Chapter 54 The Burning Yellow River Front
It is true that Wanyan Zonghan feels like a light is on his back.
But this does not mean that the situation of the battle is reversed.
First, although Zongze was fighting regular troops of the Jin Army, they were not elite troops and did not harm the foundation of the Jin Army.
Second, Zongze continued to fight rapidly in a short period of time, and he was already exhausted.
It would be very difficult to continue fighting.
After all, he only had 20,000 troops, and he was traveling a long distance.
Inside the Jinjun camp.
Wanyan Zonghan said angrily: "Why did a capable Song army suddenly appear in Hebei! Who told me! Which crack in the ground did they get out of!"
This completely subverted Wanyan Zonghan's cognition.
Five years ago, the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan led more than 200,000 Song troops to attack Yanjing of the Liao Kingdom, but was defeated by thousands of Liao troops.
This news reached the ears of his ally Wanyan Zonghan, and in an instant Wanyan Zonghan opened the door to a new world.
From then on, in Wanyan Zonghan's mind, everyone in the Song army was just a pig in human skin.
In the seventh year of Xuanhe (the year before last), the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty and marched southward.
When Tong Guan, the supreme commander of the Song army, heard that the Jin army was heading south, he was so frightened that he abandoned the entire army and fled back to Tokyo alone. As a result, the military defense line that the Song Dynasty had operated in the north for a hundred years lost its unified control, and the Song army was in chaos.
The Jin army's march south was like entering uninhabited territory.
Until the eleventh month of the first year of Jingkang, when Zhao Ning traveled through time, the Jin army simply swept across all directions.
The more the Jin army fought, the more powerful it became. After the battle, Yan Zonghan felt that he could destroy the Song Dynasty. Many people in the Jin court believed that they could completely destroy the Song Dynasty and unify the world.
Especially after Wanyan Zonghan spent a huge price to conquer Taiyuan City, the strongest military town in the north of the Song Dynasty this year, the Jin army has the potential to sweep the world.
Think about it, you have been fighting against your opponent for two whole years, and you often hear successful reports such as "Hundreds of our troops defeated tens of thousands of Song troops." What do you think of the Song army?
In addition, in orthodox history, after the humiliation of Jingkang, the capital of the Song Dynasty was captured. After that, the Jin Kingdom became more and more arrogant. Shaanxi, Shandong, Hebei, and Southeast sent troops across the board to suppress the territory.
Wanyan Zonghan and others were promoted all the way under such a general environment.
Although it was very difficult to eat Taiyuan (all the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan died for the country), they finally came down.
However, at this moment, I suddenly heard that the Song Army defeated his own army, and the Song Army was the active attacker!
And our side is the defender of the city!
To the top brass of the Jin Army, this was no less than hearing that a five-year-old child had punched a strong adult to death.
The entire top brass of the Jin Army was confused for a moment.
Faced with Wanyan Zonghan's question, no one answered.
After a moment of silence, Wanyan Zongwang said: "How many people are there in this Song army?"
Wanyan Xiyin said: "Currently we cannot determine the exact number of people on the other side. I have arranged for people to go check out the enemy's situation."
"Who will this Song be?"
"I heard he was a Song general named Zongze."
"Zongze?" Wanyan Zongwang said, "He is the general manager of the Hebei Rebel Army of the Song Dynasty."
Wanyan Zonghan said: "Do you know this person?"
"On the way south, I heard someone mention that he is brave and courageous." An imperceptible smile appeared on Wanyan Zongwang's face, "He is nearly seventy years old."
As soon as Wanyan Zongwang said these words, everyone was even more surprised.
"In these seventy years!" Wanyan Zonghan couldn't help but be surprised, "Song country actually has such good generals, but I have never heard of it!"
Wanyan Zongwang said: "From this point of view, if Zongze had replaced Tong Guan in the expedition against Liao, it might have been a different situation."
Liu Yanzong took over and said: "Absolutely not. The Song Emperor is stupid, and the government and the public are full of dogs and rats. How can a good general like Zongze have a chance to succeed? If it weren't for our large-scale march south this time, Zhao Guan's family lost an inch, and Zongze would never have been able to do so."
Opportunity to enlist."
This is the truth.
When the Jin army went south for the second time, Zongze was originally sent as an envoy for peace talks.
