"To report to Commander-in-Chief Yue, there has been no movement from the Jin army in the Zhongshan Prefecture area recently, and no gold thieves have been detected transporting grain and grass to recruit civilian men," Zhang Xian said.

Niu Gao said: "Is it possible that the Jin army's goal is just Hedong?"

After Yue Fei quickly read the order from the Military Council, he fell into deep thought.

After a moment, Yue Feicai said: "Hedong Economic Envoy Wu Jie led troops to attack Fuzhou, and the Jin people took the opportunity to go south to Taiyuan. The Jin people's southward movement may be related to Wu Jie's attack on Fuzhou, but it does not rule out that the Jin army has already planned and will go south in an all-round way.

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"It turns out that Wu Jinqing attacked Fuzhou." Niu Gao said, "I don't know what the situation is now. I heard that Fuzhou is a place where the family has been running for hundreds of years, with many soldiers and generals, and the support of Jin people."

Zhang Xian also said: "Wu Jinqing went north, and the Jin people went south. I am afraid that their ambition is not to Taiyuan, but to cut off the path behind Wu Jinqing."

"Wu Shuai conquered the prefecture and was ordered by the imperial court, so we should not make any rash comments." Yue Fei said, "But we can do something about the current situation."

Everyone looked at Yue Fei, and Wang Gui asked: "Shuai Yue, what should we do?"

"The Song and Jin Dynasties negotiated peace, and the Jin people went south to Taiyuan to break the peace treaty first, so our army has a reason to send troops." Yue Fei said.

Now that the orders from the Military and Political Council have come, the Hebei East Road defense against barbarians and preparations for war is equivalent to entering a wartime state.

According to the provisions of the "Jingkang Military Administration of the Great Song Dynasty", when wartime is entered, the military commander can have the right to temporarily send troops, and there is no need for the Military and Political Council to report to the emperor and wait for the emperor's approval.

In other words, at this time, Yue Fei could mobilize his large army to go north to fight the Jin people at any time.

As soon as they heard that it was time to send out troops, and that it was legitimate to send out troops, the generals immediately became excited.

Wang Gui immediately said: "Commander Yue, give the order! The men are waiting day and night!"

Zhang Xian also said excitedly: "Shuai Yue, over the past year or so, we have fought dozens of rounds with that birdman Wanyan Yinshu of Zhongshan Prefecture. Although they were all small-scale reconnaissance operations, the sons and daughters...

If you haven't lost yet, why not take this opportunity to regain Zhongshan!"

Niu Gao also said excitedly: "Commander Yue, the people of Zhongshan Prefecture are all looking forward to Master Wang's march northward day and night!"

"Zhang Xian!"

"The end is here!"

"Explore the movements of the Jin Army in Zhongshan Prefecture again and report back quickly!"

"yes!"

"Your Majesty!"

"The end is here!"

"Send someone to explore Hejian Mansion!"

"yes!"

"Niugao! Reorganize the front army quickly and prepare for war at any time!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Yang Zaixing!"

"exist!"

"I will give you the position of commander of the First Battalion of the First Army of the Shenwu Army. I hope you can achieve military success!"

The commander is equivalent to a small regiment leader, commanding 500 people.

The first battalion of the first army of the former army was cavalry.

This can be regarded as taking good care of Yang Zaixing.

Of course, opportunities are given by others, and whether you can seize them depends on your own ability.

After all, those who are promoted directly must quickly achieve military success, just like Zhao Ning quickly promoted Yue Fei.

Yang Zaixing suddenly said excitedly: "The last general will live up to Commander Yue!"

In the past few days, Wanyan Salihe, who had originally been contented with besieging Taiyuan Mansion, quickly left Taiyuan and headed north in anger and fear.

He couldn't sleep for several days, and he scolded Wu Jie a hundred times in his heart!

On May 19th, Wanyan Salihe arrived at Shiling Pass.

