In fact, until now, there are nearly 200,000 of the 300,000 imperial army, plus tens of thousands of Dangxiang tribes with a very strong military aura that can be used as auxiliary troops and civilians, plus the Taihang Rebel Army, possible Mongolian and Khitan reinforcements, and

All are arranged around Hedong.

It can be said that Song Tingmo's Northern Expedition, which was full of strength, was more like betting on whether such a left hook aimed at Hedong could knock the Jurchens into confusion.

Therefore, with the beginning of the Northern Expedition, after the news of the death of the third prince, Yin Liduo, and the major news of Yue Fei's plan to seize the opportunity to march north, the truly knowledgeable people turned their attention to Hezhong Mansion.

Everyone wants to know when Hezhong Mansion will be taken down?

That's right, just like what Editor Hu said in the article...Although Hezhong Mansion has not been captured, it will be captured sooner or later...No one will ask the question whether Hezhong Mansion will be captured.

The reason couldn't be simpler.

This is the Northern Expedition. In the Northern Expedition, the Song army waited for three years, saved food and grass for a year, gritted its teeth and left behind many internal problems, and concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops to launch an all-out attack, with the basic goal of recovering the two rivers.

In the national war, if you can't even win a Hezhong Prefecture, then why bother with the Northern Expedition?

It should be noted that even the Jurchens knew the dangers of Hezhong Mansion and did not dare to deploy heavy troops there. Instead, they chose Wen Dunsizhong, who had always despised the Song army and had a fierce personality, to stay in Hezhong Mansion, and then repeatedly used the attacks of Taiyuan and Longde Mansion.

Heavy military support came to end previous years' battles.

If you can't get out of such an isolated fortress, either Zhao Guan's house or Han Shizhong, the marshal of the Hedong Front Army, you might as well go home and take your child!

Hezhong Mansion must be captured, and it must be captured quickly.

"I regard this city as impregnable."

On the third day of October, Wen Dunsizhong, who was left behind in the Hezhong Prefecture, was waiting on the Stork Tower in the west of Hedong City. He looked at the densely packed left army of the imperial camp in the west as they crossed the river, but then turned back and pointed to his own city in the east behind him. He was calm.

calm.

The civil and military officials around them all nodded their heads and seemed equally confident. After all, they had seen this kind of scene many times. Han Shizhong and Li Yanxian, including Wang De and Li Qiong, who hadn't been here in the past few years? How many times had they been here?

But when was it defeated?

But soon, a local Han official was still thoughtful, and then cautiously said to him upstairs: "Ming Gong, the officials of Zhao and Song Dynasty have repeatedly announced the Northern Expedition in the south, and even His Highness the King of Jin also took the initiative to go south to take charge of the troops.

Abnormal, it is impossible to say that the Song Army will really come with all its strength. It will be no different than before, so we'd better be careful."

Wen Dun Sizhong glanced at the person who made the speech. Instead of being anxious, he twirled his beard and raised his head and laughed. The laughing official turned pale before he looked back and pointed: "Let me ask you...since you know that the third prince went south, do you know that he has gone south before?"

Does the letter indicate that you went to Daming Mansion?"

"Your Majesty knows." The Han official quickly bowed his head.

"Then let me ask you again, why did the Third Prince go to Daming Mansion?" Wen Dun Sizhong asked, twisting his beard.

"It's because it is said that the official family of Zhao Song left the capital on the first day of September, and then patrolled the river from west to east as usual... In addition to the previous rumors, the Daming Mansion was nervous, so His Highness Jin Wang left Zhending and went to Daming.

Go to the house."

"That's right." Wen Dunsizhong finally raised his eyebrows proudly. "Based on this information, Zhao Song's official family should have been across from Daming Mansion more than half a month ago, and the third prince should have arrived at Daming Mansion about the second half of last month... Then let me ask you

, Zhao Song official family has gone crazy. Before the third prince arrived, he patrolled the river honestly and from west to east as usual. Then when he saw the third prince arrived at Daming Mansion, he flew over directly to let Han and Li Er.

