Shao Song

The sky was gloomy, the moonlight was covered, and although there was no excessive cold wind, it was a winter night, and the coldness did not need to be said. And under such a situation, on both sides of the southern fork of the Yellow River North Road, a battle is going on in a state of close to one hundred thousand soldiers on both sides.

But the entire battlefield showed a strange state in the dark and dark night.

The Daming City on the east side of the river and Yuancheng on the west side of the river are undoubtedly the core focus of the battlefield. The coaches of the two sides, plus the actual headquarters of the two sides, and the Chinese military camp are facing each other across the river. The straight-line distance between the two frontiers may be only six to seven hundred. Step, but because of the existence of a big river, he had to maintain a confrontation.

What is more disturbing is that although the course of this river will not be easily reduced, but the water in it is getting shallower and more and more likely to be completely frozen, turning it into a smooth avenue in turn, and a reversal anytime and anywhere. The key to the battlefield situation.

The two cities went south, the Song army had no more than 10,000 troops, and several commanders led the army. Under the commander of Tang Huai, they suddenly crossed the river, making it very lively and powerful... the noise of drums, the shouting of killing, the size of the outside enlargement was small. The flames spread for more than ten miles, forming the most dynamic and chaotic place of the entire battlefield, and it is also the brightest place after Yuancheng.

However, the commanders on both sides knew that this was the least important place. Tang Huai had crossed the river this time. For now, his main task was to make a noise.

Going north, although there is also a starry fire, it presents a quiet and silent mood as a whole.

The commanders on both sides also know that this is the ultimate foundation of this battle, and it is the place where the murderous intent is hidden. Because further north, in the territory of Guantao, a huge main force of the golden army is stationed. They can not send out and can go south at any time. Sweep this area, and support Yuancheng at any time, and the Song army wants to attack the city, it must have the initiative in this open area, and it is possible to stop the Jinjun reinforcements.

This empty space is a kind of trap and bait.

To the west, the area occupied by the Kingdom of Jin further west of Yuancheng, the flames gradually dimmed. When they reached the Yongji Canal, or the Xicha side of the Yellow River North Road, there was no movement or flames at all, just like a dark background.

It is conceivable that in the originally dense towns there, after most of Ding Zhuang was taken away as a sign army, how cautious it would be to face the war on the east.

However, perhaps in the near future, there will be a huge main battle force that can be recorded in the annals of history in any era, and an unprecedented army of cavalry will come together.

Going east, that is, the overall entrenched area of ​​the main force of the Song Army behind the Daming City, although there is no deliberately clamoring and presumptuous, but the lights of each stronghold, the constant movement of soldiers, and crowds, the movement and the overall light cannot be concealed. .

Here is brewing the ultimate success or failure of tonight's operation. Ships are crossing the land, civilians are doing their best to prepare fortifications, pull fiber and transport, and even cook in the pot, and a large elite main force is also waiting for orders.

However, the strangest place is the central node of the battlefield after all. The Dayuan City, where Gao Jingshan resides, is brightly lit, and orders are strictly ordered inside and outside the city. At the same time, Song Jun Hebei The small Daming City where Yue Fei, the marshal of the front army was located, was dull, and apart from the necessary lights, the silence was terrifying.

No way, this is a'smuggling'. It should have been launched in the first half of this month when there is no moonlight. Now, in the middle of this month, I have to choose a night when the sky is gloomy and the moon is obscured. In this case, Daming City'must' reduce the light as much as possible to'right'.

It is precisely because of this that the light on the narrowing river between the two cities is particularly obscure.

Only, on the bright and dark river, there are some things that can't easily ignore its strong presence because there is not enough light.

Tian Shizhong was waiting in the north of the city. Wang Gui commanded the land ship in the old town. Zhang Rong was not seen for a long time. As for the other generals, Zuoya took the task and went elsewhere early. In the Daming City at this time, beside the high platform dedicated to hot air balloons on the west side of the water gate, Yue Fei sat alone on a chair. Within dozens of steps, there was only one Senator of the Imperial Navy. You Xuexiu, accompanied by a special hot-air balloon conductor Bei Yan.

