Great Song Pirate

Chapter 687 Chasing and Killing
A sudden torrential rain messed up all Wushu's plans. After the dry land absorbed the water, it turned into a muddy soup. Every time I stepped on it, it would sink to the ankle, and when I pulled my foot, it was muddy. The soil will take off the boots of people's feet, and even the hoofs of horses will be rotten. Under such weather, all the plans originally made by Wushu can only stay on paper, and cannot continue to be implemented.

This sudden torrential rain helped the Hebei Song army a lot. Although Zongze had already arranged defenses everywhere and turned the offensive into a defensive one during this period, the Song army was still far less elite than the Jin army. Come to think of it, the vast Hebei Plain also provided enough space for the Jin Army's cavalry to move. Whether it could block the Jin Army's deep penetration again, he was not sure, but after this heavy rain, Zongwang no longer had such worries. .

Because of the weather, the two sides came to a stalemate, so Wu Shu could only look at the sky and sigh, and his heart was full of worries.

Although he obtained some food in the Shandong area last time, this food is only enough to maintain the supply of the Jin army for a month or two, and the land they occupy in the Hebei area, after some competition with the Song army, the common people After running away, almost all the land was left uncultivated. Even at the end of the summer collection, the Jin army would no longer be able to obtain new grain from the local area. It is not enough to support him to continue to launch a new offensive in Hebei.

And this continuous rain also brought a lot of trouble to the Song army. Hebei was dilapidated, the people fled in all directions, and the land was seriously abandoned. Basically, most of the food had to be transported from the south by domestic. The roads are difficult to pass, and the food shortages in the barracks in front of us have begun to occur. They even have to send people to the wild to dig wild vegetables and pat pancakes to barely satisfy their hunger. The rations of all soldiers have to be reduced to [-]% of the previous ones. It would be nice not to starve to death.

So a heavy rain dragged down the war between Song and Jin, and no one was able to launch a new offensive. It seemed that God was tired of watching the bloody fight below and wanted to give them a break on purpose.

And this large-scale heavy rain forced Xu Yi to stop what he was doing and went back to the palace to rest. After their operation for a period of time, Dading Mansion has completed the preparations for defense. Fortunately, There is enough food here, otherwise, it would be a problem for so many people to eat.

The training progress of recruits is relatively fast. There are many tough people in the north, and the selection of recruits is very strict. After training by a group of field-tested officers, they can be put into use soon. It's not as good as the original team of Fubo Army, but after a few fierce battles, I believe this group of recruits will soon mature.

Originally, what Xu Yi did well was to meet the thunderous counterattack of the Jinren, and fight to the death with the Jinren in Dading Mansion. As a result, he was a little caught off guard by the progress of the situation. The expected decisive battle in Dading Mansion did not happen at all, and Zongfu After arriving at Xingzhong Mansion, he was unable to organize enough troops to counterattack Dading Mansion, and the situation along the Zhongjing Road was so corrupt that he couldn't handle it.

This situation is a bit like when the Jin army destroyed the Liao Dynasty a few years ago. After seeing the Jin people being beaten by the Fubo army, the people immediately fell to the Fubo army. The gold-killer was a stepping stone for him to join the Fubo army. Speaking of which, the Zhongjing Road area is still the territory of the Jin people in name, but after the Fubo army took Dadingfu, a large area changed its surname to Xu, and was actually controlled by Fubo. The army was brought under control.

Under the operation of Yu Fuhai, Xue Tu and others, the intelligence agency that Xu Yi valued before exploded with huge energy at this time, rapidly changing the situation in the area around Zhongjing Road. In just one month, the advantage Then he completely fell to Fubo Army's side, the speed was astonishing, let alone Zongfu, even Xu Yi himself did not expect it.

In this way, Xu Yi did not have much to worry about. Now he has essentially controlled the Liaodong area. The battle report sent by the Liaoyang Mansion made him feel relieved. Liaodong was not affected by the heavy rain. The battle over there was progressing smoothly, Yang Zaixing led the troops in Liaoyang Mansion, and after defeating Zong Pan's army, there was only one Zong Han left, so there was nothing to worry about.

They also began to turn from the initial defensive to offensive, and began to send troops out of the city continuously to attack the weak points of Zonghan's army outside the city. After the defeat of Zonghan's army, the morale of Zonghan's army completely fell into isolation. Even though their numbers were far greater than those of the Fubo Army, their combat effectiveness began to decline sharply with the drop in morale, and some soldiers even deserted.

