Gao Jingshan's response was very appropriate, and Gao Qingyi's initial persuasion was also correct. As independent leading generals and military auxiliary officers, these two have each experienced too many military experiences, and they grasped the key point almost instinctively.

The problem - the Song army set up camp overnight and moved the main part of the army to this side of the river. Although it was a military miracle and a feat that was enough to shake the minds of the Jin army, it must have been hasty and full of flaws.

He looks strong on the outside but tired on the inside.

So at this time, the Jin Army didn't need to think about too many things. They just suppressed their fear and consternation, focused on the gaps in the defense line, and attacked with all their strength.

If you can't conquer it, you will live a miserable life again.

However, if the Song Army could not resist and the Jin Army opened up internal and external routes, then not only would the Song Army's hard work this night be completely wasted, but they would also be in a dilemma.

At that time, Yue Fei was really smart and put himself in danger.

Correspondingly, of course Yue Fei also knew very well that the matter was not over yet - most of the soldiers and civilians were already very tired, but there were still many things that needed to be done, the narrow terrain and the stability of the

The defensive fortifications are certainly the only way to make the Jin Army's cavalry lose their combat advantage, but the prerequisite is that the construction and strengthening of the defense line must be completed.

We must insist on completing the defense line!

The Jurchens must be blocked!

However, war is not about inviting guests to a meal. It requires you to set the table, count the guests, arrange the corresponding meals and bowls, and then the guests arrive on time as scheduled. At that time, everyone will bow their hands and bow to each other before taking their seats. Dozens of days of confrontation.

, a sudden change in the military situation will inevitably lead to a fierce and lightning-fast military collision. The scale of the battle last night was just an appetizer at best, and the unfolding of the battle and events will never develop as the commander expected.

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It first appeared unexpectedly in the city.

"What else?"

As soon as he got off the city, Gao Jingshan saw a familiar Bohai Puliyan (fifty captain, deputy Mou Ke) hurriedly riding along the wall from the west, and he was also angry for a moment.

"Capital!" Na Puliyan said hello and quickly got off his horse. However, because the horse's momentum was too fast, he staggered after dismounting and almost rolled on the ground before holding on to the roots of the city wall. "The C-shaped turret in the northwest suddenly picked up the miscellaneous materials.

They blocked the passage of the city wall and threw down the flag from upstairs! It must be that Liu An's son was shaken when he saw the Song army besieging the city and decided to rebel!"

Gao Jingshan was stunned for a moment, but then he came to his senses and turned around on the spot to point to a Meng An who had followed him from the city center: "Take people to recapture it quickly! If you can't recapture it quickly, set it on fire! The city wall is several feet thick.

Add strips of stone and bricks to the soil, and you are not afraid of burning! Never give the Song army outside the city a chance to climb the city to support! If the Song army does not notice it, do not make any unnecessary moves, but if the Song army notices it, it will definitely kill those who caused chaos

The person will be stripped off his clothes and hung from the tower regardless of life or death!"

Na Meng'an suddenly realized this, and immediately turned around and called several Mou Ke and Pu Liyan's names, and then hurriedly followed Pu Liyan who reported the news to the due west, that is, the northwest corner of the city.

After the people left, Gao Jingshan thought for a moment and pointed to Gao Qingyi urgently: "Gao Tongshi, go to the military camp in the city to call Wang Dang out. He is the most reliable Han general. Ask him to lead the team to inspect the Han army. If there is anything wrong,

OK, kill them on the spot... Then you yourself will open the treasury, take out the silk, wine and meat, and also patrol, and appease the Han army once again!"

Gao Qingyi woke up and left in a hurry.

However, this first accident was a near miss, because the Han army in the corner tower rose up hastily and was not unified internally. After a mere quarter of an hour, accompanied by the rumble of artillery carts in the east of the city, the Jin army responded internally and externally. , recaptured the Bingzi turret in the row of diagonal turrets in the southwest of the city, and then killed all the Han army officers who made the rebellion.

From beginning to end, the Song troops outside the city were not even aware of this small splash that could directly change the fate of the entire world.

But no matter what, after this incident, the entire Jin army in the city knew that whether it was the crossbows on the river hitting the city or the elbow and armpit troubles, they had already arrived. There is no need to be surprised by what happens next. .

"make life difficult for!"

