The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 368

Not long after the Jurchen Tartars left, they didn't even have time to rob the city, which also allowed half of the people in the city to survive.

Wanyan Xiyin was riding on the horse, and he no longer had the caution and worry he had when he was going on an expedition. Happiness came so suddenly that he seemed to be dreaming.

I originally planned to avoid the main force of the Song army in Hedong, loot some villages and towns in the cracks, collect the food and transport it back to Yizhou, and continue to fight against the Song army in Youyan.

The result was beyond everyone's expectations.

At the beginning of August, Wanyan Xiyin crossed the Xushui River, but the Baozhou defenders could not hold out.The Jurchen soldiers scattered here to search the surrounding villages and towns and collect food.

After less than three days of fighting, Cai You, who was far away in Daming Mansion, sent someone to angrily reprimand the Baozhou army generals for their incompetence. Cai You, who was already dissatisfied with the demands of bribes from Baozhou civil and military officials, asked his own slaves to whip the Baozhou regiment training envoy Zhang in the city. Yan, forcing them to go out of the city to fight, otherwise they will be punished as fear of war and fear of the enemy.

The garrison in Baozhou was just a Xiang army, and they were not as strong as farmers in digging the fields. As soon as Zhang Yan, the training officer of the Baozhou regiment, saw that he was dead in the city, he would die if he left the city. Wang Hui hated Cai You deeply, so he took Zhang Yan's confidants to vote for the Jin army.

Wanyan Xiyin was overjoyed, and personally welcomed them into the camp, treating them with utmost courtesy.It was also thanks to Wanyan Xiyin, who was willing to put down her body to welcome the surrendered enemy, that made the traitors in Baozhou so desperate that they volunteered to fraudulently open the gate of Lewangdu.

The Jurchen fought in Youyan for more than a month, and it was difficult to get down an inch of ground, and they fought fiercely every day.But after entering Hebei, it was like a broken bamboo.In just seven days, he went down to two cities.

Cai You panicked, but he himself did not dare to take the shot himself, and came to the place where the confrontation was ahead.So he dispatched 20 troops to move forward together, using the advantage of numbers to defeat Jurchen.As for Yang Lin's letter to him, it was sent to Bianliang by Xiao Cai overnight.He and Liang Shicheng had long conspired to put Yang Lin to death and eradicate this political enemy in the court. Yang Lin's letter was slightly misinterpreted as another evidence of ineffectiveness in combat and passive avoidance of war.

On the land of Hebei, armies that were not subordinate to each other and had no commander rushed to the Baoding area in a mess.

These soldiers and horses are all at the same level, and no army of 20 people can march and fight tacitly without a coach.

God, be shaken.

Chapter 435 It's not as good as the Liao Dynasty

Hebei, because of its border with Khitan, has always been a poor frontier in the eyes of Bianliang officials and lords.

It is precisely because of abandoning this important land in the Central Plains that they will continue to plant giant trees on good fields, dig water canals in front of roads, and divert the Yellow River to make the ground muddy to hinder the southward movement of Khitan cavalry within 100 years.

This series of jaw-dropping measures, while successfully preventing the Khitan from going south, also pushed the people in the Hebei area into the fire.

Standing in the valley of the Hutuo River among the stretching mountains, one can see the majestic walls of Suning Village standing in it.

Before Tong Guan was killed, he had been stationed in Suning Village for a year. He was selected as Tong Guan's outpost to fight against Liao, and built a complete defense system, including Houtai Village.

In the valley, a large group of knights rolled in, rolling up a cloud of smoke and dust in the valley.This Hutuo River is called the Confused River by the locals. It is famous for its abundant sediment, good flushing, good silting, and good disciples. It can be said that this river created the Hebei Plain by itself, but because of the immorality of the Song Dynasty court, Indiscriminate digging of the "Confused River" led to continuous overflow and diversion in the middle and lower reaches, which also brought heavy disasters to the areas passing through.

Wanyan Xiyin burned, killed and looted all the way, and finally reached the front of Suning Village. When he raised his eyes, what he saw was still a peaceful scene.The Song Dynasty's 20 soldiers and horses have not yet arrived. What's even more strange is that there are thousands of generals in the capital's forbidden army without a leader, but no one thinks of sending someone to the front to report the news of Jurchen's southward movement.

Wanyan Xiyin went south swaggeringly, but was actually forced into a surprise attack by this group of people, every time there was a surprise effect.

Overlooking the wall of the village, the banner of the Song Army fluttered, and it danced weakly in the late summer of Hedong.Some Jurchen Tartars with good eyesight could even see shadowy figures on the walls of the village wearing the red uniforms of the Song Army.One by one, sitting or standing, looked idle and lazy, like an old man taking a nap in the afternoon.

