5. Capture Hongxian

Early the next morning, the Song army besieged Bai Yanjing's reinforcements as planned.

Bai Yanjing is also a battle-hardened person. Of course, he knew the truth of besieging the city and sending reinforcements. He also received the news of the defeat of the Jin army at Mawendian and the death of Puchatu Mu. The top priority now is to rush to Hongxian as soon as possible, join up with Da Zhouren in the city, keep Hongxian, and wait for the arrival of the army of Fushi Lie Zhining.

Therefore, Bai Yanjing ordered not to entangle with the Song army, and quickly marched to Hongxian. And Lize, who was on the left flank of the Song army, Wang Quan on the right flank, and Zuo Shiyuan, who blocked the back road of the Jin soldiers, also maintained an unhurried situation, just holding other routes and preventing Bai Yanjing's troops from escaping in other directions. However, Bai Yanjing never thought of escaping in other directions. Therefore, the smooth journey made Bai Yanjing himself unable to believe it, and he arrived in front of the east gate of Hongxian County.

Shao Hongyuan and Zhang Zigai, who had already been guarding the edge of Hongxian County, intercepted Bai Yanjing under the city of Hongxian County, and the Song army and the Jin army fought again.

At this time, Da Zhou Ren in Hongxian County had long been looking forward to the arrival of Bai Yanjing's reinforcements. After yesterday's battle, there are now less than 3,000 Jin soldiers and Tiefutu in the city who can fight. He didn't know how many tower cars the Song army still had. If the Song army had another siege battle on the scale of yesterday, it would probably not work if they still wanted to rely on Tiefutu to attack the Song army like yesterday. First, the Song army will definitely be tired, and second, there are only more than 400 people left in Tiefutu. In this way, Hongxian County really can't hold it.

Therefore, as soon as he received the news of reinforcements, Da Zhouren was also looking forward to the early arrival of reinforcements, but at the same time, he was afraid that the reinforcements would be wiped out by the Song army before they arrived. Therefore, they were also ready to support: let Tiefutu be ready to go, but the strength of Tiefutu was insufficient, and the only more than 500 cavalry in the city was also ready. Da Zhouren thought to himself: 5,000 people, even if only half of them can enter Hongxian County, it is good.

Therefore, as soon as Da Zhouren saw that Bai Yanjing's reinforcements were surrounded by the Song army, he immediately opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge, and sent Wudai to lead the cavalry that had been prepared long ago out of the city to respond.

Uday led more than a thousand cavalry, Tiefutu in front, and ordinary cavalry in the rear, killing the Song army. The encirclement of the Song army was immediately rushed open under the impact of Tiefutu, and the receiving army of Udai and the reinforcements of Bai Yanjing converged in one place, forming a situation where the Song soldiers surrounded the Jin soldiers on three sides, and only the side near the city gate was not surrounded.

Uday saw Bai Yanjing and said, "Lord Bai, hurry up and enter the city." ”

Bai Yanjing nodded and immediately ordered, and the left and right flanks maintained a good formation. Block the Song army, prevent the Song army from cutting off the retreat, and then order the rear army to advance into the city. He had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knew that the more he was at this time, the more important it was to maintain a good formation and scatter into the city in turn. There must be no hurry, otherwise everyone will rush into the city, and there will be chaos, but if you want to hurry, you will not be able to reach it.

Then Bai Yanjing ordered Wu Dai to take Tiefutu to the head and attack the Song army, so that the Song army did not dare to push too far.

After receiving the order, Uday rushed towards the Song army with Tiefutu. As soon as the Song army and Tiefutu came into contact, they retreated one after another, and the other Jin soldiers saw that Tiefutu had beaten the Song soldiers and retreated again and again, and they also followed Tiefutu to pursue the Song army, and beat the Song army back dozens of steps in one go. At this time, Wudai had some doubts in his heart, although he was fully confident in the impact of Tiefutu, but the performance of the Song army seemed to be too vulnerable, and he retreated backwards without even making contact, and even the infantry of the Jin soldiers were running to pursue the Song army. And there is also the Song general who killed Puchatu Mu and attacked the city tower yesterday to capture the banner of the Jin Army. That Song general is there, didn't he go to war? How could there be no him on such an important battlefield?

Shao Hongyuan nodded with satisfaction to Zhang Zigai, and under their dispatch, the formation of the golden soldiers began to disperse unconsciously.

At this time, Zhang Zigai said: "Shao Dutong, you should be able to start, otherwise after a while, the Jin people should find out." ”

Shao Hongyuan nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Drumming." ”

The drums sounded loudly, and the two hundred cowhide drums were sounded together, which was Yang Yan's assault signal.