Just when Gao Jingshan turned back to Cuiyun Tower near the north of the city, he didn't even have time to go up the building. Just when various city defense military orders were temporarily added to the interface downstairs, unlike the previous officers who quickly dealt with the rebellion, another officer who had been ordered before The officer came to report with a completely dejected face. "Everyone knows that the Song Army's cavalry is blocking the bridge opposite the Yongji Canal. The messenger we want to send to the north cannot get through at all. However, the package in the south of the city is not tight, so we ordered to burn it." The ship’s messengers didn’t have to go through the Yongji Canal, so they probably rushed out a few..."

Gao Jingshan, who had only slept for two hours last night, reined in his horse and stood under Cuiyun. Hearing this, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, but his exhaustion was revealed. Then he steeled himself and braved the rumbling wind from the east. The sound made its way to the west city.

Arriving at Xicheng and hurriedly climbing up the city wall, Gao Jingshan just took a look, then took another long breath, and then simply felt a headache.

Moreover, when receiving the report before, the marching commander of the Daming Mansion of the Jin Kingdom knew that an organized cavalry team of the Song Army had arrived on the west side of Yongji Canal in advance, and he also knew that it must be Yue Fei's Beiwei Army. , but to be honest, the cavalry of the Song Army has never been valued by the Jin Army.

It’s not surprising that the Jurchens looked down on them. On that day of the battle at Yaoshan, Yue Fei’s Beiwei army also participated in the battle, but their performance was actually not good.

Of course, the Song army had hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of cavalry. The only exception was Han Shizhong's bronze-faced Wei army, which fled from Hebei, went to Huaishang to expel Wushu, and then went to the Battle of Yanling and the Battle of Yaoshan. Including the previous Hedong Battle, the performance was truly amazing.

However, when Gao Jingshan came to the city in person at this moment, he just glanced at it, and as a man who had led the army for many years, he realized in his heart that he should not use old accounts to make new books - it has been five or six years since Yaoshan. For a while, the Jin Army has not fought for five years, and the Song Army has not used weapons for three years. At this moment, while the Jin Army's cavalry is becoming more and more unruly, the cavalry that the Song Army fully supports, especially this kind of organization that has already thought about it, is afraid that It has been gradually polished.

In other words, this well-equipped Beiwei army is indeed a strong and elite Jurchen army.

Facing this elite heavy armored cavalry with outstanding discipline, it is really difficult to make a single-soldier breakthrough.

In addition, the assessment of the combat power of this cavalry army also made Gao Jingshan think a little further... He is not a simple general, but a commander with political mind and overall concept, and even the military and political affairs That kind of.

"Capital, do you want me to lead six of our troops down there to provide cover?" Just when Gao Jingshan felt a strange ripple in his heart, Pu Suyue, who had received several army sticks last night, That is, the eldest son of the deceased Da?, Bohai Meng'an, who was still holding his ground in the west from last night until now, could not help but limped over and made a suggestion.

Gao Jingshan turned his head and looked at the other party with complicated eyes, showing a slight hesitation.

"Capital!" Pu Suyue obviously had a misunderstanding when he saw this. "Twenty army sticks won't make me unable to ride a horse or use a spear..."

"It's not the time yet." Gao Jingshan shook his head and his tone was a little scattered. "And it's too late... At this point, we can only hope that Ali and Piaohe will know the situation. I guess they will be here soon... You go and assemble.

Soldiers and horses, not only your own six soldiers, I will gather fourteen more soldiers for you... This is the limit. We will pick up the battle from the front later. If reinforcements come from the east of the channel, you don't have to wait forever.

Jiqu, immediately harass Yue Fei's main force in front of the Great Wall; and if the reinforcements come from the west of the channel, you don't have to be afraid of casualties, you must try to break through the channel and involve the reinforcements!"

Pu Suyue was overjoyed, bowed, and limped down again to prepare the cavalry. Gao Jingshan, after giving a few instructions to the Xicheng officers to take care of the city defense, decided to go see the elite heavy cavalry outside the city...

...After a while, I just left for the northwest corner building, which is best for observing the situation.

The northwest side of Yuancheng is built into a wavy slope due to the diversion of the Yongji Canal. Each protrusion has a tower. The previous rebellion of the Han army took place in the Bingzi Tower here, and Gao Jingshan was also on the top of the tower.

We walked into Building B, which was covered in bloodstains, and then looked at it from a high position on the mediocre top floor.

As he said before, it's too late.

It had only been a moment since the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army ascended the tower, when smoke and dust started to rise on the horizon further north of the Song Army's defense line... Obviously, the field forces deployed by the Jin Army in Guantao, two armies of ten thousand households, were completely

According to the previous agreement, we will cook at the fourth watch and head south at dawn to sweep the area.

