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Volume 4 The Middle Current Chapter 158 The Middle Current of the Yellow River-4

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    "It may not take too long to return to Guanzhong." Chen Zhong said with relief, "It may also cause the army to be held back." Chen Zhongru's worries made Wu Jie somewhat disapproving: "Is the Battle of Guandong really that important?  " "Even if the Jingkang incident happens again, Ye Dalushi will not be able to stand in the Southern Dynasty," Wu Jie said, "We will return to the army after solving Guanzhong and drive him back. Although Wu Jie didn't say it, he would have been there for a long time.  He wanted to send troops to Guanzhong and meet his old enemy. This damn strategy made it difficult for a general like him to use it. Several of the generals in the camp went to Luoyang brothel for entertainment and met with some local scoundrels.  He started fighting and was warned by the Military Intelligence Department. When he was recruiting people, Wu Jie finally managed to smooth over this mess. He thought in his heart that if he had sent troops to fight earlier, this kind of mess would never have happened.  Understand why Chen Zhong is so concerned about the war situation in Guandong. Isn't it just a repeat of Jingkang Year? "The situation in Guandong cannot be delayed any longer," Chen Zhong looked at Wu Jie and said meaningfully, "The key is not the Khitan, but the Song people.  .  " "Song people?  " "Exactly, from Song Dynasty.  "" The sky was dark outside and the earth was still sleeping, but Chen Zhong's eyes were shining with a vague light.  "The Liao people were exhausted from the southern expedition. They should have retreated to the desert north to recuperate, but the Yelu Dashi refused to shrink and instead went full force. They once again devoted all their strength to the southern expedition. This is a recipe for self-destruction. The Khitan is now famous for a while, as long as the Song people can survive.  It is conceivable that the Liao State was completely defeated at this level. However, the situation in the Song Dynasty was different. The population of Guandong was tens of millions, and the Liao Army still had its strength despite the two southern expeditions.  But it is very different from the past. Last time the Liao army went south, most of the Song states and counties along the way surrendered without fighting. But this time the Liao army went south, the Song state was able to fight on its own from the prefectures and counties down to the villages.  The army seems to have gained the upper hand, but in fact it is trapped in a quagmire. The further south it goes, the deeper it sinks and it is impossible to retreat intact. " "Wu Shuai," Wu Jie nodded with a relaxed expression. Chen Zhong changed the topic and said calmly.  He said in a voice: "I think if you change places with the Liao army, can you easily destroy the city and capture the stronghold, and even defeat two tigers with one strike?" "This" Wu Jie's face froze, and he thought for a moment, although he was unwilling to do so.  Still shook his head.  As the commander-in-chief of the Guandong camp, Wu Jie paid attention to the progress of the Liao-Song war all the time.  This time the Liao army invaded the south, the resistance of the Song people was resolute. The defenders of many newly recovered counties in Henan and even Hebei fought hard to the end, even losing one soldier to the other.  At the same time, at the rear of the battle line, the imperial prefectures and counties of the Song Dynasty desperately recruited regiment training, and the total number was probably no less than one million.  And the most terrible thing is that whether they are defending the city in the front or recruiting from the rear, the Song army is mainly composed of firecrackers. This means that they only need simple training to go into battle, but on the battlefield, these firecrackers  The role of the hand is no longer a useless signing army like a two-legged sheep, but a real opponent of the Liao army. The blood shed by the Song people in countless battles in Henan and Hebei has already proved this.  "So" he said doubtfully.  "So," Chen Zhong said in a low voice, but firmly, "The Khitan will undoubtedly be defeated. How to defeat two tigers with one strike is now the only chance. We can't delay it any longer." Wu Jie's eyes showed surprise, Chen Zhong had always been  He is calm, has plans in mind, and rarely talks to others. Even after the Kangguo Rebellion, he is rarely so candid. It seems that the current situation is really urgent.  "If we want to attack the Song Dynasty, what about General Zhao?" Wu Jie asked doubtfully. In his mind, the best partner to lead the army to attack the Song Dynasty was Zhao Xingde.  