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Chapter 354 0351 [The tiger comes down the mountain! 】

"Good news!!!"

"Great victory in Hebei, the formation killed 40,000 people and captured 20,000 people!!!"

Three scouts rode horses and galloped in from outside the city, shouting continuously.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

The cheers of mountains and tsunamis sounded from Licheng County, and continued to spread, seeming to break through the sky.

In the government office in the city, a supplementary official rushed into the lobby happily: "Prefect Chang, what a great victory in Hebei!"

Hearing this, Chang Yukun was overjoyed, but he said calmly: "It is common for officials and imperial officials to personally conquer great victories, so there is no need to make a fuss."

The official said with admiration on his face: "You have humbled Meng Lang."

Check it out!

After all, he is the prefect, and his flattery is unusual and quite innovative.

It seems that I still have a lot to learn.

While the people of Jinan Prefecture were celebrating, the Imperial City Secret Agent lurking in the city immediately rushed the news to Daming Prefecture.

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Daming Mansion.

It was evening when the tip was received.

Zhang Shuye finished dinner and led Xing Wanli and others to inspect the city wall.

After reading the secret report, Zhang Shuye looked complicated.

Seeing this, Xing Wanli on the side couldn't help but ask: "Ms. sir, what's wrong?"

"The Korean thieves won three out of three battles and defeated Wanyan Zongwang, killing more than 40,000 enemies."

Zhang Shuye let out a long sigh.

"Good kill!"

Xing Wanli immediately clapped his hands and shouted.

As a warrior, he was extremely angry when he learned that the Jin people were going south.

Now that Han Zhen had defeated the Jin people, Xing Wanli felt particularly relieved and even had a good impression of Han Zhen in his heart.

Seeing Zhang Shuye's frown, he wondered: "It is a happy event that the Han thieves defeated the Jin army. The people of Hebei were saved from military disaster. Why is my husband so sad?"

Zhang Shuye said quietly: "Yes, the Korean thieves blocked the Jin people from going south. When the people of Hebei learned about it, they were all grateful."

From an emotional point of view, this is indeed something to be happy about.

Millions of people in Hebei were saved from being plundered by the Jin.

But from a rational point of view and his own identity, it made him worried.

Without him.

The Jin man is a hungry wolf, but the Han thief is also a tiger descending from the mountain.

The hungry wolf was beaten away by the tiger. Will the tiger easily return to the mountain?

hiss!

Xing Wanli also came to his senses at this time and said in shock: "My husband is saying that the Han thieves are planning to attack Zhao Song?"

Zhang Shuye nodded and said: "After this battle, the people of Hebei are all grateful to the Korean thieves, and with the sharp blade of the subordinate staff in their hands, the land in Hebei can be captured by them without any effort. By then, the Korean thieves will be holding a large number of enemies. The defeated Jin army is heading south, who can stop it?"

"This……"

Xing Wanli realized later and asked, "Did the Han thieves have this intention in sending troops to fight against the Jin?"

"Although I don't like Han Thief, I have to admit that this man is a hero in the world. He is bold and careful, knows how to tolerate and understand people. He is also assisted by Xie Ding, Chang Yukun and other capable ministers and officials. How could he act like a reckless man based on his passion?"

Zhang Shuye smiled bitterly and said: "It's ridiculous that Sun Fu and Li Gang are still complacent and taking this as their merit, but they don't know that they have already fallen into the trap of the Korean thieves."

Xing Wanli heard a burst of panic and wondered: "Since your husband has already seen through the trick, why don't you go to the official to explain the benefits?"

Hearing this, the bitterness at the corner of Zhang Shuye's mouth became even stronger.

If the officials would listen to his advice, how could they transfer him to Daming Mansion?

Apparently they thought he was an eyesore and found an excuse to transfer him away from the capital.

Moreover, it is a general trend for the Jin people to go south.

The trend is irresistible.

Even if the officials knew Han Thief's intentions, they still wouldn't change their minds.

Zhang Shuye pointed out something: "Our official is very smart."

Everyone knew that the Jin people were fierce and good at fighting, so in the eyes of the officials and courtiers, the Korean thieves going north to attack the Jin had all the benefits and no harm.

