The 30,000 Jurchen Khitan mixed cavalry sent by Wanyan Zonghan was running halfway through, when he suddenly received a report from the scout, and saw that there were 10,000 horseshoe prints heading northeast, thinking that Fan Zhuoyuan's department was diverted to the north.

In addition, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Miyun who are also heading to the east, and the purpose is obvious, that is, to rush to Yuguan.

When the news reached Yan Zonghan again, he immediately patted it, "It turns out that there is also a kind of old boy with 20,000 soldiers and horses, hum!" They actually want to join forces and take Yuguan with a quick attack!

Well, Yuguan also only left 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, if the Song army brought small artillery, it was also very threatening, and 30,000 cavalry was not enough, so more troops had to be sent! ”

Just when Yan Zonghan sent troops to make up for the rear line, Fan Zhuoyuan led 10,000 soldiers and horses, marched in a vertical column, and headed south along the Chaohe River that froze in winter.

All the horses' hooves were covered with a thick coarse cloth to prevent slipping, and they marched at a slower pace on the banks of the Chaohe River, with hundreds of scouts in the rear to guard and sweep away the horses' hoof prints.

This is not difficult to do, because it is winter, and the snow is slowly falling in the sky, and after a maximum of an hour, the gradually larger snowflakes are enough to cover the horseshoe prints.

As for the 10,000 horseshoe prints heading northeast, in fact, Fan Zhuoyuan's troops would take the Khitan herdsmen to drive 2,000 empty horses and run out in a horizontal formation, and they set off an hour later than Fan Zhuoyuan's department, so they were first noticed by the Jin army.

And some of the scouts of the Jin army that were originally scattered to the south were killed by Fan Zhuoyuan himself, which completely obscured the vision of the Jin army, so the Jin army did not find that the 10,000 Xiaojie army led by him had actually changed its purpose to kill to the south.

And in the northeast, after receiving the two thousand horses sent to him by Fan Zhuoyuan, the seed master who came out of Miyun continued to lure the Jin army to the east.

At this point, the army sent by Wanyan Zonghan was tricked around, and the target was completely locked on the Western Army of the Seed Master, and Fan Zhuoyuan's 10,000 strange soldiers who did military adventures were completely lost.

After Fan Zhuoyuan was sure that there were no pursuers in the rear, he immediately sent scouts to investigate the Wanyan Lou Office in the countryside.

As a lone army of robbers, since they have burned and looted enough in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it is time to repay the interest!

Fan Zhuoyuan's 10,000 cavalry, in fact, there are only 5,000 cavalry, and the other 5,000 are mounted infantry, and most of them are pack horses.

Before he made a decision, he borrowed a lot of horses from Wang Yu, and Wang Yu also supplied them with all his might, so he was still able to deal with it.

Marching to Wen'an County, Fan Zhuoyuan was stationed outside the county seat, and saw that the county seat, including the county order, was all nervous.

Fan Zhuoyuan shouted: "We are the Yanshan Mansion Road Xiaojie Army, specially here to intercept the lone army of gold thieves, the county order can know the whereabouts of the gold thieves?" ”

The county commander on the castle tower said: "A month ago, the gold thieves came from the north, and the countryside of Kouluo has not heard of them returning from the north, and if the general wants to find them, I am afraid that he will have to go south." ”

Fan Zhuoyuan had no choice, "If there is a movement of the gold thief, please let me know." ”

This is the North China Plain, which is actually a flat river, and the Jin army may appear anywhere.

Fan Zhuoyuan scattered the scouts for hundreds of miles, but he could not find any trace of the Jin army, but as he went south, the 10,000 Jin army was arrogantly plundering around, and it was impossible not to have any news.

After walking south for half a day, the scout suddenly rushed over with a person, but it was Mu Qingyan from Cihang Jingzhai.

Fan Zhuoyuan hurriedly invited in, and Mu Qingyan had been running around during this time, contacting the rebel armies from all sides to resist the invading Jin army, so he seemed a little tired.

When she saw Fan Zhuoyuan, she was not polite, and said directly: "General Fan is here to find the department of Yan Lou's room?" ”

"Yes, I owe him a decisive battle, and the girl knows where he is."

"Now because of the brutal killing of the Jin army, there are rebels everywhere, and I just came from Nanpi. The Jin army seems to be moving north along the Grand Canal, burning and looting along the way.

Not long ago, the rebel army composed of Duguhong and a group of martial arts people raided them, but they returned with heavy casualties.

Duguhong was also slightly injured and was going to the Western Army, planning to unite with the Western Army to raid the Jin Army again.

General Fan, this Jin army is strong, even though it plundered a large number of people and materials, but the military discipline is still strict and there is no laziness.

In particular, the command of Wanyan Lou's room is even more leaky, and if he fights with him, if he shows a little flaw, he will be caught and conquered in one fell swoop.

Although the Xiaojie army you trained with your own hands is elite, if you fight it alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to be an opponent, and it is best to communicate with the Western Army to act together. ”

Fan Zhuoyuan nodded solemnly and said, "If I can, of course I hope to be able to fight this Jin army with the Western Army. ”

Mu Qingyan said secretly: "I went to persuade them to besiege this Jin army from three sides, with the Hedong Pingding Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army, but ......"

Mu Qing Yanxuan said the battle between the soldiers and horses of the Qin King and the Jin Army.

Fan Zhuoyuan frowned slightly, "In this way, there have been successive fiascos, so the Western Army is acting more and more conservatively, and it will not be easy to attack without absolute certainty." ”

"General Fan will wait for a while, and I will try to convince the commander."

Fan Zhuoyuan shook his head and said: "I have dealt with too many people in the Western Army, they are a family of generals, and they are in a group internally, and they are proficient in mountain warfare rather than plain warfare.

It is impossible for the seed master to take risks easily in the face of a strong enemy, so the girl can go to the seed master and tell him that my Xiaojie army will fight the Jin army outside Cangzhou.

If he hesitated, Fan had already expected it, and only asked him to clean up the mess in time. ”

"Why didn't General Fan wait a little longer?"

"Can't wait! The closer he got to Youzhou, the easier it was for Wanyan Zonghan to know, and when he led the army south, it would be impossible to have another chance to annihilate the elite of the Jin army. ”

Fan Zhuoyuan took a map and pointed to the Grand Canal, which runs through the north and south.

"If the Jin army really went up the Grand Canal, then Cangzhou was the only way to go, and there was no way to ambush on the plain, it would be a hard-fought head-on decisive battle.

No matter what the final victory or defeat is, the Jin army will definitely suffer heavy losses, whether or not you can grasp the battle merits, Miss Mu can make it clear to the seed master. ”

Mu Qingyan stood on the side of the road, witnessing Fan Zhuoyuan's leading army in the direction of Cangzhou, and after hesitating for a moment, he immediately rode his horse south.

After coming to Cangzhou City, the magistrates here also did not dare to open the city gate, it was the time of troubled times, and there was sometimes no difference between soldiers and bandits.

Fan Zhuoyuan asked the county order to send some wine and meat out, and then ordered the whole army to set up a meal on the spot ten miles outside the city, and the smoke rising from the birds would definitely attract the attention of the Jin people.

At the same time, the military flag of the Xiaojie Army was put away, and only the fan flag was exposed to the outside world, and the number was hidden.

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