Hunting Yan Zongqi is very important for the Han Dynasty to send troops this time, as long as Yan Zongqi dies in battle, then it will hit Wanyan Wu begging hard, and then Wanyan Yan's appointment as the crown prince will become an ironclad fact.

After Yan Kang succeeded to the throne, that was the prelude to the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, and for the Han Dynasty, the battle to destroy the Jin would be reduced a lot. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, decided to send another surprise army to prevent Wanyan Zongqi from escaping.

Liu Zhenglong ordered the Second Army to leave Hedong as soon as possible and approach Bianliang, with the Third Army stationed in Yunzhou and the Fourth Army stationed in Taiyuan. Due to the topography, there are not many places where the Jin State and the Han State meet, as long as they defend Yunzhou and Taiyuan, it is difficult for the Jin State to attack the Han even if they put on their wings.

At the same time, Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong, and Gao Zhong each commanded 10,000 cavalry, and pursued Yan Zongqi from behind. As long as Wanyan Zongqi is destroyed, then the balance of victory in the Central Plains War will be tilted towards the Han Dynasty, and after defeating Yan Zongbi, Yan Lou Room, and Yan Yanmu in Bianliang City, then the Jin army can be driven to the north of the Yellow River, and the two countries will become antagonistic to the river.

Before setting out, Liu Zhenglong said to the two young generals: "You two have grown up step by step from me, you are the twin walls of the empire, and it is my honor to have the two of you, and it is also the honor of the Han." This time, the two of you are surprise soldiers, whoever comes back after taking Yan Zongqi's head, I will build a golden gun for him. ”

"The minister must go all out to take down Yan Zongqi's head."

Once Yan Zongqi is destroyed, it indicates that there is a full-scale war with the Jin State, in this case, the pressure on the Goryeo side will be great, and Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, gave Li Jun, the governor of Goryeo, a secret decree to complete the strangulation of Miaoqing and other powerful ministers as soon as possible, so as to ensure that in the face of the Jin army's retaliation, Goryeo can fight together.

Do your best, know the destiny of heaven. Qin Hui has done everything he can do, as for whether he can save Zhao Gou's life, it depends on the creation of the Great Song Emperor, he is a civil official, he has done everything he can plan, and he can be regarded as a minister who is benevolent and righteous. There is no ideological burden for Qin Hui, anyway, he has secretly taken refuge in the Han Dynasty, although he will not be as powerful as he is now in the Han Kingdom, but at least he has a bright future, and he has no worries about food and clothing.

Before leaving, Zhao Gou asked Qin Hui: "Among these three people, should we follow that way?" ”

"The three roads are not followed, they are all infantry, the speed is too slow, we should be lightly armed, organize a cavalry team of less than five hundred people, and these three roads are used to cover, of course, in order to avoid being forced to find, when we go out of the city, we still have to be mixed in, the minister means that Liu Guangshi is on the left, marching in the direction of Wuyang County, Liu Zhengyan is in the right towards Luyi County, and General Miao Fu is in the center of the way, directly south, the three-way army finally converges in Xiaogan, as for us to cover by that way, I hope that His Majesty will decide. ”

"Miao Fu, only Miao Fu has defeated Jin Bing among the three." Zhao Gou is still relatively cowardly in his bones, he firmly believes that only Miao Fu can leave with him, as for Liu Zhengyan and Liu Guangshi, I can't see how strong the combat power is.

In the early morning of the ninth day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Shenlong, Liu Guangshi, Liu Zhengyan, and Miao Fu respectively led 30,000 troops out of the city, and the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty followed closely behind.

The reason why the civil and military officials are not clear is because Zhao Gou, the son of heaven, only took Qin Hui and a few other confidants and important ministers, as well as more than a dozen concubines and the crown prince to leave Beijing, and other civil and military officials had to stay behind. Xianggong Bai Shizhong served as the guard of Tokyo, and Zhang Shuye served as the supervisor of the soldiers and horses, and the defense envoy of the capital. Gai’c

On the night after leaving Beijing, when they were in Tongxu County, Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and others marched overnight under the escort of 500 cavalry, while Miao Fu's army stayed for one night to prevent the Jin army from catching up.

The Jin army is cavalry, and the speed of pursuit is very fast, and the Song army is infantry, and it is destined to run on two legs and four legs, in this case, Miao Fu must be very careful, for fear that the Jin army will catch up with His Majesty, in this case, he will take the initiative to choose to stay overnight.

The Jin army chased Zhao Gou this time, it can be said that Wanyan Zongqi spent blood, he personally led 60,000 cavalry to chase after him, knowing that the Song army was divided into three roads, the Jin army was also divided into three roads.

