Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Your Highness, this subordinate is only reporting truthfully!"

Zongwang calmed down. He ordered people to regroup the broken army first, and then personally led them to the battlefield ahead.

Lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, reflecting the world pale.

Not long after, thunder was heard in the thick layer of clouds.

It started to rain.

When Zong Wang arrived on the battlefield, he saw the "small hills" illuminated by lightning in white, and saw countless stumps and broken bodies.

He walked over, and even saw the dead Song soldier with only half of his body, hugging a Jin soldier tightly, and still strangled the dead Jin soldier's neck with his arms.

There is also a pole erected on the ground in front.

No, that's a flag.

It is the flag of the Song Army.

He was supported by someone.

The man appeared to be dead, just standing there.

The heavy rain washed over his body, washing away the blood, revealing a young, even immature face.

He must be seventeen or eighteen, probably the father of a two-year-old.

Looking around again, Zong Wang finally understood why the war was fought like this.

He took off his hat and even saluted those Song soldiers who died in battle.

Liu Yanzong came over and said, "Your Highness, it's raining heavily."

"I know."

"Your Highness, why did you salute them?"

"This is a brave Song army. Although they are our enemies, I admire their courage!"

"Your Highness understands righteousness."

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the sky seems to be crying.

In August of the eighth year of Jingkang, Zongwang pretended to attack Hejian, but actually quickly went south to besiege Cangzhou. North of Cangzhou City, he encountered tenacious resistance from the Song army.

All [-] Song troops died for their country, while the Jin army suffered heavy casualties with sufficient advantages.

Zhang Suo and Fu Liang, one is the chief of soldiers and horses in Cangzhou, and the other is the deputy chief of soldiers and horses.

The two died in succession.

Some say they are irrational.

That's because the people who said these words didn't know that war requires courage. If an army retreats to defend the city every time, it will form a huge inertia of thinking for the army.

Over time, they will think that the golden man is invincible!

The scouts sent by the Song army sent the news back to Cangzhou.

Li Gang was inspecting the city, and when he heard that all the troops sent out had died in battle, several civil servants beside him burst into tears.

"Fu Liang is confused!"

"After the cavalry is sent out, they can come back. Why didn't he come back! The court bought horses at a high price to train cavalry, and he was buried for nothing like this!"

"Cangzhou is in danger!"

Several civil servants burst into tears there.

"Shut up!" Li Gang said angrily, "Death on the battlefield is what each of us should have! What are we doing in Cangzhou!"

After being scolded by Li Gang, those people immediately stopped crying.

Li Gang's whole body was soaked, but he didn't care at all, his eyes were firm and calm: "Throwing pens into the army, dying in the battle, shrouded in horse leather, as it should be, do you still want to retreat?"

"I'm putting my words here today. As long as I, Li Gang, are around for a day, I will live and die with Cangzhou City. Whoever dares to disturb the morale of the army will be decisive!"

Chapter 742 Changes on the Eastern Front (First Change)

On the fourth day of August in the eighth year of Jingkang, Zongwang's elite former army was severely damaged by the Cangzhou army.

More than 6000 people were killed and injured in the Golden Army battle.

Zongwang's plan to quickly capture Cangzhou was met with strong counterattacks in this battle.

Undoubtedly, this put enormous pressure on Zongwang.

But on the fifth day of the eighth month, Zongwang's main force still arrived at the city of Cangzhou.

The calm, calm, and wise commander of the Jin army had already aimed at the weakness of Cangzhou, and deployed cavalry on the way to prepare for the tactics of encircling the Song army who came to support the Hejian mansion.

In the morning, the Jin Army began to station around Cangzhou City, surrounded Cangzhou City, and began the most classic lock-up tactics of the Jin Army.

As for the cavalry, they lurked in the main road from Hejian to Cangzhou, and radiated dozens of miles around.

That is to say, no matter whether the Song army went south in a straight line or detoured, as long as the scouts of the Jin army detected it, the kidnapper could take immediate action to attack the marching Song army before the Song army arrived in Cangzhou City.

As we all know, the army cannot be deployed during the march, and it is the easiest to be attacked by surprise.

This is also the fundamental reason why the side that has mastered the high-mobility arms has tried and tested repeatedly when adopting siege for reinforcements.

Whether it was Jin vs. Song, or later, Tartar vs. Ming, they all achieved fruitful victories in this respect.

At noon on the fifth day of the lunar new year, the report from the Cangzhou Army was delivered to Hejian City and placed on Zhang Xian's table.

The pressure went directly to Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian had [-] infantry in his hands, and after defeating Poluhuo, there were still [-] elite cavalry.

At the beginning of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, he did not deploy infantry for his route. Almost all of these infantry were supported by Li Gang.

If he, Zhang Xian, turned a blind eye to Cangzhou and ignored it, let alone his own disapproval, I am afraid that the group of soldiers who came from Cangzhou would not agree either.

But now the situation has emerged, how could Zhang Xian not know that the Jin army would ambush and surround the spot for help?

And Zhang Xian is also facing another problem, Wanyan Yinshu can be found in Hejian City.

Wanyan Yinshu has only 2 elite cavalry in his hands, and even if only [-] infantry can fight out of the remaining [-] people, even Yinshu can only serve as a cover-up.

But it is impossible for Zhang Xian to know the details of Jin Jun.

This is the time to test the commander in chief.

Otherwise, wouldn't any pen standing in the sight of God be able to command an army?

