In the south of the canal, the large camp on the south bank of the Song army, more than 100,000 Song troops are all stationed here, because yesterday in the heavy rain for a day, and frozen all night, and today by the Xia army raid, so the Song army camp is not only demoralized, but also there are many wounded and sick soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Song army has been greatly reduced.
In the back tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Dian had already woken up, and several Song army generals were surrounding Zhang Dian in front of him.
He asked the crowd, "Where are we now?"
"Marshal, our army is now stationed in the camp on the south bank."
"How much did our army lose in strength?"
"My lord, you better recuperate in peace, and we'll talk about this later."
"Ben Shuai asked you how much you lost," Zhang asked angrily.
"The loss of more than 70,000 soldiers and horses in our army now has only 130,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them are wounded and sick soldiers, and the combat strength has been greatly reduced."
"Poof" Zhang Dian spurted out another mouthful of blood; The generals hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Dan and shouted: "Big handsome, big handsome" Zhang Dian waved his hand and said, "Explain what happened clearly."
When he learned this, he asked the crowd, "What do you think?"
"Marshal, the last general thought that our army should go south quickly, but now the army's heart is unstable, and there is not much grain and grass in the army, and most of the grain and grass of our army are in Qi County; Only when we arrived in Qi County were we able to regroup. ” "Qi County, Qi County" Zhang Dian muttered in his mouth, and then asked; "There were cavalry when the Xia army attacked yesterday" "Marshal, the Xia army is mainly foot soldiers, and I haven't seen many cavalry."
"If the big thing is not good, order the army to withdraw immediately" On the other hand, Li De, the king of Liang, led 35,000 elite cavalry, crossed the canal directly in Yongcheng and went south, and then led the army all the way east to Qi County to kill, but at this time Li De's cavalry was still at least a day's journey from Qi County.
"Lord Wang, the road ahead is muddy, which has seriously affected the speed of our army, and the war horse is already tired, why don't you get off the horse first and let the brothers rest."
"No, yesterday's heavy rain has delayed our trip, and the herald army is ordered to advance eastward quickly, and we must ambush at the predetermined position before the Song army withdraws to Qi County."
It turned out that Li De had already planned to let Xu He lead an army of 100,000 to pretend to be the main force of the Xia army to attack Suzhou, resulting in the appearance of dragging the Song army in Suzhou, and then he led 35,000 elite cavalry to secretly turn eastward and ambush the Song army on the road to the south, directly catching the Song army by surprise, and the Song army was in a hurry to evacuate, and it was very likely that the Song army would be wiped out.
After another day, the Xia army finally arrived at the predetermined place, and not long after Li De led the Xia army to ambush it, he saw a Song army passing through here and moving south; Seeing this scene, the corners of Li De's mouth rose slightly and ordered: "The herald ordered the Song army to attack immediately after more than half of it." ” "Obey the orders of the prince" After more than half of the Song army, Li De ordered: "Kill me" 35,000 elite cavalry were killed immediately, and the soldiers of the Song army turned around and ran away without resistance, but Li De soon found that something was wrong, because the number of Song troops was too small, and there were only 10,000 people; Li De immediately figured it out, patted his brain and said angrily: "It's bad, we were fooled." ” "Fooled, what did we do," General Xia asked puzzled.
"This is a suspicious soldier assigned to us by Zhang Dan, and I'm afraid the main force of the Song army has already run away."
"Lord Wang, it seems that the south side is on fire."
One pointed to the south and said loudly; "It looks like it's in the direction of Qi County."
"Give the order to withdraw the troops" "Lord Wang, are we just withdrawing and no longer pursuing the Song army."
