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Volume 1: Yan Yun Chaos Volume 3: Bending the Sky Chapter 147: The Legend of Golden Watch (10)

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    This summer rainstorm lasted for three days.  Standing on the Hehejin Ferry, the Yellow River beneath your feet is swollen, roaring, and rolling.  The vastness of the water makes the scene on the other side seem much more distant.  The heavy rain was still falling from the sky. The troops and horses left behind at Hehejindu were all huddled in the camp. The water accumulated in the camp, and everyone was complaining.  Hehejin Ferry is an important passage for the military supplies of the Yanyan Army, connecting the two sides of the Yellow River, so the defenders are naturally members of the Yanyan Army.  Liu Guangshi naturally would not ignore this important point, and there were quite a lot of troops and horses left behind.  There are six or seven infantry commanders forming a stronghold here, and there is also a Qingqi commanded by the Zhejia Army on the outer wings to protect the sentinels. The protection is already quite tight.  The 40,000-strong army of Yan Yan was advancing eastward, and the amount of food and supplies that had to be transferred from the other side of the Yellow River every day was a considerable number.  The ferry seems busy at any time, with thousands of people and hundreds of vehicles going up and down the ferry, making it look like a bustling military event.  This unprecedented rainstorm has arrived, with roaring waves and roaring winds on the Yellow River.  The transfer function of Hehejin Ferry suddenly came to a standstill.  Hundreds of large and small ferries that had been sealed and rushed in, half on the east bank and half on the west bank, had doubled the amount of ammonia to protect themselves from the wind and waves. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The baggage loader on the west bank has been unable to pass, and all the people and vehicles on the east bank have accumulated. Such heavy rain cannot allow the "¡û, w¨Iww." The people have to make do with sleeping in the wild, and they can only squeeze into the camp.  The various camps at the ferry, which were originally well arranged and convenient for entering and exiting the battle, were packed to the brim and it rained heavily.  The camp was wet and muddy.  Life was miserable.  But I can only endure it.  Pray that the heavy rain will stop soon, otherwise the thousands of defenders and civilians will not be able to bear the disease caused by the wet mud!  But what is a little relaxing is that in this heavy rain, the normal military inspections and sentries can be slowed down a little.  Even if you are unlucky and the generals force you to go out on guard duty or go on guard duty on the stronghold wall, you can just hide and do nothing, and most generals will not bother to care.  Half of Hedong has almost turned into a state of marsh under this heavy rain. It is really hard to imagine that an enemy army will come at this time.  Although the main force of Yan Yan's army hanging alone in the east has been cut off from support these days.  But it's safe to think about.  All the generals and officers responsible for logistics transfer and guarding Hehejin Ferry were just grinding their teeth in the heavy rain.  I just hope that the weather will clear up soon and the ground will dry up soon, so that we can quickly resume supplies to the main force of the army.  "When General Liu has established a firm position in Hehe County, he must find a way to leave this miserable place and return to the west of the Yellow River to rest for a while.  Anyone who wants to fight with the Jurchen Tatars can go, don't count me out!  After three days of heavy rain.  Thousands of soldiers and civilians at Hehejin Crossing had endured it for three days, but the rain still seemed to be endless.  Everyone in the crowded camp was tired and anxious. There had been dozens or hundreds of fights in the camp.  Everyone is cursing, when will this day be considered a bird's head!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  On the wall of a camp in Hejindu, a sergeant was wearing a raincoat, just walking lazily.  Under the raincoat, there was a suit of leather armor, which had not been well-tanned. It just had an unpleasant smell in the humid weather.  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: The whole army pressed forward at once, and the momentum was quite magnificent.  As a result, there was a shortage of military resources for the battle, and most of the sergeants guarding the back roads relied on these new leather armors to make ends meet.  