As soon as Liu Yu was deposed, coach Jin Wushu was naturally faced with the Yue Family Army, which had begun to surround him on three sides.
Liu Yu's puppet Qi army was vulnerable to a single blow. The ones currently fighting against the Yue Family Army were the Dajin soldiers and horses under his command. According to the deployment, there were 100,000 soldiers and horses coming to the two rivers, and the rest of the army was distributed in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Datong in Shanxi. land, in anticipation of a real "autumn siege".
Jin Wushu convened a meeting with the generals. Now that the old generals were withered, some surrendered generals from the Song Dynasty were also able to attend the discussion. The Jurchens discussed the matter simply and neatly, and everyone expressed their opinions, but most of them remained silent and did not advocate the use of troops at this time, especially Facing the invincible Yue family army, no one dared to be the vanguard. Only King Longhu was very active in Tuheshu. He said: "I found out the news that Qin Hui, the former prisoner of Dajin, entered the Song Dynasty. Ge. This person is timid and cowardly, so he must secretly help Dai Jin. Dai Jin is good at riding and shooting, and goes out to fight in autumn and winter, and withdraws troops in summer. I also found out that the Song soldiers did not have a large number of soldiers and horses in Henan. The two plains, although the Yue family The army claims to be good at fighting, but it loses its advantage without horses. If we can attack it unprepared and occupy the two rivers and the entire territory of Shaanxi in one fell swoop, even if Yue Pengju sends troops to fight, there will be nothing we can do... "
This suggestion was in line with Jin Wushu's heart. He clapped his hands and said loudly: "This is a very good plan. Let's make this decision!"
After the meeting, Han Chang hesitated to leave, and Jin Wushu called him affectionately, as is customary among Han people: "Han Shiba, what else do you want?"
Han Chang no longer hesitated and remonstrated: "I have followed the fourth prince for many years, and I have no second thoughts from birth to death. However, the military strength and power of Dajin today are completely different from when they first entered the Central Plains. The Song army today is as brave as me." The army; and the cowardice of our army is just like the Song army in the past. The fourth prince insists on using troops, and the villain thinks that it will only do harm but not benefit... "
These words were originally harsh words, but they still didn't sit well with Jin Wushu. He had already won a complete victory in the contest with Jin Guozonghan, Gushen and other important political opponents. At this moment, he was completely "one person is inferior to ten thousand people". "Above", except that he does not have the title of "Wolf Lord", he is now completely the number one person in the Jin Kingdom! When you are so full of ambition, how can you hear Jin Han Chang's words
Han Changchang saw him silent, but boldly spoke again: "Earlier, Liu Yu's 200,000-strong army was defeated like a mountain. The Yue family's army is gaining momentum. If we confront them head-on at this point, it is inevitable..."
Jin Wushu saw that he was timid in fighting without using troops, and he was angry, but he still calmed down: "How can Han Shiba be so brave that the enemy's ambition can destroy his own prestige? How can Liu Yu's stragglers and ragtag troops be compared with our golden warriors?" Compare?"
Although Jin Wushu is known as the most "courteous and virtuous corporal" in Daijin, he is actually very conceited in his heart. In particular, he believes that the defeats in the past are largely due to the laziness and arrogance of Zong Han and others, and the unfavorable cooperation between the generals. The reason for asking for help from each other. Now that I am in charge of the world's troops, I already have the absolute right to control them. At this time, I encounter such a mortal enemy. How can I stop without a real face-to-face confrontation
Although the domestic strategy for peace talks has been determined, the basis of the peace talks is to use Dajin's absolute military superiority to suppress the other party. Only in this way can Zhao Deji be completely frightened and obtain the greatest benefits. Besides, he also has Han Chang's concern. What we don’t know is that no matter how powerful Ren Yuepengju is, he is subject to the constraints of the Song Dynasty: the compromise policies of Zhao Deji, Qin Hui, etc. will gradually be reflected. No matter how powerful Yuepengju is, how much can he accomplish? In contrast, he is in charge of the capital marshal and dispatches the army without any worries. If he doesn't fight now, when will he wait
Han Chang could no longer persuade him and had to retreat in dismay.
