Overlord!

The news that Song Jun learned about Zhao Jun's arrival was actually quite unexpected and full of legend.

When the Zhao army arrived, they did not dare to attack directly, so they sent Li Fu, a Julu man who was in charge, into the city to let Yuan Shang know the situation outside and prepare to cooperate internally and externally.

However, the Song army surrounded the city so tightly that no one could approach the city.

So Li Fu cut off the branches to make a questioning staff, which was a torture staff used for beating people. He tied it to the side of the horse. He wore a plain turban (a turban used by military attachés) and rode three horses, all wearing red military robes. At night, he went to Xia Bo At the foot of the city, he claimed to be the governor, and deliberately entered from the north and followed the east route. He scolded the soldiers guarding the siege step by step along the way, and punished them according to the severity.

Because he entered from the north and used Luoyang Yayin, the soldiers did not recognize that he was an impostor!

It wasn't until he passed through the entire Song Army camp and reached the southern siege that he just stepped down from the gate of Bo City. Li Fu angrily rebuked the soldiers guarding the siege and tied them up!

If nothing else happens, he will break through!

But halfway through the binding, the village chief who inspected the local area appeared. The village chief was a Jiangdong veteran.

As soon as he appeared, he was scolded by Li Fu, but he hesitated for a moment and then asked the key question unruly: "Why don't you wear black shirts?"

Jiangdong indeed has a fengxian governor, who holds a whip, enforces the law, supervises the army, and maintains military discipline.

If they are ordinary soldiers, they will all be afraid of the governor.

But this village chief is an old pawn. Even if the lawsuit goes to Song Gong, he still dares to slam the table and yell, "You, Governor Feng Xian, don't have a dignified appearance, so why should you enforce the ban?" Why do you want me and other arrogant soldiers to obey your ban?

As soon as this problem came up, Li Fu ran away and rushed to the city with three of his men.

He thought that all members of the Song Army wore red robes and black armor, but he didn't expect that the law enforcement officers also had a requirement to wear black shirts!

Governor Feng Xian of the Song Army would wear a black shirt when enforcing the ban and inspecting the entire army.

As soon as Li Fu ran away, the soldiers of the Song Army who were besieging the city immediately realized that this was the enemy's disguise, and they immediately fired a volley of arrows.

The elite crossbowmen of the Song Army could hit six out of twelve arrows at a distance of sixty steps!

A veteran of hundreds of battles can hit nine out of ten shots from a hundred paces.

This is why cavalry cannot engage in shooting with infantry. There is a huge gap between the two sides in range, hit rate, and power.

If the cavalry stood still, they would be shot into pieces. But when they move, the hit rate of cavalry archers is almost negligible, but the hit rate of infantry is particularly guaranteed.

Li Fu and the other three people verified all this personally. The three of them had just run a few steps when the Song army began to string their bows and arrows.

Because during non-war times, soldiers' bows and bowstrings are stored in the 櫜 and 鬫. The 髜 and the 鬫 are not the same thing.

Stringing a bow does not mean bending the bow to set the arrow, but tying the string to the bow.

Song Jun used the most common military stringing method in the army, which is commonly known as turning back and looking at the moon. He stepped on the lower bow tip with his left foot, pressed the bow belly against the thigh of his right leg, held the bow handle with his left hand, and bent the upper bow tip with his right hand. , and then push the bow string to the upper bow tip and hang it.

This method is not the safest method. The safest method is to sit cross-legged and wind the string like Qin Jun did, that is, sit on the ground and wind the string, which is less prone to accidents.

But the military winding method also has its own advantages, that is, it saves effort and winds faster.

The Song army was rich and powerful. Even if the bowstring broke, there were still a large number of bowstrings available for logistical supplies. Even a soldier had more than two spare bowstrings, so he paid more attention to speed.

During the war, the bows and arrows were quickly strung, and the patrolling soldiers led by the village commander were fully armed, with their swords unsheathed and bows and crossbows strung. They fired arrows at random, more and more densely.

In an instant, three of the horsemen behind Li Fu were shot down. Two of them were shot off their horses and fell off their horses. One was directly shot through the body by a bow and arrow and died of vomiting blood.

Li Fu's mount was also frightened. The horse stumbled and fell into the ravine. If the Song army had not been trying to survive and the soldiers of the navy who were skilled in water skills jumped down and picked him up, he would have drowned in the ravine.

In this regard, Li Fu could only call for orders in vain. Not every horse can gallop through the city like a red rabbit, cross water and climb mountains as easily as it can walk on flat ground.

A good horse is born for this kind of situation and terrain. Yuan Shang sat back and watched the Song army dig a trench two feet deep and wide. There was nothing he could do about it.

As Li Fu was escorted to Zhuge Liang's tent, Zhuge Liang heard of his courage and met him personally.

Since the army besieged Xiaba, Zhuge Liang's troops were no longer the only generals and ministers of the Song Dynasty. Hebei's aristocratic families and powerful heroes had all joined Zhuge Liang's camp and worked for the Song army.

