Chapter 168: Breakout
By the end of May, the situation in Yanjing gradually stabilized, and the Jin soldiers almost emptied all their family funds, from Linhuang Mansion to Wuguo City, and even in the capital, there were not many soldiers and horses left, plus all the Jurchen tribes were urgently transferred, from fifteen to sixty men, as long as they were not disabled, they were forced to enlist, so that together with the Han army Khitan, they barely raised more than 100,000 troops, which were far from enough for attack, and more than enough for defense.
In the end, Zong Han was the fierce general and marshal who followed Wanyan Agu to fight back then, not only was his decision on the battlefield stronger than ordinary people, but his judgment of the overall situation of the battlefield was also far beyond ordinary people.
Qu Duan led the army, the army was under Yanjing, Zong Han knew that Hebei must not be defended, and the plan now is to abandon Hebei, restore the favorable terrain of Yanjing in the Liao State, Xu Tu recovered, and slowly negotiate with the Song people in the future. And the most important thing at the moment is to let the tens of thousands of remnants of Yan Zongbi successfully escape back to Yanjing.
He had a clear mind, but he had no choice, first to lure the enemy into the depths, deliberately when the Song army was near Yanjing, completely abandoned the periphery, trying to lure the Quduan army to go deeper, and then under Yanjing City, the enemy was broken in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Qu Duan was full of experience, and knew that the Jurchen cavalry in Shangjing and Yanjing still had the strength to fight, so he fought steadily, and did not go straight into the defense line because the enemy abandoned the defense, and built a defensive line fortress all the way, and hundreds of thousands of military horses continued into a piece, and he was not willing to be greedy for merit at all.
Zong Han couldn't think of it, so he had to gather tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and first sent an envoy to secretly contact the trapped daimyo Zong Bi, the two armies were not far apart, and the Song army in the south had not yet been encircled, and suggested that Zong Bi make a small number of cavalry stick to the area of Xiangzhou Huazhou, attract the elite cavalry of Yue Fei's department, and then Zong Han forcibly opened the defense line of Quduan's department and received Zong Bi back.
Zong Bi defeated Yingchang first. Defeated on the front line of the Yellow River again, his subordinates lost all their spirit, and they were already unbearable to fight again. If it weren't for the brutality of the Jurchen cavalry, who were in a desperate situation and trapped in beasts, the Han army and Khitan soldiers he assembled would have collapsed long ago.
Yue Fei crossed the Yellow River first, and the attack was very urgent, and the Jin soldiers built a defensive line along Xiang and Huashuzhou. The Song army was all cavalry, and they lacked siege equipment, which also relatively slowed down Yue Fei's advance.
Zong Bi knew in his heart that the only chance to escape from the place where his life was saved was for Yue Fei to be a soldier before he came to the great name. Han Shizhong's troops never took Hejian and Enzhou, and surrounded the daimyo.
If it is then. Even if Zong Han can completely defeat Qu Duan, he may not be able to save him from trouble.
Because of this, after receiving Zong Han's secret letter, Zong Bi knew that at this time, the other party would not deliberately frame him because of the portal's opinion. Immediately summoned the two kings of Wanyan Zongxian and Tuhesu, and then there were thousands of households such as Pullaway Speed and Wanyan Living Girl to discuss together.
Wanhu Wanyan Yinshu was a veteran who followed Zong Wang and Zong Han to fight together, and the Jin soldiers went south for the first time. Yinshu can follow Wanyan Lou Room and others, go down to Taiyuan Chang'an in a battle, and make great achievements. It's just that this veteran is not Zong Bi's confidant, so he was arranged to garrison Xiangzhou and other places at this time, whether he was dead or alive, but he didn't care about him.
The weather was gloomy. Bursts of thunder rumbled across the sky, and several bolts of lightning slashed down, reflecting Zong Bi's face as if white.
Zong Bi was upset, only to feel that his body was extremely hot, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans on his forehead were rolling down.
Seeing that Zong Xian and the others had all arrived, Zong Bi raised his hand and said in a muffled voice: "Zong Han's letter, you can read it." ”
And every man took the letter. But I saw that the letter was full of blood and mud, and there were thunderstorms for the past few days. The road was muddy, and the messenger was obviously fighting and fleeing, and he didn't know how to hit the big luck to get here.
The letter is to use up the Jurchen script invented by Yan Xiyin, although everyone is a martial artist, but they also know everything, Zong Xian and others read it, and there is nothing to say, and they all said at the moment: "It can only be like this." ”
Wanyan is the son of Lou Murmur, his father is known as the first wise general of the Jurchens, the Liao and Song Dynasty, have made great achievements, he has always regarded himself very highly, and he also followed his father to fight in the east and west, slashing and killing everywhere, invincible, at this time, seeing that the princes of the clan like Zong Bi have fallen so miserably, so that he only feels that he is burned inside, and it is difficult to bear.
Someone wanted to say a few words to boost morale, and turned his head to look at everyone, but he only felt that everyone in front of him was like a clay tire and wood sculpture, lifeless.
Even on Zong Bi's face, he only saw the word despair. The heart of the beautiful woman sank, in the end, she was young and vigorous, and she couldn't bear it for a while, and she was blinking tears.
Zong Bi and the others saw it clearly, and they were all sad in their hearts, Zong Bi was very proud of himself, Zong Han was old, Wan Yanchang and others were greedy for pleasure, and when Zong Wang and others were dying, they all took orders and entrusted the military power of the Jin State to him. Who would have expected that after a few years, step by step, to now, I have to give up the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that I have worked so hard to fight, and the benefits will not fall, but the loss of troops will be lost, and I will flee back in embarrassment.
