Woo" In the sound of the horn, the golden soldiers retreated like a tide... Head. hair

Zhang Shiyan rode his horse to Bi Zaiyu's side of the general, the Jin army retreated, should we pursue? ”

Bi Zai met the sweat of his face, shook his head, although the army retreated, but the flag was not chaotic, the men and horses were orderly, and it was not suitable to pursue. The order went down, and the whole army rested on the spot, but the soldiers were not allowed to disarm, and the horses were not allowed to take off their saddles, and they were ready to wait for the next attack of the Jin army. ”

After Zhang Shiyan gave the order, Bi Zaiyu took off his helmet, wiped his sweat, shook off the blood stains of the tomahawk, and let out a long breath. : This is the fourth or fifth time that the Jin army has repelled the attack.

He looked up at the sky, and by this time it was noon, and the fierce battle, which had lasted from early morning to the present, had lasted for more than two hours. From the very beginning of the battle, it was a situation in which the Jin army attacked and the Song army defended. The soldiers of the Jin army carried out wave after wave of continuous onslaught against the Song army, from long-distance arrow shooting to cavalry assault to hand-to-hand combat, which have been carried out one after another, endlessly. The dust kicked up by the horseshoe boots covered the sky and the sun, and the two sides suffered casualties on each other, and the battlefield was stained with blood, and the corpses were all over the field, and the battle was tragic.

However, under the command of Bi Zaiyu, the Song army desperately resisted the Jin army's fierce attacks and onslaught round after round, and never let the Jin army break through the position laid by the Song army, and could only return again and again in vain.

Bi Zaiyu looked back at the city, and saw that Liu Heng was still standing in the city tower, watching the battle for the Song army. At this time, he was nodding frequently to Bi Zaiyu to show his appreciation.

It turned out that Zhao Chen listened to Han Yanzhi's advice and sent Liu Heng to Xinzhou to transfer the decree on behalf of the imperial court, and supervised the war in Xinzhou. In the holy decree, the emperor did not blame Bi Zaiyu and others for losing Huizhou and Chuzhou, but on the contrary, he tried his best to encourage the Song army to fight hard and hold Xinzhou.

Hearing that the imperial court did not blame themselves for the mistakes of Huizhou and Chuzhou, Bi Zaiyu and the generals of Xinzhou were very grateful, and immediately said to Liu Heng that they would definitely stick to Xinzhou and never take half a step back.

Xinzhou is different from Qizhou, Chizhou and other places, there is no Yangtze River natural danger to rely on, so there should be no way to defend Qizhou and Chizhou, defend the city head-on, and rely on the navy to constantly attack the rear of the Jin army. It can only engage in a head-to-head offensive and defensive battle with the Jin army. At this time, the Jin army gathered more than 100,000 troops under Xinzhou, while the Song army defending the city was only more than 37,000 people. However, almost all the residents of the city were relocated, leaving only more than 40,000 young and middle-aged laborers, so there was no need to worry about the casualties of the common people.

However, although there is a city wall to defend, but Xinzhou was originally the inland city of the Great Song Dynasty, the city wall is not too high, and most of it is an adobe structure, plus in the past few months, Xinzhou City has been the focus of contention between the Song and Jin, after several changes of hands, the city wall has been damaged in many places, even if it is a defensive city, it may not be able to last long. Moreover, at this time, the Jin army had just captured Huizhou and Chuzhou, and its morale was flourishing, and it was about to capture Xinzhou in one go.

Therefore, before the war, Bi Zaiyu thought for a long time before deciding to go out of the city to meet the Jin army for a few battles, frustrate the Jin army's spirit, and then retreat to the city to hold the city. This opinion was also supported by the whole army, because this defeat was very embarrassing, and it was not the Song army that could not defeat the Jin army, but was affected by Liu Bao's cowardice and cowardice, and he had to retreat to Xinzhou. Under the command of Yang Yan, this Song army won many battles, and every soldier was full of spirit, and he was not afraid of the Jin soldiers. Therefore, most of the soldiers held their breath and wanted to fight with the Jin Army for a while to see how powerful the Jin Army was.

Although Liu Heng is a civilian official, he also knows the art of war and knows the truth that defending the city must be fought. At this time, seeing that the morale of the Song army was high, and he was eager to fight, he also felt that the morale was available, so at the same time, he gave Bi Zaiyu's opinion. And promised that when the Song army went out of the city to fight with the Jin army, he would personally watch the battle for the Song army soldiers in the city tower to help the battle.

So the next day, Bi Zaiyu only took 15,000 men and horses out of the city, lined up behind the city, and fought with the Jin army.

Although the Jin army had an absolute advantage in numbers, because the Song army was in a formation behind the city, the Jin army could not show its strength in the field, and used the tactics of the left and right kidnappers and horses to surpass from both wings, and could only charge the Song army's formation from the front. The numerical advantage is also completely unwielding. In the face of the Song army's tight and layered formation, it was difficult for the Jin army to break through. Moreover, the walls of the Song army in Shinshu were full of crossbowmen, condescending, and the range of arrows was much farther than that of the Jin army, which could very effectively support the Song army under the city.

In the first afternoon, the Song army lost nearly 2,000 men, but the Jin army lost more than 3,500 men. The Song army did not let the Jin army take the slightest advantage.

