The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 184 Wanyan Zongwang breaks the defense

In September of the first year of Jingkang, the West Route Army finally cleared the pond on the south side of the city gate at the cost of [-] Liaodong surrender troops in Taiyuan City.

Prepare to rest for a few days before attacking the city again.

The East Route Army also received news from Taiyuan in Zhending Mansion. Wanyan Zongwang sneered and said: "Commander Zong Han has suffered such a big loss before he even started to attack the city. Now he knows how terrible the female officials of the Song Dynasty are." Is there a place for you?"

The deputy general who sent the letter smiled and said, "Commander Zong Han had known that the Second Prince would say this."

"Oh?"

"The Marshal asked me to tell the Second Prince that the West Route Army just encountered a little trouble and will solve it on its own."

"A little trouble?" Zong Wang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "When I was under Kaifeng City for so long, I didn't lose even 5000 people. Just like that, I was laughed at by your commander for half a year. How did I end up here? Are you in a little trouble?"

While the two were talking, the herald suddenly ran in: "Report! Enemy troops have been spotted in the direction of Qingyuan."

Wanyan Zongwang's expression turned serious, he stood up and walked to the sand table: "Zhao County? Is it the Tianwei Army?"

"Come back to Commander, no, the general's flag is...yes..."

"What? Say!"

"It's Yelu..."

Wanyan Zongwang was stunned, where did the old Liao army come from here?
The only one who can still carry the flag is Yelu Dashi, but isn't he working hard in Kedun City?

The deputy general from the West Route Army who came to deliver the message was also very curious: "Have you found out?"

The herald hesitated for a moment: "How about we bring the scouts in?"

Not long after, the scout entered the hall, and without any hesitation, he said: "It is the commander-in-chief's wife, Yelu Yuliyan, and the supervisor is Han Shizhong, the minister of the Ministry of War of the Song Dynasty. They also carried two strange flags with white characters on a green background. The message on the flag: Don’t laugh at Zhou Lang, now you have Zongwang. I don’t know... what it means..."

The deputy general of the West Route Army frowned: "Don't laugh at Zhou Lang? Who is Zhou Lang?"

After a long time, he came back to his senses: "What? Yelu Yuliyan? The second prince's princess?"

I wanted to laugh, but I was holding it back!
Looking at Wanyan Zongwang at this time, his face was ferocious, his teeth were about to crack, his fists were clenched tightly, and he spat out word by word: "Go back and tell Zong Han, everyone goes his own way. See you at the gate of Kaifeng City to see you off!"

Before the deputy general of the Western Army could get far away, he heard the sound of a horsewhip, and the scout screamed miserably as he was whipped.

"Let you not have eyesight! Let you not have eyesight! Say anything! Say anything!"

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Twenty miles north of Qingyuan, the Tianwei Army originally stationed had already withdrawn its defenses. Under Han Shizhong's arrangement, [-] troops were temporarily stationed here.

Although Yelu Yuliyan was in command, they were marching in accordance with Han Shizhong's deployment and she never asked about it.

Yelu Yuliyan knew that she was just a person in name only, just to anger Wanyan Zongwang. This was the meaning of her trip, so she didn't have to worry about how to march and deploy, how to defend, or how to retreat. She only needed to think about how to do it. Just ask Wanyan Zong to look up.

Before dawn the next day, spies from the front came to report that the Jin army from Zhending Mansion came out in full force and pressed towards Qingyuan.

This is exactly what Han Shizhong expected: "If a man is like this and still talks about the rules of war, that would be unmanly. Just do it!"

Seeing the advance of the Jin army approaching, Yelu Yuliyan asked: "General Han, do you want to fight?"

Han Shizhong smiled and said: "We still have to fight, otherwise Wanyan Zongwang would take the bait." Under Han Shizhong's arrangement, the large army and Yelu Yuliyan retreated to Zhao County to defend the city, while he personally led a thousand elite soldiers. Facing the forward of the East Route Army.

This was a battle for which both sides were unprepared. There were no tactics or tricks. The forwards of the Eastern Route Army were charging forward on horseback. Suddenly they saw a team from the opposite side charging towards them. The two teams rushed over. Fight on touch.

