Volume 1 Chapter 75 Watching the Battle (Part 2)
"The Song people are so self-righteous!" Jin Wushu took the wine, drank it all, and then slammed the wine glass heavily on the table. He ignored the fact that the front line was fighting a desperate battle less than a thousand steps away, and actually pointed at the sky and the ground. "They thought they saw through my plan, thought they had calculated everything, and thought they had seized the first opportunity, but they are destined to suffer. The Huai River that has caused me pain for almost two months will also be broken from today!"
"Yes, yes, yes! What the Fourth Prince said is absolutely right!"
Shi Wenbin was eloquent but speechless in his heart. You led more than 20,000 people for almost two months but you haven't crossed the Huai River for almost two months, and you haven't even entered Xia Cai City. You have been losing soldiers and generals continuously. Now you were showing off your skills before leaving but were discovered by Emperor Zhao, which attracted countless Song soldiers to counterattack. There are no less than 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers around you to fight your 5,000 or 6,000 soldiers, but your cavalry were all blocked in the camp and couldn't get out. Why do you dare to say that you have crossed the Huai River today?
"General Shi, you don't believe me, right?" Jin Wushu held his waist, glanced at him sideways, and couldn't help but sneered.
Following these words, a wave of shouting and killing suddenly surged from all directions, as if the battle had begun in the core central camp. Shi Wenbin was stunned for a moment and was about to stand up to explain.
"If you dare to say a word of faith, I will break your dog legs first!" Amid the shouting and killing, Jin Wushu did not even look around, but continued to stare at the person in front of him with a sneer, but nodded at the empty wine glass.
Shi Wenbin had no choice but to continue pouring wine for the other party, and gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Reporting to the Fourth Prince, I don't understand military affairs, and I am indeed confused!"
"It's not that you don't know military affairs when you're old." Jin Wushu raised his glass again and laughed. He took a sip of wine and laughed loudly amid the deafening shouts and sounds of swords. "What's military affairs? Reading a few military books and playing with spears is not as good as spending a few months on the battlefield or in the barracks... Let me ask you, if you look around now, can you tell the flags and orders of our Jin and Song countries at a glance? Can you estimate the number of troops in your mind? Do you know where to put the bows and arrows, where to put the long spears, and where to put the large shields?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Wenbin looked around and found that he actually had a clear understanding of the battle situation and had an assessment from the bottom of his heart... For example, he saw that the defense facing Xiacai City to the west was the most difficult, because there were the most Song soldiers and the loudest shouts of killing there. However, due to the large number of soldiers gathered, it seemed messy, as if the Song generals wanted to show their skills in front of the young Emperor Zhao, but they couldn't help but compete for credit; for example, the offensive in the north was the slowest, but there were many fires and the sound of crossbows, and from a distance there were people throwing something and digging trenches on the periphery, as if they were deliberately suppressing it and not seeking progress... Upon careful thought, it should be that the Song army knew that it would be difficult to swallow the entire Jin army, so they reserved a passage for the Jin people to escape, but wanted to keep the Jin people's horses in case the Jin people counterattacked!
In short, when Shi Wenbin looked around, he was shocked to find that he knew so much, and was also shocked for a moment. Could it be that he was also a potential famous general?
"When you were old, you were a scholar who knew a lot; you are old now, and have seen a lot; now you are handling documents in my central military tent and participating in military discussions, the so-called... having a bird's-eye view... plus you have gotten rid of that sour air before, so naturally you can understand ordinary military affairs all of a sudden." Jin Wushu pointed around and talked freely.
"It's all thanks to the Fourth Prince's cultivation!" Shi Wenbin quickly bowed his head.
"It's all your own ability, why should I cultivate it?" Jin Wushu laughed even more wantonly. "So, old man, I just want to ask you, since you understand military affairs, why do you still doubt what I say?"
Of course Shi Wenbin was speechless.
"Because you are from Song!" Jin Wushu casually splashed half a cup of wine on the other person's face, and then laughed wildly. "It's just like the new emperor of Song Dynasty. Although he has done a good job in the past two months, I feel that he is a match for me. But in the end, he couldn't resist his greed and made such a huge mistake... Old man, you Song people don't understand the interests of us Jurchens! Pour the wine!"
