Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The Jin army went south and was divided into east and west routes.

The commander-in-chief of the West Route Army was Wanyan Zonghan, whose position was Zuo Deputy Marshal. His power in the army was second only to the Emperor of Jin.

Along the way are the main forces of the Jin Army, and there are also powerful generals such as Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshu. And after they all listened to Yan Zonghan's orders, the Emperor of Jin might not be able to command them.

The Eastern Route Army had to pull even further, and its leader was Wanyan Zongwang. The troops under his command are a hodgepodge, including some elites from the Jin Kingdom, surrendered troops from the Liao Kingdom, and a mess of local troops.

The Kingdom of Jin almost came out in force and issued an Eighth Route Militia to attack the Song Dynasty!

Yanjing.

He has repeatedly impeached Yaoshi Guo for his insubordination and likened Yaoshi Guo to Wang Anzhong of Anlu Mountain. He has been transferred back to Tokyo to avoid intensification of conflicts.

Cai Jing, the defense envoy of Youzhou, was ordered to concurrently serve as the magistrate of Yanshan. As expected, his relationship with Yaoshi Guo eased.

In the past, Pharmacist Guo was arrogant and domineering, and Wang Anzhong's responsibility was actually not small.

This man was a favorite of Song Huizong. He was arrogant when he was in Kaifeng. When he arrived in Yanjing, he was also bossing around Pharmacist Guo. Pharmacist Guo was often deducted from his food and salary in various ways, so Pharmacist Guo had no choice but to directly lead his troops to withhold the newly delivered food and grass.

Now Cai Jing is in charge of the overall situation and can even discuss problems when they arise. Pharmacist Guo has also given Cai Jing enough face.

At this time, the Jin soldiers had already penetrated Jizhou. Guo Yaoshi went to reconnoiter the movements in person. He learned that the Jin army on the east road was a platter force, so he planned to take the initiative to attack the Jin soldiers.

The subordinate officer said to Cai Jing: "If Guo Gong fights with the Jin people in the field, if he wins, he will not hurt the bones of the Jin Kingdom. If Yan Yun loses, he will have no more usable troops. It is best to gather all the troops and defend Yanjing City."

Cai Jing hesitated.

The subordinate officials went to Yaoshi Guo's house privately and told him that Cai Jing had decided on this plan.

Pharmacist Guo felt something was wrong, so he immediately saw Cai Jing in person and argued: "The army has always defended the isolated city. If there is no reinforcements to rescue it, it will be defeated for a long time. I personally took the scout cavalry to see it. The flags of the Jin soldiers in Jizhou were in disorder. , not all of them are elites from the Jin Kingdom, we should take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with them!"

Cai Jing also felt that defending was not an option, and there would definitely be no reinforcements, so he decided to take a gamble: "Leave it to Mr. Guo for military and national affairs!"

Pharmacist Guo then led 30,000 troops to meet the enemy, leaving 20,000 troops for Cai Jing to defend the city.

The armies of the Song and Jin Dynasties met at Baihe and each set up camp to confront each other.

The next morning, the sentinel rushed to report: "The Song army has crossed the river at night!"

Wanyan Zongwang, who had just woken up, was surprised by this: "Song general is so courageous? Send an order to all the troops to set up a formation and kill the Song army!"

There was a person sitting next to him, named Wanyan Talan.

Seeing that Wanyan Zongwang directly ordered the battle without saying hello to him, Wanyan Talan was very unhappy.

Because Wanyan Talan's status is similar to that of a military supervisor, and he has the right to mobilize troops from the East Route Army.

The elite men under Wanyan Zongwang were the direct descendants of Wanyan Aguda. The Emperor of Jin was not very able to command them, so he sent a supervisory army to check and balance them.

Following Wanyan Zongwang's order, a battle broke out between the two armies.

The situation was extremely unfavorable to the Song army because they were fighting against the water and lacked enough room to turn around.

The combined strength of both sides was close to one hundred thousand, and the entire battlefield was more than ten miles wide.

Guo Yaoshi was originally in the Chinese Army. After discussing with other generals of the Ever-Victorious Army, he took the initiative with more than 8,000 Liaodong troops to attack from south to north to kill Wanyan Talan's troops on the flank of the Jin Army.

