Chapter 1 Yuncheng
When the big guy was hungry, he took out the big cake from his bosom and chewed and swallowed it with the rain falling from the sky, and by the way, he also took out some pickles and took a bite, just dealt with a meal, and no one complained, and even some people laughed and joked that the march was comfortable this day, at least it didn't feel so hot, and by the way, they could take a bath, nothing more comfortable than marching like this, which caused a lot of laughter. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info 40,000 Song troops walked in the rain for a whole day, stunned to step on such mud, marched nearly fifty miles, after dark, stopped, set up a tent and began to rest, even if the body is muddy and water, I can't care so much, many people immediately fell asleep as soon as they lay down, it can be seen that they are not light.
For such a marching speed, Gao Huaiyuan is very satisfied, in the past, even if the weather is good, the army will not be able to go thirty miles, but now the Song army is not the same as before, even in such bad weather, they are still greatly beyond the speed of the previous new army, as for why there is such a change, in fact, everyone understands it in their hearts...
The soldiers can rest, but the officers can not rest, after the officers set up camp, there are still many things to do, arrange the sentry staff, arrange the food supply, send scouts to investigate, etc., Gao Huaiyuan also led some senior officers, to the battalions to inspect, to visit the sick soldiers, until late at night to gather in the big tent.
As soon as he sat down, Meng Heng said to Gao Huaiyuan: "Dashuai, the scouts in front have rushed back overnight, this place is only less than twenty miles away from Yuncheng, and the Jin army has stationed heavy troops in the area of Yuncheng, intending to defend Rushui and block our army in the area on the south bank of the river...
But fortunately, in this heavy rain, the Jin army did not send scouts, and now they don't know that we have advanced here! Tomorrow at noon we should be able to reach the Rushui River. Gao Huaiyuan smiled and said, "It seems that this rain is not a bad thing for us, but it has helped us a lot!" ”
"Handsome! If the rain doesn't stop tomorrow, our artillery will be useless for fear of things, and this rain is so evil that it can't be fired at all! A lieutenant named Liu Song stood up and said to Gao Huaiyuan.
Another officer also stood up and said: "Marshal, the situation of the cavalry is the same, in such weather, the cavalry cannot be deployed, which is very unfavorable for our army!" Otherwise, how about we stop here for two days, wait for the rain to stop, and then attack Yuncheng? ”
"Don't worry about this, we can't pin our hopes of victory on the Shenwei cannon, the same is true for the cavalry, our cavalry can't be deployed, and the enemy army can't move like us, the one who sits in Yuncheng is Wanyan Chen, his most powerful is also the cavalry, for us it is the time for our infantry to give full play to its advantages, don't hesitate, tomorrow morning we will immediately rush to Yuncheng, break through Rushui, as long as we take Rushui, Xuzhou will be under our soldiers!" Gao Huaiyuan immediately instructed the generals in the account...
Seeing that Gao Huaiyuan's mind had been decided, Meng Heng and the others didn't say anything more, Gao Huaiyuan's entourage immediately presented the battle plan they formulated, Gao Huaiyuan nodded his satisfaction after seeing it, and only slightly adjusted his subordinates...
The day has just dawned, although the heavy rain has not stopped, but the rain has been significantly reduced a lot, the Song army camp immediately became lively, a team of Song troops once again stepped on the mud towards the direction of Yuncheng, behind them there was a full-time baggage team to collect tents, loaded on the car and advance with the army, everything was carried out in an orderly manner under the dispatch of the officers, and soon tens of thousands of Song troops embarked on the journey again. Wanyan Chen monk got up early in the morning, braved the rain and walked on the city wall of Yuncheng, looking into the gray distance through the rain curtain, this rain made him a little more relaxed, judging from the news sent back by the scouts two days ago, the Song army will definitely be delayed on the road for some time because of this heavy rain, so it will buy them more time for the Jin army.
This damn Yuncheng is really not a suitable place to garrison, the city wall here has basically been repaired for many years, so that the city wall in many places has cracked, and even the city wall in the southeast corner collapsed last year, but because the finance of the Jin State is really stretched, the local officials can't come up with the money to repair the city wall, plus no one realizes that this place will become an important place to guard in the future, so let the county town of Yuncheng be broken...
It wasn't until a few days ago that Monk Wanyan Chen led the army to arrive here, and he began to gather people to forcibly recruit people to repair the city wall, but if he wanted to repair the city wall of Yuncheng in such a short time, it was impossible, at most, he used a sack to fill the soil and build up the collapsed section of the city wall, so as to maintain the integrity of the entire city wall.
After Monk Wanyan Chen inspected the city wall, he couldn't help but be a little worried, the city wall was under this heavy rain, cracks appeared in many places, and they came from Xuzhou in a hurry, and the things guarded were not sufficient, not to mention the troops, in addition to the three thousand loyal and filial piety troops of the monk Wanyan Chen's headquarters, Wanyan Heda only allocated him three thousand more generals, and nine thousand people wanted to stop the Song army's 50,000 troops. How many troops are there? Didn't you still hold out for only half a month under the onslaught of the Song army?
