Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

However, after Yan Zonghan led the army back to Datong Mansion, the Song Dynasty immediately tore up the agreement and sent troops northward.

Wanyan Zonghan wanted to transfer the occupied Song Dynasty land to the Song Dynasty peacefully, but the Song Dynasty monarchs and the Song army were never ready to fulfill the peace treaty.

Yao Gu led an army into the Longde mansion and Weisheng army, captured and killed all the local officials temporarily appointed by the Jin army, boasted that this was a great victory, and reported it to the court.

Yao Gu didn't know that it was his actions that deeply stimulated Wanyan Zonghan.

Before the ink on the peace treaty was dry, the Song Dynasty tore up the agreement, and Wanyan Zonghan was furious at the speed with which the new emperor Zhao Huan broke his promise.

The Jurchen attaches great importance to keeping promises. Wanyan Zonghan believes that the new emperor Zhao Huan of the Song Dynasty is more shameless than the old emperor Zhao Ji.

People from the Zhao family can't be trusted!

From then on, Wanyan Zonghan's goal was no longer to occupy Taiyuan Mansion, nor to rule by drawing the Yellow River, but to completely overthrow the Zhao family's rule and hand over the Southern Dynasty to other people.

After Yao Gu took back the Weisheng Army, he also took back the North and South Passes in the territory.

Going further north, you will enter the territory of Taiyuan Prefecture.

The Kingdom of Jin believed that Taiyuan Mansion was already its own territory, and of course it was impossible to let the Song army go north.

Wanyan Yinshu could see that the Song army was approaching, so he asked his brother Wanyan Balisu and his clan disciple Wanyantu to go south with [-] cavalry to defend.

Although Yao Gu's soldiers were numerous and powerful, and he went out of the customs to fight several fierce battles with the Jin army, but it was difficult to defeat the Jin army, and he was blocked on the front line of the North and South Passes.

Therefore, although Yao Gujun easily regained Longde Mansion and Weisheng Army, he failed to achieve the expected goal of solving the siege of Taiyuan.

However, the easy recovery of the Longde Mansion and the Weisheng Army made Zhao Huanjun and his ministers in Bianliang City in Tokyo feel underestimated.

In Zhao Huan's view, the Jin army is nothing more than that. As long as more soldiers and horses are added, the Jin army will definitely be defeated and the siege of Taiyuan City will be solved.

Coincidentally at this time, the Wanyan Zongwang troops of the Eastern Route Army of the Jin Army attacked the Zhongshan and Hejian mansions, and temporarily retreated to Yanjing City.

The Central Army of the Zhongshan Division, who went to rescue Zhongshan and Hejian, was stationed in Zhending Mansion and became a main field force that could be mobilized.

In May of the first year of Jingkang, the Song Dynasty decided to organize another army to rescue Taiyuan, and ordered the Central Army of the Zhongshi Division to march westward from Jingxing, Hebei Province, Yao Gujun to go northward from Weisheng Army, and Zhang Haojun, the son of Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, to go northward from Fenzhou. Solve the siege of Taiyuan together.

There are [-] elite Qin Feng troops in Zhongshi, as well as brave generals such as Lu Da, Yang Zhi, Zhang Jun, etc. It can be said that the troops are strong and brave, with high morale.

After Zhongshizhong took the order, he led his troops from Jingxing, Hebei, into the Pingding Army of Shanxi, and soon recovered Shouyang and Yuci, and approached Taiyuan Fucheng.

However, because the troops of the two generals Yao Gu and Zhang Hao did not follow up, in order to prevent the isolated army from going deep, the seed divisions that lost their support led their troops back to Hebei and stationed in Zhending.

At this time, Wan Yan Zonghan, the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army of the Jin Army, was escaping the summer heat in Datong Mansion. He asked the soldiers to graze nearby for repairs.

The spies of the Song Dynasty discovered a large number of Jin troops grazing in Datong Mansion. They mistakenly thought that Yan Zonghan was about to withdraw the troops, and immediately reported to the court secretly.

Xu Han, the governor of the Privy Council, misunderstood the intelligence and made a judgment that the Jin army was about to withdraw from the entire Taiyuan government.He even blamed him for staying on the sidelines while holding a heavy army, which delayed the military plane.

This is the drawback of the military system of the Song Dynasty. Generals with military experience have to be commanded by remote control from thousands of miles away by emperors and civil servants who know nothing about combat in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

After receiving the order, Zhong Zhongzhong was very sad. He said to the generals under his command: "It is a serious crime in the army to stay in fear of the enemy. I have been in the army since I was a child and have fought all my life. Will I still be charged with this crime when I am old? Pass my military order , the whole army advances lightly, aiming at Taiyuan City!"

"Mr. Zhong Jinglue, which stupid official dares to say that you are afraid of war? Sa's family went to Tokyo Bianliang City to argue with him!"

"Monk Hua" Lu Zhishen asked angrily with his eyes wide open.Of course, in the army, Lu Zhishen has resumed his real name Lu Da.

