Wuwangdu was not named after a certain "King of Wu", but because Wu and Wang lived here and built Wuwang Village.
The location of Wu Wangzhai is where the Chu army set up camp during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony. Han Xin once made a surprise attack on this camp.
Now the village has become the main camp of the Mongolian army.
On the third day of the first lunar month, Li Heng and Zhang Hongfan climbed to the watchtower in the southwest corner of the camp.
Looking to the west, it is nothing more than the glaciers covered in wind and snow day after day, and the northern and southern lines are the continuous camps of the Mongolian army.
"A few more troops went to attack Xiayangdu in the morning, but they were beaten back."
Zhang Hongfan talked about today's war and added in a casual tone: "What's funny is that the ones guarding Xia Yang Ferry are Liu Zheng's enemy camp."
Li Heng smiled when he heard this and said: "It's really ridiculous. If Liu Zheng had stood still at that time, our military strength would be stronger than the Song army now."
Today he is wearing a large coat made of weasel fur. A weasel is a weasel.
Weasel skin has fine guard hairs, plump undervelve, fresh color, and tail hair that is water-resistant and wear-resistant. It is the best fur for making fur.
Most of the people in the army wearing furs were Mongolians, and they all looked dirty and smelly, with lice jumping around and visible to the naked eye.
Li Heng was the adopted son of a Mongolian noble, but unlike these Mongolians, he wore a large weasel fur coat to give him the aura of a noble prince.
After all, he is a descendant of the Xixia royal family.
This is also the reason why Li Heng and Zhang Hongfan can become close friends. There are many descendants of nobles in the army, but they are the most outstanding and the most extraordinary.
"Li Xia, the new soldier who defeated the enemy camp, was able to exert such combat power. I never expected him. Hao Zhongwei has already attacked Xia Yang Cross three times in a row and is unable to move forward."
"Hao Zhongwei?"
"Deqing doesn't recognize him? He is the second son of Monk Hao Batu. His brother Hao Tianyi led the troops across the river, so Hao Zhongwei did his best to contain the Song army."
Li Heng said in surprise: "Hao Tianyi has crossed the river?"
"You haven't heard anything."
Zhang Hongfan said helplessly: "I don't know the specific details, but I haven't seen Hao Tianyi for two days. He is a utilitarian person, so he must have crossed the river."
"Unexpectedly, Hao Tianyi is as brave as his father."
"Ha, Batu."
Li Heng also felt a little emotional when he mentioned Monk Hao Batu. Although Monk Hao Batu has a strange name, he is actually a Han. He was plundered by the Mongolian army since he was a child and was adopted by the Mongols.
This experience is the same as his.
Li Heng stared at the river, raised his hand and pointed, and said: "Shi Shuai is pressing down heavily with troops. I guess it won't take a few days to break through the Song army's defense line, right?"
"There's no rush. The offensive in recent days is partly to test the Song army's strength, and partly to seize the stronghold on the other side.
In fact, the army had just arrived from Shandong, so it was too hasty and had not yet rested properly.
Commander Shi probably wanted to wait for Tongguan, Wuguan, Yan'an Prefecture, Xingqing Prefecture and other roads to be in place so as not to give Li Xia any chance to defeat them."
"secure."
"The Yellow River can be frozen at least until the end of February. There is still time. This time, Shi Shuai is unwilling to give Li Xia a chance to turn defeat into victory."
At this point, Zhang Hongfan whispered in Li Heng's ear: "Shi Shuai has actually been defeated by Li Xia many times, so he has to be careful."
"This is our first time fighting Li Xia, so we should be cautious."
"It's natural."
Although there was a smile on Zhang Hongfan's lips, as if he was watching Shi Tianze's joke, his eyes were very solemn and he said: "Among the young famous generals in the world, Li Xia is indeed second to none in terms of performance and reputation."...
His eyes revealed his determination to defeat Li Xia and become "second to none".
Li Heng's eyes were different, more complicated.
"Shi Shuai moved camp today?"
"Yes, Li Xia is in Hancheng. If we can kill him, Sichuan and Shaanxi can decide in one battle. Shi Shuai moved the camp this time to sneak attack on Hancheng."
