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Chapter 43: Far Water Difficult to Quench Near Thirst

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Yuan knew how many troops Yue Fei had. When Yue Fei first arrived in Hebei, he fought in the area, and the relationship between the two was very good. Wang Yuan admired Yue Fei very much. Later, Wang Yuan went to the front line of Gaoyang, and the two fought several times. During the Jiashan Battle, Wang Yuan tried to rescue, but because Yao Gu refused to move forward, the rescue failed. After that, the relationship between the two became cold.

Yue Fei lost nearly 100,000 troops in the Jiashan Battle. Although most of them were Hebei rebels, it was a fact that Yue Fei's strength was greatly damaged. The reason for Wang Yuan's rescue was a pity. To put it bluntly, the court and the people in the northwest deliberately planned Yue Fei.

Yue Fei's rise was too fast and threatened all parties. Although he was very useful, he had to suppress it and could not give him too much strength. This time, Yue Fei ignored past grudges and came to rescue day and night. The people in the northwest were also very grateful. But to be honest, although Yue Fei came, he did not have the intention to save people. The same was true for Roland. If it weren't for Lu Junyi and Lin Chong's determination to save people, with Yue Fei and Roland's intention, the Tiger Lie Army would rescue Zhe Keqiu and immediately go south to Yongji Canal instead of crossing the river to save Yao Gu. In their eyes, Yao Gu and Wang were over and could not save them. Who knew that things in the world were unpredictable. They never dreamed that they miraculously rescued more than 20,000 people from the "tiger's mouth".

Now Yue Fei has brought all the troops on the front line of Handan, so why does Li Gang use to guard Dan?

"There are about 100,000 rebels in Hebei recruited by Zongze." Yue Fei smiled bitterly, "Li Xuanfu meant to take his life to fill it. As long as he persisted for three to four days, Luo Qinghan, the right deputy commander of the Northwest Marshal's Mansion, would arrive from Longde Mansion with reinforcements. In addition, Zhending City is still in our hands. Li Miao and Liu Yi have been holding on for nearly twenty days to live in part of the Jin army. Due to their persistence, Zhending Prefecture and the Jin army's ration road are always under the threat of the Tiger Lie Army. Li Xuanfu has sent people to urgently report to the Song Jiang and Liangshan Army of Jingjing and the Liangshan Army who attacked the Jin army's ration road at any cost. If possible, the Tiger Lie Army in Taiyuan can also rush to the rescue of the Jingjing to threaten the safety of Zhending Prefecture.



Wang Yuan felt a little breathless and his breathing was heavy. Yue Fei said that it was a way to relieve the thirst from far away water. Now there are only 100,000 rebels in Handan City. To put it bluntly, a group of refugees holding sticks can hold on for three to four days?

"The city cannot be defended." Wang Yuan headed again and again, "unless a miracle happens."

"Where is the main force of the Tiger Lie Army? How many roads are there to go from Handan?" Wu couldn't help asking.

"I don't know." Yue Fei said expressionlessly, "Before the Shahe River, Li Xuanfu rushed to the front line to tell us that the left deputy commander of the Northwest Marshal's Mansion Dong Xiaochou, together with the Khitan King, the Bohai King and the resentful army Hu Jiayong are rushing to Hebei. In my opinion, this army must wait for the King of Han on the north bank of the Yellow River, and then as the main force of the emperor's command to march north to Daming Mansion."

"In other words, the Tiger King doesn't care whether the city can be defended. Instead, he plans to fight the Jin army in Daming Mansion. Is it?" Wu Zhui asked, "This is also the reason why you are eager to go south and are determined to stick to Yongji Qudi?"

Yue Yiyan. Although he and Wu were on the battlefield in Hebei, Wu had never met Yao Gu's men. However, he still had a little hearing about this Jingyuan Road Troop. Wu was in his thirties, tall and handsome. Especially his sword eyebrows were sharp and fierce. He also had a strong murderous aura. People involuntarily intimidated their minds and responded carefully. Seeing Wu Yue Fei, they thought of Han Shizhong. If Han Shizhong was a roaring tiger, then Wu was a cheetah running in the dense forest. Compared with Wu, Wu was more afraid.

Yue Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "I think the first battle in Hebei of King Han must be in Daming Mansion."

Wu sighed secretly. Whether it is Li Gang or Yue Fei, they are actually ready to fall from Handan. The reason why Li Gang risked his breaking with Bian Jing and sent Yue Fei to Jizhou. On the one hand, it was to rescue Yao Gu and Zhe Keqiu. On the other hand, it was to go south to guard Daming Mansion. If these two armies of Yao Gu and Zhe Keqiu were severely damaged on the Huluhe line, then Daming Mansion had no soldiers to defend. Daming Mansion was trapped. What is the point of the Song army guarding Handan? Daming Mansion is the decisive battlefield in Hebei. Li Hu knew this. Li Gang and Yue Fei also knew this. The people in the northwestern succumbed to Bian Jing and rescue Yao Gu at all costs. It was obviously wrong. They fell into the trap of the Jin people.

Li Gang was unable to change the strategy of Bianjing. He had to gamble with his wealth and life. But Yue Fei had no choice but to accept Li Gang's orders. Yue Fei was the younger brother of the Han King. His status was very high in the Tiger and Li Jie Army. Bianjing did not dare to move at all. In the end, the unlucky end was Li Gang, the Hebei Xuanfu envoy.

"The Jin army will not come tonight." Yue Fei said. "You cross the river first. Hurry up to Wuyi for a long time to rest. Then quickly go south to Qinghe City and guard the Yongji Canal line."

Wu suddenly looked up and tears poured out again. He wanted to take revenge, but he didn't want to leave here.

