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Chapter 424
Just by hearing the name "Wanyan Shizhu", one can tell that this person is from a distant family of the Jin Kingdom's clan.

Up to now, the clan of the Kingdom of Jin has basically been killed by the Mongols, and a few survivors have also changed their Han surnames and hid themselves among the Han people.

The reason is that there was a generational blood feud between Meng and Jin. Genghis Khan’s great-grandfather, Hebul, fought bloody battles with the Kingdom of Jin for many years. put to death.

After this extremely humiliating and cruel execution, the Kingdom of Jin sent troops to the north to attack Mongolia every three years, slaughtered its young and strong, and took women and children into slavery, which was called "Jading" at that time.

What Yang Guo said in his previous poem, "every year the spring water returns to the autumn mountains, and the golden lotus river is bloody in wind and rain" refers to the past event of the Jinlian bloodbath.

With such a deep hatred, it would be merciless to be cut off by the butcher's knife of revenge.

The Wanyan Stone Pillar is one of the few who survived by seeking refuge in Mongolia. His father was named "Wanyan Nazhuo", and he followed Genghis Khan to crusade against the Western Regions and Hexi long before Genghis Khan conquered gold.

All in all, Wanyan Shizhu is still alive today, not because of the benevolence of others, but a hard-won luck.

He deeply understood this point, so he developed a cautious character, he was cautious in serving the Mongolian people, and he was also cautious in fighting.

The reason why Niu Lin entrusted the navy and all the luggage to him was also for his safety.

After Wanyan Stone Pillars settled in Luchuan County, a pontoon bridge was built on the Tuojiang River, so that the Mongolian army could go to the east bank at any time.If the Song army wanted to sneak attack from God's Arm City, they would first encounter Mongolian cavalry attacks on the mountain road.

He also drove the people to cut down a large number of wooden piles. Taking advantage of the flood season of the river, he could destroy the ships of the Song army with driftwood at any time.

He also ordered people to bring all the artillery carts from Yingpan Mountain in Xuzhou and arrange them at the head of Luchuan County.

For the Song army, it was extremely difficult to go upstream to attack the city of Jiangkou, which is located west of the Tuojiang River and north of the Yangtze River, without the cooperation of land troops and horses.

Wanyan Stone Pillar was still not enough. After thinking about it, he thought that the Xuzhou defenders might take the risk of attacking Luchuan. In addition, even if Niu Lin defeated the Song army in Yunding City, its defeated army might attack Luchuan.

So he sent out sentries every day to investigate in the west and north directions to prevent the Song army from moving within a hundred miles.

All the defenses that could be arranged were arranged, and Wanyan Shizhu did not relax his mind.

No way, with his surname, he has to work many times harder than ordinary Mongolians to settle down...

On March 24, the sky was clear and clear.

Standing at the head of Luchuan City, Wanyan Stone Column looked over, and saw that the Tuojiang River and the Yangtze River were still rising.It was not only because of the spring rains a few days ago, but also because the snow in the upper reaches of the two rivers had begun to melt.

As far as the eye can see, the Wanyan Stone Pillar is touched by the majestic view of the river, and he can't help but murmur in a low voice: "Shuangqing Jade Fortress, Yunfei Longshou, Wind Falls Jianggao. Dreaming on the Phoenix Terrace, the mountains surround the homeland."

Although his name is vulgar, Jurchens came out of Baishan Heishui and ruled the Central Plains for a hundred years. He was deeply influenced by poems and rituals, and he had read poems and essays.

The word he read was written by Wan Yanxuan...although almost every line in the whole word is a paraphrase of an ancient poem.

In short, the poetry, melancholy, and ambition in Wanyan Shizhu's heart converge, and when his emotions are complicated, he sees sentry horses galloping from both sides of the east and west...

"Report!"

"Report!"

"General, nearly [-] people from the Song Army set out from the lower reaches of God's Arm City..."

"General, the Song army was also found upstream, entered the river from the Changning River, crossed the river, and attacked by land and water parallel..."

This is the worst scenario Wanyan Shizhu expected.

The Song army in southern Shu attacked from the upper reaches, still cooperating with the Song army in Luzhou.Then, if the Song army in the upper reaches destroys the defensive arrangement first, the advantage against the Song army in the lower reaches will be reduced a lot...

With Wanyan Shizhu's cautious temperament, he is already very unhappy when his advantage is reduced.

