Yang Yan and Yang Changpeng stood on the tower of Yanzhou City, only to see that the sky was getting darker and the wind was getting tighter. Bayi Chinese Network ]〉. Dark clouds weighed down on the ground, covering the vast fields, roads, and villages outside the city. It was noon, but it seemed to be dusk. The snow began to fall, first small snowflakes, fluttering gently like catkins, and then the bigger and bigger, a tight like a gust, the wind wrenched the snow, clumps of pieces, one after another, the world was the same color, and the wind and snow covered the whole field.

This is the first snow since the beginning of winter in Western summer this year.

Although there will be a few snowfalls in a year after the winter in Jianghuai, Jiankang and other places, it basically melts on the ground, and there are few such violent storms, so Yang Yan couldn't help but praise: "What a big snow!" Thinking that if Xin Qiji was here, he would improvise a good word. ”

Yang Changpeng also smiled: "In the place of the Great Song Dynasty, I have seen such heavy snow there, if you hadn't made arrangements in advance, I'm afraid that many soldiers would have frostbitten." ”

At this time, it was the end of November, and the climate was suddenly cold, almost to the point of turning the water into ice. Most of the soldiers of the Song army are Jianghuai people, and there are many southerners, all of whom rarely experience such cold weather, fortunately, the cotton clothes and felt of the Song army are in place, and at the same time, Yang Yan heard a home remedy from the locals, and ordered the gang to boil ginger water and chili water for the soldiers to drink every day, so as to keep warm from the cold.

Even after so many preventive measures, more than 2,000 southern soldiers in the Song army were still frostbitten, but they were much better than expected, and they finally did not hurt their muscles and bones. The only surprise is that the elephants are all animals that grow in the south, and they are not adapted to the cold weather than humans, so they are shivering with cold, hiding in the elephant shed and not moving. It seems that he will not be able to participate in the war either. This was something that Yang Yan hadn't expected before.

However, Yang Yan looked back at the city wall, although in the snowstorm, the soldiers of the Song army defending the city still straightened their waists, without the slightest slackness. I couldn't help but be very satisfied, after several years of war, the Song army grew into an iron army that could cope with any predicament.

At this time, I saw a Song soldier braving the heavy snow and stepping up the city tower, came to Yang Yan to meet him, and said: "Report to Yang Shuai, now the army of the Jin army has reached Youzhou and Hongzhou." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, I know, you go down first." ”

After the Song soldiers who reported the news went down, Yang Changpeng said: "Youzhou and Hongzhou are only a hundred miles away from Yanzhou, and it seems that this battle is about to begin." ”

Since the Song army abandoned Yinzhou, it retreated all the way west, and successively abandoned Shizhou, Xiazhou, Longzhou, Youzhou, Hongzhou and other places. At this time, the Jin army penetrated into the Western Xia realm for 200 miles. However, compared to the middle route army of the Jin State, the other two routes were blocked, and there was little progress. At this time, the Song army was also fully prepared on the front line of Yanzhou to meet the attack of the Jin army.

Yang Yan's eyes fell on the blizzard again, looked to the east, and said, "I don't know if the Jin army is ready to prevent snow, I hope this snow will not stop the Jin army's advance!" ”

After looking at it for a while, Yang Yan turned around again and said, "Drum gathering, it's time to start assigning tasks." ”

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Just when Yang Yan was standing at the head of Yanzhou City to enjoy the snow, Jin Jun fell into a big trouble.

After the Jin army captured Yinzhou, the subsequent march was very smooth, even if it was like a bamboo, it is not an exaggeration to describe it, and the Song army can be said to have fled. Wanyan Yungong was also very happy in his heart, and Wanyan Baisa, Shifting Assassin Pua, Zhang Wenshou and others continued to flatter and praise virtue in his ear, which also made Wanyan Yungong unconscious and fluttering.

And Fusan Zhongyi and Sushi Lie Zhining are both proficient in the art of war, but they are so optimistic by Youwan Yan Yungong. Along the way, the Song army did not make any decent resistance at all, so they directly abandoned the city and left, which was completely a frame to lure the enemy into depth, so it must not be taken lightly.

Because he is Fushi Lie Zhining, when the Jin Kingdom went south, he did not suffer less from Yang Yan, knowing that Yang Yan was resourceful and full of tricks, looking at the whole country of Dajin, I am afraid that only Wanyan Changzhi can be his opponent, and he is ashamed of himself. Therefore, the smoother the Jin army's march, the more uneasy it became in Su Shi Lie Zhining's heart, and he always felt that Yang Yan had some tricks.

