At the critical moment, General Hong, who had escaped from danger, served as an official, served in the army, and even learned a few simple Tungusic words to curry favor with Wanyan Talai (but Talai didn't like it, so he didn't study further), became a little clever. He began to try to escape from the battlefield by cutting sideways, that is, he gritted his teeth and avoided the main battlefield, going straight to the east, or even to the northeast direction of the river.
When he encountered Jin troops pulling out of the battle group, he shouted in Tungusic: "Don't shoot arrows, I am a soldier under the right deputy marshal!"
When he encountered the Song army rushing towards him, he shouted in the Central Plains Mandarin: "Don't harm me, I am the magistrate of Xinzheng County of the Great Song Dynasty!"
It may be that both sides were in a bloody battle and no one cared about a scholar. Of course, it may also be that everyone values bilingual talents these days, so this guy was allowed to escape all the way to the river. Once he arrived at the river, he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to cross the river and get away from this place of life and death. However, when he found a floating bridge, he was shocked on the spot, because there were Song soldiers in front of him who were actively demolishing the bridge!
"Who ordered the bridge to be demolished?!" Hong Ya mustered up his courage and tried to ask by the river. "I am an official who was awarded the imperial examination, the magistrate of Xinzheng County of the Song Dynasty, and I came from Tokyo with the army... Who ordered the bridge to be demolished?"
The task of demolishing the bridge must be done by the general's trusted subordinates. Therefore, when Hong Ya asked by the river, an officer on the bridge immediately responded: "It was the emperor's order! All places must do their best to cross the river. It must be crossed within half an hour, and then we will cut off the floating bridge and fight a decisive battle with the Jin people! I am Fan Yihong, a military officer under the command of General Wang. I am here on the order of my general. After demolishing this place, I will go upstream to continue demolishing the bridge... You, the county magistrate, are a civil servant and it is not easy for you to participate in the war, but you are not allowed to go back to Hedong! Listen to me, find a shield on the battlefield, dismount over there and wait for me! Come with me to demolish the bridge, so that you can get away with it!"
Hong Ya was stunned... but he was not stunned by the bridge demolition, but by the fact that the Zhao Song government actually came!
With this thought in mind, the man put aside all hope and tried to ask again: "General Fan, I was just about to ask, the Jinwu flag crossing the river, is it really the government crossing the river?"
"It was the Emperor who crossed the river himself!" Fan Yihong said from a distance. "What a pity that the Emperor went to that bastard Yue Fei's camp! He didn't come to our Eight Character Army's camp!"
Hong Ya suddenly felt that the world was in chaos... Even though he recognized the flag, he instinctively believed that it was a token given to Hu Yin by Emperor Zhao, because his common sense and experience told him that the people of the old Zhao family could not be so decisive! But everything in front of him, from Han Shizhong's sudden reckless attack to the excitement of the Song army on the entire battlefield, all told him that what the other party said was true!
In the chaos, this man suddenly came to realize that the task assigned by Wanyan Talan seemed to have been completed. In addition, the possibility of escaping from the battlefield from here was blocked, so he reined in his horse and went west in a daze... So that on the floating bridge over there, General Fan shouted a few times but failed to stop him. He could only look at the magistrate who heard that the emperor was crossing the river in person, and decided to ride alone to repay the emperor's kindness. Then, with tears in his eyes, he continued to cross the river and demolish the bridge.
On the other side, Hong Ya walked into the chaos and instinctively reported his identity several times. Then he came to his senses. Since it was the emperor leading the army in person, the Song army would surely win a great victory. He should have stayed by the side of the stupid Fan Yihong, who was obviously a fool... Why did he come back?
However, since they had already entered the battlefield, it was not easy to turn back, because General Fan would become suspicious no matter how stupid he was if he went back. So they could only bite the bullet and continue to rely on bilingualism to cross the battlefield.
You know what, I don’t know if it was luck or no one really cared about him, but Hong Ya actually managed to walk back across half of the battlefield!
"Marshal!" Hong Ya, who had sorted out his thoughts, dismounted from his horse and leaned forward to confront him. "I have found out that it is indeed the Zhao Song emperor who is leading the army in person!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Wanyan Talai and the Jin army officers and surrendered advisers behind him all became agitated.
After the commotion, Wanyan Talan himself smiled bitterly: "Thank you for your hard work, General Hong... In fact, I can tell from the battle situation since you left for the past quarter of an hour that if it weren't for the Zhao Song emperor's personal presence, how could the Song army be so brave? The general has asked me for help twice, and asked me to hand over the last two Meng'an! I am hesitating!"
"No!" Hong Ya raised his head and gritted his teeth. "Marshal! Let me know, I just found out that the Emperor of Zhao Song has personally issued an order that the entire army must cross the river as soon as possible, and then all units must take the initiative to dismantle all the floating bridges on the east river! If the floating bridges are destroyed, even if Pucha Wanhu returns, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to cross the river to rescue... I hope the Marshal can make a decision soon!"
Besides, Talai was in a high position, so he had seen the Song army's partial demolition of the bridge, but he couldn't confirm the source of the incident. But when he heard Hong Ya's report, he felt cold all over...
You must know that this is the same thing as whether the Zhao Song officials came or not!
The arrival of the Zhao Song government only means that this war will be difficult!
And his son-in-law Wanyan Talan and the ten fierce and fresh soldiers carefully selected by his son-in-law for this attack are the fundamental confidence for the right deputy marshal of the Jin army to hold on here under tremendous pressure!
The right deputy marshal of the Jin army stood here on horseback for nearly an hour, watching more and more Song troops join the battle with a continuous and raging offensive. At this moment, the most difficult situation he had expected was reached, that is, the Song army had formed an astonishing numerical advantage of five times that of his own side on the battlefield!
During this process, as the commander-in-chief of an army, one needs to have strong faith to hold on. The belief that has always supported Talan is that he firmly believes that his son-in-law will come at any time to force the Song army to end the war.
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