Volume 3 Chapter 43 Water Wheel
Li Bao's raid was exceptionally successful.
This time, Zhang Rong brought more than one hundred small boats, thirty ships, plus Li Bao's own small force, totaling no less than five thousand sailors and seamen. However, he allocated less than half of the men, or two thousand people, to Li Bao to land from the back. After the landing, two thousand sailors with wet sackcloth tied on their faces rushed into the water stronghold from the land side. The part of the Jin army on the shore in the stronghold immediately lost control and was immediately slaughtered.
Ultimately, it was the power of the fire. Although the fire mainly burned on the densely packed ships in the river, the spread to the shore was not that strong...especially since the Jin army used the Yellow River dike as a natural wall for the water fort and port, which was not afraid of burning...but the dike was not afraid of burning, but the Jin army on the shore was stunned by the burning.
There's no way, it's too scary.
You must know that in matters of war, the power of heaven and earth is paramount. Unless a country is at the peak of its power, with a harmonious government, a harmonious people, brave generals, strong soldiers, and every man as powerful as a dragon, then you can grit your teeth and do your best, then you may look up and say that man can conquer nature.
Otherwise, not to mention plagues, floods, landslides and tsunamis, even a cold wave, a heat wave, or even an ordinary meteor or plum rain could easily be as powerful as an army of hundreds of thousands.
Even if we take a step back, even if there is a mountain or a river standing there, doing nothing can be enough to play a huge role in the military.
And beneath the danger of heaven and earth is the merciless water and fire.
This water must not be a natural disaster on the level of a flood or tsunami. It only needs a dam or a dike. Once released, it will be enough to cause thousands of elite troops to fall into defeat. By the same token, once a fire breaks out, no matter how elite the soldiers, how fierce the warriors, or how experienced the warriors are, they will be useless.
Even if the Imperial Guards, who had recently suffered nearly 20% casualties in Dongping and were able to hold their ground, and were highly recognized by Emperor Zhao, came directly over , it would be useless. Even if Wanyan Loushi's personal army came over, it would still be useless!
In fact, when the ships over there were lined up in a row and the gunpowder bags with a range of three or four hundred steps flew over their heads, the Jin army's defending general Da (white on top and Da on bottom) was already at a loss and was then forcibly dragged off the old dike by several of his trusted soldiers.
After reaching the shore, he looked back and saw fire on both sides of the harbor and smoke everywhere. This man, who used to be a commander of the Jin army and was now a general directly under the name of Daming Prefecture, had already lost his mind. Although he tried his best to issue several military orders and asked people to fight the fire, how could he stop such a fire?
Not only that, seeing the fire start, the water part of the water fort was burned into a sea of fire, Da (white on top and Da on bottom) was completely panicked and almost wanted to flee. When the shouting and killing sounded again on the dike in the southeast behind him, with the fire in front of him and the soldiers behind him, he simply gave up fighting, abandoned the water fort and turned around to escape from the northeast entrance... To be fair, it was not his fault, because the current scene of water and fire made this Bohai noble feel fear and panic compared to the tens of thousands of people under the Changsha City that day.
If you were unwilling to fight in the past, why should you hold on today?
Da (white on top and big on bottom) fled in a panic, taking away some of his elite soldiers. This caused the water stronghold to be in a state of panic both on land and in water, and allowed Li Bao to charge in calmly and run rampant.
Without mentioning how Li San fought bravely in the fire, let's just say that the big army here escaped without even having time to take horses with them. Only three or five hundred defeated soldiers rushed out of the northeast corner of the water stronghold, headed eastward, and came to Puyang.
However, after walking only three or five miles, he came to his senses and looked back at the water stronghold, only to see thick smoke billowing up into the sky with the aura of clouds and water, almost covering the sky. No beacon tower could compare to it, and he began to fear again... However, after leaving the battlefield, what he feared most was not the fire, but the word "military law".
