The forty-seventh time was trapped in Xiaochun and Han Wai Taiyuan

Mu Han was ordered to lead the army of the Western Road and go south to capture Taiyuan. He concentrated his main forces on Heyin, which was closest to the border of the Song Dynasty. At the beginning of December, he led his troops across the border and launched the fiercest attack on the Song army, and the first target to fall to him was Shuozhou.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's a godsend, so that the army of Sticky Han can enter for a long time, as if it were in a no-man's land. It turned out that at this time, the Song army in several border states of the Song Dynasty was already in a state of disintegration, and it was no wonder that the army of Muhan seemed to be so smooth sailing, and there was almost no obstacle along the way.

To understand the reason, we have to start from the beginning. When the Song and Jin Dynasty attacked Yan, Song Huizong appointed Tong Guan as the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Yanshan, recruited the people of Yanshan, and relocated the interior of the Song Dynasty. He also recruited people who were proficient in martial arts and brave and available among the Tibetan people, called the Righteous Victory Army, to assist in the defense of border towns and fortresses. Its soldiers scattered throughout Hedong totaled more than 100,000 people, and these people relied on the government for food and clothing.

The time has passed, the number of soldiers is large, and the warehouse has insufficient corn, which is difficult to supply. These soldiers were also in a state of hunger and cold, and they were often angry and complained because of hunger. It is also common to speak disrespectful words and scold your father and mother. And the generals of the Song Dynasty who defended these important towns and fortresses also ate old and corrupt grain, and they were also dissatisfied in their hearts. But he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so he had to vent the long-accumulated resentment in his heart to those Tibetan soldiers, who often said to the Tibetan soldiers: "You are all Tibetan people, but you eat fresh grain." And we are all genuine officers and soldiers, and we eat some rotten sesame seeds from Chen Guzi. From this point of view, are we the only officers and soldiers who are not as good as you people? We will kill you to vent our wrath! ”

When the soldiers heard this, they were even more angry in their hearts, and secretly thought: "We don't have enough to eat and wear warm clothes on weekdays, and we live a life of hunger and cold, but you still have to talk nonsense, which is really unbearable!" At the same time, they were even more afraid, really afraid that one day the Song people would kill them. When they heard that the Jin people were going to invade on a large scale, they felt relieved, and seemed to see a glimmer of hope in despair. At that moment, they exchanged heads and whispers, planning to open the door to welcome the surrender.

The Jin soldiers entered the realm of Shuozhou and Wuzhou, and the Shuozhou guard was named Sun Xu, who was loyal and brave by nature. Hearing that the Jin soldiers had arrived, he immediately led his troops out of the city to meet the battle. The two armies fought fiercely for half a day, and the victory or defeat was not decided. At this critical juncture, the Tibetan people in the army defending the city opened the city gate and welcomed the golden soldiers in.

Sun Xu saw it and wanted to lead the army back to defend the city. However, he was attacked by the surrendered troops and the Jin soldiers, and it was difficult to win, so he led his troops to break out. The Jin soldiers entered Wuzhou, and the Tibetan people also responded internally, so they did not bloody and captured Shuo and Wuzhou.

Sticky Han personally commanded the army, secretly crossed the Huairen River, and tried to invade the realm of Daizhou. Strictly guard the troops, rectify the armor, and plan to fight a few fierce battles. Before the invasion, Mu Han said to his lieutenant generals Lou Mu and Yelu Yujian: "Today, when the troops enter the realm of Daizhou and meet the southern army, there will inevitably be several tough battles to be fought. The initial battle had to take some effort, and then it could be broken by victory, just like digging into a bag. ”

According to the judgment of Mu Han, Jijiazhai is the place of border control in Daizhou, and the Song people must have heavy guards. If you storm Jijiazhai, you will pay a heavy price. Therefore, Muhan decided to divide his troops into two routes, attacking Jijiazhai with a small number of troops, and attacking Huguzhai with heavy troops.

When the battle was revealed, the result was unexpected. The Song soldiers of Jijiazhai were not as strong as Sticky Han expected, and their defenses were not as solid as Sticky Han imagined. In less than half a day, the Jin soldiers easily captured Jijiazhai. The Jin people tended to Daizhou and never encountered a single soldier of the Song people again.

Li Siben, the defender of Daizhou, saw that the Jin soldiers were approaching the city, so he led the army and civilians to defend it strictly. The Sticky Han Overseers attacked day and night, and it was difficult to break the city. At that time, among the guards of Daizhou, there was also Shi Kang, the deputy envoy who pacified the border. He saw that the Jin people's siege of the city was becoming more and more fierce, and he knew that it would be difficult to defend.

