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    An error occurred while processing private documents On the eleventh day, Wanyan Yanmu and Han Qinghe led their troops to Xinle City.  The same day.  Abaddon and Hylasu also rushed to the south bank of the Shah River and met up with Roland, Wang Gui, and Lin Chong.  The two armies faced each other across the river, and a war was about to break out.  On the 12th, Wanyan Yanmu commanded the Jin army to launch an attack.  The Jin army chose five crossing points, and more than 60,000 soldiers forcibly crossed the Shahe River at almost the same time.  Zhang Xian, Niu Gao, Fu Xiuguo and Zhao Renyan commanded their respective armies and set up formations to defend.  The fierce battle continued until the afternoon of that day, when Wanyan Mu felt something was wrong.  He personally rushed to the front line and urgently summoned the commanders of all armies to inquire about the fighting situation. Finally, he came to the conclusion that the Tiger Army on the other side of the Shah River was powerful and its number of troops may exceed that of the Jin Army.  "Are you sure that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army has not entered the battlefield in Hebei yet?" Wanyan Yanmu looked sternly, staring at Han Qinghe with a trace of doubt in her eyes.  "My scouts have been paying close attention to Zhending City, and they have indeed not discovered the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army." Han Qinghe said with great certainty, "As for the direction of Handan, so far, the news I have received is from the right.  The deputy commander is in confrontation with the Central Plains and Shandong Tiger Army, but has not yet found the Hedong Tiger Army." Wanyan Mu hesitated for a long time and shook her head, "Then, the Tiger Army uses 60,000 to 70,000 troops to block my reinforcements from the south.  What's the purpose?" Then he frowned and asked, "Has the Tiger Army attacked Zhending City today?" "Not yet," Han Qinghe said, "However, the Marshal and the Right Deputy Marshal have repeatedly warned in their letters.  We say that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army is very likely to attack the three prefectures of Zhending, Zhongshan and Hejian in order to seize the opportunity to cut off the retreat of our main force in Hebei. If nothing unexpected happens, the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army will soon appear under Zhending City.  ." Wanyan's mother's face changed slightly and she sneered: "In that case, wouldn't our attack on Shahe fall into the trap of the Hu Lie Army?" Han Qinghe looked at him doubtfully, not understanding it for a moment.  "If the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army enters Hebei and joins the army in front of us, then the number of troops surrounding Zhending City will be at least hundreds of thousands." Wanyan Mu explained, "There are only 20,000 people in Wanyan Uta.  More than half of them are from Hebei. You can imagine that the Tiger Army attacked Zhending City with more than five times the strength. Can Wanyan Wuta hold it? " Han Qinghe hesitated and forced a smile, "  Even if he can't hold on, there's absolutely no problem in holding on for a while. "How long do you think he can hold on?" Wanyan's mother asked.  Han Qinghe vaguely guessed what Wanyan¡¯s mother meant, but did not dare to speak.  Obviously, Wanyan Yanmu has agreed with Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zongfu's analysis of the war situation in Hebei, and believes that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army will soon enter Hebei and be able to conquer Zhending.  At present, the Tiger Army is using powerful forces to block the Jin Army's southward support troops. It is clear that it is to delay the Jurchen reinforcements and engage in a war of attrition.  Do your best to kill and injure the Jurchen reinforcements.  If the losses of the Jurchen reinforcements are too large, not only will they not be able to provide strong support to Wanyan Wuta in Zhending City, they will also be extremely passive in the future battle situation.  "The Tiger Army intended to kill two birds with one stone. They first used Zhending City as a bait to attack us along the Shahe River. When our losses were too great, the Tiger Army captured Zhending with lightning speed, and then directly attacked the Hutuo River line to cut off Hebei.  The main force's retreat." Wanyan Yanmu took a deep breath, "If the war situation develops to this point, what can we do to contain the Tiger Army and help our Hebei main force to withdraw smoothly?" Han Qinghe smiled bitterly to himself.  What to say.  Wanyan Mu's analysis makes sense, but the problem is that the Shahe battle had only lasted for a long time, and Wanyan Mu couldn't wait to stop the war. The real reason was obviously not the reason he said, but something else.  Hidden story.  Han Qinghe knew that this secret must be related to the situation in Huanglong Mansion, but given his status, it was better to avoid it carefully to avoid suffering disaster in the future.  "What do you plan to do?" Han Qinghe simply closed his eyes.  Let Wanyan Yan Mu control the situation of the battle.  "We will stop fighting for the time being and confront the Tiger Army across the river." Wanyan Mu said, "Our army is here, watching eagerly. The Tiger Army on the other side must not dare to slack off. In this way, we have restrained some of the Tiger Army.  The fierce army can ensure the safety of Zhongshan and Hejian, and can maintain the initiative in the next battle." Han Qinghe could not find any reason to refute.  Although the effect of fighting or not fighting is completely different, as Wanyan Yanmu said, Zhending City is actually not important. For them, what is important is to defend Zhongshan and Hejian, defend the retreat route of the main force in Hebei, and defend You  Yan's portal, and the latter is the real purpose of Wanyan Yanmu.  = On the 13th, the Jin army stopped attacking and continued to confront each other across the river.   On this day, Zhang Gaoer, Hong Yun, and Lu Junyi arrived at Zhending City with the main army.  Yue Fei welcomed everyone into the big tent and detailed the attack plan, "So far, the Jin army in Handan and Anyang has no signs of retreat, but the news that our army has gathered in Zhending will soon spread to Damingfu and Handan  , If the Jin army decides to retreat, the time left for us is very limited. " "We must conquer Zhending City as quickly as possible," Li Jin continued what Yue Fei said, "It takes only four days from Zhending to Hejian Mansion.  