The struggle of the reborn prince

On June [-], the vanguard of the Great Song West Route Army attacked the fort and broke the village all the way, defeated several harassing Jin troops, and arrived at the foot of Zhaozhou City.Jiang Wei, the leader of the vanguard official lion general, ordered to go to the village three miles away from the city. He led a team of personal guards to survey the terrain.It was almost evening at this time, they rode their horses and galloped along the river, and the cool breath of the river came to their faces. The Yazi River and the Huntong River converged here. The silvery white river water, green reeds, mixed with colorful wild flowers, and the blue sky and white clouds are clearly layered. , making people feel refreshed.

Jiang Wei boarded a sandy hill near the river bank and overlooked Zhaozhou city. The city is not big, and it is located on a high platform.There is a moat in front of the city, three feet high, made of earthen plates, covered with white ash, square in shape, and seven miles in circumference.In front of him is the commanding height of this area - Daqingshan.It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a low-rise sandy hill, and the western section is the battlefield of the battle of Chuhedian.

At this time, the former battlefield has been reclaimed into farmland, the spring wheat planted is not yet ripe, and the neat rows of field ridges stretch into the distance.But as long as you look carefully, you can see a lot of bones scattered in the field. When the horses pass by, you can hear the crisp sound of bones breaking under the hooves, and you can see layers of human and horse remains scattered under the surrounding soil mounds. .It can be seen from this that the battle was fierce back then, the bloody war was felt, and the casualties were heavy, so many years later, they were still unable to bury the bones, and could only let the wind and sand slowly cover them up.Jiang Wei turned around and looked south. He saw that this section of the river was winding and winding, with beaches, sandbars, and river branches all over the river.Now it is the high water season and the water is rolling. He estimated that the width of the lower river is more than two or three miles.There are also three hundred steps in the narrow place.On the other side, you can see dense flags, and you can't see the side of the camp from camp to camp.But what is strange is that there is no pontoon bridge between the two banks, and there are few boats on the water.

"Commander. There is a group of cavalry in the city running towards us. They think they found us in the camp." Just as Jiang Wei wanted to check the depth of the river, the guards in charge reported.

"Hey, they are really courageous, they dare to open the city and send troops to provoke!" Jiang Wei turned his head to see that a group of about 200 cavalry was galloping forward, obviously wanting to expel the enemy who dared to spy on the city.And he hasn't seen this kind of scene for a long time. The golden army guarding the trenches in the border area doesn't care what you see or do as long as you don't shoot at them.It is best to live in peace, but it can also be seen that Zhaozhou soldiers are different from other places, bold and sturdy, and dare to fight.

"Commander, the enemy is numerous, let's go quickly, it will be troublesome to be entangled by them." The guard knew that the commander wanted to "provoke" as soon as he heard it, and quickly pulled his horse's rein to persuade him. "You..." Jiang Wei wanted to reprimand the 'cowardly' soldiers, but they didn't give him a chance at all.He whipped his horse's ass twice and pulled him away.Seeing them retreat, Jin Bing didn't want to let them go and chase after them.Jiang Wei wanted to turn back to fight several times, but was held back by his own soldiers, and soon the patrol team cruising outside the camp found that the commander was in danger.Quickly catching up to meet them, the pursuing Jin army left in a hurry...

Jiang Wei, who usually sleeps on his pillow, tossed and turned to sleep tonight, only to feel the heat in the tent was unbearable.Listening to the tent, there was no movement except the footsteps of patrolling soldiers and the buzzing of mosquitoes.He turned over irritably, and remembered what he saw when he was exploring the city.I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't figure it out for a while.

"Does the Zhaozhou army really think that they can stop our attack on their own?" Jiang Wei turned over again and muttered to himself.Its military strength is only 5000 people. Even if according to the common sense of using troops to "siege a city twice as much", the army of one general has 2 people. He should ask for reinforcements or abandon the city and flee. Wouldn't it be strange to be able to take it in stride.

"Could it be that each of the Zhaozhou Army is possessed by Aguda, and has the ability of three thousand to one hundred thousand?" Jiang Wei became more and more puzzled, and simply sat up.

"A Guda took advantage of the frozen river to cross the river to attack the Liao army at night, attacking them unprepared by surprise and causing chaos..." Jiang Wei suddenly grasped the fleeting thought in his mind.The Zhaozhou army put on a stance of defending the city alone, while the Jin army in the south of the Yangtze River pretended to be defending by the river and had no intention of reinforcements, and then used the same trick of night crossing to mix with the river and the army to make a surprise attack, catching themselves by surprise.But the main force of the Song army was still thirty miles away, and there was no time for reinforcements, so they took the opportunity to make dumplings for themselves.

