In order to block the attack of the Jurchens, Yelu Zongyuan bet almost all the soldiers and horses in his hands. The number of troops assembled in the entire Zhongjing Province was only more than 500,000, and the number of troops in these two places was as high as 450,000. It can be seen that he is determined to keep the Jurchens out of Zhongjing Dao.

However, after thousands of calculations, Yelu Zongyuan forgot one thing. The Jurchens grew up in the lofty mountains of Changbai Mountain, and have long been adapted to the life of galloping in the mountains. The Jurchens rode horses through rugged mountains and rocks, through forests and streams, and through treacherous terrain. The famous horses of Changbai Mountain they ride are also extremely strong, and the steep mountain roads can also be traversed as if they were flat.

It is precisely because of such skills and capital that Wanyan Aguda proposed a bold plan to directly cross the Yiwulu Mountain. He had to cross more than 40 miles of dangerous peaks and steep slopes, so that his 170,000 soldiers and horses could directly reach the inland of Zhongjing Road.

Wanyan Agu dared to think about it, and he dared to do it. Even though some in the army objected, he insisted. Entering the mountains from the territory of Tokyo's Daoxianshu, Wanyan Aguda sent an advance team of 10,000 soldiers and horses, which was specially responsible for opening roads and building bridges in extremely steep places. But wherever there is a way to go, it cannot stop the advance of the Jurchen army. Only in those places where there is no way to go, it is necessary to build simple rattan bridges and move huge rocks to open up passages.

No one could have imagined that it would take only three days for Wanyan Aguda to do the impossible. Although nearly 6,000 people were lost on the way through this mountain, most of them fell to their deaths, and countless fell into the cliffs of mountain streams. However, the army of more than 160,000 people successfully crossed the Yiwu Lu Mountain at dusk three days later and entered the flat land of Zhongjing Road. Moreover, Wanyan Aguda also destroyed several Huangling tombs of the Liao people in the Yiwulu Mountain by the way, and destroyed the so-called dragon vein feng shui of the Liao people.

That night, the people of Yizhou City, located in the middle of the Daling River in Shannan, were attacked by Jurchen soldiers and horses who appeared out of nowhere without warning. Where are the soldiers and horses stationed in the city of Yizhou, the soldiers and horses in the city have long been evacuated. Moreover, Yizhou is still in the middle of Yiwulu Mountain, which is the safest place, where there will be the slightest defense. The battle was almost bloodless, and the entire Yizhou was shrouded in bloodshed and massacre all night, and at dawn, nearly 70,000 Liao people in the city were almost dead.

The reason why Wanyan Aguda agreed to his soldiers and horses to start their expedition in this murderous way was to let his Jurchen warriors inspire their fierce blood and give them a clear motivation. It is also to give the Liao people a dismount, so that all the Liao people are afraid and cold, and lose their fighting spirit.

Wanyan Aguda gave an order, and whoever saw the woman first would be enjoyed, and whoever grabbed the property first would be owned. This is what brings out the murderous nature of the Jurchen warriors and encourages them to fight for these things. Of course, Wanyan Aguda also issued a strict order, but if there is an internal fight between women over property, whether it is right or wrong, both parties will be executed. Even the teams to which both sides belong are punished by a ban from participating in the massacre carnival.

At dawn, the water of the Daling River, which passed through the city, was dyed red, and countless corpses drifted eastward along the river, and the situation was terrible, like a river of blood in hell.

Yelu Cai, the son of Yelu Zongyuan, who was stationed in Haibei Prefecture downstream and waiting for the enemy, until the next morning

only then did I learn the news that Yizhou was washed in blood. It was because the corpse that had drifted dozens of miles upstream was found by the riverside residents and reported that Yelucai realized that something had happened somewhere upstream.

When they learned the news that Yizhou had been attacked by the enemy, the Jurchen cavalry had already left Yizhou for four or five hours, like a huge sharp blade, straight into the inner part of Zhongjing Road. Yeluchun urgently mobilized his troops and horses to drive away and chased away. At the same time, he also immediately informed Ye Luchun, the eldest prince stationed in Yizhou, that he would immediately return to the army to pursue, and the other party had already planted his wings and flew in.

How could Yelu Zongyuan think that his so-called two-headed snake formation did not work at all, and people pinched it to seven inches and pinched his life.

The situation is not undire, and this so-called double-headed snake formation has used most of the soldiers and horses in Yelu Zongyuan's hands. At present, there are only 70,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and the inland state capital is completely empty. And now the Jurchen cavalry is heading straight for Zhongjing Dading Mansion, and the two opposing armies are now left on the periphery. The two-headed snake failed to bite anyone, but it was plucked out by a black tiger from the Jurchens.

A day later, the Jurchen army conquered Qianzhou, and it was another bloody massacre. Qianzhou was washed in blood, and only half of the 80,000 people in the city escaped, fleeing south along the Daling River to Xingzhongfu. But it was also because of this that the Jurchen army delayed time to conquer the state capitals along the way, which gave Yelu Zongyuan the opportunity to dispatch troops and horses.

Yelu Zongyuan hurriedly ordered that 50,000 of the 70,000 soldiers and horses in Dading Mansion be urgently transferred to Xingzhong Mansion. At the same time, the Eagle Falcon, which was used to deliver the news, delivered Yelu Zongyuan's urgent order to the army led by Yelu Chun and Yelu Cai. Yelu Zongyuan asked the two of them to send all the cavalry and horses to gallop to the aid of Xingzhongfu, and the slow-moving infantry and heavy soldiers and horses followed up, so as not to delay the speed of the army's gallop.

