Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Luoshu quickly retreated to the city of Zhending Prefecture. At this time, they had fewer than 400 soldiers left in their hands, most of whom were wounded. There was only a hastily assembled force of 1,000 Han people inside the city of Zhending, which had no fighting power at all.

  Facing the main force of the righteous army that arrived quickly, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Louyu left behind a thousand Han soldiers to guard the city. Attempting to delay the main force of the righteous army, they quickly retreated southward, fleeing hastily towards Jizhou.

  Just as the Eastern Route Army was defeated by Zhao Yun's surprise attack at Lingshou City, the Western Route Army led by Wanyan Zongwang began to confront Yue Fei's army in Jingyang Town.

  Under the city of Jingyang, the righteous army's formation was neat and tidy, with ample preparation. The Jin people's momentum was like a tiger, fearless in the slightest. Both sides immediately engaged in a bloody battle.

  Jin Junxi Road, which was stationed in Jingyang Town, besieged and killed the commander of the Xing Wang Army, Wanyan Chalan. They received news from Taiyuan Prefecture. The messengers were Jin Jun's detailed stabilizer, Jia Nu, and the supervisor, Wa Lanke.

  Two of them were under the command of Yuwen Rong, and the other was a subordinate of Xi Wang Xiao Gan. Yuwen Conglang was very wary of the two men, whose abilities were average, but they were afraid of death and greedy for wealth, and both had some background. Yuwen Conglang was afraid that they would not work hard before the war, so he let them guard Taiyuan City, but this arrangement turned out to be a disastrous disaster.

  Wanyan Zongwang did not expect that the two people who delivered the letter to him had already become prisoners of Yue Fei at this time. Delivering the letter to him was just a strategy to make him leave the strong city.

  Behind the Jin army's battle formation, Wanyan Aguda and Guo Jing stood side by side. "Do we want to go back and support Taiyuan Prefecture? Taiyuan Prefecture is in urgent need now, and the righteous army is attacking the city. Should we withdraw our troops to provide reinforcements?" Wanyan Aguda asked.

  Guo Yishi shook his head, expressionless, with an air of mystery and profundity. He said: "Taiyuan doesn't need reinforcements yet. They can hold their own."

  "Bastard, if Taiyuan falls, I'll be the one to blame!" He also understood what Guo Yao Shi meant. Originally, he had considered that Guo was a man of Wan Yan Zong Wang and had some strategy, so he listened to his opinion. But now things were urgent. He hastily said: "If Xing Wang Zhao Yun is brave and cunning, if he uses the main force to attack Taiyuan, they can march south from Taiyuan later. If we lose our territory and let the enemy escape, it will be our fault! You won't be able to escape either!"

  Wanyan Aguda had not finished speaking, but Gu Daoshi's expression had already changed slightly, with a hint of fear in his eyes. "The Eastern Route Army has already led the army to attack Lingshou and even Jingxing. They will soon be able to join forces with us, as for Taiyuan, it should be safe for the time being..."

  "It's only been a few days since the war started? They are still far from Jingxing." Wanyan Zhaoyi disagreed with Guo Yashi's view and said: "Taiyuan Prefecture has only 5,000 defenders. If the righteous army attacks with its main force, it is very likely to fall." Guo Yashi may have been frightened by being held accountable for his own responsibility. After all, he was a Han person, and if he committed too many crimes, he would be severely punished.

  Kuo the pharmacist pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Then you decide, are we to guard Jingyang and wait for reinforcements or go support Taiyuan Prefecture?" "Of course we will support Taiyuan Prefecture," Wanyan Zha said resolutely.

  In fact, because of the local snake king Zhao Kun sending out many second-tier teams composed of robust civilians to intercept the Jin army's messengers, the Jin army is still unclear about the current battlefield situation.

