The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Shaliang on the river bank now became the life and death line between the Song and Jin armies. With the participation of the Sixth Brigade and the artillery, the defense line gradually stabilized, but before they could take a breather, another round of Jin army's attack began. This attack was with

Different from the previous few times, they no longer had focused attacks, but attacked across the entire front. The front of Shaliang was filled with Jurchen cavalry charging on horseback. The artillerymen began to fire to block the attack, and the machine guns on the position also roared.

"Damn it, why are the Jurchens so crazy?" Jiang Wei was a little confused. It is said that as a senior commander, after losing the initiative in battle and suffering heavy casualties, what he has to do is to look for opportunities to retreat, and

Instead of launching an attack like this moth to the flame, wasting precious troops in a meaningless battle.

"Report to the commander, several thousand troops of the Jin Army have detoured back to the left wing and are in fierce battle with the third brigade on standby; the Jin Army in Zhaozhou City is also trying to leave the city, and the fifth brigade is trying its best to stop it." Just as Jiang Wei was thinking about Wanyan Yuying's crazy actions

When he made his intention, a signal trooper rushed to report, interrupting his thinking.

"Order the two brigades to resist resolutely and never allow them to detour back to our backs." After hearing this, Jiang Wei climbed up the high hill and looked westward with a telescope. At this moment, the Jin army that had detoured from the river bank had already passed through the third brigade.

At the artillery barrage line, the two armies were already standing in close combat.

One place; the Zhaozhou Army in the city also poured out from the west gate, but the suspension bridge and city gate originally used for defense became their Naihe Bridge, making it difficult for them to overcome under the blockage of the Fifth Brigade, but they still did not give up and still tried to break through.

Block and join the advancing Jin army.

"Commander, the strength of the Jin army on this road far exceeds that of the third brigade, and the fifth brigade is restrained by the Zhaozhou Army and cannot be reinforced, but we have no reserves and the ammunition will be exhausted." A Yuhou reported.

"Move up the baggage teams left behind in the camp. We must not retreat at this time, otherwise we will lose the protection of Shaliang. We cannot stop the Jin army's attack, let alone retreat safely. If we persist for another hour, reinforcements will arrive.

"Jiang Wei thought for a while and said, the Jin army launched a full-scale attack. Everything was tight. All his own guards were sent up, and there were no more available troops. And when the battle reached this point, whoever retreated first would be killed by the other party later, causing heavy casualties.

will be even greater.

"Commander, you see that the Jin Army is erecting a pontoon bridge. Do they want to use this as a cover to retreat?" It was getting bright at this time, and the fog on the river dissipated. A pontoon bridge suddenly appeared on the river in the morning sun. It seemed that it was

The Jin army took advantage of the cover of night to get it out.

"Maybe it's possible, but they can also increase their troops conveniently." Jiang Wei sighed and said. Based on the current situation, it seems that the Jin army is more likely to increase its troops, but he was even more confused. Could it be that Wanyan Yuying didn't know about his

The army is just thirty miles away and will arrive soon, or is there something unexpected going on?

The fierce battle once again interrupted Jiang Wei's thinking. The Jin army seemed to understand from the increasingly sparse gunfire that their ammunition was about to be exhausted, and the attacks became more fierce and continuous. The Song army's position was also attacked several times.

After a breakthrough, Jiang Wei could only send out cavalry to launch a counterattack to suppress the enemy and regain the position. However, the shortage of ammunition forced each unit to hold their positions through hand-to-hand combat. The casualties of each unit began to increase, and the battle became more difficult...

The two armies fought for a long time around Shaliang, and Wanyan Yuying's crazy actions also caused more than 20,000 casualties to himself. This fierce attack ended under the Song army's suddenly extremely fierce artillery fire, but he soon

Quickly find the Song army on Shaliang

They began to retreat under the cover of artillery fire. Without missing the opportunity, Wanyan Yuying did not bother to adjust his troops again and led an army to attack. But when he climbed to the commanding heights gained at a heavy cost and prepared to pursue the retreating Song army, he had to stop.

Step down.

Wanyan Yuying discovered that the reinforcements of the Song Army had arrived. They divided into two teams and lined up from the east and west directions to protect the retreating Song Army. They blocked the path for their pursuit. The Song Army deployed on the two wings also alternated.

He retreated into the formation under cover, and there was no opportunity to take advantage of it. He couldn't help but sigh that Zhao Er managed the army well. Under such circumstances, the retreating Song army could still maintain a strict formation, and its ability to win every battle was not just a boast.

"Capital, why don't we pursue the enemy?" Shi Jianu asked doubtfully. Didn't they pay such heavy casualties just to wait for the current opportunity?

"The Song Army's reinforcements have arrived, and we have no chance to take advantage of their support. It will only increase casualties." Wanyan Yuying sighed. From the Song Army's gun flag flying high, covering the sky and the sun, he immediately recognized that this was the most powerful weapon of the Song Army.

The attacking hussars would not be able to take advantage of their exhausted troops defending against them.

"This...sigh!" Shi Jianu's face changed when he saw this, and he could only sigh. The Song Army's hussars were defeated even by their own most elite Tie Futu, and in many years of battles, there was not a single Jin army.

We were able to withstand their charge, but now we have to worry about whether they will launch a counterattack.

"Du Tong, should we withdraw our troops?" Pu Cha couldn't help but trembled when he saw the leading general of the Song Army. He had fought against this Song Army before, and his indomitable momentum when they launched the attack, as well as that

The terror brought by the long lance still often wakes him up in his dreams, and he understands that if they attack now, they will probably be driven into the river.

