Prince of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 35: Quickly occupy the Vaud region

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"Marshal..." The guards of the Jinbing guards exclaimed in amazement, rolling down their horses one after another, swarming up, protecting Wan Yanzhen in groups. The distance is too far, this shot failed to penetrate the Jinjun coach, Zhao Zhen looked at it from a distance, feeling that he was at a loss.

"Retreat and evacuate..." Wanyan was really hit, and the highest-ranking Yao Shi immediately ordered the army to retreat. He didn't dare to stay anymore, turned his horse's head, and galloped away.

The Golden Army quickly retreated and quickly entered the city. The Rebels followed the retreating Golden Soldiers and killed them. Yaoshi Guo saw that the rebels were biting the Jin Jun's tail and were hacking. If all his troops were allowed to come in, the rebels would also enter Zhending City.

Pharmacist Guo quickly ordered to ignore the golden soldiers in the rear, and immediately close the city gate. He is the celebrity of Jinjun Wanyan Zongwang, and all other Jurchen generals must listen to him. So the door is closed.

The gate was closed, and the golden soldiers behind were frightened. Behind them are the rebels who slaughtered and slaughtered them. They had expected themselves to escape into Zhending City in an attempt to survive, but now they saw that the city gate was closed, and they simply cut their way to survival.

"Open the door!" "Please open the door! Open the door and let me in!" "I am a Jurchen! You kill your own clan! I want to tell our patriarch!" "Please, just open it!" All the gold soldiers below either begged or threatened to let the door open, but the huge gate had no possibility of moving.

"Asshole Guo Yaoshi, you are a dog of our Jurchen people! I want to kill our Jurchen people!" "My Jurchen compatriots, don't be fooled by the Han thief Guo Yaoshi, open the city gate..." The golden soldiers and soldiers shouted.

At this time, Yao Shi Guo ran in front of Wanyanzhen. After all, he was Wanyanzhen's deputy in name, so he still needed to decide whether to give up the truth. At this time, with a spear stuck in his stomach, Wan Yanzhen, who was still bleeding, pointed at the gate of Zhending Mansion in front of him. He was full of unwillingness and said, "Give up and open the gate of the city." Only then slowly closed his eyes and died.

"Wan Yan Shuai..." Yao Yao screamed in a low voice, tears pouring out. Although Wanyanzhen wanted to keep the thousands of golden soldiers at the gate of the city and gave up Zhending, to Wanyanzhen, the soldiers and soldiers were more important than Zhending. However, Yao Shi Guo was preparing to reorganize the army, and he wanted to continue to defend the city.

But Yao Shi Guo was soon persuaded by a group of generals. A group of Jinjun generals suggested that he retreat, there is no need to force Jinjun to guard. Yao Shi Guo is not the commander-in-chief of the army after all, he first considers his future and life.

The result of today's battle directly affected his status and power in the Kingdom of Jin. Now Wan Yanzhen is dead, and he can shirk the responsibility of losing the battle to Wan Yanzhen. But if he defends the city and then loses, then everything is over. He is a Han Chinese, but he has slaughtered countless Han Chinese. Moreover, it was his own idea to attack Bianliang in Tokyo and capture the Zhao family. If Zhao Zhen, who was determined to expel the Jinbing and rescue the Zhao family, caught him, he would surely be cramped. So he never dared to continue fighting at the risk of his life and the risk of continued defeat.

Now that he has decided to abandon the truth, there is no need for Guo Yaoshi to send the thousands of golden soldiers outside the city gate to the rebels as trophies. He immediately ordered an army of three thousand foot soldiers to prepare to block the Xin Wang Yi army at the gate of the city, and then opened the gate to let the golden army outside enter the city.

The timing of the delivery of the withdrawal order happened to be when the Jin army outside the city was desperate, and most of it was to the rebels. The army that believes in the Wang Yi army is just gathering the gold prisoners, preparing to attack the city again.

Yaoshi Guo saw that only a few hundred golden soldiers entered the city, and the remaining thousands of golden soldiers were either killed or surrendered. Secretly worried in his heart, he blocked thousands of golden soldiers outside the city and gave them to Zhao Zhenyi's army for their contributions, and then gave up sticking to the truth because of his future. Will Wanyan Zongwang and the top leaders of Jin Guo punish themselves severely, or doubt themselves after knowing it

But because the Jin army had already suffered heavy losses at this time, in the battle under the city, more than 40,000 Han soldiers and nearly 10,000 soldiers and elite Han people outside Guan were lost. Now even if you hold on to the city, you may not be able to hold it. Even if you hold it, the loss of force is unable to make up for it. And they are already the main force here, and there is no reinforcement at all around them. Such an isolated city will be lost sooner or later under the siege of the rebels.