Originally, there were not many Jurchens and Bohai people in the Jin army, and most of them were Han people in the north. These people turned to the Jin people after seeing the corruption of the Liao country and losing hope, but now they are being bullied by the Fubo army The situation was so miserable that these people began to waver. In their view, the Fubo Army is now a symbol of invincibility. If they continue to fight here, they will die sooner or later. It simply fell to the side of the Fubo army.

It is not possible to come clearly, but come secretly. Some soldiers either slipped out of the barracks during the night and ran towards Gaizhou, where they surrendered to the Fubo army, or they simply met when the Fubo army came out of the city to attack them. , Killed his own general with one knife, and directly surrendered to the Fubo Army of Liaoyang Mansion on the spot. Anyway, whoever you follow is not eating food!

Isn't what the world seeks is a meal?Whoever insists on eating with whom seems to be a natural idea. The large number of deserters and surrendered soldiers made Zong Han furious and ordered his generals to strictly control his soldiers. The soldiers of the army adopted cruel suppression methods, and when they found a sign, they killed people at every turn. The result of this made Zonghan's army even more panicked. In the case of a large-scale mutiny, in that case, they will not be able to deal with it.

But Zong Han was stubborn and did not adopt Yin Shuke's suggestion. In his opinion, these aliens were as lowly as pigs and sheep. The cool method even introduced the method of sitting and sitting to control the army.

This cool method immediately caused dissatisfaction among more generals in the army. Originally, during this period of time, their food was poor due to the lack of food and fodder, and under the pressure of the top officers, the army was filled with serious war weariness. The Fubo army in the city went out of the city to attack several times, and as a result, a small number of Fubo army generals and a large number of Jin troops were defeated, and the generals who controlled the troops in the army often died inexplicably among the chaos. They broke up, making Zong Han restless all day long.

Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for him to launch an offensive against Liaoyang Mansion. Under the ebb and flow, the number of Fubo Army in Liaoyang Mansion is increasing day by day after surrendering a large number of soldiers. However, the number of Zong Han's army is decreasing day by day. As a brain-skilled silversmith, he has already seen that the Jin army will be defeated in this battle. If the fight continues, I don't know if their army will be wiped out like Zong Qiang and Zong Qian.

The strength of the Fubo army has exceeded their imagination, especially the sharpness of the opponent's firearms, which made them unable to deal with it. Facing the attack of such weapons, personal bravery seems to have no effect at all. He was a battle-tested veteran, but he all died under the artillery stones of the Fubo Army, and even ended up with no bones left. Therefore, Yinshu could find Zong Han and persuade him to end the siege of Liaoyang Mansion and retreat to the capital for the time being. In Tangzhou or Shenzhou, after taking a rest, they will plan for the future.

Zong Han was also beaten by the Fubo Army to lose his temper during this period. He knew that after losing the support of the Zong Pan Army, his army was already helpless. If he stayed here, he would be grinded by the Fubo Army sooner or later. Light, but if the troops are withdrawn, can the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai agree?Zong Han felt very embarrassed.

"Commander! We can't hesitate now. If we continue to hesitate, I'm afraid it won't be long before we have any chance to retreat. Although the Holy Majesty will not agree to our withdrawal, the current situation does not allow us to retreat. Otherwise, I'm afraid It won't be long before we have a rout.

As for the Holy Majesty, I don't think the Commander should worry too much. In our Dajin Kingdom, only the Commander has the strongest military strength. Even if the Holy Majesty is angry, how can he take you as the Commander?The Han people have a good saying that if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. Now retreating troops will not only do no harm to the general, but also have great benefits! "Yin Shu Ke continued to persuade Zong Han.

"Oh? Benefits? What benefits?" Zong Han asked in a strange way.

"The commander-in-chief will listen to the explanation at the end. I don't know the commander-in-chief during this period of time, but have you already heard about the things on the Zhongjing Road?" Yin Shuke asked Zong Handao.

Zong Han immediately said with an angry face: "Of course! Zongfu is really incompetent. He actually let the damned Xu Yi go deep alone and take down Dading Mansion, but he couldn't take back Dading Mansion for a long time. Instead, Zhongjing Dao The situation in the area is rapidly deteriorating, if this continues, it may be difficult to retake the Dading Mansion!"

