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On the 11th, Wanyan Jiemu and Han Qinghe led their troops to Xinle City.

On the same day, Abaddon and Helasu also rushed to the south bank of Shahe River to meet with Roland, Wang Gui and Lin Chong.

The two armies confront each other across the river, and a war is about to break out.

On the 12th, Wanyan Jiemu directed the Jin army to launch an attack. The Jin army chose five river crossing locations, and more than 60,000 soldiers forced the Shahe River to cross almost the same time.

Zhang Xian, Niu Gao, Fu Xiuguo and Zhao Renyan commanded their respective troops and set up formations to defend the death.

The fierce battle lasted until the afternoon of the same day, Wanyan Jiemu felt something was wrong. He personally rushed to the front line and urgently summoned the commanders of each army to inquire about the battle situation. Finally, he came to a conclusion that the Tiger Lie Army on the other side of the Shahe River was strong and its army might exceed that of the Jin army.

"Are you sure that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army has not entered the Hebei battlefield yet?" Wanyan Jiemu looked cold and stared at Han Qinghe with her eyes tightly, with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.

"My scouts have been paying close attention to Zhending City. They did not find the main force of the Hedong Tiger Lieutenant Army." Han Qinghe said with great certainty, "As for the direction of Handan, as of now, the news I have received is that the right deputy commander is confronting the Central Plains and Shandong Tiger Lieutenant Army. He has not found the Hedong Tiger Lieutenant Army's army so far."

Wanyan Jiemu hesitated for a long time and shook her head, "Then, the Hu Lie Army used 60,000 to 70,000 troops to intercept my reinforcements south. What is the purpose?" Then he frowned deeply and asked again, "Did the Hu Lie Army attack Zhending City today?"

"Not yet." Han Qinghe said, "However, the Marshal and Right Deputy General warned us repeatedly in the letter that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Lieutenant Army is very likely to attack Zhending, Zhongshan and Hejian Prefectures, and take the opportunity to cut off the retreat of our main army in Hebei. If nothing unexpected happens, the main force of the Hedong Tiger Lieutenant Army will appear at the city of Zhending."

Wanyan Jiemu's face changed slightly and she sneered: "Since that's the case, wouldn't we bet on the Tiger Lie Army's treacherous plan?"

Han Qinghe looked at him in confusion, but he didn't understand for a moment.

"If the main force of the Hedong Tiger Lie Army enters Hebei and meets the army in front of you, then the troops surrounding Zhending City are at least more than 100,000." Wanyan Jiemu explained, "Wanyan Wuta has only 20,000 people, more than half of them are from Hebei. You can imagine that the Tiger Lie Army attacks Zhending City with a superior strength of more than five times the strength. Can Wanyan Wuta defend it?"

Han Qinghe hesitated for a moment and barely squeezed out a smile, "Even if you can't hold on, there is absolutely no problem with persisting for a while."

"How long do you think he can last?" Wanyan Jiemu asked.

Han Qinghe vaguely guessed what Wanyan Jiemu meant and did not dare to speak. Obviously, Wanyan Jiemu had already agreed with Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zongfu's analysis of the battle situation in Hebei, believing that the main force of the Hedong Tiger Lieutenant Army was about to enter Hebei and could conquer Zhending. At present, the Tiger Lieutenant Army used strong forces to block the Jin army's southward support army, which clearly meant to delay the Jurchen reinforcements and fight attrition. Do its best to kill the Jurchen reinforcements. If the Jurchen reinforcements are too exhausted, they will not only not be able to provide strong support to Wanyan Wuta in Zhending City, but will also be extremely passive in the future battle situation.

"The Huli Lie Army intends to kill two birds with one stone. First, use Zhending City as bait to attack us on the Shahe line. When we suffer too much, the Huli Lie Army conquers Zhending with lightning speed, and then kills the Hutuo River line and cut off the retreat of the main force in Hebei." Wanyan Jiemu took a deep breath, "If the battle situation develops to this point, what can we use to restrain the Tiger Lie Army and help our main force in Hebei to withdraw smoothly?"

Han Qinghe smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.

Wanyan Jiemu's analysis makes sense, but the problem is that after only half a day in the battle of Shahe, Wanyan Jiemu couldn't wait to truce the battle. The real reason was obviously not the reason he said, but the other hidden information. Han Qinghe knew that this hidden information must be related to the situation in Huanglong Mansion, but with his status, it would be better to avoid it carefully to avoid being hit by the fish in the future.

"What should the governor plan to do?" Han Qinghe simply closed his eyes and let Wanyan Jiemu control the situation.

"I won't fight for the time being, and confront the Tiger Lie Army across the river." Wanyan Jiemu said, "Our army is here and is eyeing it. The Tiger Lie Army on the other side must not dare to slack off. In this way, we will restrain some of the Tiger Lie Army and ensure the safety of Zhongshan and Hejian, and be able to remain active in the next battle."

Han Qinghe could not find any reason to refute. Although the effect of fighting and not fighting was completely different, as Wanyan Jiemu said, Zhending City is actually not important. For them, the important thing is to defend Zhongshan and Hejian, guard the retreat path of the main force in Hebei, and guard the Youyan portal, and the latter is the real purpose of Wanyan Jiemu.

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On the 13th, the Jin army stopped attacking and continued to confront each other across the river.

On this day, Zhang Gao'er, Hong Yun, and Lu Junyi arrived at the city of Zhending with their main army.

