The early morning light has not yet appeared in the eastern sky, and there is still darkness between heaven and earth. In the sky, the crescent moon hung high, surrounded by dense stars. Although the moonlight tonight is not bright, it can already make people see the road ahead clearly.
In the darkness, a team of tens of thousands of people was walking quietly on the west side of a series of hills running north to south. The man's bridle was tied, the horse's hooves were bound, and the war horse's mouth was also tightly locked by the bridle and bit, making no sound at all. Accompanied by the gurgling sound of a small tributary of the Sheep River, there was only the dense and low sound of footsteps and hooves.
He Ji and Xiao Heda, as well as their red scarf cavalry and Khitan cavalry, led their horses through the pre-dawn night. The road underfoot is not smooth, because this road is just a little-known mountain side path.
If Xiao Heda hadn't spent his boyhood in the manor near Jieshi Mountain, the Song army from far away wouldn't have known there was such a path here...even if it was said to be very familiar with the terrain in Pingzhou. The familiar Guo Tiannu cannot be compared with Xiao Heda, who has been wandering in the mountains and rivers around Jieshi Mountain since he was a child.
Before Zhao Kai left the army with Guo Tiannu, a small number of Yulin soldiers and the female squad, and returned to Shuiyan Temple in Jieshi Mountain to wait for the good news, Xiao Heda proposed in the subsequent military meeting It is possible for the Jin soldiers to break out of the encirclement along the west bank of the Yang River to the mountainous forest area to the north.
If you start from Yanghe Village and run north along the west bank of Yanghe River, you will reach Yanshan Mountain after running about 50 miles.
Although not too far along the Yanghe River from Yanghe Village, there is a mountainous area, and there is also a Tu'er Mountain Camp nearby - where Yue Fei's troops were stationed before. But the mountains and forests there are not steep. There are many roads and trails in the mountains and forests, making it easy to pass. The Tu'er Mountain camp has long been empty because of Yue Fei's departure.
In addition, the Song army now has little foundation in the vast Yanshan Mountains, and the golden thieves have ruled Yanshan for nearly ten years. The ability to control the original Xi Liubu territory at the eastern foot of Yanshan Mountain is very powerful!
Most of the powerful Xi tribe in Yanshan were under the control of Wanyan Zongbi, who was also the commander-in-chief of the six tribes of Xi. Once Wanyan Zongbi's army enters Yanshan, it will be like a tiger entering the mountains and a dragon returning to the sea.
In the future, if we want to eliminate the scourge Wanyan Zongbi, we must take action in the mountains of Yanshan!
So Xiao Heda made a suggestion to move troops into the Tu'er Mountain and set up an ambush between the Yang River... If the "fraudulent peace" failed and the Jin soldiers broke through along the amniotic fluid, then the ambush troops could block the attack and at the same time allow Yue Fei's troops north of Yangshui also went north along the east bank of Yang River and crossed the Yanghe River near Laohu Mountain (there was a pontoon bridge built by Yue Fei's troops before), so that they could completely annihilate Yan Zongbi!
A Khitan sentinel hurriedly came from the front. He knew the whereabouts of the two generals from the silhouette of the identification flag raised high next to He Ji and Xiao Heda left in the night, as well as the tall Qinghai Cong riding on He Ji, Xiao Heda and others. He reported his serial number, name, and password to the blocking guards, and was then brought to He Ji and Xiao Heda.
"Captain He and Master Xiao, Huaishuling is in front of us."
Huaishuling is right next to the Yanghe River. If Wanyan Zongbi's army wanted to retreat to Yanshan along the Yanghe River, they would have to pass by Huaishuling.
"How is the situation over at Huaishuling?" Xiao Heda asked.
"There are some gold thieves and kidnappers guarding there. We don't dare to get too close for fear of disturbing the snakes."
Xiao Heda nodded and said to He Ji: "Captain He, the Sophora grove has been under the control of the gold thieves in Yanghe Village. These kidnapper horses are probably sent by them... If we kill them Driving them away will definitely alarm Wanyan Zongbi."
He Ji thought for a while, "Then let's not alert the enemy... Then where should we ambush?"
Xiao Heda said: "There is Liujiazhuang ahead. It is located in a mountain depression. It is very hidden. It is only separated from Huaishu Ridge by a mountain. Let's hide in and wait for the fighting on the Yanghe River to attack Huaishu Ridge."
"Okay, let's do it!"
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"Your Majesty, those who came just now should be Yuan Lanzi from the Tu'er Mountain camp... They are all Khitans who sold their lives to the Southerners. They don't have the guts to get close to them. Now they have all given up to Yuan Lan. I drove him away."
At the same time, Ma Mouke, a Jin kidnapper, was standing in front of the tired-looking Wanyan Zongbi, reporting what had just happened to him and Khitan Yuanlanzi outside Huaishu Ridge!
Well, Zong Bi has arrived at Huaishuling now!
His 20,000 elite soldiers and the 10,000 or so people led by He Ji and Xiao Heda are now separated by a mountain ridge, but they do not know the existence of each other.
Both groups of people came here to ambush, and neither dared to alert the snake...
Wanyan Zongbi's personal supervisor Meng'an Wuyan Hu Shahu came up and said with a murderous look on his face: "Your Majesty, I will bring some of my sons out to kill all these Khitan dogs for you!"
"No need." Wanyan Zongbi waved his hand, "Just send some kidnappers to stop them... Let's not alert the enemy."
Antu Dan Hexi, the camel-tongzimeng sent by Wanyan Xiebao to Zongbi, also came forward, "Your Majesty, how long are we going to ambush here?"
