The summer was hot and the sun was shining brightly. Liu Qi ordered a pair of iron armor to be hung in the West City. When the armor was hot, these 1,500 warriors, wearing heavy armor, leaped out from the low wall and marched towards the Jin Dynasty amidst the continuous sound of drums. The army launched a charge.
As for the Jin army, the infantry composed of Han people were building siege weapons, while the Jurchens' heavy armored cavalry could not stand the heat under the sun. The Song army did not attack for a long time, so they simply dismounted and rested, or even took off their clothes. The heavy armor was hot, and he took off the helmet on his head to fan himself. When the Song army came to kill, the Jin army dispersed and had no power to fight back. They fled one after another. The Song army happened to burn these siege equipment.
Xia Jian and his men fled, and immediately ordered the cavalry to attack. At this time, the two sides were already fighting hand-to-hand positions, and the Jin army's cavalry advantage could not be used. After seven or eight rounds of fighting, Xia Jian's situation was not good and he had to withdraw his troops. Liu Qi also ordered the garrison to guard. .
The two sides took turns to be in a stalemate for two days. Liu Qi sent troops to rob the camp every night, so that the Jin soldiers could not rest. Moreover, they were particularly afraid of the scorching heat in summer, so they had to quickly send people to Jin Wushu for help.
At this time, Jin Wushu led his army directly to the inner city of Kaifeng. After being welcomed by Liu Yu, he stayed at Longde Palace, the former residence of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. However, Liu Yu and his son were not seen, and he only planned here with the Jurchen generals.
Due to the extremely hot weather, the Jurchens were born in an extremely cold place and were not resistant to heat. Jin Wushu sat on the dragon throne in the past, wearing only a pair of shorts, still sweating profusely. Liu Yu sent someone to offer him cold sour plum soup and tea. He also ordered more than ten maids to serve him and fan him in turn.
As soon as Jin Wushu received Xia Han's help, he immediately came outside the house, facing the sun outside, and shouted: "Get your shirt and armor quickly!"
In just a moment, he had his boots and armor in order, mounted his horse and led the army to set off. In the past few days, there had been heavy rains in Yingshui River, which flooded the pontoon bridge. The Jin army delayed for several days before they could cross the river. Once they arrived in Shunchang, they surrounded the city with water.
Jin Wushu rode on his horse and ordered a cavalryman who was good at shooting to shoot a silk letter at the top of the city. At the same time, he shouted: "I have the order of the Grand Marshal of the Jin Kingdom and the Fourth Prince Jun to teach Lieutenant Liu to surrender quickly to prevent the city from being destroyed." On the day, both jade and stone will be burned."
Liu Qi personally took the silk book and immediately burned it with fire: "Such books that disturb the morale of the army should be burned immediately." He stood on the top of the city and shouted loudly: "Fourth Prince, I belong to the Yue Family Army Liu Qi. You and others have been defeated many times." How can a general who has been defeated by the Yue family be brave? "
Jin Wushu was furious and shouted: "It is useless to leave a city wall like this. The golden warriors of our family are going to rush into the government office to hold a banquet to celebrate their victory. Everyone, listen up. All the beauties, gold and jade they captured can be kept for themselves." .Every male over three years old will be killed!”
With this order, the siege of the city will begin.
The Jin army's first wave of offensive failed, so they set up camp on the spot. Han Chang reminded Jin Wushu that the Song army was good at night fighting and robbing camps. Jin Wushu said that if Liu Qi dared to rob the camp, he would leave no trace of his armor behind.
So Jin Wushu ordered the entire army not to take off their armor at night, and sent a team of troops to guard every night. He himself was also in the tent, and ordered the soldiers to light up their torches and wait strictly. Unexpectedly, Liu Qi did not rob the camp on a large scale at all. Only 200 men were sent every night to beat gongs and drums in the southeast, northwest, and bluff. The Jin army was so violently harassed that they could not sleep well for two consecutive nights and were very tired.
