"Boom, rumbling, rumbling..."

The hooves of countless war horses hit the wide rammed earth official road and made a roar like thunder. Hundreds of Jurchen cavalry just surrounded Wanyan Zongwang and walked behind a huge marching team composed of cavalry, infantry, crying prisoners, vehicles full of wealth and goods, and animals plundered from all over the place.

Behind them were teams of Jurchen elites who were riding on one person and two riders. They were all wearing iron armor, carrying long spears, and two bags of feather arrows and two bows hanging on their belts, one Jurchen large bow and one corner bow. This was a perfect configuration that could be fought at any time. The group of people combined, with no ten thousand and eight thousand.

Behind this elite hall army, there were countless riders and horses running around, constantly bringing the situation of the Song army brigade behind the Jin soldiers who were following the north.

"The second prince, one of the Song army has entered Fengqiu County, and the rest have set up camps around Fengqiu County!"

"The Second Prince, the Song people today, still have no sign of getting closer to our army. The Song army's front army is still twenty miles away from the rear guard army led by Prince Langjun!"

Hearing the reward, Wanyan Zongwang just smiled: "The army of the Song people is walking so slowly! Is this a gift for us to cross the Yellow River?"

A Jurchen general beside him made a rash sentence: "Second Prince, let's not retreat, just fight the Song army between Fengqiu and Huazhou!"

Wanyan Zongwang glanced at him faintly and smiled, "Do you think that if we want to fight, the Song people will respond readily? Didn't you find that the Song army was advancing step by step? They only took twenty miles a day in such a flat place around Kaifeng Prefecture, and even set up a strange formation. Then they climbed slowly. After 20 miles, they built a camp like a turtle shell. If the battle was unfavorable, they would retreat and become turtles. We couldn't defeat their camp for a while, and it would probably not work if they surrounded them and hungry food... They walked so slowly that they must have a lot of baggage!

And it is mid-April now, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. I heard that in June, the hot weather around Kaifeng Prefecture can make the chickens cook... Our children are used to the cold but are very afraid of heat. Where can we fight the Song army in the heat? How confident can we be?"

Wanyan Zongwang looked relaxed, but rejected his request for war, which also made the generals below a little depressed. Although the harvest this time went south was extremely rich and could be said to be a full return. However, he did not break the Kaifeng Prefecture, nor could he get a satisfactory peace agreement from the Song Dynasty court. Even the dissatisfied peace agreement seemed to have been torn apart by the Song Dynasty court without any faith.

If the troops retreated, this battle of the Southern Expedition would not be considered a great victory no matter how you look at it!

Looking at the depressed expressions of the people around him, Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said, "The Song people's army defended strongly and attacked weakly, and was better than defending the village and defending the city, and short of attacking the field. If we give the Song army the opportunity to hold on, even if we can win, they will be greatly damaged and the loss is not worth the loss! When marching and fighting, we cannot choose the enemy's specialty battles. Wouldn't that be foolish? I'm going to hide it from you, I have already discussed with the Deputy Marshal and Silangjun a way to pinch the Song people's fatal holes and force the Song people to attack. At that time, when the Song people attacked the tough, we were afraid that we would not be able to win a great victory? Just the Song people are as weak as the attack power, even the dying Khitans can't even attack, how many Juzhen's sons can be injured?"

His words were half hidden, and his generals were confused. At this time, the Jurchens were quite honest and simple, so they could ask whatever they had.

"Second Prince, do you think of the Song people's fatal hole? What is that?"

"Yes, what kind of hole is that? Is it a hole used to hide treasures?"

"It's not a treasure hiding, it should be the one who buried the dead... The second prince wants to dig the graves of the old emperors of the Song Dynasty, right?"

Why did the Second Prince of Dajin become the Second Prince of Dajin?

Wanyan Zongwang quickly waved his hand, and didn't say anything about the fatal hole. He just pointed to the north and asked left and right: "Do you know the Yellow River?"

"I know!" someone immediately replied, "Second Prince, do you want to carry the water on the array?"

Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said, "It's just a burden...but the Song people were forced into a dead end!"

“Why?”

"Because the Yellow River is too high!" Wanyan Zongwang smiled, "I don't know what happened to the Yellow River. In the section north of Kaifeng Prefecture, the river channel is even higher than the ground, and it is all up to the embankments on both sides of the river. Now it is April of the Yellow River. If someone digs the Yellow River embankment, it will be flooding the sky... Can Kaifeng Prefecture block the Yellow River water? If it can't be stopped, the millions of people in Kaifeng Prefecture will turn into fish and shrimps!

If the officials of the Song Dynasty knew that we were going to dig the Yellow River in the Sanshan Floating Bridge area, and would not strictly urge the Song army that followed us to fight to the decisive battle? At that time, we would defend the embankments in Wenzi Mountain and its surrounding areas and wait for the Song people to attack, wouldn’t we win easily?”

Can you win easily? It seems that it can be true! Unless the Song people don’t want Kaifeng Mansion, they can let the Jin people flood the water. Otherwise, the Song army, who followed everyone, would have to bite the bullet and attack... Even if they were afraid that they would not come to die, their officials would force them to come!

At that time, the Jin soldiers will occupy favorable terrain and rely on the preset fortifications to wait comfortably for the Song army to attack fiercely. Wouldn't that win if you lie down?

After thinking about it, the Jurchen generals around Wanyan Zongwang were impressed by the resourcefulness of the second prince.

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"Mr. Li Xianggong, Huazhou is ahead. If you walk dozens of miles, you will be the Sanshan Floating Bridge!"

The cavalry came to Li Gang's seat as if he was flying. The Song Dynasty's personal expedition army had about 160,000 soldiers and about 70,000 strong people, totaling 230,000. On April 14th, the expedition was set out from around Ruisheng City outside Kaifeng Prefecture. So far, it has been gone for four days.

This is really a huge army!

The infantry of the brigade advanced in unison, carrying countless banners, vehicles, supplies, and cavalry that protected the main force of the infantry seemed to cover the entire earth, rumbled and crushed forward.

In order to collect the equipment, food, and rewards needed by these 230,000 people, the Kaifeng Prefecture court really invested a lot. Just to inspire the soldiers, a full 3.3 million guan (including copper coins and silk) was prepared. The military rations were prepared according to 50 days!

If Wanyan Zongwang wants to use the method of surrounding and cutting off supplies to deal with this Song army, he will have to wait until the hottest June...

Li Gang's central army was about to enter at this time and had been looted by the Jin soldiers and set fire to Fengqiu County. His brows were tightly locked, because the purpose of the journey was such a devastation.

When the Jin soldiers came south, the Song Dynasty court did not promote the clearance of the strong walls, but the Jin thieves did not hesitate to "help" the Song Dynasty court to complete a scorched earth clearance of the wilderness! It also plundered huge wealth and plundered a large number of people... Of course, there must be massacres again and again!

The prosperous land of the capital has been greatly damaged!

What's worse is that the farmland around Kaifeng Prefecture is almost deserted... It's April now, and the farming season has been missed, so there must be no much food to harvest in autumn. Kaifeng Prefecture's supply depends entirely on the canal transportation, and the canal transportation has been cut off for several months, so it may be difficult to complete the transportation volume in previous years!

If the Jin thieves come again this autumn and winter, it will probably be difficult for Kaifeng Prefecture to stick to it... From this perspective, the Song Dynasty must take advantage of the time when it is still possible to fight, and severely damage the Jin soldiers and let them dare to come again!

Thinking of this, Li Gang looked up at Huazhou from afar, and said to himself: "Sanshan Bridge... Will the Jin thieves be in a hurry to cross the bridge?"

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