On the east bank of the Yellow River, the generals of the Feilu Ma Wutun asked for battle several times, but he did not agree, and only made the generals angry with the double. At the end of the month. Before Chinese New Year's Eve, Wei Su led the main force of the Jin army into Hezhong Province, and when he saw that Ma Wu was not moving, he asked the reason. Ma Wu told the truth that the poison was not to blame, and according to his strategy, he sent troops everywhere to find a suitable place to cross the river.

The Great Song Dynasty to the mold, the twenty-seventh of the lunar month, the Pujin section of the Yellow River appeared on the surface of the Yellow River. "If the committee has obtained a treasure, he withdrew from the camp overnight and led the army up the river. To the first line of Hancheng, the Yellow River is more and more frozen, Susu is overjoyed, thinking that it is a godsend, so he waives his army to cross the river on the ice and enter Guanzhong!

After crossing the Yellow River, Concubine Su recommended to the generals that the Eastern Route Army of the Fourth Prince had already arrived at the city of Tokyo, and our Western Route Army must seek to capture Shaanxi as soon as possible. So it was decided that the troops would be divided into two routes, one led by Yelu Mawu to the north and take Danzhou. Attack Yan'an. On the other hand, the commissioner led the way, attacked Tongzhou, went down to the river to Dingrong, controlled the pontoon bridge, ensured the smooth flow of the road east of the Shaanxi River, and then further plotted Chang'an.

When Xu Yuan had rushed back to Tongzhou from Jingzhao, he was shocked when he heard that the Jin army had crossed the river from Hancheng on ice, and urgently transferred his fourth brother Xu Sheng to lead the army to Tongzhou to help in the war. On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the commission led an army of 60,000. Connecting the three counties of Weicheng, Linyang and Chengcheng, they marched to Siqian Town, which is not far from Tongzhou City. Places passed. Killed the people, set fire to the city, and his son was a beautiful girl, and even led more than 1,000 light horsemen to reconnoiter all the way through the town in front of the temple.

Tongzhou is located in the Guanzhong Plain, there is no danger to defend, if relying on the city, hold out, then the Dingrong River is in danger. On the first day of the first lunar month, Xu Sheng led 6,000 people from his headquarters and 8,000 people from Hujie Township, a total of 14,000 horse infantry troops to Tongzhou to join the main force of Xu Yuan's Jingyuan Jinglu Pacification Division. The two brothers are in the well, and there is no other way to go but to face each other head-on. Fortunately, no matter Xu Yuan and Xu Sheng, they fought against the Jurchens several times, and Wang Yan, the deputy commander of the Hujie Township Army who came with Xu Sheng, even participated in Xiaoxi Rang. Campaign, for field battles with the Jin army, has considerable experience.

The second day of the first month. The commission led the army to camp in the town in front of the temple. He had already found out the news that the two generals sitting here were the elder brother of Xu Wei of the Purple Gold Tiger. He did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and sent scouts to reconnoiter the news without interruption. When he learned that Xu Yuan and Xu Sheng had led the army to come. Retreat twenty miles and set up camp, preparing for a big battle with the Song army.

The Xu brothers led the army into Siqian Town, and saw that the Jin army slaughtered the people in the town who were caught off guard. All the houses were burned down, and he was so angry that he swore that I would be invincible and fight to the death. In fact, what about Siqian Town? Jin Jun suffered a lot of anger in Pingyang, and finally found a place to vent, how could he show mercy?

On the third day of the lunar month, a Khitan brave general led hundreds of horse troops. While the Song army was encamped, they attacked the alert troops and killed dozens of people. Xu Yuan was furious when he heard the news. sent a young general, surnamed Yang Mingrong, seventeen years old, a descendant of the Yang family in Linzhou, to lead the horse army to chase. Chased all the way to the camp of the Jin army. No enemy generals in sight. Then he challenged the horse seven to demonstrate. Wanyan Huonu saw it on the watchtower, and hurriedly sent his subordinates to chase after him, Yang Rong personally returned to the palace, Zhang Tie bowed two arrows, one of which shot through the enemy horse, and the arrow penetrated from the back. The Jin army was frightened and did not dare to follow.