  Actually, Jin Jun still had the opportunity to turn the tide of battle. As long as Wanyan Zongwang held out in Jingyang Town and blocked Yue Fei's army, while urging Wanyan Zonghan (Zhang Han) to come and support him quickly, the two armies would join forces to attack Yue Fei, and then return swiftly to capture Taiyuan Prefecture. At most, this battle would have been a defeat without gain. It wouldn't have led to the Jin army besieging Xingwang's situation being completely defeated. But Wanyan Zongwang's momentary hesitation allowed the Western Route Army of the Jin not only to be defeated without gain but also to lose many soldiers and generals, losing a large amount of occupied territory.

  "Order, the garrison in the city will withdraw immediately and set up an array ten miles away to cover the main force's retreat." Wanyan Zhaoyi ordered. Wanyan Zhaoyi led his army to withdraw first, and soon Xiao Gan and Guo Yao's Jie people's army and Han people's army also withdrew.

  Yue Fei led his troops in a rapid pursuit, and ten miles away they encountered the Jin army's blocking force, but it was quickly annihilated by him. The Jin army's rear forces were destroyed, but Wanyan Zongbi, Xiao Gan, and Guo Zhongyi were able to retreat smoothly as a result, with the three men leading an army of 50,000 in a fighting withdrawal.

  Yue Fei immediately dispatched a contingent to occupy Jingyang Town, and then commanded the main force of his army to bypass the city and attack the Jin army in the direction of Fushan. For the Righteous Army, the top priority was to annihilate the main force of this western route of the Jin army.

  Taiyuan Prefecture only had 5,000 defending troops, and the military strength was empty. Wanyan Zongbi thought of this and felt afraid. If Taiyuan Prefecture were lost and the Righteous Army could occupy it smoothly and he couldn't take it back, his own head might not be able to stay on his neck. Because the Righteous Army could directly threaten the Western Capital Road, which would put the Western Capital in danger, and the Emperor would certainly kill him in anger.

  After the Jin army was defeated, the righteous army disappeared. Wanyan Zongbi and Guo Yao Shi as well as Xiao Gan discussed it and immediately dispatched scouts to search for the main force of the righteous army. At the same time, regardless of whether Fushan and Pingding were still occupied by the righteous army, the large army rushed straight to Taiyuan Prefecture.

  At this time, the messenger who was sent to contact the Eastern Route Golden Army arrived in Zhending. As a result, he saw that all were Golden Army escapees and righteous army troops pursuing and killing everywhere. He was immediately frightened pale-faced and galloped back.

  After the messenger reported back, this time Wanyan Aguda, Guo Da Shi and Xiao Gan were really stunned, looking at each other in dismay. Originally they wanted to surround the King of Faith's army, but after fighting for more than ten days, the righteous army was not surrounded, instead, the King of Faith had calculated them, and they fell into their trap.

  The whole battle was unbelievable, making them feel terrified. Today's battlefield is full of weirdness. With an absolute advantage in military strength, they were still counterattacked by their opponent, which is also too absurd and too weird.

  At this time, in Jizhou. Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Wanyan Zongwang) received the news that the Eastern Route Army was completely defeated and the Western Route Army retreated to the west, he regretted it extremely, hating that he could not cut himself with a knife.

  He had long seen that Xinfeng was a formidable opponent, full of wisdom and strategy. Therefore, hastily attacking the army of Xinfeng with swift conquests was not a good strategy. So he decided to hold back his troops.

  But no matter how much they calculated, they miscalculated the strength of Xing Wangjun. Who would have thought that Wanyan Zongwang, who had won a hundred battles, would lead an army of 140,000 and be defeated by Xing Wang's tens of thousands of troops? And afterwards, Wanyan Kuai and Guo Yao Shi as well as Xiao Gan did not even report back to their own side, but retreated without a fight, handing over the advantageous position to the Righteous Army, and withdrawing westward.

