Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 810 Battle of Fuping (please subscribe!)

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Not long ago, Zhang Jun, who was preparing to fight against the Chinese army, suddenly received an order of amnesty from Empress Dowager Pan in the name of Emperor Zheng'an Zhao Yan.

Zhang Jun knew that the situation of the court had changed.

No matter what!

Shaanxi is too far away from Lin'an, and there are Dazhong, Li Cheng, Zhong and other forces in between, so that it is impossible for Zhang Jun to lead his troops back to King Qin.

Zhang Jun was originally a Jinshi. Although he had already become an official in the Northern Song Dynasty, when Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan were in power, Zhang Jun was just a small official in the Ministry of Rites, and he was not taken seriously and had no hope.

It wasn't until Zhang Jun fled desperately to the Southern Song Dynasty to join Zhao Gou, who was just about to ascend the throne at that time, that Zhang Jun's fortune came.

After Zhao Gou came to the throne, the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty was extremely short of talents, so Zhang Jun, who was "honest and would rather give up his family than a thief", was promoted to serve as a censor in the palace-this position is equivalent to an official of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in later generations.

From the small officials of the seventh and eighth ranks to the senior officials of the third and fourth ranks, it can be seen that Zhang Jun is more highly valued by Zhao Gou.

Later, Zhao Gou asked Zhang Jun to lead the army to suppress the rebellion, which gave Zhang Jun a chance to rise to the top.

Therefore, Zhang Jun was very grateful to Zhao Gou and became loyal.

This is why Zhang Jun took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the west to run the Sichuan-Shanxi line for Zhao Gou.

Knowing that Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan launched a mutiny and forced Zhao Gou to abdicate, Zhang Jun was very anxious.

But Zhang Jun didn't tell anyone about it.

While hiding the amnesty from Queen Mother Pan, Zhang Jun sent his confidant Feng Yu to Hangzhou to persuade Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan to restore Zhao Gou, while continuing to promote a decisive battle with the Chinese army.

In Zhang Jun's mind, as long as he defeated the Chinese army, he would be able to support Zhao Gou and force Queen Mother Pan, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others to return the government to Zhao Gou, and he could directly lead his troops back to King Qin when he retreated.

This also caused the battle to be greatly advanced-Zhang Jun was very afraid of long nights and dreams, so that after the soldiers of the Western Song Army knew about the Mutiny of Miao and Liu, they became torn apart, which caused the battle he had prepared for a long time to come to naught. The last chance (in Zhang Jun's opinion).

Some people may ask, can Zhang Jun completely block the news of such a big event?

Of course not.

But among the Song army, there were only vague rumors and no accurate news. Zhang Jun regarded these news as the psychological warfare of the Chinese army.

As for the Chinese army, they never came out to refute Zhang Jun's statement, so that the matter was suppressed.

Speaking of this, some people may be a little puzzled, why the Chinese army didn't confirm the news, isn't this a good opportunity to hit the morale of the Song army?Or did Wu Jie not know the news?

First of all, of course Wu Jie knew the news of Miao Liu's mutiny, and even Wu Jie already knew the news of the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, like Zhang Jun, Wu Jie didn't make any noise. He just called Zhang Xian, Wang Yan and other major generals to discuss how to take advantage of this opportunity.

After discussion, Wu Jie and others concluded that once the news that the Southern Song Dynasty had perished was leaked out, it would definitely deal a great blow to the morale of the Songxi army, and even cause many Songxi troops to defect. The Song Xi army who came out of various dangerous places and gathered together retreated to those dangerous places, and then defended according to the danger.

Qinchuan is eight hundred miles away, and there is the Beishan Mountain System composed of Liangshan, Huanglongshan, Yaoshan, Sagashan, Jiuyishan, Qishan, Qianshan, Longshan, etc. in the north. If these Songxi troops are allowed to defend the Beishan system, let alone When attacking the lower western region, Dazhong didn't even dare to occupy the Guanzhong Plain, because these Songxi troops could control the Guanzhong Plain condescendingly.

If things really develop like this, then let alone how much effort Dazhong will have to spend in the future to conquer the western region, their Dingxi Army will be completely defeated by the Pingnan Army, and he, Wu Jie, will also be completely defeated Yue Fei was underestimated.

Of course, Wu Jie will not admit that he wants to be compared with Yue Fei. He will definitely say to the outside world that he has to consider Dazhong. If the Chinese army cannot attack the Beishan Mountain System in one fell swoop, then Dazhong will not be able to pacify the western region.

Wu Jie said that, there is actually no problem at all, even from the perspective of Dazhong, the Chinese army must have fought the Beishan system, otherwise the people in the western region can completely defend themselves according to the Beishan system, and then wait and see to be determined, if If this is the case, then Dazhong really doesn't know how many years it will take to capture the western region and complete the unification.

Furthermore, based on Wu Jie's understanding of the people in the western region, they would never obey Dazhong's rule unless they were defeated.

Therefore, after discussing with Zhang Xian, Wang Yan and others, Wu Jie persuaded Zhang Xian, Wang Yan and others, not only to suppress the news of Miao Liu's mutiny, but also to detain Zhao Gou under the persecution of Yan Qing and others. The edict of surrender to Zhang Jun under the joint name of the Empress Dowager Pan made every effort to promote the battle with the Western Song Army, preparing to capture Shaanxi in one fell swoop, and then pacify the western region.

Because of the cooperation of Wu Jie and others, except for a few people such as Zhang Jun in the Western Song Army, no one knew the accurate news of Miao Liu's mutiny, let alone the fact that the Southern Song Dynasty had actually perished.

And because both Zhang Jun and Wu Jie wanted to fight quickly, lest the news of the Southern Song Dynasty's demise be overwhelmed and ruin the decisive battle. This made the decisive battle come faster than many people imagined, and even In the eyes of many people, this decisive battle came a bit too hastily.

however--

No matter what these people think, this big battle is still coming.

In order to be able to fight, in order to win this big battle, Wu Jie even gave a deadly order to let the front line deliberately lose a few battles, and then took the opportunity to retreat and let the Songxi Army capture Yan'an Mansion, Security Army and other places in northern Shaanxi ——In this way, it not only increased Zhang Jun's confidence in the decisive battle, but also turned the place of the decisive battle into a flat Fuping.

Not long after, the Chinese army, led by Zhang Xian and Wang Yan, led [-] troops and [-] troops to help each other, and launched an offensive in the Fuping area...

Let’s talk about Zhang Jun and Song Xijun again.

Zhang Jun wanted to fight the Chinese army not only because of the situation, but also because he had a certain confidence.

After Zhang Jun dealt with Qu Duan and purged the high-level Jingyuan Army with thunderous means, he successfully seized the command of the most powerful Jingyuan Army in the Songxi Army, and then exhausted all means to integrate the remaining four Songxi Army groups. As a result, the commanders of Yongxing Road, Huanqing Road, Xihe Road, and Qinfeng Road all led their elite troops to leave their respective garrisons and gather in the Fuping area.

Zhang Jun gathered soldiers from the Five Routes to form a huge corps with 20 people ([-] cavalry alone). In addition, there were sufficient logistics materials and transportation was also fully guaranteed.

This gave Zhang Jun the confidence to fight and want to use this battle to defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop.

Soon, Zhang Jun appointed Liu Xi, the commander-in-chief of Xihe Road, as the governor of the capital, and ordered a battle with the Chinese army in Fuping...

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(End of this chapter)