Chapter 691: The decisive battle is imminent

Besides, Liu Tang, the guard of Yangliang Nanguan, was originally a member of the Shangdang Party in Hedong, and he was a fellow villager with Wang Yan, the pacification envoy of the Western Army. In his early years, he served as a soldier under Li Zhi, and Li Zhi defected to the Jurchens with the territory of the Weisheng Army, and he followed Li Jun. Later, the puppet Han was deposed, and Li Zhi was also relieved of his military power and became the idle king, and he became the Jin army in a daze.

And now, he wants to be the Song army again. Liu Tang was unable to make a decision on his own, so after asking Han Chang to retire temporarily, he convened his subordinate officers to discuss the future. Yangliang Nanguan, the defenders are more than 4,280 people, he is under 10,000 households, there are three Meng'an, and dozens of Mouke. Liu Tang gathered them all, chose a barracks, and discussed them behind closed doors.

From the moment they entered the door, the officers were gossiping, expressing their opinions and making a fuss. After Liu Tang came in, he slapped the saber on the table and said loudly: "Shut up for me!" ”

The noise in the room gradually subsided, Liu Tang looked around at the officers, frowned and said: "Brothers, today's matter is related to the life and death and future of our brothers, so we have to be cautious. Before I discuss, let me say a few words. ”

At this point, he cleared his throat and continued: "Our more than 4,000 brothers, some of them were from the old department that followed Li Zhijun in the past, and some of them were signed by the Jurchens later. However, there is one condition, that is, we must ensure that our brothers are well-fed, have clothes to wear, do not suffer from cold, do not starve, and then have to have money, otherwise how can we do it in vain? In a word, seek good fortune and avoid evil, and see which side is beneficial! So, let's talk about it. ”

His voice landed, but no one spoke, Liu Tang was stunned and asked, "What?" Don't have an idea? ”

"This, Wan Hu, let's talk on two sides." A fierce officer said. "If you don't say that you don't descend, start fighting, can we stop Hu Shuai with our Yangliang Nanguan?"

The ròu on Liu Tang's face shook a few times, and he said, "This, I really can't say." Yangliang Pass is dangerous, even if there are 100,000 male soldiers, they can't be easily captured. But then again, it wasn't ordinary people who came, but Zijin Tiger. You don't need me to shake your foundation, do you? ”

Needless to say? On the side of Hedong, who doesn't know about Xu Wei's business? Hebei raised troops, suppressed bandits, King Qin, and the Purple Mountain pontoon bridge blocked the second prince of the Dajin Kingdom, so he got the name of a Purple Gold Tiger. Later, even worse, he went to various places, fought in the east and west, and made a great name! The Jurchens have the most headache for him! Now with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, cattle!

"That is, if you fight, you may not be able to beat it. But if it goes down, is there a risk? Na Meng'an asked again.

Liu Tang thought for a while, and suddenly attacked: "Damn, I'm asking you what you think, why do you ask me in turn?" ”

Na Meng'an made a salute and said to himself: "Although we are in Jinying, we also have a lot of helplessness. The Great Song Dynasty has always raised soldiers, and I estimate that in the past, Hu Shuai will not do anything to us. ”

"So what? Is your opinion down? Liu Tang asked. Na Meng'an smiled reluctantly, neither admitting nor denying it.

Seeing this, Liu Tang looked at the officers again: "What about you, tell me, this is not anyone's business, it is related to our thousands of brothers, and we must not be careless." ”

"In my opinion, it's down! With whom is it not to fight? I've had enough of this leather anyway, fuck it! Dead talent left! The parents of the body hair and skin, the Jurchens had to let Lao Tzu shave a bald scoop. This person is not a human, a ghost is not a ghost, and he can't see his ancestors when he dies. "This man is simply.

Immediately, someone came out and objected: "You are right! Oh, just because the Jurchens made you shave your hair and make it easy to wear, you were lowered? If you go to Xu Wei's place, you can't even keep your head, what do you say? ”

"The head is gone, I'll say something!"

"Wanhu, according to me, if you return to the tiger handsome, there should be no risk. Han Anfu is still Hedong Shuai, he has surrendered, why can't we surrender? Besides, he's fine, I didn't see Xu Wei kill him. ”

"You can't say that, what status does Han appease people? If it is useful to keep him, we may not be necessarily, and Xu Hu'er is not short of us. ”

"Don't fall! Han appeased to surrender, that was his business. Let's guard Yangliang Pass, and Xu Hu'er can't get in. When the time comes, as soon as he retires, won't we make a great contribution? Can the Yanjing Imperial Court reward us? In the past, Xu Hu'er was at most not killed, and then worked hard, is it worthy of receiving awards for meritorious service? ”

"Hey, this is the truth, Liu Wanhu, this is a good statement."

