Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Not long after, General Wanyan Loushi led thousands of cavalry to come, and crossed the Yellow River along the stone beam.

Immediately afterwards, Wanyan Zonghan led the main force of the Jin Army's West Route Army to arrive and crossed the Yellow River in the same way.

After the whole army crossed the river, Wanyan Zonghan's troops were divided into two groups. One route was led by Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Huo's father and son, and went south from Mengjin to attack Luoyang City in Xijing in the Song Dynasty. Kill the Song Army's barracks on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The troops led by Wanyan Loushi suddenly appeared at the foot of Luoyang City, scaring the guards and soldiers to abandon the city and flee.He successfully occupied Luoyang, the capital of Xijing, cut off the passage between Bianliang City in Tokyo and Shaanxi Fifth Road in the Song Dynasty, and realized the strategic encirclement of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Yinshu's tens of thousands of gold troops went straight to the Song army's camp, catching Hu Yanzhuo by surprise.

When Hu Yanzhuo heard that the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River without relying on a boat or board, he couldn't believe his ears at all.

However, Hu Yanzhuo had to accept the reality of failure with the tens of thousands of Jurchens who were wetly killed in front of him.

Without the natural danger of the Yellow River, how could the Huyanzhuo army be the opponent of the main force of the Jin army?As soon as the two armies fought, the Song army was killed in pieces and retreated steadily.

"It's a pity that my armored serial horse is gone, otherwise I can fight the golden dog! Withdraw! Withdraw!"

The hero Hu Yanzhuo did not suffer from the immediate loss, and led his troops to flee to Bianliang City, Tokyo without hesitation.

After losing more than half of their troops, Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, and Peng Qi finally escaped from the pursuit of Jin Bing with thousands of troops, and fled back to Bianliang City in Tokyo along the Bian River.

But when he was about to reach the base of the city, Hu Yanzhuo was taken aback because another golden army appeared in front of him.

It turned out that Wanyan Zongwang led the Jin Army East Route Army to the city of Bianliang in Tokyo one day in advance.

Wanyan Zong saw Huyanzhuo's defeated army from a distance, and immediately dispatched troops to meet them and surrounded Huyanzhuo's army.

The soldiers guarding Bianliang City in Tokyo discovered that Hu Yanzhuo's army was trapped, and immediately notified the commander Yao Youzhong.

There is only one character difference between Yao Youzhong and Yao Pingzhong, and many people tend to confuse them.

In fact, they are two brothers. Yao Pingzhong is the nephew and adopted son of Yao Gu, a famous general of the Yao family, and Yao Youzhong is Yao Gu's own son.

When Wanyan Zongwang attacked Bianliang City in Tokyo for the first time, Yao Pingzhong followed Zhong Shidao and rushed to Bianliang City in Tokyo to serve as King Qin first.

In order to defeat the Jin army, Yao Pingzhong once went to attack Wanyan Zongwang's camp.As a result, because of Emperor Zhao Huan's publicity, the matter was kept secret, and instead fell into an ambush by Wanyan Zongwang.

Yao Pingzhong's entire army was wiped out, because he was afraid of being betrayed by the Lord and sent to the Jin army. He was charged with using troops without authorization and absconded in fear of crime, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Later, Yao Gu led the Xihe Army to King Qin of the capital.Yao Youzhong also followed his father to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Emperor Zhao Huan took into account the prestige of the Yao family in the Western Army, and when employing people, he relied on Yao Gu to break the siege of Taiyuan, so he did not blame Yao Gu for the matter of Yao Pingzhong.

The imperial court not only added officials to Yao Gu, but also appointed Yao Youzhong as the governor of Kyoto, responsible for guarding Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Unexpectedly, the generals Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, Liu Wei, Jie Qian, Zhe Keqiu, Zhang Hao, Zhang Sizheng, Zhe Yanzhi, etc. who were available to the imperial court were all defeated on the front line one after another. Iron cavalry once again attacked Bianliang City in Tokyo.

At this time, after veteran Zhong Shidao died of illness, Emperor Zhao Huan suddenly found that the court had no generals available.

In a critical moment, Emperor Zhao Huan had to reuse Yao Youzhong and let him lead the army to guard Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Emperor Zhao Huan even once again used Liu Yanqing, a veteran who had lost troops and lost generals during the Liao expedition, to take charge of the defense of the east gate of the capital.

When Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army first arrived at the city of Bianliang in Tokyo, Yao Youzhong suggested to Emperor Zhao Huan that the Song Army still had [-] troops in the city, and they could launch a surprise attack when the enemy had not yet gathered and their foothold was not stable.

However, Emperor Zhao Huan thought of Yao Pingzhong's defeat at the beginning, so he didn't dare to let Yao Youzhong attack again, and strictly ordered the defenders in the city not to attack.

After Yao Youzhong learned that the Song army was besieged outside the city, he wanted to lead his troops to rescue, but there was no military order to leave the city.

Yao Youzhong hurriedly asked the court for orders, but Emperor Zhao Huan and the ministers were afraid of the Jin army and did not agree to Yao Youzhong's sending troops.

Yao Youzhong had no choice but to beat drums for Hu Yanzhuo's army on the city wall.

Although Hu Yanzhuo is brave, his subordinates are not elite soldiers in all battles. In addition, the enemy is outnumbered, and he will soon be unable to hold on.

