The situation in Zhongdu is more optimistic than Wan Yankang expected.

Because of Wanyan Jing's violent death, Wanyan Hongyan, who had been prepared for a long time, united with Wanyan Yongji and others to quickly blockade the central capital, and prepared to coax Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Hongxi into the palace and take it in one fell swoop.

After Yan Honglie had a lot of eyes and ears in the palace, and after noticing that something was wrong, he immediately abandoned the palace, took his generals, and rushed to the northern camp of the forbidden army.

The deputy commander of the forbidden army and the general of the northern camp, Tuoba Tietou, is the henchman of Wanyan Honglie. Although this person has some personal morality, he still stood firmly on Wanyan Honglie's side this time, and was not moved by the high-ranking officials Houlu promised by Wanyan Hongyan, and swore to protect Wanyan Honglie with the first army in Beiying.

The emperor took the medicine of the tiger and wolf offered by Yan Kang through Li Xi'er and died violently!

This is the propaganda of Wanyan Hongyan and others, and this kind of statement can be confirmed by various evidences such as the testimony of several eunuchs in the palace, the records of changing clothes and daily life.

Wanyan Hongyan's succession edict was taken out from behind the plaque of the Wude Palace, and only the eunuch in the palace knew about it.

It is reported that when Yan Hongyan learned the content of the edict, he was shocked, lying on the Wude Hall and crying bitterly, shouting his father Emperor Shengming.

Then this person beat his chest fiercely, scolding himself for being incompetent, and failing to discover the wolf ambitions of Zhao Wang's father and son and others in time!

With the consciousness of the secret envoy and Huang Tongju and others, where did they know the real cause of the old emperor's death, they naturally thought that Wanyan Hongyan really occupied the righteousness.

But among the magnates and important ministers in the central capital, a few people will believe that the old emperor, who was good yesterday, is suddenly gone!

If the person is gone, it will be fine, and he will leave an edict to make Wanyan Hongyan succeed to the throne!

What are you kidding, there has never been such a precedent in this dynasty!

Even if the old emperor really left an edict of succession, it will not be your turn to finish Yan Hongyan, the king of Yan!

The cause of the emperor's death is strange, and the dignitaries and nobles in the capital are all in their eyes.

Such a situation led to the fact that although Wanyan Hongyan occupied the position, he could not fully control the imperial court. In addition to the government, among the remaining three battalions of the forbidden army, Duan Riqi, the general of the southern camp, also made Wanyan Hongyan touch a soft nail.

Duan Riqi said that the forbidden army only listened to the emperor's dispatch.

The implication is that your order of King Yan, please forgive me for not being able to obey it!

If it's just Duan Riqi, it can't be said that Yan Hongyan will have to kill him and seize military power. But most of the powerful people in the capital are all expressing their positions like this, which is not easy to do.

The magnates in Beijing, at this time, only 20% of those who supported Yan Hongyan were arranged, and 6 or 70% were sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight.

Yan Wang Wanyan Hongyan holds the holy decree in his hand, but Zhao Wang Wanyan Honglie is the person who really has the favor of the saint, and in the hands of the prince of Zhao and the general of Zhengbei, he has a heavy army!

From the dragon's work, it is certainly moving.

But if you are on the wrong side, it will be a disaster of raiding the family and destroying the clan!

In the middle capital, in addition to the 100,000 forbidden troops, there are also a large number of private army generals, which are in the hands of these magnates. It doesn't hurt to offend one or two people, if you force most of the neutrals to Wanyan Honglie's side, even if Wanyan Hongyan sits on the dragon chair, where can he sit in a stable position.

Lord Yan wanted to ascend the throne as soon as possible to show righteousness. According to the rules of the Jin Kingdom, after the old emperor returns to heaven, at least 7749 days later, the enthronement ceremony can be held.

Because he only controlled the east and west battalions, he could not form an overwhelming advantage over the northern battalion of Tuoba Tietou in terms of troops, and Wanyan Hongyan could only choose to besiege but not attack.

