Chapter 1

South of Jiangzhou City, Jinming Village, Song army camp.

A strong north wind blew open the thick tent and poured into the central army's tent. The dry and cold air flow brought a biting chill, but the atmosphere in the tent was like boiling oil pouring on the fire.

A general who was so virtuous and roared, slapped the table and yelled: Four days ago, there was a fire in Changping Warehouse in Yunzhou. Why did he report it to the army today?

Return to the general.

The official came to report the news and bowed slightly, then straightened his waist and said with no humility and arrogance: Changping Cang caught fire at night on the 10th day of the first lunar month. The next day, the lower official escorted the grain to leave Yunzhou, heading straight into the army, and did not dare to stop for a while.

From Yunzhou to Lieshan, there are military stations along the way, and it takes more than 400 miles to reach for two days. You can arrive in one day!Military conditions are like fire, how can we delay it!

Xiaguan brought more than a thousand stones of grain, and the journey took place in six days and four days. I wonder where Xiaguan was wrong?

The official said quietly: The urgent foot delivery is for the imperial front. It can travel 500 miles a day, but the Shufu is still not allowed to hear it.Even if the general has an order, the subordinates dare not use it.

The general who spoke was Ge Huaimin, the commander of the right wing of the Long Guard Army. As a general of the imperial guards, there were only a dozen generals in the entire Song State with higher positions than him. The only one who came to report the news was a ninth-rank official in Yunzhou who was holding tea horses. However, he dared to confront him in person. He couldn't help but be even more angry and said loudly: "Hurry delivery is the purpose of military development!"You civil servants - Huaimin!

The coach Xia Yonghe, who was sitting in the top, stopped him and said to the civil servant with a happy look: It's hard to train the judging.Ah, please hold him to the back tent to rest.

The official bowed his hand and turned around and left the tent, ignoring the anger of the generals.Ge Huaimin punched the case hard, and a minor official!The military affairs of the imperial court were damaged by these civil officials!

No matter how small his official position is, he is also a civil servant!

Xia Yonghe said calmly: Do you want people to say you are domineering?

The tent became quiet for a moment. When General Di Qingdi entered the Privy Council from a border general and became the first military general. As a result, he asked himself to leave his post in less than half a year, and soon he became ill. After all, he was afraid of the word domineering and died of worry.

As for another truly domineering coach Yue, all the generals in the tent knew a little about the false charges...

Ge Huaimin breathed heavily and clasped his fists and said: Xia Shuai!The military's food and grass are used for less than three days. I thought the food and grass could be transported today. At present, there was a fire in the Changping Warehouse in Yunzhou. It would take at least half a month to raise the food and grass again. Even if the entire grain stored in the military station was transferred, it would not be enough for use.

Another general who was on par with him said: If the army reduces 30% of the food and mobilizes the troops to store grain, it will still be able to survive in half a month.I am afraid that the officials in Yunzhou will not raise food effectively and will delay the relocation period.

Xia Yonghe said: There is a Censor Teng who judges the matter of Yunzhou, so you don’t have to worry about raising grain.

There were four commanders of the wing commanders of the Long Guard Army, Ren Fu in the left wing, Ge Huaimin in the right wing, and Liu Ping in the left wing of the Japanese army. The one who just spoke to Shi Yuansun.

He and Ge Huaimin both sat in the lower head, and next to the coach, there was a chair with a man in brocade.

He slowly spoke: General Ren has been sending troops for two hours, but is there any news coming?

His voice is feminine, but he is a eunuch.

The eunuch looked pale, had a sleek chin without beards, and wore a flat crown with a purple marten tail hanging from the left and right sides of the crown. A golden marten was decorated in the middle, which was the noble in the palace called the big marten.

Although the civil officials and military generals in the State of Song did not like each other, they still resonated with the fact that they looked down on eunuchs.

However, the generals did not despise this eunuch at all.

