In the dark night, there were shouts of killing everywhere, the Jin soldiers were never able to assemble, they were torn apart by the powerful Song cavalry, in the chaos, they could only fight alone, but they were far from being the opponents of the Song cavalry in groups, in the dark, one by one the Jin cavalry were chopped down, stabbed over, and suffered heavy casualties.

Wanyan Cha stabbed several times to gather the army, but failed to succeed, he saw that the general trend had gone, so he had to take more than a thousand cavalry to run towards Datong City, a few miles away from Datong City, but more than a dozen soldiers defending the city fled head-on.

Wan Yan Cha was shocked and asked urgently, "What's wrong?" ”

"Qiyu is the capital, Datong City has been invaded by the Song army, the brothers can't resist it, and the city has been lost!"

Wanyan Cha's stabbing was like stepping on the air, his eyes were dark, his body shook, and he almost fell off his horse, and several pro-soldiers hurriedly supported him, "All of them!" All over! ”

Wan Yan Cha Thorn slowly stabilized his mind, and asked again, "What about your lord?" ”

"The whereabouts of the main general are unknown, and he was seen fighting fiercely with the Song army on the Cangcheng side."

Wan Yan Cha let out a long sigh, and looked back at the cavalry that followed him, there were less than a thousand people, and the dust rolled up by the Song cavalry in the distance covered the sky and the sun, and it was less than three miles away from them, and entering the city was only a dead end.

He had to shout, "Follow me!" ”

He fled east with a thousand remnants of his defeated army.

The day is gradually bright, a night of fierce fighting, in the vast wilderness can no longer see the golden soldiers who have escaped the net, those who can escape have fled far, and those who can't escape have also died under the ruthless killing of the Song army.

After the battle, Sima carried out a battle statistics, and more than 16,000 Jin soldiers died that night, including 1,800 in the city, and the Song army also paid nearly 4,000 cavalry casualties, and the losses were also quite heavy.

After seizing Datong Mansion, Liu Jian was not in a hurry to withdraw his troops, but sent Liu Tie to lead 30,000 people to Ulzhou to seize the northern strategic passage into Yanshan Mansion.

On the one hand, it could prevent the Jin soldiers from attacking Xiazhou and Lingzhou, and at the same time relieve the danger in the northern part of the Hedong Road, so that the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty and the Hedong Road were given an important strategic buffer zone.

On the other hand, the capture of Datong Mansion enabled the Song army to threaten Yanshan Mansion in the north for the first time, and opened the passage for the Song army to attack Yanshan Mansion from the north, which was of great strategic significance and formed a huge strategic pressure on the Jin soldiers in Hebei.

At the same time that the Song army seized Datong Mansion, the 60,000 combined army of Wu Jie and Zhang Jun was waving north, Liu Ziyu led 20,000 troops to Taiyuan Mansion, the two armies Taiyuan Mansion met, and the 80,000 army immediately entered Jingcheng and launched an attack on Zhending Mansion.

At this time, the 250,000-strong army led by Li Yanqing arrived on the south bank of the Yellow River and began to cross the Yellow River north at the Baima Ferry.

After the defeat of Yan Xian also under the Daimyo City, he was always unwilling, and launched two siege battles in a row, after paying the heavy price of 15,000 casualties, he finally had to admit that he could not capture the Daimyo City, and the Jin soldiers who attacked the Daimyo Mansion had suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the Ji army of Gaoqing origin also suffered nearly 20,000 casualties.

Both the Jin soldiers and the Han army were demoralized, and their fighting spirit was weakened, and after Wanyan Xian learned the news of the annihilation of Wanyan Zonggan's 30,000 cavalry, he regretted, hated, and panicked in his heart, and finally couldn't afford to fall ill.

Baima Ferry is the most important ferry port in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, when the Guandu War, Guan Yunchang was here to kill Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang, the important reason here is not only that it is flat, easy to cross the river, and the opposite bank is the important town of Liyang County, as early as the Han Dynasty, Liyang is a famous grain transit place, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties era is to build the world-famous Liyang Cang, which has lasted for hundreds of years, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Liyang Cang is also one of the four major granaries in the world.

To the north of Liyangcang is the strategic location of Xiangzhou, so Li Yanqing chose the starting point of the northern expedition to cross the river at Baima Ferry.

On the Yellow River, hundreds of big ships were coming and going, transporting Song soldiers, war horses and supplies day and night, at this time, a 5,000-stone sea ship approached the wharf, and a general rushed to Li Yanqing and said: "Du Shuai, the ship has arrived at the wharf, please get on the boat!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, and smiled at Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi: "Let's go!" We can't delay the transportation and go to Hebei for lunch! ”

Everyone followed Li Yanqing down the pavilion and walked towards the dock, at this time, Wang Gui quickly stepped forward and asked, "Du Shuai, I heard that Liu Jian has taken Datong Mansion?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "Your news is very fast, and you have indeed won it, why, are you not convinced?" ”

"I'm not convinced, I'm just a little curious, after taking Datong Mansion, does Liu Jian want to continue to enter Yanshan Mansion east?"