"The commander-in-chief is right! But the commander-in-chief didn't think too deeply! The only one who can fight the commander-in-chief in Dajin Kingdom is Zongwang, but Zongwang's health is not good, and his time is probably numbered! Judging from the news that came back from Yanshan Mansion some time ago, the last general ventured to guess that Zongwang might not be able to survive now, otherwise, he would not let General Wushu lead his army now, and if Zhongjing Dao was in chaos, he would The Zongwang army was blocked in the south. Once Xu Yi gained a firm foothold on the Zhongjing Road, he would definitely attack Zongwang army from behind. Whether Zongwang army would be able to retreat completely by then is still unknown! Even if they give up now On Song's side, returning to the north, there will also be fierce battles with Xu Yi's Fubo army on Zhongjing Road.

In this way, there is only a strong army left in the north, and the Holy Majesty can only rely on you to resist the Fubo army. Even if he gets angry again, what can he do with the commander?So the commander-in-chief is withdrawing his troops now, the Holy Majesty will never do anything to you, the commander-in-chief!

But looking at it now, in a short period of time, our Dajin Kingdom has no good way to take down the Fubo Army. We can only maintain this situation for the time being. After re-equipping the troops and horses, we will figure out how to solve the problem of the Fubo Army. Continuing the fight will only make the situation in our Dajin Kingdom dangerous. The general thought, the Holy Majesty should have seen this, and maybe he will negotiate peace with the Fubo Army next time! "

Yinshu can carefully analyze the current situation for Zong Han.

Zong Han nodded after listening to it, and felt that the silver technique was indeed reasonable, so he thought of retreating. In fact, he had some ideas about the throne of the Kingdom of Jin, and he had thought about it a long time ago, taking over from Wu Qimai The next emperor, that's why he was eager to express himself, but the sky failed to fulfill his wishes. In the first battle against Song Dynasty, although he also made great achievements in battle, compared with Zongwang, his achievements in battle were really much bleak. In Liaoyang Mansion, he bumped his head against the iron plate again, making it hard to get off the tiger now, and the situation has become so dangerous that his army can no longer continue to fight. If he continues to stay here and fight with Fubo Army, he will now I don't even believe myself that I can take down Liaoyang Mansion.

Once the army in his hand is also wiped out, then all his capital in fighting for the next emperor of the Jin Kingdom will be lost. This is the last thing he wants to see, and the silver technique can be said to be good, as long as He is still in control of this army, so no matter how angry Wu Qimai is, he will not dare to touch him until Zongwang's army returns. Now he is entangled with the Song army again, and it is basically impossible for him to withdraw his troops, so it is also the right time for him to withdraw his troops now.

After figuring this out, Zong Han finally made up his mind, passed on the order, the army began to gather up, removed the siege of Liaoyang Mansion, reduced its strength, and began to arrange for the withdrawal of troops.

Zong Wangjun's actions immediately attracted the attention of Yang Zaixing and the others. At first they didn't know why Zong Han did this, but soon they figured it out. Zong Han was about to retreat!

So Yang Zaixing immediately ordered Xiao Jianfeng to take troops out of the city, and sent [-] elite infantry troops from the city to lead him to attack Zong Han's camp. I didn't want to entangle with the Fubo army anymore. After being hit by a cannonball, I finally set up camp and retreated to Tangzhou.

Of course, Zong Han is not an idiot. He knows that if he retreats directly, it is difficult to guarantee that the Fubo army will not chase after him, and his army's morale is low now. Naturally, the veteran would not allow such a situation to happen. Before leaving, he allocated [-] soldiers from the army and handed them over to Wanyan Loushi, who had been neglected by him for a long time, and ordered him to lead the army to block the Fubo army's pursuit. .

Wanyan Loushi naturally knew that he had become Zong Han's abandoned son, but he had no choice. His son Wanyan's living daughter died at the hands of Fubo Army, but he was unable to avenge his son. Later, he invited troops to attack Liaoyang Mansion several times, but in the end he was beaten and ran back with his head in his arms. Zong Han was also completely disappointed in him and hadn't talked to him for a long time. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, let him die, it is obvious that he will be sent to death.

Wanyan Loushi naturally understood the truth of this, so after ordering the soldiers and horses Zong Han gave him, he set up a formation on the road, ready to meet the Fubo army.

After Xiao Jianfeng led his troops here, he bumped into Lou Shi's broken army formation head-on, and the two sides immediately started a fight. But still made the last struggle.

He personally led the troops and defended the retreat route of the Jin army. Facing the attack of the Fubo army, in order to prevent Xiao Jianfeng's cavalry from attacking, he set up many deer villages to resist horses and other things in front of the formation, and used archers and spearmen to resist. The attack of the Fubo army.