"Wait a minute, they don't seem to have any intention of engaging in battle!" Wanyan Yuying looked down at the retreating Song army as they merged into the formation, and then began to slowly retreat northward.

After the Song army withdrew for one mile, Wanyan Yuying led his army across the sand hillock to reorganize and pursue the enemy, but he did not dare to move forward. The Song army had no intention of fighting with it again, and retreated to the camp outside Zhaozhou City, where it resumed pursuit.

There was no provocation in the whole camp

Afterwards, another Song army arrived and camped on its side. They set up a corner around the camp and dug trenches as if to hold on. Wanyan Yuying then ordered a stronghold to be set up near the Zhaozhou city and sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to find out the location of the Song army's brigade.

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Early the next morning, Wanyan Yuying received a report that the Song Army's troops had been found within a radius of fifty miles. There were signs that it was divided into two groups. The group had retreated to the original west road, and the other group was coming to aid its forward army. Only other groups were nearby.

The baggage fleet was still stationed in the river, seemingly to assist the Song army outside Zhaozhou City. He relaxed this time

He breathed a sigh of relief, and his bet seemed to be right. The main force of the Song Army must have received the news of the attack on Changchun City, and returned to rescue. However, it could not watch the forward being surrounded and ignored, so it had to divide its troops for rescue. This

First, the plan of the Song army to enter Huining Mansion was ruined, and secondly, it gave itself the opportunity to annihilate the Song army under Zhaozhou City.

However, Wanyan Yuying knew that the Song army had always been cunning and used tricks to attack the east and attack the west. Especially the Song army still stranded under the city made him uneasy. Therefore, he did not act without authorization. Instead, he sent reconnaissance cavalry to the west to expand the search area and sent troops

He arranged river defenses to prevent the Song Army's baggage fleet from continuing along the river, thereby cutting off the supplies of the stranded Song Army. At the same time, he ordered all armies to strictly guard the camps and build barriers to prevent the Song Army from raiding Zhaozhou City.

Wanyan Yuying also discovered that the Song army had no intention of evacuating. They were also reinforcing the camp and setting up a position to stay here. At the same time, the Jin army repelled a Song army that wanted to occupy a ferry on the Huntong River. By

From this, he judged that the Song army still did not give up the continued

The attempt to continue the attack on Zhaozhou's Nandu was temporarily put aside due to lack of troops, and they waited for the army to return to Changchun City to launch the attack again. The purpose of seizing the ferry was to receive supplies from the baggage fleet, which also shows that the aid was rushed.

The Song army was short of food and grass.

Everything shows that he has secured the troops this time, and the Song army is moving according to his own arrangements. But Wanyan Yuying also knows how powerful it is to fight against a trapped beast. The Song army stopped a surprise attack of tens of thousands of his troops with only one general, causing him great harm.

huge injury

If it weren't for the fact that their defense front was too long, which spread their troops too thin, and that there were no solid passes for the strong city to rely on, there would be no chance for them to 'repel' them. Their combat effectiveness was so strong that Wanyan Yuying had to consider it.

comprehensive.

Therefore, although it was determined that the Song army under Zhaozhou City was alone and lacked food, grass and supplies, Wanyan Yuying still did not dare to look down upon it and wanted to wait a few more days to launch a general attack when it was in disarray due to lack of food. To this end,

He strictly ordered all ferries to be blocked to prevent the Song Army's baggage fleet from docking. He also sent many groups of rangers to harass the Song Army's camp, making it impossible for them to find pasture for grazing, and they were unable to supplement their army's food supplies by hunting...

While constantly tightening the noose around the necks of the Song army, Wanyan Yuying reported victory to the court, saying that in the Zhaozhou battle, he had annihilated the Song army forwards on the west route and beheaded more than 10,000 people, and now trapped tens of thousands of the remaining troops and reinforcements under the city.

After the reinforcements have crossed the river, they can launch an attack to completely annihilate the enemy. This will completely crush the Song army's attempt to attack from both sides, and also save the capital from the danger of being attacked from both sides, allowing it to calmly deal with enemies invading from the south and north.

When the good news came back to the capital, the government and the public were in an uproar, and the morale of the people was greatly boosted. Since the second march south, the Jin army has won less and lost more in all the wars against the Song Dynasty. It can be said that it can kill more than a hundred people in one battle.

A great victory. Moreover, since the Southern Dynasty in April

Since the Northern Expedition, the Jin army has not won a single victory, losing hundreds of thousands of troops, losing more than half of its territory, and even Tokyo fell into the enemy's hands. In the battle of Zhaozhou, they not only defended the city, but also beheaded more than 10,000 people. It was a huge victory, but it was natural.

It filters out its own losses!

As a result, a new generation of war gods of the Jin Kingdom was born. Emperor Wanyan Quan decreed that Wanyan Yuying be canonized as the King of Han, and he was given five hundred miles of gold, twenty war horses, and hundreds of slaves. His son was hereditary and conspired to defeat him. In the fanatical atmosphere

in, also

Only the ill Taishi Wushu remained awake and understood Wanyan Yuying's subtext, which was to ask the court to continue to increase troops in Zhaozhou, otherwise the mission of annihilating this lone army would not be completed, and the previous victory would be in vain.

Although Wu Shu also understood that the next 'victory' was likely to be a tragic victory, he had no choice but to fully support Wanyan Yuying in completing the bet... (To be continued)