When Cui Ren heard the word Chai Jin, he hurriedly asked: "But Chai Jin, the official of Chai, who is also known as Xiao Xuanfeng?" Chai Jin replied: "Exactly!" Cui Ren quickly jumped off the horse, threw himself on the ground, and praised "I've heard about the hero's name for a long time. How lucky I am to see you today!" He bowed his head and bowed. Chai Jin hurriedly helped Cui Ren and said: "General, get up quickly, the common people can't bear it." Cui Ren then stood up, took Chai Jin's hand, and said: "The imperial army marched south to Fangla. The general was granted the title of Heng Haijun, and he resigned. I just returned to my hometown to serve the people, why are I here now?" Chai Jin said: "I resigned from my official position and returned to my hometown. I originally wanted to live in the countryside, but Yan Xiaoyi came to visit me, saying that the world is not peaceful, and there are Khitan and Jurchen in the north. Afraid of war in the future, I was strongly invited to escape to the Dayu Mountain in Daming Prefecture. When the court has something to do in the future, I can go to the battlefield to repay the court. Sure enough, there will be Jurchen invasion of my territory." Cui Ren asked: "What the high official said Yan Xiaoyi is Yan Qing, who is known as the prodigal son." Chai Jin replied: "Exactly."
Cui Ren was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Where are brothers Yan Qing now? Can you please come and see us?" Cui Ren said: "The villain, Yan Xiaoyi, Ruan Xiaoqi and others took refuge in Xu Guanzhong of Dayu Mountain. A few days ago On the same day, when he learned that the Jin army was invading the Central Plains, Xu Guanzhong arranged for civilians to come to Jinyang to assist Privy Tong and General Wang in guarding against the Jin army; he arranged for Yan Xiaoyi to go to Bianjing to find Li Shishi, so that he could take Li Shishi to Dayu Mountain to avoid danger. Suffering from war. Yan Xiaoyi has gone to Bianjing, the capital."
Cui Ren said: "So, the high officials came here specially to help defend against the enemy?" Chai Jin said: "That's right. The common people followed the army to conquer Fangla in the south, and they happened to be serving under the Privy Envoy and General Wang, so they came to Jinyang, and then Serving the Privy Envoy and General Wang." Cui Ren said: "General Wang came to the city yesterday to discuss military affairs with the Privy Envoy. Senior officials can follow me into the city to pay homage to the Privy Envoy and General Wang." Chai Jin said, "This is best." Cui Ren handed over the war to Dong Jie, then got on his horse with Chai Jin and galloped towards Jinyang City.
In the Marshal's Mansion in Jinyang City, Tong Guanwen heard that Cui Ren had come to see him, and he hurriedly sent the order to come in. He was surprised when he saw a person following behind him. Tong Guan looked more carefully and felt that he looked even more familiar. He thought to himself, but the man threw himself on the ground, kowtowed three times and shouted loudly: "Chai Jin, a young citizen of Zhuozhou, pays homage to the Privy Councilor." Chai Jin heard "Zhuozhou" "Little civilian Chai Jin", he was greatly surprised, and suddenly recognized the man kneeling on the ground. He was Chai Jin, a high-ranking official known as Xiao Xuanfeng under Song Jiangmi. He is under the control of the Henghai Navy, but how can he be seen here? When Tong Guan was surprised, Cui Ren told how Chai Jin came to Jinyang and how he fought against Liao general Wanyan Yujian.
Tong Guan saw that he was overjoyed and hurriedly came down from his position. He helped Chai Jin up and said, "It turns out to be Chai Dutong. Now is the time for the imperial court to employ people. Chai Dutong can come back as an official and serve as a vanguard under the king's command." , to protect our territory of the Song Dynasty." Chai Jin replied: "Thank you very much for the privy envoy's promotion; however, Chai Jin did not like being an official, so he resigned. Now, the court is in trouble and the common people have a responsibility, so he went to the privy envoy Mi. I'm here to serve the court, not to be an official." After saying that, Chai Jin greeted Wang Chen who was sitting on one side and said, "General Wang, are you okay?" Wang Chen stood up and rushed to Chai Jin. He bowed and replied loudly: "Thank you very much for your concern, Chai Dutong."