Let him use this amount of strength to capture Yuncheng, even if he has three heads and nine arms, I am afraid he will not be able to complete this task. Fortunately, this rain helped him a little, and after the heavy rain, the water began to skyrocket, and the Song army wanted to cross the river, I am afraid it would be much more difficult...
After Monk Yan Chen walked around the city, he was faintly a little uneasy, this heavy rain made him unable to get the news of the Song army, whether the Song army was in a hurry in the rain, he didn't know, the scouts had been sent out last night, but they didn't come back to reply to the message until now, don't think about the bastards as soon as they go out of the city, they must find a place to sleep in the rain.
After thinking for a while, Monk Wanyan Chen got off the city wall, immediately summoned the generals, and issued an order that everyone didn't quite understand.
"The whole army drove out of Yuncheng, abandoned Yuncheng, and stationed on the north bank of the river!"
After listening to Monk Yan Chen's orders, his subordinates immediately began to oppose it.
"Your Excellency! The marshal ordered us to defend Yuncheng to the death, why do you want to give up Yuncheng now? Wouldn't this be against the orders of the commander? What's more, it is raining heavily now, and when we go out of the city now, we will all get drenched in the rain, and we can't let the soldiers stand in the rain when we get to the north bank of the river! Anyway, there is still a shelter in the city, but once you get out of the city, let's ......" a general immediately objected to the order of Monk Wanyan Chen...
"No need to say more! Will not be subject to military orders abroad! I always feel a little uneasy, the Song army will not stop moving forward because of this rain, and everyone in Yuncheng has also seen that there is no danger to defend here, the Song army is far more powerful than our army, once the soldiers reach the city, we will be trapped in the city!
We can only retreat to the north bank first, as long as we hold Rushui, then the Song army will not be able to cross north, we can still hold on for some time, waiting for the reinforcements of the marshal, don't say more, set off now, before noon, the whole army must cross the river and assemble on the north bank! Make no mistake! Monk Wanyan Chen didn't wait for the deputy general to finish speaking, so he interrupted him impatiently and said loudly...
As soon as the generals heard that Monk Yan Chen had made a decision, they also knew that Monk Yan Chen sometimes had a very intuitive feeling about the battlefield, although they didn't quite believe that the Song army would rush to Yuncheng in such weather, but it was not very safe to stay here, the last battle of Qingyang Mansion, they won a big victory with fewer blows, that can only be said to be a fluke, in this case, they don't think that they can repeat the results of the battle of Qingyang Mansion, and defeat so many Song troops with fewer blows.
It's uncomfortable to go to the North Shore, but it's better than waiting to die here! So the Jin army in the city, under the command of the monk Wanyan Chen, still began to go out of the city and cross the river from the temporary pontoon bridge...
The common people in Yuncheng watched with fear as the Jin army in the city marched towards the outside of the city, and they couldn't figure out what they were going to do, so the rich people in the city went to Monk Yan Chen and asked them what they were going to do.
But soon these people were driven back, and Monk Wanyan Chen only told them that this was a military plane, and the idle people couldn't wait to ask.
But the civilians in the city quickly figured out that the Jin army had abandoned Yuncheng and was going to retreat to the north bank of Rushui, and suddenly the city was in chaos, and the adults scolded the children for crying, and scolded the Jin army for having no conscience, and actually left them at this time.
Some rich people pondered that this is not a way, so they hurriedly began to clean up the soft, ready to stop the rain, then also left the city, ran to the countryside to find a place to avoid the limelight first, during this time they also heard that the Song army is advancing in the direction of Yuncheng, maybe when it will arrive in Yuncheng, although the Song army will not slaughter the city, but the army is in chaos, no one dares to guarantee that the Song army will not be arson and robbery, this kind of thing is more time to fight, so the Jin army withdrew, and the city was in chaos.
Seeing that the Jin army was still retreating towards the north bank of the river in the rain, and the city was also shouting in chaos, the Jin army had just left the city, and some ruffians in the city began to take advantage of the chaos to loot.
No one noticed the scattered cavalry in the rain curtain in the distance, stopping to look at Yuncheng through the rain curtain.
"The Jin army is retreating towards the north bank of the river, and they have abandoned Yuncheng! Hurry up and return the handsome! Let's go! One of the scout captains, after putting down his binoculars, immediately turned his horse's head and turned around and galloped south.
The horses' hooves splashed on the muddy water on the road, and the people and horses were covered with mud soup, pouring like a natural protective color, and their figures could not be seen in the rain from afar.
"Quick! Speed up! Be sure to get to Yuncheng before noon, and work hard, brothers! Don't embarrass our Jiankang Army! Hurry up! Throw away the useless things on your body first, and there is a luggage team behind to pack up and move forward lightly!! Li Xiaotian stood on a mound of dirt, his feet covered with mud, his beard wet and dripping, but he was very excited and shouted loudly at the soldiers who passed in front of him.
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