The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

On June 20, the vanguard army of the Western Route Army of the Song Dynasty attacked the fort and broke the village, defeated several harassing Jin troops, and arrived at the city of Zhaozhou. The vanguard general, Jiang Wei, ordered the camp three miles away from the city, and he led a

The team guards surveyed the terrain. It was almost evening, and they rode their horses along the river. The cool breath of the river was coming to their faces. The Yazi River and the Huantong River gathered here. The silver-white river water, green reeds, mixed with colorful wild flowers

The blue sky and white clouds are clearly divided into layers, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Jiangwei climbed a sand hill near the river bank and looked out into Zhaozhou City. The city was not big, and it was located on a high platform. There were moats in front of the city, three meters high, made of earthen plates and covered with white gray.

It is square with a circumference of about seven miles. In front of him is the commanding height of this area - Daqingshan. It is said that it is a mountain, but it is actually a small sand hill. The western section is the battlefield of the Battle of Hedian that year.

The battlefield of the past has been reclaimed into farmland at this time, and the spring wheat planted is not yet mature. The neat rows of fields stretch out into the distance, and it seems that the traces of the fierce battle after that year can no longer be seen. But with a little closer observation, you can see

When the war horses walked by, they could hear the crisp sound of bone fractures coming from under the hooves. The layers of human and horse bones were visible under the mounds of soil around them. This shows the tragic battle that year.

Feeling the bloody war and the heavy casualties, I was still unable to bury the bones many years later, so I could only let the wind and sand cover it up slowly.

Jiang Wei turned around and looked south and saw this section of the river winding, sandy beaches, sandbanks, river bank, river bank, river surfaces vary in width and narrow, and the beaches on both sides extend very wide. Now it is the water season in the flood season, and he estimated that

The river is more than two or three miles wide, and there are three hundred steps narrow. The opposite shore can be seen with flags, and the Yingpan is connected to the Yingpan and cannot see the edge. However, what is strange is that there are no floating bridges between the two sides of the shore. It is difficult to see on the water surface.

Traces of boats.

"Commander, a team of cavalry rushed towards us in the city, thinking that they found us in the camp." Just when Jiang Wei wanted to see the depth of the river, the personal soldiers responsible for the guard reported.

"Wow, they are really brave. They dare to open the city and send troops to provoke!" Jiang Wei turned his head and saw a team of cavalry with about 200 people galloping towards him, obviously trying to drive out the enemy troops in Dabing Kuaicheng.

He hasn't seen this scene for a long time. As long as you don't shoot at them, they don't care what you see or do, it's best to be safe, but it can also be seen that the soldiers of Zhaozhou and others are the best.

Different places are different, bold and tough, and dare to fight.

"The commander, the enemy is in great power, let's go quickly. It's also troublesome to be entangled by them." The personal soldiers knew that the command was the one who wanted to "provoke" when they heard this, so they quickly grabbed his horse's reins and persuaded him.

"You..." Jiang Wei wanted to scold the timid soldiers, but they didn't give him a chance at all. He whipped two whips on his horse's butt and then walked away. Seeing them retreat, Jin Soldiers walked away.

But he didn't want to let go of the rear and chased him. Jiang Wei wanted to go back and fight several times, but was held back by his personal soldiers. Soon, the patrol cruising outside the camp discovered that the commander was in danger. He quickly caught up to pick him up.

The pursuing Jin army left...

Jiang Wei, who was just sitting on his pillow, couldn't sleep tonight, and felt that the tent was stuffy and hot. He heard nothing outside the tent except the footsteps of the patrol soldiers and the buzzing of mosquitoes. He turned over irritably

In my body, I remembered the situation I saw when I was exploring the city, and I always felt something was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"Does the Zhaozhou army really think that it can stop our attack by its own strength?" Jiang Wei turned over and murmured to himself. Its troops were only 5,000, even if it was used to "siege the city twice as much"

Common sense: One of my generals has 20,000 troops, so they should also ask for reinforcements or abandon the city to escape, and there is no sign of reinforcements in the Jiangnan army. But they can handle it calmly, isn’t that strange?

"Are all the Zhaozhou troops possessed Aguda? They have the ability to over 3,000 or more?" Jiang Wei was even more unable to figure it out, so he sat up.

"Aguda took advantage of the frozen river surface and crossed the river at night to attack the Liao army. He attacked him unpreparedly and caused chaos..." Jiang Wei suddenly grabbed the fleeting thoughts in his mind. The Zhaozhou army acted as if he was alone in defending the city.

The Jin army in Jiangnan pretended to rely on the river to defend and unintentional reinforcements, and then relied on the same trick to cross the river and raid the army with a large army, catching them off guard. However, the main force of the Song army was still thirty miles away and there was no time to reinforce them, so they took the opportunity to take them over.