The senior officials of Hejian City debated all afternoon, and finally decided to send troops to Cangzhou immediately.

Ten thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry were all sent to Cangzhou.

This is equivalent to the main battlefield on the Eastern Front being directly transferred to Cangzhou.

The main force of the Jin army came out in full force, and the danger of Cangzhou undoubtedly made Da Song once again return to the fear of the Jin army going south in an all-round way.

Those were the years when the whole people feared and the army fled on hopelessness, and the court was even more gloomy and turbulent.

The mountains and rivers in the north were shattered, countless people lost their homes, and their families were captured by the golden army returning with full load to the north.

The panic of the whole country was like an endless iron curtain, covering half of the Song Dynasty in suffocating darkness.

However, this is not the first year of Jingkang.

At least the main force of the Jin army went south, and outside the city of Cangzhou, they encountered the first iron pile!

Zhang Xian's reinforcements also showed that the Song army was no longer afraid of the Jin army as a whole.

In order to successfully leave Hejian Mansion, the Song Army first dragged Wanyan Yinshuke with cavalry, and then the infantry rushed on overnight.

Everyone is tired, but everyone is persevering.

In order to avoid the scouts of the Jin army and the obstruction by the Yellow River, the Song army went southwest and arrived at the junction of the Hutuo River and the northern tributary of the Yellow River.

First, a dozen cavalrymen arrived ahead of schedule to mobilize the people there.

Before dawn, the people mobilized collectively to lay a pontoon bridge in that area.

By the time the army arrived in the early morning, they could already cross the river in batches.

The peasants in the morning mist, covered in mud, left here dragging their tired bodies.

Originally, the Song Army officer was going to say some official words of thanks, but everyone was in no mood to listen.

Fortunately, the army crossed this not-so-wide branch of the Yellow River in the morning.

The infantry corps did not take action immediately, but waited for the cavalry to go south to support them.

However, on the ninth day of August, the Song army successfully crossed the river, which meant the expansion of the Cangzhou battlefield.

Even though Zong Wang lost several thousand, he still has more than 2 soldiers and horses in his hand, and the elite has at least [-] people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses can also be good at fighting.

The [-] soldiers and horses sent by the Song Army are obviously at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Zong Wang received news that the Song army had crossed the Yellow River.

"Your Highness, there are thousands of cavalry in Hejian. It is not easy for the Song Army to leave the Hejian Mansion. The Song Army must have cavalry cover to successfully cross the river." Liu Yanzong said, "And the Song Army's cavalry and Yinshu But entanglement, it is definitely not possible to cross the river in a short while, now is the best time to send troops to the Song army!"

What Liu Yanzong said was obviously correct, Zong Wang made a decisive decision, and he immediately dispatched two thousand cavalry to rush towards the direction where the Song army was crossing the river.

The task of these two thousand cavalry is not to defeat the Song army.

The Song Army has [-] infantry, and it is almost impossible to defeat [-] Song Army with only [-] cavalry when the Song Army is stationed or arrayed.

Of course, their task is to put pressure on Song Jun.

From the perspective of the Song Army, as long as the Jin Army cavalry appeared, it meant that the Jin Army had discovered them.

Moreover, the Song army was not sure how many soldiers and horses the Jin army had come, and whether there were continuous soldiers and horses coming in different directions.

In the next few days, the cavalry of the Jin Army launched continuous harassment against the Song Army.

Create an atmosphere of constant attack.

This is equivalent to blocking the Song Army by the Yellow River.

Just like in the first year of Jingkang, there is a reason why Wanyan Loushi blocked 20 King Qin's army from Shaanxi outside Tongguan.

Why can it be blocked?

Because there is no cavalry for the time being.

A unit with no cavalry and only infantry lacks maneuverability and cannot form an array during the march, so it is easy to be quickly attacked by the opponent's cavalry.

If one's own side has cavalry as cover, the infantry can form a formation and cooperate with the cavalry when the cavalry is fighting with the cavalry.

Although the Jin army continued to attack, the Song army just stood firm and waited for the arrival of the cavalry.

For several days in a row, Zong Wang sent people to the city of Cangzhou to speak out.

The shouting only conveyed one meaning to the Cangzhou defenders: the reinforcements of the Song Army have been wiped out.

Hearing this news for several days in a row, some people in Cangzhou City became restless and frowning every day.

Some people even said that Cangzhou City could not be defended.

August [-]th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

The emergency military report from the Eastern Front was sent to Yue Fei, the governor of Hebei Province.

Chapter 743 Poor Crying Lord (Second Change)

"According to relevant information, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army on the eastern front may be Wanyan Zongwang." Zhang Jiefu said, "And there is some new information from the north that Zonghan may have sent troops as well."

Wang Gui said: "Zhiniang thief, in this way, it is very difficult to sneak attack the gold thief's rear."

"It's really not easy." Zhang Jiefu said, "The gold thief will not go south without any reservations. That Zonghan has already made arrangements."

"Then should we support Hejian and Cangzhou now?" Wang Gui looked at Yue Fei.

"Temporarily stand still." Yue Fei said, "Wanyan Zonghan is not in vain. He asked Zongwang to fight the Eastern Front, but he was dormant. He must be trying to attract our attention to the Eastern Front."

"Then he went south to fight Zhongshan and Zhending?" Wang Gui said.

"It's possible."

"So, the change in the situation now lies on the Eastern Front?"

"On the Eastern Front!"

Wang Gui said, "But the Eastern Front is not enough now."