Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 772 Yanyun decisive battle (five) (please subscribe!)

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At the beginning, when they learned that Wanyan Xie had also left Yanjing to go to Yundi to join the war, Yue Fei and his generals and staff had studied Wanyan Wulugu's character and made a plan to fight arrogantly.

After that, Yue Fei sent his generals to fight Wanyan Wolugu in turn, and ordered them to be defeated but not to win, which made Wanyan Wolugu regain its previous arrogance.

Coupled with Shi Ye, Yun Ye, and Ming Ye, the evil Bai family unexpectedly appeared, causing the Jin army to fight among themselves.

This gave the Chinese army the opportunity to capture Yanjing.

And because Wanyanwolugu held a concubine ceremony, many senior generals of the Jin army went to congratulate him not in his position, and Xiang Chun's Han'er served as internal support, which led to the smooth process of the Chinese army's seizure of Yanjing.

Because the Chinese army captured Yanjing very quickly, especially the giant Wang De went straight to the Yanjing Imperial City as soon as he captured Yanjing. As a result, the Jurchens living in the imperial city were almost killed by the Chinese army. It's all over.

After the war, Wang De's people were interrogated and found that all the family members of the generals in the Yanyun area were here, including the family members of the late Jin generals Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, as well as the family members of Wanyanchang who was negotiating peace in Bianliang, Tokyo. Family members, even Wanyan Xieye's concubines, Wanyan Loushi's family members, and Wanyan Yinshuke's family members were all captured by the Chinese army.

turn out to be--

The Jin people knew that Yanyun would not be able to protect Yanyun after China and Jin negotiated peace, so they wanted to withdraw their family members from Yanyun, so they gathered all their families in Yanjing, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and was guarded by heavy soldiers and famous generals. The opportunity was sent back to Beijing.

In fact, if Yue Fei hadn't surrounded Yanjing, the family members of these Jurchens would have withdrawn and returned to Shangjing.

Unexpectedly, in this way, the families of these Jurchens were taken over by the Chinese army.

Wang De was overjoyed when he learned that all the family members of important officials of the Jin Kingdom in the Yanyun area had been captured by him. This is definitely a great achievement.

After the great joy, Wang De quickly ordered people to properly protect the family members of these important officials in the Yanyun area, and sent news to Yue Fei as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Yue Fei couldn't take care of these trivial matters at all.

Yue Fei, who is good at grasping the opportunity, sent Li Yanxian and Wang Gui to attack Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass respectively before the Jin army realized that Yanjing had been lost, and sent Wu Ge to pass through Changshan Pass (called Tieguan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, also known as Hongshan Pass). , commonly known as Daomaguan after the Ming Dynasty) walked Lingqiu Road into the Shanxi Plateau, and defeated Zijingguan and Juyongguan.

Juyongguan, Zijingguan, and Changshanguan (Daomaguan), known as the three inner passes, are the most important lines of defense in the west of Yanjing. This has always been a battleground for military strategists, and countless wars have taken place here in history.

At the beginning, when Yue Fei conquered Yizhou, he used four generals, Wang De, Li Yanxian, Wang Gui, and Wu Ge, and lost tens of thousands of talents to defeat Changshan Pass, which was the best among them.

Now, if we don't take down Juyongguan and Bauhinia Pass quickly before the Jin army can react, it is uncertain how much we will have to pay to take down these two great passes in the future.

More importantly, the positions of these two great passes are too important, they are directly related to the safety of Yanjing.

In addition, after occupying these two great passes, Yanyun can be regarded as one place, and the strategic depth has also been greatly increased.

As for Yanjing, which has been taken down by the Chinese army, there is nothing to worry about.

Therefore, Yue Fei left all the affairs of Yanjing to Wang De, and personally commanded the army to capture Juyongguan and Bauhinia Pass.

This is a bloody battle.

I won't go into details about the process.

