Chapter 323 Zhang Shuye: We will fight to the death and die in our country!

The next morning, Wang Lin led his army to leave Tokyo.

When the palace emperor Zhao Ji and civil and military ministers in the court received the news, Wang Lin had already led a thousand iron cavalry of the Tiger God Guards to rush out of the capital a hundred miles away.

Yue Fei, who set out three days in advance, had traveled day and night, and had entered the territory of Daming Prefecture.

Yue Fei and Yan Qing knew very well what the 100,000 war horses that Murong Wan'er had run meant to Qingzhou and the Song Dynasty.

So along the way, in addition to changing horses for horses to rest, people just take a nap when they are tired and rush to the sky at night.

Yan Qing and Wang Lin agreed that the location of the army would be in Zhending Prefecture.

It is also the location of Zhang Shuye’s mansion.

In fact, Zhang Shuye learned about Wang Lin’s entry into Hebei a day ago.

Zhang Shuye's first reaction was that Wang Lin tried to take advantage of the Liao and Jin war to lead his army to invade Yanyun and restore the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

But then I felt that something was wrong.

If it were to attack Liao, it would be impossible to complete the Qingzhou army alone. The court would at least mobilize the Western Army in Hedong and Zhang Shuye's Hebei Army. Three large armies headed north, and there might be a chance.

Since it is impossible to attack Liao, then...

Uncle Zhang immediately remembered the hatred between Wang Lin and the Zong family again.

Recently, Zhang Shuye has been paying attention to the movements of the Zhong Family Army in Hedong.

The Zhong Shizhong died at the hands of Wang Lin, and it was impossible for the Zhong family army to be without any movement.

Fortunately, Zhang Shuye knew a lot about Master Zhong, so he concluded that Master Zhong might hold a grudge against Wang Lin, but he would never raise an army to seek chaos.

After all, the current situation is still the world of Zhao Song, and the emperor is still Zhao Ji.

Wang Lin was not in the capital forever, and was still the Qinglai vassal state, controlling Qinglai, Shandong and Nanjing.

In this way, even if Zhong Shidao raises troops and clears the emperor, there is no reason.

March 19th, the second year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Lin led a thousand tiger god guards to the periphery of Zhending Mansion and joined forces with Yue Fei and Yan Qing.

Yue Fei saw that there was a famous and beautiful and graceful female general following Wang Lin. Although he took a look, he did not dare to ask any questions.

However, Wang Lin introduced to both sides openly: "Yue Fei, Xiao Yi, this is Liang Hongyu, General Liang, a family of military generals for generations, with a strong martial arts skills. Let's stay by your side as the commander of the army."

"Hongyu, this is what Gu said to you, Yue Fei, the student of Gu, the deputy commander of the Fuhu Army, and the general leader of the military affairs. This is Yan Xiaoyi, a person in the Jianghu, known as the prodigal son, is the commander of the Guhu Shenwei, and is also the commander of the Imperial City Department of the Capital."

Liang Hongyu held her fists and greeted her: "I have seen the Yue Zhengzheng, the Yan Zhengzheng!"

Yue Fei and Yan Qing are not fools, the woman who can keep Wang Lin by his side as a guard general... The two looked at each other and did not dare to underestimate Liang Hongyu, and they immediately returned the gift.

Wang Lin looked at Zhending Mansion City not far away with deep eyes.

The 100,000 war horses in Liao were raised by Murong Wan'er and Murong's family and hidden in the river valley in the eastern part of Yingzhou. It was impossible to hide them for too long.

Wang Lin must break into the Liao territory, which had not been completely occupied by the Jin people as soon as possible, and guard the war horses returned to the Song Dynasty.

As for the return route, Wang Lin decided to give up entering Yanmen Pass and directly advanced from Yingzhou to Lingqiu, and then headed south through Damao Mountain Pass into Hebei.

Because, entering the pass from Yanmen to enter Hebei from northeastern Hebei, it is necessary to cross the Weiwei Taihang Mountains, which is not conducive to the large-scale war horses.

If you pass through Taiyuan and enter Hebei, you will inevitably face the main force of the Western Army.

Don’t talk about his grudges with the Zong family, but these 100,000 war horses are enough to make Master Zhong take risks.

However, in order to achieve a smooth transition to the south of 100,000 war horses, the 30,000 cavalry of Wanyan Zongwang, the main force of the Jin army, which had just entered the Datong line, was a serious threat.

So... Wang Lin had the idea of ​​Zhang Shuye.

Wang Lin touched the official document of the military dispatch issued by the Central Secretariat of the Wedding Center, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

...

Zhending Mansion.

The majestic city is majestic. Because it is close to the border between Song and Liao, the city defenses of Zhending, Dingzhou, Bazhou, Xiongzhou and other Hebei cities are particularly strongly built.

The gate of the city of Fucheng was opened, and Zhang Shuye led the generals under the Hebei army to welcome them out of the city.

The 15,000 iron cavalry is in a strict and clean manner, and the military flag is shining.

On the big pen in the middle, there is a word "天天天".

Uncle Zhang stared at him for a long time and couldn't help but gasp.

He really didn't expect that in less than a few years, Wang Lin had trained a cavalry of nearly 20,000 people. Seeing his army's appearance and awesome momentum, he had the atmosphere of a battle-making army.