At this time, Po Sa was also a little helpless, thinking that Yang Yan had gone to Sichuan and was not here to preside over the overall situation, and Chizhou, Huizhou, Xinzhou, Chuzhou and other places were not at their fingertips. That Zhifu Shi Lie Zhining attacked Chizhou, but was disturbed by the Song army's navy, and now it is a dilemma. And he relied on the cowardice of the Song general Liu Bao to capture Huizhou and Chuzhou. I thought that Xinzhou did not rely on the Yangtze River, and he concentrated more than 100,000 horses, and it should not be difficult to take Xinzhou, but who knew that the Song army stationed in Xinzhou dared to go out of the city to meet the battle. After a noon, the Jin army did not occupy any of the envoys, and before the siege of the city, the Jin army was a little at a loss. In addition to Yang Yan, did the Southern Song Dynasty still have such outstanding generals?

I couldn't help but be a little anxious in my heart, if it goes on like this, when will I capture Shinshu? If you wait until Yang Yan returns from Sichuan, it will be troublesome, but now there is no other way, you can only take advantage of the Jin army's numerical advantage and attack in turns, and the Song army will be exhausted for this.

However, Bi Zaiyu had already prepared for this move of the Jin army, so he always insisted that only 15,000 men and horses went out of the city to meet the Jin army, in fact, it was also to allow the Song army to take turns to fight, and always maintain sufficient physical strength.

At present, the two armies have temporarily suspended the truce. On each battlefield, hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers collected the bodies of soldiers killed in battle and prepared for the next battle.

Now it is noon, and the Jin army is taking turns to eat in front of the battle. And Bi Zaiyu also ordered that the Song army, who had lunch in the city and had enough rest, go out of the city to replace the Song army that had just resisted this round of attack by the Jin army.

The array of the Song army is a convex formation, because of the lack of use but the heart of the Jin army from both sides of the detour, the left and right sides of each set up only 3,000 people, and the main force of the Song army is concentrated in the middle of the road, a total of 9,000 men and horses, divided into three columns, and the first column in the middle is 3,000 hoplites armed with a sword, the previous several attacks of the Jin army are these 3,000 hoplites with a knife in front of the formation to withstand the offensive of the Jin army, so that the Song army behind can be calmly arranged, resist the attack of the Jin army.

And these 3,000 hoplites with swords were the Ma Jun Si Zhong Army led by Zhang Shiyan and the Beiwei Army led by Qi Dazhu took turns to take charge. There are a total of four commanders in the Beiwei army, and when Yang Yan entered Sichuan, he brought Ling Xiang, Wei Jiao, and Zhao Cao with three commanders, leaving only Qi Dazhu, and now the entire Beiwei army is managed by Qi Dazhu. This time, it was Qi Dazhu's turn to lead the army.

Bi Zaiyu also got off his horse and sat in front of the battle, when he finished his meal and was drinking water. Liu Fuwu sat next to him, general, when will it be our turn to choose the front army to fight. ”

The Xuanfeng Army is the earliest army that followed Yang Yan, except that the city defense faction is not useful, no matter what kind of big battle, the Xuanfeng Army has always been the team that Yang Yan relies on the most, and it has also made many achievements. The whole army has always been proud of this. But this battle has been fought from the beginning of the morning to the present, and the Song army has taken turns, but only the Xuan Feng army has been watching from the sidelines. The whole army couldn't help but be a little anxious, although Liu Fuwu strictly ordered his soldiers to obey the general's orders, but he couldn't sit still, and came to find Bi Zaiyu in person.

Bi Zaiyu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Liu Tongzhi, what are you anxious about?" Don't you show up? Since the start of the battle in the early morning, the Jin army has not dispatched Tiefutu. ”

Liu Fuwu also nodded and felt strange, if it was in the past, the Tiefu map would have come out a long time ago. What happened to Poza this time? ”

Bi Zaiyu smiled and said, "Po Sa, this is consuming us. Although we can rotate into two shifts, the Jin army can be rotated into four wheels, and we are still consumed faster than the Jin army, so Posa is waiting for us to be tired of consumption, or when the troops are less, and then use the iron floating map to give us a fatal blow. So I have to keep the selection of the front army to deal with the iron floating map of the Jin army. When the time comes, you can't embarrass Yang Shuai. ”

Liu Fuwu understood at this time, and immediately said: "Don't worry, as long as we choose the front army, we will never let Tiefutu go crazy on the battlefield." ”

As they were talking, they only heard the sound of drums on the opposite side, and the other man and horse in the Jin army began to advance towards the array of the Song army, and the part of the men and horses that retreated reorganized their formation, sat in front of the formation and ate, and could join the battlefield at any time.

However, at this time, the Song army had also rearranged the formation, and Bi Zaiyu immediately turned over his horse, lifted the big axe and came to the front of the formation, and shouted: "Brothers, the Jin army is attacking again, are you afraid?" ”

Song Jun shouted in unison: "Don't be afraid. ”

Bi Zaiyu laughed and let Jin Bing see the courage of our big Song boy. As he spoke, he turned his horse's head, raised his big axe, and shouted loudly at the approaching Jin army: "The Song army will win." ”

The soldiers in the audience shouted in unison: "The Song army will win, the Song army will win, the Song army will win." ”

He raised his axe again and shouted: "Although you are brave enough to kill the enemy, you are only allowed to advance, not late, and anyone who retreats from the command platform will be killed." ”

Liu Heng, who was standing on the city wall and watching the formation, looked at it, nodded frequently, and said to the entourage on the left and right: "My Great Song Dynasty has such elite soldiers, why can't I fight back the Jin people!"