The military supervisor Li Xian was the Da Diao Huo, the envoy of Jingfu Palace, who was the highest among the eunuchs.

Although he was a eunuch, he was on the horse and rushed to the border to surrender the enemy, and was proficient in finance. Now he sat in this position, he was made up for practical achievements.

Ge Huaimin said: General Ren brought eight armies, and even Jiangzhou was captured.

Shi Yuansun heard the dissatisfaction in his tone and smoothed out the situation: General Ren has been through a long battle formation. If there is any news, he will definitely send someone to come.However, the one shot and three sword arrows sent by General Ren just now were heartbreaking. He also asked the military supervisor to write a letter to ask the court to thoroughly investigate whether the Eight-Nuo Crossbow was really leaked to Jiangzhou.

Li Xian said lightly: This letter is of course to be put on.But although General Ren has strong troops, he is in the end alone.Since the bandits in Jiangzhou have Eight Niu Crossbows, they may not have no other backup plan.

He bowed and asked Xia Shuai to decide.

Cao Cong!Wang Zhongbao!

Xia Yonghe called the names of the two commanders of the army, and you each led your army to respond.

Both of these generals belonged to Liu Ping's Left Xiang Army. The main general Liu Ping died. The Peng Ri Left Xiang Army fell from the vanguard to the rear of the hall. These days, they could only be used as a traitor in building villages. Both of them thought that their battle in Jiangzhou would end and there would be no chance to make meritorious service.

Xia Shuai's order made the two excited, and they quickly got up and folded their fists, and they were ordered!

The north wind became more and more rapid, dark clouds gathered, and the sky became darker.Li Xian changed his seating posture, but his uneasiness increased.

Ren Fu sent troops for only two hours, and the distance would not exceed forty miles. If something happened, it would take less than half an hour for the elite cavalry in the camp to rescue.

Moreover, he led eight armies, nearly 20,000 elite troops. Even if the bandits in Jiangzhou came out in full, there might not be ten thousand.

No matter from which perspective, Ren Fu has no chance of losing.

But Li Xian still felt worried.

He looked at the main general sitting in the top. Although he was over 70 years old, Xia Shuai's waist and back were still straight, and there was no trace of happiness or anger on his face.

It wouldn't be a soldier in the Northern Palace, Li Xian came to this conclusion from Xia Shuai's expression.So where will the danger come from?

……

Forty miles north of Jiangzhou City, it is a good river.

The tragic war is coming to an end.It took only half an hour to deal with the four armies led by Ren Fu personally.However, facing the remnants of the Song army, which were less than two armies, unexpectedly fought a bad battle.

When they encountered Xingyue Lake Camp, the three armies of the Dragon Guard's Left Fang Army were united in one place, and the generals of the camp were concentrated around the main general.

Hou Xuan's surprise attack caused Wu Ying, commander of the Third Army, to be seriously injured, commander of the Seventh Army, to be killed in battle, and commander of the Yu Hou Li Jian and Zi Yun, commander of the Yu army, commander of Li Yuheng, Zheng Ye, Chen Tai, and Chen He...

The generals of the camps almost caught all in one go, destroying the command system of the two armies.

Seeing that the commander of the Second Army was defeated, Zhu Guan immediately led the headquarters to retreat.

Seeing that the more than 2,000 infantry of the Third Army and the 2,000 cavalry of the Seventh Army that had lost their commander were about to collapse, but there was a variable in the battlefield. An unknown civil servant followed the army and took on the heavy responsibility of command.

He used the cavalry of the Seventh Army to withstand the attack of the Xingyue Lake Camp, and then commanded the infantry of the Third Army to occupy the high ground and form a formation to defend itself.