……

"boom!"

The cannon carts threw boulders, some of which fell on the surface of the Yangtze River, stirring up a column of water.

Occasionally, a few bombs hit the warships of the Changning Army. If they could sink the ship just right, they would take away the lives of dozens of soldiers of the Changning Army.

Yi Shiying stood on top of the ship battle, and looked around, and saw that the Qingfu army that had landed first had lined up slowly, with spears everywhere, gradually approaching the Mongolian army.

Changning County belongs to Syria Prefecture. In the upper reaches of Luchuan County, the ships of the Changning Army traveled along the river at a very fast speed.

But sometimes fast speed is not necessarily a good thing, and it is necessary to control the speed of the boat to cooperate with the soldiers and horses on land.This extremely tests the command ability of the general.

Yi Shiying kept giving orders, and the banner waved, pointing to the north bank, and let the Changning army shoot arrows at the Mongolian riders on the bank.

This is the benefit of parallel land and water, ships can help infantry to suppress the enemy's cavalry and shooting.

"Shouchen! Look... the Mongolian navy is moving, they are going to hit the Luzhou army with driftwood..."

Yi Shiying squinted her eyes and saw the big banner on Luchuan City.

Wanyan Shizhu used his troops cautiously, and did not give Changning's army a chance to cooperate with Luzhou's army at all, and actually released the driftwood in advance.

This one-sided style of play is not brilliant, but there are few mistakes, and Yi Shiying knows that even if the combined force of the two directions is twice that of the Mongolian army, it will be impossible to win this battle without paying some price.

"Pass my order, march at full speed, and sink the Mongolian ships!"

The sound of war drums.

"Dong dong dong dong!" After five beeps, the warships also responded by drumming, indicating that they had received the order, and the warships of the Song Army raised their sails one after another.

The sails were loud, and the speed of the boat increased sharply, attacking the Mongolian ships spread out on the river.

Yi Shiying looked back at the land again, and saw that the [-] Qingfu Army was standing side by side with the [-] Changning Army, and they had collided with more than [-] Mongolian Cavalry...

"prick!"

Following Liu Jinsuo's roar, the deputy generals and generals under his command roared one after another, and the spears in the first row stabbed straight at Meng Qi.

"Call law..."

Some war horses hissed and fell down, and some Mengqi swung sledgehammers and scimitars, condescendingly knocking Song soldiers to the ground.

Meng Qi's task was to intercept, and he didn't want to fight the Song army here. They turned their horses and retreated, trying to increase the distance, and then use their bows and arrows to consume the Song army. After all, the ships on the river had already left.

But soon, only heard the sound of gold ringing in Luchuan City, Wanyan Shizhu had ordered these Mongolian cavalry to retreat.

This is another difference between Wanyan Shizhu's fighting and general Mongolian generals.

The Jurchens have long lost the bloody courage they had more than a hundred years ago, and they have begun to pay attention to the art of war and formation.

In other words, the Mongols don't like to defend the city, but Wanyan Shizhu will defend the city, and he has a wall to defend, so he doesn't want to fight the Song army.

"Don't let them run away!" Liu Jinsuo yelled, almost going to catch up with his spear.

After running two steps, he remembered that he was now a general commanding an army of two hundred. He quickly grabbed the flag, waved it himself, and called Xu Kui, Mao Yi'er and Changning's army to chase after him.

"kill!"

The Song Army on the East Road swept towards Luchuan City.

Their troops were not many, and their purpose was not to capture the city, but to contain the Mongolian army and meet the Luzhou army downstream.

The chance of victory in this battle lies in this subtle cooperation.

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"quick!"

Zhu Yusun has shouted until his throat is burning.

He led 8000 troops, much stronger than Yi Shiying, but it was extremely difficult to move upstream and face the driftwood that kept bumping into the river.

Attacking against the current and defending against the current are completely two concepts.

Although Zhang Shi has been defeated repeatedly, he is an experienced general, and he only dared to defend against Niu Lin's offensive.Because he knew that ordering soldiers to go upstream would take too much energy.

Exhaustion without a battle is a taboo for military strategists.

Therefore, when he entrusted the soldiers and horses to Zhu Yusun, he confessed that in case of accidents, he could only rely on the arm of God to guard the Yangtze River, and never dared to counterattack.

