- Taiyuan

Different from Wanyan Zongwang, who directly raided Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zonghan also ordered Wang Jieru and Salimur to accompany Ma Kuo back to Taiyuan City with a letter when he sent his army south, Tong Guan did not know that the Jin army had gone south at this time, and when he learned that the Jin envoy had arrived, he immediately ordered a banquet and hospitality, and also gave gold and silver, for fear of neglect.

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There is also Qionglou in Taiyuan Mansion, now Qionglou has been opened all over the Song Kingdom, because of the novelty of eating, fun to play, highly sought after, Tong Guan this banquet Jin envoy is chosen here.

A group of dancing girls danced in the middle of the banquet, Wang Jieru and Sarimur looked at each other and smiled from time to time while drinking, and it was naturally Tong Guan in the main seat, accompanied by Taiyuan prefect Zhang Xiaochun, Ma Kuo, Yuwenxu and other officials.

Yuwen Xuzhong is the Jinshi of the three years of Daguan, his real name is Yuwen Huangzhong, he was given the name of Xuzhong by Zhao Ji, and has served as a resident of the house, a national history editor, a scholar and so on, and this time he came to Taiyuan to work for the army.

Ma Kuo looked at Tong Guan, anxious, he had been anxious to see Tong Guan since he returned to Taiyuan, and he had been anxious to see Tong Guan to report the changes in the Jin Kingdom, but the Jin people had been by his side to control him, and he had no chance to talk to Tong Guan until now.

"The two noble envoys are coming from afar, they will be tired, today we only talk about Fengyue, not about state affairs, come, we will raise this cup together to congratulate the two Majesies!" Tong Guan raised his wine glass and said to everyone.

The Song people naturally raised their glasses, but Tong Guan was surprised to see that Wang Jieru and Sarimur were shaking their heads and smiling, and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean, two adults?" ”

Wang Jieru took out a letter from his bosom and said, "King Tong, let's take a look at our marshal's letter first, oh, by the way, in October this year, Your Majesty has finished canonizing Lord Yan Zonghan as Marshal Zuo." ”

Saying that, Wang Jieru handed the letter to the little guy on the side, and the little guy carefully handed it to Tong Guan, Tong Guan glanced at Wang Jieru suspiciously, and then opened the letter.

It is written in the letter that the culprit of Zhang Jue's rebellion against the Jin State is the Song State, and now the Jin State has decided to send troops south to Kaifeng to ask for the guilt, if the Song State still has a little sincerity, he should let the Emperor of the Song State take the princess and property to the Jin army camp to ask for guilt, and the tone of the words is extremely arrogant.

After reading the letter, Tong Guan was taken aback by the matter of Jin Guo's sending troops, and hurriedly asked, "You and I have an alliance between our two countries, even if we want to ask for guilt, a small official is enough, why do you want to send troops?" And why is such a big thing being said now? ”

Sarimur laughed and said, "Our army has already set off, why bother to tell me?" Tell the king the truth, now my country Wanyan Zongwang is the right marshal to take Yanshan Mansion, Wanyan Zonghan is the left marshal should have taken Shuozhou at this time, and the king is waiting for the battle report. ”

Tong Guan was dumbfounded when he heard this, Yuwen stood up in a humble manner, pointed at Sarimur and shouted, "If you don't declare war, can you be human?" ”

Although Ma Kuo had been mentally prepared, but when the matter came, he still sighed, "Soldiers, murder weapons, heaven does not like it, the death of the Liao State, my Song State also contributed to it, and your Jin State does not take into account that my Song State is also a country with accumulation, so you are not worried about my Song State preparing its army, so that you can enter well and get out?" ”

Salimur laughed and said, "If we are afraid of your Song army, we will not go south, and it will not take much time to come, and the battle report will be delivered, King Tong, if I are you, I will cede the land of Hebei and Hedong to us Jin State, so that you and I still have a chance to make an alliance." ”

Tong Guan was frightened and his face turned pale, the first battle of Yanzhou made him understand the gap between the Song army and the Jin army, if the Western Xia is a wolf, the Song army has only horns of sheep as long as there are enough can fight, then the Liao army is a leopard, the Song army only has the share of fleeing for their lives, the Jin army is a group of tigers who came out of the mountains and forests, and the smell of the Song army will be soft.

And what's the benefit of fighting with the Jin army? He Tong Guan is already the king of Guangyang County, what is he doing so desperately?

Tong Guan watched Wang Jieru and Sarimur leave with a smile, and didn't know what to say. Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, hurriedly said, "King, now that the Jin army is heading south, I am afraid that the border army will not be able to resist, so we should mobilize the western army to fight against it!" Please also ask the king to guard Taiyuan, dispatch troops, and keep the enemy out! ”

Tong Guan almost jumped up when he was said, what? Let him guard Taiyuan.... Is there an order from the emperor? Dispatch troops without the will of the imperial court? Isn't this nonsense?

Tong Guan said righteously, "The Jin army is going south, this is a national event, I should immediately open the cover to see the saint, and mobilize the world's soldiers and horses to fight against it!" Taiyuan, a corner of the land, there is the prefect of the king's mansion, I will let the king help again, it will be no hindrance! ”

Zhang Xiaochun was angry, at this time, if the sergeant knew that Tong Guan had fled south, where would there be any military morale, he said, "The king is leaving, the people's hearts will be scattered, and then Hedong will fall, Hebei will not be protected, please think twice!" ”

Tong Guan saw that Zhang Xiaochun was obstructing himself in every way, and he couldn't help but become angry, and said, "Guan was ordered to preach and appease, not to defend the land." If you want to stay, what is the commander? ”

It turns out that in addition to being the prefect, this Zhang Xiaochun also has an official position as the Hedong pacification envoy, because Taiyuan is a border area, so the Taiyuan prefect and the Hedong pacification envoy have been one person since the Western Xia rebellion, and the pacification envoy is an official position with a military nature, and the Hedong pacification envoy is the highest military governor of Hedong Road. Tong Guan's remarks are based on facts, although they are strong words.

The more the two sides talked, the more stiff they became, Tong Guan simply threw up his sleeves and left, Zhang Xiaochun looked at Tong Guan's back and sighed.

Tong Guan returned to his residence, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Taiyuan was not a place to stay for a long time, so he took someone to open the city gate that night and went straight to Kaifeng.

When Zhang Xiaochun knew that Tong Guan had fled on the second day, he couldn't help but scold: "On weekdays, Tong Guan has a little prestige, and when things are done, he is shrinking and fearful, and he is running away, how can he see the Son of Heaven again?" ”

This scolding is scolding, the Jin people still have to fight, Zhang Xiaochun has no choice but to consult with Wang Yu, the general who stayed behind by Tong Guan.

Wang Yu was one of the main generals of the former Tong Guan under the command of Fang La, and he later followed Tong Guan to attack Liao, although he was defeated because of the indiscriminate command of Tong Guan and others, but he could not erase Wang Yu's ability as a general in the army.

Wang Yu brought his eldest son Wang Xun to Zhang Xiaochun's mansion together, and he still didn't know that the Jin army had gone south, so it was quite strange for Zhang Xiaochun to suddenly summon him.

As soon as Zhang Xiaochun saw him, he immediately asked, "After the official is a famous family, he has received the grace of the imperial court for many generations, and he is in a hurry today, but can he die?" ”

Wang Yu was brainless by Zhang Xiaochun's words, and couldn't help asking, "Why did Xianggong say this?" Since I was in the army, I have never been afraid of death! ”

Zhang Xiaochun praised again and again, and then told Wang Yu the news that the Jin army might have gone south.

Wang Yu was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "When did the Jin army invade the south?" How many soldiers? Who is the commander? What about the classes? Where to go? By the way, what about King Tong? ”

Zhang Xiaochun didn't mention Tong Guan, but when he mentioned it, he was angry, and said disdainfully, "Tong Guan returned to the capital overnight last night, and now he is probably a hundred miles away." ”

Wang Yu said helplessly, "In this way, the Xianggong can only preside over the overall situation, but the Xianggong can only dispatch soldiers and horses all the way, and the Jin army will go south, if there is no foreign aid, I will be in danger of Taiyuan!" ”

Zhang Xiaochun asked, "Chief Manager Wang knows the art of war very well, and he asked me for advice." ”

Wang Yu forced himself to calm down, he knew that Zhang Xiaochun was just a civil official, and he didn't know anything about war at all, if he panicked, then this land east of the river would really be over.

Wang Yu closed his eyes for a while, and then said, "When the Jin army goes south, it will inevitably take Shuozhou first, and then replace the state, and enter Taiyuan through Xinkou, I don't worry about anything else, I'm worried about the instability of the Yisheng army." ”

Speaking of the Yisheng Army, Zhang Xiaochun also annoyed, "This Yisheng Army is not a Song person, and it has a lot of separation with us, but it is difficult to protect." ”

Speaking of this righteous victory army, it has a three-point relationship with Guo Yaoshi's winning army.

It turned out that Tong Guan and others were worried that the tail of the Changsheng Army would not fall, so they decided to build a force according to the routine of the Changsheng Army, which was the Yisheng Army.

