Shao Song

Vol 2 Chapter 42: Cast knife

War is complicated and simple; it is cruel and gentle; it is orderly and chaotic; it is about the comparison of strengths, but it is also about miracle and courage.

These things, in turn, have completely different modes of expression according to people's positions and standpoints, but in any case, war cannot be easy.

Therefore, Zhao Guanjia poured a few more cups of yellow soup after he was homesick and the old sick offender, and felt sorry for himself. He couldn't help the battle situation. Looking back, he still had to face the severe reality of the battle situation.

Moreover, in the late autumn of September, as the main force of the Jin army crossed the river into battle, the Song-Jin war in the second year of Jianyan quickly entered a new stage, that is, the most difficult stage for the Song Dynasty, the so-called large-scale loss of city and land. The stage of losing soldiers and losing generals.

Throughout September, Zhao Jiuku sat in Nanyang, and the frontline information flooded like snow:

The entire territory of eleven cities in six counties of Zhengzhou fell, including three massacres;

Thirty-seven cities in the 16 counties of Kaifeng Prefecture lost six counties and fifteen cities, and the cities were slaughtered twice;

Baoshuiguan fell to the ground;

Twenty-one city of 16 counties in Henan Province lost 13 counties and 17 cities, once massacred the city, twice burned the city;

Yan'an Mansion south of Hunchuan was completely lost;

Weicheng in Huazhou was lost and burned out...

All of the above, plus Zhang Jun's general Liu Bao's defeat in Luyi, Bozhou, triggered the massacre. Only when Nanyang knew exactly, he lost more than 50 cities, lost 17 games, suffered seven massacres and burned the city three times. Among them, there is one bachelor from the war-death system, one bachelor of the senior government hall, six military state guards, and five control officers. The commander and below are countless.

As for the east of Shuntian Mansion (Shangqiu, Nanjing), the Jingdong Road has basically fallen again, and there are one or two remaining. After Nanjing has a heavy army of gold people, it is impossible to have an impact on the war in the core area of ​​the Central Plains... let alone more mentioned.

If measured by this, Jingdong and Jingxi four roads have actually fallen into 70% of the prefectures and counties!

However, during the march, the Jinren came this time, in addition to the routine large-scale slaughter of the city, burning and looting, there was another thing that attracted Nanyang's attention... that was the perfection of the face regardless of the direction of Zhengzhou. The Wanyan Tart, who is still in the direction of Puzhou, and even the Wanyanlou room in Shaanxi, carried out large-scale activities to persuade and surrender. From the Tokyo left-behind division, the Western army generals, and the leaders of the rebel bandits in various places, In every city and place, the Jinren must send people to persuade them to surrender in almost every battle.

What's more, what made Nanyang feel even more shocked was that, from the information obtained, the Jinjun basically did what he said... As long as the army leader who surrenders must keep the army, the promised official position must be given, and all those who take the initiative to open the city After paying the fixed amount of military rations, the city is bound to be preserved.

Although he didn't want to admit it, for these surrendered cities, the Jin Army seemed to be more disciplined than the Song Army!

On the contrary, once a certain city and certain place made a clear act of helping the war, the Jinren would inevitably carry out a systematic and large-scale massacre and burning of the city after the war.

Under this mixed situation, some of the frontline cities naturally began to resist the Song army. The city refused to accept the Song army, and even direct betrayal and confrontation appeared one after another. As a result, the soldiers and horses of the Tokyo left-behind division, who were originally extremely difficult, began to be restrained outside Tokyo, and had to gather around Tokyo City, which had a narrower and narrower range of activities.

In all fairness, for Nanyang, this situation is more terrifying and terrifying than the second fall of Tucheng and Tokyo... Because the Jinren actually knows that the political offensive is used to win people’s hearts, and Jin Guoguo’s intention is to divide the Central Plains. Obviously, it is definitely not false.

However, there is good news, that is, Han Shizhong’s imperial left army raised desperately, and it really succeeded in attracting Wanyan Wushu’s attention. Since Han Shizhong’s Ministry joined the defenders of the original Shunchang Mansion, Han Shizhong himself Even after he personally settled in Licheng, Jin Wushu's offensive against Tokyo really appeared to be delayed and hesitant.