Among them, the one who received the most attention from the generals of the Song Dynasty was of course the Cui family of Qinghe. Most of the Xia Miao descendants should have heard of the Cui family of Qinghe.

This is one of the famous seven families with five surnames in later generations. Since the Han and Wei dynasties, they have been crowned and ranked for a long time. Li Shimin ordered the courtiers to compile "Chronicles" to rank the great families in the world. The courtiers regarded the Cui family as the first family in the world. , praising him as the highest sect in the world and the head of the wealthy family in the north.

Even the Li royal family looked down upon the five surnames and the seven families, and disdained the idea of ​​intermarrying with them.

Angry, Li Shimin used power to force him and ordered that the royal family Li should be the first, followed by his relatives (eldest grandson), and the Shandong aristocratic families such as King Cui Lu, Li Zheng, etc. should be listed as the third class.

Of course, although the five surnames and the seven families were strong, they still could not defeat the emperor who held military power. When it came to Li Zhi, the emperor waved his hand and issued a prohibition "Edict on Prohibition of Marriage". After the edict, Li Bao of Wei Longxi and Wang Qiong of Taiyuan, Zheng Wen of Xingyang, Lu Ziqian (Lu Dushi), Lu Hun (Lu Pu), Lu Fu of Fan Yang, Cui Zongbo and Cui Yuansun of Qinghe, Cui Yi of Qianyan Boling, Li Kai of Jinzhao County, all ten families with seven surnames are not allowed Feeling faint.

Although it was the Queen of Heaven, Wu Zetian, who killed the heads of these top wealthy families, they have declined ever since.

But starting from Li Zhi, these wealthy families have been unable to defeat the emperor with a sword in his hand.

The person holding the sword in Fu Wei's hand can be a master and a blessing.

The same is true now. The glorious army of the Song Army is marching into Qinghe with swords in hand. The wealthy people in Qinghe must also recognize the reality and cooperate with the Song Army.

Blindly resisting, the Song army's tens of thousands of steel knives could kill all the Qinghe Cui clan with just one military order, completely uprooting the Qinghe Cui clan and disappearing into the long river of history.

What the aristocratic families are good at is not fighting against the army. What they are better at is dancing with long sleeves, cooperating with the ruler to stabilize one party's rule, and gaining benefits in political games.

Therefore, aristocratic families often hedged their bets. After Yuan Shao occupied Hebei, Cui Yan served under Yuan Shao's influence.

When Qinghe was occupied by the Song army, the Cui family of Qinghe promoted another talented person, Cui Lin, to join the Song Dynasty to advise the Song army and act as a guide to Hebei.

Although Cui Lin was not as outstanding as his cousin Cui Yan, he can be said to be the founder of the Cui family in Qinghe. Since Cui Yan was killed by Cao Cao, the rise of the Cui family in Qinghe from the Wei and Jin Dynasties began with Cui Lin.

Of course, what Sun Ce appreciates most about Cui Lin is his pragmatic attitude towards foreign races.

Historically, Cui Lin entered the Cao Wei Dynasty as Da Honglu. This position was responsible for the canonization and enshrinement of princes and kings, and was responsible for handling affairs involving ethnic minorities and foreign envoys.

After Cui Lin entered the court, King Kucha sent his servants to see him. The court commended them for coming all the way and gave King Kucha very generous gifts. The rest of the countries sent their servants to see him, and there was an endless stream of envoys coming and going. Cui Lin was worried that these countries did not sincerely surrender, but only wanted to temporarily obtain Wei's protection to deal with the northern minorities, so he exchanged envoys to obtain Wei's title. The imperial court sent people to protect and escort the envoys along the way, causing even greater losses. many.

Using manpower and money to do these useless things was ridiculed by the Yi and Di, which caused long-term suffering.

So he wrote to Dunhuang County, asking it to cancel this useless move of raising troops and mobilizing people, and record the stories of the previous dynasty's treatment of various countries, so that there were clear rules and regulations to follow, and there would no longer be arbitrary rewards.

If Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had such a capable minister to manage the affairs of Dahonglu, he would not have done so many ridiculous things and died in his second generation.

But at the moment, Cui Lin's more important role is to help Song Jun understand the situation in Hebei and introduce Hebei heroes.

Li Fu was captured by the Song Army and sent to Zhuge Liang's camp. Cui Lin recognized this person and said, "Isn't this Li Zixian, the giant deer?"

Zhuge Liang was very interested and asked: "Is this person famous?"

Cui Lin nodded and said: "In the middle age of Xingping, the people of Julu County were hungry and poor. As a Confucian scholar, Fu should plant sage in order to make a plan. Those who follow the rope will not take a stem, nor will they eat one themselves. That’s why people at that time said they were able to carry out their intentions.”

Zhuge Liang nodded. Scholars like this who were strong-willed, honest and moral could be used as a talent reserve in the crown prince's uterus.

So Zhuge Liang asked: "Where did you come from?"

Li Fu is now exhausted and has no intention of defying his destiny. He has no intention of carrying on until the end.