After fighting hard for half an hour, Hu Yanzhuo's army was wiped out, and two generals Han Tao and Peng Qi were killed one after another.

All the relatives around Hu Yanzhuo died in battle, and he himself was shot more than a dozen times and was seriously injured.

"My lord! Why are you waiting to see me die? Hahaha~ I, Hu Yanzhuo, will let you know that the Huyan family is a loyal family today!"

Hu Yanzhuo raised his power, and killed a few Jurchen warriors with the iron whip in his hands, and rode his horse to kill Wanyan Zongwang under the banner of the Chinese army.

"Second Brother, General Song is a warrior, he cannot die at the hands of unknown pawns, I will send him off!"

Wanyan Zongbi held out his gun and jumped on his horse, charged out of the formation, and faced the desperate Hu Yanzhuo alone.

Although Hu Yanzhuo had the bravery of a million men, but he was already seriously injured and exhausted, how could he be the opponent of Wanyan Zongbi who is also known as the enemy of ten thousand people.

After the two fought for more than ten rounds, Wanyan Zongbi stabbed Hu Yanzhuo under the horse.

"Double Whip" Hu Yanzhuo died on the battlefield, defending the honor of his Huyan family's generals in front of tens of thousands of Song soldiers defending the city.

However, the destruction of Hu Yanzhuo's army also made the defenders on the city frightened and their morale shaken.

Yao Youzhong's face was livid, he dropped the drumstick, and fell down the city wall without saying a word.

Half a day later, Wanyan Zonghan led the West Route Army of the Jin Army to the city of Bianliang in Tokyo, and successfully joined forces with Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army.

The Jin army gathered 15 troops outside Bianliang City, Tokyo, and surrounded the entire city.Zhao Huanjun and his officials, soldiers and common people in the city were all in panic.

The outer city of Bianliang City in Tokyo is more than 21 miles long. There are twelve land gates in the southeast and northwest, and nine water gates. There are a total of [-] city gates. The pressure of defense is quite high.

Fortunately, there are still more than 7 forbidden troops in Bianliang City in Tokyo at this time, and the imperial court has urgently recruited a large number of militia rebels. In addition, the city walls of Bianjing are tall and strong, and they can barely hold on for a while.

Chapter 936 Ximen Qing's Rebellion

When the East and West armies of the Jin Army joined forces under the city of Bianliang, Tokyo, and formed a siege around Bianliang City, an army of more than [-] soldiers marched from Yanggu County, Dongping Prefecture, with bright armor on the East and West Roads of Beijing. Heading south, under the banner of King Qin, he passed through Jeju and Danzhou, and entered Yingtianfu in Nanjing.

This high-morale army is different from the army of the states on Jingdong Road. It is the private soldier of the official Ximenqing in Yanggu County.Although the imperial court has not issued a decree to call on local heroes from all over the country to fight for the king, but for Ximen Qing's army, all the officials in Shandong are not surprised, and they have no intention of blocking it.

Because the Liangshanbo bandits who once threatened Shandong, Hebei, and Huaihe River were all wiped out with the help of officials from Ximen Qing.Therefore, Ximenqing can mobilize troops at will in Shandong.

Nanjing Yingtianfu was one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty and the capital of Jingdong Road. Ximenqing led troops into this important city without any effort, and almost took over the defense of Nanjing Yingtianfu.

It is Ximenqing's future father-in-law Cheng Wanli who is staying behind at Yingtianfu in Nanjing, so this city is not fortified against Ximenqing's army.In order to control Yingtianfu in Nanjing, Ximenqing had long ago mobilized Hong Zhen, the head of the teaching force, and his troops outside the city of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, where he established a stronghold for the Ximen family.

Cheng Wanli, who was born as Taiwei Tong Guanmenguan, was still firmly seated in Nanjing Yingtianfu after Tong Guan was liquidated politically.

The reason why Cheng Wanli was not squeezed out and attacked by Geng Nanzhong and others was because Emperor Zhao Huan had been in power for too short a time and had not enough control over the country. In addition, he was constantly fighting with the Kingdom of Jin, so political purges only had time in Bianliang, Tokyo. The development in the city is beyond the reach of the officials from other places.Therefore, Liang Zhongshu, who returned to the capital, was unlucky with his father-in-law Cai Jing's family, but Cheng Wanli was not transferred or demoted.

Secondly, Cheng Wanli was promoted to the left guard of Yingtianfu in Nanjing because of his great contributions to the country by exterminating Liangshanbo rebels.When the Song and Jin wars were in conflict, the imperial court was in need of such pillars in the local area to stabilize the situation, so Zhao Huan and his ministers could not find a suitable excuse to reprimand Cheng Wanli.

Furthermore, after the political struggle and liquidation began in Bianliang City, Tokyo, the banditry in Shandong, Lianghuai and other areas came one after another. From time to time, bandits and thieves roared past the states, and the local government did not dare to provoke them.At this time, the entire Jingdong Road is obviously inseparable from the capable minister Cheng Wanli who once wiped out the Liangshanbo robbers!

Those bandits, of course, were deliberately done by Ximen Qing to scare the little emperor Zhao Huan.Not to mention, Mr. Zhao Huan and his ministers really have no guts, and they are quick to be scared.

Because of these reasons, although Cheng Wanli used to be a member of Tong Guan's party, he was not liquidated by the court, and he still sat securely in the left-behind position of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, controlling the power of Jingdong Road and Yingtianfu.