But the good times didn't last long, and Jin Wushu's offensive was only delayed for less than ten days.

Entering the early winter, it was probably the reminder and suppression of Marshal Wanyan Nianhan from the direction of the Daming Mansion behind him. It was also possible that Wanyan Wushu had long wanted to take the opportunity to rest. In short, he still focused his attention on the city of Tokyo after hiring forty thousand soldiers. In early October, he defeated the commanders Cao Cheng and Wang Shan, and broke through Zhongmu, which was only fifty miles away from Tokyo.

In other words, the city of Tokyo was once again brought down by soldiers.

At the same time, Li Yanxian and Yuwen Xuzhong heard new news almost at the same time-after Wanyan Lou's room broke through Yan'an, they divided up 20,000 troops and let their son Wanyan live daughter garrison, citing 30,000 gold troops to go northward and attacking After Suide's army, he suddenly put down the Jinning army in front of him, and instead passed through the Xixia Right-side Brave Army Division (in the later Yulin area), and blocked the waters surrounding Fuzhou, Linzhou, and Fengzhou.

Fuzhou Zhe was caught off guard, and the castles fell very quickly. The last definite news is that the Fuzhou Zhe who has been loyal to the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years should have fallen, because the Patriarch of the Fuzhou Zhe can be expected soon. He showed up again, but persuaded Wanyan Loushi to surrender the Jinning Army, which has in fact become an isolated island in the northwest, but encountered public scolding by Xu Huiyan, the defender of the Jinning Army, after he stepped onto the city. .

At this time, Yuwen Xuzhong also mentioned that Qu Duan would not listen to the command of his boss and economic envoy Wang Shu. For this reason, Yuwen Xuzhong has specially sent an envoy to urge Qu Duan to persuade and persuade Qu Duan in northern Shaanxi...

The situation is already bad. At this time, the Zhao official’s house, and all the other Privy Councils, can no longer have the dream of letting Han Shizhong beat dogs at the pass in the northeast of Nanyang. In desperation, Zhao Jiu’s decrees asked Han Shizhong to take the initiative regardless of the consequences. Go north to rescue Tokyo.

Han Shizhong's loyalty is beyond doubt. After receiving the order, he knew that his combat power was insufficient, but he immediately led the entire army to the north.

On October 11th, Han Shizhong himself entered the Changsha, the capital of Yingchang Mansion (in the vicinity of Xuchang in later generations), only one hundred and fifty miles away from Zhongmou.

On October 13th, Han Shizhong left thousands of soldiers and horses to support Changsha, and his wife Liang stayed here to settle down, but he continued to lead 20,000 troops to Changge at the northeast end of Yingchang Mansion. At this time, It is only a hundred miles away from Zhongmu.

On October 14th, Han Shizhong drew 20,000 troops and crossed Weishui eastward, entered the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion, and marched hurriedly to Zhujiaqu Town that night.

In the middle of the night, everything was settled, and just lying down, Taiwei Han, who was still missing his wife and was hesitating about a few whistles, was awakened by the sound of horseshoes, and then quickly got up and put on his armor!

"Lieutenant!"

Han Shizhong hurriedly walked out of the bedroom in armor, and ran into a few panic-faced members of the Beiwei Army in the courtyard. The leader was Cheng Min, who had already achieved the command of the Beiwei Army. "Is this the golden man coming?"

"What do you say?"

Feeling the earthquake-like movement on the ground, Han Shizhong's complexion was pale. Now, how can he not know that Wanyan Wushu has never'ignored' himself? The ten days hesitated before must have been doing this for this battle. Preparation, the capture of Zhongmu is even more aimed at his own strategy to lure the enemy. "Golden man, this is the calculation. Old Han has calculated the home! What kind of shit, the fourth prince is just remembering the hatred of Huai Shang!"

Cheng Min became more and more anxious: "Taiwei, how many soldiers did this horseshoe sound..."

"It's always good to be 30,000 or 40,000!" While talking, the commanding officer of the Destroyer Army and the deputy of the Imperial Left Army, Du Tong Xieyuan, also hurriedly came to this house that served as the Chinese army's large camp. . "Fifth brother... make a decision quickly!"

