On the ninth day of the first month of April, Hezhong Fu, Pujin pontoon bridge barrier.

After Lou Su led the army to retreat into Shaanzhou and held Tongguan, Xu Wei sent Zhang Xian as the main officer, and Wu Lan as the deputy stationed on the pontoon bridge to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river and entering the pass again. The continuous rain in the past few days has changed the situation of the severe drought in Hedong and Shaanxi last year. It was nearly noon, the defenders on the barrier changed their guards, and the soldiers who had just boarded the wall found that in the heavy rain, a group of soldiers and horses galloped towards the pontoon bridge. But it was Brother Ma Jun, who had gone out on patrol, who had returned.

The group of horses crossed the pontoon bridge and went straight into the barrier, and the soldiers found that there were still a few living people who had returned with the rangers. One of them had a piece of armor tied to his upper body, and a wound on his breastplate was particularly striking. He seemed to have wounds on his body, and he fell into the mud as soon as he came to the horse. Several other men in civilian clothes hurriedly helped them up, and under the leadership of the Ma soldiers, they threw themselves into the camp.

When Zhang Xian did not return from the camp, Wu Lan was in the big tent, and he heard a commotion outside, and after a while, he saw a few people who seemed to be chickens in the soup break in. A member of the Ma Army, the deputy soldier and horse envoy, reported: "The capital supervisor, the humble commander led his troops to patrol the area of Yongle Town, and encountered a group of men and horses, claiming to be the Hedong Righteous Army, and there is something important to see the marshal." ”

Wu Lan got up and stepped forward, and saw that those people were drenched, except for one person who had half a piece of body armor, the rest were all ordinary clothes, and they looked like they were righteous soldiers. And I saw that the man in armor was wounded, and if it were not for the support of his companions, he would probably not be able to stand steadily.

"Where did you come from? How does it look like this? Wu Ling frowned and asked.

The wounded man struggled to push away his companion, staggered forward two steps in front of Wu Lan, knelt down with a thud, and cried bitterly: "Lord Metropolitan Prison! Hedong, it's a big mess! ”

This sentence made Wu Lan's face change greatly! Since Hujie and the Zhejia army returned to Guanzhong, the marshal left the "hornless cow" Yang Jin to guard the Pingyang fortress, and ordered the leaders of the Zezhou rebel army, Shao Xing and Shao Yi, brothers to take over Zhaode Mansion and Huguan.

"What the hell is going on? Say it! Wu Xuan said sharply.

The man's face was pale, blood flowed out from the wound on his chest from time to time, and his hair was wet and sticking to his face. However, on the 11th, a large Jin army attacked from the Weisheng army, and the rebels could not resist it, so they were defeated and left behind to defend Huguan. But two days later, Huguan also fell, and the Jin army went straight to Zezhou through this. Seeing that the enemy was strong, Uncle Shao sent several people to report to Guanzhong, but they were all intercepted and killed by the Jin army rangers. The lowly post was also attacked along the way, and only a few people were left around. After passing through the states of Jiangci, I heard that the Jin Army and the Li Army jointly sent troops to conquer the Hedong Righteous Army, and all kinds of righteous teachers suffered heavy losses, and some of them had abandoned the state and county, and escaped into the mountains to form a village to protect themselves! ”

Wu Lan was shocked when he heard this! coincided with Zhang Xian's return from patrolling, so he hurriedly informed him of the incident. After Zhang Xian was silent for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to report this matter to the Shuaifu, and then send troops across the river to persuade the people left behind to withdraw into Hexi." The whole army is on alert and ready to meet the enemy! ”

Hedong, Binh Duong.

This fortress built by Xu Wei at the suggestion of Wang Yu was unable to advance half a step after withstanding the onslaught of Lou Su's hundreds of thousands of troops and making the Jin army pay a heavy price. The silver technique can sacrifice the "city lock method" but still can't help Pingyang, but was attacked from both sides, and fled in defeat.

