After Shao Song

Chapter 149 Floating bridge across the Red River

Han Shizhong is well known to the world. He has not received any systematic military education, and he is not as diligent in studying as Yue Fei. Therefore, for a long time, the Zhao Guan family felt that he was more suitable for small-scale battles to display personal bravery, such as killing. The Xixia prince-in-law retreated intact, etc., but commanding a large army to fight may not necessarily achieve good results.

This was indeed the case in the original history. The [-]-strong army lost the battle against the Jin army. As a result, only [-] remaining soldiers fought the Battle of Huangtiandang, almost capturing Jin Wushu alive and leaving his name in history.

But you can't always look at a person through the eyes of the past. Zhao Jiu himself also affirmed Marshal Han's necessary knowledge additions in order to realize his plan to destroy the country.After all, for all famous generals in ancient times, the ability to constantly seek knowledge is a necessary skill, otherwise no one will be able to rest on their laurels for a lifetime.

He was indeed annoyed a lot by Zhang Jun, and he did suffer some losses because of his blind command, but if he hadn't done any military action for more than half a month because of this Marquis Wu fan, then Mr. Zhang was really blamed.

The reason is actually simple. Han Shizhong is also investigating how to fight based on geography and customs.The first is the problem of miasma and dense forests. This is something that the people of the Central Plains cannot overcome for a while. There is nothing to say.But then again, human activity in Annan has been more than 1000 years since Zhao Tuo. Since others can live in it, it means that development has reached a certain level. There is always a place where they can adapt and march. The place is just divided.

Han Shizhong mainly dispatched people from all walks of life these days, just to connect these dots.Guarantee your own advance route and withdrawal route.After all, this is different from the last time Yue Yun had a small fight in Dali. That time, Dali did not dare to make a real stab, and second, there was a leading party within.

Now that these advantages are gone, Han Shizhong naturally has to figure out that during the Xining period of the Guo Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of troops stopped at the Red River and were forced to turn back by the geography of the mountains and rivers. Isn't that what he suffered!
That's why I say that Shao Long's words are [-]% true and [-]% false. Marshal Han did send many small teams to survey the terrain, and it is true that he cannot guarantee that everyone is safe. After all, the general will inevitably die before the battle. As for deliberately letting Shao Long die , then it is purely him who slandered Zhang Jun, and we are still waiting for your field army to contribute!

At the end of December, Han Shizhong personally rode his horse to the edge of the Red River to take a look. Although the weather was hot and would not freeze, the water level was still visible to the naked eye. He asked Zhao Shicheng, the censor accompanying the army, "Where is the highest water level?" On both sides of the Taiwan Strait, make sure you have done the reconnaissance, and another [-] troops and horses have arrived to transport food and join the war, but I can't afford it."

As you said, it seems that you were not the one who harvested the third-ripe rice for army rations when we arrived in Jiaozhi. Zhao Shicheng complained in his heart, but he still showed respect on his face and said: "Although I am a half-time official, Chief Wang is Zhao Tongpan himself." The one you bring out must not be weaker than Fan Ruoshui at the beginning of the dynasty." Besides, King Qin, you have killed many prisoners of war to verify this news, if you had not participated in the war.

Fan Ruoshui surveyed the hydrology when the Song army destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, crossed the river at Caishiji pontoon, and crossed the last natural barrier of the Southern Tang Dynasty. After that, Cao Bin besieged Jinling for a year and completely destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Frankly speaking, King Han Qin didn't like Cao Bin, but it was undoubtedly a good sign.He was about to say something when suddenly some raindrops fell from the sky. It was rare to see a heavy rain in this season. Han Shizhong and his party were all military players, so many people began to worry about what would happen to this swampy land after it rained. However, the clinker Han Shizhong laughed loudly, and his armor shone with a cold light, which made this tall-boned general extremely arrogant. He said, "It seems that he knows that a disaster is coming. Even the God of this place is not afraid of it." I'm going to cry, Yue Yun, follow the plan tomorrow."

Yue Yun came out and solemnly received the order.

Han Shizhong glanced at the vast Red River, where all the bridges had been destroyed by the Jiaozhi Army, and sneered, but said nothing more.Da Ma led everyone back to the camp, hurriedly wrote a secret note to Zhao Guan's family, and ordered them to go to bed early and prepare meals.