If the Han bandits were defeated, there would still be hundreds of thousands of troops around the capital, which would be able to stop the Jin people from going south, and they could also take advantage of the situation to regain Shandong, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Even if Han Zhen wins, it will be a miserable victory. He has no time to plot in Hebei and has to retreat to Shandong to lick his wounds.

In fact, Zhang Shuye had the same idea at first.

This is also the reason why he delivers the food and fodder so readily.

But they had calculated everything, but they failed to calculate that the Han thief was so terrifying.

Three victories in three battles, killing 40,000 enemies and capturing 20,000 prisoners!

This is a complete victory!

Although the casualties of the Qingzhou Army are unknown, anyone familiar with military affairs knows that the casualties will definitely not be too great, otherwise how could they kill so many enemies.

You know, in the battle of Haoshuichuan, Xixia was victorious, and the Song army suffered only 10,000 casualties.

Why?

Because Xixia killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses, the casualties were also heavy, and the soldiers were tired and unable to pursue them.

The Korean bandits who went north to attack the Jin this time only commanded more than 30,000 troops. It only takes a little comparison to understand.

As for whether the military exploits were exaggerated, Zhang Shuye did not doubt it. Compared with the Song Dynasty, the Korean thieves were very disciplined in this regard and never exaggerated the military exploits and sought truth from facts.

This can be confirmed by the battle reports of several battles with the Western Army in the past year.

The victory report of the Korean thieves is completely consistent with the battle losses calculated by the Song Dynasty, and there is not much difference.

At this moment, Xing Wanli's joy had long gone, and he said worriedly: "If the Korean thieves go south, I don't know if we can stop them."

He was someone who had personally experienced the Qingzhou Army's siege.

A fortified city was breached in less than a quarter of an hour.

Although Daming Mansion has 70,000 armored men, he has no confidence at all.

"The key lies in the northwest. If the Jin's West Route Army is blocked in Taiyuan, the Korean thieves can only take Hebei. But if it cannot be blocked and the Jin's West Route Army is allowed to advance straight in, the land of Gyeonggi will be in danger."

After Zhang Shuye finished speaking, he looked toward the northwest from a distance.

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…    Outside Taiyuan City.

The originally beautiful north bank of Fenhe River has now turned into a huge meat grinding ground.

The loud shouts of killing echoed in the sky.

A powerful Jurchen general led five thousand cavalry, charging back and forth in the military formation, but there was no general under his command.

This person is none other than Wanyan Zonghan's second-ranking general, the little war god Wanyan Yinshu.

Just the day before, Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi led 40,000 troops and were ordered to rush to Taiyuan.

On the north bank of the Fen River, they were ambushed by a 20,000 gold army led by Wanyan Yinshuke.

It was said to be an ambush, but in fact it was no different from a field battle.

The spies of the Western Army discovered the traces of the Jin Army early, so the two sides set up formations by the river and started a battle.

The Western army had the numerical advantage, but as soon as they fought, they were defeated steadily by being killed.

"The golden man is brave and invincible!"

Seeing Wanyan Yinshu coming towards him, Liu Guangshi roared loudly and fled in panic with his three thousand personal guards.

Zhe Keqiu cursed angrily: "Shu Zi is not enough to make plans!"

As soon as Liu Guangshi ran away, his subordinates suddenly lost their morale, abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled in all directions.

The Jin army took advantage of the situation and charged forward with great momentum.

Seeing that the defeat was certain, Zhe Kecun had no choice but to follow the advice of his generals and led the remaining 8,000 soldiers under his command to flee to Qingyuan County.

Of the 40,000 Western troops, more than 10,000 were killed and more than 10,000 were captured.

Wanyan Zonghan was very good at using his troops. After attacking Taiyuan for several days, he immediately changed his strategy and adopted the tactic of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements.

He sent 20,000 troops to surround Taiyuan, while he and Wanyan Yinshu could block the reinforcements from Zhao and Song Dynasty that came for reinforcements.

On April 22nd, Wanyan Zonghan defeated Fan Kui, Shi Shen, and Gao Feng's troops at Sha Xiong Ling.

On April 26th, Wanyan Yinshu can defeat Liu Guangshi, and Zhe can be saved in Fenhe River.

On the first day of the fifth lunar month, Wan Yan Yin Shu can defeat the seed master at Sanjiakou.

He won three victories in three battles, killing more than 50,000 enemies and taking nearly 100,000 prisoners.

