Li Yanxian led the 50,000 cavalry of the Yanyun Military Region to gallop towards the east, at the beginning the road was flat, surrounded by grasslands, but after walking for a long time, the road was rugged again!

In the early morning of September 13, Li Yanxian rushed to the area of Niushan Pavilion! Niushan Pavilion is a small castle built by the Khitans, and now there are hundreds of Jurchen soldiers stationed in it! Seeing the overwhelming Song army, the Jurchen soldiers in the Niushan Pavilion fled in a hurry, but not long after, these hundreds of Jurchen soldiers were completely overwhelmed by the Song army!

On September 15, 50,000 cavalry came to the area of Luer Gorge, and there was also a fortress at the entrance, in which more than 1,000 soldiers were stationed, including pure Jurchen soldiers, as well as new annexed armies composed of Khitans and Han Chinese, and some slave troops! The Song army arrived late at night and suddenly launched an attack, the enemy troops in the Luerxia fortress did not have any precautions at all, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the Luerxia fortress was overcome, and 50,000 Song troops roared past and continued to go east!

On the 16th of September, 50,000 cavalry suddenly appeared under Shenshan County, north of Zezhou!

They built a ladder and began to siege the city, and there was almost no resistance from the beginning to the end! Shenshan County is located a hundred miles north of Zezhou, and to the west is Luer Gorge, they did not expect that the Song army would suddenly appear, and there were not many defenders here, and there was no resistance at all!

In less than half an hour, Song Jiang had completely controlled Shenshan County, and they only left 3,000 people to guard here, Li Yanxian immediately led the remaining cavalry to go south with all their strength and march towards Zezhou!

To the south of Niushan, Fu Xuanzheng, an important general of the Yanyun Military Region, led 50,000 soldiers on a rapid march in the direction of Pucheng County.

Fu Xuan was originally an important general of the Yue family army in history, and in history, Yue Fei Ping Zhong Xiang Yang Mo, Fu Xuan repeatedly defeated Zhong Xiang Yang Mo's army! When Jin Wushu and Liu Yu invaded the south, Fu Xuan, Wang Gui and Dong Xian led 20,000 Yuejia troops to resist Jin Wushu in Tangzhou, and Fu Xuan's troops killed more than 3,000 Jin soldiers and captured more than 5,000 horses! Historically, the strongest in the Yue family's army was the Beiwei Army, at the beginning Yue Yun served as the commander of the Beiwei Army, and later Fu Xuan served as the commander of the Beiwei Army!

He was originally the leader of the Hebei Righteous Army, but he fell out with Wang Ze of the Hebei Righteous Army, Wang Ze followed Zhao Gou, and Fu Xuan sent someone to contact Wang Gui! After the Song army conquered the Central Plains and Yanyun, Fu Xuan led the remaining Yanyun rebels to take refuge in the Song army and came under the jurisdiction of Li Xianzhong!

After Fu Xuan entered the Yanyun Military Region, he immediately showed outstanding military talent, so in less than two years, Fu Xuan has become an important general in the Yanyun Military Region second only to Li Xianzhong and Li Yanxian, and he is now also the deputy commander of the Yanyun Military Region.

At the same time that Li Yanxian conquered Shenshan County, Fu Xuan had already led the army to Pucheng County!

Both Shenshan County and Pucheng County are small counties around Zezhou, and their defense is extremely weak, and Pucheng County began to fall almost instantly!

After conquering Pucheng County, Fu Xuan divided his soldiers and horses into two roads, one to the north, and the other to the northeast! In this way, Li Yanxian came down from the north, Li Xianzhong came from the west, and the 170,000 troops of the Yanyun Military Region could completely encircle Zezhou without leaving the slightest chance for the enemy to escape.

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In the early morning of 17 September, the area around Zezhou was foggy.

By this time, the weather had become cold, and on the city wall to the west of Zezhou, a Jurchen youth was standing there.

This Jurchen young man is very tall, his head is bare, and he doesn't even have braids at the back, just like a monk in the Central Plains! He had a handsome face, and his eyes looked into the distance, with a melancholy look in them.

"General, it's so cold, why did you come to the city wall so early?" After a while, a commander with a dozen soldiers walked up to the city wall, and when he saw the Jurchen young man standing here, the commander hurriedly saluted.

"I couldn't sleep late at night, so I came here to have a look. The fog is so heavy today, and the weather is completely cold! The Jurchen youth said.

"yes, it's cold! General, Lord Wanyanchang and the fourth prince have already contacted the Khitan and Mongolia, and soon they will go south, and we will enter the Central Plains and get the Central Plains, which is exciting to think about! The commander laughed.

This is the news that came yesterday, the Khitan and Mongolia are about to go south, especially the Khitan Yelu Dashi is not far from Shangjing, Wan Yanchang and Jin Wushu have made the defenders in the Zezhou area ready, and when they attack Yanyun in the future, the defenders of Zezhou will attack Juyong Pass from the north and capture Yanyun in one fell swoop!

"To the south? Into the Central Plains? Wan Yanchang and the fourth prince are really delusional! The Jurchen youth smiled bitterly.