The Yisheng Army, like the Changsheng Army, used the generals who defected to the Song State from the Liao State in the past, and most of the soldiers were Han'er.

Han'er is not the meaning of the Song people, the child is the dialect of the people, and the reason why Mongolia was divided into four categories of people when the Han and the Nan people were separated was for historical reasons, Han Er originally referred to the people under the jurisdiction of the original Han Dynasty, but after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Liao and Song confrontations, the meaning of the Han people changed, and the Song people began to call themselves Song people and Nan people, and Han Er became the Han people living in the Liao State.

In the battle of Jin Liao, a large number of Han people who originally lived in the Liao State fled to the Song State and were appeased by the Song State, most of these Han people have experienced the war, so they are much more fierce than the people of the Song State who have been peaceful for a long time, so most of them were called into the army, and the one in Yanyun is the Changsheng Army, and the one in Hedong and other places is the Yisheng Army.

It stands to reason that these righteous victories should be grateful to the Song court, after all, the Song Dynasty not only took them in, but also gave them a job, which was true at first, but soon the soldiers of the righteous victorious army found out that something was wrong.

First of all, there was a contradiction between the original Song army and the Yisheng army, and the Yisheng army was built to go to the strong army from the beginning, so the materials given by Tong Guan were all selected and sent, using newly built blades, living in the newly built camp, and even the food eaten was new rice, which made the original Song army very dissatisfied, not only insulting them with words like Fanren in language, but also often threatening to drive them away.

What makes the Yisheng army even more angry is the attitude of the local people and the government, the generals of the Song Dynasty army are often rotated, but most of the sergeants are from the local area, which is also a helpless move in ancient times because of traffic and other reasons, after all, you let a Hebei person go to Jiangnan to be a soldier, nine times out of ten will fall ill in the local area because of the water and soil adaptation, etc., the local Song army does not wait to see the righteous victory army, which naturally leads to the local people and the government not waiting to see the righteous victory army.

Don't think that the local people and the government think that the Yisheng Army is to protect them, the Yisheng Army is not only an army, but also the family members who moved south with them, and these families need fields to live, but the population of the Song State has been breeding for so many years, where is there still ownerless fields.

It's okay, Tong Guan and others have a way, he forced the acquisition of Hedong fields under the banner of a strong army, and then distributed it to the Yisheng Army, while also collecting a lot of land into his own pocket, the people of Hedong have no way to Tong Guan, but the family members of the Yisheng Army can be discriminated against and excluded, in ancient times, for water sources, mountains and forests and other issues, village fights were commonplace, and most of the local officials maintained the local people, which made the Yisheng Army deviate from the Song Dynasty.

These problems are nothing on weekdays, and they will be assimilated into each other after tens or hundreds of years, but now it is a fatal thing.

What worries Wang Yu and others even more is that the Yisheng Army already has a history of rebellion, not long ago, there was a Yisheng army originally stationed in Longde Mansion The whole army crossed the border and defected to the Jin country, these Yisheng troops are already familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers in Hedong, the cultural and dangerous places, and can be said to be the best guide in the Jin country.

But to let the Yisheng army leave Hedong, Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun can't do it, the Yisheng army has tens of thousands of people in Hedong, and at such a critical time now, it is good to have one more soldier, how can the army be transferred.

Wang Yu thought for a long time, and didn't know how to take this righteous victory army, he could only hope that the righteous victory army on the front line had some loyalty, and continued to say to Zhang Xiaochun, "Zhang Xianggong, now that the Jin army has gone south, as I think, Shuozhou must have fallen into the hands of thieves, our army should hold Xinkou, and then defend Taiyuan, as long as Taiyuan is not lost, our dynasty will have a foundation in Hedong."

The elite of our dynasty is all in the Western Army, and holding Taiyuan is only one of them, and the Western Army must defeat the Jin soldiers.

Please spend some pen and ink, write to the northwest to fold the family and other generals, and ask the Western Army to come to the rescue, only in this way can we win a complete victory. ”

Zhang Xiaochun nodded again and again after hearing this, and immediately wrote more than ten letters asking for help to ask for reinforcements.

On the other side, Wang Yu gathered the defenders around Taiyuan and prepared to defend the city.

It's also pitiful, although Tong Guan left Wang Yu behind, there are not many troops for Wang Yu.

The most reliable army in Wang Yu's hands at this time was the 3,000 "Shengjie Army", which was the upper army of the Song army, and most of the sergeants were one in a hundred, which was Wang Yu's most valuable strength.

But in addition, Wang Yu no longer has a reliable army, the troops guarding various places in the north dare not be transferred back, and the number of troops in the south is insufficient and cannot be used, Wang Yu is almost white-headed.

What Wang Yu is even more worried about is that according to his experience, his biggest enemy is probably not the Jin army, but his teammates.

Wang Yu was right.

Wanyan Zonghan led the army all the way to Shuozhou and Wuzhou, and the righteous victorious army that had been preparing for a long time immediately happily killed the local Song officials, and gave the two places to the Jin State.

Wanyan Zonghan incorporated the local Yisheng Army, and then continued south to Daizhou, Daizhou is Yanmen Pass, here has been an important place for soldiers since ancient times, and the past dynasties have worked the defense of this place, although Wanyan Zonghan is arrogant, but he also knows that he can't underestimate the opponent when he has been in the army all year round, and he has not yet entered Daizhou and said to the left and right, "Since here, there will be several fierce battles, I often say to you and others on weekdays that the southerners can be bullied, but the southern army is good at guarding, and our cavalry cannot be used here, and you must be prepared for a bloody battle." ”

Wanyan Yinshuke and the others cheered up when they heard this, Jin Guoguo has also been in the country for several years, they are not the wild people who only know how to drill the forest every day in the past, the great names of Yanmen Pass have heard of it, and when they arrived at the city of Daizhou, Wanyan Zonghan carefully arranged the formation, preparing for a big fight, but before the siege began, the city was in chaos first.

The guard general of Daizhou is called Li Siben, Li Siben is also a Han, but he is not from Datong, he is a Yan person, Li Siben has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility since he defected to the Song State, guarding Daizhou, Li Siben is also grateful to the Song Dynasty, and wants to be a loyal and good general in the new country.

Therefore, when he learned that the Jin army was coming, he immediately ordered all his troops to go to the city wall and prepare for defense.

In the hall, Li Siben was wearing battle armor under the service of his personal guards, he looked at his somewhat bulging belly and sighed a little, his life in the Song Kingdom was indeed much better than in the Liao Kingdom, and he was a lot fatter.

Li Siben was about to take the helmet and go out, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and couldn't help but wonder, "The big war is coming, why the noise?" Check it out. ”

The guard was about to open the door, when a huge force threw it aside, and Li Siben was horrified to see a group of heavily armed sergeants rushing in.

"You... What do you want to do? Li Siben held the sword, took a step back and shouted.

"General, we don't have any other ideas, we just want the general to take me home!" The first general waved his hand to silence the sergeant, and said to Li Siben.

Li Siben asked puzzledly, "Go home?" Isn't this the state we are waiting for? Which of you doesn't have a house field in this state? Where else to go back? ”

The general shook his head and said, "The Song Kingdom doesn't treat us as its own people, why should we do that hemorrhoidal licking thing, why don't we sacrifice the city and return it to the Jin Kingdom?" ”

Li Siben was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say, the general had already waved his hand to capture Li Siben left and right, and Daizhou, a thousand-year-old pass, was obtained by the Jin State without blood.

After Yan Zonghan learned about the cause and effect of the incident, he sighed to the left and right, "The Song Kingdom does not appease the warriors, and the way to die is also." ”

Wanyan Zonghan continued to lead the troops to the south, to Lao County, Cui Zhong, the commander of the Yisheng Army, was also surrounded by Jin soldiers in the city, in addition to the Yisheng Army, there are also three thousand soldiers and horses commanded by Li Yi on the west road of Daizhou, Laoxian County is dangerous, the city is small, originally these two soldiers and horses should unite to resist the enemy, but Li Yi, who has already learned about Shuozhou and Daizhou, still dares to believe in the Yisheng Army, and before the war with the Jin soldiers, he ran to the county government to find the county official Li Shu and said, "Cui Zhong Han'er, greedy for profit, how can there be loyalty, can you defend with it?" In the event of internal changes, it will not only lead to the misuse of the country, but also the disaster of our family. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and Li Yi continued, "Until now, only the first peace can control the outside. ”

Li Yi's words reached Cui Zhong's ears before half an hour, it turned out that Cui Zhong was also worried that Li Yi would be unfavorable to himself, and had already sent scouts in the army to listen to Li Yi's movements, after learning that Li Yi really had an unfavorable heart for himself, Cui Zhong didn't say a word, first strike first, and directly led the army to besiege the county office, Li Yi, who was still in the county office, was caught off guard, and finally was captured alive because of being outnumbered after a night of death, Li Yi saw Cui Zhong scolded repeatedly, Cui Zhong sneered, "If I sit in the camp, I am afraid that I will be captured today." ”

Li Yi scolded, "Han'er has no faith, he only hates that he didn't kill you earlier, but now he is trapped in my country!" ”

Cui Zhong snorted and ordered someone to shoot him, and the other Li Yi soldiers and horses who were also stationed in the city were also captured and killed in turn, Wanyan Zonghan listened to the shouting and killing in the city all night outside the city, and when he was hesitating, he saw the city gate wide open, and then he knew that there was internal strife in the city, and he took the ground without firing a single arrow.

