Not to mention, as soon as a few of them led their troops to Jiangzhou to assemble, it really made Hedong Li Zhi feel like a great enemy. The Li army in the northern part of Binh Duong Province all shrank its forces, retreated to the Wei Sheng army, and held the city to prepare for battle. And Xu Zhang, Shandong, also ordered his nephew, Xu Hong, the governor of Dongping Prefecture, and Guan Sheng, the second general of Jinan Prefecture, to lead troops to Beijing Daimyo Mansion to assemble. It is worth mentioning that this Guan Sheng is the prototype of Guan Sheng, the big knife of the five tigers of the Liangshan Horse Army in "Water Margin", who is a Shandong general, and he is extremely fierce. Since Xu Zhang's command of Shandong, it has been highly used.

Gao Shiyou was born as a civil minister, but he was bolder than Li Zhi, who was born as a military minister. Immediately increase the number of troops on the front line, and put on a posture of soldiers coming to block and covering the ground. The two ** teams are eyeing each other, and they are ready to compete in a showdown. At the same time, the envoys sent by the Great Song Dynasty rushed to the territory of Jin State, but they were frequently harassed and intercepted along the way, and finally there was no news. The Tokyo side waited for the news, and soon after the first batch of envoys departed, they sent the Longtu Pavilion to serve the system, and pretended to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Hong Hao, as the envoy, and changed to Hedong. He went to Jiangzhou first, met Yao Pingzhong, Xu Wei and other generals, and directly said, "I am afraid that there will be no return to this day, and you will work hard." ”

Sure enough, Hong Hao and his entourage passed through the area controlled by Li Zhi, and Li Jun was afraid that Yao Pingzhong and other generals of the Southern Army had assembled troops at the border, and did not dare to move them. But as soon as he arrived in Daizhou, he was detained, and all the utensils he brought were looted by the Jin soldiers, and Hong Hao himself was escorted to the clouds and saw Sticky Han. Sticky Han ignored his questioning about whether he intended to set up a puppet emperor, and forced him to become an official under Li Zhi, and promised important positions such as a transfer envoy. Hong Hao sternly refused and said: "The minister is thousands of miles away, and he will never steal between rats and dogs!" ”

Sticky Han was furious and ordered the guards to "hold the sword and bear it" as a threat. Hong Hao was not afraid, and said sharply: "General Yao Xu has already fought on the border, how can the minister of state sit in peace!" ”

Sticky Han was so angry that he even kicked the handsome case in two paragraphs, and roared wildly: "Sooner or later, I will hold the Purple Golden Tiger!" He ordered the Song envoy to be pushed out of the tent and beheaded, and most of the accompanying officials were so shocked that their faces were colorless, and Du Honghao protested loudly, without fear. When Han Fang stayed in the army of Sticky Han, he inquired about the military and political affairs of the Southern Dynasties, and when he saw Hong Hao's behavior, he praised "true loyal ministers" and pleaded with Sticky Han, so that he was spared death and was detained.

The successive loss of news from the envoys made the Tokyo Imperial Court realize the seriousness of the problem. Successively issued orders to Li Gang in Shaanxi and Liu Yu in Shandong, asking them to pay close attention to Li Zhi in Hedong and Gao Shiyou in Hebei, and if there is any trouble, they must report to Tokyo with a silver medal.

At the end of the fourth year of Jingkang, the Jin State ordered Gao Shi to be attacked by Li Zhi's troops on the grounds that the Southern Dynasty had stationed troops on the border and carried out provocative actions. Gao Shiyou was very active in this matter, and ordered his son Gao Qi and nephew Gao Ping to command more than 70,000 troops, cross the canal to the east, and re-enter the Daimyo's mansion. Compared with Li Zhi, although Gao Shiyou was not familiar with military affairs, in Hebei, in the two southern invasions of the Jin army, the number of generals and soldiers of the Song army who surrendered was the most. The Jurchens decided to use Gao Shiyou to hand over all the southern troops to him, and he himself used this time to wantonly annex the rebel army and recruit homeless thieves, and now he is known as the 300,000 Mabu army. Because of this, the officials of the Beijing Left-behind Division appointed by the Tokyo Imperial Court all prevaricated and resigned for various reasons.

