At this time, Chen Qing led an army of 100,000 to Hanyang Prefecture. He deployed an army of 200,000 this time. Among them, Liu Qiong led 50,000 cavalry and entered Jiangnan West Road. Gao Ding led an army of 50,000 to Yingzhou and could attack at any time.
Shouchun.
Chen Qing's 100,000-strong army is the main force. Once the time is right, his 100,000-strong army will sweep across the Jianghuai River.
In addition, Chen Qing also sent 20,000 naval troops and hundreds of warships to Dangtu County. Once the time is right, this naval army will attack and cut off Zhang Jun's retreat.
As soon as Chen Qing arrived at Hanyang Mansion, he received news from Zhenjiang Mansion that Zhang Jun's army of 100,000 had crossed the Yangtze River and captured Zhenjiang Mansion, and Wu Zhang's army retreated to Changzhou.
Guan Shigu, who was accompanying him, asked with a smile: "What will happen to the battle on Jiangnan West Road?"
Chen Qing looked at the river in the distance and said calmly: "There will be no suspense in the battle on Jiangnan West Road. My men will help, and Han Shizhong's army will be defeated."
Guan Shigu sighed and said: "I still can't understand why the imperial court thinks they can withstand the attack of Zhang Jun's army? Especially with our help behind them, they always wake up at the last moment."
"Maybe they are still dreaming!"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "I haven't woken up yet. I will regret it when I really wake up. I am very patient and waiting for them to finally wake up."
The 90,000-strong army marched relatively slowly, and it took them two days to enter Fuzhou. There are many rivers, undulating mountains, and large areas of cultivated land. Most of the villages are concentrated at the foot of the mountains.
In addition to cultivated land, forests in Fuzhou are also widely distributed, and lush woods can be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road, stretching all the way to the mountains.
The reason why the army marched slowly was because they carried a large amount of baggage and food, and the carts creaked and creaked among the ranks.
Han Jin and Zhang Ziqi were walking in the front. Han Jin was very careful and kept looking at the terrain on both sides. Although they were still fifty miles away from Linchuan County, Han Jin was still nervous. After all, Luo Shengsheng's 20,000 troops were ambushed and wiped out.
It is difficult to say that Han Shizhong will not repeat his old tricks, especially when his troops are at a disadvantage, ambush is a better strategy.
Of course, the risk of an ambush is also very high. Once the opponent sees through it, it will be counterattacked, which will lead to tragic casualties.
Han Jin kept sending scouts to explore the road ahead, and the scouts kept coming back to report that the journey was safe, at least for twenty miles.
At this moment, an arrow shot out from the woods and hit Zhang Ziqi's horse. Zhang Ziqi was so frightened that he fell off his horse. The soldiers immediately formed a circle to protect Zhang Ziqi.
"It's a headless arrow with a letter on it!"
It turned out to be an arrow. The soldier picked up the arrow and handed it to Zhang Ziqi. Zhang Ziqi breathed a sigh of relief, but was still a little scared. If someone wanted to ambush them, the arrow just now could completely kill him.
Zhang Ziqi quickly opened the letter and read it, and then handed it to Han Jin. Han Jin took the letter and looked at it carefully. There was only one sentence on it, 'There are 30,000 ambushes ten miles away. There is a path to the south that can bypass the mountains and forests!'
There is also a map below, which shows the location of the trail. You can go past them by taking the branch road next to them.
Han Jin was stunned. His scouts didn't notice any ambush!
"General Han, who sent this letter?" Zhang Ziqi asked nervously.
"It should be the Western Army's scouts. They discovered the enemy's situation and secretly helped us, but our scouts did not notice the enemy's situation!"
"Could it be that our scouts were careless and did not discover the ambushing enemy troops?"
Han Jin thought about it and immediately understood. There should be a time lag between the enemy forces. When the scouts passed by, they were deep in the woods. When the scouts passed by, they came out to ambush. This must be the case.
"General, what should we do?" Zhang Ziqi was so nervous that his face changed.
Han Jin sneered and said, "It's okay if I don't know. Now that we know, it's their fault!"
In the valley ten miles away, Han Shizhong led 30,000 troops to ambush in the woods on both sides. Han Shizhong was also experienced. They only had 60,000 troops, and 30,000 were new recruits. They had no combat effectiveness at all. In the end, they had to rely on his 30,000 troops.
Wan Shuijun.
Han Shizhong finally chose an ambush. This was the only strategy that could defeat more with less, and he was very good at it, so he had a high chance of success.
Han Shizhong led his army to ambush about 200 steps deep in the woods. He knew the habits of the Song army very well. The exploration usually took about 50 steps, and no more than 100 steps at most. Zhang Jun's army was far inferior to the elite of Yue Fei's army.
Yue Fei's exploration distance is still a hundred steps away, Zhang Jun's army scouts will definitely not go deep.
His judgment was indeed correct. Zhang Jun's scouts only penetrated about fifty steps and then ended. When the scouts left, the 30,000 ambush troops quietly moved forward, but they were still about fifty steps away from the official road.
Half an hour later, the Huaixi Army troops began to appear and entered their ambush circle. However, walking in front was actually a baggage team. Mule carts loaded with food were slowly driving on the official road, one after another.
, the line of carts was more than ten miles long.
Han Shizhong was a little uneasy. Usually the baggage was at the back, so why was the baggage of the Huaixi Army placed in the front? He whispered: "Get the scout commander to see me!"
Not long after, the scout commander bent down and ran to see Han Shizhong, "See you, Marshal!"
"Let me ask you, the last time you scouted the enemy, were their baggage trains ahead?"
"No!"
The scout commander shook his head and said, "I personally saw that their baggage team was behind the center of the army, not in front. I don't know how they changed their positions."
There's a problem! Did the enemy discover their ambush? It shouldn't be possible. The enemy scouts didn't detect them at all, so why were they so weird and put the baggage team in front?
There must be a monster when something goes wrong. Han Shizhong thought for a moment and decisively gave the order, "Send the order for the entire army to retreat!"
Before his order could be heard, the troops behind him suddenly became commotion. When Han Shizhong turned around, he was shocked to see blazing fire, thick smoke, and a large forest burning half a mile behind him.
"Oops!"
Han Shizhong knew that they were exposed and were counterattacked by the enemy. They were in big trouble. He immediately stood up and shouted: "Retreat! The whole army retreats!"
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" the retreat gong sounded.
But the official road was blocked by the baggage team, so they had no choice but to run eastward along the woods, running for seven or eight miles in one breath. As soon as they ran out of the woods, they heard the sound of clappers, and thousands of arrows were fired from the opposite side. Song Song, who had just rushed out of the woods,
The soldiers fell to the ground one after another with arrows, screaming in agony. Thousands of people were shot down.
Han Jin led 30,000 troops to run around the valley, took a small road to get in front of the Song army, and in turn laid an ambush.
At this time, the woods to the east also began to burn on a large scale, and the woods to the east and west burned together. The woods burned very quickly.
The Song army in the woods was in panic. Wang Gui shouted: "Marshal, we must break out, otherwise everyone will be burned to death here!"
Han Shizhong shouted, "The Sword and Shield Army is in front, break out!"
The soldiers of the Song Army rushed out of the woods. Thousands of soldiers of the Sword and Shield Army raised their shields high and rushed towards the enemy's dense arrows. Although they were constantly shot and killed, most of the Song Army soldiers rushed out of the woods.
Han Jin waved his sword and shouted: "Kill him!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
War drums beat fiercely, and 30,000 Huaixi troops attacked the Song army from three directions. The armies of both sides fought fiercely in the large rice fields that had just been harvested.