Through the strong cowhide tent, Li Ting didn't feel how heavy the rain was. When he strode out neatly dressed, he was immediately soaked by the rain, and huge raindrops hit his face, which was painful.
For a moment, Li Ting was a little confused. He shouted, "Where did Wanyan Heda's troops come from?"
In the darkness, his subordinates pointed in a certain direction: "Southwest!"
Li Ting looked in that direction and saw layers of black rain curtains intersecting the city. The rain curtains swayed with the wind, making the sky even darker, blocking the faint signs of dawn and blocking his sight. Li Ting put up a pergola and looked at the sky, only seeing thick clouds and crackling lightning between the clouds.
"Damn it, you can't see anything here! Where's that Yugi? Did he see it right?"
The ranger had already arrived at the Chinese army's tent. He knelt down and reported: "Commander Jie, I'm right. I didn't ride a horse. I walked closer and took a closer look. For this reason, I almost ran into the Jin army's vanguard and ate them." arrow!"
Li Ting stared intently and saw that there was a deep wound on You Qi's shoulder. Although it was simply bandaged, blood was still seeping out and was then washed away by the rain.
"Thank you!" Li Ting nodded and asked, "Have the enemy discovered you?"
"They probably thought it was a small beast passing by, so they fired arrows at random and didn't notice me!"
"Okay, let's go take a rest and record your great work!"
The ranger bowed happily and retreated. Li Ting patted the scout leader on the shoulder again: "Where are the others? No reward?"
"Additional manpower has been deployed to lurk carefully and report developments at any time!"
When Li Ting nodded repeatedly, the general sighed: "In this weather, the bow and arrow will be useless after just two shots. They are really wasteful!"
Li Ting laughed: "This battle was originally a life-and-death battle. After the fight, they will have no use for bows and arrows!"
The two armies struggled for four or five days. Just as Li Ting wanted to defeat Wanyan Heda, Wanyan Heda only had a chance to defeat Li Ting.
Under Ding Haijun's plan, the forces available for deployment by the Kaifeng imperial court were stranded in various places, and were separately restrained and blocked by Ding Haijun. But it was Guo Ning himself who led the army to Kaifeng.
Perhaps Kaifeng City could rely on the emperor's encouragement and the hard work of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to repel Guo Ning in isolation, but that was only possible on paper. The more battle-hardened a general is, the less likely he is to place his hopes on this.
If Kaifeng does not receive timely support, it will probably be destroyed.
Daijin will also be finished soon.
Therefore, it is meaningless to confront Li Ting here. In any case, Wanyan Heda will rush to Kaifeng.
But there is another possibility that we have to guard against, that is, Guo Ning uses strong troops to suppress Kaifeng, but is not in a hurry to attack the city. After this person captured Xuzhou and Guide Mansion, he had a channel to continuously transport supplies from the rear. He could use Kaifeng City as a bait in his spare time, waiting for the reinforcements rushing from all over the country to arrive, and then defeat them one by one. , wipe out every last bit of force from the Jurchens.
If Wanyan Heda directly led his troops to Kaifeng, he would have to resist Li Ting's men from behind and face Guo Ning head-on. He didn't think he had the ability to shoot both left and right and deal with ferocious dogs and tigers at the same time.
To take a step back, with the Kaifeng court barely maintaining the situation, the remaining grain and supplies were first enough to satisfy the soldiers of the Thirteen Captains who went south to plunder. The Xiangzhou grain depot controlled by Wanyan Heda has long since reached its bottom. It would be very difficult to take such an army south for a long distance, and it would be very difficult to provide food and drink along the way, and there would be a danger of running out of food halfway.
Therefore, Wanyan Heda's only solution is to capture Li Ting.
After capturing Li Ting, food and supplies will be available, and morale will be boosted. Even those on the east side of Hedong who have their own strength and wait and see, such as Guo Wenzhen and Wu Xian, will last longer. Since Wanyan Heda had no worries, he could select thousands of elite people to rush to Kaifeng.
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Of course, there will still be a fierce battle until then. Life or death, victory or defeat, is another matter.
Now we just need to kill Li Ting!
At this time, it rained heavily. It was clear that the Jurchens were not exhausted yet, but there was still God's help!
The rain should start falling at Zi hour and reach its maximum intensity at Yin hour.
A huge amount of rainwater pours down like the Milky Way, and after falling to the ground, it directly merges into water flow, rivers, and even roaring waterfalls. But the roar of the water flow was far less than the fierce thunder in the sky. The thunder and lightning seemed to be jumping above everyone's heads, and they could smash the ant-like humans below into powder at any time.
Since the reign of Emperor Zhangzong, the celestial phenomena in Dajin have not been normal. There has been severe drought in the east and west of Hebei for four consecutive years, causing hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced and dozens of military prefectures to starve to death. However, during the Zhenyou period, droughts turned into rain disasters. Heavy rains occurred almost every year, and they often broke out on Hebei West Road with complex terrain, causing floods and waterlogging.
