Zhu Shengfei has never been so scared in his life as he is today. He has just received news that a 20,000-strong Jin army has entered Jinzhou and is heading towards the west city.
Zhu Shengfei's hands and feet were so frightened that he didn't know what to do. King Sima seemed to ask him to go to Liu Ziyu to discuss countermeasures. Wu Jie was probably there. Zhu Shengfei was ill and rushed to the doctor, so he sent someone to ask Liu Ziyu and Wu Jie.
Not long after, Liu Ziyu and Wu Jie hurried over.
"Envoy Xuanfu, what's the urgent matter?" Liu Ziyu came in and asked.
Zhu Shengfei said in a trembling voice: "Something is going wrong. I just received news that a 20,000-strong Jin army has entered Jinzhou and is about to reach Xicheng."
Liu Ziyu and Wu Jie were both surprised. They looked at each other and realized at the same time that the Jin soldiers were attacking Hanzhong from the east. The opponent actually had 20,000 troops. The leader was probably Wanyan Salihe.
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Wu Jie asked urgently: "Did envoy Xuanfu receive a pigeon message or a horse-riding express message?"
"It's an express message from Jinzhou Tongpan, Wu Dutong, what should we do now?" At this moment, Zhu Shengfei suddenly realized that Wu Jie could not go to Bashu and had to stay in Hanzhong.
Wu Jie was worried about time. The fastest trip from Jinzhou to Nanzheng County was a day and a half. It was very likely that Xicheng had been lost now, and the Jin soldiers would definitely rush to Raofeng Pass as soon as possible.
Wu Jie frowned and said: "The key is Raofeng Pass. As long as Raofeng Pass is defended, the Jin soldiers cannot kill them!"
He knew that Raofeng Pass was guarded by three thousand troops led by Tian Sheng, who could withstand it for several days. He immediately asked Liu Ziyu: "How many troops are there in Nanzheng?"
Liu Ziyu thought for a while and said: "Nanzheng County has just recruited 6,000 new soldiers, and they are currently being trained by Commander Guo Zhongxun."
Wu Jie cupped his fists and said to Zhu Shengfei: "The situation is critical now. Please ask the Xuanfu envoy to hand over 6,000 new troops to Beizhi. Beizhi will lead them to Raofeng Pass. As long as Raofeng Pass is held, Hanzhong will not be lost!"
At this time, Zhu Shengfei obeyed Wu Jie's words. He immediately took out the command arrow and handed it to Wu Jie. He hesitated and asked: "There are only nine thousand people. Is the force not enough?"
Wu Jie smiled bitterly and said: "The troops are definitely not enough, and they are still new soldiers. Please help first!"
Zhu Shengfei thought of Fu Xuan and said to Wu Jie: "Fu Xuan's 10,000 troops are at Xianren Pass. Should we not mobilize his troops and also rush to Raofeng Pass?"
Of course Fu Xuan was in Nanxianren Pass. He was waiting for Wu Jie to go to Bashu. He would come to Nanzheng to accept the military power granted by Zhu Shengfei so that he could take office at Dashanguan Pass!
Although Wu Jie hated Fu Xuan very much, he knew in his heart that most of Fu Xuan's 10,000 troops were Wang Yan's Eight-Character Army, which had very strong combat effectiveness. At this critical moment when Sichuan and Shaanxi were in danger, Wu Jie temporarily put aside his personal grudges.
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Without waiting for Wu Jie to agree, Liu Ziyu interjected: "I suggest that the Xuanfu envoy should appoint Wu Dutong as the chief general and Fu Dutong as the deputy general. This will facilitate command and coordination. In addition, at Dashan Pass, I suggest that Wu Gao
Temporarily take over the post of general to prevent the puppet Qi army from taking the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack on Dashan Pass."
Zhu Shengfei was really helpless. The originally arranged plan to seize power and replace generals was disrupted by the invasion of Jin soldiers. He could only nodded, "Prefect Liu's suggestion was timely, so it's decided!"
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Wu Jie immediately led 6,000 new troops to Raofeng Pass. Zhu Shengfei sent people to Nanxianren Pass and ordered Fu Xuan to immediately lead his troops to Raofeng Pass to assist Wu Jie in guarding Raofeng Pass. All military arrangements were made by Dutong Wu.
Level decision.
Wu Jie led his troops to Raofeng Pass, and Zhu Shengfei breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the inner hall to rest and drink tea.
At this time, his aide Fu Jingyi found an opportunity and said to Zhu Shengfei: "A gentleman does not stand under dangerous walls. Why doesn't Mr. Zhu go to Chengdu first?"
Zhu Shengfei was also afraid that Wu Jie would not be able to defend Raofeng Pass and Hanzhong would fall, and he would have to bear the main responsibility. He pondered for a while and said: "I would like to go to Chengdu, but isn't it a bit inappropriate to go to Chengdu at this critical time?"
Fu Jingyi smiled slightly and said: "Zhu Gong has handed over power to Wu Jie, and he is responsible for all military affairs. Besides, the situation is critical now. Sichuan also needs to organize the army and the people to deal with the invasion of Jin soldiers, and Xuanfu envoys are needed to sit in and coordinate.
In his humble position, he suggested that a meeting of the Xuanfu Envoys be held, and that the government affairs of Hanzhong be handed over to Liu Ziyu, and the military affairs be handed over to Wu Jie. If Hanzhong is defended, it is because Zhu Gong has the right people and good leadership. If Hanzhong cannot be defended, the main responsibility does not lie with Zhu Gong.
