On the day of the war, Zhang Jun dressed in military uniform and personally went into battle to supervise the battle. At this time, the Jin army began to attack. Zhang Jun silently said in his heart: "May God bless and let the gold thief fall into the swamp." But something unexpected happened. The Jin army rushed to the swamp, picked off the soil bag from his back, and threw it in the swamp. On the ground, they tried to pave a road to attack the Song army's position through the swamp.
After discovering this situation, Wu Jie ordered the bows and arrows to be fired to prevent the Jin army from paving the way. Although the archers of the Song Army shot and killed some Jin Army cavalry, they still rushed through the swamp and engaged the Song Army in hand-to-hand combat. Because the distance was too close, the bows and arrows lost their effect. Wu Jie ordered to put away the bows and arrows, and showed off his sword to fight against the enemy. Wang Yan also commanded the broadsword team to fight against the Jin army.
But in the face of the fierce Jin Army cavalry, the Song Army, which was dominated by infantry, was finally defeated across the board. Seeing that the situation was over, Zhang Jun ordered his troops to retreat to Xingzhou (now Lueyang, Shaanxi Province).
On this day, the Song army retreated to set up camp near Heshangyuan (today's Baoji, Shaanxi Province). Zhang Jun appealed to the emperor to review his failure in command due to his mistakes in command, and asked for punishment. At the same time, he requested that capable people be sent to Shu with elite troops to take charge of the overall situation. , to resist the golden soldiers.
The emperor was very angry after receiving Zhang Jun's confession. He said to the ministers: "Zhang Jun has great ambitions but no talent. He is stupid and incompetent. He has lost troops and generals and undermined our military power. He must be severely punished." Prime Minister Zhao Ding said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jun has caused a mistake. The military aircraft must be severely punished, but what is more important now is to quickly send a shrewd and capable general to Shu to take charge of the overall situation and resist the Jin army." The emperor said: "Ai Qing's words are reasonable." Then he began to consider who to send to Shu. The problem: Yue Fei is holding on to Tokyo and cannot be mobilized. Han Shizhong is good at commanding water battles and is not suitable to go to Shu. Zhang Jun is responsible for defending Lin'an and cannot be easily mobilized. The only general who can be mobilized now is Tang Feng. Song Qinzong put his own ideas He told the ministers and they agreed, so the emperor issued an imperial edict, appointing Tang Feng as General Pingxi, Han Yujun and Zhang Chaoyang as deputy generals, and Liu Weichen as joining the army (equivalent to chief of staff). He led 20,000 troops to Shu to reinforce and control Shu. Original soldiers and horses.
On the day of the expedition, the emperor led all the civil and military officials to see Tang Feng off outside Lin'an City. He personally picked up a glass of wine and said, "General Tang, I wish you a great victory in Shu. You will succeed immediately and never make the same mistake as the mediocre Zhang Jun." Feng took the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the wine. I will definitely fulfill my duties and fight the enemy bravely when I go to Shu." Then Tang Feng ordered: "Light up the artillery and send out the troops." That night, Tang Feng and Liu Weichen were at their residence. Chat: "Captain, what do you mean by this? Zhang Jun lost the battle and we went to clean up the mess." Tang Feng said: "Stop talking about it, achieving results in places with poor conditions can better demonstrate our Only by maintaining an optimistic attitude can we win." Liu Weichen saluted and replied: "I understand."