In the middle of the night, he called his two sons, Shi Jigu and Shi Jizhe, to them, full of grief, and said: 'It's too late, in the past, I have told the people concerned many times that it is very dangerous to control Yanmen, and we should choose good generals, and send more troops to strengthen the defense here, so as to prevent unseen troubles. If not, once there is a war, it will be at a loss. Although the words were straightforward, the people concerned took it as the wind in their ears. Now that the enemy is present, misfortune is being said. The encirclement is solid, and foreign aid will not come. Although the soldiers and civilians in the city tried their best to defend it, it was only to delay time. I expect the city to be destroyed tomorrow. When the city is broken, it is also the time to be loyal to the father and the country. You brothers should not think of your wives and children and do things that are negative to the country. When the brothers heard this, they were all moved and wept, "My brother has nothing else to think about but to obey his father's orders." ”

The next day, when the battle was raging, more than 20 soldiers of the Tibetan people rushed up, captured the defender Li Siben, and took the opportunity to open the city gate to welcome the Jin people in. Shi Fu's father and son broke through the siege in a battle, and finally died under the city wall because they were outnumbered.

In three days, the Jin people broke through three states in a row. When you hear it from far and near, you are not afraid of it like a tiger. Sticky Han led his troops to Xinzhou, but saw He Huan, the guard of Xinzhou in the Song Dynasty, open the city gate, and Zhang Le greeted him. It turned out that He Huan heard that Shuozhou, Wuzhou, and Daizhou had fallen one after another, and he knew that it was difficult to defend, so he already planned to surrender without a fight. Sticky is rare, overjoyed, so he ordered the army, all the commanders, all around the city, not allowed to enter the city without authorization, violators of the order beheaded.

On the way from Xinzhou to Taiyuan, there is also a dangerous pass, called Shicen Pass, the situation is very dangerous, it is the first key to the north of Taiyuan. In the Song and Liao wars, Shiling Pass became a battleground for both sides. As long as the Liao soldiers break through the Shiling Pass, they can drive for a long time

Go south and go straight to Taiyuan. As long as the Song soldiers held on to Shicen Pass, they could contain the momentum of the Liao soldiers, and even if they had strong cavalry, they would lose their usefulness. The strategic importance of Shiling Pass can also be seen from this.

Zhang Xiaochun, the guard of Taiyuan in the Song Dynasty, since Tong Guan escaped from Taiyuan, although he has a lot of complaints about the actions of Tong Taiwei, who is usually powerful, but as a minister who guards the frontier with a heavy life, he still made up his mind to stick to Taiyuan. The news that the Jin soldiers had entered the realm of Shuo, Wu, Dai, and Xin came one after another, and Zhang Xiaochun's very keen eyes had already noticed the importance of the defense of Shiling Pass.

He ordered his subordinate general Ji Jing to lead a strong army to reinforcements, but Ji Jing did not dare to go because the general was weak and weak. Zhang Xiaochun said: "The number of generals can be increased, and the weak soldiers can also be replenished, but the Jin soldiers have invaded, and the responsibility of serving the country cannot be shirked." He also ordered Geng Shouzhong to lead the 8,000 elite soldiers of his headquarters to help, Ji Jing once again excused himself, claiming that he did not dare to take on this position, and said that he had no confidence in defending Shicen Pass. After Zhang Xiaochun heard this, he was quite unhappy in his heart, and said: "If you want soldiers to soldiers, you want generals to generals, how can you repeatedly prevaricate at the moment of the great enemy!" The military order has been issued and cannot be changed. ”

Ji Jing had no choice but to lead his troops to go. However, he still did not make up his mind to defend Shicen Pass in his heart, but he took some trouble to send Geng Shouzhong to lead his 8,000 people in front of him. This kind of deployment of troops who did not engage in battle and arranged their own way to escape also had a negative impact on Geng Shouzhong and his subordinates. Although Geng Shouzhong didn't say it on the surface, he also began to mumble in his heart.

When the Song soldiers arrived at Shicen Pass, they had not yet deployed their troops, and the Jin soldiers had already flocked to the pass. Geng Shouzhong saw that the enemy's horses were like clouds, the soldiers were like ants, the banners and armor were clear, and the army was strong. Although he had never fought, he had already been afraid in his heart. He didn't go to report to Jijing, he made his own decisions, opened and closed the door, and welcomed the golden soldiers into the pass. Ji Jing saw the Jin soldiers rushing into the pass like a tide from afar, so he didn't think twice, "Thirty-six strategies, go is the best policy", and then rode away. Return to Taiyuan. put all the blame on Geng Shouzhong, saying that he offered Shicen Pass to the Jin people.