There were only two or three torches around the entire high platform, and Yue Fei's complexion could not be seen at all. You Xueqi didn't have the calmness and prestige that he had in front of Jiedu before, but he squatted down on the high platform next to him in frustration, not daring to move. As for Bei Yan, he was obviously panicked and at a loss at this time, and at the same time he didn't dare to move easily, so he could only endure with these two people standing boringly.

That's right, just endure, all three of them are enduring.

Standing in this place, although the shouting and killing from the south is clear and audible, it can't cover the screaming sound of Jin Guo's stone cannons hundreds of steps away, the dull thumping sound of the cannonballs hitting the water, and after encountering some wood. The crisp crashing sound... the last sound is the most unbearable, more unbearable than the occasional screams.

Because no one knew whether Song Jun was unscathed or damaged by a larger scale behind this crisp sound.

And this is exactly why Xiao En and his subordinates did this thing that seemed so unacceptable, why Zhang Rong was so entangled, and even more so that Yu Xueqi almost collapsed at this time, but didn't dare at all. Where to escape.

This is not an honest sacrifice on the battlefield. It is not that the lives of such a group of heroes are lost in an intuitive way. This kind of raid, which is destined to pay huge casualties, is a kind of illusory. No one dares to pack votes and say that it is absolutely useful. It is just a feint that seems necessary from the highest level and from a strategic point of view.

But the problem is bad here, because in this case, its usefulness and uselessness seem to be based entirely on the level and judgment of the opposing commander Gao Jingshan. At the same time, although everyone might still understand it in their hearts, Yue Pengju, the head of the Song Army, could not produce clear evidence that the actions of these people were critical and necessary.

Can’t take it out to the top, can’t take it out to the bottom, can’t take it out to Xiao En and his subordinates, and can’t take it out to other soldiers who might be dissatisfied because of Xiao En and the others afterwards, but it’s just for the sake of it. The overall battle plan went smoothly, and it would be vain to ask how good a man like this to kill him.

There is no way, the so-called imperial army is just a unit that was created and integrated only eight years ago. Although it is already a complex system with mature routines, for example, there is a secret service system, a commanding officer system, and Pro-military culture and so on, but there is still no specific military terminology in this specific tactic, which allows people to recognize the value of this sacrifice, just as everyone would recognize the necessity of a sentry.

Of course, Yue Fei in the city and Xiao En in the river channel are now undoubtedly establishing this mechanism...because when Yue Fei issued this military order, Xiao En did not hesitate to implement it.

Yue Feiku sat there, not knowing how Xiao En thought, or what You Xuehua thought, but for him who was already good at thinking, he was in a daze at this time... If you don’t hold money, you can say things lightly, military orders can be written down, but when you sit here like this and force yourself to listen to the sounds of artillery stones flying in the air and smashing ships and hurting people, you will realize that you are in the end. What have you done.

The Northern Expedition is just, and it is necessary to regain the two rivers. National unity is great. No one can deny this, just like what Zhao Guanjia said in the latest issue of the Di Bao... The Song Dynasty and this era are writing their own grand chapter together... This somewhat circumstantial and weird remark, when first read, it will inevitably make people suspect that the direction of Hedong broke through Yangliang Nanguan at the southern end of Queshu Valley, Zhao Guanjia was overjoyed. Something written after getting drunk.

How did the Song Dynasty write articles?

People of the age, time, and time, how can they write articles?

Still write?

However, after reading it carefully, I think it has a special charm.

In the last issue, the old words chanted by the king of Hanjun when he was in the battle before the war were published, and it shocked Tieling Guan roof tiles on the spot. After the newspaper, he shocked the world, but he just said, "The king of the world, won the name before and after his life." , The diligent one, is nothing more than a history. People can leave their names in history, the country is made by people, time is man-made, and country and time are written together. On the contrary, it makes people feel like a metaphor.

