Prince of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 103: The north is strong and the south is weak

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Because the Xinwang army entrenched in Jiezhou has a tendency to go north, Shiguduo took his newly reorganized and supplemented army of 8,000, and marched vigorously in the direction of Wenxi City. He calculated it carefully, and with his eight thousand horses, it would take a whole hour's journey to reach Wenxi City!

Shi Gu Duo knew how powerful Wang Jun was. His current wound was still not healed, and he was aching. Just when Shiguduo was a little worried about the current situation, the horse scouts in front of the situation rushed back and shouted: "Report! Report to the general, there are people ahead of us rushing in our direction, as if they are our people. !"

The golden soldier who ran from Wenxi was naturally defeated. Shi Gu Duo had already estimated that the situation was unfavorable, but he did not expect that Wen Xi would be lost so quickly. At this time, he didn't care about thinking too much, and quickly commanded: "Quickly, pass the order down and speed up." After that, he raised his whip and knocked hard on the horse's ass. The horse neighed and the speed suddenly increased. .

At this time, Di Lei was leading a thousand cavalry to pursue the remnants of Wenxi City in front. Seeing that in a hundred steps or so, he would catch up with the eight hundred remnants of the Golden Army. But at this moment, there was a rumble of horseshoes in front of him, and the earth was trembling. Far away, the front was dark.

Seeing the dense cavalry in the distance, Di Lei's heart burst. Although he didn't see it clearly, he guessed it was the Golden Army's reinforcements. Such a big movement can certainly be seen by everyone. The face of the leader of the golden soldier who ran in the first burst into joy, and he restrained his horse and shouted in excitement: "The reinforcements are here, let me kill them!"

At the same time, Di Lei also shouted: "Retreat, retreat quickly!" The situation changed immediately. Hedong and Hexi for thirty years, but the ectopic position of Hedong and Hexi changed in an instant.

Di Lei's 1,000 cavalry swiftly descended south, and Di Lei's buttocks dragged nearly ten thousand golden nations to chase the soldiers, and fled in panic. At this time, the main force of the Xinwang Army left and right guards had entered Wenxi City.

Hearing that Jinbing had reinforcements, Zhao Zhen immediately went up to the tower and looked far away, and the situation on the other side was clear at a glance. Seeing the chasing soldiers, Zhao Zhen immediately led the remaining nine thousand troops out of the city and opened the battle to meet Di Lei and prepare to counterattack the Golden Army.

Jin Jun, General Shi Guduo saw that there were thousands of believers waiting for them, and immediately stopped pursuing them. The Xinwang army had a lot of troops, at least a little more than himself, and occupied the advantage of the city. Shiguduo knew that he could not find anything cheap, so he retreated first. As soon as the Jin Jun retreats, Zhao Zhen is not too happy. He has fought against the Jin Jun many times. Of course, he has a deep understanding of the character of the Jin Jun generals. The Jin Jun is brave and good at fighting, and it is not the style of the Jin Jun to give up easily and return without success.

This retreat must be the enemy's desire to find another way to attack the hinterland of the occupied area. If this is the case, it can't be as he wants. Zhao Zhen immediately scouts horses to follow the enemy, observe the enemy's movements, and inform the cities to guard closely. When encountering enemy soldiers, they can only stand by for help, and do not go out of the city to fight without permission.

The next day, after learning that the Jin army had attacked Xia County, Zhao Zhen led his army to Xia County. But at this time, Shiguduo, who was all cavalry without any siege weapons, had already rushed to the town of Xia County, but because his subordinates were all cavalry and did not have any siege weapons, he did not dare to attack the city easily.

You know that attacking a city is not a simple matter. At least the number of people in the city must be equal to that of the defenders in the city. The premise is that your own combat power must be much higher than the defenders. After Zhao Zhen led the army into the city, the Jin army only found a high place to camp, facing the town of Xia County.

At night, Jinbing actually withdrew! This time, he really retreated, and even Wenxi didn't patronize him, so he quietly retreated at night and withdrew back to Jiangzhou. In this situation, Zhao Zhen didn't realize it until dawn the next day. He immediately sent a detective to investigate the situation to see where Jin Bing went! Did he go to attack Wenxi

Tan Ma reported that Jin Bing's specific movement has been ascertained, and it turned out to be retreating. It seems that the route of travel should be back to Jiangzhou! This is a bit intriguing. It is said that at most it is now a tie, and the Golden Soldier’s reinforcements seem to have no loss. Why do you want to leave the lost city and not continue to regain it, and all retreat

Just as Zhao Zhen led a group of generals and officers to analyze the cause, he transferred from Fenzhou Lingshi to Jiezhou and then to Xia County. Only then did Zhao Zhen arrive at an emergency report in Zhao Zhen's hand and explain the reason for the Jinbing's retreat. This emergency report was sent by the commander-in-chief of Xin Wangjun who was stationed on Hedongbei Road in the General Commander's Mansion and Yue Fei who commanded Xinwang's army. Just a few days ago, Yue Fei led an army of fifty thousand to kill Pingyang Mansion. Yue Fei led his army through all the way, and within a few days, he successively won large cities such as Fenxi, Zhaocheng, Hongdong and Yueyang, and rushed directly to Pingyang Mansion!

A short sentence made Zhao Zhen very pleased. He deserves to be a famous and loyal and patriotic in history. It's just amazing. I have been entrenched in Jiezhou for such a long time, and now I have opened up the situation. However, Yue Fei attacked suddenly and captured a large area of Pingyang Mansion. Zhao Zhen also understood why the golden soldiers outside the city suddenly went northward and evacuated.

Shi Jianu led eight thousand soldiers to the south, and Jiangzhou's golden soldiers would naturally be underpowered. Pingyang Mansion is now in crisis. Once it is breached, Jiangzhou in the south is also at risk. In order to contain the Xinwang army from the north and the south, Shi Anu would summon the men and horses to return. He wanted to rely on the city wall to guard Jiangzhou with limited forces, and wait for the reinforcements of the Jindu reunification and Yan Jiamu.

At this time, thousands of miles away in the south, the main force of the Golden Army was heading south at full speed. Hundreds of thousands of golden troops were deployed on Huainan Two Roads. The hundreds of thousands of golden soldiers heading south were unstoppable under the leadership of Wanyan Zongbi (Wu Shu). Although Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong resisted Jin Bing successively, they only delayed some time because of their insufficient strength. The army of the Jin Army drove straight in and went straight to Hangzhou, which was renamed Lin'an by Zhao Gou.

It was not until the Jinjun soldiers marched in and the army was less than a hundred miles away from Lin'an and Hangzhou that the generals of the Song Army defending the city hurriedly sent people to report to Emperor Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou was as timid as a mouse, and blindly fled, but he directly proclaimed the emperor at that time, which shows that his ambition is great. He severely suppressed dissidents and killed the Zhao family members who resisted the gold, but bowed and flattered the Jin army. But no matter how many shortcomings Zhao Gou has, he is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is a very good "artist youth".

At this time, Zhao Gou, who was practicing calligraphy, suddenly heard that Jin Bing broke through Zhenjiang and was about to march south to Hangzhou, Lin'an. He immediately spit out and smoked.

The imperial doctor came and hurriedly stroked his chest and beat his back. Fortunately, he was busy. Zhao Gou snorted first, and then weakly asked: "Weibo, where is the Jinbing?" Weibo is Zhao Zhen's eunuch. The one with the highest martial arts among the servants, won the deep pass of his master, the number one master of Zhao Zhen.com, Zhao Zhong. Weibo is also very close to Zhao Gou's temper, and Zhao Gou is very close and trusting in him. It is said that they still have a little bit of super-friendship relationship, that is unknown.

Wei Bo knew that the emperor would ask this question. He had understood the specific situation a long time ago and said quickly: "Your Majesty, Jin Bing is about ninety miles away from here!" At this time, Zhao Gou also regained some energy. When I heard that Jinbing was about ninety miles away from Hangzhou, he quickly ordered: "Quickly, get ready to drive, I want to visit Yuezhou south!"

Zhao Gou was also very slippery. He never said retreat or anything about evading the Golden Soldiers when he ran away, but only said that it was a southern tour. From Yangzhou to the south to Jiankang, and from Jiankang to Zhenjiang, I just visited Hangzhou this time. I like the scenery of Hangzhou and named Lin'an. I haven't lived in Anshen, but when I heard that Jinbing had arrived, he went to visit Yuezhou South again.

There can be no resistance to the emperor's will. Wei Bo hurriedly went down to make arrangements. Suddenly, it didn't matter. The emperor's southern tour was always there. As Jin Bing repeatedly embarrassed Zhao Gou, he had to catch Zhao Gou, so his frame was always ready to set off. In just half an hour, Weibo had everything ready.

At this time, Zhao Zhong personally took hundreds of master guards, and Wei Bo took a group of eunuchs and servants to carry the emperor Zhao Gou, who was extremely weak because of the shock, and also took two thousand guards, and ran towards the south gate of Hangzhou. To Yuezhou.