  Wanyan Zonghan (Xianhan) was enraged, he had no way out. This time, even if it cost him his life, he would lead the 100,000 Jurchen army and the Righteous Army to fight a battle. "Pass down the order to the great army, advance westward at full speed, kill your way to Wozhou."

  At this time, Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Wanyan Zongwang), who was a thousand miles away, hastily returned to Taiyuan Prefecture. Wanyan Chalan, who did not seek merit but only sought to avoid blame, also issued an order: "The great army will rapidly advance westward and head straight for Taiyuan Prefecture."

  At this critical moment, to avoid the emperor's severe punishment, Wanyan Zongbi abandoned his assistance to Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Nianhan). This time, the failure of the army's siege would definitely end the future of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang.

  If he could hold Taiyuan Prefecture, he would still be able to keep the rebel army at bay outside the city walls of Taiyuan Prefecture, and it would not be a problem for him to retain his position. Therefore, he did not care about Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Ouyang) anymore, and led his 50,000-strong army to hastily retreat back to Taiyuan Prefecture.

  At this time, Ma Zheng, the deputy commander of the Righteous Army of Prince Xiang of Wei, who had been preparing to meet Wanyan Zonghan's (Wanyan Zongbi) army in Wu Prefecture, encountered him. At this time, the old deputy commander Ma Zheng still had his white hair and beard, but he was not inferior to his former heroic spirit. The troops under his command included two Tianma armies, Liang Xing's Pojin Army, Zhao Yun's Po Enemy Army, and Cui Qing's Yuntian Army, with a total of 25,000 men in the five armies.

  At this time, Ma Zheng led 25,000 soldiers of the Righteous Army to immediately launch a guerrilla war to delay the large army of Wanyan Zonghan.

  The army of Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Wanyan Zongwang) was startled every day by the countless war drums, bugles and golden gongs surrounding them, only to find no enemy when they got up and formed their ranks. Every time the Jin army had a meal, they were shot at from a distance by the archers of the rebel cavalry, but when they mounted their horses to pursue, the rebel cavalry had already disappeared without a trace.

  Apart from these, small groups of Jin troops would frequently go missing every day. The logistics and supplies of Wanyan Zonghan were frequently plundered. It was only then that Wanyan Zonghan realized that the tactics employed by Xin Wang Zhao Fan were simply too despicable, leaving him with a large army of 100,000 men but low morale, exhausted, and even cut off from supplies.

  In this way, under the situation where Ma Zheng's army resolutely implemented Zhao Jun's guerrilla tactics, the Jin army's speed rapidly slowed down, and even stopped advancing due to the loss of supplies and provisions.

  At dusk when the sun was setting, near Shouyang, Wanyan Zongwang's army encountered Yue Fei's troops. The two armies immediately engaged in a bloody battle.

  According to the scout's report, after learning that Shouyang had been occupied by the righteous army, Wanyan Kuang was worried about the safety of Taiyuan Prefecture and rushed to the front line to direct the troops in a desperate battle. Since this battlefield is a trap, since the goal of the righteous army is to attack Taiyuan Prefecture behind them, I'm afraid that on the city wall of Taiyuan Prefecture now, it's probably hanging the banner of Xining King.

  It's clear that the main force of the rebel army is now attacking Taiyuan Prefecture. As long as they break through the rebel army's attack, there is still hope to retake Taiyuan Prefecture. The Jin army has won every battle because rewards and punishments are clearly defined. Now, as long as Taiyuan Prefecture exists, his own future prospects exist; if Taiyuan Prefecture falls, his own future prospects will be gone. For the sake of his own brilliant career, Wanyan Zonghan must fight to the death.

  The headquarters of the righteous army in Zhending City, King Xīn of Zhao was reading an urgent report sent by Mǎ Zhèng. The report from Mǎ stated that the central route Jīn army had moved out, but they did not head south or east; instead, Wányán Zōnghàn led his troops to attack Wò Prefecture directly. Now, however, Wányán Dàlǎn was not coordinating with Wányán Zōnghàn and had turned around to attack Tàiyuán Prefecture instead.

