In March of Yangchun, the main forces of the Jin Army's West Route Army moved south along the Fen River and gathered towards the Hezhongfu area. At the same time, large groups of troops began to try to move eastward around the important town of Damingfu where the East Route Army was entrenched.

, heading west.

There is no need to worry about the latter, because they can neither break through the middle section of the Yellow River directly defended by Zhang Rong and his imperial navy, nor dare they cross the Yellow River in the densely populated downstream of large waterways, and then enter the narrow dead zone between the Yellow River and Jishui

...As long as they rush over, they will definitely find that the right army of the imperial camp is stationed on the south side of Jishui. Then Zhang Rong will march eastward at all costs to block their retreat. Not only that, the Zhao Guan family will also abandon Guanzhong and fly directly to Jingdong.

!

Bullshit Xixia, swallow this Jin army first and then talk about other things.

In fact, everyone knew very well that among the Jin army's response, the one that could really put pressure on the Song army was the gathering of field troops in the Hezhong Prefecture area.

First of all, as the so-called eight rivers Chang'an, the Weikou of the Yellow River, and the eastern key point of the Guanzhong Plain are destined to be around the Weikou where the Wei River enters the Yellow River, and there are indeed three traditional crossings and one pass here...respectively Longmen Ferry and Pujin Ferry

, Fenglingdu, and Tongguan.

But Tongguan is too dangerous, and the Komian Ancient Road is too easy to block, so few people are willing to march on the road south of the Yellow River. In other words, compared to trying to break through the Baier Qin Pass, anyone who covets the east side of the Guanzhong Plain

There is no reason for anyone not to take the more appropriate water route.

So the waterways around Weikou are naturally the three traditional ferries. Among them, Longmen Ferry is still narrow and the water flow is fast; Fengling Ferry is very good, but it is a pity that you have to face Tongguan to cross it. Ten people can walk here.

Eight of them were to provide cover for Pujin and Longmen Ferry, and the other two were to scare Tongguan to see if they could catch a dead mouse. But Pujin was the only one with really good geographical conditions.

Not only is the water flow gentle enough to allow for the construction of a permanent pontoon bridge, but there are plains on both sides, making it convenient not only for logistical supplies, but also for marching once you cross the other side.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, almost every time the Qin State sent troops to march against the Three Jin Dynasties, they would go to Pujin to gather the army.

So no one dares to ignore this place.

This can be seen from the Song army's garrison configuration in Tongzhou on the Pujin side. Ever since the Song army gained some combat power and began to try to defend Guanzhong, the number of troops stationed in Tongzhou has always been the number one in the Song Dynasty.

The troops of the famous general Han Shizhong, and every time there was a war or danger, Han Shizhong would personally arrive in Tongzhou to take charge, and together with Li Yanxian of Shaanzhou, he would resist the enemy.

Of course, the Longmen Crossing side also needs to be guarded, but even Longmen Crossing belongs to the scope of Hezhong Prefecture and Tongzhou. Not to mention the last time Wu Shu entered Longmen Crossing where there was a large number of Jin troops on the other side to protect him, he was still defeated by Han Shizhong.

Found.

Back in front of us, as the Jin army once again gathered in Hezhongfu, including Wei King Wanyan Wushu, Dutong Wanyan and others, their flags appeared on the other side of Pujin. Of course, the Song army did not dare to neglect.

But this time, Han Shizhong's own flag unexpectedly did not come from Danzhou in the north, because the flag arriving at Pujin Ferry in Tongzhou was a level higher than Han Shizhong's Tianxia Wushuang - that flag made all the Jin generals,

In particular, Wanyan Wushu and the generals of the Western Route Army were impressed by Jinwu Huhan. Although they could not see the exact appearance from a distance, because the shape was too special, they still recognized it again across a river.

Accompanying the dragon banner was a majestic, gorgeous, neat, and huge and continuous team. From morning to night, countless people followed the dragon banner and stationed on the other side of the river until midnight.

Early the next morning, Wanyan Wushu led his generals to wait at the Stork Tower to look at the situation in the distance. The generals waited at the Tower and looked to the west. They saw that the military camp on the other side where Han Shizhong's favorite general Black Dragon Wang Sheng was had turned into a large construction site overnight.

There were smoke and flags everywhere, but there were also dense crowds of soldiers and civilians everywhere.

They kept coming and going, and under the command of civil servants who could not tell whether they were local officials or soldiers accompanying the army, they built camps and trenches in large areas. Moreover, soldiers and soldiers who could not tell whether they were the archers of the United Society also kept coming and going, accompanying the officers.

Keep coming in and out and marching towards the surrounding areas.

This look, to be honest, makes these Jin generals feel sour.

"I just don't understand." Wanhu Wanyan Tuhe suddenly said. "How did the people of Guanzhong in the Song Dynasty survive for almost a hundred years with such a small population in Guanzhong? Even with the vast sea, Hengshan, and cavalry

, but just using manpower can kill the Xixia people, right?"

