The reason why Zhao Gou did not agree to Zong Ze's request to send troops for a long time was actually due to his practical difficulties.

First of all, on the surface, Zhao Gou commanded an army of 170,000, but the actual situation was not like this.

At present, Zhao Gou can really control not many soldiers and horses, not even one-third - most of the 170,000 troops are actually in the hands of Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, and Weng Yanguo.

Although Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, and Weng Yanguo received orders from the Generalissimo's Mansion and were nominally subordinate to the Generalissimo's Mansion, in fact, they were somewhat incompatible with the Generalissimo's Mansion - the soldiers and horses led by Zhao Ye and Fan Ne were stationed in the west and south of Yingtianfu, and Zhao Gou in the north was not allowed to get involved at all, while Weng Yanguo simply led his own soldiers and horses to be stationed in Sizhou, and did not report to Yingtianfu at all.

There are actually many people like Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, and Weng Yanguo.

Most of these people believe that heroes in troubled times come out of all directions, and if there are soldiers, they are the king of grass.

This is also one of the important reasons why Zhao Gou is extremely distrustful of the generals who command the army in the future - these generals really like to support the army and respect themselves.

Secondly, these 170,000 troops did not really obey Zhao Gou's command.

Take the rescue of Bianliang in Tokyo as an example.

Zhao Gou asked everyone to discuss when they could send troops to rescue Tokyo.

Outcome:

Some people advocated going to war, and suggested that they make an appointment with the divisions of the kings of Qin, march on the same day, and fight a fierce battle with the Jin army, and fight the winner in a decisive battle.

Some people oppose the war, they believe that the Jin army only controls the outer city walls and has not yet entered the city, and if the war starts now, the Jin army will inevitably be forced into the city, and then the slaughter of the city is likely to occur.

There are also people who believe that Zhao Huan had a wax edict sent and had clearly instructed (the Jin people could not go to the city, and the party would negotiate reconciliation, but the troops could be stationed close to Dian, and they should not be moved. Now we should abide by Zhao Huan's edict and wait and see what happens.

Thirdly, the composition of the 170,000-strong army was very complicated - some of them were thieves who came from Zhao'an, some were routs and thieves who had been gathered, and there were also improvised Qinwang soldiers and militias.

The military discipline and combat effectiveness of such a ragtag army can be imagined.

In addition, the low-level soldiers, especially those who had been frightened by the defeat of the Jin army, were unwilling to fight the Jin army again, and for this reason, they even did not hesitate to mutiny.

In fact, during this time, there have already been two mutinies.

For the first time, when they were in Xiangzhou, many rebels were reluctant to come to Yingtianfu with Zhao Gou, let alone start a war with the Jin army, so these rebels who did not want to follow Zhao Gou to the south heard that the Generalissimo's Mansion wanted to move to Yingtianfu, and secretly set fire to the north gate of the city and in front of the government before dawn, trying to cause chaos, and then escaped.

Fortunately, Zhang Jun reacted quickly and caught the arson rebels in time, extinguished the fire, and then executed the arsonist soldiers to suppress the mutiny.

After the army went south, some rebels who did not want to go south tried to make trouble.

As a result, he was arrested by Zhang Jun again, and then he was Ling Chi by Zhao Gou.

Zhang Jun's keen insight and courage can be seen from this, which also shows that Zhang Jun is not as incompetent as the legend of later generations, ranking first among the four generals of Zhongxing, and it cannot be said that there is no reason at all.

In fact, if you carefully look at Zhang Jun's resume, you will find that Zhang Jun also started his military career as a small soldier, and worked hard step by step from the grassroots level of the army.

Let Zhao Gou lead such an army to compete with the powerful Jin army, which is really a test of Zhao Gou's courage.

In fact, Zhao Gou is a guy who is strong on the outside and has no courage in the middle.

Of course, you can also say that Zhao Gou has a high political level, can forbear, and will make the right choices.

In short, Zhao Gou chose according to the current actual situation, not to send troops for the time being, and then wait and see, and then make a decision.

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The Song army hesitated there, but the Liangshan army was like a tiger descending the mountain, especially the forward of the Left Route Army, that is, the Xuanfeng Army composed of the first battalion and Guo Haoguo.

These more than 10,000 horses are all cavalry, and there is an invincible first battalion as the spearhead, so that the Xuanfeng Army is like a spear straight into Dongming County.

At the beginning of the battle with the Jin army, the Xuan Feng Army picked eighteen gold battalions in a row, and the Jin army was stunned.

If it weren't for Han Shizhong's learning of this, he issued three orders in a row, not allowing the Feng Army to rush forward again, with the ferocious momentum before the Feng Army, he would have been able to hit Bianliang City in three days.

However, this premise is that they will not fall into the ambush of the Jin army.

In fact, Wanyan Zongwang has already made corresponding arrangements for this more than 10,000 selected vanguard army, if they are as aggressive as before, they are likely to suffer a big defeat, you know, Wanyan Zongwang is also a famous general in a hundred battles, how can he be defeated by Guo Hao and Yang Zaixing so easily?

However, there are no ifs in war.

With the initial onslaught of the Left Army, it took only six days for the Left Army to take Dongming County, and then pointed at Bianliang City.

By the way, in Dongming County, Han Shizhong withdrew the first battalion that had been rushing before (Yang Zaixing was not convinced, and asked Han Shizhong to theorize, Han Shizhong said that he really couldn't control the sharp blade of the first battalion, so he simply returned the first battalion to Li Yan. Only Guo Haobu was left to serve as the selector, and then continued to push forward - carefully forward.

Unlike the Left Route Army's rapid advance to Dongming County, the Right Route Army, Liu Qi implemented a steady and steady style of fighting, and wherever he passed, he must clean up all the Jin troops he encountered, and then move forward, never giving the Jin Army any flaws.

Therefore, the march of the right army was slower.

Fighting against the right army was Wanyan Zonghan.

Seeing that the right army was fighting so steadily, Yan Zonghan suddenly felt like a great enemy.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan controlled the steady retreat of the army and prepared for a decisive battle with the Right Route Army, preparing to defeat the Right Route Army in one fell swoop.

Wanyan Zonghan is not only the commander of the Western Route Army, but also the commander of the Jin Army, so Wanyan Zonghan's eyes cannot only focus on the Liangshan Right Route Army, but also look at the current overall situation.

At first glance, Wanyan Zonghan suddenly felt bad.

The situation facing the Jin army today is that the Liangshan army is in the north and east, the 300,000 army of the Generalissimo of the Song State in the south (the Generalissimo's Mansion claims to be only 170,000), and the 200,000 Western Song Army led by Fan Zhixu (in fact, there are only 100,000) in the west.

Looking at it this way, the situation of the Jin army was extremely bad, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, including more than 100,000 Liangshan troops who had no defeat in the southern and northern wars.

In this case, even if he is as arrogant as Yan Zonghan, he can't help but panic a little.

In addition, since the dispatch of troops in August, the Jin army has been fighting for nearly half a year.

Although the momentum of the Jin army is not bad, whether it is a general or a soldier, whether it is mental or physical, the Jin army is deeply tired and needs to rest.

Among them, Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the Eastern Route Army, is the most tired - Wanyan Zongwang's fatigue is not only because he has been fighting again and again over the years, but also because of his lustful nature.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan didn't dare and didn't want to stay in Tokyo anymore.

Based on this, after Zhao Huan closed his eyes and signed the unequal treaty unilaterally formulated by the Jin people because he was afraid of death, Wanyan Zonghan immediately gave an ultimatum to the people in Bianliang City.

In other words, the Jin army is ready to withdraw......

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