Gao Shiyou also knew that he was now sitting in Shandong, and it was Taiwei Xu Zhang who was in charge of military affairs. But he knew better that Shandong was now "full of thieves", and the Southern Dynasty transferred the troops of Cangzhou in Qingzhou to aid Zhending, but the result was a miserable failure, and most of the soldiers of Shandong left their homeland in the two Qinwang incidents, and they could not be returned. Therefore, he thinks that even if Xu Zhang can fight again, he can't draw bread to satisfy his hunger, right?

This time, it did make this guy guess right. When Xu Zhang went to Shandong to take office, he only brought a few thousand soldiers, and at that time, Shandong was simply a mess, and there were less than 10,000 soldiers in a huge area, and they were all cowering in the big city. Some smaller towns and towns, and even county seats, are occupied by bandits. After Captain Xu arrived, he immediately gathered capable soldiers, reorganized the troops, strictly enforced military discipline, and then swept away the thieves in Shandong with a thunderous force. When the thieves heard that the officials and soldiers were coming, they all vied with each other and said, this captain and soldier dare not stop it. Although the thieves were successfully suppressed and some of them were recruited into the army, the soldiers under Xu Zhang's command who could be used in combat were less than 20,000, and they were not even as strong as his youngest son Xu Weibing.

However, Yu Gong, the Daimyo Mansion is the Beijing of the Great Song Dynasty, which is of great significance. In private, the Daimyo's Mansion is where the Xu family Sangzi is located, the resting place of the ancestors, how can it be abandoned? In view of this, Xu Zhang asked Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan, to stay behind, and he led thousands of elite soldiers to the front line to supervise the battle. Before Xu Zhang arrived, Guan Sheng had already fought with Gaoping's troops in Gaotang County, and defeated Gaoping's 20,000 people with less than 4,000 troops. Later, Gao Qi commanded 50,000 troops to help, and Guan Sheng saw that the disparity in troops was too great, so he joined forces with Xu Hong.

But one mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers, these two are Shandong generals, Xu Hong in the "Qingcang aid Zhending" battle, all the officers and soldiers are invincible, and the Jurchens bloody battle, the killing is equal, and especially good at arranging troops. The two had the same military rank, and they were both in charge of the army and horses, and there were differences on how to deal with the enemy. Guan Sheng was the main attacker, Xu Hong was the main defender, and the general lost peace, which naturally affected the three armies and was defeated by the Gao army in Liu Xinzhen. Xu Zhang was furious when he rushed to the front line, and at the same time demoted the two of them to three levels to see the after-effects. After considering the battle situation as a whole, Xu Zhang believed that Gao's army was powerful, and he was eager to fight with the threat of a new victory. When luring the enemy deep into Shandong, look for an opportunity to break through. Then he led the troops to retreat to Yucheng, leaving Xu Hong with a small number of troops to defend the city, and the army all went to Sun Gengzhen to assemble and standby.

More than 60,000 Gao troops rushed to Shandong and came to Yucheng. Xu Hong did not fight, abandoned the city and fled, Gao Qi and Gao Ping thought that there were no more soldiers available in Shandong, and this time they could sweep the land of Qilu in one fell swoop, so they divided their troops and marched. Gao Ping attacked Jinan, and Gao Qi attacked Dongping.

Gao Ping is Gao Shiyou's own nephew, a flower Tai Sui, before his uncle lowered his gold, he was not a bullshit, and he did some things to find flowers and ask willows all day long, and defile his beloved's wife and daughter. Now the high world has risen from the clouds, and the entire family has ascended to heaven. Gao Ping, a gentleman, can also become a commander on the one hand. After leaving the control of his cousin Gao Qi, Gao Ping acted arbitrarily, plundered his army, and marched to Sun Geng Town, where he was raided by Xu Zhang's army. Guan Sheng led less than ten horsemen, rushed all the way to his Chinese army, and almost captured this guy alive. Gaoping's troops collapsed and fled westward in a hurry. Before he arrived in Yucheng, he was intercepted and killed by Xu Hong halfway. Gao Ping died in the chaos of the army, and his bones were gone.

