Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 209 The Post-War Situation

No one thought that Wanyan Loushi, the always invincible god of war, would die in the territory of Song Dynasty, and the entire army was wiped out, and no one escaped back.

The number of that army has completely disappeared. Since Taizu started with [-] soldiers, how has Dajin suffered such a heavy loss?
You must know that these ten thousand soldiers and horses are all Jurchen fighters with the most combat experience in the Wanyan tribe, and there is not a single alien among them, and their combat effectiveness is top-notch in Dajin.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire army was wiped out like this. The destruction of this [-] elite is equivalent to more than [-] Khitan and Bohai mixed troops.

Their loss was not an insignificant blow to the Kingdom of Jin. 1 people were actually not a small number in the total Jurchen population, but it was not a serious injury.

However, the blow to the morale of the Jin army's army shook the foundation of belief.

Originally, Jin Bing looked at the Song Army in Yandi with contempt, and he dared to charge against the Song Army's formation alone, chasing and killing thousands of Song Army.

I am afraid that from now on, when the Jin army sees the army of Yandi, they will involuntarily think of the [-] elites who have been completely wiped out, and the God of War who was invincible but fell here, so they will be timid and afraid to act rashly.

Spiritual morale seems to be illusory, but actually having and not having it are two completely different states.

Wanyan Zonghan saw that the spirits of the soldiers in the army were becoming more and more depressed, and the soldiers were not as ruthless and direct in responding to the surprise attacks and counterattacks launched by the Song army, and they seemed very conservative and timid.

He knew that it was time to retreat. Even if he still had enough food, grass and equipment, and still had an advantage on the surface, it was no longer suitable for continuing to fight. After all, more and more Song troops gathered.

In less than half a month, Zhuozhou had gathered more than [-] soldiers. The core of these [-] soldiers was not the [-] Western troops in the breeding division, but the Xiaojie army who was full of hatred for the Jin soldiers.

Every time Fan Zhuoyuan led the Xiaojie army out of the city to invite a battle, many Song troops from other places followed and fought, their actions became bolder, and the sense of oppression became stronger and stronger.

Although the other Song armies are still strong in the outside world, they will learn how to fight sooner or later if they continue to practice such actual combat.

Wanyan Zonghan finally decided to formally withdraw his troops. He carefully arranged for the rear troops to go all the way to Jizhou.

There are a lot of looted supplies and people stored here, and they must be brought back outside the pass this time, otherwise the losses in this expedition will be so heavy.

The emperor Wu Qimai, who was deeply offended by him, would never let him, the right marshal, off so easily.

However, when Yan Zonghan led [-] soldiers and horses to escort hundreds of thousands of supplies and people to the outside of the customs, the [-] gold army who stayed behind and fought and retreated suffered a disastrous defeat.

Fan Zhuoyuan and the [-] Western Army in the Zhongshi Division, together with the [-] elite Wang Zhi, and the [-] Western Army from the Miyun Division, a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses suddenly launched a siege on all sides.

With Wang Teng and Zhongshizhong's troops as frontal containment, Fan Zhuoyuan sneaked in from behind, and Zhongshi's way blocked the retreat. In addition, most of the soldiers of the Jin army were Khitan, Xi, Han and some tribesmen from Liaodong who surrendered. Their morale was relatively high. They were low, and their combat power was only equivalent to that of the Liao army. They were already terrified when they saw the banner of the Xiaojie army.

During the battle, the Xiaojie army divided the army formation from behind, and after the Jurchen general was beheaded, he immediately collapsed and was wiped out by all the armies, or most of them surrendered.

After all, there were many Khitan and Xi people among the soldiers of Yandi. For the [-] gold army after the end, there was no psychological pressure to surrender.

The Jurchens in the team were identified and killed, and their heads were worth more than their lives.

After annihilating the [-] Duan Houjin Army, all the ministries did not stop, and assembled all the cavalry to chase after Yan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zonghan knew that his [-] soldiers and horses had been completely wiped out, and everyone was shocked. He didn't dare to take into account the looted property and population, and went desperately to Yuguan.

