But now, Tabai actually ran to Jingshan County, Yingzhou.

As far as Wang Shen knows, Jingshan County is 100 kilometers from Anlu City, which is still a straight line distance. In later generations, cars would drive for two and a half hours.

Of course, there is no such thing as a highway in this era, and it goes down in a twist and turn, and it goes out for 300 miles. At the most fatal time, there are three rivers between Jingshan and Anlu, and Tabai went to Jingshan, if there is something in Anlu City, ride a horse to rush over, at least two days.

Without this mobile unit, if there is something going on at home, the problem will be serious. If you don't do it, the entire Anlu situation may collapse completely.

The scout captain replied: "It was an order from the deputy army envoy of the army, and Mrs. Bao nodded." ”

Wang Shen was full of doubts: "An Niang nodded, what's going on?" ”

Scout Captain: "Envoy of the Army, is there any change in Xiangyang Jurchen?" ”

Yan Yumeng next to him disagreed: "Xiangyang Jurchen, aren't all Xiangyang Jurchens transferred to Guanzhong, how many men and horses dare to attack Jingchu, and use Hebei garrisoned in the city to sign an army, is it worth our army to mobilize and step on Bai to meet the enemy?" The Jurchens probably have no food this winter, so they just came over to grab a handful. He was a shrewd person, and immediately remembered that this order was given by An Niang, so he changed his tone: "However, I think there should be something terrible happening over there, right?" ”

The head of the scout replied: "Yes, I heard that the fourth prince of the Jurchen in Henan Mansion mobilized a lot of cavalry to come over, and wanted to start from Xiangyang and enter Jianghan through Yingzhou. ”

"Who is the female Allah of Luoyang Mansion in Henan, who is the commander?" Wang Shen asked.

Scout leader: "According to the reconnaissance, it is a member of the Jurchen royal family named Wan Yan Xiyin, who brought 3,000 cavalry this time. ”

"Wanyan Xiyin, the right superintendent of the Marshal's Mansion, three thousand cavalry?" Not only Wang Shen, but everyone else took a breath of cold air.

During the Battle of Jiankang that year, Wang Shen and others had already reconnoitred the situation of the Jurchens clearly. At that time, this Wanyan Xiyin was a supervisor in the Wushu Army, and later crossed the Yangtze River from Jiangdu with Wushu, searched the mountains and seas to arrest Zhao Gou.

After the end of this battle in the second year of Jianyan, Wanyan Xiyin and Wushu retreated to the north and returned to the north, stationed in Luoyang City, Henan Prefecture, one is to protect the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the other is to support Wanyan Lou Room and others in Guanzhong at the right time.

Speaking of this Wanyan Xiyin, he may not be as famous in history as Wushu, Wanyan Yinkeshu, Wanyan Zonghan and others, but the important role in the politics of the Women's Array Jin Country cannot be replaced by others.

Unlike other Jurchen generals who were powerful and brave, this man seemed to be polite and well-versed in Sinology, and he was a Chinese expert. His greatest contribution in the history of Jin Guo is the creation of the Jurchen script and the establishment of the Jurchen political system, which can be regarded as a national teacher-level figure. Even powerful figures like Zong Han and Wushu were very polite when they saw him.

Every time the Jurchens had a large-scale military operation, Wanyan Xiyin would act as a supervisor and act with the army.

In real history, this person later entered the court with Zong Han. Discuss and establish the heir, and Zong Han and Zong Ganli asked Wan Yan to be the master of Ban Bo Jilie, replace the national theory Bo Jilie system with the system of three provinces and six ministries, and carry out a comprehensive reform of the political system. Ren Zonghan was the Taibao and the three provincial affairs, and Xi Yin was the prime minister of Shangshu Zuo and the servant, and he was the first person in the Jurchen civil official system. It's a pity that because he was Wanyan Zonghan's person, Wanyan Zonghan was defeated by Wushu in the later political struggle, and he also died together.