Besides, the generals of the Song army, the emperor Zhao Gou brought by his side are all straw bags. Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and the like all fought against the golden soldiers in front or behind enemy lines. They were a group of guys who would only stay by the emperor's side and flatter Zhao Go, and they didn't dare to fight against the powerful golden soldiers. One by one came out of the city with soldiers and horses, and went south to follow the emperor, each of them said in a beautiful name: "Defend Your Majesty!"

The distance of ninety miles was under the iron cavalry of the Golden Army, and the rush march arrived in just two hours or more. Wanyan Zongbi (Wu Shu), who had entered the city, rushed into the air and ordered the front army to chase after him. The remaining golden soldiers burned and looted, insulted women, and cruelly killed the people. The situation was terrible.

In June, Emperor Zhao decreed that Hangzhou Mansion would be promoted to Lin'an Mansion, the accompanying capital, with the meaning of temporary comfort. Many people with lofty ideals are extremely disappointed. Now, this companion is suffering from frenzied looting by the Jin army.

The emperor is gone! The eunuch, the emperor's concubine, and the eunuch, walked cleanly. Song Jun, who protected Hangzhou, ran away very quickly, leaving Hangzhou to follow the emperor. However, a group of people suffered from the seedlings. The big families got news and drove their horses and ran away. The people who could run also ran away, and many people who did not ran away suffered from the seedlings.

Zhao Gou fled, all ran out of rich experience, they marched non-stop, bumping all the way, and quickly reached Yuezhou.

Zhao Gou and his party arrived outside the city of Yuezhou, and Li Ye immediately took people out of the city to greet them. Zhao Gou made up food, grass, and drinking water, and ordered Yuezhou Appeasement to make Li Ye guard Yuezhou, while Zhao Gou continued to flee to Ming Dynasty State.

In order to block the Emperor Zhao Gou and realize the grand strategy of destroying the Southern Song Dynasty first and then attacking the Northern Xinwang, Wu Shu has spent his blood. He immediately stopped the Golden Army's looting of Lin'an and Hangzhou, gathered all the Golden Soldiers, and personally led the 100,000 army to rush in spite of fatigue.

However, the Jin army was blocked by the Song army from all walks of life in the rapid march. Song Dynasty people, or Han people, have never lacked brave people. The soldiers and horses from all over the country who were ordered to gather in Yuezhou immediately launched various attacks on the Jin Army. Even many people spontaneously organized themselves to fight against the Jin Army, which made the Jin Bing even lose their troops when they attacked the Caogu. In the Golden Army, as long as a single or small group of troops are dispatched, they will be attacked.

Facing the enemy everywhere, the soldiers who were alone in the march were killed by surprise attacks, and all the soldiers of the Golden Army complained incessantly. The helpless Wushu had to slow down and gather the army to concentrate its forces southward. When Wu Shu led his army to the city of Yuezhou, the Song army had assembled nearly 100,000 horses near the city of Yuezhou. However, although there are many people, they are all local Xiang troops with poor combat effectiveness. Facing one hundred thousand golden soldiers, they are really not opponents.

Wu Shu still didn't know that Emperor Zhao Gou had left Yuezhou, although he knew that the Song Army had a large number of troops, plus the defenders in Yuezhou City, the Song Army had more troops than his own. But he has not put these Song Jun in his eyes. The only thing in this world that can constitute a mighty force against the invincible Golden Army is the Northern Territory Trust King Army.

The two armies confronted Yuezhou, and the Song army soldiers in the city were suddenly pacified by Yuezhou and Li Ye expelled from Yuezhou. Li Ye took the emperor's life with the Yuezhou appeasement, so the officials were first class. He said that there were many soldiers in the city, so that all the Song troops from all walks of life would go out of the city to meet the enemy. After the Song Army soldiers and horses were driven out of Yuezhou, everyone was surprised that Li Ye, the pacifier of Yuezhou, led the crowd to surrender to the Jin Army immediately.

It turned out that Wu Shu’s secret agent used the high-ranking officials of the Dajin Kingdom to buy out the Yuezhou comfort envoy Li Ye. Facing a powerful enemy, and lured by high officials, Li Ye betrayed Yuezhou to appease Yuezhou.

Wu Shu's strategy easily won Yuezhou. As soon as all the Song army heard that they could not enter the city, Yuezhou City was occupied by the Jin army. In fact, most of the military regretted it, and regretted why they did not force their presence in Yuezhou.

The Golden Army who entered the city first was the vanguard army of the Golden Army Vanguard General Pa Ba. The mighty golden army was entering the city. At this moment, a strong man brought a huge stone and went up to the top of the city. This brawny man is no one else, but the guard Tang Qi. The guard Tang Qi lifted a huge boulder on the city and saw that a general of the Golden Army was entering the city, and that general was the vanguard general of the Golden Army Paba. He shot down and hit the Golden General Paba who was at the gate of the city.