On the third day, Jin Wushu saw that he could delay no longer and immediately ordered an attack on the city. On this day, it was a bright sun again, and the Jurchen soldiers were so hot that they were sweating profusely. The war horses also ate the poisonous soybeans that the Song army had thrown away, and many of them fell down due to poisonous soybeans. .The battle lasted for more than an hour, with both sides losing their lives. After a while, a strong wind blew up. It turned out to be the beginning of a sandstorm from the north, which made the sky dark and dark. It was difficult to distinguish the two armies, so they had to withdraw from the battlefield and shout gold. withdraw troops.
Jin Wushu was dressed in battle armor and immediately supervised the battle at the high hill. When he saw the Jurchen corpses in black clothes and black armor everywhere and the scattered golden and black flags, he couldn't help but feel sad. The Jin army was afraid of heat and could not fight in the summer, but The domestic situation forced him to make this choice, and he even lamented: "I have worked so hard, but if I can't get anything back from this big defeat, my sacrifice will be in vain."
There was another heavy rainstorm in the evening of that day, and he received news that Yue Pengju sent additional troops to attack the Jin troops in Yuanting, and the general who was leading the backup army was killed. The voices of the Jin soldiers were drowned by the storm, and Jin Wushu no longer hesitated and said immediately: "Retreat quickly."
When Liu Qi saw that the Jin army was retreating, he personally led his cavalry out of the city to pursue him. Jin Wushu personally intercepted the rear. Liu Qi saw a man in the middle using Fang Tian to draw a halberd. It was the Fourth Prince. He no longer pursued the other Jin soldiers, and attacked Jin Wushu from three sides.
Jin Wushu was surrounded, but he was not afraid. He took the lead and brandished the Fang Tian Painted Halberd. The Song army could not resist it and was beaten to death. At this time, Xia Han was holding his famous weapon again, an iron cone that was more than ten feet long. With a spear, he led hundreds of cavalry into the formation. Jin Wushu received strong reinforcements, broke out, and fled north.
The Jin army escaped from Xingshui and came to Huaining Mansion. Jin Wushu summoned the generals, but instead of punishing them for the defeat, he only rewarded Xia Han for saving his life, and also rewarded Han Chang and others. Then he slowly said: "Although we failed this time, autumn is not far away. Our sons are not good at summer warfare, so a defeat is nothing to be afraid of. We will have our own opportunity to unite our troops and take revenge." Then he assigned everyone to garrison.
When Han Chang and others saw the defeat, they were mentally prepared to be punished. Seeing him like this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. He also vaguely guessed some of the fourth prince's intentions, so he followed the order.
Just after he was stationed, Yue Pengju had divided his troops into two groups, hoping to take advantage of the victory to regain Tokyo and Lianghe. Wang Gui's army was the left forward and headed north to Ruzhou; Yue Pengju and Zhang Xian led the army north to Caizhou. Before leaving, Yue Pengjun wrote an official letter in his own hand , asked his aides Yu Peng and Sun Ge to meet Zhang Jun and Liu Guang respectively, and strive to send troops together to annihilate the invading 140,000 gold soldiers. He specifically explained: "Your mission this time is of great importance. You must deal with them. The prime minister should be respectful and ask them to send troops to attack Yingtian Mansion and join our army in Tokyo. If they don't agree, they must say goodbye politely and put the overall situation first."
Everyone took the order, galloped their horses, and set off separately.
Zhang Xian went first to the northwest county. The next day, he received a report that a group of Jin soldiers' heavy armored cavalry, about a thousand men, set out from Lincheng and headed south along the Dusha River. Zhang Xian made a prompt decision and led his troops out of the city to ambush on the north-south main road.
This Jin army was led by Han Chang. He went south with Jin Wushu this time and fought several battles without any victory. Wherever he went, he saw that the Song army was well-organized and leading the way bravely. On the other hand, the Jin army could not stand the scorching heat. , the morale of the army was disorganized. The two armies were actually turned upside down. He was originally afraid of Yue Pengju's reputation, and he was still frightened in the battle at sea. When he heard that this time it was Yue Pengju and Zhang Xian who went to Caizhou, he felt timid and did not send all the main force. Three centurions were temporarily dispatched to lead an army deep into the territory of Caizhou to conduct reconnaissance.
This group of troops braved the scorching sun, but before they reached the border of Caizhou, their armor was already hot from the sun and their uniforms were soaked. At this time, there was a forest and a small river in front of them. Everyone was very happy and hurried to run. Go drink water.
