Hearing the news of the fall of Jizhou, Hu Yangeng couldn't help but be dumbfounded. At the end of July, Zong Ze died, and on August 10, Du Chong gathered at the Daimyo, and at the meeting, he said that Suo Lu might have to go south, and now it has just entered September, and Jizhou will be lost?

Unlike Baoding and Zhending, which were lost at the end of last year, Jizhou does not border Jinbing, and is separated by Zhaozhou and Shenzhou. The Jin soldiers bypassed and pinned down the Song army in Zhaozhou Shenzhou and went straight to Jizhou.

And Jizhou is lost, and it blooms like the center of Hebei West Road. To the north, the Jin soldiers of Jizhou can attack Zhaozhou Shenzhou, and to the east, they can attack the Daimyo.

Regardless of the difference between the positions of the enemy and us, Jin Bing's military action alone can be called "decisive".

Since Wanyan Yan's mother went deep into Jizhou, although she took the Song army by surprise, she also put herself in danger, out of the siege of Zhaozhou, Shenzhou, Daimyo, and Cizhou. In terms of strength alone, the Song army was not at a disadvantage.

Hu Yangeng put down his thoughts, urged the four regiments in Cangzhou to step up their drills, and sent a letter to Tanggu to ask Zhang Yanju to send a new batch of ordnance to Cangzhou. And let Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun brothers, Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng and others hand over the work at hand to the various long histories under Zhang Yancheng.

Originally, Li Jun was in charge of the general, the Zhang brothers were in charge of the fish, and the Tong brothers were in charge of the salt industry, but the fishery salt industry has slowly taken shape and stabilized, so that the dignified Jianglong and Langli Baitiao are the leaders of the fishing salt, which is a waste of their talents, and the merchants who are really good at management have no authority, on the contrary, it hinders the development of the industry.

Therefore, the Li family brothers, the Zhang family brothers, and the Tong family brothers were all transferred to the navy by Hu Yangeng, but they occupied some shares in the fishery and salt industry associations, and they were relieved of the troubles of general affairs, and these leaders of the navy were very happy.

Similarly, Ling Zhen and Wei Dingguo detached themselves from routine military production and focused on improving existing weapons and training firearms test units. The production of specific gunpowder weapons was handled by Wu Bailiu and Huang Aqing.

Although Hebei West Road is lively and lively, Huyangeng is orderly in Henghai. After determining that the main force of Yanjing's Jin soldiers was going south, Qiu Muling Zhonglian of Pingzhou sent a regiment under his command to Cangzhou to help.

A group of Sima is Yang Sansheng, who is the hair of Hu Yangeng. He joined Hu Yangeng relatively late, and did not live and die with everyone in Bianliang, and the more than 10,000 people who belonged to Hu Yangeng in Bianliang were the backbone of Hu Yangeng's henchmen, and they had all been given the identity of a public servant.

Yang Sansheng is also the old Yang family's general, and his top boss in Pinglu, Qiu Muling Zhonglian, was just a retainer of the Huyan family a few years ago, Yang Sansheng couldn't help but secretly feel competitive. Seeing that the battle of Hebei was imminent, Yang Sansheng asked for his own life and led a regiment to come to reinforcements, hoping to make a name for himself in the first battle.

Guan Liyuan and Xiong Dabai have also returned to their respective regimental positions, and the first batch of Ruishi has graduated ahead of schedule. Now the Cangzhou armies are full of horses and horses, and they are waiting for the day.

Zhaozhou, the head of Pingjian County, Yao Youzhong looked at the golden barracks looming more than ten miles away, and sighed softly, his old seeds of the Yao family were becoming more and more unbeatable.

After Yan Yan's mother went around the city and quickly broke into Jizhou, Yao Youzhong also thought about cutting off the grain route of the Jin soldiers. He has been in Hebei for so long, and by appeasing the displaced people, he has nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command.

During the siege of Xindu County, Yao Youzhong took the initiative to attack the Jin soldiers' grain transportation team, but the Jin soldiers had already prepared, and the grain transportation team waited for reinforcements with vehicles, and the Jin soldiers' reinforcements soon arrived. The golden soldiers were three thousand against five thousand, and Yao Youzhong was defeated. He now relies on the old foundation of the Yao family of more than 1,000 to defend Zhaozhou, and he is worthy of the imperial court.