Li De said to everyone: "The Song army has withdrawn to the east, the fire in Qi County is the best proof, if this king is not wrong, Qi County must be the place where the Xia army is stockpiled, and now the Song army is going to withdraw, these grains and grass naturally cannot be taken away; Now it's too late to pursue. ” After killing the remnants of the Song army, Li De led the army to retreat north; And the Song army did not go east along the canal as Li De said, Zhang Dian woke up and had already seen through Li De's plan, so Zhang Dian decided to plan and ambush Li De's cavalry, it was impossible, what Zhang Dian wanted to do was to bring the more than 100,000 troops under his command back to Daohuainan safely; So Zhang Dian first ordered the army to march east along the canal, and then turned south to bypass the ambush circle of the Xia army, and at the same time ordered the soldiers and horses left in Qi County to set a fire in the city, pretending to self-immolate grain and grass to make Li De think that he had given up the nearest way back to the south.
Things turned out to be as Zhang Dian expected, Li De was fooled, led the army back to Suzhou, afterwards Li De knew that he regretted that he must not have hit the wall with his head, but no matter what he said, it was too late now, Zhang Dian finally led the main force of the 130,000 Song army, plus 20,000 troops stationed in various parts of Huaibei, a total of 150,000 troops safely withdrew to the south of the Huai River; On the other hand, the 100,000 Song army led by Zeng Bu was replenished and began to withdraw from Suqian; Both armies easily withdrew to Huainan.
After the Song army returned to Huainan, it immediately deployed along the south bank of the Huai River to prevent Li Dexia's army from taking advantage of the situation to cross the Huai River, and at the same time, under the authorization of Song Emperor Zhao Xu, the Song army once again began large-scale recruitment, and the strength of the Song army was quickly restored, and with this group of veterans who came back from the battlefield, the combat power of the Song army began to gradually improve.
After the Song army withdrew, Li De, the king of Liang, did not take advantage of the situation to attack Huainan, but led the army to retreat to the north of the canal, that is to say, the Xia army gave up a large number of territories between the canal and the Huai River, and this area became a buffer zone between the Xia and Song armies, and the first game of the Xia and Song dynasties on the Huaibei battlefield was basically over.
The battle on the Huaibei battlefield is over, but the war on the Jiangnan battlefield is in full swing, first of all, the battle of Dongsha Island has officially begun, after the first round of confrontation, the Xia and Song armies have their own victories and defeats, in general, the Xia army still occupies a slight advantage, but with Li Bao led the main warship of the Jiangnan Naval Division of the Great Song Dynasty to Xisha Island, the advantage of the Xia army is not only gone, but also in a great disadvantage.
"General, the main force of the Jiangnan Naval Division led by the Song general Li Bao has arrived, the total number of warships of the Song army is about seven hundred and fifty, and the number of warships of our army is less than three hundred and fifty, the Song army is more than twice as many as ours in terms of warships and troops, and the Song army is good at water warfare, and is familiar with the water conditions of the Yangtze River, my army is probably not an opponent."
Feng Frame said to the general: "In any case, we will block the warships of the Song army in the Yangtze River, and the general has already asked the prince for help, and the prince has sent three hundred warships from the command of General Zhou Tao to reinforce them, and they will arrive in two days; In these two days, no matter how much it costs, it is necessary to block the offensive of the Song army. ” "Obey the order, and the last will go down and arrange" The camp of the Song Army Naval Division on Xisha Island.
Li Bao summoned the generals of the Navy Division and said: "Generals, now that the war in the south of the Yangtze River is eroding, Your Majesty's anger has made the key to the southern war of the army lie in the water war, if the water battle is victorious, our army can block the coast and swallow this Xia army in one bite, if the water battle is defeated, the Xia army and the water division can drive along the Yangtze River straight into Jiangning, and then my Great Song Dynasty may be in danger of losing the country; Ben Shuai tells you that His Majesty has secretly returned to Beijing and personally led the army eastward, and your Great Song Dynasty is here to fight for life and death, and Ben Shuai is here to ask everyone."
After Li Bao finished speaking, he bowed to the generals; The generals returned the salute and said: "I will defend the Great Song Dynasty to the death" The third is more presented, three days a day is more tired, and I am more sleepy: