What was the process of Liu Kun's confrontation with the nomads from the army?

In order to stick to Shunchang and defeat nomadic people, with the help of stereotypes, Liu Kun made serious arrangements for the garrison of Shunchang City. He ordered the generals to guard the city gates separately, and each general had a clear responsibility to guard a certain city gate. On his way to Shunchang, he sent people to spy secretly and report the invading army's movements and the enemy's situation at any time. As Shunchang used to be an uninhabited town without garrison facilities, Liu Kun personally urged the military and civilians to step up construction and build the city wall. He ordered the Chiyou car made in the Puppet Qi period to be moved to the city, buried the wheels in the newly-built city wall, removed the door panels of civilian residents and surrounded the chariot. Near the moat outside the city, a small wall called Yangmayuan was built, and a wall six feet thick and five feet high was built, leaving many openings in the wall. In the suburbs around Shunchang City, all the residents moved into the city urgently, and all the houses where the nomads can live were demolished in order to clear the field. After six days of emergency repair, the defense facilities in Shunchang City finally took shape. Nomads from the vanguard of small forces have also crossed the Ying River, reaching Shunchang at the gates. The battle of Shunchang began.

Because Liu Kun sent someone to spy on the nomads from the city in advance, they had already laid an ambush outside the city before they arrived at Shunchang Gate. When the nomads from the countryside arrived, they were caught off guard and captured thousands of families, including Ah Hei. Liu Kun learned from two captured prisoners that Han Chang led a nomad from Baisha Vortex, 30 miles away from Shunchang, and sent troops to attack overnight, killing many nomads. When a large number of nomads from the army arrived in Shunchang at the end of May under the command of Wang Hong, and surrounded Shunchang City, Liu Kun sent troops to stick to the horse farm and ordered the city gate to be opened wide. Seeing this, the nomads from the army did not dare to go forward, but only shot arrows at Shunchang City in the distance outside the city. Most of the arrows of the nomads from the army were blocked by Yangmayuan. Song Jun was commanded by Liu Yong, who used the city wall and the Horse Farm as a cover to shoot the nomads from bow and crossbow. Nomads from outside Shunchang without barriers, in front of Song Jun disorderly arrow shooting, casualties is very big, had to retreat. Liu Kun took advantage of the nomads from retreating, sent infantry to attack, and drowned many nomads from retreating into Yinghe River, killing thousands of nomads from the rulers.

Nomads from the siege failed for the first time, so they moved the camp to Licun, 20 miles away from Shunchang, and continued to send more troops to surround Shunchang. The second day of June is the fourth day of Shunchang besieged city. That night, Liu Kun sent a warrior named Yan Chong, led a death squad composed of 500 brave men, used the light before the thunderstorm to attack Jinying at night, killed the herdsmen with braided hair, and forced them to retreat fifteen miles. Seeing that 500 warriors succeeded in sneak attack, Liu Yong sent 100 warriors to cut bamboo to make it look like a child playing (Jiyong, a musical instrument). As a signal, he sneaked into Jinying when the nomads retreated, and lightning struck the enemy. As soon as the lightning stops, it stays hidden, leading to chaos and killing each other among nomadic people. Nomads from the army suffered heavy losses, so they had to temporarily lift the siege of Shunchang, and at the same time turned to marshal Wu Shu of the rulers stationed in Kaifeng for help.

Wu Shu heard the news of nomads from the defeat in Shunchang, immediately led hundreds of troops hardships, angrily came to Shunchang city. At this time, Shunchang is facing a larger siege of the nomads from the main force, and the contrast between Shunchang defenders and nomads from the army is even more disparity. When Liu Yong met with the generals to discuss the countermeasures, some Song generals advocated that the nomads from the Song Dynasty should take advantage of the defeat to retreat, prepare for a boat trip, and drive the whole army back to the south of the Yangtze River along the Ying River. Liu Kun said categorically, "The imperial court has been training troops for fifteen years and is ready to use them in times of crisis. Moreover, the enemy's edge has been defeated today, and our army's morale is high. Although the strength varies greatly, we must advance today and cannot retreat. Now the enemy's camp is only thirty miles away from Shunchang. Wu Shu will help us. Once pursued by the enemy, the young and the old will be confused first, and we will make a mess, which is tantamount to giving up all our previous efforts. " It is better to attack the city and survive! Hearing this, all the ministers were moved and said with one voice, "Only obey Qiu's orders." "

Then, Liu Kun chose Cao Cheng and two other men and let them walk on the road with a small group of cavalry. When they met the nomads from the army, they pretended to be afraid and let them be captured. When he was taken to meet the commander-in-chief of the nomadic people, he said, "Liu Kun is a handsome dude who likes to have fun on weekdays. This time he is going to work in Tokyo because he thinks that the court made peace with the rulers to have fun. " Cao Cheng and others did as Liu Yong said. Wu Shu got carried away, thinking that Liu Yong was not a generalship, and Shunchang City was easy to break. He decided not to take the goose cart and guns that had been prepared to attack the city, and led the light soldiers to pounce on Shunchang at the gates. At the same time, Wu Shu tied two prisoners, including Cao Cheng, at the gate of Shunchang, and bound documents on them to Liu Yong, in an attempt to put pressure on Liu Yong, creating chaos in the guarding city Song army and disintegrating Song Jun's fighting spirit.