After reading it at the time, he, Yue Fei, indeed had a feeling of ‘being like a man.’ I, Yue Fei, also wanted to write a grand chapter of my own.

Moreover, combined with the hard work and experience of the previous ten years, Yue Fei has enough courage and courage to tell everyone, just like the official article said, this chapter is just, necessary, great, and not tolerated. Doubt, it belongs to the enemy and the enemy.

However, between the light and the shadow, in the light and darkness, while listening to the sound in the river ahead, Yue Fei had to admit that this chapter was too big to crush anyone.

The emptiness of the people in Lianghe for ten years, the emptiness of the Central Plains for a few years, and the heavy taxation of the people in the Southeast for many years are the footnotes of this chapter.

This is not helplessness and selfishness, nor self-consciousness and greatness without sacrifice. It is just that the individual is purely small and insignificant in the wave of the times.

It's as if at this moment, I don't know how many heroes' lives were so easily melted by the dark night with those voices.

"marshal."

What broke the silence was Beyan, who had been in a certain panic. He suddenly stepped forward and shouted hastily.

"what?"

Yue Fei said in a deep voice.

"The sound of the gunstone falling into the water is more than half." Bei Yan explained hurriedly. "Either half of the ship was lost, or half passed through, or the ship broke down, couldn't move, and squeezed together..."

Yue Fei glanced at this acquaintance, and immediately realized that the other party was reminding himself that whether it was a real raid or a feint, the battle was either successful or failed, and there was no need to continue.

I just don't know if this Bei Yan, as a low-level officer, can guess whether it is a feint.

Of course, this thought was only a moment, Yue Fei immediately forced himself to silence, listening carefully to the unbearable sound of artillery stones, and sure enough, just as this delicate shell language said, the Jinjun artillery stones hit the water. The dull plops are obviously much more.

However, it was still difficult for Yue Fei to order, because he only knew that a dozen ships had landed before the war, and Wang Guixian had not told him how many ships had successfully reached the river channel behind Yuancheng at this time.

What's more, tonight is more than just a ferry.

As if seeing through Yue Fei's mind, Bei Yan hurriedly said carefully: "Marshal, if it is a feint and prevents the Jin army from paying attention to other places, our fanciful rescue itself can actually delay time...I lose so much without retreating. I'm afraid it will make the other person suspicious."

Yue Fei finally stunned, and then he looked up and down at this old man who was already less than two or three steps away from him, as if he had met each other for the first time... But after only a moment, he put away his extra thoughts and decided on the spot:

"In that case, immediately set the fire to the river and rescue!"

As soon as the military order was issued, You Xuezhi was relieved with this shellfish, but rushed to pass the order. In a moment, the standby sergeants in the city swarmed, and instantly illuminated the entire famous city as bright as Yuancheng on the other side. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Then Song Jun descended along the river embankment, shouting loudly, asking the navy brothers in the river to abandon the boat and abandon their armor, and flee directly back to this side of the bank.

Seeing this scene, hearing the sound of abandoning the ship, the gold army on the opposite side cheered up and down, consciously winning, while the imperial navy, who was suffering in the river but had no idea about the casualties, was more relieved.

But soon, new problems appeared.

"Marshal, there are many shipwrecks in the river, but there is not enough light. Many of the wounded in my family can't find their way at all." You Xuexue, sweating profusely, hurriedly reported. "Knocked, bumped, frozen in the river, it's fatal to stay longer."

It turned out that at this moment and then, the Song army’s “raid the river channel” should have avoided the lights as much as possible, but now that it has to retreat, and the gold army’s artillery carts are all fixed positions, no matter how this kind of “firepower” is It is fixed. In this case, it needs enough light instead.

The brighter the river, the higher the probability that Xiao En and his subordinates will survive after abandoning the ship, and the more likely the wounded will be rescued.

Now that he had decided to abandon the war and save him, how could Yue Fei not follow him, he quickly issued an order to mobilize torches and braziers around, and piled up fuel on the river embankment to set a fire.