Originally, the army of the two roads of Daliao, which was not far from the Jurchen army, was not only not used to take advantage of the opportunity to chase the enemy after Qianzhou was conquered, but was pulled away for dozens of miles because of the slow speed of the overall march. Yelu Zongyuan's order was to take the lead in cavalry, and they could no longer rush back with slow-moving infantry.

As a result, the three-way cavalry rushed to aid Xingzhong Mansion from the direction of Dadingfu and the two armies of the north and south. Yelu Zongyuan's intention was obvious, he could not allow the Jurchen army to attack directly under the city of Dadingfu, he wanted to use Xingzhongfu, the second largest city in the Zhongjing Road, guarding the important passage at the intersection of the two major rivers of the Daling River and the Yakniu River, to drag the Jurchen army two hundred miles northeast of Dadingfu. The Jurchen soldiers must not be allowed to come to the capital of Zhongjing, which will cause the whole situation to get out of control and panic in the hearts of the army and the people.

Moreover, Yelu Zongyuan knew that the topographical location of Xingzhong Mansion had the capital to block the Jurchen army. At a critical time, he still has a last resort to block the Jurchens' attack. Of course, the premise is that the Xingzhong Mansion cannot stop the Jurchen army, and he will use that last resort.

On the 10th day of the first month of April, Wanyan Agu Dahua captured the last state capital northeast of Xingzhong Province - Sichuan Prefecture. As soon as Sichuan Prefecture was lost, Xingzhong Mansion was exposed, and there was no barrier. The good news is that Sichuan Prefecture had become an empty city before the arrival of the Jurchen army, and all the people of the government fled to Xingzhong Mansion for refuge, and the entire city was destroyed and burned, and there was almost nothing

Leave it for the men and horses of Wanyan Aguda. When the Jurchen army entered the city, they saw the ruins of a city.

In fact, most of the cities of Liao can be said to be undefended cities. This is naturally due to the nomadic habits of the steppe in their early years. Except for Wujing and a few large state capitals, the rest of the cities did not have any decent city defenses. To exaggerate, the so-called prefecture and county towns are just settlements that have built a wall around the land, built houses and built roads. This is the same as the ancestors of the Liao people, the Khitan people, who enclosed the grassland with tents and wooden fences.

Even in order to make it easier for you to travel on horseback, some cities do not even have real gates, and there are many exits to the city, which is completely open. This also led to the fact that the Jurchen army could easily set foot on these so-called cities. However, in the face of Kojungfu, the second largest city in Chukyo Province, the situation is completely different. Although the scale of Xingzhong Mansion must be larger and half of Dingfu is smaller, this is a fortified city on the plain. As a subsidiary city of Gongwei Dading Mansion, it can not only act as a barrier, but also become a retreat at a critical time, so the city defense facilities of Xingzhong Mansion are complete, and it is by no means comparable to those undefended cities.

The geographical location of Xingzhong Province is excellent, with a total of four peaks in the north and south, Dahua Mountain and Qingshan Ridge on the north side, and Helong Mountain and Fengtai Mountain on the south side. Although these four mountains are not the kind of mountains that are tall and steep, and the altitude is only a few hundred meters, they have perfectly blocked all the passages within a radius of 100 miles on the north and south sides of Xingzhong Mansion. Let the Daling River pass between the four mountains, and let the Xingzhong Mansion hold on the main road between the four mountains. This is also the reason why the Jurchen army must take Xingzhong Province. It is unrealistic to want to go through the mountain again, it will delay a lot of time, and when you pass through the mountain, the other party is afraid that the army has already retreated and assembled, and it is ready to fight. Moreover, the strategic significance of taking Xingzhong Province is very great, that is, it is to lay a solid foothold for the Jurchen army in Zhongjing Road, and become a strategic stronghold that can be attacked, retreated, and defended. This is extremely important.

In Wanyan Aguda's strategic intentions, Xingzhong Mansion must be taken, which is a key step in his strategic two-step process.

Mo watched Yan Agu's soldiers and horses being menacing, but in fact, they themselves also had a great crisis. You must know that in order to unexpectedly attack the hinterland of Zhongjing Road, Wanyan Agu ventured through Yiwulu Mountain. This move did work, but in fact, it also brought great hidden dangers. When the army crossed the Yiwulu Mountain, they had to abandon all their baggage and equipment to travel lightly before they could cross the mountain. As the saying goes, there are gains and losses, and although the strategic intent has been achieved, the costs and pressures paid for it are becoming greater and greater with the passage of time and the evolution of the situation.

First, there is the issue of provisions. More than 100,000 people and horses could not drink the northwest wind, although they carried dry food, bean cakes and other things, but because they could not carry a large amount of supplies through Yiwulu Mountain, the supplies carried by the army were less than ten days. This requires that after entering Zhongjing Dao, the Jurchen army must continue to loot supplies to support the war. This is also one of the important reasons why the Jurchen army did not choose to go straight to Dadingfu, but attacked these state cities along the way. It is necessary to constantly loot supplies to maintain the needs of the army, otherwise, the problem of eating and chewing cannot be solved, and the army will be defeated.