Although the battle in Luoshui Road was fierce and Pingyang Prefecture was captured by the Song army, Taiyuan Prefecture, which is separated from the Luliang Mountains, was very quiet and there was no atmosphere of war at all.
That morning, a caravan entered Taiyuan City. The caravan's steward, named Wang, was in his sixties and was a businessman who had been traveling between Guanzhong and Hedong for many years.
Manager Wang asked the caravan to rest at the inn, and he came to the Marshal's Mansion alone.
The soldiers heard that he was here to deliver a message to the prime minister. The soldiers did not dare to ignore it and hurriedly went in to report. Not long after, a Han scribe came out. He was Wan Yanchang's staff, named Liu Chao.
"Who are you? Who do you deliver messages for?"
Manager Wang clasped his fists and said, "I am a businessman. I came from Jingzhao. I was asked to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Wanyan."
"presumptuous!"
Liu Chao angrily shouted, "Can I accept letters from anyone including Prime Minister Wanyan?"
"I dare not say nonsense. You will know after reading the letter."
Manager Wang handed over a letter, and Liu Chao snatched it away. The cover of the letter read: "General Zhenguo, King of Lingwu County of the Great Song Dynasty, Xuanfu Envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Marshal of the Western Army, Chen Qing, to the right of the Kingdom of Jin"
Prime Minister Wan Yanchang.'
Liu Chao's face changed in shock, and he trembled when he spoke, "You wait here, I'll report it!"
He turned and ran away
It was also a coincidence that Wan Yanchang had just returned from Hebei yesterday, bringing back 50,000 Hezha meng'an troops. He also appointed the veteran Puluhun as the Xuanfu envoy to Hebei, commanding 50,000 Hezha troops to stay in Hebei to maintain public order.
Wan Yanchang was preparing to lead his army back to Beijing tomorrow. At this time, Chen Qing asked someone to send him a letter.
Hearing that it was Chen Qing's personal letter, Wan Yanchang was greatly surprised. He quickly took the letter and asked, "Who sent the letter?"
"He is an old businessman."
"Bring him here, I have something to ask him!"
Liu Chao turned around and hurried away. Wan Yanchang then opened the letter and took a closer look. His face turned red and white for a while. After a while, he put away the letter and paced around the room with his hands behind his back. He walked to the window and looked into the distance with a complicated expression.
, Chen Qing's suggestions in the letter shocked him so much that he could not calm down for a long time. He never dreamed that Chen Qing knew so deeply about the internal strife in Jin Dynasty.
At this time, Liu Chao, an aide, led Steward Wang into the back hall. Steward Wang knelt down and saluted, "Young people, please come to the Prime Minister!"
"Are you really a businessman?" Wan Yanchang asked suspiciously.
"The little old man is really a businessman. I have been walking between Hedong and Guanzhong for decades. Most of the innkeepers in Taiyuan know me."
Wan Yanchang nodded, he must be a businessman, and ordinary spies would not be able to hide it from him.
"Where is your prince now?"
"I don't know, but the person who gave me the letter was not the prince himself, but the prince's staff. But it is said that the prince is not in Jingzhao."
Wan Yanchang snorted and asked again: "When you came here, no war broke out in Guanzhong?"
"No!"
Manager Wang shook his head like a rattle, "Guanzhong finally settled down and no more wars can break out."
"When did you leave Guanzhong and come to Hedong?" Wan Yanchang asked.
"Six days ago, the little man Pujin crossed the Yellow River and came directly to Taiyuan without delaying anywhere else."
Wan Yanchang simply wrote a reply and handed it to Manager Wang, "Give the letter to whoever gives you the letter. Don't delay in Taiyuan, go back immediately!"
"I understand, I will go back now."
Wan Yanchang also asked Liu Chao to give Wang Guanshi a road sign, so that he would not be afraid of being robbed by the army on the road.
Manager Wang expressed his gratitude again and again.
Liu Chao then whispered: "Prime Minister, something is wrong! Where is Marshal Du now?"
Wan Yanchang snorted, "If my prediction is correct, he will make the same mistake as Yin Shu and get trapped in the Luoshui Road. In that place in northern Shaanxi, the roads are dangerous and you will be trapped to death if you are not careful.
When Yan Lou's family went south from northern Shaanxi, Wu Shu's army must be supported in the south, otherwise he would not dare to leave. Nianhan had a bad temper, impulsive personality, and was proud. He thought Chen Qing was too simple, and I knew he would be defeated.
In the hands of Chen Qing."
"What should I do? Are we going to rescue?"
Wan Yanchang's eyes widened and he said in a stern tone: "What are you talking about? Who is going to rescue you? Are you going to rescue me?"
Liu Chao was so frightened that he lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
At this moment, a soldier in the hall reported, "The living female captain of ten thousand men has something urgent to see me!"
"Let him in!"
"Not long after, Wanyan Huonu hurriedly walked into the lobby, knelt down on one knee and said: "I am reporting to the Prime Minister that about 50,000 Song troops have crossed the Yellow River and have captured Pingyang Mansion!"
Wan Yanchang sighed for a while and said: "Chen Qing is really impeccable."
He stood up and said: "I will set off back to Shangjing today. Don't act rashly in Pingyang Prefecture. They will not cross Luliang Mountain for the time being, but they will strengthen the defense in the south."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Wanyanchang gave Wanyan Huonv a few more words, and then Wanyan Huonv took her leave.
That night, Wan Yanchang left Taiyuan Mansion and returned to Shangjing.
In the back hall of the Marshal's Mansion, Wanyan Yinshuke crossed his legs and stared at the map on the small table. He had not yet recovered from the annoyance caused by the Song Army's occupation of Pingyang Mansion.
