Chapter 394: So Decisive

"Burn the hot air balloon!"

Seeing the Song army's hasty but orderly deployment, Gao Jingshan, who had seen through Yue Fei's thoughts and knew Wang Bolun very well, felt like his scalp was about to explode. After he recovered a little, he immediately issued a new order.

"What?"

Gao Qingyi also saw the problem and broke out in a cold sweat, but he could not understand Gao Jingshan's order for a while.

"Raise the remaining hot air balloon and burn it as a warning!" Gao Jingshan urged. "This is the fastest and most obvious way for us right now."

"Is it useful?" Gao Qingyi asked back on the spot.

"We have to try it no matter if it works or not." Gao Jingshan was furious. "If it doesn't remind Wang Bolun, maybe it can remind Ali and Shaohe, remind the King of Wei and Balisu, burn them quickly!" At this point, Gao Jingshan's tone slowed down and added a little. "It's not a pity for Wang Bolun to die, but if it's because of him that the general attack today fails, we will really be trapped!"

Gao Qingyi was in a daze and left in a hurry.

However, a hot air balloon, like the Meng'an that Gao Qingyi had taught the city guards a lesson before, takes time to find, regulate, and make it rise. Moreover, it has to be temporarily modified into a type that can ignite quickly. How can it be done in a hurry?

Just when Gao Qingyi had conveyed the military order to use the hot air balloon and returned to the top of the city wall, in the core camp of the Song army in the north of the city, seeing that the ambush had been roughly arranged, Tian Shizhong did not hesitate to lead two commanding officers, eight leading officers, and about four thousand infantrymen, crossed the eastern line where there had been no fighting, directly occupied the river bank on the opposite bank, and challenged the Jin army.

It is said that from the moment the Song army flags crossed over the other side of the river bank, the Jin army scouts who were spying on the situation on the opposite bank could hardly believe their eyes. But when the Song army actually crossed the river and began to line up on this side of the river bank, the Jin army, who had just received the news from the scouts and witnessed the scene with their own eyes, simply turned their astonishment into laughter.

There is no way, what kind of commander will lead what kind of people.

Although Wang Bolong is a typical Han Chinese, judging from his place of origin, he is probably from Heilongjiang Province in later generations (a native of Shuangcheng, Harbin, Heilongjiang), and now he is considered to be from the vicinity of Huining Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture. Therefore, from a cultural point of view, he is probably closer to the Jurchens than the Koreans and Bohai people in the south of Liao.

What's more, Wang Bolong had a very rich background. He was a member of a group of bandits at the end of the Liao Dynasty. Like the Jurchens and the Bohai people of the same period, he was a revolutionary comrade who resisted the brutal rule of the Liao Dynasty... In addition, Wang Bolong was a rare Han Chinese military leader in the early days of the Jurchen regime. He had a rough temperament and did not stick together like the Bohai people. However, he was a brave general and fought decisively and bravely. Therefore, although he was a Han Chinese, he was a standard descendant of Aguda and was extremely useful.

This can be seen at a glance from his later official positions and experiences.

After Aguda's death, Wuqimai succeeded to the throne. He was immediately appointed as the Jiedushi, and then showed his talents as the trusted general of the Second Prince Wuliebu. He was the most meritorious when he pacified Zhang Jue, was the main general of the left wing in the Battle of Baihe, and was the vanguard of the eastern army when he went south to destroy the Song Dynasty. During the Jingkang Incident, he was also one of the main Wanhu who besieged the city.

After the second prince Wulibu died, he followed the fourth prince Wuzhu and the military supervisor Talan to conquer Jingdong. After conquering Jinan, he fought in Qingzhou and defeated tens of thousands of Song troops and Shandong volunteers in one fell swoop, forcing Liu Hongdao and Zhao Mingcheng to leave. Later, he was ranked first in terms of merit.

Immediately afterwards, Wuzhu went south to the Huai River, and he was appointed to follow Talai to attack Daming Prefecture again, scare Du Chong away, and take over Hebei.

Later, he and his Wan Hu were stationed in the Hejian area, serving as a barrier to the south of Yanjing and the main rear force in Hebei region.

Such a person is undoubtedly one of the core generals of the Jin army, and his Wanhu is undoubtedly one of the foundation troops of the Jin Dynasty... This has nothing to do with whether he is Han or how many Han and Jurchen people are among his subordinates.

What is more important is that, starting from Huaishang, Wang Bolun happened to avoid several fierce battles between Song and Jin. This meant that while he maintained an almost invincible war record, he never had a real fight with the so-called imperial camp troops.

If we have to take it seriously, during this Northern Expedition, Wang Bolong's troops had a clear advantage in the battle with the right army of the Song Army's Imperial Camp. They won the victory in Xiajin and then forced the Song Army to abandon the three states.

With such an experience, why should he and his subordinates be cautious?

"What are you laughing at?"

Seeing the Song army hastily forming battle array after crossing the river bank and sending messengers to challenge them, Wang Bolong, who was the first to laugh, twirled his beard and looked around on his horse, his tone becoming stern. "What are you all laughing at? Don't you know that they have reason to attack, and that sending messengers to challenge us is a good strategy?"

There was a group of Meng'an and Mouke around, including Han people, Jurchen people, Xi people and Khitan people. They were all fully armored like Wang Bolun. When they heard what he said, they all straightened up, as if they were not the ones who were laughing just now.

Wang Bolong, who was about to turn fifty, was also slightly satisfied when he saw this. He pointed at the Song army formation on his horse with his belly bulging, and then asked with a disdainful look: "Do you know why they took the initiative to attack?"

No one around responded.

Wang Bolong also pointed and explained: "The one who came with the banner is Tian, ​​this is Tian Shizhong, Tian Shizhong is the son-in-law of Zhang Jun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhang's army and the commander-in-chief. It is said that Zhang Jun was ill and did not come, so he was asked to lead the troops. But it was also because of this that Yue Fei of Yue's army became the marshal, and Zhang's army became the subordinate this time, and Tian himself was also bullied by Yue Fei..."

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