But now, the fortified city is once again besieged by a large army. On all sides of the city, there are many large and small camps, and soldiers are busy walking through them. A team of men and horses rushed out of the camp to the west city of Pingyang, stopped more than 100 steps away from the moat, and peeked into the city defense. Seeing the novelty of Pingyang's urban defense system, this group of people was amazed.

A general, with gold rings in his ears, bald braids, and a fist-sized scar on the left side of his face, which made the whole face seem to move to the left, judging from the wound, it should be a new injury. This person is a famous Jurchen general, and he can complete his face and silver skills. The Fold Army and the Hujie Army were caught in him on both sides, and in the melee, he was hit by a shot by Fold Yanye, pulled the flag and fled.

Now that he has returned to his homeland, he has no emotion in his heart, only hatred! Looking at the defenders at the head of Pingyang City, Yinshu could shoot a fierce light like a beast in his eyes, and said through gritted teeth: "The Purple Gold Tiger has entered the pass, and the thieves have also been surrounded and suppressed by our army, and it should be easy to take Pingyang and the entire territory of Hedong." ”

He said this to Li Zhi next to him, who listened to it and said in a deep voice: "You should work hard to repay the grace of the country." Just a few days ago, he was allowed to open the "Hedong Marshal Mansion", serving himself as the marshal, the eldest son Li Shan was appointed as the prefect of Zhaode, the second son Li Meng was appointed as the prefect of Pingyang, and the rest of the generals were awarded the official positions of the prefectures of Hedong Prefecture. The Jin people established his position in Hedong from the legal theory and system, and said that he would not be held accountable for his attack on Gao Shiyou. asked him to cooperate with the Jin army and Keding Hedong Shaanxi. Li Zhi was grateful to Dade, and this time he poured out of the nest and joined forces with the Jurchens.

"The southerners do have ingenuity, like this kind of city, if the heart is dead, the soldiers are greedy, it will be difficult to conquer a million army." A majestic voice rang out. The man who spoke was about fifty years old, very imposing, with a long body, and a horse half a head taller than the others. The frontal bone is prominent, and the bridge of the nose is high. The skin is as black as iron, the eyes are shining, and the face is daunting. Previously, when he didn't speak, the generals were still looking forward to each other, but as soon as he opened his mouth at this time, the audience was solemn, and no one dared to make a noise.

This person is the number one person in power in Dajin Country today, and he is very good-looking. He succeeded his father's position and served as the "right-hand leader of the country", and was the minister of the state and led the government. Emperor Jin commanded the army, imitated the Liao system, set up the Marshal's Office, and governed two privy councils. He was in charge of the Privy Council of Yunzhong as the left deputy marshal, and was stationed in Xijing, the former Liao State. After the second prince died, the Privy Council of Yanjing, which he was in charge of, was merged into his command, and he was canonized as the "Marshal of the Capital", becoming the supreme military commander of the Dajin Kingdom, and was fully responsible for the use of troops against the Song Dynasty!

In this southern expedition, he sent Yan Lousu as the commander of the Western Road, and led 140,000 elites to try to eliminate the Western Army on which the Southern Dynasty relied in one fell swoop. To his surprise, not long after Lou Su left the school, Yinshuke returned to Taiyuan from Pingyang and reported to the Marshal's Mansion for an emergency. Sticky Han was furious when he heard the news, and Tian Feng returned to the division of the Jin army that pursued the Khitan remnants Yelu Dashi, and he saw the Purple Gold Tiger break out of the siege and gallop to help Guanzhong, fearing that Lou Su would be lost, so he personally raised the army to the south!

With the status of sticky Han today, he put on the robe of the expedition and crossed the war horse, which shows the importance he attaches to this southern expedition. And so far, the Jin State has mobilized almost most of the country's troops to participate in the war against the Song! In addition to the Jurchen elite, other armies such as the Khitan, Bohai, Xi, and Han also went out to launch the most fierce blow to the Southern Dynasties since the war between the two countries!