"The decisive battle is in Daming Mansion." Yue Fei walked to him, patted his shoulder, and said seriously, "This revenge must be avenged, but it is not today, nor in Hulu River."

Wu reached out to wrap his arms around Wu's neck, held his head in his arms, and pulled him away. Wu's crying came from the night wind, sadness, anger, pain,

have no choice……

Wang Yuan stretched out his hand to Yue Fei, and his two blood-stained hands were held together.

"I'll leave first."

"Goodbye Qinghe City." Yue Fei forced out a desperate smile, then took off the sword from his waist and handed it to Wang Yuan, "This is a sword of handsome. Please tell him that Zhe Shuai has done his best, Wang Shuai has done his best, and I have done my best, but..." Yue Fei suddenly felt a sudden pain in his heart, and tears couldn't stop rolling down.

Wang Yuan stared blankly at the sword in his hand and asked in a low voice: "Shishou..."

"Zhong Shuai is seriously ill. Now that he hears the bad news, he probably..." Yue Fei couldn't continue to say anything, so he turned around and left.

Wang Yuan stroked the sword and cried. If the old general passed away, who would support the Northwest Army?

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On the fifth day of the August 19th, at noon, Handan City.

The Jin army failed to fight on the first day of the attack. Although Yelu Yu saw the generals fighting to the death, the Song army was extremely tenacious and forced them to repel them.

During the attack on this day, something puzzled Zong Han and his men.

Where did Yue Fei and his Hu Lie go? When attacking Beimen Wengcheng, the rebel soldiers died in the city; when attacking Beimen City Tower, the rebel soldiers were still defending the city. For more than half a year, these ragged Song rebels and Jin army have fought tenaciously, and the Jin army is too familiar with them, and Yue Fei's flexible and changeable strategy has made them unforgettable. Now, Yue Fei uses the rebels with almost no combat power to defend the city and use their lives to block the Jin army. So what is his purpose? What is he going to do?

Handan City is an important town in Hebei and one of the barriers of the Great Song Dynasty's capital. It did not have a defender army, and there were surprisingly fewer equipment for defending the city. After fighting for one day, the Jin army could be sure that there were only twenty stone throwing machines in the North City, about two hundred single-shaped crossbows, one hundred bed crossbows, more than five hundred divine arm bows, and more than two thousand other crossbows. This is the defensive strength of the North City? With such defensive power, the Jin army was confident that it would capture the city tower in one day.

The attack on the first day was mainly temptation, and Zong Han did not throw all his troops into it.

The Jin army scouts investigated the radius of fifty miles around Handan City, but found no trace of the Song army.

All signs show that Handan City is a trap. Yue Fei seemed to have no intention of defending the city, but planned to use other methods to force the Jin army to retreat. What method could Yue Fei use to force the Jin army to retreat? In addition to sneak attacking the food road, he could only attack Zhending Mansion behind the Jin army. Now Zhending City is still in the hands of the Song army. As long as Yue Fei defeated the Jin army besieged Zhending City, Zong Han's trouble would come.

Zong Han decided to conquer, conquer with the fastest speed, and then kill Daming Mansion directly. The Jin army defeated Han and swept Cizhou, Zhou and Xiangzhou, and the Jin army's food and grass could be replenished. Then the Jin army defeated Daming Mansion again, and even if Yue Fei cut off the Jin army's retreat, it would be meaningless.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, Zong Han attacked three city gates at the same time, which made him overjoyed. He was unbelievable that the defense of this thousand-year-old ancient city, Hebei important town, was so weak that it was incredible. The entire city guarding equipment in Handan City was basically concentrated in the North City, while the number of other places was astonishingly small. The only number in the city was people, the Hebei rebels holding sticks, kitchen knives and even iron pots.

In the afternoon, Zong Han ordered to attack the four city gates at the same time, but gathered the main force to Wuqing Gate in the northeast, and strive to conquer the city gate before dusk and enter the city.

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Wuqing Sect was caught in a bloody battle.

The Jin army set up five hundred ladders, and 20,000 soldiers attacked in turn. The city walls that were several miles long were full of people fighting wildly.

The person guarding this city gate was Wang Yan, who had just arrived from Daming Mansion. Wang Yan was the commander of Zhong Shidao's personal guard camp. After Li Gang ordered Yue Fei to help Zhe Keqiu, he immediately wrote to Zhong Shidao of Daming Mansion. After Yue Fei left, Handan was equivalent to an empty city. If it was lost, Daming Mansion was in danger, so Li Gang must tell Zhong Shidao and ask him to prepare for defending the city immediately. Zhong Shidao was very grateful. In order to rescue the Northwest Army, Li Gang gave up his career. Zhong Shidao could not repay him, so he could only do his best to help Li Gang defend the city.

As long as the city of Handan is guarded for four days, Luo Qinghan will take the Tiger Lieutenant Army to the city of Handan at the latest on the seventh day of the lunar month. Therefore, Zhong Shidao ordered Wang Yan to arrive day and night with two hundred elite troops and one hundred vehicles of weapons.

Wang Yan arrived early this morning and came to guard Wuqing Gate after dawn. However, he was very unfortunate that Wuqing Gate became the main target of the Jin army. Unfortunately, the Jin army actually found the key point of this section of the city wall. One mile from the city gate, the Jin army was hitting the city wall with a giant attack ram. The city wall once collapsed. When repairing, the officials were perfunctory, filling the soil inside and building blue bricks outside, and fooling it. Who would have thought that today it would become a disaster for the city.

Wang Yan knew that this section of the city wall would definitely be broken, so he sent someone to notify Li Gang and then assembled 5,000 soldiers of the rebel army. In the face of danger, he relied on these 5,000 people to block the Jin army and used these 5,000 corpses to block the gap.

The city walls shaking, trembling and moaning under the continuous impact of the siege hammers.
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