It is said that Da (Bai on the top and Da on the bottom) was originally a defeated general. Before the Battle of Yanling-Changshe, he was a nobleman of Bohai and the leader of a ten thousand households. After the war, he was demoted to be a garrison commander in Daming Prefecture for his crime of defeat. Although he lost his real field military power, his title remained.
However, wasn't it that later on this person refused to accept the punishment and often relied on the fact that he was a noble from Bohai to talk nonsense all day long in Daming Prefecture, and when he drank with others, he would point out Liu Yu's affairs and Talan's punishment and talk nonsense about them?
It was fine when those words reached the families of Wuzhu and Talai, but when they were later passed to the Prime Minister Wanyan Nianhan who was gradually gaining power in the country, it angered this powerful official who could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes.
So, a military order came from the Marshal's Office, and this guy was directly sent here to work as a boatman.
You know what, he has become much more honest since then.
Back to the present, although this year is a so-called warm winter, the warmth here means that the rivers are not completely frozen. In the morning, the well water in the villages on both sides of the Yellow River is still frozen, and frozen pork can still be stored in the cellars.
Therefore, Da (Bai on top and Da on bottom) was roasted until his face was red and his beard and hair were all singed. He looked completely miserable. But when he was halfway through his escape, he looked back and felt the winter cold and began to tremble... If he left like this, I'm afraid Nianhan would be able to kill him with a military order!
However, with such a fierce fire and the Song army's divine soldiers descending from the sky, it was hard to understand how the Song army could have created such a large-scale navy (white above and large below), and they had lost all their courage and dared not look back.
So, in broad daylight, this great general who once led thousands of troops was standing like an idiot with hundreds of defeated soldiers in the wilderness between Puyang City and Xiaowusha, staring at the fire in a daze, unable to move forward or backward.
However, this scene did not last long, because as Zhang Rong had thought, such a successful fire attack had alarmed the Puyang defenders twenty miles away at the moment of its success.
The Puyang defenders were of course also stunned. They also could not have imagined that the Song army would dare to cross the river and attack.
However, the defending general Gao Jingshan was a cautious and decisive general. He made a judgment after being shocked that it should be a sneak attack by the Song army, but the number should not be large. Therefore, he hurriedly called up two ready-made Meng'an around the city, tried his best to find war horses, and then hastily dressed up and led his troops to help to see if he could save a few.
When they were halfway there, they met Da (white on top and big on bottom), whose beard had been burned clean but who was still shivering.
Gao Jingshan was shocked to see the former Bohai nobleman in such an attitude, but at the same time he felt a little sympathetic, so he dismounted from his horse, stepped forward to hand over the bag of wine he was carrying, and asked him questions with kind words.
"So, the Song army sent a large fleet and a large number of soldiers and horses from upstream to launch a surprise attack?" After listening to Da (white on top and Da on bottom) telling some information in a discontinuous manner, Gao Jingshan looked at the small Wusha, which was on fire, and the gray fluff gradually appeared in the air, and frowned for a while. "There were fifty or sixty ships that could carry artillery, and there must be two or three hundred ordinary small boats of three or five meters? Moreover, the fire was set on the water, and no less than five thousand people on land launched a surprise attack from behind. On the water and on the shore, more than ten thousand people attacked at the same time, so they succeeded in an instant?"
"If it weren't for this, why would I be in this situation?" Da (Bai Da) drank a few sips of wine, and his body warmed up a little, but he stamped his feet repeatedly. "I only have two thousand soldiers, and we were suddenly blocked in the water fort by the southern navy, and attacked on three sides... In the water battle, we have no hope compared to the southerners. It's not that we can't fight hard on land, but the fire is too big, burning from the river surface, and we can't stand on the side of the old Yellow River. With such a strong power, it's better to say that we were driven out by the fire rather than being driven out by the southern army."
Gao Jingshan remained silent for a while.
It is said that Gao Jingshan is a man of great talent. In another time and space, he was a general of the Jin army in the early period despite being a foreigner. He then stood firm in the cruel and bloody factional struggles within the Jin Dynasty. Until the reign of King Hailing Wanyan Liang, he was still a senior official in the Jin army. He was indeed a character.