The sound of the drum also alarmed Bai Yanjing. "It's not good, our army's position has been stretched too wide, and it should be recycled." Bai Yanjing was about to go down to Mingjin, when suddenly a group of Song troops came out on the left flank. Led by the Song generals, green horses, scale armor, and spears. The guns are like the wind. Wherever the gun hit, the golden soldier fell to the ground like mowing grass. Even compared with the Tiefutu Army, it is not as good as it.

"Yesterday's Song General is here again."

Yang Yan's bravery has left a deep impression in Jin Bing's mind. Bai Yanjing's army didn't know him, but the receiving army that came out of the city had all seen Yang Yan's bravery. The left flank of the Jin soldiers was immediately routed.

Yang Yan waved the spear in his hand, and each shot would definitely bring out a string of blood mist, and Jin Bing and Jin Jiang would continue to fall on both sides of Yang Yan. He was followed by three hundred cavalry, closely following behind Yang Yan. The cavalry was followed by three hundred infantry and one hundred archers, like a sharp wedge, penetrating unstoppably from the left side of the Jin army.

If there is an iron float at this time, it may be able to block Yang Yan's impact. It's a pity that at this time, Tiefu Tuji was cleverly led out dozens of zhang away by the Song soldiers, and in the middle, he was blocked by the Jin soldiers themselves, and in his eagerness, he didn't have time to return to help.

"Block, block, you must block Song Jun." Bai Yanjing was so anxious that he shouted on his horse, he knew that if he didn't block this Song army, he would definitely mess up his own formation by being so chaotic in his own formation. But Bai Yanjing's heart did not happen, this Song army, which penetrated from the left flank of the Jin army, did not rush in the Jin army's formation, but directly killed the rear of the Jin army, that is, the drawbridge in Hongxian.

"Not good." Bai Yanjing came back to his senses at this time, and he finally understood, "It turns out that the purpose of the Song army at the beginning was not to eliminate his support army, but to seize the city gate by taking advantage of the chaos when his own reinforcements entered the city. ”

"Quick, quick, stop them." It's a pity that at this time, the Jin army, which was retreating towards Hongxian County, was completely unable to rush to defense, and could not stop the Song army at all. Yang Yan's war horse had already stepped on the drawbridge, and the retreating Jin soldiers were immediately in chaos, some were driven off the drawbridge by the Song soldiers, and some ran forward desperately, trying to squeeze into the city gate.

The Great Zhou Ren of the city tower could see clearly, and the goal of the Song army was to take advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate. "Quick, close the gates." Da Zhouren hurriedly ordered the soldiers who were defending the city today.

"But, my lord, Lord Bai, they are still fighting the Song army outside the city."

"I can't care so much, if the Song army seizes the city gate, Hongxian will be finished." Da Zhouren yelled at the soldiers, "Close the city gate quickly." ”

But at this time, the Jin soldiers who returned to the army had already been in chaos, and they rushed into the city one after another, but they blocked the city gate, and they couldn't close it for a while.

"Big brother, hurry, Jin Bing is closing the city gate." Cao Xun, who was at the entrance of the city cave, shouted at Yang Yan, who was still fighting on the suspension bridge.

Yang Yan looked up and saw that half of the city gate had been closed, and half of it was slowly closing. Immediately said: "Cao Xun, you guard the drawbridge, and I will go to grab the city gate." As he spoke, he urged Hai Dongqing to rush towards the city gate.

The gate is still three feet away from closing.

The spear in Yang Yan's hand with fierce energy picked out the golden soldiers who blocked the way one by one, and more than a dozen Song soldiers followed closely behind him.

Two feet.

But there were a lot of golden soldiers outside the city gate, and Yang Yan couldn't rush to the city gate for a while.

One foot.

Seeing that the gates of the city were about to be closed. Through the narrow crack in the door, one can see that a golden soldier has lifted a thick door bolt.

Yang Yan let out a long roar, and the spear in his hand flew away with a cold light, and just as the city gate was about to close, it was sown in the crack of the door and stuck at the city gate. The gates were not completely closed at once.

At the same time as the spear flew out, Yang Yan jumped up from Hai Dongqing's back, used all his strength, and slapped his palms towards the city gate.

There was a sound of "boom", and the Jin soldiers who pushed the door felt a shock all over their bodies. The city gate that was about to close Long was finally shaken open by Yang Yan's blow two feet away. At this time, the Song army had killed the Jin soldiers outside the gate, rushed to the city gate, and headed to the city gate. The Jin soldiers and Song soldiers competed at the same time, and they would not be able to hold it for a while.

When Yang Yan saw it, he raised his luck again, and slapped three palms at the city gate.

"Smack, smack, smack." Three sounds, after each sound, the city gate was shaken open a little, and the Song army outside the gate gradually increased, and the city gate was finally slowly pushed open.

Three, four, five. Yang Yan pulled out the "Blue Blood Shines on Danqing" and led several Song troops to break through the gradually expanding city gate. The green light flashed, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Yanji cut down four or five golden soldiers who pushed the door, and the Song soldiers continued to pour in. The city gates of Hongxian County were finally opened by the Song army. Then the cavalry of the Song army also rushed over, and the Jin soldiers could not resist and retreated. The Song soldiers finally captured the city gates.

