Five days later, after receiving the news, they hurriedly gathered all the ministries and traveled through the starry night to Nianhan outside Taiyuan City. They stood next to the Beijing Pagoda, looking at the stone tablet and laughing angrily.
"Okay, great. I want to see how good you are!"
The angry Nianhan roared, "Go and capture all the men from all the surrounding villages, towns and cities! I want to be here."
Wanyan Tu quickly explained in a low voice, "Marshal, all the Han soldiers in the surrounding areas are gone. They were all taken away by the Song army."
Nianhan, who also had a stout body, fell into silence after venting his anger.
Then he looked at the landscape around him made of heads, lime, egg white and other things.
At the top of the spire is a head wearing a golden helmet.
He was familiar with that head, and his right-hand man was Wanyan Loushi, the number one general in the Kingdom of Jin.
After a while, Nianhan looked solemn and said, "Have you ever found out who the coach of the Song Army is?"
"It's been found out." Wanyan Xiyin on the side responded, "I captured some prisoners and asked. The commander of the East Route reinforcement army, Zhong Shizhong, has died in Xiongling Ridge. The current commander is Hedong Xuanfu Envoy, and the Western Army Supervisory Envoy Kang Wang
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Nianhan was slightly surprised: "The royal family of the Song Dynasty?"
"It's their ninth prince who is named King Kang."
At this time, the Jin Kingdom had not yet used the Han system, and they still had their own style.
The powerful prince went into battle in person, which was a manifestation of bravery and morale, and I didn't think it was that surprising.
"They are taking so many people with them, so they won't be able to move fast." Wanyan suddenly shouted in a muffled voice, "If we chase them now, we will definitely be able to catch up. Besides, there will be many casualties in the Song Dynasty."
None of the households said anything, and everyone was looking at Nianhan.
Nianhan, on the other hand, raised his head and looked at the head at the highest position in the landscape.
That was Lou Shi, and even he was defeated.
When he thought of this, Nianhan remained silent.
He remained silent, and others naturally did not dare to say anything.
The West Route Army did pursue the pursuit, but the intensity of the pursuit was far less determined than imagined.
After encountering a counterattack by Han Shizhong's troops who were cut off from the rear, they retreated very quickly.
At this time, the West Route Army no longer had the arrogance of being the best in the world.
Without any surprises, they finally returned to the Pingding Army with civilians, soldiers, horses and wounded all the way.
The generals thought they would continue to retreat, so they simply withdrew from Jingxing and went to Zhending Mansion. However, Li Yunze only arranged for Yue Fei's troops to guard Niangzi Pass, while the other troops dug trenches and built camps around the Pingding Army.
Everyone was puzzled by this.
Although the Pingding Army is located at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, and the terrain within the territory is mainly mountainous, there are still a large number of hills and plains suitable for cavalry maneuvers, so it is better to retreat directly to Jingxing.
"Staying here is to meet the defeated troops."
He forwarded the latest military information to the generals for their reading.
Yao Gu's 60,000-strong center reinforcements were severely attacked by Nianhan himself with the main force of the Western Army. The center reinforcements, dominated by the Xihe Army, were knocked down with one slap.
The Song army killed by Nianhan was full of pits and valleys since Yaogu.
The more than 50,000 people under Zhang Hao's reinforcements from the West Route were even more brutal. They were almost completely killed by Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Tuhesu and other troops.
"Although all the ministries have been defeated, there are still many defeated troops." Li Yunze was obviously holding back his anger. "I stay here just to meet the remaining troops of each ministry."
In the Battle of Taiyuan, the performance of everyone in the imperial court was comparable to that of a master of micro-management.
Order after order is constantly sent to the front line, asking for this and this and this again. It can be called a typical example of laymen commanding experts.
What’s more, they have a beautiful idea, but unfortunately they don’t have the ability to do it.
The three-way attack strategy is correct, but it cannot be done.
Moreover, it also gave the Jin Army, which had strong mobility, every opportunity to defeat them.