After weighing it over and over, Guo Yaoshi decided to withdraw his troops, and to withdraw immediately. After losing the battle, what Guo Yaoshi needed was a reason to excuse himself, to defend Zhending Palace's defeat, and to fall into the hands of Song people for the third time. The battle of Zhending Mansion and the death of Wanyanzhen happened to constitute a sufficient reason. That is to take Wanyan Zhen as a scapegoat, and to blame him for the defeat of the war as a relic.

Although the Jin Army collapsed, all the firearms were ignited and exploded when Yao Shi Guo retreated, leaving a pile of ashes for the rebels.

The army ahead is entering the Golden Army to fight at the gate of the city, and there is not much suspense in the battle at this time.

At this time, Zhao Zhen led a group of rebel generals to the pile of ashes. What was the weapon Jin Jun used? All the rebel generals did not know.

Wang Jin and Xiao Deli are leading the cavalry to attack, and Liang Xing and Zhao Yun are also leading the infantry in street fighting. The remaining rebel leaders are all there. The people here don't know about them except Zhao Zhen, who will pass through in the future. And Zhao Zhen didn't know the extent of gunpowder weapons in this era, so he couldn't say more.

Zhao Zhen didn't say much either. Now Jin Bing has firearms and he doesn't have any, worrying about disturbing the military's morale. Zhao Zhen is naturally very familiar with artillery. If he is given enough materials, he may be able to make simple missiles. However, it is limited to the high-end technology and basic science of this era. He can't do anything at all.

Although Zhao Zhen knows how to make missiles, all the materials cannot be made in this era, so it's just empty talk. For now, gunpowder weapons are divine weapons, the most powerful weapons for all enemies.

Zhao Zhen was thinking about how to develop weapons in the future, when Gao Yunfei spoke. "That kind of weapon is called a firearm, and the army that uses this kind of firearm is called the Gunner Army. There is only one gunner army in the entire Dajin Kingdom. They were adapted after the Jin Army captured the gunner army under Yeluchun of Liao State." After all, Gao Yunfei is a master driller, and he knows many secrets that the senior officials know.

A group of rebel generals looked at Gao Yunfei together, eagerly waiting for him to continue. "You know very well about firearms? What's the matter with the gunner army?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"I also knew from a very accidental situation that there was also a gunner army that used firearms in the Jin Kingdom." Gao Yunfei said: "Back then, the Jin Army attacked Yeluchun, the emperor. Yeluchun used this weapon, the Majun of the Jin Army. As fearless as our cavalry, they were not intimidated by that huge terrible weapon. So although they suffered heavy losses, and the horse army was in chaos. But in the end they defeated Yeluchun’s Liao army, and I also invited a Jurchen The children of high-ranking nobles drank, and he suddenly talked about the gunner army. I heard that this kind of weapon is difficult to manufacture and requires skilled craftsmen. Special materials and professional workshops, and the use of firearms also requires special training for the army. Liao People knew that Song people had firearms for a long time, and they tried every means to steal them, but in the end they had to give up due to lack of craftsmen."

"The Xixia people and the Song people kept fighting, so it formed an alliance with the Liao people as a backup. In order to win the trust of the Liao people, it was aided by the Liao people. Xixia gave part of the firearms seized from the battlefield during the war with the Song Dynasty to Liao. People. With this batch of firearms, the Liao people made a big breakthrough in the manufacture of firearms, but many years later, the Liao people gave up because it not only makes it difficult, but also has very limited actual combat effects."

"Firearms are difficult to manufacture, save, and use. Their cost and actual combat effect are far less than crossbows. Of course, they cannot replace crossbows, so the Liao people gave up. But Yelvchun paid great attention to firearms and invested a lot of money. He stole a few craftsmen from the Song Dynasty and made fire bows and arrows, firebolts, tribulus and thunderbolt fireballs." Gao Yunfei said endlessly: "Tonight's battlefield The sound of the explosion and the ashes in front of me must have come from these firearms."

Generals such as Gao Baoshan, Gan Guduo, Beast, Fu Xuan, and Jiao Wentong thought of the violent explosion on the battlefield tonight, and they all had lingering fears. If it weren’t for Xiao Deli and Wang Jin, both of them, they resolutely killed the enemy and later avoided firearms. range.