"Luda, don't be rude! You have the energy to make trouble, why don't you leave it to kill the enemy on the battlefield!"

The teacher berated Lu Zhishen.

"Xiao Zhong's plan is to forgive the crime, and the Sa family is just talking about it for a while. If the husband wants to pay, the Sa family will die!"

Lu Zhishen had great respect for his master, and after being reprimanded by him, he didn't even feel annoyed, he stood aside and waited for the general's order.

"Lu Da, Yang Zhi, the two of you will lead the troops from our headquarters to be the vanguard of our army, send troops to Shouyang, and go straight to Taiyuan, opening a passage for our army!"

Knowing that Lu Da and Yang Zhi are highly skilled in martial arts and eager to make contributions, the teacher entrusted them with the important task of forward.

"The last general takes orders!"

After Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi received their orders, they returned to the barracks, ordered 5000 troops from the headquarters, and led their lieutenants Guo Sheng and Cao Zheng to fight towards Hedong.

After the vanguard army set off, the Zhongzhong Division also led the troops to set off lightly and marched towards Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong in a mighty manner.

At the same time, Zhong Shizhong wrote to Yao Gu and Zhang Hao, agreeing with them that the three armies will advance separately and meet at the foot of Taiyuan City.

The Song Army's intelligence only knew that Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin Army was grazing horses in Datong Prefecture for repairs, but he did not know that Wanyan Zonghan left the famous Jin Army general Wanyan Yinshu under the city of Taiyuan, and never thought of giving up conquering Taiyuan Prefecture.

Compared with Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the Jinjun East Route Army who temporarily gave up Zhongshan and Hejian, Wanyan Zonghan, the commander of the Jinjun West Route Army, is more determined and confident.

Although the Jin army would face enemy siege from the east, south, and west under the city of Taiyuan, neither Wanyan Zonghan nor his general Wanyan Yinshuke wavered in the slightest.

Wanyan Yinshu credibly assured Wanyan Zonghan that the Song Army was vulnerable in his eyes, and he would wipe out as many reinforcements from Taiyuan City as they came.

Wanyan Yinshu has [-] Jurchen cavalry under his command, and the Khitan Army, Han Army and other armies have more than [-] men.

With these troops, Wanyan Yinshu has wiped out more than [-] Song reinforcements in Wenshui and other places.

After discovering that the Song Army's three-way army was under pressure, Wanyan Zonghan also sent a powerful reinforcement to Wanyan Yinshu.

This is an 8000-man Jurchen iron cavalry, and the leader is Wanyan Loushi, who is known as the Jurchen God of War.

Chapter 9 Fifteen

Faced with the Song Army's Western Army's main division, the Central Army marched westward from Jingxing, Hebei, Yao Gu's Army went northward from Weisheng Army, and Zhang Hao's Army went northward from Fenzhou. Wanyan Yinshu could cope with the three-pronged offensive.

Wanyan Yinshu allowed his brother Wanyan Balisu to lead [-] troops and stationed troops in Pantuo Town, Taigu County, blocking Yao Gujun's way to the north.

For Zhang Hao's army coming from Fenzhou, Wanyan Yinshu personally led the troops to confront them.

The Central Army of the Zhongshi Division in Jingxing, Hebei, which is advancing westward, has its own Wanyan Loushi to lead the resistance.

The Zhongjun Zhongjun of the Zhongshi traveled all the way, passed through the Pingding Army and Shouyang County without encountering any obstacles, and approached Taiyuan Mansion.

Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi's five thousand forward troops even reached the stone bridge twenty miles away from Taiyuan, but there was no trace of the Jin army.

At this time, the main force of the Zhongjun Zhongjun has also arrived at the stone pit in Shouyang.When they learned that the forward had not encountered the enemy, Zhong Shizhong began to believe the intelligence of the imperial court, thinking that the large army of the Jin Army that besieged Taiyuan Fucheng had really withdrawn and returned north.

Therefore, Zhongshizhong ordered the whole army to speed up and march towards Yuci County in the southeast of Taiyuan Prefecture, where Zhongshizhong agreed with Yao Gu and Zhang Hao to meet up.

From Shouyang County to Yuci County, you have to pass through the cave between Shaxiongling and Lutai Mountain.The Central Army of the Zhongshi Division formed a long snake formation and walked through the Dongguoshui River Valley, with continuous high mountains on both sides.

Huang You, the general of the seed division, found that the terrain was unfavorable, and immediately reported the situation to the seed division, asking the army to move quickly and leave the dangerous valley.

After hearing this, the Zhongzhong division was also worried about the ambush of the Jin army, and ordered the whole army to be careful and move forward quickly.However, the Central Army of the Zhongshi Division advanced in the valley for more than ten miles, passing through many dangerous terrains, but did not see the Jin Army.

Zhong Zhong couldn't help laughing, and said to the general Huang You: "The Jin army must have escaped! Otherwise, if there is an army guarding this valley, how can our army pass through smoothly? Yuci County is not far ahead. Far away, the river valley has become much wider, and the Jin army has lost the opportunity to intercept our army!"