The huge rock dropped, there was a "bang", the dust filled, a scream of screams and the neigh of war horses. The surrounding golden army retreated one after another. But unfortunately, the boulder didn't hit Paba, but killed a soldier of the Golden Army next to Paba. That Jinbing company led the horse into meat sauce. The shocked Pa Bayi shrank his neck and sweated all over his body.

"There are assassins!" The soldiers of the Golden Army shot arrows at Tang Qi above the city. Ten thousand arrows were fired, and Tang Qi died. Although he died, Tang Qi still stood and glared at him when he died. Was surprised by all the golden soldiers for a while as a heavenly man.

At this time, Wu Shu felt that Tang Qi was a hero who regarded death as his home, and he admired him very much, so he ordered his subordinates to be buried.

This episode passed quickly. After this incident, the Jin Jun also knew that among the Song people, there were also heroes who were not afraid of life and death and bravely resisted the Jin Jun.

At this time, through the report of Li Yedi who had surrendered, Wu Shu had just figured out the whereabouts of Zhao Gou, the escaped emperor. Only then did he know that Zhao Gou ran to Mingzhou, which was near the sea, and made people prepare dozens of warships along the coast of Dinghai, ready to go to sea for refuge at any time. After that, Wu Shu immediately smashed the Song army outside the city and hurried towards Mingzhou, trying to capture Zhao Gou.

At this time, when Zhao Gou was in Mingzhou and was about to retreat to Dinghai, Zhang Jun, who happened to go south, also rushed to Mingzhou. In order to guard against the same situation as Yuezhou, the city defense officer took the lead in surrendering, Zhao Gou finally made a wise decision. He let Zhang Jun take charge of the city defense of Mingzhou. Zhang Jun may not be as good as Han Shizhong and Yue Fei in terms of strategy and tactics, but he is also a courageous and strategic star. Under his leadership, the Jin Army finally did not break through Mingzhou City, gaining a lot of precious time for Zhao Zhen's escape.

After Zhao Gou left, Zhang Jun immediately took over the city defense of Mingzhou. More than 100,000 local Xiang troops who retreated from Yuezhou also retreated to Mingzhou. Zhang Jun was immediately overjoyed when he saw so many troops. With these soldiers, although Zhang Jun could not defeat Wushu's golden army, he could hold the opponent.

The 100,000 local Xiang army was immediately organized by Zhang Jun, some entered the city, and some camped outside the city. Zhang Jun knew that as long as the Jin Army was dragged for a few months, the Jin Army would retreat. Therefore, Zhang Jun immediately built a camp outside the city, and Mingzhou City was a horn of each other, and cooperated with each other to resist the Jin army.

Jin Jun, led by Wu Shu, quickly rushed to Mingzhou City. Seeing that there was a Song army camp outside the city, Wu Shu immediately ordered the army of Pioneer General Pa Bashuai to attack the Song army camp outside the city.

The Jin army fought with the Song army outside the city, and the drums of war sounded in the city. The four city gates opened wide, and the soldiers swarmed out under the leadership of their generals.

Wu Shu, who had been standing on the watch tower, saw movement in the city, and sent troops to attack his forward army with the Song Army outside the city. He twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "The Chinese Army is dispatched!"

The horns of the Golden Army under the watchtower saw the flags dancing on the tower, and immediately raised the horns to face their lips, cheeks bulged, and the horns in their mouths rang.

The penetrating trumpets instantly spread all over the area for nearly ten miles, and dozens of Jinyingzhai gates facing Mingzhou City opened all at once. The Golden Army cavalry, who had been prepared for a long time, brandished their scimitars and rushed out with a roar.

The Jin Army pressed towards Mingzhou City in the distance like a dark cloud. At this time, the Song sergeant who was killed in Mingzhou City had not rushed too far. Zhang Jun, who had been standing at the head of the city, waved his hand, and the guards behind him knocked on the golden gongs in their hands, and the gongs standing on both sides. The hand also struck the golden gong in his hand, "Boom..." Dozens of bronze gongs were ringing together, and it was also very loud.

Sergeant Song under the city heard this and retreated without panic, and then the door was closed tightly. Zhang Jun prevented Wu Shu from attacking the army outside the city with all his strength, and also prevented the opponent from attacking Mingzhou City with all his strength. The two armies cooperated with each other to hold down the Jin army.

When Wu Shu standing on the watchtower saw this scene, he said in an aura: "It's a nasty tactic, huh! Come on, Mingjin and retreat!"