At this time, Yang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and finally took down the city gate.

At this time, a Song soldier shouted: "Command, the suspension bridge, the golden soldiers are pulling the suspension bridge." ”

Yang Yan looked back and saw that the drawbridge was more than three feet high by the golden soldiers. There were only a few dozen people around him, and the other Song soldiers were on the other side of the suspension bridge. Although the water of the moat was drained, the riverbed was more than one person deep, and it was not so easy for people to come through. What's more, if the Jin soldiers pulled up the suspension bridge, it would be no less than erecting another city gate, and it would be difficult for the Song soldiers on the other side of the moat to support them. It was impossible for these dozens of people to hold the city gates. The effort to capture the gates was in vain.

Yang Yan immediately said: "You guys hold here, I'll go to the suspension bridge." As he spoke, he picked up a spear, jumped into Haidongqing, and ran towards the suspension bridge.

At this time, Cao Xunji jumped off his horse and grabbed the edge of the drawbridge with seven or eight Song soldiers, and competed with the Jin soldiers who pulled the drawbridge in the city. Other Song soldiers were fighting with the Jin soldiers by the moat.

Suddenly, an arrow flew from the city and shot a Song soldier who was holding a drawbridge. The Song soldiers were one less, and the drawbridge rose more than a foot upward. Immediately, two more Song soldiers grabbed the edge of the drawbridge in desperation, pulled down with all their might, and immediately pressed the drawbridge more than half a foot.

At this time, a golden soldier pierced a Song soldier who was grabbing a drawbridge with a single shot, and the bloody tip of the spear was exposed from Song Bing's chest. Although the Song soldiers died, they still clung to the drawbridge. The golden soldier drew his spear and stabbed at Cao Xun again.

At this time, Yang Yan had already rushed onto the suspension bridge, and when he saw Cao Xun in danger, he immediately threw the spear in his hand and pierced the golden soldier in the chest. With a wave of his hand, he pulled out the "Blue Blood Zhao Danqing" and used all his strength to slash at the iron chain on the left.

With a "click", the thick iron chain at the mouth of the teapot broke in response. Immediately after, Yang Yan slashed the iron chain on the right with another sword.

There was a loud bang, and the suspension bridge fell, splashing a cloud of dust, and it couldn't be pulled up.

The Song army cheered and rushed across the suspension bridge.

"Succeeded" Shao Hongyuan was overjoyed. Seeing that Yang Yan's assault team finally succeeded in occupying the city gate and suspension bridge, victory was in sight. If it weren't for the horses, I could barely help but dance with my hands.

"Shao Dutong, let's attack in an all-out way, and if we disperse the Jin soldiers outside the city, we will be able to attack Hongxian." Zhang Zigai couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.

Shao Hongyuan nodded and said, "Yes, all-out attack." ”

Shao Shiyong led the remaining 3,000 Song soldiers into battle. The Song soldiers began an all-out offensive. The Jin soldiers outside the city were forced to shrink their formations and resist desperately. For a while, the Song army could not attack.

In the city, Da Zhou Ren also ordered the Jin soldiers in the city to recapture the city gate and drawbridge no matter what. The golden soldiers in the city rushed to the city gate. The Jin soldiers outside the city desperately resisted the Song army on the one hand, and also attacked the drawbridge on the other.

The city gate hole of Hongxian County is more than one zhang wide, about three zhang long, and the total length of the suspension bridge is about six or seven zhang. The Song army was guarded in the narrow city gate, and the advantage of the Jin soldiers in numbers could not be used. On the contrary, the terrain is conducive to the Song army to defend the city gate. Swords and spears, swords and shields, glittered and rattled. Blood spurted out of the sliced flesh, staining the earth red.

Every moment there is death, and the ground is littered with corpses and blood.

In terms of short-handed combat, the combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers is not necessarily stronger than that of the Song soldiers, and the terrain is favorable, so although the Jin soldiers launched round after round of crazy attacks, they could not attack the city cave one step at a time. Far more Jin soldiers died than Song soldiers. At this time, Da Zhouren couldn't help but regret greatly, he shouldn't have sent all the cavalry out of the city, if Tiefutu was there, relying on Tiefutu's strong impact, he would definitely be able to recapture the city gate.

At this time, Bai Yanjing outside the city also knew that the situation was not good. There were far fewer people outside the city than the Song army, and it was only because of the shrinking formation that they were temporarily not defeated by the Song army. But if the Song army that seized the city gate is not eliminated as soon as possible and the city gate is recaptured, I am afraid that Hongxian County will really not be able to keep it.

