The result of a layman commanding an insider. The more you help, the more you help. On July 15, under pressure from Tokyo, the Hedong Plantation Envoy launched a general offensive with his subordinates when the conditions were not yet ripe. However, a famous general is a famous general in the end, and under the premise that the situation is not favorable to him, he will fully display his command ability. Only more than 10,000 troops were sent to Taiyuan, and he personally led the main force to travel more than 100 miles at night to attack Daizhou, which was occupied by the Jin army.

Wanyan Yinshu may have been left by Mu Han to besiege Taiyuan, and naturally he is not an ordinary person. After learning that the Song army was coming to attack and Daizhou called the police, he immediately concluded that although Yuci, which was captured from the Song army, was heavily garrisoned, once the war started, it would be blocked by the Song army. The strategic intention of the commander of the Song army was to encircle his main force and then try to defeat the second army. If you sit back and wait for the decisive battle, no matter where the main force of the Song army is, you will fall into a situation where you will be attacked by the enemy on your back. In view of this, he decisively decided to keep the army to continue to besiege Taiyuan and block the enemy from Daizhou. Divided into 8,000 elite soldiers, led by himself, he quickly defeated the enemy in front of him and marched to Yuci.

The battle began at noon on July 15, and the Song army's more than 10,000 troops attacking Taiyuan seemed to have been prepared, and the infantry formed a dense formation to seize the advantage of land in the eastern valley where Yao Pingzhong was besieged. Among the Jurchen generals, the silver art can be regarded as a fairly disciplined one, and rarely uses the cavalry frontal assault tactics that the Jin army is accustomed to. Always look for the enemy's weak links and strike a thunderous blow. However, the terrain of the Nadong Valley was narrow, which was not conducive to the cavalry detours, and the Song army was in a strict formation, with few flaws to be found. In desperation, he had to send cavalry to charge the battle.

The seed division expected in advance before the war that the pressure of the army attacking Taiyuan would inevitably be the greatest, and it was equipped with strong bows and crossbows. Infantry against cavalry, in fact, only rely on two things. One is a long-range weapon, and the other is a rigorous formation. The bow and crossbow kill the enemy when the two armies are not connected, and the formation blocks the enemy when the two sides are engaged, both of which are indispensable.

Fortunately, the Song army troops that entered Taiyuan had both conditions. When the cavalry of the Jin army launched an overwhelming assault, the bow and crossbow that the Song army had always relied on played a huge role. Especially the Divine Arm Bow, although the shot is very low, it is only three arrows against the enemy. But its terrifying range and penetrating power taught the fearless Jurchen warriors what terror was. Before they could join the battle, many of the Jinmen soldiers and horses were shot, and even an arrow pierced two people in a row. Just because the cavalry of the Jin army is mainly light cavalry, in order to ensure its running, the soldiers are often dressed in thin armor. Not even wearing armor.

The battle lasted until the afternoon, the two armies were still in a stalemate, the Jurchens suffered heavy casualties, and they had to endure the torment of the scorching sun on their heads, the soldiers were resentful, and the morale of the army was shaken. Silvermagic can kill a commander who is passive and sluggish, urging the whole army to fight to the death. By evening, both armies were exhausted, and Yinshu could call off the army, wait for the battle again tomorrow, and at night, send elite cavalry to harass the Song army continuously, and twice feigned attacks in an attempt to shake the Song army's morale. This trick did not work, early the next morning, the cavalry of the Jin army rushed into battle three times, after paying huge casualties, although the Song army formation was chaotic, it was also broken into the formation by the iron cavalry, and the casualties were serious. But he is still struggling to persevere. The two armies fell into a melee, and the advantage of the Jurchen soldiers' strong combat strength was suddenly highlighted, and the battle continued until the afternoon, when the Song army began to disperse. Yinshu Ke did not expand the results of the battle and sent cavalry to pursue, but reorganized his troops and attacked Yuci. It's just that because of the urgency of time, if you can't defeat Yuci's enemy before the troops attacking Daizhou move south, the consequences will be worrying.