"What is there to decide?! Can you defend or fight at this time?!" Han Shizhong put on the helmet, but did not put on the copper mask, but directly carried the copper face and walked out. "According to the order of my army... the whole army is subject to the commander, and quickly take advantage of the black to break through, one can go! Only don't go west to Changge, go from the south, there are bridges in Songlou and Xutian in the south. From there, go back to Changsha!"

Xie Yuan and Heilong Wang Sheng, who had just arrived outside the courtyard, were stunned together, but each breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately turned and left without looking back.

Besides, in the dark night, the horseshoe rumbled, and the main force of the golden cavalry rushed at night. Han Shizhong was caught off guard and could only break through the encirclement...It was really resigned.

And just as the battlefield turned into chaos as soon as the battle was engaged, on a gentle **** a few miles north of Zhujiaqu Town, under a few torches, I saw that Zhujiaqu Town reacted quickly, the war was chaotic, and it was sitting empty. Wan Yan Wushu, the instigator of a tall horse, can't help but frown.

"The four princes don't need to worry."

Seeing the unswerving expression of Wan Yan Wushu, a middle-aged scribe who had passed the Imperial Examination and had just surrendered as a magistrate was carefully brought forward and eagerly flattered. "From the students' point of view, the four princes hit the west with this sound, and the so-called Mingxiu plank road is dark and dark. It is a trivial trick of war. It can be called a magical calculation... Han Shizhong is surrounded by my big gold and iron cavalry group, and he must die here."

"What kind of magic is this?"

Wan Yan Wushu frowned and looked at the scribe. He had a heart attack, but for some reason, he suppressed his anger after pinching his butt, and confronted him frankly. "Han Shizhong's ability to lure the enemy into my previous strategy is just a last resort for the collapse of the overall situation. If I am replaced by Han Shizhong, shouldn't I come to save Tokyo? As for tonight's affairs, it is nothing more than the benefit of the cavalry. , If Han Shizhong has 20,000 cavalry, how can I come up?"

The scribe was stunned for a while, and didn't know how to answer.

The fourth prince looked at the chaotic battlefield ahead and felt more and more emotional:

"As for the current battle situation, to be honest, Han Shizhong's reaction has already exceeded my expectations. If I were in that town, I would have been waiting for death, how could I make a breakthrough so quickly? Just relying on his reaction, it was. You can be called a famous general. You are a scribe, if you don’t understand the military strategy, you will say less, and feel relieved to write a document for me. In the future, we will establish a new emperor in Henan in the Golden Kingdom, and your future will be indispensable."

"Yes." The scribe hastened to face each other.

The surroundings returned to quiet, and Wan Yan Wushu continued to observe the battlefield calmly, but as time passed and the shouts of killings shifted to the south, the commander-in-chief of the Golden Army who had just planned a perfect raid kept frowning. , And the wrinkles became more and more tight... After all, as he himself just said, designing in the general situation and benefiting from the flat cavalry, this battle should have been a thorough and full annihilation war!

And once the Yuying Zuojun, the Song army’s most combative force, was annihilated on the Henan Plain, once Han Shizhong, who was called the Zhao Song official’s bravery number one in the Song Dynasty, would die in this town, then in Wanyan From Wu Shu's point of view, the southern expedition was basically in place.

In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why Wanyan Wushu, after his brother Wanyan Zoriduo returned to Yenching, forcibly changed the established strategy and painstakingly designed this ambush and raid under the pressure of cohesion.

After all, for the four princes of the Kingdom of Jin, the Battle of Huai was unforgettable, so how could Han Shizhong, who was the de facto commander of the Song Army at that time, be'ignored' by him?

He would never forget Han Shizhong for the rest of his life, as if he would always remember that the fundamental target of this attack was the official Zhao Song!

However, it wasn't until now that Wan Yan Wushu discovered a major mistake in his design-he shouldn't choose to enter the encirclement at night because of the suddenness of the battle, because this would greatly reduce the effect of the original annihilation war! He should have allowed Han Chang, Wanyan Ba ​​Lisu and others to take advantage of the cavalry from the beginning to complete the encirclement during the day, and then slowly figure it out.

Of course, this is the end of the matter, it is useless to think too much, Wanyan Wushu can only stand here, waiting for the dawn.

