The one who came to surrender to Yue Fei was Han Chang's department.

Ten years later, the "No. 1 Fierce General of the Jin Kingdom", he has always been the pioneer of Jin Wushu in history, but finally died at the hands of Wan Yan Liang.

After he was thrown down by Wanyan Lou Room last year, he still had more than 1,600 Liaodong Han troops in his hands.

For fear of being dealt with by military law, they did not dare to return to the territory of the Jin people after they fled, and at the same time did not dare to surrender to the Ming army. So they went into the mountains to be bandits, but the nearby mountains were full of rebels, and they did not grab much food from the landlords, but rubbed with the Shanxi rebels several times.

Today, more than 1,600 Liaodong Han troops have frozen to death and starved to death, and only seven or eight hundred remain.

The people who are still alive are all yellow and thin, and they can even be described as skinny and bone-like. They didn't care that their families were still in Liaodong, and they didn't care whether the Ming army would accept them, and when they heard that Wutai County had been conquered, they immediately ventured out of the mountains to take refuge.

"General, please accept us!"

Han Chang kneeled in front of Yue Fei with a puff, and his seven or eight hundred soldiers also knelt down.

The surrounding rebels were armed with weapons, and they only waited for Yue Fei to give an order to immediately besiege and kill Han Chang's troops.

A leader of the Wutai County Rebel Army named Dou Lan said: "General Yue's guy was crazy with hunger last winter, and he even robbed us poor ghosts, and we didn't have food to eat in the mountains." They relied on their excellent armor to kill nearly 100 of my men, and even robbed me of the winter food from a hiding place! ”

"This guy fought me twice!" Another rebel leader said angrily.

Han Chang knelt in front of Yue Fei and arched his hands everywhere and said, "Brothers, I'm really sorry, I was really hungry at that time. ”

"If you're hungry, aren't we hungry?" Dou Lan asked.

Han Chang apologized again, kowtowed to Yue Fei and said, "General, I was originally from Yanshan Mansion, and my family was moved to Liaodong by the Jin State. My family is also well-known in Liaodong, and my father is still an official in Jinguo. Now I am willing to attach Daming as a pawn, and then write a letter to inform the clansmen to do internal response, even if the clansmen can't make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, it's still okay to pass on some military news. ”

Yue Fei asked the leaders of the rebel armies: "In addition to having trouble with you, did this guy slaughter the people in Shanxi?" ”

Without waiting for the leaders of the rebel army to answer, Han Chang hurriedly said, "No, absolutely not!" In the lower department, it has been stationed in the clouds, which was formerly the land of the Liao State. It was not until last year that he went south with the army, first besieged Taiyuan ineffectively, and then ran into a wall in Shouyang, and was finally defeated by General Zhang. Where is the time to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty? ”

The leaders nodded, it was true that they had only heard of this person last year, and they had never dealt with each other before.

Yue Fei then said to the leaders of the rebel army: "It is a big deal for the enemy general to surrender to Cheng, and this person has relatives who are officials in the Jin State, so I have to report to Zhang Gong to make the decision." Do not be in a hurry to put these people into custody for the time being. ”

"Thank you, General!" Han Chang kowtowed again and again, he only begged for a bite to eat now.

Yue Fei stayed in Wutai County for six days, and asked the hungry soldiers to hurry up to make up for it. At the same time, those rebel armies were reorganized, and the young and strong were selected to be organized into 3,000 village soldiers, and the old and weak who were eliminated could receive food and go home.

Wutai County has military rations left by the Jin soldiers, and the local gentry also came to labor to prove that their hearts are towards the Ming court, and Yue Fei is not short of food in a short time.

Their troops, rushing from the border of Hebei, although they did not fight much hard battles, but the strategic significance was good, forcing the Jin soldiers to directly abandon Xinzhou and Daizhou.

Twenty days later, Yue Fei led his troops to catch up with Zhang Guangdao's main force.

The army went all the way north, receiving the counties of Xinzhou and Daizhou, but if they wanted to continue north, they had to break through the Yanmen Pass.

