In the Middle Ages, wars were not won with just a word from Wanyan Min, who could send an army of 800,000 soldiers south.

It would take more than half a year just to prepare food, weapons, etc. for these 800,000 people.

It is the middle of winter again.

Therefore, the Jin Kingdom decided to launch an all-out attack from both the east and west in the spring of the following year to wipe out the Southern Song Dynasty!
Among them, Jingxiang became the core area of ​​this confrontation between the North and the South.

Jingxiang area, located in the center of the world, has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Although Jingxiang is the center of the world, it became the northern border in the Southern Song Dynasty, and naturally became the frontier position to resist foreign enemies. At the same time, it connected Sichuan and Jianghuai defense lines, and jointly assumed the defense line of the northern border of the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, it became the defense core of the rise and fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and thus there is a saying that the fall of Jingxiang means the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zongbing! Also known as Jin Wushu, he was promoted to Grand Tutor, Marshal, and Minister of the Executive Office. In the Southern Song Dynasty, he was called the Fourth Prince!
He personally led an army of 500,000! He established the Zhongdu Army in Luoyang and prepared to capture Xiangyang in one fell swoop!
Wanyan Loushi, the military governor of Taining Army, led 300,000 troops to station in Jian'an and set up the East Camp.

I heard that they were preparing their troops and building ships, preparing to break through the Yangtze River defense line in one fell swoop, to penetrate into the heart of the Song State in a roundabout way, and to take the imperial city of the Song Dynasty directly!

Lin'an Imperial City!

Ever since Song Tianen came to power, all the conservatives and doves in the Southern Song Dynasty have been gradually executed along with their entire families on various trumped-up charges. Now, there are only the pro-war and radical pro-war factions in the court!

Song Tianen even set up the Grand Council for this purpose, which was composed of generals in the court such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi!
Shen Huchan, Master Jingmeng, the Bu Yi Shen Xiang Li Buyi, Master Tianji and others have joined the martial arts world.

"So, these two people are here with the intention of destroying the country!" Han Shizhong reported to the Regent Song Tianen in front of him in a serious tone.

Song Tianen's face showed no expression: "How have our war preparations been in the past few months?"

The veteran general Zong Ze stroked his beard and said, "Reporting to the Regent, since you took the helm, the whole Song Dynasty has been united and has worked day and night to complete the war preparations.

The Yangtze River defense line has been reinforced several times, and the coastal artillery is densely packed. The navy fleet is brand new, with warships like a forest, and the morale of the soldiers is high, vowing to defend the territory to the death. In Xiangyang, Yangzhou and other places, we have sent additional troops, built fortifications, and have sufficient food, fodder and weapons to deal with the storm of the Jin thieves. "

Speaking of this, Zong Ze couldn't help but admire the Regent!
If the red-robed general who could destroy a city with one cannon had been equipped with the same equipment as Bianliang had been more than a decade ago, there would surely not have been the shame of Jingkang.

"In addition," Shaolin Master Jingmeng took over the conversation, his voice steady and powerful, "we also selected those martial arts masters from the Jianghu people! We trained an elite special forces, called the 'Dragon Shadow Guards', who helped the commander-in-chief to defend Xiangyang and prevent the Jin Kingdom's spies from sneaking in to carry out assassinations! At the same time, our disciples have spread into our old land in the Middle Earth, and every move of the Jin Kingdom is under our control."

"The Jin thieves are coming with great force, but we Song people are not lambs to be slaughtered. We must use their own method to retaliate and let Wanyan Min know that we Han people cannot be invaded!" Song Tianen's voice was not loud, but every word was sonorous, as if it could penetrate the clouds and reach the hearts of the soldiers.

"Pass the order down," he continued, "Xiangyang City will enter the first-level combat readiness state from today onwards. Zongshuai will be the defense commander of Xiangyang! All generals must perform their duties conscientiously and not slack off in the slightest. We must make Xiangyang a copper pea that Wanyan Zongbi cannot chew!"

"As for Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Shen Huchan, you three will come with me to personally wipe out the Jin Kingdom's Eastern Camp!"

Song Tianen slammed his fist on the location of Yangzhou on the map.

He wanted to take advantage of Wanyan Loushi's unstable position and wipe out the enemy's 300,000 troops in one fell swoop!
Then they went upstream along the Yangtze River and made a complete mess of Wanyan Zongbing!

Let these 800,000 Jin soldiers never return.

As for Wanyan Loushi’s Lingyu Ice Armor!
Song Tianen will meet him in person.

Two gems on the mask of the Thunder Armor in his hand were shining brightly, one of which came from Yin Shuke's Wind-Controlling Shura Armor.

After obtaining this wind-controlling gem, the Thunder Armor was not only completely repaired but also possessed the dual attributes of wind and thunder, doubling its power.
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Jian'an City

"Marshal, there is intelligence that the Southern Song Regent, Song Tianen, is personally leading the Southern Song navy to march north. I hope you can make preparations early."

