Chapter 34 The third quarter battle Mikawaguchi

After Jinmingzhai was captured by the Xixia army, Li Yuanhao immediately ordered the army to attack Yanzhou with all its strength. At this time, Yanzhou had only a few hundred people defending it. It was simply an empty city, and it was impossible to withstand the menacing Xixia army.So at this critical moment, what will Fan Yong, the magistrate of Yanzhou, do? Fan Yong hurriedly appealed to the imperial court, but he couldn't quench his thirst far away, so he mobilized all kinds of soldiers and horses in Shaanxi to help.The two deputy generals, Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun, together with two generals, Huang Dehe and Guo Zun, and several other generals, led an army of 50,000 people, traveling day and night to assist Yanzhou.

Just as the army of the Song Dynasty was marching tens of miles away from Yanzhou City at night holding torches, a rusher (that is, the messenger) came head-on.Get off your horse in a hurry, see Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun, and tell them that Taiwei Fan is waiting for the two generals in Yanzhou City, but the generals have too many troops and the city of Yanzhou is too small to accommodate them, so please divide them up Dial, dial and dial into the city.Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun didn't know the truth, and didn't check each other's identity documents. When they heard this, they got off their horses and sat on the marching chairs to mobilize the troops.One team set out, walked five miles, and then transferred another team. After a few hours, fifty teams were transferred out.With a team of several hundred people, tens of thousands of people can be dispatched.After Team Fifty went out, the two wanted to ask Ji Jiaozi for a question, but when they turned around, Ji Jiaozi disappeared.The two of them turned pale with fright, it's broken, this is a spy of Xixia, we have been tricked.They hurriedly sent people to chase the soldiers who had set out ahead to see what was happening in Yanzhou City.At this time, there were still dozens of miles away from Yanzhou City. After a while, Meteor came back and reported that there was no movement in Yanzhou City, and there were no lights on the city. know where to go.When the two heard this, it was broken. Where did they go? Did they all go to Yuan Hao's prisoner-of-war camp?Several generals joined forces, gathered more than 10,000 people, and rushed to Yanzhou.

Walking to Sanchuankou (this is the place where three rivers meet, so it is called Sanchuankou), Song Jun saw that Li Yuanhao, the lord of Xixia, led an army of 100,000 troops to set up a Yanyue formation by the river, and the formation was ready.Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun hurriedly ordered their troops to form formations to meet the enemy.The Song army has only more than 10,000 people, and its strength is only one-eighth or nineth of Xia's, but it has also set up the Yanyue formation.After the formation of the two sides was established, the Xia army took the initiative to cross the river and launched an attack. The Song army rushed up to fight fiercely, killing more than 700 Xia troops, and the Xia army retreated.As soon as the Xia army retreated, the Song army launched an active attack.This is how wars were fought in ancient times. Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, you attack, I defend, and after I retreat, I will attack with my troops, without giving you a chance to breathe.Song General Guo Zun led the cavalry to take the lead and rushed to Xia's camp.General Guo Zun was born with courage, and the iron maces and big guns he used in his hands weighed more than ninety catties.But Xia Jun had too many people, and they all used shields to protect their bodies. Song cavalry rushed over, but couldn't get into Xia Jun's formation, so they had to retreat, and the two sides fought in a melee.

Yuan Hao deliberately asked the old and weak Xia Jun to surrender, discarding some supplies of horses and camels, which made Song Jun feel proud.At this moment of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Song Army saw that some party members knelt on the ground and surrendered, and then saw that there was a horse and a camel there, and they were busy capturing prisoners and leading the horses and camels.Seeing the corpses of Xia soldiers lying on the ground, he hurriedly cut off the enemy's head, and rushed to Liu Ping to ask for a reward.Marshal, I killed three people, please give me the money!I captured a horse, I captured five prisoners, please reward!Liu Ping said, in the midst of fierce fighting, we can't take care of this, where can I get you money.We are saving our lives now, all of you should write down the credit first, and there will be a big reward after breaking the thief.At this time, some Song soldiers were not happy.The Song Army is very special in Chinese history. It is a completely professional army and implements a recruitment system.I was a soldier and fought to earn a salary to support my family, so I deserved a bonus for my meritorious service on the battlefield.When the soldiers saw that no bonus was given, their fighting spirit was not as brave as before, but let down a little.Of course, the fighting power of the Song army was still very strong at this time, especially the pioneer Guo Zun, who was brave and invincible.When crossing the river to attack Xia's army, the vanguard of Xia State came up to challenge. Guo Zun swung the 90-jin iron mace in his hand, and smashed the vanguard of Xia's brains with one mace.The soldiers on both sides exclaimed, my God, the whole God of War!In addition, the Song army was also battle-hardened for a long time, and it was inseparable from Xia Guo's troops for a while.