Wanyan Zonghan looked at the spear in his victory hook, and was almost speechless, so he could only leave the soldiers and horses to guard and go south again, this time he arrived in Xinzhou.

Xinzhou is also the place where the famous Battle of Xinkou broke out in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in later generations, here is the barrier Taiyuan, to the north to undertake Yunshuo, is another important place on the border of the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zonghan feels that there is always a fierce battle here, the result is still ten miles away from Xinzhou, Tanma came to report that there is a team of men and horses are beating gongs and drums standing on the side of the road waiting for them.

Wanyan Zonghan thought it was a trick of the Song army, and carefully sent a scout horse to check around, but the scout horse was almost thirty miles away, and he didn't see a single ambush.

After Yan Zonghan arrived at the intersection, he saw the person wearing the official mansion of the Song Dynasty, bowing to the ground, holding the seal in his hand, and then he understood that he was here to surrender.

Wanyan Zonghan couldn't stand the mess along the way, and asked the official, "Who are you?" Why did you drop me? ”

The man said hesitantly, "Xiaguan is the prefect of Xinzhou, He Quan, I have heard that the king is invincible, invincible, not my southerners can arrive, Xiaguan does not want the people's lives to be ruined, so he surrendered early." ”

Wanyan Zonghan said curiously, "The terrain of your Xinzhou is dangerous, if you have 10,000 soldiers, you can stop me for several months, why don't you fight?" ”

He Quan said with a smile, "The king said that he was joking, all the king's subordinates are elite soldiers and strong generals, people are like tigers, horses are like dragons, how can my southerners be enemies?" ”

Wanyan Zonghan asked again: "They all say that you southerners are proud, why aren't you like this?" ”

He Quan sighed, took off his hat, and saw that there were three pigtails shaved on his head, the same as the golden man, He Quan said, "The king should not treat me as a southerner again, I just want to be a countryman!" ”

The meaning of this countryman is the Jurchens, Wanyan Zonghan has never seen such a shameless person since he started the army, and he was so confused that he didn't know what to say for a long time, and finally laughed, and the others laughed when they saw him laughing.

"Interesting and interesting, since you are so loyal to my Dajin, this Xinzhou will continue to be in charge of you!" Wanyan Zonghan took Xinzhou bloodlessly under his leadership.

The soldiers were very fast, and Zong Han immediately led the army to continue to drive directly to Shiling Pass.

Shiling Pass is set up for the Tang Dynasty, because of "Shiling Spring, and the surrounding pass is mountainous." Because the stone is in the mountain, because of the ash and stone, its stone city is "named." This place is only fifty miles away from Taiyuan, which can be said to be Taiyuan.

In such an important place, the guards arranged by Zhang Xiaochun were Geng Shouzhong, the general of the "Righteous Victory Army".

Wang Yu is extremely distrustful of Geng Shouzhong, but Zhang Xiaochun trusts him very much, you must know that Geng Shouzhong's name is Zhang Xiaochun helped him re-take, and on weekdays, Geng Shouzhong went to Zhang Xiaochun's house on the third and fifth days to ask for peace, and he sent Zhang Xiaochun as his godfather, so Zhang Xiaochun trusted him very much, and handed over the Taiyuan portal to Geng Shouzhong despite public opinion.

Geng Shouzhong did not live up to Zhang Xiaochun's hope and Wang Yu's suspicions, when Yan Zonghan's army arrived, he had already sorted out the soldiers, calculated the grain, and waited for Yan Zonghan to accept it.

Yes, Geng Shouzhong, a thick-eyed and big-eyed person, also rebelled!

Wanyan Zonghan's march was simply an armed march, when the king of Taiyuan learned that from Shuozhou to Xinzhou had fallen, Geng Shouzhong also did not fire a single arrow, he couldn't help but be angry and afraid, hurriedly shrinking his army and defending Taiyuan City.

Taiyuan is said to be the ancient name of the Zhao period, which means the Great Plains, the Taiyuan Basin is open, it is not as convenient as Xinkou to defend, but it is located in the middle of Shanxi, controls the mountains and rivers, stands on the shoulders of the world, is the root of the east of the river, the Song people have the root of the world in the east of the river, the safety is related, there is no east of the river, the Qin can not be defended, and Bian can not be all the conclusions.

Therefore, Taiyuan in the Song Dynasty after the destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty as a base for the Liao expedition, the Song court sent the general Pan Mei to build the city, the city is forty miles, divided into two inside and outside, most of the streets are T-shaped, in order to be conducive to the defense of street battles, ten years after the construction of the new city, the Song court built the three cities of Nanguan, Dongguan and Beiguan in the periphery of the new Taiyuan, of which the east and west of the Nanguan City are connected with the two ends of the big city, which are used to garrison troops.

Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses at this time, ready to rely on Taiyuan Jiancheng and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Wanyan Zonghan came to Taiyuan City with the soldiers and horses that had grown to 80,000, watched the soldiers and horses gathered in Taiyuan City, and said happily, "Okay, good, you can finally make a profit in the city, this has been sent for more than ten days, and I haven't even seen blood, I'm still afraid that the Song people will be cheating." ”

Wanyan Zonghan set up camp at the moment, ordered people to build siege equipment to prepare for the siege, and found a whetstone to polish his spear.

It's also a hell of a life, after Yan Zonghan's armed march all the way, trekking through mountains and rivers, and not firing a single arrow, his spears were actually rusty.

When Yan Zonghan and Wang Yu confronted each other, Tong Guan had already fled back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Tong Guan looked at the bustling street scene of Kaifeng Mansion, only felt that everything seemed to be an illusion, he returned to the mansion with a pale face, and immediately closed the door, Ma Kuo and Yuwen Xuzhong, who came back with him, remembered the group in Tong Guan's mansion, and didn't understand why Tong Guan didn't go to see Zhao Ji and ask for reinforcements to save Taiyuan.

"No! I can't wait like this, I have to see the king of the county, what does King Tong think? Now that the military situation is in full swing, how can it be delayed here! Yuwen couldn't wait and said to Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo was also anxious, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together." ”

The two of them broke all the way to Tong Guan's study, and Tong Guan's housekeeper stopped the two of them and said, "Two adults, Your Highness really said that you don't see anyone." ”

"The survival of the country is at this time, you get out of the way for me!" Yuwen pushed the housekeeper away vigorously, and was about to break into the door, when he saw Tong Guan open the door and walk out.

"Where's Ma Kuo?" Tong Guan had already regained his momentum and shouted loudly.

Ma Kuo saw that Tong Guan's face was normal, thinking that Tong Guan had cheered up, and arched his hand and said, "Humble duty!" ”

"Immediately go and invite Captain Gao and the Privy Council to come and see me!" Tong Guan closed the door again after speaking.

Ma Kuo responded, and said to Yuwen Xuzhong on the side, "The king must have a plan, and please Brother Yuwen be calm and don't be impatient." ”

Yuwen nodded in the middle of the day, indicating that he understood, and asked Ma Kuo to go quickly, about an hour later, Gao Yu and the others arrived, Tong Guan called these people into the study to talk secretly, and Ma Kuo and the others were full of hope, hoping that Tong Guan would make a decision to send troops as soon as possible.

What Yuwen Xuzhong and Ma Kuo couldn't have imagined was that when Tong Guan opened the door, the first order was to let Ma Kuo go to Wanyan Zonghan's army again and ask how to withdraw the army, which means that Tong Guan didn't want to fight at all, but was bent on peace.

Ma Guangqi helpless, but thinking that this is a national event, can not be rash, can only lead the order to leave, the next day to the court, Zhao Ji wondered how Tong Guan came back, asked Tong Guan in court, Tong Guan only cared about him left and right, Gao Yu and others bowed their heads and were silent, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military at this time knew that the Jin army had gone south three or four out of ten, but no one dared to say that Tong Guan had escaped.

Prime Minister Li Bangyan's eyes were constantly rolling, he was not angry with Tong Guan, but how smart his brain was, he immediately guessed three points, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, "This Tong Guan actually dared to escape from the battle, and now the Jin Army is in trouble, I see what you should do!" ”

Later generations regarded Tong Guan and Li Bangyan and others as a raccoon dog, but in fact, there was also a struggle between these people, and Li Bangyan had always been dissatisfied with Tong Guan's arbitrariness, so he wanted to take the opportunity to bring down Tong Guan.

Tong Guan called so many people to talk secretly, where can he keep the secret, not to mention that the urgent reports in Hedong, Yanshan Mansion and other places are one after another, Li Bangyan soon learned the news that the Jin army was going south on both roads, but he felt that no matter how the border army could support it for a while, he felt that the more serious it was, the more miserable Tong Guan became, so he actually chose not to report it.