Therefore, at this moment, when this person heard Da's words, he had already made his own guess and decision.
First of all, no matter what, this surprise attack by the Song army was unprecedented. Whether it was the naval force that came from the sky or the attitude of daring to take the initiative to attack the Jin army in Hebei, the shock it brought was beyond description.
It really is beyond description. This fact is suddenly placed in front of you, but you find it difficult to understand. It is the same for everyone.
Da (Bai on the top, Da on the bottom) was shocked by this, so how could Gao Jingshan not be shocked? Da (Bai on the top, Da on the bottom) was frightened and panicked by this, so how could Gao Jingshan not be frightened and suspicious?
Secondly, although he was afraid, he did not completely believe Da's words, because reason told him that even if the Song army came to launch a surprise attack, they could not have so many troops, and then they could attack from three sides at the same time. There were 5,000 troops and horses for land attack alone... The total number was about 5,000.
However, some of the words could not be disbelieved, such as installing small and light artillery carts on ships to fire mud balls and gunpowder bags with a very wide range... Many Jin army generals who experienced the siege of Nanyang had described these things in detail, and the Jin army veteran Chizhanhui even risked his life to remind everyone.
As for the fact that gunpowder can burn out of control faster than oil, they had already encountered this during the Jing Kang period. What's more, the fire was visible to the naked eye.
Therefore, Gao Jingshan quickly came to the conclusion in his mind:
Firstly, the water fort and the ships were already beyond saving. This was a typical case of the power of water and fire, and the Song army had already succeeded. No matter how they tried to remedy the situation now, they could not escape the outcome of the great defeat in this battle. If they tried to force their way into the muddy water, they would probably end up in trouble.
Secondly, the Song army had few soldiers and some of them were still left in the land part of the water stronghold, so there was still some room for maneuver in hand-to-hand combat.
Thirdly, as the defender of Puyang, even if he didn't want to get involved in muddy water, he had to make some gesture, otherwise he would not be able to explain to Marshal Nianhan at the Marshal's Office.
With this thought in mind, the Jin army commander spoke kindly to the 'Bohai nobleman' in front of him: "General, I have something to say, but I'm afraid you don't want to hear it..."
How could Da not know what the other party meant? He quickly took a few more sips of wine and stamped his feet even more: "General Gao, how could I not know what he meant? But today's defeat is definitely not because I don't want to fight or dare not fight..."
"It's good that the general understands." Gao Jingshan's expression remained unchanged, and he interrupted the other party in the wild. "But our friendship is here. The general is in trouble, so I have to help him! According to the general, the boats in the water are no longer saveable, but the Song army may still have some infantry in the water fort. How about this, I will rush over to support, the large group of soldiers are still gathering behind me, and I don't know when they will arrive. There are only two Meng'an by my side... but it's enough."
Da (white on top and big on bottom) wanted to say something but stopped.
"General, this is not your choice." Gao Jingshan reminded him sternly. "I will hand over the Meng'an of Moriye to you now. You lead them and your defeated soldiers to counterattack the camp. If you can gain something, you may be able to make up for your crime!"
Da (white on top, big on the bottom) was half grateful and half hesitant: "That being said, what about the fire right now? Can we really survive if we rush in?"
"General, you are asking this even though you already know the answer?" Gao Jingshan sneered. "If you counterattack now, the Song army will be in the same situation as before. There is fire in the river, and our elite Jin troops are attacking from behind. They will be the ones who cannot gain a foothold... They are going to use the fire to attack you!"
Da (Bai on top and Da on bottom) then came to his senses and stamped his feet for the third time.
Then this man didn't say anything, he just raised the wine bag and drank it in one gulp. His eyes turned red and he jumped onto Gao Jingshan's horse. Without even saying thank you, he called Meng'an named Moriye and his own defeated soldiers to rush towards the water stronghold.
