The struggle of the reborn prince

The siege of the Song army by the Jin army has lasted for six or seven days. The distance between the camps of the two armies is three miles, which is twice the range limit of the Song army's artillery. It can be seen that they are still very afraid of artillery, so they should leave a distance to get enough early warning. Time and ease of formation.And this area has also become a place where the scouts of the Song and Jin armies spied on each other's camps and patrols often set foot in. Of course, it also became a hot spot for the Song and Jin armies to compete for, so conflicts often broke out.

Dusk is the time when the day turns cold, and it is also the time when the patrols of the two armies start to patrol. Under normal circumstances, the two armies will maintain a certain tacit understanding, keep two arrows in each other's territory, and will not penetrate into each other's 'territory' , to avoid conflicts.Today, the Song Battalion is routinely patrolled by the third brigade, one battalion and one Jiadu team of the Krupp Army. The area they are responsible for patrolling is the northern part of the camp, which is in the direction of Zhaozhou City.

Ordinarily, patrolling in front of the battle is a dangerous and hard job, but now it is the scorching heat season, and tens of thousands of people gather in the big camp with a radius of no more than twenty miles, eating, drinking and sleeping in it.And because the surrounding areas of the camp have been occupied by the Jin army, they are surrounded like iron barrels, and there is nowhere to graze them, so they can only be kept in captivity in the camp. The smell of feces produced every day is enough for people. This living environment is very bad.This is the beginning of the founding of the army, the emperor set a strict camping system and health regulations so that no epidemics were caused.Therefore, everyone regards the camp patrol as a good job, at least it can breathe!Captain Ge Peng, who led the team on patrol today, was not in high spirits. As soon as he went out, he scolded a soldier who didn't dress according to the regulations. Eating compressed dry food for several days led to poor stool and bad mood.Therefore, everyone respected him and stayed away from him, and no one dared to talk to him too much.Lest he bear his nameless wrath.

Today, however, the patrols of the Song Army and the Jin Army are walking in the same direction. If it were the past, one side would speed up or slow down to avoid each other.But today Jin Jun is fast if you are fast, and slow if you are slow.Follow Song Jun's footsteps closely.In fact, the Jin army is not willing, but the current situation is special. The camp is being arranged to retreat, and it is almost an empty camp. Song Jun didn't let go.But Ge Peng didn't know Jin Jun's suffering, and felt that they were provoking him, which aroused his violent temper all at once.

Ge Peng led the people and leaned forward, because the number of patrol teams of the two armies is basically the same on weekdays.But because of the gap in weapons, they knew they were invincible, and they would often take the initiative to avoid the Song army approaching.But today Ge Peng saw that the Jin army not only did not hide, but instead picked up their bows and set up arrows to fight. This kind of behavior is no longer a provocation, but a prelude to a fight.In the past, there were precedents where one side set up an ambush to deliberately provoke the other side to cause conflicts. Therefore, Ge Peng immediately became alert and ordered everyone to form a battle formation to prepare for the battle.Jin Jun had ghosts in his heart, and saw that Song Jun was aiming at them with guns.Thinking that his own actions were leaked, and knowing that he must be at a disadvantage in the confrontation, he immediately followed the tactical principle of first strike and then strike first to shoot arrows.Ge Peng was just on guard at first, but now he also made a move when he saw the other party.It was even more expected that it was a premeditated action by the enemy, and he ordered to fight back.

The range and rate of fire of the lianzhu gun far surpassed that of the bow and arrow. The Jin army must suffer the loss when the two sides fight against each other.But in a short while, several people in the Jin army were shot and fell.Knowing that the Jin army was invincible, they turned their horses and ran away. Ge Peng sent people back to the camp to report.While urging the horse to chase.Then something strange happened, there used to be clashes between the two patrols.All parties will immediately send reinforcements to respond, and a fight will be inevitable.But today the Jin army was chased all the way to its camp, but there were no ambushes everywhere, and no one opened the gate of the village to respond.

The provocative Jin army was beaten to death by himself. Ge Peng couldn't figure out the enemy's purpose for a while and didn't dare to chase him any more. Let's see what Jin Jun wants to do.In the past, the Jin army would immediately fight back, and would shoot arrows to block it if they did not open the door to fight, but today they were indifferent and did not take any measures against the Song army who came to the door.

All kinds of abnormal behavior of the enemy calmed Ge Peng, whose anger was fading. He retreated quickly without knowing the enemy's purpose, and reported what he found to the commander who came to reinforce him.However, Di Hong, the commander of the [-]rd Brigade and [-]st Battalion of the Krupp Army, was also a bold and curious guy. He couldn't judge the current situation, so he ordered the two rapid-fire guns that were strengthened for their on-duty troops to fire at the Jin Army's camp. , to see their reaction.

"Boom, boom..." The two cannons fired two rounds in succession, but there was no response from the Jin army's camp, that is, they could not see the enemy running around, nor could they hear people screaming, and they were even ignited by the shelling. No one cares about the gates of the village, allowing the fire to burn more and more.Di Hong, who was so daring, was also taken aback, so he hurriedly left someone to continue to observe, and he returned to the camp to report.

