King Kang's army left Dongping and headed north. After only one day of travel, he arrived in Pingyin County, Jeju Prefecture. King Kang learned that Pingyin County had been occupied by Jin soldiers, so he bypassed the county and continued north from Niushan, fifteen miles south of the city.

This team that came to rescue Jeju had 30,000 troops, but due to the battle with Wanyan Gillie's team the day before yesterday, it was a little damaged, leaving two thousand infantry troops to guard Dongping County. There were less than 25,000 people who actually followed King Kang to the north.

King Kang ordered Liu Hao and his men to serve as the front army, responsible for building bridges across mountains and rivers. Since Liu Yixuan had worked with Liu Hao several times, he felt that although Liu Hao didn't talk much, he could see that he was still good. Liu Hao has been a garrison in Xiangzhou for many years and has certain experience in leading troops. The soldiers below also love and respect him. In addition, the two of them had fought in Hebei with General Zong Ze, so their relationship was naturally no better than others.

As the vanguard of Liu Hao's army, Liu Yixuan followed the army and the horses arrived near Niushan. Liu Yixuan saw that Niushan Mountain was high and dense, with a dangerous terrain, and was afraid that there would be an enemy ambush. He also heard that there were bandits in the Niushan area and often had connections with the bandits in Erlong Mountain to the east, so he said to Liu Hao: "General Liu, I'll see that the mountains ahead are high and dense, with a dangerous terrain. I'm afraid that there would be enemy soldiers or bandits ambush, so I'd better send someone to inquire first."

Liu Hao looked at Niushan. Although the mountain was not high, the forest was covered with mist. The road to Jeju passed through the woods. If there were Jin soldiers or bandits here ambushing the forest, it would definitely be difficult to deal with. Liu Hao said, "What my brother said is reasonable. We have just come here for the first time and are not familiar with the terrain of this place, so it is better to be careful." After that, he asked the team to stop moving forward, turned around and clicked a group of sentries to explore the way forward, and sent a commander to report to King Kang.

There were fifty or sixty soldiers exploring the way. They rushed into the forest with swords and guns with swords and guns. According to Liu Hao's instructions, they would find out the situation on both sides of the official road within half an hour, and climb to the nearby commanding heights to stand guard and hold guard. If they were sure there were no enemy troops in the forest, they would come to report to the army.

After receiving the order, the sentries formed a small team of three or five people, and then scattered into the woods and inquire. Liu Yixuan felt his butt hurt because he had been riding for too long, so he took advantage of this time to jump off the horse and rest.

"General Liu, they are going to explore the way. I guess they have to wait a while. You can get off the horse and take a rest!"

Liu Hao looked around and there was no suspicious situation. He looked behind him and looked at Ma Menglong's men. Ma Menglong accompanied King Kang to sit in the central army and was resting on the open space two miles away. So after hearing Liu Yixuan's words, he jumped off his horse and sat on a huge rock waiting for a reply.

Liu Yixuan took out the kettle from his waist and handed it to Liu Hao, indicating that he would drink some water as well. Liu Hao waved his hand and said that he would not be thirsty. Liu Yixuan drank two sips by himself. Liu Yixuan asked, "General Liu, I have known you for so long, but I still don't know what's going on in your family. Where is the wife of my sister-in-law? How old is your child?"

Although Liu Hao is a strong man, he felt a little sad when he heard someone ask about his wife and children. He turned around and smiled at Liu Yixuan and said, "Why did you remember to ask me this today?"

"I just asked casually. I have known General Liu for more than a day or two. I only know that you are a military guard in Xiangzhou and rarely hear you mention the situation at home, so I was curious for a moment..."

Liu Hao raised his lips slightly and sighed, "Oh! There is nothing to ask about. I, Liu, was born in poverty and humble. I passed the military service in my early years and have been in garrison in Xiangzhou for six or seven years. Your sister-in-law is the daughter of a distant cousin. Although she is not good-looking, she is virtuous and treats me and the children very well. I now have two sons and one daughter. My eldest son is twelve years old this year. I often go to the military camp to dance with me to grab sticks. My younger son is only five years old this year..."

Although Liu Hao didn't talk much, he still talked about his family. While speaking, he looked at the distant horizon in the west, his face filled with happiness and satisfaction, as if his eyes had seen the scene of his wife working hard at home and his children playing in the yard.

Although it was just a chat, Liu Yixuan still knew some of the situation in Liu Hao's family. He knew that Liu Hao was born in poverty and relied on his strength and martial arts to join the military camp. Later, he survived the war in the border, and was appointed by the court and became a military guard in Xiangzhou. Liu Yixuan knew that Liu Hao was just an ordinary military general in the Northern Song Dynasty. Civil and military generals like him who "learn civil and military skills to the emperor's family" were everywhere in the entire feudal dynasty. But at the same time, Liu Yixuan also remembered his family, whether it was the family of the Northern Song Dynasty or the family of Beijing nine hundred years later.

Liu Yixuan sat quietly beside Liu Hao, and his eyes also turned to the distant horizon with Liu Hao's gaze. The two were silent for a long time, each with their own thoughts...

Suddenly, a scream of pain came from the mountains and forests to the north.

"ah!……"

"Help!"

Then there were the shouts of shouts and calls for help, the sound of heart-wrenching fear and misery, causing the birds resting in the forest to rush away one after another.

"No! There is something wrong!" Liu Yixuan and Liu Hao immediately realized what was happening in the forest and hurriedly returned to the spot to turn over the horse. The soldiers were all sitting on the ground to rest. When they heard screams from the forest, they all stood up to see what was going on.

Liu Yixuan stood up and looked carefully into the woods, but saw several sentries exploring the way out running out of the forest in panic. They all ran down the mountain in panic and replied to Liu Hao: "General Liu, no, there are ambushes in this forest! Several of our brothers were killed in it!"

