The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 370
It is common sense that water can put out fire, but common sense may not be correct.

Like this very moment.

The Song army on the other side sprinkled a layer of kerosene on the ice.

Seeing that half of the Jin army had crossed the river and came to the ice, Ah Si said to Sun Daqian, the commander of the allied army, "General Sun, now half of the Jin army has crossed the river. You can order the arrows to be fired."

Sun Daqian glanced at Ah Si next to him, nodded, and ordered: "Pass my order, the whole army will shoot arrows!"

Following Sun Daqian's order, the archers who had already been prepared on the other side of the river began to release their arrows. For a while, rockets flew into the sky, drawing beautiful arcs in the sky.

Back to two days ago, Hao Jingcheng had just arrived in Licheng.

"Master Hao, we still have some people outside the city. They mobilize a large number of people who are loyal to our court outside. As long as we raise our arms at this time, we will definitely respond." Wen Buer said to Hao Jingcheng.

Hao Jingcheng looked at Wen Buer in front of him, his heart moved, and he asked, "Approximately how many are they?"

"Although the number is not many, there should be more than five thousand people." Wen Buer said with some pride.

5000 people is indeed not enough for the more than [-] people in the Jin Army, but if you make good use of the situation, it can achieve unexpected results.

"Where are these people now?" Hao Jingcheng asked softly.

"It should be in Xushang and other places in the north of the city. If the adults need it, I will issue a summoning order now, and they should be able to come here in a day." Wen Buer replied.

Hao Jingcheng pondered for a while, and said to Wen Buer: "Forget it, don't let them rush over at this time."

Wen Buer said to Hao Jingcheng: "Don't worry, my lord, this group of people is absolutely reliable, and they are ready to sacrifice everything for Da Song at any time."

Hao Jingcheng nodded, and said to Wen Buer: "Of course I understand your loyalty, Mr. Wen, but I have other uses for these people."

Wen Buer looked at Hao Jingcheng suspiciously, and said, "What is Master Hao's plan?"

Hao Jingcheng said to Wen Buer: "It's not very useful for these people to enter the city now, I have other arrangements, but now there is another thing that needs to be done by you, Mr. Wen."

Wen Buer looked at Hao Jingcheng, and asked suspiciously: "I don't know what Mr. Hao wants Wen to do?"

Hao Jingcheng said to Wen Buer: "Collect all the kerosene in the city. If there is not enough kerosene, then there is vegetable oil for lighting candles at home. Collect a large amount, the more the better!"

Wen Buer heard what Hao Jingcheng said, his eyes lit up, and he said to Hao Jingcheng: "Master Hao, I understand, are you going to use this fire oil to deal with the Jin army?"

Hao Jingcheng nodded and said, "That's right."

"It's simple. I will immediately order people to collect all the fire oil in the city and transport it directly to the city wall." Wen Buer said to Hao Jingcheng.

But Hao Jingcheng shook his head, and said to Wen Buer: "No, I asked you to collect kerosene, but I didn't ask you to send it to the city wall."

Wen Buer looked at Hao Jingcheng suspiciously, and asked, "If it's not sent to the city wall, then what's the use of Mr. Hao?"

From Wen Buer's point of view, this is obviously a good fire attack strategy, and it will definitely defeat the Jin army by then. With the help of fire oil, the success rate of defending the city will increase a lot this time.

But Hao Jingcheng denied this conjecture, and Wen Buer couldn't figure it out.

"Someone wants to hand over these kerosene to those five thousand people outside the city!" Hao Jingcheng said lightly.

"Give these kerosene to those people outside the city?" Wen Buer couldn't figure it out, he said to Hao Jingcheng: "Master Hao, what is the meaning of this?"

Hao Jingcheng said to Wen Buer: "You let the 5000 people outside the city rush to the north bank of the Yellow River, and stand guard on the north bank to stop the Jin army."

Hearing what Hao Jingcheng said, Wen Buer frowned and said, "Master Hao, this plan of yours seems a bit inappropriate."

"I would like to hear the details!" Hao Jingcheng said to Wen Buer.

"Master Hao, the situation is like this. Although these [-] people sound like a lot of people, there are actually very few who are capable of fighting. You can't treat him as a regular army." Said to Hao Jingcheng.

Hao Jingcheng nodded, and said to Wen Buer: "I understand what you mean, it is precisely because you have developed these people of all kinds, but their combat effectiveness is not very good, that's why I prepared these firearms for them." It's oily, wouldn't it be nice to let them come and burn the golden army?"

When Wen Buer heard what Hao Jingcheng said, he just felt dizzy for a while, but he didn't feel the joy that Hao Jingcheng said at all.

"Master Hao, are you blindly optimistic? In this situation, it is still unknown whether we can hold Licheng. Now you want to stop the Jin army outside the city. If Licheng can't stand it anymore , then what is the use of arranging these people outside?" Wen Buer said to Hao Jingcheng.

Hao Jingcheng nodded after hearing what Wen Buer said, and said: "Master Wen, what you said is good, but in the current situation, we have to take a gamble. If the bet succeeds, then we can use the The Jin army was wiped out by the whole army."

"But what if we lose the bet?" Wen Buer asked back, he was still a little conservative.

Hao Jingcheng touched his nose and smiled, and said to Wen Buer: "If you lose the bet, you will give the Jin Army a chance to escape, and this Northern Expedition will also be declared a failure."

Wen Buer heard what Hao Jingcheng said, and hurriedly said: "Master, just to be on the safe side, we should transfer these 5000 people to the city. Only in this way can we guard the Jin army outside the city with more confidence. At that time, the Jin army will be caught off guard."

Hao Jingcheng nodded when he heard what Wen Buer said, and said: "The method you said is good, but it is not the best strategy. What I want is to completely eliminate the Jin Army team here. In this way, we will be able to submit to our Great Song forever, and the threat of the Jin Kingdom will be lifted."

When Wen Buer heard the situation described by Hao Jingcheng, he was naturally yearning for it, but as an underground intelligence worker, his character was very cautious, just like now, he would definitely not be like Hao Jingcheng. as adventurous.

"My lord, you must be on the safe side when doing things. What should you do if things don't develop as we expected?" Wen Buer said to Hao Jingcheng.

(Come on, Wuhan, come on, Mantou, the motherland is safe!) On the first day of the new year, I wish you all a happy new year!

(End of this chapter)