In late April, early the morning after the military meeting, the Jin army camped at the mouth of the Luoshui River in the north.

As the youngest member of the West Route Army, Wanyan Salihe, had originally been ordered to explore the lower reaches to prepare for the next military operation. However, unexpectedly, he was suddenly summoned by Lou Shi again early in the morning.

It was only when we were halfway there that we realized that the sudden attack on Haikou that we had boasted the day before had not gone well, and we were attacked and set on fire again at night. Although the losses were not much, we were unable to gain a foothold, so we had to withdraw our troops and return.

Defeat means defeat, victory or defeat is common for military strategists, but when the generals saw Tu Hesu's appearance and posture with their own eyes, they were a little embarrassed... Without him, Tu Hesu was pierced by an arrow in his foot, and he couldn't even put on his shoes, and he couldn't stand

He couldn't get up, so he could only lie down on the Chinese army's tent with his feet raised, his hair and beard all shaved off, and he was really miserable.

While others are nice, have a city, or have status, they are hard to talk to. Except Wanyan Salihe, who was raised by A Gu when he was a boy. He has always been arrogant, but as soon as he entered the tent, he couldn't help laughing in public:

"Tu Hesu, weren't you the first in the foot battle the day before yesterday? How come you can't even walk a day later? It's okay if you can't walk. Why do you have to shave your head? This is a new way to escape the summer heat.

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Sa Li laughed, and the other generals, many of whom were rude and had been working hard to hold it back, started laughing too.

As for Tu Hesu, who was lying on his back in the tent, he suffered a penetrating wound on his foot, and his hair was all burnt by the fire set by the Song army during the night attack last night. He was also tied to a horse and brought back by his subordinates. He didn't sleep all night.

Hearing this, some people's hearts jumped up to give him such a hammer on the forehead, but he didn't have the strength to attack, so he could only be shy and angry, trying to cover up:

"No, don't laugh!"

"alright."

At this moment, Wanyan Loushi spoke up at the right time, interrupting the little farce in an understatement, and then stared at Tuhesu Zhengse to ask. "In this way, the attack was successful, and the Song army had begun to collapse, but it was about to break the stronghold.

It was a coincidence, but because you were greedy for advancement and got too far forward, you got hit by an arrow?"

"That's right." Tu Hesu, who was lying on the ground, was extremely embarrassed. "It's definitely not that my son and I are incompetent, it's just a coincidence..."

Hearing this, many of the other generals who were initially mocking felt relieved - after all, a general will die without leaving the horse, and a jar will break without leaving the well mouth. Such accidents before the battle are simply a matter of luck, and are indeed not a crime of war.

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However, unlike the reaction of these people, the military commander Lou Shi, who had been calm before, frowned when he heard this: "If you put it this way, the Song army should be as weak as before, and it can only be managed by relying on the strength of the city and the stronghold.

hold fast?"

"That's right." Tu Hesu quickly raised his feet on the ground and responded.

"Then why did the Song army dare to leave the city and the stronghold at night to attack Huagou at night?" Lou Shi continued to ask.

I was speechless when I suddenly joined forces.

In fact, not only was Su Hesu speechless, but the other generals also frowned. After Lou Shi finished asking, he simply kept silent and sat in the tent, thoughtful for a moment.

After a while, the deputy commander-in-chief Wanyan Balisu intervened and broke the silence in the tent: "Perhaps there are many locals in the Song army. A night attack can't explain anything. And I just checked the Tuhesu troops.

, I asked clearly, two small defeats only resulted in two to three hundred casualties and a loss of four to five hundred soldiers. When the tribesmen who dispersed to the mountains last night come back, it is estimated that there will only be four to five hundred casualties, which cannot be called a big one.

The defeat was due to Su Hesu's injury..."

Everyone looked at Tu Hesu's feet and were speechless.

This weather, this kind of penetrating injury, will be good if it's good, or bad if it's bad. It's really difficult to deal with! The only thing that's certain is that this "invincible" general of the Western Army may not be able to go into battle in a short time.

Already.

"Let's rest in the camp and see how the injury is." Lou Shi had no choice but to give instructions. "If it's good, we can continue to march with the army. If there is something wrong, don't delay and go directly to Luojiao."

Rest in the city or in the city." When he said this, Lou Shi's face did not change and he looked around. "You have forty-seven soldiers and horses. I will give you seven soldiers to call on you temporarily, and the remaining forty will be sent to you for the time being.

Divide them into two, and the twenty will be dispatched to the Central Army, and the remaining twenty...who will take Fangzhou City?"