"Immediately order all the ministries to control the affairs of the big tent!" Jiang Wei figured out the joint and shouted to the soldiers on duty outside the tent...

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Under a waning moon, countless horses in the raging river were ups and downs in the water. Some soldiers of the Golden Army were lying on their horses, and some were holding the reins and struggling forward under the drag of the horses.And their goal is a light on the opposite bank in the darkness, that is the bright lights of Zhaozhou city, in the army of floating horses swimming across, Wanyan Yuying's legs are tightly clamping the horse's belly, the river has already covered the chest and belly, His armor was tied behind the saddle, and a long knife was hung on the saddle bridge. It fluctuated with the river, but it didn't feel cold in the summer night, but refreshing.

But the cool water of the river did not calm down Wanyan Yuying's fiery heart, on the contrary, it was as turbulent as the river flowing eastward.When he was ordered to command the Battle of Zhaozhou, he knew that this was an extremely difficult task. One hundred thousand enemy troops armed with sharp firearms broke through all the way to seize the city and were unstoppable.However, the Jin army suffered heavy losses and low morale, and had no victories in either field battles or defensive battles. Therefore, he thought that it was not advisable to face the enemy head-on, or passively defend the city.But the grand master had already ordered Zhaozhou not to lose, so he had to find another way.

At the beginning, Wanyan Guoying wanted to use rangers to harass the Song army's marching brigade continuously. Once there was chaos and an opportunity to take advantage of it, he would rush into it, guide the hidden elite soldiers to kill them, or destroy their belongings.However, the scouts of the Song Army spread far away, and the combat effectiveness of the scouts was not weak, so that they could not use their own scouts to wipe them out and make it impossible to issue an early warning, especially the Mughals who joined the Song Army. They have been here for generations Herding, hunting, familiar with the terrain here, and more vigilant and careful actions, it is even more difficult to get rid of them.

Then the Song army shrunk its march and strengthened its vigilance. The cavalry cavalry, who were good at counter-harassment and suppression operations, also increased their attack and search range, making it impossible for Wanyan Guoying's ambush army to hide, and the rangers suffered heavy casualties.It is difficult to get close to the marching brigade, let alone a large army surprise attack.It is also difficult to succeed in destroying the Song army's supplies.They used boats instead of carts to march by water, and they marched parallel to the brigade.It is impossible to get close to the fleet at all.

Harassment tactics could not prevent the Song army from approaching Zhaozhou, Wanyan Yuying had to go another way.He understands that the title of "Man and Ten Thousand Invincibles" has been given to the Song Army, and their soldiers can be worth tens of thousands of gold soldiers. It is difficult to completely wipe it out, and it needs three times the enemy's ability to defend it in a defensive battle. This can only be done if it does not have artillery to provide fire support.Therefore, it is impossible to defeat the Song army brigade. Only by concentrating forces to fight its lone army can there be a chance of winning. Therefore, the Song army forward who left the marching brigade became Wanyan Yuying's preferred target.

Of course, even in the face of a "lone army", Wanyan Yuying did not think that she could "break [-] with [-]".He selected five teams of [-] people with strong combat effectiveness from the tribes and pro-armies near the capital to participate in the attack.And choosing to raid in the middle of the night is also unreasonable.

First, based on the understanding and experience of Song Army firearms, Wanyan Yuying understood that the most important thing in fighting the enemy is to minimize the damage of firearms to them.Relying on heavy armor to increase defense is the most undesirable, not only the effect is limited, but also because of the increased load, the horse cannot charge quickly, and it also affects the flexibility of soldiers' actions.However, to reduce the damage of the Song army's firearms, the only way is to use quick assaults to quickly attack the formation and melee with the enemy in the form of close combat, so that the Song army's artillery will be ineffective, and the continuous guns will not be able to shoot at will, and the Song army will have no time to adjust the formation. Use its good at 'stone wall' charge.This can minimize your losses.

Second, through investigation, Wanyan Yuying learned that the forward army of the Song army was about [-] miles away from the Chinese army brigade. After the Chinese army received the news of the attack ahead, they rushed to the reinforcements at the speed of marching, and it only took half a day at the fastest.So the time left for them is not rich.It is required that the Jin army cannot fight a protracted war, and must make a quick decision.A surprise attack is the most appropriate way to achieve this goal, but in order to paralyze the enemy.Wanyan Yuying also deliberately showed weakness, and the army stayed on the south bank.It made the Song army feel that only thousands of Zhaozhou troops could not pose a threat to itself, so it relaxed its vigilance.