At this point, Zhang Hongfan stopped talking and said, "This matter shouldn't be mentioned. He told me to keep it a secret."
Li Hengdao: "There is something that needs to be kept secret, and he also told me about it."
"Ha, really?"
Zhang Hongfan remembered something and pondered: "After we pacified Shandong, we immediately went west, but Li Xia was still able to take full precautions... I suspect that someone in the army tipped him off. If you and I talk about these confidential matters in the future, You should pay more attention."
"That's why you choose to talk here at the watchtower, isn't it?"
Li Heng shrugged, looking unconcerned.
Zhang Hongfan glanced around and saw that no one else came to the watchtower. He sighed and said, "I am different from you. If any confidential military information is leaked, Prince Zong and Commander Shi will doubt me."
"I can trust Kuro."
"Thanks."
Zhang Hongfan patted Li Heng on the shoulder, feeling quite moved.
Li Heng is the adopted son of King Zong and Princess Yixiang, and he has a transcendent status. Unlike him, the Zhang family is always under suspicion because of some ambiguities with Li Xia.
The two of them stood here looking at each other for a while, and Li Heng suddenly said in deep thought: "Shi Shuai did not let you and me accompany him when he moved his camp to Longmen Crossing, so why did he tell you and me again and let..."
"Longmen Ferry?" Zhang Hongfan said, "Is it Fenyang Ferry?"
Li Heng's expression changed, he turned around, remained silent for a while, and said, "Yes, it's Fenyang Ferry. I made a mistake."
"What did Brother Deqing want to say just now?"
"I said I wanted to follow Shi Shuai to attack Hancheng and meet Li Xia for a while."
"Me too."
Zhang Hongfan put his hands behind his hands and looked into the distance, longing for his achievements.
In such a windy and snowy weather, he stood on a high watchtower facing the wind, but he was still wearing only light armor and was not afraid of the cold at all. His red cloak was blown up, showing his pride.
Because he was so full of pride, he didn't notice the change in Li Heng's eyes since he heard the words "Fenyang Ferry"...
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Li Heng's camp is located to the east of the entire Mongolian army camp.
In this research, he obviously won't have many opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
There are not many soldiers under his command, only about 5,000 in total.
In addition to the old troops in Zichuan, he also reorganized Li Fen's troops, who were more responsible for security and logistics.
The camp was busy that day. Li Heng returned to the station, looked around for a while, raised his hand and waved over a soldier.
"Go and boil some hot water and bring it to my tent."
"The villain knows that the general will take a bath when he returns. He has already boiled hot water, so he went to fetch it."
The soldier was very attentive and immediately called for someone to bring water to Li Heng.
After a while, he came out of the tent, put a letter talisman in his arms, and led the three of them outside the tent.
"Wu Laoliu, where are you going?"
"The general wants to eat fresh fish, let's go catch one."
“It’s freezing cold here, where can we go fishing?”…
Wu Laoliu laughed, pointed to the west, and said: "The herring in the Yellow River is famous for its big size."
"Isn't the Yellow River frozen?"
"Even if it freezes, I can cut through the ice and cast a net."
Wu Laoliu shook the shovel in his hand and said with a smile: "I am from Wuwang Village. I am used to fishing on the Yellow River."
"Hey, this is strange. There are fish even when the river is frozen." The soldier guarding the camp muttered and let Wu Liulao and others out of Li Heng's camp.
The group of people walked to the west of the Mongolian camp again, still talking like this. They walked out of the camp towards the Yellow River and walked into the wind and snow. It was difficult to distinguish the road in the wind and snow, but Wu Laoliu was extremely
Get familiar with this area and go north to bypass the route taken by the Mongolian army to attack Xiayangdu.
They walked very quickly, diagonally heading north, and found a middle continent in the middle of the Yellow River in half an hour.
Wu Laoliu picked up his shovel and started digging. He soon buried something on Zhongzhou, placed a few stones on it, and then turned back.
"Let's go."
Soon, this small island in the middle of the river became quiet.
In the evening, a figure suddenly slid over from the north in the wind and snow, as fast as a shooting star.
