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Night shrouded the Western Army camp in Licheng County. In the dark night, hundreds of Jurchen cavalry tried to get close to the camp, but they were still three miles away and were discovered by the Western Army patrols outside.
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"There is enemy situation!" the Western Army patrol sentry shouted.
The leader of the Jurchen Thousand Captains roared, "Charge over!"
Hundreds of cavalrymen galloped wildly, and gunpowder arrows flew into the sky to warn. Inside the military camp, a cavalry force of 3,000 people rushed out and rushed towards the police.
The three thousand cavalry is a quick-response army. There are four cavalry teams on duty every night. Each cavalry team has 3,000 people and is deployed at the four camp gates. Once there is an alarm, the three thousand cavalry will be dispatched immediately.
Hundreds of patrol cavalry had already started a fierce battle with the invading enemy troops, preventing them from continuing to break out. At this time, three thousand cavalrymen arrived and surrounded the invading enemy troops. The Western Army patrols quickly withdrew, and they continued to encircle and suppress the fish that had slipped through the trap.
The defense of the camp is extremely tight, especially to prevent the opponent from using fire to attack the camp. Thousands of people are deployed as patrol posts, and they are deployed as far as three miles away. This also prevents the opponent from using large fire kites to attack the camp.
The Western Army used leather tents. Although the fire resistance was much better than cloth tents and woolen tents, they would still burn if they were specifically used for fire attacks. Therefore, defense against enemy fire attacks has always been the top priority of the garrison.
In just a moment, all five hundred invading cavalrymen were wiped out, and no one survived.
This was not the first time that the Jin soldiers attacked the Song army. Almost every night, Jurchen cavalry came to attack and tried to set fire to the camp, but without exception they were completely wiped out by the Western army.
The lights were brightly lit in the handsome tent, and Chen Qing was still meditating in front of the sand table, completely unmoved by the harassment outside.
He had just received a briefing from Li Qingong that a Jurchen cavalry force of 50,000 people was trying to go south to rescue Jinan Prefecture, but the navy kept intercepting them, preventing them from crossing the Yellow River.
Blocking the Yellow River was Chen Qing's order. Previously, he was worried that Wanyanchang and Wanyanwushu would join forces, so they had to be separated.
However, as the situation changed at any time, Chen Qing gradually discovered that Wanyanchang had no signs of joining forces with Wanyan Wushu, and there was not even any food and material support. Moreover, the Western Army now had the upper hand, and he was not worried about Wanyanchang.
reinforcements, and he even hoped that Wanyanchang would send reinforcements to give him a chance to besiege the city and provide reinforcements.
"Your Highness, I also agree to let them cross the Yellow River and use the terrain advantages to set up an ambush and wipe out the opponent's reinforcements." Yang Zaixing said solemnly from the side.
Besieging a city and calling for reinforcements has always been a classic tactic. Once it can be implemented smoothly, taking advantage of the opponent's eagerness to rescue, and then taking advantage of the terrain to ambush, the reinforcements will generally be successfully annihilated.
Chen Qing's eyes turned to the sand table again. There were many hills between Jinan Prefecture and Daming Prefecture, and there were many places suitable for ambush. If the enemy came from the direction of Ande County, the enemy army would definitely have to pass through Eagle Valley, where they could ambush the enemy.
The best part was that they originally planned to ambush Wanyan Wushu's defeated troops there.
Thinking of this, Chen Qingdang immediately ordered: "Go and inform Li Qingong immediately to let the enemy troops cross the Yellow River near Jiangling County."
After crossing the Yellow River from Jiangling County, you will inevitably go to Jinan Prefecture along the official road in the north of Ande County, and then this official road will definitely pass through Eagle Valley.
After giving the order, Chen Qing said to Yang Zaixing: "I will give you 80,000 troops to set up an ambush in Eagle Valley. We must wipe out all enemy reinforcements."
Yang Zaixing clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will definitely annihilate all the enemy forces!"
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Wanyan Bali immediately sent three armies dozens of miles apart to build three pontoon bridges, but the opponent's navy was really powerful. He almost built one pontoon bridge, but the warships destroyed one, which really made him feel a little discouraged.
In the middle of the night, Wanyan was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers, "General, there is good news!"
"What's the good news?" Balisu asked as he sat up.
