Yang Zhi's sneak attack on Zhuozhou succeeded, Zong Ze suddenly sent troops to Datong Mansion, and moved all the people who were willing to return south along with the food of the government, a total of more than 10,000 households, plus a small number of nomadic tribes fled under the instigation of Master Tianxin, Wanyan Zonghan found that taking Datong was a headache, but there was one more military fortress, and the original idea of fighting to feed the war was too far away. 100,000 civilians and tens of thousands of Jin soldiers consumed a lot of food every day, and because they were worried about the war situation, the Jin soldiers had to immediately go south to attack Shuozhou and other places.

However, when he learned that Yang Zhi had returned to Yingzhou from Zhuozhou, Wanyan Zonghan still held back his temperament and asked Wanyan Lou and Yelu Yujian to defeat Shuozhou and Huanzhou first; Wang Yuan was originally the governor of Shuozhou, and temporarily took over the control of Datong Mansion, and it was okay to quibble if Datong Mansion was lost, but Shuozhou was about to be lost, and Wang Yuan had nothing to say. On the one hand, Wang Yuan fought with Li Siben, the commander of Shuozhou's soldiers and horses, and Han Zheng, the commander of Shuozhou's regimental training, and on the other hand, he asked for help from Liu Guangshi, the third general of Jingyuan Road, the prefect of Fuzhou, Yang Zhi, the prefect of Yingzhou, and Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan.

When Shuozhou and Huanzhou arrived in Jincheng, Yang Zhi and Yue Fei had already returned to Jincheng, although the two of them won a great victory in this sortie, but the army was tired, fortunately, Yue Fei's men and horses were almost not lost, Yang Zhi asked Yang Yue to mobilize 2,000 soldiers, Zhu Wu to mobilize 1,500 brave soldiers, and supplement Yue Fei's army together, plus Yue Fei's original 4,000 men and horses to reinforce Huanzhou.

When leaving, Yang Zhi said very clearly to Yue Fei: "The Jin army besieged Shuozhou in many ways, Wanyan Lou Room, Yelu Yujian, Wanyan Saili, Resign, Yinshu are all famous generals in the Jin Army, and they cannot be underestimated. ”

Yue Fei agreed, and Yang Zhi began to recruit soldiers and warriors on a large scale among the people and tribes who fled to Yingzhou, but fortunately, Zhu Wu had already prepared and recruited 3,000 people at once; Yang Zhi sent Chen Da to inform Yang Jin and Ma Qin to begin to train the army among the men and horses of Tuntian in Taihang Mountain, and for the first time strive for 5,000 people. Now on the surface, Yunzhong and Youzhou still have a certain amount of combat effectiveness, but Yang Zhi understands that in the next period of time, it is the golden years of those famous generals of the Jin Kingdom, fighting all the way from Hebei to Bianliang, almost without the complete explosion of the opponent, and every additional soldier under his command is good.

The Great Song Dynasty was defeated in Youzhou and Youzhou at about the same time, and the war report on Youzhou was frustrating, Guo Yaoshi dedicated a large number of Song Dynasty officials such as Li Gang, Lü Yihao, and Cai Jing to the Jin State, and led 30,000 Song troops in Youzhou to surrender to the Jin State; Xin Xingzong's northern aid was completely defeated, only Yang Weizhong was in Zhuozhou, Wang Ping was in Yizhou, and the rest of the prefectures and counties were all captured by the Jin State.

In the clouds, Liu Guangshi, Zhe Keqiu, who reinforced Shuozhou, and Zhang Xiaochun's second general Zhe Kecun in Hedong and the 15,000 defenders of Shuozhou, were all defeated in the hands of Wanyan Lou Room. Shuozhou City was broken, Wang Yuan and Liu Guangshi abandoned the army and fled, Han Zheng was killed in battle, and he could ask to retreat to Fuzhou, and Li Siben broke through to Huanzhou.

