"Run away?"

Xi Jin was also a little overwhelmed by Tan Daoji's move.

Before, Tan Daoji's posture was to attack Huai County to the death, but now he actually ran away?

This unreasonable trick set off alarm bells in Xi Jin's heart.

"It's right not to pursue it."

Xi Jin just thought it was Tan Daoji using vulgar tactics to lure him into the trap.

The Song army did not want to fight with the Northern Wei cavalry in Hebei, and Xi Jin also did not want to fight here.

After all, Hebei is his own territory, and what Xi Jin wants to do more is to lead the war to Henan.

"Boring."

Seeing that Tan Daoji was not going to fight him, Xi Jin lost interest and ordered people to burn down the camp that Tan Daoji had built before and fill it up, intending to continue the confrontation with the Song army.

What I didn't expect was...

the next day.

"My lord, something's wrong! Tan Daoji called again!"

Xi Jin hadn't woken up yet, and his head was a little confused when he heard the news.

"We're calling again? How many people are there? Are they starting to attack the city?"

"No...that's not the case."

Xi Jin hurriedly washed his face with cold water and followed the soldiers to the city wall.

This time we came not from the west, but from the south.

To the south of Huai County is Shuimen, which introduces a waterway from a tributary of the river directly into the city.

At this time, there were a large number of civilian ships parked in front of the water gate, filled with Song soldiers and soldiers, holding weapons and looking up at the city wall of Huai County.

On the two big boats at the front, strong men with bare arms and sledgehammers were beating the drum heads. A deep drum sound came along the water waves and rippled to the huge Huai County wall.

"Could it be that Tan Daoji wants to attack with water?"

Wang Zhen'e's raid on Chang'an from the Wei River had just passed, and the Northern Wei Dynasty had never underestimated the strength of the Song Navy's navy.

It's just that Xi Jin didn't expect that Tan Daoji would be so careless and led the navy to attack Huai County, and he was caught off guard for a while.

"Attack!"

Although the waterway was wide, the ships of the Song army were extremely short, and even with arrows, it was difficult to attack the Northern Wei soldiers on the city wall. Xi Jin was just surprised, without much panic, and immediately ordered the Northern Wei soldiers on the city wall to fight back with bows and arrows.

After several rounds of crazy shooting, it was obvious that the Song Army's ships were staggering a bit, which made Xi Jin very satisfied.

"If you want to use tricks to defeat the city, this Tan Daoji is a little too young!"

Song Jun's inability to deal with Huai County undoubtedly made Xi Jin happy, and he just wanted to sit back and relax.

A small number of people cannot defeat Huai County. If he wants to capture Huai County and seize Hanoi, Liu Yu will lead the main force of the army.

Once the opponent comes ashore, the cavalry will do the talking.

The two fruitless attacks on Tan Daoji undoubtedly greatly improved the morale of the Northern Wei soldiers, who somewhat looked down upon the Song army outside the city.

If it weren't for Xi Jin's pressure, they would all have wanted to go out and have a good fight with Tan Daoji.

Little did they know that outside the city...

Zhu Chaoshi looked at Tan Daoji anxiously: "General Tan, will the other party really take the bait?"

Tan Daoji stroked his beard and looked back at the dense crowd: "Definitely."

These are none other than the people from the villages around Huai County.

When Zhu Chaoshi was collecting ships, Tan Daoji also ordered him to gather the people together and bring them to the dock.

There were not many people, only ten thousand people.

These villagers looked at Song Jun with fearful eyes, wondering what the other party's purpose was.

"Everyone! There is going to be a war in Hebei soon! Why don't you all go to the south bank of the river to stay for a while, and then we can move back after we drive out the Suolu!"

Hearing what Song Jun said, the people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Even those who were dissatisfied did not have the courage to confront the Song army when facing the shining swords.

Using the collected ships to transport the people to the south bank, such news naturally couldn't be concealed from Xi Jin, who was always paying attention to the Song Army and the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"Robbing someone?"

In Hebei, the most indispensable thing is people.

But there is no doubt that population is also a precious resource.

If Tan Daoji robbed people and returned to the south before, Xi Jin promised not to do anything.

At worst, it would be a big deal to move some more people from the north.

But arrogance and carelessness will always go to a person's head.

Tan Daoji's two attacks against Huai County ended in failure, which made the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Huai County look down on the Song army.

Xi Jin, who was the only one who could stay calm, was finally persuaded by one sentence: "The other party is carrying a large number of people, so it will inevitably move slowly. Even if they put up the Queyue Formation, there will still be gaps."

"What's more, the Hedong side suffered a small defeat. If your Excellency's side wins, everyone in the government and the public will look at you with admiration!"

Xi Jin and Changsun Song also have a competitive relationship. They both hope to have greater authority, so they both hope to take advantage of the war to overpower the other.

Xi Jin finally sent out five thousand cavalry stationed in the city, intending to devour the Song army that came ashore in one go.

A large number of Northern Wei cavalry came out from Huai County, trying to intercept the people and Song troops who were crossing the river.

At this time, Zhu Chaoshi was standing on a warship moored on the river bank. Looking at the overwhelming Northern Wei cavalry on the bank, he did not show any fear, but instead sighed with emotion:

"There is still a slight gap between me and General Tan."

Seeing the Northern Wei cavalry rushing over, Zhu Chaoshi sent someone to send a signal to the Song army on the shore.

The cavalry charge of the Northern Wei Dynasty was naturally directed towards the common people. As long as the common people dispersed in fear and the Queyue formation of the Song army was thrown into chaos, the Northern Wei cavalry could easily harvest the heads of the Song soldiers.

But something unexpected happened.

The originally chaotic "common people" suddenly formed a neat military formation, and the packages they carried with them also revealed gleaming weapons.

This incident made the Northern Wei cavalry a little panicked, and they didn't understand why their opponents instantly evolved from little white rabbits to big bad wolves.

In fact, when Tan Daoji asked Zhu Chaoshi to move the people to the south bank, only a group of people were moved, and the others were driven back to their villages. Now the "common people" hanging out in front of the Northern Wei cavalry are all serious elites of the Song army.

They wrapped their heavy and hard armor with shabby clothes in order to confuse the Northern Wei cavalry and make the Northern Wei cavalry think that they were common people who were easy to bully.

These soldiers retreated behind the chariot skillfully and quietly watched the performance of the Northern Wei cavalry using their bodies of flesh and blood to attack objects of gold and wood.

After that, they raised their weapons and started harvesting.

The soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty who rushed up once again fell under the Queyue Formation in frustration.

And he took the initiative to rush forward...

Just as "horse riding and slashing" was going on at the dock, several more warships were heading towards the Huai County waterway on the river bank.

Different from the last time, this time it was a huge warship of the Song Navy. When the ship entered the waterway, it was like a giant that crushed everything. When the ship came to the city wall, it seemed to be as high as the city wall.

The strong wind was blowing, and the huge commander's flag with the word "tan" fluttered on the battleship. At this time, Tan Daoji stood under the commander's flag and looked at Huai County in front of him with a serious look.

"Now, it's dinner."
Chapter completed!