In the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, at the beginning of September, Hedong, Taiyuan.

Taiyuan, the capital of Hedong, west of the Fen River, surrounded by mountains on three sides, controlling the mountains and rivers, standing on the shoulders of the world, the key to the four stops, and the capital of the five plains, has been a place for soldiers to fight for since ancient times. It is also the northern gate of the Central Plains.

The Northern Song Dynasty did not have the sixteen states of Yanyun, so there was still no danger and no harm. But the Northern Song Dynasty lost Hedong and Taiyuan, which was the day of the country's demise.

The northeast of the river is connected to the grassland outside the Saiwai, the south is connected to the Central Plains, the west crosses the Yellow River into Shaanxi, and the east crosses the Taihang Hebei Plain. Whether it is to the south or to the east, it is a flat river, forming an absolute crushing situation.

This is also the reason why the Jin Dynasty relied on the Yellow River and Tongguan to support it, but it was also crossed by the Mongolian iron horse, and the land of Henan was ruined and in ruins, but the Jin Dynasty was helpless.

It's the end of August, and the heat is over, but the aftermath is still there. Especially at noon, the sun is scorching, and people are sweating, except for scolding a few mothers, there seems to be no way.

In the south of Taiyuan City, the Mongolian army camp stretches for several miles, a sea of flags, Mongolian infantry and horses come and go, horses neigh, and noisy noises continue. The Fen River is crowded with horses, countless war horses are drinking, and the water level of the Fen River seems to have dropped a lot.

Although Taiyuan City has an important geographical location, it is only a medium-sized city, with a radius of only ten miles, which cannot accommodate so many people and horses, especially so many cavalry. Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry is good at field battles, and it is common for them to camp in the field.

Since the Mongol army went south and drove the Jin people to the south of the Yellow River, Hedong became the base for the Mongol army to attack Jin in the south, and the most elite Han army under the command of the Mongol army was in Taiyuan, which was ruled by the Han army Wanhu Liu Heima and Xiao Zhara.

In the first battle of Hanzhong, the 70,000 Mongolian army was wiped out, Liu Heima fled back to Hedong with Subutai, Subutai returned to the grassland, and Liu Heima stayed in Taiyuan. Although the losses were heavy, the vitality was not injured, and the Great Khan Wo Kotai did not punish him, and still let Liu Heima and Xiao Zara lead the Hedong Han army.

The Mongol army attacked Jin in a battle, although it defeated the main force of the Jin army, but it also suffered heavy losses, recuperated and recuperated, and reorganized its army for battle. However, the Song army was obviously not satisfied, and after less than two years, the Mongol iron cavalry had not yet moved south, and the Song army waved its army north and began the so-called Northern Expedition.

Originally, Liu Heima, Xiao Zara and other generals were not sure whether the Song army was going to destroy the Jin State or restore the hometown of Lianghe, until the military situation in Hedong and Hebei came one by one, and Liu Heima and others understood that the Song army was going to take the two rivers directly.

Hebei has its own Han troops such as Shi Tianze, Yan Shi, and Zhang Hongyan stationed there, plus Hebei's 20,000 or 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, tens of thousands of reinforcements from Eastern Liao, and more than 100,000 troops, and there is no need to worry about the Mongolian army in Hedong. But the Song army's east and west armies went north, and the momentum was violent, what a big dog!

On the city wall, under the sun, several Han soldiers were holding red tassel guns, sweating profusely, complaining and scolding their mothers.

"These Song dogs, what are they going to do?"

A Han soldier had a dark face and said angrily.

The Song army has already invaded Hebei, and now it is rumored that the Song army has entered Hedong. The Mongolian iron cavalry had not yet gone south to attack the Song Dynasty, and the Song army had fallen north, which was really arrogant.

"What else can you do, didn't the newspaper say it, of course it is to recapture Taiyuan and Hedong!"

The other Han soldier's face was white, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he was cautiously leaning against the hot city wall, a little careless.