On the fourth day of the lunar month, the concubine led the army to battle. Xu Yuan did not show weakness, and led the armies of Jingyuan, Tongzhou, and Dingrong out of the town in front of the temple. The two armies faced each other, and after asking Wang Yan, Xu Yuan put forward a "stacking formation." A similar formation. With a spear in the front, unable to sit up, and a bow and crossbow in the back, ready to shoot. The Hujie Township Army set up a stacked formation, using the horse army to protect the two wings, and setting up an iron hook to resist horses in front of the formation, in case the enemy cavalry attacked before the formation was completed. But Xu Yuan didn't do this, he used heavy infantry with big axes to protect the wings, and put the horse army at the end of the whole formation.

The concubine led dozens of horsemen out of the formation to peek at the lineup of the Song army, and after only a few glances, he was sure. This is indeed the style of the Xu family. Back then, in Xiaoxi Mountain, Xu Wei was generally in this formation.

Seeing that the Xu family's army was at its peak and arranged in an orderly manner, he did not dare to be careless. After returning to the battle, he looked north and prayed, and ordered all the troops to march together. The two armies fought in the territory of Tongzhou from morning to afternoon. The ferocity of the Jin army's offensive can be seen by the Ma army's six attacks. But in any case. The formation of the Xu family brothers also remained roughly unchaotic. Jiang Su wanted to press the army several times, but the horse army of the Song army behind the main formation was really weird, worried that they would go around the formation and make a detour, and the Jin army did not dare to make a move.

In the evening, the two armies could not hold each other, Xu Yuan ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and the Jin army did not want to fight at night, so they returned to their camps. It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, it was the best time to touch the camp, and the strange thing was that no one in the Song and Jin armies moved this idea. In the battle during the day, Xu Jiajun saw the fierceness of the Jin army and the power of the iron cavalry. And the Jurchens once again tasted the bitterness of a strong bow and a hard crossbow. Especially every hand-to-hand encounter. The heavy infantry on both flanks was like pincers pinched up, and it was a headache.

At the time of the thick war in Tongzhou, Yeluma led the division to take Danzhou lightly and threatened Yan'an and Langzhou. Duyan Road passed through a little pacification, so Zhang Shen ordered Liu Guangshi, who garrisoned Duzhou, to lead troops to resist the enemy. Liu Guangshi fought in Fanzhou a few days ago and took the lead in escaping. was demoted to three officials and retained. This time I received an order, and I also planned to fight hard and be ashamed. He led the Langzhou soldiers and horses to advance less than fifty miles to the east. I met Jerematwu. As soon as Liu Guangshi's vanguard saw the fierce Jin army, they fled in fright. Came back and reported. The Jin army is overwhelming, and I don't know how many of them are hundreds of thousands. After hearing this, Liu Guangshi said to his generals that if our army goes to meet the battle, it may not be guaranteed. It's better to turn to Yan'an.

Zhang Shen was looking forward to his battle report until he brought the troops today, so he asked him what the Jin army looked like

Quoting the report of the troops, Liu Guangshi said that the Jurchen army was strong and strong, and it was unknown how many hundreds of thousands of them were. In order to preserve his strength, he didn't have a hard encounter with the Jurchens. rushed to Yan'an in order to join forces with Zhang Dashuai and resist the enemy together. When Zhang Shen heard this, he did not hold him accountable for giving up Langzhou. Gather the main force of the Duyan Shuai Division at the moment. Get ready for battle.

On the fourth day of the lunar month, Yelu Ma 5 invaded Yan'an, an important town in Shaanxi, after taking Dandu Erzhou lightly. Langyan, Langyan, this Langzhou has been lost, if Yan'an Mansion loses again, Zhang Dashuai will not even have a place to fall into his chest. Then he led the main force of the commander out of the city. Fight against Jeruma Five.

