Li Bao's raid was particularly successful.

This time Zhang Rong brought more than 100 small boats and 30 ships, plus Li Bao's own small force, with a total of no less than 5,000 sailors, but he allotted half of Li Bao's manpower in one go, that is,

Two thousand people went around to land. After the landing was completed, two thousand sailors with wet linen tied on their faces poured into the water village from the land side. The Jin army on the bank in the middle of the village immediately lost control and was immediately slaughtered.

In the final analysis, it is still the power of this fire. Although this fire mainly burned on the densely packed ships in the river, the spread on the shore was not that strong...especially since the Jin Army used the embankment at the center of the Yellow River as a water fort and port.

The natural wall itself is not afraid of burning...but the embankment is not afraid of burning, but the Jin army on the bank was burned.

I can't help it, it's too scary.

It must be understood that in military warfare, the power of heaven and earth ranks first. Unless the country is at the peak of its strength, the so-called government is harmonious and the people are harmonious, the generals are brave and the soldiers are strong, and everyone is like a dragon.

Looking up and saying "man can conquer heaven".

Otherwise, let alone plagues, floods, landslides and tsunamis, a cold wave or a heat wave, or even an ordinary meteor shower, could easily be worth hundreds of thousands of troops.

Even taking a step back, there is a mountain and a river crossing there, and it is enough to play a great role in the military by doing nothing honestly.

And underneath the crisis of heaven and earth, there is the ruthlessness of fire and water.

This water must not be a natural disaster on the level of floods and tsunamis. As long as a dam is built, a dike is built, and once it is released, it is enough to cause thousands of elite troops to be defeated. By the same token, a fire

At the same time, no matter what kind of capable warriors, what kind of fierce An Muke, or what kind of warriors who have fought in hundreds of battles are of no use.

Even if the casualty ratio of nearly 20% in Dongping is still maintained recently, and then the imperial squad, which is highly recognized by Zhao Guan's family, comes over, it is still useless, even if Wanyan Lou's personal troops come over, it is still useless!

In fact, after the ship over there was swung away, and the gunpowder packet with a range of three to four hundred paces flew over his head, the Jin Army guard was so confused that he was immediately dragged away by several close soldiers.

The old embankment was removed.

When I got to the shore, I looked back and saw that there were fires on both sides of the harbor and smoke everywhere. This former Jin army general with thousands of households and now a general directly under the name of Daming Mansion was already at a loss. Although he tried his best to hold on and issued a few military orders.

, people are put out to fight the fire, but how can such a fire be stopped?

Not only that, but when he saw that once the fire started, the whole water part of the water village was burned into a sea of ​​​​fire, he was completely panicked and almost wanted to run away. But when the shouts of killing started again on the embankment in the southeast direction behind him, there was a fire in front of him and behind him.

There were soldiers, so this guy simply gave up the fight, abandoned the water village and turned around and fled from the northeast entrance... To be fair, I really don't blame him, because the scene of water and fire now is much worse than the tens of thousands of people who were under Changshe City that day.

The crowd spread out on the ground, making this Bohai nobleman feel fearful and panicked.

I was no longer willing to go all out in the past, so how can I still hold on today?

Daji fled in embarrassment and took away some of the elites beside him. This caused the water village to be at a loss on both land and water, and also allowed Li Bao to calmly enter it and run rampant.

Not to mention how Po Li San fought in the fire, but he just said that when he escaped, he didn't even have time to take the horses. Only three to five hundred defeated troops snatched the door from the northeast corner of the water village, walked eastward, and went to

Coming from Puyang.

However, after walking only three or five miles, I regained my senses and looked back at the water village. I saw thick smoke billowing over there, carrying the aura of clouds and water straight up to the sky, almost covering the sky. It was incomparable to any beacon tower.

But I felt fear in my heart... However, after leaving the battlefield, what I feared was not the fire, but the word military law.

In other words, Da Ben was a defeated general. Before the battle of Yanling-Changshe, he was a dignified Bohai noble and the leader of ten thousand households. After the war, he was relegated to Daming Mansion for the crime of defeat.

The guard general no longer has serious field military authority, but his reputation is still there.

However, wasn't this the case that later on, when this person refused to accept the punishment, he often took advantage of his status as an aristocratic from the Bohai Sea and wandered around in Daming Mansion all day long. When drinking with others, he pointed out Liu Yu's affairs and his laziest treatment, chewing cud there?

Those words were fine when they reached the Wushu and Talan families, but when they later reached the Prime Minister Wanyan Nianhan, who was gradually becoming more powerful in the country, they offended this powerful minister who could not get rid of the sand in his eyes.