Another issue that Wanyan Yuying had to consider was how to deal with the aftermath.If your own battle plan is successful.Annihilating or seriously injuring the Song Army's forward army, although the Song Army may retreat or hesitate because of this, he estimates that the possibility of being madly retaliated by the Song Army is the greatest.Therefore, he had to come up with a perfect plan to maximize the value of this victory, not only to prevent the Song army from crossing the river, but also to force them to retreat...

The time in the water seems to be long and short. After swimming across the river, Wan Yan Yuying's crooked body was steadily swept by the rapids, and she looked up to the front. I didn't know that there was an army coming.He smacked the horse's belly with his heel, and the horse picked up speed, and the soldiers around him followed closely.

After a while, Wanyan Gouying felt his body tremble, and the horse's hoof finally stepped on the bottom of the river. At this time, soldiers who had already landed waded over to pull the horse ashore.He looked around by the moonlight, and now about 4000 to [-] people have come ashore. The soldiers are busy putting on their armor, arranging their weapons, hanging their bowstrings, and preparing to fight.According to the plan, at least [-] people should go ashore, but there are obviously not enough people around. It is obvious that they were washed downstream by the river, or lost their way because they couldn't see the lights on Zhaozhou City because of the fog in the river.

"Tongjun, the surrounding situation is as usual, and no Song army scouts have been found." Wulin Shijianu, who was the first to lead the army ashore, came to salute and reported.

"Well, how many people from your army have gone ashore?" Wanyan Kuiying asked his soldiers to put on the armor for him without thinking about changing his wet clothes, he nodded and asked.

"Together, three thousand-man teams have already landed. They have been assembled and can leave at any time. The rest of the troops are coming ashore one after another," Wulin Shijianu said.

"Very well, you lead your troops to set off immediately. After crossing the sandy hills, go five miles to the Song Army camp. Try to covertly approach, the closer the better, start attacking the camp from [-] steps away, and set fires everywhere after entering, disturbing the surrounding area. The more chaotic the better. This commander will gather the army and rush there to surround and annihilate the Song army." Wan Yan Yuying was very anxious, but now that the battle has not yet started, and he can't expose his intentions too early, there can only be how many people, how many people should be sent first, so as not to Long nights and many dreams.

The slaves of Wulin Shijia took the order to go, Wanyan Yuying watched them gradually disappear behind Shaliang, and ordered his soldiers to look for the soldiers who came ashore to gather here quickly, but the tens of thousands of troops came from many A ferry was launched into the water, and the soldiers scattered by the river in the dark were scattered on the river bank for more than ten miles. It was difficult to concentrate for a while, and more people were ups and downs in the river. It was almost dawn in two hours, and without the cover of night, they would suffer even greater casualties.

"Where is the noise coming from? Go and check it!" Wanyan Yuying was rectifying his troops when he suddenly heard the sound of shouts of killing and the sound of horseshoes coming from the north, but he could not see the city of Zhaozhou because of the obstruction of the sand beams. The lights and the situation over there make people look at it in a hurry.

"You don't have to worry, Commander. Thank you, they are the rangers of the Song army. The general will send someone to kill them immediately," said Pucha, the chief of the Wanfu.

"No, you immediately order the army to occupy Shaliang in front of you and set up defenses, in case the Song army finds out that we are crossing the river and comes to block it!" According to the time estimate, Shi Jianu should have not arrived yet, but the sound of horseshoes is getting louder and louder, among them Mixed with gunshots, and a team of rangers with at most a hundred people, there would never be such a big movement. The biggest possibility is that they encountered the Song Army brigade and were forced to fight.But many troops were still swimming and did not go ashore. If the Song army really killed them, wouldn't it be impossible to advance or retreat.

"Yes, lead the army!" Pucha quickly mobilized the more than [-] people who had just assembled in the headquarters to seize the only commanding heights in this area.

"Tongjun, something is wrong. The lights in the direction of Zhaozhou City are messy, and there is the sound of guns and cannons. It seems that the Song army is attacking the city. Another army is coming to the river bank, but it is too dark to see the flag clearly. I don't know. Which army is it!" The soldiers who were sent to observe the movement flew away and returned on horseback, panting and reporting.

"Hurry up, blow the horn immediately so that all the armies can charge towards Zhaozhou and engage the Song army." Wanyan Yuying knew that the worst scenario had happened as soon as she heard it. Shijianu's troops, the two armies fought, and the Zhaozhou army went out of the city to reinforce, and now they can only take advantage of the Song army's hasty opportunity to launch a general attack early...

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