The Song Army chased and killed the Jin Army all the way to Laizhou, which is the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor.

During this period, the two sides fought twice, and the Jin army was first torn off by Fan Zhuoyuan and Xiaojie's army, thousands of broken soldiers and horses, so that the retreating former army fell into panic.

Some troops in the Western Army were eager to strive for success, and they did not listen to the persuasion of Zhongshi Dao and Zhongshizhong, and insisted on chasing them frantically.

As a result, Jin Wushu set up an ambush, and returned after a disastrous defeat, throwing away his helmet and armor.

If Han Shizhong hadn't acted as an outstanding responder again, otherwise, these people's defeat would have been even uglier.

However, at this point, the main force of the Jin army was completely given time to retreat, and it successfully retreated into Liaodong.

Fan Zhuoyuan, Wang Tin and others believed that they had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin, and if they continued to fight, they would be unfamiliar with the place, and they were very likely to be counterattacked by the main force of the Jin army staying behind.

So they took it when they saw it, and they also wreaked havoc in the mainland of Jin, looting a large amount of property and returning it. At the same time, they rescued more than [-] Han slaves who were kidnapped from the four states of Yunshuo and returned to Yandi.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty won this battle, they suffered heavy losses. After all, the Jin people did a lot of damage to various places, and the killing was extremely heavy. The number of people who were directly slaughtered reached 30 million people, not to mention the people who died due to the war and displacement.

Naturally, there are countless properties, but the army that participated in the Yandi battle recaptured the materials looted by the Jin army due to looting.

It is naturally impossible for these materials to be returned to the court honestly, and most of them have already been privately divided among each other.

Among them, because the Xiaojie Army contributed the most, no one dared to fight with them, so every soldier in the Xiaojie Army basically made a windfall.

The trophies they got were not only what they got from chasing and killing Yan Zonghan in the end, but also what they got from annihilating Wan Yan Loushi before.

Of course, it was impossible for Fan Zhuoyuan to hand over these properties to the imperial court. He didn't take any money himself, but gave it all to his subordinates. A large part of it was used to comfort the families of the dead soldiers and resettle the disabled soldiers. more faithful.

As for the Kingdom of Jin, after Yan Zonghan fled back, it naturally aroused the anger of many ministers and emperors in the court, and related accountability was also implemented.

Wanyan Zonghan was wiped out, but Wanyan Zongwang, although he failed to win Shuozhou and Taiyuan, but he plundered everywhere in Hedong, and earned a lot of wealth from the population.

In comparison, Wanyan Zongwang made great contributions and was gradually respected as the head of the officials.

But Wanyan Zongwang was Wanyan Aguda's biological son. Just because of this blood relationship issue, Emperor Wanyan Wu was very afraid of begging for money.

He knew that Wanyan Aguda's descendants had always been dissatisfied with his uncle's succession to the throne. Originally, Emperor Taizu didn't want him to succeed.

At this time, if Wanyan Zonghan is allowed to be defeated by the officials, it will be very difficult for the court to balance Wanyan Zongwang's family in the future.

So although he stripped Wanyan Zonghan of his position, he invited him into the shogunate to serve as the Taifu. Obviously, he was deliberately wooing him to achieve political balance. Once the storm passed, he would help Wanyan Zonghan to power again.

At that time, Wanyan Zonghan would have been marked as Wu begging to buy, and I am afraid that he would no longer be able to stand with Wanyan Zongwang, the descendants of the Taizu, and could only become their natural enemy.

In addition, Wanyan Wu Qimai, as the more capable emperor of the Jin Kingdom in history, naturally would not sit back and watch the Song Dynasty gradually become stronger. He decided to start using diplomatic methods to put pressure on the weak Song Dynasty and let them self-destruct Great Wall.

Fan Zhuoyuan's name was written on the throne by him. This time, he wanted to use Song Ting's darkness and corruption to get rid of this famous general who had brought a major blow to the Kingdom of Jin. Otherwise, he would have trouble sleeping!

(End of this chapter)