"Delusional?" The commander was stunned for a moment, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

"When the Han people were the strongest, it was the Han and Tang Dynasties, known as the Han and Tang Dynasties, but neither the Han and Tang Dynasties were as good as the current Great Song Dynasty! Now the population of the Great Song Dynasty is several times that of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the number of troops in the Great Song Dynasty is far greater than that of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the strength of the Great Song Dynasty is not below that of the Han and Tang Dynasties! In the Han Dynasty, the Han people defeated the Xiongnu, and in the Tang Dynasty, the Han people defeated the Turks! Whether it is the Xiongnu or the Turks, the strength is not under our Jurchen! They are no match for the Han Chinese, how can we defeat the Han Chinese? The Jurchen youth said.

"General, when we went south, the Han people were vulnerable, they just suddenly became stronger, in fact they were still very weak, and the general was too worried!" The commander said disapprerovingly.

"Worried? When she was in Guanshan, the living girl was defeated first, and then the second prince and Wanyan Lou were defeated, and then Jiangnan Zhao Gou was completely wiped out, and the second prince and Wanyan Lou led 200,000 elite soldiers and the whole army was wiped out! The cavalry of the Han people also went north into the grassland, and their cavalry number was not as good as that of the fourth prince, but the fourth prince was not their opponent, and the general Han Chang under the fourth prince died in their hands! At the beginning of this year, the fourth prince also went south to Datong, and in the end, the fourth prince himself almost died in the hands of the Han people! In the past seven years, in the face of Emperor Xuanwu, we have not won once, we have been defeated repeatedly, the country's troops are getting smaller and smaller, and finally we have to cooperate with the Khitan and Mongolia, in this case, why do you still look down on the Han people? Do you have to wait until the Han people have destroyed all our Jurchens before you will face up to the Han people? The Jurchen youth said.

"This ......" the commander stammered, he wanted to argue, but he couldn't think of anything to argue! Moreover, he actually recognized what this Jurchen young man said in his heart, and he was shocked in his heart!

"The Han people haven't left Yanyun and Datong for a year, not because they're afraid of us, but because they need to recuperate! They have just obtained the Central Plains and Yanyun, and the material reserves are insufficient, and the military rations are not enough, so they cannot support the war in the north! But as far as I know, this year the Han people had a bumper harvest! I'm afraid they'll soon go north! The Jurchen youth said.

"Probably not, right?" Thousand-mile said.

"In the past, the Han people mainly focused on defense and never took the initiative to invade other countries, but since Emperor Xuanwu succeeded to the throne, several major wars have been based on attack! Just like when he suddenly went north to enter Western Xia without warning, the Western Xia people would never have imagined how strong the Han people would be, and in less than half a year, the Western Xia was wiped out! At that time, the Han people used about 300,000 troops! This time, if the Han people go north, the number of troops mobilized is definitely not 300,000, it is very likely to be more, far beyond our imagination! I'm worried, very worried! I'm afraid that our Jurchens will be completely destroyed! The Jurchen youth said.

Thinking of these things, the Jurchen youth felt chills all over his body!

"General, such a thing will not happen." Thousand-mile said.

"I still trust my judgment." The Jurchen youth shook his head and said.

"By the way, General, I have one more thing to report to you." Thousand-mile said.

"What's the matter?" Jurchen youth said.

"Last night, someone came from the direction of Niushan, and they said that they found the Song army west of Niushan, and the number was extremely large, and the last general felt that he was talking nonsense, so he did not report to the general at that time." Thousand-mile said.

"What?" The Jurchen youth stayed there for a moment, and after a moment he suddenly shouted, "Call him at once!" Fast! Go get him now! ”

A quarter of an hour later, a Jurchen soldier fell to his knees, and the Jurchen youth said, "Tell me quickly, there is really a Song army west of Niushan?" ”

The Jurchen soldier nodded hurriedly and said: "General Qiyu, I was originally a post soldier in Bei'an Prefecture, I went to Zezhou a few days ago to deliver a letter, and I was going to return to Bei'an Prefecture in the next two days. There are many roads in Niu Mountain, and I have been walking there all year round and know a small path, so I am much faster than the Song army! General, I will never dare to deceive you, there is really a Song army! ”

The Jurchen youth stood there in a daze, and after a moment, a terrifying expression appeared on his face, and said, "The Han people have indeed marched to the north!" Bei'an Prefecture must have been conquered by the Han Chinese, and Zezhou is by no means their opponent! Gather your army and flee from Zezhou! ”

The commander said in disbelief: "Escape from Zezhou? General, we don't know if the news is true or not? ”

The Jurchen youth said: "Listen to me, there will be no mistake!" I had expected this day to come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon! Let's go now, it's too late! ”

The commander was still hesitating, and the Jurchen youth couldn't help but kick at him, and said, "Don't go and gather the army yet!" Do you really want to die in Zezhou? ”

The commander left in a hurry, and the Jurchen youth had already hurried to find the rest of the soldiers and generals, and asked them to gather at once.

It was overcast, and after half an hour, the 10,000 defenders of Zezhou City hurriedly left Zezhou and headed north.