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Chapter 530 Dilemma
It is said that not long after the Kingdom of Jin dispatched troops, Mu Xu, who was supposed to sit in Juyongguan and watch the changes, fell into a dilemma.

He wasn't worried about Wanyan Zongbi's [-] to [-] people, but he was half-dead by the incompetence of the Song army and the stupidity of Zhao Ji's officials.

Although it has long been clear that the Song Army's combat power is low, this time and space is different from the official history.On the premise of not obtaining the cloud land, the Kingdom of Jin only had one army from the East Route Army, instead of the two armies going south at the same time in the original history.

In this case, according to Mu Xu's original idea, without the defensive pressure of Hedong, Song Dynasty could transfer the elite of the Western Army to Hebei to prevent the golden soldiers from going south.

Even if the Song Dynasty is still invincible at that time, at least it can drag the Jin soldiers to Hebei, and when the two sides are in a state of anxiety, it will give him an opportunity to take advantage of it.

But what he never expected was that the court of the Great Song Dynasty would be played by Jin Guo like that. Facing a simple plan to slow down the army, it was fooled several times. above.

As a result, it created a big problem for Mu Xu, forcing him to consider dispatching troops ahead of time and overthrowing the previous battle plan.

For Mu Xu, he can accept the loss of Yandi, Hebei and other places in the Song Dynasty, but he absolutely does not want to see the loss of even the capital Tokyo.No matter what his psychology is, he can't just sit back and watch the shame of Jingkang happen again.

After some deliberation, he finally decided that he could not wait any longer, and he had to put pressure on the Jinren to give up their plan to attack Tokyo.

Therefore, under Mu Xu's manipulation, the Dingxiang Army at Feihukou, led by Zhu Wu, left the Taihang Pass and made a posture to attack Zhuozhou.

Subsequently, the Dingxiang Army in the direction of Juyongguan also moved frequently, showing a faint intention to go south to plot Yanjing.

Wanyan Zongbi, who stayed behind in Yanjing and was in charge of monitoring Yundi, heard the news, but he didn't panic in the slightest. Obviously, he had expected Mu Xu to make such a move.

In response, Wanyan Zongbi immediately gave Wanyan Lou Shi an order to lead [-] troops south to support Zhuozhou, and then he himself put on a posture of defending Yanjing and waiting for Mu Xu to attack.

In the next few days, the two armies in the direction of Zhuozhou came and went to test each other for a few times, but there was no movement in the direction of Juyongguan. Wanyan Zongbi was very proud of this, and felt that he was better than Mu Xu, and even said, "Mu Xuqian donkey skills are poor Well, it is a bit too naive to think that with such a small trick, we can force our Southern Expeditionary Army to return to the division!"

It's a pity that Wanyan Zongbi was too happy, he could think of this episode, how could Mu Xu not think of it?
On the day Wanyan Zongbi received the news that Wanyan Zonghan captured Daming Mansion, there was an urgent report from outside the pass, saying that Mu Xu sent Xiao Qian to lead a surprise army to capture Dading Mansion by surprise.

It would be fine if that was the case, but what shocked Wanyan Zongbi was that after the capture of Dading Mansion, Xiao Qian, in the name of the King of the Fourth Army of the Liao Kingdom, appealed to the Khitan people in Liaodong, Xi people and other Daliao survivors, hoping that Those people stood up against Jurched rule.

This is a big deal. You must know that the Jurchens have not long established the country, and their rule in Liaodong is not stable. In addition, in order to invade the Song Dynasty, they sent all the elite to the pass, which made the country very empty.

Faced with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, those Liao people who had been oppressed by the Jurchens raised their troops to respond to Xiao Qian, and within a short period of time, wars broke out everywhere in the Kingdom of Jin.

Wanyan Zongbi was stunned when he learned that such a huge change had taken place in the country. After calming down, he clearly realized that he could no longer keep his troops in the territory of the Song Dynasty, otherwise major disasters would happen.

It has to be said that Mu Xu's blow was not fatal, it hit Jin Guo's weakness in one go.

If Wanyan Zongbi didn't bring his troops back to aid, then Xiao Qian would take advantage of the situation and turn Jin Kingdom upside down.On the contrary, Mu Xu could easily occupy the land of Yan, block Wanyan Zonghanfeng's army in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and make dumplings for him.

This was an out-and-out conspiracy. Even if Wanyan Zongbi saw it through, he had no choice but to send [-] miles to urge Wanyan Zonghan to withdraw his troops in order to resolve the domestic crisis.

However, at this time, the Jin army had already broken through Kaide Mansion, Wanyan Zongwang and other Jin army generals boarded the tower, and hypocritically ordered to comfort the residents.

In fact, at the beginning of breaking down the city, Wanyan Zongwang and other generals of the Jin army had already quietly issued secret orders, clearly dividing the scope of robbery among the various ministries.

