In August of the fifth year of Xuanhe, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda died of illness, and the crown prince Wanyan Wu Qimai succeeded to the throne, known in history as Emperor Taizong of Jin. This shrewd old man changed the original military strategy of Wanyan Aguda, from the original to pacify the rebellion within the Liao Kingdom, seize the Western Xia, conquer the grassland, and transformed into accepting the Western Xia as a vassal state, and the direction of the war was aimed at the seemingly powerful Song Dynasty.

The root of this transformation is Tong Guan's incompetence, defeated by the defeated generals of the Liao Kingdom, which made Wanyan Wu Qimai think of a word, saying that the Song Dynasty only seemed powerful but was actually vulnerable. Of course, he did not expect to capture the thousands of miles of the Song Dynasty, but just wanted to plunder this wealthy neighbor.

After years of war, the already barren Jin Kingdom could not bear it anymore, and plundering wealth became the primary task. Wanyan Wu Qimai's ruling policy was supported by the prince of Marshal Du, Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongbing, Wanyan Loushi and other generals. These guys desperately plunder wealth every time they go to battle.

Han Qi was on a mission to Bianliang and was treated unfairly. This guy desperately promoted the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and belittled the combat effectiveness of the Song army. This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire and strengthened the Jin army's determination to go south.

Wanyan Zongwang was thinking about his friendship with Jiang Zhong and strongly opposed going south, but his arm could not twist his thighs. His opposition was finally drowned in the crowd's spitting stars. The Jin army's southward journey was a foregone conclusion, and now there was a lack of suitable opportunities, but the finger was aimed at Yanshan Prefecture and Yunzhou.

The Jin army swept across the Liao tribes and cleared out the remnants of the Liao kingdom. Emperor Taizong of Jin Wanyan Wu Qimai accepted the letter of Li Qianshun of the Western Xia and officially appointed Li Qianshun as the Emperor of the Western Xia. At this point, the western front was pacified.

According to the agreement, Li Qianshun, the Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia, handed over Emperor Tianzuo and Yelu Yanxi to the Jin Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom, which was known as one million soldiers, was completely destroyed. As for Xiao Gan's successor to King Xi, it was no harm in establishing a country by himself. It was impossible to restore the country by the Great Liao, but he was only survived by the iron cavalry of the Jin army. Xiao Dilie and Yelu Yuanzhi jointly robbed King Liang Yali to escape to the northwest and established himself as emperor. The change of the Yuan Divine Calendar was also in a corner, and the glory of the Great Liao could no longer be restored. They would face the pressure of the Iron Cavalry of the Jin Kingdom.

The surrender of the Western Xia, the fall of the Liao Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom's invasion began to move south, and Wanyan Zongbi led a large army to invade Jingzhou (now Zunhua, Hebei). Wanyan Zonggan led his army to invade Pingzhou (now Lulong, Hebei), Wanyan Zonghan led his army to invade Wu (now Wuzhai, Shanxi), and Shuo (now Shuo County, Shanxi).

According to the agreement of the Maritime Alliance, Jingzhou, Pingzhou, Wuzhou and Shuozhou should all belong to the Song Dynasty. However, the Jin army has launched a large-scale invasion, which has brought great pressure to Tong Guan, the Hebei regiment, and of course it has also brought certain pressure to Jiang Zhong, the Hedong Road Xuanfu envoy, but the two methods of dealing with this matter are completely different.

Tong Guan sent people to negotiate with the Jin Kingdom, hoping that the Jin Kingdom could return Jingzhou and Pingzhou to the Song Dynasty, and even proposed to use money to redeem it. Only he could do such a thing that was powerless and humiliating.

Jiang Zhong's power was far beyond the imagination of the Jin Kingdom. He directly ordered Xu Wenzhong to send 50,000 troops to Wuzhou and Shuozhou, and sent people to submit a letter of war to Wanyan Zonghan. The person who sent the letter of war was Jiao Ting, a rough man.

Jiao Ting couldn't read a word. After he handed over the war letter to Wanyan Zonghan, the guy said carelessly: "My family's commander said that when he was in Liaodong, he fought side by side with the Jin army, which was very satisfying at that time. Now he wants to fight with the Jin army in Wuzhou and Shuozhou to see if the Jin cavalry is as sharp as before."

Wanyan Zonghan's nose was crooked. He never obeyed Jiang Zhong. Now this guy is coming to the door, which is simply too much.

Wanyan Zonghan didn't know Chinese characters very well. This guy threw the war book on the ground and said angrily: "I don't know who your governor is. I just want to ask you to tell Jiang Zhong, don't forget that he is still the prince of our Great Jin Kingdom. If you want to fight, even if you release the horse, I will accompany you to the ground."