"So many people have died in Hanzhong, and they are still haunted! What a bunch of brutes from Hethanion! ”

The black-faced Han Jun scolded angrily in a low voice. In the first battle of Hanzhong, his brother died there, and he didn't even get a bone.

"Lao Hei, it's useless for you to scold Song Jun. If you have to go to Song Realm to forcibly borrow the Tao, isn't this asking for hardship? If you want to scold, scold Liu Heima, follow the Tatars all day long, say that you are a Khitan, and take our lives to pave the way for him. Not a good bird! ”

mentioned Liu Heima, the white-faced man looked disdainful.

"Liu Heima, not a good bird, sooner or later he will not die well!"

Lao Hei hated a sentence, and then asked:

"Big head, isn't the Northern Expedition of the Song Army recovering their lost territory? Isn't Hedong our territory, and what is the Song army still doing here? ”

"Lao Hei, don't you know, this Hedong was a Song person more than a hundred years ago. At that time, Jingkang was ashamed, and the Dajin Kingdom was Hedong that was seized from the Song people. The Song people are coming now, just to get their things back. ”

The big head is well-informed and has a clear understanding of the grievances between Song and Jin.

"Since it was Hedong that was captured by the Great Jin Kingdom, why didn't they destroy the Jin Dynasty first?"

"I don't know. Anyway, it's a matter of time or time, so you'll just wait and see. ”

"According to what you say, we are not Song Jun's opponents?"

"I don't know, but once the battle starts, I'm afraid I'll have to play with my life."

When it comes to the future war, both of them are heavy in their hearts.

The Mongolian army had strict military law, and with those Mongolian iron horsemen supervising the battle behind, they didn't even have a chance to escape. When the Song army comes to attack, won't they be cannon fodder again?

"What are you two talking nonsense?"

The two were grumbling when a person behind them suddenly interjected. The two were startled, and when they saw someone coming, they quickly stood up straight together.

"General!"

The old black and the two raised their heads and straightened their chests, Liu Heima glanced at the two, turned his head and nodded, and smiled.

"Prince, prince, please!"

He didn't hear what these two men said before, otherwise he would have to be served by military regulations.

Surrounded by several Mongolian generals, several high-spirited Mongolian nobles, old and young, all wearing gold armor, domineering and leaking, they walked past the old black and the two, their eyes did not squint, and they did not look at the old black.

"Don't be hippie! Defend the city! “

Liu Heima told the two of them with a straight face, and hurried to follow.

"Big head, who is this? Such a big shelf? ”

Liu Heima and the others went over, and Lao Hei asked about his companion in surprise.

"The older one, the older old man is Han Chijin, the younger brother of Genghis Khan; There are two younger, one is the eldest son of the prince of Torre, who seems to be called Möngke, and the other is called Baitar, the son of the prince of Wohetai. Möngke and Baitar are both the nephews of the Great Khan of Ögedei, of course! “

"Who is the prince who died in Hanzhong?"

Lao Hei asked stupidly again.

"His name is Koduan, and he is the second son of the Great Khan of Ögedei, and these two are cousins."

"There are so many princes and princes, it seems that they are determined to defend Taiyuan City! We're going to suffer! ”

Lao Hei shook his head and said indignantly.

Seeing Liu Heima's gaze swept over not far away, the two hurriedly shut up and concentrated on vigilance.

Meng Ge, the eldest son of Torrey, was the Great Khan of Mongolia after Ogedai in history, and was injured and died under the Diaoyu City. At this time, he was only 25 years old, but Meng Ge had a calm personality, followed Ogedai to participate in expeditions many times, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and was the best of Genghis Khan's grandchildren.

Torrey's sons Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, and Hülegü, and Wo Kotai's sons Guiyou and Kuo Chu, including Kuoduan who died in Hanzhong, are all adults, and all of them are brave and good at fighting, but Meng Ge and Kuo are more prominent in their personal abilities.