The more Liu Tang listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, whether it was advocating surrender or resisting, it seemed to make sense, how could this be rectified? When he was struggling, one of them protested: "Do you brothers only look at the immediate benefits? ”

Everyone looked at it, and Liu Tang was puzzled: "Jiao Wentong, what do you mean?" ”

This Jiao Wentong, once upon a time was the leader of a righteous army in Taihang Mountain, it is said that there were thousands of minions under his command during the scenery, and his strength was also quite brave, and he could open a three-stone hard bow. But after all, he couldn't withstand the encirclement and suppression of the Jin army, and was forced to surrender, and was sent to Yangliang Pass to be a fierce centurion.

"Liu Wanhu, take a long-term view, if you only focus on the present, there will be troubles." Jiao Wentong was about forty years old, nearly eight feet long, and stood there like King Kong! The dark skin and thick beard make it intimidating.

"So how do you take a long-term view?" Liu Tang asked again.

"When the Jurchens invaded the south, their military might was as powerful as the sky! The southern army dare not plunder its edge! However, after 20 years, the prestige of the Jin Army is gone, and the Southern Army and the Western Army are becoming more and more powerful! The more in the future, the situation will be clearer, where to go, humble thinking, ten thousand households have their own measure. "Jiaowen channel.

As soon as he finished speaking, an officer who advocated resistance sneered: "Jiao Wentong, you are defeated and poor, surrender to the Jurchens." Now that you are here to advocate that the weaker the Jin army is, the stronger the southern army, isn't it a little ...... you?"

Jiao Wentong was silent.

Liu Tang stopped the subordinates who were attacking in groups, and asked, "Jiao Wentong, tell me more." ”

"Yes, Wanhu, just imagine, since the loss of Shaanxi, and then Marshal Du led the troops to attack Xianghan, in the past few years, has the Jin army ever won a battle?" Jiao Wentong asked.

Liu Tang thought for a while, nodded and admitted: "It is true that there are more defeats and fewer victories." ”

"Yes, this is the time to change the offensive and defensive positions. Hushuai is now launching a counteroffensive and marching to Hedong, can't Wanhu still understand what this signifies? Last time, the Southern Army counterattacked the Central Plains, although it failed, but it showed that the South had begun to embark on the Northern Expedition. "Jiaowen channel.

"However, this is not enough to prove the change of shape of Song Jin's strength and weakness, right?" Someone questioned.

"That's it, this tiger can't be defeated, and besides, the Dajin Kingdom has not yet reached that point. In the future, it is uncertain who will kill the deer. ”

Jiao Wentong shook his head: "If Han is appeased, the famous general of the Jin camp, when the Jurchen went south, he attacked the city and plundered the land, how brave was he?" But to put it mildly, think about it, how many times did he suffer defeat under the hands of the Western Army? Later, he was expelled from Shaanxi, and now he is even ......"

As soon as these words came out, the people could not refute them, because the facts were in front of them.

"So, you think we should descend?" Liu Tang asked.

"It shouldn't be said that it is descending, we are originally the people of the two rivers, and the soil of the Song Dynasty is under our feet, and now we are just returning. In addition, he used to raise righteousness and resist gold, and he has a better understanding of the situation of Hedong Yishi. To tell you the truth, in the past few years, there were hundreds of thousands of righteous teachers in Hedong. Now, although under the encirclement and suppression of the Jin army, the losses are huge, but the Shao family soldiers in the north, the Red Turban army in the south, and other righteous troops of all roads still have more than 100,000. And these people are all playing the Xu Zi banner, as the tiger commander's subordinates, now that the Western Army is marching into Hedong, they will inevitably respond in groups, and after a long time, the situation in Hedong will be more unfavorable to the Jurchens. It's time for us to return! ”

I don't know if I was touched by his words, or if I was frightened, I could hear the needles in the barracks for a while, and there was no sound.

Liu Tang glanced at the dozens of officers in the room, and said loudly: "Gather the troops!" ”

More than 4,000 Jin troops were assembled, and Liu Tang sighed with emotion in front of them, almost crying. He said, we are all children of Hedong, and we should shoulder the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the enemy! However, we need to distinguish who is the enemy? Whoever occupies our homeland, who forces us to shave our hair and make it easier to obey, and who abducts our brothers and sisters to be slaves, who is our enemy!

