At Mao hour, twelve miles east of Nanxin City, the Song army stopped to rest, and the military food officer distributed the fried cakes and dried meat prepared in advance.
This place is more than three miles away from Hecha. In order to prevent Shen Qingzhi from noticing anything unusual, Shen Tianzi deliberately led the soldiers and horses farther away.
Holding the cooking cake in hand, Shen Tianzi got up and looked around, chatting and laughing with the soldiers from time to time. Seeing that the men were in good condition, he felt a little at ease.
At Maozheng time, the reconnaissance cavalry came to report, and the Yong army's light cavalry followed. Shen Tianzi sneered and ordered: "Brothers, stand up and be on guard, prepare to follow the fool and kill the enemy."
The Yong army's light cavalry was not fast, so Shen Qingzhi sent a reconnaissance cavalry ahead to find out whether there was an ambush by the Song army. Qingqi arrived in front of the miscellaneous trees and reeds. Shen Qingzhi reined in his horse and assessed the place as suitable for a fire attack.
Shen Qingzhi followed Yang Anxuan and had seen Yang Anxuan use fire to defeat the enemy many times. The patch of trees and reeds in front of him was quite large. If he got caught in it, he would suffer heavy damage.
The morning breeze was slightly cool, blowing from the southeast. Shen Qingzhi thought for a moment and ordered the reeds to be set alight first. Although it would delay some time, most of the Song troops were infantry and could not escape far.
A soldier swung a fire to ignite the reeds, and then fired the rockets he carried with him into the bushes, and soon the fire started.
There was a "Peng" explosion, and the fire suddenly rose upwards. The hidden elixir fire ordered by Shen Tianzi was ignited, and the fire burst into flames.
Immediately afterwards, there were explosions, and the miscellaneous trees and reeds in front of him turned into a sea of fire. The scorching temperature forced Yong Qi to retreat continuously.
Everyone looked at Shen Qingzhi with admiration. If it hadn't been for General Shen's wisdom, many people would have died in this smoky fire.
Seeing the fire, Shen Tianzi thought that Yong's army had fallen into a trap, and was about to lead his troops to intercept Yong Qi who had escaped from the sea of fire. He saw dozens of people fleeing in confusion. Only then did he know that Yong's army lit the fire first and defeated his own plan.
Shen Tianzi's face was gloomy. The fire attack plan was defeated, and the only thing left to do was look at the next water attack.
The fire started and died out quickly. Within half an hour, the fire gradually became smaller. The reeds turned into black ash and floated in the air. Black ashes were exposed on the ground, and light smoke rose from the ground.
The ground temperature was still hot, and Shen Qingzhi couldn't wait any longer. He ordered to take off the water bag he carried with him, pour the drinking water on the ground, and pour out a channel. According to the report of the scouts, there is a river not far ahead, and we will get water from the river at that time.
Watering all the way, a road several feet wide was paved. After walking for a few miles, I saw the river in front of me. The Nanshui River in front of us is about two feet wide, only about a foot deep, and the flow is slow.
Shen Tianzi was not familiar with this river. Although he saw water marks several feet high on the bank, he did not pay attention to it. He thought that the water was dry in summer, so he ordered the river to be loaded with water and led the horses downstream to wash it. Many soldiers were sweating from the intense fire and took the opportunity to go into the river to wash themselves and drink some water.
Two thousand horses spread out in the river for several miles, with people shouting and horses neighing.
More than three miles upstream, Shen Tianzi ordered people to use straw bags to contain the river water two days ago. First he saw a fire, and soon he heard people downstream shouting horses.
The general who led the army hurriedly ordered the soldiers to open the straw bags and remove the stones. The water flow, which was about ten feet high, was mixed with mud, sand and miscellaneous trees and rolled into the sky. It was earth-shaking and unstoppable.
Shen Qingzhi heard the roar of the water and shouted, "No, no!". Before he could get on his horse, he saw the torrent rolling in, carrying the soldiers and horses in the river and rushing downstream. Except for a few people who stood on the shore and escaped unharmed, most people and war horses were swept down by the current. War horses and soldiers struggled and collided in the current, and many of them drowned.