At this moment, a neat Yue Family Army appeared on the opposite side of the river. The bright red flag was shining with gold characters in the sun, and there were several huge five-character "Zhongyong Yue Family Army" on it. The Jin Army was suddenly attacked. At this time The people were still crouching in the river drinking water and had no time to escape, so most of them were wiped out.
The Song army pursued the victory and met Han Chang and others. At this time, Han Chang was timid and immediately ordered his troops to retreat. After a melee, Han Chang went straight to Huaining Mansion, with the intention of luring the enemy deeper.
Zhang Xian and others led the army to pursue them, but they encountered Jin Wushu's army coming to kill them.
Han Chang was overjoyed and returned to fight Zhang Xian in person. He and Zhang Xian knew each other, and they were enemies of each other. Zhang Xian saw the Jin army in black clothes and black armor surrounding him, and Han Chang smiled triumphantly and said: "Zhang Xian , if you don’t bow down, you will die.”
Zhang Xian didn't answer, and more than 1,800 people with him were gradually surrounded. He raised his gun and came to fight Han Chang. Han Chang knew that this was the first strong general in Yue's army, and Zhang Xian himself had a personal relationship with Yue Pengju. Naturally, he did not want to let go of this opportunity and wanted to kill Zhang Xian, so the battle became more and more fierce.
The two were equally skilled in martial arts, and they fought for more than a dozen rounds without deciding the outcome. At this time, a person in Jin Wushu's camp became impatient, and it was Xia Han.
Xia Han shouted: "Han Chang, it's up to you." He raised his iron cone spear and stabbed Zhang Xian in the heart. Zhang Xian was attacked from both sides and couldn't resist. He dwarfed his body and leaned over the horse's belly. Next, the Song army thought their general had fallen to the ground and shouted in surprise, but saw Zhang Xian turn over and jump up, and actually raised his gun to fight Xia Han head-on.
Such exquisite riding skills not only greatly boosted the momentum of the Yue family's army, but even Jin Wushu, who was watching the battle on the side, couldn't help but cheer secretly. Like Han Chang, he also wanted to capture Zhang Xian and use it to attack the Yue family. The momentum of the army.
At this time, the two armies had already fallen into a melee. Jin Wushu saw that his side had the upper hand in the battle and calmly stood on a high ground to supervise the battle. He saw that although Han Chang and Xia Han forced Zhang Xian into danger and injured him in several places, he did not do anything. Fatal. He took the bow and arrow and took aim. Since his right hand was disabled, he reversed his position and changed his posture. Since he had been practicing archery with both hands since he was a child, even though it was hard work, he still had the miraculous effect of hitting the target with perfect accuracy.
He opened his bow and aimed at Zhang Xian, and shot an arrow at Zhang Xian with a whoosh. Zhang Xian could not dodge, and his mount fell to the ground with a scream, and was about to fall to the ground. Xia Han's iron cone spear also stabbed his chest in time...
At this time, Jin Wushu raised his bow and arrow again. After all, his injured hand was inconvenient and he could not fire continuously. He hesitated a little while switching. In this way, Zhang Xian had a moment to breathe, but it was still useless, because Xia Han's iron cone spear , had completely reached his chest, Zhang Xian's vision went dark, and there was a dull depression in his chest. It was the breath of death, but he heard the whistling wind in his ears, and then Xia Han's scream, and in the distance, a The sharp arrow shot with thunderous force and penetrated Xia Han's throat. Xia Han fell to the ground with eyes wide open and died with an expression of disbelief.
Zhang Xian turned around with great joy and saw Yue Pengju personally leading his army. Seeing that he was in danger, he shot an arrow from his horse and saved his life. A large number of Yue's troops joined in, and the two armies launched the largest battle.
Jin Wushu saw clearly from the side and was heartbroken. Xia Han was the son-in-law of his second brother Zong Wang, who was close to him, and also his most valued subordinate in the past two years. Xia Han saved his life a few days ago. Thinking that he had lost his life today in the hands of Yue Pengju. He hated Yue Pengju deeply, so he picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd and commanded the troops to enter the battle formation.