Bai Yanjing turned his head and suddenly saw Uday beside him. The strength of Tiefutu lies in the fierce impact of the attack, in this kind of hand-to-hand combat where there is no room for sprints and can only be hand-to-hand, Tiefutu's heavy iron armor has become a huge and heavy burden. Therefore, since the Jin soldiers' formation contracted to defend, Uday led Tiefu Tusa back to Bai Yanjing's side and was no longer in battle.

Bai Yanjing's heart moved, and he immediately ordered: "Uday, you take Tiefutu to grab the city gate, you must snatch the city gate back." ”

Uday said: "Order." Immediately shouted at Tiefutu: "Come with me and take back the city gates." ”

"Lord Commander, the floating map is here." Song Bing had already seen it and immediately told Yang Yan.

Yang Yan was commanding the Song army in the middle of the city gate cave, and when he heard the words, he looked back, and sure enough, Tie Futu was like a black dragon, rushing towards the suspension bridge. Yang Yan immediately called Cao Xun: "Cao Xun, you must bring people to guard the city gate, and I will block Tiefutu." ”

Cao Xun said: "Big brother, don't worry, the city gate will be handed over to me, you have to be careful." ”

Yang Yan said to the remaining dozen cavalrymen: "Follow me and guard the drawbridge." ”

The suspension bridge is about three zhang long and one zhang wide. There could be three or four horses walking side by side, Yang Yan took the lead and rushed onto the suspension bridge, and the spear in his hand drew a ray of light, penetrating the body of Tie Futu who rushed to the front. Without a single snort, the dead black-armored cavalry was picked up by the spear and slammed into the cavalry behind, who rolled off their saddles and fell into the dry moat.

The war horse that had lost its knight raised its forelimbs high, and in the neighing of the war horse, Yang Yan's spear swung again, knocking the third knight off the horse. Almost in the blink of an eye, Yang Yan hit three Tiefu diagrams in a row.

Uday, who is the captain of Tiefutu, is by no means a cowardly person. But at this time, I couldn't help but feel an unbeatable fear, and I lost the courage to step forward and challenge. It's too strong, there is such a strong general in the Song army. ”

The brave Tie Futu looked so vulnerable in front of Yang Yan. Every shot of Yang Yan was bound to fall a person, and no one could block Yang Yan's blow. Under the leadership of Yang Yan, the Song army, which had always been despised by the Jin soldiers, also fought to the death, and for a while, even Tiefutu could not take a step forward. The two sides scuffled on the drawbridge, and the golden soldiers on the city coffin did not dare to fire arrows indiscriminately, so as not to injure their own people by mistake.

The seventh Tiefutu fell from his horse, and the blood-stained spear pierced the heavy armor of the eighth Tiefutu with fierce energy. The black-armored cavalry, who had been pierced by the spear, suddenly clung to the spear and did not let go. At this time, two other Tiefutu's spears stabbed at Yang Yan.

Yang Yan had no choice but to let go of the spear, leaned back, and dodged Jin Bing's spear. Hai Dongqing let out a long hiss, raised his forelimbs high, and Yang Yan did a backflip, jumped off the horse, fell down the suspension bridge, and "choked" out "Blue blood shines on Danqing".

"Blue Blood Shines Danqing" is a sword given to Yang Yan by Yang Yizhong, although it is extremely sharp, but it is shorter in the end, and it is not suitable for combat on horses, so every time Yang Yan uses "Blue Blood Shine Danqing", he always dismounts to fight.

At this time, an iron floating figure saw Yang Yan fall off his horse, thinking that he had an opportunity, and immediately raised his spear and stabbed Yang Yan. Yang Yan's body flashed, dodged the spear, raised his hand and sword, and cut off the forelimbs of the war horse, the war horse fell to the ground with a wail, and the knight who fell off the horse was trampled by the hooves of the horses on both sides of Song and Jin, and let out a terrible howl. Splashing blood adds to the heat of the air.

The width of the drawbridge is limited, Tiefutu can't all be put into battle together, so he can only rush up the drawbridge in a row of three or four horses, Yang Yan holds the "Blue Blood Zhao Danqing" and leads the Song soldiers to be firmly on the drawbridge, and the horses continue to fall to the ground, neighing in grief, and throwing the knight off his back. The spear pierced the shield, the sword pierced the stomach of the armor, and blood spurted from the wound. Roars and screams mingled, blood fell on top of it, and corpses overlapped on top of each other, forming a bloody scuffle.

Outside the city, on the suspension bridge, in the city gate hole, inside the city, there were all kinds of scuffles.

