Chapter 983: A Protracted Battle

The outbreak of a war will never be without speculators, and some clues to these scenes can be detected from before the war.

As the Jin people approached the Yellow River, the remaining officials in the officialdom became excited, and some of them had begun to secretly make various preparations after the defeat of the Song army.

The cloudy battle of the Yellow River, although it did not have too much impact on the people, but even so, the scene of panic in the people's hearts is still everywhere in the whole Hetao three roads, as a large number of officials pondered their own back roads, judging the situation of Jin and Song who is strong and weak, so that even the common people began to secretly discuss, whether the next Hetao three roads will change the sky again?

The war was still in full swing, and the 30,000 horses of the Song army withstood the first few waves of attacks of the Jin people for the first time, but even so, the Song army, which was not superior in numbers, was still not favored by the people and officials.

In particular, those remaining officials, as well as influential local wealthy nobles, or wealthy businessmen and literati, have become the weather vane in the eyes of the people, always pricking up their ears to listen to their high-minded talk about the current form of the Hetao, and then secretly sighing: Why can't the Song court really be tough over the years?

Compared with the literati who are good at speculation, the wealthy businessmen, the more grassroots people, on the basis of the major right and wrong, are much more determined than those who have influence and power.

After all, in the hearts of the people, no matter whether the sky above their heads is surnamed Zhao or Wanyan, as long as they can be fed and clothed, it is enough to live a peaceful life. Of course, from the emotional point of view, they are more inclined to belong to the Song Dynasty in their hearts, after all, in the civilization of Chinese history, the scene of foreign races occupying most of the country has never been as strong as the Jin people, so they naturally hope that it should be the orthodox Zhao Song of China to continue to rule the three roads of the Hetao.

It's just the voice of the people, it seems that no matter which dynasty it is, the position of the court and the government will always be opposite, the people want to live and work in peace and contentment, the officials want to increase taxes, the people want to be fed and clothed, the officials want to fill their own pockets, the people want to be prosperous and peaceful, but the officials are fighting openly and secretly because of their own interests.

The voice of the people has never been a priority issue for the ruling class, and interests have always been the first choice of the ruling group.

The people of Hetao Sanlu shared the same hatred and wanted to fight against the Jin with the Song army, but the officials chose to stand still, silently hiding to the side and watching the wind, hoping that the Jin people would be able to take charge again, or they hoped that Ye Qing would be able to repel the Jin people.

A rear that is not very stable, even if it has nothing to do with the 30,000 soldiers on the front line, will also affect the morale and combat strength of the soldiers on the front line who hate the enemy.

Qingwang Zhao Kai and Ye Heng hurried to Yanzhou Mansion before the war began, and Yanzhou at this time, because of Liu Minxing's departure, the officials in charge of all government affairs became Han Fu and Fan Wenwen, as for Pang Chuan, who was included in the "blacklist" by Ye Qing, at this time he competed with Liu Minxing in Suidezhou, and for a while, because of the war ahead, no one could help anyone.

The arrival of Zhao Kai, the king of Qing, somewhat made the people of Hetao Third Road have a sense of seeing the sun, after all, as the Zhao Song clan, appearing in Yanzhou at this critical moment, at least released a signal to the local people and officials that they will stick to it.

Similarly, because of the arrival of King Zhao Kai of Qing, some of the remaining officials of the Three Roads seemed to be cast a shadow on their hearts.

Although the arrival of Zhao Kai and Ye Heng did not bring reinforcements to Ye Qing, who had personally gone into battle in front, the hundreds of troops under his command were obviously enough to suppress some dissenting officials in Yanzhou.

The timely arrival of the two in Yanzhou naturally made Ye Qing on the front line also breathe a sigh of relief, and the begging Shilie gods and slaves had already carried out several tragic offensive and defensive battles in the past three days, and the surface of the Yellow River seemed to have risen a lot because of the filling of countless corpses.

The cavalry on both wings is now exhausted, and the strength of the 30,000 Longcheng barracks is also a lot of losses, and as for the Jin people, it is still difficult to successfully cross the river.

The reason why it can be like a nail, firmly rooted on the opposite bank, so that the Jin people can not cross the river with large-scale troops, in addition to the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Longcheng battalion showed incredible combat effectiveness that made Ye Qing unbelievable, is that the 5,000 people of the flower planting army, under the leadership of Xu Han and the command of Ye Qing, have always been able to spare strength to support the cavalry on the right flank, as well as to gallop to the infantry army as the Chinese army, forming the first iron hoof whirlwind on its front line, so that the small Jin people who crossed the river have always been, even if they can cross the river successfully, But before they could fight again, they were crushed by the ruthless flower planter army with thunderous momentum, and the infantry army behind them would replenish it in time every time to carry out a second wave of slaughter against the overwhelmed Jin people.

