Fu Song

Chapter 573
The wind was mixed with rain, blowing towards the face, making people's eyes hard to open, but amidst the rumbling drums, the soldiers still lined up neatly and moved forward slowly.

At the front of the team, the soldiers with big arms and round waists held shields higher than themselves, and the spears of the whole team stretched out above their heads like a moving forest of blades.

Three square formations moved towards Xinye City.

And behind these phalanxes, there are countless peasants, who yell and push huge siege vehicles, crossbows, and stone cannon carts closely behind the soldiers.

On the opposite side of them, the army guarding Xinye was not completely huddled in the city. Relying on the city wall, about two or three thousand soldiers formed a square formation. Scattered with barbed thorns, countless spears with a length of one foot were placed on the horses, so that the enemy on the opposite side could only see densely packed spear blades, and could not see the soldiers behind them at all.

And on the city, countless crossbowmen were standing by, waiting for the enemy to come within range.

The attacking side was the Song Army from Xiangyang, led by Commander Fan Yifei himself.

On the defensive side is Qu Zhen, the general of the pseudo-Zhao Kingdom.

Ever since Xiao Cheng led the appeasement envoys, transshipment envoys, and Zhizhi envoys of the southern roads, as well as local powerful forces to support Zhao An, the son of King Jing, as emperor in Jinghu Jiangling City, he set up a marching camp on the middle road, with Yang Wanfu as the head of the middle road. Chief of the March, Fan Yifei of the Tianwu Army, Wang Zhu of the Sirius Army, Fan Tianshun, the former defender of Fancheng, and Jiang Xiong of the Navy have gathered below. So far, the central marching camp has gathered [-] soldiers, of which [-] are sailors. Army, it can be seen that the Xin Song court attached great importance to the central marching camp. It is conceivable that as time goes by, more and more troops will gather here.

Xinye is located at the key point. After Yang Wanfu took office, he immediately began to prepare to seize Xinye after a little rectification. After taking Xinye, Xiangfan's Song army had a breakthrough point, which could penetrate the hinterland of Nanyang like a spear, and at the same time You can also attack Deng County on the left and Biyang on the right. No matter which one you hit, it will make the puppet Zhao extremely uncomfortable.

Therefore, for the pseudo-Zhao, Xinye is also a place that must be guarded.

Now the Song army guarding Xiangyang, coveting the Nanyang Basin, will inevitably launch attacks towards Xinye.

And this time, it was just the beginning of countless competitions in the future.

As far as Yang Wanfu is concerned, if he can take advantage of the fact that the people of the false Zhao Chuli are now unstable and the people of the Nanyang Basin are still yearning for the Song Dynasty, he can launch attacks again and again. of.

Otherwise, after a long time, people in the Nanyang Basin got used to the rule of the puppet Zhao, and if they attacked again, the trouble would be a little bigger.

Fan Yifei, under the banner of the Chinese Army, looked up at the sky. The rain was heavier than before. This kind of rain is more troublesome for the crossbowmen, especially for the attacking side.Rainwater is also a great enemy to the bowstring, and it will be unusable due to being soaked in a short time.

This is already the third attack on Xinye, and there is a high probability that it will be the last attack of this season. The rainy season is coming soon.

Moreover, the suddenness of this attack has been lost, presumably the enemy reinforcements from Deng County and Biyang will arrive soon.

If the last attempt doesn't work, then he can only return to Xiangyang to find a fighter.

With a buzzing sound, Fan Yifei lowered his head, and saw that the sky in front of him had darkened. On Xinye City, the feathered arrows shot down seemed to cover even the sky, and even the rain was blocked.

The advancing Song army stopped, and countless spears stretched out into the air, stirring desperately. Feather arrows fell among these densely packed spears dancing in the air, and more than [-]% of them were blown away, but there were still a few piercing spears. Into the gap.

And those strong crossbows with screaming sound, the pawns have no way to stop them, they can only pray for their own luck.

The crossbow pierced through the air and drilled a bloody alley.

With the pause of the feather arrows, the Song Army who had paused reorganized its formation again and continued to move forward.

On the road they walked, some blood and the remains of fallen comrades left behind.

The civilian husband who followed closely carried away the remains.

Where these people fell, a crossbow was quickly placed down
Then, the sound of screaming sounded, and the counterattack under the city wall began.

