Chapter 81 The rout of the Jin people
Under such a reward, Wanyan Zonghan's army rushed towards the city like a chicken. Yue Fei and Han Shizhong saw the enemies coming like a tide, and a sense of despair surged into their hearts! Chanzhou, I’m afraid I can’t save it! However, just when the defenders could no longer hold on, there was a strange movement in the distance!Han Shizhong and Yue Fei took a closer look and saw a dark crowd of people coming towards them five miles away.
Could it be that... Her Majesty’s reinforcements have arrived? Han Shizhong asked excitedly, "But Your Highness the Princess?"
Yue Fei shook his head, "The other party's clothes clearly indicate that he is an enemy!"
Han Shizhong's heart sank again, "Bitter! Is Chanzhou City going to die in my hands?"
Yue Fei was also desperate, but when he saw the green smoke rising behind the group of people, a surge of hope surged into his heart, "Wait a minute! Maybe... Her Highness the Princess is really here!"
It was true that they saw the enemy army, but it was a defeated enemy army!At this time, Zhao Yingluo organized subsequent armies to cross the river one after another. The first army that had crossed the river, led by Ma Guang and Zhao Bangjie, frantically pursued the defeated enemy.
The green smoke that Yue Fei saw was the one hundred gunmen assigned by Zhao Yingluo to Ma Guang and Zhao Bangjie to pursue the remaining enemies.
Wanyan Zonghan also noticed the strange movement in the north, and was shocked when he saw his army retreating! "General... General!"
A messenger came and knelt in front of Wanyan Zonghan, "Song Army...Song Army has attacked from the north. Our defenses along the Yellow River have been broken. Nearly half of the tens of thousands of troops defending have been lost. Now we are in the process of attacking." Defeat this way."
Wanyan Zonghan's face changed greatly, "What? How is this possible! No matter how powerful the Song army is, it is impossible for them to defeat the defenders in such a short period of time."
The herald said with fear on his face, "Zhao Yingluo must know magic. She ordered people to drop strange things on the ship that would cause great damage. When they hit the ground, they would explode with a loud bang, and those who were nearby were blown to pieces. , people who are a little further away will also be seriously injured! Our army... our archers cannot organize an effective defense at all."
Wanyan Zonghan's face was extremely embarrassed!After all calculations, Chanzhou City was still allowed to wait for reinforcements.
Liu Lin was even more frightened. The witchcraft that the herald mentioned was most likely the strange thing that blew up the city gate last year. He said in a trembling voice, "General, keep the green hills and don't worry about not having firewood. We can still Let’s withdraw first! If we don’t withdraw, I’m afraid it will be too late.”
Wanyan Zonghan was very unwilling!The city is about to be breached, and if we retreat, our success will be in vain! At this time, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong finally confirmed that the princess was here!Their spirits suddenly lifted when they saw hope!Han Shizhong raised his arms and shouted, "Soldiers, reinforcements are coming. The Jin people have been defeated. Victory is in sight. Kill the enemy! Drive the enemy out of Chanzhou City."
When the desperate defenders heard the good news, their morale suddenly reversed. Instead, they blocked the enemy troops who entered the city gate within the city gate. The enemies on the city wall were also killed without any successors.
When Wanyan Zonghan was hesitating whether to withdraw his troops, something happened on the left and right wings that made him even more desperate!The Song cavalry surrounded him in two directions and attacked in a long snake formation!The most terrifying thing was the right wing. The cavalry were riding their horses to attack while holding firecrackers and firing volleys at them!
The sudden change caused the armies on the left and right wings to be in disarray. Coupled with the defeated army from the north attacking their rear wing, the defeat was a foregone conclusion!
"Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops! Break out from the east! Cross the river to Daming Mansion!" The situation suddenly changed, and Wanyan Zonghan did not allow him to think more. He decisively issued the order to retreat. If he did not retreat, he might really be able to defeat his [-]-strong army. .
After Wanyan Zonghan ordered the retreat, tens of thousands of troops broke through the blockade of the cavalry on the east and ran like bereaved dogs!The cavalry was fast and could escape quickly. Poor Liu Lin's tens of thousands of infantrymen either ran away or were killed. Most of them were divided and surrounded and surrendered.
Wanyan Zonghan led thousands of his cavalry and ran to the Yellow River in a panic. Just as he was about to seize civilian boats to cross the river, he saw more than a dozen large ships floating up the Yellow River, followed closely by countless arrows piercing the air!Hundreds of cavalry and horses were killed instantly.
Zhao Yingluo stood on the bow of the boat, clasping her hands behind her back and shouting loudly, "Wanyan Zonghan, you have no way out! Quickly dismount and surrender!"
When Wanyan Zonghan saw the triumphant Zhao Yingluo on the bow of the ship, his old face turned red with anger. He had been on the battlefield for many years, destroyed the Liao Kingdom, captured Tokyo, and sent the Song army southward. He was heartbroken. He had suffered such a defeat in time?
"Retreat! Give up crossing the river! Give up crossing the river!" Wanyan Zonghan flicked his horse whip and was about to stay away from the Yellow River and continue to flee eastward. But at this moment, the pursuers arrived from behind, including Ma Guang and Zhao Bangjie.
They were riding horses gifted by Zhao Yingluo, with tens of thousands of cavalry in hot pursuit. If Wanyan Zonghan escaped this time, how could they have the face to meet His Highness King Xin and the princess? When Zhao Bangjie was camping in Wuma Mountain, he was extremely embarrassed because of the siege by the Jin people!Now that the situation was reversed, he suddenly became so heroic that he shouted loudly, "Wanyan Zonghan, you have no way to retreat, quickly dismount and surrender!"
Attacked from both sides by the enemy, Wanyan Zonghan's thousands of cavalrymen were in a desperate situation!But Wanyan Zonghan is a fierce general after all, and it is impossible for him to surrender like this.
"How can I, a dignified and dignified man from the Jin Dynasty, surrender to the Song people? If you want to fight, then fight!"
Zhao Bangjie snorted coldly, "You are tough! It depends on whether your thousands of subordinates are tough or not! Fire Gun Team, get ready!"
With his order, the Thousand Fire Guns team immediately dismounted, lined up horizontally, and forced the besieged Wanyan Zonghan cavalry.
Wanyan Zonghan's heart sank. He knew the power of this strange weapon. If he didn't surrender, there was only one final outcome waiting for these thousands of cavalry, death! Those cavalrymen also seemed to feel the breath of death, and their expressions changed drastically!Despair, sadness, fear...different emotions flashed across their faces.
I thought that during this trip south, they would plunder enough gold and silver treasures and women to return north, but I didn't expect that the final outcome would be like this.
Nearly ten thousand horses led by Zhao Yingluo also disembarked one after another at this time. She gently pinched the horse's belly and came to a position just a shot away from the enemy.
"Wanyan Zonghan, if you surrender, maybe there will be a day to return to the north, and these cavalrymen can be reunited with their wives and children. If you don't surrender, this is the place where your bones are buried. Whether you surrender or not, I will give it to you. It takes a stick of incense to think about it.”
"Princess, when the Jin people captured Kaifeng City, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes. Wanyan Zonghan was the chief culprit. Wouldn't it be too easy for him to surrender?" Shen Lang said angrily.
He hates the Jin because after Kaifeng City was occupied by the Jin, all the wealth he accumulated was robbed by the Jin! (End of this chapter)