Someone directly sends the entire army across the river? Even if he wants to engage in a serious war, there is absolutely no reason to be so hasty!"

Not only the Han officials, but also the surrounding officials all woke up.

In other words, they all seemed to be waking up, and they all said that the Ming Dynasty who stayed behind could see through thousands of miles away, and could see through the Song army's true and false situation at a glance. Then this battle was probably prepared for a long time ago, but it was still a routine battle like in previous years.

What's more, it can be said that the Song army used all its strength to attack in the past, but it could not shake Hezhong Mansion. It can be seen that even if the Song army really came to fight this time, it could only walk away in disgrace... What is unparalleled in the world? The mainstay is just bragging.

"You can't say that." Hearing this, Wen Dun Sizhong knew how self-aware he was, but he still became solemn and waved his hand on the Stork Tower. "Han Shizhong must be a famous general in the world, otherwise how could he have such wonderful old deeds? But Since the time of Yaoshan, this person has been a Shaobao, a county king, an envoy of three towns, and has twin sons and daughters with the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasties. He has already become rich and powerful...I am afraid that his enterprising spirit has already No, these years of fighting have just been a mess. As for Li Yanxian, he has been able to fight in the past, but he has been sitting in Shaanzhou for eight years. How can he still fight? He is really a waste... Otherwise, how could Han Shizhong start crossing the river? Now, he is on the mainland, not even separated by a river, but there is no trace of him? He has never been so slow in the past years."

Everyone nodded repeatedly and once again praised the left-behind Ming Gong Wen Tao for his military strategy. Sooner or later he would become prime minister, surpassing the pair of villains Wulin Dazanmo and his brothers.

Wen Dunsizhong was even more overjoyed when he heard this, but after all, he was still a man from the Aguda era. As he watched the Song army gradually get ready in Pujin, even Han Shizhong's "Unparalleled Under Heaven" banner also appeared in the field of vision on the other side of the river, but he knew The other side was about to cross the river, so he became serious again and pointed out four of the ten thousand defenders here. He also separated the left and right officers, and asked the four generals to stand ready. When the forward of the Song army crossed the river and came ashore, there would be a sudden attack. Riding on the enemy, the Song army was unable to gain a stable foothold, thus dampening their vigor.

Immediately, he took the civil and military personnel of Hedong City and returned directly to Hedong City, the capital of Hezhong Prefecture, which was extremely strong, and prepared to wait for help as always.

His messenger, as always, had a glimpse of the situation on the other side this morning and hurried westward.

Not to mention how Wen Dun Sizhong discerned the truth, but on the west bank of the Yellow River, under the unparalleled banner, Han Shizhong dismounted and sat upright, without wearing armor or looking for his own bow to defeat the enemy. I put down my desk, spread out my pen and paper, and prepared to write a poem to show my loyalty and promote my elegance.

Not to mention, Prince Han, who had been reading a lot in recent years, started writing, and he actually got inspired by poetry right away, writing a line of words directly on the paper.

Wang Shixiong, who was close to the primary school next to him, saw clearly that it was exactly the same: a thousand battles and a hundred battles, Chi County is facing many difficulties for you.

I couldn't help but feel amazed and secretly applauded.

Not only Wang Shixiong, but also some other military staff and subordinates, who were a little knowledgeable, were all surprised for a while after taking a peek... These two poems are so right. Marshal Han is indeed a naturally educated man like Marshal Yue!

However, the poem came and went quickly. Marshal Han, who had only read the book for three years, hurriedly dropped a line of words and did not know how to continue. He scratched his head and scratched his head anxiously for a while.

The other subordinates were also so anxious that they were speechless.

The two deputy commanders, Wang Sheng and Xie Yuan, had settled the matter of crossing the river and came to report. Seeing this scene, they looked at each other and wished they could go up and snatch away the other's paper and pen, but they knew that they were not as strong as the other, so they were afraid. It can't be taken away, so I can only sigh and stand in silence.

