Heaven's Change of Fate

Chapter 404 Go South and West to Lure the Enemy Deep
The most worthy of Mongolian vigilance is Zhao Wang Wanyan Honglie, because Zhao Wang Wanyan Honglie is the one who can fight the most among the children of the Jin Kingdom's clan, and is also the one who has the deepest prejudice against Mongolia. He started to attack Mongolia, so Temujin adhered to the principle of "strike first to be the strongest". Taking advantage of Wanyan Honglie's just ascension to the throne and the transition of power had not yet been completed, Temujin made a bold move.

With Temujin's move, Wanyan Honglie didn't care about completing the process of changing power from one emperor to one courtier, and directly assembled an elite army of 40 to confront him at Yehuling.

At the same time, because Wanyan Honglie proclaimed himself emperor, Yang Xin's identity and status increased. He refused Wanyan Honglie's order to lead his army to Zhongdu and be promoted to crown prince. Yang Xin directly expanded his army by 30, and then brazenly raised his troops to take over Shanxi Province. road, thereby acquiring the entire territory of Shandong.

After taking the whole territory of Shandong lightly, Yang Xin did not stop his pace of expansion, and directly sent troops to occupy Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, Hebei South Road, Hebei North Road and other places.According to the maps of later generations, Yang Xin occupied all of Shandong, Hebei, Henan, and a small part of Shanxi at this time, and all the Shanxi, Hebei, Luyu plains fell into Yang Xin's hands.

Yang Xin's actions caused an uproar, and all kinds of impeachment memorials came before Wanyan Honglie like snowflakes. At this time, Wanyan Honglie didn't care about Yang Xin at all, because the Jin army was defeated in Yehuling.

The 40 Jin army could not defeat the [-] Mongolian army, and the world was in an uproar for a while. The Southern Song Dynasty thought that the Jin army was weak and it was time to be ashamed of Jingkang, so they dispatched troops and generals, ready to move.

Only Guo Jing has a clear understanding, it's not that the Jin army is weak, but the Mongolian army is strong!
In the past, the Jin State did not pay attention to the weak Southern Song Dynasty at all, but when the Mongols moved south, the Yehuling army was defeated, and the 40 elite troops were wiped out, the Southern Song Dynasty was ready to make a move, which actually gave the Jin State a feeling that the building was about to collapse.

There are strong enemies outside and courtiers restraining him inside. Wanyan Honglie used iron and blood methods to raise the butcher's knife internally to forcefully cleanse the opponents. Externally, he personally sat in the central capital to command the war. Defend against the Mongolian attack.

At the same time, Wanyan Honglie ordered to directly promote Yang Xin as the commander of the Southern Route Army, ordering him to lead the army into the front lines of Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou, and Sizhou immediately to prevent and resist the attack of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yang Xin looked at the imperial edict sent by Wanyan Honglie and snorted disdainfully. At this time, Wanyan Honglie had transformed into a perfect politician. Looking at the entire imperial edict, it all mentioned past feelings and analyzed the situation from all aspects. The Kingdom of Jin did not allow any mistakes, but it did not mention the matter of one soldier, one grain, and one grain. It meant that Yang Xin was allowed to sit in the south to resist the Southern Song Dynasty, but he did not give you a soldier, a horse, or a grain of grass.

How is this different from the pie paintings of later generations? Yang Xin has never seen anything, so Yang Xin replied with a letter, saying that he could sit in the south and resist the Southern Song army, not to mention not having a single soldier or a trace of food and grass, but He demanded the right to conscript troops and collect grain and fodder on the spot, and Yang Xin also stated that he could send some of the recruited soldiers, horses, fodder, and fodder to the central capital.

After Wanyan Honglie received Yang Xin's secret letter, he made a mistake that the last emperor would almost always make. He delegated power, so Yang Xin had the power to recruit soldiers, horses, food and grass.

Next, Yang Xin began to copy the model of Shandong East Road, and drove all the officials, soldiers, gentry, etc. of the Kingdom of Jin to the central capital, and then divided the fields on the spot and recruited soldiers.

Yang Xin not only went south, but also went west. Hezhong Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Yan'an Mansion, and Linzhao Mansion were all taken by Yang Xin, almost dividing the entire Dajin Kingdom into two. Although the area is small, it is the essence of the Central Plains.

Of course, Yang Xin's crude methods met with great resistance, but Yang Xin held the imperial edict and supplemented it with powerful firepower, which made the Jin officials extremely frightened and did not dare to give it a try. After all, Yang Xin was still holding the The title of Crown Prince, and also the son of Jin Emperor Wanyan Honglie, has a high chance of becoming a great treasure in the future.They couldn't fight, they couldn't resist, and they were afraid that Yang Xin would give them little shoes in the future. In desperation, the powerful officials of the Jin Kingdom, especially those with soldiers and horses, had no choice but to go to Zhongdu according to Yang Xin's order.