The ordnance and armor are like this, and the training has been quite neglected in the past few years, plus this weather.  The sergeant, who was in his thirties, was naturally mentally depressed.  Standing under the wall and looking around, the Yellow River behind me was completely white, and I couldn¡¯t see the scene on the other side clearly.  The cavalry commander of the Zhejia Army who was camped far ahead also retreated to the higher ground on the north bank of Kelan River.  It turns out that the cavalry sentries that were deployed to the east every day to monitor and alert were somewhat half-heartedly carried out by the Zhejia Army, but now they have taken advantage of the rain to withdraw all of them.  For this matter, one cannot blame the Zhe Family Army.  The so-called coalition battle between the Yan Yan Army and the Zhejia Army was originally somewhat stumbling.  Yan Yanjun wanted to be the main force alone, so he used the Zhejia Army as an assistant to take the lead.  The baggage grain and fodder transported across the river were not enough in the first place. In order to prevent the Zhejia army from having a tight distribution of profits, all the baggage grain and fodder used by the Zhejia army were transported from the three states outside the river.  If the two armies get along like this, if the Zhejia army wants to see the Yanyan army defeated, at least most of the Zhejia army won't.  But it is impossible to say how hard the eastward march led by the Yan Yan Army was.  The water transportation of the Yellow River was temporarily blocked, and the Zhejia army moved its camp to the north of Kelan River.  The key point near Hehejin Ferry is this lonely part of the Yan Yan Army.    However, it was still raining heavily and the roads were muddy and difficult to travel, which gave the officers, soldiers and civilians of the Yanyan Army a sufficient sense of security.  The weather was like this, and General Liu had brought his troops to Hehe County, which was only a hundred miles away from Yifang.  There are still Zhejia troops on the flanks, and Shaanxi is behind them. What else could happen?  The sergeant in the raincoat just casually glanced at the scene in the rain curtain around him and yawned lazily.  He was originally a garrison guard and could not be easily taken out to do field battles.  On weekdays, most of the people with their family just stay in the village and do farm work.  Although people were standing guard on the wall of the village, their thoughts were all flying to their homes on the other side of the river.  The heavy rain in Hedong is so heavy. I wonder if Fan Yan is affected?  There is a lot of rain in summer, which greatly affects the growth of wheat. If it continues like Hedong, the harvest will be ruined that year!  Liu Guangshi has driven most of his troops into the battle, but now the fields are all relying on a bunch of old, weak, women and children, who are rushing to harvest and sunbathe. Don't know if they can catch up in time?  "Zhi Niang was a thief. When she crossed the river and faced the battle, she still received 60% of the usual pay for guarding the stronghold.  The rewards are all empty promises, who knows if they will be able to see them when they return.  If the wheat harvest is affected again, I will have to go with the caravan to carry salt to the Western Bandits twice.  Although you can earn some hard money in this business.  What a pain!  Wearing the desert steam in summer makes everyone dry.  If you go in winter, it will be bone-chillingly cold.  On that trip, I went to move the fine white salt produced by the West Thieves.  How many lives are not going to be lost?  Unexpectedly, military men like them have never been able to eat this kind of refined salt, and for the generals, it is said that this kind of refined salt is used to rinse their mouths. If it touches their lips, they will spit it out!  The sergeant was shivering in the biting cold rain, and the more he thought about it, the more bored he became.  I couldn't help but wonder if the rain had eased and the Yellow River was calmer, so I could find a way to cross the river and get on the boat.  What if the straight mother-in-law just escaped?  Anyway, the fields being cultivated now also belong to the village owner, and the harvest has to be paid six cents. It will be the same in any other village, so where can these generals find our family? ????????????????????? But these wild ferry boats are also evil-minded. They transport people across the river from the west to the east. No matter whether they are sergeants or civilians, each person needs to have two sentences!  The price is so pricey that it¡¯s hard to make a decision.  At least I don¡¯t have to fight in front, so it¡¯s relatively safe here at Hehejindu. Let¡¯s take a look and talk!  