And at this embarrassing moment, a puff of smoke came from the distance along the river. It turned out that several knights were escorting a knight in special attire and galloped over. They did not care about the honor guard of Yan'an County King, and they were still ringing bells in the distance.

When it came... Han Shizhong and the surrounding left army of the imperial camp had no idea that this was another urgent message from Zhao Guan's family, so they were almost relieved and followed the King Han to come forward to greet the envoy.

However, when the messenger came, it was not an explicit message, but a private letter from the official family to be delivered to Prince Han.

Although it was a private message, it was sent to military stations along the Yellow River, using the highest level of delivery method... The journey was six hundred miles, with twenty horses and twenty knights changing before and after, and it took two nights, one day and half a day to deliver it.

of.

It seems that this private message is probably much more serious than the ordinary decree, and it is not easy for others to watch.

As a result, without waiting for Han Shizhong to say anything, Wang Sheng, Jieyuan and others, including many personal guards, took the initiative to retreat, leaving dozens of steps of space. Han Liangchen himself also hurried back to the case and cut it open with a knife.

Envelope, look at it carefully.

It didn't matter at first glance, but I found that Zhao Guanjia actually sent me a poem.

As the saying goes:

When I was drunk, I read the sword by burning the lamp, and I dreamed about the trumpet blowing company camp.

Eight hundred miles away, the soldiers under the command are burning, the sound of fifty-stringed strings is heard outside the Great Wall, and the troops are ordered in autumn on the battlefield.

The horse moves so fast, the bow is like a thunderbolt.

Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win fame during and after life.

Too bad it happened in vain!

Han Shizhong stared blankly for a while and opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know where to start. He just felt a sudden heat in his heart and body.

A full half-quarter of an hour later, the Hedong Generalissimo suddenly realized that there were actually words below the song "Broken Array". If he looked closely, he found it clear and brief:

This "Po Zhenzi" was written by Han Liangchen, Prince of Yan'an County, in the autumn of the ninth year of Jianyan's reign. It was placed in a secret letter and sent to Fenghuang Mountain in Hangzhou. I was moved by his feelings and decided not to hesitate any longer. When the three-year period expired, I immediately set off for the Northern Expedition.

Han Liangchen, a young man who joined the army at a young age, was a brave leader in the three armies. Since the reign of Jingkang, he has been serving everywhere, and he has been loyal and brave to the world.

After the war at Yaoshan, the world was in chaos, and everyone seemed to be slacking off. Some famous generals were complacent about their merits and were doing half-hearted military work. Some generals were afraid of the current situation and wandered in the forest. Some tiger ministers wanted to retreat and seek safety, and they were arrogant. Although the good ministers of Han Dynasty had come to the throne,

The prince of the county, with the least official title of Bao, led the military envoys of the three towns, and was ranked first among the military ministers. His wealth and honor were said to be the blessing of the world. He still thought about the continuous Northern Expedition and never slackened off for a moment. He sharpened his skills day by day and waited for the time.

I am worthy of my courage and will not waver in ten years.

Han Shizhong read it in silence, and paused for a while. He then carefully put the piece of paper into the jade belt around his waist, and then sat upright behind the case. His eyes flicked across the generals like laser beams, and he directly

The generals were startled.

Immediately, the Hedong marshal stood behind the case and pointed at people with his fingers: "Hu Yantong, you are the vanguard... The enemy will ambush you on the other side with fine cavalry in order to attack you. If your footing is not stable, please bring more spears and powerful crossbows."

, but try not to show it first, you know what I don’t mean! Jie Yuan leads and destroys the partial army behind, he must teach the Jin army a lesson, Cheng Min will attack three times, and Wang Sheng will attack behind with my Dagudu Brigade!"

The generals were in a daze and quickly said yes.

The next moment, Han Shizhong's eyes widened, but he stared at a person not far away: "Wang Shixiong, get my armor, you and I will go together with Cheng Min! Let's see how the golden man can stop me!"

All the generals were shocked, but they finally came to their senses.

PS: Thanks to Teacher An and Mr. Song of Yunzhu for your kindness.
Chapter completed!