Make dumplings.

"Immediately, the commanders of the departments will come to the big tent to discuss matters!" Jiang Wei thought through the joints and shouted, "The personal soldiers on duty outside the tent."

..............

Under a waning moon, countless horses in the surging river water were floating in the water. Some Jin soldiers were lying on the horse's back, and some were holding the reins and moving forward with the drag of the war horses. And their goals were all

It was a ball of light on the other side of the darkness, which was the bright lights on Zhaozhou City. In the army of floating horses swimming, Wanyan Qingying tightly clamped her legs against the horse's belly. The river water had already exceeded her chest and abdomen, and he was tied behind her saddle.

The armor and long swords hung on the saddle bridge, which fluctuated with the river. However, on summer nights, I didn’t feel cold, but I felt refreshed.

But the cool river water did not calm Wanyan Qiying's hot heart, but instead surging like the eastward river water. He was ordered to command the battle in Zhaozhou and knew that this was an extremely difficult task. One hundred thousand enemy troops carried sharp firearms all the way.

The Jin army suffered heavy losses and had low morale, and no victory was achieved in field battles or defense battles. Therefore, he thought it was undesirable to defend the enemy head-on or passively to defend the city on a strong basis.

But the Grand Tutor has ordered Zhaozhou not to be lost, which has forced him to find another way.

Wanyan Yanying initially wanted to use the rangers to constantly harass the Song army marching brigade. Once it was in chaos and could take advantage of the opportunity, he would enter it, and guide the hidden elite soldiers to kill one or destroy his baggage. However, the Song army's reconnaissance cavalry

It was scattered far away, and the combat power of the scouts was not weak, which made them unable to use their scout cavalry to wipe them out, so that they could not issue early warnings, especially the Mongolians who joined the Song army, who had been grazing and hunting here for generations.

The terrain here is more alert and careful in action, and it is even more difficult to get rid of them.

The Song army then reduced its marching formation and strengthened its vigilance. The hunting cavalry, who were good at counterattacks and clearing operations, also increased the strike force and search range, making it impossible for Wanyan Qiying's hidden army to hide, and the Rangers suffered heavy casualties and were difficult to

It was close to the marching brigade, not to mention the raid of the army. It was difficult to successfully destroy the Song army's baggage. They used boats instead of cars to march from the water. They were parallel to the brigade and could not get close to the fleet at all.

The harassing tactics could not stop the Song army from approaching Zhaozhou, and Wanyan Yanying had to do another way. He understood that the title of "invincible" had been given to the Song army. Their soldiers could withstand tens of thousands of Jin soldiers,

Even the most elite team of the Jurchen army, the Jurchen army, was difficult to wipe out the entire attack in front. It was three times as good as the enemy in defense wars, but this was still the case when the artillery provided fire support.

Only then can it be done. Therefore, it is impossible to defeat the Song army brigade. Only by concentrating forces to fight the lonely army can you have a chance of victory. Therefore, the Song army vanguard who left the marching brigade became Wanyan Qiying's first choice target.

Of course, even when facing a "alone army", Wanyan Qingying did not think that he could break 10,000 with 3,000. He selected five strong teams of ten thousand people from the tribes and personal troops near the capital to participate in the attack.

It is also impossible to choose to raid in the middle of the night.

First, based on their understanding and experience of Song's weapons, Wanyan Ting knew that the most important thing in fighting against the enemy was to minimize the damage to the firearms. It is the most undesirable to rely on heavy armor to increase defense, not only

The effect is limited. Moreover, because the weight-bearing increases, the war horses cannot impact quickly, which also affects the flexibility of soldiers' movements. To reduce the damage of Song armaments, you can only use rapid assault and quickly attack into the formation, and fight with the enemy in the form of melee combat.

The Song army's artillery was invalid and the bead guns could not be fired at will, which also made the Song army not have time to adjust its formation and use the "stone wall" charge that it is good at, so as to minimize its own losses.

Secondly, through reconnaissance, Wanyan Qingying learned that the Song army's vanguard army and the Central Army were about thirty miles apart. After the Central Army received the news of an attack in front, it rushed to reinforce at a rapid march. The fastest time was only half a day.

Therefore, the time left for them is not rich. The Jin army is required not to fight protracted wars, but must fight quickly. The most appropriate way to achieve this goal is to raid, and in order to paralyze the enemy, Wanyan Yanying deliberately showed weakness, and the army kept staying.

On the south bank, the Song army felt that it was impossible to pose a threat to them by just thousands of Zhaozhou troops, so they relaxed their vigilance.