Of course, there are also other checkpoints and forts, such as attacking Tuqi Village, which can be killed to Wuzhou (Shenchi). Another example is attacking the bottle-shaped village (Pingxingguan), which can be killed to Lingqiu.

There are seven or eight such passages.

Anyway, no matter which way you fight, you have to force your way out.

Because it has reached the border between Song and Liao, all the mountain passages have Xiongguan Zhaibao.

The Song State and the Liao State have been reinforced year after year, and none of them are easy to capture, and some passages even have several checkpoints.

For example, Yanmen Pass is a pun system, which is divided into East Pass and West Pass. After passing the Xicheng Pass to the north, there is the Guancheng built by the Liao State again.

If the army is sent to Yanmen, it must break through three Xiongguan in a row before the Ming army can enter Shuozhou.

Zhang Guangdao solicited opinions and said: "This year, I led the troops to the Northern Expedition, and originally only planned to take back Xinzhou and Daizhou and recover the homeland of the former Song Dynasty in Shanxi. Unexpectedly, General Yue crossed the mountains and attacked by surprise, so frightened that the Jin people fled back to the land of Liao. Tell me, which way to go next? ”

The Ming army on the Taiyuan road, due to Yue Fei's rushing attack, has achieved its strategic goals in advance.

Li Jinyi suggested: "It's better to postpone going north, anyway, we have already recovered our homeland." Wait for next year to stock up on more grain, and then join the Hebei army. When the time comes, Shanxi and Hebei will advance together and recapture the sixteen states of Youyun in one fell swoop! ”

It's a very conservative but very safe way to play.

Yao Pingzhong said: "You can storm Tuqi Village in the northwest, kill to the Wuzhou side, cooperate with Han Shizhong's department, and completely recapture the former Song Dynasty's state military county in Shanxi!" ”

One by one, the generals spoke, saying everything.

Some people even suggested that the main force should storm Yanmen Pass and drag a large number of golden soldiers. Then send a partial division to attack Dashizhai, as long as Dashizhai is taken, you can go out of the mountain and take Yingzhou.

In this way, the connection between Shuozhou Jin Bing and Datong will be cut off to the west, and Datong can be taken directly to the north and Yunzhou can be taken back.

In any case, no one wants to storm Yanmen Pass anyway.

Even if it is bombarded with artillery, the Yanmen Pass will have to be dragged out until the beginning of winter. And to the north of Yanmen Pass, there are two Xiongguan barriers.

Only Pharmacist Guo and Yue Fei didn't speak, and Zhang Guangdao asked, "What does General Guo think?" ”

Compared with the previous arrogance and domineering, Pharmacist Guo is now very low-key, and he smiled: "You can fight anywhere." ”

"What about General Yue?" Zhang Guangdao asked again.

Yue Fei is a general in the Hebei Theater, so he naturally has to take into account the interests of Hebei: "You can storm the bottle-shaped village (Pingxingguan) and kill the two counties of Lingqiu and Feihu." When the Hebei army breaks through Yizhou next year, Shanxi and Hebei will be able to work together to open up the Flying Fox. ”

Zhang Guangdao synthesized the opinions of the generals and said: "The Shanxi garrison army has set aside 10,000 troops to garrison Daizhou, Laoxian and Fanzhi (Fanzhi). The field army and the remaining garrison army were divided into two. The west road went to attack Tuqi Village, echoing Han Shizhong's department. The east road to attack the bottle-shaped village, it is best to enter Lingqiu County. ”

Zhang Guangdao's meaning is obvious, he has not thought about seizing Datong, at least this year will not go to Datong.

And that Yanmen Pass, whoever likes to fight will go, anyway, Zhang Guangdao will not go, he would rather take a detour from somewhere else.

Yanmen has three cities, six villages, and eighteen dangerous passes, which can be defended everywhere, even if they can be conquered all, the Ming army will have to pay huge casualties for a long time.

How did Jin Bing break through Yanmen Pass back then?

The history books have passed by, and there is no exact news about this time and space, as if the barriers are like paper paste.

