The snow is falling stronger and the wind is blowing more and more rapidly, the casualties are constantly increasing, and the archers are like emotionless machines, shooting cavalry mercilessly, of course, they can't tell whether they are their own people or the enemy, they only know how to kill blindly.

The mountains were full of corpses, and the earth was stained red with blood.

The more critical the moment, the more heroic the Jin army became, like a wounded beast, constantly devouring and killing the enemy. In the end, Zhang Dian still did not hold on, and tens of thousands of cavalry were almost killed and wounded, and in this case, he was no longer able to stop the Jin army.

Seeing that the casualties exceeded 30,000 and the Jin army was less than 2,000 left, Zhang Jue ordered the Jin army to go out, he didn't dare to fight, the casualties were too great, and the more the end, the more brave the Jin army became. If you want to annihilate all the Jin army, you will be wiped out.

In the battle of Rabbit Ear Mountain, there was no winner, and both warring sides were defeated. However, this failure means very different things to both sides.

For the Jin State, the strategic intention of exterminating and occupying the absolute was not realized, and only 1,000 and 5,000 cavalry were left in the end, which had to be said to be a crushing defeat and a heavy blow to the invincible Jin army in Hebei. It even shook Jin Taizong's confidence in Wanyan Wu begging to invade the Song Dynasty in the south, but at the insistence of Marshal Wanyan Xianye, Wanyan Zongwang was transferred to completely annihilate Zhang Jue and completely strangle the rebels.

For the Great Song Dynasty, it was a long-lost victory, since Tong Guan sent troops to Hebei, it can be said that he has been defeated repeatedly, and he has been overwhelmed by the Jin army. This time it was a real defeat of the Jin army. After all, the battle report on the Yunzhou side was an understatement, and it had no big impact on the imperial court, but this battle of Rabbit Ear Mountain was hype.

In any case, this time it was indeed the defeat of the Jin army and the strangulation of more than 8,000 people, which was a great victory.

Tong Guan brazenly put the credit for this victory on his head, although he was far away in Taiyuan Mansion and didn't know how this battle was fought, but the civilian-official group helped this guy build momentum, the purpose was to make the official family forget Liu Zhenglong for the time being.

The official family finally breathed a sigh of relief, without the meritorious family, without Liu Zhenglong, the Great Song army could still defeat the Jin army. In the future, Jin Guo may never have the heart of covetousness in the Great Song Dynasty again.

The official family ordered the promotion of Hebei Road Xuanfu to make Tong Guan the king of Guangyang County, so far this guy recovered the position of the county king of Youzhou and other six states has finally been implemented. Wang Anzhong, the prefect of Yanshan Prefecture, was crowned as the right man of Shangshu, and Zhang Jue, the hero of the battle of Tuer Mountain, was appointed as Huiyu Pavilion to be systematized, and the Taining Army was formed in Pingzhou, and Zhang Jue was appointed as the envoy of the festival.

The imperial court also rewarded Zhang Jue with 50,000 taels of silver and 30,000 horses of silk. I don't know how the political affairs hall thinks about it, this batch of silver is not from the Privy Council, but from Hebei Road and Yanshan Mansion. Since then, a new round of looting of people's fat and ointment has kicked off, and the people are full of complaints.

The people of Hebei Road were overwhelmed and rose up to resist. The army of the Great Song Dynasty could not fight against the Jin army, but it was definitely not very powerful to suppress the people. It's just that this time the people's revolts are blooming everywhere, one after another. There are revolts in almost every state and county, as small as a few dozen people, reaching tens of thousands, and it can be said that a spark can start a prairie fire.

