When the Xia army was busy carrying grain and grass on the seaside, the Song army began to secretly assemble and launched an operation; Inside the camp of the Song army in the Daimyo's mansion.
Zhao Yan stood on the school platform and looked at the 400,000 troops gathered in the school field, this is the most elite army under Zhao Yan's command, Zhao Yan pulled out his sword and said to the soldiers of the whole army: "Brothers, since the beginning of the Song and Xia wars, we have been defeated and retreated repeatedly, and we can only rely on the defense of the fortified city, but the king of Japan has decided that we will launch a counteroffensive and take the initiative to attack the Xia army; Hereby the king proclaims three military orders: first, those who do not obey the order, behead; the second is not the former, chop; Thirdly, we retreated privately, and in this battle, we must recover our homeland and avenge our dead brothers. ” "Revenge, revenge, revenge" "Zhao Qun listened to the order and ordered you to lead the 150,000 army to Liyang to join the General of the Seed Master Dao, and you can come back after all the 150,000 troops are handed over to the commander of the General of the Seed Master Dao."
Zhao Yan ordered.
"Yes, the last general commands" "The remaining 250,000 troops will be personally commanded by this king to attack Qingshui City."
"Swear to follow the king, swear to follow the king" "Expedition" At the same time as Zhao Yan sent troops, Zhang Miao stationed in Julu City and the seed master Dao stationed in Xingyang also sent troops, Zhang Miao's soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to the east to surround the camp of the Xia army, all the way to the south to Xing, Xu, Ci, Xiang and other states, and the seed master Dao also in addition to leaving a part of the soldiers and horses to guard against the Xia army in the west, the rest of the whole north to Liyang ready to take over the 150,000 troops sent by Zhao Qun, after the two armies converged, the northern expedition, and Zhang Miao to attack on both sides, open up the connection between the giant deer and the daimyo in the rear.
Qingshui City, inside the camp of the Xia Army.
A general hurriedly ran to Yang Shousu and said, "Report, report, report, report, sentry cavalry to investigate, there are 300,000 Song troops coming straight to our Qingshui City."
"Of these, 50,000 were drawn from Guanshi and Guantao.
"What" Yang Shousu said in shock: "Who is in command of the Song army, and where is it now?"
"Lord Yu, the Song army is personally commanded by Zhao Xu, the king of Zhao, and now it has passed Guanshi City."
"The herald ordered the army to go to the city at once and prepare for battle, and no one should attack without the order of his own officer; In addition, General Yanshu came to see the official."
"Yes, sir."
Soon Yan Shu came to Yang Shousu's big tent; After Yan Shu came in, he said to Yang Shousu: "My lord, the general already knows the situation. ” "Then what do you suggest?"
asked Yang Shousu.
"The last general suggested sending troops out of the city to meet the battle, and take the initiative to attack, as long as it can hit the Song army hard, the Song army will retreat."
Yan Shu suggested to Yang Shousu.
"No, that's too risky."
Yang Shousu said: "General Yan, our army has limited strength, and we can't attack at will, once Qing Shui is lost, we have no way to explain to the prince." ” "But the walls of Qingshui City have not yet been built, how to defend it, without two efforts, the Song army will attack the city."
Yan Shu said to Yang Shousu: "Our army is all cavalry, and it can't exert its power in the city at all, and the Song army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and this city can't be defended at all."
Yang Shousu thought for a while and said: "Today, the Song army should not attack the city when it arrives, but camp outside the city to rest, so that we still have one night; General Yan, you led 20,000 soldiers, and built the city with sandbags and mud tonight, watering it on the side; It's the middle of winter and it's cold, so won't an ice city be erected after dawn?"
Yan Shu was overjoyed when he heard this: "My lord is wise, and the general will do it." ” Outside the city, Zhao Yan personally led the army to Qingshui City, after all, and set up camp ten miles south of Qingshui City; A Song general reported to Zhao Yuyu: "Lord Wang, do we want our army to encircle Qingshui City. ” "No need, the Xia army doesn't have many troops in Qingshui."
Zhao Yan said; "And the outer city of Qingshui City has not been fully built, there are loopholes everywhere, our army is now resting outside the city for a night today, so that the brothers can rest well and attack the city tomorrow."
"Yes, the last general commands" In the early morning of the next day, when Zhao Yan came to the north gate of Qingshui City, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, only to see a tall city wall in front of Zhao Yan and Song Jun, and ice slag could still be vaguely seen on the city wall; Zhao Yan frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on, where did Xia Jun come from such a fortified city." ” "General, the walls of this city are about eight zhang high, and our ladder is only six zhang, so we can't reach it at all," General Song said.
"Tell the crossbowmen to release their arrows."
Zhao Yan issued a military order.
"Crossbowman Releases Arrows" Tens of thousands of arrow feathers came straight to Qingshui City, and the arrow feathers set up on the city wall made a bang, bang, bang sound, except for a part of the city gate, all the remaining arrows fell, and none of them could be plugged in; Except for a little ice slag, the rest of the city wall is intact, and the solidity of this ice city wall is not worse than that built by bluestone, or even much stronger.
Yan Shu stood on the city wall, looked down at the Song army outside the city and shouted: "Zhao Yan, you deceive me that the army is not enough to build a city, you open your eyes and see, a strong city will fall from the sky overnight; It can be seen that the Mandate of Heaven helps Xia and not Song, you better surrender as soon as possible."
"Spread the king's general order, the army will attack the city," Zhao Yan was very angry and gave a military order.
Zhao Yan gave an order, and all the soldiers of the Xia army rushed forward without their lives, but even if they did not order the attack of the Song army, it was in vain except for wasting troops in vain, and the other had no effect at all, after losing thousands of troops, Zhao Yan could only reluctantly retreat to his own camp.
Although Zhao Yan's attack was frustrated, the attack of the Song army on other fronts was very smooth, especially the army led by Chongshi Dao attacked all the way north after the division in Liyang, because the Xia army's forces were very scattered, it was caught off guard by the Song army; The lands south of the giant deer were lost one after another.
Outside Julu City, the camp of the Xia army has been besieged, and Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, has been in a hurry, and beside Li Bingchang is Zhu Xu, the real commander of this 100,000-strong army; Zhu Xu said to Li Bingchang: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, can you stop turning, even if you turn again, it will be useless, our army has been surrounded by others." ” "Then what do you say we should do next, are we just waiting here," Li Bingchang asked Zhu Xu.
"Don't do it, wait for what you can do," Zhu Xu said; "The 300,000 Song troops outside our camp surrounded us like iron buckets, and not even a bird could fly in, and now what we have to do is to hold on and wait for help."
"But we don't know what's going on outside, and the grain and grass are about to run out, will we wait here to die when the time comes" Li Bingchang roared angrily: "This king orders you to immediately lead the army to break through the siege, and set off now." ” "I'm sorry, His Royal Highness King Jin, please forgive me for not being able to carry out your military orders."
Zhu Xu said to Li Bingchang: "Come and protect His Royal Highness King Jin." ” "Zhu Xu, do you want to rebel, and dare not obey the orders of this king."
Li Bingchang said angrily.
But Zhu Xu still ignored Li Bingchang, Zhu Xu's top bosses were Li Qing, the king of Yan, and Li Ke, the king of Changshan, and Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, was only a temporary cooperation.
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