Jin Wushu waited for him to retreat, then looked at his right hand and smiled proudly: "Hua Rong, you cruel woman took this prince's iron ticket to avoid death. Do you know that now this prince has no need for this at all? ? Instead of waiting to be forgiven by others, why not control your own life and death? "
The news of Liu Yu being deposed was naturally quickly learned by the Song Dynasty. After Zhao Deji came to the throne, he received the "olive branch" for peace talks from the Jin Dynasty for the first time. You can imagine his joy and immediately summoned the Prime Minister. Assistant Zhang Jun and others discussed the matter. He first announced the death of Song Huizong with tears in his eyes. After hearing this, all the ministers immediately started to cry. These people were basically not the old ministers of Song Huizong, but according to the custom, Zhao Deji cried, and he and others had to cry. But they really didn't have much affection for Song Huizong, so they couldn't shed tears at all and could only cover their eyes and howl.
Zhao Deji didn't know whether it was out of kinship or affectation, but he cried sincerely. After crying for a long time, he gave the order: "Since the captives have agreed to return the queen mother, I am not afraid of using humble words and kindness to measure the material resources of the Song Dynasty to achieve great success." The joy of gold…”
Zhang Jun couldn't help but report: "Now that Yue Pengju is fighting hard in the two rivers and defeating Liu Yu's army, it is now time to face a decisive battle with the fourth prince. I thought that we might as well defeat the fourth prince first, and maybe we can talk more capital later..."
Several other ministers agreed. At this time, Qin Hui had not yet grasped the real power and did not speak out. He only said a few words without saltiness. Zhao Deji had relied heavily on Yue Pengju in recent years, although he was afraid of the anger of the confrontation between Yue Pengju and the fourth prince. Jin, but according to his experience in the years since he ascended the throne, peace talks really need victory as a guarantee. After thinking about it, he said: "Fight as appropriate!"
Qin Hui was overjoyed and immediately realized the weight of the word "discretionary". He knew that as long as Zhang Jun was gone, the disturbing Northern Expedition would not end well.
The Yue family troops already stationed in Yuanting County naturally knew the news about Liu Yu's dethronement and Jin Wushu's invasion of the south. Everyone was very excited, and Yue Pengju immediately deployed his generals to fight.
On this day, the Song Army received news that a small forward force of the Jin Army, about 4,000 men, was stationed along the Yellow River in Jingkui. The Yue Family Army immediately sent a general Niu Gao to fight. This 4,000 man army was occupied by Jin Wushu. The troops sent out after Kaifeng temporarily appointed a clan member, Hu Xuan, a brother of Wanyan Tu Hesu, as captain of thousands. Their mission was to occupy distant states and counties. Hu Xuan encountered no resistance from Song soldiers along the way. But he still did not dare to relax his guard. That night, he arranged for two centurions to lead fifty people each to keep vigil while the others slept peacefully.
Niu Gao's men and horses attacked in the middle of the night. He broke into the enemy's formation with two swords. Everyone did not say anything in accordance with military discipline and only tried to kill. The Jin army was still asleep at the time and could not organize effective resistance. The horse leather and saddle were lost. ground, fleeing in all directions.
Hu Xuan was very brave. He was naked and mounted his horse to resist. Niu Gao gave a loud shout and stepped forward with his swords. The two fought for several rounds. Niu Gao targeted Hu Xuan's knees with his sword. A Song soldier stepped forward. , and chopped off his head with one knife.
When Tu Heshu got the news, he was very sad and said angrily: "The Nanman actually killed his own brother. I swear to take revenge." Jin Wushu ordered him to lead his army and sent Han Chang's seventeen thousand soldiers. Thousands of troops.
Han Changjun fought against the Song army, and saw only a yellow horse riding in the enemy formation, and a man wearing a crimson uniform of the Yue family army. Only the bow and arrow in his hand were very different from other soldiers.
