Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1102

"Listen to me! Dou Xing'an, take two people to the beacon tower to light up the smoke! Then take the posthouse back to Bazhou City. Don't leave a grain of food in the posthouse!"

"As ordered!"

"Liu Dutou, lead your subordinates and go back to Bazhou immediately with Mr. Hu. Notify the merchants and rural people along the way, and return to Bazhou City immediately. Anyone who dares to go northward against orders, or delays and refuses to enter the city, will cooperate with the enemy. No matter what, shoot to kill!"

"As ordered!"

Although Wu Jinfeng had too much dissatisfaction with the imperial court, when he really faced the Liao army, the great enemy in the north, he was not negligent or slack in the slightest.

"Master Wu, what about you?" Hu Bo, who was about to ride south, asked suddenly.

"The rest stay with me!"

"Ah!" Hu Bo was taken aback, "Lord Wu, you only bring ten people? Relying on the Siwan River can't stop the Liao army."

"Master Hu, don't worry. I just want to see how many Liao thieves have come and who is the main general!"

"In that case, then I will stay with Master Wu." Hu Bo smiled, and without waiting for Wu Jinfeng's consent, he turned to the people he brought with him: "You guys are all under Cui Dutou's order. "

Wu Jinfeng glanced at him, didn't say much, but was slightly surprised.But he couldn't control Hu Bo either, and watched Dou Xing'an and Cui Dutou lead their troops away, so he rode his horse and looked around, looking at the surrounding terrain.

Since the founding of the country by Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the Song Dynasty has painstakingly managed the Hebei defense line.In general, it is centered on Baozhou, west of Bazhou, west of Baozhou, and north of Zhendingfu. On the one hand, elms and willows are widely planted, on the other hand, common people are prohibited from cutting trees, and ponds and ditches are used as supplementary.

This strategy has been fruitful after nearly 20 years of hard work.Song Dynasty planted tens of millions of trees in this area, and they have grown quite thick in the past [-] years. Except for the roads deliberately set aside, most of the areas are not conducive to the passage of cavalry. For one or two riders to pass.From the east of Baozhou to Bazhou and Cangzhou, ponds and canals are the main area, supplemented by tree planting.Using the depressions in this area to connect rivers and canals, a pond defense line consisting of countless ponds and paddy fields with a length of more than ten miles and a width of more than [-] miles has been operated, with a total length of more than [-] miles.However, this line of defense has its natural weaknesses. In many places, the water is shallow and has not been formed. In winter, it forms solid ice, and when it is dry, there is no water at all.As for the tree planting strategy, it happened many times in Bazhou that when the Song Dynasty planted trees, the Khitan people entered the country at night and cut down the trees cleanly in half the night.It will take at least several decades for the forest to grow to the size of Baozhou, Dingzhou, and Zhending.Therefore, there have been no large-scale forests in Bazhou.Moreover, Bazhou also has a natural weakness. The most important official road in the Hebei region of the Great Song Dynasty leads to Bazhou.Although this official road to Bazhou detours to the west to Rongcheng, but in the past few years since the Song and Liao dynasties have been in business, merchants are unwilling to detour, and often go directly from Bazhou to Siwanyi to cross the river, because it can save two or three days. The distance, so this matter began to be banned repeatedly, and then I got used to it.In the thirty or forty miles from Siwan Station to Bazhou, unconsciously, a road wide enough for two carriages has been formed.As for the willows along the coast of Siwan and the elms beside the road, they are of no military value except for the shade of pedestrians.

This year's drought, although Hebei is better than Xibei Sanlu, there is still not much rain. The water in the river is four or five feet wide, and the pontoon bridge is too easy to build, and it can't stop the Liao army at all.Looking at the small river, Wu Jinfeng couldn't help crying secretly.

Thirty or forty miles away, the vanguard of the Liao army can reach the city of Bazhou in one day.

He sighed in his heart, and went to look at the ten soldiers around him.Although these personal soldiers were all carefully selected by him and had seen battle formations, but the incident happened suddenly, and such a small number of people faced an enemy hundreds or even a thousand times. The movements were stiff, and several people were riding on horses, their calves were shaking constantly.

The political significance of the towns along the border of Hebei is no more important than Baozhou, where the ancestral mausoleum of the Zhao family is located; and the military significance is no more important than Bazhou, the seat of Bazhou, even the famous Waqiaoguan in the Five Dynasties. Bazhou is important.Because once Bazhou is breached now, the Liao people will occupy the official road in Hebei without any worries.To the south of Bazhou, the Gentleman's House is not enough to guard, and Hejian Mansion and Zhending Mansion can be bypassed. It can be said that beyond Bazhou, it is the Beijing Daming Mansion of Song Dynasty!
What's more, Bazhou can actually be bypassed.If the Liao people dare to treat the Song army in Bazhou as a dead man.

Not far from the beacon tower, the smoke of the beacon has already ignited.Dou Xing'an has done his thing.

It's useless to think about these!Wu Jinfeng looked at the blazing smoke, and suddenly a thought came to his mind, and he shouted loudly: "Everyone, get off your horse!"

"Master Wu?" All the people turned their heads to look at him in horror.

