The armistice agreement between Liao and Jin was reached secretly, and it has not been made public until now.
After all, the Jurchens had just destroyed the Khitan and captured four of the five capitals of the Liao Dynasty. If Yelu Yanxi publicly negotiated peace with the Jurchens, then the remaining Liao people in the remaining mountains and rivers who resisted would completely alienate him.
In the remaining Khitan territory, there is still a court founded by his son, which is even more powerful than the Pian'an court in Yunzhou Prefecture.
The Jurchens also killed too hard, and the voice of resistance in the land where the Khitan fell is still very strong. Even though the speed of conquering the city is faster than the march, it is probably because the Khitan nobles surrendered without a fight, or even before
When they came, they rushed to send people to surrender.
After they really start to resist, the Khitan's huge size, racial population base accumulated over hundreds of years, and accumulated wealth can still cause a lot of trouble to the Jurchens.
After Yao Pingzhong returned to the army and went north, the small court in Yunzhou City rarely became tougher. Xiao Sixian proposed to give the Qin Feng Army of the Song Dynasty a halo, calling it the "Mountain and River Army", which meant restoring the old mountains and rivers of Khitan. Yelu Yanxi felt both happy and worried.
, he was so happy that the Song army was willing to sacrifice his life and went to the capital to fight for him. He was even more worried. He was afraid that the defeat of the Song army would lead to the Jurchens' crazy revenge, and he was also afraid that the Song army would not accept his good intentions.
Lost face
After the Liao people caught up with the Song army with the food and wine to comfort the army and the banners of the Shanhe Army, many generals in the Western Army, whose team was composed of Qin Feng Army and Shenwu Army, scorned them.
Yao Pingzhong was very polite. Not only did he accept it all, but he also immediately asked his subordinates to fly the banner of the Shanhe Army given by the Emperor of Liao.
Just kidding, this is a gold-lettered signboard, the edict of Yelu Yanxi, the orthodox emperor of the Liao Dynasty. In the former hinterland of the Liao Dynasty, this is a magic weapon to unite people's hearts.
Yao Pingzhong stroked the banner of the Shanhe Army and felt happy, which moved the Liao envoy to tears. He quietly tricked the Song people, but he didn't expect them to be so generous. Instead of getting angry, they went to help the Khitan recover.
Go to Beijing.
The 130,000-strong Old Western Army, the Qin Feng Army, the old division of the Shenwu Army, set out from Yunzhou Prefecture, churning with carriages and horses, out of Changqing, Tiancheng, and arrived in Huai'an seven days later.
In the name of the Liao Emperor, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who restored the Khitan mountains and rivers walked step by step to the rear of the Jurchens——
Yizhou Mansion, Jin Army Camp.
The Jurchen warriors set up camp on the mountain outside the city, relying on Baima Mountain. The gate of the camp was heavily armored and there were many soldiers.
Aguda has divided his troops to attack Juyong Pass. He wants to join Wanyan Zonghan's army in Changping and then march directly to Yanjing City.
It is a pity that Wanyan Zonghan was stopped in Tanzhou by Han Shizhong, and Wanyan Lou's family could not break through the Juyong Pass guarded by Zongze for a long time. This is the advantage of the Song army seeing through the surprise attack of the Jin soldiers in advance. Without the suddenness, they faced early
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were arranged in a tight formation, and they fought the siege and defense battles that the Song people were most familiar with. The Jurchen cavalry, which was invincible in all battles for a while, could not take any advantage in the land of Youyan.
Wanyan Zongwang in the camp was in the tent. It was a hot day and he was naked from the waist up. Mutton was roasting on a bonfire burning far outside the tent. From time to time, someone would cut it and bring it in and place it in front of him.
Kneeling in the tent was a middle-aged man with a bruised nose and swollen face. He had been beaten to a pulp, his eyes were covered with blood, and he could only make a huffing sound.
"It seems that this bird village is really out of food." Wanyan Zongwang took the meat-cutting knife, walked to the tent, looked at the inhuman man being tortured by them, and said with a ferocious smile: "Then we have to think of something else.
method."
He stabbed the knife into the neck of the man kneeling on the ground inch by inch, and blood spurted out. Zong Wang pressed his finger on his lips and ordered: "Let Xiyin go south and plunder some, or else
We are about to run out of food."
The person he killed was the village owner of a fort in Yandi. He also had more than two thousand strong men in his hands. He originally surrendered to Yang Lin. But the Jin soldiers came fiercely, and Yang Lin ordered the wall to be fortified and the country to be cleared. The village owner suddenly
It seems that the Song army is not good enough. The land of Yan will belong to the Jin people sooner or later. If you don't surrender now and share the benefits in the future, you will not get your own share.
It's a pity that he surrendered at the wrong time. When A Gu conquered Liao, it went so smoothly that he developed a tradition of eating wherever he attacked.
They attacked Youyan from two sides. It was rumored that the Song army was weak and not as good as the defeated Khitan. No one doubted that they would quickly capture Youyan's ten military states.
In addition, it was a surprise attack, and speed was the most important, so the troops that A Gu fought did not carry much military rations. After the troops were divided, a large part was taken away, and Zong Wang had even less food in his hands.
Originally, they could loot some Han people who were unwilling to evacuate or enter the city. Who knew that Yang Lin later got angry and beat several guards with military sticks, and the Song army also began to forcefully fortify the walls and clear the country, and they could not get anywhere.
to food.
The messenger arrived at Xi Yin's tent and opened the curtain. Xi Yin was drawing a map of Yizhou's mountains and rivers by hand.
"Capital, the second prince has given an order for you to lead your troops to the south to plunder some military supplies and come back."
Xiyin raised his head and frowned slightly. He had already thought about the military rations. He really had no choice but to go to the Dasong River East Road in the south to grab some.
However, in this critical moment, the Song Dynasty had such a huge territory behind it, and it was a well-deserved great power. How could there not be heavy troops deployed in the Hedong area. Thinking that the food here is getting less and less, the ordinary plan to defeat Meng'an is okay, and barely have one day.
Two meals a day, but those vassal troops already had one meal every two days. Even if there were Song soldiers in Hedong, I had to go.
He nodded slightly and said: "I understand. You go back and report to the second prince, and I will lead the army to set off immediately."
Wanyan Xiyin walked out of the tent. He was the commander of the capital, an upper-class military commander among the Jurchens, and was already a top figure in the Jin Kingdom.
Under his command, there were 7,000 elite Jurchen soldiers, and more than fifty Mouke. The Mouke was similar to the hundred households in the Ming Dynasty in later generations. Among the Jurchens, every three hundred households were one Mouke, and four Moukes were one Meng'an.
There is one Puchan and five Huotou in the Flag and Drum Division for each Mou Ke, and there are only a hundred or ten warriors among them. These people are attached to Wanyan Xiyin's family. Once Wanyan Xiyin is killed in battle or convicted, his men will
These Muke will also be divided up, bullied and reduced to second-class Jurchen warriors by other Jurchens.
Therefore, every Muke under the Jurchen general is very loyal to him.
The war drums beat, and in a short while, 7,000 elite Jurchen soldiers under his command and 40,000 Khitan vassal troops were ordered.
Wanyan Xiyin was so worried that his horse was as heavy as water, so he took his army of less than 50,000 people and set off from the Yizhou camp and headed straight to the east of the Song Dynasty River.