Against the feathered arrows above the city, the pawns under the city began to move forward, and then approached again.

Finally, they fought hand-to-hand with the enemy below the city.

The thick shield was on the front, on top of the long protruding spears, the spears retracted, and stabbed again and again, trying to stab these long shields down, but the long shields were tight They leaned together, pushed down the horse, pushed it to the antlers, and kept compressing forward.

Then, one by one, the capable men with small shields and short knives suddenly got out from under the big shields, and rushed into the forest of spears of the opponent.

The infantry of both sides fought hand-to-hand under the city and became entangled together.

Song Jun's siege vehicle pushed up quickly, and amidst the bang bang, the siege vehicle leaned against the city wall.

Along the siege vehicle, Song Jun began to climb up quickly.

Qu Zhen was a little nervous.

In the distance, another camp of the Song Army began to move forward.

A whole army commanding [-] men.

And he has already tried his best.

"Has there been no news of the reinforcements from Deng County and Biyang? I have been here for ten days. In ten days, they are climbing, and they should come!" Turning around, Qu Zhen growled He looked at his lieutenant general.

"According to the route, they should come!" Lieutenant General Xie Bao's head was wrapped with a cloth strip, which was stained with blood. This was the imprint left by Song Jun in the last battle. "General Qu, I'm afraid that they didn't come or delayed on purpose."

Qu Zhen fell silent, they would not dare not come.

Now Yelumin is in Nanyang!
If they dare not come, Yelumin can cut them down in a fair manner.

But if they want to dawdle on the road and find all kinds of reasons, then no one can do anything about it, let alone it is still the rainy season.

The internal strife between Zhao countries has entered a stage of intense heat.

Quzhen can't even go back to Tokyo now.

He can only stay in Xinye, but the defenders in Deng County and Biyang are born to be Cui Ang's direct descendants.

In fact, Zhao's internal strife is closely linked to the current political situation in Daliao.

Yelumin was forced to stay in Nanyang and could not go back, which is a clear proof.

The reason why Cui Ang dared to deal with Qu Zhen so blatantly now was because the news from various sources now was that Xiao Chuo, Empress of the Daliao Dynasty, was at a disadvantage.

Once Xiao Chuo loses in the political struggle, Yelumin will definitely not be able to go back, and Quzhen will only collapse faster.

Now it is obvious that Qu Zhen has taken refuge in Yelumin, and Cui Ang wants to take this opportunity to get rid of him first.Once the situation of the Liao Kingdom becomes clear and Lin Ping wins, then Yelumin will definitely be eliminated.

"Cui Ang doesn't even think about it. If Xinye is lost, will the entire Nanyang Basin be in danger?" Qu Zhen sighed: "Cui Ang, all his life, he has always put political disputes before military affairs. If he failed in battle, so what if he wins this round? In the end, isn’t he still a loser? The Song Dynasty has learned from the past, hasn’t he learned his lesson? He defeated all his political opponents, and the result?”

"In the end, he became King Zhao!" Xie Bao spat.

Qu Zhen was stunned, the expression on her face was as if she had eaten a pile of shit.

"Xie Bao, we can only rely on ourselves. At least, the commander Yelu in Nanyang will never see us being swallowed by the Song army." Qu Zhen waved her fist: "There are many cavalry in the Shan army, and we also have cavalry." From the very beginning, we sent messengers to Nanyang, at most two or three days later, the reinforcements will definitely arrive."

"understand!"

"Open the treasury, take out all the gold, silver and cloth, distribute them to the soldiers, and guard Xinye, so they can keep these things! If they can't keep them, it will be cheaper for the Song army!"

In Nanyang City, Yelumin yawned, stretched, got up from the bed, and walked out of the room with his upper body bare.

The pattering rain kept falling, it didn't look like much, but it had already merged into a stream in the yard.

Walking directly into the rainwater, Yelumin raised his head and let the rain water pour over his body. The scars on his body were more eye-catching under the washing of the rain.

Beside the door and under the porch, the guarding soldiers all showed expressions of awe on their faces.

Yelumin was not worried at all about the struggle in Beijing.

As Xiao Chuo's most trusted and relied on confidant, he knows everything clearly.

