It was early morning on September 21, the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty.
At this time, far to the north on the bank of the Yellow River in Kaide Prefecture, the army led by Zhao Kai was marching overtime with torches on, running parallel waterways, heading straight for Daming Prefecture.
Wanyan Wushu, who was responsible for guarding Zhao Kai's army, led more than ten thousand elite cavalry on a rapid march, hoping to get ahead of the cavalry heading south led by Yao Pingzhong and Wang De.
All the way to the north, all the way to the south, very busy!
And by the Wuzhang River, the Song Army, which had been silent for many days, suddenly assumed a decisive battle posture, and made no secret of its intentions!
Early in the morning, before dawn, the Song Army's camp in Wuzhang Henan suddenly became noisy. The lights were bright, the people were loud, and the sound of horns and golden drums could be heard from time to time.
At the same time, there was a long queue on the surface of the Wuzhang River, and the Song Army fleet hidden in the darkness suddenly seemed to be resurrected. A string of lanterns was raised on each boat, and melodious horns sounded. and the sound of drums and drums like muffled thunder.
Obviously, the Song army's land and water armies on the banks of the Wuzhang River and on the river have already taken action, and may soon risk launching an attack on the Jin soldiers' camp and the pontoon bridge on the Wuzhang River.
The news that the Song Army was about to take action reached Wu Qimai immediately.
Wu Qimai's imperial tent has now been moved to an overheated Taoist temple on the north bank of the Wuzhang River, less than three miles away from the Wuzhang River. The building of this Taoist temple has been burned down to the ruins, but the walls of the Taoist temple are still there. There is also a brick and wood pagoda in the Taoist temple that was not willing to be burned. It is now used as a watchtower.
The luxurious tent Wu Qi bought was built under this pagoda with brick and wood structure. His Hezha Meng'an was stationed around the Taoist temple, firmly guarding the wall.
Because the battle situation these days has been going smoothly, the Wuzhang River has been crossed easily. The Song army coming out of Kaifeng Mansion looked fierce, but as soon as they approached the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers, they gave up. They came step by step and advanced the fortress. Although they are slowly approaching the Jin Bing camp, what's the use? The Dajin Heavenly Soldiers also blocked the Wuzhang River with cannons, built a pontoon bridge on the Wuzhang River, and set up a fort south of the Wuzhang River... If the trend continues, Wuzhang The Battle of the River was definitely won!
After winning the Wuzhang River, can we still be far away from the Bian River? As long as the Bianhe River is blocked, Kaifeng Prefecture will run out of food sooner or later... Even if the Jin soldiers cannot capture Kaifeng Prefecture, they can force the Song official Zhao Kai to "kill Qiu and make peace, cede land and pay money."
Thinking of these good things, Wu Qimai finally had a good sleep last night, which was rare these days. Maybe he also dreamed about breaking Kaifeng, destroying the Northern Song Dynasty, and capturing the Second Saint.
So when his precious son, Wanyan Pulu Hufei, who was in charge of the night watch in the Chinese army's tent last night, broke into Wu Qimai's sleeping tent, Wu Qimai was still holding a young lady named Yelu in his arms. I was sleeping soundly, snoring so hard it was almost like thunder.
However, Puluhu couldn't care about his father's sweet dream at this time. As soon as he came up, he shook the fat Emperor Jin vigorously and shouted at the top of his voice: "Daddy, daddy! The lights in the southern camp were brightly lit, Jin The drums are booming! The Southern warships on the Wuzhang River have also hung out lanterns and are beating drums! Dad, the Southern army is about to launch an attack!"
When Wanyan Wu Qimai was shaken by his son, he suddenly heard the words "The Confederate Army is about to attack." He suddenly woke up, sat up all of a sudden, and looked around with drowsy eyes. Looking around, I saw my son Puluhu.
"Dad...the Confederate Army is out, and they are going to fight us desperately!"
Pruhu's voice is full of surprises!
Wanyan Wu still couldn't believe it, so he asked again: "Puluhu, what did you say?"
"The Southern Army is coming to fight us. The Song Army is making big moves and doesn't know how to hide it. It seems that their general is just an idiot who doesn't know how to fight... Dad, we are sure to win now." ! This is God’s blessing for me!”
Wanyan Wu Qimai finally confirmed that the Song Army was coming to attack. Tears flashed in his eyes, "Thank you to the God of Immortality for blessing me with gold, and for blessing me Wu Qimai... Hurry up, beat the drum and gather the generals." , I will command the army to attack the Song army!"
In fact, there was no need to beat drums to gather the generals at all, because the movement of the Song army this time was too great. They simply mobilized their troops and generals without any concealment under the eyes of the Jin soldiers, without considering any concealment or suddenness. Therefore, the Jin soldiers stationed north of Wuzhang River, each with thousands of households, and the generals in charge of Meng'an were all alarmed. Except for the generals who were on the front line and ready to face the attack at any time, everyone else had gathered outside Wu Qimai's tent and were talking about the upcoming war.
"Win, win! The Song general surnamed Han really can't compare with Gao Qiu and Zhao Bupo... He actually made such a big noise, as if he was afraid that we were not prepared!"
"The Song people only have a maximum of 120,000 to 30,000 troops. We have 2,300,000 to 40,000...two against one! Even if they attack by surprise, they can only succeed for a short time, let alone a majestic formation?"