So, as soon as a military order came down from the Marshal's Mansion, this guy was immediately kicked out to work as a ship watcher.

Don't tell me, he has become much more honest since then.

Back to the present, although this year is a so-called warm winter, this warm refers to the kind of warmth where the river is not completely frozen. When you wake up in the morning, the well water in the villages on both sides of the Yellow River is still frozen, and frozen pork can still be stored in the cellars.

Therefore, his face was red from being burned, his beard and hair were all burnt into pieces, and he was completely embarrassed. Ke fled halfway, and when he looked back, he felt the cold winter and shivered for a moment... If he left like this, I'm afraid Nianhan would be able to come with him.

Military order to kill him!

However, with such a fire and the Song Army's magic soldiers descending from the sky, it is hard to figure out how the Song Army managed to create such a large naval force. It was also because they lost all their courage and did not dare to look back.

So, under the blue sky and white sun, this dignified general who had led thousands of troops in the past, led hundreds of defeated troops like an idiot and stood in the wilderness between Puyang City and Xiaowuxi, staring at the fire in a daze, and was in a dilemma.

However, this scene did not last long, because just as Zhang Rong thought, such a successful fire attack had already alarmed the Puyang defenders twenty miles away at the moment of success.

Of course, the Puyang defenders were also shocked. They also did not expect that the Song army would dare to cross the river and attack on their own initiative.

However, the guard there, Gao Jingshan, was a cautious and decisive general. After all, he made a judgment out of shock. It should be a sneak attack by the Song army, but the number should not be large. Therefore, he hurriedly ordered two ready-made troops around the city.

He tried his best to find war horses, then hurriedly put them on and personally led the crowd to come to the rescue to see if he could save something.

Halfway through, I happened to encounter a man with a shaved beard, but he was still shivering.

Gao Jingshan was frightened when he saw the former Bohai noble being in such a posture, but at the same time he felt sad for the death of a rabbit or a fox, so he took the initiative to dismount, stepped forward and handed over the wine bag he had brought with him, and offered some comforting words to inquire.

"So, the Song army is a large fleet, and a large number of soldiers and horses came down the river from the upper reaches to launch a surprise attack?" After listening to Da's intermittently talking about some information, Gao Jingshan looked at Xiao Wu Xun, who was on fire.

The dust gradually appeared in the air, and he frowned for a moment. "There are fifty or sixty ships that can carry artillery carts alone, and there must be two or three hundred ordinary small boats of three to five feet? And the waterway is on fire, and the land is on fire.

No less than 5,000 people attacked from behind, and on the water and on the shore, more than 10,000 people attacked at the same time, so we succeeded in an instant?"

"If that's not the case, why would I, brother, be like this?" He drank a few sips of wine, and while his body was slightly warm, he stamped his feet repeatedly. "I only have two thousand soldiers, and I was suddenly blocked in the water stronghold by the Southern Navy. I was surrounded on three sides.

We were attacked...compared to the southerners in fighting on the water, we had no hope at all. It was not impossible to fight desperately on land, but the fire was too strong and burned from the river. It was impossible to stand on the side next to the old course of the Yellow River.

Tianwei is so powerful, rather than being driven out by the Confederate Army, it is better to say that we were driven out by the fire."

Gao Jingshan remained silent for a moment.

In other words, Gao Jingshan is a man of some talent. In another time and space, this man was a foreigner and was a general of the Jin Army in the early stage. Then he stood firm in the cruel and bloody factional struggles within the Jin Dynasty, all the way to the sea.

During the reign of King Wan Yanliang of the Ling Dynasty, this person was still a high-ranking member of the Jin Army, and he was indeed a figure.

Therefore, at this moment, after hearing these words, this person has already made his own guess and decision.

First of all, the Song Army's surprise attack was unprecedented. Whether it was the naval force descending from the sky or the attitude of daring to take the initiative to attack the Jin Army in Hebei, the shock it brought was incomparable.

It's really unparalleled. This kind of fact that is suddenly placed in front of you but difficult for you to understand is the same for everyone.

If a big person is shaken by this, how can he, Gao Jingshan, not be shaken? If a big man is frightened and panicked by this, how can he, Gao Jingshan, not be afraid and suspicious?

Secondly, even though he was afraid, he did not completely believe Da's words, because reason told him that even if the Song army came to make a surprise attack, they would not be able to have so many troops, and then they could attack from three sides at the same time. Just a land attack on soldiers and horses would not be enough.

There are five thousand...the total of five thousand is about the same.

However, some of the words cannot be disbelieved. For example, small and lightweight artillery carts are installed on ships, and clay pellets and gunpowder packets are fired at a very wide range... Many Jin army generals who experienced the siege of Nanyang have experienced these things.