But again, very quickly, only after the devastated river was illuminated for an instant, the golden army on the opposite bank also realized the problem. While they continued to bombard the river, they gradually extinguished the artillery. All unnecessary light sources outside the position.

Above the river channel, it once again became bright and dark while the other, coupled with the light mist that did not know when at night, it made the river channel become dark and dark again.

And this time, whether Yue Fei or the educated, including the Song Jun who hastily activated, they were really powerless for a while... They could only decide the light and darkness on one side, how could they control the light source of the gold army on the other side?

At the same time, the gun carriages on the other side continued to fire.

Under this circumstance, even Yue Fei was a little flustered inside, just forcing his composure... This was really an unexpected sudden demand and unexpected event.

"Marshal, I have a way!"

At this moment, it was Bei Yan again, and suddenly rushed to Yue Fei's. "It can not only light up the river channel, but also show that we are really defeated, not pretending to be, let the other side continue to be paralyzed..."

"What way?" You Xueqi grabbed the opponent, his hands shaking.

"It depends on the marshal's reluctance!" Bei Yan dragged You Xue to see Yue Fei. "There is no wind tonight."

Yue Fei wanted to scold him, but he realized the other party's method almost instantly, and then he said: "You are willing, why am I not willing to do it? Do it quickly!"

Although You Xueshu didn't understand what the dumb riddle the two were playing, he immediately let go, and after just a stick of incense, he also knew what to do... In the dark night, there were still gunstones in the river, Song The army is still struggling to rescue and save itself. At the same time, a huge hot air balloon was carefully and quickly arranged on the launch platform, and then the furnace was ignited and wax oil was stuffed into the furnace at no cost. An unprecedented effort to blow up the bellows.

With this kind of effort, coupled with the cold winter nights, it was originally suitable for hot air balloon use. After about a quarter of an hour, the balloon bulged slightly, and then drove the surrounding ropes, revealing a tiger pattern... but this time , This tiger was a little sluggish, as if he dared to wake up, and both Yue Fei and You Xueqiu felt a little unreliable. It was just a dead horse as a living doctor.

As for Bei Yan, he was sweating profusely, holding on to the basket, guessing his strength, giving orders and giving orders to keep people pouring charcoal and firewood into the four sides of the basket, and at the same time reducing the sandbags outside, and then paying attention to the fire and the fire. The bulge of the balloon to maintain balance.

Gradually, the tiger finally opened his eyes. At this time, the hot air balloon was still unstable and did not completely inflate the balloon. However, for the purpose of this operation, it seemed to be enough.

After guessing that it was almost the same, Bei Yan gave the last order to pour some lard into the four corners of the frame, and finally he threw four torches into it at the same time. After doing all this, he quickly left the periphery of the basket and shouted for orders to cut off all the ropes on all sides, leaving only an exceptionally long tow rope, which he dragged with dozens of sergeants.

Immediately, the hot air balloon, which lost its restraint but was able to maintain stability at the beginning, floated into the air at a slow and firm speed. At the same time, dragged by the efforts of dozens of sergeants such as Bei Yan, it slowly and firmly A slight change of direction, floating towards the river.

During the period, the fire in the basket grew stronger, and even the long cable quickly spread to the end, but this did not delay it from the beginning that it attracted the attention of everyone in the two cities and two armies. In the end, when it turned into a raging torch in the dumbfoundedness of all the people on both sides of the strait and the armed forces, and burned itself like a burning moon over the river, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people on both sides of the strait will be affected by its magnificence and heat. attract.

Obviously, even the rhythm of the gun carriage of the Golden Army became chaotic. At the same time, the river was bright as the day, and dozens of ships or shipwrecks in the river were clearly photographed. After being in a trance, he began to rush down the river desperately to try to save people first.

Many imperial naval forces also once again mustered up their courage, either shouted vigorously, or tried eastward.

With his legs clamped by a wooden board, Xiao En, who struggled several times and failed several times, looked at the fireball above his head, and suddenly laughed, but he regained his courage amidst the noise and shouted for help.