The soldiers arrived at Yuci, and the Song army had surrounded the city, but it did not attack the city. He was pleasantly surprised to learn that this Song army was a defeated general under the Jurchens and a Zhejia army in the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty. At the end of last year, the Zhe clan was defeated by the Jin army in Jiaocheng. In this re-battle, although the Jurchens did not have an advantage in terms of troops, they psychologically regarded the Ori family army as nothing.

The scorching sun was in the sky, so it rained heavily in the front, and the climate was hot and humid, and the sergeants and soldiers complained a lot. Silver art can be used to boost morale, promising to reward the whole army after defeating the Song army. The morale is a little boosted, and the silver art can't wait to attack. Since the last defeat, he retreated to Fenzhou. Today, he led more than 30,000 troops to save Taiyuan, according to the strategy of the division, his task was to block the enemy of Yuci to go north to save Yan Yinshuke, and to prevent the enemy of Taiyuan from attacking. Yuci was already surrounded like an iron bucket, which material silver art could suddenly appear a surprise attack, although there was preparation, but due to the hasty response, the first battle was lost. The soldiers suffered thousands of casualties, and the formation was almost chaotic. Seeing this, the Jin army in Yuci City went out of the city to help, and the army suffered from the enemy on their backs, and the situation was critical!

But in the end, it was the general of the Western Army, and after knowing that there were only thousands of enemies from Taiyuan, he stabilized his position. On the one hand, the enemy of Yuci was blocked back into the city, and on the other hand, he chose to use a bow and crossbow to block the Yinshu Ke Division. He knew very well that his top priority was to stabilize, not to defeat the Jin army, but to delay time. As long as he stays here, he will create conditions for the planter and Yao Pingzhong to lift the siege of Taiyuan. At that time, the two golden armies in front of and behind them could not escape. Thinking about this clearly, this general of the Western Army is like a locust regardless of the cost.

No matter how brave the silver art is, there are only five or six thousand people in the end, and after the first formation could not defeat the Zhejia army, it fell into an embarrassing situation. If you fight hard, even if you break into the Song army's formation, the consequences are unpredictable. After thinking about it again, it was decided to take root here and contain the Fold Army. In this way, it can only be hoped that the soldiers besieging Taiyuan will block the Song army attacking Daizhou. Drag on a little longer. When Sticky Han got the news, he would definitely send troops to rescue him. It is even possible to launch a second southern expedition at this time! He still has considerable confidence in the troops besieging Taiyuan, and even if he can't defeat the Song army, there should be no problem with the stalemate.

On May 18, after a shot in Daizhou, Yao Pingzhong and other main forces of the Song army appeared in front of Taiyuan City. At the beginning, Mu Han could not attack Taiyuan for a long time, so he used the "lock city method" to besiege it for a long time. The so-called "lock-up method" is to completely cut off the connection between the city and the outside of the city outside the range of bows and crossbows, and the antlers and other objects are all over the city. Great houses were also built. Xia'an wheel, named "Cave House", was used to transport soldiers and civil engineering in an attempt to fill in the moat of Taiyuan City. More than 30 "gun trucks" were sent to throw the big cannon into the city, which could not only destroy the Taiyuan fortifications, but also play an absolute deterrent role in the military and civilians in the city. In addition, the Jurchens even created a "goose cart" that integrated cave houses and ladders, both offensive and defensive, with wheels under and iron shells on top to protect soldiers from attacking the city.