The reason why Xiao Chuo asked him to come to Nanyang in the first place was to let Yelujun rest assured to implement his plan, and secondly, it was also to let Yelumin avenge his murder of his father.

Xiao Chuo knew Yelumin's idea very well.

Now, the battle in Shangjing must have come to an end. Counting the time, the good news should almost arrive.

Next, it's my turn to implement my plan. After finishing all this, I should return to Liao Kingdom.

The queen needs a team that is absolutely loyal to him and can be absolutely assured to guard her heartland. For this task, there will be no other person except herself.

And Yelumin is also willing to go back to China.

He didn't want to stay in the South any longer.

Touching the bridge of the nose with his hand, the injury has long since healed, but this place still seems to be aching.

Yelumin knew that it wasn't the wound that was hurting, but her own heart that was hurting.

Wang Zhu's questioning voice would still echo in his mind late at night.

why?
Yelumin didn't want to answer this question, or even think about it.

Because he can't go back.

After finishing this matter, going to the north, away from the disputes in the Central Plains, seems to be the best way for Yelumin to make himself feel at ease.

If the empress wants to dominate the world, she should go and guard the base camp for her, so that she can compete with her two elder brothers with peace of mind.

Yelumin didn't want to meet those old brothers in the battlefield anymore.

There were hurried footsteps outside, Yelumin wiped the rain off his face, and looked at a personal guard rushing in.

"Commander, speed up the [-] miles on Nanjing Road!" The personal guard bowed, and delivered a sealed letter with both hands.

Walking back to the corridor, tearing off the seal, Yelumin opened the letter.

No unexpected results.

A smile appeared on the corner of Yelumin's mouth.

"Send this letter to General Sun Pu, um, and tell Zheng Qin and Yu Hu the news at the same time."

Zheng Qin is the general of the Deng County Garrison,
Yu Hu was the general of the garrison in Biyang.

The content of the letter is actually extremely simple.

"Empress Dowager Cheng Tian listens to the government behind the curtain!"

Just nine words, in fact, has explained everything.

The political struggle within the Daliao in Shangjing has come to an end.

Xiao Chuo won the final victory.

So now, it's time for Yelumin to solve Zhao Guo's problems.

Cui Ang is not only Yelumin's enemy, why doesn't the queen want to send him to Jiuyou Hell?

However, all of this must be done without endangering the overall situation.

After Zheng Qin and Yu Hu received the news, they would make the most correct choice immediately.

There are still [-] Shan troops in Nanyang!

Qu Zhen can't afford to lose.

This is the fulcrum for him to leverage the situation of the entire Zhao country, and it is also the best candidate to take over the Zhao country next.

As one of the top officials in Zhao Song Dynasty, Cui Ang has his own strong team and more people attached to him, so this person still has some capital and courage to negotiate conditions with Daliao, but Qu Zhen It's different, he used to be just a general, if he was allowed to be the king of Zhao, he had to hug Daliao's thick thigh tightly if he wanted to secure this position, and this, for Daliao, Naturally it is more beneficial.

Xinye, the battle has already entered a fierce stage,

In the heavy rain, Song Jun had already boarded the city wall and fought with the enemy on the top of the city. Zhao Jun, not to mention Xie Bao, even Qu Zhen had personally participated in the battle.

Victory and failure, life and death, is but a thin line,
Fan Yifei was going to do it himself.

It was almost his last breath, and he saw the hope of winning Xinye.

Taking Xinye and capturing or killing Qu Zhen at the same time, this is definitely great news for the rebuilt Song Dynasty.

Draw the knife out of its sheath, ready to attack.

The rapid sound of horseshoes sounded from a distance, and when he looked up, he saw more than ten war horses galloping towards him.

That was his scout team, Fan Yifei's heart sank slightly.

I'm afraid it's not good news.

Facts also proved his conjecture.

Enemy reinforcements have arrived.

Not only those from Deng county and Biyang came, but also the cavalry of the Shan army from Nanyang.

Maybe I can still win Xinye, but after I win Xinye, I can't leave!

The result of losing both sides may be acceptable to the opponent, but absolutely not acceptable to oneself.

Just short of breath.

Fan Yifei glanced at Xinye again unwillingly.

"Ming Jin, withdraw troops!"

he growled angrily.

(End of this chapter)