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The 8000 Jin army was ambushed by 3000 Song troops in the city.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Jin army had killed thousands of people. Those who did not die had their morale collapsed, and some of them resisted stubbornly. They fought hand-to-hand in the alley, but they were quickly suppressed.

By evening, Yue Fei had captured 3000 Jin soldiers, almost all of whom were heavily armored.

There are even 3000 horses, which can be described as a great harvest!

But Wan Yanchang scolded outside, but it was of no avail, so he had no choice but to send people to cut down trees and build a ladder to attack the city.

On October [-], the news that the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River was sent to Dongguang County and Wuqiao County by people sent by Yue Fei.

On October [-]th, Yue Fei's people rushed to Cangzhou, sent the news to Zhifu, and presented it to Li Gang.

The news that the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River immediately made the entire eastern defense tense.

At this time, Zong Ze, who was in the Daming Mansion, also received information from Yue Fei.

After he read it, he knew that the Jin army was about to go south.

From the perspective of the overall situation, there is only one safest way now: quickly let the cities on the center line strengthen their defenses, and notify the Hebei Transit Department Yamen, and everyone will withdraw after the last batch of food is allocated.

In other words, leave a vacuum zone hundreds of miles deep for the Jin army, and all people and food are in the city.

The intelligence sent by Yue Fei in Fucheng was the beginning of the third Song-Jin war. It officially opened the prelude to the whole war, and at the same time, it also made the central and eastern defenses quickly put on guard.

On October [-]th, the urgent report from the front spread quickly to Tokyo City and was placed in front of Zhao Ning.

After Zhao Ning finished reading it, he called him a good guy.

Of course, Yue Fei killed 5000 Jin troops in Fucheng, captured 3000 Jin troops, and still had 3000 horses.

Even so, Zhao Ning had already thought about a reward for Yue Fei.

He didn't expect Yue Fei to grow so fast. According to this speed, he could justifiably accelerate his promotion.

This will undoubtedly play a big role in promoting the subsequent military and political reforms.

At noon on October [-], Wan Yanchang launched an attack on Fucheng with the built ladder.

The fierce siege battle lasted all afternoon, and the Jin army lost nearly a thousand people, but failed to capture Fucheng.

Wan Yanchang was shocked, the fighting power of this Song army was so strong!

A few days ago, Wan Yanchang, who was still high-spirited and raised his troops to cross the Yellow River southward with a sweeping posture, was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

How did he know that just after the fight, he encountered one of the most difficult bones of the Song Dynasty in the first battle.

Moreover, this person's growth rate is unimaginable. Every war can absorb and summarize a lot of experience, and think deeply about the essence of war.

The so-called intelligence, deceit, hasty marches, frontal field battles, street battles, and formations, Yue Fei experienced them all in the past few days.

And he personally directed them all, many of which he had never experienced before.

After this operation, recalling it, Yue Fei himself felt thrilling.

If there is a problem in any part of this, the situation in front of him must be so severe that it is unimaginable.

Wan Yanchang couldn't move Fucheng for a while, so he could only report to Hejian Mansion while building a combination of goose carts and ladders.

However, he dared not tell Wanyan Zongfu that he had lost 1 people. If he did, he would be dismissed immediately and brought back to Marshal Yanjing's mansion for interrogation.

Wan Yanchang began to rectify the morale of the army, while speeding up the supervision of building more siege equipment, and at the same time, in order to cover up his negligence, in the letter, he described the defense of the Song army in various towns as vulnerable, in order to urge Wanyan Zongfu Quickly suppress the army.

In mid-October, all the food and grass of the Golden Army on the Eastern Front arrived at Hejian Mansion.

While preparing an army of [-] troops, Wanyan Zongfu wrote a letter asking how Wanyan Chang was progressing.

Chapter 119

The real situation is that Fucheng is in the hands of Yue Fei, but the information sent back by Wan Yanchang is that Fucheng has already been captured.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongfu immediately sent someone to report the military information to Wanyan Zonghan, the supreme commander of the entire army.

On October [-], Wanyan Zonghan, who had just arrived in Taiyuan, received a letter from Wanyan Zongfu.