Tong Guan inquired about the situation again and ordered Chai Jin to serve as Wang Zhenmi's subordinate and serve as a vanguard to fight against the Jin army. Chai Jin replied loudly: "The common people obey the order." Immediately, Chai Jin returned to the northern suburbs of Jinyang with Cui Ren and lived in the army.
Wanyan Nianhan of the Jin Kingdom lost again and was furious. He discussed with Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Yujian and decided to mobilize all 120,000 troops at dawn tomorrow and divide them into three groups: east, middle and west. Commanders Yan Nianhan, Wanyan Xiyin, and Wanyan Yujian attacked the Song army at the same time.
Early on the next day, the Jin Army's drums beat loudly, urging troops to come. As for the Song army, Cui Ren, Chai Jin, and Dong Jie each led 20,000 troops to deal with the Jin army coming from the east, middle, and west.
Chai Jin met Wanyan Nianhan's Chinese army. Wanyan Nianhan, riding on a tall horse and holding a big sword, charged over first. Chai Jincai sat down on his wind-chasing horse and came towards him with a steel gun that pierced his bones. He pointed the gun at Wanyan Nianhan and shouted: "Who is coming? Tell me your name, so as not to be an unknown ghost!" Wanyan Nianhan was furious and replied loudly: "I am the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jin, the commander of the Western Route Army, and the general Nian Moheye! Who are you? How dare you fight against me!" Chai Jin replied loudly: "I It's Chai Jinye, Xiao Xuanfeng of the Great Song Dynasty! Nian Mohe! Take your life!" He roared, already in front of Nian Mohe's horse, and stabbed Wang Nianwei in the chest with a spear. Nian Meihe knocked the knife horizontally and upwards, knocking Chai Jin's spear away. Both of them are men with hundreds of kilograms of strength, and they want to kill each other with one move, so you can imagine how powerful they are! Sparks sparkled and they passed by on the wrong horse.
"Ah!" Wanyan Nianhan shouted loudly: "That barbarian is so strong!" Then he turned his horse around, rushed towards Chai Jin, and raised his knife to chop. Chai Jin dodged sideways and shot Wanyan Nianhan with his backhand. Wanyan Nianhan put away the knife, stepped back, lay on the horse's back, and dodged another shot from Chai Jin. The two horses passed each other and killed the second rendezvous.
Chai Jinla turned his horse's head, waiting to fight Wanyan Nianhan again. Behind Wanyan Nianhan, more than ten people came to fight against Chai Jin, whether with guns, knives or hammers. Chai Jin couldn't fight, so he hit his horse and left. General Jin led his soldiers in a rush, and Chai Jin's 20,000 soldiers and horses were scattered and ran for their lives. Chai Jin couldn't hold back his orders, so he had to beat his horse and retreat. A golden general yelled: "Don't leave, Nanbarbarians, come and fight grandpa for thirty rounds." Chai Jin secretly said: Just open your mouth and become the grandpa of my high official, I will let you know how powerful I am. Chai Jin picked up the bow from his horse and drew an arrow from his back. He thought to himself, I will send you back to your hometown without fighting you for a single round. Chai Jin secretly drew the bow to full capacity, turned around suddenly, and shot out with one arrow. The Liao general thought that Chai Jin was running away in a panic, so he just rode his horse to chase him. Unexpectedly, the arrow fired by Chai Jin flew past like a meteor, and with a pop, it hit the Jin general in the face. The Liao general turned over and fell to his horse. Chai Jin galloped towards Jinyang City.
The other two armies led by Wang Zhen and Cui Ren were also repelled by Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Yujian respectively. The troops of the three groups suffered heavy losses and were dismissed from their posts in Jinyang City. In Jinyang City, Tong Guan sent Yang Keshi to lead tens of thousands of troops out of the city to respond. Wang Zhen, Cui Ren, Chai Jin and others and the Song soldiers withdrew into the city.
Wanyan Nianhan urged his troops to advance quickly and surrounded Jinyang City. For several days, Wanyan Nianhan's attack on the city was very tight, and Jinyang City was in danger.
Wanyan Nianhan was eager to capture Jinyang and wanted to compete with Wanyan Zongwang for credit. However, the walls of Jinyang City were strong and could not be captured for a while, so he sent people to Jinyang City to recruit Tong Guan.
