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When the emperor came, everyone in the entire Imperial Guard barracks lined up in the cold wind, ready to accept the review of His Majesty the Emperor.

Chapter 120 The Subtleties of the Battle on the Eastern Front

When the emperor arrived, everyone was excited.

The commander of Tianwu's first army was Zhang Bofen, Zhang Shuye's eldest son. He was dressed in heavy armor and got off his horse.

"See Your Majesty!"

"There is no need to be polite."

Zhao Ning glanced around, and saw that the Tianwu Army, Longwei Army, Shenwei Army and Pingri Army had all lined up.

This is the Upper Fourth Army of the Forbidden Army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since the middle and late Song Dynasty, the Central Forbidden Army basically rarely participated in wars.

In order to prevent the region from becoming bigger, the Song Dynasty spared no effort to implement the recruitment system, and it was the frontier army that could really fight.

For example, the Shaanxi armies.

The Fourth Army also declined in the Song Huizong era.

Since guarding Tokyo last year, Zhao Ning established the Military and Political Academy, reopened military law for the Fourth Army, rectified military affairs, drilled day and night, and stationed troops on the banks of the Yellow River.

Seeing these people, Zhao Ning felt at ease in his heart, and he said loudly: "Everyone, the gold thief is here again. This time, what should we do?"

Zhang Bofen was the first to shout out: "The bloody battle to the end!"

The rest of the people immediately followed suit and shouted: "Blood battle to the end!"

The sound waves rolled along the Yellow River like a tsunami.

Is this elite?

This is the elite!

What is Elite?

The military discipline is strict, the morale is like a rainbow, and those who dare to fight to the death are the elite teachers.

What is the difference between the new army of the Great Song Dynasty and other armies?

In fact, it is very simple, the military law is different.

Zhao Ning abolished the "Class Law" in the new army.

The "Class Law" is one of the military laws of the Song Dynasty, which stipulates specific and detailed identity attributes for each level of the army.

The "Class Law" of the Song Dynasty has a very obvious feature: no matter what level of officer, they can abuse soldiers at will.

Even if it is the officer's fault, the soldiers must accept the humiliation, and even be deprived of the right to appeal.

In contrast, Jin Jun is completely different.

In the system of the Golden Army, officers are basically equal except that they have the command power when fighting.

Equality is embodied in food, clothing, and human dignity.

It is precisely these in the army that can give soldiers a sense of belonging.

This is why there are a large number of Han people in the Jin army, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong.

This is also the fundamental reason supporting the success of the Golden Army, the foundation of an army, the foundation of the soul of the army.

It's just like when Wu Qi accompanied the soldiers to endure hardships and Wei soldiers were able to sweep the countries.

The shortcomings of the military law of the Song Dynasty in the past were all abolished by Zhao Ning in this new army.

Therefore, the current Upper Fourth Army can be called an elite division.

The sound lasted for a while before it slowly subsided.

The emperor was riding on the horse. He looked indifferent and calm, and continued: "You are an army tempered from the flames of war. Each of you has participated in the defense of Tokyo City!"

"You are a glorious teacher!"

"Last time, we were guarding the city. This time, we crossed the Yellow River to the north and fought the Jin army head-on. How about it?"

The sky-shattering voice sounded again: "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

"I am with you."

On the seventh day of November, Fucheng.

Wan Yanchang has launched an offensive for half a month, but Fucheng is as solid as a rock.

This small city is no more than two feet high (about six meters), so it should be easy to take it down even with a simple ladder.

Half a month ago, Yue Fei used a simple ladder to attack Yang Jin for less than half a day.

And Wan Yanchang attacked for more than half a month, but still couldn't win it.

Only then did he realize that he had encountered a tough problem in the small city of Fu.

But at this time, he did not dare to pass the news to Wanyan Zongfu.

If Fucheng is besieged, it will not be able to drag the city to death for a while, and it will delay the opportunity of fighting.

So on the seventh day of November, Wan Yanchang decided to bypass Fucheng and launch a full-scale attack on the Yongjing Army.

The [-] Jin army immediately advanced to Wuqiao County.

Fighting Fucheng was impossible, but it was not difficult to fight Wuqiao County. It only took three days for Wan Yanchang to conquer Wuqiao County.

After that, he rushed all the way towards Dongguang County, and he was unstoppable in the Yongjing Army.

At this time, Wanyan Zongfu's [-] troops also defeated the Song army's defense by the Yellow River, and the whole army marched into Cangzhou.

After entering Cangzhou, Wanyan Zongfu immediately besieged the city of Cangzhou, and on the second day, launched a full-scale siege of Cangzhou.

The mighty army, along the goose carts and ladders, attached to the city wall, densely packed, as if to crush the city wall.

The siege battle lasted for a full day, but the result was nothing!

Cangzhou City is administratively affiliated to Hejian Mansion, and it was not an important town in the Song Dynasty. It stands to reason that it should not be difficult to capture.

Full of confidence, Wanyan Zongfu came with the momentum of flattening the mountains, intending to push the entire Hebei East Road across.

But in the first battle, he encountered a tough bone.

In the next half month, Wanyan Zongfu launched a continuous offensive against Cangzhou City, sending soldiers capable of fighting to the city wall one by one, as if to forcefully crush the small city down with numbers.

After half a month of strong siege, Cangzhou City is still standing there!

Wanyan Zongfu was so angry that he jumped up and down. In the end, he had no choice but to turn around and point his spear at the surrounding walled city.

