After all, Wanyan Zongwang is the son of Wanyan Aguda. He has his pride and glory. If he wins, he doesn't mind sharing it with everyone, because victory is so common to him, and he has always lived in victory.
But if he is defeated, he will not run to others for help, especially Wanyan Zonghan.
Although the two of them are the two most capable founders of the Jin Kingdom and hold great power, this has also created a slight gap between them, or a little bit of competition. Wanyan Aguda
When they were alive, the two of them certainly didn't dare to quarrel, and at most they only competed in secret. But as soon as Wanyan Agu was beaten to death, they turned their secret fight into an open fight and put everything on the table.
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The main reason why the two of them evolved into competitors was because they had many different ideas. Wanyan Zongwang advocated a combination of hardness and softness, and advocated Han culture. Although he didn't use Chinese characters very much, he loved to read some of the Han people's
The art of war and history, such as "Historical Records" and "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu", just like he never advocated massacre of the Han people, he hoped to use a gentle policy to rule the Han people, while Wanyan Zonghan advocated the principle that the strong is king, and he hoped to use an iron fist
Force the people of the world to surrender to Dajin.
On the contrary, Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Zongwang are somewhat similar, and they get along well with each other when they meet. Unfortunately, Wanyan Xiyin is the brother who lived and died with Wanyan Zonghan.
It is precisely because the two people have very different personalities that the gap between them is getting bigger and bigger as time goes by. It is also for this reason that Wanyan Zongwang does not want to go to Wanyan Zonghan nearby and would rather risk the Song Army.
The pursuit will also go to Yanshan Mansion.
But he still put the overall situation first and sent a secret letter to Wanyan Zonghan, telling Wanyan Zonghan everything about Kaifeng, which almost caused the entire Zhe family army to be annihilated.
The remaining defeated generals led by Wanyan Zongwang were on their way. They only replenished their military supplies when passing by Zhending Mansion. Zhending Mansion was one of the few cities he ordered to guard, but it was no longer safe here. Wanyan Zongwang stopped for a moment.
After resting, he transferred all the soldiers from Zhending Mansion and rushed to Yanshan Mansion together.
After several days, Wanyan Zongwang finally arrived at Yanshan Mansion. Because he was traveling day and night, he didn't even have time to wash his face. At this time, his whole body was covered with dust, and his hair and beard were stiff, looking lumpy and miserable.
Extremely, he is still the arrogant second prince of the Jin Kingdom with countless auras when he first sent out troops.
"call---!"
Looking at the towering city wall in the distance, Wanyan Zongwang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that he was finally safe. Because when he captured Yanshan Mansion, he spent a little time consolidating the defense of Yanshan Mansion and sent
There are many soldiers and horses guarding here, of course. The main ones are mainly Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army.
It was not without reason that he valued Yanshan Mansion so much, nor did he expect that he would suffer such a defeat when he went south. It was just that he wanted to use Yanshan Mansion as his base camp, because once he took control of Yanshan Mansion, it would be equivalent to strangulating the power of the Song Dynasty.
Throat can always put him in an offensive position, just like Yunzhou, except that Yunzhou was conquered by Wanyan Zonghan. Wanyan Zonghan also consolidated his strength there, so he felt that he also needed someone to target the Song Dynasty.
"Yunzhou", then Yanshanfu is the best choice.
Seeing that Yanshan Mansion was right in front of him, Wanyan Zongwang did not slack off at all, and immediately ordered his general Liu Liang to call for the door. Liu Liang defected to Wanyan Zongwang together with Dong Cai, the current commander of Yanshan Mansion. Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang asked him to call for the door.
Liu Liang led a group of troops to the city gate. The soldiers on the city wall saw him coming and asked, "Who are you?"
Liu Liang said: "I am Liu Liang."
"Liu Liang?"
The soldiers on the city wall looked around at their companions, then shook their heads and said: "I don't know you. Please leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
Liu Liang glared at this ungrateful guy. Then he thought about it, Yanshan Mansion was in chaos at first, and not long after they returned, they followed Wanyan Zongwang south. It was understandable that the soldier didn't know him. So he said: "I and I
Your guard, General Dong, is your brother. The second prince has returned, so you should quickly call him out to greet him."
The soldier asked in surprise: "The second prince is back? Where is he?"
Liu Liang became a little impatient and said: "The second prince is behind you, please open the city gate quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, many people suddenly stood up on the city wall, holding bows and arrows in their hands and shooting at Liu Liang and others without saying a word.
Liu Liang was so frightened that he waved his mace, deflected the arrows, stepped back, and roared: "Why did you shoot me?"
"Ha ha!"
There was a burst of hearty laughter, and an old man walked out of the city wall. He said loudly: "Little Wanyan is finally here, but I have been waiting for so long."
"Who are you?"
"I am Zongze, the magistrate of Dengzhou."
This person is none other than Zongze, and Yanshan Mansion has already been breached by him.
Liu Liang was shocked, suddenly realized, and shouted: "No, I've fallen into a trap! Get out! Get out quickly."
At this moment, the city gate opened wide, and the Song army poured out like a tide. However, this army was no longer the militiamen at the beginning, but a well-equipped army.
This was all thanks to Wanyan Zongwang's original idea of using Yanshan Mansion as a base for his attack on the Song Dynasty, so he did not transport Yanshan Mansion's weapons, armor, horses and other military supplies back to Shangjing, but wanted to keep them for himself.
, equip your own army.
After Zongze broke through Yanshan Mansion, he naturally accepted them all and distributed them to his soldiers without being polite at all. Those militiamen suddenly transformed, and their equipment was comparable to that of the imperial army in the capital.