Seeing this, Gao Jingshan didn't care at all. He just found a horse and mounted it. Then, while ordering them to disperse and search for the escaped soldiers, he slowly drove the remaining Meng'an and followed the fire scene in Xiaowusha at a leisurely pace.
As the time went by, the sky gradually moved westward, and at Xiaowusha, the fire in the river dimmed a little, but the ashes became more and more.
Chief Zhang Rong abandoned his boat and went up the river bank long after Li Bao broke into the water fort. Then he found a clean and suitable place on the east side of the angle between the old bank and the new bank and set up a small stool.
Then, the man covered his face while sitting upright on the embankment, with his chest exposed, looking down at the inside and outside of the water stronghold, which was already a little gray. It was unknown whether he was observing the battle situation that was impossible to observe.
By his side, there was only one son-in-law, Yu Yunwen, who was standing by, holding a large banner with the word "Zhang" in one hand and covering his mouth and nose with a piece of linen soaked in river water with the other hand, imitating his father-in-law.
The latter was the first important military order issued by Zhang Rong when they were negotiating the battle plan after he agreed to Li Bao's assault on shore. It was the same for not only the assault troops but also the rest of the people. Those who did not have cloth had to tear their clothes and wet them to wrap them... Yu Yunwen was stimulated by the smell of meat in the fire at that time and vomited continuously. He was not very clear about what happened afterwards. He only remembered this military order and the subsequent flag-carrying military order.
It was in such a scene, under the light of ashes and fire, that more than a thousand Jin cavalrymen suddenly came at high speed from the northeast direction.
The leader, Meng'an, named Moliye, saw flags from afar, and the flags were of unusual design. He knew that it was a high-ranking officer of the Song army, so he whistled and led one or two hundred cavalrymen to turn around and capture the person first.
Unexpectedly, just as this guy turned towards the river bank and was still several hundred steps away, dozens of mud bombs mixed with gunpowder bags were fired from behind the flag, throwing the densely packed Jin cavalry into panic.
At the same time , hundreds of leather-armored soldiers suddenly emerged from behind the river bank, each holding a powerful crossbow, ready for battle.
The leading Meng An Moriye had a big swelling on his face from being splashed by broken mud bullets. He was furious for a moment, but seeing this, he could only return to the team in embarrassment.
The Da (white on top and big on bottom) who was left behind to support the battle was so angry that his eyelids twitched. He shouted angrily: "How can you be so stupid? Didn't they say there were artillery vehicles on the river? Don't worry about this, just get off your horse and rush into the water fort for me. There are still Song troops in the water fort!"
The Jin army knights around and in front heard the military order, but just turned around and looked coldly, while Moriya was so angry that he roared wildly, like the howling of a wild beast.
Da (Bai on top, Da on the bottom) knew that he had said something he did not want to say, so he quickly corrected himself with shame: "I was drunk and anxious... Brothers, please follow me to dismount and fight on foot. After the battle, not only will I not take any spoils, I will also take gold and silver from my home as a thank you gift! Brother Moriye, I will definitely give you an extra reward afterwards!"
After saying this, the man dismounted from his horse, personally holding a short weapon and leading his own guards into the water stronghold covered with flying ashes. Moriye then sneered, dismounted and led his men to charge.
Seeing this scene from afar, Yu Yunwen on the river bank was frightened for a moment, and went to see his adoptive father-in-law, but Zhang Rong just sat there with his hands covering his nose. Not only that, the hundreds of soldiers also stopped fighting and returned to the river bank to rest, covering their noses.
Just like that, for a full half a quarter of an hour, Zhang Rong could hear the shouts and cries of killing coming from the water stronghold, which was filled with smoke and fire. It seemed that Li Bao's troops were fighting with the reinforcements that suddenly joined. Only then did he calmly turn around and give the order:
"Wave the flag for me!"
Yu Yunwen did not bother to cover his mouth and nose, he quickly raised the flag and waved it vigorously... At this time, the clever new scholar realized that his father-in-law asked him to stay here not because he felt sorry for his seasickness, but because he was tall and could raise the flag higher!
