Chapter 18, Song Jin's decisive battle

When the Jianghuai Army was preparing to march east, General Li Xianzhong finally came and brought valuable 5,000 reinforcements from Lin'an. This middle-aged general from the general is not well qualified in the army, but from the attitude of the Jianghuai soldiers towards him, it can be seen that his prestige in the army is not low. Later, I learned that he was not only a general, but also led the Rebel Army to deal with Wanyan Zongbi, the first general of the State of Dajin and the fourth prince, and achieved impressive achievements. He was deeply tabooed by Wanyan Zongbi. Later, in order to escape back to the Song Dynasty, more than 100 people of the whole clan were killed by the Jin army. He was a rare loyal and brave general in the Song Dynasty. After learning of Wanyan Liang's plan, he did not hesitate to draw out 15,000 people and all the sailors, and let Yu Yunwen and Han Yan directly lead to help Zhenjiang, and I also went with the reinforcements. Although I was only a Song people who fled from Jiangbei, Yu Yunwen regarded me as his assistant and counselor.

When passing by Jiankang Mansion, I accompanied Yu Yunwen and Han Yanzhi to Jin to meet the coach Ye Yiwen. Suddenly saw Yu Yunwen and Han Yanzhi. Ye Yiwen, who had white hair, was so excited that he took Yu Yunwen and Han Yanzhi's hands and couldn't speak. The first sentence was a little choked: "Binfu, Ziwen, you can come back without you. It's really like missing a right-hand man!"

I was very surprised that he was a front-line commander, who was as independent as a child. Later, I learned that he was a civil official and was completely a layman in the military, and the first military affairs he personally made a big joke. He ordered soldiers to bury iron forks on the east coast to prevent the landing of bright sea ships. He didn't expect that the next morning, all defensive positions were flooded by the tide, and all the fences and wooden forks were swept away by the tide, which was laughed at by the soldiers. As the commander-in-chief, he did not know the changes of the tide. Therefore, he lost the trust of the soldiers and dared not ask about the military again. All operational deployments and plans were handed over to the two military staff officers Yu Yunwen and Han Yanzhi, but he did not expect that Yu Yunwen's labor troops on the front line would be delayed for so long, let alone that he and Han Yan were direct to Jianghuai. The defeated army actually won the first battle against the Jin army, and it was an impeccable victory! This is a deeper dependence on them.

Meng Yu Yunwen recommended that Ye Yi's Q&A should ask the emperor to give me an official position. I didn't care about this, but I didn't say anything if I had an official position, which might be beneficial to my future actions in Lin'an.

On the way back to the barracks, I suddenly thought that if a person can know what he can do and can't do like Ye Yiwen, it should be a rare advantage, right? If he can still be as discerning and boldly take on heavy responsibilities, this mind is not the possession of ordinary people, and it is no wonder that he can achieve the high position of prime minister. Yu Yunwen should be glad that he met such a boss and show his military talent and handsome talent.

It was not until noon the next day that Yu Yunwen arranged to leave Jiankang Mansion to fight against the enemy. Ye Yiwen handed over almost all the front-line command power and the right to mobilize food, grass, soldiers and horses to Yu Yunwen and Han Yanzhi, and Yu Yunwen was also able to mobilize most of the Song army to the front line of Zhenjiang.

The river in Zhenjiang is wider than the quarry rock, which is suitable for large-scale water warfare. Although the opposite ferry only sees the camp of the Jin army and can't see how many ships the Jin army has, I know that Wanyan Liang may have a large number of ferries out of Gaoyou Lake at any time, and even he will mobilize 300 giant sea boats in Tangzhou to enter the river for those Ferry escort.

The Song army has nearly 200 large and small warships. Although it has a certain numerical advantage, there is no chance of winning against larger and stronger sea ships. The only thing the Song army's sailors can rely on is the sea roach ship I invented. However, after actual combat, the sea roe ship is not bound to win. Fortunately, I still have time to improve it.