Bai Choufei, who had rebelled and fled north, bowed deeply and warned him.

Wanyan Loushi sneered: "I have been on guard against them for a long time! I can complete the defense of Jian'an in three days and make sure that the Song people will never return, and..."

Wanyan Loushi took out Ling Yu Hanbing's battle manual and said, "As long as these Song warships arrive, I will definitely let them know what a raging wave is!"

Little did he know that Bai Choufei was looking at his mask with envy. There actually existed such a mysterious divine object in this world that could grant mortals supernatural powers independently of martial arts.

If he could get one set, power and status would be within his reach, so why should he be so servile now?

While the two were talking.

The tabletop rolled and shook, and then there were continuous explosions that blocked out the sky and the sun.

At this moment, at the Jian'an City dock, the Jin warships anchored at the dock were being set on fire one after another!
"What's going on!" Wanyan Loushi stood up suddenly.

At this time, a guard broke into the general's tent and wailed, "Report, Marshal! The warships of the Southern Kingdom have surrounded Jian'an."

"What! This is impossible. The Song navy is concentrated in Ningbo Prefecture. Even if we drive them overnight, it will take three days by boat. How can they be so fast?"
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"Wind! Strong wind!"

On the Yangtze River, on hundreds of thousands of tons of ships, Song Tianen, carrying the Thunder Swallowing Battle Manual, flew into the air!

He just opened his hands and activated the Wind Control Gem with all his strength. The hurricane lifted up the sails of countless warships under him. For a moment, the speed of the ships was twice as fast as usual.

The three-day sea journey was compressed into just one day.

The warships were lined up in a row, with red cannons launched across the river. With the help of the strong wind, the power and range of the cannonballs were greatly enhanced.

Even those giant crossbows that only had a range of a hundred feet now had a range of a thousand feet with the help of the strong wind.

This is the most correct way to use the Wind-Controlling Shura Armor.

For a moment, the sky and the earth were filled with artillery shells and crossbow arrows, so dense that no one could tell how numerous they were.

They all rushed towards the Jin army warships at Jian'an Wharf and the military camps that stretched for more than twenty miles along the river bank.

The sky above Jian'an City was filled with smoke and artillery fire, as if the end of the world had come.

The extremely precious troop transport ships preparing to sail south were set on fire one after another. Hundreds of sailors were burned alive into human torches, and then fell into the Yangtze River wailing, sinking to the bottom of the river under the rolling waters.

As for the barracks on the shore, the situation was not much better. The Jin army camp, which was originally well-organized, instantly fell into chaos and panic. The artillery fire was like a rage from the sky, ruthlessly tearing the tranquility of the camp, explosions came one after another, and dust and smoke intertwined into a chaotic world. The soldiers were panicked and fled everywhere, looking for shelter to avoid this catastrophic disaster, but under this overwhelming attack, any defense seemed so fragile and powerless.

The roar of the red cannons was mixed with the sharp whistling of countless crossbows piercing the sky. They were like messengers of the god of death, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the Jin army. In the camp, flames shot up into the sky, screams were heard one after another, and the psychological defenses of the Jin army gradually collapsed under the fierce attack of the Song army. In just this wave of attacks, tens of thousands of Jin army naval forces and 50,000 infantry on the river bank were turned into powder. What was even more terrifying was that the surviving soldiers had gone crazy like demons, roaring and screaming, and waves of fleeing soldiers wanted to rush into the city to escape!

But Wanyan Loushi cruelly issued an order to close the city gates!

Just because we are afraid that these soldiers will storm our town.

The Song army was extremely excited. The feeling of unilaterally beating the opponent was so great!
There were no injuries except for a few soldiers who were burned by the gun barrel.

This was simply unimaginable in the past.

Once upon a time, the Jin soldiers had a legendary golden body that was invincible.

To destroy these 50,000 elite soldiers first, one would have to pay three or even five times the price.

Now, just by burning a few people, we can get such a good result. This is a dimensionality reduction attack!

After sweeping the docks and camps, the warships' artillery fire began to spread to the deserters outside the city.

No matter whether it was the fully armored Iron Pagoda or the well-equipped Vanguard Soldiers, all of them were torn into pieces.

"Open the door! Please open the door!"

There were screams outside the city gate.

The soldiers on the city wall couldn't bear to watch.

After a cup of tea, the air was filled with smoke and the Song army on the other side of the river ceased firing.

That's because the barrels of the cannons were all red and had to be cooled down, and even the bowstrings of the giant crossbows had reached their fatigue limit and were about to break at any time.

In just this peaceful quarter of an hour, when the smoke cleared!
Outside the city, there were piles of corpses stretching for more than ten miles.