As soon as Zhang Rong waved his flag, the people in the river immediately became busy. First, several people hiding in the old dike... that is, the broken dike in the old course of the Yellow River, which was also the natural outer wall of the Jin army's water camp... Several flag-bearers of the Song army navy who were hiding under the old dike were reminded by their companions in the river, and almost went ashore at the same time, facing the remaining power of the fire, and waved various flags in their hands towards the direction of the water camp.
The soldiers on the boat in the river also shouted and clamored as hard as they could, as if they were calling for something.
Yu Yunwen, whose face was covered in dust, was puzzled for a moment.
But it was only for a moment. Soon, the leather-armored short-soldier navy who had broken into the water fort earlier followed the sounds and flags, broke out of the gray and hot water fort, and escaped from the river bank. With the help of the supporting ships, they returned to the river to rest.
Yu Yunwen looked back curiously and saw clearly that when these people returned to the river, their first reaction was not to bandage their wounds, but to wash and wet their face wraps in the cold river water.
That’s not all. At almost the same time, Xiao En, the naval commander under Zhang Rong, who had been waiting for orders in the river, had already come behind Zhang Rong at some point. He led more than a thousand leather-armored soldiers who had been resting for a long time, and also wrapped their faces with wet linen, and landed calmly from behind Zhang Rong.
Then, they rushed past Yu Yunwen, who was stunned and just waving the flag numbly, and attacked the water fort from the southeast again, scoring twice.
“Stop it!”
Seeing Li Bao and Xiao En moving forward and backward along the river bank, using the control of the waterway and the river bank to complete the rotation while continuing the surprise attack, Zhang Rong naturally thought of caring for his son-in-law. "Go to the river to wash the linen... and wash it for my man... and then come back up."
Yu Yunwen had already been fascinated by what he saw, but with an excited look on his face, he went down to quickly wash the linen for himself and Zhang Rong before coming up again to hold the flag.
Then, the young scholar handed over the wet linen cloth and naturally couldn't help but take the opportunity to ask another question: "General... this way of taking advantage of the water to escape calmly, although it is not as sophisticated as the Queyue formation, it is considered a great ingenuity without any effort. What is its name?"
"Although I don't know what the "jumping formation" is, there is still a saying for this move." Zhang Taiwei took the wet cloth and sat down as usual, speaking slowly. "We in the water village have always called it a water wheel... You vomited so hard before, you just didn't hear it."
Just like that, Xiao En led his troops to break in from behind again, and shouts of killing rose again from the gray and fiery water stronghold, while Yu Yunwen was confused for a moment because of a "water wheel".
While Zhang Yu and his son-in-law were discussing the essence of the art of war, two miles to the northeast, under the increasingly gray sky, Gao Jingshan, facing the increasingly dense gray fluff, quickly received a military report from the front - the scouts could not see the Song army in the water stronghold withdrawing from the river bank, but they could see the Song army in the river pouring out from the river bank on the east side of the water stronghold and rushing into the stronghold.
It is clear without any analysis that Da (White on top and Da on bottom) and Morino are going to be in trouble, because now it is their turn to be caught between the fire and the assault force.
But unexpectedly, Gao Jingshan remained calm and continued to stay on his horse in the slightly dim wilderness, staring at the flying catkins in the sky without saying a word.
After waiting for a while, another group of scouts returned and reported the approximate number of Song army ships on the main road of the Yellow River. The Jin army commander finally spoke:
"Gao Long!"
Another member of the Bohai tribe, Meng'an, hurried forward and bowed to receive the order.
"The situation is clear now." Gao Jingshan reined in his horse and spoke calmly, explaining everything slowly and clearly. "The Song army only has 5,000 to 6,000 people. The first wave and the ones that just entered should be 1,000 to 2,000 people each. Counting the people who operate the boats, this is already the limit... Logically, you should attack now and completely bury the two waves of Song troops in the water fort. But it's getting late, and it's getting dark quickly in winter. The fire is still burning, and there is more and more ash. The river bank and the river are also controlled by others... So you go over there and fight if you can. It would be great if we can get our main force, but if you think it's hard, you don't have to fight. Just defeat the second wave of reinforcements, gather Moriye, and then lead them out, and you will have done a great job! Go, I'll take care of the defeated soldiers and gather the troops here, and wait for you to come back."