On the wall of the village, it seems that someone has also noticed the movement here.Finally someone was alarmed, running around, shouting loudly, as if to tell that there was a sudden army coming from the north.

Wanyan Xiyin laughed out loud. It had been a long time since he had seen him, and the joyful feeling he had when he launched an army against Liao returned to him.Jurchen's 70 soldiers and horses overthrew Khitan's [-], so that the Jurchen, who seemed like a dream, knew how capable he was.However, when they arrived at Yunzhou Mansion, the invincible Jurchen soldiers and horses were stopped by the Song Army, who had always been called a weak and sick brigade, and they did not take Yunzhou Mansion after three months of fierce attack.

On the land of Youyan, it was even more difficult to fight. The heroics who had advanced two hundred miles in one night were worn away by the difficult Song army in Yandi.Now, this kind of carefree feeling has returned. It turns out that Song Bing is really better at fighting than Khitan, only those people at the border are a group of odd numbers.

Wanyan Xiyin breathed a sigh of relief on the horse, pulled out the waist knife, with traces of blood still remaining on it, and shouted loudly: "Take down this stockade, Tu Guangnan people, let's rest here for a day."

The Jurchen who went south fought so smoothly, it can be said that they were like a broken bamboo, and even the Jurchen soldiers who fought here in one breath were exhausted.After hearing Wanyan Xiyin's words, several nearby generals licked their lips and rushed forward with cheers.

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The 20 soldiers of the Song army marched separately, and often crowded and refused to give in to each other. Because there was no master general to suppress them, the generals of these forbidden army families would lead their subordinates to fight in groups if they disagreed.They lived in Bianliang like huffing eagles and dogs, the life of Gaoliang children who were drunk and dreamed of death, and they did not forget to pay attention to poverty on the march.

Sometimes they fight with each other, say bad words to each other, fight with each other, and feel happy and enmity, very chic.But they don't know that this is the current war, and in front of them is already a purgatory on earth with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

If it wasn't for worrying about going to war, I'm afraid even the soldiers and horses under him would have to be mobilized.There was noise and procrastination along the way, and everyone was a little wary. It took a day to delay, and they left the Daming Mansion slowly.

When the news spread to Yizhou City, Yang Lin and all the generals around him couldn't believe it when the news of the Hebei War broke out. He scratched his eyebrows, and Yang Lin said to the messenger soldier, "You mean, until now, Wanyan Xi Yin is still going south?"

"The Suning village fell, and the Jin soldiers slaughtered the nearby soldiers and civilians. Our sentry reported that in the river valley, there are Jurchen camps all over the mountains. Every night, there are bonfires like a sea. During the day, you can see the Jurchen soldiers and horses." Galloping back and forth, going around to grab food and fodder. The corpses of soldiers and civilians in Suning Village were abandoned in the river, and the floating corpses flowed down the river, densely packed without end."

As soon as Yang Lin closed his eyes, this terrifying scene appeared in his mind like a curtain.

"Where's Cai You?" He asked feebly, as if all Yang Lin's strength had been taken away, causing him to sit slumped on the handsome seat.

Several young generals rushed forward, but Yang Lin stretched out his hand to push them away. He pulled himself together and sat up straight on his knees: "Don't tell me, Cai You's army is still in Daming Mansion."

"Cai You, the young master, is still in the Daming Mansion, and he ordered his soldiers to go to fight. The 20 imperial troops in the Beijing camp marched for half a month, and they haven't left the Daming Mansion yet."

With a bang, Yang Lin kicked on the sand table, got up and walked around the sand table quickly.Finally found Suning Village, Yang Lin pointed here and said: "Now is not the time to get angry with these thieves, we have to find a way to plug the gap. It is normal for the Jin people to go south and not pass through Hebei. Once they approach Kaifeng on Jingji Road Mansion, we are all guilty, hum, I don’t know how many people in the court are secretly cheering for the Jurchen, waiting to kill me, Yang Lin. And that is the Jurchen, who is fierce and brutal in ancient times, not as cruel and bloodthirsty as the Jurchen Yes, I really don’t know how many people in Hebei will die

Wu Lin clasped his fists and said, "Young master, the last general is willing to send troops to go."

"It's too late." Yang Lin sighed: "The golden soldiers are all cavalry, one bird and two horses, and there is almost no loss in battle. I also saw that the Jurchen Tartars attacked the city with only one method, taking the local people into captivity It is a trick that has been tried time and again to make a living for the head of the people, and then drive them to fill it with their lives. Daliao died under this trick. Youyan and the others have no choice, because we moved the people and used the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country. At this moment Youyan no longer has enough raw population to be driven by Jurchen plunder. Even if some are plundered, they still have to serve in the camp. So we have not lost a military state in Youyan.