With three days and nights of sleepless meditation and continuous experimentation, I finally made up for the shortcomings of the sea york. The Thunderbolt gun originally configured is so powerful that it can only burn flammable sails. It is of little use on the deck of the fire-treated building, and there is no threat to the soldiers on the enemy ship. For this reason, I added lime and broken iron pieces to the gunpowder bag. When the gunpowder bag is sent to the enemy ship by the thunderbolt gun, the blown iron pieces and lime powder will face the enemy. The navy caused great damage, and I also thought of a better way to completely burn the enemy ship.

One day and night in November of Shaoxing, there were no stars and moon in the sky, and even the river was dark, which was a good time for sneak attacks. After the performance of the sea york was completely improved, Yu Yunwen boldly ordered the navy to attack the ferry secretly built by Wanyan Liang in Gaoyou Lake. Under the personal leadership of Li Bao, the commander of the Jianghuai Water Army, the Song military navy first quietly sailed to the harbor where the golden soldiers moored the ferry at night, and then poured the black oil known as "oil" into the water until the oil floated around the ferry where the golden soldiers stopped on the shore, and then by The sea roach ship fired fuel, and the harbor was suddenly filled with fire. The Jin army ferry had no time to escape, and most of it was almost burned. Fortunately, it was attacked by the sea roe boat, and the losses were extremely heavy. When the Song army withdrew, Wan Yanliang's navy in the Yangtze River had been devastated. Even now, even if he has a million troops, Only Wang Jiangxing sighed.

In addition, there is continuous good news from Jiangbei. There is a Rebel army led by the commander Wei Sheng in Shandong. Taking advantage of the emptiness behind the golden soldiers, they have recently captured Haizhou City on the Shandong Peninsula, so that Wanyan Liang has to divide the troops to deal with it, which has dragged Wanyan Liang's 100,000 elite soldiers. What's more surprising is that Wanyan Yong, who left behind Tokyo in the Kingdom of Jin, finally captured Zhongdu under the support of anti-war courtiers and generals and ascended the throne in Zhongdu. His actions were supported by the armies all over the State of Jin, which was undoubtedly the biggest blow to Wanyan Liang.

"It's over!" In the face of the continuous favorable information, Yu Yunwen, who had always been calm, couldn't help but be a little happy. Spreading the map of the deployment of the Jin soldiers on the other side of the river, he excitedly pointed to the position of the Jin soldiers's Chinese battalion and said to the generals, "Although Wanyan Liang still holds hundreds of thousands of elites, the Yangtze River has blocked the way, and then Wanyan Yong is on the north bank of the Yellow River. He can only move around in the narrow area of Jianghuai. It is impossible to go south to attack the south of the Yangtze River, nor to go north to regain the throne. These hundreds of thousands of troops have become homeless and lonely soldiers, and their defeat will only be defeated sooner or later. What we have to do now is to give Wanyan Liang a final blow. We can't allow these hundreds of thousands of elite golden soldiers to be demoted by the newly ascended Wanyan Yong and become a living force against our Song Dynasty, let alone allow Wanyan Liang to occupy Jianghuai with this lonely soldier and continue to ** the people of our Jianghuai region.

The generals were infected with Yu Yunwen's belief that he would win, and they expressed their willingness to lead troops across the river to attack the golden soldiers. Since the war with Jin Bing, the Song army has been in a passive defensive position most of the time, even if the attack is only aimed at the relatively weak navy of Jin Bing. Compared with the Jin soldiers, the Song army has always been weak in the land war. The anti-landing battle of Quarrying Rock was a rare land victory for the Song army in decades. Therefore, it can defeat the world-famous Jurjin Iron Horse in the land war, and then kill and even capture the emperor of the Jin Kingdom. The shame of Jingkang decades ago is all Song The common wish of military generals.

"Okay, let's get the elite jockeys, cross the Yangtze River at night and attack the bright Chinese army camp at night!" Yu Yunwen punched the defense map of the golden soldiers.

After Yu Yunwen finished arranging the soldiers and horses, I couldn't help asking him, "Lord Yu, please allow me to participate in this raid on the Jin Bingzhong army camp with General Han."

"Why did Bai Zhuangshi suddenly have such an idea?" Yu Yunwen looked at me with some surprisedness, "You are a rare talent and think tank of my Song Jun. It's really not appropriate to take risks on the front line."