Hearing that the Lou family was assigned in this way, Tu Hesu looked embarrassed, but had nothing to say. After all, the Jin Kingdom only had the legendary Meng'an and Mouke, but there was no such thing as the legendary Wanhu. Wanhu was essentially a job assignment, mainly based on the

His qualifications, background, and the arrangement of the nobleman above him. Now that he can't go into battle, it is normal for the military power of this dispatch to be temporarily taken away. Anyway, if the injury is healed, Lou Shi will never hold back and not return it to him.

But having said that, although Tuhesuo was speechless, the other generals were eager to try... Because the troops and horses led by the expedition were directly related to military exploits and robbery income. Who wouldn't want these twenty plotters?

It's just that Lou Shi has a lot of prestige. After many years of fighting, no one dares to make a fuss in front of him, even in the Jin Army, which has a tradition of military discussions.

Sure enough, although Lou Shi asked questions, he looked around and pointed directly at one person: "Sa Lihe, are you willing to go?"

Sa Lihe was overjoyed immediately: "Everyone asked me to go, so of course I am willing to go!"

"Twenty Muke from Tuhesu are also with you, plus the troops you lead, how many days will it take to attack?" Lou Shi did not relax at all.

Sa Lihe also became serious: "How many days will it take to unite?"

"Of course, the sooner the better." Director Lou exhaled. "Is it possible to go to the city in three days?"

"Yes!" Sa Lihe responded immediately.

At this time, there must be no hesitation, not even for the sake of twenty plots. Besides, Sa Lihe was confident... He didn't believe that he could be shot through the soles of his feet by a divine arm bow?

"Then let's go." Lou Shi didn't say any more, just stared at the other general and continued to give instructions. "Ma Wu... you lead your headquarters to explore the road south, and set up camps along the Beiluoshui River along the way. If possible,

, it would be best to directly capture Baishui City, which is a hundred miles downstream!"

Yelv Mawu, who had been silent all this time, bowed his head and went out of the tent, even faster than Salihe. When Wanyan Salihe saw this, he didn't say much and left directly to receive the troops.

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In this way, the small setback in the first battle did not shake the Jin Army's fighting spirit. On the contrary, because the location of this city was really a choke point for the Jin Army, a stronger army was almost immediately defeated by Wanyan Loushi.

Sent out.

Wanyan Salihe was good at summarizing lessons. After being given a three-day deadline, he sent his army west along the Jushui River. However, relying on the heavy troops and horses in his hands, he divided his more than sixty soldiers into three.

...The future army set up camp in the Huagou area in the middle of Fangzhou City, the main camp, as a relay; the former army rested in the shade before the battle, preparing to attack immediately; at the same time, there was another army, but they simply stayed in the distance

A new camp was set up only three or four miles away from Fangzhou City. It was larger than Huagou Camp and was to be used as an attack base.

This move is very, very correct, because the plateau loess plateau in northern Shaanxi is such a pit. It is said that the distance is twenty miles, ten miles, or even three or five miles, and you can see the person on the opposite side from a distance, but in fact if

With a ditch and a plateau in the middle, it is often necessary to run to the death. At this time, setting up camps, relay points, and attack bases in advance will undoubtedly help the war.

Just like yesterday, the fighting broke out in the second half of the afternoon when the heat had subsided.

But just after a moment of fighting, Wanyan Salihe realized that Tuhesu's defeat yesterday was not unjust, and he even admired Tuhesu a little... because he only realized how pitiful the battlefield terrain was during the actual fight!

It was a real pit! There were pits dug everywhere on the narrow and narrow road. The Jin army could only fight on foot. The key was that they also moved extremely slowly. However, these pits were not enough to block long-range arrows, so

As the Song army's crossbow arrows fired repeatedly from both sides of the city and the mountains, the Jin army had to suffer casualties from both sides from the moment they engaged in battle.

However, according to past experience, as long as the Jin army withstood casualties and reached the effective fighting area, the Song army would retreat. Therefore, although Sa Lihe was frightened, he still directed his commander forward and selected three heavy-armored warriors to defeat him.

, the short soldiers carried their bows and advanced in a scattered manner... This choice is basically the same as yesterday's choice of sudden and combined speed, and there is a certain reason for it.

Among them, heavy armor is a necessary protection; short-range soldiers are to be as light as possible and increase the speed of advancement; bulk is the best formation to deal with long-range strikes, and it is also the only formation choice in this geographical situation (the other is dense), and

This also shows how complacent Salihe is about the combat effectiveness of his sergeants. He obviously feels that as long as someone attacks, the battle will be over. Of course, there is no need to say more about carrying a bow. Whether the Jin army fights on horseback or on foot, that kind of

Heavy arrows are the first means of killing, and they are the best choice to enter the battle state as soon as possible in this situation.