In the city of Taiyuan, the defenders only had 3,000 Changjie troops led by Wang Yu, the deputy governor of the capital of soldiers and horses. But these 3,000 warriors, together with the people of the city, have bravely resisted the Jin army for half a year! Although Wang Yu is a subordinate of Tong Guan, he is a seasoned and experienced general. No matter what tactics the Jurchens came up with, he was-for-tat. Jin military "gun carriage", he set up a fence wall on the enemy tower in the city, and the roof of the building was covered with sugar cloth bags, so that even if the enemy tower was hit, it would not be too damaged and could be repaired in time. When the Jurchens wanted to fill in the moat, they sent troops to dig tunnels from the city to the bottom of the moat, and when their firewood was filled, they set fire to make their previous efforts undone. The Jin army attacked the city with a "goose cart", and he also set up a goose-shaped jumping building on the city. From upstairs, a boulder with a rope net is placed on top of the goose cart so that its center of gravity rises, and then it is pulled down with a hook and rope.

The Jurchens played all their tricks, but they could not conquer Taiyuan, so they surrendered instead. He promised the king a high official, a large amount of money, and asked him to open the city. But the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan refused to surrender several times, the city was in the city of people, the city was broken, and there were only the decapitated army, not the people who surrendered. However, after resisting the Jin army for half a year, the situation in Taiyuan City was very bad. When the grain was exhausted, the soldiers slaughtered cattle and horses to eat, and then even cooked leather armor to satisfy hunger. The common people were even more miserable, and after the few grains they had were used to support the soldiers, they could only feed themselves on chaff and hay. But even if it is so miserable, the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan are unswerving.

In the face of the pressure of the large army in the seed division, the Jin army besieging Taiyuan had already prepared. Its infantry was in full array, and the cavalry had already rounded up behind the planter, and the servants were mobile and fiercely attacked. After reconnoitering the arrangement of the Jin army, in order to prevent accidents, Yao Pingzhong was dispatched to personally lead the elite to start a decisive battle with the enemy.

The strength of the Song army is far from the Jin army, and the Qin Feng soldiers in the middle of the division are the elite of the Western army. At this moment, the Jin army suddenly attacked in a roundabout way. Yao Pingzhong knew that he had committed a big crime on this expedition, and if he was defeated again, it would be difficult for the gods to save him, and Yao Chong's two families were both Shanxi clans, if the credit was unique among the seed masters, how would he go back to meet his uncle? Then he took the lead and fought back desperately. This battle was fought until July 21, when the Jin army broke and fled, and the Song army barely won the battle. It is worth mentioning that a member of Yao Pingzhong's subordinate made a tiger-headed iron spear and led dozens of cavalry to take the lead in engaging the enemy. After all his subordinates were killed, this team continued to charge and kill alone, killing a member of the gold army, four centurions, and more than 50 soldiers. After the war, the clothes and armor were soaked, the guns wept blood, the people were bloody, and the horses were bloody. asked his name, his surname was Yang Zaixing, who was originally a subordinate of Cao Cheng, the leader of the Righteous Army. Because Yao Pingzhong recruited the rebels into the army in order to disturb Xu Wei's affairs, he joined the forbidden army.

Seeing that his body was strange and the martial arts group was greatly praised by the seed master, he was exceptionally promoted to the deputy commander of the front army. It was too late to enter Taiyuan City, so he immediately regrouped his troops and went south to Yuci. The appearance of the main force of the Song army made Wanyan Yinshu panic. But the fierceness of the Jurchens' bones and the contempt for Song Jun from the bottom of his heart made him feel lucky. When the rangers reported that the main force of the Song army was approaching, he took a risk, regardless of the disparity in strength, and launched a surprise attack, wanting to take advantage of the Song army's unstable formation and unstable foothold, and scattered in one fell swoop. But the result was that he was kicked to the iron plate, more than 5,000 horsemen, and most of them were annihilated. In the fierce battle, Yang Zaixing added another feat, wearing heavy armor and carrying an iron spear, breaking into the golden array alone, invincible! After the war horse was stabbed to death, he carried a spear and fought on foot, and the silver technique could be under the horse, if it were not for the timely rescue of the generals, the Jurchen general almost died outside the city of Yuci. In the end, Yinshu only fled with dozens of horsemen, abandoning the thousands of gold troops trapped in Yuci. Facing the Song army, which was ten times larger than himself and was especially good at attacking cities, the result was obvious, and in less than half a day, Yuci was defeated. The siege of Taiyuan, after a nine-month siege, was finally lifted!