For Wan Yan Kang, there is no better news than this, Wan Yan Honglie is safe for the time being!

Wanyan Hongyan relied on the jade seal of the country in his hand, and passed the decree on all sides, summoning the generals of all walks of life to return to Beijing to punish the rebellion and protect the lord; He also sent several secret envoys to the state capitals on Beijing Road to try to rebel against high-ranking officials and important generals in various places on Beijing Road.

Wanyan Hongyan was very jealous of Wanyan Kang, and after the incident, he sent rangers to block the road to the north, intercepting and killing several waves of messengers sent by Wanyan Honglie to prevent any news from reaching Wanyankang's ears in time.

After Linghu noticed the situation, he deliberately made a detour to the south first, looking for an opportunity to go north to White Horse City, and then rushed from White Horse City to Taizhou, so that Wan Yankang got the news in time and led the army south.

After Yan Kang counted the time, counting from the day of the old emperor's violent death, just twelve days had passed. With the standing grain storage in the forbidden barracks, as long as there are no other changes, Wanyan Honglie should not be in danger.

In addition to the 100,000 forbidden troops in Zhongdu, Dajin's soldiers were mainly distributed on the southern, western, and northern borders, and confronted the Great Song Dynasty, Western Xia, and Mongolia respectively.

In terms of the number of troops, the standing army on the Song-Jin border was the largest, with a full 300,000 troops.

The standing army on the Western Xia border, totaling 200,000 people.

Most of the border troops in the north are concentrated on Beijing Road, which is already under the control of Wan Yankang, so there is no need to repeat it.

Dajin is known as having a million armor, except for the forbidden army and the border army on three sides, the rest of the soldiers in the hinterland add up to only 200,000.

Although Wanyan Hongyan sent troops into Beijing, the border armies in the south and west were far away from the central capital, and even if the general of the army was bewitched by him and led the troops back to Beijing regardless of the safety of the border, he was at least a thousand miles away from the central capital at this time.

In the case that the border army has not yet arrived, the army that Wanyan Hongyan can mobilize at present is limited in number, and the combat strength is worrying.

It is because Yan Honglie is in the central capital, and it seems to be dangerous.

Thinking about this, Wan Yankang calmed down, he called Wu Shiman, and informed him of the current situation in advance.

When Wu Shiman heard that such a big thing had happened, he couldn't help but split his eyes, he slapped his palm on the desk fiercely, and said angrily: "Dog thief, dare to do this!" ”

Wu Shiman's palm came out with anger, and the inkstones on the table were overturned.

Wan Yankang picked up the inkstone while saying slowly: "This person is perverse, I will punish him, why should Second Uncle Wu be angry with a dead man!" ”

When Wu Shiman heard this, his anger decreased slightly.

Wan Yankang said again: "Now the new army is tired, and only a battalion of cavalry under your command Uncle Wu Shiman still has combat strength. Prepare yourself today, make a little repairs, and tomorrow you will go south to make a way for the army. ”

At this moment, Wu Shiman was full of anger, even if Yan Kang didn't send him as a pioneer, he would take the initiative to ask for battle, and he had to take on a heavy responsibility at this time, so he immediately responded and hurried to reorganize the army.

Wan Yankang grabbed Wu Shiman and advised: "Second Uncle Wu, remember, you need to be careful in this trip, and you must not be reckless. This trip is based on the whole army, do not fight hard with the enemy, remember not to enter the city, only in the field guerrillas! ”

Wu Shiman said in a rough voice: "I save it!" With that, he turned around and hurried away.

Early the next morning, before Wu Shiman set off, he made a mobilization speech: "Brothers, let's set off today to be a pioneer ......"

Before Wu Shiman's words were finished, the soldiers of White Horse City were all excited when they heard that they wanted to be pioneers and that there was a battle, and they shouted one after another.