Obviously, the civil servants in the Privy Council were only reading military books and fighting, and they were not as good as Zhao Kuo.
"The Privy Council must be appointed by military men." He complained directly without hesitation, "What nonsense, using culture to control military force, how many people have been killed."
As soon as these words came out, all the generals had different expressions.
But no one said much, they bowed and left, and everyone went about their own business.
Judging from the result of this battle in Taiyuan, the Song army was of course defeated miserably.
The two reinforcements from Yao Gu and Zhang Hao alone were wiped out, a small number of 100,000 troops.
In addition to the tens of thousands of losses suffered by the reinforcements on the east route, the total losses of the Song army were estimated to be more than 100,000.
Moreover, they also lost the crucial Taiyuan Prefecture.
However, Li Yunze's formation killed Wanyan Loushi, the first general of the Jin army, which greatly boosted the morale of the Song army and severely damaged the Jin army.
At the same time, he rescued about 100,000 soldiers and horses, including the Taiyuan garrison.
The combat effectiveness of these veterans who have experienced the baptism of bloody battles is far beyond that of the new recruits who were rebuilt after Jianyan.
It can be regarded as retaining the seeds for wild matches.
Historically, after all the main forces of the Western Army were destroyed, the coward became like a stripped girl, without any resistance at all.
Nianhan attached great importance to Li Yunze, and not only gathered the scattered troops and horses of various troops to attack, but even Wanyan Oru's troops stationed in Datong Yunzhong came.
Not only that, when the news of Wanyan Loushi's death in battle reached the King of Jin's court, they were also struck by lightning.
The invincible Lou Shi died and was killed on the battlefield.
The importance that the Kingdom of Jin attaches to Li Yunze's troops has reached its peak.
The East Route Army, which was still repairing before, quickly gathered its forces to storm Zhending Mansion, and then rushed into Jingxing to storm Niangzi Pass.
After gathering troops here in Nianhan, they also began to attack the Pingding Army.
Li Yunze, who kept gathering the remaining troops from all walks of life, relied on the mountains, hills, trenches, camps and other defenses to continuously consume the Jin army. From time to time, Han Shizhong led the cavalry to counterattack, and the battle was very tense.
I was so annoyed by this kind of candy-like tactics that I simply sent an envoy to lay down the tactics.
"The foreign minister Wen Dun Sizhong has met King Kang." Wen Dun Sizhong, who has yellow teeth, has a pretty standard salute.
As early as when Aguda launched his army, Wen Dun Sizhong was his accompanying secretary. Any military orders were conveyed through Wen Dun Sizhong's oral messages.
Because his performance was good enough, Aguda set up a position specifically for him, called Zhasa, which means pedestrian.
He once served as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom and gained insight into the internal conditions of the Liao Kingdom.
Together with Wulin of the Eastern Route Army, he became the diplomatic ceiling of the Jin Kingdom.
Li Yunze, wearing armor, sat on a horse and used a small blade to eat the leg of lamb. "What's wrong with Nianhan?"
"Your Majesty." Wen Dunsizhong speaks Chinese very well. In other words, as a common language in East Asia, the top brass of the Jin Kingdom are all very good at Chinese. "My marshal is willing to help Your Majesty ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. As long as Your Majesty agrees, we will withdraw immediately."
The land east of the river is handed over to the king
"Master."
Naturally, Li Yunze would not fall for such a blatant alienation plan.
He peeled off a piece of mutton with his backhand, pierced it with the tip of the knife, picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth. "I'll stop talking about this useless nonsense later. It will make me look down on you. Just tell Nianhan what he wants."
Wen Dun Sizhong lowered his head, "My marshal admires the prince as a hero of the world and is willing to make an appointment with the prince for a decisive battle."
"So it's a challenge." Li Yunze smiled, "It's no problem if you want to fight, you can do it at any time."
"Your Majesty." Wen Dun Sizhong, who was secretly happy, hurriedly explained, "My marshal has made an appointment with Your Majesty three days later to have a show on the side of the rolling water at the foot of Lion Brain Mountain."
