Moreover, as the actual commander of this battle, Tian Shizhong's perspective is of course higher. Just like Zhang Kui doesn't care about the death of a soldier, how can he care about the little thoughts of a commander? He cares about,

There should be only one thing from the beginning, which is to hold the gap and ensure that the Jin army cannot break through this line of defense.

However, from a macro perspective, this strategic goal has actually been achieved from the moment the battle began.

The two armies met on a narrow road, and they were fighting for a breath. If you can hold on, you can hold on. If you can't hold on, you can't hold on. The Song Army obviously held on. Not only did it hold on, it also had enough troops to deploy a second line in the rear.

Line of defense.

Therefore, under this situation, just as he and Zhang Kui began to think about participating in the war and making meritorious deeds, Tian Shizhong, who had just returned from the front line, actually also had some ideas. Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, the elites of the two armies were crowded in a narrow place.

, unable to advance or retreat, they can only consume each other's lives. This makes Tian Shizhong, who has not fought a tough battle for several years, a little panicked. What he is worried about now is that if the three thousand long axes are used in this battle, his father-in-law will be handed over.

What should I do if my foundation has been thrown away?

To put it bluntly, he was a little frightened by the brutality and intense consumption on the front line.

The only thing I have to say is that I have to worry about it. The current situation is that you can't risk the collapse of the battle line and come up with something to replace it. You can only wait for the naval ship to pass by and use the eight-oxen crossbow and cannon.

Che, starting from Ali's department, reversed the situation of the battle.

The sun gradually turned again, the time came into the afternoon, and the battlefield became increasingly chaotic.

Fierce fighting continued at the gap in the front line. On the defense line on the east side of Yongji Canal, the Jin Army still broke through from time to time. At the same time, at the same time, no less than 700 to 800 corpses were placed behind the Song Army's second line of defense.

Here, thousands of injured people were forced to live in the open air, and screams and groans could be heard everywhere.

It's funny to say that in the morning, the civilians who were so frightened by these casualties that they needed to supervise the battle team to maintain order saw more and more corpses and wounded people, but they became much quieter. They just stood there with a strong sense of exhaustion.

Digging trenches.

Of course, even Zhang Kui finally got the opportunity to fill a gap.

It was at this time that the East Fork of the North Yellow River was finally cleared, and the ships of the Song Army's imperial navy were finally in position, and soon a volley was fired at the Ali tribe.

This time, the eight-niu crossbows on the small ship that were almost eliminated had a miraculous effect. Once fired, three iron gun-like crossbow arrows were fired directly and flatly by the height of the ship, but it happened to be six or seven.

Within the ultimate range of a hundred steps, it was lowered to about the ground, and combined with the dense Jin Army troops, the lethality of this weapon reached a certain limit.

Often with one shot and three arrows, dozens of people can be incapacitated in an instant, with their flesh and blood flying everywhere, and their limbs even being separated on the spot.

In comparison, the artillery and carriages on a large ship that rely on projectile ballistics may not be able to do as much damage as the Eight Bull Crossbow on a small ship.

There are a total of eight small ships of this kind equipped with eight oxen crossbows in the imperial navy.

At the end of the third round of salvos, the Ali troops' casualties caused by naval attacks reached the total casualties of the previous morning's ground combat.

What's even more terrible is that, faced with this unexpected and shocking visual impact, Ali's Jin army finally began to waver. They no longer maintained their formation and battlefield discipline, and took the initiative to wait for Ali's military order to be conveyed.

Towards the Yongji Canal further inside, they were gathered and squeezed together to avoid the blow of the Baniu Crossbow.

For a time, there was a blank area of ​​700 to 800 steps on the narrow land to the north of the defense line, adjacent to the Yellow River channel on the east side.

Faced with such a situation, Wanhu Ali, a Jurchen general who was over fifty years old, hesitated a little, but when he noticed that the two northernmost large ships gave up bombarding the river with artillery carts, and turned to sail directly further north.

, but finally made up his mind and rode directly onto the extremely simple pontoon bridge on the Yongji Canal.

And soon, he came to the flag of Piaohe, which was almost level with his own flag.

"Withdraw!"

Ali got straight to the point. "It won't work in half a day, and it won't work in another half day. Don't waste your troops here in vain!"

Chaohe looked at Ali coldly: "If you can't charge the cavalry with a hundred and eighty rounds, how can you call the cavalry?"

