Of course, the Western Front was the elite of the Song Dynasty.

Shaanxi has always been famous for being brave and good at fighting.

In fact, this place has been an important source of troops for China since the Qin Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.

Needless to say, the Qin and Han Dynasties were also at war here in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Guanlong Group was even more feared.

The era entered the Song Dynasty, and although Shaanxi was in decline, all those who were good at fighting came from here.

Even in the later Ming Dynasty, Huaixi military nobles declined rapidly, and Shaanxi was still the main source of military force for the empire.

As for the Song Dynasty, when civilian officials suppressed military generals, the towns in Shaanxi still beat Xixia to the point of almost destroying the country.

Imagine if the court let go of the military system, decentralized power, and did not interfere, risking the emergence of local warlords, what would happen to Xixia in the north?

Will there still be Liao and Jin countries?

Therefore, there were many good warriors in Qin, but they were defeated due to the corruption of the military system.

At this time, Shaanxi's main battle force consisted of 300,000 regular Song troops. As for the Xiang army, the Tu army, and the Fan army, they were even more numerous.

On October 20th, Wanyan Lou's 100,000 troops had gathered in Xizhou (xi, second tone), and then quickly moved south, rushing towards Huazhou like a violent storm.

On October 25, Huazhou fell.

Lou Shi immediately divided his troops into two groups, with Wanyan Xishi having the right army, and went north to attack Tongzhou, Yan'an, and Jinning.

On November 8, Tongzhou fell, and 10,000 defenders died in the battle.

Starting from November 9th, it snowed heavily overnight in Shaanxi.

On November 12, Commander-in-Chief Zhang Jun arrived at Yanzhou, Danzhou and Fangzhou, and ordered the defenders of Yanzhou and Danzhou to immediately go north to assemble in Yan'an and concentrate their forces to meet the enemy.

On November 20th, the defenders of Yanzhou, Danzhou and Fangzhou joined forces in Yan'an.

The size of the Yan'an Forbidden Army (regular army) reached 50,000, and there were another 100,000 Xiang Army (standing army), and thousands of additional soldiers.

Wanyan Xishi arrived in Yan'an on the 21st, and the Yan'an War broke out.

According to the order conveyed before making the government, if the Jin army is encountered, the soldiers and horses of the various states must fight head-on with the Jin army. If they disobey, the commander will kill him.

What's the meaning?

Just don't defend the city, open the city gate and attack directly!

This military order made the governors of various states scold Zhang Jun privately for several months.

Someone directly reported to the imperial court, impeaching Zhang Jun for not knowing how to fight and commanding randomly in Shaanxi.

Even as early as a few months ago, Fan Zhixu, the military envoy of Yongxing Military Road, Zhang Shen, the envoy of Yanyan Road, and Wang Si, the envoy of Huanqing Road, jointly named Zhao Dian, the envoy of Qinfeng Road, to impeach Zhang Jun.

What they mean is that once the Jin army invades, all the towns in Shaanxi will do whatever it takes.

The so-called expediency is to stand still, fight a defensive war, and keep each other safe.

This is the tradition of the Western Army.

If someone wants to fight in the field, they will never support each other, let alone join forces.

After everyone jointly impeached him last time, Zhang Jun requested the removal of Zhao Dian, the envoy of Qin Feng Road, and Zhao Ning agreed, but the envoys did not dare to say more.

At the end of November, hundreds of thousands of Song troops gathered in Yan'an for a decisive battle with the Jin army.

On November 22, the Battle of Yan'an broke out.

The battle started in the morning, lasted for a whole day, and ended in the evening.

The Song army was defeated, and the army of hundreds of thousands was completely defeated.

Corpses littered the fields.

The snowfield for more than ten miles was dyed red.

At least 100,000 Song troops died in the battle.

In order to intimidate all the people in Shaanxi, Wanyan Xishi ordered people to cut off the heads of all 100,000 people and cast the Jingguan.

In early December, news of the Yan'an Prefecture's defeat reached Chang'an City of Jingzhao Prefecture, shocking the entire Chang'an City.