"Tu Hesu, did you forget about the past after suffering Wu Jie's loss once?" Wanyan, another household in the West Route Army, directly sneered at him. "The Song people before Jingkang are the same as the Song people now.

What's going on? It wasn't you who dismounted and fought on foot, wiping out the Song army in one fell swoop in the mountains?"

Tu Hesu was startled for a moment, then woke up immediately, but shook his head again: "Even so, the people we are facing now are not the Song people before Jingkang. The Song people at this time dare to stand in the position and lead the Jurchens

The soldiers shot down the divine arm bows one after another without asking for reward on the spot. As for the dragon veil, although I have never seen what you said with my own eyes, I always know how powerful the Lou family king is..."

"Okay." Wanyan Wushu, who had been staring at the flag for a long time, suddenly came back to his senses, turned around and interrupted the conversation between the two. "Don't raise others' ambitions... It can't be just a bluff. God knows that from daytime to

Are all the people who come at night just civilians?"

"I thought there must be some bluffing, but it's not always the case." Wanyan Bali, commander of the Western Route Army, who had been watching for a long time, finally spoke after hearing the words.

"how to say."

"The officials of Zhao Song Dynasty are quite courageous in their military use. They often appoint generals to take charge of one side without interfering." Balisu looked at the movements on the other side of the river and spoke seriously. "According to the information obtained by our scouts who worked hard to cross the river, refer to

According to the previous explanation given by the Xixia people, the Song soldiers in Guanzhong can be roughly divided into five groups. Han, Li, Wu, and Yue each have 30,000, and the Zhao and Song officials should have 10,000 or 20,000 on their side. Among them, Yue Fei

, Qu Duan combined 30,000 troops in Pingxia City, which was about a few hundred miles away. Wu Jie's troops were in the north, and most of Han Shizhong's troops were on the other side. They spread out along the Yellow River, starting from Tongguan in the south and ending in Danzhou in the north.

There are about 20,000 people in the state... In other words, since the official family of Zhao and Song came, they should have brought the 10,000 or 20,000 people from Fangzhou with them."

"A bluff of 70,000 to 80,000 civilians, with 20,000 soldiers sandwiched between them?" Wu Shu summed it up clearly. "Leaving us confused, neither daring to believe more nor less?"

"The last general also thinks so." Yelv Mawu interjected. "There were originally Li Yanxian and Han Shizhong's troops around Hezhong Prefecture, with a total of fifty or sixty thousand soldiers. Now we have sixty or seven thousand households going south together. The Song Dynasty thought

We need support, and the Zhao Song official family is in Fangzhou with 20,000 troops. We already have people in the middle to support us as a backup, so it’s time to come over.”

"Not bad." Ba Lisu immediately agreed.

"Can't there be some definite information?" Wanyan Wushu asked seriously. "How many soldiers are there? The only thing we have to take into account is the serious soldiers who have been incorporated into the imperial camp, and the imperial camp of the Song Dynasty must be numerous..."

Ba Lisu shook his head directly: "There were too many civilians on the other side, and the troops were well-organized. The scouts worked extremely hard. They finally crossed the river, but most of them could only capture some civilians. People from the United Nations Society and the like tortured them, but the messages were complicated and difficult to decipher.

We can only do our best, and the main thing is to try our best to verify these confessions... For example, the guard of Tongguan, the scouts interrogated and found out that it was Huyantong, and then went to Fenglingdu to risk crossing the river to see that it was indeed Huyantong's flag.

, then it is not wrong to say that Tongguan has an imperial camp commanding an army, ranging from two thousand to three thousand, and the general is Hu Yantong."

"It must be true that Hu Yantong defended Tongguan." Wu Shu nodded immediately, as if he was familiar with the family treasure. "This man served as the personal guard commander of the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasty for a while in Huaishang, and once belonged to the imperial camp. Later I heard that it was to remind Han Shizhong

If you don't want to take advantage of the empty salary, you will not reorganize the number of posts, and directly transfer this person and his troops back to the imperial camp Zuojun... Then in order to reassure the Zhao Song officials, it is natural for Han Shizhong to use this person to guard Tongguan."

All the generals nodded thoughtfully.

"It is indeed difficult to investigate across the river. This method can be considered as the best we can." Wu Shufu sighed helplessly. "However, we only saw the appearance of the dragon in front of us from a distance, but we haven't verified it yet... We have to find a way.

Verify it!”

Ba Lisu instantly understood what Wu Shu meant, but he still frowned: "What King Wei means is that the official family of Zhao Song may be fake? In my opinion, that's not the case... Yelu Wanhu's words are extremely appropriate, here and now.

, it is only reasonable and reasonable for Zhao and Song officials to be the first to come to support."