The cavalrymen have been brainwashed by Zhao Zhen's various whimsical thoughts and will not retreat. Today the cavalry will probably retreat, and the cavalry will probably fail if they retreat.

"Tonight is an eye-opener. Firearms can not only defend the city, but can also be used in field battles. With these firearms, Jin Jun can be invincible in battle."

When Jiao Wentong said these words, the rebel generals were all changed. If the Jin Jun puts these firearms everywhere, how can the Rebels have an opponent

"This is absolutely impossible." Gao Yunfei regained everyone's confidence. "Because of the severe shortage of craftsmanship, these firearms are very difficult to manufacture and very dangerous. I heard from the high-ranking noble son that the firearms workshop in Nanjing, the Golden State often explodes, and the dead are commonplace. If the firearms can be like bows and crossbows. If they are manufactured in large quantities and equipped with a large number of troops, the Song army will be repeatedly defeated by the Xixia people? Will the Liao army be beaten by the Jurchens to destroy the country

In fact, Zhao Zhen knows this matter best. The ancients did not have precise formulas, and did not know the most accurate amount of gunpowder that needed to be safe and powerful. I'm not sure about some hidden dangers that can be avoided in the future, so it is common for firearms to explode, gunpowder depots and workshop explosions.

It is useless to think about these things and will not help solve the immediate problems. The most urgent task is to quickly win the truth and establish a solid ground for the army in the north of Hebei West Road and the east of Hedong North Road, and the Taihang Mountain generation.

In the early morning, when the red sun was rising in the east, the black smoky Zhending city was planted with the banner of the King of Letters. The Jin army did not defend the city stubbornly, but retreated and evacuated to the front line of Vaud.

Of course, this retreat of Yaoshi Guo is also normal. In the real battle, the rebels have secured a victory. Jin Jun was seriously damaged, and Guo Yaoshi had no reinforcements. If the rebels surround Zhending and continue to attack the city, Yao Yakushi will be defeated.

The only option Guo Yaoshi has now is to retreat. He will never bury his life in a city that does not mean much to him.

Zhending Mansion City was taken, this was the first mansion city captured by the Xin Wang Yijun. The rebel generals were excited and happy. The news quickly spread to all armies, the soldiers cheered, and people shouted "Letter to the King!" to celebrate the victory.

In their view, the Golden Army was defeated, and the Rebels were the victors. The Zhending Mansion has been taken down, and the eradication of all the Golden Army, expelling the Tartars, and restoring my rivers and mountains is just around the corner. Believe in the king is invincible, and those who resist are invincible.

Zhao Zhen is no longer in the Central Army this time. He will personally act as a striker, leading the front army to attack the city and directly kill the Vaud Zanhuang. The birthplace of one's own army at the beginning represents a different meaning and must be taken. I was forced to leave at the beginning, and this time I have to lead the elite soldiers to kill again.

In history, Zhao Zhen failed at the Wuma Mountain of Emperor Zan, was captured by the Golden Army, and finally was imprisoned in the Five Kingdoms City and died in silence like the second emperor of Huizong and Qinzong. Now he is about to change history, capture here, and finally divide his occupation into one area and defeat the Golden Soldier. Zhao Zhen is preparing to fight against the main army of the encirclement and suppression of encirclement and suppression in the future, and fight against the encirclement and suppression of the encirclement and suppression.

"It won’t be long before the main force of the Golden Army will move eastward and change the direction of attack. If the Golden Army changes the direction of attack, it will definitely send some of the main force northward. After they reach the front line of Vau State, they must launch an offensive against Weizhou Jingxing. Our turf is divided into two halves and we are attacked separately. Encircle and divide us.” Zhao Zhen stood in front of the map, pointing at the Zanhuang and Wuzhou sites on the map.

"We must break up the territory. Before the main force of the Golden Soldiers can be divided into the north, we must hit Vaud as fast as possible and occupy the Emperor Zan. Then use Vaud to block the Golden Army in depth." Zhao Zhen looked at the general in the account and ordered immediately. .

After Zhao Zhen was assigned, he personally led the Dragon Wolf Army and the Black Dragon Army Cavalry Army with one man and two horses, working day and night, fighting south.

Rebel Commander Xinwang Zhao Zhen led the two armies and guarded the battalion. There were about 11 thousand troops, all with two horses, and they moved south quickly.