"Very good. Our Song army is good at siegeing and defending the city, and your Jin army is good at field battles. We have a 50,000 army, and you only have 20,000. Our family commander said that we don't want to bully you. We will send out 5,000 cavalry on both sides to carry out field battles. If you are defeated, hand over Wuzhou and Shuozhou. We are defeated and we will withdraw our troops." Jiao Ting looked at the tall and powerful Wanyan Zonghan and said contemptuously: "If you are not convinced, I can fight with you now, and you will definitely fight all over the ground!"

Having seen an arrogant person, but never such an arrogant messenger, Wanyan Zonghan was almost angry. This guy wanted to come down and fight Jiao Ting immediately. Of course, if he really fought, he was definitely not a match for Jiao Ting like a giant.

Wanyan Yinshuke hurriedly grabbed Wanyan Zonghan, and he said to Jiao Ting: "Get back quickly, we will fight tomorrow."

Jiao Ting was very proud. He didn't expect that he could fool the Jin people. You know, the commander Xu Wenzhong did not know that the Jin army would agree to the field battle between 5,000 and 5,000, but just proposed the most favorable plan, but did not expect that he would solve it in a few words.

After hearing Jiao Ting's report, Xu Wenzhong laughed so hard that his teeth almost fell off. He smiled and said, "Jiao Ting, you are really a bastard. Why do you think of duel with Wanyan Zonghan? If you lose, you will not be able to come back. If you win, they will still cut off your head. If you win, you will lose your head. Why do you still do this?"

"The general was deliberately angering that bastard. I thought he would not have a duel, after all, he could not beat me." Jiao Ting was still very confident in the fight.

"Okay, you're going to make a mistake. You can go down and prepare. This time I will give you the first merit. Tomorrow you will charge at the forefront and cut off a Jin army's head. This command rewards you with fifty taels of silver."

Xu Wenzhong knew that Jiao Ting did not seek promotion but only wanted to make a fortune, so he promised a large reward. He finally said, "You performed well this time, and you will get five hundred taels of silver."

Jiao Ting went back happily. After receiving the money, this guy went to Niu Gao to see him. Niu Gao was so angry that he almost fought with him. The two of them secretly competed to see who killed more Jin soldiers.

Although Wanyan Zonghan is a powerful general of a generation, he basically relies on powerful troops to fight, and rarely uses evil moves, and basically wins justice. However, his opponent Xu Wenzhong is completely opposite. This guy's philosophy is that the winner is the king, and as long as he can win, he can use any evil moves.

The five thousand Jin cavalry left the city early and waited for the appearance of the Song Dynasty cavalry in Liushan Lok.

In Wanyan Zonghan's view, the Song Dynasty had no cavalry at all. At best, it was a group of infantry riding on horses. Their own cavalry could end the battle with just one sprint.

There is a large open space in the middle of Liushanao, suitable for cavalry groups to fight, but there are hillsides around it. Once you are defeated and want to escape, it will be even more difficult. This place was chosen by Wanyan Zonghan, with the purpose of annihilation of the Song Dynasty cavalry.

When heavy armored cavalry armed to the teeth appeared, Wanyan Zonghan knew that he had been fooled. He did not expect that the Song army was so shameless, but it was too late to retreat now. Moreover, in the history of the Jin army's combat, there was no precedent for fleeing before the war.

Five thousand heavily armored cavalry followed the terrain of the hillside, waving their weapons and rushing towards the Jin cavalry frantically.

You should know that the Jin cavalry has always fought in teams of fifty people, including thirty archers shooting at long range and twenty spearmen attacking melee. This combination is simply unfavorable when fighting against the Liao army and is invincible. When destroying the Song Dynasty, this tactic was invincible, but the premise of this invincibility is that it cannot encounter heavy armored cavalry, because bows and arrows have no use for heavy armored cavalry, and the so-called long-range attack loses its power.

Five thousand heavy armored cavalry sprinted, like a giant steel beast, and crazily attacked the Jin cavalry formation. The two sides fought fiercely. The differences in military types were not made up for by military strength, nor could they make up for by combat power. As soon as they were up, the powerful Jin cavalry could not play their advantages and could only fall into a hard battle.

It is difficult for spears to pierce heavy armor, and at most it will cause minor injuries to heavy armored cavalry. However, once the iron bones, battle axes, and maces of heavy armored cavalry hit the Jin soldiers, they will be seriously injured even if they are not killed.

This unequal showdown made the Jin soldiers suffer. At this time, the brave and fighting Jin cavalry could not organize effective attacks at all. They could only rely on their superb cavalry to deal with the opponent, hoping to use the flexibility of the light cavalry to drag down this heavy armored cavalry.

Niu Gao and Jiao Ting, two giant men over two meters tall, swung their mountain-opening axes and launched a crazily attack on the Jin cavalry, chopping the cavalry up and the horse legs down. In order to kill more enemies, these two sluts gave up riding horses and used infantry battles to fight against the cavalry. Only these two sluts could do this style.

