Forty-Eight Snowy Night Surprise Attack (I)
. This day happens to be the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the folk year. Therefore, Wanyan Yungong set up a banquet in the imperial tent to entertain the generals and accompanying ministers.
Because the army will be withdrawn tomorrow, there is also a matter on his mind, and Fusan Zhongyi and Su Shi Lie Zhining finally relaxed, so after arranging the soldiers who are on guard at night, they also go to the banquet with peace of mind.
Although there is not much grain and grass left in the gold camp, there are still a lot of special imperial food and wine carried by Wanyan Yungong. Although it has been less than two months since the summer battle, life in the army is very difficult, and there is cold and hunger along the way, so it is naturally a pleasure to be able to enjoy a hearty meal and wine in this icy and snowy place. Moreover, there are drums and flutes during the banquet, playing beautiful music, and there are stunning and delicate, dancing, which makes people even more intoxicated. Except for a few high-ranking generals such as Fusan Zhongyi and Su Shi Lie Zhining, other people are usually qualified to participate in the emperor's imperial banquet, so in the imperial camp of Wanyan Yungong, the cups are staggered, laughter, sheng songs and swallows dance, and the atmosphere is also very lively.
Outside the tent, the snow began to fall again. Although it is no longer goose feathers and heavy snow, it is also fine and dense, like catkins dancing. The four are quiet, only listening to the roar of the north wind.
A group of golden soldiers who were keeping vigil outside the gate of the camp were all shivering from the cold, and their backs were shaking. There were a few golden soldiers who looked at the direction of the imperial camp and the lights were still announced, and there were faint wind music singing and dancing, and the sound of punching orders came with the wind. Apparently it was time for the feast.
One of the soldiers was a little unhappy and said angrily: "They are all eating and drinking spicy food in it, but here we are cold and hungry, drinking the northwest wind, and no one cares about us, but we still have to keep a watchful vigil for them, which is too unfair." ”
Hearing him say this, it also caused several Jin soldiers to be resentful in their hearts, and they all echoed: "That's it, didn't you say that the grain and grass in the camp are almost finished?" We can only eat cold cakes for the past two days, but they sit in a big bowl and drink, eat rou, yesterday I slept and saw a lot of uneaten things thrown away as garbage, it was really annoying to watch. ”
"Two brothers in our camp froze to death last night, and I heard that the carpets in the camp are all made of wool, and if they were to keep us warm, so many brothers would freeze to death, and they simply don't treat us as human beings."
Listening to everyone's prison sao, an old Cheng Jin soldier said: "Let's say a few words, you don't want to think about it, who are in the imperial camp now?" Except for the emperor, they are all ministers of the court, and the youngest is also a five-grade official, what are we, but they are all small soldiers, and they are not even counted as nine grades, do you want to compare with others? When that day comes, there is smoke on your ancestral grave, and you are also a general, you will be able to sit there and drink, and now you should honestly drink the northwest wind here! ”
When the few golden soldiers heard this, they were all speechless. But the Jin soldier who spoke before was still a little unconvinced, and said: "What about the emperor, what about the minister, don't you rely on us soldiers to help you in the war?" They treat us like this, why should we die for them? I thought about it, now the Song army has not come, then forget it, if the Song army really fights, Lao Tzu will be the first to escape, so he will not fight with the Song army, and let the emperor's ministers fight with the Song army. ”
Another person said: "That's right, Lao Tzu's life is also raised by his parents, to tell the truth, yesterday I heard that I couldn't capture Yanzhou, so I beheaded everyone, and Lao Tzu didn't want to do it." If it hadn't been for the order to scatter the army during the day today, Lao Tzu would have been a deserter by now. After returning home this time, Lao Tzu said that he would not eat this bowl of rice anymore, so he retired from this errand, went home to buy a few acres of land, and from then on he would be a farmer with peace of mind. ”
When the two of them said this, many people agreed,
Another veteran said: "You all save it, don't be heard by the patrol team, arrest and sentence a rumor to confuse the public, go around the morale of the army, and behead the public." In half an hour, the time for our vigil will come. Go back to the tent and go to sleep again, and I will be in good spirits tomorrow! I don't know when this snow will fall, so let's save some energy and hurry tomorrow. ”
As soon as he heard him, everyone shut up, and at this moment, suddenly a golden soldier pointed to the dark place and said, "Look, there seems to be some movement over there." ”
Before he finished speaking, he only heard the sound of "whoosh, whoosh" a few times to break the air, and several golden soldiers had already been hit by arrows, screaming and falling to the ground and dying. I saw countless Song troops rushing out of the darkness, each raising their swords and guns, and killing the camp of the Jin army.
The remaining Jin soldiers were all panicked, and immediately ran into the camp, and shouted while beckoning the Jin soldiers guarding the door to close the door: "The Song army is coming, the Song army is coming." ”
It turned out that Yang Yan received in Yanzhou that Temujin attacked the Jin army's grain transport team and burned the Jin army's grain and grass, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, knowing that the time for the final decisive battle had come, and it was a great opportunity for heavy snow to fall in the sky at this time, so Yang Yan immediately gathered generals and ordered to attack the Jin army's camp in the snow that night, and defeat the Jin army in one fell swoop.
