Although the messenger was killed and the Song army in the fierce battle did not notice the smoke and dust rising behind, Zhang Jun knew in his heart that he had already lost this battle.

The messenger's blood splattered on the spot, and the other staff members were still in the trap. Liu Ziyu had already reacted. He bowed to Zhang Jun: "It's too late to pronounce the verdict, and the soldiers are tired. Let's call the gold to withdraw their troops and fight again tomorrow."

"Yes, Mingjin will withdraw his troops and fight again tomorrow."

The Song army had many soldiers and few Jin soldiers. The Song army units covered each other and safely withdrew the camp.

After the camp, the generals realized that the old camp was destroyed and the food was destroyed.

Although there were strong generals who suggested that they would win and decide the outcome from Fuping, everyone knew in their hearts that the Song army had no intention of continuing to waste their energy under Chang'an City.

Zhang Jun was thinking about how to say the order to withdraw the troops decently without shaking the morale of the army. Liu Ziyu observed his expression and took a step forward: "The enemy's retreat to Chang'an and cannot come out. Ziyu had a foolish plan to pronounce the verdict."

"What is Ziyu's trick? Tell me quickly."

"A fraud."

Zhang Jun knew the elegance when he heard the string song and nodded: "I'm good at planning, Liu Tongzheng and Ziyu stayed, and the rest of the people will be scattered for the time being."

The three of them discussed for a while before summoning the generals again and instructing them how to implement the plan to lure the enemy.

In order to make the retreat appear realistic, "demolite the camps to show our army's intention to retreat." Zhang Jun ordered that he would arrange for the ambush, whoever cuts the rear, and whoever is reinforcements to be assigned.

The next day, the entire army got up at the fourth update and set out at the fifth update. Wanyan Loushi was called out by the guards and went to the city tower to watch. They found that the fire was burning more than ten miles below the city, and the Song army camp was destroyed.

Wanyan Huo's woman said, "The Nanman has escaped. Wait for me to chase him and let out a sigh of anger."

Wanyan Loushi said, "You are not allowed to leave the city." He also appointed an experienced general: "Follow the Song army along the way, see what their reputation is, be careful to ambush. If you encounter an ambush, don't fight."

The Song and Jin armies were in peace, and the Song army retreated to Fuping.

Zhang Jun was exhausted and fell asleep, but Liu Ziyu did not go to bed. He went to Qu Duan first: "The leader of Qu, Qu Yun, is just a joke with the verdict's bet. Don't mention military orders again."

Qu Duan said: "I have my own idea."

The army rested in Fuping for two days, and Zhang Jun gathered generals. Qu Duan went out and asked, "Dare you dare to ask if you are going to Chang'an, will you win or lose?"

"Our army won a great victory. Wanyan Loushi couldn't hide." Zhang Jun said sternly, "General Qu, you have issued a military order and said you will be defeated. What else do you have to say when our army returns with great victory? Well, you have also made contributions to guard the rear. Let's talk about the great victory in Chang'an together."

Zhang Jun wanted to give a sweet date, but he finished the matter, but Qu Duan refused: "Duan has issued a military order. Since Chang'an is a great victory, please behead Duan outside the gate."

"Qu Duan, what are you messing around?"

"Please kill Duan outside the gate and pass on the fourth battalion to use the military law to clarify the military laws." Qu Duan just refused to let Zhang Jun step down.

Zhang Jun's face turned purple and shouted, "Come on, pick the black sand of this crazy man and take it to the back hall to make him sober."

Several strong men came over and walked out with Qu Duan. Qu Duan shouted all the way: "Please kill Qu Duan with Ming military law, kill Qu Duan, Ming military law."

After leaving the house, Zhang Jun went to the back hall to rest in a angrily manner. At this time, Wu Jie asked for a meeting.

Wu Jie said: "Qu Duan is so ignorant of the promotion, which will disrupt the morale of the army. The verdict needs to be resolved earlier."

Zhang Jun said: "I am afraid that everyone will not accept it when dealing with him with military orders."