After reading Wanyan Zongfu's letter, Wanyan Zonghan immediately felt extremely comfortable.

He smiled and said to Wanyan Xiyin and Shi Liai: "Wanyanchang's [-] troops have captured Fucheng, and the eastern front is preparing to attack Cangzhou in two ways. Zongfu said that within a month, all the defenses of the Song army's eastern front can be defeated."

Shi Liai said: "If you can break through all the defense lines of the Song army before December, you can go straight in and take Jingdong East Road (Shandong Province) and Jingdong East Road in one fell swoop. I heard that the richest places in the Song Dynasty were Huainan East Road and Jiangnan East Road, as long as Jingdong East Road is defeated, Huainan East Road and Jiangnan East Road will be under the vanguard of our army."

Wanyan Xiyin stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Most taxes in the Song Dynasty came from the southeast, and the southeast has the most wealth. Our army can take this opportunity to seize the wealth of the Song people and further weaken the Song Dynasty."

In fact, for Jin Jun, time is also very precious.

What they were facing was the Central Plains dynasty, which was thousands of miles deep. Although they had strong field combat capabilities, it was impossible to completely defeat the very cohesive Central Plains civilization.

Therefore, in fact, Wan Yangao's strategy for the Song Dynasty was "Weary Song Dynasty".

What is Tired Song?

It is to continuously attack the Song Dynasty, consume the Song Dynasty, and exhaust the Song Dynasty. Every time, it will cause huge damage to the important towns of the Song Dynasty and plunder huge amounts of wealth.

And then weaken the Song Dynasty.

This point, after hundreds of years, was inherited by a man named Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji put forward the famous "Tired Ming", that is to say, don't think about destroying the Central Plains Dynasty in one go.

It is necessary to go deep into the Central Plains frequently to plunder wealth and population, so that the Central Plains dynasty will continue to weaken.

At a limit, after the internal conflicts broke out in the Central Plains Dynasty, the time to destroy the country has come.

Now the Golden Army is adopting this strategy.

But in terms of tactics, the Jin army still adopted fast break and fast attack, which made the Song army exhausted.

Wan Yanchang didn't know that his erroneous information had a huge impact on the third Song Army battle, but it hadn't been revealed yet.

From Wan Yanchang's point of view, his actions may not be stupid.

After all, he made a low-level mistake and didn't dare to report it to his superiors immediately. He could only find a way to deal with it quickly. This is a very common and wise operation method.

If he captures Fucheng County, everything will be fine. If he doesn't capture it, he will be accused of concealing the military aircraft, delaying the military aircraft, and losing the war.

Of course, neither Wanyan Zonghan nor Wanyan Zongfu knew that Wanyanchang had lost the chain in Fucheng.

On October [-]th, the [-] gold troops of Hejian Mansion rushed out like dense locusts, crossed the Yellow River, and poured into Cangzhou.

The flames of war on the Eastern Front were completely ignited.

On October [-], the information was urgently sent to the south for eight hundred miles.

On October 23, the information was sent to Tokyo City, and the news of the large-scale southward movement of the Jin army was finally confirmed.

War is coming.

Not only did the Golden Army on the Eastern Front press down on the border, but on October 25, the Golden Army on the central line also took action.

Wanyan Zonghan led 20 troops, divided into two groups, one starting from Zhongshan Mansion, led by Wanyan Wushu, and the other starting from Taiyuan Mansion, led by Wanyan Zonghan himself.

The goal of Wanyan Wushu is Bianliang, Tokyo, and Wanyan Zonghan's goal is Luoyang, Xijing.

After setting off from Zhongshan Mansion, Wushu's [-] troops galloped across the land of Hebei like a mighty torrent.

It seemed that half of the land in Hebei was trembling.

At the end of October, it began to snow in Hebei. It snowed heavily for several nights, and the cold wind howled on the vast plain.

The formerly bustling countryside is deserted, and even stray wild dogs have no food, struggling helplessly in the snow.

On October 26, Wushu's first target was Zhaozhou.

The defense on the central line, from Zhaozhou to Xiangzhou, is hundreds of miles deep.

The overwhelming army pressed into Zhaozhou.

In just three days, the Zhaozhou defense line was broken down!