Xiao Jianfeng naturally wouldn't be polite to him now. As a senior general of the Fubo Army like him, he naturally knew how to solve this kind of thing. It is the method they are best at using. When Lou Shi's central army started to be in chaos, he began to drive the light cavalry to attack from the two wings, and used cavalry and spears to suppress and harass the two wings. If it fails once, circle back and try again Well, this kind of tactics was also the most commonly used by the Jin army to deal with the Song army before, but today it was reversed and used by Xiao Jianfeng on their Jin army, what an irony!

This time, the 1 people that Zong Han left behind for Lou Shi are basically weak brigades, and all of them are infantry. Among them, auxiliary soldiers are the main ones. The real elite soldiers are only about 2000. When facing Fubo When the army was attacking so fiercely, they had no cavalry to fight back or contain the light cavalry of the Fubo army. They could only watch them criss-cross their wings and repeatedly attack.

Originally, the remaining soldiers did not have high fighting spirit, but under such a blow, they quickly collapsed, and when their wings were in chaos, they became a performance venue for the cavalry of the Fubo Army. The two wings of the army cut off, drove them away separately, and then surrounded them, rode their horses and swung their knives, and began to slaughter recklessly. The defeated soldiers and horses on the two wings were immediately driven into the central army by them. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses did not last for half a day before they completely collapsed and became the targets of the Fubo army's massacre.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and Lou Shi could not continue to fight even if he had the ability to reach the sky. At this time, he had no choice. Looking at the Fubo army who wantonly slaughtered his own army, he made a man's choice.

Wanyan Loushi slowly pulled out his waist knife, raised it high, and after a loud roar, he brought the last three hundred soldiers around him and launched a countercharge against Xiao Jianfeng's army. This was a suicidal counterattack. , not for anything else, just to die like a man, to delay Xiao Jianfeng's soldiers for a while longer.

Xiao Jianfeng looked at the three hundred people from Lou Shi who came out of Luzhai, and nodded slightly. No matter what, he still admired Wanyan Loushi's courage. Jin Guo has done his duty with loyalty, and as an enemy, Xiao Jianfeng also admires him very much.

"Crossbowmen get ready!" He raised his lance and shouted to the crossbowmen lined up in front of the formation holding strong crossbows.

Rows of crossbowmen immediately wound up, raised their crossbows with flat ends, and then slightly raised the body of the crossbows, forming an angle of [-] degrees, waiting for the next order.

"450 steps, 250 steps, [-] steps... [-] steps..." The observer kept reporting the distance between the three hundred people in Lou Shi.

"Let go!" Following the orders of the officers, the crossbowmen pulled down their machine guns one after another, and fired the bolts of the machine crossbows in their hands. Suddenly, more than a thousand crossbow bolts covered the more than 300 people in Loushi. Above their heads, a sharp arrow immediately tore through their armor and pierced heavily into their bodies.

After a round of firing, the crossbowman retreated immediately, and then the archers stepped forward, raised their arms one after another, slowly pulled the bowstring away, and aimed at the remaining enemy soldiers who hadn't been shot yet...

Lou Shi's body was full of arrows, and the horse fell on the road as early as the first round of crossbow arrows, but he still insisted on charging with the knife until he finally lost all strength, and then knelt down on one knee to Xiao Jianfeng. In front of the formation, there were only less than [-] steps left. At this time, there was no one around him, and all three hundred soldiers fell on the way of charging.

A big bay red horse slowly ran out from the Fubo army formation, came to him, and immediately sat a Fubo army tiger general, looking down at Wanyan Loushi who was like a hedgehog, with a trace of respect in his eyes.

"I am Xiao Jianfeng from the Fubo Army! I am here to meet General Lou Shi!" Xiao Jianfeng said loudly to Wanyan Lou Shi.

Wanyan Loushi raised his gray-haired head vigorously, his eyes were bloodshot, he wanted to stand up, but after making a lot of effort, he finally gave up this effort and spat out a mouthful of blood. Struggling, he said to Xiao Jianfeng: "I lost to you today... Lou Shi has nothing to say, General Xiao...give me a good time!"

Xiao Jianfeng nodded, slowly pulled out a gleaming saber from his waist, and raised it high: "As you wish!" Then he swung the saber with his right hand suddenly, and the cold light flashed...

The [-] soldiers and horses in Loushi's battle were basically annihilated. More than [-] people were killed, and more than [-] people were sent down. Wanyan Loushi was killed on the spot, and only a few hundred remnants escaped. They paid such a heavy price but only blocked the Fubo army for more than half a day, allowing Zong Han's army to run less than [-] miles, and then learned the news that Lou Shi had been killed. Zong Han was shocked when he heard the news, Immediately urge the army to retreat at a faster speed.

(End of this chapter)