"Your Excellency, I don't want to stand by when everyone should contribute to the country. Besides, I am agile enough to protect myself in the chaos. In fact, this is just an excuse. My real intention is to see the tragic situation at the end of Yan Liang's journey to satisfy the strong desire for revenge in my heart, and even hope to catch him with my own hands. Somehow, I can't help thinking of the princess Xixia who was sent to the palace. I always feel that her misfortune has her own share. Because of this, my hatred for Wanyanliang is stronger than anyone else. Although I knew that it was difficult to catch Wanyan Liang in person in the chaotic army, I couldn't help but give it a try for this vague hope, and even did not hesitate to follow Han Yanzhi's forward battalion to venture into the golden camp.

Probably my eyes made him see my determination. Yu Yunwen pondered for a moment and finally agreed to my request. I was glad that I could become one of Han Yan's direct strikers.

On a winter night, the river is gently shrouded in mist, and the waves are like flickering fish scales under the light moonlight. On such a peaceful night, hundreds of Song army warships quietly went down the river from the upstream under the cover of mist and slowly approached the Jinbing camp on the other side of the Zhenjiang River.

When the Song army warship was about to approach the river bank, the golden soldiers suddenly sounded a warning sound of gongs in the camp. It is almost impossible not to disturb the golden soldiers to steal the camp on such a wide river. It is not too bad to be able to alarm the guard of the Jinbing navy when it is about to reach the river bank like now.

"charge!" Han Yan gave a direct order and took the lead in jumping into the half-human river. Before the warship docked, he took a gun and rushed to Jinying. Time is everything. It is the greatest victory to break into the Golden Camp before the golden soldiers organize effective resistance.

The soldiers and generals of Song all understood this truth. Everyone shouted and jumped into the cold river and rushed to the bank of the river. Jin Bing did not expect that the Song army, which was not superior in strength and combat effectiveness, dared to cross the river to attack its strongest Chinese army camp, and did not organize effective resistance. The sporadic arrow feathers did not play any role in blocking tens of thousands of elite horsemen of the Song army who were full of revenge.

I followed Han Yanzhi's cavalry and rushed to the Jinbing camp on the shore, and hardly encountered any effective resistance along the way. The protracted confrontation with the Southern Song Dynasty and the changes in the rear have seriously damaged the morale of the Jin soldiers. They were no longer the famous Jurjin iron riders at the beginning of the war. The Song army rushed into the Jin soldiers's camp without much cost.

"The soldiers are divided into two ways, roundabout, and meet behind the enemy camp!" Under Han Yan's direct order, the Song army immediately divided into left and right roads according to the plan, and galloped through the enemy camp under the leadership of their respective generals. Due to the cover of the night, Jin Bing was completely unaware of the strength of the Song army that broke into the camp and had already panicked. Under the several rush** of tens of thousands of elite jockeys of the Song army, the golden soldiers, who were already the birds of the bow, began to defeat the rear. Once hundreds of thousands of real iron riders who shocked the world retreated desperately to the rear despite the order, they suddenly became so chaotic that there was no combat effectiveness.

I galloped around the camp, looking for Wanyan Liang's golden handsome flag, hoping to take a look at Wanyan Liang's embarrassed face in person.

"Zong Tuo!" A Jin attracted my eyes from the familiar back, and I couldn't help but be happy. Now that Zong Tuo, the chief bodyguard of the big internal guard, will Wanyan Liang be far away? Despite the danger of being surrounded by golden soldiers, I patted my horse alone and chased Zong Tuo's back.

There were countless real deserters around. Everyone was only concerned about running for their lives. Coupled with the cover of the night, no one noticed me, a bold general of the Song army. I followed Zong Tuo's back all the way, and the golden soldiers were fleeing desperately all the way. In addition, there was the shouting and pursuit of the front of the Song army not far behind me, so I was not afraid to go deep into the enemy.

I don't know how far I chased. I lost Zong Tuo's back in the dark. Looking at the fleeing golden soldiers and the vast fields, I was unwilling to continue to rush forward. When I found myself rushing to a high gate, I desperately wanted to strangle the horse, but it was too late. I was wrapped in the fleeing Jinbing cavalry and rushed into the gate. Looking at the familiar appearance of the city, I suddenly realized that I had rushed into Yangzhou, the strategic fortress of Jinbing in Jiangbei.