Shen Qingzhi grabbed a broken piece of wood in the water, held it tightly and carried it down the river. He was carried seven or eight miles away in one breath, and the water gradually calmed down. Seeing that the water had become shallow, Shen Qingzhi threw away the broken piece of wood and reluctantly stood up in the water, feeling pain all over his body from being bumped.
Shen Qingzhi reached out and grabbed the soldier passing by. The soldier had fallen into a semi-conscious state. Shen Qingzhi helped him walk towards the shore and shouted to the escaping soldiers to hurry up and save him.
The water had slowed down and gradually became smaller. Many drowned soldiers and horses were washed down along the current. Seeing the tragic scene in front of him, Shen Qing's heart felt like a knife.
Now was not the time to feel sad. Shen Qingzhi took off his leather armor and led the surviving soldiers to rescue people and horses. Those who were not breathing were placed on the shore, and people who were familiar with the water performed pressure on them to see if they could be saved. Back.
While they were in a hurry, Shen Tianzi followed the sound of soldiers and horses and came to kill them. At this time, Yong's army was washed away by the water and his hands and feet were weak, and he was defeated. Shen Qingzhi knew that if the Song army came to kill him, few of these brothers would be able to escape with their lives.
Picking up a knife from the ground, Shen Qingzhi shouted loudly: "Sui Yu, go and entangle the Song army. Delay for some time. Zhang Lin and his army will arrive soon."
After that, Shen Qingzhi waded towards the other side of the river, and more than 200 people followed him towards the other side. Those Yong soldiers who had regained their strength struggled to get up, picked up their weapons from the river and walked towards the other side of the river.
Seeing that the flooding strategy worked, Shen Tianzi led the Song army to attack the Yong army. When they got up from the water, most of the Yong troops took off their leather armor and suffered a big loss against the neatly dressed Song troops.
Yong Jun knew that if he retreated, there would be no way for Pao Ze to survive. They gritted their teeth and fought to the death. They cut off their arms and rushed forward, biting their opponents' throats with their teeth. Swing forward...
Howls followed one after another along with miserable cries. With their bravery and sacrifice of life, Yong Jun just used his life to build a defense line in front of the north bank of the river to fight for the chance of survival for Paoze behind him.
Yong's troops who had regained their strength kept wading into the water to join the defense line, barely keeping the defense line from collapsing. Shen Qingzhi had a gash on his left shoulder. Seeing the soldiers falling to the ground around him, he howled angrily and grabbed a thrusting spear. He swung the machete sharply to cut off the barrel of the spear and plunged in with the knife. In the opponent's belly.
Warm blood spattered all over his face. Shen Qingzhi howled loudly and slashed at the other person with a vicious sword. The Song soldier was frightened by his madness and hurriedly retreated. Shen Qingzhi swept out a horizontal sword and forced the Song soldier in front of him to retreat. He roared: "If you advance, never retreat."
The soldiers around him took a step forward and shouted in unison: "If you advance, never retreat."
At this moment, the sound of a horn came from behind, and Zhang Lin finally arrived with his infantry. Zhang Lin led his army to set off shortly after Shen Qingzhi set out. Not far away, he saw a fire in the distance. Knowing that something had changed, he urged the soldiers to hurry up.
Hearing the cry of killing, Zhang Lin did not dare to delay and ran straight over. He was shocked when he saw corpses floating in the river. If General Shen was buried here, I don't know how angry the Lord would be.
At this time, the river water had returned to normal. Zhang Lin sent a thousand soldiers along the river to search and rescue the soldiers, and led the other 4,000 soldiers and horses to kill across the river. When Shen Tianzi saw the reinforcements of the Yong Army arriving, he secretly sighed that it was a pity, as long as this group of Yong Army arrived late. In a quarter of an hour, he could annihilate all these Yongqi.
The opportunity was lost. Shen Tianzi was afraid that Yong's troops would continue to arrive, so he ordered the trumpets to sound and led his troops to withdraw.
Zhang Lin did not dare to pursue him, so he set up a defensive line and sent people to look for Shen Qingzhi. After a while, the soldiers found Shen Qingzhi, who was covered in blood. Zhang Lin hurriedly came to see Shen Qingzhi. He was startled when he saw Shen Qingzhi covered in blood and asked: "Where is General Shen injured?"