The Jin envoy entered the city and paid homage to Tong Guan. He said that 200,000 Jin troops had arrived at the gates of Jinyang City. If the commander surrendered to the city, cut off the land between the two rivers, and apologized to our country, there would be a prince in the future. If he persists, he will wait for Jinyang. Once the city is broken, you will have to surrender without any preferential treatment.
Tong Guanjian said, surprised, angry and helpless. Tong Guan was shocked that the Jin Kingdom mobilized 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jinyang, and the troops came to the city; he was angry that as the prince of Guangyang County, Privy Envoy, and Yunyan area Xuanfu envoy of the Song Dynasty, even in the imperial court , that is also below one person, above ten thousand people, and respected by all living beings. Now, a small envoy from the Kingdom of Jin was actually arrogant and arrogant in front of him, showing no awe. What Tong Guan was helpless was that the troops of the Kingdom of Jin were approaching the city, and he could not retreat to ensure that the city of Jinyang was not lost. In this case, Tong Guan thought of just walking away.
After the Jin envoys left, Tong Guan summoned the generals for a meeting.
Tong Guandao: "Generals, according to the information we have received, the Jin army is divided into two groups, east and west, led by Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Nianhan respectively, to invade the territory of the Song Dynasty. It is said that Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army has invaded the bank of the Yellow River. Bianjing is in danger. Everyone has also seen that the West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan also came to the city. The envoys sent by the other side were arrogant, unreasonable and arrogant. What do I do with more than 200,000 troops in Jinyang? Are you just letting him boss you around? With all the generals here, Jinyang is as solid as gold, and it will be safe and sound."
Tan Zhen, Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Zhen, Yang Keshi, Cui Ren, Dong Jie, Chai Jin and others replied loudly: "Under the leadership of the Privy Council, we will fight bravely to defend Jinyang and ensure Jinyang." As long as the sun is not lost, the Jin soldiers will never be allowed to cross Jinyang and go south to Bianjing."
"Okay! Very good!" Tong Guan pretended to be excited and continued: "I am the Privy Councilor of the imperial court and am in charge of the mobilization of the imperial troops. At present, Bianjing is in crisis and the Holy Emperor is in crisis. As the Privy Councilor of the Imperial Court, I cannot be content with anything. Oops, I should take on greater responsibilities. Now, Jinyang is guarded by generals. As the envoy of the Yunyan area, I feel very relieved. However, as the imperial envoy, I am very worried about the defense of the capital and must rush back to Bianjing. , to ensure the safety of the capital."
When Tong Guan said this, Tan Zhen, Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Zhen, Yang Keshi, Cui Ren, Dong Jie, Chai Jin and other officials and generals understood that Tong Guan, who was originally the privy envoy and Xuanfu envoy, met the Jin Dynasty. Yang was in danger, and he actually wanted to escape before the battle, and wanted to escape back to Bianjing, leaving the Jinyang mess to them. Under such circumstances, how could Tan Zhen, Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Zhen and other officials and generals allow Tong Guan to escape before the battle? Everyone looked at each other.
Among the crowd, Zhang Xiaochun, who was the prefect of Jinyang, stepped forward, bowed to Tong Guan, and said, "Your Excellency, the Xuanfu Ambassador is here. The situation in Jinyang is critical now. We and all of us will rely on the Xuanfu Ambassador's power to defend Jinyang. To ensure that Jinyang is not lost. If Master Xuanfu leaves Jinyang under such circumstances, he may inflate the ambitions of others and destroy his own prestige. Jinyang will be in danger!"
Tong Guanjian said that he was unhappy.
Seeing what Zhang Xiaochun said, everyone else also tried to dissuade Tong Guan. Tong Guan felt even more unhappy and determined to leave Jinyang as soon as possible. Seeing that Jinyang City was about to be breached, Tong Guan absolutely did not want to be defeated and captured or take the blame for Jinyang's poor defense. More importantly, Tong Guan didn't know what was going on in the court? Tong Guan thought that this was his escape route, and wanted to stay close to the Holy Master at this time. Tong Guan knew that as long as the Lord was safe, he would be safe.