According to the information secretly sent by Shao Long and the infiltration over the years, Han Shizhong also figured out that Jiaozhi now has three corps. One hundred thousand, scattered in the jungle west of the Red River Flats, just waiting to fight you in a jungle battle.

The second is the Daluo Army, nominally led by the country's leader Li Tianzuo, but actually belonging to the royal forbidden army led by the Li clan.There are 12 forbidden troops, branched out in the Red River Delta, to guard the capital Daluo.The third one is the Western Navy in the central part. Needless to say, it is the integrated naval and naval force directly under Captain Du Yingwu, who was just knocked out of his teeth by Li Bao. Shao Long really can't touch it, but according to Li Bao and Wang Gui It is estimated that there must be more than one hundred thousand people.

It can be said that Jiaozhi also has capable people. They know that once they cross Lang Son and reach the Red River, it is impossible to stop the unparalleled Song army, so their troops have long been concentrated on the south of the Red River.

Han Shizhong did not report this number to the entire army. After all, there are only 5000 people including the increase in troops. If you hear that the enemy is ten times stronger, ordinary people really have no confidence, but Han Shizhong is really not very afraid. How did you lose?

What? You said it was the national humiliation of the Song Dynasty. Anyway, I got it back tenfold. I don’t care. Whoever cares will lose.

Early on the next morning, Yue Yun raised his banner of "Hou Yueyun is famous in the Song Dynasty" and led about 300 people to make a big noise on the north bank of the Red River. A few dilapidated retired warships and more than a dozen plundered fishing boats were left behind. Morning mist beats the drum and marches in, looking like it is about to cross the river and fight to the death.

And tens of miles away, Zhao Shicheng looked at Wang Yingchen personally holding a water map to point out where the depth is, where it is slow, the length of the piles used, and the width of the water surface, all based on the water regime he has observed over the past few days. , when the pontoon bridge was set up and flowed down the river, the bridge he chose could just fit on both sides of the bank. With a few piles, it could be firmly fixed on the water.

No matter how bad Jiaozhi is, it is still a country with its own veteran generals. It soon became clear that the Song people were pretending to attack, using Yue Yun's name to bluff others.The guards on the other side already had a bad feeling. However, the mist persisted for a long time in winter, and finally they were able to patrol along the river. They finally discovered that the Song people were building a pontoon bridge on the Red River. The banks were steep and difficult to stand on, and the arrows were also Being blown crooked by the north wind in winter, it could not stop the Song people from building the bridge. The guard was shocked and ordered people to rush to Daluo to spread the news. Everyone knows the allusion of floating bridge crossing the river. The Yangtze River can be crossed thousands of miles away, let alone the Red River!
Han Shizhong would not give him this chance. Soldiers on the pontoon bridge nailed countless piles of different lengths into the water. Countless Song soldiers who had been preparing for the attack rushed across the river along the pontoon bridge.The leader was naturally Han Shizhong, who was already in an excited state.

Wang Gui and Guo Hao, who came to deliver food and joined the war by the way, were dissatisfied with this. If you are in this position, can you give the opportunity to your colleagues, but you dare not, so you have to follow along.

When Han Shizhong's secret letter was sent to Tokyo, Zhao Jiu happened to be depressed in the Wuming Pavilion in the harem. He had his own reasons for sending 20 troops to his 5000-strong army. Last year, an ice and snow disaster severely reduced food production. Fortunately, it is still normal this year. , otherwise he will have to wait another year, but he will be happy after seeing it, "Not bad, good minister is making great progress, making further progress."

Princess Junyou of Yinchuan, who was in the cradle, clapped her hands and said clearly, "Go further." Yuxue was so cute that she cooperated with her. Not only Zhao Guan's family, but also the surrounding officials were smiling.

——Small theater extra——

On September 9, the Red River Museum reopened. The most eye-catching thing is naturally the Monument to the Heroes of the Song Dynasty built 5 years ago by Song Shizu, King of Qin, Han Shizhong.
Due to the long history and modern wars, both stone monuments were damaged. This year, experts from China Botanical Garden specially repaired them. It took three months to finally restore [-]% of the stone monuments.
It is reported that the "Picture of King Qin Breaking the Formation" originally preserved here has been handed over to the National Museum for preservation.3D simulation technology will be used in the introduction in the museum. (ifeng.com Zhao Qinghui)

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