The officials didn't know that the people of Hebei Road were living in dire straits, and they didn't know that the rebellions were rising one after another. These were all covered up by the political affairs hall, and Song Huizong thought that after the recovery of the surrounding areas, the people longed for the Central Plains and were willing to be the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was still living in a false prosperity of singing and dancing, but Jin Taizong took the opportunity to use generous policies and a relaxed tax system to attract a large number of displaced people from Hebei to the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, Hebei Road appeared a very strange phenomenon, and almost every state and county, every village was no longer young. Either they were recruited to the Kingdom of Jin, or they all went to rebel.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. This has become the truest portrayal of Hebei Road, and this tragic situation has deeply stimulated those honest officers like Han Shizhong. They are eager for the imperial court to send someone down to take a look, so that the people can rest and recuperate, and stop blackmailing the people. Hopefully, the imperial court can send Qin Guogong to preside over the overall situation of Hebei.

Zhang Jue was rewarded, which angered Guo Yaoshi, and the contradiction between the two intensified, almost to the point of incompatibility. Guo Yaoshi was not a loyal person in the first place, and he was narrow-minded, he felt that the court was unfair to him, and gradually began to have different intentions.

Ding Long can be regarded as having completed his mission, no matter what, he consumed more than 8,000 Jin troops, at least in the true sense of defeating the myth of the invincibility of the Jin army, and enhanced the confidence of the Great Song Forbidden Army in fighting the Jin army. In the future, once you encounter the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, you will not run away.

On December 20, the sixth year of Xuanhe, Liu Zhenglong's order finally reached Ding Long's hands, giving up Zhang Jue, and making every effort to win over those rebellious organizations, so that they could learn to protect themselves and avoid being purged by the Jin army in the future.

And at this time, Marshal Wan Yan Xian of Jin Guodu finally formulated a battle plan for Hebei Road, first by Wan Yan Zongwang to test the waters, exterminate Zhang Jue, a traitor, and then find a way to recruit Guo Yaoshi's resentful army.

Wan Yan Xian is also a person who has a sense of the overall situation and is full of strategy, and is good at connecting all useful factors to his own use. He has carefully studied the resentful army and studied Guo Yaoshi. firmly believes that this three-surnamed slave who betrayed the Liao State and took refuge in the Great Song Dynasty is unreliable, as long as reasonable conditions are offered, he will definitely be able to surrender. Of course, if he doesn't surrender, he will surrender.

Before the army set out, Wanyan Xian also handed Wanyan Zongwang into his account.

Wan Yan also said: "Now the Song people are in Yanshan, and the power of Hebei is very weak, although there are more than 100,000 Song troops, in fact, they are all a group of wastes who are vulnerable. Now what you have to do is not to drive them away, but to scare these people. You must use the power of thunder to exterminate the remnants of Zhang Jue, force this guy to Yanshan Mansion as much as possible, and then you will force them to hand them over. Looking at the reaction of the Song people, if they make friends happily, they will completely lose the hearts of the people and lose their reputation. If we refuse to hand over the people, then this will provide us with an excuse to send troops, in a word, to blackmail Yanshan Mansion. The Xuanfu of Yanshan Mansion made Wang Anzhong and Guo Yaoshi full of contradictions, Wang Anzhong was timid and cowardly, he handed over Zhang Jue, then Guo Yaoshi would have a rebellious heart, after all, the lips were dead and the teeth were cold, and the rabbit was dead and the fox was sad. ”

"Commander, what about Pharmacist Guo?"

"The main thing is to induce surrender, supplemented by military strikes, and in the future, we will count on this person to be the pioneer of our southward journey, after all, he is still more familiar with the situation on the Song army's side. Zhang Jue's head is not important, the key is to see how you do the article. Of course, the premise is to defeat it, and Wanyan Yan's mother disappointed Ben Shuai too much. ”

Victory in the Kingdom of Jin is a hero, and defeat is a disgrace. Now Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongqi, and Wanyan Yanmu have all been defeated once and suffered heavy losses, which makes Marshal Wanyan Xian also feel more pressured, and he doesn't want the news of defeat again.

Wan Yan Xian is also the number two person in the Jin Kingdom, in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, is the crown prince, is the first heir to the throne, of course, if the continuous defeat, the prestige will be damaged, then the so-called crown prince will be difficult to turn positive. He was clear about this, so why did he give the task of exterminating Zhang Jue this time to the brave and resourceful Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zongwang is the leader of this generation of Jin generals, and Wanyan Zonghan has become the double wall of the empire, and has made great achievements in the campaign to exterminate the Liao State. Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, can be said to be the nightmare of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished, and this guy contributed a lot.