But Wu Jinfeng had already dismounted with a smile: "Let the horse rest. Take off the bows, everyone, don't look at so many Liao dogs, the one who came first was scout No. [-]. They came to die, we are sorry All of them. Although you guys are riding horses, you are still infantry after all. I don’t expect you to be able to shoot arrows on horseback, let’s come down to greet Liao thieves!”

Hu Bo was stunned, "Master Wu, are you going to fight them?"

Wu Jinfeng nodded, and said with a smile: "This palm-wide Siwan River can be shot to the other side with a single arrow. They want to build a pontoon bridge so cheaply. Do they really despise our children from the northern camp?"

Hu Bo's face turned red all of a sudden, and he shouted loudly: "Okay! I will obey Master Wu's order!"

"Listen up, everyone." Wu Jinfeng pointed to a small forest next to the paddy field on the right, "Leave four or five horses here, and all of us will hide in the forest and give the horses a bit, Molu Whereabouts. You can see the movement on the other side of the river from there, and you will follow my orders later!"

"Obey!" The crowd agreed abruptly.

Wu Jinfeng was finally satisfied to see that his soldiers didn't mess up anything this time.Although the crowd felt a little scared, they were veterans who had fought in battle after all, so they unfastened the saddles of the five horses nervously and orderly, and let the horses gnaw on the grass beside the official road.He carefully led the remaining horse, and not long after he hid in the grove, he heard a sound of hoofbeats from the opposite bank.

Hu Bo has good eyesight, looking through the woods, he did not expect what Wu Jinfeng expected, the first ones were indeed scouts from the Liao army, and as Wu Jinfeng said, there were only one hundred and ten people.

However, having summoned up his courage just now, the fearless Hu Bo almost cried out in shock: "Explore the blocking army!"

Wu Jinfeng scolded himself inwardly as a "crazy bucket". Although he hadn't fought the Liao army in the past two years, this was something he should have thought of long ago.

Hu Bo stared at Wu Jinfeng dumbfounded, only to find that Wu Jinfeng was smiling and blinking at him.He couldn't help but quietly walked to Wu Jinfeng's side, and whispered in his ear: "Master Wu, did you already know?"

Wu Jinfeng smiled and nodded.

He couldn't help but asked again: "Do you want the dozen or so of us to confront the Yuantan Barrier Army?!"

"Not bad!"

"You're crazy!" Hu Bo almost couldn't help cursing in a low voice.All the officers and soldiers in the northern battalion knew that the Yuantan Banzi Army was a fierce soldier selected from thousands of miles in Liaozhong!Moreover, everyone knows that wherever the Far Exploration Barrier Army appears, there will be the vanguard army of the Liao Army, and there will be the main force of the Liao Army!
Hu Bo swallowed, glared fiercely at Wu Jinfeng, gritted his teeth and said, "What a guts!"

Wu Jinfeng smiled, looked back at the soldiers behind him, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing for Liao thieves to go far to stop the army. I killed many such Liao thieves back then. Don't be afraid, everyone, among us There is still a river blocking it, wait a minute, when I give the order to release arrows, everyone just shoots hard with me."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and saw that the Liao Army on the other side had reached the Siwan River.

The ferry of Siwan River has always been operated by Song people.The people at the ferry here have long since disappeared without a trace, but a ferry boat is still parked by the river.Wu Jinfeng let out a cry of annoyance and forgot to sink the boat just now.

At this time, the Liao army was getting closer, and they could see more clearly. They were all in black clothes and armor. When they reached the riverside, there was no noise. There were only three or four people who looked like leaders. Talk about something.While talking, someone stretched out his hand to point this way, obviously talking about the ferry boat and a few unattended horses here.

Wu Jinfeng immediately became vigilant. He already felt that compared to the enemies he had encountered before, this time the enemies were more experienced and more disciplined. He jumped into the river desperately and swam over.

But this time, after the Liao army discussed for a while, only ten people took off their armor, led their horses and jumped into the river, and immediately seemed to be carrying something, most of which were used for erecting pontoon bridges or the like.The rest of the Liao army dismounted and set their bows and arrows, obviously protecting their comrades.

"The enemy is either the Palace Guard Army or the Pishi Army." Wu Jinfeng thought to himself.

"Liao dog!" The next moment, Wu Jinfeng cursed in a low voice, pulled the horse over, jumped on the horse, shouted "Kill!" and rode the horse out of the woods.Hu Bo and all the soldiers also got on their horses one after another, and rushed out after roaring.

What greeted them was a rain of arrows shot from the north shore of Siwan.A soldier charged too hard and was shot in the left eye by an arrow from the Liao army. He died instantly and fell off his horse beside Wu Jinfeng.Wu Jinfeng fought back with his bow, and shouted continuously: "Array! Arrange!" Finally, the rest of the soldiers did not rush into the arrows of the Liao army.

A Liao soldier who was crossing the river poked his head out from the south bank, and when Hu Bo saw him, he shot an arrow and shrank back into the river with a thump in fright.A Liao soldier wanted to force his way ashore, but was shot to death by random arrows from several soldiers.

(End of this chapter)