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The main commander of the attack on the bottle-shaped village is Yao Pingzhong, this guy has always wanted to fight a tough battle and make meritorious contributions, and Zhang Guangdao will satisfy his wish this time.

Although there are countless surrounding checkpoints, the real important ones are actually Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Pass, and even if the other passages are penetrated, it is difficult for the army to pass.

Yao Pingzhong is the main general, Guo Yaoshi and Yue Fei are the deputy generals, and the following generals are Chen Ziyi, Hua Rong, Deng Xia, Wu Jue and Liu Qi.

Chen Ziyi, Deng Xia and Hua Rong, one in command of the cavalry, one in charge of the artillery, and the other in command of the musketeers. They are all relatively independent troops, neither as commanders nor as deputy generals, more like friendly troops fighting with Yao Pingzhong.

Including the accompanying Shanxi garrison and the township soldiers reorganized by the Righteous Army, the combat troops totaled more than 35,000 people.

Han Chang's 800 Liaodong Han soldiers also came over, and they could shout to persuade them to surrender at a critical time.

Pingxingguan is not an independent checkpoint, there are three bottle-shaped villages, Magu villages, and Meihui villages, which are stuck in three traffic arteries.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the officers and men of the national army were stationed on these three roads, and the Japanese army also attacked from these three roads. However, Lin Shuai's 115th Division hid in an unknown valley, and finally caught the Japanese army by surprise.

Yao Pingzhong led his troops to rest in Fanqi County for two days, and then went to Pingxingguan non-stop.

Chen Ziyi's cavalry was expanded again this year, adding 2,000 light cavalry. These light horsemen were the first to be dispatched, scouting the battlefield ahead along the way.

There are still more than ten miles away from Pingxingguan, and the two sides collide with each other on light horses.

After a fight, there were casualties and deaths on each other, and they each ran back to report the news, leaving one to continue to entangle.

Yao Pingzhong received the news to speed up the march, and one day later, the Ming army's light cavalry all returned, and reported: "The Jin people sent thousands of cavalry, and there were many horsemen, and we really couldn't stop it and had to evacuate." ”

Yue Fei guessed: "It seems that Jin Bing wants to fight in the field, and he is unwilling to retreat in the fortress to defend it. ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "When the Jin people were defending Chitang Pass, they were scared by artillery and earth-shaking thunder. Moreover, the bottle-shaped, Magu, and Meihui Sanzhai were repaired by the former Song Dynasty to guard against the Liao State. The external defense is better, but the internal defense is inadequate. In addition, it is full of mountainous areas, and it is difficult for the Jin cavalry to play. In this way, the Jin people simply fought in the open field of the field. ”

Wu Jue said: "Han Chang, who surrendered, said that there were more than 60,000 Jin soldiers in Shanxi at first. They have suffered repeated defeats in Shanxi, and now there are more than 40,000 left. It is necessary to divide troops to defend various passages, and also divide troops to defend Yanmen villages, and the golden soldiers on this side of the bottle-shaped village are probably only 20,000. It's not even 20,000, it's just over 10,000. ”

The three famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty made Yao Pingzhong a military advisor, and some guessing and reasoning was almost like opening the whole map.

Yao Pingzhong felt that it was very reasonable, his thinking suddenly became clear, and he clapped his hands and said: "Since the Jin people want to fight in the field, then use the car formation to fight them." Our army has the advantage of troops, morale is like a rainbow, and there are firearms to cheer up. Don't say more than 10,000 gold soldiers, even if it's 30,000 or 50,000, you're not afraid! What does the master think? ”

Monk Zhenbao is the leader of the rebel army, and now he is the commander of the township soldiers in Wutai County, and he also follows everyone to kill the Jin people.

"Amitabha!"

The true treasure monk proclaimed the Buddha's name and said, "Those golden people are all evil demons, and they should be sent back to hell!" ”

(In the previous chapter, the location of Chitang Pass was wronged by about 20 miles, thank you for correcting it.) If the normal position is followed, it will be easier for the Jin soldiers at Shiling Pass to retreat, but Yao Pingzhong's troops will receive the news first. ）

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