"too tired......"
"I just want to sleep!"
"Finally it's almost here..."
This is the only thing that fills the minds of the Jingyuan Front Army, Huanqing Front Army, Yanyan Front Army, Yulin Cavalry, Ruzhou Township Army, and 40,000 people from Ruzhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou and other places. A few thoughts.
Working overtime all night, not sleeping for ten consecutive hours, and having to march a hundred miles in the wilderness with heavy loads... without even being able to eat something hot, it was really hard.
However, the hard work of this trip was finally not in vain. On March 11th, just before noon, the Chuanqi rushed from the front team and finally brought everyone the good news about Futi's spirit - Yishui had already When we arrived, the bridgehead city of Yique Floating Bridge on the east bank of Yishui River was still under the control of Tiance Chinese Army. And there are no signs of fighting between the two armies on the east bank of Yishui!
This food transportation mission has been successfully accomplished!
No matter how much credit this trip can bring, at least when we get to Yique City, we can let everyone eat and drink well before sleeping, right?
Zhao Kai was so excited at this time that he didn't feel sleepy at all. He had already led the Yulin Cavalry to the front of the team.
Looking at the sun and moon flags of the Tiance Chinese Army flying high on the Yique Bridgehead not far away, as well as the tooth flag of Wang Yuan, the general in charge of the capital. Zhao Kai, who had been worried all night, could finally breathe a sigh of relief... Wanyan Zonghan was nothing more than that!
Wasn't it just to cut off the Song army's food route when they traveled all the way to Dengfeng? It's a pity that the Song Army and Minzhuang of the Song Dynasty, who worked overtime and worked overtime, were defeated by one move.
I guess he never dreamed that the people of the Song Dynasty could carry so much food and grass for nearly 100 miles in ten hours, right?
Don’t underestimate the ability to travel hundreds of miles in a day... Even the famous Western Army of the Song Dynasty could rarely walk that fast when advancing on foot, let alone ordinary civilians? Moreover, these civil servants drove loaded carts with mules and horses on the official road which was a bit bumpy. To be able to get out of this speed, I have to endure a lot of hardships. It is not too much to call it a miracle.
The young officers of the Yulin Cavalry beside Zhao Kai were also extremely excited. They were all talking loudly, and their words were full of vigor.
"Our army is so fast, it must be much better than the golden thief expected. I will gain the upper hand on the battlefield!"
"Next, we only need to dig trenches and build forts on both sides of Yingyang City to block the golden thieves' way to the west... Then we can safely and boldly transport food! Run a few more times and transport one Two million stones have entered Luo, so what else can we worry about in the battle of Zhongzhou?"
"Officials, please give the order. If you just work harder, you can stop the gold thief in Dengfeng!"
Zhao Kai reined in his horse, stood up in the stirrups, looked north and west, and then smiled and asked Yue Fei, who had stopped his horse and was still standing in the stirrups, "Pengju, what's the matter?" How about that? Should we divide our forces into one group and advance to Yingyang?"
Yue Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother is joking, how could the gold thief be so slow? They just didn't expect that we could walk two days in ten hours, so they didn't send troops overnight... But today Morning, the golden thief will still send troops.
Brother Chen estimated that the gold thieves would use Qingqi as the vanguard and go straight to Yishui, bypassing Yingyang. The cavalry placed by Lieutenant Wang at Yingyang would not be able to stop them for long. As soon as this afternoon, the vanguard of the Golden Thief will arrive in Yishui. "
Yue Fei's judgment on the battle situation is different from Zhao Kai's... Of course Yue Fei is correct!
Although Zhao Kai, an official, likes to boast that he is the chosen one, he is very modest when it comes to military issues and has always listened to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei.
Since Yue Fei said that the gold thief would arrive in the afternoon, of course Zhao Kai had to continue asking for advice...otherwise why would he bring Yue Fei with him?
"Pengju, what are your strategies to defeat the enemy?"
Of course Yue Fei has a plan to defeat the enemy. How about calling him Yue Fei?
Yue Fei considered it carefully and said: "Brother, after we join forces with Taiwei Wang, we will have about five armies... The strength of the Ruzhou Township Army is not weak. Together with the Yulin Cavalry, the strength is as good as the vanguard army selected by Tiance." Up and down.
Therefore, I thought that I could use one army to set up a moon-quenching formation east of the Yishui River, with the bridgehead backed by the Yishui River and the Yique pontoon bridge.
Then four armies lined up along the long ditch in front, relying on the gully to set up defenses to prevent the gold thieves from bypassing Yique and marching towards Ruzhou.
At the same time, Brother Han was ordered to attack the gold thieves' camps in Dengfeng and Mi County. If the golden thief is forced to retreat, he should be able to win. "
The so-called long ditch is actually a "stream ditch", which is a long ditch that suddenly breaks out in the plain. At the bottom is a long stream originating from Jishan Mountain and flowing into the Yishui River - this kind of plain and ravine terrain is common between the Yishui River and the Yishui River. I'll see you in the east.
The plain east of Yishui is actually the open valley between Songshan Mountain, Jishan Mountain and Funiu Mountain.
The streams originating from these mountains have washed out the valleys over the years, creating many ravines. These ravines can be deep or shallow, and some of them are quite dangerous and can be relied upon for defense.
