Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 481 Blood and Fire Three Kingdoms Kill (Fate)
The Jin army retreating south from Yingzhou did not panic at all.

Because before the last Yangcheng Baituanwei Village battle, they were chased by Khitan cavalry in the same way, ran all the way south, and fought a decisive battle with the Khitan army all the way.

This time it turned out to be so similar again. In the minds of the soldiers of the Jin army, this was not a retreat south in fear of the enemy, but a bit like luring the enemy to go deep.

The only one was Du Chongwei, he was really frightened, everyone could see that this was Yelu Deguang's plan against the Jin army, to lure them northward.

This coward actually didn't dare to fight Yelu Deguang at all.

But at the same time, the pursuing Liao army was not too resolute, because the Jin army's move to retreat south without taking part in the battle also reminded the Liao army of its last disastrous defeat.

Therefore, the Jin army's southward retreat this time did not receive much threat. The only battle that broke out between the two sides was the repeated entanglement between the Khitan's small number of chasing vanguards and the Jin army's rear troops.

Today you caught up and found a flaw, and killed dozens of me.

Tomorrow I will ambush you and kill dozens of you.

For both Jin and Liao with about [-] soldiers, such losses can be regarded as almost none.

However, the entanglement of such a small group of troops caused an unexpected birth.

That is the pursuit team of the Liao army consisting of dozens of people, and there is no way to get close to the Jin army.

So they couldn't accurately judge the main force of the Jin army. Did they go directly south to Wuqiang in Jizhou?Or follow the established route and retreat from Dingzhou to Hengzhou?

In the end, for safe reasons, Yelu Deguang decided to advance along Dingzhou and Hengzhou.

Because the Khitan people always go this way when they go south, and because they are familiar with the geography, even if they can't fight and have to run, they are more familiar with the road.

But in fact, Yelu Deguang's idea is that even if the Jin army did not go to Dingzhou and Hengzhou, he could still occupy these two states to confront the Jin army.

Because these two prefectures were ravaged by Du Chongwei enough, the local residents treated the Liao army and the Jin army equally, and they all wished that they would die sooner.

Therefore, after taking these two states, as long as they do not continue to burn and kill, they will not strongly oppose the Khitan occupation, and the Liao army will be able to obtain a relatively stable rear.

I am also afraid of the camel God of War!If you lose again, you will lose all your money.

However, Yelu Deguang was unlucky several times in a row, and it was time for him to change his luck.

After Du Chongwei retreated to Wuqiang in Shenzhou, he got rid of the pursuit of the Liao army. He was preparing to continue to retreat south and wait and see.

Coincidentally at this time, Zhang Yanze, the Jiedu Envoy of the Yiwu Army who had been raiding the Khitan rangers in Shenzhou, also rushed to Wuqiang.

Zhang Yanze has been beating up Khitan rangers in various states in Hebei recently, he is not as afraid as Du Chongwei, so he immediately entered the camp to meet Du Chongwei.

At this time, Du Chongwei was packing up his armor, Zhang Yanze hurriedly stopped him.

"If you want to retreat to the south, you will have to go to Beizhou and Xiangzhou for a generation. In this way, Hebei will be in a corrupt situation again.

The emperor even handed over the guards of the Forbidden Palace to the public. If they retreated to the banks of the river, wouldn't they be afraid of the emperor's reprimand? "

Du Chongwei was right when he thought about it. When Shi Chonggui went out to fight, he could be asked to take back Yanyun.

This is a ten thousand step back, Yan Yun failed to recover, it was Zhao Yanshou and Liu Yanzuo's feigned surrender, and he, Du Chongwei, was able to retreat completely, at least it can be said that he has no merit or fault.

But if he retreated to the Yellow River, the crime would be serious. If Shi Chonggui sent an angel to scold him, he would not escape the guilt.

Seeing that Du Chongwei was moved, Zhang Yanze immediately continued to persuade: "Now Ding and Heng states are in my hands, and the barbarians are chasing me to the south, it is expected to be between Shen and Mo states.

Why don't I wait to go west to Hengzhou, gather soldiers and then go north from Hengzhou to Dingzhou, breaking the captives and riding the back road.

When the cavalry heard this, they would return to the north in fear. We will surely win a big victory if we wait for work with ease. "

Well, in fact, this plan is still feasible.