"Liu Heima, the commander of the Song Army, are you familiar with it?"

On the city wall, Meng Ge raised the clairvoyant mirror to look at the south and whispered.

Han Chijin raised his eyes to the south and did not say a word.

"Prince, the generals of the Song army are Yu Yu and Wang Jian, and the rear army is Cao Youwen. These three are all the commanders of the Song people's northwest frontier army, and they have some skills. Especially that Wang Jian, our army was blocked in Hanzhong, and he blocked the main road to the east, which was very brave. ”

The situation of the generals of the Song army, Liu Heima probably understands.

Meng Ge nodded slightly, his gaze grim.

"The 100,000-strong army of the Song army is violent, and the comers are not good. General Liu, General Xiao, Taiyuan City will be handed over to you! ”

Liu Heima, Xiao Naitai, Xiao Zhara, etc., received the order together.

Xiao Naitai is a famous warrior of the Mongolian tribe, defeated the Jin general Wuxian, killed the Song general Peng Yibin, crossed the Yellow River with the Great Khan Wokotai, killed the Jin general Wanyan Chen Monk, and was a good general of the Mongolian army.

"Rest assured, prince! When the Song army comes, keep them coming and not coming back! ”

Xiao Nai Taizhi was full of smugness and looked confident.

"The Song army waved its troops to the Northern Expedition, but you can't be careless!"

Han Chijin shook his head with a dark face, his face as serious as ever.

In the past, the Mongol army attacked the city and besieged the city to send reinforcements, but now the Song army has become the party that takes the initiative to attack. Although it is related to the sudden attack of the Song army, it is also true that the Song army's combat power is not weak.

"Ta Cha'er in Yanmen Pass, have you reported it?"

Han Chijin looked at the sky in the north and the clouds were light, and his brows furrowed.

The Mongolian army occupied Lianghe for several years, Yanmen Pass has become the "territory" of Mongolia, the Mongolian general Tachar led an army of 50,000 troops to garrison Yunzhong and Yanmen Pass, and the garrison of Yanmen Pass was very small, but only 1,000 people.

Historically, Yanmen Pass was an important town in the Ming Dynasty, one of the "nine important towns", and there were only 2,500 garrisons, and the remaining more than 3,000 people helped to garrison, build forts and build walls, dig trenches and shovel rocks. Even if there are so many people, they are distributed to the various passes of Yanmen Pass, and there are about 100 people at the dangerous point, and there are only 20 or 30 people on many trails.

"Don't worry, Ta Cha'er led an army of 30,000 and is now stationed at Shiling Pass in Yizhou, once the Song army comes to attack, it will be there in half a day!"

Shiling Pass is 70 miles north of Taiyuan and is the boundary between Xinzhou and Taiyuan. After the Shiling Pass, less than 300 miles to the north is the Yanmen Pass. Shilingguan Mountain is steep and dangerous, the pass is majestic, it is the place where the soldiers of all dynasties must fight, it is the traffic point of Taiyuan leading to the clouds, and it is also the gateway of Taiyuan.

Liu Heima's words made Han Chijin nod.

With the assistance of 30,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 troops in Tachar, you should also rest assured that you will be able to defend Taiyuan City.

"Xiao Zhara, Dongshan is the key to defending Taiyuan City, don't be careless!"

Han Chijin's eyes swept to the east of Taiyuan City, and told Xiao Zhara, a thousand households of the Han army.

Dongshan is too close to Taiyuan City, and the terrain is higher than Taiyuan City, in case the Song army occupies Dongshan, Taiyuan City will be dangerous.

"Marshal, rest assured! On the old man's ridge in Dongshan, 10,000 Han troops were arranged, which were personally led by the last general. There are still 5,000 in the second mountain range, and if the Song army wants to take Dongshan, step on the corpse of the last general! ”

Xiao Zara swore and said.