It was also in early December that six people from Shaanxi gathered in Jingzhao Mansion.

There are a total of 240,000 forbidden troops (regular troops), and the number of Xiang troops and Turkish troops is about 200,000. These are mainly responsible for logistics.

However, Zhang Jun claims to have an army of 500,000.

When the Yan'an Prefecture had just experienced a disastrous defeat, Zhang Jun not only did not stop, but instead followed the original plan and withered all the people to join forces in Chang'an.

He also sent someone to write a challenge to Wanyan Lou's house.

Make a fight!

Wanyan Loushi avoided fighting!

Why?

Because Wanyan Loushi was suffering from all sorts of illnesses at this moment, facing Zhang Jun who had assembled all the troops of Shaanxi, even this powerful general who once swept the battlefield was also afraid.

He was waiting for Wanyan Loushi's army to come over and join forces.

Seeing that Wanyan Loushi refused to fight, Zhang Jun began to have people scold Wanyan Loushi. He also let the insults spread among the people and deliberately reached Wanyan Loushi's ears.

He even threatened that whoever takes Wanyan Lou's head would be rewarded 10,000 yuan.

Wanyan Lou's family turned a blind eye to this, and even sarcastically said: Whoever takes Zhang Jun's head will be rewarded.

Full of irony.

But Zhang Jun turned a deaf ear.

At this time, Zhang Jun seemed to be drinking ten bowls of chicken blood every day, trying his best every day to make Wanyan Lou's room have a decisive battle.

It wasn't until December 15th that Wanyan's army and Lou's army met in Lantian County, and suddenly the whole of Shaanxi was covered with war clouds.

The two sides are at war with each other, and a war of unprecedented scale is about to break out.

On the morning of December 16, just after dawn, the Song army began to prepare troops.

The Battle of Chang'an was a battle that changed the entire situation of the war.

200,000 Song Dynasty Imperial Guards were displayed on the vast plains. Their armor reached into the sea, their swords and guns were like forests, and their flags were like clouds in the sky. It was endless as far as the eye could see.

What?

Where are the 40,000 Imperial Guards left?

I don’t know where I went, maybe Taiyuan.

Here, there are 10,000 chariots alone.

There are countless crossbowmen, swordsmen and axemen.

Whether they were new recruits who had just joined the army a few months ago or veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time, they all came up.

This war, which had been organized and mobilized since Zhang Jun arrived in Shaanxi, finally broke out on this day.

The war broke out in an orderly manner. The Jin army used heavy infantry and archers to press the central army formation, and used a large number of kidnapper horses to divide the two wings and outflank the Song army's flanks.

The Jin army had strong soldiers and horses, and it was overwhelming as soon as they entered Shaanxi.

The elite troops of the Song Dynasty were on display, and although the commanders from all walks of life were at odds with each other, the decisive battle was imminent and there was no way out.

After Zhang Jun inspected the three armies, the war drums shook the sky.

The Song Army's middle army had infantry armor, the largest number of crossbow archers in the Western Army.

There were also a small number of cavalry on the left and right wings.

Not long after, the central army of the Song Army began to advance forward, like waves pushing forward layer by layer, stretching horizontally for several miles.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, black crossbow arrows shot up from the ground, as if a huge black cloud suddenly rose up and pressed down overwhelmingly.

In the middle, the Jin army wore iron armor and advanced rapidly amidst the rain of arrows.

The two-winged horse immediately took action. When viewed from a high altitude, it looked like a huge eagle. It suddenly spread its wings, stretched forward rapidly, and soared wildly.

Bang bang bang...

Shields were placed neatly on the ground, and the Song Army's steel defense line was being formed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Jin army's iron cavalry stabbed toward the Song army's flank like lightning.

After the dense crossbows and arrows of the Chinese army, countless people fell to the ground. Even if they were not shot, they were crushed by the bows and arrows.

After the crossbows, the Chinese armies of both sides met quickly.

The two sides began to fight hand to hand.

At this time, the Song army suddenly shouted: "Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"

The sound spreads quickly, like a stormy sea.
To be continued...