Liu Yong connected Cao Cheng and others to the city with a rope. Wu Shu asked them to bring the document, but he burned it in public without even looking at it, which once again showed his determination to resist any coercion and inducement. From the returns of these two subordinates, he knew that Wu Shu had been cheated, which contributed to the feeling of underestimating his enemies. On the eighth day of June, he sent Geng Xun to Wu Shu for an afternoon. When Wu Shu saw that Liu Kun, whom he despised, dared to accept the challenge, he flew into a rage and said, "How dare Liu Kun go against me? Break the city with my strength and kick it down with the tip of my boots! " Geng Xu said, "Taiwei (Liu Kun) invited the Prince (Wu Shu, the fourth son of Jin Taizu Yan Hong Akuta) to fight, thinking that the Prince was afraid to cross the river and was prepared to offer five pontoons until the Prince crossed the river." Wu Shu heard that Liu Yong despised himself so much, but he was very angry. He immediately promised to fight Liu Yong the next day, and ordered the nomads from the army to attack Shunchang early the next morning, and then meet at Shunchang House for breakfast after capturing Shunchang. Wu Shu also announced: "After the nomads captured Shunchang, they were allowed to kill and plunder, killing all the adult men in Shunchang City and robbing children and jade articles for everyone to enjoy." Wu Shu is trying to encourage nomads from fighting hard by conniving at killing and looting, and put Shunchang in a pool of blood.

That night, in the Golden Barracks fifteen miles northwest of Shunchang City, drums shook the valley as usual, and hundreds of thousands of golden soldiers were not allowed to rest in the camp for one night. In front of Wu Shu's tent, the soldiers were surrounded by candlelight, and the soldiers took turns riding on horseback, afraid to sleep. The whole Jin Ying is in a tense atmosphere. Liu Kun, on the other hand, waited earlier and ordered the whole army to have a good rest. 8 8 8 Jin Jun sent people to the city gate quietly to eavesdrop on the movement, and found that the whole city was quiet and there was no barking of chickens and dogs. As usual, Liu Kun let Song Bing prepare for the battle, and at the same time take turns to rest quietly, save your strength and prepare for the battle with the nomadic people.

In the early morning of the ninth day of June, Liu Kun really built five pontoons on the Heying River to lure the nomads from the river to participate in the war.

At the same time, he ordered the poison to be quietly put in the grass around the battlefield in the upper reaches of Ying River, and ordered Song Jun not to drink Ying River even if he died of thirst. If he committed a crime, he would be extinct. Wu Shu, with its absolute superiority, has nothing to hide. He didn't consider what trap liuyong would set. He led an army to attack Shunchang City on the pontoon bridge prepared by liuyong early in the morning. Because Wu Shu had been cheated by Liu Yong in advance, he didn't bring powerful guns for siege, so he was helpless in the face of the overlapping defense and strong crossbows in Shunchang city. The nomads from Shunchang East and West were repelled by Song Bing. We have to wait for Liu Kun to go out of the city to fight as agreed in the afternoon, but when the weather is cool in the morning, Liu Kun stays put and lets the soldiers eat and rest under the sheep and horse wall. It's sunny in June, and it's getting hotter and hotter after the morning. Nomads from nomads from around the clock for days, people didn't get a rest and didn't eat in the morning. After being exposed to the rising sun, people are hungry and thirsty. People go to drink the water from Heying River, and horses eat aquatic plants, all of which are poisoned and sick, and horses are more tired. Towards noon, Liu Kun saw that the nomads were exhausted and their fighting capacity was greatly reduced. Suddenly, he sent hundreds of people to open the west gate to fight and confuse the nomads. After a while, he opened the south gate with thousands of elite soldiers and went straight to the camp of Jin Wushu.

Liu Kun's choice of Wu Shu Camp as the main attack direction was well thought out. At that time, there were hundreds of thousands of nomadic people who besieged Shunchang City. Although there are nearly 20,000 people in Liu Kun's Eight-character Army, only 5,000 people can undertake the offensive task except the family members and soldiers guarding the city. If these 5000 people spread out and attack in an all-round way, they are throwing eggs at stones, and there is no certainty of success. Only by concentrating our strength and attacking in one direction can we succeed. When discussing the direction of attack, many people advocate choosing the weak link and attacking Jin Bing Han Chang first. Liu Kun said, "Although Korea is defeated, its elite is unstoppable, so it is better to attack first. When Wu Shu is defeated, the rest of the nomads will be powerless. " Liu Kun's strategic policy was supported by various ministries, so he took Wu Shu camp as the target of concentrated attack.