Chapter 529 Good news spreads frequently

Because the main force of the Jin and Han coalition forces was defeated and suffered heavy casualties, the Jin and Han armies were unable to hold Chang'an, and the remaining 3,000 defenders surrendered directly to the Western Army without resistance, so that Jingzhao Province was recovered after more than two years of fall.

Yang Yan then commanded the army, and almost did not make much effort to recover Yaozhou, Fangzhou, Ningzhou, Pizhou and other places one after another. After that, he marched eastward to recover Huazhou, and the troops reached Tongzhou on the west bank of the Yellow River. At this time, the Kim-Han coalition army, which had fled all the way, eased up. Due to the extremely important strategic location of Tongzhou, once Tongzhou is lost, the Jin-Han coalition army will be blocked in northern Shaanxi, and Wanyan Huonu was ordered to gather nearly 20,000 troops in Tongzhou, defeating Wu Xuan's troops who left the main force and went deep alone. The momentum of the Western Army's offensive was only halted.

According to Wu Jue's instructions, Yang Yan gathered his troops and turned to Shangzhou and Dingrong Army. At this point, under the leadership of the Shaanxi Establishment Division, the Western Army took advantage of the power of victory to recover one government, one army, and five states, which made the Guanzhong earthquake reverse the situation in Shaanxi in one fell swoop

During the same period, in the north, after hearing about the fiasco of Chizhan Hui Han Chang, Zhang Jun had no intention of fighting and led his troops to withdraw to the security army. Xu Yuan, the commander of Jingyuan, ordered his second son Xu Cheng to follow up and take the security lightly, and once hit the western part of Yan'an Mansion, but was stubbornly resisted by the Jin army and returned.

In the first month of the fourth year of Jiading, the Western Army was unable to launch a large-scale campaign to recover the whole of Shaanxi due to its own losses and insufficient food and wages. The Jin Army and the Han Army held the eastern part of Shaanxi such as Yan'anfu, Yanzhou, Tongzhou, Danzhou, Shaanzhou, Yuzhou, and Suide, and turned into a defensive position in an all-round way.

Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an City.

Since the Western Army entered the city, the people of Chang'an have put up lanterns and celebrated the recovery with joy. It is even more in time for the Spring Festival, which makes the ancient capital of these dynasties jubilant. It's just that after many wars, the former capital of Shaanxi is no longer prosperous, the household registration has dropped sharply, the market is half empty, and all industries are depressed, which cannot but be regretted.

"Alas, look, more than two years ago, the hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City were busy and lively, and in a blink of an eye, they decayed into such a state." Wu Jue led the guards into the city, and when he saw the depressed scene along the way, he couldn't help but sigh.

Many of the accompanying officials had served in Chang'an, and they felt the same way when they heard this. It's all war, but then again, who wants to fight if there is a peaceful and stable life? Isn't this forced by the Jurchens?

"Senator Wu, remember here?" As we walked to one place, someone suddenly asked.

"How do you not remember? In the past, Shuai Si often held banquets in this restaurant, but tsk, it was closed...... Wu Jue said.

Not long after, this group of people came to the former Shaanxi Xuanfu Division Yamen. After the Jin State assigned Shaanxi to the puppet Han, Liu Yu also set up the Xuanfu Division here.

A group of civil and military officers turned over and dismounted, and they all threw themselves into the yaku. But seeing that there were people coming and going in the yamen, most of them were dressed as generals, and they saluted when they saw Wu Jue. The latter asked Yang Du to be in the second hall. Wu Jue then led the crowd to go, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw chaos inside.

Dense soldiers rummaged through boxes and cabinets there, making a mess. Wu Jinqing frowned and shouted, "Hey, what are you waiting for?" What about raiding homes? ”

Yang Yan hurriedly came out, clasped his fists and saluted: "Staff Officer Wu has arrived?" ”

"I said Yang Da, what are you doing here?" Wu Jue asked.

"Liu Yu ran in a hurry, look at it, these many documents have not been taken away. I'm asking the soldiers to pack up and send them to Qinzhou for the marshal. Yang Yan replied.

When Wu Jue heard this, he was quite surprised, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have this mind?" Yang Da, this time you have made great contributions in front of the enemy, how about it, congratulations to you first? ”

"What's the use of empty words? Let's get practical. Yang Yan also smiled.

Wu Jue glanced at him: "The actual system has to be given to you, I will congratulate you, and by the way, ask for a glass of wine to eat." ”

While the officials were talking and laughing, suddenly a general hurriedly rushed in and shouted, "Yang Dutong." ”

Yang Yan snorted: "What roar?" Don't you see the chief here? Haven't you seen Staff Officer Wu of the Preparation Division? ”

That general was Liang Xing, the former general of the Korean army who had returned to the Western Army not long ago, and after listening to the words, he saluted Wu Jue. Yang Yan then asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Someone brought a thousand Korean troops to join them." Liang Xingyu reports.

