Fengxiang Mansion.

After the battle, there were devastated eyes, corpses everywhere, lonely war horses, wandering in the wilderness, unwilling to leave.

The Song army, which had won a vicious battle, did not have time to rest and celebrate, and a new military order was issued again.

In the barracks, all the generals gathered, and Yao Zhong, the commander of the left army, announced the order to march.

"After this defeat, the main force of the Jin Army has become angry! The commander had an order, and the left army attacked westward, pursued by victory, and captured Lintao Mansion within a month, in order to prevent Western Xia from seizing the city. Wu Ting, lead your troops to go first tomorrow, and within ten days, you must seize Qinzhou and open up the road to the west! ”

"Order!" Wu Ting, the son of Wu Lan, was the deputy commander of the Left Army, and got up to take the order.

"Yang Song, you lead the rear army of 5,000 people to garrison Fengxiang Mansion to ensure that the grain route is unblocked, and if necessary, go west to support!" Yao Zhong continued to order.

"Order!" Yang Song, the commander of the rear army, got up to take the order.

"The rest of the generals obey the order! The departments rested for two days, and after two days, they carried grain and grass and military supplies, and the whole army marched westward! Yao Zhong gave another order.

"Order!" The generals stood up and spoke in unison.

The left army gathered generals and assigned tasks, and the Chinese army was not idle.

In the camp of the Chinese army, the same generals gathered.

I only heard Ming Fu, the commander of the Chinese army: "In the battle of Fengxiang Mansion, the Jin army lost tens of thousands of soldiers, scattered and fled, all the way to the west to Qinzhou and Lintao Mansion, all the way north to Pingliang and Yuanzhou, and all the way east to Jingzhao Mansion. Fang just went to the Shuaifu to see the marshal, and agreed not to give them time to breathe, should take advantage of the victory to pursue, our Chinese army pursued to the north, drove the remnants of the Jin army out of Pingliang Mansion, drove out of Yuanzhou, and recovered the old land! The cold winter is coming soon, we don't have much time, the whole army will go north immediately after resting for two days, and strive to recover Fuzhou and Pingliang within a month! If we don't hurry up and delay for a while, Yuanzhou, Pingliangfu and other places may be taken away by the Tangut people first, and then there will be big trouble. Therefore, everyone must understand the urgency of pursuing the remnants of the Jin Army, and after returning home, all departments will summon the backbone of the army to do a good job of pursuing and destroying the enemy. ”

"Order!" The generals were in high spirits and answered the order in unison.

"The battle of Fengxiang, although our army won a big victory, but the casualties are not small, the pursuit of the enemy, is success or failure, the key is the speed of the pursuit, in order to avoid the wounded soldiers delaying the march, all the wounded soldiers who are inconvenient to move are left in Fengxiang Mansion, all departments must be strictly investigated, no deception, you tell them, the wounded soldiers who stay in Fengxiang Mansion are arranged by the Marshal's Mansion, don't worry."

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The Chinese army camp is gathering generals, and the right army is also deploying military operations.

"The main force of the Jin army in Guanzhong has fled back to Jingzhao Mansion, a full 30,000 people, if they are allowed to go north to Pingyang Mansion or send Hanguguan to the east, we will not be able to explain to the imperial court. The commander had an order, and the 20,000 men of the right army immediately marched eastward, directly took Jingzhao Mansion, and trapped the Jin army in Guanzhong! ”

"General, with such a large territory as Jingzhao Mansion, we have 20,000 people to trap 30,000 people, it's too difficult, right?"