"What? Are there ambushes? Are they Jin people or bandits?" Liu Hao asked.

"Yes... it's the Jin soldiers!" The soldier replied in a panting.

"How many people are there?"

"This... the little one didn't know, but saw that the forest was full of their people, and the guys in their hands were all hooks, sickles and maces. Fortunately, we went in separately to explore the way, otherwise they would have been killed!"

Just as Liu Yixuan and Liu Hao were asking the sentry about the enemy situation, they heard the shouts of killing in the forest ahead suddenly coming to the bottom of the mountain like a tide. Then they saw a stream of smoke rising from the forest. Liu Yixuan and Liu Hao both realized that the Jin soldiers who had been ambushing for a long time began to attack him.

"Quick, retreat quickly!" Liu Hao quickly issued an order to evacuate the army and horses from the valley. Because the enemy on the opposite side was waiting for work and the number of enemies was not clear, he naturally could not fight blindly. He could only retreat a few miles to meet with Ma Menglong and Xiang Jinkui's men, and then resist the group of Jin soldiers together.

The Song army was ordered to retreat and ran faster than rabbits. Fortunately, the place where Liu Hao asked the army and horses to rest was still some distance away from the valley. Although the Jin soldiers struggled to chase them, the two armies still did not exchange fire.

At this time, King Kang and Ma Menglong were resting in the central army. When they heard the shouting of killing Zhentian in front of them, they expected that Liu Hao had met the enemy soldiers. When they saw Liu Hao and his troops were rushing back, they hurriedly ordered the teams around them to set up a formation to meet the enemy. Ma Menglong waved the order flag, and arranged the troops under the tent in a row, and only made a hole on the left to facilitate Liu Hao's troops to withdraw back to the formation.

Liu Hao led the army to run for more than a mile and saw that King Kang had already set up his formation. He was no longer panicked and retreated to the left camp according to the instructions of the order. At this time, Xiang Jinkui, the people in charge of cutting the rear, also rushed to the front of the formation, and the three armies were united in an orderly manner.

However, the Jin soldiers who were ambushed in the dense forest of Niushan this time were nothing else, but the team of Wanyan Zongbi, the king of Jizhou, Jin. This Wanyan Zongbi was also known as Wanyan Wushu, and was the fourth brother of Liao Wangye. As the deputy commander, he followed Liao Wang to the south. The day before yesterday, the Liao king ordered Wanyan Zongbi to go to Zhangqiu to block the reinforcements in Qingzhou. The prefect of Qingzhou Yang Shouren brought 20,000 troops to rescue. He fought with the Jin soldiers for only half a day before he was defeated. Wanyan Zongbi originally wanted to take the opportunity to lead his troops to attack Qingzhou, but not

The King of Liao reported that the King of Zhuozhou County said that Wanyan Jilie met a large number of Song reinforcements in the Wenhe area, and asked him to quickly lead troops to Niushan area southwest of Jeju to intercept. Wanyan Zongbi received the general order and brought only 20,000 people to come. Seeing that the Niushan area was dense and sparsely populated, he let the army ambush in the mountains. However, he met the Song army going into the mountains to explore the way. The Song army sentries discovered his intention and ordered the killing of the Song army, rushing to the foot of the mountain to fight the Song army to the decisive battle.

Wanyan Zongbi led the army to chase after him. Seeing Liu Hao's troops fleeing in a hurry, he only walked for more than a mile and saw more than a month of Song troops who had already set up their formations to wait. Therefore, he did not dare to move forward rashly, so he only slowed down the team and set up a formation to confront the Song army.

After the Song and Jin armies were finally arranged, they planned to fight to the decisive battle on this open space south of Niushan. Wanyan Zongbi was wearing a brocade hat and sable fur, holding a golden mace in his hand, walked to the front of the formation with one horse, and shouted loudly to the Song army camp: "Who is the opposite? Let's sign up!"

King Kang and many generals didn't know who was the soldiers on the opposite side. After hearing this, they looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. King Kang originally wanted to go to report his own identity, but was stopped by Liu Yixuan and said, "Why should the prince come forward and let the general go and answer him!" After that, he immediately stepped forward and pointed at Wanyan Zongbi and asked, "Who are you? Why are you carrying so many soldiers and horses in my Song Dynasty?!"

When Wanyan Zongbi saw the opponent, he did not answer his words, but asked about his number. He looked angry and held the mace in his hand to take his life immediately, but was stopped by a general behind him. Seeing that Song Jun was rude to his commander, the general stepped forward and reported loudly: "This is the prince of Jizhou, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. He is the brother of the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty. You are so beautiful that you offend the tiger's power, so you should not obey your name!"

When Liu Yixuan heard that the troops on the other side were Wanyan Zongbi, who was known as the "Fourth Prince of the Jin Kingdom", he felt worried. Wanyan Wushu was extremely brave and the soldiers under him were even more good at fighting. If he knew that they were meeting the soldiers of Zhao Gou, the ninth brother of Emperor Kang of Qinzong, he would definitely make him fight wildly. Wanyan Zongwang captured King Su in Luoyang and made great contributions. Then King Kang and King Ji must have been a piece of fat in the eyes of these Jin generals, so he deliberately said: "We are the soldiers of the prefect of Yanzhou of the Song Dynasty. If you don't let the barbarian country go to the north, why did you raise the troops here?"

When Wanyan Zongbi heard that it was reinforcements from Yanzhou, he did not talk nonsense to the Song army. He waved the flag and ordered the army and horses to rush over. Suddenly, the horns were roaring and smoke and dust rolled, and the Jin soldiers rushed towards the Song army camp like a tide. After all, what will happen to the two armies in this battle? Let's wait for the later text.
Chapter completed!