I am Da Song

Chapter 227 Don't mention it, shame

Unlike the Jin army's slow retreat, the Yizhou city army was very decisive. The whole army attacked, and more than [-] people were mobilized.

The army moved vigorously, and the front of the soldiers pointed directly at the camp of the Jin army.

The [-] Song troops spread out their formation, which was also boundless in the wind and rain, and the black soldiers stepped into the battlefield in a neat square formation.

The Jin army guarding the camp soon discovered this terrifying scene. Under the rain, it seemed that countless dead soldiers were slowly marching out from the darkness.

"The main force of the enemy army attacked the camp!" The shrill screams resounded through the camp of the Jin army.

Groups of Jin troops dragged their exhausted bodies to the camp wall. The heavy rain not only dragged down the morale of the Jin troops, but also seriously consumed their physical strength. Their supplies were insufficient. They only ate raw rice and drank cold water every day. It also makes them unable to replenish their physical strength.

These exhausted golden soldiers climbed up the camp wall, looked at the situation a little, then decisively dropped their crossbow banners, turned around and gave up the defense.

Outside, the Song Army's flags were flying, with armor everywhere, and spears like a forest. At first glance, the morale was like a rainbow.

But the bow strings of the Jin army were all damp in the heavy rain, and they couldn't draw the bow and arrow. What's the use of guarding the camp wall at this time?

What's even more exasperating is that he is dying here to cover others to go to the rear to eat and drink spicy food?
Many generals of the Jin army didn't want to stay here and continue to eat moldy raw rice. They just lacked an excuse to lead their troops to retreat.

The arrival of Song Jun just gave them a legitimate reason.

Anyway, Yizhou City is not very far from Zhuozhou City, and everyone can withdraw without finishing Commander Yan Zongpan.

Moreover, the heavy rain continued, and the Song army's cavalry could not pursue them.

A large number of generals had no worries about escaping, and they all made up an idea, as long as I escape faster than the others, the Song Army's blade will not be able to cut me.

The morale of the two sides was very different. After the hand-to-hand combat, the scene immediately turned into a crushing battle of the Song army.

The Jin army collapsed in an all-round way, and one camp after another couldn't even resist firmly, and quickly fell apart, and densely packed broken soldiers fled to the rear.

Wu Jie thought that he might become famous in this battle and become a classic in the battle of defending the city in the Song Dynasty.

But I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. The [-] Song army faced the exhausted [-] Jin army violently, and the whole way was like a broken bamboo.

Even if there are generals in the Jin army who are loyal and lead their troops to fight to the death, the resistance is very weak.

The two armies fought in an upright manner, the steel and the blade collided, and the heavy infantry of the Song army easily chopped up the resistance of the Jin army.

The Golden Army, which has been tortured by wind and rain for more than ten days, has declined to a sad point.

In this battle, the Song Army re-established its absolute dominant position of "arranging without fighting".

The once arrogant Jurchen strong soldiers also lost the courage to fight the mighty formation of the Song army.

As for the myth that "the Jurchens are less than ten thousand and invincible", even the Jurchens themselves are embarrassed to mention it.

After all, the [-] Jin army was defeated by the [-] Song army. The wolves ran wild and fled all over the mountains and plains, which really hit people's hearts and morale.

This sentence is like slapping all the Jurchens in the face.

Since then, this sentence has become a thing of the past.

Don't mention it, shame!
The good news was urgent within eight hundred miles, and it took only two days to appear before Zhao Huan's case.

When the good news arrived in Tokyo, Zhao Huan was negotiating with the prime minister, shuxiang, Jixiang and officials from the six ministries.

Zhao Huan glanced at the battle report sent back by Wu Jie, and said succinctly: "The great victory in Yizhou, Wu Jie took advantage of the exhaustion of the Jin army, and launched a fierce attack. More than 2 wounded and sick soldiers were captured, and tens of thousands of horses and armor were captured."

There was a burst of cheers in the hall, and Prime Minister Zhang Shuye said with a smile: "Wanyan Zongpan is really a lucky star of the Song Dynasty. The numerous battles with our dynasty have further established our dynasty's advantage in Yanyun."

Right Prime Minister Mei Zhili disagreed, saying: "Although Wanyan Zongpan's ability is mediocre, the combat strength of the 10,000+ Jin army is solid. It was Wu Jie who was able to defeat the Jin army. The soldiers fought bravely."

Zhang Shuye nodded slightly, and said: "Indeed, Wu Jie's battle was astounding. Changing the command of a general may not be able to beat the Jin army with 10 troops and [-] troops."

Allowing everyone to talk about light topics for a while to ease their depression, Zhao Huan put away the battle report and said solemnly: "Since the war has come to an end for the time being, let's gather our energy and go all out to solve the flood in Hebei."

"It has been more than ten days since the breach, the river is flooded, and the country on both sides of the river is flooded. When will the prime minister be able to control the situation?"

Faced with this horrible natural disaster, Zhao Huan also had no clue.

But he is the emperor, so he doesn't need to rack his brains at all, he just needs to ask the prime minister for accountability.The country raises so many ministers, is it really for the purpose of supporting them as uncles, allowing them to be extremely human ministers and enjoy privileges?
When a problem arises, they must come up with a solution for the emperor!This is the meaning of their existence.

Mei Zhili got up immediately and said: "Now the imperial court has a preliminary grasp of the situation. According to the news sent back by front-line officials and soldiers recently, the officials of the Ministry of Industry have discovered the place where the embankment broke. Near Tao and Guanshi, there were about a dozen embankment breaches. Dongliu's embankment breaches were mainly in Bozhou, but the dike breaches were extremely serious, with large gaps appearing on both sides of the north and south, and the flood not only spread to Shandong, but also to Hebei. Converging with the flood from the Beiliu, East Hebei Road is now full of rivers and mountains."

Zhao Huan looked at the map. The so-called North Flow and East Flow both refer to the Yellow River in this era.

The reason for this name is that the Yellow River experienced the most serious diversion in history during the Song Dynasty. It was divided into two near Puyang in the middle reaches, and a tributary went straight to Daming Mansion in Beijing. It went out to sea in Tianjin in later generations, and it was the Beiliu.

One continues to the east and goes to sea in Shandong, that is, Dongliu.

But the so-called most serious, there is no other reason, there is only one reason, the Song Dynasty does not pay much attention to river defense.

The imperial court proposed to rectify the Yellow River. "Building an embankment of 21 miles requires [-] laborers. It takes [-] days to work, which is quite troublesome." After hearing the high cost, Emperor Zhenzong immediately waved his hand and rejected the proposal.

The chaotic river control plan of the ancestors has been left over to the present, and Zhao Huan has to pay twice as much to manage it.

Mei Zhili said: "In the early years of my dynasty, some ministers once concluded that according to our national policy of governing the Yellow River, the entire river east will be flooded. The people of Qi, Bo, De, Di, and Binzhou will all become The food of fish and turtles is almost all fulfilled today."

Zhao Huan's face was serious. Was there any bastard like Du Chong? Da Song had to experience such a flood of the Yellow River this year. Since he couldn't avoid it, he could only face the reality.

"Where are the 30 troops fighting the flood now? How is the assembly of the millions of civilians recruited?"

(End of this chapter)