Yang Yan said to Wu Jue at this time: "Brother Jin Qing, in the past few days, our army has erected a big banner in Chang'an, and the Korean army, the righteous army, and the bandits have come to vote when they hear the news, and there are tens of thousands of people. Looking at this posture, I can't stop it, don't you ask the Department for instructions? ”

Wu Jinqing's official visited the staff officer of the Department of Establishment, and he directly represented Xu Wei, the envoy of the Division, thought for a moment, and replied: "In this way, all those who come to surrender to the Jin Army and the Han Army will be accepted." Forget about the rebels and bandits, just give encouragement. "The Western Army is not the king of the mountain, cats and dogs are all accepted, so the Korean army is militarily trained, and more or less brought some equipment. As for the kind of righteous army bandits, when the Jurchens gained power, they did not do less to plunder places and collaborate with the enemy. Now that the Western Army has come back, it has heard the wind and come to vote, and it is also a burden to collect it.

"Do you hear that? According to the order of Wu Staff Officer Jun," Yang Yan ordered.

At that time, it was already noon, Yang Yan sent someone to invite Xu Si and Xu Wu, and called Wu Lan to accompany him, and finally found a small restaurant in the city that was still open for business, and made do with a meal.

"Shopkeeper, just serve good wine and food, don't ask." Yang Yan said loudly as soon as he entered.

The brothers of the Xu family and the brothers of the Wu family came in later, and saw that the restaurant was very deserted, and there were no other diners except them. Looking for a table to sit down, stained with ash, Wu Lan couldn't help asking: "I said shopkeeper, how long have you been here and no one has come?" ”

The shopkeeper was afraid that he was in his fifties, wearing a cotton robe, dirty, and seeing that he was either wearing a military uniform or an official robe, he knew that it was the generals of the Western Army, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he stepped forward to apologize and said: "The officials forgive me, the world is not peaceful, and my small shop is also struggling to support." If the chiefs don't call back, my Layue will be closed. ”

"What door is closed? Now that the Jurchens have run away, the situation will be better. Xu Sheng said.

"That's that, just point to Xu Dashuai to give us a head, the chiefs sit down for a while, and the villain will go to buy wine and food." The shopkeeper laughed.

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Don't say that in this store, you are the main owner, the running hall, and the cook, right?" So you're going to have to get to the Year of the Monkey? Before you can cook, Lao Tzu will become hungry."

"Forgive sins, sir." The shopkeeper made a gesture and hurriedly threw himself behind.

Xu Hong reached out and touched the table, it was full of dirt, and the shopkeeper went to be a cook again. Wu Lan, who was the lowest in the ranks, was helpless, got up and went to the counter to get a rag, and wiped all the tables and chairs. Seeing this, Xu Sheng quipped: "Jin Qing, your brother is also a commander, and he was forced to run into a hall." ”

This time, Wu Ling supervised the construction of Zhu Ji Pass, and guarded this pass so that the Jin-Han coalition army could not take a step beyond Lei Chi. Although he was defeated by the living girl in the battle of attacking Tongzhou, he did not hide his flaws. After a period of time, the merit will not be rewarded. As an elder brother, Wu Jue was also happy for him, but he said: "He has the least qualifications, how can he run the hall for the chiefs?" ”

After gossiping for a while, Wu Jue returned to the truth: "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, our army has recovered a large amount of lost territory, and the Jin army and the Korean army have to hold on to it according to the danger, and they will not be able to do it for the time being. Except for Zhang Xian, who was still fighting in Shaanzhou, the flames of war in other places have been extinguished. Before there is a clear directive from the Division, we need to pay attention to a few issues. ”

"First of all, it is necessary to restore local order as soon as possible. In addition to restraining their subordinates and not disturbing the people and harming the people, the commanders at all levels should also suppress such routs and thieves as possible, and do their best to restore peace to the localities. ”

"Secondly, I just heard Yang Dutong say that in the past few days, there have been many people and horses who have come to join our army. You have to pay attention to screening this matter, and you can't accept everyone, especially you have to guard against Kim Han's meticulous work. ”

"Again, the lands have just been recovered, and for the time being, they can only be managed by the military. In addition to maintaining local law and order and assisting the people in restoring, those who had taken refuge in the Jurchens, acted for the tiger, and collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country should be suppressed. If it is indeed ironclad evidence, and everyone is speechless, and the crime is extremely heinous, it cannot be soft, and it is not enough to kill the people, and this is also the decree of the control of the public."

"Finally, and most importantly, our army has won. However, we must not underestimate the enemy, pay close attention to the movements of the Kim army and the ROK army, and maintain a high degree of vigilance. ”

At this point, he asked the generals, "Do you have anything to add?" ”

At this time, Yang Yan saw the shopkeeper come out with a pot of steaming dishes, and added, "Eat." ”

When the wolf smoke on the battlefield in Shaanxi was gradually extinguished, the Song army was also actively arranging on the Xianghan battlefield. After the defeat of the Han army by the Zhejia army, Zhi Keqiu and He Guan, who received the strong support of Xu Shao, transferred troops and dispatched generals, gathered the main forces of the Shenwu front army and the Shenwu rear army of the Imperial Camp Division, and rode more than 50,000 people to prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy's main force in Yingchang Mansion. Yingchang Mansion is just southwest of Kaifeng Province, not far from Tokyo City. If the Song army is defeated in Yingchangfu, then it will no longer be a luxury to point the sword at Tokyo and restore the old capital