"Why do you need a military order? Qu Duan will have his own violation of the ban?" After Wu Jie said that, he reached his hand in front of Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun saw four big words written on Wu Jie's hand, "Qu Duan's rebellion."

Zhang Jun understood it intently: "Jin Qing will come back, I have my own opinions."

Wu Jie returned to his residence, and Liu Ziyu and Wu Lin were waiting for him here. Liu Ziyu stood up and asked, "How?"

Wu Jie looked at Liu Ziyu and nodded.

Liu Ziyu sat down dejectedly: "General Qu is in charge of the pillars of the Western Army, why is this?"

Wu Jie said: "At present, the enemy is in front of you, and the whole country should be united. Although Qu Duan is brave, he is withdrawn and arrogant. If he is not removed, he will inevitably be disconnected and the entire army will fall apart. Jie is not talented, but he only wants to wipe out the Jin thieves and restore the rivers and mountains. Whoever hinders the great cause of restoration can only be eliminated. Even Zhao's family will not be spared."

Liu Ziyu jumped up, trying to cover Wu Jie's mouth, but froze again: "The Song Dynasty, isn't it from Zhao's?"

Wu Jie said: "Ziyu, Hu Yangeng sees this clearly before we do it."

Qu Duan was soon taken down and questioned again. He was locked in a large iron cage, igniting charcoal fires around him. Soon the temperature in the cage rose to an unbearable level. Qu Duan obediently signed the confession letter and pressed his fingerprint. Then he was fed a bottle of soju and died of vomiting blood.

After Zhang Jun handled the little episode of Quduan, Wanyan Loushi had already brought some of the main forces to meet with Wanyan Eliduo and Wanyan Wushu brothers, and approached Fuping.

Fuping is located in the eastern part of Guanzhong, with beautiful things and important strategic location. It is always the hinterland of Beijing and scattered. "Fuping, Shi, Wenzhou, Jing, and Floating Wingwei. The south is Ju, Qi, and the north is surrounded by Fengshan. The peaks are steep and surround like a city wall... and the water and land are dangerous and ready, and the host and guest work are different. They are based on the dangers and are stable, and they choose profits to advance. If there is an offense, they can make the armor not return." It is true that "the Zhou is better than Jiaguanjia". (Fuping County Chronicle) is a battle for important places for soldiers.

More than 100,000 Song troops and 100,000 Jin soldiers fought decisively in Fuping.

Liu Xi convened the generals to hold a military meeting.

Wu Jie, the strategic envoy of Yongxing Army, and Guo Hao, deputy commander of Qin Feng, believed that the army should be used with caution. "The army should be used to move with profit, but the terrain is not good now, so there is no way to see it. It is better to choose Gaofu to occupy it, so that it is invincible." Wu Jie and Guo Hao are both good at fighting in the mountains and are unwilling to fight with the Jin cavalry in the plains.

However, Liu Qi and others believed that "we are numerous and few, and we are blocking Weize in front of us. If there is a cavalry, why use him to move?" The Song army's combat soldiers and logistics civilians were mixed with at least 180,000, and the retreat in front of the enemy has always been the most complex tactical maneuver. If the retreat of more than 100,000 people is not organized well, if the Jurchen cavalry is hunted down, the biggest possibility is that the entire army collapses. The Song army has become a cavalry and can only fight to the death with the Jin army.

After the meeting, the Song army issued a letter of war to the Jin army and made an appointment for a battle in Japan. The Jin army then went forward to the Fuping Song army to set up camp, but the Jin army refused to fight immediately.

Wanyan Loushi, who was already seriously ill, personally led the guards to the Song army to conduct reconnaissance. After returning, he cheered the generals and said that the Song army "although there are many people, the camps are not solid, and they are full of holes, which are very easy to break their ears." So Wanyan Eliduo replied to Zhang Jun and agreed that the two sides would fight on September 24th.

