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Chapter 1930 Grandpa Yue 5
In Wanyan Zongbing's plan, this should be an orderly retreat, which will return all the wealth that China has plundered from Jiangnan to the Jurchen territory safely for the Jurchen nobles to enjoy. At the same time, Jiankang will be retained as a bridgehead for continuing to attack Jiangnan. After all, as long as Jiankang is still in hand, the natural barrier of the Yangtze River will not exist.

It was only at the beginning of the retreat that Wanyan Zongbing discovered that something was wrong. When Wanyan Zongbing's army passed through Changzhou, the tens of thousands of elite troops in front passed through very smoothly, but when the 1 troops behind passed by, a magic army suddenly came from the direction of Yixing. The tens of thousands of Jin troops were caught off guard and were attacked four times in a row.

Each time was a disastrous defeat. After the four major battles, except for a small number of the 4 Jin troops who escaped, the rest were all captured or killed. As many as eleven high-ranking officials at the level of ten thousand households were captured, which made Wanyan Zongbing dumbfounded.

Logically speaking, given Wanyan Zongbing's character, he should have turned around and ruthlessly devoured Yue Fei's troops at this time to avenge his rear army.

However, the north-south traffic had been cut off, and his good brothers were eager for him to lose in Jiangnan, so they would never send troops to rescue him. At the same time, Han Shizhong and other Song troops who could barely cause some trouble were following him. If he turned back and attacked at this time, he could certainly eat up Yue Fei's troops, but his main force would probably never be able to leave Jiangnan.

That’s right, Wanyan Zongbing still firmly believed at this time that he could easily eliminate Yue Fei. The previous defeat was only because the rear army was eager to return home and the morale of the army was not united, so they were caught off guard.

So Wanyan Zongbing hurried to lead his troops into Jiankang, but unexpectedly Han Shizhong was one step faster and led his troops to block Huangtian Dang. Wanyan Zongbing's navy was defeated and he could only lead his troops to try to cross the river from Jing'an.

As a result, when the army rushed towards Jing'an, Yue Fei once again rushed out from Niutou Mountain like a ghost, and fought a fierce battle with the Jin army at Qingshui Pavilion. The Jin army was defeated and the corpses were spread for 2000 miles. There was also a rare surrender of the army. As many as Jin soldiers were beaten to death by Yue Fei and surrendered directly to him.

When Wanyan Zongbing heard the news, he was so angry that he vomited blood. However, such a heavy loss made him even more afraid to think of revenge. Instead, he ordered his troops to break out of Jing'an as soon as possible.

When half of Wanyan Zongbing's troops had crossed the river, the land and sea forces of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong also rushed over. Wanyan Zongbing fled on the boat in a panic, but half of the Jin army did not have time to retreat and were left on the shore, becoming the complete enemy of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.

Wanyan Zongbing led a total of 3 elite Jin troops, plus more than signed troops, to the south to destroy the Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, in the end, only less than Jin troops were able to withdraw to the north of the Yangtze River, and a full Jin soldiers died in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the number of 2 casualties may not seem to be a lot in a war of annihilation, these dead were all genuine Jurchens, not signed soldiers forcibly recruited from the north.

Although the Jurchens were unstoppable as they fought their way from Liaodong, they only had 100,000 truly elite soldiers. The Jurchens were able to destroy the Liao and Song dynasties because they actually relied on the surrendered Liao and Song armies. Most of the time, it was these vassal armies that fought to the death. The real Jurchens would only take the field when there was a clash of small numbers of elite troops, or when a large number of elite troops were needed to break the deadlock.

The Jin Dynasty even loudly announced that one Jin was worth ten Han soldiers, which meant that one Jurchen was worth ten Han soldiers. Wanyan Zongbing led 3 elite Jurchen troops south, which was equivalent to leading 30 Han troops south, plus more than vassal troops, so there was no way he could lose.

As a result, after this battle, Wanyan Zongbing actually threw 2 elite soldiers of the Zhennuzhen in the south of the Yangtze River, which was equivalent to the direct loss of one-fifth of the absolute elite of the Jin Dynasty. This was undoubtedly a very serious loss for the Jin Dynasty. This battle even broke Wanyan Zongbing's political proposition. Wanyan Zongbing was originally a firm believer in the rapid destruction of the Song Dynasty. He believed that the Song Dynasty was nothing but a piece of clay chicken and a dog, and that a kick could destroy the entire Song Dynasty. That's why he had the courage to go south with only 3 elite soldiers and more than signed troops, believing that these soldiers were enough to destroy the entire Song Dynasty.

After the battle, Wanyan Zongbing directly stated in the court that the Song people had a very deep foundation in the south, and the Jin soldiers were not used to naval battles. The reason they were able to enter the south was because the Song navy surrendered, so they could directly use the Song navy to fight the Song.

However, all these naval forces had been destroyed, and the Song Dynasty's own navy was in the hands of Han Shizhong. This man would not surrender to the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty would no longer have a navy to attack Jiangnan.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongbing believed that the war against the South should be suspended for the time being, and instead, Shaanxi and other unconquered lands in the north should be completely recovered. He should first spend a few decades consolidating his rule and building a navy before talking about destroying the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zongbing also said that the Song Dynasty itself was a group of loose sand, and their emperor was extremely afraid of military officers. He was worried every day that the generals would seize his throne. It was the pressure from the Jin Dynasty that brought them together.

As long as the Jin Kingdom expressed its willingness to negotiate with the Song Kingdom and gave the Song Kingdom a few years of peace, the Song people would kill each other. Once the Song people had killed all their capable generals, the time to destroy the Song Kingdom would naturally come.

Unfortunately, Wanyan Zongbing’s views were not recognized by the Jin court at that time.

On the other hand, the news that Yue Fei and Han Shizhong defeated the Jin army, recovered Jiankang, and even killed 20,000 real Jins spread throughout the entire Jiangnan region at the fastest speed. The momentum of the entire Song Dynasty was immediately boosted, and Zhao Gou returned to Lin'an to be his emperor again. The entire Song Dynasty recovered at an extremely fast speed.

Afterwards, Zhao Gou summoned Yue Fei, rewarded him for his contribution, and then asked him how to deal with the Jin army. Yue Fei said excitedly, "Jiankang is a strategic location, and we should select soldiers to defend it firmly. I think if the enemy crosses the river, they will first attack the two Zhejiangs. The east and west of the river are remote, and I am afraid that heavy troops will cut off their way back, which is not the right direction. I beg for more troops to guard the Huai River and protect the heartland."

Zhao Gou was very satisfied with this. After all, Jiankang was only a few hundred miles away from Lin'an. The Jin army could attack directly from Jiankang in ten days. If Jiankang could not be defended, his life would be gone.

So Zhao Gou praised Yue Fei highly, and for the first time fully supported Yue Fei's opinion, promoted Yue Fei, and cleaned up the mess according to Yue Fei's strategy. Yue Fei and Zhao Gou also entered a honeymoon period for the first time.

(End of this chapter)