Such a big man went to Xiangyang and led the army to take it, just to rob it?

It's impossible to think about.

The greatest possibility is that he wants to wipe out the entire Sizhou army and cut off this living force of the Henan Jurchen rule that directly threatens.

What is the concept of 3,000 cavalry, even when the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty was at its strongest, the combined light and heavy cavalry of the whole country was only more than 6,000, and the general cavalry in the heyday of the Northern Song Dynasty could be easily dispatched in a single battle.

And Wang Shen now has more than 1,000 cavalry at hand.

It is conceivable that once the three thousand Jurchen Iron Horsemen go south, what a terrible scene of the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

The bad news didn't stop there, the scout leader continued to say: "Military envoy, according to the front line, in addition to Wanyan Xiyin's cavalry, there are also 3,000 foot soldiers who went to Xiangyang, all of which are Khitan leather rooms. ”

Niu Gao's eyes stared: "Yelu Ma Wu? ”

Scout leader: "General Niu, it's Yelu Ma Wu." ”

Niu Gao's eyes were full of hatred: "It's a good time." "Yes, I was defeated in Henan at the beginning, and how many of my hometown children died under the knife of this Liao people. It can be said that there is a monstrous blood feud with him.

The generals of the Sizhou Army were in a commotion, and they may not feel anything about Wanyan Xiyin, they have never fought before, and they have no intuitive understanding. However, in Jiankang that year, the first battle after the Sizhou army became an army was fought with this Yelu Ma Wu, and it almost didn't survive.

The impression of that night was too deep for all the generals present.

Wang Shen said fiercely: "Three thousand cavalry, plus three thousand main foot soldiers, the enemy is unprecedentedly strong, we can be regarded as meeting a decent opponent." If we can't get through it, I'm afraid everything we've done in the past two years will be in vain. ”

Yan Yuemeng comforted: "Military envoy, the intelligence only said that Yan Xiyin and Yeluma led the elite main force to enter Xiangyang, and did not say that they must march into Jianghan, don't worry." ”

There is no convincing force in this statement, the Jurchens are making a big move this time, not for Jianghan and for the Sizhou army.

Wang Shen touched his nose with his hand and thought for a long time, and suddenly patted the arm of the chair: "Oops, Zhang Deyuan didn't listen to the advice of a certain person, and was gathering an army in the audience to fight a decisive battle with the Jurchens, wanting to take Chang'an and then restore Guanzhong." ”

He rubbed his hands angrily: "This Zhang Xianggong, why don't you listen to people's persuasion and blindly it!" ”

In real history, Zhang Jun preached Guanzhong. In August of the fourth year of Jianyan, he issued a document to attack Jin, and ordered the Yongxing army to make Wu Jue recover Chang'an; The Huanqing Road made Zhao Zhe recover Linzhou and Yanzhou, and won the first battle, which made Zhang Jun despise the Jin army even more. When the Jin Dynasty heard that the Song army was counterattacking, he hurriedly ordered Yan Zongbi to lead 20,000 elite cavalry from Luoyang to aid Shaanxi; After ordering Yan Lou to lead tens of thousands of troops from Hedong to Suide Army, he stopped the Song army from advancing eastward.

In September, the Song army of the Fifth Route entered the Fuping area, and Wanyan Zongfu led the Jin army to the lower county in the east of Fuping; The two armies were eighty miles apart, and the two armies fought for several months. In the end, the Song army was defeated and retreated to Fangzhou, and all the baggage they brought with them was abandoned. In October, Zhang Jun degraded Liu Xi for the crime of defeating the army, beheaded Zhao Zhe and his generals Zhang Zhong and Qiao Ze, which frightened the army, and the general Murong Tao of Huanqing Road defected to Western Xia, and the generals of Jingyuan Road Zhang Zhongyan and Li Yanqi defected to Jin.

The Southern Song Dynasty lost about 100,000 men and horses in this battle, and all the armies of the entire Sichuan and northwest regions were completely wiped out by the Jurchens.