The camps in Fuping were located in the military camp east of the low-terrain of Fuping County to Wangliao Township. The plain on the north bank of the Lubochuan on the line on the Nayifang has a wide terrain and is suitable for large-scale corps combat, especially conducive to the impact of the heavy cavalry of the Jin army.

The right wing of the Song army was covered by reeds in the Lubo River, and the left wing was basically exposed to the plains. The Jin army stationed its troops on the Huayang Plain on the south bank of the Lubo River on the front line of Jinliugu Township, which was tall, to the west of Jinliugu Township, to the south bank of the Lubo River in the east Shangguan Township. The left wing confronted the right wing of the Song army across the Lubo River.

Liu Xi placed the most elite Jingyuan soldiers under his command on the left wing, commanded by his younger brother Liu Qi; placed the camps of the logistics civilians on the right wing, "Around the villages, every county is a small village, guarding the chariots and horses, connected continuously", and Zhao Zhe was responsible for protecting the villagers.

On September 24, the first ray of sunshine shone on the flagpole in the Song army camp, the sound of war drums like hidden thunder finally came from the Song camp. Liu Xi obviously believed that killing Qu Duan could not convince the public. The Song army's central flag was actually written with a big "Qu"!

The generals waved the order flags, and the Song army slowly drove out of the camp, using cavalry as cover, and infantry formed a formation on the open space in front of the two camps. From a distance, more than a dozen huge crimson square formations were like a slowly advancing red wave.

The generals were waiting, waiting for the moment when tens of thousands of Jurchen iron-armored heavy cavalry on the opposite side opened the gate and rushed out. They knew that at that moment, the sound of horse hooves treading on the ground was enough to change the color of mountains and rivers, and the smoke and dust raised behind the horse was enough to make the sun and the moon dim.

But there was no movement on the other side.

The Jin army still stood firm in the camp.

The generals of the Song Dynasty were confused. Did the Jin army repent and dare not go to war?

The arrow was already on the string, and the Song army had to fire. Liu Qi took the lead and rushed towards the right-wing camp of the Jin army. The other Song army also followed the Jingyuan army and launched an attack on the entire line of the Jin army.

Wanyan Eliduo was in charge of the central army, thinking that Wanyan Salihu was the commander-in-chief of the left wing and Wanyan Wushu was the commander-in-chief of the right wing. The sick Wanyan Loushi was with Wanyan Eliduo. Wanyan Loushi had known about Quduan's dismissal by Zhang Jun earlier, and guessed that this was the Liu brothers who pretended to have established Quduan.

The two armies fought until noon, and Wanyan Eliduo ordered the door to open the attack. Under the command of Wanyan Wushu, the right wing of the Jin army started a melee with the Jingyuan army. This was a head-on battle between Liu Qi and Wanyan Wushu. Under the attack of the Jingyuan army, the right army of the Jin army gradually could not support it. The troops of Wanhu Chizhanhui were defeated first, causing Wanyan Wushu's Hezha personal troops to disperse.

Wanyan Wushu reorganized his army and fought again. Wanyan Eliduo also sent reinforcements from the central army, and the two armies fell into a state of confrontation again.

The basic tactic of the Jin cavalry is to encircle and annihilate the two wings. The Song people called it "killed horse" and "west-east-stricken horse". This tactic origin is the skill of surrounding roe and catching deer for a long time. Whenever encountering an enemy, you must "set up a round formation to be the front. Then, the two wings attack left and right, so it is called the Three-Life Formation."

Among the cavalry on both wings, the "Iron Pagoda" with both men and horses wearing heavy armor accounts for about 40%.

Liu Qi's efforts made the Jin army's plan to encircle the Song army from the right wing bankrupt, while the left wing Song army was covered by reeds and water seeds, so the Jin army could not encircle. The Song and Jin armies then launched a head-on battle on the front line, "From the midday to the dusk, the battle between Liuhe", the key to victory lies in who can't hold on first. The right wing of the Jin army gradually retreated under the attack of Liu Qi, and the balance of victory seemed to begin to tilt towards the Song army.
Chapter completed!