Outside the river channel, I don't know how many people are also in awe.

Yue Peng was determined to look at this large fireball that kept burning itself. He never thought that a military weapon that he was so familiar with could actually obtain such a powerful self-worth in such a way.

Even after the flames ignited in the air, the head of the tiger, which had been completely inflated on the hot air balloon, and believed to be disappearing soon, seemed to be responding to Yue Peng, who looked down on him, and was also opening his teeth and dancing claws.

In the attic of Yuancheng, he personally ordered the southeast of the city to turn off the fire before. Gao Jingshan, who was constantly on the artillery cart, was also completely lost. He no longer sat there eating fish, drinking, chatting, or reading newspapers. It has been overturned by him, the Di Bao has been soaked in fish soup, the drink has been overturned, and the attendants are in a hurry, disposing of some charcoal left in the stove.

At this time, Gao Jingshan just held the window in amazement, with the same expression as Gao Qingyi next to him, staring at the fireball and lost his voice.

No way, this scene is too spectacular and too bizarre.

Of course, Zhang Rong also noticed the fireball. His reaction was the most straightforward-he threw down the rope and looked for it without even thinking about the padded jacket. He turned on his horse and galloped towards the famous city.

The fireball attracted everyone’s attention, but it didn’t last long, and it couldn’t pierce the thicker and thicker fog, spreading its own light over the entire battlefield. It took only two quarters of an hour to burn the flames from the outer layer to there. On a tiger's paw, then the whole balloon twisted and wobbly, and smashed to the ground in the southwest.

Immediately, as if afraid of being unsafe, the second hot air balloon also took off, continuing the journey of the former and continuing to attract everyone's attention.

this is a good chance.

"How much is it?"

It was three hours later, as the fireball in his field of vision gradually disappeared, Tian Shizhong, who was sitting on the south side of the river and eating cakes and soup, looked back.

"Before the fireball got up, there were seventeen small ships and eight big ships." Zhang Zigai blurted. "There are two more broken ships, laid ashore."

"Then it is estimated that there are 20 small ships, ten big ships... right?" Tian Shizhong squeezed the pancake in his hand, calmly facing each other.

"Yes." Zhang Zigai gritted his teeth and replied.

"Are the pontoons ready?" Tian Shizhong asked again in a deep voice, looking at the dense pontoons that had been built before him.

This time, Zhang Zigai did not reply.

"Then let's go!" Lieutenant Tian stuffed the crumpled pie in his mouth, swallowed it, and then stood up and confronted with a slightly bulging tone. "After crossing the river, you take Wei Jun to continue to rest, recharge your energy, no work, no negative board!"

Zhang Zigai nodded heavily, then stood up with the other party, and bowed his hand to bid farewell.

Zhang Zigai went to ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but saw that under the dim light, Tian Shizhong and one of his guards lifted a shield from the ground where they were sitting before, but it was much larger than the shield. And the long object, then struggling to carry it, and taking the lead, carefully walked onto the pontoon and went to the opposite bank.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding soldiers followed the commanding officer and followed suit. Then there were countless sergeants waiting for the imperial camp, and the civilian men enlisted with the army to act together. Soon, in the dark, a tide of water followed. The east bank of the river rushed to the west bank—the Song army began to cross the river in a large scale in the south of Daming City, and marched towards the narrow area in the south of Yuancheng that was almost equivalent to the death trap of the Golden Army cavalry sweeping area.

As for the things Tian Shizhong resists, in fact, it is composed of three pieces of wood, which are fixed by ropes and horizontal boards, and the two ends are sharpened.

This is one of the most common things in the army. It is used for camping. Everywhere, the civilians first cut wood, then make these things, and finally dig soil and pits to gather together to form a fortress.

This kind of plank, which is only a pit for the last step, is piled up like a mountain on the east bank of the river.

PS: I don't expect everyone to forgive me, I just hope to write as much as possible and work hard to be a human being.

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