In the northwest that year, Qu Duan, another king of the northwest after the master of the Dao, had two of the fiercest tigers under his command: one was named Wu Jue, and the other was Liu Qi.

Although because of the tricks of fate, Liu Qi's achievements on the battlefield and in officialdom are far inferior to Wu Jue. But this does not mean that Liu Qi's ability is really weaker than Wu Jue.

Wu Jue's galloping and invincible on the northwest battlefield relied on two moves: one was a gammy-candy tough defense; The other trick is a sneak attack.

During the day, they relied on ordinary soldiers to fight to the death and hold their positions; At night, the elite main force was used to sneak attack and rush, and he chased him to the death. Although these two moves were simple, they made Jin Bing suffer a lot.

Now, although our Wu Dashuai is far away in the northwest region, this traditional way of fighting of the Northwest Army was brought to the Central Plains by Liu Qi and continues to shine

I have to say that Liu Qi has fought so beautifully in successive battles. Fighting more with less, defeating the strong with the weak, chasing in a row, and so on, can simply be included in the textbook.

However, these victories of Liu Qi stimulated the decision-making class of Jin and Song at the same time.

Liu Qi's stimulation of the Wanyan Wushu is easy to understand.

Turning over the history of the past wars, the Jin soldiers attacked the city and plundered the land, the wolves rushed to the chest, and even beat the Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty to the mountains and the sea, and fled in embarrassment; When has there ever been such a bear?

So there's definitely something wrong with this thing in front of you, something must be wrong.

The above is the first reaction after Wanyan Wushu received the battle report.

Wanyan Wushu's second reaction was: This can't be done, what I want is a blitzkrieg, and I must attack the city of Lin'an Mansion as quickly as possible. There can be no delays. Late will change.

Based on such an idea. Wanyan Wushu immediately led his more than 100,000 heavy soldiers, countless grains and grasses, and various siege equipment, and rushed towards Shunchang City.

Wanyan Wushu was indeed anxious, with the distance from Kaifeng Mansion to Shunchang City, according to the previous marching speed, there was no first half a month and a half that could not be caught up at all.

But this time, it only took six days for the army of the Yan Wushu to arrive.

Such a short time! Oh my God, shouldn't it be that Jin Bing travels day and night, not even at night?

It is no surprise that Liu Qi's successive victories annoyed the decision-makers of the Jin Kingdom. But. It is a little incomprehensible that his victory could deeply stimulate the decision-making level of the Song Dynasty.

If someone really raised this question, it only shows that he lacked understanding of the ruling prime ministers of the Song Dynasty.

I think that at the beginning, the reason why Qin Hui sent this non-main force composed of remnants and abandoned generals to the front line was to send them to death, so as to help Yan Wushu relieve his qi and see what other gains he had.

In short, the defeat of Liu Qi and the Bazi Army means the stability of power in Qin Hui's hands; The worse Liu Qi and the others lost, the more chips he had in Qin Hui's hands.

I can't think of it at all. Such a non-main force was able to defeat the main force of the Jin soldiers. What exactly is this all about?

Although Qin Hui couldn't figure out what was happening on the battlefield, it didn't prevent him from making some small moves.

Qin Hui soon sent a holy decree to Liu Qi through the Privy Council: "Liu Qi chooses the division of the Li class."

The strangest thing is that this holy decree, except for the emperor's jade seal stamped on it, all the handwritten fonts are all drawn by the prime minister Qin Hui himself.

As for the "Selector Teacher" mentioned in the Holy Decree, isn't it simply "accept it when it is good"?

What does this mean, does the imperial court want Liu Qi to withdraw his troops immediately and make way for the army of Yan Wushu, so that the Jin soldiers can comfortably attack Lin'an City?

What's even more strange is that Lin'an Mansion is far away from Shunchang City, and this "holy decree" written by Qin Hui himself was actually faster than the army that completed Yan Wushu, and it arrived in Liu Qi's hands three days in advance.

What kind of efficiency was this under the kind of technology and transportation at that time?

Or, this "holy decree" was prepared by Qin Hui early in the morning, and he sent people to follow Liu Qi's army, as long as Liu Qi won the battle, he would immediately send the "holy decree" over.

It seems that such an assumption is more in line with the actual situation at that time. Qin Hui's conspiracy and power technique has indeed reached the point where it makes people purple.

Although Qin Hui tried his best, Liu Qi did not obey, but was wholeheartedly waiting for the arrival of Marshal Jin Guo's complete Yan Wushu.

At this time, all the ships have been burned, tens of thousands of infantry out of Shunchang, and they are still dragging men and women.

What's more, Liu Qi has been suppressed for so many years, and he finally found an opportunity, and he didn't take this opportunity to perform well to show his talent!

On the seventh day of the sixth month of the tenth year of Shaoxing, the army of Wanyan Wushu converged with the forward troops such as the Dragon and Tiger King and Han Chang, and the joint camp of the Jin army was set up on the north bank of Yingshui.

According to the record in volume 211 of the "Three Dynasties and Northern Alliances": "The fourth prince is also connected with the dragon and tiger marshals, and the people and horses cover the wilderness, camels, cattle and horses are mixed in the middle, and there are hundreds of felt carts and cars. As for the siege equipment from Chenzhou, the food and armor came from Caihe, and the light cavalry was sent to patrol the city. ”

Majestic, murderous, well-equipped, and so on, no amount of adjectives is enough to praise the current elite troops of the Golden Country.

Compared with the siege of Bianliang City more than ten years ago, there is no doubt that the equipment of this golden army is much better than before, the costumes and flags are also much more beautiful, and the military appearance has become more neat, quite like the style of an honor guard.