At this time, Shao Hongyuan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and the Song army launched several attacks in a row, but they couldn't break through the iron cylinder array of the Jin army, and the victory was within reach, but it was always a little bit away, and it couldn't be held in his hands for a long time. He drew his sword and slashed in the air, dancing with his hands, and shouting, "Rush, rush, kill into the city." ”

Zhang Zigai gently pulled him to the side. Only then did Shao Hongyuan realize that he was a little out of shape and stopped. Zhang Zigai said: "Shao Dutong, I see the time, give an order." ”

Shao Hongyuan looked at the battlefield again, it was still a scuffle that could not be held, and finally nodded and said loudly: "Light a cigarette." ”

Yang Yan stabbed the Tiefu diagram that got up from the ground with a wave of "Blue Blood Shines on Danqing", this was the ninth or tenth wave of attacks, Yang Yan himself couldn't remember. Although the number of Jin troops outside the city was greatly reduced at this time, the resistance of the Jin soldiers was surprisingly stoic, and the Song army was still unable to disperse the Jin soldiers. And the Jin soldiers tried their best to recapture the city gate. The 700 Song troops who followed him to attack the city gate were less than 200 people left at this time, and they were still fighting bloodily. On the suspension bridge, in the moat, in the city gate hole, inside the city, outside the city, the corpses of Song soldiers, Jin soldiers, and war horses were piled up, and the air was filled with the choking smell of blood.

Bai Yanjing gritted his teeth, still commanding the Jin army to desperately resist the attack of the Song army outside the city. There were only more than 2,000 people left of the 5,000 men and horses he brought, and he also personally killed two hundred households who were unfavorable in battle, and finally blocked the Song army. But how long can he withstand it, Bai Yanjing has no bottom in his heart. What kind of army is the Song army that occupied the city gate, even Tiefutu can't help them, you must know that except for the Yuejia army back then, Tiefutu has never lost.

Da Zhou Ren at the head of the city was also so anxious that he had already transferred all the remaining Jin soldiers in the city to the east city gate, and launched a tide-like attack on the city gate hole, but it was this short distance of three or four zhang, more than 300 people had been lost, but he couldn't attack it. However, he also saw that the number of Song soldiers who captured the city gate was not much, and he only hoped that the Jin soldiers outside the city could hold out for a while, and wait for him to finish destroying the Song army in the city gate cave. However, he also saw that there were not many golden soldiers outside the city. Now it will be up to which side can hold out longer.

At this moment, suddenly a Jin soldier staggered up the city tower in a panic and came to Da Zhou Ren's side: "My lord, my lord, something is wrong, the Song army has entered the city." ”

"What? Did the Song army enter the city? Da Zhouren was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" How did Song Jun get in? ”

"Simon, it's Simon. The Song army attacked from the west gate. ”

Da Zhouren's heart "buzzed": it turned out that the Song army was still ambushing a group of men and horses in Xicheng. He looked from the top of the city, and sure enough, a group of Song troops had been killed on the street to the west.

"It's over, Hongxian is lost." This is Da Zhouren's last thought.

It turned out that after the Song army made today's battle plan, Zhang Zigai suddenly thought that if he ambushed a group of men and horses in the west of the city, if the battle in the east city could not last, he would definitely attract all the troops of the Jin soldiers, and then the ambush soldiers in the west of the city could take advantage of the situation.

Shao Hongyuan also felt that this idea of attacking the east and the west was good, so he ordered Li Yanfu, the commander of the right army, to lead the army to ambush in the west of the city, and wait for the cigarette to be raised. Sure enough, just when the war in the east of the city was at a stalemate, Shao Hongyuan sent a signal that Li Yanfu came out of the west city, opened the city gate easily, and entered Hongxian.

Cao Xun was leading the Song army in the city gate cave and resisting the attack of the Jin soldiers, and suddenly felt the pressure relaxed, only to see that the Jin soldiers were no longer attacking, but retreated. When I was looking, I saw that the rear of the Jin army was in chaos, and a member of the Song army, a black armor, a black horse, and a long-handled battle axe led a Song army and killed it from the back of the Jin army.

That Song general was very brave, and every time the battle axe was swung, a golden soldier would inevitably fall to the ground, and his black armor stomach was already covered with blood. In the blink of an eye, the Jin soldiers had been killed, and the Song army was led through the city gate hole, killing out of the city to support the Song army outside the city.

At this time, Cao Xun ran up to the suspension bridge, found Yang Yan, and said, "Big brother, we won." ”

Yang Yan was completely relieved at this time, and suddenly felt that his whole body collapsed and his limbs were weak. Inserted the "Blue Blood Shine Danqing" on the ground, supported his body, and said, "It's really not easy!" Finally captured Hongxian. ”

Cao Xun put one hand on Yang Yan's shoulder, held the spear in his hand in the other, and raised his arms with the remaining commandos of less than 100 people and shouted: "Win, we win." ”

At this time, Bai Yanjing, who was fighting fiercely with the Song army outside the city, finally knew that the general trend was gone, even if Sun Wu was resurrected, Bai Qi would have no power to return to heaven while he was alive. immediately made a decision, and together with Uday, he opened a bloody path and fled. Da Zhouren was trapped in the city, unable to break through, and eventually killed himself.

