Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 343 The storm is coming

"I'm going to overturn the Song dog camp opposite!" Just as the morale of the Song army in Caishi Town was being mobilized, in Aligua's military tent, a Jurchen Mouke named Erlubu was raging.

"How to lift it?" Han Feng asked with a grin.

"Call Ali from Jiangxinzhou and He Yongchang at the west end of the floating bridge, leave one Mouke to guard the main camp, and the remaining 400 signed troops plus 600 regular troops will push forward side by side. I don't believe that we can't capture the camp of the Song dogs!" Erlubu didn't seem to hear the hidden meaning of Han Feng's words, and made a acceptable plan.

Aligua also sat cross-legged in the main seat of the big tent, but his face was as gloomy as water and he said nothing.

"Where are those elite cavalry of the Song army?" Han Feng asked again.

"If they don't come out, then it's fine. But if they dare to show their heads, I will kill them first!" The speaker was another Bohai Mouke named Hu Yuan. He was on good terms with Puchalin, but he didn't expect that he would be separated from him forever within one day. At this moment, he could hardly suppress his anger.

"Hu Dazui, stop talking nonsense!" Han Feng called Hu Yuan by his nickname in the army. "You know better than us how capable Puchalin is, and whether the two Moukes guarding Caishi Camp can fight. They were wiped out by those two hundred Song dogs in less than two minutes. What could you do to stop them?"

"Let me ask you one thing, if we are attacking the camp and those hundred cavalry suddenly rush out from behind us, what should we do?" Han Feng said with his hands spread out.

"Then what do you say we should do? The three Moukes are gone, and we're just waiting here?" Erlubu slammed the ground and growled.

"Yes, just wait!" Han Feng nodded.

"I knew you were a coward, but I didn't expect you to be so incompetent!" said another Jurchen Mouke Shuhuchi with disdain.

"What do you think, Han'er? Is my contribution less than yours?" Han Feng was furious and put his hand on the hilt of the short knife at his waist.

"Who are you trying to scare with a toy..." Shu Huchi just said one sentence when he was interrupted by Ali Gua.

"That's enough!" Ali shouted, his eyes sweeping across the five moukes' faces, finally stopping at the face of Xie Maochu, who had remained silent the entire time. "Do you have anything to say?"

"I have nothing to say." Xie Maochu tapped his toes and shook his head. "If we're attacking, I'll lead the vanguard. If we're defending, I'll set up camp and dig trenches right now. Meng'an, you can decide for yourself."

"Very good." Aligua nodded and said, then looked at the other four Moukes: "I lost three Moukes in one day. Logically speaking, if the general manager was here, not only would he drag me down and beat me with a military stick according to military law, but he would also strip me of my Meng'an title and execute me directly. I would have no objection."

"But the general manager is not here after all, and I am still the leader of a thousand men. Let me ask you one question: will you obey my military orders or not?!"

"You are too kind, Commander!" The five Moukes hurriedly bowed their heads to show their submission.

"That's good. I won't hide anything from you either." Ali scratched his tangled beard and said, "We are too few in number and have too many places to protect. I shouldn't have thought of setting up a small camp from the beginning, and I shouldn't have let Jiagu Changgeng launch a rash attack. Humph... I underestimated those southern dogs after all."

"But it doesn't matter. We have to be careful to defend the camp from now on." Ali's face twitched, and it was obvious that he was very upset about this humiliating fight. However, as his duty required, he still resisted the urge to rush out and kill all the Song people. He said, "The general manager is rushing here at night. He just gave me accurate information. At the latest at sunrise the next morning, Li Kenan will come with two Meng'an to help us."

"As long as we can hold on until tomorrow, once the general's army arrives, not only will we kill the enemies in front of us, but also the Song dogs in Dangtu City behind us, to relieve the hatred in my heart!" Ali's expression was almost ferocious, and it was obvious that his mood was definitely not as calm as his words.

"Those Song dogs must have understood the situation." Han Feng shook his head and said, "Tomorrow will be difficult..."

"I don't know who the hero coming from the other side is..." Aligua also sighed.

A few days ago, those Song dogs were still in a panic, like dogs that had lost their homes. They were chased by more than a thousand people led by Aligua and had no way to escape. If the Dangtu officials had not built a pontoon bridge in advance, these 5,000 defeated soldiers would have been slaughtered by Aligua on the banks of the river.

But today, the people are still the same, but there is a leader who has the power to speak, take charge and be responsible. They have been reborn immediately and have wiped out three Moukes in a row. It is really incredible.

All this made Ali have a bad feeling about the war to destroy the Song Dynasty.

These southern dogs...it seems that they are not all useless.