Affected by the smooth outcome of the war, He Guan and He Guan were very excited and optimistic. He Guan privately said that he would return to the old capital, and when he drank with the captain, the Song army swept away the haze and morale was high. To be honest, we may be a little stunned when we fight the Jurchens, but we are not afraid of fighting Gao Shiyou's rotten troops

This point is also very clear to the commander of the South Korean army, Ko Hyo-gong. He was defeated by Xianghan one after another, retreated to Yingchang, and if he was defeated again, Tokyo would have to give up. From a military point of view, Tokyo may not be nothing, but to this day, Hangzhou, where the Song Dynasty is located, is still called "Xingzai", not called the capital, once the Song army recovers Tokyo, its impact will be extremely far-reaching, and the morale of the people of the Southern Dynasty will be greatly encouraged and it will be a huge blow to the puppet dynasty

In view of this, after the defeat of Yingchang Mansion, he quickly asked for help from the Daimyo's Mansion. What he begged was, of course, not Han Jun, but Jin Jun Gao Shiyou After receiving the news, he was so anxious that he hurriedly sent someone to Jin to ask for troops. However, at this time, the Emperor of the Jin State and the powerful people in the court were busy with the power struggle and had no intention of caring about anything else. They didn't have much hope for the puppet dynasty to send troops this time, and they disdained Gao Shiyou's request and rejected it.

Gao Xiaogong, who was in Yingchang Mansion, had not waited for the news of the Daimyo's Mansion, and had already led the Song army to march towards Yingchang.

In the first half of the month, the former army of Zhe Yanye entered Wuyang County in the south of Yingchang, defeated 7,000 Korean troops, and defeated more than 10,000 Jing Chao's troops in Yuncheng. Then continue to go north, take Linying County lightly, and look at Yingchang Mansion

Ori Yanye advanced quickly, more than 100 miles away from the main force, Gao Xiaogong found out the news, trying to eat this part before the arrival of the army of Zhe Keqiu, and save the decline. Then he gathered 50,000 people from the horse infantry army and rushed over overwhelmingly. There were only a few thousand troops in his hands, and due to the disparity in numbers, he retreated to Yancheng.

Soon, the main force of the front and rear armies of Zhe Keqiu Shenwu arrived, and the Song army rushed forward with a clamour. The 50,000 Han troops stationed in Linying, seeing the terrifying formation of the main force of the Song army, and extremely afraid of the prestige of the Fuzhou family, actually collapsed without a fight and fled back to Yingchang Mansion. 50,000 horses can be regarded as a large army, and they all escaped without letting go of an arrow, which is rare in the world.

Gao Xiaogong was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he knew what kind of goods his subordinates were. If there is more than this chaos, then the outcome of the upcoming decisive battle can be imagined. He executed one person in command of the Korean army, more than a dozen people, and sternly warned the soldiers that if there were any more escapees, they would only die

But no matter how much he pressed with an iron fist, he couldn't regain the sloppy military spirit. In this case, the main forces of the Song and Jin armies fought a decisive battle at Yingchang Mansion.

Before the two armies were deployed, Gao Xiaogong relied on his advantage of the horse army supported by the Jurchens, and took advantage of the Song army's formation to cover the attack with 6,000 cavalry. Ke Zhen's family lives in Fuzhou, and he has fought with the party for hundreds of years, and the cavalry is better than him. Zhi Yanwen, the second general of Zhi Yanye, led the Folding Horse Army to attack, and in only two rounds, the Korean cavalry did not dare to move forward.

The angry Gao Xiaogong drove a large force of infantry to attack, and He Ji, the son of He Guan, led Chang Jie's army to meet the battle. In order to divide the Western Army, Tong Guan selected the young Zhuang of the West to form an army, with the name Changjie, well-equipped and well-trained. Under the leadership of He Ji, thousands of Changjie troops were extremely brave, and the Korean infantry retreated again and again, unable to support it.

The two sides fought fiercely until noon, Gao Xiaogong's means were exhausted, although he had an absolute superiority in troops, he was helpless to take the Song army. As soon as noon passed, the Han army was exhausted, and the strength of the crossbow was exhausted, and he decisively ordered the Zhang brothers to attack the left flank, Han Shizhong Yue Fei attacked and cooperated with He Ji to attack the right flank, and he himself urged the main formation of the Chinese army to attack with all his might

At this time, the 100,000 Korean troops were already frightened and had no fighting spirit. Seeing that the Song army pressed on the whole line, it was simply a touch of defeat He Ji and Han Yue's second general, easily tearing open the right flank of the Han army, Yue Fei led his troops straight through the enemy formation, invincible his eldest son Yue Yun, so that two iron cones, see people shoot people, see spur horses, and enter no man's land among the ten thousand troops

The Zhang brothers gnawed on the left flank and did not move, but then the Chinese army, which was in a desperate position, crushed the main formation of the South Korean army. The Song army advanced in three directions, and the Korean army was crushed like a mountain