The description was dripping, and Chi Zhanhui, a veteran of the Jin Army, even risked his life as a reminder to everyone.

As for gunpowder burning out of control, faster than oil, they had already encountered it in Jingkang, not to mention that the fire was so intense that it was visible to the naked eye.

Therefore, Gao Jingshan quickly came to the conclusion in his mind:

First, the water stronghold and ships are already hopeless. This is a typical power of water and fire, and the Song army has succeeded. Now, no matter how they try to remedy the situation, they can no longer escape the result of this battle's defeat. If they force themselves to wade into the muddy water, I'm afraid it will only cause trouble.

Gotta look sexy.

Secondly, the Song army did not have many troops, and there were still some soldiers and horses remaining in the water village on land. There was still some room for maneuver in hand-to-hand combat.

Thirdly, as the Puyang Guard, even if I don't want to wade into troubled waters, I still have to make some gestures, otherwise the Du Marshal's Mansion will not be able to explain to Du Marshal Nianhan.

As soon as he thought about this, this man with thousands of households in the Jin army spoke kindly to the 'Bohai noble' in front of him: "General, I have something to say, but I'm afraid you don't want to listen..."

Da Ho didn't know what the other party meant, so he quickly drank a few more sips of wine and said more calmly: "Why don't I know what General Gao means? It's just that today's defeat is definitely not because I don't want to fight or don't dare to fight..."

"It's good that the general understands." Gao Jingshan's expression remained unchanged and he interrupted the other party in the field. "But the friendship between you and me is here. If the general is in trouble, I have to help him! According to the words of the general

, the boats in the water were hopeless, but the Song army probably still had some infantry in the water stronghold. That's good, I came over in a hurry to support. The large army of soldiers and horses was still gathering behind me. I didn't know when they would arrive. There were only two fierce soldiers beside me.

Ann…but that’s enough.”

I wanted to speak but stopped.

"General, you must not be able to choose at this time." Gao Jingshan reminded sternly. "I will now hand over Morino's Meng'an to you. You can lead them and your defeated troops to counterattack in the stronghold. If you can

What you have gained cannot be said to be worthy of meritorious deeds!"

Mostly grateful, half hesitant: "Having said that, what about the current intensity of the fire? Can you really gain a foothold if you rush in?"

"Isn't the general asking the question knowingly?" Gao Jingshan immediately sneered. "At this time, if you counterattack, it will be the Song army's turn to fall into the same situation as you did before. There is fire in the river, and our Dajin elites are attacking behind you. They cannot stand.

Instead, they become them... They just want to use the fire to attack this person!"

Only then did he wake up, but it was the third time he paused.

Then the man didn't say anything. He just raised the wine bag and drank a deep gulp of wine. Then, his eyes turned red, and he climbed onto the Gao Jingshan war horse. However, without even saying thank you, he greeted the man named Mo Liye.

Meng'an and his troops broke up and swarmed towards the water village.

Seeing this appearance, Gao Jingshan didn't take it seriously at all, he just found a horse and mounted it, and then ordered to disperse to search for the escaped soldiers, while slowly driving the remaining Meng'an to the big fire scene of Xiaowuxi in no hurry.

He followed him slowly.

As it came and went, the sky was getting darker and westward, and at Xiaowuxiang, the firelight in the river was slightly reduced, but the gray flakes were becoming more and more numerous.

Leader Zhang Rong and Zhang personally abandoned the boat and climbed onto the river embankment long after Li Bao broke into the water village. Then he found a clean and suitable place to the east of the angle between the old embankment and the new embankment and set up a small pony.

Immediately, he covered his face and sat upright on the embankment, with his chest open and looking condescendingly at the already somewhat gray water village inside and outside. He didn't know if he was observing the battle situation that was impossible to observe at all.

Next to him, there was only one son-in-law, Yu Yunwen. He was holding a large banner with Chinese characters in one hand, and imitating his father-in-law in holding a linen soaked in river water with the other hand. He covered his mouth and nose and stood beside him.

The latter was the first important military order issued by Zhang Rong when negotiating the combat plan after he agreed to Li Bao's assault ashore. This was not only the case for the assault troops, but also for the rest of the people. Those who did not have cloth had to wet their clothes and wrap them up...

Yu Yunwen was stimulated by the smell of meat in the fire scene and kept vomiting. He didn't know much about what happened next. He only remembered this military order and the subsequent order to carry the flag.

It was under such a scene, under the light of gray fire, more than a thousand cavalry of the Jin Army suddenly came at great speed from the east and north direction.
To be continued...