Pharmacist Guo said to his generals: "Go and tell the soldiers that we have no way to retreat. We will either die fighting with the Jin soldiers, or be driven into the river and drowned by the Jin soldiers!"

Thousands of elite golden soldiers, with armor like clouds and cavalry like mountains, swooped towards Medicine Master Guo.

Guo Yaoshi's eight thousand direct descendants from Liaodong are all veterans who have experienced countless wars. Although their military discipline is extremely poor, their combat effectiveness is at an all-time high at this moment. Because they knew that escape was impossible, and once they escaped, they would be blocked by the river and massacred.

The spectacle of a last-ditch battle reappeared in the land of China.

The victorious army formed a defensive formation and blocked the first attack of the Jin soldiers. Just as the Jin soldiers were preparing for their second attack, Medicine Master Guo ordered the entire army to counterattack.

Eight thousand direct descendants of Liaodong killed the elite Jin soldiers and retreated steadily.

"Commander, the Jin soldiers here have been defeated. Do you want to attack elsewhere and cooperate with General Liu and others in the flanking attack?" His generals came running on horseback and asked.

Pharmacist Guo said: "This golden army has been defeated but not broken. We must chase it to the end!"

The horn sounded and Guo Yaoshi led his troops in pursuit. Wanyan Tarlan's elite troops were finally defeated.

At this time, the pursuit was too far away, and it was too late for Guo Yaoshi to go back and cooperate with the friendly forces. Seeing the Jin soldiers' camp in front of him, he immediately ordered: "Burn the Jin soldiers' camp and burn their food. The Jin soldiers will surely be defeated thousands of miles away!"

A fire broke out in the Jin Bing camp, and countless Jin soldiers came back to rescue. Guo Yaoshi's eight thousand elites were about to be surrounded.

What are the other Song troops doing?

Ran!

When Guo Yaoshi was chasing Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Zongwang deliberately stood still and allowed the Song army to pursue his supervisor. This is an internal fight on the Jin Bing side.

The Song army was also fighting internally.

Liu Shunren and Zhang Linghui, who were both from the Resentment Army, had been waiting by the river. If the golden soldiers don't come to fight them, they won't fight the golden soldiers either.

Wanyan Zongwang heard that his supervisory army was defeated and that Guo Yaoshi was burning the camp, so he immediately dispatched troops to go back for rescue.

At this time, Zhang Linghui rode up to Liu Shunren's formation: "Most of the Jin soldiers have retreated, and they are probably going to surround and kill the man named Guo. Do we want to save him?"

Liu Shunren sneered: "What to save? They were all surrendered by the Liao Kingdom, and he, Guo Yaoshi, became the military governor. How many official positions did we get? The food and armor sent by the Emperor of Song were also first equipped in Guo Yaoshi's headquarters, and the remaining He gave us the rags he left behind. His surname is Guo, so we are naturally unjust. It just so happened that the main force of the Jin army retreated, so we could take the opportunity to cross the river and return to Yanjing without any damage."

Zhang Linghui hesitated.

Liu Shunren said: "As long as the people named Guo are defeated and lose their troops and generals, the Song Dynasty court will have to rely on us, and the soldiers, armor, money and food they bring will also be ours!"

Zhang Linghui was moved by these words.

As a result, in this battle, only Guo Yaoshi's eight thousand elites fought hard, while the remaining Song army fled without firing an arrow.

Although the main force of the Jin soldiers withdrew to rescue the main camp, there were still countless miscellaneous troops that remained unmoved.

When Liu Shunren and Zhang Linghui withdrew their troops and were halfway across the river, Wanyan Zongwang raised his arm and said: "Kill over!"

A bunch of motley troops from the Jin Kingdom were heading towards the Song army that was halfway across the border.

Liu Shunren and Zhang Linghui were so frightened that they abandoned their troops and fled in terror. Their losses were instantly greater than that of Guo Yaoshi. If Bai He hadn't blocked the pursuit, these two men would have been completely wiped out.