"It's not a loss for the Jin cavalry. In the face of the heavy armored cavalry, it is still possible to deal with it. It seems that it is difficult to win for a while." Xu Wenzhong couldn't help but sigh that the Jin cavalry was too powerful, and the heavy armored cavalry's advantage over the light cavalry could not be shown. After the early panic and casualties, he immediately had a new combat idea. He actually used the speed of the light cavalry to gradually open up the combat space. In this way, the heavy armored cavalry's war horses could not bear it.

Within an hour of war, heavy armored cavalry had an absolute advantage. After an hour, the war horses could not bear it and would definitely be defeated. This is why Wanyan Zonghan had good command and after the panic period, the powerful Jin cavalry immediately gained the advantage.

"You forced me to use a killer move." Xu Wenzhong waved the battle flag in his hand, and ten thousand infantry came from all directions, and used powerful bows and arrows to shoot to suppress the Jin cavalry.

Faced with the flying arrows all over the sky, the Jin cavalry lost the advantage of speed and once again fought fiercely with the heavy armored cavalry, and casualties continued to increase.

"Shameless, despicable, damn." Wanyan Zonghan did not expect that the other party was so shameless, but now it was useless to say anything. Either the entire army was wiped out or withdrawn. Once the army was withdrawn, it would be handed over to Wuzhou and Shuozhou, and this battle was a coward.

When half of the casualties were killed, Wanyan Zonghan had no choice but to announce his withdrawal of his troops. This defeat was the biggest failure since the Jin Dynasty raised its troops against the Liao Dynasty, and it was a shame for the Jin army.

Wanyan Xie also knew that after the defeat, he did not blame Wanyan Zonghan, but only ordered the handover of Wuzhou and Shuozhou.

Xu Wenzhong's army entered Wuzhou and Shuozhou. These two places were extremely important whether they resisted the Jin army's southward or went south to pacify Tian Hu. Of course, as the forefront of the Jin army's southward advance, the defensive task was very arduous.

Wuzhou, Shuozhou and Yunzhou form an iron triangle and take care of each other, which is extremely strategically important. This time, the reason why Xu Wenzhong used the secret move was just to break the myth of the invincible battle of the Jin army and to establish confidence for the new army. He knew that this secret move could only be used once, and he would still have a bloody battle against the Jin army in the future.

The 300,000 guan redeems the empty Jingzhou and Pingzhou. This was a merit. Tong Guan reported to the court and looted the Jin army without mentioning it. Not only that, the old thief also shamelessly attributed the recovery of Wuzhou and Shuozhou to himself. He colluded with Wang Fu to build momentum to seize the throne of the county.

If it were someone else, then the military merit would be handed over to Tong Guan, because everyone dared not offend the Privy Councilor. However, Jiang Zhong had a little bit of sand in his eyes. He did not take this matter seriously, but the other party bullied him and of course he had to fight back.

The Beijing News began to publish the article that Xu Wenzhong led a large army into Wuzhou and Shuozhou, defeated the invading Jin army and beheaded 3,000 yuan. At the same time, the Jin people looted Pingzhou and Jingzhou and sold it to Tong Guan at a sky-high price of 300,000 yuan. At the same time, Tong Guan redeems Yanshan Prefecture at a sky-high price. In addition to transferring the 400,000 yuan annual monies that were originally handed over to the Liao Kingdom to the Jin Kingdom every year, the scandal of paying one million yuan in tax silver every year was also revealed.

For a moment, the government and the country were in an uproar, and the people were in a turmoil, and the finger was pointed at Tong Guan, which made the government very angry.

The official issued an order to condemn Jiang Zhong, not allowing Tong Guan to redeem Pingzhou, and the matter of Jingzhou was expanded. At the same time, it was implied that Jiang Zhong could be granted the title of Prince after pacifying Tian Hu, on the premise that he would be granted the title of Prince with Tong Guan. In other words, if Tong Guan could not become Prince, then Jiang Zhong's prince's title would no longer exist.

Jiang Zhong knew that this was Wang Fu's trick, but now he had no choice but to be a low-key person and not to give the civil servant group an excuse to siege him, so he actively prepared to attack Tian Hu.

In fact, Tian Hu has not had a good life in recent years. Although he occupied some territory, the entire territory is surrounded by the Song Dynasty and has no way to trade. He is basically self-sufficient, which has caused the people to live in poverty and lack national strength, and this situation is getting worse.

Originally, Honda Hu could rely on the Liao Kingdom to improve the unfavorable environment, but now that the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom, it was even more difficult to move forward. You should know that Jiang Zhong's army was ready for the conquest, and under this situation, people were panic and in chaos.

What to do? Resign to the Jin Kingdom again. Tian Hu is desperate now. For him, resigning to the Jin Kingdom has become the only way out, but this way out has been strongly opposed by Princess Qingning Tian Yue'e and others.
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