The idea of ??deserting came to mind.  The sergeant couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.  It¡¯s been a few lifetimes since our family lived on Fuyan Road, not to mention the decades-long battles and killings between the Western Thieves and the Chief of the Yongxiang Army.  My father's generation was chosen to go to Hengshan and Xihe, and many of them fought wildly with the Western bandits.  When did Shaanxi men not fight to the end with the foreign invaders?  The Western Army suffered several disastrous defeats in its history. The Kansai men often fought to the last man, but only a few surrendered.  The words "annihilated the entire army" in the military report are certainly tragic, but there is also a trace of tragic spirit from the Guanxi man!  However, in the past twenty years, the generals who used to take the lead are now mostly pampered, and fewer and fewer are in front of the enemy.  Busy collecting land and returning it to profit.  Whenever facing a battle, there are many people who look forward and backward.  For example, this time, when the Jurchens invaded, the Western Army just waited and watched. Although General Liu crossed the river, he never expected to fight with the Jurchens. He just wanted to draw up a formation and force these Tatars to fight for King Yan!  "The generals will be brave, the generals will be weak, and they will have many thoughts. It is naturally unrealistic to expect the Kansai men to fight to the last man under their command."  The sergeant couldn¡¯t explain anything clearly. He just felt that it was unfair to fight for power and position for such a general.  I wanted to leave, but I couldn't make up my mind for a while. I walked up and down the wall, just feeling distressed.  The cold rain was pouring down, although it was not as violent as the previous two days, but after staying in the rain for a long time, when I came back to my senses, I felt that it was cold to the bone. How could it still feel like summer?  The sergeant sneezed several times and cursed.  "Straight mother-in-law, it's important to go back to the camp and drink two bowls of hot soup first. If you fall ill, no matter if you stay here or go back to your hometown, you won't have the energy to persevere! If it doesn't work, you can find a deserted place at night to throw a handful of three pennies.  If you are innocent, just stay, if you are confused, leave. If you don¡¯t have time, just do your own thing!¡± At this moment, there was a faint sound coming from the distance in the rain curtain.  The sound was like the rain suddenly turning violent, and thousands of violent raindrops were hitting the muddy ground again.  But looking back, the rain has not increased even a little bit.  The sergeant stood still in confusion, looking to the west where the sound came from far away.  The other sergeants on guard duty on the wall also acted like him.  This kind of doubtful waiting and watching did not last long.  In the cold rain, south of Kelan River.  Suddenly countless black flags appeared in the sky!  The endless Jurchen Tatar cavalry, under these ominous black flags, are breathing long white gas.  With the roaring Kelan water rushing towards the Yellow River, it swept towards Hehejin Ferry at the same time.mouth!  The Jurchen Tatars are coming, the Jurchen Tatars are coming!  And it was the retreat that swept through the entire Fu Yan army!  Where did these Jurchen Tatars come from?  What on earth are those Zhejia soldiers doing for food?  This heavy rain gave Yan Yanjun a false sense of security.  But these Jurchen Tatars, braved such violent rain, rushed all night to attack the vital points!  With such an enemy, it¡¯s ridiculous that Liu Yanei wants to scare them away purely with military force!  The sergeant wearing a raincoat raised his hand blankly, pointing to the Jurchen Tatar cavalry that was constantly emerging on the horizon, pointing to the black flags that had absorbed the rain, and pointing to the tired but ferocious auras.  The unabated Hulu face!  The sound of warning in Kansai accent finally sounded shrilly everywhere.  "The Tatars are coming! The Tatars are coming!" In various military villages, the sound of emergency golden drums suddenly resounded through the rain.  And in the overcrowded camp, it was like soldiers and soldiers pouring out desperately.  The disheveled generals were barely able to put on their armor, so they were shouting orders and commanding their soldiers to rush up to the wall and defend to the end.  Although the performance of Fu Yan's army since crossing the river is not very good, after all, it is still one of the old foundations of the Song Dynasty's powerful Western Army.  