The goal of this battle of Xingyue Lake Camp is very clear, and the focus is to defeat the opponent, not to annihilate it.The entire Xingyue Lake camp was dispatched, and with the mercenaries, there were only 3,000 people, and the opponents had eight armies, with nearly 20,000 people. The forces of both sides were 1 to 7. The annihilation war was neither possible nor necessary.Therefore, the final combat plan determined by Xingyue Lake Camp, based on Hou Xuan's original attack plan, incorporated the beheading operation proposed by Si Mingxin and Lu Jing and named Cheng Zongyang. It aims to break the formation and kill the generals, and severely defeat the morale of the Song army.

According to the people of Xingyue Lake, the command systems of these two armies no longer exist, and the dragons have no heads and can be defeated without much effort.

Therefore, after Hou Xuan broke the formation, he immediately took away his direct camp and joined forces with Meng Feiqing to attack Wang Gui of the Eighth Army.

The Dragon Guard's Left Fang Army gathered in a crowd of powerful generals, the most dazzling one was Wang Gui, the commander of the Eighth Army.

The powerful general who was able to compete with Xie Yi was the must-kill target in this battle. According to Xingyue Lake's estimate, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Army's First Army was even above two ordinary armies. Therefore, the people of Xingyue Lake did not regard these two Song troops, which had lost the command of the generals, as opponents, and suffered a great loss.

The Song army lost its generals and did not disintegrate, but instead adopted the tactic of cavalry charges under the command of the civil servant to gain time for the infantry formation.

In order to solve the cavalry of the Song army, Cui Mao, Wang Tao and Xiao Yaoyi jointly attacked. After several rounds, although the cavalry of the Song army was annihilated, the Song army infantry took the opportunity to form a strong formation.

The raid became a tough battle, revealing the weakness of the Xingyue Lake camp's insufficient troops.

In this battle of Haoshuichuan, Xingyue Lake Camp dispatched all eight battalions. After defeating the main force of the Song army led by Ren Fu, Meng Feiqing, Si Mingxin and Lu Jing led three battalions to attack Wang Gui's Eighth Army, and then Hou Xuan also led the direct battalion to participate in the war.

The remaining four battalions are Cheng Zongyang's first battalion, sixth battalion, and Cui Mao and Wang Tao's two battalions.

The first battalion, which originally belonged to Xie Yi, was better. Xiao Yaoyi's sixth battalion was dispersed and joined the Zuowu Army. There were heavy casualties in the Battle of the Grassland. Cui Mao and Wang Tao participated in the Battle of Sanchuankou. Most of the injured soldiers had not recovered yet, and their strength was greatly reduced.

Haoshuichuan is only more than thirty miles away from the Song army camp. With the escape of the defeated soldiers, the Song camp army may receive news of Ren Fu's defeat at any time, and there is not much time left for everyone.

Fortunately, the war is approaching, and the Song army opposite is also on the verge of despair.

The cavalry of the Seventh Army fought desperately in the gullies that were not suitable for galloping. There were only a few left after several rounds of attacks. What’s more important is that the Song army had only more than a thousand arrows. For an army that was good at bows and arrows, having no arrows was enough to fire.

An official wearing a green civil servant robe stood in front of the battle formation with a sword. Several enemy bandits broke through the formation several times, but were blocked by his commanded soldiers.

At this time, the situation of the battle was a little rest. He immediately ordered the soldiers to form a formation to defend, and the wounded soldiers dragged the dead horses to the front of the formation to form a barrier. While returning to the formation, he rewarded the soldiers who fought bravely one by one, stabilized the morale of the army and inspire morale.

Seeing Song Jun stabilize his position again, Xiao Yaoyi felt annoyed.

While he was storming the Song army's battle formation, he was entangled by several cavalrymen and shot in the thigh.

Cui Mao was shot by the divine arm bow while in Sanchuankou, but his injuries were not healed. Cheng was unfortunately hit by his own poison and sent to the rear to recuperate. Four battalion-level school officials were left, only Wang Tao was left to support the overall situation.

Xiao Yaoyi said annoyedly: Who is that grandson?