Chen Chong valued Zhao Xingde very much, but Zhao Xingde was unwilling to lead troops to attack Song Dynasty in the 19th century.  Not only that, Zhao Xingde's relatives and friends were all from the Song Dynasty, and they had been in charge of the army for a long time. If he couldn't figure it out, he might have to support his troops to fight back.  Before the Kangguo Rebellion, the General's Office had not paid much attention to the army composed of firearmsmen. However, after the Kangguo Rebellion, no one looked down upon these hastily trained firearms regiments.  Nowadays, there are millions of people practicing in Guandong group.  "General Zhao put down the rebellion," Chen Zhong said in a low voice. "We need to keep him in the river for a while. When the situation in Guandong stabilizes, let him come back." "That's fine." Wu Jie nodded, "I have already  Contact the Yang family in Hedong, there should be news soon." He sighed. From the bottom of his heart, Wu Jie still recognized Zhao Xingde the most.  However, Chen Zhong had the same concerns as him.  The horn sounded, and Dong Daying seemed like a giant waking up from a deep sleep. The sound of horse hooves, the shouts of soldiers, and the sound of neat steps sounded one after another.  As the sky dimmed, the morning drills of the Kanto Camp began. The officers and soldiers of the Fire Gun Battalion had to complete fourteen drills every day until the sun went down.  The sergeants had much more freedom. The captain and captain gathered together to practice the battle formations at the battalion and team levels, and then they practiced martial arts individually. Three, five, or ten people gathered together to shoot arrows and lift stone locks.  Stone lock.  Tens of thousands of soldiers are enclosed in a small area of ????the camp, just like a tiger enclosed in a cage.Beating and scratching one's teeth hard and draining one's energy will cause trouble. However, on the other hand, the longer the time goes on, the more eager the soldiers will be to fight. ? ? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ? The blazing day hung in the sky, and a wave of heat and the stench of rotting corpses rose from the ground.  Huazhou City, this city in Hebei Province, has resisted the Liao army for a month.  Huazhou is located to the north of the Yellow River Bridge. When the Liao army first appeared, the Song army took the initiative to burn the bridge. This also meant that for a month, the Huazhou defenders had been trapped in the isolated city with no retreat and no reinforcements.  The Liao army deployed troops and horses to attack for several days. Seeing that the defenders were tenacious, they left a group of troops to monitor and then crossed the river in large groups.  Before the defenders had time to take a breath, the follow-up Liao army came again, because Huazhou was a strategic point. This time, the Liao army was unwilling to leave hidden dangers. After failing to persuade them to surrender, they sent additional troops to attack day and night.  During the last Jingkang Rebellion, the Huazhou city wall had been demolished once. The new city wall was repaired within a year, and it was crumbling again under the bombardment of Liao army artillery.  The resistance that lasted for more than a month had already angered the Liao soldiers. Fortunately, Huang Yinghua, the magistrate of the city, sent the old, weak, women and children in the city across the river in advance. Otherwise, the day the city was broken would have been the time of massacre. The moat outside Huazhou City had already been filled with corpses.  Every time the Liao army attacked the city, they carried bags of sand and soil and threw them under the city. Over time, they built several breakthroughs that were level with the city wall. The cavalry could follow the breakthroughs and rush straight to the city.  The Song army had to temporarily build stronghold walls in these places and set up heavy artillery moved from elsewhere. Relying on flesh and blood and a will to die, they managed to hold on for another three days. After three days, the Song army's casualties exceeded those in the past month.  In total, as of today, there are less than a thousand soldiers left, and they are all concentrated in the weak areas of the city wall. Huang Yinghua, the prefect, died for his country a few days ago. Xuezheng Lu Bingyi also went to the south city tower in person with the remaining officials.  Outside the city, the Liao army's artillery bombarded dozens of projectiles as usual, and then thousands of infantry surrounded by hundreds of cavalry charged towards the city.  "Master Lu," Dutou Yantian wiped the blade of the knife and whispered, "it seems that we can't get through this hurdle today!" "Yan San, Saturday'er" Lu Bingyi said sadly, looking at the overwhelming sky in the distance, "I  It¡¯s embarrassing for you.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with the officials?¡± Zhou Wenshitian patted his chest and said with a proud smile, ¡°Without the support of the officials, we wouldn¡¯t be able to enter the Martyrs¡¯ Shrine.¡± ¡°What a good man, Lu!¡±  You saw the right person!" Lu Bingyi perked up after hearing this, reached out and picked up a musket, pointed at the densely packed Liao soldiers under the city, and said, "Today, let the Liao thieves take a look at our loyal soldiers from the north."  All the soldiers of the Song Dynasty agreed in unison. These remnant soldiers had been guarding the city for several days. Their guns and gunpowder had long been exhausted, and almost everyone was injured. Everyone knew that they would not be spared today.  However, as Yan San and Zhou Wenshi said, everyone's names had already been listed in the Martyrs' Shrine on the day of the expedition.  Rather than fall into the hands of Liao thieves and suffer all the humiliation, it is better to be generous and serve justice.  Not far from the city, the Liao general had already seen that the ammunition at the top of the city was exhausted. He sneered and ordered the ants to attack the city. A large group of Liao soldiers rushed forward.  The sound of fighting and shouting resounded through the city wall again. The battle lasted for an hour, and the banner of the Song Dynasty at the top of the city was finally cut down by the Liao soldiers.  Lu Bingyi, a man from the Qing Dynasty in Hebei Province, contacted thousands of people from Nandu Township who returned north, and was elected as Huazhou Xuezheng. On the third day of August, Huazhou fell. Lu Bingyi, Huazhou guards Zhou Wenshi, Yan Tian and other thousands of Song soldiers did not survive.  When the news came back, the Huazhou elders who were living in Bianliang, Daming and other places were moved with mourning. The imperial court also solemnly moved the spiritual places of Lu Bingyi and others to the Martyrs' Shrine.  Since the Battle of Xiongzhou and the Liao army's southern invasion, Lu Bingyi was not the first nor the last local pastor to die with the city. In the Martyrs' Shrine, several rows of memorial tablets of the state official Xuezheng's level have been filled.  The list of martyred soldiers and generals is also getting higher and higher.  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "Lu Xuezheng died for his country." At the top of Damingfu City, Cao Liangshi looked at the majestic Liao cavalry and his eyes almost burst.  Yue Fei looked at the row of heads in wooden cages on the sun and moon flag with a gloomy face.  Every time the Liao army fell into a city, they would pass the heads of the defenders to Daming Mansion, which was still holding on. Huazhou was an important town in Hebei, echoing Daming Mansion.  After the fall of Huazhou, the Liao army not only sent Lu Bingyi's head to Daming City, but also threatened to send him to Hebei to undermine the morale of the Song army.  "Who is willing to go out of the city and snatch Lu Xuezheng's head back?!" Yue Fei said in a deep voice.  Outside the city, the Liao cavalry were like clouds, and they had already opened a dragnet.  However, even though they knew that the Liao army was deliberately provoking, this tone was intolerable.  "The last general is willing to go!" Zhang Xian looked around and was the first to stand up. Several other cavalry generals also clasped their fists and begged for orders, and everyone looked sad and angry.  "Wait a minute!" Cao Liangshi stopped him. He looked at the Liao army under the city and said with gritted teeth, "The Liao thieves' treacherous strategy is to provoke the generals. Our army is small and we can only rely on deep ditches and barriers. If we rush out of the city??It is short when giving up the long.  Now we just need to stand firm and hold on firmly. Reinforcements from all directions in Henan are on the way. As long as we persist for a while, we will make the Liao thieves look good!  "Although he is a civilian official, he has been managing Henan for a long time on behalf of the imperial court and is very prestigious in the army. Yue Fei pondered for a moment and stopped insisting. He saw through the trap of the Liao army and ordered Zhang Xian to lead the cavalry from the other side.  They rushed out of the city gate, specifically looking for weak points in the Liao army's camp, and killed hundreds of Liao army heads, venting their anger for Lu Bingyi and others.
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