The messenger brought Wanyan Zonghan's reply back to Zongwang, and it was already early morning of the third day. Yesterday, the Jin army stormed the Song military camp outside Zhongmu, but it was rare to advance an inch, and after losing more than 1,000 men and horses, it had to give up the attack.

Zong Wang, who was so anxious that he burned his eyebrows, fell into deep thought after listening to the messenger's words, he didn't know that Zong Han's words were reasonable, but to abandon 50,000 military horses at once, this was a terrible thing for the sparsely populated Jurchens, and the destruction of Liao did not lose these many military horses back then.

Moreover, once the army is to withdraw from Zhongmu on a detour, it is necessary to ensure the speed of the whole army, so many of the money, grain, jewelry, goods and cloth obtained from this trip to the south must be abandoned, otherwise the money, grain, jewelry, goods and cloth with these many carts will inevitably be pursued by the Song army, so what is the point of the Dajin army and horses going south to loot? Is it considered to have destroyed the Song Kingdom? But I heard that the Song people set up a female emperor in Dongduan County, even if they killed all the men of the Zhao and Song clans, they would rather set up a woman as the emperor than fight to the death with the Jin people.

Zong Wang thought about it, and suddenly found that the second southern expedition of the Jin army was even more unsuccessful than the first, the strategic purpose of the Jin army was not achieved, and the kidnapped Zhao and Song clans were killed in a daze. Thinking of this, Zong Wang suddenly sadly discovered that in this war, Jin Guo had lost the initiative.

After pondering for two hours, all the generals under the tent were there to talk about it, and they all clamored that they still wanted to fight Zhongmu and annihilate the Song army that was currently blocking the road, and then calmly retreated. Zong Wang is also a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, and after thinking about it for a long time, he shouted bitterly: "Now is the most dangerous battle since my Dajin army and horse went south, if you are still so radical, let me out!" ”

After a break, all the gold generals in the tent fell silent. Zong Wang stood up and said slowly: "Now that the Song army is besieged by the eastern and western armies, and Kaifeng has been recaptured, and then the Song army of the king of Qin from all walks of life is bound to come one after another, although we have more than 100,000 troops and horses, but we can't stand up to others. Tongguan has been resisting the elite Western army of the Great Song Dynasty for several months, if Tong Guan is lost, the Song people take Luoyang, control the three Yellow River crossings near Luoyang, then no one in our army can go back safely. The only way to do this is to obey the policy of the deputy marshal, give up all the money and jewelry, silk and satin, women and women, and after the whole army is lightly armed, bypass Zhongmu, go straight to Zhengzhou, and then cross the Yellow River first! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the tent were dumbfounded, and then they shouted like a fried pot.

"Dashuai, I waited for the soldiers to work hard, and we only wanted to grab these things, but now we say that we want to throw them away?"

"Second prince, why is my Dajin Army afraid of him Song Jun? We will kill as many as they come. ”

"Second prince, why are you afraid of Song Jun? The youngster was originally a striker, and before sunset today, he must recapture Zhongmu. ”

Zong Wang smiled bitterly to himself, and he was really reluctant to leave behind the stolen gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, which were originally gratifying, but now they seem to have become the life talisman of the Jin Army.

"Shut up!" Zong Wang slapped the case and shouted angrily: "If the things are gone, you can grab them again, if the people are gone, what's the use of asking for these things?" ”

After a snort, the tent quieted down, and Zong Wang looked at the generals in the tent coldly and said: "The main force of the Song army today is the Shandong Road military horse, and the Liangshan female thief has elite soldiers and horses and sharp firearms. Now that the location and the situation are unfavorable to me, there is no chance of winning a hasty battle with her. We should first retreat to Shanxi and Hebei, and then fight with her there, as long as the military horses under her command are destroyed, the Central Plains will still be the place where my Dajin country horses gallop! If we all die here, will there still be military horses in the Dajin Kingdom that can resist the Song people? Do you also want your children and families to surrender on their knees like the Song people? ”

All the generals were silent, what Zong Wang said made sense, if they all died here, the elite military horses of the Dajin Kingdom would be lost by two-thirds overnight, how could the remaining military horses withstand the counterattack of the Song people and the remnants of the Liao people? At that time, I am afraid that even the Xia Kingdom will betray the alliance and attack the Jin Kingdom to seek profits.

After Zong Wang took a deep breath, he said loudly: "Order all the armies, give up all the things that should be cumbersome, and the whole army will only bring the things that should be used for military purposes, and after the whole bundle is stopped, the whole army will retreat lightly, bypass Zhongmu, and retreat to Zhengzhou first!" ”

There is a golden general under the tent and said: "Dashuai, since you want to give up, if you find a place to bury the looted things, make a good mark, and kill the Yellow River in the future and reoccupy this place, you can open it out, and these things will be ours again." ”

Zong Wang thought it was okay when he heard this, if he discarded it, it would only cheapen the female thief for nothing, so he immediately ordered all the troops to put the gold, silver, jewelry, jade, and silk they had stolen in boxes, find a place, dig a few big pits, and bury all the things. The treasures robbed by the Jin people and the wealth extorted by Kaifeng are countless, and nine large pits have been dug in full, each of which is several zhang square, more than three zhang deep, and even all the forbidden things that robbed the Zhao and Song royal families were buried together.