Wang Tao was in charge of the information about Xingyue Lake Camp and knew the officials of the Song army well. He was a grain supervisor named Geng Fu.

Xiao Yaoyi cursed: I'm just damn!What chaos does a civil servant who supervises food from behind cause?

Among the eight horses in Xingyue Lake, the bravest three are Tiansi Hou Xuan, Long Ji Xie Yi and Qing Zhi Cui Mao.

Hou Xuan's Xuanwu Spear is invincible, good at breaking the formation, and it is easy to take the general's head among the troops.

Xie Yi is the most resilient, good at fighting against strong, and he becomes braver the more he fights.

Cui Maoze is like a lonely wolf, accustomed to breaking into the formation alone and winning by fighting in chaos.

At this moment, he was covered in blood and sat cross-legged on the side and said: The Song army was defeated by command, and the soldiers were not invincible.Now that the cavalry has gone, I want to see how long the infantry of the Fourth Army can last!

Wu Ying, the commander of the Third Army, was stabbed to the side of the waist by Hou Xuan's Xuanwu spear. The wound was about a foot deep and he could not afford to be seriously injured and could no longer command the war.

But he witnessed the scene of the bandits hedging with the cavalry with his own eyes, which was really shocking.

The brute force of the bandits is unexpectedly fierce. Often, a team of less than ten people dares to confront the Song army head-on. Their agility and tactics are all the only ones I have seen in my life.

The main forces of those enemy bandits were mostly thirty years old bandits, and they were at their peak in both martial arts, tactics and experience.

Even in the most intense battles, they can avoid deadly attacks in time and save their lives, and each counterattack can make a Song army lose its combat effectiveness.

Although the Song army occupied the terrain and barely collapsed, as the cavalry of the Seventh Army was killed and injured, the infantry arrows were exhausted, and it was only a matter of time before the final failure.

Wu Ying asked his personal soldiers to invite Geng Fu. He leaned on the slope and solemnly bowed to the civil servant. The strong wind knew the strong grass. After a battle today, I knew Geng Jun!

Geng Fu has been commanding the battle on the front line, and his arms and thighs were injured, but he was not afraid at all. He laughed loudly and said: What a powerful soldier under the command of General Wu!

Wu Ying took a breath. Although Wu was a guest official, he was afraid that the origin of these bandits was not unusual...

Since the fight, the fierceness of this group of bandits is obvious to all. According to legend, King Wu Mu's personal army, Xingyue Lake camp, has become a tacit secret.

Geng Fu said: It’s just death.

Wu Ying sighed: As a military minister, Wu was killed by his king's salary.The king is a civil servant and has no military responsibility. He just follows the military to transport food and grass. He is trapped here. Why bother to die with Wu?

Geng Fudao: If you share your worries, why do you share your civil and military affairs?

As he said that, he bowed his hands and stole: Geng has made up his mind, so the general doesn't need to say much.

Wu Ying was not a person who was dragging the water. Seeing him say this, he ignored the wounds on his waist and laughed loudly: Wu is honored to be able to die with Geng Jun!

The two looked at each other and smiled, putting life and death aside.

Geng Fu turned around and drew out his sword and said loudly: The morale of the bandits has declined!Just support for another quarter of an hour. I support the troops of the Ri and Dragon Guards, and the bandits are unable to fly!Pass me the order!Beat the drum!

The drums rumbling, and the remaining soldiers of the Third Army of the Song Army shouted vigorously, Kill the thief!Kill the thief!

The Song army was condescending, with shield hands, knife hands, gunmen, archers... rows of layers were well formed, forming a tight formation, and even a mosquito might not be able to fly over.

On the hill opposite, Wang Tao took out the alarm clock and looked at the time. We had been delaying it for too long.This attack was fruitless and you must retreat immediately.

Xiao Yaoyi wished he could strangle the damn civil servant to death, and shouted with a tiger face: Monk Zang!

Zang Xiu took the lead, in!