When he saw that this man looked familiar, he was stunned. During the melee, an arrow was shot at him. Han Chang couldn't avoid it, and the small arrow passed through the iron helmet on his head and hit his right eye through the blindfold.
He screamed, covered his eyes and fell to the ground. The Song army captured the thief first and captured the king first, and immediately chased him. Han Chang only realized in the severe pain that the person on the horse turned out to be Hua Rong, who was with Sheliu from the Jin Kingdom at sea. Everyone had seen her archery skills during the festival.
He was timid and did not dare to fight anymore, so he immediately led his troops to break out of the encirclement.
Jin Wushu, who was waiting for the battle, saw Han Chang defeated and fled back, his eyes were filled with blood, and he was furious: "Han Shiba, who shot you like this?"
Han Chang knelt down, the blood in his eyes still flowing down his fingers: "Fourth Prince, the one who ruined his eyes is Yue Pengju's wife Hua Rong!"
Hua Rong, this woman, gave birth to a son and was not at home to support her husband and raise her son. Why did she go to the battlefield to do that? Thinking of her husband and wife fighting side by side, looking so proud in the spring breeze, Jin Wushu jumped up and mounted his horse: "When I go to fight Hua Rong in person, I want to see how powerful she is!"
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The main camp of the Yue Family Army.
At dusk, several generals came in, and a young general from Liu Bao reported back that they had been fighting for days and there was currently a shortage of bows and arrows. This was true. Due to the long battle, there was no time to supply arrows.
Yue Pengju summoned his staff to discuss matters, and everyone was hesitant. Hua Rong smiled and said, "I have an idea." She had been in the army for many years and had made great contributions in the Miao and Liu rebellions. Everyone knew about it, so they all asked, "What's wrong with the lady of the country?" A clever idea?"
"During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from straw boats. We can't do it on such a large scale, but we can still consider it along the Yellow River."
Yu Peng stroked his hand: "Madam, this plan is very clever."
Yue Pengju also nodded, agreed with his wife's idea, and immediately ordered: "Yang Qin, Huang Zuo come out."
Both of them joined the Yue Family Army after surrendering during the Dongting Water War. Yue Pengju said: "You two are proficient in water warfare. Please arrange ships on standby immediately."
"yes."
In order to avenge his brothers, Tu He quickly marched forward with his army. On this day, he camped on the river bank in front of Jingkui. For fear of being attacked, he divided his army into two halves, taking turns to guard and take turns to rest. When he was on the road at dawn, he saw 20 cavalry in front of him. The Song army rushed forward on horseback. They were dressed in crimson. They coiled their horses and bent their bows to shoot. Two Jin soldiers fell to the ground, but the group immediately turned around and chased them. Tuhe quickly sent a centurion to lead his men to pursue them. In the woods in front, they were ambushed by Song soldiers. Arrows were fired, and 22 soldiers fell immediately. Others were also injured and fled. By the time the Tuhesu army arrived, the ambush Song army had already drifted along the Yellow River. .
This Song army had a total of 12 small boats, and the boats were covered with cowhide grass. At a sudden speed, Dajin raised his troops to chase and shoot along the river bank. The Song army raised their shields to resist, so there were no casualties. The shooting lasted for an hour, The cow felt grass was already densely covered with arrows, like twelve huge hedgehogs.
Tu Hesu had no choice but to watch the fleet go down the river. He was furious and ordered everyone: "Search the distant cities immediately and massacre them regardless of gender, age or child, in order to avenge this great hatred."
After receiving the order, the Jin army searched the three distant towns, but after going back and forth, they only killed dozens of villagers who had no time to escape, and could not find a grain of food. In the end, they could only slaughter war horses to make a living. One of his men The captain suggested that Dajin had always regarded the war horses as their life. If they ate up the war horses, they would not be able to benefit from the battle, so it was best to retreat. It was impossible to speed up the sudden attack, so they had to withdraw from the Jingkui area and return to Jin Wushu.