On the embankment, the Song and Jin armies fought hard, and the begging gods and slaves wanted to send troops across the river again while the iron was hot to quickly support the troops arriving on the shore, but they were often blocked by catapults and bed crossbows like a raging storm.

There were casualties on both sides, but overall, in the course of three days, the casualties of the Jin people were far greater than those on Ye Qing's side, Wan Yan Xiang and Wan Yan Zonghao were already one of the two, but did Wan Yan Xiang die under the stones and arrows of the Song people, or was he drowned by the Yellow River, or was ...... Being secretly solved by the begging stone gods has become an eternal mystery, and no one can know the real answer.

After missing Yan Xiang, the fly that had been buzzing in the ears of the begging stone lie god slave, the voice of the other fly Wan Yan Zonghao was much smaller, as the battle in the three days became more and more tragic day by day, Wan Yan Zonghao no longer dared to ridicule in front of the begging stone lie god slave at this time, and no longer thought that the Song people on the other side were vulnerable.

Now Wanyan Zonghao is eager to be able to hide far away in the place where the gods and slaves of Qishilie can't see, and he has no intention of the next more tragic fight, whether the Song people win or the Jin people can cross the river successfully, he now only hopes to be able to escape unharmed, as for the title of the county king that he has always been obsessed with, in his heart at the moment, it is far less important than his little life to let him.

But the begging stone martyrs seemed to be bent on opposing him Yan Zonghao, whether it was deployed before crossing the river every morning, or sneaking across the river at night, they would summon him into the military tent to discuss together.

Compared with the initial single-mindedness when they set out from Yanjing, the current Qishilie Divine Slave will show a mouthful of white teeth every time after three days of fruitless battle, and ask Wanyan Zonghao with a somewhat grim smile how he thinks of the next battle, and how to resist the desperate catapults and bed crossbows of the Song people to cross the river.

Every now and then, Wanyan Zonghao can hear the sound of his teeth chattering, trembling, and he is afraid that tomorrow the begging stone spirits will send him the first wave to cross the river, completely lacking the high-spirited and brave appearance at the beginning, and stammering that everything is subject to the general's plan.

The begging gods and slaves were not in a hurry, their expressions were still as relaxed as before, and they didn't care about the casualties of the battle in the past three days, as if they had not died in the past three days.

The calm and unhurried actions made it impossible for the Jin people to successfully cross the river on a large scale even in the past three days, but because of the calmness of the begging stone martyrs, the military spirit has always maintained an extremely stable state, and there has not been even the slightest impatience and cowardice.

Having made up their minds to fight a protracted war of attrition with Ye Qing, even when they set off from Yanjing, the begging stone lie gods and slaves had already made up their minds and would never entangle Ye Qing too much in terms of strategy and tactics.

Ye Qing's insidious cunning is well-known, especially the battle of Guanshan, which has made everyone see the extremely sinister side of the city, and the Xia people have been fully prepared for more than two months, but they have not been able to bury Ye Qing and the five thousand people of the flower planting army in Guanshan, but because of trivial mistakes, the good situation was buried, and Guanshan was taken away by Ye Qing.

Such a battle that outweighed the losses naturally became a shame for the Xia people, as well as a shame for his life as a slave to the gods and goddesses.

So this time, after the Qishilie gods and slaves knew very well that their forces were far superior to Ye Qing, he gave up all strategies and tactics at the first time, and made up his mind that in the case that Ye Qing was now overstretched and it was difficult to have reinforcements, even if he relied on crowd tactics, he would exhaust all of Ye Qing's troops and morale on the other side of the Yellow River.

He watched the battles in the past three days, although he watched his soldiers overturn on their backs on the river, and the ferry boat was smashed out of the hole and burned to ashes by the war, but he was still determined to keep going with Ye Qing.

What's more, his current main army has never fought once, and the strength of Ye Qing's side has been clearly felt by him, and now it is just relying on the five thousand people of the Flower Planter Army to travel back and forth and run around to support the entire battle situation.

As for the 30,000 troops, the beggar Shilie gods and slaves didn't pay attention to it at all, and he also believed that in the absence of a rushing army, as long as he continued to insist on a strong attack for a few days, he would be able to make the Song people on the opposite side fall into a tired predicament.

The army of the flower planter is very strong, which makes people fearful, but after all, it is also flesh and blood, and there will always be a time when he is tired, and at that time, he can completely defeat Ye Qing on the other side without even having to dispatch the main army.

"Tomorrow, the Chinese army will be supplemented, and the left and right wings will mainly cross the river from the upstream and downstream ferries to attack." The begging stone martyrs stood on the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the Song army scouts looming on the opposite bank, and ordered in a deep voice.