Ali shook his massive head, clearing his mind of all the chaotic thoughts. After a moment of thought, he said, "Pass on my orders. Have Ali and He Yongchang hold the main camp and guard the floating bridge between Jiangxin Island and the west bank of the river. Keep your eyes open and be careful."

"Elubu, Shuhuchi, and Huyuan!"

"The general is here!"

"All of you are eating and sleeping peacefully, wearing your armor and sleeping beside your horses. Without my order, you don't have to kill the enemy. But if I give the order, you three Moukes must fight your way out within an incense stick. Do you understand?"

"Follow the order!"

"Han Feng, come out!" "Here!"

"Distribute weapons to the soldiers and let them fight the Song dogs. As fresh troops, I will have my own use."

"Follow the order!"

"Okay, then don't be afraid of fighting, and each of you stay in your position!" Ali hammered the ground and looked around at the five Moukes: "The day after tomorrow, we will have great wealth and glory!"

After saying that, Ali slammed the table in front of him hard, as if he wanted to expel all the boredom and frustration of the day from his body.

That night, the Jin army was on high alert, but the Song army had no intention of launching a night attack, which gave Ali some inexplicable anticipation.

Could it be that after winning a small victory, the Song army felt that they could report to their superiors and started to slack off?
If this is true, then God blesses the Jin Dynasty.

However, on the morning of November 8, Aligua realized that he was wrong. Not only was he wrong, but he was extremely wrong.

Behind Heshan, smoke and dust billowed, as if thousands of soldiers were on the move. The Jin army sent out cavalry to investigate, and the Song army also responded with cavalry.

According to common sense, the Jin army's main force is cavalry, and those who can be selected as cavalry scouts are basically warriors skilled in archery and horsemanship. Killing some Song army scouts is a piece of cake. This is also a major advantage of the Jin army. It can use the advantage of cavalry to grasp battlefield information, thereby obscuring the Song army's battlefield perception.

However, at this time Ali found that he had made a mistake.

These cavalrymen with Shandong accents in their voices were truly amazing. Their riding skills were even better than those of the Jin army, and the coordination between the cavalrymen was also perfect, as if they had grown up on horseback since childhood.

After a fierce battle, the Jin army was still at a disadvantage.

It would not be surprising if Aligua knew the reason, because those who could be selected as scouts in the Jingnan Army were also the most elite cavalry. A large part of these people were born as cavalry slaves, and a small part were private soldiers of Shandong tyrants.

If they still need to practice large-scale cavalry battles, then small-scale cavalry conflicts are their professional counterparts, and they have been trained from childhood to adulthood.

The general who led these scouts was Yelu Xingge's deputy Xiao Pennu.

As one of Yelu Xingge's ways to show goodwill to Liu Huai, Xiao Pennu, who was sent south with only a dozen personal guards, did not want to be treated as a guest. Instead, he wanted to fight on the battlefield at all times to prove his worth.

However, Liu Huai did not have any troops to send to him for command, or rather, neither the Jingnan Army nor the Tianping Army would obey the orders of a Khitan, so Liu Huai appointed him as the leader of the scouts.

This is only a temporary appointment, because the number of scouts is changing at any time. If necessary, the Flying Tigers may even be divided into small groups to cover the battlefield.

However, Xiao Pennu seemed to have found the meaning of life and immediately devoted himself to this promising job.

It has to be said that although the Khitans had declined, they still had some brave warriors, especially after Wanyan Zongbing settled the Khitans on the edge of the grassland to deal with the Mongols, the Khitans still regained some of their bravery.

After Xiao Pennu was equipped with more than a hundred elite Flying Tiger soldiers, he immediately adapted to the job of scout leader with his keen sense of battlefield. Through various means such as luring and ambushing, he captured more than 30 heads of Jin soldiers in just one morning and boasted about his military exploits directly to Liu Huai.

Yu Yunwen was not vague and immediately promoted Xiao Pennu's official position to commander, which made both Liu Huai and Xiao Pennu embarrassed.

No one knows where the army led by Commander Xiao Pennu is.

This was just a small episode. In the fierce fighting among scouts, the Song army's Heshan camp was finally established in the afternoon. It was separated from the Jin army's Dukou camp by Heshan Mountain.

Until this time, Liu Huai, the de facto military commander of the Song army, also made a judgment.

The Jin army never sent a large army to attack the camp from beginning to end. This can only indicate one thing for sure, that is, the main force of the Jin army is not far away, and may even arrive tomorrow, so that the Jin army no longer cares about the Song army setting up camp so close to them.

To the west of Heshan, Liu Huai looked at the Jin army's ferry camp.

At the Caishiji Ferry, Aligua was also looking at Heshan.

The hearts of the two main generals of Song and Jin gradually sank.

It seems that today's matter is destined not to end well.

(End of this chapter)