It is entirely possible to switch to Zhang Tianwang's Liang army. They have strict military discipline and are not as mobile as the Khitans.

If the Khitan army was between Shenzhou and Mozhou, it would be enough for the Liang army to cut off their way back, and then just wait for the interception.

However, although the morale of the Jin army is high and the combat power is not low, the military discipline has been chaotic for a long time, and soldiers will come from all over the place, making it difficult to dispatch.

More importantly, the Jin army is dominated by infantry, and the infantry relies on cavalry for cover, so it cannot maneuver at such a high speed.

In fact, Zhang Yanze knew this very well, but he was the envoy of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, and he was afraid that the Khitan people would go and surround him in Dingzhou. His family members were all in Dingzhou.

If the army can advance westward to the Ding and Heng generations, in addition to attracting the main force of Khitan, it can also protect his family.

Du Chongwei also knew a little about military affairs. He knew that Zhang Yanze's method had high requirements for generals.

But after a little hesitation, Du Chongwei immediately agreed.

Because his greatest need right now is not to retreat further south, lest he be punished by Shi Chonggui.

If the army is brought to the left and right of Hengzhou, relying on the strong city of Hengzhou, maybe they can win another big victory like Baituanwei Village.

Therefore, Du Chongwei immediately called all the generals to discuss. After the soldiers understood Du Chongwei's thoughts, they all felt indifferent.

They even felt that it would be good to have a decisive battle with the Khitans in Wuqiang.

Since Du Chongwei is the coach and is going to Hengzhou for a decisive battle, let's go to Hengzhou.

However, among the generals, there are still three people who feel that there is a problem.

One is Fu Yanqing. He has extreme distrust of Du Chongwei's military capabilities, and he strongly disagrees with such a playful move to the west.

Not to mention anything else, the consumption of military rations and the difficulty of transshipment are greater than directly withdrawing to the south or defending on the spot.

The second is Gao Xingzhou, he did not participate in the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng, so he had to be sober and did not despise the Khitan people too much.

Moreover, Gao Xingzhou felt that the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng could not be replicated, because the reason why the Khitans lost so badly was actually Yelu Deguang's command error, which was a big problem.

In this kind of national war, you can't always rely on the enemy's coach to make mistakes.

The third person is Wang Zhou, but what he thinks is problematic is neither that he looks down on Du Chongwei's military ability, nor that he doesn't despise Khitan.

Rather, he felt that the Hengzhou defenders were unprepared and did not store food if they rushed westward rashly, so they should not go hastily.

Although Du Chongwei avoids war and is afraid of war, and has some PTSD towards Yelu Deguang, but his character is not a person who promises.

Mentally, the person may have some bipolar disorder.

One side is timid, and the other side is manic and irritable.

Du Chongwei reacted differently to these three people who raised objections.

Although Fu Yanqing was polite and courteous to others, he still had the arrogance of a warrior and a long-time general in his bones.

He looked down on Du Chongwei on weekdays, and Du Chongwei had also disliked him for a long time.

Seeing Fu Yanqing's disapproval, Du Chongwei was furious. As the commander of the northern camp, he was removed from the post of commander of the right wing of Fu Yanqing, and he was driven to the south of Hengshui, Jizhou for garrison.

The terrain in the Hengshui area is slightly undulating, and there are many low hills and depressions in the territory, which can hinder the movement of the Khitan cavalry to a certain extent.

Du Chongwei drove Fu Yanqing to Hengshui, and at the same time ordered him to collect grain and grass. The disasters in Jizhou in the past few years have been relatively minor, and he can still find some things.

The second is that in case the Khitan army does not go to Hengzhou, Fu Yanqing can play a role in protecting Beizhou, Yedu and Chanzhou, the important towns on the north bank of the Yellow River in Hengshui.

For Gao Xingzhou, Du Chongwei would be much more kind, because at the beginning of this year, Gao Xingzhou's second daughter, E Niang, married Du Chongwei's son, Du Hongsui. Of course, Du Chongwei should treat his in-laws with courtesy.

Hearing that Gao Xingzhou was worried that the army would not be able to defeat the Khitan, Li Shouzhen and the generals all laughed, but Du Chongwei thought that Gao Xingzhou almost died at the hands of the Khitan last time, and was afraid of the Khitan.