When he went out to swear, Liu Guangshi impassionedly said that if he could break the enemy, he would be willing to be a striker. Zhang Shen really sent him as the vanguard, and Liu Guangshi led the front army to march less than thirty miles before he met Yelu Mawu's front army. Seeing that the Jin army was fierce and had the intention of retreating, his subordinates had a fierce general, named Wang De, nicknamed "Wang Yasha", and advised that Du had been lost, and Yan'an would be protected. Although the Jin army is powerful, it has come from afar and has been blocked in Pingyang, and its edge is no longer sharp, and it can fight.

Liu Guangshi agreed to come down, and he was in formation. Yelu Ma sent the horse army to attack, and Liu Jun panicked for a while. Wang De led his troops to fight back desperately, and only then did they repel the enemy cavalry. When the wind blew and folded the military flag, Liu Guangshi thought that this was a bad omen, fearing that the army would be disadvantaged, and he was worried about Zhongzhong. But in this battle, with the efforts of Wang De and other generals, they actually repelled the Jin army. Zhang Shen led the main force to arrive and really praised him.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. The Duyan army and Yeluma fought five battles thirty miles away from Yan'an City. At the beginning, the Jin army was already defeated, and it could not rush to Zhang Shen's large array several times. Instead, many horses were broken. At a critical juncture, Yelu Ma Wu was exempted from Doujian and led more than 800 horse troops. Roundabout penetrated into Zhang Shen's formation from the side, rushing all the way to kill. In the end, less than half of them were left, and Ma Wu was still fearless and fought hard. The morale of the Jin army was boosted and advanced with all their might, and before dark, Zhang Shen was defeated and retreated. After returning to Yan'an City, this Zhang Dashuai packed up the remnants of the army and closed the city gate and did not come out. The Jin army challenged in front of the city. Zhang Shen ignored it and ordered those who dared to fight to be killed.

In Chang'an, the news of the Jin army's entry into the customs finally spread here. The people were panicked, and the markets were depressed. As a senior member of Shaanxi, Li Gang was naturally so anxious that he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night. discussed the military situation with He Guan every day and studied countermeasures, but these two were sent from Tokyo, and the Western Army did not buy their accounts. Li He and the others also knew this, and Li Gang suggested that the veteran of the breeder should be invited to come out and preside over the military. But He Guan strongly objected, which is also very understandable, he is the envoy of the Shaanxi Six-Way System, and the emperor gave him the edict. is in control of the Western Army, how can he let the division preside over the military, so isn't he an ornament?

The food on the table was already cold, and it didn't move. Li Gang was still sitting behind the public case and writing hard, ready to finish writing. One was sent to the Tokyo Left-behind Division, and one was sent to Zhenjiang Xingzai. The content is that he hopes to remove He Guan from his position as the envoy of the six-way system and take over from the seed master.

"Report! Fangzhou Military News! ”。

"Bring it in!" Li Gang looked up suddenly. Fangzhou, adjacent to Langzhou, now that Fangzhou has sent a military report, there may be an accident in the corridor! Sure enough. The military report came to see that it was reported by the governor of Fangzhou. Liu Guangshi retreated without a fight and led the army to Yan'an, and the Jin army occupied Langzhou without much effort.

Good for you, Liu Guangshi! In the Battle of Fenzhou, you took the lead in escaping, which led to the rout of the Western Army of the Three Routes, which became the bane of the Jurchen's early southern invasion. Now you retreat without a fight, give up the defense area, in vain you are the son of Jiangmen, you look like this!