Zong Xian finally couldn't bear it, glanced at Zong Bi, and then sighed: "Alas, if Zong Wang is here, or if Lou is still there, he will definitely not let us fall to such a point." ”
As soon as these words came out, Wanyan Huonu couldn't help but cry in a low voice, Zong Bi was irritable when she heard it, and she suddenly shouted: "What's the use of saying this now, since everyone has no objections, just do what Zong Han said!" ”
His prestige is not as good as before, he no longer has the prestige of ordering the three armies to obey all of them, and his son-in-law died in battle, the abducted horse was almost lost, and there is no real hinterland army in his hands.
Thinking of this, Zong Bi laughed miserably and muttered: "I'm afraid that there is still the worry of losing the country!" ”
After all, he is the commander of the First Army, and his knowledge is far higher than that of others. After the defeat, after these years of judging the combat power of the Song army, Zong Bi knew in his heart that the Jin soldiers at this time were not only not opponents of the Song army in the field, but also stuck to the Yanjing Great Wall, and may not be able to withstand the attack of the 600,000 Song Dynasty forbidden army.
Jin started as a small country, at the beginning of the only two thousand soldiers of the Wanyan tribe, and then the Liao State marched in a big way, Wanyan Aguta persuaded and agitated with the interests of all the Jurchens, and persuaded more than 20,000 Jurchen soldiers to fight with each other, and later destroyed the Liao and Song Dynasty, and the tribes sent troops to fight, and the Jurchen soldiers gradually increased to nearly 100,000 people, all because of the expeditionary battle, you can get a lot of benefits, gold and silver beauties, rare treasures, Han slave craftsmen, after Zhao Huan fled, the war became more and more difficult, the casualties became more and more heavy, and the benefits of the land, But it's getting worse every day. In the past two years, it has been extremely difficult for the Jurchens to draw women, with the current situation, Zong Han has fought hard in Shangjing, and can only draw 50,000 or 60,000 people, plus more than 40,000 remnants of his own army, but more than 100,000 people, at the beginning of the founding of the country, 100,000 Jurchens are enough to sweep the world, and at this time, most of the elite soldiers who can fight are killed, and the combat effectiveness of 100,000 people is far less than that year, and the opponent's national strength far exceeds his own side, and the more troops fight, the stronger the soldiers become.
And the sorrow of a small country is that it can win again and again, but it will definitely not be able to withstand a major defeat, and one failure is enough to destroy the country. The one who supports the Jin Kingdom is naturally a strong Jurchen knight. The fishing and hunting career of the white mountains and black waters not only made the Jurchens strong and stoic, but also good at riding and shooting, and they could become an army when they got on horseback. At this time, the defeat of the war, the elite of the Jurchen soldiers were lost, the pillars of the country had been shaken, and there were still hundreds of thousands of troops of various nationalities, in the case that the Jurchen soldiers were not enough to support the country, how loyal they were to this newly born barbarian small country, naturally it is not asked.
When Zong Bi thought of this, his heart became more and more anxious. He is not as good as Zong Han, the other party just saw the written military newspaper in Shangjing, and he himself saw the martial arts and death of the Song army on the battlefield, if he stood in front of Zong Han now, he would definitely persuade the other party to withdraw immediately, give up Yanjing, give up the sixteen states, give up the land of Daliao, and all the Jurchens retreated to their original territory, and fought with the Song army in Baishan and Heishui until they consumed the other party's national strength, so that the other party could not afford the long-term sweeping war, and then Xu Tu recovered.
Outside the window, there was already lightning and thunder, the rain curtain covered the entire sky, the sky and the earth were dim, and the water droplets gathered into a curtain of water, sprinkled in front of Zong Bi's eyes from under the cyan eaves. The Jurchen soldiers under the hall did not rush to dodge, but slowly dragged the war horses of several thousands of households and princes to avoid the rain, but they let the rain wet their bodies, but they laughed and laughed, and did not take the rainstorm in their eyes.
Although the north of the Yellow River is the north of the Han Dynasty, in the eyes of the Jin people, it is still the residence of the southern barbarians, humid and sultry, and the heat is unbearable. The sweltering weather, coupled with the unfavorable situation of the war, the Jin soldiers stationed near the Daimyo's Mansion were holding their breath from top to bottom.
"Okay, there is no need to say any more, everyone will go and straighten out the trilogy, throw away what should be thrown, and the whole army will march lightly."
He hesitated slightly, and then said categorically: "The wounded soldiers stay here, don't bring them." ”
Seeing that everyone's faces were ugly, Zong Bi stood with his hands in his hands and was silent. In any case, he is still the commander of the army, the deputy marshal of King Shen, and the elder brother of Zong Xian and others.
Seeing Zong Bi so persistent, everyone also knew that bringing the wounded would only affect the speed of the march, looking at the dim sky in the distance, although it was still afternoon, it was already dark in the room to hold the lamp, so they had to agree at the moment, so they dispersed and prepared not to mention it.
Zong Bi's own direct troops have lost seventy-seven eighty-eight, only the more than 100 pro-soldiers who have followed him for many years are still in general, and when they heard that they are going to break through and return to the north, all the pro-soldiers are extremely excited, although they know that the Song army in front of them is tightly encircled, everyone is overjoyed, and they disperse one after another to prepare for the packing, and the military newspaper documents that Zong Bi received should be burned, and the remaining items are properly kept, and the rest of the various items are also hurriedly put in place.
I'm sorry to say to everyone, the New Year is busy, and there was a power outage and the network was not normal before, so I simply cut off the update, and I was very embarrassed.