In this battle, the Song army annihilated more than 17,000 Jin troops, captured nearly 1,000 prisoners, captured more than 2,600 war horses, and countless weapons. But his own casualties were also extremely heavy, with more than 40,000 casualties in the Third Route Army, and thousands of officers and soldiers were missing. Yao Pingzhong's department was naturally the hardest hit area, and in the end there were less than 20,000 horse infantry left. But in any case, victory is victory after all, and the news reaches Tokyo, and the whole country rejoices! Zhao Huan was overjoyed, and sent Huang Qianshan to Taiyuan in the matter, and sent the edict to Taiyuan, and worshiped the commander of the Jingnan Army, plus the captain, and promoted the two rivers to control all the troops in the Hedong and Hebei regions. and rewarded a collar of a gold-twisted battle robe and a certain amount of money. The generals who participated in the war had their own rewards, Yao Pingzhong was greedy for merit and rashly attacked, and he was falsely accused of going to the top, and it was confirmed that he should have been severely punished. However, the official family only sent an edict to reprimand him, maintained his original rank, and recalled him to Tokyo for use.

In addition to Zhao Huan, the happiest are Li Gang, Xu Churen, He Guan and others. This victory in the seed division directly led to the main peace faction within the Great Song Dynasty, and the morale of the main battle faction was high. Public opinion also supported the new ruler, believing that the Taiyuan Battle was a shame before the snow, which was enough to shine in the annals of history and be passed on to future generations.

In the thanksgiving recital, the seed master said that the battle was first due to the proper strategy and correct policy of the imperial court, followed by the soldiers' use of their lives, and the three armies died in service, and he did not dare to take credit. In fact, this veteran is very distressed, if the court can let go of the general's hands and feet and not interfere with the command. According to his own deployment, wait a few more days before launching the offensive, and the Song army will not suffer huge losses. However, fortunately, if the imperial court does not remove Yao Pingzhong and bring his troops under his direct command, the victory or defeat is unpredictable. It seems that there is no shortage of people who know how to fight in the DPRK and China. How did he know that the one who suggested removing Yao Pingzhong was just a seventh-rank martial artist.

Just when Tokyo was jubilant and the monarch was so excited that he almost spurted blood, someone poured a basin of cold water on his head. The seed master who guarded Huazhou said that when the siege of Taiyuan was lifted and the Jin army returned, the Jurchens would be angry. It is very likely that the southern invasion will be repeated in the short term, and it is recommended that the imperial court actively prepare for war. Particular attention should be paid to strengthening the defense of Taiyuan and the clearing of the fortified walls in Hebei. And once again proposed to gather troops from Shandong to prevent accidents.

When the song arrived in Tokyo, Zhao Huan comforted the army veteran's advice on the surface, but in fact did not pay attention to it. At that time, the disease of the seed master was sinking day by day, and the decoction was difficult to enter, Zhao Huan was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent his close minister Geng Nanzhong to visit Huazhou. When Geng Nanzhong arrived in Huazhou, he saw that he had run out of oil and could not see, and his heart was anxious. This time, the official family sent him to visit the planter's illness, and to ask his last words. The planter is not selfish, reiterates the anti-gold policy, and puts forward four suggestions.

First, the Jin army will inevitably move south again in the short term, and the imperial court must strengthen the defense of Taiyuan and send additional troops to ensure that Hebei and Shandong are safe.

Second, Tokyo is exposed to Henan, which is too dangerous, and the natural danger of the Yellow River is not foolproof, and Tokyo's defense should be strengthened. If the timing is right, the official family can retreat to Guanzhong and choose a good minister to guard Tokyo in his place.

Third, the Song and Jin dynasties will inevitably be tug-of-war for a long time, and the imperial court should re-examine the relationship between the Song and Xia dynasties, and concentrate the western troops against the Jurchens in the early stage.