Both Zhu Husun ​​and Yi Shiying were literati, but Yi Shiying served in the Changning Army for a long time, while Zhu Yusun served as a Xuanfu driver for many years and went out of Zhenxu and Lu for two years, and this was the first time he personally commanded.

Although he understands the truth, he has little experience in water warfare. He dispatched troops with great enthusiasm, but watched the warships circling on the mighty Yangtze River, and turned around in a hurry.

He didn't dare to order Min Zhuang to pull the string, for fear that he would be shot and killed by the Mengqi on the shore, and the ship would lose control.

Today's wind direction is not right...

As if Zhang Shi's bad luck had fallen on him, he shouted hoarsely, but it was actually an invalid military order.

Standing on the high battle platform on the warship, looking out, the vast Yangtze River meets the sky, and the Changning Army and Mongolian Navy in the distance are like black spots.

But they seem to have begun a fierce battle in order to meet the Luzhou Army.

"Yi Shifu is working so hard, if this battle is defeated by me, what should I do?! What should I do?!"

After all, it is the habit of literati, the offensive is not going well, Zhu Yusun is already full of sorrow...

~~
The river is vast, and the arrows on the river are like locusts, and the cannon stones are like rain.

The difference between water battles and land battles is that there is not much blood to be seen.Ships are far away from ships, ships and cities, and all you can see in your sight is the distant view, so it doesn't look so tragic.

But in fact, its cruelty is far worse than that of land warfare.

During the land battle, even if one arm was removed and the sky was wailing, this person might still survive.In a water battle, a cannon stone or a fireball may take away the lives of a whole boat...

It's just that the arrows and guns are not very accurate, which prolongs the battle.

The Song and Mongolian armies fought fiercely for more than two hours.

Wanyan Shizhu was a little nervous at first, but when he turned his head and saw that the Song army was still progressing slowly, he was relieved.

At this point in the battle, he could see clearly that the outcome of this battle would be whether the Mongolian army could defeat the Changning army before the Luzhou army arrived.

Fortunately there is still time.

"Don't worry, the Song army downstream can't get through."

Wanyan Shizhu ordered the shrinking navy to move closer to Luchuan and slow down the speed of the cannon cart throwing stones, in order to accurately destroy the Song army ships.

He is obviously calmer than Zhu Yusun, giving orders in an orderly manner.

In this battle, he already has confidence.

Although he has 5000 people, although he is not the main force of New York, he is not a weak brigade that the Song army can handle at will...

"General, there is an urgent report from the north!" Suddenly, a soldier shouted.

Wanyan Shizhu frowned, he didn't have time to listen to the news at this time, and he was worried about delaying the urgent military situation, so he turned to his second brother Wanyan Zhentong and said, "Go and see if the Marshal has sent an order. "

After all, he made another solemn statement.

"There is no need to open the city gate."

……

The south of Luchuan County faces the Yangtze River, which is where the Mongolian and Song naval forces fought fiercely;
To the west is the direction of Xuzhou, and Qingfu County is still preparing to attack the city;

The northeast is facing the Tuojiang River, and there is no fighting at this time...

Wanyan Zhentong rushed to Beicheng, looked around, and saw several fast horses galloping along the Tuojiang River to the base of the city, they were the sentinel horses sent by his brother to the north.

"The sentry horse returned to the camp, and the soldiers and horses of the Song army were found!"

The six knights reined in their horses outside the city gate, let the horses spin, and wanted to enter the city to report.

"The people of Song are attacking the city, and they cannot open the city gate for the time being." Wanyan Zhentong shouted, "How many reinforcements does the Song army have?!"

"There are more than a thousand troops, and they are already fifty miles away..."

Up and down the city, both sides yelled in Mongolian. If others confirmed the identity of the sentry horse, they opened the door and let him enter the city. But Wanyan Zhentong got the order and did not open the city gate. He only asked, "What are you doing?" banner?"

The sentry horse couldn't read Chinese characters, so he got off his horse and drew a word on the ground with a machete.

Wanyan Zhentong couldn't see clearly, so he leaned out and squinted his eyes.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp arrow shot from below the city suddenly, and hit his stretched neck right in the middle, and shot out through the neck with a "poof".

The Mongolian army on the top of the wall hadn't reacted yet, they saw Wanyan Zhentong lying dead on the battlements, the blood on the arrow cluster was still very clear.

"General..."

(End of this chapter)