The left army was led by Wanyan Zongchang, the right army was led by Wanyan Zongtai, and Wanyan Zongqi personally led the middle route army, and the three-way army set off in the early morning of the third day after the punishment of Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song State.

According to Wanyan Zongqi's estimate, at most when he arrives in Zhumadian, he can catch up with the Song army. As long as it caught up, it would be a massacre, and the Song Emperor would not want to escape.

Wanyan Zongqi left the camp to chase after the Song Emperor Zhao Gou was destined to be a very stupid thing, and on the night after he left, Wanyan Zongbi completed the control of the Jin army camp with the support of Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Yinshuke and others.

In the army of the Jin State, it has always been the strong who are respected, and the supreme is the marshal Wan Yan Xianye, followed by Wan Yan Zongwang, Wan Yan Zonghan, Wan Yan Zongbi, and then down is Wan Yan Lou Room, Wan Yan Zongqi and so on.

After Wanyan Zongqi led an army of 60,000 to the south, Wanyan Zongbi directly took over the military power, and the Jurchen warriors plus the vassal army signed the army, with a total strength of 400,000, and surrounded Bianliang City.

Bianliang City was besieged, and at this time, Zhang Shuye, who was the eunuch of the soldiers and horses, felt pressure, but fortunately, Bai Shizhong, who stayed in Tokyo, did not hold him back, but supported him with full support, which made Zhang Shuye very moved.

Zhao Gou was not as ruthless as Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, when Zhao Ji went south, he directly emptied the treasury, and Zhao Gou knew that the defensive pressure was very high, so he just took away the royal wealth, and did not move the treasury.

Bai Shizhong is a person with a great sense of justice, and he knows that the pressure of defending the city is great, so he will give Zhang Shuye maximum support in the allocation of materials.

Bai Shizhong called Zhang Shuye to the house, and he said to Zhang Shuye: "You defend the city with all your might, this appearance will relieve your worries, and it will definitely not support your hind legs." The pressure of defending the city will be very great, but as long as you can hold on for more than half a year, I believe that the difficulty of the capital will be solved naturally. ”

"I don't know what the natural interpretation of Xianggong means?"

"The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty will not sit idly by, otherwise he would not have stationed 200,000 troops in Luoyang." Bai Shizhong didn't have much to do with Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, but he still believed that for the sake of righteousness, the Han Emperor would definitely send troops. It's just that the troops were sent to help the Song State, and it is not certain whether they will destroy the Song Dynasty.

Although Bai Shizhong has a great sense of justice, he, like most civil officials, is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, but he is not loyal to a certain person, to put it bluntly, whoever is the emperor is loyal to whom, whose court is loyal to whom, will be loyal to whom. In Bai Shizhong's opinion, when Zhao Gou is the emperor, he may not be as good as Liu Zhenglong. In other words, whoever can drive the Jin army away from the country is a good emperor.

The rivers and mountains take turns to sit, and it doesn't matter who is the king. This is the mentality of most of the literati represented by Bai Shizhong, they are not traitors, nor are they corrupt officials, and many of them even have clean sleeves, but the loyalty and patriotism in their hearts must be who sits on the throne and is loyal to whom.

Zhang Shuye is a minister, the kind of person who is willing to throw his head and spill his blood for the royal family, in his eyes, Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, is a chaotic minister and thief, and he will never defect.

Seeing that Uncle Zhang didn't react, Bai Shizhong continued: "The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is destined to dominate the world, how can he let the Jin people conquer the capital?" The Han army will definitely sweep the Jin army on the outskirts of Bianliang City within half a year, and then annihilate them all. ”

"Bai Xianggong, don't forget that you are the Xiangguo of the Great Song Dynasty, how can you say such a rebellious remark?"

Zhang Shuye was very angry at this time, but because Bai Shizhong was older than him, had a high position, and was his top boss, he couldn't bear to quarrel with the other party, but his position was still clearly on the side of Da Song.

Bai Shizhong didn't expect that Uncle Zhang didn't know the current affairs at night, and he said coldly: "When foreign invades, the king should defend the country and the society, and flee is worthy of the people of the world?" In other words, can the Son of Heaven come back after escaping this time? Bianliang City will either return to the Han Dynasty or to the Jin, and it is destined not to belong to the Great Song Dynasty. Defend the city, and this minister will fully support you. As long as you can hold on until the Great Song Emperor, I am willing to confess my sins and surrender to the law. If you can't hold on, I hope you can think of the common people in the world and don't hand over Bianliang City to the Jin Army. ”

"Even if Zhang sheds the last drop of blood, he will not hand over Bianliang City to the Jin people." Zhang Shuye is loyal and patriotic, but he really can't convince Bai Shizhong, because when the Emperor of the Song State will return to the capital and how long he can hold on, it is really uncertain.

