The Cold Door Hero

Summary

The chapter details the strategic use of the Yellow River by the Western Xia army to supply their invasion of the Great Song Dynasty. They utilized large sheepskin rafts for transportation, but the region of Xihe Road had become impoverished and less populated over time. Despite a long-term strategy to attack Xihe Road, the Western Xia army faced logistical challenges and relied heavily on the Yellow River for supplies. Li Yan Qing dispatched an elite force of 500 soldiers, led by Zhang Shun and the Ruan brothers, to disrupt the Western Xia's supply lines. They planned to intercept a large fleet of rafts carrying supplies, which was expected to pass by soon. After gathering intelligence from scouts, they confirmed the fleet was approaching, and the Song soldiers prepared to execute their plan to destroy the rafts and the supplies rather than seize them. As night fell, Zhang Shun and his men lay in wait on a peninsula along the river. When the fleet of rafts appeared, the soldiers silently entered the water to execute their mission. Zhang Shun swam under the rafts, targeting their weaknesses. As chaos erupted when supplies began to sink, Zhang Shun successfully cut through the bottom of a raft, causing its cargo of grain to plunge into the river.

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