In the third year of Hongwu in the Song Dynasty, it was June 19th, the Chou hour.
Around the Song Army's camp to the west of Wu Lahai City, everything was quiet, and the expected night battle between the two armies did not occur at all.
The Jin soldiers seemed to have let the Song army go. Yesterday afternoon at dusk, 70,000 to 80,000 cavalrymen poured out from the north and south cities of Wu Lahai City. Then they divided into three groups and headed towards the north of the Song army's camp. It is circuitous in three directions: , east and south. By Xu time yesterday, the three armies had completed their detour and deployed on the north, east, and south sides of the Song Army camp. Then the Jin army sent a large number of kidnapper horses to drive the Song army's wandering horses and Qingqi back to the vicinity of their own camp.
Then... the Jin soldiers who surrounded the Song Army camp on three sides disappeared into the vast night.
This really disappointed the surrounded Song Army!
That’s 70,000 to 80,000 gold thieves! You don’t have to kill them all, you can keep half and kill the other half and you’ll make a fortune! But these gold thieves didn't know what they were thinking. They were here, but they didn't waste the time to give away the heads. They actually hid in the night again... What are they trying to do? Do you want to use the method of surrounding hungry rice? But doesn’t the gold thief know that the army led by the Luoyang officials has now crossed the Yellow River and is coming across the grassland between the rivers?
Once the official army from Luoyang arrived, the Jin soldiers' numerical advantage was gone. How could they continue to fight? Could it be that the Jin soldiers didn't want to attack at night, but wanted to feint a shot and then escape?
After the 19th day, Yue Fei, Li Shifu, and Wu Jie, who had been waiting for half a night, all felt that the main force of the Jin army had probably fled, and now only a few thousand kidnapper horses were left surrounding the Song army camp. , blocking the Song army's Qingqi scouts from leaving the camp to investigate.
In addition, there may still be a small number of golden soldiers in Wu Lahai City...but the main force must have left!
In order to verify the conjectures of the three of them, around three o'clock in the afternoon. Yue Fei finally ordered the two "hot pot artillery battalions" to stop shooting.
And when the sound of artillery suddenly stopped, the originally noisy battlefield suddenly became extremely quiet. Except for the sound of water flowing from the Yellow River and the North River and the occasional sound of war horses or other animals, the surrounding battlefield was quiet. Even in Wu Lahai City, which had been bombarded just now, there wasn't much movement. Only the faint lights of fire could be seen on the top of the city and inside the city, but there was no big sound. Apparently the Jin soldiers had already They withdrew from the area under bombardment... Considering the number of golden soldiers who left Wu La Hai City yesterday evening, it is estimated that there are not many golden soldiers in Wu La Hai City now.
However, Yue Fei, Li Shifu, Wu Jie and others dare not take it lightly... After all, they are going in alone now! Moreover, the battle is now in sight, and victory is already in sight. As long as they stay up until dawn and confirm that the golden soldiers have retreated, they can confidently enter Wulahai City!
The land between the Yellow River at the foot of Yangshan (Black Mountain), even if they were captured!
This is a real achievement of opening up new territories!
After all, the two states of Lingxia still existed in the territory of the Song Dynasty for a while, but the places of Yangshan and Yinshan had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty.
This credit... it's enough to be granted the title of Marquis!
Therefore, Yue Fei, Li Shifu, and Wu Jie discussed it and decided that after leaving enough troops on guard, the soldiers who had been working hard for many days and had not slept for nearly a day and night would sleep with their armor and clothes rolled up.
However, officials such as Yue Fei, Li Shifu and Wu Jie are still in high spirits and don't feel sleepy at all - they are all young! Yue Fei is only in his twenties this year, Li Shifu is in his early twenties, Wu Jie is older, but not yet thirty-five, and the officers below are also young and strong!
On average, the average age of the officers of these three armies is twenty-four or five years old, which is a good age to work overtime and stay up late to win the title.
Wu Jie's brother Wu Lin is twenty-seven years old this year. Now he has become a general, and his rank has been promoted to senior doctor - it seems that he is not young, but he is still far from being knighted!
Zhao Kai has already issued an edict that after regaining the lost territory in Hebei (excluding Yanyun), he will ennoble his civil and military heroes!
This title is not empty, but has a farm and a town. The three levels of Duke, Marquis and Earl are granted a town, and the second level of the son and male are granted a farm.
But even the smallest baronial estate is said to have 10,000 acres!
Moreover, these actual titles and the corresponding farms and villages can be passed down to descendants intact...unlike honorary titles and honorary estates, which have a time limit (honorable titles cannot be passed down to children, honorary titles cannot be passed down to children, and honorary titles cannot be passed down to children, The village has only 60 years of use rights). So now, all the generals under Zhao Kai are holding back their energy and want to win a title!
Wu Lin wanted to get a title, while his battalion general Hua Dalang wanted to get the title of "Shangdafu", and then get the rank of Hengxing doctor... With "Shangdafu" and "Hengxing" "Doctor", he can find a job as a high-ranking local official such as a governor or military envoy.
The local official has a lot of money... Even if he doesn't let go, just a little bit will be enough for him to eat all his life.
