, some of the peace-staking surrenders in Bianjing have established good relationships with the Jurchens, and the ones responsible for maintaining contact with these people were Liu Yanzong and Guo Yaoshi. In order to promote peace-staking, these ministers of Bianjing jumped down the capital and secretly sent messages to the Jurchens. Of course, some of them were bribed by the Jurchens, while some of them felt that they were doing this to protect the Song Dynasty, which was a voluntary "patriotic" behavior.
"The latest news we got from Bianjing is that in order to trick Li Hu to the battlefield in Hebei, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty deliberately made an imperial siege in person." Guo Yaoshi was also surprised. He didn't believe it at first, but the news was sent by Zong Fu and Zong Bi. With the status of these two people, even if they were defeated in the letter, they would use Li Hu as an excuse to escape from the crime. Li Hu and the main force of the Hu Lie Army went to Hebei to participate in the war directly affected the attack strategy of the Jin Kingdom, which was related to the development of the entire battle situation in Hebei. If they were not sure, the two princes would definitely not send letters in a hurry.
"Did the traitors in Bianjing keep lying to us? These shameless barbarians are not trustworthy at all." Wanyan ~ said lazy and sarcastic.
"It is impossible that there are many channels for news in Beijing. All the news confirmed that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had no intention of commanding the army in person, and Li Hu was busy snatching the northwest and unintentionally leading the main force into Hebei for battle." Liu Yanzong said, "Although we do not have the latest news from Bian Jing, the main force of the Filipino army could not reach Jizhou in such a short time."
A few days ago, after Liu Yanzong failed to encircle and annihilate Yue Fei, he immediately returned from Zhaozhou to surround and kill Yao Gu. He did not believe that Li Hu led the main force of the Hu Lie Army to the city of Xindu. "In my opinion, this is the Northwest Army to rescue Yao Gu from the north. The Northwest Army on the south bank of the Yellow River may all arrive in Jizhou."
Regardless of whether Li Hu arrived in Jizhou, there is one thing that is certain that the Song army that rescued Yao Gu now exceeded previous expectations, and the Jin army was about to change its attack strategy.
"With our existing troops, it will take time to eat all the Song army on the north bank of Hulu River. However, the Song army rescue troops arrived at Zongfu on the south bank of Hulu River one after another. Zong Bi may not be able to stop them. Even if they blocked them, it would be very amazing." Zong Wang thought for a long time and decided to use the Hulu River, a natural dangerous plain area on the north bank of Hulu River, to give full play to the advantages of the horse army and eliminate the Song army to the greatest extent.
"Although the Song army may escape part of us, the Song army was once again severely damaged, and had no morale and could not stop us at all. In this way, we could reach Daming Mansion as fast as possible, occupy Daming Mansion, and then advance together with Zonghan's Western Army, killing the Yellow River, and attacking Bianjing for the second time.
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Wanyan~ lazy, Wanyan's mother and others agreed. Now Li Hu stationed troops in Luoyang and watched the tiger's fight. Once he was given the opportunity to capture Bianjing and sweep across the Central Plains, he would pick up a big advantage. But the Jurchens did not want Li Hu to pick up a advantage. On the contrary, the Jurchens wanted to occupy the Central Plains and drove Li Hu to the northwest. Therefore, the Jurchens had to seize any opportunity and could not make a mistake in a single step.
"I urgently tell Zong Fu, Zong Bi. Please make sure to block the Song army on the Hulu River bank to help our army wipe out the Song army on the north bank of Hulu River."
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On the third day of the lunar calendar, Mingyang Town, Cizhou, Hebei.
Mingyang Town is located thirty miles north of Handan City.
At midnight, Zong Han rushed to Mingyang Town and summoned Wanyan Olu, Yelu Yuji, Zong Xian, Zong and other leaders to discuss attack strategies.
The attacks in the past two days were very smooth and were unstoppable. Originally, Zong Han thought there was a hard battle in the water, but the Song army retreated all the time, obviously trying to hold the city and block the Jin army under Dancheng.
"Handan is more than 200 miles away from Daming Mansion, and there is only one Zhang River in the middle. I want to send an army to kill Daming Mansion while besieging Handan."
Zong Han explained his thoughts. At present, the Western Route Army has reached Handan and the front line of Daming Mansion. In an emergency, the Song army in Daming Mansion will definitely rescue. The more Song troops there are under Handan City, the more difficult it is for the Jin army to attack. At this time, sending an army to attack Daming Mansion can effectively restrain the Song army in the direction of Daming Mansion and help the Jin army to capture it.
"Zong Wang's Eastern Army was circumventing Yao Gu on the north bank of Hulu River, and the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty also approached Hulu River. At this moment, our attack on Daming Mansion was equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the reinforcement army and forcing the reinforcement army to retreat." Zong Han said, "If the Song army in Shenzhou loses rescue, the entire army will be wiped out, so that Zong Wang can lead his troops south, attack us from the east and west, and kill the Yellow River."
All armies
Zong Han followed his advice.