Some generals thought that the night of the wind and snow was not conducive to sending troops, so they suggested to Yang Yan not to visit and wait until the weather cleared and the snow melted before sending troops.
Yang Yan said: "The Jin army has been attacking Yanzhou City for a long time, and its morale has been lost, and now it is losing food and grass, and the army's morale will be chaotic." And on the night of the wind and snow, it is inevitable that we will take advantage of the snow to attack, and our defense will inevitably be relaxed, which is a good time for us to counterattack the Jin army, and we can succeed in a battle. If the Jin army is defeated, Xingqing Mansion will have no defense, and Western Xia can be decided in one fell swoop, so the Guanjian War to pacify Western Xia is here. You must not be afraid of the cold, hold back, and make contributions today. ”
When the generals heard this, they were all very excited. Yang Yan immediately ordered that he personally led the front division of the palace to urge the front army to be the front, Yang Changpeng led the front of the palace Si Shengjie army, the horse army Si Weibian, and the second army of Xiao Cai, and the infantry army Si Xiongwu army as the rear response, and went out of the city tonight to attack the Jin army camp.
After the second watch, Yang Yan, Wu Xi, and Zhao Cao led more than 7,000 troops and horses from the front of the palace to urge the front army to go out of Yanzhou, and the feet of the men and horses were wrapped with thick cloth of hay to prevent the road from slippery, and they braved the snowflakes all the way to Jinying to kill. When the men and horses came to the vicinity of the golden camp, they thought it was almost the third watch, and when they looked from a distance, they saw that the lights in the golden camp were faint, and the garrison was really very lax.
Yang Yan immediately ordered, and the Song army suddenly lit the torches, and then killed the Jin camp together. First, a burst of bows and arrows shot back the defenders outside the camp, and when the Song army killed the Jin camp close, the Jin army had closed the camp gate, but the Song army had already prepared, and immediately shot out dozens of barbs, firmly hooking the camp gate, hundreds of Song troops pulled back together, only to hear the sound of "bang", and the camp gate of the Jin army camp was pulled down together with the door frame.
Yang Yan let out a long roar, pulled out the treasure knife "Fenglin Volcano", and said, "Brothers, defeat the Jin Army and kill it." As he spoke, his legs clamped between the horse's belly, and the big food horse and sofa that sat down let out a roar, spread his four hooves, and took the lead in rushing towards the golden camp, Wu Xi and Zhao Cao left and right, one step after another, and followed closely behind him. The Song soldiers also shouted in unison: "Kill, kill Jin Yu." "Each raised his sword and gun, and killed together towards the Jin Ju camp.
Although the camp gate was closed in time, there were not many soldiers who were on vigil at the Jin Army, so after the camp gate was pulled down by the Song army, the Jin army was in a panic, some people raised their swords and guns, rushed over to meet the Song army, some people hurried to inform the main general, and some people rushed to call other Jin soldiers, and more than a dozen Jin soldiers carried them to reject the horses, hoping to plug the gap exposed after pulling down the camp gate.
But at this time, it was too late, the rejection of the horse had not yet moved to the position, and only half of the gap had just been sealed, Yang Yan urged the horse to enter from the camp gate, and the treasure knife in his hand waved, bringing out two cold lights, and the two golden soldiers who carried the rejection of the horse immediately brought out two blood lines and flew into the air. After the two people were missing, the strength of the rejection immediately lost its balance, and one of them immediately fell into the snow, unable to move for half a minute. The other Jin soldiers had no choice but to put down their horses, each raised their swords and guns, and killed Yang Yan with the other Jin soldiers.
Zhao Cao and Wu Xi then entered, killing all the Jin soldiers guarding the door, Zhao Cao struggled to push away the rejected horses that blocked half of the gap, and the Song army's brigade all entered one after another and rushed into the Jin camp.
Sure enough, the Jin army never expected that the Song army would attack themselves in such weather, so they were defenseless, and the weather was cold tonight, only a few people kept vigil, and most of the Jin army were still asleep, and as a result, they were confused and made ghosts under the knife, although some Jin soldiers were awakened by the shouting of killing and got up, but they had no armor and were unarmed, and they could resist the Song army, and they all died tragically under the swords and guns of the Song army.
The Song army, wielding knives and guns, wantonly rushed into the nearby tents, slashed and killed the Jin soldiers who had no resistance, and also set fire to the tents. Although it was a snowy day, the snow was not heavy, and many Song soldiers carried fish oil with them, so there were still many tents that were set on fire by the Song army. The firelight reflected the snow, illuminating the Jin army's camp, and the other Jin soldiers scattered and fled in the camp, avoiding the pursuit of the Song army. After a while, the first half of the camp of the Jin army was in chaos.
At this time, in Wanyan Yungong's royal tent, the wine banquet came to the end of the scriptures, and many people were drunk with the scriptures, and Wanyan Yungong was also six or seven percent drunk, and suddenly heard a big chaos outside, and faintly heard the sound of shouting and killing.
When it came to the two of them, they still remembered that they would withdraw the army tomorrow, and there must be a lot of things to deal with, and they were afraid of making a mistake, so they didn't drink too much, although they were a little floating under their feet, but their minds were still awake, so they heard that the movement outside was wrong, and they were about to send someone to see what was going on, only to see a golden soldier rush into the imperial camp with a rolling belt, and hissed: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Song army is coming." ”