When Zhang Xiaochun heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly deployed troops to defend the city. At this time, the army led by Mu Han had already arrived at the city of Taiyuan. Zhang Xiaochun urgently called Zheng Yi and said to him: "The golden soldiers are gathered under the city, and they are menacing. Taiyuan City is high and full of food, and it will be able to hold on. You can take advantage of the fact that the golden soldiers are not firmly established, and rush out of the city by means of a moment of panic and confusion. Spread the word to the counties, so that they may be ready for each other, and they will fight each other in solidarity. The Jin people are stationed under the fortified city, if it is difficult to conquer for a while, the division is tired and the people's hearts are weak, and then take the opportunity to counterattack, and they will be able to win a complete victory. ”

Zheng Yi was ordered to bring two people who dared to die, and with his familiarity with the terrain of Taiyuan Mansion, he came out of the conflict and reported to the states and counties. To say that Zhang Xiaochun's idea can also be called far-sighted. However, the objective conditions they faced, including the time, place, people, and many other factors that affected the development and change of the military situation, all seemed to be deliberately embarrassing him, and his strategy of holding on to Taiyuan, dragging down the Jin army, and defeating the Jin army finally failed.

Sticky Han deployed troops and surrounded the city of Taiyuan. Inspecting the surroundings, I saw that the city wall of Taiyuan Mansion was towering and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was expected that it would be difficult to break through for a while. I thought to myself: "If you can collect many nearby states and counties, Taiyuan City will become an isolated city." Then with heavy troops stationed under the city of Taiyuan, besieged for a long time. After a long time, Taiyuan City is impregnable, and he must be conquered." Thinking of this, he sent envoys to various states and counties to summon the envoys to surrender.

Binh Duong is a major town in the south of Jin, located next to the Fen River. At that time, it was Liu Si, the general of the Volunteer Army, who was guarding Pingyang. Liu Si is also a Tibetan soldier, and among the 4,000 soldiers, the Tibetan generals occupy half of it. At that time, when I heard that the Jin people invaded the south, I had the intention of reducing the gold. This time, Liu Si received a letter from Zhang Xiaochun in the morning to order the anti-Jin, but in the afternoon he received a document from Muhan to surrender. Liu Si burned Zhang Xiaochun's anti-gold text. Then he secretly sent people from Jiandao to Taiyuan, surrendered to Muhanna, and offered Pingyang. Sticky and rare to hear of the great joy, promised to be a high-ranking official.

At that time, Liu Si was stationed outside the city, trying to lead his troops into the city, but he was afraid of arousing suspicion. Then he selected dozens of sticky soldiers, pretended to be merchants, and deceived the eyes of the soldiers defending the city in the name of entering the city for trade, and blended into Pingyang City. Now that these people entered the city and revealed their true colors, they each took out swords, guns, swords, halberds, and other weapons, and killed them at the city pass. The soldiers of Song Shouguan were stunned when they saw it, and when they came to their senses and planned to take out their weapons to meet the enemy, it was too late. Some people have become ghosts under the knife, and those who are lucky enough not to die have spread their legs and fled for their lives.

Liu Si's waiting soldiers lurking outside the city saw the city gate open and rushed in. When the soldiers and people in the city saw this, they were all shocked, and they rushed to tell each other: "The traitorous ministers misled the country and the people, and put these Tibetan soldiers in the interior, and today they really suffered from their misery." When Liu Si heard this, he became angry and angry, and plundered his troops, looting property and women. The soldiers and people of the city went out of the city one after another to take refuge. After a few days, it calmed down. Liu Si robbed the city of Pingyang and demoted the Jinren.

When the Song Dynasty was stationed in Shaanxi, the generals of Hedong heard that Taiyuan was surrounded by the Jin people, and immediately sent troops to the rescue. There were 50,000 people and gathered north of the Fen River, posing a great threat to the Jin army. Muhan sent the marshal Zuodu Eunuch Yelu Yujian to meet the battle, and Yelu Yujian was ordered to lead his generals Wu Lihai and others to defeat the reinforcements after a day and a night of fierce fighting. More than 10,000 people were killed, and their commanders Hao Zhonglian, Zhang Guansuo and Ma Zhong were captured, and the first attempt of the Song people to rescue Taiyuan failed.

After defeating this support army, Mu Han thought that Shaanxi and Taiyuan were across the river, and in order to prevent reinforcements from coming, he sent Yan Mu to envoy to Xia State, promising to Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, to cede Tiande, Yunnei, Jinsu, Heqing Fourth Army and Wuzhou and other eight pavilions. About attacking Lin, Fu Erzhou to contain the Song army. Li Qianshun saw that the conditions promised by Mu Han were quite generous, so he did not hesitate and agreed.

Sticky Han went around the city to watch the enemy, and came up with a new method of besieging the city, that is, besieging Taiyuan by locking the city. What is the method of locking down the city? That is, in places outside the city that are difficult to reach by arrows, they build new cities and send troops to defend them. These cities surround Taiyuan and cut off all contact between Taiyuan and the outside world. This trick of Sticky Han is really powerful, and it has turned Taiyuan City into a real lonely city. Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.