At this point, the Western Army troops left in Shaanxi by the Northern Song Dynasty were completely wiped out by the Jurchens, and this only field army of the Great Song Dynasty has completely become a historical term.

The consequences of this battle were serious, the Western Army was annihilated, the entire territory of Shaanxi fell, and on the front line of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the Song Dynasty was no longer able to counterattack and was completely passive in strategy. In particular, the elite of the Western Army was wiped out, and the armies of Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong of the other Song Dynasty had not yet been trained, and the civil strife in the south had not yet been pacified, and in the next five or six years, the Southern Song Dynasty was no longer able to recover the northern territory, and began a long-term confrontation between the north and the south, and began the humiliating division of the river.

Reviewing the reason why the Song army failed in this "Battle of Fuping", the reason for this is that Zhang Jun is actually mainly responsible. He rashly assembled heavy troops, hastily launched a counteroffensive, and commanded the campaign to underestimate the enemy and did not coordinate with each other, resulting in a great defeat.

At the beginning, when Zhang Junxuan passed through Huangzhou, Wang Shen had a deep conversation with him, and he almost revealed all the details of the real history. The admonition said that the prime minister would go to Guanzhong, defend first according to the danger of the army, wait for a counterattack after one or two years, and come up with a detailed defense plan.

At that time, Zhang Jun also thought so.

In this time and space, the time has reached September, and there is no news from Shaanxi.

No news is the best news, according to real historical records, September is the time when the Battle of Fuping is in full swing, since there is no news, it means that Zhang Jun listened to his advice, and did not rush in, in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with the Jurchens.

However, now that Wushu suddenly ordered Yan Xiyin and Yelu Ma to lead the elite to Xiangyang, something was wrong.

When the generals heard Wang Shen say this, they were all full of doubts, and couldn't help asking: "Military envoy, what does the Jurchen have to do with Zhang Deyuan when he transferred the army to Xiangyang?" ”

Wang Shen said angrily: "It must be that Zhang Xianggong did not listen to the advice of a certain and was gathering a large army to try to restore Guanzhong." Wanyan Zongfu in Guanzhong was invincible, and asked Wushu of Luoyang Mansion in Xijing and Wanyan Lou Room in northern Shaanxi to lead the army into the pass to help in the battle. ”

Yue Yun was puzzled: "It's just that they enter the customs, what does it have to do with Yan Xiyin going to Xiangyang?" ”

Wang Shen said: "Wanyan Lou's room is in Suide, northern Shaanxi, and he is already in the Jingluo Pass, so he naturally wants to go to war." As for the Wushu army, he had just returned to the north from Jiangnan, and although he had a large number of men and horses, he had to defend the vast area from Tongguan to Huaizuo, but he could not draw a large number of men and horses. Moreover, as soon as he moved, the entire Central Plains was empty. Therefore, a certain thinks that even if he wants to support Shaanxi, he is just a partial division. ”

Yue Yunnai was his most trusted general, and he had always been careful about him, so he explained in detail: "Look at this map. ”

He pointed to the map and said, "Wushu actually does not have many garrisons in Henan Prefecture, and when he leaves Shaanxi, he can only draw 20,000 horses at most, and even so, his Xijing is empty." If Wushu goes to Guanzhong, it will be no more than Luoyang, Xin'an, Mianchi, and Shaanzhou. To the south of Luoyang are Nanyang and Xiangyang, two important towns, Nanyang and Xiangyang are said to be two state capitals, in fact, they are both located in the Nanyang Basin, and the two are one and the same. If one city is lost, the other will be left alone. ”

"Imagine, if Wushu goes to Guanzhong and drains Henan's troops, and the Sizhou army suddenly goes north along Yingzhou, it can easily take Xiangyang and Nanyang."

"Nanyang Basin, what kind of place is that?" Wang Shen's face was awe-inspiring: "The heart of the world, the gateway of the world." ”[.]