The end result is that the Jurchens plundered the area and killed countless people, while the Han'er, Khitan and other servants robbed the area and only robbed some property.

The Jurchens' greedy and bloodthirsty robber nature was undoubtedly exposed during this period.

This time he went south to conquer the Song Dynasty, in addition to the Jin army, Guo Yaoshi also brought troops with him. He has been stationed outside the city of Kaide Mansion and did not enter the city to rob, so he never killed a single person.

Someone asked Guo Yaoshi why, and Guo Yaoshi replied, "My generation entered Beijing without any evil intentions, and I will return to the court when I come back."

Some people in later generations believed Guo Yaoshi's nonsense and exonerated this guy, saying that he was in Jinying and his heart was in Song Dynasty.

This is really a joke in the world, if you know that what Guo Yaoshi said is nonsense, he will never be wronged.

It can be said that without Guo Yaoshi, the Jin army would have been unwilling to advance here.

Because Wanyan Zonghan felt that the battle had reached this level, which was enough to force Song Guo to submit. If he continued to go deep alone, he would not be entangled by King Song Guoqin's army, and the loss outweighed the gain.

Furthermore, Wanyan Zonghan and others did not expect Zhao Ji to give the Zen throne to Zhao Huan. In addition, the Hejian and Jizhou prefectures have not been broken, and the road ahead is in danger. Wanyan Zonghan and others are already discussing whether to withdraw their troops and return to the army ?
At this time, Guo Yaoshi said, "The Southern Dynasty may not be well prepared, and the wealth of Bianjing and the affairs of the palace are not comparable to Yanshan. Today, the king and other soldiers are moving fast, and they can take advantage of this momentum to rush towards the river. The soldiers of the Song army are bound to If you lose your courage, you can return without a fight. Gou Wen is prepared, and he made his troops in Hebei, and watched the Southern Dynasty as a tiger, in order to demonstrate the country's prestige, and it is not too late to return."

After Wanyan Zonghan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. While hesitating, Wanyan Zongwang also persuaded, "Since I have drunk the horses of the Yellow River, I simply don't do anything, and lead my teachers directly to the capital of Song Dynasty, forcing the emperor of the other country Sign an alliance under the city."

In the end, Wanyan Zonghan was moved by the two and agreed to withdraw the army later.

Guo Yaoshi was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately asked him to be the vanguard. Wanyan Zonghan then agreed to give him two thousand Xi cavalry to cross the river first.

Guo Yaoshi felt that there were too few, so he repeatedly asked for more troops.

Wanyan Zonghan thought for a while before adding another thousand cavalry to Guo Yaoshi. Obviously, he didn't believe Guo Yaoshi, a rebellious person at all.

Guo Yaoshi also knew that his reputation was completely rotten, but he was not willing to end his official career, so he tried his best to express himself.

After getting the soldiers and horses, this fellow led three thousand light cavalry to set off from Kaide Mansion, and galloped all the way south. It didn't take long before they arrived at the bank of the Yellow River.

Guo Yao didn't know, just when he found the bridge across the Yellow River and launched an attack on the Song army guarding the bridge, Yan Zongbi's envoy arrived at Kaide Mansion on the back foot.

"What, Mu Xu is so bold that he dares to go deep into Liaodong alone and cause trouble in my Dajin territory?"

After reading the military newspaper delivered by the courier, Wanyan Zonghan almost thought that there was something wrong with his eyes. After repeatedly questioning the courier to confirm the authenticity, he cursed angrily, "What kind of food does Wushu make? Under his nose, did such a big thing?"

Wanyan Zongwang on the side was not happy, and spoke for Wanyan Zongbi, "How can you blame the fourth brother, he only has [-] horses, thank God for being able to guard Yandi, what else can we expect?"

"What do you mean by that? It's because I don't want to assign troops to Wushu?"

"It's good that you know it!"

Seeing that the two of them were still in the mood to shirk their responsibilities at this time, Wanyan's mother, who was watching, became angry. You must know that his family members are all in Dading Mansion. With Xiao Qian's hatred for their Kingdom of Jin, his family Is there a life for the young and old?

"That's enough, what's the use of talking about it now, if you have this spare time, why not think about retreating."

Wanyan Zonghan and the two looked at each other and stopped talking at the same time.

After a long while, Wanyan Zongwang suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed, "No, we have to notify Guo Yaoshi to retreat in time."

As he said that, he was about to send someone to chase him, but he was stopped by Wanyan Zonghan who didn't want to, and he just listened to him, "Don't worry about the slaves with three surnames, it just happened to attract the attention of the Song army and buy time for us to retreat."

Wanyan Zongwang thought about it too. Although the Song army is full of local chickens and dogs, Youdao is not afraid of [-], just in case. It would not be beautiful to have Song army chasing after them when they withdraw their troops to the north, so he acquiesced. Yan Zonghan's words.

Next, several people discussed and abandoned all the plundered population, and hurriedly withdrew the troops back north with only their belongings and some food and grass.