Now, the commander of the Great Song Dynasty, the commander of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the tiger commander Xu Wei, led the elite of the Western Army to recover Hedong! The tiger is handsome and benevolent, and he can't bear to see the bone ròu cannibalism, so he made the original Hedong who had already surrendered to Han Chang come to deliver the news, as long as we surrender to the customs, not only will we not blame the past, but also entrust it to be reused! At this moment, Hu Shuai has already prepared wine and silver money in the camp, waiting for our brothers! So, now let's open the gate and return to the gate!

His rhetoric is just a scene. But I didn't expect that as soon as it was announced, the sergeant thundered with joy! The officers decided to surrender with their interests in mind. But the soldiers are much simpler. They are happy, firstly, they don't have to fight, and secondly, they still identify with "Song" rather than "Jin" from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Tang immediately sent Jiao Wentong out of the customs to meet Xu Wei and express his willingness to return to the customs. And asked Xu Wei to send personnel into the customs and count the soldiers and horses.

Xu Wei and the generals of the Western Army were overjoyed when they heard the news! To be honest, Xu Wei himself is not very sure about whether he can persuade the Guan Jin army to surrender. Because Yangliangguan is really dangerous, if you really want to fight, although it is possible to attack it, but what about time?

Now, without spending a single soldier and just a few drops of spit, he has taken Yangliang Pass, isn't it worth rejoicing? Then he comforted Jiao Wentong, and sent people to follow him into the customs, counted the soldiers and horses, and summoned Liu Tang and others to see him in the future.

Although Liu Tang and the others decided to surrender, they were still a little hesitant when they heard that Xu Wei had summoned them to the Western Army camp. But the words have already been announced to the whole army, and if you regret it at this time, I am afraid that there is no turning back from the bow. So under Jiao Wentong's repeated encouragement, he led three Meng'an Qianfu out of Yangliang Pass and went to Song Ying.

"Damn, Wanhu, my eyelids are jumping, is it more auspicious to go here?" A thousand-commander who had originally advocated resisting suddenly said.

Liu Tangzheng hesitated, heard this, stopped, and said nervously: "I also think it's inappropriate for you to say this." Could it be that Xu Wei wanted to summon the four of you and me to the camp, and killed him with one knife? ”

"Possibly, let's not go, right?" The commander suggested.

Liu Tang sighed, turned his head to look at the continuous Song Ying, and couldn't make up his mind. At this time, another commander said: "Ten thousand households are too worried. Just imagine, our army has already promised to surrender to Shun, so why should Hu Shuai make more moves and harm our lives? If you kill me outside the gate, won't you let the soldiers in the gate mutiny? Besides, why did he kill me? It doesn't make sense. ”

When Liu Tang heard this, he felt that this was the case, so he took another step and went down the mountain. After walking less than a dozen steps, I suddenly saw a group of people coming from below, about five or six, judging from the costume, they were by no means ordinary soldiers. They are all draped, and their clothes and armor are splendid. They recognized one of them, it was Han Chang, and Han Anfu was still walking behind one person.

Liu Tang was shocked, and hurriedly strode down the mountain, and the first three commanders couldn't catch up.

When the two sides met, Liu Tang only knew Han Chang, so he hugged his fist and saluted: "The humble position is Liu Tang, the general of Yangliang." ”

There was a man opposite him, in his thirties, more than seven feet long, with blazing eyes, a high nose, and a shallow beard on his lips.

The man looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm Xu Wei." ”

As soon as they heard this, the four of them couldn't help but have a cold war, Xu Wei? Is that Xu Wei? The person in front of him is really handsome?

At this time, Han Chang said behind him: "Liu Tang, when you see King Xujun, why are you so disrespectful?" ”

Liu Tang knelt down involuntarily, landed on his knees, his forehead was on the soil, and he couldn't wait to put his face on the ground, and said in fear: "Humble duty, humble position, how dare you, labor, Lao Hu is handsome!" The first three commanders knelt neatly, and all of them put their heads on the ground, and none of them dared to look up.

Xu Wei stretched out his hand, picked up Liu Tang, and said with a smile: "I am very happy that you can know the advance and retreat, and understand the righteousness." You can rest assured, Xu will never regret what he said. If you are obedient, you are my brother! ”

Liu Tang and the others were inexplicably grateful, and stammered: "I have been in Jinying for many years, and my face is not very glorious. From now on, we will follow ......"