In short, Li Yanxian and Wang Gui lost nearly 2 horses, and finally, with the help of Wu Ge, they managed to take down these two great passes.

Moreover, this was because Li Yanxian and Wang Gui caught the defenders of these two great passes by surprise. Otherwise, even if the Chinese army paid such a high price, they might not be able to take down these two great passes.

Yue Fei, who was always on the front line, was overjoyed when he learned that Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass had been captured.

Yue Fei immediately ordered that Li Yanxian be stationed at Juyongguan, Wu Ge be stationed at Zijingguan, and he himself left another 3 troops for Wang De to gather Wang Gui and the rest of the generals to go out of Juyongguan to Yundi to participate in the decisive battle of Zhongjin.

At this juncture, the Chinese and Jin armies fought together near Yuhe between Huanzhou and Yunzhong.

Speaking of which, this battle actually has something to do with Yue Fei.

Not long ago, Yue Fei wrote to Liu Kai and Han Shizhong, telling Liu Kai and Han Shizhong that he was going to take Yanjing in one fell swoop recently, and hoped that Liu Kai and Han Shizhong could cooperate.

After discussing with Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Han Shizhong agreed that the best way to cooperate with Yue Fei in attacking Yanjing was to leave Wanyan Xieye, the extremely difficult commander of the Jin Army, in Yundi—if Wanyan Xie was allowed to return to Yanjing, Yue Fei will definitely not be able to defeat Yanjing.

It's not that Liu Qi and Han Shizhong look down on Yue Fei, but that Wanyan Xie is really too good - he has fought against four of the five generals in Dazhong, without a real defeat.

There is also Wanyan Loushi, who is no less difficult than Wanyan Xieye-before this, the reason why Liu Qi and Han Shizhong had no progress after capturing Shuozhou and Yingzhou was because His own lack of troops was mainly because the Jin army that blocked Liu Kai and Han Shizhong was led by Wanyan Loushi, and he did not give Liu Kai and Han Shizhong the slightest chance.

Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Loushi are the top generals in the Kingdom of Jin, bar none.

Opening up the resumes of the two of them, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, and later Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wushu) are all far behind.

Let's put it this way, without Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Loushi, the Jurchens would never be where they are today.

The former is the undisputed No. 1 commander in the world, who led the troops to destroy the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Song Dynasty. Mingzhou forced Zhao Gou to flee to the sea. If he hadn't died too early, the Southern Song Dynasty designated him to be wiped out.

The latter can be said to be the No.1 general in the world. In the war of destroying the Liao and attacking the Song Dynasty, he led the army from the northeast battlefield to the northwest, galloping on most of the land of China. It can be said that he is invincible and has made countless achievements. He is famous all over the world for his great wisdom and bravery. In history, even Wu Jie and Li Yanxian were defeated by him. If he didn't die, the Southern Song Dynasty might also be destroyed.

After Li Yan appeared, Liu Kai and Han Shizhong also became world-renowned generals. They, Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Loushi could be said to be equal opponents. How could they not want to defeat Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Loushi?
More importantly, Wu Jie and Yue Fei were unable to defeat Wanyan Xie. If Liu Kai and Han Shizhong could win, it would prove that they were slightly better than Wu Jie and Yue Fei. It is a comparison.

That's why Liu Kai and Han Shizhong fought against Wanyan Xieye and Wanyan Loushi repeatedly, even in decisive battles.

but--

It was a little different from previous wars.

Wanyan Xie had also vaguely sensed that something might have happened to Yanjing, because Yanjing hadn't sent him any news of safety for four days, which was somewhat different from what Wanyan Xie had agreed with Wanyan Wolugu—at the beginning, Wanyan Xie also made an agreement with Wanyan Wulugu that Wanyan Wulugu would send someone to report to him about the situation of safety and Yanjing every three days.

Therefore, Wanyan Xie also discussed with Wanyan Lou Shiyi, and decided that today there must be a match between Liu Qi and Han Shizhong!

(End of this chapter)