Nianhan led his army to the west. They clearly had a lot of opportunities to occupy Pingyang Mansion, which was empty of troops. However, Talan and Nianhan reached an agreement that their troops would not take the opportunity to attack Pingyang Mansion.
So that they finally watched the Song army seize Pingyang Mansion. In fact, it was not only Pingyang Mansion, but also Shizhou in the north and Jizhou and Cizhou in the south.
One prefecture and three states are equivalent to 20% of the land on Hedong Road!
Now he is not only upset, but also worried about Cizhou. Cizhou and Jiangzhou are blocked by Gushe Mountain. It looks rough from the map, but Yin Shu knows that there are many roads between Cizhou and Jiangzhou.
The valley roads are connected.
Once the Song army passes through Gushe Mountain and enters Jiangzhou, it will cut off the retreat route of the Hezhong Prefecture garrison. If Hezhong Prefecture and Jiangzhou are lost, the southern part of Hedong Road will be extremely dangerous.
At this moment, Wanyan Huonv hurried over, clasping her fists and saying, "I sent the Prime Minister away because of my humble position!"
"I really don't understand, why is he in such a hurry to go back?"
Wanyan Huonv hesitated and said, "I got some news from my humble post. The Prime Minister received a letter from Chen Qing this afternoon."
Yin Shuke was shocked, "Are you sure?"
Wan Yan Huo Nu nodded, "I should be sure!"
Yin Shuke stared at the map, stunned, and murmured: "No wonder!"
Wanyan Huonv asked in confusion: "I also found out that the prime minister was very nervous and hurried back to Beijing. Why is this?"
Yin Shuke let out a long sigh, "This means that Nianhan failed and fell into the hands of Chen Qing. He wanted to exchange interests with the Kingdom of Jin, so Talan rushed back in such a hurry."
Wanyan Huonv's face showed a look of shock. Nianhan was known as the God of War in the Jin Kingdom, and was ranked alongside his father as the number one hero of the Jin Kingdom. It was such a serious matter that he was actually captured.
He said angrily: "Since we knew this was possible, why did the imperial court let Marshal Du go attack Shaanxi Road?"
Yin Shuke sneered and said: "Maybe this is the result that the emperor expected."
"The humble position doesn't understand!"
Yin Shuke waved his hand, "You and I don't want to interfere with this kind of political matter. Now there is a more serious problem. The Song army will occupy Pingyang Mansion and will definitely attack Cizhou. I'm worried that they will enter Jiangzhou from Cizhou and cut off the enemy."
The retreat route for the Hezhong Prefecture garrison."
Wan Yanhuo Nu nodded, "The Prime Minister also said before leaving that he asked me to pay attention to the risks in the south."
"It seems that he has also realized it. Huonv, you lead 20,000 troops to Jiangzhou. You must be stationed in Jiangzhou and command the overall situation south of Hedong Road."
Wan Yan Huo Nu bowed and saluted, "I obey my orders and leave early tomorrow morning!"
The siege on the Luoshui Road has entered its twenty-fifth day. Five days ago, Captain Sharuyi led four thousand people under orders to go south to try out the use of a spear bridge tied with spears to break out of the siege, but the results were mixed. Although the spear bridge was successful,
The four thousand Jurchen soldiers had no spears. When they broke out, they were surrounded and killed by tens of thousands of Song troops. The entire army of four thousand people was wiped out, including the general Sharuyi who was also killed by random arrows.
But at this time, colds and diarrhea broke out among the Jin soldiers, and more and more soldiers fell down. It was not a serious illness in the first place, but flu and diarrhea caused by drinking raw water, eating half-cooked horse meat, and sleeping in the open.
They thought it was a plague and panicked, so they carried away the sick soldiers and threw them away. Without medical treatment and without food, the Jin soldiers could not withstand the high fever and dehydration, and began to die in droves. In just ten days, many Jin soldiers died of illness.
There are thousands of people, and this number is still expanding. I am afraid that within a month, all the Jin soldiers will die of illness.
At this moment, a Jurchen prisoner of war was sent over by the Song army. This soldier was captured in Pingyang Mansion and was a personal soldier guarding Wanyan Nianhan's family.
In front of the tent, Wanyan Nianhan looked at the soldiers kneeling in front of him with a livid face. Anger was about to explode in his chest. He suddenly pulled out his sword and pierced the soldier's chest with a single blow, and kicked the corpse over.
Turned around and entered the big tent.
Hundreds of soldiers looked at each other, wondering why Marshal Du was so furious. At this time, a soldier ran to Bali Su and whispered: "Marshal Du, please ask the general to come over."
Ba Lisu was really uneasy. Since he came back, he had never seen Marshal Du again. Thinking that the soldier had been stabbed to death with a sword just now, he felt even more uneasy. He didn't dare to disobey, so he had to bite the bullet and come to the big tent.
In the big tent, Wanyan Nianhan stood in front of the weapons rack, with his back turned to him. Ba Lisu quickly stepped forward and saluted, "See you, Marshal of the Capital!"
Wanyan Nianhan said slowly: "There are still 7,000 people in our army who are still getting sick and falling down. I can only watch them die. I can't bear to get sick myself and die for them. I can't go for them."
How selfish to die but still care about your own reputation."
Ba Lisu didn't dare to interrupt and listened quietly. Wanyan Nianhan said again: "You take a few brothers to carry a sick soldier to the Song Army. If the Song Army can cure him within three days, I can become a soldier."
The Song army took prisoners of war, but they did not surrender, they were just prisoners of war."
Balisu suddenly understood that what overwhelmed Marshal Du's last dignity was not the sick soldier, but his family.
He clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "I humbly obey my orders!"