The gate was completely blocked by the golden soldiers who swarmed in. It was impossible to go out. I faintly heard the gongs of the Song army withdrawing from outside the city, and I couldn't help crying secretly. Song Jun stopped attacking outside Yangzhou and left me alone in the city. When I realized this and wanted to rush out of the city, I found that the gate had slowly closed. After all, the golden soldiers stationed in Yangzhou were not in chaos. When the vanguard of the Song army arrived at the city, they closed the gate in time.

"There is Song Jun here!" The defenders on the tower suddenly found me and hurriedly warned their companions downstairs. Unexpectedly, the defeated soldiers downstairs had already been frightened by the bow. As soon as they heard that there was a Song army, no matter how many they were, they immediately fled like bombing camps. I quickly avoided the chaotic army and fled into a dark alley. While fleeing, I threw away the helmet and Song Jun's armor. When I came out from the other side of the alley, I was almost the same as those undressed soldiers. In order to ensure that I was not recognized by Jin Bing, I threw away all Song Jun's clothes and equipment that could reveal my identity. In this way, there is no difference between me and the golden soldiers who suddenly got up from their sleep and fled for their lives. In addition, I can speak fluent female language, and I am not afraid to expose my details in the chaotic army.

The city was full of chaotic troops, and from time to time came from the streets and alleys the sound of breaking the door and the crying of women and children. The rebels began to rob and disturb the people in the city at night. From time to time, there were short fights and shouts in the distance. I don't know whether it was the resistance of the people who were robbed or the internal strife of the rebels. Occasionally, one or two screams before dying were particularly harsh under the moonlight.

I was among a group of wounded rebels and huddled under the eaves of the street to rest. These wounded soldiers have just escaped from death, and their injuries are of different severity. Except for lying on the ground and moaning and cursing, they have no evil thoughts and ability to participate in robbery for the time being. From time to time, there was a dense sound of horses' hoofs in the city. The golden soldiers stabilized the chaotic scene in Yangzhou and began to reorganize the formation of the rebels who fled into the city. As if to confirm my speculation, a small group of golden cavalry came from afar with torches. Looking at the costumes, it turned out to be a bright imperial forest army. The leading colonel rode around the wounded and asked loudly, "Which battalion are you from?" Are there any Royal Forest soldiers?

Most of the wounded soldiers are dressed in messy clothes, and it is difficult to see their respective battalion numbers and military ranks from their costumes. No wonder the small school on the night patrol asked this. However, these wounded soldiers have been defeated and have not been rescued by their own people when they fled into the city. Especially when they see the superior appearance of the other party, everyone has already been angry and vented all of them at this moment. Someone took the lead in swearing, "What about which battalion?" Aren't they all His Majesty's soldiers? If you don't become a royal forest army, you will be higher than us, and you can get treatment first!"

With the scolding, the wounded soldiers echoed one after another. The small school did not dare to scold back and hurriedly said, "I heard that the Song army had sneaked into the city. The last general was only responsible for searching for the traitors of the Song army. At the same time, he brought the soldiers who still had combat effectiveness to the battalion of the imperial army and reorganized to guard Yangzhou."

"We will have combat effectiveness when we heal injuries!" The wounded soldiers said one after another.

"Sorry, the rescue of the wounded soldiers is not within the authority of the last general." The little school looked around the crowd indifferently and waved his hand, "If you can still pick up the sword, follow me immediately."

The wounded soldiers cursed one after another, and several slightly injured struggled to get up, picked up their weapons and followed the little school horse. As long as you can return to the army, at least you can get a minimum treatment than lying here and waiting to die. The small school looked at only a few people who walked with him and patrolled among the wounded soldiers. Suddenly, he saw me resting against the wall and immediately pointed with a horse whip, "You, stand up!"

I didn't expect him to notice me shrinking behind the crowd, so I had to stand up honestly. The small school stared at me with suspicious eyes and shouted, "I think your whole body is intact. Why don't you go with our school? Which battalion are you from?

I cried secretly in my heart, but I learned the domineering tone of the wounded soldiers and said, "I just climbed out of the dead. I don't want to die so soon, can't I?"

