Chapter 358 Edict
Chen Liu's war was in a stalemate in the short term. Zhao Gou seemed to have no concern for Xue Guangjun's life or death, stopped his troops in Yongqiu, waiting for the subsequent army's resources and fodder. There was also the arrival of Zong Ze's army in Xingren Mansion.
The generals in the army were speechless.
Long before breaking into Chenliu, Zhao Gou had already made a statement with the generals of Yingtian Prefecture that whoever dared to lead troops into Chenliu to restrain the army. In the future, he would be the first-class merit to discuss his merits after the war.
It was because they didn’t dare to take risks, but it was because Xue Guang himself was willing to fill in the dangerous place of Chenliu.
Now that Chen Liu is in danger, no one can blame Zhao Gou.
The latter is not a meat tank that attracts hatred. It is purely the city of Chenliu, an extremely important strategic location. The reason why people were sent to invade was because they were afraid of being occupied by the Jin people. In this way, the Jin soldiers had cities to rely on, but the confrontation was not favorable to the Song army.
Now the Jin soldiers surrounded Chenliu, but they might not have to eat it in one bite. Zhao Gou was prepared for his strength in Yongqiu with peace of mind. When all the soldiers gathered, he rushed to the city of Chenliu in one fell swoop.
It has been six more days since then.
Wanyan Loushi did not get angry or anxious, but waited patiently for the arrival of the Song army. When he saw a vanguard with a vanguard under the banner of "Zong", he rushed towards Chenliu and asked the Jin soldiers to make way.
It is still November, and it is almost December, and the weather is still very cold. What is the hurry for Loushi? Even if the Jin soldiers cannot take over Bianjing, they want to discuss peace with Zhao Song to withdraw their troops, so they have to wait until the spring of the next year.
Therefore, there is time on both sides, and Wanyan Loushi, a Jurchen general who has experienced many battles, is not in a hurry at all.
It just made people find out the news with all their strength, and figured out the entire process of Zhao Gou going south to Yingtian, and captured the military power in the hands of Fan and Zhao. Instead, the news was told that Nian Han passed it to Zhao Huan through Salu's mother.
Wanyan Loushi is waiting for Zhao Huan's reaction now, will he remain indifferent? Zhao Gou holds heavy troops and is his brother again, which is a fatal threat to the throne of Zhao Huan.
If the envoys of the Emperor of the Zhao family came to announce the edict before the two armies started a war, asking King Kang to withdraw his troops, saying that Song and Jin were already in peace talks, the morale of the Song army was so great that it would be a big blow to him that he would add 100,000 reinforcements.
Therefore, Wanyan Loushi was less anxious than Zhao Gou's war. He flashed a scene in his mind more than once. When the edict announced that the Song army was in chaos, he activated the iron cavalry to thunder strike. Not to mention capturing Zhao Gou, it could also cause the hundreds of thousands of Song troops in front of him to be destroyed.
Of course, this is just a imagination, it is the most optimistic scene.
But even if he is not so optimistic, this move will eventually hit the morale of the Song army. Moreover, he has 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in his hands. Will he be afraid of the cowardly Song army on the opposite side?
If a Jurchen man can be one to one and ten to one hundred, the Song army opposite is only more than two other troops, why are you afraid of?
But until the war began, the edict that Wanyan Loushi had been looking forward to was not sent. Zhao Huan was a little soft, but he was not a fool either. The court officials, civil and military officials in the capital were not all foolish.
He Li, Chen Guoting, Sun Fu, Liu Fu and others tried their best to stop him. How could Zhao Huan’s edict be issued?
"Why do you have to worry about my father? It's because there is no edict from the Emperor of Zhao. We just forge one and read it in the last battle. What's the difficulty?" said Wanyan Huo's woman.
During these days, they have captured so many messengers of the Song army and the Song army envoys who were detained in the Jin camp. It is really not difficult to forge a handwritten letter from the emperor.
"Fake is fake after all, Zhao Jiuer is not a fool." Not to mention reading it out in the last battle.
Wanyan Loushi said this, but his subordinates were not slow at all. In just one day, they got a few doors from Nianhan and only waited, and also brought a sealed edict. The words and sentences and the traces under the seal were really not bad at all.
The Jin army was very peaceful these days, but Zhao Gou and the Song army were not idle at all. The army along the Bian River, sailed straight to Chenliu.
As one of the four canals of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Bian River was the top priority, connecting Jiangnan and Jianghuai River, and supplying six million stones every year. Ten times more than Guangji and benefiting the people.
After Zhao Gou arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, he immediately sent a letter to the front-line towns of Bianhe River, detained the canal ships and purchased large livestock such as mules and horses, thinking that it was for military use.
Although it is winter now, the water surface of the Bian River has long been frozen. As long as two wooden boards are added to the bottom of the canal ship, what is the difficulty for the canal ship to turn into an extra-large ice sled?
How many ships cannot be transformed these days?
Therefore, when Zhao Gou marched into Chenliu this time, it was still the same as water and land.
Saved countless manpower.
The weight carried by the canal ship is dozens of times that of the carriage and horse. After using the ice sled version of the canal ship to transport military resources and forage, the transportation capacity it carries will be enough to meet the needs of the army for a month. It can be said that it has reduced the big trouble.
Now it is very lively on both sides of the Bian River and even on the thick ice surface of the Bian River. The infantry and cavalry soldiers walked forward strode forward and looked at the different styles on the Bian River.
The soles of the mules, horses, cattle and other livestock are also clutched. (Palm is a horseshoe used in winter. There are three iron tips and triangular ones under the flat palm. It allows the horse to walk safely on the ice.) It can also walk smoothly on the ice. There are multiple grooms cooking, pulling the canal ship behind them. This strange scene that has never appeared before has attracted the curiosity of the soldiers from the Song army?
The plains on both sides of the shore are now covered with a layer of snow-white. Even if there are some trees, they are full of dead branches and bare poles, and the scenery is extremely bleak.
However, in this season, for the Jurchens, it is a good time for military strategists to conquer.
On the road down the Bian River in Chenliu, more than ten Song knights were running along the canal regardless of their horsepower. After seeing the high-mountain marshal flag in the army that was marching in the distance, they waved their whip and whipped it a few times, driving the war horse, which was already exhausted and panting under their crotch, accelerated again.
Zhao Gou marched on horseback, rather than sitting in the improved canal ship.
"Report..."
Before the people arrived, the shouting sounds had already come from afar. They were the stalkers of the Song army. They had previously been ordered by Zong Ze to report the situation in the Chenliu area to Zhao Gou.
The Jin army has been really honest these days, and seems to be deliberately waiting for the arrival of the Song army. Moreover, the Jin army outside the city seems to have reinforcements arrived in the nearly two calendars.
He did not attack the city, and he did not even cover up the horse-striking racer sent by Zongze so much.
The sent people have been able to see Bianliang City recently.
The Jin people were obviously waiting for Zhao Gou.
The team led by the army will tie the war horses under Zhao Gou's Grand Marshal, turn over and report loudly in front of Zhao Gou's horse: "Report to the king, the Jin thieves have not attacked the city for many days, but the reinforcements of their army began to arrive two days ago. There may be tens of thousands of horse troops in front and afterwards!"
Hearing that there were tens of thousands of Jurchen cavalry on the opposite side of Chenliu, the generals and the senators around Zhao Gou all breathed in secret. Only Zhao Gou himself was calm and waved his hand gently: "I understand, let's go down and receive the reward."
Chapter completed!