The selfishness of Tong Guan and others made Song Guo lose the best time to react, and it was not until seven or eight days later that Li Bangyan got an official letter from Jin Guo and felt that the time had come, so he asked to see Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was still wearing a robe and was painting that day, and a canary in the painting was delicate, if this painting was placed in the future generations, I don't know how much it would be worth.

Zhao Ji looked at the painting in front of him with satisfaction, the weather was cold, and he didn't want to go out, but painting every day made him improve a lot.

"Official, Li Xianggong asks to see you." An insider whispered.

Zhao Ji nodded, signaling to let Li Bangyan come in, Li Bangyan ran in with a bang, looking in a hurry, Zhao Ji looked at Li Bangyan and couldn't help laughing, "What happened to make our prodigal son so impatient." ”

Li Bangyan held up a copy of the recital and said, "Official, the big thing is not good, the Jin State sent troops to attack my Great Song Dynasty, and now I am afraid that Yanshan Mansion is no longer guaranteed." ”

Zhao Ji sat down on the chair with a bang, pointed at Li Bangyan with a trembling hand and said, "You... Are you telling the truth? ”

Li Bangyan handed Jin Guoguo's letter to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji opened it and saw that it was Jin Guo's "Southern Song Dynasty Xuanfu Si Questioning Guilt" book, at this time Zhao Ji knew that Jin Guo had been sending troops for a long time, and then thought back to Tong Guan suddenly returned to Kaifeng, where did he not know that Tong Guan was fleeing from the battle, but now to investigate Tong Guan, first, it is useless to the overall situation, second, Zhao Ji is also afraid that others will say that he is looking for a scapegoat, and third, Tong Guan has made a lot of contributions after all, Zhao Ji also hopes that Tong Guan can get up to help him block Jin Guo.

After reading Jin Guo's national letter, Zhao Ji got up suddenly and wanted to say something, only to feel a fainting in his brain, and sat down again.

"Official!" Li Bangyan hurriedly stepped forward to help, Zhao Ji shook his hand and wanted to say something, but he fainted unsupportively.

Zhao Ji was originally a drunkard, and he was bent on longevity, he took a lot of pills, and the erysipelas in his body had accumulated for a long time, and today he got such a stimulus, and it is normal for him to faint when erysipelas attacked.

Zhao Ji woke up after a day and a night, and as soon as he woke up, he saw Tong Guan kneeling on the ground, his face was full of sweat, and the sweat was even wet on the ground, and it could be seen that Tong Guan had been kneeling for a long time in this cold weather.

"Let him go, I don't want to see him now!" Zhao Ji was on fire when he saw Tong Guan, and the most unbearable thing he couldn't bear was that the people around him deceived him, because he thought that he was very good to the people around him, and he thought that Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others should be sincere to him, which is why the two of Liang Wang were so angry when they had illicit news, not only because the two of them colluded to threaten the imperial power, but also because these two people were people he trusted very much.

Li Bangyan looked at Tong Guan's appearance, almost snorted proudly, walked out alone, and said to Zhao Ji, "The official family is still angry, although the king of Tong County is guilty, but these days he is thinking about the strategy of retreating from the enemy, there is no merit and hard work, the official family let him wear the guilt and make meritorious service, and when the Jin soldiers are retired, it is not too late to discuss the guilt!" ”

Li Bangyan glared angrily, wanting to see who was so bold, and when he saw that the person was Wu Min, he couldn't help but turn his head boringly.

This Wu Min is a native of Zhenzhou, in the past, Cai Jing loved his writings and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law, but was rejected by Wu Min's clever words, Cai Jing was not only not angry, but had a lot of appeasement to him, and he had a lot of relations with Cai Jing's sons.

Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan and shouted, "Don't you say it quickly, do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Tong Guan is not in a daze these days, and he arched his hand and said, "Back to the official's house, now the Jin army is attacking my Great Song Dynasty on two roads, all the way to Hedong, all the way to Yanshan, and the two places are caught off guard, and I am afraid that there will be many auspicious people."

Now the plan is to send an envoy to the country of Jin, with more gold and silver, and persuade it to withdraw from the army.

Second, when the western army was ordered to march eastward and rescue Hedong, there were countless elite soldiers and strong generals in the western army, and they should be unhindered.

In the past few years, the ministers have trained more soldiers and horses in Zhongshan, Daimyo and other places, and they should order the Hebei places to defend the city, so that the Jin soldiers are unprofitable, so they can retreat. ”

Zhao Ji felt justified when he heard it, and suddenly felt that Jin Bing was not terrible, and his spirit was much better, so he ordered Tong Guan to act like this.

- Taiyuan

At this time, Taiyuan City was already surrounded by the Jin army, and Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun guarded the southern and northern cities respectively, hoping to wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Wanyan Zonghan was eating roast lamb legs in the camp at this time, studying the map in front of him.

On the map, every forest and every village within a radius of dozens of miles of Taiyuan City are clearly marked, and after Yan Zonghan won several places in the Song Kingdom in a row, he got the most detailed map of the Song Kingdom, and his cavalry touched the vicinity of Taiyuan to the bottom, and it can be said that Yan Zonghan already knows the surrounding geographical advantages well.

"Taiyuan City is high and deep, Wang Yu is the general of the Song Kingdom, if this battle is won, the Song Kingdom will be terrified!" Wanyan Zonghan looked at Wanyan Xiyin, who was standing on the side, and said, "Ceres, you are the brain tank of our army, how should you fight this battle?" ”

"Dashuai, this battle is not in Taiyuan City, but outside the city." Wanyan Xiyi was holding a paper fan in his hand, and he had been in love with this thing since he touched it.

"What do you mean?" Wan Yan Zonghan asked puzzled.

Wanyan Xiyi drew a circle with a paper fan on the map and said, "Don't be limited by this map, there are still a lot of rivers and mountains outside the map."

Taiyuan City is only a corner of the city, and there are only 10,000 or 20,000 Song troops in the city, most of whom can't fight, even if they are captured, what can they do? There are no less than 100 cities like the Song Kingdom. ”

"That's... We won't fight Taiyuan anymore? It's not easy to have a Song general who dares to defend the city. Wanyan Zonghan didn't understand it all of a sudden.

"Marshal, the battle has been fought, Marshal, please see, the west of the east of the river is the gathering place of the most elite western army of the Song Kingdom, if our army breaks through the east of the river, you can go straight to the Yellow River, and the south of the Yellow River is the capital of the Song Kingdom." Wanyan Xiyi dipped his fingers in water and drew on the outside of the map.

"If our army just takes Taiyuan and goes south, then Yongxing's Western Army can go straight to the rear of our army, our army is only 100,000, only 20,000 can guard the back road, the Western Army is more than 100,000, and it is the elite of the Song Army, our army's rear army will inevitably be difficult to defeat, and then our army will not be able to take care of the end of the head, and a big defeat is just around the corner." Wanyan Xiyi pointed to the west and said, "The emperor of the Song State must have learned the news of our army's southward movement at this time, the Song people are good at guarding, and the Confucian scholars have a good name, and they will inevitably want the western army to come to the east, this place east of the river, in addition to Taiyuan and other places, is mostly mountainous, as long as our army knows the direction of the western army, set up an ambush, it will be able to destroy the western army in a battle, and the western army will be destroyed, and the Song country will be defenseless!" ”

Wanyan Zonghan clapped his hands with joy and said, "I'll let you help me, it's really right, it's good, it's a wonderful plan!" ”

After all, there are still 20,000 Song troops in Taiyuan City, if the main force goes west and is counterattacked by the Taiyuan defenders, then he will be embarrassed and embarrassed.

While discussing, Wanyan Yinshuke walked in and reported to Wanyan Zonghan, "Marshal, the Song army has appeared twenty miles on the left flank of our army, and the number is about three thousand. ”

"Three thousand Song troops?" Wanyan Zonghan said, "The Song army near Taiyuan should have been mobilized into the city, where did the Song army outside the city come from?" Could it be the Western Army? That's too fast, isn't it? ”

Wanyan Xiyi asked, "Can you find out who Song will be?" ”

Wanyan Yinshu shook his head and said, "The Song army is very vigilant and didn't catch anyone alive, but our army found that the Song army was under the banner of Sun Zi. ”

Wanyan Zonghan stroked his beard and said, "There are not many people in the Song army who have such horses, coming from the west, the western army will not be so fast, it must be where the Song army has to come to help, Sun... Who is it? ”

Wanyan Xiyi closed his eyes and thought for a while and said, "The Western Army definitely didn't come so soon, unless they already knew that we would come. Marshal, it is better to let Cui Zhong and others come to the military discussion, they are all Hedong generals, and they will definitely know who they are. ”

After Yan Zonghan felt justified, he summoned Li Siben, Cui Zhong, Geng Shouzhong and others to ask if there were any generals surnamed Sun who dared to fight in Hedong.