I'm glad that I have lived in the central capital for a period of time, and my female language is very fluent. Hearing what I said was pure truth, the suspicion in the small school's eyes was gone, and he did not ask my battalion again. He just said, "Now that your Majesty is the time to employ people, all the soldiers should do their best to serve your majesty. You refuse to accept the conscription of the imperial army. Do you want to be a deserter?"

With a wave of his hand, several soldiers came to me. In order not to be able to see my identity from the blade, I lost the Song military-style sword, and now I have been bare-handed. Although it was not difficult to deal with these soldiers with bare hands, I was afraid of attracting more golden soldiers, so I had to give up resistance and shouted, "Who said that I would be a deserter? I just want to rest here a little longer.

"That's good!" The little school nodded, "Now you have almost had a rest, right?" As a warrior of the Great Gold Kingdom, the emperor should immediately take up arms to follow him when he calls, so as to lose the prestige of the Great Gold Warriors. Did you lose the courage of my great gold warriors when you lost the first World War?

Seeing the new defeat of the Jin Bing and the civil strife in the rear, he was still trying his best to maintain the honor of the great gold warriors. I couldn't help but joke: "Yes, when His Majesty the emperor calls for a call, we should follow it immediately. It's just that the villain doesn't know which emperor to follow now?

"B bastard!" The little school scolded angrily, pulled out his knife, pointed to me and shouted, "Do you dare to call Wanyan Yong's rebellion emperor? Compared with Your Majesty?"

Seeing that several imperial soldiers pulled out their weapons, I secretly shouted bad in my heart. I knew that what I had just said had violated the taboo of Wanyan Liang's personal defense of the imperial army, but what I said could not be taken back. I only argued, "I didn't call Wanyan Yong emperor. That's what you said."

"It's still hard-mouthed!" The little school pointed to me, "Take down this rebellion!"

Several imperial soldiers came to me. I was busy on guard and ready to let go. While the two sides were in tension, they heard the wounded soldiers around me complaining about me one after another: "It's just a wrong word. How can you become a rebellion?"

"Yes, yes!" More wounded soldiers echoed, "When we worked for your majesty in front, you were still hiding in Yangzhou City to enjoy happiness. Now you have the ability to be majestic in front of us."

When the small school saw that everyone complained one after another, he did not dare to be angry. He put away his knife and hated me and said, "You are a first-time offender. This time, let's be careless. If anyone has such rebellious remarks, don't blame our school for being rebellious!"

I didn't expect that Wan Yanliang's prestige among the golden soldiers had plummeted, so these wounded soldiers would speak out to help me. If Wanyan Liang's army loses his heart, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend Yangzhou. I was relieved and didn't dare to contradict the other party again. I had to follow the small school horse to the imperial army camp with a few slightly injured soldiers. Along the way, I was thinking about how to get out. Unexpectedly, those imperial soldiers surrounded me and several wounded soldiers in order to prevent someone from escaping halfway, which made me helpless at all.

We were finally escorted to the square in front of the camp of the imperial army. We saw tens of thousands of defeated troops gathered in the square, and the lost armors and blades were reissued by the imperial army, and then reorganized the battalion and commanded by the generals of the imperial army. Because the scene was very chaotic and everyone was a real woman speaking the same language, no one checked the original battalion to which everyone originally belonged to. Only then did I, a Song, be able to muddle through and was divided into the newly compiled 17th Battalion of the Royal Forest Army.

In addition to the main Jurchens, there are also many Han army, Khitan army and even barbarians, but on this square, only Jurchens who fuck the truth, not Han and Khitans. I was a little surprised. When I inquired, I knew that only the Jurchin soldiers would be integrated into the imperial army, while the Han soldiers and Khitan soldiers gathered in another place to supplement the defense army on the front line. After last night's defeat, Wanyan Liang has already become a frightened bird and can't easily believe in the alien race, so he can only choose the Jurmin clan to supplement the imperial army. I'm glad that I don't have to go to the front line to die, and at the same time, I'm worried that I will be recognized in the imperial army. At the beginning, many royal forest soldiers had seen me, an astrologer, in the imperial city of Zhongdu.