  This news made Zhao Kui breathe a sigh of relief. The central route had at least 100,000 troops. If the central army had joined forces with the Eastern Route Army to launch a full-scale attack earlier, although Zhao Kui was confident that the Righteous Army would emerge victorious, the losses suffered by the Righteous Army would be unimaginable. It could be considered fortunate.

  "Has Yue Fei launched an attack on Wanyan Zongwang?" Zhao Ke asked. "It's still unknown, General Yue's army has divided into several routes and annihilated 8,000 Jin troops. There hasn't been any news of a major battle yet, regardless of whether General Yue has launched the attack or not, it doesn't have much significance for the overall situation." Gao Yunfei said: "We've already annihilated the Jin army's eastern route, we just need to gather and settle the civilians, then we can concentrate our forces and use the advantageous terrain in Wo State to intercept them. In a few days, we'll be able to repel the enemy."

  Zhao Bangjie raised an objection. Although the righteous army defeated and annihilated the main force of the Eastern Route Golden Army, it was only the annihilation of one route of the enemy. Faced with the million-strong elite troops of the Jin country, coupled with the current scarcity of many supplies for the righteous army, they actually had not escaped the survival crisis. If they wanted to stand firm in the Taihang Mountains area, they must annihilate at least two routes of the Golden Army. Therefore, the top priority was to adjust their strategy. With the main force launching a counterattack, they would encircle and annihilate the Golden Army at all costs. Only by crippling the Golden Army could the righteous army possibly free up its hands to develop and expand.

  Zhao Kuang agreed with Zhao Pian's statement and immediately ordered the various departments to prepare for a southern expedition, coordinating with Ma Zheng to launch a new major battle against Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Wanyan Zongwang)'s 100,000-strong central army.

  He then ordered Ma Zheng to prepare his troops and be ready to coordinate with the relief army, to launch a counterattack against Wanyan Zonghan's (also known as Ouyang Han) 100,000-strong Golden Army in the central route.

  Zhao Kui reported to Ma Zheng that the Western Route Army of the Jin Dynasty, led by Wanyan Zonghan (also known as Nianhan), had not moved southward to support the Central Route Army. The enemy forces you are facing are approximately 100,000 strong and belong to Wanyan Zonghan's army. The Commander-in-Chief plans to assemble the main force to coordinate with your troops in launching a counterattack, aiming to annihilate the Jin army as much as possible. This will alleviate the heavy burden on the occupied areas of Xingwang and buy time for driving out the Jin invaders. Therefore, your current mission is to hold off Wanyan Zonghan's forces at Wo Prefecture until our main force launches a counterattack, when you will deliver a crushing blow to them.

  Ma Zheng received the letter and consulted with Zhang Ying, Liang Xing, Zhao Yun, Cui Qing and other generals. They decided to continue using guerrilla tactics, stubbornly holding back Wanyan Zonghan's central route Golden Army. They exposed their own army to the Jin army scouts, letting the Jin army follow behind them in pursuit, leading the enemy by the nose.

  At this time, the Jin army scouts in Wanyan Zongbi's army finally heard the news that Taiyuan Prefecture had been occupied by the loyalist army of Prince Zhao. This news immediately took effect, and the battle between Wanyan Zongbi's Jin army and Yue Fei's loyalist army came to an abrupt halt. Wanyan Zongbi's large army defended their camp, hanging up a placard requesting a truce.

  When he heard that the city of Taiyuan was breached, and the Eastern Route Army was completely defeated, and he had not gone to support the sudden advance of the Central Route Golden Army. The unfavorable situation in all aspects, combined with his own misjudgment, dealt a heavy blow to Wanyan Kuang, who became desperate and lost all will to fight. Guo Yao Shi, Xiao Gan and others were also frightened and helpless.