However, it was said that Medicine Master Guo burned part of the Jin camp, and when he saw the enemy's main force returning for reinforcements, he immediately led his troops to evacuate north, and even brought back more than half of the eight thousand elites.

The three generals of the ever-victorious army returned to Yanjing one after another.

Liu Shunren was the first to file a complaint and said to Cai Jing: "Pharmacist Guo ignored the overall situation and pursued the enemy deeply alone, which caused a gap in our army's formation. Fortunately, General Zhang and I fought hard and brought back thousands of remnants. Pharmacist Guo is so domineering, He is arrogant and should be beheaded!"

Zhang Linghui also said: "Mr. Guo hasn't come back yet, so he may have surrendered to the Jin people."

The next morning, Pharmacist Guo returned with his troops.

Liu Shunren added: "Be careful, he has taken refuge with the Jin people. This time he comes back to defraud the city."

Cai Jing looked at Medicine Master Guo who was covered in blood and had dried up under the city. After thinking about it, he actually ordered: "Open the city gate and welcome Duke Guo and his soldiers in."

Cai Jing is gambling with his life.

Generals Liu and Zhang were severely depleted and their abilities were worrisome. They were unable to shoulder the important task of defending Youzhou.

It's better to bet that Pharmacist Guo will be loyal to the court.

When Guo Yaoshi returned to the city, he immediately cursed Liu and Zhang, and told Cai Jing the truth: "I have killed so many Jin soldiers that they lost their helmets and armor, and also burned some of the Jin soldiers' camps. As long as these two people take the opportunity to cover up the killing, , even if they can't defeat the Jin soldiers, they can still burn down the enemy camp after a while. But these two birdmen escaped, and according to the military order, they should be beheaded!"

Cai Jing had made all the right decisions before, but now he became confused.

He believed that although Liu Shunren and Zhang Linghui were defeated, they still had some troops under their command. Once the two generals are captured or executed, their tribesmen will surely be resentful and may even defect at a critical moment.

Therefore, Cai Jing did not punish anyone, but had to persuade the three generals.

That night, Liu Shunren found Zhang Linghui and said, "Guo is actually able to bring troops back. He will definitely not let us go."

"But the Emperor of Song favored him and his troops were stronger. How can we fight against him?" Zhang Linghui felt scared.

Liu Shunren sneered and said: "You can still seek refuge with the Jin people!"

These two guys secretly sent people to contact Wanyan Zongwang, and asked Wanyan Zongwang whether he wanted Yaoshi Guo's people or his head. They could send them there.

What kind of person is Doctor Guo?

Having been tricked just now, it was impossible for him to make a second mistake. He could basically guess what Liu and Zhang wanted to do.

So Pharmacist Guo went to Cai Jing and said, "Youzhou can't be defended anymore. Is your Majesty willing to pay me the money?"

Cai Jing was horrified and said, "Did Mr. Guo really defect to the Jin people?"

"I haven't yet," Medicine Master Guo shook his head, "but Liu and Zhang will definitely pay money so that you will neither kill them nor arrest them and jail them, so I will have to be the first to do so."

Cai Jing quickly made amends: "I can arrest them."

"It's too late," Medicine Master Guo shook his head, "I have decided to pay the money. Before I came this time, I was under the care of the envoy in the past, and I wanted to take the envoy to surrender with me. If the envoy is willing, he can also share the contribution of dedicating the city. This is to repay the envoy's kindness. If the envoy is unwilling, he can only be a prisoner and be taken to the Kingdom of Jin by me."

Cai Jing was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

"Is your Majesty willing to pay the money?" Medicine Master Guo asked again.

Cai Jing lowered his head and remained silent for a long time, shaking his head with firm eyes.

"Alas," Medicine Master Guo sighed and said to his soldiers, "Tie them up!"

After arresting Cai Jing, he went to arrest Lu Yihao. Both civil servants fell into the hands of Yaoshi Guo.

Liu Shunren and Zhang Linghui finally realized that something was wrong, and were about to gather troops to deal with it, but Medicine Master Guo had already come over with his elite troops.

Both generals were beheaded by Medicine Master Guo, and they took control of the entire Yanjing City, and then sent people to invite Wanyan Zongwang to take over the territory.