"I thought there would be a tough battle in Wuzhang Henan in a few days, but I didn't expect them to show up first... This is really confusing!"
"Hehe, without Gao Qiu, without Zhao Bupo... where can the people of Song Dynasty still have famous generals? That Han Dingtian is just a brave man, there is a big difference!"
"That's right. If the officials of the Song Dynasty kept Gao Qiu in Kaifeng Mansion and let Zhao Bupo lead his troops out of the city to fight, how could we succeed?"
"The Song Dynasty has always been like this. It has many generals but cannot use them..."
Among this group of generals, there were also many Khitans and Han people from the Liao Kingdom who were quite "aware of the Song Dynasty". Now they all began to ridicule the Song Dynasty's hiring practices. At this moment, a shout was heard: "Stop yelling... When we defeat the Song army in front of us, it won't be too late to ridicule Han Shizhong for not knowing how to fight!"
Everyone turned their heads and saw that Wu Qimai had put on a white leather robe with wide sleeves and a mink hat, and was being helped out of the sleeping tent by his son Puluhu.
Even though he was speaking instructive words, he also had a rather proud smile on his face... He was bound to win!
In the Song Dynasty, only Gao Qiu and Zhao Bupo could defeat them. Other generals are really not good enough...at least not enough in field battles!
Wu Qimai withdrew his gaze, glanced at the Jurchen, Bohai, Khitan and Han generals and advisers who were all gathered in front of the tent, and said in a serious tone: "Gao Qiu has gone to Dengzhou and won't be back for a while. . But Zhao Bupo is to the north of us... He must have started to move south now, otherwise the Song army in front of us would not dare to fight rashly! Wushu can't stop Zhao Bupo for a few days, so we have to hurry up , defeat the enemy in front of you as soon as possible, and then the whole army goes north to face Zhao Bupo!
As long as we can defeat Zhao Bupo, the beautiful scenery of the Central Plains will be our world! The gift of the city I promised before will never be broken... All the clans and generals who have made contributions in this battle against the Song Dynasty will go to Junzhou one by one!
In addition, after breaking into Kaifeng Mansion, the sword will not be sealed for three days! "
"Long live!"
The Dajin generals who gathered in front of Wu Qi’s buying tent immediately cheered in unison!
Although Wu Qimai was sure of victory, he still risked his life and gave away the reward... This was actually not to defeat the soldiers, but to win the hearts of his son Wanyan Puluhu!
He then said to Puluhu: "Puluhu, you immediately lead the ten thousand households under your command to support Liu Yanzong! You must let the people of Song Dynasty know the power of my Dajin Artillery Team!"
Wu Qimai gave his own son Puluhu an opportunity to make meritorious deeds... Liu Yanzong's Nanjing Road Han'er Army, with ten thousand households, guarded the Wuzhang River with more than 500 cannons, so they were foolproof. Once Puruhu is gone, he will naturally gain a great achievement in vain.
Now Wanyan Xieye's health is not good... If he walks in front of Wu Qimai, Wu Qimai will just use his own power, plus the hearts and minds he bought with the Central Plains City, plus Puluhu's contribution , help Puluhu ascend the throne of Ban Bo Ji Lie!
Puluhu received the order loudly and stepped out impatiently to mobilize his own people to immediately go to support Liu Yanzong.
Wu Qimai then said to the remaining generals and advisers: "All your troops must be prepared to attack... If you are ready, follow me to the tower to observe the formation! Let's take a look. How can Puluhu, Liu Yanzong, Ao Libu and Yan Mu defeat the enemy?"
Now there are four ten thousand households in front. Among them, the ten thousand households of Puluhu and Liu Yanzong are in Wuzhanghebei, and the two ten thousand households of Welibuhe Yanmu are in Wuzhanghenan.
There are 25,600 regular soldiers in the four thousand households. Including Alixi and auxiliary soldiers, there are more than 70,000 people in total. It is enough to stick to the camp. If too many troops are deployed, it will scare the Song people. Oh no.
After repelling the Song army, and then investing other troops to counterattack, we will definitely win a complete victory!
The group of people followed Wu Qimai towards the pagoda, and then filed up. They didn't climb too high. Going up to the fourth floor of the pagoda was enough to see clearly the situation around the battlefield.
At this time, the sky was already brightening, and in sight, the long Wuzhang River was not far away, only a few miles away from the pagoda. On the Wuzhang River, hundreds of warships with lanterns, excluding two columns, are slowly advancing forward, and will soon enter the coverage of the cannon fire on the north bank of the Wuzhang River.
On the south bank of the Wuzhang River, in the Song Army's camp, more than a hundred very tall cannons were erected against the fence on the edge of the camp. There were twenty or thirty people busy around each cannon. ...It looks a little less!
Can such a small number of people pull the gun rope?
Just when Wu Qimai was feeling strange, he saw something in the pocket of one of the cannons being lit by a torch. Then, without anyone pulling the gun rope, the barrel of the cannon suddenly swung upwards and violently threw out the ignited thing in the cannon pocket!
I saw this object with a tail of fire drawing a perfect parabola in the air, flying over a hundred steps, and then suddenly landed in the golden army's artillery array, and then turned into a ball of sky-high and... Dazzling fireball!