Shi Wenbin was stunned for a moment, and quickly wiped the wine off his face, then carefully poured wine for the other party: "Please give me some advice, Fourth Prince."
"Do you really want to hear it, or do you want to flatter me because you saw me drinking alone?"
"Student... I really want to hear it." Shi Wenbin carefully held the cup and handed it over, saying earnestly. "First, I really want to know why the Great Jin Kingdom can always win battles? Second, my family is in Yishui, and this time there is no way to retreat. I hope that the Fourth Prince can win today, but I really don't understand why the current situation can win."
Jin Wushu stared at the other person, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. Then he said, "Sit down, old man."
“Yes!”
"In fact, you almost told me why we were able to win today ." Wanyan Wushu put down his wine glass and continued to smile. "You said that the Jin Kingdom can always win every battle?"
"good!"
"In fact, it's the other way around. Our Great Jin Kingdom wins every battle, so we can win every time!" Jin Wushu said proudly.
"Student doesn't understand." In shock, Shi Wenbin actually used the name that Jin Wushu hated the most.
"Of course you don't understand." Jin Wushu said with a disdainful look. "When my father came out of the mountain den in Liaodong, he was a natural talent, a genius of his generation, and he was united with people from far and near. But when he rebelled against Liao, he only had 2,500 soldiers... You must know that General Wanhu Ali was the lowest-ranking soldier among the 2,500 soldiers, and was just an auxiliary soldier called Alixi... But he defeated 7,000 at Chuhedian with 3,000 soldiers, and 100,000 at Huanglongfu with 20,000 soldiers. In the past seven years, he won the Liao land with a small force, like a wolf swallowing a tiger. Then, in four years, he defeated the Song and swallowed up all the land of the two rivers. You naturally know about it! Shi Wenbin!"
"The students are here!"
"Let me ask you, if you were a Jurchen, and you had experienced so much, would you think that you would be defeated by a force twice your size in a fair fight?" Jin Wushu asked proudly. "Even if our cavalry was blocked in the camp and we were caught off guard and could only defend the camp on foot?"
Shi Wenbin was about to answer, but unexpectedly Wanyan Wushu suddenly slammed the table and began to answer his own question:
"Absolutely not! Because you Song people have been defeated repeatedly, so once you fail to gain the upper hand, you will panic and worry, and then your formation will collapse, so that you will fight on your own to save your lives; while we Jin people, once we fail to win, although we suffer heavy casualties, we will still obey orders, unite as one, and form a team of ten people to fight again! Therefore, every time you fight, you can gain the upper hand many times, but once you lose the upper hand, you will collapse. Although we have lost the upper hand many times, as long as we grit our teeth and fight hard, we can always succeed in the last battle!"
Shi Wenbin was stunned and speechless.
"At this time, join the army!" Wanyan Wushu said this, and he felt relaxed all over. "The Jurchens are also people! The Song people are also people! For example, you and I are just ordinary people! But the reason why I can treat your life and death as a toy here is because after we, the Jurchens, formed an army, we have won for more than ten years in a row. We have already obtained the Mandate of Heaven and cannot be restrained! But you Song people have been defeated for several years in a row, and the emperor has been sent to the north as a slave, so naturally the Mandate of Heaven is weak... That day when I was on the Huai River, I thought, how can such a beautiful land be handed over to you pedantic people in the south? Just wait and see, I, Wanyan Wushu, will definitely destroy the Song Dynasty!"
Shi Wenbin still kept his head down and said nothing.
As time passed, amid the sound of the Huai River's waves in the early morning, the shouting and killing sounds that were getting closer not only did not get closer, but gradually weakened. It was obvious that after the first wave of massive siege, the Song army was quickly blocked by the outermost fences on all four sides of the core camp... This seemed to verify Jin Wushu's words that the Song army could not last long and was not good at attacking and fighting hard.
However, just a moment later, with a burst of cheers coming at an inopportune time, Shi Wenbin instinctively turned sideways to the east. Even Wanyan Wushu could not help but frown and turned back, then became furious again: "Someone, please ask Puluhun for me, I gave him all my personal troops, what is he doing? How did the Song people pull down the outer fence so quickly?!"