The general threw the report on the ground, and Li Gang's anger could not be eliminated. But soon, he realized the seriousness of the problem. Zhang Shen of Duyan and Wang of Huanqing, these two handsome guards are both yang and yin. Neither he nor He Guan could command them. Now, Langzhou has been lost, and if the Jin army goes south to take Fangzhou Yaozhou, Chang'an City will be in full swing. And counting on King Zhang Shen to come to the rescue, it is better to worship the Bodhisattva more. From the beginning of Xu Wei's recruitment of Hedong, he discussed with He Guan how to deal with the battle. Knowing that several marshals would not be willing to be driven, the Xuanfu Division and the Establishment Division came up with a plan. That is, to gather troops and horses from all walks of life, form a large-scale corps, and fight a decisive battle with the Jin army. Of course, this statement is external. Several marshals may not even obey the command, how can they bring troops and horses to assemble in one place?

But in this world, after all, it is still the Great Song Dynasty, and no matter how arrogant the Western Army is, it is still the forbidden army of the imperial court after all. Their food, wages, and armaments were to be supplied by the imperial court. Therefore, Yang Fengyin disobeys them, but blatant disobedience is not necessarily. After giving orders, most of these commanders prevaricated for various reasons, and in the end only some of them were sent to come.

As it turned out, Li Gang guessed right. After the military orders of the Xuanfu Division and the Establishment Division were issued, the five road marshals were not active, this one drew seven or eight thousand, and the other transferred ten thousand and twelve thousand, and slowly assembled in the designated Yaozhou. At present, Yaozhou, which is close to Chang'an, has gathered more than 50,000 soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and Quduan is under the command of the Shaanxi Preparation Division.

Regarding Qu Duan, Li Gang has certain opinions. Isn't it inappropriate for this person to get along with his colleagues everywhere, and to appoint him as the commander of the capital, just to transfer him from Shaanxi, and now entrust him with great power? But He Guan believes that the relationship with colleagues is not handled well, it is due to his character, and Qu Duan's ability is obvious, not to mention the past resistance to the party, only Fenzhou

Discuss. Although defeated. However, the Huazhou army led by Qu Duan fought the most fiercely, and the "four tiles won the largest." Now that he is the ruler of the capital, he must be grateful. Definite death. Li Gang nodded in the end, because he had no other choice. The other handsome guards are all in charge of the military power and occupy the territory, only Qu Duan has just been straightened, and Xu Sheng, Xu Wei, and Yao Pingzhong under his command are not good at stubble, and they use him as the commander of the capital, which not only gives him a step down, but also makes him a hero.

"Someone! Go to Yaozhou to give an order. The fate is strict and the defense is delayed! After Li Gang finished saying this, an adjutant rushed in outside.

"Xuanxiang! Xu Yuan Xu Sheng led the army to meet the Jin army in the territory of Tongzhou, and the two-day bloody battle was indistinguishable! ”

Xu Yuan fought for the year of the concubine. Xu Sheng is also quite talented, but the Jin army is powerful after all, if there is no support. It's hard to be foolproof. Li Gang groaned for a while. waved his hand and said, "Go, please come to the Lieutenant!" ”

Since the withdrawal of Taiyuan into Shaanxi, the position of the seed master has been a little awkward. He turned out to be Qin Fenglu's pacification envoy, and after leading the troops to Qin, he successively served as the deputy envoy and envoy of Hedong, and has been stationed in Taiyuan. The imperial court decided to abandon Taiyuan and ordered him to withdraw into Shaanxi and garrison troops in Fengxiang Mansion. But at this time, Qin Fenglu's handsome guard had already changed. There were ministers in the court who proposed it. It's better to let him serve as the six-way system envoy. But although Zhao Huan knew that the prestige of the breeder could be said to be unmatched in Shaanxi, he thought that he was too old, and he was good in his seventies. I'm afraid it's hard to take on this responsibility. dragged on like this, until Li Gang really couldn't stand it, and he was the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi Sixth Road System in the performance division, and led the army into Chang'an, and then there was another official dispatch.

