In 1130, Zhao Li led six Song soldiers out of the city and engaged in an encounter with the Jin army. Zhao Li was very brave, killed 2 generals in the fight, and glared angrily, and the Jin soldiers did not dare to pursue.
Zhao Li, a native of Xuzhou, was a fierce general in the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1129, the Jin soldiers attacked Xuzhou, and Zhao Li went out of the city to meet the battle, and was shot with 6 arrows, but the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and repelled the Jin soldiers' attack.
After the fall of Xuzhou, Zhao Li led his troops to fight with the Jin army in the street and was knocked unconscious. At night, it rained lightly, and Zhao Li woke up, so he looked for the old department, raided the Jin army guards, and killed out of the city.
At this time, the Jin soldiers returned to the north, and Zhao Li launched a pursuit, capturing thousands of boats and brocades. With this batch of supplies, Zhao Li was able to recruit soldiers and horses and retake Xuzhou.
Zhao Li fought bravely and was awarded the Chungju Assassin History. In 1130, the Jin soldiers marched south, besieging Chuzhou with heavy troops, Zhao Li led troops to reinforce, and fought and marched, winning 7 games in a row, and arrived at the outskirts of Chuzhou.
Wan Yanchang ordered the Jin soldiers to set up a formation and shoot with a rain of arrows to prevent Zhao Li from entering the city. Zhao Li took the lead and killed the Jin soldiers who came to besiege, but his two cheeks were unfortunately shot by arrows and he couldn't speak.
Zhao Li endured severe pain, commanded the Song army to engage with his hands, and finally broke through the blockade of the Jin soldiers and entered Chuzhou. At this time, Zhao Lifang pulled out the arrow, bleeding nonstop, but he didn't say a word, he can be called a strong man.
Zhao Li guarded Chuzhou, and the golden soldiers continued to gather, so he had to take this city. Not to be outdone, Zhao Li demolished abandoned houses and lit them under the city to form a huge "fire pool" to entertain Jin Bing.
The golden soldiers attacked the city with goose carts and ladders, and went forward one after another. Zhao Li asked the soldiers to meet them with iron hooks, hooked off the ladder of the golden soldiers, and threw them into the fire pool, and the golden soldiers complained bitterly.
At night, Jin Bing formed a "death squad" to climb the city wall, but he never expected Zhao Li to be prepared. The Song army's bows and crossbows came in a volley, and the Jin soldiers fell in response, all ***
Soon, Wanyan Zongbi (Wushu) ended the battle of "searching the mountains and inspecting the sea" and led his troops back to the north. Hearing that the Jin soldiers were frustrated in Chuzhou, Wushu immediately rushed to reinforcements, but was ambushed by Zhao Li halfway, and all the baggage was intercepted.
Enraged, Wushu immediately set up a formation outside the city and dug a long trench in an attempt to trap the Song army. Zhao Li suddenly came out of the city and attacked the Jin soldiers who were building fortifications, and Wushu didn't want to be disturbed, so he ordered to retreat ten miles and camp.
The next day, Zhao Li led 6 cavalry out of the city and encountered the Jin soldiers. Zhao Li shouted: "I am the head coach of this town, who is rushing to meet the battle?."”
Seeing that there were few Song soldiers, the Jin generals didn't want to be intimidated by Zhao Li's momentum, so they attacked from behind and tried to attack Zhao Li. Who knows, Zhao Li was agile, snatched the spear with his backhand, stabbed 2 golden generals to death, and also captured 2 war horses.
Jin Bing didn't want to be "humiliated", more than a dozen cavalrymen rushed over, Zhao Li turned around and glared angrily, making a decisive battle posture. Jin Bing didn't want to be bored with himself, so he turned around and returned, not daring to continue the pursuit.
Having lost 2 generals, Wushu couldn't swallow this breath, so he asked Zhao Li to come out for a decisive battle. Relying on the strong city, Zhao Li first shot the Jin soldiers with a bow and crossbow to disrupt the Jin cavalry formation, and then launched a charge, and the Wushu encountered another setback.
The siege failed, and the positional warfare was not good, so Wushu had to come up with a "trick". Wushu knew that the Song army in the city was not large in number, and the grain and grass were insufficient, and Zhao Gou blindly sought peace, so he had to cut off the grain road and trap Zhao Li.
The trick of Wushu really worked, the Jin soldiers dug a long trench to besiege Chuzhou, and the cavalry attacked the grain road. Zhao Li's troops were mainly infantry, with insufficient mobility and too few numbers to open up grain transportation lines.
Chuzhou, also known as Huai'an, was an important line of defense for the defense of Jianghuai. As the saying goes: "To guard the river, you must guard the Huai River, and to guard the Huai River, you must control Chuzhou." ”
The status of Chuzhou is important, and Zhao Gou also knows it, Zhao Li's urgent documents continue to come, and the Southern Song Dynasty court is also anxious. In this way, Zhao Gou decided to send Zhang Jun to the expedition and lead his troops to rescue Chuzhou, but Zhang Jun did not dare.
Zhang Jun is known as one of the "Four Generals of ZTE", but his ability is average. The Jin soldiers attacked rapidly, and Zhang Jun pretended to be unwell, and his injuries had not healed, so he politely refused to send troops.
Zhao Gou had no choice but to send Liu Guangshi to the rescue. Liu Guangshi, who is also one of the "Four Generals of Zhongxing", is higher than Han Shizhong and Yue Fei in terms of seniority, but he is a famous "long-legged" general.
Liu Guangshi pretended to be and stopped when he arrived in Chengzhou;Guo Zhongwei, who was guarding Yangzhou, did not move, looked left and right, and waited and saw the development of the situation. Yue Fei had the intention to rescue, but he had no choice but insufficient troops and could not do anything.
Zhao Li was in a predicament, and he also begged Liu Guangshi to send troops and sent five letters in a row. However, Liu Guangshi just didn't rescue, Zhao Li could only fight to the end and live and die with the city.
After several months of siege by Wushu, there was no food in the city of Chuzhou, and the Song army was exhausted, so they had to eat tree bark, weeds, and dig rats to satisfy their hunger.
Wushu seized the opportunity of the Song army's lack of food and stepped up the siege of the city, while Zhao Li recruited warriors and burned the Jin soldiers to attack the city with fire. Unfortunately, when Zhao Li was on the front line to supervise the battle, Jin Bing's stone thrower fired a cannon stone, which hit him in the head.
Zhao Li died in battle at the age of 37, but Jin Bing thought that Zhao Li had cheated to death and did not dare to act rashly, so he stopped attacking the city in case of accidents. Ten days later, Wushu learned that Zhao Li had been killed, and once again attacked the city, and Chuzhou fell.
In the battle of Chuzhou, Zhao Li defeated the offensive of Wanyan Chang and Wanyan Zongbi many times with a small number of Song troops, and also took the initiative to attack, which is indeed remarkable. However, there were no reinforcements in Chuzhou, Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi were unwilling to rescue, and Zhao Li was finally defeated.