Li Siben looked at the ground and didn't say a word, although he was forced to reduce the gold, but he was still unwilling to contribute to the Jin army, Wanyan Zonghan snorted secretly, he is not Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongwang loves capable generals for his own use, the more unwilling to surrender to deal with, the more he values it, Wanyan Zonghan is extremely disgusted with such people, if it weren't for the military's heart, he would have killed Li Siben a long time ago.

Geng Shouzhong was the first to say, "Although this army is from the west, it is not necessarily originally in the west. The marshal swept thousands of troops, Daizhou, Shimen lock to the throat, if the northern army wants to save Taiyuan, then can only detour from the west of Xianzhou, Shuozhou just has a general surnamed Sun, and has not returned to the marshal. ”

"Who is it?" Wanyan Zonghan asked.

Li Siben sighed and said, "Hedong famous general, Sun Yi!" ”

Wanyan Xiyi smiled and said, "It turned out to be this person, this person is called a famous general in vain, but he can't use soldiers, three thousand soldiers and horses come here, what's the use?" Dashuai, I know this person, he has some reputation, he is stationed in the Biguan generation, and I thought that I would go to pick him up in the future, but I didn't expect to come here. ”

Wanyan Zonghan laughed and said, "I see, such a person with three thousand elites, going north to Yunzhou, our army will still have a headache, but now he has come to Taiyuan, Yinshuke, you lead five thousand people to fight him!" ”

Wanyan Yinshuke and Wanyan Lou are the most warlike generals under Wanyan Zonghan, and sending them there is enough to show that Wanyan Zonghan attaches great importance to Sun Yi.

Wanyan Zonghan was stationed at this time probably in the later Yangqu, and the 3,000 army led by Sun Yi at this time arrived at Tianmen Pass, which overlooked the Taiyuan Plain, as long as it was less than twenty miles southeast of Taiyuan City.

Sun Yi stood on the gate of heaven, looking at the plain under the gate, and under the pass were his three thousand soldiers.

"General Sun, I advise you not to go, that's 100,000 gold soldiers, what can you do if you go with 3,000 people?" One of the commanders of Tianmen Pass persuaded him.

Sun Yi shook his head and said with a smile, "I, Sun Yi, was originally a horseman, valued by the imperial court, had to be in charge of the army, and had a thin name, now that the country is in trouble, how can I avoid war?" ”

As he spoke, Sun Yi picked up his steel gun, walked down the city, looked at the sergeant who followed him and said, "Brothers, this battle is nine deaths!" If any of you don't want to go, I, Sun Yi, don't blame him, I'll go dozens of times, and the brothers who don't want to go can stay in the pass. ”

After speaking, Sun Yi urged the horse to come to the front of the military formation, counted ten times loudly, and did not look back after counting, so he urged the horse to run to Taiyuan.

When the gate of heaven was closed, thousands of Song soldiers watched these three thousand people follow Sun Yi to Taiyuan to kill without leaving behind, and a wonderful feeling appeared in their hearts, such a feeling was something they had never had, it seemed that being a soldier was not only a profession, but also had some glory.

Unfortunately, this feeling only appeared for a moment.

Sun Yi led 3,000 people to Taiyuan, Wanyan Yinshu just intercepted them, the two armies lined up outside Taiyuan City, at this time Sun Yi was less than two miles away from Taiyuan City, and the Song army on the city wall could see them, which is also the reason why Sun Yi dared to line up and fight with the Jin soldiers.

Wanyan Yinshu didn't give him too much time, Wanyan Yinshu didn't even bother to talk to him, and directly ordered the army to move forward, Sun Yi saw that Jin Bing was so arrogant, his heart was furious, and he said to the left and right, "Jin Bing is so arrogant, this is looking down on us, how can the brothers let them look down on us?" Fight to the death with me! ”

Wanyan Yinshu didn't even have a temptation, so he personally led the cavalry to rush over, Sun Yi shouted, and led three thousand soldiers to meet him, Sun Yi held a steel gun in his hand, and the first one rushed to Wanyan Yinshuke.

While Sun Yi fought to the death with Wanyan Yinshu, he did not forget to send a team to Taiyuan to rescue.

Of course, the big battle under the city was seen on the city, Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu were both on the city at this time, looking at the battlefield below.

This team came to the city and shouted loudly, "Brother in the city, we are under the command of Sun Yi and Sun Jun of Shuoning Mansion, and the commander of my family is fighting with the Jin army. ”

Zhang Xiaochun watched a small cavalry team come to the city to ask for help, Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help but ask with some hesitation, "It seems to be Sun Yi below, should we go and save them?" ”

At this time, Wang Yu had no confidence in the generals in Shuozhou and other places, and he said firmly, "Don't hesitate, think about Geng Shouzhong, if I send troops to Taiyuan, first, I may not be able to save people, and secondly, even if I can rescue people, under the cavalry of Jinguo, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and when we defend Taiyuan City, we will only be more passive!" ”

Zhang Xiaochun felt justified when he heard it, but he couldn't bear to watch the fighting under the city, and finally turned around and said, "General Wang is fully responsible for this." ”

Sun Yi led the sergeant and Jin Bing to fight for a few rounds, seeing that Taiyuan City did not move, he was furious in his heart, knowing that Zhang Xiaochun did not send troops, he looked around, Wanyan Yinshu is indeed powerful, the sergeants with him are fierce, Sun Yi's troops are insufficient, and he has completely lost the upper hand at this time.

"Withdraw!!" Sun Yi shouted helplessly, ready to retreat to Tianmen Pass, but under the pursuit of Jin Bing, where could he escape?

Sun Yi led the remnants of less than 2,000 soldiers to a small hill, the mountain road is narrow, the cavalry of the Jin army rushed to kill several times and was shot back by the rain of arrows of the Song army, Sun Yi is different from Lu Deng in Lu County, he has a large number of military crossbows in his hands, these crossbows are enough to penetrate the armor of the Jin army, and the soldiers of the silver art can be seen to surround this hill, and then send the captured Sun Yi soldiers to Wanyan Zonghan Dazhai to wait for the fall.

On the city of Taiyuan, Wang Yu looked at Sun Yi's defeat and regretted it a little, but in the end he still felt that his decision was not wrong, and said to the left and right generals, "The Jin army is strong, although General Sun is brave and resolute, but the disparity in strength is huge. ”

Wang Yu made an excuse for not sending troops, and was about to go back to the southern city he guarded, when one of them jumped out and shouted, "If the general doesn't save General Sun, I'm afraid there will be no reinforcements in the future." ”

"Bold! Who are you? How dare you talk to my father like this! Wang Xun, the son of Wang Yu, pointed at the man and said to the left and right, "Take down this madman for me!" ”

The left and right sergeants flocked up, but saw this person, punching and kicking, and actually raised his hand to overturn several people, Wang Yu looked at this person carefully, and saw that this person had dark skin, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing righteous clothes, carrying two steel whips on his back, and there was everyone's demeanor between his fists and feet. Why? If you don't tell me a reason, I'll let you know what military law is! ”

The man hugged his fists and said, "In Xiataiyuan, Hu Yanqing, in the past, I was ordered by the official family to go to the Jin country, so I know some of the depths of the Jin country."

Does the general know who is in the Jin army under the city? ”

Wang Yu nodded and said, "It turned out to be a famous family, and I know that the commander of the Jin army under the city is Wanyan Zonghan, the left marshal of the Jin State, and there are generals such as Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Yinshu under his command." ”

Hu Yanqing nodded and said, "It's good that the general knows, this Wanyan Zonghan has been fighting without fighting since the Jurchen started the army, and Wanyan Zongwang is called the two walls of the Jin army, and at this time there is another person in the Jin army, it is Wanyan Xiyi, this person is also known as the god of grains, and he is the think tank of the Jin army."

With such a lineup, come to my Taiyuan city for a few days, why don't you attack the city? Didn't the general have an idea? ”

Wang Yu stroked his beard and said, "My Taiyuan is now well defended, and the cavalry of the Jin army is victorious, so naturally they dare not attack the city." ”

Hu Yanqing shook his head and said, "The general's words are wrong, my Taiyuan may be compared with Liao, Shangjing and other places?" What's more, the Jin army has already surrendered the loyal victorious army and the Liao State departments, how can there be no strategy to attack the city?

The elite of my Song country, all in the Western Army, the Jin Army besieged my Taiyuan but did not attack, it was the plan of the Ming Xiu Plank Road to secretly Chen Cang, the Jin Army did not know the reality of our army, worried that our army would attack and copy its camp, and now General Sun led his troops to help, the Jin Army only sent 5,000 troops, but our army did not dare to save, so the Jin Army knew that our army did not dare to fight, and Yan Zonghan could rest assured that he would ambush the Western Army.

If the Western Army is destroyed, let alone Taiyuan, the destruction of the country is in sight. ”

Wang Yu rolled his eyes, screamed heavily, turned to look outside the city, and saw that the cavalry of the Jin Army was already in the formation in the distance, but the direction he was facing was himself, and he knew that he had lost the opportunity to rescue.

"Nephew Hu Yanxian, what are you talking about?" Wang Yu asked.