And this is the result of Jin Guo's vigorous study of Han Confucian culture

Liu Qi and Wanyan Wushu are both famous generals, and they both know the importance of preparation before the big war. As a result, the two armies have not yet made contact, but the pre-war confrontation has already begun.

Wanyan Wushu's pre-war work was relatively simple and rude, and he was in his own Chinese army tent, scolding and howling angrily at several defeated generals such as the Dragon and Tiger King and Han Chang:

Is there any mistake, just such a broken city, just such a small number of troops. It was a series of defeats. And I have to go out personally. Yunyun.

After that, of course, there is the Jurchen version of patriotic education and the introduction of the glorious war history of the nation, which combines retrospective expectations and contempt, which makes the subordinates both ashamed and excited.

In the history of China, all those who participated in this kind of meeting were sure to be impassioned, enthusiastically speak, offer ideas, and pool their wisdom and efforts, and finally come to a victorious conclusion.

But in fact, will those generals of the Jin Kingdom really be convinced?

Look back at history. Including the Battle of Huang Tiandang, the Battle of Fuping, the Battle of Sichuan and Shaanxi, etc., didn't he actively participate in the Wushu every time, but every time he was embarrassed, was it very powerful?

Especially in the face of this Liu Qi, in the Battle of Fuping, Jin Wushu led half of the Jin army, and was completely defeated by Liu Qi with one-fifth of the troops of the Western Army, or Han Chang rescued him at the bloody cost of one eye.

His Royal Highness the Fourth Crown Prince may have forgotten this, but Han Chang remembered it very clearly, especially the pain in his eyes when it was windy, rainy, snowy, and changeable. But it's a bone-in-cheek.

Different from Wanyan Wushu, Liu Qi's preparation work is very specific, meticulous, and fulfilling. There is no preaching and empty theory at all.

The first thing Liu Qi did was to send Cao Cheng to Jinying to surrender to Wanyan Wushu.

This Cao Cheng is not an unknown person, he had his share of Zong Ze's million-dollar rebel army against gold back then. In Kaifeng Mansion, he went to the south of the Yangtze River and became the head of the four Kou in Hunan; After that, he was pursued by Yue Fei and voted for Han Shizhong; Later, after several tosses, he arrived under Liu Qi's account.

In any case, judging from his martial arts, wit, and hatred for the Jin people, Cao Cheng is a reliable candidate.

As soon as Cao Cheng received the order, he immediately received a report from the scout, saying that Wanyan Wushu, the commander of the Jin soldiers, had personally come to inspect the vicinity of Shunchang City.

It was really sleepy that someone sent a pillow, Cao Cheng immediately led a few cavalry to rush towards Wanyan Wushu, and when the two sides were about to make contact, Cao Cheng suddenly fell off the horse, causing the golden soldiers with superb riding skills to laugh wildly.

Such a thing, of course, has to be interrogated by Yan Wushu in person.

Cao Cheng said to Wanyan Wushu: "Liu Qi is a second-generation official, proficient in prostitution, gambling, drinking, and blowing, and the relationship in the court is also hard. But who knew that a nerve suddenly broke out to fight in Shunchang. He was crazy, no one died with him, and the army was almost scattered in the past few days. Cao Cheng ran slowly, feeling that the prospect of surrendering directly was better, and he was willing to be the guide and staff officer of the Jin army. ”

The Battle of Fuping was fought by the Great Army, although Liu Qi beat Wanyan Wushu badly, but the name was not reported at that time, and in the end, the Southern Song Dynasty lost, and the Southern Song Dynasty did not want to mention this matter more. Therefore, the name Liu Qi is very unfamiliar to Jin Guo, even Han Chang, or Wanyan Wushu.

Listening to Cao Cheng's words, Wanyan Wushu was full of pride and laughed

This is the army of the Song Dynasty that he is familiar with, this is the official of the Southern Song Dynasty that he is used to seeing, and this is the image of the Han people he has always identified!

So he ordered the whole army not to repair anymore, and to prepare to attack the city as soon as possible; Also, there is no need to bring those goose carts, artillery and other siege equipment, and there is no need for procrastination and trouble.

As for Cao Cheng and them, Wanyan Wushu rewarded each of them with five copper wires, and asked Cao Cheng and them to bring a letter of surrender to Liu Qi, so that Liu Qi could surrender as soon as possible and share the glory and wealth.

Seeing Cao Cheng come back, the second thing Liu Qi did was to immediately send a short officer named Geng Xun to give Yan Wushu a challenge book.

Wanyan Wushu looked at Liu Qi's toughly worded challenge book, and then looked at the short and thin Song Dynasty officer under the hall, as if he saw the arrogance of the second generation of Song Dynasty officials, who did not know the height of the sky, and was funny and angry in his heart, so he said to Geng Xun: "How dare Liu Qi fight with me, break the city with my strength, and kick the ear with the tip of his boot." ”

Unexpectedly, although Geng Xun was obscene, he was very arrogant.

He said loudly to Wanyan Wushu: "Our Taiwei not only wants to fight with you, but also expects that you will not dare to cross the Yinghe River, our Taiwei will set up five pontoon bridges for you on the river overnight, if you have a kind, you will cross the river tomorrow to fight to the death." ”

Geng Xun's words shook out all the majesty of the second generation of officials in the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Wushu was so angry that he shouted: "Okay, since you don't know whether you live or die, we will have dinner in the palace of Shunchang Mansion at noon tomorrow!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Wanyan Wushu ordered again: "Order the whole army to attack Shunchang City, and anyone who grabs the women's jade silk can keep it for himself, and all the adult men will be killed." ”

After finishing speaking, he swore an oath to encourage the morale of the golden soldiers...... (To be continued......)

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