But Hebei is different. Cai You definitely did not do what I said. Right now, people must be devastated and mourned.As a result, the Jurchen Tartars broke through the city too quickly. To prevent them from continuing to go south, the only way is to take the initiative to attack Youyan and fight to the death.I would like to see if he Wanyan Xiyin dares not to come back. "

Chapter 436 The Titan Tells the Man of His Dreams

In Yizhou City, Yang Lin looked at the smoke rising from the Jurchen camp in the distance, feeling uneasy about his heart.

At this point in the situation, Yang Lin really wanted to raise his troops to go south and kill all the thieves, but it was obviously impossible.If you are angry and willful, kill each other, let the Hebei Jinbing make trouble, and let Cai You suffer the bitter fruit, that is the act of a traitor.In that case, the Central Plains will be in complete chaos, and the north of the Yellow River may fall under the Jurchen's iron heels earlier.Even if you want to settle accounts, you have to wait until after this battle is over to start the game

In the temples of the Song Dynasty, everything has always been compromised by the party. If Yang Lin is like them, I am afraid that at this time, he will be the same as the late Ming Dynasty in later generations, losing the Hantong and regretting it for thousands of years.Thinking of this, Yang Lin was completely disappointed in his heart. Although Cai You is hateful, Cai You is by no means the only culprit.Liang Shicheng and Zhao Ji have intervened in the border war several times and ruined the good situation.

Back then, Wang Fu killed tens of thousands of people in Tubo, and these high-ranking officials and lords didn't take it seriously at all. In their eyes, tens of thousands of people were imprisoned, probably not as important as a single lantern in Bianliang.If Yang Lin was more proficient in Song history, he would know that this was a routine operation in the late Northern Song Dynasty.The sudden collapse of a wealthy dynasty must be due to the fact that the inside has been rotten and rotted into a puddle of mud.

But if you give it a go, this great situation, which has come so hard, will become a gamble.Under his own plan, Great Song could have slowly fought a protracted war with Jurchen in Youyan, using the background of the Han Dynasty and the richness of Great Song to wear down this newly-emerged brutal tribe little by little.

If he followed this script, no matter how good he was at fighting Jurchen, he would only be reduced to a fleeting meteor in the long river of history in the end, and would be completely destroyed by the vengeful Khitans within a few years.

Now that they are forced to fight ahead of schedule, the outcome is still unknown, so how can it not make people sigh.Several young generals stood behind him, looked at each other, and stepped forward together, Wu Lin clasped his fists and said: "Young Zai, the messengers have sent orders to Youyan's defense lines. The troops on our side have been gathering since the morning. I really noticed that I was also shrinking my troops."

Yang Lin nodded, closed his eyes deeply with pain on his face, and then turned around with a slight smile: "The world is out of my generation, and we are lucky enough to catch up with Youyan. We have a good chance of winning , Get your fucking spirits up, if you fight well, let's make a name in history together. In the past hundred years, or even a thousand years, people will continue to talk about this great war."

Wu Jie felt distressed in his heart, Shao Zai smiled on the surface, when he said "I'm lucky to catch up" just now, he couldn't hide his teeth, the voice was clearly squeezed out from his throat.Starting from signing the covenant with Khitan Yunzhou Prefecture, Shaozai's grand strategic layout can be regarded as the handicraft of a national scholar in Youyan, and it is almost able to successfully solve the border troubles for a long time to come.After all, the Jurchen was defeated, and the Khitan became a vassal of the Song Dynasty, and this pass will usher in unprecedented peace.

such a pity!

Yang Lin turned his head and continued to face the mountains, rivers and dense forests outside Yizhou City, his eyebrows were drawn into his temples and his eyelids drooped, he clenched his fists and said in his heart: A bunch of picky dogs, you wait for me to free up your hands.

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"What? Gather for a decisive battle?"

Han Shizhong's voice almost deafened the soldiers who came to deliver the order.

"Han Shuai, this is Shaozai's order, it's true."

Han Shizhong snorted coldly, and said: "Come here, drag this spy out and chop him up. The young master is famous for his martial arts, and he is half a point stronger than my old Han. The decisive battle at this time is not about being insane. I can fall for you." "

Han Shizhong's unscrupulous temper, Xiaobing has been in the frontier army for a long time, also knows that he is afraid that he will really cut himself, so he hurriedly said loudly: "Han Shuai, the Jurchens have divided their troops to the south, and they have already hit the hinterland of Hebei. Shao Zai was forced to start a war."