Hu Yanqing replied: "In the summer capital of the next word." ”

Wang Yu nodded and said, "If you hadn't woken me up, I wouldn't have known that the Jin Army had so many deep meanings, and now that the Western Army must have sent troops, do you have a strategy?" ”

When Hu Yanqing heard this, he knew that Wang Yu had completely given up Sun Yi outside the city, but this was also the right choice, after all, the opportunity to rescue Sun Yi had been lost, and now sending troops would only become the target of the Jin army's siege.

Hu Yanqing thought for a while, and said, "Now the plan, we should first send a team of soldiers and horses to rescue Sun Yi's posture, so that the Jin army will be puzzled about whether our army will risk going out of the city."

But the most important thing for this soldier was not to rescue General Sun, but to go west to find the Western Army and inform the Western Army General Jin Bing of the possible conspiracy of ambush.

It is best to let the Western Army go to Jinzhou, out of Qi County, and rescue Taiyuan from the south, with my Taiyuan here, the Jin soldiers will not dare to ambush the Western Army in a big way, so that our army will win the battle of Taiyuan by seven points. ”

Wang Xun immediately surrendered his hand to the battle and said, "Father, please send the last general to lead the cavalry to fight, and the last will be vouched for by the head, if you don't find the Western Army, you will never return to Taiyuan!" ”

Wang Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally refused, saying, "You are my son, if you lead the army out of the city, outsiders will inevitably think that I want to save your life, so the army's spirit will be unstable."

Where is Huyanxia? ”

Hu Yanqing was stunned for a moment, and arched his hand and said, "The end will be!" ”

Wang Yu looked at him and said, "You are a famous family, and this plan was you came up with, I will select fifty elites for you, do you have the confidence to break through and ask for help?" ”

Hu Yanqing took a breath, turned around and took off his clothes suddenly, only to see twelve big characters tattooed on his back, "Go out and forget your home for the country, and forget about death in battle"

"I am the sixth grandson of Huyanzan, and I am willing to guarantee in the name of my ancestors that I will find the Western Army and complete our army's plan!" Hu Yanqing shouted loudly.

"Great! Live up to the fame! Wang Yu sang a lottery, and then selected fifty knights who were good at arching horses from among the sergeants, and handed them to Hu Yanqing, who saw that it was getting late, so he decided to break through by the night.

The moon was high and the wind was dark, the gate of Taiyuan City was quietly opened, and Hu Yanqing rushed out of Taiyuan City with fifty cavalry and went straight to the west.

The cavalry on guard of the Jin army soon discovered the abnormal movement, and the cavalry came to pursue after the completion of the silver technique, and Sun Yi on the hill heard the movement, and his heart was overjoyed, but soon found that the sound of fighting was getting farther and farther away, he sighed, and said to the left and right, "Taiyuan Zhang Xianggong is afraid that he can't come to help, I want to fight to the death, what about you?" ”

People who have not experienced death may not be afraid of death, but people who have escaped from death are often more afraid of death than ordinary people.

Seeing this, Sun Yi knew that the sergeant had no will to fight, but was just mechanically executing his military orders, and couldn't help but secretly regret it, it turned out that when he sent out the army, someone advised him that he should do the opposite, and should lead the army to Yunzhou.

There is no water and no food on the hill, Sun Yi supported another day, the food with him is almost finished, Sun Yi also knows that Sun Yi's sergeants have been crumbling, Sun Yi looked at Taiyuan, sighed, turned over on the horse, and said to the left and right, "I am cloth, appreciated by the court and stolen a high position, and now the country is in trouble, it is the time when my warriors are fighting to the death, you brothers go together as you wish, you can fight the thief army with me, if you don't want to, please also appease the families of your brothers who died in the future, please!" ”

Many people on the left and right were moved by Sun Yi, and they all expressed their willingness to fight to the death, at this moment, there were suddenly bursts of shouts at the bottom of the mountain, Sun Yi listened attentively, and found that the names were all sons, brothers, and husbands, and the names they said were all soldiers in the army, and they couldn't help but be shocked, "Why are the military dependents all under the mountain?" ”

It turned out that after Yan Zonghan was able to inform Yan Zonghan of Sun Yi's stubborn defense of the hill that day, Wanyan Zonghan immediately thought of a plan to attack the heart, and asked people to go to the side pass to find Sun Yijun's military dependents, Shuozhou and other places are now under the control of the Jin State, and thousands of people were collected in just one day.

The sergeant in Sun Yi's army couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his parents, brothers, and wives shouting again and again under the oppression of Jin Bing while slowly climbing up the mountain.

Sun Yi was in a hurry and shouted, "Can't let them go up the mountain!" Get ready to shoot your arrows! ”

"General, the people below are our family!" A soldier stopped Sun Yi and shouted.

Sun Yi looked at those family members crying and wiping away tears, while calling for their husbands, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl, and the grief and indignation in his heart were indescribable.

"The Song army on the mountain, quickly capture Sun Yi and surrender, otherwise we will release the arrows!" After finishing the silver technique under the mountain, it can be seen that Sun Yijun really didn't dare to shoot arrows, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but threatened the sergeants on the mountain.

Sun Yi looked at him left and right, and his eyes were no longer right, and he shouted loudly, "What do you want to do?" This is a thief's trick! ”

Left and right bowed their heads and didn't dare to look at him, but many sergeants surrounded him, Sun Yi sighed, turned over on his horse, and shouted after pointing his gun at Yan Yinshu, "The thief will take his life!" ”

"Sun Yi rushed down the mountain, and the people were all killed!" After Yan Yinshu shouted again, Sun Yi had already rushed to the halfway point of the mountain at this time, with this shout, he was even more angry, but this time he didn't shout, because a sharp pain came from behind him, he slowly turned around, only to see a few crossbowmen with their heads down, there were no arrows on the crossbow machine in the hands of those crossbowmen, think about it, you know where the arrow feathers are at this time.

Poor Sun Yi's generation of brave generals, dedicated to making meritorious contributions on the battlefield, but died on the nameless mountain.

After Sun Yi was killed, Wanyan Zonghan immediately sent Wanyan Lou Room to occupy Tianmen Pass, and closed the natural danger that could rescue Taiyuan, and then Wanyan Zonghan began to officially attack Taiyuan City, these few days Wanyan Zonghan built a large number of catapults, and the stone rain thrown by hundreds of catapults made the city tower unstoppable, and Taiyuan fell into a bitter battle from the beginning.

The Jin soldiers did not end up in person, but let the tens of thousands of surrendered righteous victorious troops take the lead, the ladder, the partial bridge, and the car were used all over again, for three days and three nights, more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded in the city, and the corners of Wang Yu's eyes were about to crack, and the Jin army still did not retreat to continue the siege.

What the king of the city didn't know was that at this moment, a Song army of 20,000 people appeared outside the Tianmen Pass.

This Song army was obviously from afar, but no one had a war-weary mood in their eyes, but they were all full of fighting spirit.

The folded words of Dou Da floated in the air, and the general at the head looked at the mountains on the left and right, and his heart was full of anxiety.

"General! Fifty miles ahead is Tianmen Pass, but from the mouths of the people, I learned that Tianmen Pass has been occupied by Jin soldiers, and a few days ago, an army of 3,000 people also went to Tianmen Pass, and it is said that the surname of the leader is Sun. A young general said to the general.

This general is the head of the family at this time, the prefect of Linfu, and the twelfth general of Hedong who is in charge of the military and horse affairs of Goulinfu Road.

In the past, Jiang De saw that Zhe Keda had retreated into the background at this time, and the Zhe family respected Zhe Keqiu at this time.

This time, the folded family knew that the Jin army was menacing, and the elite of the family was exhausted, and the fold could be the same, the fold could be achieved, the fold could be long, and the fold could be with all in the army.

Those who want to ask for a report on the military situation in front are the brothers who can ask for it.

"Report! General, we found a living dead in front. A scout came running fast to report.

"What nonsense? Where did the living dead come from? "I'm annoyed, Tianmen Pass is blocked, how can this Taiyuan be saved, I couldn't help but say angrily when I heard Tanma's words.

The tanma waved his hand, and several people ran over with a person on their shoulders, only to see that this person was covered in blood, and he didn't know if it was his own or someone else's, holding a steel whip in his hand, his lips were chapped, and he didn't know how long he hadn't drunk water.

"Who is this man? Could it be the soldiers who escaped from the Gate of Heaven? Zhikehe, who was on the side, stepped forward to feel the man's pulse, and found that he was still angry, so he took out a water bag and poured it on his head.

The man didn't react at first, but soon began to drink unconsciously, and finally opened his eyes, he gasped, looked around, sat up suddenly, he was in a trance, and then said with great joy, "Are you the Western Army?" I am Huyanqing of the Huyan family in Taiyuan, who is your general? ”

Zhe Keqiu stepped forward and looked at Hu Yanqing carefully, ordered the people on the left and right to help him up, and asked, "I am the Lin Mansion Zhejia, why are you here?" What happened to Taiyuan? ”

Hu Yanqing gasped and said, "There are 20,000 troops in Taiyuan City, Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun are guarding the north and south, and the Jin army will not be able to enter Taiyuan in a short time. ”

"You're saying that the Jin army may be in ambush at the front?" Zhe Keqiu looked at the mountains in the distance, but in fact, this was also what he was worried about.