As a result, Zongze said to everyone in the Song Dynasty: I don’t plan to survive this trip.
When someone asked him why, Zongze said: It would be good if the Jin people repented and withdrew their troops, otherwise how could they humiliate the emperor by bowing to the Jin people?
This frightened Song Qinzong Zhao Huan and the group of surrenderers, and they quickly replaced King Su.
Then Zongze was sent to Cizhou as magistrate and appointed as the general manager of the Hebei rebel army.
This gave him an opportunity to stand out militarily.
Wanyan Zonghan said: "Wouldn't it be better if such talents could be put to use by Dajin? Who would be willing to lead the troops to persuade Zongze to surrender?"
Wanyan Wushu said: "Marshal, I am willing to go."
"Okay! It's up to you!"
Wanyan Wushu led his kidnapper across the Yellow River to meet Zongze.
On February 3, Zhang Jun arrived in Huazhou and met Zongze.
That's right, it was Zhang Jun, one of the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.
That Zhang Jun who was kneeling in front of King Yue with Qin Hui.
"Deputy Marshal Zong."
"One step?"
"The martial arts master Zhang Jun is under the command of the deputy commissioner of Hedong Zhongshi."
Among the seed masters he mentioned, he was the younger brother of the seed master Tao.
In "Water Margin" he is known as "Xiangong Xiaozhong Jinglue", and his brother Zhongshidao "Xiangong Laozhong Jinglue" were both famous generals in the military circles of the Song Dynasty.
Unfortunately, he died in battle while supporting Taiyuan in the first year of Jingkang, and the entire 20,000 Song army was wiped out.
Of course, the main reason for this is the corruption of the military and political affairs of the Song Dynasty, the cheating of his teammates (Yao Gu), and the efforts of Xiang Zhong, the general manager, and finally died for the country.
Zhang Jun and his men broke out.
At this time, he reported the name among the seed masters, obviously to use it to increase his power and suppress Zongze.
It means, buddy, I was born in the Hedong Army, and it was common for me to go into battle and kill the enemy.
"It turned out to be Zhang Tongzhi. How many troops did he bring here?"
"500 people, what?"
"Five hundred people? Why don't you bring more people here so that we can go to the capital together!"
Zhang Jun looked at Zongze as if he was crazy, but he still had a smile on his face.
This is an extremely hypocritical speculator who has been speculating all his life. He was also responsible for Yue Fei's death.
At the same time, he is also one of Zhao Gou's kneeling tribe.
"Deputy Marshal Zong, I am here on the orders of the Grand Marshal to inform the Deputy Marshal to stop fighting against the Jin army."
"Why is this?"
"News has come from the capital that the officials and the Jin people have reached an agreement. Now you are here to fight against the Jin army and put the officials in danger. What do you want to do?"
"Absurd!" Zongze slapped the table angrily, and the table almost fell apart when he slapped it, which frightened Zhang Jun.
Although Zongze said that his beard and hair were all white, he was as angry as a bell. He said angrily: "This is the treacherous plan of the golden thief. The general marshal actually trusted Wang Boyan's rats!"
Zhang Jun was shocked. He didn't expect that Zongze would dare to reprimand Zhao Gou like this. He couldn't help but secretly curse Zongze for being stupid and not knowing how to be an official.
Zongze continued: "Zhang Tongzhi, are you willing to send troops to join me in going south to King Qin?"
"This... I am naturally loyal to the government, but at this time, if the Generalissimo has an order, I will never disobey the military order!"
"Yue Fei!" Zong Ze shouted, and Yue Fei came in with a few people, "Commander Zong, what are your orders?"
"Kick this guy out!"
Zhang Jun didn't expect Zongze to be so courageous. He quickly said: "Zongze, I was sent by the generalissimo. What qualifications do you have to kick me out!"
"Zhang Jun, go back and tell the Grand Marshal to keep him away from villains like Wang Boyan! The official family is still in the capital!"
Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, and Zeng Mao, the commander-in-chief of the march of Daming Mansion, all have soldiers, but they all look at the face of Generalissimo Zhao Gou now.
None of them were willing to send troops, and Zhao Gou was now a shield for their fear and unwillingness to send troops.
Yue Fei stepped forward and said, "Please!"
"Who do you think you are! Get out of my way!" Zhang Jun was furious.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Fei grabbed Zhang Jun and held him down with one hand.
Chapter completed!