Hongxian was finally captured by the Song army.

At this time, Yang Yan couldn't care about the blood stains all over the ground, and sat on the suspension bridge, panting heavily. Cao Xun also sat down beside Yang Yan. Said: "Big brother, today's battle is much more fierce than the battle in the Horse Wing Shop that day!" But I don't feel that uncomfortable anymore, and I don't think it's progress. ”

Yang Yan smiled bitterly: "This is probably like what Commander Wang said, we are probably getting used to it more and more." ”

The rest of the Song army also did their best, all covered in blood, and they didn't know whether it was their own blood or the blood of the enemy. Those who sit and lie down, are powerless to attack the Jin soldiers. Cao Xun looked at these Song soldiers, whose spirits were completely relaxed, and said, "Big brother, at this time, if the Jin soldiers come back again, we will be all finished." ”

Yang Yan was about to speak, when he saw a member of the Song generals running over on horseback. It was the brave general who wielded the long-handled battle axe, and at this time he was also covered in blood, but it seemed that the fine sleeves were much better than Yang Yan and their people. He came to the drawbridge, turned over and dismounted, came to Yang Yan's side, and bowed his hand: "May I ask if Your Excellency is Yang Commander?" ”

Yang Yan sat on the suspension bridge, and also arched his hand and said: "Down there is Yang Yan, and now he is the acting commander of the Beiwei Army." But I really don't have the strength to stand up, so I can only sit and talk, and I beg your pardon, I don't know the general's surname. ”

The Song general also laughed heartily and took off his helmet, it turned out that he was not very old, twenty-three or fourteen years old. Said: "I met again in Xiabi, and I was the commander of the right army." ”

Yang Yan said: "Oh! It turned out to be Commander Bi. I don't think I've seen you before? ”

Bi Zaiyu said: "I came with Zhang Dutong below." What are you called Yang Changpeng and Yang Tong? ”

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise: "It's my cousin, how can Commander Bi know him?" But he thought in his heart, how could he ask Yang Changpeng, could it be that he also knew his identity?

Bi Zaiyu said with a smile: "That's right, Zai Xia and Yang Changpeng are students of Shangwu Academy in the same year. In the past, they also stayed in the Ezhou Imperial Garrison on Jinghu Road for a year, and then they were transferred. But at that time, I often heard Brother Changpeng mention the Yang system. ”

Yang Yan suddenly became stunned and said with a smile: "In this way, everyone is still a student, and Commander Bi is still our senior." ”

Cao Xun also interjected on the side: "Yes! In this way, everyone is not an outsider, but they are very close. ”

Bi Zaiyu said: "I don't dare to stop it, I heard Brother Changpeng say that Yang's martial arts are outstanding, and the day before yesterday, I saw that the commander showed his might in the city, what Brother Fang Xin Changpeng said was true, and I admired it in my heart at that time." ”

Yang Yan sighed: "Commander Bi talked too much, what kind of great might, almost lost his life, now I think about it, I am still a little afraid?" ”

Cao Xun also said: "That's it, that is, if I hadn't protected my eldest brother with two shields in the end that day, you would have hung up long ago, so eldest brother, I saved your life, so you have to divide half of the credit with me, and I will also reward you...... Ouch, don't kick my big brother. ”

With a "bang", he was kicked off the suspension bridge by Yang Yan and fell into the dry moat.

Bi Zaiyu was also caused to laugh, pointing to the corpse of the Jin soldier on the suspension bridge and said, "Is this the iron floating map of the Jin people?" ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, how about it." ”

Bi Zaiyu said: "I often heard my father mention how the Jin people's iron floating map is so strong, and I wanted to meet them early in the morning, but unfortunately when they pursued the Jin army just now, they only cared about escaping and had a response. However, I heard that Yang Tong broke Tiefutu in the battle of Ma Wengdian, and today another person is alone to block Tiefu Tu to guard the suspension bridge, what does Yang Tong think of Tiefutu's battle? ”

Yang Yan sighed: "What a big break of the iron floating map, it's just a blessing." If it weren't for the fact that Puchatu Mu rushed to the front too rashly in the first battle of Mawengdian, he was killed by me by luck, leaving the Jin army leaderless, the whole army in chaos, and the outcome is still difficult to decide. Today is just a narrow place on the suspension bridge, and the iron float can't be killed together, otherwise how can I stop it alone? ”

Bi Zaiyu nodded and said, "I often heard my father say how he defeated Tiefutu in the battle of Yuncheng back then, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to personally understand how powerful Tiefutu is. ”

Yang Yan asked, "The Battle of Yuncheng?" That was commanded by Yue Wumu back then. Commander Bi's order is ......"

Bi Zaiyu said proudly: "My father served in front of Yue Shaobao's account back then, and participated in the battle of Yuncheng with his old man. ”

When Yang Yan heard this, he asked again, "Has Commander Bi ever seen Yue Wumu?" ”

Bi Zaiyu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "When he was born, Yue Shaobao returned to heaven, and he really didn't have the opportunity to see his old man. He sighed.