After all the armies were arranged, the Jin army prepared grain and grass, and the poor clan women who did not have time to escape were killed by the Jin people one by one, and Zhao Huanhuan's biological mother and several sisters were also among them. After the Jin army killed all the women, they also dug a few pits and buried them hastily, and thousands of poor women's lives died like this.

That night, the Jin people began to make a detour, just for fear of arousing the vigilance of the Song army, they all covered the horse's mouth, and no one was allowed to raise fire, so they walked by the moonlight.

Although the Jin army was secretive, Sanniang sent many spies, and when they saw that the Jin people were pulling out, they went south, so they flew to report to Mu Sanniang.

Sanniang was inspecting the camp outside Zhongmu, and after hearing the report, Qiao Daoqing, Sun An and others under his command all said: "Jin Ren is going to bypass Zhongmu!" "Lord, let's chase it!"

Sanniang's face sank like water, looked at the moonlight and said: "No need, just to receive the Tongguan battle report, just last night, Shi Dalang led more than 10,000 horses, together with the middle of the division, the internal and external attacks have conquered Tongguan, 30,000 Jin troops have been wiped out, it is estimated that today they will drive Luoyang, not waiting for the Jin people to arrive in Luoyang, the three Yellow River ferries have been owned by our army, and the Jin people have no way to go." ”

Hearing the news, all the generals around him applauded loudly. Sun An said: "In this case, we can rest assured that we can chase down the Jin people trapped in the south of the Yellow River, and teach them that none of them can escape." These golden dogs poisoned the Central Plains and killed many of my people, this trip will definitely teach them that there are no bones! ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "Although the Jin people's retreat to the north can be cut off now, the Jin army is still more than 100,000 people, and it is not easy to annihilate them all." It is also necessary to guard against the fact that the Jin people are desperate to attack the land of Jingxiang in the south, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Sanniang waved the horsewhip in her hand lightly, and said in her mouth: "Yes, the rice has to be eaten in one bite, and the more than 200,000 Jin troops cannot be solved overnight." Now that Yan Zongwang's department has bypassed Zhongmu, I will let him go first, and we will first prepare to exterminate his broken 50,000 military horses, and after meeting Marshal Lu's army, we will work with the division and Shi Jin's department to flank Yan Zongwang's more than 100,000 golden army! "All the generals said yes together.

When it was dawn, the Song army came out, and sure enough, the camp where the Jin people settled yesterday was empty, and more than 100,000 Jin troops were all clean overnight. After Sanniang led the generals to see the Jin people's camp, they said: "Overnight, more than 100,000 military horses can walk cleanly, they must have lost a lot of burdensome things, including the stolen women, money, and send people to find them, these are all things from my Great Song Dynasty." ”

At that moment, military horses were sent to search carefully near the Jin Ying, and the first thing they found was the mass grave of those women who were hastily buried. After the Song army dug up those pits, the soldiers present were all crying loudly, only to see that the women buried inside were all Great Song women, all of whom were killed by the Jin people and buried here. I saw that these women were all wounded by knives and guns, their eyes were wide open, their faces were full of unwillingness, and a pair of helpless jade hands were holding down their wounds, which was really miserable.

When Sanniang and others heard the news, they all rushed to see it. At a glance, all the generals were furious, drew their swords one after another, and clamored to chase after those golden people, to kill them all to avenge these innocent women. Sanniang was also stunned, she couldn't imagine that Jin Ren was inferior to pigs and dogs, and actually killed so many women, in the final analysis, it was because Jin Ren was cornered by herself, and then killed these women. For their deaths, it seems that Sanniang is also responsible.

"Clean up all the corpses first, so that they can be buried alive." Sanniang raised her hand to stop the generals' restlessness, and then said coldly: "This blood debt will definitely be recovered from the Jin people in the future, and it is all remembered, our army will not be captured by the Jin people in the future!" ”

The generals said yes and began to order the soldiers to clean up the corpses. All the Song soldiers were crying while cleaning up the corpses, and their hatred for the Jin people was deep in their bones, and their fighting spirit was even higher. When cleaning up, more than a dozen women with big lives were also rescued, all of whom were hastily buried after being wounded by knives and guns, just because they were buried shallowly, and the Jin people had no time to mend the knife, so they picked up a life. When I found them, I still had a faint breath.

After Sanniang heard the news, she personally led the army to treat her, and only saved five women, so she was an extremely lucky survivor. After the five women woke up, they told about the atrocities of the Jin people, and after Sanniang, the generals and the soldiers listened, they were even more indignant.

After noon, he reported that the remnants of the Jin army led by Yan Zonghan had retreated to Zhongmu. When the soldiers of the Song Army heard this, they all raised their swords and guns, their eyes were red, and they all wanted to go to take revenge.

Sanniang immediately took the stage to point the general, and after the distribution of the military horses of the various roads had been decided, Sanniang said loudly on the high platform: "The golden dog killed my people of the Great Song Dynasty like a mustard, I don't want to be taken prisoner in this battle!" The soldiers fought hard to kill the enemy and avenge the people and women who died! For a while, the Song army shouted revenge, and with a strong sense of hatred, they went out to meet the Jin army under Yan Zonghan.