If the city is really broken, the Jin army will burn and loot when it enters the city, and the people will be slaughtered, and if the Han army enters the city, the people will at least not suffer, at this time Zhang Shuye was very conflicted.

The bloody battle did not come as Zhang Shuye expected, the Jin army just trapped Bianliang City, and then began to hunt and kill the Song army outside the city and the rebels who came from all over the city, the blood flowed outside Bianliang City, the Bianshui River was not dyed red, and there were corpses everywhere, and the scene was terrible.

The poor Song army, the main reason why the righteous army was trapped outside the city was that Zhao Gou, the son of heaven, did not believe in these warriors, coupled with the contempt for warriors in the bones of the civilian officials, caused hundreds of thousands of troops to be blocked outside the city. Most of these armies are local van troops, and the rebel armies who came from all over the country were short of food on weekdays, and now they are blocked out of the city, and the imperial court does not give them any supplies, so they are already demoralized, the army is discouraged, and they are even more vulnerable in the face of the impact of the powerful Jin army.

Every day, there are countless box troops, the righteous army was brutally killed by the Jin army, and it can't be stopped at all, in this case, there is a box army, the righteous army broke and fled, less than a month, there is no shadow of the Song army outside Bianliang City, only 400,000 Jin troops remain, they still did not attack the city in this case, but kept transporting siege equipment, transporting giant trees, stones, it seems that they are fully prepared to attack the city.

If the Jin army attacked the city, the civil and military officials in the city, and the people of the forbidden army would still be able to work together to resist the enemy. However, the Jin army did not immediately attack the city, which created great trouble for the city, and the contradictions of various classes in the city were quickly planned, and soon formed a boiling trend.

The first to attack is the group of self-righteous civil officials, they have always looked down on the generals, and even those civil servants who led the troops at some times, now that His Majesty is gone, Bianliang City is full of soldiers, and robberies have happened repeatedly, not only robbing the poor people, but also robbing the rich, and even robbing the gentry and robbing the officials.

Bai Shizhong knew that Zhang Shuye was under a lot of pressure and didn't want to cause him trouble, so he could only try his best to convince these civil officials. But how could the civil officials, who have always been arrogant, give in easily, they are constantly pressuring, and not only that, they have begun to restrain Uncle Zhang. The most typical is that the household department is still in charge of the ceremony, and the military department is the secretary of the military department, Sun Fu, the two of them are making things difficult for Zhang Shuye in every way, deducting military salaries and materials as much as possible, and the contradictions between the two sides gradually stand up sharply.

The reason why the soldiers robbed everywhere revealed Zhang Shuye's biggest shortcoming, that is, he was born as a civilian official and was familiar with military books, and he did have a set of leading the army to fight, but it was slightly insufficient in governing the army.

When Uncle Zhang led the troops before, it was the peak of the national power of the Great Song Dynasty, and the civil officials rode on the heads of the generals, and the generals dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so they could only listen to Uncle Zhang obediently. Later, there was the famous Battle of Mengjin, and the strategic commander Zhang Shuye did have a set, and his strategy was not even under Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, but after all, he was a civilian official and lacked the domineering spirit to kill decisively. The army has always had an absolute advantage in numbers, the morale of the army is high, and it seems that the combat strength is sufficient, and there is no danger at all.

The Jin army besieged the city, and did not attack, but it brought greater deterrent power than the attack. Every day, giant trebuchets throw leaflets at the city, with only one theme: if you don't surrender, then the day the city is broken, it will be the time to slaughter the city, and everyone in the city will be slaughtered, and no one will be left.

The shock is not the propaganda leaflet, but the Jingguan outside the city, which is piled up with hundreds of thousands of heads, that is the box army outside the city, the head of the righteous army, this shock makes the Song army in the city unbearable, not to mention the low morale, military discipline began to slacken.

Psychological warfare, this battle of the Jin army fought beautifully, for this situation, Zhang Shuye seemed a little powerless, he was not afraid of the Jin army attacking the city, but he was powerless against this kind of psychological warfare.

It is only at this time that I know how much influence the meritorious family has on the army of the Great Song Dynasty, and almost all of the generals below are inextricably linked with the meritorious family. Of course, if you don't bring the soldiers well, you won't be able to keep your head, Liu Zhenglong's killing is decisive, and it is not comparable to Zhang Shuye, a civil official from the prefect.