Zhang Jun led his troops to set out from Lin'an. Hungry and thirsty, they spent the night at dawn and finally arrived in Shu.
Song army generals Qu Duan, Wu Jie and others who were stationed here came to greet him. Zhang Jun came to the military camp and read out the imperial edict: "By God, the emperor decreed that the military affairs of Shu should be supervised by Zhang Jun. All the ministries in Shu should obey his orders and jointly fight the enemy. No mistakes should be made. I admire this." Everyone said in unison: "Ministers, wait. Obey the order." Zhang Jun ordered: "From now on, strengthen the alert and prepare to meet the enemy." Everyone said in unison: "Your order." Then they each returned to the camp to prepare for battle.
A few days later, Wanyan Lou's family sent Wanyan Salihe to lead an army to attack the Song army. Zhang Jun sent Quduan Wu Jie to lead the army to meet the enemy. The Song army won a complete victory in this battle. The Jin army's chief general, Salihe, faced The defeated general burst into tears, and from then on he was nicknamed "Crying Man".
Zhang Jun was overjoyed when he received the news of the victory of the Song army. While writing a memorial to report the victory to the court, he began to plan a larger-scale battle to defeat the Jin army in one fell swoop.
On this day, Zhang Jun ordered a meeting. After everyone arrived, Zhang Jun announced his plan to station the army in Fuping, divide the troops into five groups, and attack the five strongholds of the Jin Army at the same time.
Qu Duan suggested: "Sir Zhang, the Golden Thieves are mainly cavalry, and our army is mainly infantry. The two armies are at a disadvantage against our army, so we cannot launch an attack at the moment. We should stick to the city, consume the enemy's energy, and wait until the enemy is exhausted." We will launch an attack again when we are in a desperate situation." Zhang Jun disapproved of this and said: "General Qu, this method of yours will consume a lot of food, salary and time. What if the Holy One blames you?" Wang Yan suggested: "Mr. Zhang, instead of soldiers Instead of attacking in five directions at the same time, it is better to concentrate our forces and attack one." Zhang Jun said: "Master Wang, you must study harder. My tactics are called blooming in all directions, which can prevent the enemy from looking at each other." Everyone will listen to Zhang Jun's words If you don’t go in, you won’t speak anymore.
Zhang Jun ordered: "Qu Duan will lead five thousand troops to stay behind, and the others will lead the army to Fuping with me to prepare for battle." On this day, Zhang Jun led the troops to Fuping and set up camp. After settling the troops, Zhang Jun led the officers Survey the terrain.
Finding a swamp, Zhang Jun said to everyone: "Generals, let's arrange our troops here to fight the gold thieves. Once the gold thieves' heavy armored cavalry falls into the swamp, it will be difficult to get out. Wu Jie obeys the order." Wu Jie. He quickly took a step forward: "The general is here." Zhang Jun said: "General Wu, you lead the archers and prepare to shoot the gold thieves trapped in the swamp." Wu Jie replied: "Yes." Zhang Jun continued: "Wang Yan Listen to the order." Wang Yan also took a step forward: "The general is here." Zhang Jun said: "You lead the sword team to kill the fish that have not been shot after the archers retreat." Wang Yan replied: "Yes. Order." After returning to the military camp, Zhang Jun immediately wrote a letter to Wanyan Lou's room.
After receiving the letter, Wanyan Loushi immediately began to read: Wanyan Loushi, the leader of the gold thieves, now that the powerful troops of our great country in the Central Plains have arrived, if you have the courage, please agree on a date for the battle. If you are timid, please surrender. The emperor of Song Dynasty has a kind heart and will definitely be dealt with lightly.
After reading the letter, Wanyan Loushi did not reply immediately. He led his officers to observe the Song army camp. After reading the letter, Wanyan Loushi burst out laughing: "There is no one in the Southern Dynasty (Song Dynasty), and this formation is riddled with holes." , very easy to break." An officer reminded: "General, if our army falls into a swamp, the consequences will be disastrous." Wanyan Loushi patted the officer on the shoulder: "That makes sense, come here, pass my order to our army. The officers and soldiers each made a soil bag (a cloth bag filled with soil.)." The officer replied: "I honor your order." Then he ran to convey the order.
Wanyan Loushi returned to the military camp and wrote a letter to Zhang Jun. There was only one sentence in it: The decisive battle between the two armies will take place in three days.
After receiving the reply, Zhang Jun issued an order to the entire army: If our soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty can capture Wanyan Lou's room or behead him, he will be rewarded with thousands of taels of silver and thousands of pieces of colorful silk (patterned silk and satin).
At the same time, Wanyan Lou's office also issued a similar order: Any soldier of our Jin Army who can capture Zhang Jun or behead him will be rewarded with a piece of cloth and a donkey.
After writing it, Wanyan Lou's room ordered people to copy several copies of the order and sent people on horseback to distribute it everywhere. After the scouts of the Song Army got it, they handed it to Zhang Jun. After Zhang Jun saw it, he ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals.
After everyone arrived, Zhang Jun asked them to circulate the notice, and then said: "Generals, the gold thieves have bullied me too much. On the day of war, you can only move forward and not retreat. You must kill the gold thieves without leaving any trace of armor and flee in the wind." A big war is about to begin.