For a moment, the war horses neighed and the sound of killing shook the sky.

After a round of hedging, Han Shizhong picked out the forward deputy general of the Jin Army with one shot, and the morale of the Song Army was greatly boosted.

After three more rounds of charging, neither side gained any advantage and each stopped their momentum.

Taking this opportunity, Han Shizhong raised his spear, pointed at the Jin Army forward opposite and cursed with a smile: "The heroine General Yelu said that Wanyan Zongwang's silver-like pewter spear head is useless. I came here to do two things. , the first is to make peace, and the second is to sacrifice him to heaven in order to avenge the hatred of the country and the enemy of the family, and will not stop until death!"

After that, regardless of whether the group of Jin people understood or not, they turned around and led the people towards Zhao County.

The forwards of the Jin army had just witnessed the bravery of this general and did not dare to pursue him for a while. They could only wait for the Chinese army to catch up.

Upon arriving in Zhao County, Han Shizhong felt that something bad was going on when he saw the broken and small city walls.

If it was just him, he would have the guts to let the Jin army surround the city and then break out, but with Yelu Yuliyan, he was still a little panicked.

He had promised Zhao Fujin to bring Yelu Yuliyan back to Kaifeng alive no matter what.

"Princess, leave 5000 troops in the city. You can take the rest and continue south."

Yelu Yuliyan felt something was wrong: "Wanyan Zongwang is very scheming. If he can't see me, he will definitely think there is a fraud."

After some discussion, the two decided to let more than 1 people, led by the Western Army's deputy general Zhong Shizhong, retreat first, leaving only [-] soldiers and horses in the city, allowing Yelu Yuliyan to show up at the top of the city and take advantage of the opportunity. Before the entire Jin army pressed forward, they retreated.

Han Shizhong explained: "The Jin army went south in two directions this time to destroy the country and the city. They brought a lot of baggage, and we are all equipped for escape. He can't catch up."

Shortly after noon that day, the Jin army's forwards pursued Zhao County. However, they were all cavalry and there were not many in number, so they were unable to encircle Zhao County.

Even under the obstruction of the Song army's long bows and powerful crossbows, they could not attack the city.

They could only camp where they were.

In the afternoon, someone called the formation outside the city, claiming to be Jin Wushu, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom.

"Jin Wushu?" At this time, Han Shizhong was still unfamiliar with this name. Yelu Yuliyan explained: "The Han name is Wanyan Zongbi, Zongwang's fourth brother."

"I'll go meet him!" After saying this, Han Shizhong picked up the gold-chiselled tiger head gun and wanted to go out to raid the formation.

Yelu Yuliyan advised: "Go to the city head first and have a look."

Accompanied by Han Shizhong, Yelu Yuliyan dressed in military uniform climbed to the top of the dilapidated city of Zhao County. After confirming that the young general under the city was indeed Wanyan Zongbi, he smiled and said, "Is the fourth prince okay?"

The afterglow of the setting sun was still dazzling. Wanyan Zongbi raised his hand to block the sun and looked at the top of the city for a long time. He finally confirmed that the person standing at the top of the city was the second brother's princess Yelu Yuliyan. He shouted loudly: "Sister-in-law, listen to second brother. They say you were kidnapped, why is this happening now?"

Yelu Yuliyan chuckled and said, "That's just a casual comment from the officials of the Song Dynasty who were concerned about his face. I, Yelu Yuliyan, have a mortal enemy with you, the gold thief, so don't call me sister-in-law again!"

The entourage following Wanyan Zongbi heard that this woman was damaging the reputation of his own commander. How could he bear it? He bent his bow and shot an arrow, but it fell outside the city because the distance was not enough.

Han Shizhong smiled and said: "Do you think you are using a divine arm crossbow? Go back and tell your Zongwang that this east road is not feasible! As long as my heroine general is here, he will never cross the Yellow River!"

After saying that, Han Shizhong waved his hands, and the five thousand Song troops in the city shouted in unison: "Don't laugh at Zhou Lang, now we have Zong Wang! Don't laugh at Zhou Lang, now we have Zong Wang!"

(End of this chapter)