For the next quarter of an hour, the fighting was lackluster... Just like yesterday, it was nothing more than the Jin Army being passively beaten on one side and struggling to advance. The only thing worth mentioning is that as the Jin Army began to climb Xiaoqiao Mountain, Sa Lihe

Suddenly I understood why Tu Hesu had to step forward to supervise the battle.

There are two reasons:

First, the random rows of stones on the mountain are excessive. These stones are generally only as high as the knee, but are hard and unshakable. Moreover, the trees on the mountain have long been cut down. Jin Jun had no cover at all during the mountaineering process. Instead, he was attacked by these stones.

The stones were all messed up... In fact, this was probably the inspiration for the small and medium-sized holes dug by the Song Army on the road.

Secondly, when we came to the front of the mountain, arrows were really falling like rain, and arrows were flying like wind. Different from the previous road, at this position and distance, the Song Army's long-range killing efficiency was really amazing. In a condescending state, the Divine Arm

The bow can completely pierce through the armor of the Jin army except Zhajia. However, even the gourd helmet and Zhajia armor cannot withstand the heavy fire of the divine arm bow when walking halfway up the mountain against the slope... Such casualties are visible to the naked eye.

, any commander would be frightened by it.

Of course, there are lessons to be learned, so even though he saw his own soldiers on the mountain being bloody targets like targets from a distance, Wanyan Salihe still stood four hundred steps away from a small

The side of Qiu (for protection against the crossbow) remained motionless, as if he were a general.

It must be the demeanor of a general. Salihe followed A Guda since childhood, followed Nianhan as an adult, and then followed Lou Shi. This general demeanor is simply a compulsory course for him.

Who doesn’t know that Wanyan Salihe is a famous general and is known as a cold-faced gentleman in the West Route Army?

As a result, the first group of Jin troops, including three soldiers, were defeated under the cold gaze of this cold-faced man.

Sa Lihe's expression remained unchanged, and he turned to look at the man beside him: "Gu Chipi, yesterday Tuhesu's subordinates also had three conspirators to attack the mountain. They had general equipment, general shapes, and general routes. The Song Army also responded generally.

The result of the fortifications was that the Song army was indeed shaken?"

Meng An, whose name was Gu Chipi, was originally a well-known and experienced general in the West Route Army. He was very meticulous when he heard what he said: "You know, I know that even though Wanhu saw it with my own eyes yesterday, before Wanhu was injured, the people of Song Dynasty had indeed

Beginning to waver, the first-line divine arm archers abandoned their weapons and fled into the stronghold. Although the men in front were also shaky, they actually withdrew their troops after Wanhu was injured..."

Sa Lihe nodded, still sitting upright, but raised his hand a second time, took off the sword from his waist and gave it to the other party: "This sword was given to me by Grandpa Taizu, Gu Chipi, take this sword with you."

Behead the three leading centurions, Muke (centurions), and let each Puliyan (chief of fifty, deputy Muke) take charge of the army."

Gu Chipi went away after receiving the order, but faced the defeated troops. After a brief exchange, he returned directly holding the Aguda sword and folded it without killing anyone, and reported in public: "Langjun, the three plotters are connected with three Pu

Li Yan, they were all shot and killed on the mountain..."

Sa Lihe was slightly startled, and didn't know whether to be happy or worried... The happy thing was that this collapse was because all the officers were shot and killed. It was luck. After all, it was not that his troops were not as powerful as the Tuhesu troops; he was worried.

What's more, the performance of the Song Army's Divine Arm Bow and Fangzi Crossbow in this kind of terrain is amazing, and it really makes people feel panicked.

But no matter what, Sa Lihe reluctantly stood up, carefully took a peek at the terrain that he had been peeping at all afternoon, and then came to the same depressing conclusion as before - in addition to taking a detour, he wanted to break through this city.

We have to take down this hilltop military stronghold honestly.

And if it was really a detour, why would Lou Shi need to be taken down by him in three days?

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the men and horses were gradually unable to bear it. The battle could not be delayed, and it was necessary to quickly go south to the Wei River Plain. Time was extremely precious.

Therefore, in desperation, Salihu, who knew it well, ordered again, reorganized the second wave of attacks, and dispatched additional officers in advance to participate.

But it cannot be called unexpected, and this attack still ended in failure.

Moreover, the Jin soldiers who escaped this time clearly told Gu Chipi, who came to enforce the military law, that this time they had reached less than a few dozen steps in front of the Song army's formation, and they had definitely succeeded in killing the Song army's crossbowmen on the front line.

But although the Song Army's crossbowmen were panicked, none of them retreated!

Obviously, after the Song Army won several battles yesterday and today, its morale and military discipline have indeed been strengthened, and they can no longer use conventional methods to fuel the Song Army.
To be continued...