As for the descendants...the descendants of generals, are you still afraid that they won't have a chance?
And Liu Wu, who had just been sent to Wu Lin as a messenger (order soldier)... now wanted to get three high gongs so that he could jump from utility to corporal and officially become a soldier of the Song Dynasty. A member of the army!
If you become a soldier... you will have land, and you will be able to marry Mrs. Lu's cheap daughter. If he can save two more "Shangjing Gong", he will become a sergeant. Haha, then he will go up!
These three people are not sleeping now. Wu Lin and Hua Dalang are inspecting the camp and defense area of their headquarters, while Liu Wulang and the other two passers-by lead the horses and follow Wu Lin and Hua Dalang. Behind Lang...if anything is discovered, or Wu Lin has any orders to convey, they must execute them immediately.
But judging from what happened tonight, there's nothing going on...Liu Wulang is really looking forward to the golden soldiers!
If he wants to make meritorious deeds and risk his life... he has to cooperate with the gold thief!
Now that the golden thief is gone, who will he look for to fight for?
When Yue Fei's imperial army performed meritorious service, Liu Wu and the brothers of the Shaanxi First Army were so greedy!
A cannon can be fired and a person's head can be cut off. Is there anything better than this?
But it seems like the golden thief can’t wait to come!
At this time, Liu Wu had followed Wu Lin and Hua Dalang to the edge of the camp, walking beside the chest-high low wall. There was a trench outside the wall. There were also many iron, wooden, and porcelain caltrops scattered outside the trench. However, There are no horse guns or deer villages placed, and there is still a circle of vehicles within the camp wall.
On the periphery of the trench, piles of bonfires were lit, emitting limited light and illuminating a small piece of land nearby.
From time to time, some Qingqi from the Song Army would pass by these fires and throw a handful of firewood in.
As for places farther away... I can't see clearly.
Liu Wu squinted his eyes and looked hard for a while, but saw nothing - there was moonlight tonight, but the visibility was still limited. However, when he gave up his efforts and was about to catch up with Wu Lin and Hua Dalang who were walking and talking at the same time, he suddenly felt a slight vibration on the ground under his feet.
Is this an illusion? Thinking about the golden thief? Or... is the golden thief really here?
Liu Wugan hurriedly crawled to the ground, put his face against the ground, closed his eyes, and felt the vibrations and sounds coming from the earth with his whole body.
"Gold Thief!"
Liu Wu let out a shout of joy!
We don't see a gold thief here, he's clearly catching a pretty, sweet-smelling female thief!
Wu Lin was walking in front and heard someone calling him a golden thief. He still didn't believe it. He smiled and said to Hua Dalang next to him: "Someone is talking in his sleep! Hua Da, this is your defense zone... isn't it? Are any of the soldiers on night duty asleep?"
Hua Dalang had already followed the voice and looked back, and saw Liu Wu lying on the ground with his butt sticking out.
"Isn't that Liu Wu? He is..."
"The golden thief!" Liu Wu had already jumped up from the ground, "The golden thief came to attack the camp... I heard it, I really heard it! I was the first to hear it!"
This is a great achievement!
Wu Lin hurriedly said to Hua Dalang: "Da Lang, you should also listen!"
Liu Wu is a new recruit, and Hua Dalang is a veteran. They are also children of the battalion. They grew up in the Anxi Prefecture frontline area.
Hua Dalang quickly got down on the ground and stuck his butt out high.
"Jin, the golden thief is here!" Hua Dalang shouted in a voice that sounded like he had won a jackpot, "I've been waiting for them to come!"
Wu Lin also laughed and said to Liu Wu: "Liu Wu, go to the Central Army and report to my brother!"
Liu Wu shouted "I've got the order." He got on the horse happily, took an illuminated torch from another rider, and ran away.
Just as Liu Wu ran away, more people had discovered that the gold thief was coming!
"Enemy attack! Gold thief!"
"Golden Thief......"
"The golden thief is here!"
More shouts full of surprise followed, and the sound of golden drums on several watchtowers became louder, desperately reporting the good news to the three armies!
The soldiers and generals who were sleeping in their clothes in the camp were all alarmed by the good news. They jumped up from their tents, curtains, or simply from the grass. Instead of rushing forward to meet the enemy, he took the bundled "armor scroll" and began to put on the armor for himself.
The armor can be put on and taken off by one person, and the removed armor can be quickly bundled into a roll. If the soldier is strong enough, he can march while carrying it on his back.
The troops led by Yue Fei, Li Shifu, and Wu Jie were all elite soldiers. All the soldiers under their command had armor, and everyone was good at rolling up their armor and wearing it, and they could also roll up their armor and walk.
Therefore, the Song infantry troops lined up neatly from various camps and rushed to their respective fighting positions. Everyone was wearing armor and carrying bows, as well as long and short swords. One of the soldiers with thick arms also brought a explosive pot.
But in the blink of an eye, the originally silent camp entered a state of fighting amidst the excitement!
But what awaits them is a rather fierce and bloody battle!
Because at this time, Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of the Jin Dynasty also made the greatest determination and gathered a total of 75,000 soldiers to gamble on the fate of the country with the Song army here!
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