That night, Zong Xian, Yelu Foding, and Huo Shi entered the state with 20,000 horse and infantry troops and advanced to Daming Mansion. Wanyan Ganlu, Yelu Yuji and others were preparing to attack the city after dawn.
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On the fourth day of August, Shenzhou, Hebei.
In the early morning, the king woke up from his sleep and saw his entourage sitting together in groups of three or five, eating dry food. In the distance, the soldiers also got up from the ground one after another and began to prepare for the battle. No one was making a loud noise, and occasionally the neighing of war horses could be heard. A solemn breath filled the entire field, which made people breathless.
Last night, the army crossed the Hulu River and rested on the spot. The soldiers lie on the ground and were ready to fight at any time. From a security perspective, the army should have set up camp on the south bank of the Hulu River last night, but the king was worried that the Jin army would destroy the floating bridge in the middle of the night and delayed the rescue time, so he crossed the river overnight and rested on the north bank at the risk of being ambushed by the Jin army.
The scouts were safe overnight. They did not encounter the Jin army within a radius of ten miles. This strange situation made the soldiers of the Song army even more frightened. The Jin army was obviously here, but silent. It is not difficult to imagine that once the Jin army was dispatched, its offensive was fierce.
Zhang |: Running from the crowd. The gentle and elegant commander was Zhang Xiaochun's son. After Zhang Xiaochun helped Zhao Kai ascend the throne, Zhao Kai did not leave him in Bianjing, but appointed him as the Hedong Xuanfu envoy and drove him to Taiyuan. Zhao Kai probably felt that he owed Zhang Xiaochun, so he promoted his son Zhang |: became the commander of the Hedong Army. When Zhang Xiaochun became the commander of the commander of the commander of the Northwest General in Hedong, he was transferred his son, who was a civil servant in Huainan, to the Northwest Army. Zhang Xiaochun's original intention was to join forces with his son to effectively control the Hedong Imperial Army. But the situation changed too quickly. His son's official became bigger, but he went to the battlefield in Hebei and was deeply in a desperate situation.
Zhang |: In his thirties, he looks handsome and gentle, and after two or three years of being in the army, he has more heroic spirit as a warrior, but he has no combat experience, no record, and no prestige in the army. The commander of this army is Zhang, but relying on Zhang |: The war is definitely not good, so the deputy commander-in-chief led the army to rescue Zhang in the temporary period.
The king was born in the Northwest General and joined the army at the age of sixteen. He had fought for thirty years and was also famous in the Northwest. However, like ordinary soldiers today, he smelled the strong breath of death. He even had a premonition that this battle would be his last battle, and the soldiers in front of him would die together on this land.
"Wang Shuai, the letter from the head of Zhe Dutong." Zhang sat next to Wang and handed the letter over with a smile.
Wang held a water bag in one hand and a dry food in the other, and was eating voraciously without raising his head, "What news?"
"Yesterday they fought with the Jin army for a day." Zhang Zhangshu put his arms into his arms and said respectfully, "Yesterday afternoon, the Jin army increased its troops, and the two sides fought fiercely, and we suffered great losses. At dusk, Tong Yue and Tong arrived with reinforcements. The Jin army retreated without knowing the situation."
"Yue Fei?" A hint of joy suddenly appeared in the king's eyes, "How many people did he bring?"
"He brought all the Hu Lie Army, and Zhe Kecun also came." Zhang|: said happily, "There are at least 100,000. Now we can rescue Yao Shuai."
"Hurry up, tell the soldiers this good news." The king said anxiously, "Just say that the Tiger King is coming, and the main force of the Tiger Lie Army is coming."
Zhang |: I was stunned for a moment, then I understood Wang’s intention and nodded quickly, “Okay, I’ll do it now.”
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The Tiger King was here, and the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army was here. The news spread quickly. The soldiers were excited and cheered. The fear that enveloped people's hearts disappeared in an instant.
The soldiers of Hedong all knew Li Hu's power. This god-like figure would definitely turn around when he arrived in Hebei and Jizhou.
A red sun rises slowly from the horizon.
The gathering war drums were beating, the melodious horns were blowing, and the bright battle flags were raised high, making noises in the wind.
Wang Fei was on a horse, Zhang and several members were following closely. The entourages lined up behind and rode their horses to follow.
Wang Zhuang walked among the soldiers, looking at the resolute and confident faces, and his mood suddenly improved. Yue Fei's arrival made the battle full of hope. The haze in his heart was gradually dispelled by the golden sunshine, and the premonition that he didn't want became absurd.
"Brothers, take out your courage, raise your sword, and drive the golden dog out..."
Wang waved his arms and shouted loudly at the soldiers.
"Today, we use our lives and blood to protect our land, our homes, our brothers and sisters..."
"Today, we fight for the Song Dynasty, for the emperor, for the glory of the people of the Northwest..."
"Today, we are moving forward and fighting to the death..."
"Fight to the death..." Zhang |: Raising his arms high, his face was red and his ears were red and his voice was yelling wildly.
Chapter completed!