Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 193 Shaanzhou
Wang Xiaolie was busy, and the days passed day by day.Before I knew it, autumn passed and slowly entered the cold winter.The Jin army on the east road used You, Yan, and Heshuo militiamen, with Wanyan Zongbi as the marshal, to invade southward.

A few months ago, Zhang Yong did not attack Tangzhou, but turned to Guangzhou, where he has been stationed.Many cottages were built along the Huaihe River, and the grain from the surrounding areas was taken into the villages by Zhang Yong.The Jin army invaded south, and when they heard that Empress Dowager Longyou was in Nanchang, they wanted to cross the river from Huangzhou and attack Nanchang directly.Gwangju is on the way for the Jin army to go south.The Jinren sent five hundred gold soldiers to attack Guangzhou suddenly.Zhang Yong, who was known as an army of tens of thousands, dispersed and was burned by the Jin army.

Wang Xiaolie can ignore the matter of the Jin army crossing the river from Huangzhou and directly attacking the Empress Dowager Longyou, but Zhang Yong cannot ignore it.Gwangju and the Xinyang Army were closely next to each other, and a large number of stragglers entered the Xinyang Army, and the situation was tense for a while.Zhang Yong collected the remnants and went to the Lu'an Army.

At the yamen of Xinye City, Wang Xiaolie said to Yang Shen: "Yu Huan wrote a letter saying that nearly [-] pieces of remnant troops entered the Xinyang Army and caused trouble. His troops only had [-] soldiers and horses, and they couldn't suppress them for a while. In this way Well, you take five hundred soldiers and horses to Xinyang to calm down the situation. The most important thing for these rebellious troops is to let them have food and a place to live. There is no takeaway food and grass in Xinyang this year, so it should be enough. After arriving in Xinyang, you organize these The rebellious army established villages and let them settle down. Those who meet the qualifications of soldiers can be recruited to Xinye."

Yang Shenchashou said yes.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Winter has already entered, and the Jin army has invaded the south. There will be no less battles in the future. We still have a large army stationed in Xinye and sit and watch the surrounding situation. After Zhang Yong was dispersed by the Jin army, if we go to Lianghuai, we will go Safety."

Yang Shen said: "Zhang Yong went to Queshan a few months ago, and he didn't dare to attack Tangzhou. It's all right."

Wang Xiaolie said: "This time the Jin army attacked Nanchang, plotting against the Empress Dowager Longyou, and destroying many state troops. These destroyed state troops will be the place where thieves will run rampant in the future. Zhang Yong has already gone to Lianghuai. There are rebellious troops going south, and the future will not be peaceful."

After Du Chong went south, the troops of the original Kaifeng mansion rose up one after another if they did not want to follow him.Around Wang Xiaolie, there is Cao Duan, known as "Cao Martian", who is running rampant on Northwest Beijing Road, causing chaos in Zhengzhou and Henan.There is also Sang Zhong, who is stationed in Yingchang Mansion and Caizhou, and is recruiting troops.After Zhang Yong led his troops to Lianghuai, the blank left was just given to Sang Zhong.

Wanyan Zongbi committed a crime in the south, and led the main force to attack Jiankang Mansion, and saw Zhao Gou's whereabouts.In addition, he crossed the river from Huangzhou as a partial teacher and chased after Queen Mother Longyou.The development of the battle that followed was completely beyond Wang Xiaolie's expectations.

The Jin army drove straight in and moved quickly, so the number of troops must not be too large.If the Song Dynasty could arrange in a unified way, concentrate its troops, and intercept them step by step, it would not be very difficult to stop the Jin army.Difficult but the Song army acted in its own way, almost ignorant of the situation of the Jin army, and soon there was a big defeat.The Jin army is in one place and has an advantage in every point.After crossing the river, it is like entering the land of no one.

By November, Wang Xiaolie was stunned by the development of the war.Although there were guard officials in the Song Dynasty who lived and died with the city, it was of no avail.There are no soldiers in the city, and the city is often breached after a few days of resistance.After the Jin army crossed the river, Liu Guangshi, who was guarding Jiangzhou, fled without a fight, and the situation worsened.In addition, many officials of the Song Dynasty surrendered the city when they saw the arrival of the Jin army, and Jiangnan West Road almost collapsed.Even to the point where the Jin army's pursuit speed was faster than the empress dowager Longyou's escape speed.The Liangzhe Road, which Wanyan Zongbi mainly attacked, surrendered without a fight in Jiankang Mansion, and the situation deteriorated rapidly.Zhao Gou fled to Mingzhou, and finally decided to take an army on board to avoid the enemy at sea.

On this day, Wang Xiaolie sat in the Yamen, read the official documents, and couldn't help sighing.

Judging from last year, after Du Chong gave up Henan Mansion and led troops south to defend the Jianghuai River, the situation seemed to have stabilized.Unexpectedly, this year Wanyan Zongbi led his army to invade the south, and the situation worsened.Looking at the Song Dynasty, there was almost no army that could resist the Jin army.