Yang Yan calculated that Yue Fei had been dead for twenty-six years, and Bi Zaiyu was probably born one or two years after Yue Fei's death.

At this time, a herald ran over: "Shao Du has an order, and all the soldiers should return to their own team and enter the city in full gear." ”

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After a hard battle, the Song army finally captured Hongxian. In the whole campaign, the Jin army and the reinforcements had a total of 15,000 men and horses to participate in the battle, but less than 2,000 people fled, and the guards of Hong County, Pucha Tumu, Da Zhouren, 14 people from 1,000 households, 79 people from 100 households, more than 2,000 people were captured, and the Song army received more than 600 horses.

The Song army fought with 28,000 men, more than 5,000 killed and nearly 3,000 wounded. Commanders Liu Yanqing and Chen Jin were killed. Shao Hongyuan expressed Yang Yan's first place in the good news, and explained in detail Yang Yan's achievements in killing Puchatu Mu, kicking the city to capture the flag, offering advice, and breaking through the city gate.

On another front, Li Xianzhong also captured Suzhou with Jingjing. It turned out that long before Li Xianzhong sent troops, Yu Gongliang, a staff general of the Chinese army, proposed to send 300 people to pretend to be ordinary people and infiltrate Suzhou City. When Li Xianzhong attacked Suzhou, the Song soldiers who mixed into the city set fire to the city to create chaos. Yu Gongliang was also named the first by Li Xianzhong.

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Two days after the Song army entered Hongxian, all the administration in the city was taken over by the Song army, and the order in the city was gradually restored, and people gradually moved around the streets and alleys, and some trading shops were opened.

On this day, Yang Yan also put on civilian clothes and walked alone in the city.

The scale of Hongxian County is not large, the streets are not very wide, there are no horse roads and tracks, the houses are mostly earthen embryos, and most of the brick houses were demolished by the Jin army to defend the city.

Yang Yan was wandering around, when he suddenly heard a shout from the right: "Help!" Robbery! ”

Yang Yan frowned, and quickly turned into the street on the right, only to see five or six people Song Bing walking out of a small hotel, all with red faces, obviously having drunk a lot of wine. The person in front of him was holding a few cooked chickens in one hand and a wine jar in the other, and said with a smile: "It's enough for everyone to eat when they go back." ”

The one behind grabbed a few strings of copper coins in his hand, and scolded in his mouth: "I've been looking for a long time, but it's not enough money, how can there be some poor ghosts in Hongxian County." ”

There were also two Song soldiers in the store, who were pulling a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl out of the store, the girl was so frightened that she cried "wow", and an old man in his sixties followed out from behind, crying and scolding: "You thieves who are killed by heaven here, don't say anything for nothing, you want to rob my granddaughter, and there is no royal law on the right." ”

A Song soldier grabbed the old man and said: "Old man, you know each other, Lao Tzu is the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has worked hard to defeat the golden dog, shouldn't he comfort Lao Tzu?" ”

Song Bing, who was pulling the girl, also said: "That's it, you little girl doesn't know how many golden dogs you have slept with, what kind of fierce girl are you pretending!" A few Song soldiers laughed as they spoke.

The girl wailed and cried, and refused to go with Song Bing even if she died. The old man scolded: "You unconscionable things, even when the Jin soldiers were here, they didn't come so nonsense, what kind of Song soldiers are you, every day, are the troops of the Great Song Dynasty all of you who have no conscience?" If that's the case, it's better to let Jin Bing take care of this place! ”

A Song soldier was angry, grabbed the old man's chest, and said: "An old immortal, what are you talking about, dare to speak for the golden dog, you are too tired to live." ”

The old man said: "If you rob my granddaughter, I don't want to live, so you can just kill me." ”

The Song soldiers were furious: "Dead old man, don't you think Lao Tzu will dare to kill you?" Lao Tzu killing you is like stepping on an ant. As he spoke, he pulled out his waist knife and made a gesture to kill the old man.

The old man closed his eyes and stretched his neck to kill, and when the girl saw it, she cried even more fiercely.

Yang Yan was furious in his heart, and said sharply: "Stop, what are you going to do?" ”

Several Song soldiers were startled, but when they saw Yang Yan wearing civilian clothes, they thought that they were also the people in the city, so they didn't care anymore.

A Song soldier walked up to Yang Yan and said, "Mom, what kind of birdman are you, and you dare to take care of Lao Tzu's affairs." ”

Yang Yan said sharply: "You are the one of the army, how dare you capture the people and rob the people's daughters, there is no military law in your eyes." ”

The Song soldiers were annoyed and said angrily: "Military discipline, Lao Tzu will come to pray to you what military discipline is." As he spoke, he punched Yang Yan is fist.

