Faced with the fire burning all over the city, the Xia army in this Suzhou city was completely chaotic; Several lieutenant generals came to Xu He's side and reported: "The general is not good, there is a fire burning around the entire Suzhou City, and the Song army has also sent a large number of crossbowmen to block the four city gates.
Xu He knelt on the ground and shouted: "Lord Wang, the last general is sorry for you, I'm afraid that this 100,000 army will be buried in the hands of the last general."
After Xu He finished speaking, he pulled out the sword he was going to see and was about to wipe his neck, but the generals hurriedly stepped forward to stop Xu He and said, "General, you can't die, what should you do if you die, brother?"
The voice did not fall only to hear the sound of "boom", the sky was cloudy, and then the downpour of buoy, buoy, heaval came down, touching the rain dripping on his face, Xu He Yangtian laughed and said: "Ha, ha, Ha Tian will not kill me, brothers go to the city to prepare for war, this is God helping us" The raindrops were so large that the originally burning fire was quickly extinguished, and most of the Xia soldiers were lucky enough to pick up a life; In the great array of the Southern Song Dynasty army in Suzhou City, Zhang Dian Yangtian let the rain wet himself, and the resentful Zhang Dian Yangtian roared angrily: "God is unfair, God can't help the thief to stop the Song, is it that God wants to kill my Great Song?"
After roaring angrily, Zhang Dian "poof" highlighted a mouthful of blood, and the generals hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Dian, and the generals asked Zhang Dian: "Dashuai, what should we do next?"
"Ben Shuai still has more than 200,000 troops, and the herald army must attack the city and kill the main force of this Xia army as soon as possible," Zhang Dian roared angrily.
After shouting at Zhang Dun, he fainted, and General Song immediately ordered: "The commander of the army, attack the city" With an order, the Song army blocked the entire Suzhou siege, and then began to attack the city from all sides; In Suzhou City, Xu He said to the surviving 70,000 Xia army soldiers: "Brothers, the Song army is going to kill us all, fortunately, God helped us put out the fire today, brothers want to get out of here alive, we have to break this road with the Song army, in order for us to get out of here alive, brothers go to the city to fight, kill" "Kill, kill, kill" It is already very difficult to attack the city in the pouring rain, but because of the rain, bows and arrows and firearms cannot be used, and it is understandable that firearms cannot be used, but why can't this bow and arrow be used First: because the rain is too big, the range and accuracy of the bow and crossbow are seriously impressed; Second: the bow and crossbow are mostly wooden, once it is rained, it is easy to crack, and the bowstring is also easy to break, so when it rains, both sides will avoid fighting, and if they have to fight, they are also hand-to-hand.
Because there is no cover of bows and crossbows, the Song army attacks very hard, although the Xia army does not have bows and crossbows, but the Xia army defending the city can throw a large number of thunder stones on the head of the east city, and in addition, the rain is relatively slippery, many Song soldiers who use the ladder to climb the city slipped to the ground and fell to the ground directly to death; The Song army attacked from the afternoon to the evening, and in just two hours, the Song army lost tens of thousands of people.
After dark, the Song army left part of the army to guard the four gates of the city of Suzhou, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were withdrawn to the Song army camp on the north bank of the canal, when the Song army withdrew, the heavy rain had stopped, and Xu He, who was guarding the south gate, immediately ordered: "Order the Huotou army, give the boiled ginger soup water to the brothers, and let the brothers take turns to go down to change their clothes, this day is too cold, it is easy to get sick." ” "Yes, I'll do it."
When defending the city, Xu He sent people to prepare these, so the Xia soldiers quickly took turns to change into dry clothes, and also raised a fire on the city wall to keep warm; As for the wood used to burn the fire, if you directly pick up the houses in the city, you will have everything, and now there is no one in this Suzhou city except for the Xia army soldiers who are less than 70,000 people.
The Song army outside the city was not so lucky, originally according to Zhang Dan's plan was to ignite a fire in Suzhou City an hour later, the army crossed the Henan River and retreated to the south bank camp, so the Song army did not camp on the north bank, this camp was just set up by the Song soldiers in the heavy rain, because there were not many military tents, many ordinary Song soldiers could only stay outside; In addition to the dampness of the ground, the Song soldiers lacked firewood, so after the battle, the Song soldiers had to look for firewood hungry everywhere, and those who did not want to go could only eat cold and cold water.
The camp of the Song army, inside the big tent of the Chinese army.
General Song asked the military doctor: "How is the condition of the marshal?"
"Dashuai is just in a hurry, just rest and recuperate for a few days."
"Got it, you go down first" After the medic left, a Song army general said, "What should we do next?"
"Of course, it is to carry out the military order of the marshal and wipe out all the Xia troops in Suzhou City."
"Can we compare with them, look at our soldiers, they have been fighting for a day, and now they can only eat cold food and cold water, and they are still wearing wet clothes, when this cold wind blows, the brothers have to fall ill, how can this battle be fought" "That" "Okay, don't make any noise, after dawn, the army will cross the river and go south."
"However, there is no military order from the commander" "Except for something, General Ben is on the shoulder."
In the early morning of the next day, the Song army began to cross the river to the south in an orderly manner; Everything can be clearly seen on the south gate of Suzhou City, and the guard general said to Xu He: "General, the Song army is crossing the river to the south, if we give him a moment at this time, we will definitely be able to catch the Song army by surprise." ” "To the general, they killed so many of our brothers, you can't just let them go for nothing and fight with them."
"Although your Song army is evacuating, it is still in an orderly manner, if we attack like this, I am afraid we will not be able to take advantage of it."
"It doesn't matter if you can't take advantage, killing one is enough, killing two earns one; General, just let us go."
Under the repeated prayers of the generals, Xu He finally made up his mind: "Order the army to come out and attack from the two flanks of the Song army, the defenders on the two wings of the Song army are relatively weak, and it is suitable for us to attack." ” "Obedience" Under the command of Xu He, 70,000 Xia troops swooped towards the Song army like a tiger out of the cage, yesterday they were able to survive the fire, that was a great luck, and the enemy who wanted to treat them and die was in front of them, of course they couldn't swallow this breath, so in the hatred of the Xia army broke out with strong combat effectiveness, not afraid of life and death at all, as the saying goes, the scared and afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal afraid of the death of the Xia army, the Song army is afraid.
Originally, after yesterday's battle, the morale of the Song army was low, and after yesterday it froze overnight, most of these Song soldiers who were lucky not to die of illness were still sick, after all, the Song soldiers were not iron-clad, so as soon as the two armies fought, all this was revealed, although the Song army was in a complete queue, it was not fought at all, that is, it was just a good look.
In this battle, the Xia army suffered very little losses, but the Song army suffered heavy losses, most of the Song army officers and soldiers were directly captured by Xu He, and more than 50,000 people were captured by Xu He alone, of course, the main force of the Song army was successfully withdrawn to the south bank of the canal.
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