Yue Fei never found a suitable combat opportunity between Shuozhou and Huanzhou, so he could only accept Li Siben's retreat to Huanzhou; Wanyan Lou and Yinshuke and others went to the front line of Wuzhou and Fuzhou, and ordered Yelu to attack Huanzhou without losing sight. Wanyan Zonghan had already pacified the unconvinced tribes near Datong, and eleven tribes including Wuhuli and Diliedi surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, and only the hundreds of horsemen of Yimuro Baida fled with Master Tianxin.

Tong Guan was anxious in Taiyuan, and learned that Ma Kuo and the Jin envoy Gao Qingyi had arrived in Taiyuan from Hebei, and immediately summoned him; after the army started the war, Tong Guan sent Ma Kuo to test the Jin people's intentions in the name of visiting, and asked Xin Xingzong to fully assist.

Gao Qingyi and Tong Guan are old acquaintances, and after seeing the ceremony, he said: "Lord Wang, now I am angry and difficult to calm down, you say that you will betray the alliance, and kill so many people in one breath, everyone knows that you are now in a disadvantageous war, so you thought of negotiation, and it will definitely be repeated after a while, so I sent me to the court, which is to write a war letter." ”

Tong Guan is not stupid, if the Jin people have no room for negotiation at all, they will go directly to Bianliang to write a war letter, not even a war letter; now that Gao Qingyi has run to Taiyuan, it means that there is room for negotiation, Tong Guan motioned to his subordinates to bring up a box of gold, silver and jewelry, and said to Gao Qingyi: "Li Gang is arbitrary, and he has not told the court in advance about such a big matter, and I don't even know; Lord Gao, do you see if you can go back and explain to Wu Qimai the prince about my current difficulties." ”

Gao Qingyi shook his head and said: "The prince is still not good, one is that the prince Wu begged to buy the throne, and in order to show the sincerity of our country, Li Gang has been put back, and he set off at about the same time as me, and now it should be almost to Bianliang." Listening to Guo Yaoshi, Song Jun's continuous provocation was instigated by the prince, and I think the prince must first apologize to Dajin. ”

Tong Guan shuddered, as a veteran of officialdom, he naturally knew that Jin Ren's move was to divide himself and Bianliang, and then look for the most favorable result in different answers on both sides; Guo Yaoshi's statement was just right for the minds of those people in the court, and he was a proper scapegoat, Tong Guan shook his head and said: "Guo Yaoshi's three surnames are domestic slaves, and his words are not reliable, all because he has the heart of An Lushan's thief, Lord Gao, tell me your intentions?"

Gao Qingyi smiled and said: "I am an old friend of the prince, naturally for the sake of the prince, my lord said, this time the troops are sent to the land of Hedong and Hebei, as long as the prince agrees, the war will stop immediately, and allow the prince to move the people and materials south." ”

No matter how mixed Tong Guan is, it's just that he can't agree to this matter, so he immediately hung his head and asked Ma Kuo to take Gao Qingyi to the post house to rest in a perfunctory sentence, and wait for him to report to the court. As soon as Gao Qingyi left, Zhang Xiaochun, who had been silent, immediately said: "The prince must not agree." ”

Tong Guan nodded and said, "Naturally, I won't agree, I decided to go back to Bianliang and report to the emperor in person." ”

Ah, Zhang Xiaochun immediately understood that Tong Guan was planning to flee back to the capital, and persuaded him: "The Jin people betrayed the alliance, and the prince should order the soldiers and horses of the world to resist with all their might, and now abandon Taiyuan to throw Hedong to the enemy." As soon as Hedong enters the hands of the enemy, what will Hebei do?"

Tong Guan angrily reprimanded: "Nonsense, I, Tong Guan, was ordered to Xuanfu, not to guard the territory. You will keep me, and you will have a general

What is the use? I have made up my mind, with Yang Zhi as the governor of Yunzhong and the commander of the capital, and Zong Ze as the transfer envoy. ”

Zhang Xiaochun was kicked out by Tong Guan before he could say more, Zhang Xiaochun clapped his hands at the door of the Xuanfu Division and sighed: "Master Tong has a very high prestige in his life, but when it comes to the end, he is afraid and scared, holding his head and running away, what face will he have to see the Son of Heaven again?"