As soon as Yang Yan stretched out his hand and grabbed his fist, Song Bing only felt that his hand was caught by a big tongs, and he couldn't pull it out. As soon as Yang Yan exerted his strength, Song Bing suddenly felt that the pain was cracking, and even his bones were "out of place".

Seeing that their companions had suffered a loss, the other Song soldiers immediately came up to help. Yang Yan grabbed the Song soldier with one hand, punched and kicked them, and the Song soldiers staggered and couldn't stand up.

Song Bing, whose fist was caught, couldn't help but feel pain, and said sadly: "Uncle, uncle, let go quickly, your bones will be broken." Help you, spare me. ”

Seeing that they couldn't defeat Yang Yan, the other Song soldiers threatened: "Do you know that we are the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty, and if you dare to offend us, you won't be able to eat and walk around." ”

Yang Yan snorted and said, "Are you still considered the army of the Great Song Dynasty?" You belong to that army. ”

Several Song soldiers looked at each other and couldn't answer. The Song soldiers, who were caught with a thousand fists, hurriedly said: "We are all from the left army." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, then take me to see your Zuo Commander." ”

Several Song soldiers were stunned for a moment, and one of them said, "Who are you, you want to see us in charge." ”

Yang Yan said: "I am Yang Yan, the acting commander of the Beiwei Army. ”

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Hongxian, county government.

This place is temporarily used as Shao Hongyuan's temporary marshal's mansion. At this time, Shao Hongyuan was discussing with his son Shao Shiyong and his confidant Li Shi.

It turned out that after Li Xianzhong captured Suzhou, he learned that Shao Hongyuan had also captured Hongxian, so he sent a letter to Shao Hongyuan, telling Shao Hongyuan that he had now found out that the left marshal of the Jin State, Su Shilie Zhining, led 50,000 horses to recapture Suzhou, and asked Shao Hongyuan to quickly settle the affairs of Hongxian County, and go to Suzhou to join forces with Li Xianzhong to jointly resist the attack of the Jin soldiers.

Shao Hongyuan threw the letter on the table, "snorted" and said: "Li Xianzhong has just made some contributions, and he doesn't know who he is, how dare he point fingers at me. ”

Shao Shiyong picked up the letter, read it and said indignantly: "Why did Li Xianzhong send a letter to let us go and join forces with him." When we went, we either had to listen to his dispatch, or we repelled the Jin soldiers, and the credit was all his. ”

Shao Hongshabu slapped the table and said: "What is Li Xianzhong, it's just good luck, he encountered the incompetence of the guards of Lingbi and Suzhou, so he was lucky to win, let him try to fight Hongxian, but I'm afraid he can't beat it until now." ”

In fact, although Li Xianzhong is not Shao Hongyuan's boss, his position is higher than Shao Hongyuan, and this time he captured Lingbi and Suzhou, and the credit is greater than Shao Hongyuan's, but Shao Hongyuan is jealous in his heart.

During the Song Dynasty, military generals were jealous of each other and did not cooperate with each other, and it was common for the Song army to be besieged by eight enemy troops, while the neighboring friendly troops ignored it. In addition, the military generals of the previous dynasties were very strict in their precautions, and the emperor and the ministers also acquiesced in the growth of this atmosphere.

When Yue Fei was appointed as a festival envoy at the age of thirty-two, although he made considerable military achievements, he still caused grievances among his colleagues Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and others. Fortunately, Yue Fei deliberately had a good relationship with these people, and after Ping Yang, he gave Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong a boat for each building, which finally made Han Shizhong change his attitude and become friends with Yue Fei. And Zhang Jun became more and more jealous, so he later collaborated with Qin Hui to kill Yue Fei.

Li Shidao: "Lord Dutong, don't be angry, let's not go to Suzhou, let Li Xianzhong and Jin Bing fight!" ”

Shao Hongyuan nodded and said, "Yes, let Li Xianzhong suffer a little, lest he pull out like this." But there must be a reason not to go to Suzhou, how to reply to the letter? ”

Li Shidao: "Lord Du Jia replied that our army had just captured Suzhou, the casualties were heavy, the men and horses were tired, and they needed to be repaired, and they would go to Suzhou after the repair was completed." ”

Shao Hongyuan laughed and said: "Good way, good way, Li joining the army is really a good idea." ”

At this time, a soldier came in and reported: "The back army is under the command of Yang Yan, and the left army is hanging Zuo Shiyuan, and he has something to ask to see Lord Dutong." ”

Note: According to the history of the Song Dynasty, Bi Zai Yu should be twenty-one years old in the third year of the main road (1167), and his age is changed to a few years older in the novel.

In addition, Bi Zaiyu's father, Bi Jin, was in Jianyan (1127-1130) from Yue Fei to guard the Eight Tombs, and then moved to Jiang and Huai. He did not participate in the Battle of Yancheng.