Chop him!

Zang Xiu bit the sword horizontally in his mouth, split his hands, pulled open his military uniform, revealing his light golden body, and rushed towards the Song army without saying a word.

There were 1,200 people invested in four battalions here, but they fought a bad battle, and everyone felt that they were faceless.Whether it is a victory or defeat depends on whether this attack can defeat the opponent.

The Song army was also fighting hard, and their greatest confidence came from the six armies traveling with them, and the 100,000 majestic troops forty miles away.If you can support one more moment, you will have more hope of victory.

Looking at the opponent rushing towards him, the shouts of Song soldiers killing thieves became louder and louder, which not only gave him courage but also boosted the morale of his companions.

However, the enemy on the opposite side remained silent. Their queue formed a neat cone. The man at the front was naked, and his majestic body was shining like a metallic luster, just like the sharpest sharp blade on the fast knife.

Looking down from above the battlefield, the defending side made a tide-like battle cry, and the attacking side was silent, but it stabbed into the Song army's array like a sharp knife.

The blood immediately splattered, dyeing the yellow sand in the river red.

Zang Xiu's sword in his hand made a thunderous roar, forcing a bloody path from the Song army's formation.

His golden bell cover has reached its peak, and no matter whether it falls on his body, it will be shaken open.

In addition to the seriously injured chief general in the Third Army of the Dragon Guard, only a few of them were left in the highest military ranks. No one stopped the monk Zang who was so aggressive.

Geng Fuli and Zang Xiu were only more than ten steps, and the blood slashed from the thunder sword almost splashed on him.

Geng Fu was calm and had no intention of retreating. He stared at the enemy's mobilization and took advantage of the opportunity of the bandit's alone to command the soldiers to block the enemy behind him.

Wu Ying shouted reluctantly: Geng Jun!Eyeless swords and guns!

Geng Fu took a few more steps forward. Among the troops, his eyes and Zang Xiu collided with each other, as if a spark was splashed.

It’s not that Zang Xiu didn’t know that this civil servant was intentionally attracting his offensive, but what he wanted for this attack was his head, and even thousands of troops were passing by.

With a loud shout, the battle knife in the hand of the cultivator made a thunderous work. Several Song soldiers around him were shocked by the thunder, and they took a little slower action and immediately had their heads and heads apart.

Zang Xiujing's upper body was like a golden armored war god coming in blood, pointing directly at the civil servant.

Geng Fu stood with his sword and shouted when the bandit was only three steps away from him: Big axe!

More than ten sharply polished axe wheels slashed out from both sides at the same time and attacked Zang Xiu.

Zang Xiu's sword light was like lightning, making a series of thunder sounds, but he could not break the opponent's steel-made axe, and his offensive was immediately frustrated.

The essence of the Song army's weapons is nothing more than the divine arm bow and the big axe.

The Third Army did not have a Divine Arm Bow, but the big axe used was selected from the best. Regardless of the steel quality or weight, it was not comparable to ordinary heavy axes.

At this time, all the axe players attacked at the same time. Hundreds of big axes seemed to be a mecha monster covered with axe blades. They rolled forward. Although they failed to kill the bandit, they pushed him down the hillside bit by bit.

Seeing that this attack failed again, Xiao Yaoyi shouted: Sixth Brother!

Cui Mao bent his fingers and then said: No.

They were not without mobile troops. In addition to Zang Xiu, Du Yuansheng, Su Xiao and Xu Yong each had a company, and there were 300 mercenaries from the Snow Falcon Group, who had never been involved in the battle.

Qingzhou's mercenaries have always been famous, but since I learned that Shi Zhixiao secretly peeked at Yueshuang, both Meng Feiqing and Cheng Zongyang have been very wary of him.

This field battle brought out all the Snow Falcons, because they were worried that they had strange ambitions and would make trouble while the city was empty.

