"Reporting to the Fourth Prince, there are flames shooting into the sky southwest of Monkey Rock Mountain!"
A soldier from Hezha Meng'an came to Wanyan Wushu's seat like flying.
It is now the afternoon of June 22nd. Four days ago on the 18th, Puluhu occupied Huacheng Pass. On the 19th, Wanyan Wushu led a hundred thousand troops (including more than 40,000 regular soldiers and almost 60,000 auxiliary soldiers) through the dangerous passes of Huacheng Pass and drove all the way along the main road of Bohai Bay. On the afternoon of the 21st, the troops were divided into three groups (Wushu, Dazhan, and Hanchang). The main force was led by Wanyan Wushu himself. The nearly 80,000 troops entered Jiashan Valley with great momentum.
After entering Jia Shan Valley, Wu Shu did not immediately attack the company camp of the Song Army. Instead, he turned to Fenghuang Mountain in the north of Jia Shan Valley, and then followed the mountain to the village. It took half a night to build a relatively strong camp first. Not only did they carefully dig trenches, erect fences, and build camp walls, they also connected the carts that transported food with the army end to end to form a second line of defense. Although this camp is not as strong as the Song Army company camp six or seven miles away, it is not easy to set up such a camp in a hurry.
After setting up camp, Wanyan Wushu ordered the entire army to rest and recuperate... while resting and recuperating, he waited for a fire to start in the southwest of Houshi Mountain.
The fire on Monkey Rock Mountain means that Da Bian's roundabout attack has been successful!
Upon hearing the news, Wanyan Wushu jumped up from the bed where he was sitting, and without caring about the dignity of the general, he rushed out of the Chinese army's tent in two steps.
After leaving the big tent, he strode towards the watchtower. The other generals of the Jin army in the Chinese army's tent saw their coach rushing out and immediately reacted. They rushed to follow him out, and then followed Wanyan Wushu to the watchtower.
This watchtower was built by military craftsmen who worked the night shift last night. It is a bit narrow and there is not much space for these big-bodied Jurchen barbarians to squeeze in. Therefore, only Wanyan Aguda's sixth son and the only living legitimate son Wanyan Luguan climbed up with Wushu.
The others could only gather under the watchtower, stretching their necks to look in the direction of Monkey Rock Mountain, looking for the thick smoke caused by the fire; while they started talking in various directions.
"I saw it, I saw it, there's a lot of smoke, it seems that Da Bian has succeeded!"
"What a big guy... He truly deserves to be the number one warrior in Bohai!"
"What a blessing from God! Once Gao Qiu dies, there will be no one left in the Southern Dynasty!"
"It can't be said that there is no one, there is also Zhao Bupo!"
"This Zhao Bupo is the Southern Dynasty official Zhao Kai, so he can't come to Liaodong!"
"Even if he comes, it will be too late. Daming Mansion is thousands of miles away from here. Even if Zhao Kai comes across the sea, he will have to travel for a month or two, right? By then we will have captured the lion's mouth!"
"Yes, we will definitely win this time..."
At this time, on the high platform, Wanyan Wushu was huddled in the corner, holding on to the railing, frowning and looking at the Song Army company camp opposite. Most of the space above the observation deck was occupied by Wu Shu's brother Wan Yan Lu Guan.
Wanyan Luguan is in his thirties, a fat man with a sinewy face, and is at least half the size of Wushu. His temper was as big and unpleasant as his appearance. As the legitimate son of Aguda, he looked down on the four older concubines, namely Auben, Olibu, Nianliduo, and Wushu. .....that is, his elder brother Shengguo could restrain him when he was still alive.
But now that Shengguo is gone, Zhen Luguan has changed from a legitimate son and mother-brother to a legitimate son!
Therefore, he should be the leader of Wanyan Aguda’s line! Why does everyone listen to Oben, the eldest son of a concubine?
Therefore, Nian Luguan would never give in to his brothers, and Aoben, Aolibu, Nianliduo, and Wushu had no choice but to give in to their father's legitimate son!
Now that Jin Wushu was pushed aside by the fat man, he had no choice but to huddle in the corner of the watchtower and observe the enemy's situation.
Jin Wushu did not look at the place where the fire broke out in the southwest of Houshi Mountain. All his attention was on the Song Army's company camp six or seven miles away.
In the central part of the Song Army's company camp, two large flags stood side by side, one was a white tooth flag, and the other was a recognition flag with black characters on a red background. Wanyan Wushu couldn't see the words clearly on the flag, but he knew that it was tattooed with the words "Shenjian Ma Kuo"... Every other hour, a soldier who recognized the flag would come to report to him. .
Gao Qiu's eyes moved downward again and saw many people riding horses running around in the Song Army camp, probably conveying news. There were also many infantrymen pouring in and out of the tents... Maybe they forgot to take their luggage and packed armor, so they had to go back to get it.
Looking at this scene, it’s really a bit confusing!
Some of the Song infantry who had taken their luggage and armor had already formed a team under the command of the officers, but the formation looked a bit chaotic and did not look like a group of well-trained soldiers.
Obviously, after Gao Qiu's death, the Song army on the Liaodong front line was completely morally disorganized... Everything seemed to be going well!
But isn't it a little too smooth? Wanyan Wushu's general intuition began to come into play at this time, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
At this moment, A Guda's legitimate son Tian Luguan suddenly opened his mouth.