"There are ships of the Royal Navy on the river to the east, all equipped with ballistae... Seven or eight hundred steps along the river, we can no longer stand." Ali was expressionless and responded slowly. "Although I don't know what the situation is below the city, but

They are definitely weaker than us and can't drag many people away... If I were Yue Fei, I would definitely send an army out along the east river later to surround us both."

"It's not too late to retreat after they come out." Chaohe hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head. "There may be soldiers and horses in Yuancheng trying their best to bite Yue Fei, waiting for us to pass."

"The Song Army has already sent a ship to Guantao." Ali finally told the last fatal information. "If Guantao is captured by the Song Army's navy and the Song Army on the other side of the river...then send another army here to follow.

If they come out along the river to the east to surround us and bite us, the twenty thousand of us will really be doomed."

Piaohe finally changed his expression, but he was puzzled: "Why did the Song army have so many soldiers?"

"It should be that the elite right-wing troops from the imperial camp who had withdrawn from the three states were dispatched in advance...not 30,000 to a city versus 50,000, but 30,000 to a city versus 60,000 to 70,000." Ali remained calm. "At the beginning of the troop strength,

It was calculated."

Piaohe's resentment was hard to explain: "Wang Bolong relied on his own status and refused to obey the military orders of the commander-in-chief. He was greedy for merit and ruined his affairs!"

"Listen to me." Ali sighed. "Piaohe, I know that you and Gao Dutong are old friends, and Gao Dutong used to be secretive and hinted that he was from Korea, but in recent years he has gradually come to realize that he is from Bohai.

He is... big? After my brother left, he became the backbone of you Bohai people... It is normal for you to be afraid that something might happen to him. But things are not that bad for me. Yuancheng is dozens of miles around, and there are ten thousand households in the city.

With the thousands of Bohai and Korean athletes gathered by Gao Dutong in advance, plus the 20,000 to 30,000 civilians who were later recruited, there are sufficient supplies and weapons. We can still defend if we want to, especially if our reinforcements are not available until this month.

It’s time.”

Piaohe was still in a difficult mood, but he lowered his head and glanced left and right on his horse, and then said coldly: "General Ali, I remember that I had heard of your name when I was a marching warrior.

Several princes dared to contradict him face to face, why are they so persuasive now? Is it really because they are old and have become Buddhists?"

Ali was silent for a while and then calmly responded: "There is some belief in Buddhism, but this matter has nothing to do with belief in Buddhism. But later I gradually understood that if you want to persuade others, there is no good in speaking evil words. It is better to speak kind words and treat them honestly."

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Liahe took a long breath, raised his head and remained silent for a moment.

"Your troops have suffered heavy casualties." Ali remained calm when he saw this. "Just retreat first, and I will come to the rear for you... But now that we are retreating, they cannot outflank them, and with how many infantry they have, they should not be able to pursue them."

"Wave the flag! Blow the trumpet!" Pyoha finally gave up his temper and simply gave the order. "Withdraw with caution! Be sure to bring the wounded with you!"

The surrounding Jin troops had been waiting for this military order for a long time. When they received the words, they immediately rushed away. Ali simply turned around and dispatched his troops.

Just like that, the war suddenly ended, and the Jin Army was the first to be unable to hold on... This was certainly not an accident, but it still made many Song troops who were fighting on the front line overjoyed... Many of the red-eyed people ignored military orders,

They directly pursued and broke out of the gap, but immediately encountered a counterattack by the Jin army and even collapsed for a time.

But fortunately, the Song Army's second line of defense was hurriedly raised, stabilizing the situation, and the Jin Army was not reluctant to fight.

The war ended very suddenly, not just in the gap. After the reinforcements were withdrawn from the city, the Jin Army cavalry below the city also chose to evacuate at the signal from the city... But Yue Fei did not let his back to the Wei army.

He ventured across the Yongji Canal from the rear to block the Jin army's route back to the city, but only allowed them to enter the city.

Of course, there are various reasons for doing this. For example, there are many turrets in the northwest area of ​​Daming City. If you fight under the city, it is easy to suffer a condescending blow from the city. Another example is that the Yongji Canal, an artificial river, is not wide or narrow.

It was narrow, and unlike the dense pontoon bridges laid inside the northern position, it might not be possible in time; for another example, Gao Jingshan was also a smart man, and he even asked some Jin Army cavalry to detour to the safest southeast water gate to enter the city.