And Guo Yaoshi, who was left behind by them, was completely tragic.

This guy made progress quite smoothly at the beginning. It took only half a day to defeat the Song Army guarding the bridge, and snatched the Yellow River Crossing Bridge into his hands. Then he left [-] troops to support the follow-up army, and rushed straight to Tokyo under the city.

Arriving at the foot of the city of Tokyo, looking at the tightly closed city gates and the towering city walls, Guo Yaoshi could only look at the city and sigh.

The two sides confronted each other in such a strange way, until one day passed, both the attacking and defending families noticed that something was wrong, and after sending out scouts to investigate, they finally found out what happened.

Needless to say, the reaction of Da Song's side, but Guo Yaoshi's side was dumbfounded. It was impossible to retreat. As for surrendering to Da Song, there was no chance. Who asked Guo Yaoshi to attack the Song army as hard as the day before yesterday?
Three days later, Guo Yaoshi's troops were annihilated under the Kaide Mansion, but the Song court gave up the god-given opportunity created by Mu Xu, and let the Jin Army brigade return with a full load.

In this way, Jin's first southern invasion of Song Dynasty came to an anticlimactic end, and then Song, Jin, and Mu Xu entered into a stalemate.

Let’s talk about the Kingdom of Jin first. Because Mu Xu jumped out to disrupt the situation, the strategic goal of the Kingdom of Jin was not achieved, but it still looted countless wealth and occupied the important towns of Xiongzhou and Mozhou in Hebei.

After this battle, the Great Song Dynasty was completely torn off the fig leaf of a great country.Especially when Zhao Ji returned from Zhenjiang, the troubles waiting for the Song court had just begun.

Besides, Mu Xu's side can only be regarded as gaining and losing.The positive side is that some survivors of the Liao people were recruited from the Kingdom of Jin to expand part of their strength.The downside is that Xiao Qian's good card was exposed in advance, and he will face Jin Guo's revenge later.

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Yunzhou.

After a lot of hardships, the Great Song Mission headed by Yun Wang Zhao Kai finally arrived.

Because Mu Xu was still in Juyongguan, Xu Guanzhong, who stayed behind in Yunzhou, came forward to receive them.

That day at the reception banquet, Zhao Kai couldn't wait to ask where Mu Xu was, and told the purpose of his visit.

Xu Guanzhong heard that Zhao Kai didn't know what happened recently, so he comforted him, "Your Highness, don't worry, my envoy sent troops a few days earlier and forced the Jin army to return to the army. Now the danger of Bianliang has been resolved."

"This... Master Xu's words are serious?" Zhao Kai was both surprised and delighted, he really didn't expect that before he came forward to persuade, Mu Xu would take the initiative to rescue Da Song.

"It's true." Xu Guanzhong gave an affirmative answer, and then he narrated what Mu Xu did in detail, which drew thunderous cheers from the Song officials present.

Only Zhao Kai showed a dissatisfied look on his face after being happy, and secretly sighed, "Oh, if I had known what happened today, I should have persuaded my father to stay in Tokyo and not take the Zen position easily. What should I do now!"

Xu Guanzhong saw this clearly, and his heart couldn't help but he said, "Since your Highness wants to deliver the decree to my envoy, why don't you stay in Yunzhou for a few days?"

Zhao Kai was already thinking about how to fight for the throne when he returned to Beijing, so he hesitated, "The current imperial court is waiting to be rejuvenated, if Xiao Wang stays away for a long time, it may be a little inappropriate."

"You can't say that, it just so happens that Madam gave birth last month, as your Highness, as an uncle, how can you not visit your nephew, and then talk to Madam about your brother-sister relationship?

Moreover, I believe that my envoy must have many doubts about the recent changes in the court and would like to consult His Highness. "

Zhao Kai's eyes lit up, he heard Xu Guanzhong's hint, and hurriedly said, "That's right, that's right! Xiao Wang almost forgot about his sister, it's really wrong, I wonder how the fifth sister and nephew are doing well?"

Xu Guanzhong replied, "Thanks to the blessings of the officials and His Royal Highness, my wife and young master are all well and are currently being raised by the family. Your Highness will see you later."

"That's good, so Xiao Wang can explain to his father when he goes back. By the way, can my brother-in-law name my nephew?"

"That's not true. After all, when the young master was born, my family envoy was still on the front line, so he couldn't take care of it for a while."

Zhao Kai shook his head and said, "It's a pity that when Xiao Wang left Beijing, the news of Fifth Sister's birth had not been reported, otherwise the emperor could have given his grandson a name."

Xu Guanzhong echoed a few words insincerely, but said in his heart, "My family's envoy usually looks down on that father emperor the most. He doesn't care about giving him a name. It's not bad luck."

Then, there was a burst of pushing and changing cups in the hall, until the moon was in the sky, and everyone dispersed.

(End of this chapter)