The camel tube Meng'an was pulled together by Wanyan Xiebao and Wanyan Huonv, and this disciple Dan Hexi was Lou Shi's confidant. Lou Shi followed Huonv after his death, and Huonv was Xiebao's person. .....
"What's the rush?" Wanyan Zongbi glared at him, "There are still more than 60,000 people in Yanghe Village! We must take care of them."
There are more than 60,000 people!
It's impossible to fish them all out, but Wanyan Zongbi always wants to fish out a few more... After all, those are his, Zong Qian, Zong Fu and others' troops!
...
When the ambush troops of the Song and Jin Dynasties were separated by a mountain ridge, each holding his breath and concentrating, not daring to startle the snake, the "two snakes" were not at ease, and they were also preparing their "venomous fangs", wanting to bite their opponent hard!
Han Shizhong prepared 64 5-pound cannons and 32 10-pound cannons for the fake Wanyan Zongbi (some of the cannons were brought from Jiahe Fort). The 5-pound cannons were in the middle and the 10-pound cannons were on both sides, forming a crossfire. Blame "fake Zongbi".
Wanyan Salihe prepared 150 camel tubes and 1,000 iron pagoda cavalry for the fake Zhao Kai.
The sincerity of the peace talks between the two sides is really beyond compare!
In addition to preparing artillery and commandos, the soldiers and horses on both sides also had to be deployed face to face with gongs and drums!
Peace talks before the battle!
If we can reach agreement, we can negotiate. If we can't, we can cut it off... This is similar to underworld negotiations. The only difference was that there were more people. Han Shizhong gathered fifty-seven thousand or eight thousand people and spread out a hollow square array in a mighty manner. Wanyan Salihe, on the other hand, pulled out an army of 60,000 men, formed a formation with his back to the water, and assumed a desperate posture.
In addition, the two also found a stand-in in the army who looked similar to Zhao Kai and Wanyan Zongbi. They both made small benches under their respective flags to sit on - they couldn't ride horses, as riding horses would easily get beaten. ! Sitting on a small bench is shorter and less prone to bullets.
Han Shizhong and Wanyan Salihe were hiding behind a wall of women's heads piled up with sandbags behind the fake Zhao Kai and fake Zongbi, directing the peace talks.
Of course, there was no need for the two Xibei guys to speak. The people on both sides were far away, about three to four hundred paces away, and their words could not be heard at all.
They just need to sit there to indicate that Zhao Kai and Wanyan Zongbi have arrived.
The so-called chatting in front of the formation is actually the knights sent by both sides running into the formation of the two armies to communicate with each other.
The "microphone" sent by the Jin people was still Liu E, while Han Shizhong on the Song army sent Xiao Buyan - the top talent in the last Jinshi class. He is now a soldier in Shuntian Prefecture and is ordered to lead the people. Follow the army.
Because he was a Khitan and a Jinshi, he took the initiative to ask for the job of being a mouthpiece.
This is a high-risk, high-yield gap... If this battle is fought successfully, he will be able to climb to the rank of doctor.
Now the road map for becoming an official in the Northern Song Dynasty is first in military merit and second in diploma (including Jinshi and graduation from several schools). If you have both, you can really fly.
Xiao Buyan, on the other hand, has a weak heart, so he has been particularly active in work in the past two years... He is very ambitious about fame, and his future seems bright!
Han Shizhong also valued Xiao Buyan very much. When the sky was completely bright and the formations on both sides were completely set up, he told Xiao Buyan face to face: "The terms of the peace talks are as follows: First, let go of the righteousness of the officials. The second is that the golden thieves completely withdraw from Shanhaikou, and also withdraw from the territory of Liao-Nanjing Road; the third is that they can no longer support the traitor Zhao Gou in the east of Jingdong; the fourth is that all the Mobei grasslands to the west of Qianli Pine Forest are returned For the Liao Kingdom... these are the four for now!"
"Just these four?" Xiao Buyan was stunned and frowned, "What if the gold thief agrees, we still..."
It’s not that I agree by chance, but I will definitely agree!
If all the 60,000 people here in Yanghe Village run away, the Jin Kingdom may not necessarily agree to these conditions, but now the Song Army has trapped 60,000 Jin soldiers... and these 60,000 people are basically Aguda A team of several Jurchen bosses! Without these 60,000 people, it is hard to say whether the Aguda faction can still subdue the Zonghan faction and the Wu Qimai faction.
How could Zong Qian, Zong Bi, and Zong Fu not be tempted?
At the same time, Wanyan Salihe was also explaining the terms of the peace talks to Liu E: "You and the southerners said this... first, the Kingdom of Jin can withdraw from the territory of Nanjing Road and Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom; secondly, , the Great Jin Kingdom can stop supporting Zhao Gou; thirdly, the Great Song Dynasty is not allowed to interfere in the war between the Great Jin Kingdom and the remnants of the Khitan; fourth...the fourth one has not been decided yet, just these three ”
Liu E thought for a while and asked: "Wanhu, if Zhao Kai agrees to these three terms, then do we still want to launch a surprise attack?"
This... Wanyan Salihe was actually stopped by the question.
He is here to defraud peace, but what if the deception comes true? Are you still planning to murder Zhao Kai?
If the murder fails, the door to peace talks will be closed forever...
"Wanhu," Yelu Zhangnu, a Khitan Wanhu on the side, laughed, "if we really want to conclude the negotiation, of course we can't take action against Zhao Kai... Even if we want to take action, we must first report to Deputy Marshal Zuo and ask him Make up your mind!"