He can understand this very well, because Du Chongwei himself had a stress reaction when he was trapped under the city of Jinyang by the Khitan people.

For a while, Du Chongwei became more and more satisfied with the in-laws, and felt a kind of sympathy for each other.

So he made an exception and ordered Gao Xingzhou to lead his troops back to Yedu for a generation to supervise the food and grass for the army.

As for Wang Zhou's worries, Du Chongwei agreed very much. He allocated thousands of troops to Wang Zhou and ordered him to be the vanguard of the army, and go to Hengzhou to deploy defenses in advance.

Sometimes, in war, there will be some ordinary and unexplainable amazing coincidences, and this time it is.

Shi Chonggui, Du Chongwei, Feng Yu and others' foolishness finally met their retribution at this moment.

Both Jin and Liao chose the road to Hengzhou at the same time without knowing each other.

However, compared with the Liao army, the Jin army was even more unlucky.

Since Fu Yanqing and Gao Xing were about to go south on Tuesday, and Du Chongwei marched westward, the land of Hebei, already in October, unexpectedly started to rain again.

It was the month, the world was flooded, and it rained for more than [-] days. Du Chongwei led his army in the mud and marched westward with difficulty. The soldiers and generals complained.

In order to supply the needs of the army, the prefectures and counties along the way asked the residents to dismantle wood for cooking and file mats for horses and cattle.

At the end of October, the weather just cleared up, and 70,000 people of the Jin army arrived at the Zhongdu Bridge on the Hutuo River, which is an important passage to and from Hengzhou.

But when they came here to command, the Jin army discovered that the Khitan soldiers and horses had come earlier than them, had already surrounded Hengzhou, and had already occupied the Zhongdu Bridge.

Zhang Yanze was terrified when he saw the Khitans capture the Zhongdu Bridge on the east bank of the river.

He was worried that the Khitan army had captured Dingzhou, and he was also worried that Du Chongwei would blame him.

Therefore, Zhang Yanze, who was eager for meritorious service, led more than [-] people from his headquarters to storm Zhongdu Bridge without waiting for the army to be deployed.

The Khitan stationed at Zhongdu Bridge was Gao Song who beheaded Liang Hanzhang.

Both armies are elite, one has never experienced the fiasco of Baituanwei Village, and the other is extremely anxious and wants to take the Zhongdu Bridge immediately.

The bloody battle of World War I started in an instant.

Before the battle, the Khitans on the Zhongdu Bridge ran into trouble, because they could not take advantage of the cavalry on the bridge, so they had to fight on foot, so they were very passive.

Zhang Yanze took the opportunity to use armored heavy steps as the vanguard, and then sent archers into the river, wading through the water and shooting Khitan soldiers and horses.

Taking full advantage for a while, Zhang Yanze led his army to control the Zhongdu Bridge within two quarters of an hour of the battle.

It is a pity that he attacked too fast. After he took down the Zhongdu Bridge, most of the Jin army had not yet reached the river bank, and Du Chongwei could not provide Zhang Yanze with much reinforcements.

And Yelu Deguang, who was near the Zhongdu Bridge, heard that he personally sent a new force to support Gaosong. The Liao army reached the bridgehead with tens of thousands of troops at one time.

At this time, the Jin army under Zhang Yanze ran out of bows and crossbows, and the armored soldiers were exhausted, unable to defend the Zhongdu Bridge they had already occupied, and were driven back to the east bank by the Khitans.

Immediately afterwards, Yelu Deguang personally rushed to Zhongdu Bridge to guard against the Jin army.

After two hours of bloody battle, Gao Song, who was almost crushed by the Jin army, also realized that it was impossible for the Khitan soldiers and horses to win the Jin army in an infantry battle.

He then suggested that Yelu Deguang simply burn down the Zhongdu Bridge, and then take advantage of the cavalry advantage to find a shallow place to cross the river upstream and cut off the back of the Jin army.

Yelu Deguang took it very seriously, and immediately ordered people to burn down the Zhongdu Bridge.

After the fire at Zhongdu Bridge was about to be extinguished, Du Chongwei finally arrived, but it was useless.

Jin and Liao confronted each other across the Zhongdu Bridge.

(End of this chapter)