Hu Yanqing nodded and said, "The commander of the Jin army this time is Wanyan Zonghan, and Wanyan Yinshu and Wanyan Lou are both unborn generals, and they will definitely set up ambushes." ”

Zhe Keqiu walked two laps and said, "The only way to rescue Taiyuan is to go through Tianmen Pass, if you don't take this road, what else can you do?" ”

Hu Yanqing pointed to the south and said, "You can go out of Songziling, and you can rescue Taiyuan from the south, Taiyuan is not broken, and the Jin soldiers will not dare to go south, so Taiyuan will be saved." ”

"Great, big brother, so that we can bypass the Heavenly Gate Pass guarded by the Golden Soldiers." Zhe Ketong laughed.

Zhe Keqiu thought about it for a while, and suddenly asked, "How can I trust you?" ”

Hu Yanqing stood up at the moment, took off his shirt, and revealed the big characters behind him, and everyone couldn't help but admire when they saw the words behind Hu Yanqing.

Hu Yanqing took out a letter with Wang Yu's seal again, if it weren't for the injury, Hu Yanqing would have wanted to come to Huyan's whip on the spot.

Seeing so much evidence, he no longer doubted him, and immediately turned around the army and prepared to make a detour to Taiyuan.

Wanyan Lou Room was ambushed outside Tianmen Pass for three days, only then did he know that the Western Army had left, he hurriedly reported to Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyi squinted at the map, and immediately pointed to the south and said, "The Western Army must make a detour to prepare to rescue Taiyuan from the south, Zuo Shuai, our army must break through Taiyuan City, go to the south of Taiyuan City to ambush and wait for the Western Army." ”

Wanyan Zonghan closed his eyes and thought for a while and said, "The Song people can walk the mountain road, can't I be a Jin person?" Lou Room! ”

Wan Yan Lou stood up and shouted, "The last general!" ”

Wanyan Zonghan pointed to the east and said, "You immediately select 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, go to Wujin Mountain, bypass Taiyuan City for me, and tell the south of Taiyuan City to wait for the Western Army. ”

Wanyan Lou took the order and left, and Wanyan Zonghan said to Wanyan Yinshuke, "Which Han'er do you want to take to attack Taiyuan City day and night, and you must not let there be a trace of respite in Taiyuan City!" ”

"Obey!"

Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Yinshu could divide their troops, Hu Yanqing didn't know that Jin Jun had guessed his movements, and still took a detour to Taiyuan with Zhekeqiu.

The battle reports of Hedong and Yanshan continued to reach Kaifeng, and Hedong was not broken through because of the stubborn defense of Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu, but Yanshan had completely fallen.

Wanyan Zongwang has killed Hebei at this time, he is not the same as Wanyan Zonghan to fight for an inch of land, as long as there is a city to hold, he will leave a cavalry to watch the city and then continue to go south, and soon killed through Baozhou, Dingzhou, Zhendingfu, Zhaozhou, Xingzhou and other several state capitals, hundreds of towns, for Baozhou, Zhongshan and other places are besieged but not attacked, bluffing, Wanyan Zonghan from Guo Yaoshi mouth knows that the Song State is true and real, as long as he can hit outside the Kaifeng City, the Song State will obediently cede a large area of land and property even if he does not surrender.

As for the evidence for saying so.... Wasn't this how the Liao State got the New Year's coin back then?

- Liang Shan

"Bang! Bang! Bang!! ”

Groups of musketeers were taking turns firing, and the white smoke from the burning of gunpowder completely enveloped them, and no one could shoot accurately in such an environment, which is why lining up to shoot was the best tactic in the era of musketeers.

On the hill opposite the musketeer exercise, in a conference room, the Liangshan Military Commission was discussing the response to the Jin army's southward advance.

"The Jin army went south on two roads, although it was menacing, but it did not have the strength to destroy the country in a war, Hebei, Hedong and other places fortified more than 10 cities, more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and so on Jin soldiers to Kaifeng, it was already the end of the strong crossbow, so in the following analysis, although the Jin country will win a big victory, but can not destroy the country." Xu Guanzhong still analyzed the battle situation from the overall situation.

Zhu Wu said the second, "I think that the benefit of the Jin army lies in the cavalry, Hebei is a horse and Pingchuan, and the Jin soldiers can attack everywhere, but the east of the river is the mountains and rivers on the surface, Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun are defending Taiyuan again, although Wang Yu is not a general, but he is also a good general, and there is the support of the Western Army, I am afraid that Yan Zonghan will not be able to take this place within half a year." ”

Jiang De looked at Chao Gai again, Chao Gai laughed and said, "Master Hou, don't ask me, it's okay for me to go into battle and kill, it's better to forget about this temple." ”

Jiang De smiled, but still said, "It's good to understand, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang didn't have the idea of destroying the Song State in a war when they went south this time, after all, the Song State is a big country, and it is too arrogant to destroy it in a war, but there is a force to force the Song State to cut the land, I judge that the Song State will be the same as in the past, and it will be defeated without a fight, as long as the Jin army threatens Kaifeng, the imperial court will naturally find a way to negotiate peace." ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "Hou Ye's analysis is reasonable, now that Yanshan has fallen, Taiyuan has been besieged, and the false prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty has been punctured, Zhao Ji is probably unwilling to bear the infamy of cutting the land, and I think that Zhao Ji will follow the old story of Tang Xuanzong and abdicate and flee south." ”

Li Zhu snorted, "The Great Song official family has no hard spirit except for those two brothers, and will only do some bullying deeds, if it weren't for Kou Zhun back then, Song Zhenzong would have fled south long ago, not to mention where is Kou Zhun in the court now?" ”

Jiang De scratched his face in embarrassment, should these spirits predict so accurately, who is this crossing.

Li Zhu simply stood up, walked to the big map behind him and said, "Kaifeng is a land of flat rivers, there is no danger to defend, only the Yellow River can be relied on, but the weather has been cold and abnormal over the years, such as the Jin army chooses the right time, the Yellow River is frozen, and the natural danger no longer exists, so for Song Jin, the key is time!" ”

Jiang De nodded, it is true, the Jin army went south, but they were all foot horses, the water army did not exist, in the face of the Yellow River and the powerful water army of the Song State, it was impossible for the Jin army to cross this natural danger, but once the Yellow River was frozen, the Yellow River would in turn become a magic weapon in the hands of the Jin State, the Jin army could choose any place to break through, and the Song army was beaten everywhere.

"Since there is no danger of overturning the Great Song Dynasty in this battle, our army is still hidden, but the Daimyo's Mansion wants to take advantage of this battle to be in the hands of our army.

The Daimyo Mansion has a population of one million, controls the Heshuo, locks the key to the north gate, and whoever has the Daimyo Mansion will control half of the land of Hebei, and it must not fall into the hands of the enemy. Jiang De made a decision at the moment, Zhao Ji and his son had not exposed their shameless ugly appearance, and the military spirit and people's hearts of the Great Song Dynasty were not scattered, so it was not the time to raise the flag, but if he didn't know anything, Jiang De felt uncomfortable when he thought about it.

The Daimyo's Mansion and Liangshan are actually not far away, otherwise Song Jiang in "Water Margin" would not have gone to fight the Daimyo's Mansion, the Daimyo's Mansion is about 250 miles from Liangshan, and the elite cavalry can be reached in one day, and the army can be reached in three days, so Liangshan is definitely capable of controlling the Daimyo's Mansion.

But to take the Daimyo's Mansion, the premise is that the Daimyo's Mansion is in great crisis.

- Kaifeng Imperial Palace

Zhao Ji was wearing a Taoist robe, kneeling in front of the statue of Sanqing and constantly reciting scriptures, since he learned that the Jin Kingdom was going south, Zhao Ji was basically doing this thing.

"Official! Wu Min asked to see him. The internal officer whispered outside the door.

"Xuan!" Zhao Ji hesitated, but still let Wu Min in.

When Wu Min saw Zhao Ji, he immediately bowed and said, "Weichen has seen the official family." ”

"Let's be flat." Zhao Ji no longer insisted that Wu Min call him a real person, which shows that his heart is indeed chaotic at this time.

"Your Majesty! The Daimyo Mansion urgently reported, the second prince of the Jin State Wanyan Zongwang led the army of 100,000 to the Daimyo Mansion, the Daimyo Mansion stayed behind Liang Shijie to order the general Li Cheng to fight to meet the enemy, I wanted to take advantage of the night to attack the Jin Army, but I didn't expect to be killed by the Jin Army, fortunately, there was the commander of the Wuwei Army Suo Chao, the commander Yang Zhi, Yue Fei and others desperately rescued it, so as to avoid the catastrophe, but still lost more than 4,000 soldiers, now the Daimyo Mansion is in danger, Liang Shijie asked the imperial court to send troops as soon as possible, otherwise the Daimyo Mansion is broken, Hebei is lost, and Kaifeng is in danger! Wu Min said eagerly.

