Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 241 Chasing Strong Enemies

However, Fan Zhuoyuan divided his troops into two groups. Zhang Jin, who was good at infantry tactics, was still the commander of the first group, leading 5000 troops to attack Yuguan eastward, where only [-] people were stationed.

He himself led the army to turn to the south. He wanted to destroy the Golden Army troops that were still transporting spoils in the south and scattered everywhere, and at the same time, he also wanted to summon the rebels from all over the place.

When Fan Zhuoyuan arrived at Zhuozhou and captured it, the news of the return of the Xiaojie army had spread throughout Yan, and the heads of the annihilated [-] gold troops were displayed outside the city of Zhuozhou, and the morale of the people was greatly boosted, as if they had found the backbone.

Especially in Yandi, under the mediation of Xiao Zhonggong, the Yandi Han scholar-bureaucrats who had served in the Liao Kingdom in the past contributed money, food and people to assist Fan Zhuoyuan in the battle, so that the Xiaojie army received great support in terms of intelligence and supplies. The offensive was like fire, quickly regained the lost ground, and actively sought the Jin army to fight.

The rebels who had been suppressed by the Jin army and had to hide in the mountains emerged one after another, and for a while, wars broke out in Yandi, Hebei, and Henan.

The Jin army stationed in various places were raided, and Fan Zhuoyuan led the main force, and took Zhuozhou, Zhending, Hejian, Daming, Jinan and other places along the way, almost reaching the city of Bianliang.

The Jin army scattered all over the way was completely caught off guard. Every time they fought, the Jin army was intimidated by Fan Zhuoyuan's reputation, and they were basically defeated at the first touch.

The situation in the Central Plains, which had been completely corrupted, unexpectedly turned around.

Wang Yan of the Taihang Bazi Army, Li Miao of Zhendingfu, Guo Zhongxiao of Hebei, Niugao of Henan, Zhang Rong of Liangshanbo, and Han Shizhong's troops who gathered the defeated army and retreated to Shandong after the defeat of the Western Army.

Now hearing Fan Zhuoyuan's name, and the victory of the Xiao Jie army, the morale of the army is lifted, and everyone scrambles to join the battle.

After Fan Zhuoyuan ran across the Central Plains, he placed the rescued people in Hejian Mansion, and he naturally took all the spoils himself.

Then invite all heroes to gather in Hejian to counterattack Yanjing!
Of course, the speed of soldiers is very important, Fan Zhuoyuan will not wait in one place for a long time, after the troops are reorganized, he will absorb the powerful rebels from all over the country and head north with [-] troops.

More and more rebels joined in the middle of the journey. When they arrived in Zhuozhou, nearly [-] soldiers and horses had gathered.

Having more soldiers is not necessarily good. After all, the military quality of these rebels is extremely poor. Some of them came here with ambitions. Just in Zhuozhou, some of the rebels who came to seek refuge actually threatened not to reward them with benefits, but to turn against the Jinren.

Naturally, Fan Zhuoyuan would not be polite to them, and directly launched an attack at night to wipe out most of these so-called rebels who had hidden ambitions and their attitudes fluctuated between Song and Jin.

That bloody battle also caused many rebels who came here with various purposes and impure minds to see clearly the strength of Xiao Jie's army, and the battle could only be said to be a one-sided massacre.

The Xiaojie Army's subordinates are basically people from the Yanyun area, or people from the grasslands. After marching and fighting for thousands of miles, the military quality in all aspects is beyond the imagination of the rebels.

When they killed these rebels in Hebei and Henan, they were merciless. After the first battle, all the rebels were frightened. Only then did they remember that Grandpa Fan was a super ruthless man who could beat the Jin army to their knees, so he had to obey. .

But Fan Zhuoyuan was not satisfied with this, taking advantage of the remaining power, he beheaded several leaders of the rebel army who refused to obey orders, and switched their subordinates to disperse them, thus controlling so many soldiers and horses.