After the completion of the grass camp, a general came to the field and said loudly to several royal forest generals in the field: "Your Majesty is coming to inspect the new royal forest soldiers. Gather the troops quickly!"

Several generals of the imperial forest army immediately ordered the new battalion captains to gather at the headquarters. In just a moment, tens of thousands of newly appointed imperial forest troops gathered with the battalion as the phalanx. Suddenly, there was no sound in the scene. Except for the sound of the banner and the occasional sound of the horses, there was only the roar of the night wind and the heavy breathing of tens of thousands of people. Seeing that these newly defeated real women became a strong army with strict discipline in a blink of an eye, I realized that the Dajin Kingdom can dominate the world for hundreds of years, not entirely by courage and luck.

A team of brightly armored Royal Forest soldiers and soldiers came slowly with a bright yellow cover. The man in golden armor squeezed his lips, his eyes were fierce, and his expression was not slightly decadent because of the successive defeats in the war. The flames jumping on the torches around him reflected his figure bright or dark, making his eyes shining in the night before dawn.

"H Long live! Long live!" Despite the new defeat, tens of thousands of real soldiers still burst into bursts of cheers, and their morale did not seem to have been greatly affected by the recent defeat. I can't help but be surprised by the tenacity and spirit of these real women.

"The heroic female warriors of Dajin Kingdom!" In the cheers, the golden armored Wanyan Liang came to the front of the team and shouted to tens of thousands of people. As soon as he opened his mouth, the crowd immediately calmed down, and only Wanyan Liang's rather inflammatory voice was heard in the field. The Southern Expeditionary Army encountered unprecedented difficulties. First, the traitor Wanyan Yong supported the soldiers and became independent, and then the Song soldiers attacked our Chinese army camp last night, so that we had to temporarily withdraw to Yangzhou City. The Southern Expedition suffered a small setback, but this setback was nothing for my hundreds of thousands of brave Southern Expedition soldiers. The number of soldiers of the whole country in the Southern Song Dynasty is only 120 million, which is not enough to pose a threat to my southern expedition, and the traitor Wanyan Yong committed chaos. I have ordered the world's soldiers and horses to go to Beijing to suppress the rebellion and capture Yan Yong alive.

Wanyan's voice was loud and full of anger, but he was bluffing. What ordered the world's soldiers and horses to go to Beijing to suppress the rebellion is just to comfort this newly defeated Jushin army. Now that Dajin still listens to the army he mobilizes, I'm afraid this is the only army of the Southern Expedition. I was thinking nonsense and listened to Yan Liang's continued: "After the repeated attacks of our real warriors, the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty suffered heavy losses, and the defense line of the Yangtze River was already in danger. Therefore, I took the risk of stealing the camp last night, but I had no strength to attack the city of Yangzhou. On the contrary, I was driven back to the south of the Yangtze River by my Yangzhou garrison. It can be seen that the Song army is at the end of a strong crossbow. We only need to build a warship and cross the river in one fell swoop. With the invincible female iron horse of our great gold country, we will definitely sweep the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, our army will take advantage of the victory and go north to eliminate the traitor Wanyan Yong. At that time, you will be the powerful division that dominates the world with me. For thousands of years, we will always be famous.

Tens of thousands of hysterical roars sounded in the field, and I don't know how many of them came from sincerity. Last night, Han Yanzhi's 20,000 jockeys were indeed unable to carry out annihilation attacks on the Jin soldiers, and they had no power to attack the Yangzhou garrison. No wonder Wanyan Liang saw the weakness of the Song army. However, I really didn't expect that when Wanyan Liang suffered a series of setbacks on the front line and lost his foundation in the rear, the heart of crossing the south of the Yangtze River was still immortal, and there were still so many female warriors chasing him. It seems that this war has to continue, and countless people have to continue to die for Wanyan's "Qianqiu's great cause".

"Hear the fugitive up!" In the roar of the crowd, Wanyan Liang suddenly shouted. Several tied gold generals were immediately escorted up by the Royal Forest Army. Wanyan Liang pointed to the generals and said loudly to the crowd, "These generals shouldered the responsibility of guarding the barracks, but they fled first when the Song army attacked, causing panic in the whole army and messing up the army. Such a coward is not enough not to kill is not enough to enforce military discipline. Cut!"