Shen Qingzhi put his knife on the ground, gasped for a while, and then said: "It's nothing, I just rubbed my shoulder. This is the blood of the enemy. Zhang Lin, hurry along the river to search for the soldiers and horses that were washed away by the water." .”
Half an hour later, Shen Qingzhi walked past the corpses of Yong soldiers placed by the river. The corpses arranged in three rows were as long as a mile. There were more than 500 drowned soldiers, and another 100. Many people were not found. Just now he risked his life to intercept the Song army, and more than a hundred people were killed in the battle, and the two thousand Qingqi were reduced by nearly half.
The casualties of war horses were less, with only about 200 horses drowned in the river, but more than 500 horses were injured, and there were still more than 1,000 horses that could continue to fight.
Since following Yang Anxuan, Shen Qingzhi has never experienced such a disastrous defeat. Looking at the motionless corpse on the river bank, Shen Qingzhi fell to his knees with a plop and cried: "Brothers, I am so stupid that I am sorry for you." , it was your stupidity that caused you to lose your lives.”
These Yong cavalry were all elites in the army. The loss of nearly a thousand people at once was a big loss for the Yong army. Zhang Lin saw that Shen Qingzi's face was distorted, and he was making a "wuwu" sound from his mouth, and his eyes were red. He was afraid that he would be too sad and hurt his body, so he leaned over and persuaded: "General Shen, Shen Tianzi used to cheat on me. Revenge must be avenged, and I hope the general will take care of himself and seek justice for these robes."
Shen Qingzhi stood up in a hurry, glanced at the soldiers standing around with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "The Song army has not gone far, which brother is willing to follow Yu to chase and kill, and avenge these dead brothers."
"I'm willing to go," and "Brother Chen died miserably, I want to avenge him," the shouts shook the heaven and the earth. Shen Qingzhi put on his clothes again, and someone found his spear from the water.
Picking up his gun and mounting his horse, Shen Qingzhi called out: "Brothers, do what you can. Sui Yu, who is proficient in riding and shooting, goes first. Zhang Lin, you leave a thousand people behind to continue the rescue and search for the brothers who fell into the water. The others will come later."
Many of the reinforcements led by Zhang Lin could ride horses. In a short time, Shen Qingzhi gathered more than 700 horsemen, well equipped, and roared towards the Song army under the leadership of Shen Qingzhi.
Shen Tianzi estimated that Yong's army would come to pursue him, so he piled rocks into a dangerous and narrow place on the road and sent a small number of soldiers to defend them to buy time for the army to escape.
Shen Qingzhi wanted to kill Shen Tianzi to avenge the death of Pao Ze. He would try to get around him if he could, but if he couldn't, he would rush forward with his horse. The stone wall that Song Gong hurriedly built was not high. The low part was only more than three feet, and the war horse could jump over it in one jump. After the Song soldiers broke up several defensive stone barriers, Shen Qingzhi had already seen the smoke and dust raised by the hurried Song troops in the distance.
Hearing the sound of horse hoofbeats behind him, Shen Tianzi sighed inwardly. Yong Qi reacted very quickly. The Song army was still about twenty miles away from the meeting point of Qiaoshan. It was probably difficult to reach it. He hoped that the messenger sent could bring Qiaoshan's troops. Soldiers and horses came to respond.
Shen Tianzi's troops had 500 war horses. At this time, the only way to deal with the Qingqi was with Qingqi. The trumpet sounded, and the Qingqi gathered behind Shen Tianzi. Shen Tianzi laughed loudly and said: "Yong's army was beaten to pieces by us in the Nan River, and he actually dared to come and kill the enemy. Brothers, military merit is rare. Follow Yu to kill the enemy and make meritorious service." .”
When they went to battle on the Nanhe River, Shen Tianzi did not send out his light cavalry because it was difficult to hire horses on the sandy beach. These light cavalrymen listened to the infantrymen happily describing how many Yong soldiers had been killed by the river. Corpses were everywhere, and the horses were neighing with broken legs. They were already extremely envious. When they heard that the master was about to kill the pursuers, they were so excited that they waved the scimitars in their hands and screamed "Aoao".
With military morale ready, Shen Tianzi raised his gun high and took the lead in riding towards Yong Qi behind him.