"It's a for your life! What you want is to hold the East Mountain! ”

Baitar's eyes widened, and he said angrily.

The war has not yet begun, and it is too disappointing to say these unlucky words.

"The last general will definitely hit the Song army and try to ensure that Dongshan is not lost!"

Xiao Zara held back his anger and nodded back.

Baitar glanced at Xiao Zara, looked at the Fen River to the west, and suddenly said:

"Liu Heima, when is it, why do you still let these fishermen fish on the river. Aren't you worried that it's Song Jun's meticulous work? Get rid of it now! ”

Liu Heima was about to give the order, but Baitar stopped him loudly.

"Pass the order, shoot them all, and leave no one behind!"

Liu Heima passed down the military order, and the Mongolian cavalry rushed to the shore, and the fishermen fell into the water one after another, and the water was full of floating corpses and ownerless fishing boats.

"I would have known that the two rivers would have turned into grasslands, otherwise how could there be such a?"

Baitar said a stupid word, and Han Chijin and others were about to go down to the city, when suddenly the horn sounded, the drum beat was shocking, and the flag on the city wall was waved, and Meng Ge and other Mongolian generals were shocked.

"Prince, prince, several generals, the Song army has arrived!"

The sergeant stepped forward to report, his face was covered with sweat, Han Chijin was shocked, and nodded slightly.

"Light the wolf smoke!"

"Song Jun, come so fast!"

Möngke blurted out.

"Song Jun is finally here! The revenge of Torre, Kuoduan, and tens of thousands of soldiers can finally be avenged! ”

Baitar's eyes lit up and he said loudly.

Drums and horns contended, inside and outside the city of Taiyuan, and outside the city wall, all moved. Countless Mongolian troops in the city have gone up to the city wall, and the Mongolian infantry outside the city began to assemble in front of the camp, as if facing a great enemy.

Han Chijin's face was gloomy, he raised the clairvoyant mirror to look south, countless Mongolian army rangers came with their faces on horseback, there was no trophy, and there was no noise of the victors, but there seemed to be some panic on their faces.

Needless to say, the harassment of the Song army by the Mongol rangers did not work.

Once upon a time, the Mongolian army's iron cavalry was invincible, but now in the face of the weak Song army but returned in vain, it seems that the battle of Taiyuan is a tough battle.

Meng Ge watched carefully, and soon, the smoke and dust in the southern sky were billowing up, followed by the flying flags, and the words "Song", "Yu", and "Wang" were clearly visible. The Song army's foot cavalry came into view, the iron flow was rolling, the iron horses were innumerable, the foot soldiers stepped on the step points, and the steel straight lines were surging like a tide.

"Song ...... Army! ”

At the head of the city, Meng Ge unconsciously frowned, and the murderous aura appeared in his eyes.

"About 30,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry!"

Xiao Naitai watched carefully, and soon came to a rough conclusion.

"Not bad! I'm afraid there are 80,000 people! ”

Liu Heima's heart was also beating wildly. No wonder thousands of cavalry returned in vain. The cavalry of the Song army was 30,000.

"Report! Prince Han Chijin, Prince Mengke, Prince Baitar, several generals, the Song army from Hebei Province came, and they have already occupied the east entrance of Jingcheng! ”

"Report! General Tachar has arrived with his men! ”

The sergeant went to the city wall to report, which made Han Chijin and others sad and happy.

Jing Cheng is one of the eight Taihang Mountains, connecting Hebei Hedong, the Song army occupied Jing Cheng, it seems that Hebei Hedong, the Song army is determined to win.

Fortunately, the reinforcements have arrived, and they can have a good deal with the Song army.

"The Northern Expedition of the Song Army, two roads at the same time, the ambition is not small!"

Han Chijin frowned and patted the city wall lightly.

The Song army's east and west armies went north, and opened up the passage of Hedong and Hebei to the central part of the river, the purpose of which was to focus on the two rivers and even the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Song Jun, the comer is not good, what a big appetite!