Gao Qi was shocked to hear the news, hurriedly returned to the division, and was defeated by Xu Zhang in Changqing County, leading the remnants of the army to flee to the Daimyo's mansion. Xu Hong Guansheng led the army to pursue, and pursued it all the way to Xiajin County, where he returned due to lack of food and grass. Gao Jun 70,000 people came out, and less than 20,000 people went back, Gao Shiyou beat his chest and scolded his son for a bloody head. Afraid that Xu Zhang would lead his army north, he gave up several prefectures and counties north of the Daimyo Mansion one after another, and no longer dared to covet Shandong.

And Hedong, it's even more interesting. After Li Zhi received the order from Mu Han, he repeatedly delayed and delayed sending troops. After several urgings, he slowly gathered a force of less than 30,000 people, led by the general Xiang Zhong, and marched towards Jiangzhou. Later, the troops were stationed in Guanshui Town and confronted the Song army. Xiang Zhong sent spies several times to peek into the reality of the Song army, but they were intercepted and killed by Xu Wei's subordinates. Xiang Zhong thought secretly, the hostile one in front of him was the Zijin Tiger, last year was also at this time, the battle in Xiaoxi Mountain was earth-shattering, did you have the certainty to defeat him? Not to mention, there is also Yao Pingzhong, who was promoted as a "little captain" by Guanzhong Haojie. Forget it, I can go back by myself, so I retreat without a fight.

Yao Pingzhong came out this time, and he was determined to make meritorious contributions, how could he let him leave so easily? I didn't know that the Xu family brothers were screaming, and they alone ordered Yang Zaixing to lead 300 elite cavalry to chase wildly, and he led thousands of soldiers behind, covering up and killing all the way. Xiang Zhong saw that there were few pursuers, so he ordered to fight back, but his strength was ten times that of Yao Xiyan, and he was defeated! Especially Yang Zaixing's department, there were conflicts back and forth, such as entering a no-man's land, and the 30,000-strong army was never able to stabilize its position. Xiang Zhong was furious, and he was worried that the Xu brothers would bring troops to help, so he had to flee. Yao Pingzhong still didn't let him go, and chased him out of Pingyang Mansion before he stopped. Thousands of enemies were killed, and weapons and grain were captured. When Li Zhiqin led a large army to arrive, Xu Sheng and Xu Weiye had already waved their troops north to reinforce them. It can be seen that the battle of Xiaoxishan left a deep impression on Li Zhi, and he really did not want to fight head-on with the Hujie Township Army, and returned the army to Weisheng and could not hold out.

The successive victories on the two fronts of Hedong and Hebei led to the celebration of the Song dynasty and the opposition. Although the operation was short in time and small in scale, it could only be regarded as a small local dispute, but the front-line officers and men dealt a painful blow to Gao Li Er, thwarted the enemy's fierce flames, and greatly boosted the morale of the people.

On the day of receiving the report, Zhao Huan happily said that he wanted to "add a meal", and after ordering the secretary to write a meritorious service, he personally wrote a draft edict and entered Xu Zhang as a young guarantee, and the three towns of Wuning, Anhua, and Pingtao were envoys, and the official residence was a product, which can be described as glorious. He also sent "Jingdong and Hebei system envoys", and all the soldiers and horses on Jingdong East Road, Jingdong West Road, and Hebei Damingfu Road, and listened to moderation. After hearing that Xu Zhang worked tirelessly in Shandong and became ill, Zhao Huan also sent the imperial doctor to the front line to treat him.

And for Yao Pingzhong, who was single-handedly promoted, the official family did not hesitate to reward. He personally instructed Yousi to promote Pingzhong to the deputy envoy of Shaanhua Road Jinglu and the deputy head of the soldiers and horses, and still retained the original post of the head of the Shaanzhou soldiers and horses.

As for Xu Wei, Zhao Huan mentioned it to the privy envoy Xu Shao more than once. Saying that your nephew has great merit, I know it in my heart, even if he is a little younger, but he has also experienced so many years of training, and the court is the time to employ people, and now it is a little inappropriate to be a knowledgeable army, and it can be promoted as appropriate. This time, Xu Shao was an uncle, but he no longer stopped him, originally his thoughts were the same as Li Gang's original, thinking about waiting for a period of time, and Xu Wei was proposed to be the governor of Huazhou, and then he was also the deputy envoy of the road. But now, Qu Duan, as the commander, concurrently serves as the governor of Huazhou, and Yao Pingzhong was also promoted to the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi Hua Road Economic Strategy because of his military exploits, which squeezed Xu Wei's promotion space.