The Western Army originally numbered more than 300,000 people. During the two Northern Expeditions, it lost nearly 100,000 people. Although Zhong Shidao, Liu Zhongwu and others urgently recruited a group of new troops to join the army, when Shandong was pacified, the 100,000 Western Army again Suffering heavy losses, only 20,000 remnant troops were beaten by Han Zhen and fled back to Daming Mansion in panic.

In order to prevent Han Zhen from going south to Kaifeng Prefecture, Song Huizong ordered Zhong Shidao to lead 30,000 Western troops to garrison the capital.

In addition, these three defeats almost depleted Zhao Song's troops in the northwest.

Yang Weizhong was still on Qinfeng Road, with more than 30,000 soldiers under his command, but he could not move.

If he goes to rush for reinforcements again, the five northwest routes will really have no troops to defend, and Xixia will definitely raise troops to attack by then.

After dealing with the northwest reinforcements, Wanyan Zonghan ordered Yin Shuke to lead 20,000 troops to continue the siege of Taiyuan.

He led 40,000 elite Jin troops and more than 100,000 Zhao and Song surrender troops all the way south, approaching the capital.

The news spread back to Kaifeng Mansion, the government and the public were shocked, and the people were horrified.

Before Song Huizong could recover from the joy of the Korean bandits' defeat of the Jin army, he was knocked into the abyss by this battle report.

In panic, he rushed to issue an order to mobilize 80,000 troops from the three prefectures of Daming, Xingren and Yingtian. He ordered Liang Fangping to be the commander-in-chief and stationed on the other side of the Yellow River, trying to block Wanyan Zonghan to the north of the Yellow River.

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It was already two days later when the battle report of the Jinren's West Route Army reached Han Zhen.

Inside the military tent, Han Zhen said: "Wanyan Zonghan led his troops south. There are no troops to defend Liaozhou, Delong Mansion, Weizhou and other places. It will take at most a month for the Jin army to reach Kaifeng Mansion. Our actions must also be taken." Sooner."

The Jin people's move south was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Han Zhen.

On the one hand, it can contain the troops of Zhao and Song Dynasties, and on the other hand, it has the great cause of sending troops.

We must dare to take advantage of the chaos to capture Hebei when Wanyan Zonghan threatens the capital, and then lead his troops southward.

If he moves too slowly and waits for Wanyan Zonghan to retreat before looking for such a good opportunity, he may have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen ordered: "Generals, listen to the order and raise troops tomorrow to attack Zhuozhou!"

At present, except for Nie Dong's 10,000 ambush troops, the Qingzhou army has been united. Excluding the dead and seriously injured soldiers, there are more than 15,000 capable soldiers.

"Order!"

Liu Qi, Han Shizhong and other generals responded loudly.

The next day.

Han Zhen set up camp, led 15,000 Qingzhou troops and more than 20,000 surrendered soldiers and civilians, and headed straight for Zhuozhou.

The spies from the scout camp had been dispatched three days ago, covering almost the entire territory of Yanjing Mansion.

Jin Jun's every move could not escape Han Zhen's eyes.

In the evening of the next two days, the Qingzhou Army arrived in Zhuozhou.

Looking at Zhuozhou County in the distance, Han Zhen ordered: "Set up camp and bury pots to make rice!"

For a time, the surrendered soldiers and civilians immediately became busy, cutting down trees, setting up tents, and digging stoves.

Liu Qi led a cavalry battalion to cruise near the army to prevent the Jin army from raiding.

On top of the Zhuozhou City Tower, Wanyan Zong looked at the Qingzhou Army three miles away with a gloomy expression.

After a moment, he slowly said: "Have the army craftsmen figured out a way to crack it?"

During the battle five days ago, the Jin army picked up several firearms.

Due to various reasons, these firearms did not explode and became duds.

After retreating to Zhuozhou, he immediately ordered craftsmen in the army to study it.

"Nothing."

Liu Yanzong shook his head with a bitter look on his face.

Wanyan Zongwang said in a cold tone: "Kill all this bunch of trash!"

Hearing this, Liu Yanzong hurriedly advised: "They are all handsome, but craftsmen are of great use."

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Wanyan Zongwang asked: "Qingzhou thieves will attack the city tomorrow. Do you have any strategies to deal with the enemy?"

"Night attack!"

Wanyan Yanmu said without thinking.

(End of this chapter)