"That's for sure, it seems that I told you all that one of the strategic purposes of taking Datong Mansion is to open the passage into Yanshan Mansion from the north, Agui, you have to work hard! Otherwise, Liu Jian would have been the first to enter Yanshan Mansion. ”

Wang Gui and Liu Jian made a bet last year, betting on who would win Yanjing City first, Wang Gui bet on his favorite sword, and Liu Jian also bet on his Dawan Huang Hussay.

Wang Gui suddenly became a little anxious, and hurriedly begged: "After crossing the Yellow River, can you let the lowly first lead 50,000 troops to the north, seize Hejian Mansion, and cut off the retreat of the Jin soldiers?" ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "If you just want to cut off the back road of the Jin soldiers, I can promise you, but if you cut off the back road of the Jin soldiers is just an excuse, and the real purpose is to go north to Yanshan Mansion, then I'm afraid I can't agree." ”

Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said: "I promised you that I would only seize Hejian Mansion and not go north, and if there is a violation, I am willing to engage in military law." ”

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder, "I understand your feelings, so be it!" I originally wanted Wu Jie's army to capture Hejian Mansion, then you also led 50,000 troops to the north, if you and Wu Jie's joint efforts to capture Hejian Mansion, then leave Wu Jie's guard Hejian Mansion, and you lead 50,000 troops to continue north, and cooperate with Liu Jian and Zhang Jun's army to besiege Yanshan Mansion. ”

Wang Gui was overjoyed, "The humble post must take Hejian Mansion as quickly as possible!" ”

He saluted Li Yanqing and hurried away, and after a while, Li Yanqing took his own soldiers on the big ship of 5,000 stones, and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others also followed the ship, and the big ship slowly turned around and sailed towards the opposite shore.

Li Yanqing stood at the bow of the boat, silently staring at the turbid and wide water of the Yellow River, at this time, Yue Fei slowly stepped forward and stood side by side with Li Yanqing, Yue Fei asked in a deep voice: "Does the commander think that the Jin State will sit back and watch the loss of Yanshan Mansion?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Of course I won't sit idly by, but the key is when the 200,000 troops of their expedition to Mobei can withdraw to Shangjing, Jin Guo has already reinforced Yanshan Mansion 80,000 troops before, Shangjing is now empty, and it is impossible for the Bohai Department to send troops anymore, as well as the Khitan and Xi tribes, which have almost been squeezed dry by the Jin soldiers, so Jin Guo is also waiting for the 200,000 army to come back before reinforcing Yanshan Mansion, which takes time, and we are robbing this time." ”

"What about the golden soldiers of the Daimyo's Mansion?"

Li Yanqing smiled coldly, "Wan Yan Xian is also sick, does Yue Dutong know?" ”

Yue Fei was taken aback, "Wan Yan Xian also fell ill, where did Du Shuai get the news?" ”

"We have an active scout team in Hebei, about five hundred people, who intercepted several Jin soldier messengers and got the news from the mouth of the Jin soldiers."

"Sick?"

"It is said that it is relatively heavy, and it is no longer possible to deal with military affairs, and military affairs are in charge of the deputy marshal Wanyan Yanmu, if I am not mistaken, Jin Bing already has the idea of retreating north."

At this time, Han Shizhong stepped forward and said: "If the Jin soldiers retreat north, it will be equivalent to giving up Hebei." ”

"That's true, but we can't let them withdraw to Yanshan Mansion, so I agree that Wang Gui will lead the army to seize Hejian Mansion and cut off the back road of the Jin soldiers."

"What if Jin Bing doesn't go to Hejian Mansion, but takes a detour to Zhending Mansion?"

"There is Zhang Jun's army over there in Zhending Mansion, and there are also our 200,000 troops, I am confident that all the Jin soldiers will be annihilated in Hebei."

Han Shizhong sighed, "Du Shuai is strategizing, step by step, and he is sincerely convinced!" ”

Yue Fei nodded silently, he also sincerely agreed with Han Shizhong's opinion, without Li Yanqing's hard work over the years, it would be difficult to recover his homeland by relying on their troops and generals alone, once the Jin soldiers ended the battle of Mobei and the Jin soldiers went south again, I am afraid that the situation in the Song Dynasty would deteriorate.