Wu Ge didn't have a good time in the future. In recent days, the Jin soldiers, under the banner of Wanyan Liduo and Wanyan Wushu, have brazenly crossed the county through the prefecture, obviously concentrating in Jizhou. He, Yao Youzhong, has no spare strength to invite the main force of the Jin soldiers head-on, if Wu Ge in the east of Shenzhou has this strength, will he not be able to do it?

The Song army on the Hebei West Road almost sat back and watched about 60,000 Jin soldiers concentrate in Jizhou, and then claimed to be 100,000, and the troops advanced towards the Daimyo in multiple ways.

Seeing that the Jin soldiers were approaching, Du Chongcai slowly convened the generals of Hebei West Road to discuss.

The Song army on Hebei West Road was roughly divided into two parts, Yang Weizhong and Wen Da. Yao Youzhong and Wu Ge were isolated in the north, and Pu Liuru Bosheng reported that he had led the team into the Taihang Mountains and did not come to participate in the military conference at all. Most of the other homeless people under Yang Jin, Ding Jin, Xue Guang, and Zhang Qiong were dismissed, and they could only gather a few people to make a strong momentum.

Du Chong sat on the lobby, Guo Yong sat beside him, the left hand of the hall was the general of Yang Weizhong's family, and the right hand was Wen Da's subordinate.

Du Chong said in the hall: "The Jin soldiers bypassed Zhao and Shen Erzhou, and Shan Jizhou committed suicide and martyrdom, and now 100,000 troops are killing my name, and the generals have been afraid." ”

Wen Da immediately patted his chest and shouted: "My daimyo also has an army of 100,000, and I came here to see the truth with a knife and a shot." ”

Du Chong praised: "So bold," he turned his gaze to Yang Weizhong, "Captain Yang, what do you say." ”

Yang Weizhong is far less optimistic than Wenda, he has not recovered since he retreated from the Baigou River last year, but seeing Wenda speak boldly, he can't show weakness: "It's this reason, Suo Yu wants to come, so he fights with him with a knife and a gun." ”

Du Chong was slightly displeased, this Yang Weizhong spoke, as if he saw that he couldn't beat Jin Bing, and he just wanted to fight hard. It seems that he is going to come up with something genuine and let this martial artist die.

"When the country is in crisis, it is an opportunity for the generals to make contributions. If you can't wait, in order to appease the envoys, you have to rely on the generals. This time the war retreated from the gold thief, the meritorious person reported to the court, added officials to the knighthood, did not fight when he encountered the enemy, and even if Puliu Ru Bosheng used the excuse to avoid the enemy, he would definitely cause trouble to his wife. ”

After speaking, Du Chong drew his sword: "Du Chong swears here, if there is no reward for meritorious service, there will be no punishment for mistakes, just like this case." He slashed his sword on the table in front of him, and wanted to be like Sun Quan, cutting the table in two.

But he was a man of letters, and he didn't know how to use a sword, and he didn't have enough strength, so he only cut a scratch on the table. Du Chong was in a hurry, slashed a few times on the table, and added a sentence: "Died under the knife." ”

Then, he took out a dozen ingots of gold from the treasury and rewarded the generals.

After this pretentiousness, the morale of the generals in the hall slowly rose. Du Chong began to lay out the strategy.

After the last time he got together, Du Chong was shrewd this time, and discussed with Guo Yong in advance. Although Guo Yong is not used to Du Chong, after all, he is a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has always been loyal to the country, so he naturally distinguishes the importance of the matter.

The Song army on the West Hebei Road was led by Yang Weizhong and Wen Da respectively, Du Chong ordered Wen Da to guard the Daimyo's Mansion, and Yang Weizhong led the headquarters to invite the Jin soldiers to the north.

"The defense line of the Daimyo's Mansion is impregnable, enough to hold for a year, and when the veterans of the Golden Thief Division are tired, Wen Da is included, Yang Weizhong is outside, and he will give the Golden Thief a thunderous blow."