"The King." Han Chang reminded him later.

"Follow the king, to wash away the filth of the past." Liu Tangzheng sè.

"That's very good. Let's go, I have prepared wine in the camp for you and others to celebrate. Xu Wei took Liu Tang's hand and walked down.

It turned out that after summoning Liu Tang and others to meet, Xu Wei had been waiting. When he saw Liu Tang and the other four walking on the road, but hesitated, he was afraid of change, so he came to greet him in person. Only then did Liu Tang and other generals dispel their doubts.

After the Western Army took Yangliang South Pass, it started to attack Yangliang North Pass the next day. This time, it was not so easy, although Han Chang, Liu Tang and others "showed up to say", but in exchange for insults and provocations. It is all because Yangliang Beiguan is the last line of defense into the Taiyuan Basin, and it cannot be lost. Therefore, the Jin army deployed in Yangliang Beiguan not only has the Han signing army, but also the Khitan army and the Bohai navy. Forget about the Han and Khitans, the Bohai people and the Jurchens are simply iron buddies, how can they be moved by your few words? Xu Wei knew that it was useless to persuade him to surrender, so he ordered the general to prepare for a strong attack.

Not to mention that Xu Wei detained the pass, but said that the Liao army swept all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in the western three states, and the 50,000 elite Jin army reinforcements were swept away by the Khitan iron broom and fled to Datong Mansion. Subsequently, the unstoppable Liao army broke through the city of Fengzhou, slaughtered the Jurchens in the city, and split their corpses to vent their anger.

At this point, all the three western states were recovered by the Liao army, and the progress was so rapid that even the marshal of the Liao army, Xiao Hulila, was excited! He even had the same idea as Xu Wei in the south, could it be that the set goal of our trip was too conservative? The Jurchens have fallen to such a field?

Soon, he found out that this was not the case......

After the Liao army took the western three states, it immediately marched into the northern part of Datong Mansion and captured Xuanning and other places, and was warmly welcomed by the Khitan people here. After the Liao State was destroyed by the Jin army, the Jurchens pressed the Khitans to the point of doing whatever they wanted, exploiting and plundering them as small dishes, and even kidnapped civilians as slaves and conscripted the Khitans to fill the army...... Because the Jurchens are extremely distrustful of the Khitans, and with a Yelu Dashi in the Western Regions, the hopes of the Khitans will not be dashed, so how can the Jurchens not be wary of the Khitans? In the end, it even reached the point where every Khitan household had to be guarded by two Jurchen households!

In view of this, how can the Khitans, who were deeply oppressed by the Jurchens, not be grateful when they saw the "Wang Shi" returning to the east? Although, there are some more hairs and eyes in this "Wang Shi", and they are not an outlier than them.

Just when the Liao army was full of confidence and thought that there was great hope for the restoration of the country, Wushu also learned the news of the defeat at the front. In fact, he had already left Yanjing and went to Datong Mansion to supervise the border. And when he rushed to Datong Mansion with a large army, he happened to bump into the defeated soldiers and came back. The Wushu was furious, executed one 10,000 households, seven 1,000 households, hung up the heads to show the public, and sternly warned the army, this is a big matter, if you don't die, I will let you die!

Subsequently, he reorganized his troops and horses, and put together the defeated army and the troops he had recruited from all over Yanyun and the Jurchen homeland, totaling 80,000 troops, of which more than half were cavalry. He took this large army that gathered the elite of the Dajin Kingdom and marched north, looking for the Liao army and waiting for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle.

The Wushu Legion traveled less than 100 miles to the north and found out that the Liao army had broken through Fengzhou City, and its main force was now in Xuanning, and the two armies were not far apart. At this time, Wushu took advantage of the Khitan people's deep hatred for the Jin people and their eagerness to take revenge, and ordered to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot. He also sent a small number of troops to reconnoiter and harass, and led the Liao army to respond to the battle.

The movements of the Jin army were soon learned by Xiao Weilira, and the commander of the Liao army impassionedly called on the soldiers to defeat the gold thieves in one fell swoop and restore my Xijing! Datong Mansion, which was once the Xijing of the Liao State, if it can capture Datong Mansion, the power will cause a strong earthquake in the Jin State, and at the same time, it can also greatly boost the morale of the Liao army!

Xiao Lili then led Yelu Yanshan, Yelu Tiege and others led the army south, preparing to have a face-to-face battle with Wushu! Let the Jurchens see the hundred battles we have created in the Western Regions after 20 years of hard fighting!