Until now, the Snow Falcon Mercenary Group is only responsible for defending and cleaning the battlefield on the periphery, and its strength is still preserved.

It is precisely because of this that they always keep three companies to guard against possible accidents.

Xiao Yaoyi wanted to take these three companies and the Xuexiao Mercenary Group together, and he made a desperate bet, but Cui Mao disagreed.

Xiao Yaoyi turned his head and said: Seventh Brother!

Wang Tao said: The purpose of this battle is to severely damage the left-wing army of Longwei. As long as Boss Meng can take down Wang Gui of the Eighth Army, even if he can't eat the Song army here, losing all the commanders will be like a broken bone.

Cui Mao said: If I were the surname Geng, how could you let you leave as soon as you say it?

The three of them were arguing, and a surprised voice suddenly came from behind. Why are you still fighting?

Xiao Yao turned around and was stunned at first, why did you get up?

A little injury is okay!

Cheng Zongyang's clothes were torn to pieces by barbed wire just now. He changed into a military uniform and was covered with a military cloak. If it weren't for the bruises on his face, he would have looked majestic.

Xiao Yaoyi didn't have to ask too much, you were just here!

He talked about the current situation and said: You are the leader of the group. Since Brother Hou is not here, you will have the idea.

Cui Mao was right. The two sides had already reached a stalemate. If the Song army retreated at this time, it would be a fool if they did not pursue them.

Cheng Zongyang turned his head and looked at it. He didn't see Shi Zhixiao, so he directly called him, Ao Run!

Ao Run had never had the opportunity to fight. He was muttering in his heart whether the men in Xingyue Lake looked down on the mercenaries. When he heard the voice, he thrust his chest and shouted: "Touer Cheng!"

How do you think of Song Jun?

Ao Run estimated it and was quite stubborn.One-to-one, we will definitely win.Forming a formation is difficult to fight.

Is one-on-three okay?

Ao Run grinned, no problem!

That's OK!

Cheng Zongyang said: Have you seen that civil servant?Pull your brothers up!As long as you kill that civil servant, you don’t have to worry about anything else.

Look at me, Lao Ao!

Ao Run gathered 300 mercenaries from the Snow Falcon Group and said loudly: Brothers!What is the purpose of our Snow Falcon Group?

The mercenary man shouted: Fairness, justice, responsibility and courage!

Is it fair to have the Song army beat us up by 100,000 or so?

unfair!

In Jiangzhou of Jin State, Song State sent troops to fight, is it just?

Injustice!

The boss pays money and we work hard. What is this called?

responsibility!

Ao Run took off the iron bow, it’s our turn to Snow Falcon!Let the men and men of Xingyue Lake see our brothers’ methods!Come with me!

The mercenary men drew their weapons and whistled down with Ao Run.Three hundred mercenaries threw themselves into the battlefield and immediately broke the stalemate. The Song army retreated one after another, relying on the terrain to support it.

Xiao Yaoyi whispered: Brother Cheng, you are even more cruel than me. Have you thrown all these mercenaries in?

Boss Meng once said that it is most taboo to add more people a little bit in war and become a war of attrition.Besides, we have three company reserve teams.

Sending all three hundred mercenaries is indeed the best choice, but neither Cui Mao, Wang Tao nor Xiao Yaoyi have a lifelong friendship with the people of the Xuexiao Mercenary Group like Cheng Zongyang, and can command if necessary.

Su Xiao!

Cheng Zongyang called one of the two heroes who were originally from the Sixth Battalion. Go to the flanks of the Song army and bring your brothers who are specifically scary to cover Xue Fang.

Su Xiao nodded and led his company to the side of the Song army formation.

The war roar of the Song army echoed in the river, making people excited. The mercenaries here and the new recruits who had just joined the Xingyue Lake Camp also shouted in a loud voice to relieve the deep fear. Only the veterans of Xingyue Lake Camp were silent. These war-torn soldiers no longer needed to shout to give themselves courage and power.