After receiving the report, Zhang Shengkui was puzzled, and hurried out of the camp to check. Not only was the big camp in front of them ablaze, but even the sky over Zhaozhou City was red with smoke, like the setting sun falling into the city. Apparently the city was also on fire.

"Commander, we definitely did not set the fire in this city. I just ordered two cannonballs to be fired into the enemy camp." Looking at the commander's sharp gaze, Di Hong was startled and said, waving his hands again and again.

"Damn it, I don't think you have that ability. This enemy wants to run away and order all the artillery in the army to fire at the Jin army's camp!" Zhang Shengkui patted Di Hong on the shoulder and said.

When Zhang Shengkui's cannon fired, all the troops were startled.He immediately reported to Zheng Ping what happened just now. At this time, the direction of Zhaozhou City was already full of flames, as if a torch festival was being held, illuminating the surrounding miles brightly. It has been succeeded, and the Jin army wants to secretly withdraw its troops and return to the capital to help the capital. Otherwise, if the city accidentally catches fire, it will not burn so much in an instant. Someone must deliberately set the fire to achieve this effect.

The war opportunity was fleeting, Zheng Ping didn't bother to discuss it in detail, and immediately ordered all armies to enter the combat readiness, and sent scouts to break into the camp to test the enemy's strength. As they expected, there were only very few enemy troops in the enemy camp surrounding them. In bluffing, keeping the lights on, beating the drums, bewildering them.The scouts then came to report that the Golden Army of the brigade was gathering towards the riverside, and there were still civilians evacuating with the army outside the city of Zhaozhou.

"The order has been given that the dragon generals will form a battle formation for the Chinese army; the lion generals' [-]st, [-]nd, [-]rd, and [-]th brigades will be on the right wing, commanded by Jiang Wei; the fifth, sixth brigades, and the Krupp army's [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd brigades will be the left wing commanded by Zhang Shengkui; The artillery of each army and brigade was transferred to one place, under the cover of the [-]th and [-]th Brigades of the Krupp Army, and obeyed the command of the commander. All armies quickly dispatched to chase the enemy, and the enemy must be left behind!" Zheng Ping initially identified the enemy movement, and the armies have assembled, he ordered...

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Wanyan Yuying stood on the high hill of Daqing Mountain facing the wind, and saw that the sky was getting dark, and the two new pontoon bridges on the Huntong River had been erected. When everything was in place, the pro-army at the ferry took control of the bridge and guided the people of Zhaozhou who were the first to cross the river onto the bridge, but the Song army was still unaware of their actions.This relieved his nervousness a little. As long as he survived tonight, all the troops could cross the river safely. Although he failed to achieve the expected results, he also saved a force that cannot be ignored for the Dajin Kingdom.

"Is there the sound of cannons?" Just as Wanyan Yuying breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard several explosions, so he asked Wanyan Ahu who was beside him.

"Du Tongjun, it seems to have come from the south!" Wanyan Ahu replied after listening quietly for a moment.

"Send people quickly to find out the situation, did they alarm the Song army?" Wanyan Yuying became nervous. Now that the army was turning in, if they were suddenly attacked by the Song army, it would definitely cause disaster.

"Du Tongjun, there is fire in Zhaozhou!" The person sent to investigate the reason why the Song army fired the artillery had not yet returned, and when Wanyan Yuying was restless, Wanyan Ahu suddenly shouted.

"What? Didn't you tell them to light the fire after the whole army crossed the river? Why did they start setting fire at this time? You can ask Hecha to come and see me!" Wanyan Yuying looked up and saw flames blazing in the direction of Zhaozhou city. This is by no means the lights that illuminate the city at night, but because someone deliberately set the fire like this, he couldn't help being shocked.

"The Dutong Army, maybe someone just took advantage of the opportunity to clear the city and set fire to it, so don't worry too much." Seeing the drastic change in Dutong Army's expression, Wanyan Ahu hurriedly comforted him.

"I hope so, where are the armies now?" Wanyan Gouying said with a calm face, he also knew the problem of the Jurchens, and people would often take advantage of it when they left.

"I am in command of the capital. The southern army that was the first to withdraw from the siege has already passed Qingshan and reached the river bank. The ministries on the east and west wings have passed Zhaozhou City and are rushing towards the river bank. Most of the southern army has also left the camp. At the bottom of the city, most of the people in the city are leaving the city and crossing the river one after another." A member of the army counselor immediately replied.

"Order the army that arrives at the riverside to cross the river immediately without delay, and the rest of the ministries will speed up. If necessary, each ministries can give priority to using the pontoon bridge for crossing the people." Wanyan Yuying ordered, the situation is unknown now, if the Song army realizes that they are withdrawing I will watch it, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded on the riverside will definitely cause chaos, so I can only cross the river first at the risk.

"It's not good for the commanding army. Zhaozhou is on fire everywhere, and it's impossible to put out the fire. There are still many people who haven't evacuated and are all lost in the flames!" Wanyan Yuying had just taken precautions when he saw Zhaozhou city lord He Cha ran over with a face full of smoke and fire, threw himself at his feet and cried loudly.

"Who ordered the fire? I'm going to tear him into pieces!" Wanyan Yuying knew it as soon as she heard it. The fire in Zhaozhou city would definitely arouse the vigilance of the Song army, and soon they would find that there were empty camps around...