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said: "It's too early to talk about a big victory, our real threat is that the main force of the Jin soldiers retreats from the grassland, and that is Wanyan Zongwang, Zong Bi and Zong Han, the three generals will also return, and that is the real challenge we face at that time." ”

"I hope we've recaptured Yanshan Mansion by then!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "This is also our second-stage goal, the problem of Yanshan Mansion is not big, we have a military advantage, the key is that the 70,000 gold soldiers and 30,000 Ji troops of the Daimyo Mansion, especially the 70,000 gold soldiers are still very combative, we must use various means to disintegrate and divide them, so that we have a lot of confidence in completing the second-stage goal." ”

Yue Fei woke up, "Is Du Shuai planning to start with the Ji Army?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "The Ji army is all Han people from Hebei, I believe that none of them are willing to follow the Jin soldiers to Beijing, this is the basis for dividing them!" ”

It took two days and two nights to cross the river, and 200,000 troops and supplies crossed the Yellow River, at this time, Wang Gui had already led 50,000 troops to Hejian Mansion first, and Li Yanqing led 200,000 troops to Xiangzhou to kill.

At this time, the golden soldiers of the Daimyo's Mansion had undergone earth-shaking changes.

.........

When Wan Yan Xian also learned that the 30,000 gold soldiers in Yunzhou had been completely wiped out by Li Yanqing, he fell down with blood on the spot, and passed out, he was not only sad that the 30,000 gold soldiers were annihilated, but also Wan Yan Zonggan, who was the eldest son of the old wolf master, came to the Song Dynasty in order to gain the prestige of the war, but he was really on the battlefield, how could he explain to the dead eldest brother?

Wan Yan Xian also fully understood Li Yanqing's strategy, using a group of bandits to confuse everyone, not only Liu Yu was fooled, but he also followed the plan, and sent 30,000 troops to Yunzhou, but was cut off by the Song army, resulting in 30,000 troops being isolated and annihilated.

Wan Yan Xian also hated Li Yanqing, he felt remorse for his hasty decision, he finally couldn't bear the blow of internal and external troubles, and fell ill, this disease was nearly half a month, and the illness did not improve, but became more and more serious.

The camp of the Jin soldiers of the Daimyo Mansion was lifeless, and there was no soldier training on the school field, and the Jin soldiers all stayed in the big tent to escape the heat, and no one wanted to appear under the scorching sun.

Although there were Jurchens, Bohai people, Goryeo people, Khitan and Xi people among the 70,000 Jin soldiers, all of them had the same thoughts, morale was low, and everyone was tired of the war and longed to go home.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves in the camp came, and more than a dozen personal soldiers rushed towards the big tent of the Chinese army, led by the deputy marshal Wanyan Zongfu, in addition to the marshal Wanyan Xianye, Jin Bing also had two deputy marshals, one was Wanyan Zongfu, and the other was Wanyan Yanmu, each of whom led the headquarters of 10,000 troops, and the other Jin Bing was the direct army of Wanyan Xianye.

After Wanyan Xian also fell ill, Wanyan Yan's mother won the support of the generals by virtue of his seniority and seniority, and was in charge of military affairs, but his concept was the opposite of Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Zongfu advocated immediately withdrawing to Yanshan Mansion and preserving strength, but Wanyan Yan's mother was resolutely opposed, he knew very well that once he returned to Yanshan Mansion, it would be equivalent to giving up Hebei.

This not only violated the wolf lord's order, but also did not conform to the national policy of the Jin country, he insisted on holding Hebei and waiting for the wolf lord's reinforcements to arrive.

The two quarreled many times over this, but Wanyan Yan's mother had the wolf lord in her hands to stick to Hebei's latest order, so his opinion prevailed.

Wanyan Zongfu walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army and asked in a low voice, "How is the marshal's condition?" ”

The pro-soldier shook his head gloomily, "The vomiting of blood is very serious, and there has been a continuous coma, and the military doctor said that the situation is not good!" ”

At this time, Wan Yan's weak voice suddenly came from inside the big tent, "Is it Sosuke?" Come in and talk. ”

Wan Yan Zongfu hurriedly walked into the big tent, only to see Wan Yan Xian also lying weakly on the hospital bed, thin as a handful of bones, his face was extremely pale, but there was a hint of brightness in his eyes.

Wanyan Zongfu hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "See Dashuai!" ”

"Is there any important military information?" Wan Yan Xian also asked weakly.

Wanyan Zongfu nodded, "I just got the express report, Li Yanqing led an army of 250,000 to start crossing the Yellow River north. ”

"Ahh

Wan Yan Xian also exclaimed, grabbed Wan Yan Zongfu's hand, and said with difficulty: "Immediately.... Withdraw troops back .... Yanshan Mansion, be quick! ”

Wanyan Zongfu nodded again and again, "I understand!" ”

At this time, Wan Yan Xian suddenly spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, fell on the bed, and his soldiers hurriedly ran to find the military doctor.

Wanyan Zongfu saw that the coach's lips trembled, and he seemed to be saying something?

He hurriedly leaned up, put his ear to his mouth, and only after listening to Yan Xian also said two words weakly, "Withdraw the army!" ”

Wan Yan Xian also immediately exhaled his last breath and passed away.