Fortunately, Yang Xin did not confiscate his property and soldiers, and let them take away as much food and grass as he could, so there was no violent conflict.

At this time, Wanyan Honglie was sitting in the central capital, fighting fiercely with the Mongolian army going south. At the beginning, Wanyan Honglie was very happy to see a steady stream of troops coming to the central capital with food and grass. Defending pressure.

But after Wanyan Honglie learned what Yang Xin had done, Wanyan Honglie was so angry that his nose was almost crooked. Wanyan Honglie suppressed his anger and allowed Yang Xin to do whatever he wanted, as long as he could guard the southern border of the Kingdom of Jin.

Because Wanyan Honglie got the news that the Southern Song Dynasty was about to launch the Northern Expedition, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty realized that the elite of the Jin Kingdom was gone at this time, and the national power was declining.

Moreover, the Northern Expedition was divided into three routes, one starting from Xiangyang Mansion in the Southern Song Dynasty to attack Tangzhou in the Kingdom of Jin, one starting from Anqing Mansion in the Southern Song Dynasty to attack Caizhou in the Kingdom of Jin; the other starting from Yangzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty to attack Sizhou in the Kingdom of Jin.

Yang Xin's subordinates swallowed up half of the Dajin Kingdom by adopting the trend of whale swallowing. The strides are too big, which is a bit of a bullshit trend. In addition, the newly recruited troops have not yet finished training, so they decided to abandon Sizhou and Yingzhou and Tangzhou, mainly guarding Caizhou, trading space for time, but Yang Xin would not easily let the Southern Song army capture Sizhou, Yingzhou and Tangzhou.

Yang Xin knew very well that if you lose your land, you will lose your land, and if you lose your land, you will gain all your land. At the same time, taking advantage of the time difference, he implemented the book of hardening the walls and clearing the fields, and moved all the people from the three states of Sizhou, Yingzhou, and Tangzhou to Caizhou, and then prepared to complete their achievements in Caizhou. In the battle against the enemy, the three-way army of the Southern Song Dynasty was wiped out.

Yang Xin's steadfastness in clearing the country and luring the enemy deep was regarded as weakness, especially when the Southern Song Dynasty Northern Expedition East Route Army easily captured Sizhou in the Kingdom of Jin.

Then, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Southern Song Dynasty captured Yingzhou and Tangzhou one after another, and the world was shaken. The whole Southern Song Dynasty was filled with joy and happiness. Everyone thought that the national strength of the Jin Kingdom had sunk to the west, and its vitality was exhausted.

Even Wanyan Honglie, who was far away in the central capital, had a drastic change in expression, and when the Mongolian army saw that the Jin army was defending the city, it was difficult to capture and was preparing to withdraw, they found that the morale of the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty and the three states was also greatly shaken, so they changed the withdrawal plan. Strategy, continue to besiege Zhongdu.

However, Yang Xin laughed. Yang Xin just hoped that the Kingdom of Jin would not fall so quickly, and that it would be best to fall into an anxious battle. In order to calm Wanyan Honglie's heart, Yang Xin not only sent a large amount of food and grass to Wanyan Honglie, but also sent him to the arsenal. , The armaments that the Jin Guo army did not take away also sent a batch.

Looking at the continuous supply of food, grass and military equipment sent by Yang Xin, plus Yang Xin's secret letter to lure the enemy into deep, his anxious heart immediately calmed down, and he used the strong city to continuously consume the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian army.

After the Southern Song Dynasty went down to the three states, they immediately joined forces and prepared to attack Caizhou. After occupying Caizhou, they planned to take Xuzhou.As long as Xuzhou is taken, it is equivalent to driving a nail into the Jin Kingdom, because Xuzhou is directly south of Kaifeng Mansion, southeast of Guide Mansion and Xuzhou, and southwest of Henan Mansion. , are equivalent to a heavy punch in Jin Guo's heart.

Especially Kaifeng Mansion, which was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, had unparalleled significance in both strategic and military significance to the Southern Song Dynasty, which wanted to avenge the shame of Jingkang.

The premise is to defeat Caizhou, and then go all the way north to attack Xuzhou.The three armies then began to gather, intending to encircle Caizhou.

"No, Brother Yang Kang's army cannot be so weak, even the army of the Jin Kingdom cannot be so weak." Guo Jing couldn't help but be surprised after Sizhou, Yingzhou and Tangzhou were all returned to the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Maybe it's because Yang Kang expanded his army too quickly and didn't have time to deploy defenses, and all the elite troops of the Jin Kingdom rushed to the central capital, leaving the three states empty of troops?" Hong Qigong said.

"No, it's still wrong. Even if the Jin army is empty, the Song army cannot take these three states so easily." Guo Jing said with a frown.

Because after Guo Jing came to the Song Dynasty from the south of Shandong East Road, he personally inspected the armament and combat power of the Song army, and then found that the armament of the Song army was acceptable, but the combat power was appallingly low, let alone fighting against the brutal Mongols. The army is here, even if the children of the beggar gang gather to form an army, the Song army will not be an opponent.