Wanyan Zongwang attacked the Song Dynasty twice and successfully captured Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, which can be said to be the executioner of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty. This expedition to destroy Zhang Jue was a piece of cake for this brave and warlike general, he didn't take Zhang Jue to heart at all, but aimed at Yanshan Mansion, Guo Yaoshi, and even the entire Hebei Road.

Since the Jin army rebelled against the Liao State, it has annihilated nearly one million Liao troops before and after, and has fought hundreds of battles large and small, and has never lost a single one. Not to mention that thousands of them were annihilated, which was better in less than a year, three defeats, adding up to more than 20,000 casualties, such a fiasco made Wanyan Zongwang very annoyed, he vowed to save face, let those Song people understand a truth, the Jin army is still invincible.

Wanyan Zongwang led 30,000 cavalry this time, of course, not to exterminate Zhang Jue, but more importantly, to play the prestige of the Jin army, if the conditions are ripe, then directly take Yanshan Mansion.

Regarding the invasion of the Great Song Dynasty, the two powerful people in the army have completely different attitudes, Wanyan Zonghan is a conservative faction, he is the same as Marshal Wanyan Xian, the Great Song Dynasty is too large, too rich and powerful, if you want to invade, it will take at least three or five years, after all, it is not long after the destruction of the Liao State, and the internal instability needs to stabilize the domestic situation, and then go south.

On the contrary, Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai was a radical faction, eager to immediately capture the prosperous Great Song Dynasty. You must know that if you can't replenish it in time, the military supply gap will become bigger and bigger. In order to expand the army and prepare for war, it was imperative to invade the Great Song Dynasty. And Wanyan Zongwang caters to His Majesty the Emperor and has been preparing to go south, and this Zhang Jue incident is the best opportunity.

This time, Wanyan Zongwang finally chose to bring Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongqi, and Wanyan Yanmu. After all, everyone is from the royal family, and they are fighting together in the north and south, and they can't kill anything quickly, but they still have to be given a chance. Before setting out for the battle, Wanyan Zongwang said to the three of them: "This battle is your only chance, if there is another defeat, then the three of you will simply go to your hometown with your children, neither me nor Marshal Du will give you a second chance." ”

"Second prince, rest assured, this time, it will be a shame." Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongqi, and Wanyan Yanmu can be said to be unconvinced by the defeat, and they all want to take the opportunity to prove themselves and wash away the shame.

"Okay, I don't want to listen to so many rhetoric, it's all my own people, don't talk so much nonsense, talk about the last defeat, what lessons you learned, and how to avoid defeat in the future. The above are already very dissatisfied with those three, and if it weren't for my hard work, His Majesty the Emperor would not have given you a chance. As for Marshal Du's side, you know better that if you defeat the ten heavens and the earth, defeat is a shame. ”

Wanyan Zongwang was also puzzled by these three defeats, and also wondered what had happened, he had time to correct all the mistakes he had made before. This guy said coldly: "Wanyan Yanmu, your defeat is the most outrageous, you actually lost to Zhang Jue's idiot, this time you have to strangle Zhang Jue, you come to fight this battle, if you lose again, you don't have to deal with it by the marshal, I will personally cut off your head." ”

To be honest, Wanyan Yan's mother didn't know how she could be defeated, but Wanyan Zongwang smelled it, and he couldn't say that he didn't know, he stubbornly said: "As long as I am too underestimated by the enemy, I underestimate Zhang Jue." ”

"Shut up, think clearly before answering." Wanyan Zongwang's least favorite thing to provide is carelessness, nonsense such as underestimating the enemy, his point of view has always been that there must be a reason for the defeat, and similar things must be avoided after that. The second prince glared at Yan Yan's mother fiercely and then said to Yan Zongqi: "You say it first, it's best not to talk nonsense." ”

"We are not defeated, we are not as strong as others."