The wails of the soldiers who were not yet dead shook the sky!
Wanyan Loushi stood on the top of the city wall and slammed it hard, looking at the Southern Song warships on the opposite bank that blocked out the sky, his face so gloomy that water seemed like it could drip from it.

He never expected that Song Tianen could mobilize the navy so quickly, and he never expected that the Regent of Song could so greatly improve the maneuverability of warships and the range of weapons.

Just as he was about to order his men to go out of the city and bring the survivors back into the city.

Rumble!
The artillery fire that covered the sky and the sun started again.

It seemed that the Song army's artillery fire had cooled down, and this time the artillery fire began to spread to the city walls.

For a moment, rocks were flying everywhere, and the soldiers defending the city were swept by artillery fire one by one. The giant crossbows on the city wall that were worth hundreds of gold were blown into pieces one by one.

"Beast! Lingyu Frost Array!" Wanyan Loushi was so angry that his eyes were about to burst. He had to do something, otherwise the entire city defense system would completely collapse. By then, everything would be irreversible.

After a roar, he stuck Ling Yu's battle manual on his face.

A deep blue light flashed.

An extremely thick black ice armor appeared on Wanyan Loushi's body, covering him, and then suddenly, ice pillars more than ten feet high appeared under his feet, supporting him up.

I saw him raising his hands high like Song Tianen!
In an instant, extremely thick green frozen clouds suddenly appeared in the sky above Jian'an City, and the entire Jian'an City seemed to be shrouded in an invisible ice net.

Just as the Southern Song's artillery shells and crossbow arrows were about to rain down, the sky suddenly became unusually cold, and gusts of cold air rose from the ground, colliding with the artillery shells and arrows, making a "chi chi" sound. Many attacks were frozen halfway and lost their power. And those attacks that successfully penetrated the cold air and landed on the ice-covered military camps and warships only stirred up pieces of ice chips, failing to cause much damage.

Seeing their commander-in-chief block the arrogant attack with one move, the Jin soldiers, whose morale had fallen to the bottom, shouted "Long live the commander-in-chief!"

"What the hell is this!" Han Shizhong stood at the bow, looking at this scene with a frown. Although he was a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, he had never seen such a strange battle formation.

"It's the Lingyu Ice Array. It can instantly change the local climate, forming an ice field and weakening the enemy's attack." Shen Huchan said in a deep voice. He had traveled around the world and was quite familiar with Wanyan Loushi of the Jin army.

"Hmph, how can a mere ice stop me!!" Song Tianen snorted coldly, the true energy in his body surged, the gems on the Thunder Armor shone brightly, and a storm more violent than before burst out from his body and rushed straight into the sky.

"Wind and thunder attack together to break the formation!" Song Tianen shouted and waved his hands violently. The strong wind and thunder intertwined to form a huge storm tornado, which rushed straight to the ice field on the top of Jian'an City and the river bank.

"Rumble--"

Amidst the deafening roar, the storm tornado and the ice field collided violently, and dazzling light and strong air currents burst out between the two. For a moment, the entire Jian'an City seemed to be torn apart by this force, the ice layer shattered, the cold air dissipated, and the Jin soldiers were knocked down by this force, in a state of embarrassment.

Crash!
The power of wind and thunder hit the city gate hard.

The city gate, which was three meters high and could not be broken even by artillery fire, instantly disintegrated into billions of pieces.

The city gate was blown open!
"Good opportunity!" Seeing this, Han Shizhong immediately ordered the entire army to charge. Taking advantage of the gap when the Lingyu Ice Formation was broken, the Southern Song warships rushed to Jian'an Wharf like an arrow from a bow. The ships leveled the decks, and tens of thousands of the Southern Song's most elite cavalry, led by Shen Huchan and Han Shizhong, rushed to Jian'an City with high morale.

The defense line was broken, and Wanyan Loushi was attacked back and spit out blood.

He forced himself to stand up: "Pass the order down, the whole army is ready for battle, we must defend the camp, and don't let the Song army attack Jian'an City!" Wanyan Loushi's voice was hysterical. He knew very well that this was a do-or-die battle, and only by fighting to the death could there be a glimmer of hope.

There are food supplies for 300,000 troops in Jian'an City. Once it is breached, the 300,000 Jin soldiers will starve and collapse without a fight.

Tramp, tramp, tramp! The sound of heavy horse hooves shook the sky!

It was Shen Huchan's Shura cavalry who rushed into the city first.

At this moment, while fighting against alien races, Shen Huchan unleashed his evil and murderous intent without restraint!
A peerless demon Buddha appeared behind his warhorse!
With just a sweep of Ananda's magic sword, the heads of a team of a hundred men fell to the ground.

He was like a peerless demon, and like a sharp cone, he penetrated into Jian'an City and captured the city gate!
This allowed Han Shizhong and other follow-up infantry to charge in smoothly. (End of this chapter)