Everyone knows that if the Hehejin retreat is cut off, the 40,000-year-old Yanyan army will have no way to retreat and will be trapped in the mountains, with no support. The morale of the army will be out of control, and the entire army may be annihilated.  At this time, no matter how scared you are, you can only rely on your camp to fight to the end!  The thirty-something sergeants looked at the generals pouring out of the camp and shouted orders.  The thought of jumping off the village wall and finding a way to escape immediately disappeared.  At the critical moment, these middle-level military generals in Kansai have not lost sight of their responsibilities and are still working hard to organize resistance.  If they behave like this, why can't Kansai men follow them and fight to the end?  But when someone came forward, there was another clamor in the camp.  I saw many officials who came with the army pouring out of some camps.  They either came to escort grain and grass, or came to deliver the conscripts, or came to manage the ferries. Some simply saw the military strength of the Yanyan Army and crossed the river to gain military merit as a military counselor.  At this moment, the earth was shaking, the sound of golden drums was ringing everywhere, and the words "Tatar came" with a shrill Kansai accent resounded everywhere.  With their backs to the water to meet the enemy, the Zhejia army was again north of the Kelan River.  Regardless of these people, they broke out of the camp and tried to escape. As long as they could get on the boat moored on the shore and cross to the west bank, they would be safe!  It wasn¡¯t just these civil servants who fled, there were also many military generals.  While the soldiers were calling loudly to organize soldiers to fight in the camp, these generals were fleeing!  These generals or their children have been pampered since childhood, and inherited their grandfather Yu Yin's influence to get commissioned in the army.  But when faced with a critical situation, he showed his true character in the government office. He didn't even think of fighting with a gun, and just wanted to save his own precious life.  Perhaps even though he had battle experience, Liu Guangshi's actions since he took charge of the Yanyan Army chilled the hearts of these generals, and they never intended to fight for Liu Guangshi to the end.  There are even more people who will run away if they see others running away.  No matter what the reason is, these people abandoned their duties as generals and abandoned the Kansai children they commanded!  ¡°So many big shots left before the battle, and the packed camp immediately collapsed.  How many civilians were running around crying, trampling on each other in the camp, fighting each other for passage, and the desperate cries resounded through the sky!  A general looked at this scene and spat hard: "You are a thief, you are just dead, how can you escape like a bird? If you lose this place, what will happen to the 40,000 brothers in the east?" But he shouted and scolded him.  The sound was drowned in such a scene of panic and collapse. How many people could hear it?  Even if those guys who abandoned the army heard it, wouldn't they stop for a moment?  After the general yelled and scolded, he just looked up to the sky and sighed: "Liu Yanei, you led the Yan Yan army well!" Since Liu Guangshi took charge of the army, he has been very self-centered, deducting military pay to indulge himself in luxury, and not caring for the soldiers.  For a time, regardless of good or bad, they drove as many troops and horses as possible across the river to fight.  The cohesion of Yan Yanjun has been reduced to the lowest level in his hands.  The most fundamental thing is that his original intention when sending troops was not to fight the Tartars, but to take advantage!  With the commander like this, the morale of the army is naturally in disarray.  And the Jurchen Tatars are indeed surprisingly strong. They still hit hard despite the heavy rain, and appeared with the greatest suddenness in this scattered rear army. So they didn't even engage in battle, and the whole camp collapsed!  The general picked up a spear and strode through the crowd towards the wall.  "You straight bitch, you can't lose the face of the Kansai men. There must be someone who can't turn his back to these Jurchen Tatars and die!" Among the crowd that collapsed and fled, a few Kansai men went against the current and rushed to the front of the village.  And the one wearingThe soldier who was on duty in the rain and was distracted by his desertion just looked back contemptuously at the noble generals who were fleeing, then held his spear and stood firmly on the wall!  
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