Han Shizhong returned to the military camp and ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. Zhang Chu asked: "General, what is your intention when the Jin army chief invites you to come to the battle to answer the question?" Han Shizhong replied: "Wanyan Wushu thought I was a corrupt official and wanted to use ten thousand taels. The gold bribed me so that our army would not pursue him when he retreated. This is simply wishful thinking." After saying this, Han Shizhong laughed.
All the Song army generals present laughed. After laughing, Han Shizhong said sternly: "Pass my order, and the entire army will retreat to Jinling from the front to the rear." After hearing this, the officers present were confused, and Su De asked: "General, we are fighting You won the battle, why did you retreat?" Han Shizhong said: "Come here, bring me a map." The guard sent the map, and Han Shizhong spread it on the table, pointed at the map and said to everyone: "Look, there is a man named Jinling near Jinling. Huang Tiandang's backwater port, if we can lead the Jin army there, we can block the waterway with giant ships, surround them, and completely eliminate them to avoid future troubles. At the same time, we can also get support from the troops left behind, killing two birds with one stone." Officer. They stood up and replied: "The general is wise." That night, the Song army began to retreat quietly.
The next day, the Jin army discovered that the Song army had retreated, and immediately reported the situation to Wanyan Wushu. Wanyan Wushu ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. After everyone arrived, Wanyan Wushu said: "According to the report from the scouts, the Song army has retreated." The army has retreated, and I want to abandon the original retreat plan and lead the army down the river to continue the pursuit and avenge the brothers who died in the last battle." After Wanyan Wushu finished speaking, Wanyan Zongwang immediately stood up to express his support. : "Yes, we should continue the pursuit, strive to overthrow the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, and capture Zhao Fujin." As soon as Wanyan Zongwang finished speaking, Wanyan Zonghan, Tong Xianwenlang and others all agreed and asked to continue the pursuit.
Hamichi said: "Marshal Du, generals, please calm down. I think the Song army's initiative to retreat after winning the battle is abnormal. There may be fraud in it. We must act cautiously and not underestimate the enemy." Wanyan Wushu The others disapproved of Hamichi's words and ordered to continue the pursuit.
In order to boost morale, Wanyan Wushu personally boarded the warship to take command. Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, Hamichi and others also boarded the warship and ordered a pursuit in the direction of Jinling.
After chasing for a while, the Jin Army discovered the warships commanded by the Song Army general Zhang Chu. In order to lure the enemy deeper, Han Shizhong sent small warships. Seeing that the Song Army did not have huge ships, the Jin Army was no longer afraid and took the initiative to attack. Zhang Chu ordered a counterattack. The seasick Jin soldiers during the battle became the main target of the Song army. Upon seeing this, Wanyan Wushu ordered the soldiers who could still fight normally to cover the retreat of the seasick soldiers.
Hamichi said: "Master Lang, I am still a little worried about my humble position. In order to prevent our army from suffering heavy losses, please order the entire army to retreat." Wanyan Wushu became impatient when he heard this: "Military counselor, why are you so timid today? , stop talking, those who cannot fight can retreat, and others continue to attack." Seeing that Wanyan Wushu was angry, Hamichi stopped talking.
At this time, the soldiers of the Jin army reported to Wanyan Wushu: "Report to Master Lang, the Song army has begun to retreat. What should we do?" After hearing this, Wanyan Wushu said,
With a sudden movement, he pulled out his sword, pointed it forward, and issued an order: "The fleet is moving forward at full speed and continues to pursue." After the soldiers who came to report left, Wanyan Wushu put the sword back into its sheath and said to Hamichi: " Military advisor, you saw it, the Song army retreated." After saying this, he burst into laughter, but Hamichi was still worried and did not speak.
According to Han Shizhong's deployment, Zhang Chu led his troops to fight and retreat. On this day, they finally retreated to the vicinity of Jinling. The Jin army followed closely and also pursued them to the vicinity of Jinling. However, because they were not familiar with the waterway, they were introduced to the backwater port by the Song army. Wanyan Wushu discovered that the Song army had disappeared and realized that something was wrong. He quickly ordered the rear team to change to the front team and began to retreat. At this time, the giant ship commanded by Han Shizhong had blocked the port. Wanyan Wushu saw this and ordered the troops to organize a charge. , trying to rush out of the port, the Song army, under the command of Han Shizhong, fired bows, arrows and threw stones to attack the Jin army. The bows, arrows and stones formed an airtight blockade in front of the Jin army. The Jin army launched three consecutive attacks. None of them worked, so they had to retreat to the harbor. By now it was getting late and the two armies had a truce.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