For more than a hundred miles, the army advanced eastward rapidly, and three or four days was enough. In other words, when we received the news that the Jin army in Handan had begun to retreat, we would immediately attack eastward along the Hutuo River in order to block the main force of the Jin army.  On the south bank of the Hutuo River. Calculated this way, we only have four or five days at most to attack Zhending City." Zhang Gao'er, Hong Yun, Lu Junyi and others looked at each other with embarrassment.  Although the Tiger Army already had the advantage of attacking the city in terms of strength, it would be too difficult to conquer the city in four or five days.  "How are the preparations for the siege going?" Zhang Gaoer asked coldly.  "There is a serious shortage of siege equipment." Yue Fei said with a bitter smile, "These equipment were brought by Li Shuai, and the quantity is limited. I went north from Xiangzhou with a light vehicle and did not bring any siege equipment." Then he turned to look at Hong Yun,  "I wonder if the Sheliang Army had siege equipment with them?" Hong Yun looked helpless, "We received the commander's order and quickly headed north. In order to rush for time, our siege equipment was left behind." "How long?  Can time bring true determination?" Yue Fei asked eagerly.  "It will take at least five days." Hong Yun sighed, "Shuai Yue, if you want to quickly conquer Zhending, you must find another way." Yue Fei was at a loss.  Currently, there are nearly 130,000 troops on the Zhending battlefield, which is more than enough to attack the city. But the problem is that it will be difficult to capture the city within four or five days, unless a miracle occurs.  In addition, if you attack forcefully, the losses will definitely be huge.  If the cost is exceeded and the losses exceed expectations, it will definitely affect the subsequent battles.  The key to this battle is to block the main force of the Jin army at the Hutuo River line. This is not only related to the entire Northern Expedition, but also related to the future pattern of the world. There is no room for failure.  Generals such as Gao Baolong, Li Jin, Dugu Feng and Wang Dazhong have been wandering around Zhending City in recent days. Sun Ge and Huang Zong even drew a sketch of Zhending City's defense. After a long discussion, they finally decided that the sluice gate of Zhending City was a  It is a weak point, but the Jin army is heavily fortified here, and it is difficult to break through here.  "First of all. We must destroy the fence in the water. Only by knocking down the fence can the assault soldiers approach the water gate." Gao Baolong said this and suddenly looked up at Hong Yun. "I remember that during the battle at the Camel River in the northwest, you had  Use a thunderbolt that can explode underwater to blow up the Xixia people's sheepskin raft. Do you still have this thunderbolt? " "Yes." Hong Yun said with a smile, "How come Baoshuai still remembers our underwater dragon king?  "Cannon?" "That's called the Underwater Dragon King Cannon?" Gao Baolong said, "I was frightened at the time, and the power of the explosion still makes me frightened. By the way, how many underwater Dragon King Cannons did you bring?" "It's enough to explode."  There is an underwater fence." Hong Yun said with a look of concern on his face, "We have improved it in the past few years and it is more powerful." "Can we blow up the floodgate?" Li Jin asked hurriedly.  "Can the city gate be blown open?" Dugu Feng was even more anxious, "If we can blow the city gate open, we will be able to capture Zhending City within a day." Hong Yun shook his head, "Although the power of the fireball is great, it is still  We can't blow open the water gates and city gates. In the past few years, we have continued to improve, but unfortunately the results have been very little. However, we have not achieved nothing. For example, we filled the Zhentian Lei with fire rats, wolf poison and other things to make Zhentian Lei's  The power has been greatly increased." Hong Yun explained in detail.  The fire rat is a hook-shaped piece of iron. The fire rat is filled into the Thunderbolt. Once it explodes, its power is doubled and its lethality is even more astonishing.  Filling the Zhentian Thunder with poison originated from the Tang Sect of Sichuan and Sichuan.  The Tang family is a famous family in Sichuan and Sichuan that makes iron tools, firearms and medicinal materials. Decades ago, they created the thunderbolt poisonous fireball. In addition to gunpowder, the poisonous fireball also contains croton, wolfsbane, and lime.  , arsenic and other things, once they explode, they will produce poisonous smoke. In mild cases, they will lose their resistance, and in severe cases, they will die on the spot.  Gao Baolong was overjoyed and grabbed Hong Yun's arm, "Do you have poisonous fireballs?" "Of course." Hong Yun smiled, "In this Northern Expedition, I brought all my family property with me, hoping to fight back to Yan.  Beijing." "Okay, great." Gao Baolong shouted, "Commander Yue, we have a solution now. The Thunderbolt, the Underwater Dragon King Cannon, and the Thunderbolt Cannon poison fireball are enough to capture the water gate and enter.  "In the city." Yue Fei was also surprised. Who would have thought that at the critical moment, the weapons of the Tiger Army would actually come into play?What a vital role, what a miracle.  The generals in the tent were very excited. They gathered around and talked to each other to discuss attack methods.  Finally, it was agreed that Han Shizhong would lead two hundred warriors to launch an attack at night. He would first use the Dragon King Cannon to blast open the underwater fence, and then use the Thunderbolt Cannon to bombard the sluice defenders with poisonous fireballs. Then he would take the opportunity to attack and open the sluice gate.  Dugu Feng led 500 warriors to choose the vanguard, and took 20 small boats to enter the city from the sluice.  = On the 14th, Wanyan Yanmu heard that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army had arrived at the Zhending battlefield. She immediately reported the situation to Daming Mansion, asking Wanyan Gao and Zongfu to reconsider the entire battle situation, and suggested that the main force in Hebei should retreat as soon as possible to avoid  Get into dangerous situations.
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