Wu Shiman originally wanted to boost morale and mobilize the soldiers to show the spirit of not being afraid of sweat and bloodshed, but the soldiers' desire to fight was surprisingly high, making him feel that his mobilization was completely blind.

Dare to fight, be good at fighting, be willing to fight, have a group of such soldiers under your command, then what else is there to say.

Wu Shiman touched his head, swallowed the rest of the words back into his stomach, turned the horse's head, and roared: "Let's go!" ”

Dadingfu to Zhongdu, but five or six hundred miles away, with the speed of Wu Shiman's cavalry, it will not take two days to arrive.

Only a hundred miles south from Dading Mansion, Wu Shiman found traces of a small group of cavalry activities.

Some fresh horse manure and spilled beans, these things appeared on the side of the road, and to ordinary people, it seemed that they were no different from ordinary animals passing by.

But for these warriors on the steppe, these traces only mean that there are enemy cavalry nearby.

"Battalion commander, the enemy should be around a hundred horsemen!" Scout returns.

Wu Shiman thought for a moment, and ordered: "Stay in a company and annihilate this ranger!" Then he continued to run south with the remaining four companies of soldiers and horses.

Fifty miles later, there was another trace of the enemy, still about 100 horsemen, and Wu Shiman left a company of cavalry to search for the enemy's traces and seek annihilation.

After another fifty or sixty miles, the enemy's traces reappeared, and Wu Shiman's head began to grow a little.

Wanyan Hongyan sent out the men and horses to intercept and kill the messenger, and each wave will not be too much. Even if you ignore this small group of rangers, there is not much of a threat.

If you don't get rid of these rangers, these rangers who were supposed to intercept and kill messengers will be transformed into horses.

But if you want to get rid of these exploration horses one by one, I am afraid that I will not be able to run to Zhongdu, and the soldiers under Wu Shiman will have to be sent out to fight guerrillas.

Therefore, Wu Shiman decided not to divide his troops to annihilate the enemy, and directly took the remaining three companies of soldiers and horses and began to search for the enemy in a dragnet style.

An hour later, the 4th Company discovered the enemy's tracks. As the horn sounded, the soldiers of the other two companies rushed in the direction of the horn.

But in less than a cup of tea, when I got to the ground, the battle was actually over!

With a company of more than 200 cavalry, against a hundred enemy troops, it can be regarded as fighting more and less, bullying the weak with the strong, and with the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of White Horse City, a big victory is naturally the meaning of the question. But in order to minimize the battle damage, Wu Shiman specially ordered that the enemy should not be attacked when he found it, and then annihilated the enemy after the three companies were encircled.

Who knows, the battle ended so quickly!

"Why don't you respect the military order!" Wu Shiman asked angrily.

"Battalion commander, I just wanted to test the attack, but I didn't attack it, how did I know that the enemy army was so ......unbeatable," the commander of the third company said politely, but the corner of his mouth was upturned with a hint that could not be hidden, and he had already betrayed him.

Wu Shiman kicked him angrily, snorted and asked, "No attack?" Then you report the battle loss ratio! ”

"Yes! Seventy-eight enemies were annihilated and twenty-two were captured; Our army lost three killed and five wounded! "Gao is polite and upright, and the numbers are reported.

Hearing this small and amazing battle loss ratio, Wu Shiman couldn't help but grin, his grandmother's bear, these grandsons are indeed too unbeatable. I pity myself for being cautious all the way, for fear that someone will set up an ambush.

"Forget it this time, don't count your kid's disobedience to military orders." Wu Shiman laughed and scolded.

Gao Youli grinned: "Battalion commander, what about the battle exploits?" ”

Wu Shiman stretched out his foot and kicked it: "Look at your point, this is an appetizer, and the big meal is still to come!" ”

Gao Youli took a kick, and he ran away, leaving only one sentence: "Battalion commander, if you eat the appetizers, you will have the strength to eat a big meal!" ”

The warriors laughed, and their eyes shone brightly.