It's really not shocking, Wan Yan Zongqi's words suppressed Wan Yan Zongwang, how can there be a stronger team than the Jin Army in this world, if others say so, Wan Yan Zongwang must think that he is making a reason for the defeat, but he understands that Wan Yan Zongqi is not a person who shirks responsibility, this guy can't lie even if he cuts off his head, at least he won't lie in military intelligence.

After Yan Zongwang sighed, he said: "Then you can tell me how powerful the Song army is, as far as I know, the most powerful cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty is still slightly insufficient when it encounters the Western Xia cavalry, and it can't defeat the Liao army at all, how can it destroy our Jin army, what is going on." ”

Wanyan Zongqi said very aggrievedly: "Those 30,000 cavalry can't really beat our 10,000 iron cavalry, but these 30,000 cavalry are divided into five different arms, and these five branches of the army are something we have not seen before. The heavy armor of their heavy cavalry was far lighter than our Tiefutu, but their defense was greatly improved. Their light cavalry did not use the same horses as ours, which were faster and more durable. There is also the problem that they have firearms, and as long as they are fired, no matter how hard the armor is, they can't resist it. Even the iron float will be penetrated, not to mention ordinary cavalry, that guy's firing distance, lethality, firing speed, and skillfulness of operation are far more than those of crossbowmen, it is simply not a nightmare for our cavalry. ”

Maybe Wanyan Zongqi is suspected of exaggeration, which can reduce the shame of defeat, but Wanyan Zongwang completely believes what the other party said, if there is super strong armor and weapons, it is not impossible to reverse the tide of battle on the battlefield, and it is not unacceptable to defeat if it is 30,000 against 10,000.

"Very good, what you said, I will think about it, but have you ever thought about what to do in the future, is it possible that the next time you encounter this Song army, you will still be defeated?" Wanyan Zongwang's tone was still a little dissatisfied, implying that Wanyan Zongqi had exaggerated the power of firearms.

"No, if I face off against that Song army again, as long as it's not one to three, I will definitely be able to wipe it out, even if it's one to three, I can at least protect myself and won't lose my troops."

"Oh, then you say, it's still 1 to 3, how can you get to a draw with the enemy."

Wanyan Zongqi said confidently: "This Song army is not invulnerable, the five types of troops can only cooperate after they are arranged in advance, as long as our army launches a blitzkrieg, a surprise attack, and disrupts their deployment, we will take the initiative, this is the first step." The second step is to divide and surround them, and these five armies are all poor in fighting alone, and their riding skills are even less skilled. In particular, once the firearms army, which they are proud of, is surrounded alone, it is a lamb on a war horse, to be slaughtered. No matter how fast the horses of the light cavalry are, as long as they are divided, the speed cannot be increased, and they can only be slaughtered. As for the heavy armored cavalry, no matter how light the armor is, it is heavy armor after all and cannot afford to fight a war of attrition. The biggest point of our Jin army is that it is extremely fast, good at blitzkrieg, and our army is more mobile, so there is no big problem in dividing it. The important thing is that we take the lead in solving the firearms army, the heavy cavalry, then it will be a victory. Of course, this is a one-to-one situation. One against three, then we will use mobility to intersperse among the five armies, disrupt their deployment, and then concentrate on extinguishing the firearms army, then what will be saved is the combat ability of the cavalry, and the victory or defeat will definitely be five or five. ”

This is like that, Wanyan Zongwang firmly believes that the next time he encounters it, Wanyan Zongqi will definitely make mistakes again in a while, and he will definitely be able to defeat the Song army.

When he saw Wanyan Zongwang staring at him, Wanyan Zonggan knew that he couldn't dodge, and he couldn't say that he was defeated because the other party had too many troops and because of the small number of troops, so he wouldn't have to lead troops in the future.

But how to say it? Wanyan Zonggan has been thinking about how to answer all this time, but no one has ever asked him, as if defeat is the shame of the Jin army, and no one pays attention to him. After Yan Zongwang asked today, then this question cannot be avoided.