In fact, Li Gang could guess some in his heart. At the beginning, Qingjian was a general, Linzhou Yang general, Fuzhou Zhejia Army, Xihe Yao Family Army, known as the four major generals, and the seed family has always been the first. Now he is the only one left in the farmer's generals, he has high prestige and old qualifications, if he is used to control the six-way military power, the court may not rest assured. Therefore, the official family sent a confidant military minister, He Shaobao.

After returning to the copy, I finished writing the song. And he copied one copy and sealed it. When he put down the pen, the voice of the planter happened to sound outside: "Among the lowly breeders, I am ordered to come." ”

Li Gang hurriedly got up and went out, but saw the tall figure of the Taiwei standing outside. smiled: "Why should the captain be formal." Come in. Sitting inside, due to the urgency of the situation, Li Gang didn't even call for a cup of tea, so he went straight to the point and briefly explained the battle situation on the two fronts to the planter. When he heard the news that Liu Guangshi did not fight a battle and directly abandoned Langzhou and transferred to Yan'an, the veteran took the case and angrily reprimanded: "The country has raised troops for a thousand days. But for a while. Liu Guangshi is also the son of Jiangmen. At the beginning, Tong Guan conquered Liao, and his father and son danced the most happily. It seems that in this Shaanxi Zhulu, he Liu Jiajing is loyal and patriotic. Outcome. The battle of Liao was defeated, "let's go, don't mention these old things!" Xuanxiang, what do you command, just say it.

Although he was also a member of the Western Army, his brother Seed Master Dao had some friendship with Li Gang when he was the king of Qin. After he himself entered Shaanxi from Taiyuan, he was indeed helped by Li Gang, so he did not regard this Tokyo dispatcher as other generals of the Western Army. Moreover, the national crisis is at the head, and these factions are fighting. After all, the overall situation is important.

Seeing that he was so refreshed, Li Gang's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said: "The brothers of the Xu family are willing to fight with the same state. The prime minister was afraid of losing it, so he wanted to ask the captain to lead his troops to reinforcements. ”

The planter frowned slightly, he was not unwilling to save Xu Yuan and Xu Sheng. Xu Zhang was a stunned subordinate back then, and counting it, the current Xu family will walk out of the self-cultivation family from the root. Let alone. Before the death of the seed master, he also praised Xu Wei vigorously in the letter.

It's just that, judging from the route of the Jin army's march. Obviously, he came to Chang'an. If he leads the army to reinforce Shaanxi, what if the enemy of Duyan waives his army to detain Fang Yao Erzhou? When he explained this concern, Li Gang explained: "This is okay, Yaozhou has gathered more than 50,000 soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and there is a Quduan command, it may not be necessary to break the enemy, and it is more than enough to block the enemy." ”

Qu Duan's name, I have heard it in the seed master, his father Qu Lian, Ren Zuo Bandian straight, died on the battlefield. It can be regarded as a loyal and good queen. Under the shadow of his father, he served in the army, fought with the Xia army, and made many meritorious contributions. With him leading the army, it should be more than enough to defend Chang'an City.

Immediately he got up and said, "That's so." Humble Command! Then I will go back to pack up the soldiers and horses, and go to Shaanxi and China early tomorrow morning to help in the war! ”

"That picture will sit in the city, waiting for the good news to fly!" Li Gang got up and said goodbye.

After sending off the planter, Li Gang breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the copywriter, picked up the two sealed tables, looked at them again, and looked thoughtfully. He Guan is a minister who has made meritorious contributions, and although he can't talk about how deep his friendship is, he will never have a holiday. But Shaanxi is now the frontier position of the Great Song Dynasty, and there must be no mistakes, and there is nothing wrong with the official family wanting to control the Western Army. The mistake is that it should not be this time, it is inevitable to be in a hurry. At the beginning, Tong Guan divided the Western Army, and he was not so impatient. In any case, resisting Jin is a top priority for the imperial court today, and the Western Army is the main force in resisting Jin. You must rely on the Western Army to block the Jurchens first, and the others have to be postponed! In the six roads of Shaanxi, there are currently only seed masters who can lead the group! (To be continued)