Yang Weizhong and Wen Da had no objections, and they clenched their fists to lead their lives. Wenda entrenched himself in the Daimyo's Mansion, and at the same time investigated the spies, Suona was suspicious, and ran the Daimyo's Mansion City like an iron bucket.

Yang Weizhong led his 40,000 headquarters to the north and met the Jin soldiers at Guantao. Yang Weizhong ordered the army to camp on the spot and prepare to fight the Jin soldiers here.

Pavilion pottery is extremely famous in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty war, before the Liao State repeatedly went south, all in the pavilion pottery area and the Song army tug-of-war, here a lot of place names in the name of "Xiao", such as Xiao City, South Xiao Village, North Xiao Village, etc., are the place where the wife of the traitor Han Derang Empress Dowager Xiao once lived. Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Liduo, and Wanyan Wushu are stationed in Xiaocheng, South Xiaozhai, and North Xiaozhai respectively.

The Song army had a lot of fortifications in this area. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it can be used to exert residual heat with a little repair.

Yang Weizhong was afraid of the Jin soldiers, and let the 40,000 troops be stationed in the fortifications, waiting for the Jin soldiers to attack.

Jin Bing was not polite, and after figuring out Yang Weizhong's layout, he attacked Yang Weizhong's stockade from both wings. It only took one day for the left and right villages that Yang Weizhong used as wings to be breached. In order to avoid falling into the situation of being surrounded by the three-way golden soldiers, Yang Weizhong led his troops to retreat until they reached a place called "Turning Village".

"Turning the village", as the name suggests, is the place where the old road of the Yellow River and the Zhanghe River bend, and the river here forms a "concave" shape, and Yang Weizhong's last main village is in this concave shape.

Seeing that the Jin soldiers had sealed the concave exit, and his left, right, and rear were all surging Yellow River, Yang Weizhong couldn't help but sigh: "Is this the sky that is going to kill me Yang Weizhong?" ”

At this time, Jin Bing sent a son of Haoqiang who had taken refuge in the Jin State to send a letter to Yang Weizhong.

Yang Weizhong opened the letter and asked the master to read it again, it turned out to be a letter of persuasion as he expected.

Yang Weizhong asked the person who sent the letter: "The gold thief wants you to come, but what do you have to say?" ”

The messenger replied: "The king of Dajin Dutong said that he admires the demeanor of the old general, and if the old general can surrender, it will be no less than Han Qinghe's position." The old general can not only protect the wealth, but also make the prince like Han Chang, serve the Jurchen nobles. ”

Yang Weizhong laughed: "People who have been defeated repeatedly, what kind of style do you talk about." He looked at the messenger in front of him, and the messenger was already braided: "Go back and tell your master that Yang Weizhong can't resist the Suo Yu, he is incompetent, but he is greedy for life and death, and even greedy for wealth and nobility, he is not virtuous." I'm not going to cut my money. ”

Yang Weizhong handed over his saber and the seal letter of the envoy to Chen Cui, the deputy general beside him: "You are young, you still have the physical strength to swim, cross the river and break through." ”

Yang Weizhong was sixty-six years old, killed himself, more than 20,000 Song troops surrendered or dispersed, Chen Cui led more than 10,000 people, swam across the Yellow River, and retreated to the south.

Jin Bing and Chen Cui's department were only separated by a river, and they were chasing after each other. Chen Cui imitated Wangmei's thirst-quenching technique to encourage his subordinates: "Hold on for one more day, and you will reach the defense line of the Daimyo's Mansion." ”

"Don't rest tonight, it's safe to go to the Daimyo's Mansion defense line overnight."

"It's dawn, take advantage of the gold thief to catch up, hurry up, and immediately arrive at the defense line of the Daimyo's Mansion, the defense line of the Daimyo's Mansion is impregnable."

Finally, Chen Cui's department arrived at the defense line of the Daimyo's Mansion, "Hurry up, go to the fortress and sleep well." He sent people everywhere to find the Song army who responded.

The person who answered was not found, and it was found that the fort was locked. Finally, I finally found an old pawn.

"Where's the key?" Chen Cui drank heavily.

"Keys? There are no keys. ”