In winter, Dongfang Liang was very late, and it seemed that the more worried he was, he would come. Instead of waiting for the good news of Han Shizhong's capture and killing, Wanyan Wushu had waited for a message that could be called a negative testimony.

"That said, you fought with a large-scale and extremely elite Song Army bronze-faced cavalry last night, and were repeatedly charged by the opponent and separated from the south?" Wan Yan Wushu looked at the Wanyan who bowed his hands and pulled away. Speed, frowned slightly. "Not West?"

"No." The clan general, Wan Hu Wanyan Ba ​​Li Su of the West Route Army replied calmly at once. "He should have guessed that we sent someone to fetch Changge City, so we went straight from the south to Changshe (Later Xuchang) Jiancheng. However, last night, the lords had arrows like a rain, and the cavalry had also fallen from numerous horses. It is impossible to say that Han Shizhong I've long been trampled into mud..."

"People like Han Shizhong didn't say no words!" Wan Yan Wushu was expressionless and interrupted the other party directly.

"It's Han Shizhong who is not dead." Wanyan Palisu frowned slightly, facing each other carefully. "After all, we won a big victory last night. The Song people lost nearly half. At most 10,000 people escaped. It is estimated that there are only a few thousand people who can rush to keep up with the Changsha. It seems not enough..."

"What are you trying to say?" Wan Yan Wushu interrupted the opponent again.

"I mean, Han Shizhong's soldiers and horses are broken, when will the fourth prince go to fetch Tokyo?" Wanyan Palisu was slightly angry, and could not help but raise his head to face each other. "It is said that Zongze in Tokyo City has gradually become dysfunctional due to the recent warfare. It is just to stabilize the military's mind, so it is not announced. So, when we take Tokyo easily..."

"Why do I want to fetch Tokyo?" Wan Yan Wushu interrupted the opponent for the second time.

Wan Yan Ba ​​Li Su was silent immediately... If he forced a collision, of course it could be said to be the command of the Marshal Du, but there are some things that he can't put his beak, especially his brother, who stayed behind in Taiyuan Wan Yan Yinshu has been south since last year. After coming back, I have been in poor health, and there was a special warning when I came.

"Bailisu, do you want to say that Marshal Du has the order?" However, Balisu wanted to give face to the fourth prince, but Wanyanwushu, the fourth prince, didn't want to give him face at all. Instead, he was condescending on the slope. Point it in public.

"Yes." Wanyan Ba ​​Lisu reluctantly handed over immediately down the slope.

"It's good for the Marshal Du to have orders, but I'm the commander of the first army dignified, and how to deal with the military affairs here is my responsibility." Jin Wushu said calmly. "What's more, I still have the will of the Lord of the Kingdom...Pull Lisu, I will ask you again, what is the first of the will of the Lord? Is it true that where is the Emperor of Song State, where will he be pursued?"

"Yes!" Wanyan Ba ​​Lisu was angry again, but he was helpless.

"The will of the country lord or the military command of the general marshal?" Wan Yan Wushu was chasing after him.

"So what do the four princes want to do?" Pulling Lisu finally pretended to be impatient to avoid this helpless question.

"Of course I went to Nanyang to find the Emperor of Song Dynasty according to the will of the country!" Wanyan Wushu finally changed his face.

"What about Tokyo?" Palisu is speechless~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Isn't there tens of thousands of lazy soldiers? "The fourth prince was finally completely impatient. "Don't worry about the stragglers, you are a pioneer, and you will go south to Changsha immediately. I want to see if Han Shizhong is dead!" "

"That's it." That night, in Changshe City, Han Shizhong was lying on the couch with blood on his back, while Mrs. Liang held up a basket with tears in her tears. It was densely packed with arrows, but I don't know how many. jin.

Obviously, this is the golden arrow, which is good at breaking armor, shot into his back through the iron armor, nailed in the flesh, and just taken out.

Han Shizhong raised his head, glanced weakly at the basket, and then suddenly grinned: "Enough to make a knife...Let the blacksmith in the city use this to make a short knife. In the future, I will use this knife to kill Han Wu alive!"

The surrounding generals and soldiers were initially depressed and sad, but when they heard this, they became energetic.

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