At this time, Wu Jie's main force had left Dingxiang and arrived in Wutai County.

Wutai County was empty of defenses and was quickly captured by Wu Jie. However, Wu Jie still did not stay in Wutai County. Instead, after a short supply of supplies here, he headed north from Wutai County.

The Song army marched through the mountain passes at the northern foothills of Mount Wutai.

It only took Wu Jie three days to cross the foothills of Mount Wutai and enter the territory of Dai County.

The famous Yanmen Pass is located on the Hengshan Mountains in the north of Dai County.

Yanmen Pass can be traced back to King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period, who established Yanmen County. Later, Li Mu guarded Yanmen and defeated the Huns many times.

Why is Yanmen Pass so important?

This is related to the peculiar terrain of northern China.

There are two mountain ranges in Hedong Road (Shanxi Province). To the west is the Luliang Mountain that runs vertically from north to south, and to the east is the dragon-like Taihang Mountain.

The so-called Shanxi in later generations refers to the west of Taihang Mountain.

As for the Hengshan Mountains, they are just to the north of the Luliang Mountains and the Taihang Mountains, extending horizontally for hundreds of miles, cutting Hedong Road in the south from Yunzhongfu (Datong) in the north.

After exiting Yanmen Pass in Daizhou, you will reach Yunzhong Mansion, another battleground for military strategists.

When the Central Plains dynasty is strong, it will definitely control Yunzhong.

Just like mastering Yan Di.

Generally, the Central Plains dynasty would set up its logistics center in Taiyuan. Daizhou was an important town on the Great Wall. Yunzhong after exiting Yanmen Pass from Daizhou was the strategic buffer zone east of Hedong, blocking the barbarian army here.

As for Yandi in the east, it is the strategic defensive zone of Hebei.

Both the Han and Tang dynasties stationed heavy troops in Yunzhong. During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, Yunzhong was renamed Datong. Datong in the Ming Dynasty had 72 fortresses and was the front line against the Mongols.

This shows the strategic importance of this place.

At this time, Wu Jie only needs to leave Yanmen Pass from Daizhou to reach the land in the clouds.

The Great Song Dynasty dreamed of regaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, among which Yunzhou and Shuozhou were both in Yunzhong Prefecture, which was outside Yanmen Pass.

On May 23, the Song army arrived at Daizhou City.

What surprised Wu Jie was that Daizhou's defense was also weak.

Wanyan Salihe transferred all his main forces to Taiyuan this time, which undoubtedly gave Wu Jie an opportunity.

On that day, the Song army launched a series of attacks on Daizhou.

On May 24th, Daizhou was defeated, and all the two thousand gold troops in the city surrendered.

On May 25, the Song army took only one day to take back Yanmen Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is the case with Yanmen Pass. If you attack from outside the pass, it will be extremely difficult. If you fight from within the pass, the difficulty will be much smaller.

Obviously, no one expected the strange changes in the battlefield situation on Hedong Road.

Even Zhao Ning couldn't have imagined that Wu Jie was so fast, let alone Zong Wang in Yanjing.

The situation is still advancing beyond the expectations of many parties, and the footsteps of war are already ringing in Hebei and Hedong.

On May 25th, after a brief stop in Dingxiang, Wanyan Salihe quickly headed north. He did not go to Wutai, but directly to Daizhou.

On May 27, the scouts quickly sent a military report to Wu Jie. All the military reports were telling Wu Jie that the main force of the Jin army had returned for reinforcements.

It had only been ten days since Wanyan Salihe received Dingxiang City and was captured by the Song army.

It took ten days to rush back to Daizhou from Taiyuan. Without looking at it, Wu Jie seemed to see Wanyan Sali's furious figure in the military newspaper.

Wei Xiang said: "Commander Wu, after leaving Yanmen Pass, we are in Yunzhong. There must be elite Jin troops stationed in Yunzhong, and Jin troops are coming from the south. Our army may be attacked from both sides now!"
Chapter completed!