Wu Jie and Liu Ziyu are on top of it!"
‘Sichuan also needs to organize the military and civilians to deal with the invasion of Jin soldiers, and Xuanfu envoys are needed to take charge of coordination.’ What a good reason this sentence is!
Zhu Shengfei immediately convened a meeting of the Xuanfu Envoy Department. He proposed the idea of integrating the defense of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He personally went to Sichuan to coordinate and organize the military and civilians to respond to the invasion of Jin soldiers. Sima Wangsi represented the Xuanfu Envoy Department and sat in Nanzheng to mobilize money and food to support Rao.
Liu Ziyu, the magistrate of Fengguan and Xingyuan, was responsible for assisting Wang Si.
After making arrangements for the military and political affairs in Hanzhong, Zhu Shengfei and a group of Xuanfu officials left Nanzheng County that night, escorted by hundreds of cavalry, and fled to Chengdu overnight.
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In fact, Liu Ziyu also hoped that Zhu Shengfei would leave quickly. He would only do bad things if he stayed in Hanzhong. The next morning, Liu Ziyu went to Wang Si to discuss it.
"Although we all hope that Wu Dutong can defend Raofeng Pass, the terrain of Raofeng Ridge is complicated. Wang Sima, we have to worry about it."
Wang seemed to be an old relative left behind by Zhang Jun. He was more pragmatic and not as flirtatious as Zhu Shengfei. He immediately said: "If Governor Liu has anything to say, just say it. If it can be done, we can do it as soon as possible."
"Actually, what I mean is that we must quickly evacuate the people of Nanzheng to Bashu. Once Raofeng Pass is lost, the Jin soldiers will come to massacre the city."
Wang Si frowned, "But what should we do if Nanzheng still has so much food and supplies? Our army is gone too."
Liu Ziyu had an idea for a long time. He quickly said: "I have an idea. Distribute food to the people. As a condition, the people have to carry weapons, armor and other military supplies for us. If there are not enough manpower, then recruit civilians and don't have to go far.
, just put it at Jianmen Pass."
Wang Si thought for a while and said, "You mean that all the people will follow the Golden Ox Path and not the Rice Cang Path. Is that what you mean?"
"It is unrealistic to take the Micang Road. To cross Micang Mountain, the mountain road is dangerous and steep. It is too difficult. These ordinary people are dragging their families and large carts, so they must take the Jinniu Road and Jianmen."
There are three roads from Hanzhong to Shu. The Lychee Road in the east was abandoned in the Northern Song Dynasty. The middle road is the Micang Road, which is also almost deserted. The planks along the way are all rotten. Although you can barely walk, there is no help from the plank roads.
, it was very difficult and dangerous along the way, not to mention large vehicles, even the livestock transporting goods could not make it.
Therefore, the main passage into and out of Shu in the Song Dynasty was the Jinniu Road, which took the Jianmen Pass to Tongzhou.
Wang Si thought for a while and said: "As you wish, we will start transferring people and military resources today. Part of the food will be reserved for Raofengguan, and the rest will be distributed to the people!"
On the same day, Liu Ziyu sent someone to post a notice and began the evacuation of Hanzhong's population and materials to Bashu.
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Wanyan Salihe persuaded Wanyanchang to put the overall situation of Sichuan and Shaanxi first, temporarily abandon the attack on Ganquan Fort, and fully implement the plan to attack Hanzhong on the eastern front.
At the same time, Li Cheng led 100,000 puppet Qi troops to set up camp in Weinan, ready to attack Dasanguan at any time, while Guo Zhen's 50,000 puppet Qi troops were dispersed to station in various states. At this time, Wan Yanchang also led 10,000
The Jin soldiers went to Shangjin County, on the one hand to supervise the battle on the eastern front, and on the other hand to prevent the Song army in Xiangyang from cutting off the Jin soldiers' retreat.
At this time, Wan Yanchang had completely put Ganquan Fort aside and left it to the Xixia people to deal with Chen Qing.
It was also mainly because Li Liangfu led an army of 100,000 people to the south, and no matter what happened, it was a protracted war. Wan Yanchang never expected that the Xixia army would be defeated so quickly in the end.
Chen Qing didn't care about the war situation in Hanzhong. He had just reached an exchange agreement with Li Liangfu, exchanging ten shi of grain for a Xixia prisoner, a total of 8,000 prisoners of war, in exchange for 80,000 shi of grain, which required four trips just to transport the grain.
For at least ten days, Chen Qing focused entirely on transporting food.
According to the agreement between the two parties, Chen Qing would release a group of prisoners of war every time a batch of food was transported. The key is that the prisoners of war captured by the Song army were all elites of the Dangxiang tribe. It was not that they were good at fighting, but that they had social status in Xixia.
Generally high in rank, they are all members of the Tuoba tribe among the eight tribes of Dangxiang, and are the basis for maintaining the imperial power of Xixia.
It is for this reason that Chen Qing is not worried that the Xixia people will detain the transportation team.
This is also true. No matter how unwilling Li Liangfu was, he had to implement the agreement honestly and exchange these precious soldiers back first, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the emperor.
That morning, something happened that surprised Chen Qing. A camel team from Bashu arrived at Ganquan Fort.