"It's always right to test it more." Before Wu Shu could say anything, Wanyan Salihe interrupted. "This Emperor of Zhao and Song has always been cunning..."

Seeing this person speaking, Ba Lisu and several West Route Army soldiers, such as Wanyan Zhehe, Yelu Mawu, Wanyan Tuhesu and the others, almost became tired together, but there was nothing they could do about it... Everyone knew that,

Sa Lihe was raised by Taizu in the Chinese army since he was a child, and he had a good relationship with several princes. This was one of the reasons why he stayed in Yan'an with his living daughter when Nianhan was in power, and it is also why he is now willing to cooperate with Wu Shu.

fundamental.

And it is conceivable that if the living girl is still entangled with the revenge of her father's murder, then after the dust settles, this person is likely to be promoted to deputy capital commander, and will serve as a counterweight to Wanyan Luguan who stayed behind in Xijing.

Off-speed clamping.

But to be honest, this arrangement is bound to make the few families who have stayed in Hedong share the same hatred and hatred.

This is because a living girl is a living girl. She had already held the post of governor not long after the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties. She also had the legacy of the Lou family. Even though they were divided, everyone was convinced. How could this person be comparable?

However, Wu Shu did not seem to notice the attitude of the generals of the Western Route Army. Instead, he nodded directly: "This Cangzhou Zhao Jiu has always been cunning, and he should really test him..."

Before he finished speaking, there was suddenly a commotion on the other side of the river, and the movement became louder and louder, and then the entire huge and stretching military camp and construction site on the other side of the river began to shake.

At the same time, on the stork tower on the east bank of the river, there were Wanyan Wushu, who was already a bit pale, and Ba Lisu, who had always remained calm, as well as Sa Lihe and Yihe, Ma Wu, Tu Hesu,

Wu Libu, Hu Zhan and other Jin Kingdom generals all fell silent for a moment.

Without him, as everyone could see, Jinwu Huan, who had been observed all morning, took the initiative to pull up the platform from the military camp on the other side and came towards the river. Not only that, the accompanying flags were of different sizes and shapes.

One, they were all densely packed and swarming in. The armored soldiers and armored cavalry were arranged on both wings, dazzling in the sun, and there was no shortage at all.

Wherever Long Hui went, mountains roared and tsunami roared. When it reached the riverside, the sound of long live could be clearly heard across the river.

At the end, Wu Shu and others could see with their naked eyes that the dragon cloth was the half-old dragon cloth they had seen with their own eyes that day. At this moment, a horseman wearing a golden helmet and gold armor leaped out under the dragon cloth.

, on the contrary, surrounded by countless civil and military personnel, they came to the river and looked upstairs.

The spring breeze was beautiful, and Wanyan Wushu and others could clearly see that man scolding Fang Qiu in public, pointing at his own family and making false remarks.

"We are so introspective, so we put it to the test!" There was a sneer, and the first person to break the silence was Wanyan Balisu, commander of the West Route Army.

As soon as these words were spoken, many of the Jin generals around were laughing. Only Wei Wang Wushu and a few people stood in silence, staring at the scene opposite without making a move... But after these people finished laughing, they turned out to be docile again.

Generally, the face looks a little pale.

Because just as Ba Lisu said, there is no need to test! There is no need to have any doubts. The Zhao Song official family on the opposite side came to the front line again.

At this time, looking back, the second prince Yi Li died of illness, Lou Shi died in the battle, Nian Han was hammered to death, and the leader of the country Wu Qimai collapsed on the couch... This group of people are trying to find someone who can absolutely suppress them.

When the emperor of Zhao and Song Dynasty faced him and gave his family the Dinghai Shenzhen of confidence, they were shocked to find that the two military commanders they could rely on at this time, one was King Wushu of Wei, and the other was commanding Lisu, but neither seemed to have enough.

Very convincing.

Even His Highness the King of Wei, from Huaishang to the other side, has always been the defeated general under the banner of Polonghu on the other side.

"No matter what, the Zhao Song official family is always somewhat decisive... We just arrived, before our troops were fully equipped and the ships were not gathered together, he also arrived." Ba Lisu sighed in turn. "King Wei, Zhao

Song Guan's family arrived first, but Han Shizhong did not come. It seems that they may take the opportunity to attack Yan'an, so we cannot hesitate."

"I know." Wanyan Wushu immediately turned around, but ordered one person. "Suddenly... you lead ten thousand households in your headquarters as the vanguard, and suppress Anlu first."

Wanyan immediately folded his hands solemnly and obeyed the order, then limped away in a hurry.

"Wen Dunsizhong." Wu Shu named another person, but the Privy Council brought by his family from Yanjing agreed. "You send someone to write a document, I will sign it later, and I will send it to Ah Da and Er.

The Longde Mansion intends to use Wanyan Benjian as the marching commander, temporarily lead 30,000 households there, and quickly come here for reinforcements!"
To be continued...