Gao Long was obviously Gao Jingshan's confidant. He just bowed slightly and led his troops to the east.
A Meng'an had 1,000 men, most of whom were standard cavalry under the Meng'an-Mouke system, and a small number were Han army reinforcements. However, this time, in order to provide quick support, Gao Jingshan even brought war horses with him. Therefore, once the military order was issued, it was as if a thousand cavalrymen were rolling across a plain, and they followed the path of the previous Meng'an and headed for the water stronghold.
Just as Gao Jingshan said, it gets dark very quickly in winter, and at this time the ash was getting thicker and thicker, and the sky was gradually getting darker, but such movement could not be concealed at all... On the river bank, Zhang Rong and Yu Yunwen saw it clearly. Among them, the latter was just a man who went to the battlefield for the first time, and he was still frightened as before.
"Wave the flag!" Seeing the Jin army dismounting and rushing in from the northeast of the water fort, Zhang Rong remained calm and waited for a while before giving the order.
Yu Yunwen was flustered for a moment, but still waved the flag hurriedly.
But this time, there was still the same movement. On the river bank, the other flag bearers responded in unison, and there was a commotion in the river... Yu Yunwen was a little puzzled. The last time the flags were waved, it was after Xiao En led his troops to block the Jin army. Now that the flags were waved, who else could go?
Thinking of this, the young scholar could no longer bear it and turned around again. As a result, he saw a man wearing leather armor, holding a short weapon, and wrapped in wet cloth coming towards him from behind.
When he got close, Yu Yunwen could see clearly that this person was none other than Li San and Li Bao who had retreated to the river before!
Xiao En stood and retreated, and with the cover of the ships and artillery on the river, he calmly climbed up the river bank to rest. However, Li Bao and the troops who had retreated before, who had rested for a while, turned to this side from the river, then rushed up the river bank again, and repeated the same tricks, and rushed straight to the water fort.
Now, Yu Yunwen finally realized why this tactic was called "water wheel".
Isn't the current scene just like a water wheel turning over and over under the impact of the Yellow River, allowing one's own troops to take advantage of the water and always be in an advantageous assault state?
Moreover, he originally wanted to persuade his cheap father-in-law to transport some Song troops from the other side of the river... After the fire, many Song troops had gathered on the south bank of the Yellow River to watch the battle... But he thought that there were limited ships, and once a large number of reinforcements from the Jin army arrived, they would not be able to retreat completely, so he hesitated and did not make up his mind.
But who could have thought that this Zhang Taiwei, Zhang Da Chief, was so good at water? If Yu Yunwen had said before that this water rotation skill was comparable to the Queyue Formation, it was just flattering his father-in-law, but now he was completely convinced that some things were indeed great ingenuity!
Coming back, Li Bao once again charged into the water stronghold from the rear. The Jin army was in chaos in the stronghold and had no idea how many Song soldiers had arrived. They only felt the continuous impact from behind, forcing them to the riverside. The riverside was scorching hot, but there was so much dust that it was difficult to breathe and it was indeed difficult to gain a foothold.
In fact, there were not three or five rotations at all. Before sunset, with Xiao En's second breakthrough, the water wheel only turned two full circles with the Yellow River embankment as the axis, and the Jin army reinforcements who were repeatedly hit in the water stronghold could not hold on at all... They were not really beaten to death by the Song army. Rather than saying that the Song army was strong, it is better to say that they were forced to lose their combat effectiveness by their own armor, the ash in the air, and the scorching heat of the fire that was difficult to lower... They really didn't expect the ash to be so powerful. As for the temperature and armor, they had originally hoped to hit them with one blow, but unexpectedly it became a burden instead.