Yang Shen came in from the outside and said to Wang Xiaolie: "Observe, the people of several prefectures have said that this year they will have a bumper harvest, and they want to celebrate the festival. The generals also intend to do the same. We have worked hard for a long time, and this year it is rare to have a good harvest. You don’t have to work as hard as you used to.”

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "No need. This year the Jin army is attacking the southeast with all its strength, and the situation is more dangerous than in previous years. Although there is no war here, it is not appropriate to celebrate with great fanfare. You order to go down and order the important officials under you to come to Xinye, Let's get together by ourselves."

Yang Shen hesitated, but took the order anyway.

Wang Xiaolie flipped through the recent official documents, and couldn't feel at ease.

If I remember well, this time Wanyan Zongbi invaded south, and when he returned, he would run into Han Shizhong.The two sides fought in Huang Tiandang, and the Song Dynasty had a great victory in Huang Tiandang.It was this great victory that made the Jin army dare not cross the river easily.It's just that they didn't expect that before Huang Tiandang, the situation in the Song Dynasty would be so bad.It can be said that at this time the Song Dynasty had no ability to fight the Jin army at all.From top to bottom, it was a mess of loose sand.

After reading the official document for a while, Wang Xiaolie got up and went to the yard, feeling really bored.

Niu Gaozheng and Shao Ling were looking at a wintersweet plant in the yard, arguing about when it would bloom.When they saw Wang Xiaolie coming over, they saluted together.

Wang Xiaolie said: "This winter, the Jin army is crossing the river in the southeast, and the situation is really worrying. Tell me, what do you think of the current situation? Will there be any wars here?"

Niu Gao said: "The Jin army is attacking fiercely, and there are no generals in this dynasty to fight against the enemy. It's really embarrassing for a while. However, look at the Chinese New Year, and spring will come soon. The southeast is different from us here, spring comes early , and the weather is hot and humid, the Jin people will definitely not be able to stay there. As long as they survive for two or three months, there will be no serious problems. The Jin soldiers retreat, and then find a way."

Shao Ling said: "Exactly. Now is the time when the golden soldiers are at their peak, and it is difficult to resist them head-on. We can only wait for the weather to heat up and the golden soldiers retreat, then select talents and train them into elite soldiers. It is already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, so we don't have much time gone."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "It seems that we can only rely on time. When the weather is so hot that the Jinren can no longer live, we will clean up the rivers and mountains."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Such a big country, facing tens of thousands of gold troops, has no power to fight back. Speaking of it, I am really ashamed! When did this dynasty fall to such a state!"

Niu Gao and Shao Ling looked at each other without speaking.What Wang Xiaolie said was right. No matter how you look at it, the Song Dynasty was a big country, and it didn't even have the strength to fight back against the Jin army.If you didn't see it with your own eyes, no one would believe it.Now in the Song Dynasty, no matter the soldiers or civilians, as long as they knew that the Jin army was coming, many people didn't even have the courage to resist.The most outrageous thing is that as soon as the golden man's arrow shot at the head of the city, the officials took the lead and fled.

Wang Xiaolie looked up at the sky, not knowing what to say for a moment.Wanyan Zongbi's southward attack, according to history, was a search of the mountains and seas, and it was the time when the Jin Dynasty's forces were at their peak.When the front attacked Kaifeng, the Song army resisted and fought many battles with the Jin army.In this cross-river attack, the Song Dynasty did not even have a decent resistance.When the Jin army crossed the river, it was like entering no man's land.

After a while, Wang Xiao said: "Is there any news from Jingxi and Shaanxi Roads? This time the Jin army went south, and did not dispatch soldiers from the West Road."

Niu Gao said: "I just got the news that Lou Su and the rebel generals have a bargain. They gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and went to Shanzhou. If Shanzhou doesn't defend, the Jin army may attack Shaanxi in a big way and spy on Shu."

"Shaanzhou?" Wang Xiaolie turned his head, looked at Niu Gao, and didn't speak for a while.

At this time, on the Northwest Road of Beijing, only Zhai Xing's subordinates really resisted the gold.Not far from Henan Prefecture, there is Li Yanxian of Shanzhou, which belongs to Shaanxi Road.The two were very famous, and they were the leaders of the West Road against the Jin Dynasty in the Song Dynasty at this time.

Shanzhou is roughly located in Sanmenxia in later generations.The reputation of this place is not obvious in later generations, but it is not the case at this time.In addition to the state name, the state capital of the Song Dynasty also had the name of the county and the state.The first class of prefectures is Duduzhou, and Shanzhou is Duduzhou.The Dudu State has an important status and is located in a dangerous place.Shanzhou is located on the bank of the Yellow River, which is the key point of traffic between Jingxi Road and Shaanxi Road.Because Li Yanxian defended Shanzhou, the Jin army could only attack Shaanxi from the east road, and could not attack along the most convenient road along the Yellow River.

After a long while, Wang Xiao said: "A large-scale attack on Shanzhou, it seems that the Jin army intends to go to Guanzhong after the next year."

At this time, Zhang Jun had just left for Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the army had not yet been integrated.If the Jin army aggressively attacks, the consequences will be hard to say.

(End of this chapter)