  Taiyuan Prefecture was lost, the entire Eastern Route Army of the Jin Dynasty was defeated, and the Righteous Army successfully broke through the siege by the Jin army and even captured Taiyuan Prefecture. Thinking that this severe defeat was unprecedented since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Zongbi and his generals were terrified.

  The southern campaign to capture cities and plunder the land was blocked in Tokyo, but the Jin country still had other directions to attack, and it would not immediately threaten the occupied area. The loss of Jinzhou and Taiyuan Prefecture meant that the entire central part of Hedong Road had fallen into the hands of the Song Dynasty's Xining Wang, and if the righteous army grew stronger in the future, they could directly attack the Western Capital Datong in the north. Losing a western capital, what does it represent? The Liao country was destroyed by losing one of the five major capitals one after another, think about how the emperor of Jin country and the Balhae people can tolerate it? He is really dead, even if he has repeatedly made military achievements, his life is not in danger, but his official position will definitely be lost.

  But now the situation is that even if the emperor wants to cut off his own head, he may not be able to do so. Because his own army has been surrounded by Yue Fei using the geographical advantage.

  The current Jin army has been surrounded by Yue Fei's army in the center of a basin, with mountains surrounding the four sides of the basin and all the roads and passes being guarded by the righteous army.

  "What's the point of breaking through? Can't break through, what then? It's all death anyway." Guo the medicine master sighed: "Nowadays, the plan is still to break through and quickly retreat east, and merge with Wanyan Zonghan (Zhān) General's central route Jurchen army. The two armies combined have 140,000-150,000 soldiers, enough for one battle. Like now, scattered in all directions, it's very likely that the enemy will divide and conquer us, surround and kill us, and our entire army will be annihilated."

  Wanyan Aguda no longer had his former heroic spirit, he was like a wooden stake, without any intention. At this time, Wanyan Aguda knew that his future was over, he was desperate and collapsed, like a dead man, without soul...without vitality...

  Wanyan Tong's army completely collapsed, but there were still two main officials in the army, Xiao Gan and Guo Yao Shi. After consulting with each other, they no longer hesitated and decisively replaced Wanyan Tong to order a general retreat, rapidly withdrawing from the siege.

  In the middle of the night, Jin's army suddenly broke through to the rear, and the 50,000 troops abandoned all their baggage and rushed towards the retreat route behind the basin.

  The Jin army had a force of 50,000 after all, and Xiao Gan and Guo Yao Shi directly deployed the strongest Jurchen iron armor cavalry to launch a fierce attack. This time they fought fiercely and retreated even faster, catching the Righteous Army off guard at the mouth of the valley. They were immediately breached by the Jin army and retreated eastward.

  Yue Fei received the news and immediately ordered Zhang Xian, a young general promoted by Emperor Gaozong of Song himself, to lead the vanguard. He led the three armies of the Baowei Army to pursue the enemy immediately. Then he led the whole army to launch a pursuit, with more than 40,000 people marching east through the muddy night to chase the Jin soldiers.

  Jin Jun saw the righteous army's cavalry catching up, and suddenly panicked. Although the news of Taiyuan's loss was strictly blocked, the soldiers were not fools, fighting back and forth in this area, sometimes advancing east, sometimes retreating west, and then turning to escape east again, definitely something went wrong. So the military morale gradually became chaotic, and the soldier's spirit was also very low.

  The Jin army's morale had already been worn out, and they were exhausted. They encountered the cavalry pursuing troops from behind. The sound of war horses thundered across the land and sky. General Zhang Xian led 5,000 cavalrymen to charge forward, unleashing a hail of arrows that knocked down a batch of Jin soldiers, then rushed forward with guns and killed them.

  A batch of slow-moving Jin soldiers were slaughtered, and a small number of resisting Jin troops were also killed by the cavalry. Soon, the retreating Jin army turned into a rout, the rout turned into a collapse, and then it was a total defeat.

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