"Kill!"
"Whoever catches Wanyan Zongwang will be rewarded heavily."
In an instant, the sound of killing broke out, and Guan Sheng, Zong Ze's son Zong Ying and other generals rushed out from all directions.
It turned out that after Li Qi learned that Zongze had captured Yanshan Mansion, he immediately sent a letter telling Zongze that in the Battle of Kaifeng, our side had achieved a complete victory and had surrounded and annihilated Wanyan Zongwang's main force, and Wanyan Zongwang was very likely to
He would flee to Yanshan Mansion and let him prepare. As for how to do it, Li Qi did not say, because based on Zongze's military talent, his words might have delayed Zongze's retreat. The implication was to let Zongze retreat.
It's up to Ze to decide whether to fight, pursue or defend. It's up to you to make the decision.
After Zongze learned the news, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly ordered people to build chariots and set up ambushes around them, waiting for Wanyan Zongwang's arrival.
Wanyan Zongwang didn't know anything about this, and was still waiting for Dong Cai to go out to greet him. Suddenly he heard the sound of killing all around. He couldn't help being shocked, and saw Liu Liang running over, shouting loudly: "Second Prince,
We have fallen into a trap, Yanshan Mansion has been occupied by the Song army, retreat quickly. retreat quickly."
When Wanyan Zongwang heard this, he almost fainted. The Yanshan city had thick walls and was heavily guarded. How could it be lost? How could he have imagined that the key to this was the Heshuo Jiedu envoy he had personally conferred.
It was caused by Nie Hao, but he was not allowed to think too much at this time. If he didn't withdraw his troops, he might not be able to escape. He yelled in anger and quickly led his troops to withdraw north.
However, the surrounding Song soldiers had surrounded them, and Zongze also took out the "Pingrong and Ten Thousand Entire Formation" that Song Taizong had always been proud of.
This "Pingrong and Ten Thousand Entire Formation" was created by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. It was specially used for infantry to fight against cavalry. The main force was infantry and chariots. It was mostly used on wide terrain. It was also the most important formation of the Song Army.
Its formation is huge and heavy, with four square formations including forward, rear, center, left and right. There are also three chariot camps within the center, with infantry, cavalry and chariots arranged in an orderly manner. There is a phalanx in each formation.
He is a great general, and his momentum is nothing short of spectacular.
Although Zongze had many people, he had few horses. Moreover, he saw that the terrain in front of Yanshan Mansion was vast, and it was very difficult to encircle and annihilate Wanyan Zongwang's cavalry, so he adopted this formation to encircle Wanyan Zongwang. However,
Such a huge formation is difficult to deploy. Fortunately, Zongze had prepared it in advance.
Zongze is a master-level figure. Based on the actual situation, he injected elements of the Bagua array into this formation, dividing the four large arrays into sixty-four small square arrays. Each small square array maintains the same relationship with the left, right, and front.
The close connection is dominated by the innermost phalanx, and the rear phalanx changes with the front phalanx, which enhances flexibility and connectivity, forming an iron barrel formation specifically used to encircle and annihilate the enemy.
Wanyan Zongwang was so confused at the beginning that he didn't pay attention for a while. He rushed left and right and found that he couldn't get out at all. After breaking through one layer, there was another layer behind him. After breaking through the two layers, there was another layer behind him. It seemed like a
It was like an infinite loop, but he suffered heavy losses on his side, and this car formation was stronger than Li Qi's car formation at the time. He quickly calmed down and took a closer look, and realized that he was trapped in this formation.
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He had also seen this formation of the Song Army. Although the Song Army was too vulnerable at the time, he had also studied this formation because he was very interested in this aspect. He stabilized his mind and observed Song
He admired the person who designed this formation, but because he had studied this formation for a long time, he knew that the shortcoming of this formation was that it was too rigid, although this formation was more flexible than the one he had seen before.
There were many, but he still stayed true to his sect. Not only that, he was keenly aware that these soldiers seemed to be unfamiliar with the formation.
So he quickly concentrated all his troops and kept attacking back and forth in the formation, hitting east and west, rushing left and right, and constantly making detours back and forth in the formation, maximizing the agility of the cavalry.
When Wanyan Zongwang was charging, he kept observing the weak points of the formation. He knew that there is no perfect formation in this world, and it must have its weak links, because the battle situation is ever-changing, but the formation is indestructible. Change will break the formation.
The simplest way.
Under this roundabout tactic, the Jin soldiers became more and more skillful in fighting.
And when they did this, the Song Army had to constantly adjust their formation. It would be quite laborious to constantly change such a huge formation.
Zongze, who was watching from a distance with his clairvoyance, was secretly surprised when he saw all this. Wanyan Zongwang was indeed worthy of his reputation!
Under Wanyan Zongwang's constant attack, the Song army finally couldn't keep up with this fast pace at all, because they still lacked training and lacked manpower. The entire array of tens of thousands of soldiers required more than ten or two hundred thousand troops. Although Zongze
He has great military talent, and he is trying his best to make up for it with formations, but it is still impossible to completely cover it up.
Finally, a small gap appeared in the Song Army's Pingrong Wan array. Wanyan Zongwang had been waiting for this opportunity. Seeing that the flaw finally appeared, this opportunity was not to be missed. He quickly led his troops to attack the point.
Although the Song army was already trying their best to save the enemy, Wanyan Zongbi, Liu Liang and other generals fought hard to allow Wanyan Zongwang to fight his way out.