However, he suddenly discovered that the surrounding fortresses were also more resistant than one.

Although the fortifications of these fortifications were not as complete as those of Cangzhou City, the Song army fighting was more capable of fighting one by one.

From entering Cangzhou on October [-]th to November [-]th, nearly a month has passed. Those fortresses were indeed brought down, but the Jin army also lost a lot.

Fighting Cangzhou City, lost 8000 people, to no avail!

They attacked the surrounding walled cities and lost 4000 people.

This result is simply unacceptable to Jin Guo.

After all, the main city of Cangzhou is still standing there.

After knocking down the surrounding city walls, Wanyan Zongfu went back to besiege Cangzhou again, and cut off all the grain roads in Cangzhou, trying to put pressure on Cangzhou from the psychological level.

Then attack with all your strength several times.

Still to no avail!

Even several times, the Jin army killed the top of the city, and it seemed that it was about to control the top of the city, but was driven down by the Song army.

Wanyan Zongfu's ambition to defeat the Song Army's eastern front before December was obviously impossible to realize.

At this moment, there are two paths before Wanyan Zongfu:

[-]. Continue to besiege the city and resolutely take Cangzhou.

As long as Cangzhou is captured, Li Gang can be captured alive. Once Li Gang is captured, the morale of the Song Army's eastern front will be greatly damaged, and without a backbone, it will collapse on its own.

[-]. Bypass Cangzhou and go directly south.

Go south and enter the land of Qilu.

Not anywhere is as solid as Cangzhou.

However, bypassing Cangzhou Wanyan Zongfu must take risks.

When Yan Zongfu dared to go south to fight, the Song Army dared to build up defenses on the northern front again, blocking the Jin Army's way back north, and using the huge resources and depth of the interior to consume the Jin Army to death.

Wanyan Zongfu thought over and over again, but chose to bypass Cangzhou.

That's what he thought, since the hard bone of Cangzhou can't be chewed, let's let it go first.

As for the risk, Wan Yanchang still has [-] troops in the Yongjing Army, and he is here to slowly gnaw down the Song Army's defense on the east front.

With the strength of an army of [-], it is more than enough to defeat the Yongjing Army and contain the Cangzhou Song Army.

Chapter 121 Isn't This the Real Strategic Depth?

But he didn't know that Wan Yanchang at this time was actually very painful.

This is where the information in this game was misplaced, which directly affected the misjudgment of the battle situation by the Supreme Commander on the Eastern Front.

Not only that, but this impact has only just begun.

After Wan Yanchang took Wuqiao County, he started to attack Dongguang County.

During this period, Wanyan Zongfu still sent someone to inspect the situation.

The person sent over watched Yan Chang's fight in Dongguang County very well, and Wan Yanchang patted his chest and assured him: Don't worry, there will be no problem!

So Wanyan Zongfu's envoy hurried back to return.

Wanyan Zongfu listened to the envoy's report and was very satisfied: Oh, not bad, that old boy Wanyan Chang played well.

Then, Wanyan Zongfu went all the way south with more confidence, and his troops were divided into multiple groups, roaring towards the land of Qilu like a huge black torrent.

Fighting Wuqiao County and Dongguang County is much easier than fighting Fucheng.

Wan Yanchang, who was frustrated in Fucheng, suddenly felt the overwhelming pleasure come back.

But what he didn't know was that there was a young man in Fucheng whom he ignored, who was training his soldiers overnight.

Moreover, he captured 3000 war horses from the Jin army, plus he brought 1000. Now Yue Fei is focusing on training cavalry.

Whether it was Wanyan Zongfu on the east line or Wanyan Wushu on the center line, their offensives were overwhelming, giving the Song army a strong sense of oppression on the defense line.

Fucheng is a place that has been ignored by the whole world.

Just when Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Chang on the east line had each bypassed a "nail", the attack of Wanyan Wushu on the center line was like a sharp rainbow of shock, invincible.

On November [-]th, Wanyan Wushu penetrated the defense line of Xingzhou.

The five villages in Xingzhou were destroyed by Wanyan Wushu.

On November 21, before dawn, a large number of defenders in Xingzhou City fled out of the city.

Guard Liu Guangshi also fled south with his money.

Liu Guangshi, one of the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, ranked first among the seven kings.

what?

Such an awesome person escaped?

That's right, escaped!

Liu Paopao is not talking about Liu Bei, Liu Paopao is talking about Liu Guangshi of my Great Song Dynasty!

Back then, the Song-Jin Alliance attacked the Liao Kingdom, the Song Army attacked Yanjing, and people from all walks of life met to besiege. As a result, Liu Guangshi's people did not come, and the Song Army was defeated.

It's like the meeting of the planting division with Yao Gu to join forces to rescue Taiyuan Mansion, but Yao Gu didn't arrive as scheduled, the grain and grass in the planting division were exhausted, and the morale of the army collapsed and was defeated.

In the Song Dynasty, there were too many such officers. After all, they were all from the Western Army. They were experts in internal fighting and outsiders in external fighting.

The defense of Xingzhou City must be fearless or strong, and the food supply is definitely enough for half a year, but it still fell like this.

Liu Guangshi fled to Handan and learned that Xingzhou City had fallen, and Zhang Jun, the guard of Handan, felt something was wrong.

However, Zhang Jun did not run away like Liu Guangshi, but was still stationed in Handan, but he immediately wrote a letter to Zongze, stating that the situation was critical.