But reasons are reasons after all. If you don't do it, you haven't done it, and you could have done it in the first place.

This caused heavy losses to the subordinates, especially Tian Division who found that the death rate of his long ax heavy infantry was as high as 20%, and fell into some extreme uneasiness.

That's right, it's not resentment or dissatisfaction, but uneasiness... After such a long time, although Tian Shizhong can't be said to have an intimate understanding of Yue Fei, he has somewhat understood the other party's temper.

"marshal!"

In the afternoon, after hurriedly assigning frontline affairs, Tian Shizhong galloped to the foot of Yue Fei's four-character banner. Before he could get off his horse, he hurriedly asked. "The enemy's army was defeated, and the city was bound to be shaken. Not to mention such a big city, which is dozens of miles in circumference.

We can always find loopholes, so why not use gunpowder to blow up the city tonight, and then recruit dead soldiers to attack, and once successful, we can take over and achieve a miraculous feat?"

Yue Fei shook his head as expected: "Tian Dutong, if that was the plan, I should have spared no expense in casualties and tried to keep the cavalry outside the city as much as possible..."

Tian Shizhong sighed softly when he heard this, and stared at the other party again, almost helplessly: "Then what do you want to do?"

"Tian Dutong, that's what I thought." Yue Fei suddenly raised his hand, and the surrounding soldiers and horses moved away like a tide. Even the sergeant holding the big banner also took the initiative to evacuate. When the surrounding sergeants dodged, this

The marshal of the Hebei Front Army of the Song Dynasty had just calmly reined in the situation. "As long as we keep the gunpowder bombing of the city properly and don't let it get damp or anything like that, then the bombing today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will succeed or not, in principle."

It should be the same..."

"Do you want to wait and hold back the main force of the Jin army? Are you afraid that the reinforcements of the Jin army will not come when they see the loss of Daming Mansion, but will turn back to Taiyuan?" Tian Shizhong almost blurted out. "Right? You come across the river,

Although it is to destroy the city, but more importantly, it is to use the city as a means to restrain the main force of the Jin army for the officials, right? You have a big plan from the beginning! From the beginning, you are aiming at the main force of the goddess.

He! Is there anything wrong?"

Yue Fei responded calmly: "Brother Tian Mingjian!"

"But you have also seen today that the Jin army has not lost its fighting power. There are two thousand households. Our army fought with them in the gap in the wilderness. Both sides suffered heavy losses. If the main force of the Jin army arrives, our army will bomb the city again. It will be too late.

?" Tian Shizhong was furious. "If it's too late, the main force of 60,000 to 70,000 people will be overturned by the Jin Army's 140,000 to 150,000 households in the wilderness. Will the officials be able to relax?"

"So we must continue to build the fortifications without leaving any gaps, and do not go out to fight in the wilderness!" Yue Fei was still calm. "Look at the battle situation today. If the fortifications are complete and there are no gaps, can we defend properly?"

Tian Shizhong swayed on his horse, obviously understanding, but he shook his head heavily: "How much cultivation do you need?"

"Simple." Yue Fei stood on his horse and raised his finger to point to the mountains and rivers. "Yancheng is at the narrowest point of the two rivers of the Yellow River. It is only thirteen or four miles from east to west. Let's set up such a defense line in the north, and also set up such a defense line in the south, and then along the west

Another line of defense will be built on the river embankment, and another line of defense will be built on the east river embankment, which will be connected to the Daming City. At the same time, we can sail on land again, so that the navy can move parallel to the river..."

Tian Shizhong was almost dazzled: "You might as well build a city here around Yuancheng!"

"So what if we just build a city?" Yue Fei obviously didn't care. "Build a big city with a circumference of tens of miles, or even a hundred miles in circumference..."

"How can such a big city be defended?" Tian Shizhong was still uneasy.

"Why can't we defend it?" This time it was Yue Fei's turn to frown. "Before the freezing, if there were naval forces on both sides of the waterway, even though the main force of the Jin army arrived, it would be useless and could only be used from the north and south. But you have also seen the situation today.

They cannot spread out their troops...the defense is as secure as a mountain."

"Of course I know, the key is after freezing?" Tian Shizhong laughed angrily and interrupted him directly. "How to resist? If you can't resist, just use everything to blow up the city? Isn't this the most taboo thing for you?
To be continued...