Yue Fei welcomed everyone into the tent and explained the attack deployment in detail. "So far, the Jin army on the front line of Handan and Anyang have shown no sign of retreat, but the news that our army gathered will soon reach Daming Mansion and Handan. If the Jin army decisively decides to retreat, then the time left for us is very limited."

"We must conquer Zhending City as fast as possible." Li Jin continued Yue Fei's words, "It is only more than 400 miles from Zhending to Hejian Prefecture. The army is moving eastward quickly. Three or four days is enough. In other words, when we receive the news that the Jin army of Handan has begun to retreat, we will immediately attack east along the Hutuo River in order to block the main force of the Jin army on the south bank of the Hutuo River. In this way, the time we use to attack Zhending City is only four or five days at most."

Zhang Gaoer, Hong Yun, Lu Junyi and others looked at each other, looking at each other with a difficult face. Although the Tiger Lieutenant Army already has the advantage of siege in terms of military strength, it would be too difficult to conquer the city within four or five days.

"How is the siege going?" Zhang Gao'er asked coldly.

"The siege equipment is seriously insufficient." Yue Fei smiled bitterly, "These equipment were brought by Li Shuai, and the number was limited. I went north from Xiangzhou, and the light chariots were simple and did not bring any siege tools." Then he turned to Hong Yun, "I wonder if the siege shooting army once brought siege equipment?"

Hong Yun looked helpless, "We received the order from the general and headed north quickly. In order to hurry, our siege equipment was left behind."

"How long will it take to arrive at Zhending?" Yue Fei asked anxiously.

"It will take at least five days." Hong Yun sighed, "Ship Yue, if you want to quickly conquer Zhending, you must think of another plan."

Yue Fei was at a loss. At present, there are nearly 130,000 troops on the Zhending battlefield, which is more than enough to attack the city, but the problem is that it is difficult to capture the city within four or five days unless a miracle occurs. In addition, forcibly attacking will definitely suffer a lot of losses. If the loss exceeds expectations at all costs, it will definitely affect the subsequent battle. The key to this battle is to block the main force of the Jin army on the front line of the Hutuo River. This is not only related to the entire Northern Expedition, but also to the future world pattern, and there is no need to lose.

Generals such as Gao Baolong, Li Jin, Dugu Feng and Wang Dazhong have been wandering around Zhending City in recent days. Sun Ge and Huang Zong even drew a sketch of Zhending City defense. After discussing for a long time, they finally determined that the sluice gate of Zhending City was a weak point, but the Jin army has set up heavy troops here, so it is difficult to break through this place.

"First of all, we must destroy the fence in the water. Only by putting the fence down can the assault soldiers approach the water gate." Gao Baolong said this and suddenly looked up at Hong Yun, "I remember that during the battle of the Camel River in the northwest, you used a sheepskin raft that could explode at the bottom of the water to blow up the Xixia people's sheepskin raft. Do you still have this kind of thunder that shook the sky?"

"Yes." Hong Yun smiled, "How come Baoshuai still remembers our underwater Dragon King Cannon?"

"That's called the Underwater Dragon King Cannon?" Gao Baolong said, "I was frightened back then. The explosion sounded like a lot of underwater Dragon King Cannons have you brought?"

"It's enough to overturn the fence under the water." Hong Yun's face looked proud, "We have improved it in recent years and it has become even more powerful."

"Can you explode the sluice gate?" Li Jin asked hurriedly.

"Can we explode the city gate?" Dugu Feng was even more anxious, "If we could explode the city gate, we would definitely be able to take down Zhending City in one day."

Hong Yun shook his head, "Although the fireball is powerful, it cannot explode the sluice gates and city gates. We have been constantly improving in recent years, but unfortunately the results are very little, but we have not gained nothing. For example, we fill in the thunder with fire rats, wolf poisons and other things, which greatly increases the power of the thunder with fire."

Hong Yun gave a detailed explanation. The fire rat is a hook-shaped iron piece. It fills the fire rat in the Zhentian Thunder. Once it explodes, its power will double and its lethality is even more amazing. The poison filling in the Zhentian Thunder originates from the Tangmen of Sichuan and Shu. The Tang family is a famous iron tool in Sichuan and Shu. They created the thunder cannon poison fireball decades ago. In addition to filling gunpowder, this poisonous fireball also has croton, wolf poison, lime, arsenic and other things. Once it explodes, poison smoke will be produced. The mild ones lose resistance, and the severe ones will die on the spot.

Gao Baolong was overjoyed and grabbed Hong Yun's arm, "Do you have a poisonous fireball?"

"Of course there is." Hong Yun smiled, "I brought all my family's assets this Northern Expedition, so I hope to fight back to Yanjing."

"Okay, that's great." Gao Baolong shouted loudly, "Ship Yue. Now there is a way, the thunder and the underwater Dragon King Cannon, plus the thunder cannon poison fireball, we can capture the water gate and kill into the city."

Yue Fei was also surprised. Who would have thought that at the critical moment, the firearms of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army actually played a crucial role, a miracle.

The generals in the tent were very excited, gathered together and discussed the attack method. Finally, it was agreed that Han Shizhong led 200 soldiers to launch an attack at night, first use the Dragon King cannon to explode the bottom fence, then use the thunderbolt artillery to bomb the sluice defenders, and then take the opportunity to enter and open the sluice gate. Dugu Feng led 500 soldiers to be the selection of the front and took twenty small boats to enter the city from the sluice gate.

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Chapter completed!