"The pontoon bridge next to Jiangling County was successfully built. The other party didn't notice that thousands of our brothers had already crossed the river."
Ba Lisu was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Send the whole army to go to Jiangling County."
Jiangling County was still thirty miles east of them, and it was also the easternmost pontoon bridge built. Ba Lisu didn't have high hopes at first, but he didn't expect it to succeed.
It’s no wonder that the Western Army has just destroyed the pontoon bridge in Wucheng County. Wucheng County is eighty miles away from Jiangling County. The warships are so busy that it is impossible to completely omit everything. There will inevitably be omissions. Once there are omissions,
, your opportunity has come.
At the fifth watch, 50,000 cavalry arrived at the pontoon bridge in Jiangling County. The pontoon bridge was still there and had not been destroyed. The Western warships were also following them northward. However, the warships were not as fast as the cavalry. The Western warships were still thirty miles away from the pontoon bridge.
Coming at full speed.
Fifty thousand cavalrymen began to cross the river quickly. The cavalrymen had excellent equestrian skills and controlled their horses to walk quickly on the pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge was also very wide, allowing several horses to ride abreast.
At dawn, all the 50,000-strong army crossed the Yellow River. At this time, the Western Army's warships had appeared two miles away. They hurriedly followed slowly, but they were still a step too late.
The Western warships began to destroy the pontoon bridge, and the fire engulfed the entire pontoon bridge.
Wanyan Bali looked at the Western warships setting fire in anger. He couldn't help laughing up to the sky and ordered the army to set off for Jinan Prefecture.
Li Qingong looked at the opponent's army rushing away in great strength and couldn't help but shook his head. If it hadn't been for His Highness's order, would they really have thought that they had missed this pontoon bridge?
I'm afraid what I have to do next is to intercept the defeated soldiers and flee back to the north bank.
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At noon, the news that 50,000 reinforcements had crossed the Yellow River reached Wanyanchang's ears.
"What! Did they cross the Yellow River?"
Wan Yanchang was so angry that he punched the table and cursed: "These useless bastards from the Western Army, it's my fault that I leaked military information to them, and they can't even do this little thing well!"
The general who reported the news said tremblingly: "The Western warships destroyed the seven pontoon bridges of the reinforcements, but Ba Lisu changed his strategy and adopted the method of building bridges at multiple points at the same time, which made the Western warships unable to defend themselves. The reinforcements finally succeeded in building a bridge from Jiangling County.
Crossed the Yellow River."
The general who reported the message was more to the point. It was not that the Western army's warships were incompetent, but that Ba Lisu was too stubborn and cunning, making it difficult for the Western army to defend itself.
Wanyanchang waved his hand and said helplessly: "Forget it, if Ba Lisu really wants to go, let him go! I can also explain it to the emperor."
Wan Yanchang immediately ordered the commander of the soldiers: "Send someone to monitor the drug store. Once someone comes back from the drug store, arrest him immediately!"
After struggling for a long time, not only did he fail to intercept the interception, but he also let the Western Army spies go in vain. This typical situation of stealing a chicken but losing a handful of rice really made Wan Yanchang extremely depressed.
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Crossing the Yellow River from Jiangling County, the other side is Ande County in Texas. It was once a famous ferry on the Yellow River. There is a flat and wide official road leading to Licheng County in Jinan Prefecture, which is more than 200 miles away.
The 50,000 Jurchen army did not stop and continued southward along the official road. They were not very fast and the team was very dense, compressed to only three miles. Even if there was a sneak attack by the enemy on the way, they could quickly assemble to counterattack.
It was safer on Hebei Road, and they would not worry about being attacked halfway, but it was different when entering Shandong Road. He was extra careful, did not dare to let go of his horse and galloped, and tried to keep marching in formation.
In the evening of that day, they passed through Dezhou and entered Jinan Prefecture. The mountains became more mountainous, almost all of which were low and rolling hills. The army moved through the hilly areas.
The biggest feature of the hilly area is that the mountains are not high, only tens of feet or a hundred feet, and they are continuous. There are many valleys. The army travels through valleys one after another. The mountains on both sides are covered with woods.
At the first watch, a large valley appeared in front of the team, which looked very long. It was the Eagle Valley, only eighty miles away from Licheng County.