They haven't missed a beat.

The Jin Army's forward cavalry arrived especially quickly.

There is no way, Guantao is just east of Yongji Canal, the Jin Army brigade is only twenty or thirty miles away from Yuancheng, and the forward station near here is only ten miles away from the Song Army's 'camp', today

I came in a hurry as soon as the sky became bright, and the result was that I arrived as soon as I said I would.

And these Jin Army forwards, like the Jin Army in the city, were obviously confused by the Song Army's huge formation.

However, behind them was a full force of two thousand households, and they did not have the psychological shock of a one-night city. However, after a slight hesitation, they immediately launched an attack on the Song army's position.

The answer is self-evident. The small group of Jin Army cavalry had nothing to do in front of the tight antlers, and could only retreat in embarrassment after encountering the Song Army's crossbow attack.

For a time, the Song army's advance and retreat slowed down a bit, and cheers resounded throughout the ground to the north.

However, before the cheers completely stopped, Yue Fei, who was sitting silently under the blanket, heard a strange sound, and then instinctively looked towards the river. Not only him, but many officers around him also instinctively looked over there. Because of this sound

, is very similar to the sound of stone bullets hitting Yuancheng's thick city wall after a salvo of naval crossbows, just like muffled thunder on a sunny day.

However, there was no sign on the river that they had just fired the cannon stones at a faster speed. They were still aiming in position uniformly, waiting for the signal from behind them under the banner of Tianxingdao.

Yue Fei reacted immediately, then stood up, got on his horse, turned around and stood still to the north. The surrounding officers were also stunned and turned around in awe.

Sure enough, the thunder got louder and louder, and got closer and closer, bringing a cloud of smoke that covered the sky to the north. The smoke filled the air like a dark cloud, but it quickly stopped in front of the northern defense line, and the people on the battlefield

The thunder soon left only the river and the east city of Yuancheng.

It was obvious that the main force of the Jin Army had arrived.

The Song army's sentry cavalry immediately reported back, saying that they had seen the flag of the Jin army's veteran general Ali.

However, just as the Song army's sentry cavalry traveled two miles between their own formations, without hesitation, consultation, or even a gap, almost just a meal, the Jin army in the north did not hesitate and chose to dismount and fight on foot.

Use the posture of a heavily armored infantry to move the antlers and fight for the north fence!

This time, there was no need for sentries to report. The shouts of killing, the sound of bows and crossbows piercing the air, could be heard in the distance, the flags were waving and orders were given, and the movement of troops could be seen in the distance.

On the hastily erected defense line in the north, the battle became particularly fierce. The Song army, which had been well prepared, fired crossbows and arrows from the shooting platform behind the fence. However, the heavily armored Jin army was not afraid and directly faced the crossbows and arrows.

Casualties were taken layer by layer to lift the antlers.

That's not all. As the antlers were partially removed, the Jin Army immediately changed tactics. On one side, they continued to open up the front line. On the other side, they began to dismantle and chop the antlers on the spot, wrap them in their own flags and even military uniforms, and then set them on fire.

Get up, form a strange temporary torch, and throw it back and forth under the fence.

This move had a miraculous effect, and soon part of the fence was ignited, forcing the frontline Song army commander to panic and rush to get water to put out the fire.

On the corner tower of Yuancheng, Gao Jingshan, who saw this scene and the movement of smoke and dust from a distance, was excited... He had to admit the determination and appropriateness of the two veteran generals Ali and Piaohe.

When Yue Fei saw the fireworks to the north from a distance, he was also a little serious.

"Du Tong!"

A Jin army hurriedly boarded the corner tower to deliver the message. "General Pu Suyue is ready. Please go out from the west gate and go around to the north to frustrate the Song army to help Ali and join the two generals!"

Gao Jingshan turned around, hesitated for a moment, and then waved his hand with all his strength: "No rush!"

"marshal!"

The Song Army also had a counselor wearing leather armor who stepped forward cautiously. "The Jin Army's offensive is quite urgent. Should we send reinforcements? It's appropriate to start from here. It's fast enough to start from the east of Yongji Canal."

Yue Fei did not hesitate, and without even looking at the other party, he raised his hand and said, "Don't move!"

The counselor resigned reluctantly.

Although the coaches of both sides have not been shaken by Ali's offensive for the time being, the direction of the war is beyond everyone's expectations. In other words, Ali, a Jurchen general who has risen from a lowly soldier to tens of thousands of households, and his troops are really stronger than everyone.

Anticipate.
To be continued...