Two days later, Wushu's abductor horse stabbed into Xingzhou like a sharp sword.

To the south of Xingzhou is Cizhou.

Cizhou was a huge iron smelting center in the Song Dynasty. Once Cizhou was lost, the court would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

On the fifth day of November, the emergency military situation on the center line was sent to Zhao Ning.

At this time, Prime Minister Zhao Ding, Jingji Road Transit Envoy Li Guang, Hubu Minister Mei Zhili, and Military Minister and Military and Political Envoy Zhang Shuye all gathered in Wende Hall.

Zhao Ding said: "The Golden Army has already entered Xingzhou, only a few tens of miles away from Cizhou. According to the information obtained so far, the number of soldiers and horses of the Golden Army along this route is at least [-]. It is not known who the commander is."

Mei Zhili said: "From this point of view, the defenses built in Zhaozhou and Xingzhou may not be effective."

The speed at which the Jin army broke through the defense line was so fast that it shocked the Song Dynasty.

It gives people the feeling that those defenses are as vulnerable as rotten wood under the Jin army's soldiers.

No one knows the specific situation ahead.

Zong Ze's military information only reported the possible total number of soldiers and horses of the Jin Army, their current location, and his next actions.

What is certain is that Zong Ze has already started to act.

The rhythm of the front line is not chaotic.

Zongze has a characteristic in fighting, calm and generous, and his face does not change when the Mount Tai collapses in front of him.

Some people are born with leadership qualities, such as Zong Ze.

The coach is calm, and everything will not be chaotic.

Zhao Ding said: "Whether it will work or not, we can't tell at the moment. Since we can't tell, it's inconvenient to interfere too much."

Mei Zhili said in pain: "But each city will cost at least tens of thousands!"

Zhao Ning said: "Money is a trivial matter, so don't worry too much about it. You don't need to be nervous. It's up to people to make things happen. We have made sufficient preparations and wait for the results."

"Yes."

"Mei Qing."

"exist."

"You have worked hard during this period, but you will have to work hard for a while. The military pay calculation of the frontline soldiers should not stop. The Hebei Transshipment Office must pay the military pay in time to ensure the emotions of the soldiers. This is what we can do."

"Yes! Don't worry, the official, I must always instruct the Hebei Transit Department Yamen."

"Li Qing."

Li Guangdao: "The minister is here."

"The grain hoarding in various state capitals on Gyeonggi Road has been reconfirmed. You have to spot check to prepare for the war that may come at any time."

"Yes!"

"Mr. Zhao."

"The minister is here."

"The formation of all the people on Gyeonggi Road must be repeatedly verified, and the Baojia Law must be acted upon."

"Yes."

The so-called Baojia method is the method of combining soldiers and farmers.

There will be exercises every day.

"Mr. Zhang, get ready. I'm going to the Imperial Guard barracks by the Yellow River tomorrow to meet all the soldiers."

"Officials, this is a very good time, I'm afraid..."

Zhao Ning said in a sharp tone: "When the country is in trouble, how can I stand by and watch, the gold thieves will never die, and I will fight them bloody to the end!"

Everyone seemed to want to object, but Zhao Ning insisted: "When Emperor Zhenzong entered Chanyuan, his morale was greatly boosted, and he contained the offensive of the Liao army on the front line of Chanyuan. Now that the northern line is in crisis, I will not sit idly by!"

The few people stopped persuading them, and hoped that Zongze could withstand the attack of the main force of the Jin army. Otherwise, if the emperor went to conquer himself, if there was a mistake, the country would be in danger.

"By the way, there is one more thing. Send Li Ruoshui to Shaanxi to urge Zhang Jun to launch an attack on Taiyuan as soon as possible."

On the second day, the news that the Jin army went south began to spread in Tokyo.

For a moment, the pressure was like a huge hand, grasping the entire city in its palm.

Early in the morning, Zhao Ning put on his armor after finishing his breakfast, and led the commander in front of the palace, all the way out of Tokyo City, and arrived at the military camp on the bank of the Yellow River.

Here, there are also [-] elite guard brigades from the Song Dynasty stationed here.

These [-] Imperial Guards guarded Tokyo City last year.