Therefore, after the Jin army arrived in Hongzhou, Sushi Lie Zhining also mentioned to Wanyan Yungong once that he should be careful of Yang Yan and wisdom, and the Song army was deceitful, and suggested that the Jin army postpone its march. But it immediately made Yan Yungong's boss unhappy. Complained: "Su Shi Lieqing, I think you have too many concerns. When the Song army saw that my Dajin's male soldiers were fleeing in despair, Yang Yan's husband was just vain, so what was there to fear. As the saying goes, we are still far from Xingqing Mansion, and if we don't march to Xingqing Mansion as soon as possible, when will we wait. ”

Moreover, Shuqi Gaohu also took the opportunity to sneer at Su Shi Lie Zhining: "I see that Master Su Shi Lie has fallen for Yang Yan before, and he was frightened by Yang Yan's child, and now he has made all the grass and trees." ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, he naturally didn't dare to argue with Wanyan Yungong, so he could only argue with Shuqi Gao Huqiang: "I'm not afraid of Yang Yan. Instead, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of troops of my Dajin, I have to be cautious. Moreover, Yang Yan used his own strength to protect half of the Great Song Dynasty, which was a fluke. If the Southern Song Dynasty didn't have him, the first emperor had already pacified Jiangnan for a long time, and he would have dared to underestimate Yang Yan if he didn't know what your achievements were. ”

Shuqi Gaohu was also said by Su Shi Lie Zhining, but he really couldn't come up with any convincing achievements, so he suddenly asked Su Shi Lenin, and he was a little annoyed and angry, and turned his head to Wan Yan Yungong and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is not talented, I am willing to lead the army to attack the Song army, fight to the death with Yang Yan, do not capture Yang Yan alive, and never come back to see Your Majesty." ”

For a period of time, the Jin army's march has also been very smooth, so Wan Yan Yungong was in a good mood, waved his hand, and said: "You don't need to say it anymore, Su Shi Lieqing, I know your intentions, but if you are too cautious, it is easy to miss the fighter." Shu Qiqing, your courage is commendable, I am also very happy, don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future, let's retreat first! ”

The two glanced at each other, and they were a little unconvinced, but the emperor had no choice but to retreat.

Originally, Wanyan Yungong planned to continue the march the next day, but at this time, it was snowing heavily, and the Jin army could not advance for a while, so he could only temporarily stop in Hongzhou.

But the one who scatters the loyalty but the heart is another matter. His duty is mainly responsible for the logistics of the entire army, because the Jin army is in a hurry, the time to prepare is not enough, but first, the situation in Western Xia at that time is very critical, and I am afraid it will be too late to send troops. Therefore, when the troops were dispatched, they only gathered the number of people, as well as the armor and weapons of the soldiers. Other material preparations were not in place.

But after entering the territory of Western Xia, although the Jin army's march was relatively smooth, and the army carried some grain and grass, so there was no shortage of food for the time being, but the tents were seriously insufficient, at least one-third of the soldiers did not have tents, but this was not a big problem, and other soldiers could be squeezed temporarily, and the gap in cotton clothes and felt was even greater, and almost all of them were not prepared. A small number of soldiers brought their own from home, but the vast majority did not.

And after entering the Western Xia, the temperature plummeted, the lack of cotton clothes and felt of the golden soldiers is naturally cold, because people are walking around during the day, to be better, when it comes to the night to rest can be bitter, Wanyan Yungong and other generals are okay, generally have a room to live, even to the tent have a brazier for heating, and there are quilts, cotton clothes. Ordinary soldiers are thin in armor, and they shiver with cold when they sleep at night, so they can only huddle together with each other to keep their bodies warm.

Although the Jin soldiers have lived in the north for a long time and are accustomed to the cold winter, they can't stand it now. When the Jin army arrived in Hongzhou, there were already two or three thousand frostbitten people in the whole army.

Fusan Zhongyi has long been concerned about this, and along the way, when the Song army evacuated, they emptied all the grain and grass materials in the treasury, even if they couldn't move it, they also lit a fire and burned it all. Jin Jun got nothing.

Fusan Zhongyi also thought about mobilizing some materials from the people of Western Xia to temporarily relieve the urgent need, but although the Song army did not clear the wilderness and moved all the people of Western Xia away when they withdrew, before evacuating, they purchased a large amount of grain, cloth, cotton, felt, ginger, pepper and other things from the people, and almost wiped out the remaining materials in the hands of the people of Western Xia.

After the Jin army came, although some were also collected, for the more than 200,000 troops, it was almost equivalent to a drop in the bucket, and it was useless. And when the heavy snow came, the number of frostbite in the Jin army also soared, reaching more than 5,000 at once. More than two to three hundred people froze to death.

At this time, he also felt that the incident was serious, and if he waited for the supply of the country, he would have to wait until at least a month later, and he would not know how many soldiers would be frostbitten by then. Therefore, Fusan Zhongyi immediately reported to Wanyan Yungong, and immediately gathered the generals to discuss the method.

Faced with such a dilemma, the generals of the Jin army were also helpless, but Shuqi Gaohu said: "Your Majesty, this matter is easy to do, we sent troops this time to rescue Western Xia." The people of Western Xia should also have something to say, so it can be ordered that the people of Western Xia must pay a cotton coat and a piece of felt to our Jin army, if not, they will be severely punished. ”

Wanyan Yungong nodded and said, "This is a good way, Fu Sanqing, Su Shi Lieqing, what do you two think?" ”

Fusan Zhongyi and Fushi Lie Zhining glanced at each other, and the idea of Shuqi Gaohu was actually equivalent to a robbery, and they both felt that something was wrong, but there was no other way, so they could only agree.