"There is no need to worry about this matter, there are almost no Jin garrisons in the states and counties of Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Jin army of Jingzhao Prefecture has been huddled together to keep their lives, and they will definitely hold on to the big city. Looking at the entire Guanzhong, the Jin army of Jingzhao Mansion has become a lone army, and it will never dare to break through at will. As long as we hold them back for ten days and half a month, the army in the direction of Xiangyang and Nanyang will be able to appear in Jingzhao Mansion, and it is reported that they have been on the road for more than ten days and are crossing the mountains and mountains. In addition to the reinforcements of Nanyang and Xiangyang, Luoyang and Pingyang Prefecture in the east will send troops to guard the Yellow River crossing and cut off the illusion of the Jin army escaping. Therefore, our 20,000 people only need to block the way for the Jin army to advance west and flee north, and they are the meat in our mouths! ”

"General, how many reinforcements are there in Xiangyang and Nanyang? Has Pingyang Mansion been taken down? ”

"The armies of Xiangyang and Nanyang are led by Wu Gong himself, with no less than 20,000 troops, all of whom are elites with rich combat experience. It is reported that more than half a month ago, they had besieged Pingyang City with an army of 40,000 troops, and the rest of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Pingyang Province were all recovered, and the defenders of the Jin army were trapped in a lonely city without reinforcements and could not hold out for a few days. Taking a step back, even if Pingyang City has not been conquered, it is difficult for the Pingyang Jin Army to protect itself, and it is impossible to support Jingzhao Mansion. It can be said that now whether it is Jingzhao Mansion or Pingyang Mansion, it is our meat, as long as we are fast enough, we can make new contributions when we take Jingzhao Mansion, and then go east or north! ”

"General, let's set off immediately, maybe we can catch up with the fleeing Jin army on the way!"

"Good. The congregation will obey the order! An hour later, the army marched and targeted Jingzhao Mansion! "The commander of the right army ordered loudly.

"Order!" The generals of the right army answered the order in unison.

In the eastern part of the Qinling Mountains, among the mountains, there is an ancient county, called Lushi.

Lushi County has a long history, was founded in the Western Han Dynasty Yuan Ding four years, has not changed its name for thousands of years, has not revoked the system, north of the Yellow River, east of Luoyang, west of Shangzhou, south to Nanyang, from the four places are only 100 miles away, the geographical location is very unique, the traffic is also more convenient, it is the only way to enter Hangu Pass from the south.

Since the Jingkang Rebellion, this place was occupied by the Jin people, before Nanyang was in the hands of the Jin people, Lushi County was not valued, since the Song and Jin Dynasty negotiated peace in Bianjing, this place became important, the Jin army then sent heavy troops to garrison, day and night embankment Song army from Nanyang to the north, attack Hangu Pass.

However, the Jin army was prepared, and the Song army also planned.

The Central Plains is a lot of loyal and righteous people, they do not oppress and rule from the Jin people, for decades, there are countless people to the west into the Qinling Mountains, occupy the mountains as the king, the grass for the Kou, every time to the Song and Jin wars, they will attack and harass the Jin army as a righteous army, to provide intelligence and material help for the Song army frontal battlefield.

After the Jin people withdrew from Bianjing, according to the geographical boundaries, the Qinling Mountains in the Qiuzhou, Shangzhou, still belong to the Jin State, Lushi County is under the jurisdiction of the Jin, naturally it is still the land of the Jin State, although some people, righteous people quietly out of the mountain, fled to Nanyang, Luoyang, but the vast majority of the family with the mouth, difficult to migrate, and finally stayed in the same place.

Bianjing wants to recover all his homeland, recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and want to use Lushi County to enter Hangu Pass, so naturally he will not let go of the countless loyal and righteous people in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains.

For so many years, the imperial court has been in contact with them, and they have been supplied with food and weapons, and when the time comes, they will be incorporated into the imperial army.

Become the official establishment of the Song Army, eat the imperial grain and become a big official, this is also the wish of the righteous people in the mountains, after all, it is not enough to serve the court with only one heart, the wife and children still have to be raised, and the high-ranking officials are also what they want.

Therefore, in July of the eighth year of Beiding, after the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State completely broke and tore up the peace covenant signed eight years ago, in the Qinling Mountains, the righteous soldiers from the mountains near Lushi County quickly formed a righteous army of more than 5,000 people, and within three days, they captured the county seat of Lushi.

In the following more than a month, he defeated the Jin army that rushed over from Yuzhou to support many times, and stubbornly defended the passage from Yuzhou to Lushi County.