The current rain can almost reach the level of a rain disaster.
In such an environment, Wanyan Heda and his troops approached.
Under the heavy rain, it was impossible to light the torch. The entire army relied entirely on electric light and the guidance of the rural leader at the front, like giant pythons connected end to end, marching hard. If you look closely, you will see that many of the soldiers in this army are shirtless, holding straight knives in their mouths, and using their hands and feet to pull and climb on the muddy ground. Even if this is the case, they often take one step forward and two steps back. One by one they suddenly turn into clay figures, and then they become clean and slimy again after being splashed by the rain.
"Thank you for your hard work! I, Wanyan Heda, thank you brothers! Five miles ahead is Li Ting's camp. If you kill one level in this battle, you will be rewarded with money and a fight of food! If you win this battle, I will take you there Zhongdu will receive another heavy reward! Everyone will be divided into fields, promoted and made rich! I, Wanyan Heda, will never break my promise!"
Wanyan Heda stood on the gravel foundation of an abandoned manor and shouted to the soldiers with all his strength. After twenty miles of marching in the rain, he kept running back and forth to encourage him, and his voice was hoarse, so his shouts could not travel very far in the heavy rain, and only people passing by him could hear them.
One of the soldiers raised his eyes and took a deep look at Yan Heda. Wanyan Heda recognized that this soldier was signed into the army in Xiangzhou. At that time, his mother was ill and could not bear to be separated. It was Wanyan Heda who came forward to find a medical officer for diagnosis and treatment, and he was reassured to join the army. He also kowtowed to thank Wanyan Heda for his kindness.
At this moment, the soldier didn't care to say anything to Wanyan Hedata. The rain was so heavy that it seemed as if he would catch a mouthful of rainwater when he opened his mouth, so he continued to trek forward with one foot deeper and one foot shallower.
Wanyan Heda didn't know how many soldiers he could inspire by shouting like this, but he could only do this.
Since arriving in Kaifeng, Wanyan Heda had assembled such an army in just two years. It was not violence, let alone the majesty of the Kaifeng court, but his method of loving soldiers like his own children. On the other hand, Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu was also a rare wise king in the Jin Kingdom in the past few decades who was very diligent and caring for the people, and gave Wanyan Heda a lot of support.
Wanyan Heda often thought that without Guo Ning, he and his colleagues would have devoted themselves to assisting King Zuo Sui for ten years. Maybe it can revive Dajin, or even break the barriers between the Jurchens and Han'er, and truly unite the world as one family.
It's a pity that since Guo Ning succeeded Zhou Guogong in Zhongdu, his intention to replace Dajin has become more obvious. Although a large number of Jurchens from Zhongdu fled to Henan as a result, the power of the Kaifeng imperial court suddenly expanded, but within the territory of the Kaifeng imperial court, the hearts of countless Han people were also shaken.
No matter how much power Wanyan Heda exerted, he could not change the fact that the Jin Dynasty had been unpopular for too long and could not be reversed by a good emperor or a few wise ministers and generals. In the past tens or hundreds of years, Han'er had no other choice. Now that they have a choice, will they still side with Daikin?
Wanyan Heda didn't know the answer to this question. All he knew was that the army of the Great Jin Kingdom was full of Han men. He had exhausted all his strength to maintain this army and the inertia of these soldiers to obey their superiors.
Although Ding Haijun's troops arrived too quickly, and Guo Ning clearly did not want to give the Kaifeng court time to integrate, Wanyan Heda hoped to give it a try. At least, he could rely on his own prestige and keep making promises to drive the soldiers.
This kind of drive is like a powerful medicine. If it doesn't work once, the patient will suffer from serious illness and it will be difficult to recover, and the effect of the medicine itself will not last long. Fortunately, once is enough. The dark and foresty camp is right in front of you. Wanyan Heda only needs to
The soldiers mustered up the courage to rush in and kill all the enemy troops!
"Marshal, we are already within one mile! There is no movement from the enemy camp!"
"Marshal, we are approaching 300 steps! There is still no movement from the enemy camp!"
"Marshal, we have entered the checkpoint on the south side of the enemy camp! The battle has begun! The battle has begun!"
Wanyan Heda stood upright. He looked around and saw the muddy soldiers around him being soaked by the heavy rain. The cold air made the forest's limbs turn gray and white, as if they were swarms of evil spirits. He saw the swords and guns in the hands of the soldiers flashing under the electric light. Reflect cold light.
This cold light will soon turn into bloody light!
"Fight in!" Wanyan Heda shouted wildly.
The footsteps of thousands of people suddenly accelerated, trampling the ground and roaring like thunder.