The two Meng'ans, Gao Long and Moliye, joined forces and fought hard to lead the remaining troops to escape, but Da (Bai on top and Da on bottom) was seen by everyone and was killed by the Song army in the chaos.
In this regard, Gao Jingshan, a commander of the Jin army, who was standing in the northeast of the water stronghold with a group of remnants of soldiers guarding thousands of war horses, could only stand silently with his nose covered, listening to the faint shouting and killing sounds coming from the water stronghold without saying a word… There was an unknown number of scattered Jin soldiers trapped in the water stronghold by the smoke and high temperature, as big as a giant (white on top and big on bottom). They could only determine the number by examining the corpses afterwards.
Gradually, the setting sun appeared, and the wide northern mouth of the Yellow River was covered with rosy clouds. Although there were no longer many open flames in Xiaowusha on the north side of the river, it was still red and hot, and the gray fluff in the sky brought a different color to the world.
At this time, a large group of Jin troops finally came to support, and Zhang Rong, who was stationed on the river bank, calmly ordered his troops to withdraw and return to the river.
For a moment, cheers resounded across the river. Even the several Song troops who had hastily gathered on the other side of the river learned of their great victory and responded from across the river.
Seeing that all the troops turned back, Zhang Rong sat for a long time before putting away his stool and preparing to be the last one to board the ship.
However, at this moment, a Jin soldier without any soldiers or armor came galloping towards them with the last ray of light, holding a white flag. When they arrived, the white cloth was already mottled with gray, but they managed to stop their horses at a distance of an arrow, and then took advantage of the cheers and shouts: "The governor of Kaide Prefecture of the Great Jin Dynasty, General Gao Jingshan, sent an envoy to ask who the commander of the Song Navy is, and if he could leave his name?!"
Zhang Rong had been sitting on the embankment with his arms open for half a day, his face and body covered in black dust. Upon hearing this, he threw away the linen cloth in his hand that had already dried out, and turned back suddenly.
The cheering soldiers on the river could see clearly with the help of the light, but they froze out of instinct, and then the situation affected almost all the soldiers on the river... and in the silence, Yu Yunwen, who had also turned into a gray man but with only his mouth and nose white, also hurriedly raised the flag and stood still again.
"Go back and tell Gao that there's no need to ask who I am!" Zhang Rong's face was dark to begin with, and it was not noticeable even though it was covered with black ash. He just put one hand on his waist and pointed at the other, singing the same fisherman's song on the water slope. "Just remember, you bastards, in the future, the Yellow River will not be ruled by you Jin people, that's all!"
After saying this, the man took his son-in-law down the embankment and boarded the boat. Then hundreds of boats started in the river one after another, sparkling and heading back to Henan. However, the current Taiwei, Jiedushi, and the Imperial Navy, who were in charge of the surroundings, gradually sang a fisherman's song under the leadership of the commander Xiao En who was rowing a small boat himself.
As the saying goes:
"My grandfather was born in Liangshanpo, and he was born to kill people.
I have beheaded a righteous man who was not loyal to the fire, and I have killed the Golden Bird General.
The hero can't read poetry or books, he just lives in Liangshanpo.
Once we reach the Yellow River, we will roam the world."
The messenger was bewildered at first when he was scolded, but when he heard the song this time, he was shocked... Who among the Jin people didn't know the name of Zhang Rong of Liangshanpo and the Battle of Suotoutan?
He hurriedly raised his flag and returned to the battlefield to report.
However, there was no need for him to report back. The distant singing echoed on both sides of the Yellow River. Gao Jingshan, who heard the fishermen's songs in the distance, had already felt relieved - if Zhang Rong of Liangshanpo was present, I think the Marshal's Mansion would more or less tolerate this defeat, right?
Before sunset, the Song navy had crossed the river and returned to the south bank.
A moment later, the sun set and darkness fell, and the two sides completely stopped fighting. Only the Yellow River, which was reflected in the dim light, continued to flow between the two sides, day and night.