The hard work paid off, and after a hard battle, they finally waited for the news that the Great Song Dynasty had sent troops to Yuzhou.

In late August, 3,000 people from the vanguard of the Song army in Nanyang arrived in Lushi County, and brought a reward edict from the imperial court.

In mid-September, 20,000 troops from Nanyang and Xiangyang entered the Qinling Mountains under the leadership of Wu Gong, the commander of the capital, and rushed to Lushi County in the second half of the year.

In the Shuaifu, after a short discussion, Wu Gong made a final decision: "The division of troops in Shangzhou is too delayed, the transportation of grain and grass is inconvenient, and as soon as the cold winter arrives, the heavy snow will cover the mountain, and it will not be able to rush to Jingzhao Mansion in time." We should immediately go north to capture Yuzhou, capture Hangu Pass, and then join the Luoyang garrison to enter Huazhou in the west, completely smash the attempt of the Jin army in Guanzhong to flee east to Pingyang Mansion, and if time permits, we can also join forces with all the armies to completely besiege the Jin army in Jingzhao Mansion! All departments listened to the order, prepared immediately, and set off on time at three o'clock tomorrow, went north to Yuzhou, and conquered Hangu Pass! ”

"Order!" The generals answered in unison.

The next day, the weather was clear, and the 20,000-strong army set out from Lushi County, divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, carrying the necessary rations, entering the Yumai Mountains of the Qinling Mountains and entering the north into Yuzhou.

On a road to Yuzhou in the north, along the way, the Jin army set up blocking positions along the way, but due to the disparity in strength, as soon as the two sides made a slight contact, the Jin army abandoned the formation and fled, and even some defenders fled directly into the mountains, or joined the Song army.

There were a lot of Song and Han people in the Jin army in Yuzhou, and the commander specially let the Han soldiers go into the mountains to garrison, not to mention that they could not eat, and they would be bitten by mosquitoes.

After Lushi County was captured by the Righteous Army, some Han and Song people in the Jin Army quietly came to Lushi County and joined the Righteous Army.

Now that the Great Song army is heading north, the defenders along the road naturally have no fighting spirit, and they have abandoned their defenses and fled, or surrendered to the Song army.

Four days later, the former army walked out of the Qinling Mountains and arrived twenty miles south of the city of Yuzhou, where they confronted the thousands of gold troops guarding here.

The Jin army did not dare to take the initiative to attack, the Song army was not afraid at all, and that night, the righteous soldiers in the righteous army took the lead, and the elite of the Song army was behind, and launched an attack on the Jin army camp.

Although the defenders and the Song army were equal in strength and had their own combat preparations, the morale of the two armies was very different, and after less than half an hour of fierce fighting, the Jin army abandoned the camp and fled to the city of Yuzhou.

It was night, the night was dark, and in order to prevent the Jin army from retreating, the Song army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

On the second day, the Chinese army and the rear army arrived one after another, and the front army continued to explore the way.

Within a few days, Wu Gong led more than 20,000 soldiers from Nanyang and Xiangyang to the city of Yuzhou, rested and prepared for two days, and then launched a siege battle.

The Jin army of Yuzhou has been in Guanzhong for a long time, and has not had much experience in warfare for decades, coupled with low morale and insufficient confidence, although it occupies the city, it is simply unable to resist the elite attack of the Song army.

Three days later, the city of Yuzhou was broken, and a group of thousands of Jin troops fled west to Huazhou, and Yuzhou was recovered by Wu Gong.

The Song army entered the city of Yuzhou, Hangu Pass went down without a fight, and the Luoyang garrison outside the pass entered the pass and took over Hangu Pass and Yuzhou City.

At this point, the western barrier of Bianjing was in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and there was no longer any worry about the Jin army going out of the pass to threaten Bianjing.

Wu Gongbu rested for two days, replenished grain and grass materials, and then quickly moved west to Huazhou.

Beginning in October, the Song army surrounded Guanzhong on three sides, and the Jin army in Guanzhong was in general direction.