In this regard, Wulindatai, perhaps because he was scolded by Wuzhu for no reason and was angry, crossed the river alone and served as the vanguard with the three Meng'ans.
However, that night, the Song army suddenly launched a surprise attack.
For a moment, gongs and drums sounded and torches were waving. It was unknown how many Song troops were attacking. Not to mention that the Jin troops who had swam across the river during the day were exhausted and had to fight in panic under the sudden attack. Even most of the Jin troops on the south bank of the river stood up in panic to respond.
What was even more frustrating was that as the Jin army on the south bank of the river urgently sent support personnel after stabilizing the situation, the originally safe pontoon bridge was exposed at night, and was taken advantage of by the Song army... A team of well-equipped Song soldiers rushed along the river bank, threw in firewood and torches soaked in oil, and the poor pontoon bridge was set on fire again.
That’s all fine.
However, what really made Wuzhu collapse was that after a night of fighting, when the Song army retreated at dawn, the Jin army counted the number of people, but found that not many people had died last night. It was obvious that the gongs, drums, and torches were just tactics to confuse the enemy and tire out the troops. Only the Song army that rushed to the pontoon bridge and burned the bridge had some tricks.
But after successfully burning the bridge, the Song army only left a vulgar remark "You are Grandpa Niu from Ruzhou".
Who knows who Grandpa Niu from Ruzhou is?
But no matter what, the Jin army was here, and since casualties were not a big concern and there were people on both sides, the Jin army finally built a new pontoon bridge, and this time it was safe and sound. By noon, several pontoon bridges were connected, and most of the Jin army began to cross the river. By evening, 17,000 to 18,000 Jin troops had crossed the river.
However, when the Jin army leaders carefully calculated on the river bank, they found a huge problem.
You know, the 35,000 cavalry of the Jin army, after joining forces with the remnants of the Talai tribe, have recovered to the 40,000 strength they had at the beginning of the march.
Such a large-scale army has already crossed the Li River, but the rear has not yet left Wuyang City. What is more terrifying is that the baggage they brought from Nanyang is still slowly heading towards Wuyang. In this case, in order to guard against the Song army, to be on the safe side, according to Balisu's suggestion, the entire army should wait at the Li River and wait until the entire army has crossed before marching to the next river.
Of course, there is no problem with Balisu's plan, because after Talan's defeat, for the Jin army, the Wuhe area in front is in chaos, or to put it simply, the worst case scenario should be that it is all occupied by the Song army. In this case, if the Song army controls every river with this intensity, then only by crossing a river can we know the situation behind this river... Otherwise, who can guarantee that the Song army will not send its main force to attack at night or block the attack next time? You must know that at this time, the Song army, from the Tokyo Resident Division to the remnants of Han Shizhong, plus the original defenders of several cities, should be able to gather a 100,000-strong army!
However, if we do it this cautiously, a huge problem will arise... If it is just the Li River, it will probably take three or four days to cross it. If we want to cross all five rivers, how many days will it take?
Won’t there be a fight in between?
Do you dare to abandon those troublesome cities?
But in this case, will the baggage be sufficient? Can they still be as invincible as they were when they came here, and let the Song city of Kaesong supply them with food and grass? Where is the supply line?
And if the baggage can't be supplied... What if 40,000 cavalrymen are really stuck here? In fact, these things were the purpose of the Song army setting up the Wuhe City Defense System in this place at the beginning, but no one could have imagined that the Jin army didn't feel its power when it came to the south, but was heartbroken when it went north.
"Talan has let me down!" Wanyan Wushu, with bloodshot eyes, was filled with resentment beside the campfire. "I don't hate him for losing, I just hate him for not being able to contact me quickly. If I had known where he was, I wouldn't have been so lost."
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