In fact, as early as before the outbreak of the Zhending Great War, under Zhao Zhen's order, Zhao Bangjie took the two soldiers and horses along the trail to the foot of Zanhuang Mountain. On the bright side, it was entering Zanhuang Mountain, but in fact, five hundred people had already entered Zanhuang City in advance.

The soldiers of the Wumashan Rebels were recruited in Yizhou. Although most of them were hungry people who fled from Hedong Road and Hebei Road, some of them were the local people of Emperor Zan. Therefore, the forward general Zhao Songyong was very rampant. He and five hundred soldiers wore common clothes and swaggered into the Zanhuang City in batches, and entered the city grandiosely.

Zhao Songyong entered the city with five hundred soldiers, and immediately gathered to the Jinbing Commander's Mansion. With an order, the soldiers rushed in like wolves and tigers. There are only a dozen guards in the Jinjun Commander's Mansion. How can they dare to resist? Zhao Songyong grabbed Jin Jiang and Jin Guo officials, put a knife on their necks, and told them to order the opening of the city gate.

The city gate opened, and the Golden Tiger soldiers who suddenly charged from Zanhuang Mountain captured Zanhuang City without blood. Of course, this was also the reason why Jin Bing drew Zanhuangcheng's troops to support other directions.

Fearing that the news would leak, Zhao Bangjie asked Zhao Songyong to take the five thousand horse army and escort a group of Jin Guo officials to defraud cities and towns. In a blink of an eye, Zhao Songyong took the entire northwestern part of Vaud state and the southern part of Zhending Mansion. Captured. Ten thousand strong men and thousands of golden troops were captured, and the golden troops everywhere were wiped out by Zhao Songyong's elite cavalry.

After Gaoyi is Pingji City, now the entire Vau state force and the defeated soldiers of Guo Yaoshi are gathered in Pingji City. At this time, Zhao Bangjie did not have the strength to attack, so he could only camp far away and wait for Zhao Zhen's army.

Only two days later, Zhao Zhen arrived with the forward army. Hearing that his son-in-law Xin Wang had led the army to capture Zhending, Zhao Bangjie was extremely happy and immediately prepared to attack Jicheng, but Zhao Zhen's next sentence immediately defeated Dong Zhongsun, and his enthusiasm disappeared.

"Pingthorn has a golden army of fifty thousand troops." Zhao Bangjie immediately changed his mind and stayed at the camp, waiting for the main force to arrive. The two armies of Zhao Zhen and Zhao Bangjie are mostly cavalry, and together they are 10,000 and several thousand cavalry. Although Pingji City has fifty thousand golden soldiers, most of them are the weakest Han troops who surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. They can defend the city, but not in the field. Facing the Rebel cavalry, they didn't even dare to go out of the city to meet.

Soon, the main force of the rebels arrived. Facing the tall walls of Pingji City, Zhao Zhen did not attack. He directly besieged but not attacked, directly attacked Ningjin, Lincheng, Baixiang and other cities, and took the entire Vaud state in his hands.

The fifty thousand golden army in Pingji City was mobilized from various places, as well as the remnants of Guo Yaoshi. Yaoshi Guo's army discarded all the grain and grass and was taken by the rebels. And because the rebels arrived very quickly, the food and grass in Pingji City was raised in a hurry, only enough for 50,000 soldiers to eat for three days.

After being besieged for three days, Jin Bing began to snatch food from the people in Pingji City, and then cut off food for the Han Chinese defenders of the Jin Army. This immediately caused a frenzied resistance from the Han Chinese defenders and the people, and soon caused riots in Pingthorn City. At this time, the east gate of Pingji city was led by the Han army general Cui Qing to make a mutiny, and he immediately opened the gate to welcome the Xinwang army. Subsequently, Zhao Zhen led troops into the city and occupied Pingji. Yaoshi Guo took more than 10,000 Golden Army remnants and fled southeast in a hurry.

Cui Qing, the surrender of the King of Letters, introduced to Zhao Zhen the generals in his army. The group of Cui Qing’s men had an image of King Letters in their minds. I saw him now, although they saw that King of Letters was only young. Seventeen or eighteen years old. But they were the first to feel the murderous aura on their slightly immature faces, a bitter and bloody murderous aura.

It feels like Zhao Zhen is like a beast that has just smashed out the pack of wolves. There is a trembling brutality and toughness in those eyes, and this ferocity is matched with his blood-stained armor, plus his face. The confident smile gave people a strong shock.