"Wushu, the Song army is in chaos. Our opportunity has come. Hurry up and order the attack!"
Wu Shu wanted to observe again, but there was no sound.
Wanyan Zhenlu was a little annoyed when he saw this brother-in-law not leaving him, so he stretched out his hand and grabbed Wu Shu: "Wu Shu...what are you waiting for? This opportunity is rare, send troops! If there is really a scam, Then Gao Qiu’s death may be fake!”
Could Gao Qiu’s death be fake?
Wu Shu was startled when he heard these words. He almost fell from the high watchtower. He finally managed to stabilize his body and then turned his head to look at Xun Lu Guan, "Xiao Lu Guan, what did you say?"
Seeing Wu Shu's cowardice, Zhen Lu was a little angry, and said with a straight face: "Wu Shu, as long as Gao Qiu is really dead, we will win this battle. I can't control Ma Kuaneng so quickly. General of the Gao family. If Gao Qiu hadn't died, hum..."
Although this Xulu Guan was arrogant and unreasonable, he still had some brains and actually thought of a "deception plan". But he would never have thought that what Gao Qiu used was a "deceitful tactic".
That Captain Gao, who was like a god in his military skills, never really lived at all... The one who really lived was the football star Captain Gao!
"Yes, yes! You are right!" Wanyan Wushu finally came to his senses and loudly said to Zhenlu Guan: "Xianlu Guan, let's go down quickly, mobilize our troops, attack, and fight to the death with the Southern Army!"
Xun Luguan nodded heavily, "Okay, Wushu, I have to fight the southern army's central army!"
Wu Shu nodded, "Okay! Later, I will ask Alu and Boji to attack the left and right wings of the Song Army. Our troops will concentrate on attacking the center of the Song Army's company camp... Attack in three directions and kill the horse with one shot. Expand!”
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"Senior Ma, Senator Ma! The golden thief has sent out troops... There are four unique five-color military flags of ten thousand households, and there are a total of 70,000 or 80,000 troops!"
Near the center of the Song Army's camp, there was also a tall watchtower. There were two people standing side by side on the watchtower. One of them was Ma Kuo, and the other was Gao Yaoqing, a high-ranking government official who wore a heavy filial piety. The one who is speaking now is Gao Yaoqing.
Gao Yaoqing is no longer what he used to be... The old Gao Taiwei Gao Qiu is a fake, but the little Gao Taiwei Gao Yaoqing is really experienced. I had defeated Nianhan, the great prince of Dajin, in Yanjin before!
This time in Liaodong, he also took charge of the city defense construction at Chenghua Pass and Shizikou. The moon-shaped company camp that Ma Kuo's troops refused to defend was also designed by Gao Yaoqing.
Although this company's camp is scattered and not very strong...but this is the effect we want!
Who will fight if we become impregnable?
Isn't the purpose of building a fort in the field to trick the opponent into attacking?
Therefore, it cannot be too strong, but at the same time, it cannot have fatal loopholes, and there must be enough space inside the fort for the dispatch and deployment of troops.
Gao Yanei, who has long been accustomed to fighting, also knows the Jin soldiers' ability to attack difficult situations, so now that he sees the number of Jin soldiers spreading across the opposite side, he already knows where he will be unable to hold them.
"Senior Ma, the two wings are relying on dangerous points. It is safe to assume that there is no serious problem. The terrain in the middle is flat... I am afraid that it will be broken through. Now we should use carts, earth bags and gate knives to deploy the second line of defense."
Now Ma Kuan has become the de facto commander-in-chief, while Gao Yanei has become the marching counselor, making plans from the sidelines.
"No need." Ma Kuo shook his head, "Just open up and fight! We have four troops on hand, so we are not afraid of not being able to win."
The marching army he was talking about was the new army gradually formed by Zhao Kai during the anti-golden war in the first and second years of Jingkang.
A camp army has five to six generals, including four infantry generals, one center general, and one cavalry general.
Now there are five military commanders under Ma Kuo, including Niu Gao, Liu Zhengyan, Miao Fu, Gao Jingang, and Lu Qian. There are five armies in total.
Among them, the armies under Niu Gao, Liu Zhengyan, and Gao Jingang were all assigned cavalry generals. In addition to the two generals on the left and right and the central general of the Xuanfu Division under the direct jurisdiction of Ma Kuan, there are thirty generals in total. The total strength of the land division is between 60,000 and 70,000, and there are also about 20,000 naval troops, who can also go ashore to fight when necessary.
Now, except for the main force of Niu Gao's command (Yue Fei's cavalry was left in Ma Kuo's hands), the other four armies were placed on the Jiashan Valley battlefield.
The navy took over the defense of Shizikou and the surrounding fortresses.
With more than 50,000 elite troops and relying on the dangerous location of the fortress, Ma Kuo was naturally sure of a battle.
Moreover, he still has three trump cards in his hand that can defeat the enemy. As long as he plays them, the tens of thousands of gold thieves in front of him will not be a problem.
At this time, a burst of military drums sounded in the camp under Ma Kuo's command. The infantry and cavalry, which had been in chaos just now, finally restored some order and began to march towards their respective battle positions under the supervision of the officers. After leaving the position, it is still a little messy. One look at it shows that the morale of the army is very low!