Such thunderous methods naturally attract people's attention, but the military supplies are all in the hands of the Xiaojie army, and they still have absolute power, and the major rebels can only leave if they refuse to accept.

Therefore, after a firefight, the total number of rebels who were willing to stay in Zhuozhou was less than [-], but they were all troops determined to fight against gold and had a certain fighting will.

Yue Fei was also among them. It turned out that since the Xiaojie Army was dismantled, Yue Fei also chose to leave the army and return to his hometown to buy property. He lived a normal life for a period of time.

He didn't rejoin the army until the Jin army entered the bandits, but his troops were defeated by the Jin army one after another, and he retreated into Taihang Mountain with the defeated army.

Now hearing that the Xiaojie Army was rebuilt and Fan Zhuoyuan's return, regardless of whether it was legal or not, Yue Fei, who was eager to save his hometown, led hundreds of men to resolutely return to the Xiaojie Army and commanded a cavalry.

In this way, Fan Zhuoyuan released weapons and armor with confidence, and equipped the rebel army to enhance their strength.

In this way, Fan Zhuoyuan, with [-] soldiers and horses, plus more than [-] heavy artillery captured, went directly to Yanjing for a decisive battle to determine the outcome.

And Yuguan, at this time, was also successfully won with the help of the Yingui faction!
Wanyan Zongwang knew that the city of Yanjing could not be defended for a long time, so he decided to flee to Juyongguan, from there he entered the Yunzhong area, and merged with Wanyan Zonghan's [-] troops, so that he would not be afraid of Fan Zhuoyuan's pursuit.

But the land of Yan, which he worked so hard to build, will be lost again, and all the trophies will be lost. His responsibility will not be less than that of Wanyan Zonghan, who failed in the first southern expedition.

I really didn't expect that the second battle between Song and Jin, because of Fan Zhuoyuan, would not change much from the first one.

When Wanyan Zongwang left the city, he intended to burn all the materials in Yanjing City.

Fan Zhuoyuan was worried about this, and he had already personally led [-] vanguard troops, one man and three horses, rushed to Liangxiang, and made a siege posture to put pressure on the defenders.

Seeing Fan Zhuoyuan's return, the people in Yanjing City were very excited. During this period of time, they were repeatedly looted and humiliated by the Jin army while staying in the city.

Now, even the army of the Northern Song Dynasty, who had surrendered to the Jin people in the city, was rebellious. Under the alliance of the Yingui faction, the major military officers and the well-known heroes and gentry among the common people quietly united together.

Fan Zhuoyuan pretended to cut down trees to prepare to attack the city, Wanyan Zongwang saw it from the top of the city, and secretly hated him, knowing that the army from the rear of the Xiaojie army was about to arrive, if he didn't leave now, he might not be able to leave by then.

So he immediately ordered all the troops to set fire to the city. If he couldn't take it away, he must not leave it to Fan Zhuoyuan!
At this critical moment, Yunlong and Feiyue, who sneaked into the city quietly, took action in person, and a group of demon men contacted all parties to come out to resist the Jin army and put out the fire.

Fan Zhuo saw the commotion in the city and the flames rising to the sky, so he immediately ordered to break into the city!

For a while, although the Jin army still had [-] people, it felt that it was in a state of internal and external difficulties, and the morale of the army was in turmoil.

Wanyan Zongwang discussed with Jin Wushu for a while, then simply abandoned the city, gathered troops and left from the north gate.

At the same time, he took away all the artisans in the city who were plundered from Bianjing and Song Emperor Zhao Huan. Wanyan Zongwang didn't even forget to take away his favorite Emperor Ji Roufu and Emperor Maode.

As soon as the Jin army came out from the north gate, Fan Zhuoyuan led [-] soldiers and horses, with the help of the city defenders, entered from the south gate, and the people in the city lined up to welcome them.

At the beginning, Fan Zhuoyuan stood up for the people of Yanjing in the city of Yanjing, he did not hesitate to offend high-ranking officials and envoys of the Jin people, and many people still remember him with all kinds of righteousness.

(End of this chapter)