Another issue that Wanyan Yanying had to consider was how to deal with the aftermath. If his combat plan was successful, he would completely wipe out or severely damage the vanguard army of the Song army. Although the Song army might retreat or hesitate because of this, he was probably defeated by the Song army.

The possibility of crazy revenge is the greatest. So he must come up with a perfect solution that can make this victory play its greatest value, not only preventing the Song army from crossing the river, but also forcing them to retreat...

The time in the water seemed long and short. After swimming across the river, Wanyan Qiying steadily rushed by the rapids and looked up at the front. The forward had already arrived. The lights in Zhaozhou City remained, which shows that the situation had not changed. Song Jun and

I didn't know that a large army was coming. He knocked his horse off the belly with his heels. The horse accelerated its speed, and the personal soldiers surrounding him followed closely.

After a while, Wanyan Qiying felt a shock. The horse's hooves finally stepped onto the bottom of the river. At this time, soldiers who had already reached the ashore rushed over and pulled the horse to the ashore. He looked around with the moonlight. Now there were about three or four thousand people.

After getting ashore, the soldiers were busy wearing armor, tidying up their weapons, hanging bowstrings, and preparing for battle. People kept leaning over. According to the plan, at least two teams of 10,000 people should have arrived ashore, but now there is obviously not enough around them.

It was obviously because the river flowed downstream, or because the river mist was blocked, I was lost because I didn’t see the lights on Zhaozhou City.

"The army commander, the situation around him is as normal, and no Song army detective cavalry was found." The 100-strong commander Wulin Shijianu, who first led the army to ashore, came to report.

"Well, how many people have your army got ashore?" Wanyan Qiying didn't care about changing into a wet clothes, so she ordered her personal soldiers to put on armor for him. He nodded and asked.

"The army commander has three thousand-man teams have already arrived ashore and have been assembled and can set off at any time. The rest of the troops are gradually coming ashore." Wulin Shijianu said.

"Very good. You can lead your troops immediately. After crossing Shagang, you will be in the Song army camp for five miles. Try to get close as close as possible. The closer the better. Start attacking the camp three hundred steps away. After entering, set fires everywhere and stir up trouble.

The more chaotic it is, the better. The general will gather troops and then arrive to encircle and annihilate the Song army." Wanyan Qiying was anxious, but the war has not started now, and the attempt cannot be exposed too early. There can only be a few people and send out how many people first to avoid

Long nights and many dreams.

Wulin Shijiashu took the order and left. Wanyan Yanying watched them gradually disappear into Shaliang, and ordered his personal soldiers to look for the generals who were on the shore in the east and west directions to quickly gather here, but the team of tens of thousands of people was from many.

The ferry was launched into the water, and the soldiers who were scattered by the river in the dark were distributed on the river bank for more than ten miles. It was difficult to concentrate for a while, and more people were rising and falling in the river. Now that it was midnight, there were two more

It was almost dawn in an hour, and without the cover of the night, they would suffer greater casualties.

"Where is the sound? Go and check it out!" Wanyan Qiying was rectifying his troops when he suddenly heard the sound of shouts and chaotic horse hooves from the north. Due to the obstruction of the sand beam, he could not see the city of Zhaozhou.

The lights and the situation there, I hurried to see them.

"The general does not need to worry. Maybe it's just a cavalry of the Song army. Even the last one will send someone to kill them." said the Wanfu Captain Pu Cha.

"No, you immediately order the army to occupy the sand beams in front of you to prevent the Song army from discovering that we came to block the river!" According to time estimates, the Shi family slaves should have not arrived yet, but the sound of horse hooves is getting louder and louder, and there is also a lot of noise.

Mixed with gunfire, and a team of cyclists of up to 100 people, there would never be such a big deal. The biggest possibility is that they encountered the Song army brigade and were forced to fight. However, many troops were still swimming and not going ashore. If so

If the Song army really arrived, wouldn’t it be impossible to advance or retreat?

"Yes, command the army!" Pucha quickly pointed out more than 5,000 people who had just assembled from the headquarters to seize the only commanding heights in this area.

"The army is in trouble, the big thing is not good. The lights in the city of Zhaozhou are messy, and there are hidden guns and cannons, as if the Song army is sieging the city. Another army is coming towards the river bank, but it is too dark and I can't see the flag clearly. I don't know

Which army is it?" The personal soldiers sent to observe the movement and then returned, reporting panting.

"Quick, blow up the horn immediately and order the troops to assault in Zhaozhou and fight with the Song army." Wanyan Qiying knew that the worst situation he expected had happened, and the Song army must have discovered it and prepared for a night attack.

The two armies of Shijianu's troops broke out in battle, while the Zhaozhou army left the city to reinforce. Now they can only take advantage of the opportunity of the Song army's hasty fight to launch a general attack early... (To be continued)