This man was kneeling on a wooden board, and under the wooden block was an ice skate. Some villagers nearby also knew what it was, calling it a "one-legged ice skate" or a "one-legged donkey."
At this time, the man who came on a one-legged donkey only swept around, quickly dug out the package left by Wu Laoliu, and quickly slid to the north, getting faster and faster, and finally disappeared in the vast wind.
In the snow.
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Xia Yang Ferry.
Although the injured Zhang Gui did not go to the battlefield again, he still insisted on staying near the artillery truck and hitting the Mongolian army with artillery stones.
At dusk, looking at the "Hao" flag in the distance retreating eastward, he breathed a sigh of relief and finally fell to the ground.
"Finally retreated."
Zhang Shun also fell to the ground and muttered to himself: "Commander He is a much better commander than me."
Zhang Gui was too tired to answer, but thinking of He Tai's life-saving grace, he still replied: "Commander He fought for more than 20 years and became famous when he followed Sai Cunxiao to capture Xinyang. Our brothers learned from him."
Just stay here."
From a distance, I saw a group of cavalry entering the Heyang camp from the north. After a while, He Tai sent someone to invite the Zhang brothers to come over to discuss matters.
The outside of the big tent was heavily guarded. As soon as the Zhang brothers entered the tent, they saw He Taizheng and Lin Zi standing by the map and pointing, and they quickly clasped their fists.
"Lin Zhizhi."
Lin Zi turned his head and saw brothers Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui. He nodded with satisfaction and started talking without any delay.
"Tomorrow night, the Heyang Camp must send troops to feint to attack Wu Wangdu, in order to support the king in Hancheng to send troops to sneak attack Shi Tianze's camp. This is the route of the feint attack..." Zhang Shun looked along Lin Zi's fingertips and couldn't help but listen to his introduction of the terrain.
He was greatly surprised and said: "Lin Zongzhi is really amazing. He has such a detailed map of the Mongolian army's camp."
Lin Zi smiled and patted Zhang Shun on the shoulder. Since Zhang Shun was short in stature, this action felt inexplicably natural.
"This matter involves our hidden line in the Mongolian army, so I turned to you, the most trustworthy generals."
"..."
After discussing for a long time, Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui left first to prepare military affairs, leaving Lin Zi and He Tai to continue talking...
"Commander He, how many of the soldiers you recruited in Shanxi at that time do you still have? Those who are trustworthy and familiar with the terrain..."
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When Zhang Gui left the tent, he was so excited that he forgot about his injuries.
After several days of difficult defense, the counterattack planned today finally gave him confidence in the war.
But when he returned to the barracks, he suddenly thought of something, turned his head and looked outside, and scratched his head.
"Why don't we stop? We'll have to fight again."
"Brother, didn't I tell you two days ago that Commander He is a surrendered general?"
"I told you to stop mumbling about this."
"No, I mean, Commander Lin seems to trust Commander He more than he trusts us. Why do I feel that Commander He knows some confidential military information, but we don't."
Zhang Shun nodded and said, "Of course."
"Why?"
Zhang Shun was silent for a moment and said: "I will tell you once, keep these words in your stomach and don't spread them out again."
"good."
"The prince is a man of great ability, and they say that the Song Dynasty court cannot suppress him. Although our brothers are determined to follow him, we are Song people after all, and we are no more reassuring than the commander-in-chief. Besides, people
How long have we been in the army after fighting for so many years? Commander Lin values what Commander Lin more, and it should be."
At this point, Zhang Shun patted Zhang Gui on the shoulder and said: "Don't think that these are gone. You still don't understand what our brothers in the enemy camp are thinking? The Mongolians are a foreign race, and the imperial court
We don’t regard these brothers as fellow countrymen, so of course they just follow the prince to bring peace to the world.”
"Brother, I understand." Zhang Gui responded honestly.
He couldn't help but feel a little ashamed for doubting He Tai two days ago, but then he remembered something.
"By the way, are the Six Sons really dead or is Commander He unable to tell us? Aren't the Six Sons 'recruited in Shanxi' that Commander Lin just said..."