"Master, I want to take the disciples of the Beggar Clan north to find out what's going on. If the war goes unfavorably, I can also ask the disciples of the Beggar Clan to take over." Guo Jing said.

"If we lead the Beggar Gang northward, we won't be able to hide the news that our Beggar Gang has formed an army." Hong Qigong said with a sigh.

After saying goodbye to Yang Xin, Guo Jing did not fully follow Yang Xin's advice. Instead, he took advantage of the large number of beggar gang disciples to select elite disciples to form an army. Near the lake, taking advantage of the natural advantages of Dongting Lake, Guo Jing hid his army here in the name of the Beggar Gang.

"If you can't hide it, you can't hide it. I'm afraid that the three armies of the Song Dynasty will suffer losses. After all, this is the army that I, the Song Dynasty, spent countless efforts to build." Guo Jing said.

"Okay, the old beggar will go with you." Hong Qigong said after thinking for a moment.

Immediately, Guo Jing, Hong Qigong and Huang Rong led a small group of elite Beggars to go north first, and most of the army broke into pieces and began to gather towards Xiangyang City.

The further north, as the disciples of the beggar gang inquired more and more news, not only Guo Jing's complexion changed, but Hong Qigong's complexion also began to change. Put these mistakes behind you.

"This is an extremely simple strategy to lure the enemy into the depths. Are the leading generals fools?!" When Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong learned of Yang Xin's strategy of clearing up the wilderness, the three armies of the Southern Song Dynasty only got an empty city. At that time, he instantly understood Yang Xin's strategy, and Hong Qigong couldn't help screaming angrily.

"Don't the generals understand the reason why the king's order is not accepted when the general is outside?" Guo Jing was also very angry. He was familiar with Wu Mu's suicide note, and he easily saw through Yang Xin's strategy.

"It's useless, the Song Dynasty needs victory too much, and the Song Dynasty's tradition of using civil and military power makes the generals dare not get involved in military power at all, and can only passively follow the orders of civil officials. Come to the leader, the general will be impeached and killed if there is any change in the general. The former famous general Di Qing was forced to death by Ouyang Xiu, and there is no need for Yuewu Mu Fengboting in the future. , We have all experienced the virtues of civil servants." Huang Rong added.

"Moreover, this Northern Expedition was carried out in a hurry. Its purpose was not the Northern Expedition at all, but a political act by Prime Minister Han Yuzhou to enhance his prestige and consolidate his own power, which led to this adventurous Northern Expedition." Huang Rong He said with a sigh.

Since Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong returned to the head of the Beggar Gang, the division of labor between the three was very clear. Hong Qigong was in charge of the Beggar Gang, in charge of logistics, and fully supported Guo Jing. money; while Guo Jing is concerned with the construction of the army; Huang Rong is concerned with the court.

Hearing what Huang Rong said, the faces of Hong Qigong and Guo Jing turned pale, especially when the disciples of the Beggar Clan found out that the firearms Hong Qigong described did not appear in the battle between the Song Army and the Jin Army, the faces of the three of them instantly turned pale. whiter.

"Master, Rong'er, we are going to hurry to Caizhou. I have arranged for Lu Youjiao to collect the boats as soon as the beggar army arrives in Xiangyang and go along the river to meet them. I hope the Song army will not be defeated too badly." Guo Jing said absently. .

When Guo Jing and his party rushed to Caizhou, the battle of Caizhou had already begun. Yang Xin personally took command of Caizhou. Before the three armies of the Southern Song Dynasty encircled him, all the generals and cavalry were scattered outside the city, and then gathered secretly. Be a Raider.

The three armies of the Southern Song Dynasty encircled Caizhou, and they didn't take Caizhou seriously at all. After all, the three armies added up to more than 5000 people, and the small Caizhou had only [-] people defending it.

Putting aside the hidden cavalry, the Caizhou garrison really only has 5000 people, but these 5000 people are direct descendants of Yang Xin. Not only are all of them equipped with rifles, they are also equipped with a large number of Gatling six-barreled rotating machine guns and artillery. .

At the beginning of the Song Army's siege, its siege weapons such as trebuchets were violently bombed by artillery, smashing the siege equipment that the Song Army had worked so hard to build. At the same time, fierce artillery fire, new weapons, and huge The power also frightened Song Jun severely.

According to the advice of the generals of the Song Army, exploratory attacks should be carried out to find out the weaknesses of the enemy's artillery. However, it is obvious that even on the battlefield, it is not the generals who have the final say. Civil servants who are so happy with their achievements simply do not listen to what the generals say and ignore the reality. In this situation, he launched a general offensive, hoping to complete his victory and capture Caizhou on the spot.

This coincided with what Yang Xin hoped for, so a brutal offensive and defensive battle like a meat grinder began...

(End of this chapter)