Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 194 Three Attacks on Huai County

"Ran?"

Xi Jin was also at a loss for Tan Daoji's move.

Previously, Tan Daoji's posture was to attack Huai County to the death, but now he ran away?

This kind of unreasonable trick made Xi Jin's heart ring loudly.

"It's right not to chase."

Xi Jin only thought that it was Tan Daoji who used crude tricks to lure himself into the bait.

The Song army did not want to fight with the Northern Wei cavalry in Hebei, and Xi Jin also did not want to fight here.

After all, Hebei is his own territory, and what Xi Jin wants to do is to lead the war to Henan.

"It's boring."

Seeing that Tan Daoji didn't want to fight him, Xi Jin lost interest, and ordered people to burn down the camp that Tan Daoji had built before, intending to continue to confront the Song army.

Unexpectedly...

the next day.

"My lord is bad! Tan Daoji is calling again!"

Xi Jin hadn't woken up yet, and was a little confused when he heard the news.

"Calling again? How many people? Started to attack the city?"

"No...that's not true."

Xi Jin hurriedly washed his face with cold water and followed the soldiers to the city wall.

This time it was not from the west, but from the south.

To the south of Huai County is the water gate, which introduces a waterway from a tributary of the Dahe River to the city.

At this time, a large number of civilian ships were parked in front of this water gate, and the soldiers of the Song Army stood on them, holding weapons and looking up at the city wall of Huai County.

On the two frontmost boats, barebacked warriors with sledgehammers were bombarding the drums. The muffled sound of the drums came along the water waves, rippling to the huge city wall of Huai County.

"Could it be that Tan Daoji is going to attack with water?"

Wang Zhen'e's surprise attack on Chang'an from the Weishui River has just passed, and the Northern Wei Dynasty never underestimated the strength of the Song Army's navy.

It's just that Xi Jin didn't expect Tan Daoji to attack Huai County with a navy so carelessly, and he was caught off guard for a while.

"Attack!"

Although the waterway is wide, the ships of the Song army are extremely short, and it is difficult to attack the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty on the city wall even if they shoot arrows.Xi Jin was just surprised, without too much panic, and immediately ordered the Northern Wei soldiers on the city wall to fight back with bows and arrows.

After several rounds of crazy shooting, it was obvious that Song Jun's ships were staggering, which made Xi Jin very satisfied.

"Thinking to break the city by tricks, this Tan Daoji is still a little tender!"

Song Jun's helplessness against Huai County undoubtedly made Xi Jin happy, thinking that he could sit back and relax.

If there are few people, Huai County cannot be defeated. If he wants to capture Huai County and Hanoi, Liu Yu will lead the main force of the army.

At that time, once the other party lands, it will be the cavalry to speak.

The two fruitless attacks on Tan Daoji undoubtedly greatly improved the morale of the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they somewhat looked down on the Song Army outside the city.

If it wasn't for Xi Jin's pressure, they would all want to go out of the city and have a good fight with Tan Daoji.

Little do I know outside the city...

Zhu Chaoshi looked at Tan Daoji anxiously: "General Tan, will the other party really take the bait?"

Tan Daoji stroked his beard and looked back at the densely packed crowd: "Sure."

These are none other than the people in the surrounding villages of Huai County.

When Zhu Chaoshi was collecting ships, Tan Daoji also ordered him to gather all the people together and take them to the dock.

Not many people, only 1 people.

These villagers looked at Song Jun with terrified eyes, not knowing what the other party's purpose was.

"Everyone! There is going to be a war in Hebei soon! Why don't you go to the south bank of the Dahe River and stay for a while, and everyone will move back after we get rid of Suolu!"

Hearing what Song Jun said, the people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Even if there are people who are dissatisfied, they don't have the courage to fight against the Song army when facing the shining sword.

The people were sent to the south bank with the ships collected. Naturally, such news cannot be concealed from Xi Jin, who always pays attention to the Song Army and the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"Steal people?"

In Hebei, the most indispensable thing is people.

But population is undoubtedly a precious resource.

If Tan Daoji robbed the people and returned to the south before, Xi Jin promised not to do it.

It's a big deal to move some people from the north. What a big deal.

But arrogance and carelessness will always go to a person's head.

Tan Daoji's two attacks against Huai County were anticlimactic, which made the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Huai County look down on the Song Army.

Xi Jin, who was the only one who could guarantee calmness, was persuaded by one sentence in the end: "The other party is carrying a large number of people, so the movement must be slow, even if it is put on the moon formation, there will be gaps."

"What's more, there is a small loss on the east side of the river. If the lord wins, the government and the opposition will definitely look at the lord with admiration!"

Xi Jin and Changsun Song are also considered to be in a competitive relationship. Both of them hope to uphold greater power, so they both hope to take advantage of the war to overwhelm each other.

In the end, Xi Jin sent [-] cavalry stationed in the city, intending to eat up the Song army who came ashore in one go.

A large number of Northern Wei cavalry came out from Huai County, trying to intercept the people and the Song army who were crossing the river.

At this time, Zhu Chaoshi was standing on a warship moored on the river bank, and seeing the overwhelming Northern Wei cavalry on the bank, he did not show any panic, but felt emotional:

"There is still a slight gap between this general and General Tan."

Seeing the Northern Wei cavalry rushing over, Zhu Chaoshi sent someone to send a signal to the Song army on the shore.

The cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty naturally charged towards the people. As long as the people scattered in panic and the Song Army's Queyue formations were chaotic, the Northern Wei cavalry could easily harvest the heads of the Song Army soldiers.

But an accident happened.

The originally chaotic "people" suddenly formed a neat army formation, and the gleaming weapons also appeared in the packages they carried with them.

This incident made the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty a little flustered. They didn't understand why the opponent suddenly evolved from a little white rabbit to a big bad wolf.

In fact, when Tan Daoji asked Zhu Chaoshi to move the people to the south bank, only one group was moved, and the others were driven back to their villages.The "common people" who are now dangling in front of the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty are all serious elites of the Song army.

They wrapped their heavy and hard armor with shabby clothes, just to confuse the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty and make the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty think that they were common people who were easy to bully.

These soldiers retreated skillfully to the back of the chariot, quietly watching the performance of the Northern Wei cavalry attacking the golden and wooden objects with their flesh and blood.

After that, it was time to raise the weapon and start harvesting.

The soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty who rushed forward once again fell under the Queyue formation aggrieved.

And it's still actively rushing up...

While "Riding and Blade" was being staged at the pier, several warships on the river bank were heading towards the waterway of Huai County.

Different from the last time, this time it was a huge battleship of the Song Army Navy. After entering the waterway, this ship was like a giant that crushed everything. When the ship came to the edge of the city wall, it seemed to be at the same height as the city wall.

The wind was blowing, and the huge handsome flag with the word "Tan" fluttered on the battleship. Tan Daoji stood on the handsome flag at this time and looked at Huai County in front of him with serious eyes.

"Now, it's dinner."

(End of this chapter)