Zhao Ji immediately released the topography of Hebei in his mind, the Daimyo Mansion was originally in the plain, and the Daimyo Mansion was a flat river to the south until the Yellow River, and the Jin soldiers could really go directly to Kaifeng Mansion after the Daimyo Mansion.

Zhao Ji thought that Jin Bing was coming to Kaifeng, his eyes rolled, and he fainted very simply.

Wu Min and the others saw Zhao Ji fainting, so frightened that they hurriedly stepped forward to support him, called the imperial doctor and pinched him, and tossed for half a night before Zhao Ji eased up.

After Zhao Ji woke up, he only felt that he was in pain all over his body, and thought that the Jin army had arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion and would arrive in Kaifeng in less than ten days, and he Zhao Ji might become the king of the dead country, so he suddenly felt sad and cried loudly.

Zhang Bangyan and the others in front of his bed could only cry when they saw this, and the whole palace was like a funeral.

Zhao Ji was tired of crying, and asked the ministers on the left and right, "What should I do now?" ”

Zhang, Wang and others are very familiar with slapping horses, defrauding the people or something, but this against the enemy will not be, and they don't dare, if they say it themselves, what if Zhao Ji wants to go to the front line to fight by himself?

Zhao Ji saw that no one spoke, so he began to name names, and said first, "Zhang Bangyan, you are the prime minister, you can talk about it." ”

Zhang Bangyan stood up tremblingly, thought for a while and said, "The Jin army is going south, but it's just for money, it's better to give them some." ”

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "If it's just money, I naturally won't be reluctant." ”

At this time, Tong Guan walked out and said, "Qiguan family, Weichen has sent Ma Kuo to Wanyan Zonghan's army to ask how he is willing to withdraw from the army, I think there will be news in a few days." ”

Zhao Ji nodded and praised: "Tong Aiqing is still from the country." ”

Wu Min looked at the crowd and none of them thought about how to resist the enemy, but all of them thought about how to negotiate peace, and couldn't help but think of the two of them, and said, "Don't worry about the officials, Weichen has two people to recommend, one inside and one outside, you can protect my great Song Jiangshan!" ”

Zhao Jiqi said, "Oh? Who is it? ”

Wu Min raised his head and said, "One person is Li Gang, this person is resolute and resolute, familiar with the art of war, proficient in state affairs, and is in Kaifeng at this time, which can be of great use."

One person is Pingyin Hou Jiang Xinzhi, Pingyin Hou can fight well, destroy Wang Qing, square La, hit Goryeo, and his achievements are remarkable in the world, and his subordinates Dong Ping, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, etc. are all good generals in the world, which can be of great use.

If the official family uses these two people, one of them commands the army to resist the enemy outside, and the other strategizes inside, then peace can be guaranteed. ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed and said, "If you can really ensure the safety of the Song Kingdom, you Wu Min is the first merit!" ”

Zhao Ji's words made the others suddenly jealous, and one person immediately came out and said, "The official family must not!" ”

Zhao Ji saw that the person was Gao Yu, and asked, "Why did Gao Aiqing say this?" ”

Gao Yu replied, "Although Weichen does not study, he also knows that there are no external troubles in the dynasties and those who are destroyed, Han because of Wei usurpation, Wei because of Jin death, so Taizu said that he should share the world with scholars."

Li Gang is gone, that Jiang Xinzhi was originally born as a thief, and he has never had a king's law, and he has heard that Shandong and other places only hear the Hou Ling and not the king's order, just like Dong Zhuo in the past!

Now that he is transferred to Beijing, isn't it drinking to quench his thirst? What the Jin country asks for is nothing more than gold and silver, and if there is a disagreement in Pingyin, it is the world that it seeks. ”

Gao Yu's words can be said to be absolutely politically correct in the Song Dynasty, which is also the thinking of the emperors of the Song Dynasty internally and externally.

Zhao Ji listened to Gao Yu's words and felt reasonable, but he also knew that the Kaifeng Forbidden Army was a showmanship, and he really didn't have the confidence to rely on these forbidden troops to guard Kaifeng.

"Then Gao Aiqing has a plan?" Zhao Ji asked.

Don't just talk about it, think of a way.

Where is Gao Yu's way, the workers' movement of the forbidden army is still presided over by him, so how can he fight.

Gao Yu lowered his head and muttered, "If you want to return the gold soldiers, you can reward some gold and silver." ”

Wu Min almost rolled his eyes to the sky, this is shouting and shouting and killing internally, and sending gold and silver externally, why don't you die.

Zhao Ji finally decided to meet Li Gang.

Li Gang didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing when he returned to Kaifeng to sue for work, and now the news of Jin Bing's southward movement has spread among the people, in Li Gang's eyes, to such a situation, the reason is all on Zhao Ji, just this time Wu Min recommended him, so he mustered up the spirit to say a good thing.

Zhao Ji looked at Li Gang with a resolute face, and couldn't help but resist a little, he hadn't seen such a face for a long time.

"Li Aiqing, Wu Aiqing said that you have the talent to save the country, I don't know the current situation, how to teach the widow?"

Li Gang looked at Zhao Ji, who was obviously much older, couldn't help sighing, and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, now the Jin soldiers are going south, but the people of the world are not looking at the Jin soldiers, but the official family. ”

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and nodded, he actually knew that Cai Jing and the others were very powerful, but it was peaceful before, and he also felt that he was not afraid of corrupt officials and powerful ministers, so he indulged it to this day.

Zhao Ji said, "Since this is the case, I will make an edict against myself, is this feasible?" ”

Li Gang nodded and said, "This is the best, and then ask the official family to gather the kings of the world in Kaifeng, and send troops north on a certain day to show their determination to resist Jin to the end. ”

Zhao Ji was suddenly startled, he didn't even want to stay in Kaifeng, and he actually asked him to drive the expedition in person, whether this was to help him or harm him.

Zhao Ji was 10,000 unwilling, and he hurriedly said, "No, no... The widow has become more and more unwell recently, I want the prince to be Kaifeng Yin and stay in Kaifeng, what do you think? ”

Li Gang's heart was cold, knowing that Zhao Ji wanted to escape, but he didn't look down on Zhao Ji in the first place, and felt that it was okay for Zhao Ji to run away, but Zhao Ji could go, but the prince Zhao Huan stayed behind, but it was not right, and his words were not good.

Li Gang bowed and said, "The prince has the virtue of frugality, but he stayed in the capital as Kaifeng Mu and commanded the world's soldiers and horses to resist Jin, but his identity was not enough. ”

As he spoke, Li Gang bowed violently to the tunnel, "If the official wants to be happy, please let Zen be located in the prince!" ”

"Bold!" Wu Min didn't wait for Zhao Ji to attack, he shouted first, and then stepped forward and said, "Li Gang is angry, full of nonsense, and asks the official family to forgive him!" ”

Although Zhao Ji didn't like it in his heart, he still knew that he had to solve the problem, and asked, "If you let the prince supervise the country, can you do it?" ”

Li Gang shook his head and said, "Didn't the official family of Tang Suzong's story in the past know it? This is the way to get rid of chaos. ”

Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then let's hold the ceremony in three days." In addition, the fleet was prepared with money and materials, and the widow was ready to patrol Hangzhou. ”

Li Gang sighed with a wry smile, Zhao Ji really didn't care about anything in order to leave Kaifeng.

When Zhao Huan was called to the palace and learned that Zhao Ji was going to give him the Zen position, he was about to faint as soon as he rolled his eyes, but fortunately, Wu Min was already experienced, and he pinched and pushed Zhao Huan for a while.

As soon as Zhao Huan woke up, he howled and cried, hugged Zhao Ji's leg and cried, "My father was prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and my sons didn't dare to have the slightest arrogance, and I asked my father to take back his life, and my father asked his sons to do anything." ”

Anyway, this pair of father and son, one is to say that they don't want to be emperors anymore, and the other is that they don't want to take over as emperors at all.

In the end, Zhao Huan still had to accept this arrangement, he cried and thought that this throne that he usually thought about day and night actually came to his hands like this, but where is this throne, this is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.

Zen let the ceremony in Zhao Ji's insistence on everything to be simple, the ministers also understood that the Great Song Dynasty was about to change the sky, and they were no longer entangled, anyway, it was just like that, Zhao Ji did the ceremony, and it only took an hour to take a group of people on the boat with a large bag, and ran to Hangzhou without looking back.

Zhao Huan accepted the worship of many ministers, and his heart was really bitter than happy.

Although Zhao Ji is gone, but the big and small officials are still there, the first thing at the moment is how to deal with the southward movement of the Jin soldiers, Li Gang was named the squire of the military department at this time, and he was the first to ask Zhao Huan to take an idea.

Zhao Huan only said one sentence to make everyone not suspect that he was Zhao Ji's own son.

"That's... Ladies and gentlemen, do you say that the widow is fortunate in the west? ”

Yes, I want to run, too!

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