So after hearing Zhuge Liang's words, he replied: "I came from Julu with former general Meng Dai."

"Meng Dai?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, who is this?

Cui Lin introduced: "Meng Dai is a close confidant of Yuan Shao. Previously, he and Shen had the same position. They were both supervisors of the army, controlling the shogunate internally and shaking the three armies externally."

After hearing this, the generals immediately understood, no wonder he can hold the position of former general!

Although the general titles are not very different nowadays, the former general is definitely different from other general titles. The permanent generals of the Han Dynasty are the general, the general of the cavalry, the general of the guard and the four generals of the front, rear, left and right.

In many cases, the former general is the highest-ranking general in the court, and can concurrently serve as Taiwei, Situ, and other positions to assist the government.

This was the overthrow of Yuan Shao's power in history, which resulted in the reputation of Yuan Shao's generals. If the three kingdoms were Zhao, Shu, and Wu, then Meng Dai would be at least a general at the level of Jiang Wei and Lu Dai.

When he heard that Meng Dai, a former general and military supervisor, was coming to lead the army, Zhuge Liang immediately asked with concern: "How many troops does Meng Dai lead?"

Li Fu said: "It is innumerable, probably tens of thousands of elite soldiers."

Zhuge Liang then asked: "Where will they march from?"

"From Julu, we came along the Zhang River, passed through Tangyang and Fucheng, and now we have arrived at Dongping Pavilion outside the city. We went to Xiabo for eighteen miles and camped near the Zhang River. At night, we raised fire to show the city."

Zhuge Liang immediately said: "Invite him into a separate tent to see if the enemy's actions are as he said."

At night, Zhao Jun raised fire to show the city, and the defenders in the city also raised fire in response.

Yuan Shang even led his troops out of the south of the city and camped outside the city, hoping to confront Meng Dai.

Seeing Yuan Shang's deployment, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said to Lu Xun beside him: "It is difficult for Yuan Shang to achieve great things. If he is in the city, I will still worry about him. If he can't hold back and leads the army out of the south city, wouldn't he reveal his whereabouts?"

As a defender relying on the city's defense, the most worrying thing is that they don't know from which direction they will attack. As a result, Yuan Shang couldn't calm down and took the initiative to leave the city, preparing to join forces with Meng Daili. He broke the siege and left. It was like giving up on his own. The biggest advantage is the unexpected.

But is it so easy to break through the ravines and siege? Attacking it halfway across the river is a problem that no famous general can solve.

For example, Guan Yu led an army of five thousand to forcefully cross the river. Gan Ning also confidently said that if he gave me five hundred soldiers, he would guarantee that Guan Yu would not dare to cross the river as soon as he heard the sound of my coughing. If he dared to cross, he would be killed by me. Captured.

The place where Guan Yu and Gan Ning confronted each other was therefore named Guan Yu Lai."

Gan Ning, a fighting general, could still see clearly, and Lu Xun did not hesitate to ask Zhuge Liang for orders, saying: "I am willing to lead my three thousand soldiers to the south of the city to prevent Yuan Shang from defeating the siege, and the general will personally lead the army to counterattack the Zhao army. "

Zhuge Liang immediately recognized Lu Xun's words and said, "Yes, I will fight according to your will."

The biggest regret of Yuan Shang and Zhao Jun was that they met Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun, two of the top handsome men in the world at the same time.

These two people are the only ones in the Three Kingdoms who have separate biographies as ministers.

You must know that in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, all the monarchs who can be individually biographed are monarchs, such as Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi, the first lord Liu Bei, and the lord of Wu Sun Quan. Even Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao do not have separate biographies.

It can be seen that Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun have outstanding talents as generals and prime ministers.

The two of them really surpassed Yuan Shang and Meng Dai in terms of military strategy.

Zhao Jun planned to defeat the siege in one fell swoop, but Song Jun gave them no chance at all, creating a significant time difference.

Meng Dai led his army to attack fiercely, but Zhuge Liang refused to fight and stayed behind the antlers and encirclement of the camp. The Zhao army could only pull out the antlers and enter the encirclement, and then fought forward, unable to engage in large-scale battles.

Yuan Shang didn't know all this, so he led his army to attack fiercely, hastily setting up pontoon bridges and crossing the ravines of the siege.

Lu Xun kept looking at him calmly. After his troops had crossed nearly half of the way, he gave the order and fired a volley of arrows!

Since the Song army had already set up an array on the river bank, it had an absolute advantage. Arrows were fired from left and right, and the Zhao army immediately suffered heavy casualties. Countless people died after falling into the ravine.

The soldiers who fell into the ravine were unwilling to drown and climbed desperately onto the pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge was overwhelmed by its weight and collapsed three or four times!

Then the Song army jumped on them with their iron cavalry, and the Zhao army who had already crossed the ravine could not resist it. They were squeezed into the water one after another. Thousands of people died, and the Zhang River stopped flowing for a while.

The Song army counterattacked due to the situation, but the exhausted Zhao army could not resist at all and could only be defeated and returned to the city. (End of chapter)