"Sand sculpture."
Li Yunze laughed mockingly, "I really think this king is a fool. He ran to the plains to fight with your cavalry. You can fight if you want. I have dozens of strongholds here. Just come and fight if you have the ability."
His villages are all located in dangerous places, and the roads are rugged and difficult to navigate.
Let alone a cavalry attack, it is very difficult to launch a catapult.
If you want to attack, the only way is for the cavalry to dismount and climb the mountain arduously to fight a war of attrition.
"You go back and tell Nianhan." Li Yunze, who put down the roasted leg of lamb, simply told him, "If you want to fight, take your life. If you don't want to, just wait and see. Use any unscrupulous means, it will be of no use to me. Get out."
Nianhan did not give up. The next day, Wen Dunsizhong came over again and brought a set of women's clothes to Li Yunze as a humiliation, trying to provoke Li Yunze to send troops.
"Snatch him." Li Yunze pointed at Wen Dunsizhong, "Let him put on his clothes, and then move him to the top of the city to have the soldiers shout, 'Nianhan's aunt is here.'"
Wen Dun Sizhong was shocked and tried to resist, but Han Shizhong punched him down.
Then he was forced to change his clothes and fell on the top of the city.
The Song troops on the mountain shouted in unison, "Nianhan's mother-in-law is here." Nianhan at the foot of the mountain was so angry that he almost lost control.
In the end, Wen Dunsizhong had one ear cut off and was thrown back with his clothes on.
Nianhan, who was furious, finally gave up the strategy and relied on force to capture the camp.
Originally, he wanted to capture Han'er to fill the ditch, but unfortunately all those who could run nearby had already gone to the Taihang Mountains, so he couldn't capture many cannon fodder.
The Jin soldiers dismounted their horses and charged up the mountain. They raised their shields and stretched out their bows to attack step by step.
The Song army, which was condescending, fired with strong bows and crossbows such as the Divine Arm Bow, and then sent soldiers to counterattack. The battle was extremely fierce.
The losses of the West Route Army were extremely heavy, with hundreds or even thousands of losses required for each village captured.
As for the Song Army, when a camp cannot be defended, they usually retreat quickly and go to the next camp, with little loss.
As long as you are not frightened out of your wits, you only know how to turn around and run away, keep running away, and then be chased and killed on horseback, you still have fighting ability.
The Jin Kingdom's East Route Army was also storming Niangzi Pass.
But Yue Fei was very well-organized and didn't give them a chance in this kind of terrain.
Time soon came to the end of September in the first year of Jingkang. After paying a heavy price, the Jin Army's West Route Army commanded by Nianhan finally broke through the Song Army's camps one by one and forced them all back into the Taihang Mountains.
The reason for such a battle regardless of casualties was that after a fierce debate, the top brass of the Jin Kingdom believed that there was no way to eliminate the Song army hiding in Taihang Mountain and Jingxing in a short time.
It would be better to just block the Jingxing exit and let it collapse due to lack of food.
As for the main force of the Jin army, they will continue to go south to attack Bianliang City.
After successfully obtaining huge compensation from Bianliang City last time, the entire Jin Kingdom coveted the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.
Instead of following Li Yunze in circles in the ravine, it would be better to seal him up and then rob the riches and beauties.
After each left some soldiers and horses to seal off the two ends of Jingxing, the East Route Army was led by the second prince Orulubu, and the West Route Army was led by Nianhan. The troops were divided into two groups and launched a large-scale attack in this season of high autumn and fertile weather suitable for them to fight.
Go south.
The two sides discussed that they should meet near Bianliang City.
After the main force of the Jin army moved south, Li Yunze, who learned the news, immediately summoned all the generals in Niangzi Pass to start a military meeting.
The Jin people were arrogant and thought they could starve Li Yunze to death in the Taihang Mountains, but they didn't know that Li Yunze's time portal could transport large amounts of supplies.
Now is a great time to take the opportunity to leave Jingxing and take the Jin people's retreat.