"Okay, just follow what Pengju said!" Zhao Kai thought for a moment and approved Yue Fei's plan in full. In fact, this plan has been proposed a long time ago, but it has been revised according to the changes in the battlefield situation. What is coming out now should be The final version.
This is probably the so-called "the beauty of application lies in one mind", right?
The battlefield situation is ever-changing, requiring generals to make decisions on the fly and constantly revise plans. If you want to treat the frontline generals as puppets and be commanded by the court thousands of miles away, it is simply nonsense... If the emperor of the Song Dynasty really wanted to command well, he could only fight with the current Zhao Kai Same, begging for thieves in battle!
But even if Zhao Kai is on the battlefield like this, once the troops are divided, he can only entrust the generals with full authority, and he must also appoint a coach!
For example, this time, the head coach of the Northern Front Army was Han Shizhong, Brother Han. Zhao Kai not only issued an edict to control the Northern Front armies, but also gave him the privilege of doing things expediently.
If Shangfang sword was not popular in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai would definitely give one to Han Shizhong!
Just when Zhao Kai and Yue Fei were discussing how to plan the decisive battle next, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from ahead.
The Yulin cavalry following Zhao Kai immediately became vigilant and rode their horses forward one after another, forming three horizontal formations in front of Zhao Kai.
However, the three horizontal formations were just for show, because the person who came was Wang Yuan, the commander of the right capital of Tiance Army.
The arrival of Wang Yuan confirmed Yue Fei's judgment.
Wanyan Zonghan's army has indeed moved on, and it's fierce!
Their vanguard has arrived at the Yingyang line, and has also come into contact with Wang Yuan's Tiance Chinese cavalry general. However, Wang Yuan's cavalry was limited in strength and could only delay the gold thieves, but could not stop them at all.
After reporting the situation on the front line, he said, "Guan, a palace has been prepared for you in Yique City. I would like to ask the officials to move into the city immediately and sit down to supervise the battle!"
Sitting in charge and supervising the battle was just a show of force. Wang Yuan just wanted Zhao Kai to stay away from the battlefield.
Yue Fei on the side also meant the same thing, so he crossed his hands on his horse and begged: "Brother, please give me the right to command the front line!"
Since Yue Fei wanted to take command, Zhao Kai certainly had no way to refuse.
And just when Zhao Kai was about to hand over the military power to Yue Fei and take the female squadrons to Yique City to "take charge", Niu Gao, who was leading the Yulin cavalry behind him, suddenly shouted: "It's on fire!"
on fire?
Zhao Kai was shocked when he heard this and immediately thought of the grain truck.
Many grain trucks are also loaded with hay and silk, which are flammable materials, so don't accidentally burn them!
He subconsciously looked back. The long grain convoy behind him was not burning, but there was a fire burning on the horizon in the distance. Thick black smoke was rising, and the sky seemed to be a little red. Got it!
"That's..." Zhao Kai already had a premonition that something was wrong.
"It's Linru Town!" Yue Fei said, "It's Zhang Xian who is setting the fire!"
Zhang Xian? Isn't that the cavalry general under Yue Fei? Zhao Kai was stunned and thought to himself: Why did he set the fire?
Yue Fei hurriedly explained to Zhao Kai: "My younger brother arranged for Zhang Xian to lead a group of cavalry to guard around Linru Town. He also left hundreds of bundles of hay piled in the town. If a large group of gold thieves came across Jishan, Zhang Xian will burn the town down."
The people in Linru town had been moved away by Niu Gao when the gold thieves attacked Dengfeng. There was only an empty town left, but the houses in the town were not burned.
"Pengju, what should we do now?" Zhao Kai was already a little panicked, but fortunately there was Yue Fei beside him...
"Guards, hurry up and retreat to Yique City!" Wang Yuan was also a little anxious, "Linru Town is only twenty or thirty miles away from here... If there is a group of gold thieves, we will be attacked from both sides! "
In fact, the number of gold thieves who raided Linru Town was only 3,000, which were the gold soldiers that Yin Shu could lead.
But the Song army didn't know their details, so they just thought they were a large group - 3,000 gold soldiers were indeed not too small!
"No!" Yue Fei immediately objected, "The situation is urgent now and the officials cannot withdraw into Yique, otherwise the morale of the army will be in chaos!"
"Yes! I can't withdraw!" Zhao Kai still trusted Yue Fei unconditionally, "Pengju, how do you think we should fight?"
Yue Fei thought for a while, "Brother, I'm afraid we won't have time to send the food to Yique... We must set up defenses immediately, and set up a stronghold between Yishui and Linru Town to guard the road to Ruzhou. !”
"How to defend?" Wang Yuan shook his head, his thick eyebrows knitted together, "Now there are enemies from both sides, and time is tight. There is no time to set up a stronghold. Although there is a long ditch to rely on, the gold thief can still get around it as long as he spends some time. Past.”
"We can build a city!" Zhao Kai suddenly interrupted at this time, "We can build a city on the spot and then fight based on the city!"
"How can it be?"
"Brother..."
Wang Yuan and Yue Fei both looked at Zhao Kai, a little confused. What was this official talking about?
Zhao Kai raised his hand and pointed to the grain lane behind him: "Use those rice bags as sandbags and use them to build a city wall! Let's work together. Even if we work for a few more hours, we still have to build the city... Okay Let Wanyan Zonghan know that there is nothing in the world that we cannot accomplish!"