And his Hebei army only had four or five thousand cavalrymen.

The Western Army, known as the elite imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, had only 30,000 cavalry under the command of Zhong Shidao.

Wang Lin urged the horse out.

A silver spear and a white horse, wearing a purple and golden crown, and he will be powerful without anger.

Yue Fei was in the formation, and Liang Hongyu and Yan Qing also rode their horses closely behind.

Wang Lin immediately bowed his hand and laughed loudly, "Master Zhang! Are you safe?"

Uncle Zhang turned over and dismounted, bowed to the horse and said, "I'm going to see His Highness the King of Qi! I haven't seen you for a long time, so how can you be safe!"

After Zhang finished saluting at night, he saw that Wang Lin had not dismounted and had no attitude of entering the city. He frowned slightly and said, "The prince led the army to Hebei, I don't know why?"

"Taiwei Zhang, Jin attacked Liao in a large scale, and the Liao emperor was killed. Now wars in Liao territory are everywhere. Liaoxijing was defeated by the Jin people. I was ordered by the official family and led my army to break into Liao territory to rescue our great Song Dynasty's Liao envoy trapped in Xijing..."

Xijing is Datong.

Wang Lin said lightly.

His words are half true and half false.

Zhang Shuye obviously had not changed much, which shows that he had already learned the news of the murder of the Liao Emperor.

However, Wang Lin said that he would lead his army to Liao to rescue and send Liao envoys, and he did not believe this.

Zhang Shuye bowed and said, "The prince went deep into the Liao territory alone, and the subordinates thought it was inappropriate. If he was trapped by the main force of the Jin people, it would be very bad."

Wang Lin smiled and said, "That's why, Taiwei Zhang asked Taiwei Zhang to take the main force in Hebei, pass Yizhou, and pretend to attack Youzhou, and act as if our Song Dynasty wanted to take the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. It will attract Wanyan Zongwang to return to the rescue and support our army to complete its mission."

Uncle Zhang raised his eyebrows violently, and a trace of joy could not be hidden.

The Liao territory was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, and now it is a mess.

Zhang Shuye has thought about how many times during these days, and wanted to take advantage of the unstable position of the Jin people, lead his army to break into Youyan, seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and fulfill the century-old dream of the Song people.

But without the court's permission, he could not send troops easily.

Wang Lin slowly took out the official document of the army dispatch issued by the Privy Council from his arms and ordered Yan Qing to hand it to Zhang Shuye.

He said again: "Taiwei Zhang, this time, he only aims to attack, bluff and make a move, and to transfer the tiger away from the mountain. As for the land of Youyan, it will not be taken for the time being."

Zhang Shuye was silent for a long time and said, "Prince, in fact, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Jin people, my three armies of the Song Dynasty came out together, and the restoration of the sixteen states of Yanyun is just around the corner."

"Zhang Taiwei, Yanyun's land fell into the hands of the Liao people for a hundred years. Yanyun's land was mixed with barbarians, and the Han people were not mainstream. Even the Han people in the north were not worried about returning to the Song Dynasty. At this moment, even if our army took advantage of the chaos to attack Youyan, it would definitely not be able to defend it."

"Once the Jin soldiers reacted and attacked in large numbers, coupled with the Liao riots, our Song Dynasty soldiers went deep into danger, and in the end they could only lose their troops and generals, which would not be worth the loss."

"The lower officials know that the prince is saying very much, but..."

Zhang Shuye's head was white and his hair was trembling, saying, "Prince, if you don't take the land of Youyan, and wait for the Jin people to repair it in the future, you will definitely attack our Song Dynasty from the clouds. This land of Hebei will be flat and will eventually be unable to defend."

As the head coach of Hebei, Zhang Shuye knows the situation of the Hebei army best.

I am short of military preparation, have weak troops, and have uneasy morale.

Relying on the Hebei army to block the invading Jin soldiers is almost a dream.

So he kept thinking about whether to move the war forward to Yanyun's land to delay the invasion of the Jin people.

Wang Lin nodded slowly. In the Song Dynasty, Zhang Shuye was a rare sensible person.

Unlike other court officials, they still hold the fantasy of being a brotherly country with the Jin Dynasty.

But if Hebei loses Liao as a barrier, it cannot be defended.

Even if the main force of the Western Army was transferred to Hebei, it would be useless.

All the Jin army were cavalry. After more than a hundred large and small battles destroyed Liao, the momentum was like a rainbow. The Song army, which was dominated by infantry, was at a disadvantage.

This is the weakness in the fetus.

Zhang Shuye said with gaze: "In order to prevent the Jin soldiers from entering the capital, I have already issued a suicide note with the generals of the Hebei Army, and made a bloody oath that they would grant their own life and death. They would not give up an inch of land until the last soldier!

Fight to die for the country! If the Jin people want to pass, they must step over our bodies!"

Behind Zhang Shuye, the generals from Hebei showed a generous look on their faces.

Since the news of the Jin people's massive destruction of Liao reached Hebei, the Hebei defenders knew that the time for the Jin people's massive invasion was imminent.

A big war is inevitable.

As border generals, they knew that with the weak forces of the Hebei army and the land of Hebei there was no steep terrain, they would fight against the Jin cavalry, which was equivalent to a mantis armed with a chariot, sooner or later, the word "death".
To be continued...