Wanyan Zonggan said ashamedly: "In this battle, there is only one reason for defeat, that is, the habit of our army is that the front army occupies one-third of the battle and rushes up to entangle with the enemy, and then the army presses on and crushes the enemy army in one go. This time, our army did just that, 3,000 cavalry pressed up, encountered the opponent's 10,000 death squad entanglement, when our army's rear army did not react, the rear 50,000 troops pressed up, ate the front army, and the rear army could not withstand it. ”

"No, why did the enemy react faster than you, it stands to reason that once the front three thousand front troops are suppressed, you should be pressed by the army as soon as possible, how can you wait for others to destroy the front army, and you haven't reacted yet?"

"Because of the snowfall that day, our vision was affected and we couldn't see clearly."

"Then why can Song Jun see it clearly?"

"Because they have a secret weapon that can see far away, it looks like a bamboo pipe, but they can see far away, far away." Wanyan Zong is not talking nonsense, but he doesn't know the clairvoyant mirror, so he can only describe it like this.

It's a weapon again, it's a secret weapon, at this time, Wanyan Zongwang fell into contemplation, and after a long time, he said: "Start the Golden Wolf Guard, find out what is going on, in the capital of the Song Kingdom, you must take the information at any cost." ”

Wanyan Zonggan opened his mouth and didn't speak, but he was still discovered by Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince glared at him and said, "If you have anything to say, you just say it." ”

"These things belong to the Duke of Qin of the Great Song Dynasty, not to the imperial court, and the Golden Wolf Guard will not find out anything in the capital."

"What do you mean, can't that Liu Zhenglong not be under the control of the Song Imperial Court?"

"Not really, it's just that this guy built these things with a lot of money." Wanyan Zonggan said some of the information he knew, although the content was not much, but one thing was very clear, Yunzhou was not taken away by the Song State at all, but was taken away by Liu Zhenglong's army, and this guy's army was obviously separated from the Song State.

Wanyan Zongwang didn't want to pay attention to Liu Zhenglong's side for the time being, he glanced at Wanyan Yan's mother and said, "Now it's time for you to say it, you are fighting against Zhang Jue's motley army, don't come up with a secret weapon too." ”

Yes, the words of the secret weapon have been said twice, and after Yan Zongqi finishes it, what Yan Zongqi said can also explain the past, after all, he is facing Liu Zhenglong's team, you must know that this guy is almost demonic, but he is facing Zhang Jue's stragglers, and it will definitely be impossible to explain it like that.

Wan Yan Yan's mother gritted her teeth, and said in her heart: "I have nothing to say, I was ambushed, and while strangling 30,000 miscellaneous troops, thousands of elite soldiers were shot by archers. By the way, there is another problem, that is, our back road was cut off, and after the mountain pass was bombed, the road was blocked by big stones, so we could only rush forward, but there were too many archers in ambush in front. ”

In fact, these Wanyan Zongwang also thought that Zhang Jue, that bastard, ordered to shoot in all directions and indiscriminately in order to win, and in this case, it would be difficult for anyone to get out of the way. He kept wondering why he couldn't withdraw, it turned out that the mountain pass had been bombed.

Wanyan Zongwang knows the situation of Rabbit Ear Mountain, that mountain pass is very difficult to blow up, so how much gunpowder is needed, or what kind of gunpowder can be exploded?

Needless to say, it was Liu Zhenglong's problem again, at this time, Wanyan Zongwang's head was dead, and there was such a powerful and dangerous enemy, which obviously had a fatal impact on the southern invasion plan.

What to do? At this time, Liu Zhenglong finally entered Wanyan Zongwang's field of vision, and these two people who were destined to be enemies for life would eventually meet.

Wanyan Zongwang said coldly: "The herald ordered the Golden Wolf Guard to fully activate, investigate Liu Zhenglong's information, and let it go, just say that the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom admires Liu Zhenglong very much, and is ready to crown him as the King of Song, and marry the Golden Leaf Princess to him." ”

Crazy, why did Wanyan Zongwang have such a decision, Wanyan Zonggan and the other three were dumbfounded, but they were just embarrassed to ask.