Fourth, the imperial court raised millions of forbidden troops, but in fact, many of them could not fight. Attention should be paid to promoting young generals, innovating tactics, and not being limited to attacking and defending cities, but focusing on visual warfare.

Geng Nanzhong wrote them down one by one, and asked him what arrangements he had for what happened after his death? The planter was speechless, and only after a long time did he sigh, "I regret not being reformed and dying." ”

At the end of July, the Infantry Division of the Guards sent the deputy commander of the army, Xu Zhang, together with the adjutant, to Mutuogang to inspect the results of the training. Due to the participation of Zhang Xian, Wang Yan and others, the training of the Jingsui camp has reached a higher level. The soldiers not only ordered and forbidden, but also abided by military law, and marched to the army, and learned about equipment. Among them, especially the words and deeds of the veterans of the Jingsui Battalion have made great contributions. After a detailed inspection, the director of the infantry army said that he could be rated as excellent, and suggested that he should ask for credit for Xu Wei. Although Xu Zhang also agreed, he pointed out many deficiencies in Jingsui Camp and asked Xu Wei to improve them.

After sending off Lao Tzu and the commanders, Xu Wei returned to the tent and was about to summon the officers to improve the drill code, but he heard Du Feihu, who was on duty today outside the tent, report: "Commander, there are two people outside the camp who ask to see him. ”

"Who?" Xu Weizheng looked at the previously formulated drill and asked casually.

"I just said that I came from Huazhou." Du Feihu replied.

Slippery State? Xu Wei's hand flipping through the book suddenly stopped, and his heart jumped for no reason. Restless for a moment, he shook his head, calmed his mind, and said outward, "Call them in." ”

After a short time, Du Feihu led the two into the tent. These two are brothers at first glance, the elder brother is about his early thirties, with a majestic figure, a square face, lying silkworm eyebrows, a big nose and a wide mouth, and a thick beard to cover his mouth. The younger brother is twenty-five or sixteen, and he is of the same stature as his elder brother, but he is slightly thinner, and his short beard is particularly capable. Both are star-gazing and bright. As soon as he came in, he saw Xu Wei and stepped forward to salute.

"You two came from Huazhou, what are you doing?" Xu Wei asked straight to the point.

The elder brother clenched his fists and replied: "Xu Patrol has expanded the training of troops, and my two brothers have come to meet each other." He Taiwei told the official family that the Jingsui camp lacked a commander of the army, so the official family ordered him to choose a suitable person from among the heroes recommended by various places, and he could also be transferred from the same level among the princes of Zhulu and filled into the Xu Wei military camp. Since these two people came from Huazhou, they must be the middle and low-level military attachés of the eldest brother Xu Yuanjun. The eldest brother is the deputy envoy of Jingyuan Road, the deputy chief of soldiers and horses, and he has a lot of talents. It's just that these two people probably didn't take the initiative to vote, but were recommended. The eldest brother is still stranded in Tokyo, so the person who recommended them is ......

"How are you doing?" Xu Wei asked. When I first met the planter, he was already seriously ill, which was really worrying.

The two brothers glanced at each other, their faces sank, Xu Wei saw it in his eyes, and he felt ominous in his heart! After a while, the elder brother took out a letter from his bosom: "The letter from the public is here." ”

Xu Wei took it, quickly opened it and read it. He traveled to the Song Dynasty for only a year, and he learned the words almost well, but this letter seems to be a little difficult, especially since there is no punctuation in the ancient text, and I don't know where to break the sentence. I couldn't see through it for a while, and I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and when I saw that the two brothers were still standing in the tent, I called Du Feihu and ordered him to lead the two down to arrange.

After a few people left the tent, Xu Wei spread the letter on the desk and stood to study it carefully. The first time, I don't understand much, the second time, I look at it, and the third time, I understand it all. After reading it, he sat on the stool and stared at the letter for a long time, thoughtful......